Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1146

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 31
10. How to Use Kkeom (2)
In truth, Juhyeok marveled at this moment.
‘His command skills have improved, haven’t they?’
More than any viewer, he watched Almond constantly, and he was always observing the actual human Sang-hyun Yu as well.
At this point, Almond’s command abilities had noticeably developed.
‘At least he understands that going out means death.’
He clearly grasped what consequences would follow if Balloon Gum advanced forward.
This was a kind of foresight that the old Almond simply didn’t possess.
Back then, he would have just shouted to charge ahead, then after fighting realized the angles weren’t working out, killed a few enemies solo, and retreated.
It was Jia who had to edit out all the plays of the intelligent young man from Civil M back in the day.
And it was Juhyeok who had to listen to her complaints every single day.
‘Compared to those bizarre stories I heard back then, he’s improved tremendously now.’
Juhyeok found himself hoping once more.
‘Could this bastard actually be… smart?’
That hope which always crumbled in the end.

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“Please die.”
“…What?”
“You said that wise saying yourself. If you seek to die, you will live, and if you seek to live, you will die.”
“That, that doesn’t actually mean you should die, does it?”
“The person who left that saying died, and that war was won.”
It was a wise saying he’d heard from Cookie, the commander of the international championship.
Of course… it had been said in a completely different situation.
‘Insane.’
Yet Balloon Gum’s eyes wavered greatly.
The weight of the words was different.
It was unlike the usual Almond.
He asks through the viewer microphone channel.
“Why is this guy suddenly so eloquent?”
Hahahaha lol
-It’s experience;
-He’s pushed people to die more than once or twice
I plucked/pulled out way too much back in my younger days lol
As expected, an experienced alpha male lol
Answers immediately flood the chat.
The reason he could speak so fluently was because of experience.
In truth, it was accurate to say it was because of his experience in the international championship.
But depending on how you interpreted it, it could become a terrifyingly ominous statement.
‘Ex, experience?’
I recalled the time when I was choosing clothes as a gift for my wife with friends in the past.
Strawberry Shooter, who had been surprisingly knowledgeable about women’s clothing back then.
「Ho-ho-ho. It’s experience, hyung~」
Was she talking about the experience she’d given as a gift?
Or perhaps….
In any case, experience.
A frightening word.
Nothing trains a person quite like it.
That applied to the human known as Balloon Gum as well.
“Ah… understood. I’ll die.”
Die?
Wasn’t that the one thing he was an expert at?
Perhaps he was one of the players in the game who feared death the least.
A master of death who had experienced every method of dying created by the game designer.
That was Balloon Gum.
Almond met his gaze and nodded solemnly.
[Red Turtle]
[Health 11%]
Red Turtle’s health was just before hitting the critical threshold.
“Huh, huaaaaaaah!”
[Shield Charge]
Kwakwang!
He suddenly burst forward using a skill.
“!?”
“Wh, what the—damn….”
“Enemy!”
The enemies were caught off guard by Balloon Gum’s confident charge.
After all, his weapon was a shield.
A shield meant a tank.
Tanks don’t die easily.
If you attack first when a tank confidently draws aggro like this, the teamfight itself falls apart.
So the proper response when a tank charges in confidently is to retreat first.
“Stop damage!”
And they had to stop attacking Red Turtle.
Charging in at this timing?
It was 100% a steal attempt.
“Back, back away!”
“Tank only forward!”
Tak─
So, this team all took a step back first.
The tank of this team moved toward Balloon Gum instead.
“Grrrrr!”
Meanwhile, Red Turtle continued attacking that tank ferociously.
“Stop dealing damage!”
“Cease fire! Stop!”
[Red Turtle]
[Health 9%]
The enemies skillfully ceased their damage output.
Thanks to that, the Turtle’s health didn’t drop any further.
-gg
-Can’t steal this?
-Wow
-Why are they so good
This was beyond the level that Almond, who hadn’t even made a contract, could steal.
Click!
The enemies took a defensive stance and didn’t even touch Red Turtle.
“What… what’s going on?”
Balloon Gum was flustered, shield raised.
Almond felt the same way.
“Hmm.”
The enemies’ level was higher than expected.
Their damage cessation was flawless.
However─
“…?”
“What is this. Are you alone?”
I held back just as perfectly as they ceased damage, not stepping forward at all.
The enemies didn’t even know I was there.
One second of silence passed.
