Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1129

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 14
5. Avatar Contract (2)
One Sacred Relic, two Runes.
These were the conditions for an Avatar Contract.
However, which Avatar I chose was not entirely up to me.
It was purely a matter of probability.
That said, this probability could be controlled to some extent through Runes.
For example, if I obtained two healing-related Runes on a staff, the probability of a Healer Supporter Avatar appearing would increase significantly.
“Based on the Rune types I have, I’m going to aim for the Spearman – Sardine.”
Baegi predicted which Avatar would appear based on his Runes.
‘One of these three should show up.’
When requesting a contract, three Avatars would appear in total.
Whoosh!
Three cards spread out before Baegi’s eyes.
While Baegi was in the process of selecting his Avatar.
Almond suddenly asked the viewers a question.
“But if this is a tutorial… isn’t everything already predetermined?”
He seemed puzzled by the way Baegi was speaking as if he might not be able to obtain the Spearman.
“Could Sardine not appear even after doing all that?”
If this were a tutorial run by a bot, typically all elements would proceed exactly as scripted.
So if Baegi wanted Sardine, Sardine should appear.
This was the current worldview of Almond’s Matrix.
-?
-No, we’re making it as similar to reality as possible
That sounds plausible.
-Hmm?
-Finally realized it lol
-Could be
-Gasp…
The viewers nervously deflected with vague comments.
It had been quite a sharp question.
‘No. What? Is he trying to break out of the egg?’
‘Have we been caught?’
‘It’s over.’
Perhaps this was the moment just before seeing behind the curtain of this Truman Show.
They laid groundwork so that even if Sardine didn’t appear, viewers would think it was a bot match.
-Making it similar to reality
-What kind of strange logic is that lol
-Sardine might not appear even so
-Nah lol just go ahead
-Bots are bots.
But the loyalists shouted recklessly.
-Sardine has to appear
-It’s all predetermined
It’s all scripted anyway, obviously lol
“When Sardine appears, they’re just acting lol”
That was when it happened.
Kwakwang!
A dazzling light poured down above Baegi.
〔Blocking my path? Where should I break through!?〕
Along with the Avatar’s cry, this message appeared.
Ding.
[An ally has successfully formed a contract.]
[Spearman – Sardine]
It seemed Sardine was indeed among the three options on Baegi’s list.
-Oh
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ (lol/haha)
Hahahaha
Gasp lol
-It’s fate…
The viewers didn’t know how to contain this erupting laughter.
The loyalists were flustered and couldn’t even type in chat.
I can’t translate this as it’s not a complete Korean word or phrase. “-ㅁㅊ” appears to be only consonants without vowels, which doesn’t form a valid Korean word.
Just give up lol
-Ah….
Except for these loyalists, a world where everyone was happy had arrived.
“Oh! Sardine! You came out!”
Baegi had obtained the Avatar he desired.
The viewers could now trap Almond in the Truman Show again.
And Almond?
“I was right, wasn’t I? My deduction?”
He had become Almondil.
-Almondil! Almondil! Almondil!
-Almondil was right~
-It’s you again!? Almondil! It’s you again!? Almondil! It’s you again!? Almondil!
Almond’s shoulders rose high as he grinned from ear to ear.
“The tutorial flows so predictably. How could anyone not know this.”
He began to ridicule the countless viewers who had just said Sardine might not appear.
It was like revenge against the backseat gaming chat that would endlessly flood whenever he made an incorrect judgment.
I can’t translate this – it appears to be keyboard mashing or garbled Korean characters rather than coherent text.
-So that’s….
-Tsk tsk, shouldn’t we ban all those guys?
-They’re pathetically stupid lol
“Why are you like that lol, it’s a ‘tutorial'”
-All the incompetent ones should be put in a disabled bracket?
Hahaha so funny lol
Watching the chat urging a purge, Almond found the “Jello-type whatever” appealing, but.
“I won’t ban them. I can’t be smarter than Almondil, after all.”
This time, I switched to a ‘Balloon Gum-style positive outlook’.
It was because my mood was good right now.
My deduction had been spot on!
Hahahaha (laughing)
That’s the embodiment of mercy lol
-As expected of Daegam
You can’t be smarter than Amondo lol, I want to bite him to death lol
Hahahahaha
-This too must be Daegam’s grace…
-Wow, what a magnanimous person
-Right… How could anyone be smarter than Almondil… Just smarter than Sang-hyun Yu…
With this, Almond became even more convinced that he was fighting against bots.

