Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1126

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 11
4. Tutorial (2)
[You have obtained a Sacred Relic.]
As I picked up the shield, my body suddenly began to glow.
Whoooosh!
As the light faded, I found myself clad in full plate armor.
Ding.
[Shield Lv. 1]
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Attack Power +20
Defense +10
Movement Speed +30
CC Duration Reduction 25%
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Quite impressive stats.
Enough to understand why beginners are told to pick up a shield.
[Tutorial Tip]
[You’ve chosen a shield? The most reliable weapon! The shield’s role is to protect your allies based on rapid movement speed, or to charge toward enemies and block their barrage of attacks.]
That last phrase bothered me.
“Blocking attacks…”
That wasn’t really my style.
“I think I need to test my strength before making a contract.”
If I contracted with a Tank avatar, even against bots, the 20-kill mission would be impossible.
-Who are you testing yourself against?
-Why would you test yourself against your own team lol
-This guy just loves bows
-Bow addict lol
Even a single game, this real man can’t play tank ㄷㄷ
While I was plotting this scheme.
Yoyoyo picked up a bow, Baegi a spear, Hampunch a sword, and Tajoal a staff.
The leader bot Baegi began the briefing.
“Well… so we have one ADC, a Tank, an Assassin, a Mage… and even a Bruiser. That’s quite a balanced composition! Excellent.”
He seemed pleased with how evenly the team had distributed the Sacred Relics.

