Chapter 228. Adjusting to Capsule (2)
OrangeKing still couldn’t understand the situation and asked, "Bubblegum! Did you get killed?"
The caster hastily corrected him, "No, no! Not at all! He''s the one who got the kill, OrangeKing!"
— Haha, what''s with him saying Bubblegum got killed without even looking?
— Bubblegum in tears, lol
— Honestly, it''s usible
Cheers erupted from the audience a beatter.
— ... Woah, wow!
— Gum! Gum! Gum!
— This much is a piece of cake for our bro!
Bubblegum himself seemed flustered and awkwardly raised one arm.
"Wow, wow, wow. Hahaha!"
Then, once again, cheers filled the air.
— Woww! Bubblegum! Bubblegum!
— 0.04! 0.04! 0.04! 0.04!
In the meantime, the rey went by.
OrangeKing quickly added an exnation, "Ah, yer Jam attempted a risky turret dive. IronBall is harder to kill than you think."
Bubblegum was barely breathing with very low HP under the turret. The opponent rashly tried to kill him, but the situation ended up reversing instead. The turret damage ounted for over 80% of the kill.
"Anyhow, a solo-kill is a solo-kill! A defeat for Red Carpets! The game tilted unexpectedly, didn''t it?"
— Even he didn''t expect it.
— Haha, talking about himself
— Honestly, nobody knew lol
"Yes! That''s right. OrangeKing initially said top was the key..."
"Yes. So, I expected the bottom to support the top..."
Mid and jungle looked favorable for Balloon Stars. The bottom favored Red Carpets. Only the topne was even.
Red Carpets slightly had the edge because Jam was better than Bubblegum.
"If the bnce crumbles here, the game could entirely copse!"
"But what happened to that fiery fight in the bottomne?"
"Ah, yes. Once... what?! They''re still fighting?!"
Surprisingly, Almond''s healing was still at a perfect stalemate with ckTea and Lemon''s attacks. Around two minutes had passed, which was realistically not that much time. However, it was quite surprising for one battle tost almost two minutes in a game.
"They are truly toe to toe!"
"Uh... But?" the analyst appeared to have discovered something.
"Their positions are gradually changing, aren''t they?"
"Yes, that''s right! Almond is gradually pushing them back!"
"It''s because of their levels! Almond''s level is higher!"
Almond keptst-hitting the enemy minions while ckTea and Lemon were only attacking Tako. The difference in how much experience they gained was inevitable. The level gap was much harder to ovee than the gold difference. Then...
"Ah! Almond! His arrows! He''s no longer shooting the minions?!"
Almond''s shadow arrows started targeting ckTea and Lemon instead of the minions. The shadow arrows continually struck the targets floating above their bodies.
Bang!
Boom!
All the while, newly spawned light arrows continuously struck Tako''s head.
"Is this even possible while they''re shooting at each other without a moment to breathe?"
Shooting ckTea and Lemon while simultaneously hitting Tako twice. This series of actions urred as ckTea fired three double-barreled shots, and Lemon''s toad spat went to waste again.
The speed of Almond’s hand while nocking and releasing the arrows was so fast that the frames of animation seemed to skip altogether.
"Almond is single-handedly pushing them back! This is just purely a full-on assault!"
"Sana''s damage isn''t that much, so both yers have held on... However, there''s something called the Saint''s Curse, you know!?"
"Ah! That''s right!"
The Saint''s Curse was a passive attached to the Shadow Arrows. This curse would stack on enemies consecutively hit by Shadow Arrows.
[Saint''s Curse ×3]
ckTea already had three stacks on her.
[Movement speed has decreased.]
When three stacks umted, the yer’s movement slowed down.
At this level, ckTea could still continually fire her dual pistols. It didn’t affect her attacks yet.
"But now, Tako''s health! Is gradually decreasing!?"
"Who will be rewarded after pouring out these relentless attacks!?"
Tako would die if he was hit a little more. Sana, left alone, would be nothing. But what if the Saint''s Curse stacked even more?
Puh-bung!
[Saint''s Curse ×5]
ckTea received five stacks.
