Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
âYou have slain an enemy ! 1 â
The announcement rang out crisp and clear, and a green frame bearing two portraits appeared on the right side of the screen, declaring that Evelynn had killed Leona.
âEvelynn takes down Leona, what⦠it looked like Twisted Fate deliberately ceded that killâcould it have been about that Taunt from just now?â the MC said.
âSpeaking of which: My fellow LoL players, be careful not to get too full of yourself! He who plays with fire will eventually get burnt! Thatâs exactly what happened to Leona, here: Slain by someone playing Evelynn with one hand.â
It seemed that the MC didnât approve of such low-class behavior on the side of Team Aviator. It was no secret that Huang Yu was injured, and couldnât play at full capacity. To meet him alone and then show him a Taunt⦠it was vile.
Meanwhile, at Team Aviatorâs table, Wu Kaiâs face was melting right off.
If Twisted Fate had been the one to kill him, that was nothing to shout aboutâwhose fault was it that he was now walking around with such dominating gear?
But heâd stopped just short of the last hit, and allowed Huang Yu to do him in. It was the greatest possible humiliation.
âWu Kai, what are you doing!â Liu Qi growled.
âI, er⦠If Twisted Fate uses his ulti to gank me, thereâs nothing I can do.â
âIf you run into Evelynn, just run! What were you preening about over there?â the captain snapped viciously.
Wu Kai kept his mouth shut. All he could do now was watch the seconds tick by in limbo.
***
Now that the enemy had been deprived of their Support player, Team Scarlet no longer needed to be as cautious. With the tide of battle down the Middle lane in their favor, they managed to pick themselves up a Dragon, and then right away they were laying siege to the enemyâs second-tier Mid Tower.
Twisted Fate was reaping minions like a combine harvester. As soon as a minion wave arrived, heâd unleash a fan of Wild Cards, cutting them all down almost instantly!
As the minion wave continued to push towards the enemyâs side, Kayle and Twisted Fate took turns tearing away at the tower.
With the absurd damage Twisted Fate was dealing, just a few cards was all it took to reduce Xin Zhaoâs health by one-third, and Olafâs by a quarter. Brand was worst off: with neither any Health Regeneration nor Spell Vamp 1 items, he didnât even have half his health remaining!
Whoosh!
Suddenly, an Enchanted Crystal Arrow shot across the battlefield in a straight line of frozen air, directly towards Kayle, who was a bit too far in front!
It came out of nowhere, too fast for Xue Haiyang to respond in time!
Wham!
The Enchanted Crystal Arrow slammed resoundingly into Kayle, and she was Stunned!
âTeam Aviator wants to start a fight, and Ashe has landed a crucial ultimate against the enemyâs ADC!â the MC whooped.
Yu Luochengâs heart sank. They were up against a truly skilled Ashe player, to be able to exploit such a minor error of positioning!
Leona should have respawned by now, and was likely already charging in to join the fight. They wouldnât be able to disengage and avoid this team fight, not with a mad dog Olaf on the enemy team who could easily run them down as they fled all the way back up the length of the Middle lane!
Since retreat wasnât an option, they would have to fight.
Yu Luocheng quickly began to Pick a Card, drawing a golden one and holding it at the ready. Then he saw, out of the corner of his eye, Leona approaching from the side, clad all in golden armor.
By now, Leona had come to hate Twisted Fate with every fiber of her being. Ignoring everyone else, her eyes saw only him.
Yu Luocheng immediately drew back, maintaining a safe distance from the oncoming threat.
Olaf activated his ulti, Xin Zhao charged in, and Leona brought down her âSolar Flareâ from long range to Stun. If even a single one of them managed to catch Twisted Fate and tie him down, he would be instantly slain by their combined assault.
Yu Luocheng found it rather annoying that he just couldnât be allowed to deal his damage in peace. As for Kayle, whoâd already been surrounded by the enemy, without her Flash she was doomedâwith or without her ultimate skill.
As expected, a few seconds of invulnerability from âInterventionâ changed nothing. The enemy champions ganged up on her and she was instantly torn apart.
Now that theyâd lost Kayleâs sustained damage, there was no hope of winning this team fight.
Renekton and Jarvan screened Twisted Fate protectively as they fought a retreating battle, but with the infinite Slowing capabilities of Ashe on the enemyâs side, it was a futile hope that theyâd be able to make it all the way home from the enemyâs second-tier tower.
Ultimately, neither Renekton nor Jarvan were able to get away, and they were only able to take down Brand before they both fell.
âThe most fearsome thing about Ashe is her ultimate skill. One good ulti can tilt the scales of power. After Team Aviator deleted Kayle, it was over for Team Scarlet, who came out with three deaths in exchange for just one kill!â
Now that Team Scarlet had been gutted, Team Aviator wasted no time bringing down their second-tier Mid tower, and then immediately turned around to go for Baron!
âTeam Aviator is moving to claim Baron Nashor!â the MC hollered. âOne-for-three in this latest team fight means that both sides are roughly even again, with Team Scarlet still holding on to a fighting chance. However, if Team Aviator takes the Baron, all bets are offâthey would even be able to pick a team fight within Team Scarletâs own walls!â
It was just as the MC had said: If Team Aviator managed to take the Baron, the situation would become all but hopeless for Team Scarlet. Even if they managed to avoid being dragged into another team fight, they were still guaranteed to lose all their outer towers.
The Baron itself was worth 1,500 gold.
There were two towers still standing in the Top lane, one in the Bottom lane: 2,250 gold for all three.
With this move, the gold difference between the teams could increase by almost 4,000 gold!
Team Scarlet was already one person short in every fight. If their opponents gained such a tremendous gold advantage over them, then as long as Team Aviator didnât make any more gross blunders, the odds would be virtually insurmountable!
They had to be prevented from getting the Baron!
Yu Luocheng examined the enemy championsâ health: Olaf and Xin Zhao were at half; Leona was on her last one-third; Ashe remained unscathed.
They would definitely have Xin Zhao or Olaf tank the damage. Against Baron Nashorâs might, both of them would be reduced to very low health as a result, and wouldnât be able to join in if another fight broke out.
The problem was Leona.
Leona was far too capable at crowd control. If he got hit by her âZenith Bladeâ, and everyone pounced on him, it would be over in a heartbeat.
Yu Luochengâs mind was afire, calculating whether it would be better to play defensively and fortify their base, or go out and disrupt their attempt to claim the Baron.
âYu Luocheng, I have my ulti!â Huang Yu had stopped farming, and was now rushing for the Baron pit!
Taken aback, Yu Luocheng hurriedly brought up Evelynnâs stats.
Quietly, Evelynn had farmed her way up to Level 11âwhich meant that she now had her second-tier ultimate skill!
Yu Luochengâs eyes lit up!
Evelynnâs ultimate skill was an area-effect Slow, which also took away a percentage of the targetâs current health. If she could land her ultimate on at least three champions at once, their enemies would lose quite a lot of healthâand with the Baron also attacking them in the meanwhile, it was certainly possible that theyâd be able to score a few kills in the Baron pit!