The match has already reached mid-game, yet the Valkyries have not scored a single kill yet. And, even though the same could be said about their foes, this stalemate was advantageous for StormBlitz’s te-game p.

  To make things worse, without any kills, Fiona could not build any momentum, her for herself nor for the team. She failed to promote herself to a queehat could domihe board.

  Of course, even without momentum, she made sure to frequently unch attacks. As, none of her attempts verted into kills.

  The Bot duo had su unbreakable defehat it was depressing to even think about ganking them. Simirly, Adapting had virtually no openings to exploit. The man did not bite any of Andria's baits and he always kept an eye on Fiona's position.

  In the jungle, Average avoided all tact with Fiona when he was alohe only times he showed a will to engage in bat was when he was around fellow ners.

  Realistically, Top was the ne where the Valkyries had the highest aking something happen. Hitter was a strong pyer but his defense wasn’t as airtight as the others’, so there was a ce to strike him down.

  Unfortunately, the enemy was clearly aware of that. As such, they made sure to reinforce Hitter's defense by making Average frequently rotate to Top. In addition, it felt that Hitter retreated from the frontline more often than in the previous game, probably by Ageis's orders.

  He knows Top is the weakest link in their defense, so makes sure to cover it. A very precise py, ohat gives me no she of trouble.

  Wheop proved to be a difficult target to strike, just where was Fiona supposed to strike? How will she ever be able to get through that ironcd defense?

  And so, she kept thinking, and thinking, and thinking some more. The game went on and on, with the Valkyries achieving nothing of note while their foes were pying it safe. Meanwhile, time was slipping away…

  "This is it! I've had enough!" elia announced. "This peasant doesn’t even take me seriously anymore! I shall strike him down, right here and now!"

  "elia, this is not a favorable position for you," Fiona argued.

  "Hmph, but her is it unfavorable. Their Ninja oher side of the map, so there's no way he gank here."

  "I suppose that is true."

  "I k. As expected from my brilliant noble brain, ohohoho!" elia puffed her chest. "So, as you clearly see, this is the ideal e to strike down this oner ond for all! My noble might shall grant me victory!"

  "Except, you are fetting one key factor."

  "Which is?"

  "Your oppo is Hitter, the most meically skilled pyer in StormBlitz."

  "Hmph, then I suppose I shall write his name on my noble resume. I’ll record him as one of the notable foes I've crushed under my heel, ohoho!"

  … this is like talking to a brick wall. Fiona sighed. I knew I had to appease this aggressive troublemaker at some point, but I did not have the opportunity to do so this ech.

  elia was like a dynamite. She has been an obedient pietil now, but an explosion was iable.

  As such, one of Fiona’s usual tasks was to act as the bomb defuser who prevehese regur explosions from . As, she failed to execute her role this time around. An explosion was inbound.

  “I shall strike him down!” elia announced loudly as she charged forth. First, she rammed her shield into the enemy swordsmen, pushing them toward the bae. Then, she unleashed her bde oire squad!

  Shield Bash into Bde Swing was the typical opening for Knight, but Fiona demanded elia to restrict its usage. Even though it was the most optimal framihod, it also harbored risks a Viking could exploit. And, Hitter did not miss the opportunity.

  “Hell yeah! I’ve been waiting for this!” Roi charged at his overextending oppo. “Lol, it sure took the girl a while to use this setup again, but she finally did! You were right on the money, Ellen!”

  “I told you, paties rewarded~”

  “Well, it sure took a damn while. Girl atient as heck this time around, lol.”

  Holy, Roi was losing hope about GoldenLady ever using Shield Bash + Bde Swing this game. It felt like she received orders from above not to use this bo ever, except for the rare times when Roi was totally unprepared to intercept it.

  So, as the game went on, Roi stopped expeg anything from Lady. It became less and less likely she’d do anything wild again like i game.

  But then, a couple of minutes ago, Ellen advised Roi to ge up his approach. She specuted that, despite how things seemed, Lady roag her boiling point. Therefore, a mispy was immi.

  Naturally, Roi took that advice with a grain of salt because to him that didn’t seem like the case at all. But, with that said, Ellen was the pro at reading the oppos’ emotional state, so her analysis was worth taking into sideration.

  And so, ever since Roi received that advice, he slowed down his attacks and started watg Lady more carefully.

  For a while, there was no sign of any “mispys” ing. As time went by, he almost gave up on the whole thing.

  However, Ellen insisted her hypothesis was correct. She even advised Dan to use his e in a more-than-likely warded area to fake out the enemy. Supposedly, that was going to bait the enemy into ganking Top.

  And, here it is! Roi tackled the overextending female Knight and pushed her to the ground. If this were a movie, then this se would’ve been misinterpreted as some sexual assault, lol.

  But, Roi’s iiootally pure here. All he wanted was to kick this girl’s ass! Actually, that also sounded kinda bad, lol.

  Anyway, here we go! Roi tossed the chick deeper into his territory. We’re about to have some fun, girl!

