Chapter 5–Enough self pity
Traxex was interred the next day, her body buried on the battlefield with naught but a small cairn to mark where she was. Gondar turned to Lyralei and said "We must get back to the front. We shouldn't let Traxex' death stop us from helping our cause."
Lyralei responded, her normal tone nearly restored "Race ya to top!" and with that they were off, going to the top lane just like old times.
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There they found Yumero the juggernaut in a difficult situation: Before him were Broodmother, Lion and Lifestealer. Next to Yumero was an unidentifiable mass of dead green flesh and twisted branches, shivering and undulating. Yumero said "Lion Creep-slayer," then Lion pointed at Yumero and responded "You're next."
Oh perfect. We find an ally in need and can't even help him.
I can't help him, I mean what chance do I have against someone like Lion?
He should run, we should run, otherwise it's sui–
At that point, Lyralei laughed and ran forward, tethering Lion to Broodmother, then Yumero disappeared for a millisecond before appearing in front of Lion, slashing him, slashing Broodmother, slashing Lifestealer, then doing it all again. He and Lyralei then finished off Lifestealer while Gondar watched in disbelief, then the newly freed Broodmother retreated back into her web, dragging the Demon Witch along with her.
Crazy bastards, both of them.
How did they expect to defeat Lion? Man's one of the most powerful mages who ever lived, how'd they expect to beat him?
Creep waves clashed in the background as the three recollected themselves.
"That was crazy.", said Gondar, "You shouldn't be alive right now. You threw yourself at Lion–" Juggernaut cut him off "Gondar, enough self-pity," he said sharply, "I know you say you have no magic and cannot defeat great foes, but there are others like you, like me. None complain like you do!" Lyralei supported him, adding "Gondar, we fought Tidehunter! Come on!"
"Don't they get it?" shouted Gondar, "We're ants to them! You could have gotten yourselves killed! And look, we're some of the only ones left! Riki, he tried stabbing Slardar. Perfect backstab! But Slardar couldn't have cared less! He crushed him, knives in his back be damned! Sven tried using all his strength, some of the greatest strength of any human, and he was smashed by Tidehunter! Brewmaster couldn't even scratch Chaos Knight's armour! We lightweights are dying!"
Lyralei laughed and said girlishly "They went alone. We're together, Gondar. Even if you think we don't stand a chance, we can do this if we work together!"
She's so hopeful. Yumero's so confident. They're lightweights, their magic is nothing impressive compared to others, but they're so sure they can change things.
It might be foolish, but I may as well play along with them.
Sure beats self-pity.