Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1137

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 22
7. The Abyss Showdown (4)
Ril has three game modes.
Siege warfare, survival, and escort.
Which mode is the true foundation?
If you asked, the answer was naturally siege warfare.
[Survival is just for old guys lol]
[Why are they even using that for platform tournaments]
[Ugh, I don’t want to get old~]
But siege warfare is a difficult and exhausting game.
As players aged, they couldn’t endure the fatigue of siege warfare anymore.
So survival and escort were created as relatively lighter alternatives for them to enjoy.
Shorter playtime, easier strategy.
The players who enjoyed these as intended were working professionals in their thirties.
People with busy real lives.
They barely had time to play games, let alone check the community.
They could lurk, but they never posted.
So when twenty-something players dismissed the modes they enjoyed, they just accepted it.
But today was different.
[Honestly, survival is just as brutal as siege warfare though?]
[A survival Challenger would absolutely stomp a siege Grandmaster lol]
[Siege warfare = exclusive to unemployed Ril demons]
[There are no great modes. Only great players.]
They had held their tongues due to lack of time, but they hadn’t forgotten the disrespect they’d endured.
So when the opportunity came, they launched a full counterattack.
But why today of all days?
[Omelette]
[Leewae-jin) Going into survival mode…]
[Current viewers: 231,000]
Because today was Omelette’s first survival mode stream—one of the few remaining siege warfare purists among influencers.
These thirty-somethings were busy with their jobs now, but they were once called the “demons” themselves.
There was no way they’d miss a big event like this.
They unfurled the black wings they’d hidden for so long and began their ascent.
[Omelette declares “siege warfare is for casuals” lmaooo]
[So even Omelette plays survival? lol you guys’ streamer viewers are insane?]
[Kyaa the survival boom is coming~]
The siege warfare players grew considerably tense.
They felt fear at the resurrection of ancient weapons that had been dormant.
That fear, as always, transformed into heightened aggression within the community.
Big) Survival? If actual “real talent” from siege warfare goes there, it’ll all be wiped out, right?
Big) According to Pollis: “Survival matches are where talentless has-beens go”
Big) Survival matches = 80s-90s Watermelon Night League
Big) Omelette: Survival matches are garbage, right?
Big) Omelette “Survival matches are just pure luck-based trash” lmao
As if running bots, they churned out countless posts tagged ‘Big’.
Their fundamental argument was this:
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Survival matches?
It’s a senior center kickboxing league
It’s hilarious when people say “wow, you’re talented” for doing well there lmaooo
It’s literally just where talentless players gather
Even if you grind Challenger there forever, you come to Siege?
Just Bronze tier
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-Bronze tier is ridiculous lmaooo
-Is the poster Silver?
-Lmaooo for real
-It’s true they’re talentless lol but Bronze lmaooo
-Survival matches = a game where middle-aged guys trying to survive today and tomorrow actually fight for survival
└That’s insane lmaooo
└Today and tomorrow lmaooooo
└Today or tomorrow, damn
└That’s hilarious lmaooo
Survival matches and Escort matches are merely substitutes for Siege.
All the truly skilled players are in Siege… or so they claim.
The proof?
Isn’t Omelette showing it right now?
Big) Omelette just got two triple kills lmaooo
First game, and even without knowing the rules properly, he’s dominating Survival matches.
Big) If Omelette gets first place from his first game, that’d be worth watching lmaooo
They loved it more as Omelette swept through the game.
They claimed Omelette’s victory was Siege’s victory.
And this victory seemed quite close at hand.
[Breaking: Omelette got another double kill lmaooo]
[How could a Siege Grandmaster possibly lose?]
[Omelette really has talent, this is it]
But there was a variable they hadn’t accounted for.
Big) But wait, Omelette and Almond are in the same queue, right?
Omelette and Almond had been matched in the same queue and were playing together.
-Oh no
-This is insane lol
-Omelette is dyyyyying
-But Almond is doomed lol
-What’s Almond’s siege warfare rank anyway?
└Didn’t he reach Diamond? But he stopped playing so it all dropped. He’s unranked now
└I think he reached Diamond back then
It was quite a funny situation.
In truth, Almond was just a player who dabbled in siege warfare occasionally.
Big) Breaking news! Almond pentakill lmaooo
Big) What is Almond doing by himself???
Big) Omelette is dyyyyying!lol
Big) Siege warfare fanatics in tears
Big) Almond’s actually lost it lolol
Almond’s victory became the victory of survival mode.
Why?
Big) If Omelette’s argument that he disregards survival mode is correct, shouldn’t he win first?
With roughly this logic, I constructed a shield.
And with this logic, I thrust a spear.
Big) Real skilled gamers play “Civil M” and “Kingdom Age” right?
