Classmancers - A MOBA Esport Story - Part 4

Vol.20 Ch.15: The Princess's Next Target: Top Lane

Rosemary must have started recalling as soon as she cleared the Ogre Camp. Her HP fell substantially over the course of the last few plays, so even she deemed it too risky to linger around. Not to mention, she was around Lv. 6 by now, so it was a good time to upgrade her gear.

She got a lot of gold for scoring all these kills. Howard thought. When she returns, she'll be ahead of everybody in far more than just her level.

This was an early sign of snowballing if Howard ever saw one. Step by step, Rosemary was establishing herself as the strongest player on the battlefield. Her powers grew higher and higher, bending the rules of the game in her favor.

To avoid any further mess-ups that could lead to more snowballing, Howard made sure to bring up the topic with the team. "At this point, I'd even be wary of fighting her even in a 2v1 situation."

"C'mon, man," Roi objected. "Me and Dan can kick her ass no problem, right, amigo?"

"Yeah, pretty sure we can," Dan agreed. "She's totally within snowballing territory, but for now, she's manageable. Or, at least, she WILL become manageable once I get a few more levels, haha..."

"Yeah, man," Roi commented. What's up your level, lol. You're not eating enough!"

"I'm working on it."

Even now, Dan was still severely lagging behind. Everybody had already hit Lv. 5 while he was still at Lv. 3. It was embarrassing.

Fortunately, the exp granted by creeps scaled up based on their level. So, as the game proceeded, the creeps naturally granted a bit more exp than they did before. This will help Dan to catch up to the others. And once he does, he'll be able to give Rosemary a real fight!

"I agree that you two specifically should be able to handle Rosemary together because of your teamwork," Howard said. "But, only after Dan hits Lv. 5. After that, you're free to 2v1 her if a good opportunity presents itself, but don't go assuming it'll be easy"

"Hell yeah, let's go!" Roi grinned. "We gonna mop that snowballing chick!"

"Word!" Dan nodded.

"I'm sure Ellen and I can also handle with her," Howard added.

"Aww, Wardy~" Ellen smiled. "Are you saying that we're, like, the best couple around~?"

"... yeah, sure. Anyway," Howard continued. "These are the only pairs whose teamwork I trust enough for this. So, if you run into Rosemary in any other combination, avoid fighting unless the odds are greatly in your favor."

"Got it," Julia responded the same way everybody else did, but deep down she was unsatisfied. So basically, no matter the situation, I'm not allowed to fight her at all. It's like he intentionally made up that rule to annoy me.

Sure, Julia already died once at the hands of that Werewolf, but was that reason enough to forbid her any further interaction with that beast

I'll totally win the next fight! Julia asserted. I'll MURDER that cocky girl!

Unfortunately, all these extreme thoughts were written on her face. That earned her a glare from Howard.

... whatever. I'll just stick to defense for now. This was an important game for her, she was supposed to prove her worth as a member of the first-string. And, getting killed by the enemy Jungler definitely wasn't helping to leave a good impression.

I know I'll score a lot of points if I can kill that stupid wolf. Julia thought. But, that's hella risky. Howard will tear me apart if I go against his orders and fail.