Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1147

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 32
10. How to Use Kkeom (3)
At the moment Almond was rushing forward to make a contract.
“Reina!”
…was not an option.
There were three card choices instead.
[Frost Archer – Leon]
[Cautious Hunter – Sori]
[Lan the Sniper]
In the urgent situation, Almond had no choice but to select quickly.
He chose Sori.
〔Long time no see, partner.〕
Why?
Simply because she was the most recent incarnation he’d used.
Hadn’t Almond demonstrated her when she was released, appearing in a program held by Pollis?
In a sense, he had handled the incarnation Sori before any other player.
There were some adjustments made from the prototype back then, but the basic mechanics remained the same.
She carried four arrows, and when three hit their marks, the final arrow transformed into an elemental arrow.
After consuming that, arrows would refill in the quiver two seconds later—a peculiar mechanism indeed.
‘What is that?’
Sori was a new incarnation released just before Bart, so she was still unfamiliar to enemies.
Especially at lower ranks, enemies struggled to adapt to new incarnations.
Whoosh!
That’s why they failed to react properly when the rope emerged through the dust from the explosion.
“Huh?!”
Snap—
The rope’s hook caught the tank’s shoulder.
The rope instantly contracted, and a figure came rushing in.
‘Sori…!’
It was Almond, contracted with Sori.
‘What? Sori?’
They were bewildered.
Sori was an incarnation whose firepower only emerged on the fourth shot—a style that fought with considerable patience and deliberation.
That’s why she was called the “Cautious Hunter” Sori, wasn’t she?
‘To escape this place alone, an incarnation like that wouldn’t stand a chance?’
Even using the rope in reverse wouldn’t be enough, yet he charged forward instead.
“Die!”
The tank swung his shield while shouting.
[Shield Slam]
[Strike a nearby opponent with your shield, stunning them for 2 seconds. Cooldown: 13 seconds.]
The skill he possessed was extremely simple and crude.
He had to get right up close and strike the shield, but it stunned for a full two seconds.
‘You’re finished….’
It was over.
That’s what I thought.
Twang—
‘What?’
It was only then that I realized four arrows had been loaded simultaneously on my opponent’s bowstring.
‘What is that….’
Whoosh!
It happened in an instant.
The rope was coming toward me, before it could even fully wrap around me.
At the exact moment I raised my shield to strike.
Four arrows flew at me.
And one of them was?
[Wind Element]
‘How?’
Sori’s arrow quiver only holds four arrows, and the last one only transforms into an elemental arrow after hitting three targets.
But this bastard is shooting wind arrows from the start.
‘Ah.’
That’s right.
‘Rope Movement!’
Rope Movement.
The moment she uses that skill, an additional elemental arrow is generated.
One of the four arrows she just fired is that one.
[Wind Arrow]
[An arrow specialized for assassination—the fastest and least visible to enemies. On impact, it deals additional damage proportional to the target’s health.]
A tank-killing arrow that deals percentage-based damage to health.
‘I’m done for.’
I should have blocked my opponent’s attack instead of raising this shield.
Whoosh!
A piercing wind engulfed me, and my head exploded in an instant.
[You have defeated an enemy!]
[Reckless Warrior → Sword King Training]
The tank had vanished.
This is where Sori’s problem begins.
lol
That’s crazy fast.
Oh my god lol
-This?
—Damn it…!
Whoosh!
[Rope Movement]
Her skill, Rope Movement.
When she participates in a kill, the cooldown resets.
In other words, she can use it again immediately, ignoring the cooldown.
Thunk!
This time it wasn’t a player—just a tree she lodged into.
“C-crazy shot!”
Rat-a-tat-tat!
Gunfire and cannon blasts echoed across the battlefield.
However, Sori’s body was instantly pulled away by the rope, and all their attacks whiffed past.
[Flame Arrow]
Kwakwang!
Almond’s arrow struck the mage standing among them with uncanny precision.
Whoooosh!
