Chapter Three: Starting from the Team Nobody Bet On

Marcus kept his voice level. “Don’t try to prove anything. Just hold this wave.” The enemy engaged first. BKBs collided, spells filled the screen, and Isaiah used his body to hold the ramp. Jordan dropped the final Ward that finally revealed the enemy back line. Caleb did not jump early. He waited for the first spell rotation, then blinked in with perfect timing, deleted the support, forced the core back, and used a calm Buyback plus Glyph sequence to stabilize the lane. That was the moment even the opponent understood something had changed. Harbor Wolves were not the team they used to be. They had learned to hold. And worse, they were learning how to do it the ugly way, the disciplined way, the way that does not look heroic until it wins you