CLAW! SWISH! RIP! Fio assaulting the Cleric for as long as possible, but it proved impossible to take dowanky target.

  To make things worse, the Cleric’s healing skill came out of cooldown and undid much of Fiona’s progress. As I thought, this is impossible. Fiona cluded and turned around. There is no point in chasing any further. It is a waste of time.

  Instead, Fiona shifted her focus to the area in front of her. She was now deep within the enemy’s Bot Jungle, and there were many spoils for her to cim there while the enemy Jungler was amiss.

  They do not have the spare mao station guards here, so I will help myself to the Wolf and Ogre camps. First, she rotated to the nearby Wolf Camp and used Majestic Leap to wipe it out quickly. This was a bit risky, as it meant giving up her best escape tool, but it was the most time-effit py here.

  , Fio after the Ogre Camp and cleared it within seds with basic attacks. However, she did not wipe it out fully. She left one of the smaller Ogres alive to mess up the camp’s respawn timer.

  , I attack Mid. Fiona analyzed. From there, if nothing demands my immediate attention, I should be able to rotate to the griffins, wraiths, wolves, and finally Top.

  While on her way to Mid, she was already analyzing that many moves ahead. Despite Cssmancers being a plex team game with a big map, many stats, and a multitude of options frades, it was often rather straightforward irategic department when pared to a game like chess.

  For example, in her current position, Fiona knew for certain that the enemy had very few ways to interfere with her ter-jungling pns. Therefore, it was easy enough to analyze these few possibilities and think multiple moves ahead.

  The hardest part here was the fog of war. Cssmancers was not a game of perfeformation like chess, therefore Fiona had to be extra vigint at all times. Even if she knew what types of mahe enemy might pull, she still had to spot their movements in time and respond accly.

  As such, even as Fiona was fidently heading to Mid, she stantly monitored the enemies' visible movements. Thus far, she has not seen anything that made her worried.

  "Oh, so you're here, my fair dy?" Andria greeted. "The us vanquish our foes at once!"

  "Yes, let us do that." Fiona ighe theatrid assaulted the enemy Eleancer from behind. It seemed the eeam had no wards anywhere along the path Fiona traveled, so the surprised foe found himself in a pincer.

  However, the Eleancer had no trouble blinking away with Thundercp. Therefore, Fiona only nded a handful of attacks before the enemy slipped away.

  However, that was alright. Sg a kill was not part of the pn in the first pce. Fiona only rotated here along the way while she had her sights on the enemy’s Top Jungle.

  Merely injuring an enemy his little did not seem like much at first gnce, but this small py could potentially have great implications for the future of this game. The accumuted damage will eventually force the Eleao recall earlier than phat will open up great opportunities for the Valyries to push Mid, the most critie.

  To not overstay her wele in Mid, Fiona moved on to the Griffin Camp in Top Jungle. And to make the operation go smoother, she requested Andria's help.

  "Your wish is my and," Andria replied pyfully as always.

  The Griffin Camp was the toughest camp to clear after Overlord and Dragon, therefore even in mid-game it took a while to clear for one pyer. As such, even though it meant splitting exp and gold with Andria, it was more optimal to gang up on the griffins and secure them quickly. After all, Fiona had limited time to capitalize on this ter-jungling opportunity.

  , the wraiths. Fiona tinued along the scheduled route. At every step of the way, she made sure to examine everybody's positions. Not only the enemies' but also her allies'. After all, Fiona doubled as a shot-caller for the team despite also being a pie the board like everybody else. All in all, it was an odd role to py in a team game like this.

  In volleyball, the setter often had a simir role, but the amount of decisions they could make in the heat of the fast-paced game was severely limited. Oher hand, Cssmancers was a slame overall, ohat gave all pyers enough dowize.

  In a way, this was like a cooperative chess game. All team members were pieces on the board, but they also had the luxury of looking at the entire board from above and carefully analyzing all the avaible data in order to e up with tactics. In that sense, anybody could be the “shot-caller” if they wao.

  However, everybody was busy pying their own character iime, so they had to pay utmost attention to their own situation. Meanwhile, the shot-caller was expected to juggle both jobs.

  Not everybody was well-suited for that sort of multitasking. Likewise, not everybody rofit at strategizing. Not to mention, there was also the topic of bias wherategist was one of the pyers on the field.

  It would have made more seo me if the shot-caller arate 6th pyer. Fiona always thought. A pyer who is not on the pying field see the bigger picture more clearly and more objectively.

  Having the chess pyer itself bee a pie the board was far from optimal. This preoccupied the strategist with thinking about their on and is, sometimes prioritizing their own agenda at the expense of the rest of the team.

  Fiona was scious of the fad tried her best to be impartial with her calls, but that was clearly impossible. She was only human, after all.

  For example, the py in which Fiona sacrificed Lua. Was it really optimal? Or did Fiona favor that py because it scored her a kill?

  It was always difficult to tell where was the liween objectivity and subjectivity. Over time, Fiona learo ighis philosophical question and trust her own judgment.

  I am but another pawn on this board. Fiona always reminded herself before making any calls. By reizing her p the board, it was easier to stay impartial.

  As, many decisions had to be made based on the perceived skill level of her teammates, as well as her own. But, could Fiona objectively judge her own skill when she was a fellow pie the board? And, was it possible for a harsh critic like her to properly estimate her allies’ skill level?

  Suplicated questions will likely forever remain unanswered. All Fiona could do was tinue navigating this path of uainty….

  DarkestCymore