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Being a beginner zone, the game started relatively peacefully.
“So, should we have our Tank contract with a Divine Spirit first?”
If the Tank contracts with a Divine Spirit early, we can gain a quick advantage.
It’s the most common build strategy.
But Almond shook his head desperately.
“No, I’m a beginner.”
“Since you’re a beginner, you should contract first—”
“Later on, I might suddenly be needed for a ‘different position.’ You all should contract first since you’re better at this.”
“?”
Haha, only at times like this
-Suddenly declaring himself a beginner
Later on, you might suddenly need it lol lol
-He is a beginner at Survival though
“No, that’s why. Why are you saying that to me!”
His gaze was still fixed on our ally Archer Yoyoyo.
“You’ve seen a bow, right?”
“That’s me!”
“Now, now—”
Sigh.
Baegi exhaled a breath and declared he would go first himself.
“We don’t have time for this. While we’re doing this, the enemies keep moving. If you can’t decide, I’ll contract first. Just follow my route.”
Baegi took the lead.
“Oh. True leader bot.”
“…?”
Almond had no doubt whatsoever that Baegi was a leader bot.
To make matters worse, the moment Baegi moved, a tutorial message appeared.
Ding.
[Tutorial Tip]
[Once you’ve obtained a Sacred Relic, hunt monsters throughout the Abyss and gain experience and Rune Boxes to upgrade your Sacred Relic!]
The timing is so messed up lol
I’m dying laughing ㅋㅋㅋ
-Wow
-You shouldn’t call a bot a bot; it violates bot rights
The bot is moving so tips are popping up lol
-Systematic tutorial! Life is Legend!
The viewers never missed this divinely timed moment and were focused on making Almond look foolish.
Especially since AI-created NPCs these days performed so well. If everyone coordinated, the chances of deceiving him were high.
In fact, in one experiment, university professors were brought in and asked to distinguish between NPCs and Players.
They failed to distinguish them properly.
So it’s not that Almond is foolish and falling for it…!
“Let’s hunt.”
“Following the Leader Bot.”
As I followed Baegi, I encountered several monsters.
[Abyss Fish Lv. 1]
These were the smallest monsters at level 1.
Fish that swam through the sacred energy accumulated in the Abyss like water.
Though they were called fish, they were essentially flying birds.
Baegi took the lead and began striking the Abyss Fish without hesitation.
Thwack!
As if on cue, the other members also started pounding the Abyss Fish.
I went last and struck a few times with my shield.
Boom!
-Why is the shield going last lol
-Rear entry shield legend lol
-The shield is blocking allies from escaping, right?
Rear entry is usually how dealers engage, while tanks always lead with front entry.
I normally only play as a dealer, so I always do rear entry.
This was quite the trolling.
“Screech!”
The enemy was such a weak monster that it was quickly eliminated.
It was no different from killing minions in a siege battle.
“Ah. Hero. If you’re holding a shield, go to the front. Come on! Don’t you know that?”
However, this game is Ril.
Players have no patience and don’t consider my circumstances.
Leader Bot Baegi is the same.
“Ah, yes.”
“Let’s go next. This time, go to the front.”
It was Abyss Fish again.
This time I go to the front.
Thud!
I swing my shield at the Abyss Fish.
Strangely, my position keeps moving backward.
-?
-Why keep moving back lol
-Shield moving shot lol
-Fadeaway d d
“Damn it!”
Baegi’s patience is running thin.
“Shield! Go to the front! Front! If you do this during team fights, we all die!”
In survival mode, positioning was far more critical than in siege warfare.
Since I was hunting Abyss fish right now, it didn’t matter at the moment, but if I suddenly encountered other players, things would become incredibly difficult.
Boom!
Regardless, my level had increased.
[Level Up!]
[Lv. 1 → Lv. 2]
Normally in Ril, you’d allocate skill points when leveling up.
But that wasn’t possible here.
[Tutorial Tip]
[If you currently have no contracted Avatar, you cannot allocate skills even when leveling up. However, the level of any Sacred Relics you possess will also increase, upgrading your abilities.]
It wasn’t that I had no Contractor—it was that I had no skills to learn.
I recalled the Reina Story Mode.
How pathetically weak ordinary people without a Contractor had been.
Fortunately, I had Sacred Relics here.
The Sacred Relics would upgrade instead.
Ding.
[Acquired conditional passive ‘Parry!’ from Shield Lv. 2!]
[When you precisely strike an incoming projectile while in an unguarded state without raising your shield, the attacking opponent becomes stunned for 2 seconds. Cooldown of 18 seconds applies per enemy.]
Parry, huh.
I’d actually gained a genuinely tank-like skill.
Baegi speaks up.
“Now that we’re level 2, everyone brief us on your skills.”
Since skills were randomly distributed, we had to communicate like this among teammates.
The members each stated their acquired skills.
“Headshot.”
“Charge.”
“The staff is… elemental magic.”
The bow got Headshot, the spear got Charge—skills that matched their weapons naturally emerged.
“I got Parry.”
“…Parry?”
“Yes.”
“Ah. We’re done for…”
“?”
“Of all people, it went to a beginner.”
Baegi was utterly deflated upon hearing my skill.
My eyes, however, gleamed with light.
“Then should I switch to the bow?”
I saw it as an opportunity to change weapons.
-Finally showing your true colors lol
-lololololol
-Just hand over the bow already.
ㅋㅋㅋㅋ (lol/haha)
“No, that won’t work. The shield has good specs even without using skills, so just use it. Alright, moving on. This time we’re heading to the Red Turtle area. Get into position.”
Red Turtle?
It seemed to be a monster that was somewhat difficult to hunt.
“Hero, once we defeat the Turtle, we get a buff. It’s an early-game epic monster.”
Whisper whisper.
Someone nearby whispered and explained it to me.
“Ah, yes….”
[Tajoal]
It was a bot named Tajoal.
‘This one is quite kind, unlike Baegi.’
I spoke to the viewer channel.
“Looks like a good bot, bad bot strategy. Some bots are prickly, and some are kind.”
Good bot bad bot lololol
-Fact) Baegi in Ril is basically a saint.
hahahaha lol
Haha right? ㅋㅋㅋ
Good bone bad bone sharing thoughts haha
The chat window, filled with an unusually excessive amount of laughter.
But I was too busy following the Leader down the next path to pay much attention.
Pitter-patter!

