The Queen They Buried

Chapter 34

Before Aubree went back in time, she’d already played tons of matches with four of the Apex Squad members–everyone except Killian–so she knew their playstyles inside and out

Usually, Apex Squad’s support helped them get an early lead on both was playing mid, it was pretty much guaranteed.

sides

the map, though it didn’t always work out that way. But now that Carmen

Aubree controlled her champion and, along with the jungler and support, timed a frost spell just right into the bush.

One of the commentators said, “Looks like both teams are starting off normally. God’s Fury’s new mid, Phoenix, just threw her second ability into the bush. Well, it looks empty. Wait a second–Wolfshade’s moving toward it.”

Right after he said it, Carmen walked straight into the bush and got frozen on the spot. In a flash, the jungler and support jumped out and attacked her.

“First blood!” the game announced. The crowd went quiet for half a second, then the whole place blew up with cheers.

The commentators got loud too. “Perfect timing! First blood in under a minute–this might be the fastest one we’ve ever seen!”

The other added, “Was that just luck? If not, then God’s Fury’s new midsolo is seriously scary.”

Carmen’s face went stiff as she stared at her gray screen. Dying so early, she could already imagine all the hate comments headed her way.

She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself. ‘It’s fine. It’s just the beginning. If I win this game, I’ll still be the star. I’ll be the first female champ in League of Legends history,‘ she thought.

“I’m sorry. That was my fault,” she said over the mic, trying to sound calm.

If it had been anyone else, Apex Squad would’ve torn into them right then. But since it was Carmen, and she had status, they held back and even tried to

be nice.

The jungler just said, “Be careful. Don’t hand them more chances.”

But it was already too late. Alvin wasn’t gonna waste that early lead. He charged right into the enemy jungle with Aubree and the support backing him up. The other team was already behind.

Aubree used her deep knowledge of their tactics and played to her own strengths. It was like she had X–ray vision–she kept calling out enemy locations to her teammates. Sometimes her calls were so spot–on that they won fights they hadn’t even planned for.

tournament, people might’ve

Ten minutes into the game, she’d already

huge lead, Apex

them had ever been crushed this hard in a kills.

jungler snapped, “What’s wrong with you? Ten

in practice games. But Aubree was on a whole different level. Going up against her, Carmen felt like a total

of the team lost patience as well. They didn’t care about

said.

Why didn’t we pick

at like this. Hearing them go off on her while praising Aubree left and right,

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Chapter 34

it either. I was getting ganked the whole time–where was the vision? Why didn’t

fed their midsolo so much, we wouldn’t be in this mess!

team?”

anger. She yanked

to this blow–up on Apex

on with Apex Squad? Are they falling apart live

get on the

is looking really

just got lucky that Killian’s not

had pulled off some amazing plays–stuff that left even the commentators speechless. But a few people still said it

called for

Carmen throw her tantrum, getting more and

join the team to make friends, but it looked like she was just making enemies. She played badly

never act like this. Even if she was treated unfairly, she’d suck it up

to Emery. “Is this how your team acts? One loss and they gang up on Carmen, huh? That jungler–fire him after

‘Did Daxton really just say that?‘

random game–this was the finals. Most players dreamed of getting here, and now Daxton wanted him to fire the team captain, all because

to hold back his anger, Emery clenched his teeth and said, “Daxton, I know how to run my

“Are you serious right

out because she messed up,” Emery said, his voice tight. “If she hadn’t handed the enemy so many chances, we wouldn’t be in this

“So what?” Daxton snapped.

a little, but no, he just kept defending Carmen. “You’re her broth But don’t talk about her like that. And don’t let me hear it again. If you won’t handle