Classmancers - A MOBA Esport Story - Part 3

Vol.15 Ch.3: Subbing the Jungler Again

"Hey, welcome back!" Luke greeted the team as they entered the waiting room. "Man, that game was intense! You almost had it at the end there!"

"Yes, it was a good game." Ben nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, we were SO close, yo!" Lars exclaimed. "But, don't worry! We gonna get them next game, believe it!"

"Totes, man!" Luke gave a thumbs up, then he noticed the creature napping in Lars's hands. "Also, I'm quite not sure why, but I have a strong feeling I'll be playing in that game, hehe."

"So it appears..." Yuel sighed. "It was a mistake to drag Nia into this game. I should've let her sleep. In a way, you could say it was my fault that we lost."

"If so, then I'm equally guilty," Kai said. "I also thought that bringing her to the stage will wake her up immediately, but turned out we were off the mark."

"Indeed, indeed." Vincent nodded. "We have all underestimated the Slumber Realm that ever insists to drag in our Vanishing Phantom."

"True," Yuel agreed. There was no denying the fact that nobody voiced an argument against putting Nia on stage. But, I still think it's mostly my fault. Especially, since I'm apparently the one who made her cram all the material on the Leopards late into the night.

But, there was no point in getting too hung up on that point. There were far more important matters to consider right now.

With Nia out of commission for a while, it meant that somebody will have to fill in for her. And, the first pick that came to mind was none other than the team's memer, Luke.

God help us all. Yuel sighed deeply. The Leopards are going to tear us apart if we bring memes to the stage.

Luke was a skilled player, no doubt about it. But unfortunately, his class picks dragged him down to Bronze level. So, no matter how skilled he actually was, he had little future on the competitive scene in his current form.

But, he's not our only option this time. After all, we have Ben, too.

This was a small, but important, difference compared to the previous scrimmage. With Ben on board, the team's options increased exponentially!

... at least, that's what I'd like to tell myself. But, I'm really not sure about sending Ben in as a Jungler.

Ben was a decent player overall. During club practice, he played Top most of the time, but he was also an excellent Support even though he was usually reluctant to play the role. It seemed like scars from the past were still fresh in his mind, creating a mental block.

Nonetheless, every time Ben was cast in the role, his supporting was exceptionally good, second only to Yuel's in their club. Despite Ben's aversion, it was probably his best role.

But, we don't actually need another Support, so that's fine. Still, the fact he can play Support so well definitely says a lot about his ability to play Jungler.

That wasn't just a random guess. Yuel made sure to properly test that theory during club practice as well. He made Ben play Jungler more than a few times, to gauge the guy's potential as a Jungler substitute for the club.

I knew we'll need a substitute for this game, too. Yuel sighed deeply. In the end, all that talk about making Nia exercise and such... it went in one ear and out of the other. Sigh.

As aggravating as it was, Nia ignored Yuel's criticism when it came to the topic of taking naps. As such, on that front, the girl was barely any better than she was during the Taurus scrimmage. And so, sleepiness still governed over her life.