No, I ’t win here. Jin had to admit. The enemy forces vastly outnumbered him, so there was no ce to turables around. But, if I prove I stand up to Ignis even in this situation, then it should give me some credits.

  So, that begged the question: how should a small army fight against a bigger one?

  Uhe military ander of a real army, Jin didn't have direct trol over his minion. So, he could only operate within the restricted rules of the minions' AI, which followed very basic principles and didn't leave mu for creativity.

  heless, there were some tactics for g with this kind of situation. It required taking a risk, but Jin had to shoot for it.

  I hought I'd py like this in a high-level match, but I have no choice. He advaoward the enemy ander. As absurd as it souhe pn was to start this fight by striking her than the most dangerous foe.

  "Please tell me you're not pnning to tihis fight," Howard intervened.

  "I have to give it a shot." Jin didn't have time to expin his reasons.

  "It's beyond reckless," Howard insisted. "Not only you're at a disadvantage, but you might also get ganked. Hawk has been MIA for a while now. I suspect he's ter-jungling."

  "Most likely," Jin answered without stopping his advance. He reached the enemy frontline and brandished his bde, sshing through Ignis’s arm.

  "I'll be ho, this is foolish." Howard's tourern. "I didn't expeebody who’s aiming to be a pro to py like this."

  "I know. This py is far from ideal," Jin agreed he retreated to the side of the ne. "But, it's something I have to do."

  Hitting Ignis triggered the entire enemy army. They all focused their attention on Jin instead of attag his bowmen.

  As dangerous as it was, at least it provided more loy to his little squad. As long as Jin distracts the enemy forces, his bowmen will stay safe and tinue raining arrows on the enemy.

  "Hrm." Howard wasn't vinced in the slightest, but the die was already cast. There was no stopping this absurd py anymore. "You should've at least cooperated with the Jungler on this."

  "I suppose so." Jin gave a handwavy response. He didn't have the time to be distracted by chit-chat.

  In this dangerous and disadvantageous situation, a single misstep could cost him his life. He had to fully trate on the challenge in front of him.

  "Fine." Have it a rest as he realized the importance of that as well. "Dan, drop everything and rotate to Top. Even spend your leap if you have to. Just get there ASAP.”

  "Oh man, I had such a snazzy farming route ahead of me. Everything just finished respawned." Dan pouted, but he didn't argue with the and. The urgen Howard's tone made it clear how important this mission was. "Okay, I'm on it. I’m gonhere in a jiffy, my guy!"

  And, how are you going to help me, exactly? Jin scoffed.

  On paper, Howard’s call made perfect se was best to cooperate with the Jungler for what Jin was trying to aplish.

  In fact, Jin also sidered reag out to the Jungler befoing forward with this risky attack. However, the idea only crossed his mind for a brief moment, then vanished without a trace.

  I'd rely on a good Jungler, but this one is just bad. Jin thought. William would at least be helpful in a situation like this, and even Cato could get something done. But, this Jungler? I don't expect much. If anything, I'm more ed he might get himself killed if he es here.

  Regardless, there was no time tue with this development. Jin had to keep running around to distract the enemy minions. Each of his steps had to be fwlessly calcuted. He didn't have the luxury to be distracted by petty matters.

  Worst case, if something happens to the Jungler, it'll be Howard's responsibility. Jin cluded. I just have to make things work on my end. That's the only thing worth w abht now.

  Jin masterfully drew the enemy army away from the ter of the oward the upper border of the map. But, unfortunately, this was as far as he could go. From there, he could only retreat bato allied territory, which wasn’t ideal.

  But, I have to keep driving them. Jin reasoned. As long as they're chasihey 't harm my minions and they barely get to attack me either.

  The bowmen's arrows threateo reach him every now and then. However, he made all arrows whiff by maintaining optimal spag and by tactically pausing at carefully calcuted moments, trig the bowmen into nog their arrows for nothing. Doing so required delicate execution and unbreakable tration, but it was doable.

  Maniputing minions was one of the many arts of war that were drilled into Jin ba Korea, so he had fiden his execution. As long as he stayed focused, he'll lead these minions by the nose a a ce to turables around.

  But, naturally, Ignis wasn’t sleeping while this while taking pce. So, while Jin was distrag her minions, she went after his bowmen.

  Tch, this brat sure knows how to move, I’ll give him that. Ignis had to admit that the kid’s minion manipution retty much fwless. Most pyers would get hit by at least one arrow by now, yet this ese brat sistently stayed out e, just by a hair’s breadth.

  But, you’re really pushing it, kid. Ignis shook her head. You should’ve retreated while you had the ce. Like, what are you even hoping to achieve here? You really think I’ll let this pass?

  Ignis raised her big sword and sliced through the enemy bowmen. She wrecked them one by ourning them to dust.

  These bowmen were like the lyn of the kid’s entire pn here. Therefore, taking them out would put ao whatever nonsehe brat was trying to pull here.

  Aaaaand done. Ignis nodded in satisfa. All minions were deleted. The kid remained alone.

  Admittedly, his not-so-terrible maneuvers bought his bowmen some precious time. Befnis cut them down, the little guys rained enough arrows to eliminate Ignis’s injured swordsmen. But, that was all they achieved.

