Chapter 85 - Championship (3)

"This is the trademark of the Lee Gaming squad. They are all premium in every aspect of the game. This map that they presented to us, their characters, and even their overall appearance. They refused to settle on what is common." the young commentator nodded repeatedly. 

The audience hummed in agreement upon hearing his remarks.

To say, no one can beat the Lee Gaming squad when it comes to the money spending. If there would be a ranking of all premium players in the game, this squad would surely be the top rank one global!

"These players were known for their "sky is the limit" attitude in terms of using their wallets. I'm sure the Chronos squad already made considerations about the advantage of their opponents, or else, victory would slip away from their hands," the older commentator said easily while his mind slowly drifted off to some issue back then when the game released the skin upgrade features.

There was once an online argument about skins and fair battlefield posted on the gaming forum because of the upgrade advantages of the game. 

Several players complained that it was too unfair that premium players have the benefits of gaining more EXP first than the regular players. They claimed that it would disrupt the essence of playing and using real skills.

Some vloggers even bluntly called out the game developers for being greedy of money. That this kind of feature was forcing the players to buy necessary upgrades.

However, the premium players only dissed the regular players by saying that producing money was also a skill. 

There was even a full-blown mockery between the line of skin user and real skill at that time. Regular gamers ridiculed all the premium players for lack of skills and being reliant for money. However, the issue was just quickly forgotten and every player accepted such arrangement in the game.

On the side of the game developers, they did explain the dynamics of using upgrades to address the issue. In their official statement, they discussed that getting a skin upgrade did not guarantee to get a victory as the advantage was only on the stats of EXP gain. When the characters of the game reached the maximum level, their EXP benefits from the upgrade would no longer be an issue. And the regular players could still catch up easily.

"The Lee Gaming squad surely have an advantage of the early game. Now that they have passed the EXP level of their opponent, they are determined to gain an upper hand on the middle lane!"

In all perspective, Clark's mage looked really pitiful in the middle lane.

Now, he was facing the tank, marksman, mage, and fighter of the Lee Gaming squad.

All four opponents continuously sent their skills towards him at once whenever it would be available to cast.

The audience consciously sent a sympathetic look at his situation.

"The Chronos mage does not even have any armor on his inventory items that could allow him to have a bit of resistance against his enemies' attacks."

"I can feel the pressure of being surrounded like that. That continuous skills are hard to avoid but he still managed to do it!"

Luckily, the range of these four attackers does not reach towards the most inner part of the Chronos tower. So, they have not managed to deal any damage yet. Only the animations attacks from their skills flutter around.

The Lee Gaming squad players tried their best to get the Chronos mage. They even moved towards the wall and had almost discovered Claire hiding on the grass. 

Claire became alert and prepared to escape but the enemy was not so mindful of her presence. No one may have predicted that she was hiding in the grass area just behind the location where the four players were positioning their characters.

They just continued sending their skills to Clark's mage.

For some reason, these four players failed to calculate the possibility that an assassin was waiting for its victim on the grass. 

As for their target mage, Clark's fingers slightly trembled when he saw that the enemies were advancing. Cold sweats were also forming on his forehead while he was holding his breath.

'Why am I always the target?' Clark mentally asked in between avoiding the attacks. 

But this question does not imply his below-average skill in the pro scene. The Lee Gaming squad does not see him as a weak player. Instead, it was because his role as a mage was an easy target for an early game. 

Mages got the least endurance against any attacks.

It meant his role made him the first target of his enemies. 

Facing four opponents, Clark could only pray that he won't die at the hands of the four attackers in the early game. 

"The Lee Gaming players are moving. They are determined to get this mage in the middle lane! But their attack range is not enough to hit their target. Ooops! They have almost bumped into the assassin over the grass! Wow! The assassin was neglected!" the younger commentator promptly spoke while almost all the audience jolted out of their seat for the near discovery of Claire's assassin on the grass. It could be seen as a pure luck escape from a possible clash.

On the large screen, the audience could now see that the assassin of the Chronos squad was leisurely standing on the edge of the grassy area near the wall. 

The bottom lane where Sofia's tank and Stephen's marksman became empty. They started to attack the tower but their damage was not enough to destroy it.

The perspective switched back to Claire's assassin where there was no movement or anything from her character. 

"When do you think will the Chronos assassin attacks the four enemies? She can easily snatch the mage of the Lee Gaming squad but its hard to fight with the remaining three enemies." one audience spoke deeply to his seatmate.

"Its kind of interesting that these two Chronos players are not casting any skills against their opponents," the seatmate muttered.

The audience started to feel worry on the middle lane situation. But on the lounge of the Chronos squad, the assassin user looked calm. She was checking at every angle where she could possibly start her attack. 

Claire was very careful and had to wait for the right timing as they were clearly outnumbered.

Her sharp eyes were following for the movements of her enemy as if a predator ready to catch her prey!