Chapter Five: The Shadow Victory Leaves

He understood the coordinates. Someone Yanhui could not lose was there. White Duke knew too. Iron Veil suddenly sent four mid and left one player feinting at the side. The middle tower had eighty percent health. If Ember fully defended, White Duke would turn and claim the central energy well for an irreversible enhancement. “Defend the hospital,” Lu Yao said. It was not a request. Shen Yan saw another route. “Yield the tower.” She spun toward him. “Everyone in the hospital enters stasis if it falls!” “Wake them in three minutes and twelve seconds.” He ordered four players to seize the central well while Yanhui remained mid. When Iron Veil destroyed the tower, a vast section of the distant city went dark.