  Ignis’s frontline might have fallen, but her bowmen remained intact. And, they were more than willing to drill a couple of arrows into that cocky brat.

  So, tell me, kid. What did you even achieve here? Ignis shook her head. I still got the upper hand by a long shot. You got some nice moves there but they brought you nowhere. If anything, you just cut off your own ces of esg.

  At least, that was Ignis’s evaluation of the situation. And, to a degree, her oppo curred.

  This definitely isn’t a good look. Jin thought. But, so far, everything is going acc to pn.

  He was left all alone in the asked with fronting Ignis ahree healthy bowmen. These were terrible odds, to say the least.

  However, that was exactly the finale he envisioned from the get-go. He was waiting for this exact situation, with this exact timing, so he could bring ao it.

  Right on time. Jin g the cooldown on Shield Bash. The ter has just hit zero, inf him that the skill was ready to use. That was the trump card he was betting on all along.

  And so, Jin switched gears. Instead of fleeing from the bowmeurned around and charged forth with his shield.

  One full round of arrows rained on him, delivering damage that wasn’t negligible. But, that was the end of it. The bowmen didn’t get a ce to nock their arrows a sed time.

  Jin rammed into the bowmen with his shield and stuhem. , he followed up with Bde Swing, slig through the entire line of bowmen in one fell swoop. That was enough to wipe them all out.

  her side had any minio, so it became a pure 1v1. From an overwhelming disadvantage, Jin found a way to bounce bad even the odds!

  But, it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows. He had to pay about 15% of his HP for this trade.

  And, I'm also at a disadvantage when it es to skills. Jin reasoned. My Shield Bash is down, but her Fearless Charge should be up by now. And, she has War Cry, too.

  Even though Jin worked so hard to ralize the enemy's advahis was the best he could achieve. The enemy still held the lead, albeit it was a smaller ohan before.

  As far as Jin could tell, this was the best oute he could possibly rea this situatioarted off at a "grave disadvantage", and he ged the odds into a "slight disadvantage".

  Still, a disadvantage is a disadvantage, no matter how small. Jin reminded himself he was fag a pro here. In high-level py, even a tiny bit of advantage could make the whole differeween winning and losing, especially in a duel.

  I think I've achieved enough here. Jin o himself. I showed everybody I turn a “4v7” situation into a 1v1 with minimal cost. That should be ving enough.

  Of course, it'd be the ig on the cake if he could also defeat Ignis on top of that. However, it'd be foolish to pursue this fight any further. It was best to retreat here.

  As, Ignis had other pns for him. Right after she cleared Jin's bowmen - she rolled toward him!

  Is she going to force this fight!? Jin flihis was no time to idly analyze the situation. He had to get out as soon as possible!

  Unfortunately, the evasive maneuvers he used against the minions put him against the wall at the very edge of the map. As such, his escape options were limited.

  He could roll parallel to the wall and reach allied territory, or roll toward the ter of the ne in the hope to outmahe enemy from there. The former sounded like the obvious choice, but it wasn’t that simple.

  As odd as it might've souhe tter had some iing bes to it as well. However, there was no time to analyze the pros and s at the moment. Jin had to aow.

  I'll go with the more stable option. Jin rolled along the wall. It was the fastest way to get back to allied territory. His ultimate goal was to reach the tower, and this was clearly the shortest path there.

  At first ghis sounded like the correct py. However...

  "Ha! I knew you'd do that!" Ignis grinned madly. She had her prey exactly where she wanted.

  Before she fihe roll, she celed it into Fearless Charge, aiming diagonally at her fleeing foe.

  Gotcha! Ignis shoved the brat into the nearby wall, stunning him in pow, it was time to teach this kid his pce!

  This isn't good…! Jin could feel his heartbeat quiing. Perhaps for the first time this match, he found himself in a truly dreadful situation.

  She read me like a book. Jin bit his lip. This was defihe more predictable escape route.

  If Jin had more time to sider his options, he might've chosen to roll toward the ter of the er all. Staying away from walls was supposed to be the 101 of tering Warrior, but there was no time to weigh the importance of that against other factors.

  It was harder for Warrior to get a stun going pared to how naturally it came to Knight. However, in exge, Warrior’s stun was that much longer.

  Ignis sshed him twice before he recovered. And, her third ssh was also effectively unavoidable at this range.

  I mispyed here. Jin frowned.

  It was difficult to make the right call in the heat of the moment, but that probably didn't matter to the audience. As far as they were ed, Jin made a bad call and got trapped by Ignis. That was going to leave a sting impression...

  At the very least, I have to avoid dying. Jin hurried toward his tower as soon as he recovered from the stun. As long as he gets out of this situation alive, the damage to his reputation should be minimal.

  It's unfortunate. Jin thought. Right after I mao even the odds, something like this had to happen and leave a stain on my performance.

  The current predit might pletely overshadow his earlier achievements. His hard work to leave a good st impression might e to nothing. So, at the very least, he had to avoid dying.

  I'll survive this. Jin cluded after a quialysis. He was down to 60% HP, which lenty for making his escape from the se. However, that's provided Ignis will remain his only problem here...

  "Hey there."

  DarkestCymore