A flame arrow that dealt wide-area damage.
A massive explosion erupted, flames obscured the vision, and everyone took fire damage simultaneously.
“Damn! I’ll chase them!”
Boom!
The mace player leaped through the inferno.
“…!?”
What he faced was not a single person.
A man holding a shield stood before Almond.
Someone who had died once before.
“He’s been resurrected!?”
That was right.
[Balloon Gum]
The location where Almond used the rope was where Balloon Gum’s Rune Spirit had been stationed.
He had resurrected Balloon Gum.
“Wahahahaha!”
Balloon Gum laughed and shouted.
“Who are we!?”
“Who…?”
As the mace player asked back in bewilderment, Balloon Gum charged forward with his shield as if he’d been waiting for this moment.
“Ghosts—”
Boom!
The mace player was sent flying backward.
“Busters!”
Crash!
Arrows flew through the air.
Not just one.
Three arrows in rapid succession embroidered across his head.
Thwack!
“Argh!”
The Mace Player quickly got back up and swung his weapon, but—
Clang!
Balloon Gum blocked it with his shield.
Minimal damage.
“Slow.”
-Haha
-Lol
Hahaha, that’s hilarious!
-Haha
Even Balloon Gum said it was slow.
In reality, maces were somewhat slow weapons.
“Die!”
Whoosh!
Balloon Gum swung his shield, and behind him, Sori’s arrows flew in.
[Wind Arrow]
Boom!
[Health: 55%]
His health plummeted drastically.
“D-damn it, retreat!”
There was no choice but to admit it.
A tank and a ranged dealer.
Just two of them, but a stable formation.
And that ranged dealer was a Contractor with considerable skill.
Four versus two, yet they were at a disadvantage.
It was an accurate assessment.
“Retreat!?”
“Just fight and kill them! We can’t run!”
“No, fall back! We can revive! We can’t beat a Contractor! Even if we win, the damage is too severe!”
That was true.
In a survival battle, ‘survival’ was literally the objective.
Even if they won the fight, if their losses were too great, they’d be at a disadvantage when facing another team.
“O-okay, retreat!”
All of this reasoning was sound.
Perhaps the outcome of that judgment was correct too.
Losing the Red Turtle was frustrating, but it was a fight they could afford to back away from.
However, there was precisely one variable in this situation.
‘Fleeing backward?’
Almond’s eyes gleamed.
Turning your back and running was an extremely dangerous move if you understood Sori’s characteristics as an avatar.
‘They seem unaware of it.’
This was evidence that they didn’t know much about Sori.
Ting—
Four more arrows filled my quiver, and I dashed forward.
“Let’s chase them!”
“Huh? You… you really want to do this?”
“Yes! This is getting good!”
Balloon Gum continued to harass them, striking the opponent’s back with his shield.
“Where do you think you’re going!”
Thwack!
The Mace Player ignored Balloon Gum and kept running.
“Damn, this guy’s persistent! Get him off me!”
“Roger!”
The ranged dealers unleashed attacks at Balloon Gum, trying to shake him off.
Kwakwang!
[Balloon Gum]
[Health 57%]
Balloon Gum’s health plummeted in an instant.
Well, he wasn’t even level 2, was he?
He was far too weak.
‘Wait, what?’
But Ril had a saying about this.
Low health was the ultimate crowd control.
Nothing restricted an opponent’s movements better than low health.
In other words, bait.
Blinded by the desire for a kill.
‘I need to take this guy down!’
And Ril’s mind changed dozens of times per second.
Whoosh!
The Mace Player’s eyes blazed as he spun around and swung his weapon.
‘Perfect.’
Thwang!
My arrow reached the Mace Player before his weapon could strike Balloon Gum.
“!”
Thwack!
Once he took one hit, taking two more was nothing.
[Wind Arrow]
Almond could now fire his fourth elemental arrow once more.
‘This is….’
It was already too late.
Thwack!
