No longer a pushover

Chapter 140

Frank choked at Noelle's words. He couldn't understand Lucas's intention, either. Was he trying to spite Noelle?

The match quickly kicked off. Noelle watched as the match unfolded and, as she predicted, Team Luminark was headed for a crushing defeat.

As expected, Lucas's temper flared up quickly. He tried to go on the offense, but Xenia couldn't keep up, constantly exposing their positions. Every time she took a shot, she missed. Lucas cursed angrily, "Xenia, what's wrong with you? I told you to shoot the enemy! Are you blind? How can you miss from this close?"

"I'm trying! But they have someone holding me back," Xenia said, feeling frustrated that no one was covering for her.

Soon, the enemy team closed in.

Lucas kept cursing as he moved, "Xenia, I told you to snipe their mage. Come on, hit him!"

"I really tried. They're guarding him well, and no one is protecting me."

Noelle

silent. Lucas had voiced what everyone was thinking-if Noelle had been there,

as capable as Noelle, but I've been giving it my all. What more do you want from me, Lucas? You were the one who acted

through! You told me you could handle this-do you

been training, and if he hadn't been impressed by her performance in

QUMS

progress at all? No words

followed the team. In the end,

his

me you've made progress when you play like shit. This is a match, Xenia! Not some practice session! You're not

make the comparison. But now, Lucas finally understood how much Noelle had handled for him in the past, how she'd taken care

was when

on his own that

how much she had