"I heard you loud and clear, captain," Key voiced out formally, as her Luxy continued dealing damage on the opposing Forward and Support
While Quant and El headed back to the base to refill their blood, Opal ventured into the enemy jungle to take out the Manticore in its den.
With Luxy's maceries shielding all three of them as they attack, and even their two teammates who came to their base to refill, Rasheed and Opal were able to deal the most damage that they can.
Both the opposing players in the bottom lane and the Manticore in the Manticore's Den didn't give up without a fight, Key's Luxy received the damage intended for their captain if she sees that he won't be able to dodge the attack in time during her shield skill's cool down.
{"JLNC both destroyed the opponent's defense tower in the bottom lane and claimed the Manticore!"} Elvis Letterman announced just as the JLNC fans cheered for their success
{"And here we are seeing, Elvis, that Phantom won't be giving up without a fight because Hemlock, Chaser, and Axe have headed to the Hydra's Lair and are now dealing damage on the Hydra."} Gino Morin narrated
"Key, scout in the Hydra's Lair and develop," Rasheed sent her out of the bottom lane
"Yes, Captain," she replied and controlled her Luxy out of the bottom lane through the jungle
{"It seems that JLNC had gotten wind of what Phantom is planning and sent Kashmiri to the Hydra's Lair to counter. I wonder what Kashmiri will be doing this time, I'm looking forward to how she'll be turning things around."} Gino Morin commented
{"But, Gino, Kashmiri is not using an assassin-type shinigami in this match, she won't be able to stun them like she usually does to turn the tables, not to mention Pylae and Fiore are part of Phantom's lineup for this match."} Elvis Letterman replied and Gino Morin nodded
{"Yes, that's true, Elvis, but as everyone had watched, JLNC Quant and El are back in the middle lane from refilling their blood, the Hydra's Lair is in the said lane, Kashmiri may also be a decoy to make an opportunity for the two."} Gino Morin said
The audience started to anticipate both teams' next moves because of Gino Morin and Elvis Letterman's discussion but things aren't exactly as they have thought.
El's Chasseur headed to the Kitsune's Forest to help Opal with the Kitsune, while Luxy stayed in the bushes and waited for Quant's Evocatrice to stun the opponents.
"Now," Rasheed said as soon as his Blitz entered the Hydra's Lair
Quant used Evocatrice to stun Axe and Chaser, while Hemlock managed to evade his stunning attack and was nearly toasted by the Hydra's fire-based attack.
Rasheed, Quant, and Key took this opportunity to deal damage to the three opponents while dealing with the Hydra as well.
They evaded the Hydra's attacks while attacking the opponents, and all of Phantom's members in the Lair did the same.
{"A small-scale team fight has happened in the Hydra's Lair!"} Gino Morin announced
In this clash between JLNC and Phantom, not only are they evading their opponent's attacks, but they are also evading the attacks from the Hydra.
After several evasion of attacks and dealing damage from both teams in the Hydra's Lair, Opal and El joined the team fight, overpowering the already down-to-two-member opponent. And as Opal and El joined the team fight, Phantom's forward, Tracer, and Phantom's support, Squash, arrived in the bottom lane and used the opportunity of it being vacant to start launching their attacks on JLNC's bottom lane defense tower.
"Quant, the bottom lane with me, go," Rasheed called Quant and the two of them left the Hydra's Lair after they read the announcement that their tower in the bottom lane was destroyed
After the two left, Opal, Key, and El managed to beat the two remaining members of Phantom in the Hydra's Lair, they also successfully claimed the Hydra for their team.
On the other hand, while the three are fighting with the Hydra after taking out Axe and Hemlock, Quant and Rasheed clashed with Tracer and Squash in the jungle between the middle lane and bottom lane.
The two players from Phantom are full-blooded, whereas Rasheed and Quant only had less than half of their blood left from the team fight in the Hydra's Lair while dealing with the Hydra.
{"JLNC claimed the Hydra!"}
"Opal, come to our location," Rasheed called Opal after they saw the announcement of their team claiming the Hydra
"Kashmiri, El, final outer defense tower, go!" Rasheed ordered the two
Rasheed and Quant only have little of their blood left while their opponent still has less than half their blood left.