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[Soon, the shadow of the Abyss descends.]
A warning appeared that the map’s active range would soon narrow.
It was the first contraction.
“Come on, let’s hurry! From now on, we need to properly build our snowball!”
Whiiiing…!
After contracting, Baegi mounted a strange horse.
This horse wasn’t a real horse—it looked like one made from plate armor and magitech devices.
Blue mana light leaked through the gaps between the eyes and the metal plating.
Still, it was naturally a horse, so its movement speed was quite fast.
Clop clop! Clop clop!
The remaining four had to run around all day like soldiers following cavalry.
However, their hunting speed became unstoppable from this point onward.
[Magitech Chariot Collision]
[Sardine’s magitech weapon ‘Gear Galoph’ charges at maximum speed, detonates, then disassembles. Afterward, Gear Galoph reassembles into Sardine’s armor, providing a shield for a certain duration and increasing defense. Cooldown: 15 seconds.]
Boom!
When Sardine discovered a monster, he would charge forward and fall off the horse.
The horse explodes.
Whoooosh!
The materials for the horse instantly attached to Sardine, transforming into magnificent armor.
There was a reason Baegi wanted Sardine.
He was the embodiment of a style capable of both charging and tanking.
Once I switched to this soldier form, I could use spear techniques.
[Spear Technique – First Form]
[Sweeps a spear in a circle around the Contractor, dealing massive damage. All enemies hit have their movement speed reduced, and if hit by the second form, they become afflicted with fear. Cooldown: 2 seconds.]
The moment I dismounted, I cast the first form and swept the spear.
The monsters’ movement speed slowed.
[Spear Technique – Second Form]
[Charges forward, dealing great damage in a fan-shaped area ahead. Those hit by the first form suffer fear effects when struck consecutively. Cooldown: 2 seconds.]
Boom!
Kicking the ground hard, I charged forward and cast the second form.
All the monsters ahead became gripped with fear.
[Fear]
“Shriek!”
“Screech?!”
After using the spear technique up to the third form, I mounted the horse again.
Baegi maintained tanking by only using up to the second form.
“Go in now!”
The level 1 Abyss Fish were already dead.
The level 3 Abyss Wolf had half its health gone and was in a fear state.
It was easy for the rest of the teammates to finish them off.
Crash!
Almond fell back and smashed with his shield, followed by arrows and magic striking in rapid succession, and they collapsed in an instant.
“Done~”
-Why is he always in the assassin position lol
-He’s doing it again
-Captain A XX ignoring him? Nah, this guy’s the real deal
-Why is the shield even lol here?
It no longer mattered what kind of plays Almond made.
[Level Up!]
[Lv. 3 → Lv. 4]
My level increased again, I obtained a new skill, and another rune box appeared.
This time it was an advanced, rare rune.
It was slightly better than before.
[Tutorial Tip]
[As time passes in the Abyss, the concentration of rune magic becomes denser. The later you make a contract, the stronger you become for similar reasons.]
That was right.
The reason tanks make contracts first.
It’s because the quality of runes increases as you progress deeper, and this connects to the strength gained after making a contract.
“Alright. This contract is….”
Baegi naturally glances toward Almond.
I need to send the Tank first so I can contract the dealers in turn.
But that wasn’t going to be so simple.
Tajoal, standing beside me, raises his hand.
“We need to do a dealer. If we send another Tank now, the balance won’t work out.”
“Ah. Right.”
Baegi nods, then looks toward Yoyoyo, the ranged dealer.
“!”
Flinch.
It’s not Yoyoyo who startles—it’s Almond.
That guy’s contracting?
‘This can’t happen.’
Am I losing my chance to contract with the bow-wielding incarnation forever?
“Ah, I have to do it? Well… given the situation, I suppose… wouldn’t it be better if Tajoal with the staff goes?”
Fortunately, Yoyoyo also wants to postpone the contract.
A ranged dealer is the position responsible for the late game, so it would be better to contract late and secure a higher-tier Rune.
“But the Rune that came out is completely attack-oriented right now. If I give it to Tajoal, we’d get an extreme damage mage incarnation. But Tajoal said he’d be supporting….”
Not all Runes are created equal.