  He dashed after the flying target and swung his axe! WHISH! A hit! And, another one! WHISH! Roi was on a roll!

  His oppo seemed pletely stupefied by the sudden development. "S-Such a barbarian assault!" elia ranted. "Do you even know who you've just tossed around, you lowly peasant!?"

  "I believe I warned you this might happen," Fiona criticized. "This was the reason I did not want you to advaoo much against him."

  "Hmph, this is but a flesh wound!" elia insisted. "This oner sure has guts foing up against me, I will give him that."

  "elia, it is in your best is to retreat-"

  "I shall repay him in kind!"

  "Oh no..." Fiona already knew where this was going. lia's aggressive tone was a clear indication that Fiona had lost all trol over this chess piece.

  With her noble pride in shatters, elia disregarded all advid retaliated against the offender. She was not going to let the assaulter get away with this!

  "Learn your pce, oner!" elia mounted her eed and charged forth at her foe!

  Everything about this situation is wrong. Fiona criticized. She is using her best escape tool for bat. This is not how it should be…

  eed was an excellent escape tool, one of the best in the game. It allowed Knight to make a speedy escape from any situation

  However, for the better and the worse, this ult could also be used offensively. elia sed her sword for a nd charged straight at her oppo!

  While on the move, she thrust her the approag Viking. As, the man sidestepped the assault at the st moment.

  "W-What!?" elia drht past her target, like a charging bull that failed to hit the matador. To make things worse, Hitter did not miss the opportunity to strike the horse's side during the charge.

  WHAM! The axe cut across the horse, delivering damage to elia herself. This was yet another problem with this mounted mode.

  Her hurtbox is very rge like this. Fiona thought. On top of that, she ot stop the horse from charging, so she must fight while stantly on the move. This is not suitable for prolonged bat.

  In the pro se, some pyers fought splendidly while riding their steed. They used the faster movement speed and the increased reach of the o harass their oppo.

  However, such dispys of bat skill rarely happened in 1v1 situations. It was far easier to drive through a group of ehan to repeatedly strike oarget while on the move.

  But, such logical arguments will not help vince elia, not in her current state. Fiona khat all too well from experienow that the ult is already cast, all I do is advise her on how to utilize it best for this situation.

  "elia, make sure to sweep through enemy minions as you pass through them."

  "Hmph, but of course!" elia swung her nce horizontally as she approached the enemy army. Her previous attack failed to nd on the main target, so she was going to make up for it by utterly demolishing the enemy’s etalion!

  Fortunately, the swordsmen and bowmen were ly packed right now. As such, it was easy enough to strike all of them in one noble swoop!

  And, of course, elia po do all of this from the start. After all, she was a noble of unmeasurable intelled skill, ohoho!

  However, Fiona was not vinced. I suspect she did not sider that py even for a moment before I spoke up. Whes like this, she bees unbelievably tunnel-visioned.

  For elia, Hitter was the only target that existed right now. She must have filtered out everything around her as noise.

  That is not the correct mi while fighting in the ne. Fiona criticized. At least half the battle is decided by how well a pyer mahe minions.

  As, elia was not thinking about any of that right now. She only sought blood. All the pent-up frustration from the start of the game was now ing to the surface.

  Is it possible to get over there in time to save her? Fiona analyzed the distance. She was currently in the upper half of Bot Jungle, so rotating to Top before the battle cluded was irely impossible

  If I spend my ultimate, I make it. Fiona cluded. But, is it worth it?

  Vampire could use Night Hunt to move faster toward the destination. However, this flight skill was not as impressive as Seraph's ult. It did not let the pyer fly at a high altitude, so it was not easy to cross through the jungle. Not to mention, the brief duration of Night Hunt was not suitable for crossing long distances.

  And, even if she were to get to the se before the fight cluded, what will she be able to achieve there? Without her ult to pin the enemy down, she would not have any overwhelming tools at her disposal.

  Not to mention, Top Jungle is empty. Fiona checked every jungle camp she had a vision of. All of them were currently on cooldown and none will respawn anytime soon.

  Everything tells me this would be a terrible mispy. Fiona cluded. However, the one and only major be I might reap from this is ensuring lia's survival, which is definitely valuable.

  If elia dies in this py, she will give the enemy a lot of momentum to push the tower. At that point, the status quo of the game will be broken. It sounded like a trivial onpce occurrence, but it would have big implications for the future of this game.

  We are already in the mid-game, so big swings in momentum be fatal. Fiona reasoned. Not to mention, it will be the end of us if a te-game team seizes the momentum before we do.

  Truly, the fate of the entire game was hanging in the bance due to elia’s rash py. The girl was clearly not aware of the fatal implications of her as.

  With that said, it is not guaranteed she will die without my intervention. Fiona thought. I guide her hand through shot-calling to increase her odds of survival. Such is the job of the shot-caller.

  As an outsider to this fight, Fiona looked at the situation more rationally than the involved pyers. This allowed her to provide better advice.

  As, it to elia to decide whether she would follow any of it...

  DarkestCymore