"Key, maceries," Opal called Key as soon as he saw their Captain and Support's situation
"On it," Key replied
She used maceries as she used Luxy to attack Phantom's final outer defense tower at a closer range, taking in some damage before stepping out of the defense circle and letting the minions take damage for them as they attack the final outer defense tower.
"Levels, I'm at fourteen," Rasheed told them
"Thirteen," El replied as he used his Chasseur's first and second skills in dealing damage against Phantom's final outer defense tower
"Quant and I are at thirteen," Opal reported just as Quant's blood was drained by Tracer
"Kashmiri, thirteen," Key reported
"Chaser has resurrected, he's at fourteen," El reported
"Contain him within their base," Rasheed ordered just as his Blitz was taken out by Squash's first and second skill combo attack
{"That was a two-kills-one-death from JLNC's Rasheed!"} Gino Morin announced after Rasheed killed both Tracer and Squash with his Blitz's ultimate skill
{"He died from Squash's attack but he managed to use his ultimate before it hit him. What a great move from JLNC's captain!"} Elvis Letterman commented
{"You know, Elvis, both teams are a step closer to the Finals so we really can't blame them for having a heated match now. This is the Semi-finals after all, whoever wins advances and faces off against IBJ in the next match."} Gino Morin said and Elvis nodded
"Quant, Key's low on blood," El called out to Quant
"Kashmiri, can't you report on your own?" Rasheed asked as his shinigami resurrected
"I'll resurrect and come back after," Key replied and continued going all-out on her offense
She used both her ultimate and second skill to destroy their opponents' final outer defense tower and deal damage to Chaser.
At the same time, Chaser used a combo of his first and second skill to take out El, but Key's Luxy cut in and received the damage for El.
{"That was an unexpected move from JLNC Kashmiri!"} Elvis Letterman exclaimed and he almost threw his headphone off because of amazement and shock
{"Well, Elvis, it seems like JLNC doesn't want to lose another shot in competing for the National Championship."} Gino Morin said
{"We can't exactly blame them, can we, partner? They were so close last year but they lost."} Elvis Letterman said and Gino Morin nodded
{"This year might just be JLNC's year to reclaim the trophy after five years."} Gino Morin said
"After you resurrect follow us to the opponent's base," Rasheed ordered
"Yes, Captain," Key replied and kept her eyes on the computer screen
"Quant, El, preserve your ultimate skills," Rasheed ordered the two
"Too late, Captain, I already used it," El replied which took Rasheed's attention
"I still have mine," Opal said
"Opal, go with Quant, camp outside the enemy's base," Rasheed ordered
"Yes, Captain," Quant and Opal replied
"How long until it's fully recharged?" Rasheed asked El
"Thirty seconds," El replied
"Don't follow us inside until that's recharged," Rasheed said
"Yes, Captain," El said
"Are you out of the base now, Kashmiri?" Rasheed asked
"She's on her way," El replied and Rasheed shot them a short glance before shaking his head and focusing back on the game
"Prepare your ultimate attacks," Rasheed said and they prepared to enter the opponent's base
The opposing team is complete and so is JLNC and because of this, a large-scale team fight occurred the moment the members of JLNC entered Phantom's base.
Phantom's Luccicare, Pylae, Fortiz, Fiore, and Clypeus clashed against JLNC's Blitz, Luxy, Laidir, Chasseur, and Evocatrice, neither team seeming to let the other get the upper hand in the fight and both putting up a great fight, which amazed the viewers as it was more than what they expected for the semi-final match between JLNC and Phantom.
{"Congratulations, JLNC!"}
After that announcement, everyone in the Louise Gaming Arena who are there to support JLNC cheered and sighed in relief.
JLNC won the first match but they JLNC lost the second match by a landslide, it was a quick win for Phantom and so, everyone thought that loss ruined JLNC's momentum but they managed to jump back from the quick win that Phantom had.
"Congratulations to us!" Alexei greeted and gave everyone a high-five
"We have the whole tomorrow to rest." Bright informed everyone and the whole team in the resting area cheered in delight