“Are you really alone?”
“Huh?”
Balloon Gum’s expression was bewildered.
‘Alone? Weren’t you supposed to follow?’
Not a single movement, and Red Turtle’s health remained the same.
No sign of the other teammates either.
“Kruk?”
Red Turtle tilted its head in confusion.
‘This… oh no. I was the bait. Can’t be helped.’
Suddenly, Balloon Gum bluffed.
“Everyone’s surrounding you!?”
-Gasp
-What’s this?
-Bluffing lol
-Total BS
“Eat this!!”
“!?”
Everyone turned around at those words.
“Grrrrr!”
Red Turtle sank its teeth into the Tank’s neck.
Crunch!
[Health 35%]
The Tank’s health dropped below half.
Then─
‘Now.’
Almond planted his feet.
Creak.
The bowstring drew taut, and an arrow flew almost simultaneously.
Boom!
[Headshot!]
A headshot.
[Health 21%]
It wasn’t just one.
Two more headshots fired in succession.
Boom!
[Health 5%]
“Insane, there’s an ADC in the bush!”
“Isn’t it just one? Why is it so fast?!”
The arrows came so quickly they mistook it for two ADCs intervening.
“Heal!”
Whoosh!
[Health 17%]
The Tank raised a shield to block the arrows along with the heal.
Clang!
At that moment, Almond shouted.
“Turtle, just burst damage!”
-?
-…?
-Insane lol
-Huh?
-Ah lol
In truth, Almond was bluffing just like Balloon Gum, as if there were more of them.
As if there were several more.
“Burst damage?”
“Huh? Weren’t we supposed to stop dealing damage?”
“Damn it!”
Boom!
But the other side reacts.
That’s right.
Solo ranked.
Everyone here were strangers to each other.
Still early in the game.
There was no way they could have recognized our voices.
-wtf
-What’s the strategy? idk
-Wait, what’s this?
-??
-How is this happening?lol
Red Turtle’s health began to drop.
“Huh?”
Almond hadn’t anticipated this either, quickly readjusting his aim.
Toward Red Turtle.
But the enemies weren’t fools either.
Some of them caught on to the deception.
“These bastards—there were only two of them! Damn it!”
“Tank! Kill them!”
An Enemy Bruiser charged forward wielding a heavy polearm.
Clang!
Balloon Gum threw himself forward, blocking with his body like a shield.
“Ugh! What, what is this!”
Balloon Gum was flustered too.
He’d only blocked it by accident while fleeing.
-lol no way
-Did he block it?
-He actually blocked it lollll
Apart from that accidental block, a separate attack came at Almond.
“Ice Spear!”
A Mage’s attack.
A spear forged from frigid air shot toward him.
Even a near miss would slow him down momentarily, allowing all their firepower to concentrate on him.
Whoosh!
I slipped out of the brush and dodged the attack with ease.
“He dodged!?”
“There!”
I’d evaded the strike, but my exact position was now revealed to the enemies.
Now they knew.
Only two players had come to harass me.
“They’re only level two!”
Merely level two.
But the chaos already set in motion wouldn’t stop.
“Don’t attack!”
“If Another shows up, we’re all dead!”
“Attack! We’re almost there! They’re level two!”
“Hit and finish them!”
Their orders had split.
Communication.
Even in a battlefield like the Civil Empire, this was always the biggest problem.
What tactics could soldiers execute by communicating among themselves without a commander’s guidance?
It was impossible.
Once communication broke down, there was absolutely no way to fix it.
There had to be a designated leader, and his orders were law.
But Ril wasn’t like that.
Ril was free and horizontal.
“Kill this one first!”
Thud!
The Enemy Bruiser wielding a blunt weapon kept pounding Balloon Gum while shouting, but the rest attacked the Red Turtle instead.
“Take down the tank!”
“Ugh!”
Crash!
[An ally has fallen.]
[Ontario → Balloon Gum]
After barely securing the tank and turning around.
“We got the tank! Now we’re—”
They thought they’d won.
There were only two enemies, after all.
If they’d taken down the tank, it was over.
They could kill the turtle and the rest.
Victory was in sight.
But—
‘In sight.’
That’s what I thought too.
Screeeech─
‘An opening.’
Finally, the gap revealed itself.
This wasn’t a flaw anyone could see.
I shifted my arrow from the center of the bowstring to its edge.
Kiiieeeek…!