-lololololololol
-lololol facts
-lmaooooooo
-True lol
-King~ you can’t beat us come at us~
I can’t translate this as it’s not a meaningful phrase in any language. It appears to be a combination of punctuation marks and a Korean character (ㅇ), possibly meant to represent an emoticon or symbol rather than text to be translated.
└That emoticon is hilarious what even lolol
└lmaooooo
-Seriously by their logic if Almond wins then real skilled players are idiots who don’t play ranked games like Ril?lololol
└For reallol
This was a half-suicidal attack.
But since everyone could see that siege warfare supporters were far more serious about Ril, attacking Ril together meant the siege warfare supporters would lose out.
-That’s terrible logic
└Isn’t that the exact logic you were using?lol
In fact, this was simply the reverse of the logic siege warfare supporters had been using.
That’s how community arguments worked.
It wasn’t about whether the logical structure was perfectly sound.
What mattered was who ended up representing what side, and ultimately who appeared to win on the surface.
‘I am siege warfare itself!’
Omelette understood the industry’s nature far too well.
“This won’t dooooooo!!”
Whale Whale was screaming at the top of his lungs.
Omelette, still in Rune Spirit form, bounced frantically while shouting.
“Please! Please, somebody kill anybody! Take down Reina!”
Boing, boing.
The Rune Spirit bounced and cried out.
“It’s not over yet!!”
Despite Almond pulling off a pentakill solo, being the only one at level 18, and dealing immeasurable damage through combos.
It still wasn’t finished.
No, far from finished—their side actually had twice as many people.
Two people, that is.
And if you counted the one survivor from the enemy team, that made three.
“Group up and focus Reina!”
The Rune Spirit’s words went unheard.
But perhaps Omelette’s desperation was conveyed through his frantic bouncing?
“Reina! Cut Reina!”
“Reina first!? Oh, okay!”
At least Omelette’s team was trying to focus on Reina.
Vicious skills were unleashed in rapid succession.
Whoosh!
[Roll]
Slash!
Almond rolled backward and retreated.
“Huh!? What!? Why did she go invisible!?”
“Is it a Legendary Rune?”
Legendary Runes could enhance or even transform skills.
“W-wait, we need to fall back and save our team first….”
“Not so fast!”
But the real problem was the other team.
The lone survivor absolutely refused to side with Omelette’s team.
[Divine Technique – Sandstorm]
Whoooosh!
The Divine Technique of ‘Desert Warrior – Muraq’.
Upon charging forward, he summoned a sandstorm around himself, inflicting continuous damage and a slow effect on enemies.
Obscured vision was just a bonus.
“Y-you crazy─”
Whiiiiiiiing!
“Muraq first!”
“W-what about Reina!?”
“I can’t see Reina!”
A situation where no one could see anyone else.
From the perspective of the team with one member left, the team with two members was more of a threat—Reina was a secondary concern.
The three of them were caught in the sandstorm, wildly swinging their weapons at each other as they engaged in a chaotic melee.
The three were swept up in the sandstorm, while Reina had long since distanced herself.
On the surface, Omelette’s team was already finished.
“Huh. If this continues…?”
I could see it clearly.
“But at this rate, I’m going to die to Reina’s shadow damage?”
[The shadow of the Abyss descends.]
Boom—
The shadow’s damage grew stronger and stronger, until by the end, even a grazing touch dealt fatal damage.
Reina wasn’t merely grazed—she was completely consumed by the shadow.
“Yesssss! We, we won!”
-Gasp
-Huh?
lol
I can’t translate this as it appears to be incomplete Korean text or random characters rather than a meaningful word or phrase.
What, this?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
This is a sandstorm lol
The Rune Spirit bounced around excitedly.
“Now it’s 2 versus 1 for us! If we just kill that sand bastard…!”
With Reina gone, Omelette’s team would have the victory.
“We’re first place!”
Though it was an ugly victory, winning while dead himself.
It was far better than losing.
tsk tsk tsk
-Kya
-Hilarious
-They won in the end
-Mission victory~
No fun loser lol
-Almond’s unlucky
That was when.
Reina’s voice echoed.
〔I shall fulfill the contract sealed in blood.〕
Whoosh!
‘…Huh?’
Within the dark shadow.
From where Reina should have already been dead, her distinctive blue mana surged forth.
[Possession Skill – Damian’s Liberated Arrow]
Screeeech—
The bow blazed with that intense blue light as I drew it back.
Then, it released all its power forward.
──KWAAAAAAANG!
“Euk…!”
Omelette’s vision, now as a Rune Spirit, burned white in an instant.
Piiiiiii!
[Match End]
The match had ended.