The Mace Player continued pummeling Balloon Gum relentlessly.
“Ugh?!”
With the ranged dealers’ firepower stacking on top of that, Balloon Gum transformed into a Rune Spirit in an instant.
[Ally has fallen.]
[Majo-man → Balloon Gum]
This was the irony of a survival match.
Survival was the most important thing in this game.
Yet there were just as many chances for survival.
Majo-man probably realized it the moment he saw Balloon Gum transform into a Rune Spirit.
‘I’m screwed.’
This person was bait.
He’d fallen for it again.
Whoosh!
The Wind Arrow pierced through his head.
[Double Kill!]
[Reckless Warrior → Majo-man]
“…!?”
“Damn it, damn it all! Scatter!”
The three remaining dealers scattered.
They could already picture exactly what would happen next.
Ziiiiing─
A rope flew through the air.
[Rope Movement]
A skill that could be used again immediately upon securing a kill.
If a kill occurred while fleeing from Sori, something terrible would happen.
Tap!
Almond arrived precisely at the location of Balloon Gum’s Rune Spirit, then aimed at one of the enemy dealers.
Rope Movement also filled one additional elemental arrow.
[Frost Arrow]
The arrow that shot out immediately was an elemental arrow.
One of the fleeing dealers froze solid.
“Ugh…!?”
Almond walked slowly toward them, landing arrows one by one.
Boom!
Whoosh!
-LMAOOOOOOO
-That’s terrifying lol
-No way lol
A rune that applies additional damage to targets affected by crowd control.
Plus the buff received from Red Turtle.
The brief moment that the frost arrow freezes an enemy was more than enough to kill a foe who isn’t even a Contractor.
Boom!
[Reckless Warrior Triple Kill!]
Almond immediately scanned his surroundings to use Rope Movement again.
But there was no one.
Everyone had scattered in three directions and fled, wary of Rope Movement.
“Phew.”
Almond spoke with a satisfied smile.
“Strategy?”
-Oh come on lol
-LOLOLOLOLOL
-This is ridiculous
-Total BS lololol
-LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
-I was wondering what he’d say
Boom!
Balloon Gum, who had just respawned, answered for him.
“Smart young man~!”
-Ahhhh lololol
-Is this Pokémon or something lol
-Is it Magikarp?
-Gum hyung is so cute lol
-Wow, Gum hyung actually did well lol
-Ghostbusters!
-Of course, the OP duo strikes again
“Now we just need to find the Sanctuary of Resurrection and the plan succeeds~”
-?
-How far does this plan go…
-LOLOLOL
-Was the resurrection part of the plan too? Honestly no clue
-Mere commoners cannot fathom Daegam’s plans
-Everyone has a plan. Even Almond.

* * *
It was Team 7 that had fought against Almond.
Of the five, only two remained now.
“Haa… ha… this is a disaster. Insane.”
“Still, there’s hope yet.
They decided to search for the Sanctuary of Resurrection while exchanging information through voice comms….
Thud.
One of them collided with someone.
“!”
The opponent was already a Contractor.
“Huh? What is this?”
“Y-you are….”
More than the fact that they were a Contractor, I was shocked by that famous and familiar face and manner of speech.
“Jello?”
[Jello]
[Storm Ninja – Haruky]
Whoosh!
Jello’s blade had already sliced across his neck like the wind.
“Nice. Lucky from the first round. A straggler?”
-For real
-Where did this come from?
-Lucky day lol
-Storm Ninja gets first kill right away~
-Storm Ninja lol
The game crashed lol
The Storm Ninja had secured the first kill.
This was different from the first kill of other Avatars.
[Ninja’s Instinct]
[Passive. When Haruky can kill an opponent with a single strike, he sees the ‘path.’ Upon successfully assassinating by following this path, Chakra becomes more powerful.]
It was because of this Avatar’s passive.
Thanks to this, Jello’s Chakra was in an enhanced state from the start.
[Total Chakra output increases by 10%!]

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