An abnormal draw of the bow.
But it was a familiar technique for me.
“Hah.”
A deep breath.
And in that same moment, the arrow released.
Whoooosh!
The arrow didn’t fly straight toward the Turtle.
“Tank…!?”
It seemed to be heading toward the Tank with low health from repeatedly striking the Turtle.
Click.
The Tank reacted and raised his shield, but—
“!?”
Whiiiiisssh─
The arrow curved.
Its path wasn’t a straight line.
It wasn’t even a simple parabola.
‘A curve?’
It was a curve shot.
Boom!
The arrow struck Red Turtle’s head.
In the end, the arrow had been aimed at Red Turtle all along.
“!”
Everyone’s eyes widened in shock.
[Red Turtle]
[Health 0%]
Balloon Gum, now a Rune Spirit, bounced with excitement.
‘Wow!’
[Ally has defeated Red Turtle!]
[Reckless Warrior → Red Turtle]
‘Woooooooow!’
Balloon Gum cheers.
The chat does the same.
-Insane
-Wow
-Kya!
-Damn it!
-Insane lol!
-Wow lol!
-Smart young man! Smart young man! Smart young man!
-How did he—?
-Shocking!
Whoosh!
The moment Red Turtle’s buff activated.
[Level Up!]
[Lv. 2 → Lv. 3]
Almond’s level increased.
Level 3.
But it wasn’t just any level 3.
The experience gauge was already more than halfway full.
Because I had consumed the Red Turtle’s experience entirely by myself.
“Grab the Rune Box!”
The Enemy Tank shouted desperately.
“U-uh, it’ll take time for us to get it!”
That was right.
The one who dealt the killing blow could consume it instantly, but those who didn’t needed purification time.
“Just guard it from there!”
The Tank shrieked.
An arrow shot straight through his gaping mouth.
Thunk!
[Enemy defeated!]
The depleted health from consuming Red Turtle vanished in an instant.
Poof!?
The Tank immediately transformed into a Rune Spirit.
‘Perfect.’
Tap-tap-tap!
Now I throw myself forward.
There was nothing to hold back.
‘The contract was instant.’
From experience, contracting was quick if I didn’t hesitate.
‘If I just contract…!’
If my hand touches the Rune Box and I contract, there’s a chance.
Because there’s a brief moment of damage immunity right when the contract is established.
A complete reversal is definitely possible.
Kwakwang!
[Health 73%]
Bullets screamed through the air.
No matter how many I dodged, I couldn’t avoid them all.
After all, my escape route was already predetermined.
-??
-Gasp
Just stick out lol
-Can this even work?
-Looks like a loss incoming
I’m so frustrated ㅠㅠ
Boom!
[Health 35%]
My health was dangerously low.
Nothing like a Tank’s durability.
At this point, one mistake and it’s over.
But I was so close.
‘Please.’
I couldn’t rank lower than Goguma!
Almond reached out his hand with that thought.
Snap!
“Reina…!”
He called out the Avatar he desired.
-?
-??
-…?
-Reina’s banned lol
But Reina was banned.
“Die!!”
Kwakwang!
The Rune Box unleashed all the attacks from the enemy dealers.
The Mage’s fireball, the gunner’s bazooka skill, the archer’s multishot.
They poured out every skill they had.
The impact zone erupted in thick smoke as if struck by a Contractor’s powerful skill.
“Did… did I finish them!?”
In response, something shot out from the smoke.
Zzzzzzzip!
It wasn’t a person.
[Rope Movement]
It was a rope.
[Cautious Hunter – Sori]
Snap!
The Mage caught on the rope’s end.
“Wh-what…?!”
Zzzziiip!
The rope pulls taut, and Sori hurtles toward him in an instant.
Screech—
“!”
Whoooosh!
Mid-flight along the rope, I draw my bowstring.
Four arrows are nocked on the string.
And I release right in front of my opponent’s face.
“Thwang.”
[Wind Arrow]
Boom!
-Wow
-Insane
-Crazy
-That’s it~
-Thwang lol
-Right in front of him lol
-???: Reina!
-Four arrows so it’s thwang? lol
-Haha~
-It’s over. He succeeded through sheer force, so now we all have to listen to what the smart young man says

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[Beginner’s Tip]
[Ranked matches are battlefields where Contractors serious about victory gather. Beginners are advised to consult thoroughly with family and guardians before entering cautiously.]

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