They’re divided by tier, and the stat bonuses differ too.
[Attack Power or Spell Power +3% per Level]
[Range Increased 15%]
What came out now was a Rune for dealers.
Among them, a Rune quite favorable for mages.
“Or would Tajoal prefer to go mage? If you go mage at this timing, the damage would be insane….”
“Or what if Hampunch with the sword becomes a close-range assassin and really tears through the front line?”
Various opinions were being exchanged.
Rustle.
Bushes somewhere trembled.
‘Huh?’
I saw it.
I definitely saw it before any of my other teammates here.
‘…Toward Yoyoyo?’
I confirmed the enemy’s direction and stayed still.
“Ah, then I’ll just go ahead and contract an assassination-type. The early game is definitely the front line.”
“Good, gre─”
The moment Hampunch heads toward the Rune box.
Pop!
As if they’d been waiting, enemies burst from the bushes.
“Kill them!”
“There, enemies!”
Kwakwang!
A spell prepared in advance struck Hampunch and Baegi with full force.
[Frost Bind]
It was a frost bind spell.
This was actually a spell meant to bind the feet of Baegi, the only Contractor.
“Ah…!?”
First strike, guaranteed victory.
The difference between those prepared in advance and those unprepared was staggering.
As the strongest person’s actions became restricted, chaos erupted in the team.
A colossal greatsword came flying.
[Giant Machine – Colossus]
It was a Giant Machine.
The enemy had contracted a Tank incarnate by the book.
Kwakwang!
The greatsword he hurled struck Yoyoyo directly.
Shiiing!
And the anchor chain attached to the greatsword pulled the Giant Machine forward.
Yoyoyo was simultaneously dragged toward it, and they collided in the center.
Boom!
-We’re done
lol
-Seriously
-DPS
Arrows and bullets from the enemy rained down on Yoyoyo in an instant.
Rata-tat-tat!
[Health 52%]
Half the health gone in a flash.
“Heycha~!”
Here, the Giant Machine’s greatsword swung down.
Kwakwang!
With the impact of the earth itself flipping, Yoyoyo was stunned again.
The enemy dealers’ attacks continued.
“Shield, shield! What are you doing with the shield!”
Yoyoyo desperately looked for the shield.
Thwack!
Almond raised the shield precisely behind Yoyoyo, in front of Tajoal who held the staff.
I’m dying laughing hahahahahahaha
Hahahahaha
-The shield’s right here~
-Hahahahaha
Ding!
Yoyoyo died, but Tajoal survived—he maintained the precise line.
“Ah, ahhhhh! This can’t be happening!”
“The ADC! The ADC is dying!”
Hampunch and Baegi, still trapped in the ice, screamed and nearly wept.
“You crazy reckless bastard!”
The shield’s actions made absolutely no sense.
Yet strangely, the shield user was smiling.
Grin.
Boom!
[An ally has been defeated.]
Yoyoyo was eliminated and transformed into a Rune Spirit form.
Thunk.
A bow tumbled down from above the Rune Spirit that was once Yoyoyo.
‘Nice.’
Almond couldn’t hide his expression.
-That madman hahahaha
-Well if you think of him as a bot, what can’t he do lol
-Hahahahaha
-He’s a bot though;
-You laughing? lol From the ally’s perspective that’s basically a throw lol
-Don’t take the bow, get out of here bot…
The situation unfolded rapidly.
With the Rune Box at stake, the battle was fierce.
“No damage dealer! Wipe them all out!”
“We take the Rune Box first!”
The enemy team called to secure the Rune.
“Protect our team’s Rune, protect the Rune!”
My team called to defend the Rune.
“Protect the Rune~!”
Almond said this with his mouth while actually sprinting toward the bow instead of the Rune.
-Why are you running the opposite direction
-Lip service lol
-lol the Rune needs to be there
-We don’t have the Shield of Jikil
-Once we get the bow it’s all over, what are we protecting lol
-Does the contract activate right away?
“Shieeeeld!”
Along with my ally’s scream.
Click.
A bow materialized in his hands.

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[Beginner’s Tip]
[The Shadow of the Abyss is the darkest and most barren region within the Sanctum’s battlefield. Even the Incarnates shun it, so you must offer them appropriate compensation. Should you discover mysteriously gleaming stones, try fitting them into a Sacred Relic. Perhaps they will respond to you.]

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