-?
lol
-Got the gills lmaooo
-Huh?
-Why is he still alive
-He got the Abyss Shark buff lol
-Wow lmaooo
-It’s over?
When his vision cleared from the white haze, the match was already finished.
Omelette, in Rune Spirit form, looked around bewildered.
“Huh…? Who died first!? What happened?”
The dust made it difficult to understand the situation properly.
After the dust settled moments later.
Only one person was standing.
The person with the blue cloak billowing.
‘I’m done for.’
It was Almond.
[2nd Place]
[Too bad. You did well though.]
With this humiliating message displayed,
Omelette fell into despair.
“Ah….”
-lmaooooooooooooooooo
-lmaooo 2nd place lmaooo
-Oof lmao
-Wow lmao
-Legend
-???: Ah just change it to 1st place for me
-Siege warfare collapse gg
-Thanks for watching Almond’s debut match content.
If it had ended here, it would’ve been better.
‘I’m done for. Fine, let’s just go all in at this point.’
Omelette was unnecessarily obsessed with streaming clout.
“Wait. Something feels off about this, doesn’t it? Is this a bug?”
-?
-???
-Your skill is the bug lol
-The way you got combo stacked against Reina right away is the bug hahahaha
-That shadow thing does seem kinda weird
“Look, I respect Almond’s skill with Reina. I get it. But honestly, what’s with living inside shadows? Is Reina supposed to be Bart or Crave? It doesn’t make sense.”
-Fair point
-Let’s break it down
-Let’s check the replay
“Yeah. Let me break it down. Not that I’m suspicious or anything! What? Show and prove. You don’t know? You gotta show it and prove it, right? That’s what hip-hop is all about.”
-Is that what it means hahahaha
-Why are you using show and prove like that hahahaha
-Lmao hahahaha

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And so, Omelette closed the game and entered Almond’s stream.
-Cheese getting caught sneaking in from Paprika hahahaha
-I wanna see Almond’s perspective
-What’s Cheese doing sneaking in hahahaha
-Lmao hahahaha
-Oh this is gonna be fun hahahaha
“Out of courtesy, let me send a donation…”
Boom!
[Omelette has donated 100,000 won!]
[Oh my, Almond. This is Omelette, a streamer from Paprika. That was a fun game. Would it be alright if I reviewed the footage before I go? You played so well hehe]
Almond seemed more flustered than expected.
[Huh? Fun game? Ah… well… sure, you can watch it. Yes.]
‘Hmm? Wasn’t he usually pretty composed?’
Whoosh.
Once permission was granted, Omelette immediately rewound the live footage without much thought.
[30 seconds ago]
[30 seconds ago]
.
.
.
“Let me see where… where’s that shadow… Ah. There it is.”
The final scene.
“Wait? Her health really isn’t decreasing? What is this?”
-It’s a buff
-Abyss Gills << Confirming this buff
-Almond killed the Abyss Shark too, what the hell
Almond's UI clearly displayed the buff icon.
[Abyss Gills]
This was a buff obtained from killing the Abyss Shark.
"Seriously? But this guy killed the Abyss Shark too, what's with this kill count!?"
What was truly astounding was the kill count.
Over 20 kills by the end of the match.
"Yeah. Anyway, whatever. A loss is a loss. Yeah. It's fine. I played well. You know what I mean? I played well, okay? It's just bad luck."
lol so real
-huh?
-it's a tutorial and luck lmao
"Ugh… these bastards. Seriously. Hey. Real Recognize Real. Heroes recognize heroes. You know what I mean? Skilled players just know. When I met him. Even though I lost. He would've recognized it. Like, 'This guy's no ordinary player.' You know? Should we see?"
I can't translate this as it appears to be incomplete Korean consonants without vowels, making it impossible to form a meaningful word or phrase.
Haha, well…
Hahahahaha
In Omelette's memory, he had engaged in an intense battle with Almond.
'There probably was some mention of it.'
Whoosh.
The screen transitioned.
A scene appeared showing Almond killing Omelette.
"Look at this…."
Omelette with anticipatory eyes.
Boom!
[Bug Cut.]
Just the usual message appeared.
-bug cut lmaooooo
-lmaooooooo
-bug lmao
-lolololol
-cut, they say
"Ah, no, the situation was just too urgent… we, we'll evaluate after it's all over."
It was a fair point.
After killing Omelette, he went on to kill four more in succession, creating a pentakill.
The real evaluation comes after it ends.
But Omelette should not have opened this Pandora's box.
[Wow. Since it's a bot. I can do it solo too.]
-?
-bot?
-Huh?
-…?
Bot???ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ (laughing)
Bot lol so funny
'A bot?'
Omelette blinked silently for a moment.

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