[Visibility has been reduced]
The surroundings grew dim, and restrictions on attacking started urring.
"Five stacks have umted! She was eventually hit by five attacks while they joyfully exchanged hits on each other!"
"Ah, it''s getting dangerous now! You''ll be briefly stunned if seven stacks umte!"
ckTea bit her lips. It was difficult to understand why they were being pushed back. Targeting Almond was too risky, given their positioning. It was correct to kill Tako first, but...
Pa-ang!
Another flying arrow increased it to six stacks.
And one more.
Pa-ang!
A Shadow Arrow flew and bent in the air.
''Seven stacks can’t happen.''
ckTea''s eyes shed. The muzzle of one gun swung around, and—
Taa-ang!
The arrow dropped.
"Wow! yer ckTea! With only one pistol, she stopped the curse from reaching seven stacks!?"
"While still hitting Tako with the other gun!"
"Despite barely seeing too! Amazing, right!?"
ckTea''s y managed to stop Almond''s stacking. Tako''s health was also gradually decreasing.
"Now, the Light Arrows are slightlycking! Tako''s health is going down! The end will be decided soon!"
Almond''s side was increasingly at a disadvantage. It had been easy to get Light Arrows when there were many enemy minions. Now, the only ones left to hit were ckTea and Lemon. However, ckTea avoided or deflected several arrows, and Lemonpletely hid behind ckTea.
“Almond! It’s not about healing me anymore! Just push them back!”
All the enemy minions had been pushed back already.
Almond aimed at ckTea.
As soon as the healing stopped, Tako''s health quickly plummeted.
Tako quietly retreated.
Pa-ang!
Pa-ang!
Shadow Arrows flew toward ckTea 2-3 at a time.
Tang! Tang!
She fired her dual pistols while swinging them and deflected the arrows.
"Wow! Deflected again!?"
"Now ckTea is targeting Almond too!"
Click!
She aimed at Almond.
[Explosive Bullet]
An exploding bullet flew toward Almond. However, a Shadow Arrow struck the bullet and caused an explosion in mid-air.
Puh-eo-eung!!
Dark smoke obscured the surroundings.
"Almond!! He intercepted the exploding bullet while it was in mid-air!"
"This is truly an incredible showdown!"
"Lemon is still in the fight!! Both sides have to be careful!"
Whoosh!
A toad appeared and spat out poison from a gap in the ck smoke.
Almond threw himself to the side to dodge, but…
More exploding bullets struck him.
Boom!
"Ah! ckTea, two explosive bullets are loaded when the skill is activated. One of them was used just now!"
"Earlier, she shot only one and saved the other. Then she coordinated with Lemon to attack Almond together!"
"But Tako isn’t ying around! He''s charging in! He''s too low on health though. Is he trying to die?"
Boom!
Tako immediately charged in and pushed ck Tea with his body. He used a dash skill and pushed ckTea back.
"The field has be quite chaotic! It''s a messy mud fight!"
"A mud fight is what Almond is most confident in!"
"Exactly! Lemon is exposed at the back!"
Almond drew his bow and fired three consecutive shots at ckTea.
Bang, bang, bang!
ckTea aimed back to knock down Almond’s arrows. However, the arrows that Almond shot were no longer going toward ckTea.
Whizz─
They curved in the air.
"The arrows... They’re curving!"
The arrows struck Lemon, who became exposed while trying to push back Tako.
Boom!
Lemon instantly received three stacks of the Saint''s Curse, and her movement speed slowed.
"Ah! All arrows struck Lemon! She''s going to die!"
Boom!
Almond''s Shadow Arrows mercilessly pierced Lemon, and seven stacks immediately took effect.
[Fainted]
She momentarily fainted.
Sana didn’t have great damage to begin with, and a basic attack could deal nothing more than the champion''s base damage, but firing at a fainted champion would instantly kill them.
[Enemy Eliminated!]
[LazySoldier → Lemon]
Almond finally killed Lemon.
"Aaaaa! Lemon is down!"
"Hey! The Shadow Arrows are infinite, you know! It seems like that''s what he''s saying?!"
[An ally has been in.]
[ckTea → Tako]
In the end, Tako also died.
