"That's what we said when we lost one round," Rio reminded them and Key nodded
"Yeah, so I'll deal with those two," Key said
"I'm coming with you," Rio volunteered
"Captain, can you go to the final defense tower without us?" Key asked Rasheed
"Go ahead," Rasheed said and his newly resurrected Blitz met with Opal's Vis and Quant's Sournoise in the Hydra's Lair
{"It seems that JLNC had sent their two shinigami members with great teamwork to deal with Crown Pearl's Fidens and Luccicare."} Gino Morin announced
Crown Pearl's mid-laner and forward headed to the middle lane to destroy JLNC's defense tower but Rio and Key arrived and immediately attacked them upon sight.
Rio's stunning attack gravely affected them, although only Fidens was stunned, with only one shinigami capable of moving and retaliating, JLNC's mid-laner and off-laner are obviously going to win.
While Blitz, Sournoise, and Vis are destroying Crown Pearl's final outer base defense tower, Rio and Key are draining Fidens and Luccicare.
"Shouldn't you be using Luxy's Zoi to refill your blood?" Rio asked and Key chuckled
"What's funny?" Opal asked
"Hmm, it's nothing," Key replied with a small smile
She did use Zoi against the two opponents and that left Fidens and Luccicare almost drained of their blood, and Rio's Intrepidus once again dealt the finishing blow on the two with his fulgur, making a double kill.
"We need you two here," Opal called out to them
Vis, Blitz, and Sournoise clashed against Evocatrice, Chikara, and Pylae in Crown Pearl's base.
They are not only receiving damage from the three opponents but also from the Base Tower and the inner defense tower. Not only did the damage they receive from the towers deal large damage to them, but also the creatures that Evocatrice summoned, and before Kashmiri and Renin could arrive, they were drained of their blood and executed.
After Rasheed, Opal, and Quant were executed, Kashmiri and Renin had no choice but to retreat.
The Crown Pearl used this opportunity to destroy JLNC's defense towers, and they started with the defense tower in the bottom lane, thinking that Kashmiri and Renin are in the middle lane because they are defending the defense tower there.
They were half-right in that thought, Renin is in the middle lane to guard the defense tower and that is right, but Kashmiri is in the forest close to the bottom lane.
"Quant, how many seconds until you resurrect?" Key asked
"Ten more seconds," Quant was drained of his blood last, so his resurrection time is still long
"Rio, let's kill some mice in the bottom lane." Key called out to Rio
"Sure thing," Rio said and controlled Intrepidus to the bottom lane
"Now," Key said as soon as Rio's shinigami arrived
Intrepidus's Necto immediately stunned Chikara, Evocatrice, and Pylae as soon as he went out of the bushes.
Because of this, Luxy and Intrepidus were allowed to deal large damage to the three shinigamis opponents, and seconds after, Rasheed joined the fight.
"Head to the opponent's base after you resurrect," Rasheed ordered
"Yes, Captain," they replied
After several exchanges of attacks and damage, Luxy's zoi dealt the finishing blow to the three opponents, which in turn refilled her nearly empty blood to more than half.
They then headed to the base to claim it, and just as they arrived at Crown Pearl's base, they saw Sournoise and Vis fighting against Fidens and Luccicare.
Sournoise and Vis are losing too much blood, while Fidens and Luccicare are having their blood refilled.
"Key, is your maceries ready?" Rio asked Key
"Your necto's recharged?" Key asked back
"Whatever you two are planning, make it quick, we can't hold out any longer." Opal called out to them while using his Vis to deal damage on Fidens
"Move," Rasheed ordered
"Yes, Captain," Key and Rio replied
As soon as Key's Luxy cast Maceries, Rio's Intrepidus charged forward and stunned the two shinigami, with this advantage, they managed to drain the two shinigami just as the maceries broke down from the damage dealt by the base tower after their minion died.
Kashmiri and Opal headed to destroy the defense tower while Rasheed, Quant, and Renin dealt damage to the base tower.
Kashmiri and Opal did manage to destroy the defense tower but at the cost of losing all of Opal's blood and more than half of Kashmiri's blood.
Kashmiri headed to help their teammates fight the newly resurrected opponents while destroying the base tower but her blood was drained after she received a hit from Pylae's Aferrare.
{"Congratulations on winning the match, JLNC!"}
Just as Renin was about to get hit by the combined attacks from Evocatrice, Chikara, and Pylae that could drain his nearly empty blood, his Intrepidus's ultimate attack dealt the finishing damage that drained Chikara and the Reaper Evocatrice summoned and destroyed the base tower.
He claimed the victory of the match for JLNC.
"Congratulations to our MVP," Quant said and gave Rio a high five as soon as they stood up
"MVP in two rounds, congratulations, Rio," Key said and high-fived Rio as well
"Let's go," Rasheed said and they line up to go shake hands with the Crown Pearl members
"Congratulations," the members of Crown Pearl congratulated them while shaking their hands
"Thank you it was a great experience playing with you," Key replied with a smile while shaking hands with the opposing off-laner from Crown Pearl
"Thank you," Rio said while shaking hands with the opposing mid-laner
After shaking hands with all the opponents, they went to the middle of the stage and bowed in front of all the fans.
Their fans cheered for their victory while shouting how much they believe and love their team.
For their fans and for the people who support them, this victory not only means they will move forward to the next round, but it also symbolizes how they rose back on their feet after they fell.
"Congratulations!" Alexei and El greeted them all with a high five as they enter the resting area
"We already received the information about your next match," Bright said as they sat down
"Can't we rest for a bit first, Bright?" Opal asked making Bright chuckle
"You can rest, just listen here first," Dewy said
"Our next match is against Phantom," Bright said
"Phantom is the dark horse of the relegation teams, right?" Key asked and looked up from her phone
"Yes, Phantom is considered the dark horse because of how they continued to move forward without any loss since they changed their members and imported some players." El answered
"Oh," Key reacted and looked back at her phone
She had just received a message from Brilla, commenting how thankful she is for the all-expense-free paid vacation that she had given them.
Veloce then sent a screenshot of someone's feed filled with criticism and an email with a lawyer's letter.
"We'll study their gameplay while you continue to practice," Bright said
"Alright, let's go, the other team that will use this room might be on their way." Dewy said and they all stood up
"Can we have prawn again to celebrate?" Quant asked Dewy while they were on their way out
"We just won a match, Quant, let's just rest for now." Bright said
"I heard the delivery will arrive later," Alexei added
"One of these days, Alexei will play instead of Key," Dewy said
"Yeah, we need that to prepare for the Internationals, in case we qualify for the IPL." Bright agreed
"Oh, haven't we qualified for IPL ever?" Key asked curiously