Chapter 7

"Ah, Ah, Ah, Lin Xiao, save me, save me!!"

In the back corner of the computer classroom, the cries for help from Yang Ouyang sounded once again, the scene eerily similar to what had happened two minutes ago.

Only, because the person he was calling for help had changed, the outcome was naturally different.

"Coming, coming."

"Don’t panic—"

"I already told you to be careful and not to flirt with that prince..."

Although he was still muttering complaints, seeing his female marksman about to be "dishonored," Lin Xiao, as the support champion Hecarim, did not hesitate to pick up his scythe and chain and charge forward.

Pressing the W key, he cast the skill "Soul Catcher" toward the female marksman, instantly pulling her back to his side. Then, he cast the E skill "Horrifying Scythe" forward.

The cold and powerful force of the metal chain swept out, pushing back the purple team’s support prince, who was holding an iron spear and trying to chase after them, causing him to stumble backward.

In the next second, he cast the "Death Sentence" hook in reverse.

The scythe chain, glowing with a faint green light, drew a straight line in the air, flying toward the Vayne who was rolling forward with a Q skill to attack.

"Ooh, Ooh, Ooh!!—"

At the same moment Hecarim cast "Death Sentence," the classmates standing behind Lin Xiao had already noticed the trajectory of the hook and couldn’t help but widen their eyes in excitement and anticipation.

This move was so devious!!

He had calculated that the enemy ADC Vayne would roll forward with a Q skill to attack when the support prince used EQ to launch the female marksman. Then, he cast "Death Sentence" in reverse.

This way, he could completely catch the enemy Vayne off guard—especially since she had already used her displacement skill!

Screech—

As expected, the grating sound of metal scraping against metal rang out. The cold, thin metal chain wrapped around the target Vayne, and Hecarim increased the force in his hands, dragging the prey back.

"Attack Vayne." Lin Xiao was about to call out to Yang Ouyang to join him in the attack, but a glance revealed that his ADC female marksman had already panicked and fled back toward the turret.

"Ah, Ah? Oh, okay!" Yang Ouyang, as if just waking up, realized that his support Hecarim had already controlled the enemy ADC Vayne. He hurriedly controlled his female marksman to return, but because he was two beats late, the enemy Vayne player had already broken free from the "Death Sentence" hook and quickly retreated.

"Hey, Yang, what are you doing?!"

"You shouldn’t have rushed in when you shouldn’t, and now you’re not when you should..."

"Just now, we had a perfect opportunity to counter-attack!"

The classmates watching the game immediately started complaining and criticizing, and Yang Ouyang felt a bit ashamed. Indeed, because of his mistake, they had wasted a chance to deal damage to the enemy ADC: "That... Lin Xiao... I’m sorry..."

For Yang Ouyang’s somewhat awkward and embarrassed apology, Lin Xiao did not make any accusations. Instead, he was very magnanimous and brushed it off: "It’s fine, just be more careful next time."

But he didn’t forget to remind him: "The female marksman doesn’t have a displacement skill, so it’s easy to be launched by the enemy prince’s EQ combo."

"I know, I know, I’ll be more careful next time!" Yang Ouyang nodded vigorously, but this time he was thoroughly convinced—Lin Xiao, though he liked to nag, was indeed right and was doing it for his own good!

...

As the saying goes, one learns from one’s mistakes. After this harrowing experience, Yang Ouyang became more cautious and careful in his movement and last-hitting.

Although Lin Xiao’s nagging was still echoing in his ears, Yang Ouyang managed to listen to every word and try his best to follow it.

"Move the female marksman a bit to the left—"

"Ah, no, too far to the left, be careful not to stand too close to the wall."

"See that melee minion in front? Prepare to last-hit it."

"Oops, wrong one, I mean the one next to it..."

"Hey, don’t forget to last-hit, sigh, you missed two minions again..."

Hearing Lin Xiao’s sigh once again, Yang Ouyang felt tears welling up in his eyes: Brother, you’re giving me so many instructions in a second, I’m already busy just listening to you, how can I ensure I last-hit?

However, although following the instructions made him somewhat exhausted, Yang Ouyang was also delighted to find that under Lin Xiao’s command, he had successfully dodged the enemy prince’s EQ combo and Vayne’s "Condemn" twice, and had even managed to deal some damage to Vayne with a few Q skills.

More importantly, he began to have a vague understanding:

It seemed... this was indeed the correct way to play the female marksman, or perhaps any ADC hero.

...

The game time was just over 17 minutes.

The minion wave in the bottom lane was stopped near the river, slightly closer to the blue team’s turret. The four heroes on both sides were in a standoff.

On the purple team’s side, the bottom lane duo needed the support prince to initiate with an EQ combo, but under Lin Xiao’s command, the female marksman controlled by Yang Ouyang moved so cautiously that the enemy had no chance at all.

However, for Lin Xiao, as the blue team’s support Hecarim, there was also the issue of not being able to easily initiate with a hook.

After all, at this point, the ADCs on both sides had some equipment differences. If their female marksman couldn’t find a good opportunity to use her ultimate or was interrupted, she would be in a very bad position against a Vayne who had activated her ultimate and had a very high solo combat ability.

Additionally, the enemy Vayne’s movement was quite cautious, always hiding behind the minions, making it difficult for him to hook her.

But that wasn’t the main issue; as long as he wanted to hook, he could still do it... So the main problem was still with their ADC not being strong enough—Lin Xiao concluded this with a clear conscience.

But while he felt at ease, there were still people who wanted to nitpick:

"Hecarim hasn’t used Q for a long time, is the hook just for show—"

The one who spoke was He Rui.

Actually, he himself didn’t know what was driving him, perhaps it was to regain some balance. When he saw that Lin Xiao’s support Hecarim hadn’t performed as well as before after those two impressive kills, he couldn’t help but mock him.

His words also implied that he wanted the other classmates watching to understand: This guy’s Hecarim is just average, not much better than when I played.

Hearing the mockery, Lin Xiao subconsciously turned his head, looking puzzled: "Ah?"

Ah, what the heck, can’t you listen properly!?—Seeing Lin Xiao’s innocent and puzzled expression, He Rui almost choked, and couldn’t help but repeat his words:

"I said, you haven’t used Q for a long time, is the hook just for show?"

This time, hearing clearly, Lin Xiao was even more confused: "Vayne is in the back, it’s hard to hook her, and I can’t just hook the prince, can I?"

Then, as if he had just thought of something, Lin Xiao suddenly realized: "Ah, right, you’re not very good at playing support, are you?"

"I—" He Rui was speechless again, but the other party seemed to have hit the nail on the head; he indeed wasn’t very good at support...

Now, it was Lin Xiao who kindly explained for He Rui: "If you hook the prince, the damage isn’t enough to finish him off or kill him in one combo; and if you use all your skills, the enemy Vayne can come in and counter-attack, and we won’t be able to handle it... Understand now?"

The classmates listening nodded in agreement and then looked at He Rui with disapproving eyes:

"Understand now?"

"Lin Xiao has his own plan, don’t nitpick!"

"Exactly! Just watch and learn!"

Hey, who are your classmates, anyway... He Rui was almost in tears; he had just made a casual remark, and now he was the target of everyone’s criticism?