"What the heck is this battle!?"
"Tako died too! ckTea killed him in that brief moment!"
ckTea stood up, veins throbbing in her neck.
"Is this a martial arts novel!? An unbelievable battle is unfolding!"
In an instant, dozens of projectiles flew through the air in their one-on-one fight.
Thementators couldn''t hide their excitement, but only for a moment.
"Ah... but ckTea is running away!?"
ckTea was retreating.
"Ah, yes. Her health was low, you know?"
— LOL! ckTea is retreating
— ckTea hates dying
— This is ADC!
ckTea ran away and had already escaped from Almond''s range for a while now.
However, Tako and Almond had aplished their goal. They had pushed the frontline all the way to the enemy''s side.
***
"Balloon Stars. It''s regrettable that they couldn''t kill ckTea, but this is really good, isn''t it?"
"Yes. Now, they''ll stop by the base and head straight for the tower! There will be almost no losses in doing that! They’ve already pushed the front all the way back!"
Almond and Tako headed toward the tower as thementators said.
Bubblegum had gotten one kill already and pushed the opponent around more easily than he initially thought.
"Ah! He finally caught yer Jam again!"
"Bubblegum with two kills!? Amazing!"
Balloon Stars began to take the lead thanks to the outstanding performances of Bubblegum''s Iron Ball and Sana.
"What is this!? They’re not dying! When will they die!?"
Thementators loudly cried out during every skirmish.
"Ahhhh! Iron Ball! He’s not dying despite taking all those hits!"
Iron Ball wouldn’t die as if he became immortal.
"He won''t die! He just won''t! Sana''s healing is tremendous!"
"He’s blocking like that and still not dying! I''m envious! I want to y a game like that too!"
Balloon Stars was disying a solid tank and excellent healerbo. The game was going just as they had nned during the initial ban-pick phase.
— It looks like Bubblegum has no say in whether he gets to live or die, LOL
— Bubblegum carrying~
— Wow, Gum! I''m going to cry!
"Will the game keep going like this?"
Iron Ball rolled into enemy territory without knowing death, and thementators grew more excited.
Finally, Balloon Stars reached thest battle in front of the enemy nexus.
"Balloon Stars! Will they go all the way!?"
"The final showdown in front of the sanctuary!"
"ckTea! Those double guns look like they’ll catch fire! She’s shooting like crazy... but Iron Ball just won''t die!"
"At this point, it feels like he can''t die even if he wants to!"
Boom!
Red Carpets'' sanctuary eventually exploded.
The game finally ended aftersting thirty-five minutes. It wasn''t short, but the match had been quite one-sided. The only reason the game took a while was because Balloon Stars focused on a tankposition.
"GG~~~!"
The damage graph appeared after the game. ckTea had the most noticeable damage output.
"Wow... you can clearly see how intense the battle was."
"ckTea looks overwhelming on the damage graph."
"Probably from killing Tako during thene phase."
"Look at this graph for damage taken," the observer disyed another graph.
"Wow~"
"This is what a tank carrying the game looks like! Bubblegum can be proud of this one!"
"Wow! 50,000 healing!?"
"That graph almost goes out of bounds!"
The astronomical damage Bubblegum took was alsopletely healed. The caster quickly wrapped up thementary.
"Alright, everyone. Let''s take a short break and move on to the second set."
***
The first set''s ban-picks had been unusual, and the second set’s was no less peculiar.
"Huh? Raina is open?"
Indeed, they left Raina avable.
"The Terrorist - Bonnie is also avable! This means we''re in for a real match, right?"
"Is this to avenge GreenTea?"
"We messed up the match earlier? Let''s do it properly this time! That''s what they’re saying, right?"
ckTea left Raina open as if inviting a showdown of their main champions.
— Wow, LOL, main character showdown
— ckTea, as expected, knows how to put on a show
— Raina vs. Bonnie! Insane!
— ckTea, even in scrims, never got to use Bonnie before. Wow
— Challenger''s main character... wow
— Could it be what that guy Almond was most excited for?!
Viewers expected a simr contest to the first set in the bottomne. However, what unfolded turned outpletely different from their expectations.