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Originally, the early stages of Ril’s Survival were designed to minimize encounters with enemies.
Thanks to that, I didn’t meet any enemies while running.
It was a way of showing some consideration to beginners.
‘This won’t work.’
For Almond, this consideration was actually a source of concern.
[Since it’s bot matches, just get 20 kills lightly]
[370,000 won]
‘I need to get 20 kills.’
Getting 20 kills in a 50-player match wasn’t easy.
If I don’t encounter any players from now on, it only gets harder.
‘Did I mess up? Everyone’s adding money so generously.’
The mission that started at 200,000 won had already risen to 370,000 won.
While my broadcast had a decent number of people registering missions, the frequency of receiving additional funds was significantly lower compared to other streamers.
Today was unusually high.
Ding.
[+10,000 won]
It just got added again.
Almond felt strange even as the money increased.
Money rising meant this mission was becoming progressively harder to complete.
By betting money on a mission that seemed impossible, viewers could tease the streamer while spending money efficiently.
-Look at how much they’re piling on lol demons
-lol I know why I’m adding too lol
-Since it’s bot matches…
But actually, the reason donations were increasing now had nothing to do with the mission’s difficulty.
The important part wasn’t ’20 kills’—it was the phrase ‘since it’s bot matches’ that made them send money.
In other words, they were continuing to deceive Almond.
And Almond was falling for it perfectly.
‘If I only face bot enemies, the mission will be easy.’
I was seeing everything as bots.
‘Huh?’
That’s when it happened.
Whoosh!
The sound of an arrow cutting through the air from somewhere.
‘An arrow!’
I reacted immediately.
I threw myself into the brush and hid.
Swish!
The opponent’s arrow passed through empty air pathetically.
‘Where are they?’
His eyes were already searching for the enemy.
Whoosh!
Another arrow flew toward him.
‘There.’
Almond dashed forward immediately.
But arrows weren’t all that came flying.
Boom!
‘A cannon?’
Cannonballs were also fired.
Kaboom!
Thick dust billowed up, obscuring my vision momentarily.
Soon the enemy team appeared.
“Kill them! Kill them!”
“Let’s go~~!”
The enemy was a team with a heavy emphasis on ranged damage dealers.
‘Three ranged dealers, one tank, and the rest… a Mage?’
An extremely lopsided composition with three ranged dealers, one tank, and one Mage.
‘Then…’

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Leader Bot Baegi gives the order.
“There are three ranged attackers! Everyone get behind the shield!”
A squad heavy on ranged dealers was easy to handle.
As long as you had a shield.
“We’ve got this! Just stay behind the shield!”
Simply hiding behind the shield and slowly advancing left the enemy helpless.
If they’d ambushed during the turtle attack instead, they’d have been overwhelmed trying to manage monster attacks too.
But this was a beginner zone, so they lacked even that level of strategy.
Baegi advanced, confident in victory.
“Huh?”
He was gone.
The shield was gone.
“F-Fireball incoming!”
──Boom!
In an instant, the enemy’s Fireball struck all the gathered allies.
“Ugh!”
“Damn it…!”
“What’s our Mage doing! Use defensive magic!”
“You think casting magic is easy!?”
The magic staff required spinning skills like a roulette wheel.
If I time the wheel correctly, it’s the ultimate sacred relic that lets me freely cast any of the eight spells I want.
But in this chaotic situation, it’s not easy to simultaneously manage that complicated wheel game on my own.
It was far from beginner-friendly.
“Tank! Where did the tank go!?”
Behind the rocks, the staff user wails.
To properly utilize the magic staff, the tank needs to hold the front line and buy time.
“Sh-shield! Where’s the shield! Damn it! You rogue bastard!”
Just as Baegi screams at the top of his lungs, the fundamental problem was that there was no shield.
“What.”
“Huh?”
The other teammates are confused too.
The tank has genuinely disappeared.
How does the tank suddenly vanish like this?
What kind of troll move is this?
Soon they had to say the same thing again.
“What.”
“Huh?”
[FIRST BLOOD!]
[Rogue Warrior → Dolphin]
The vanished troll tank suddenly secured a kill against the enemy.
-Haha
-Beating them to death with a shield lol
-Shield’s so good
-Seriously buggy lol
-lololol this is hilarious lol
-Assassination shield what even lol
Shield grab from behind ㄷㄷ

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[Beginner Tip: The Sacred Relic has never defined a position. You have infinite freedom. Yet a renowned mage-engineer from Taran once said: “Freedom is an illusion.”]

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