Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1155

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 40
13. Four-Tank Insurance (2)
A three-way battle unfolding before the Abyss Shark.
Originally, Team 5 and Team 6 had planned to attack Almond’s team together—now missing one Balloon Gum—to eliminate them quickly.
‘Still, four of them is better than…’
‘Once Kangsin’s ultimate is ready, we target Team 6.’
But their true thoughts were elsewhere.
Up to this point, it was just a common occurrence in survival matches.
The only question was whether they’d actually follow through with it.
But then—
“Charge~!
Almond’s team surging forward toward Team 5.
The ADC bursting out in an instant, the tanks scrambling to keep pace.
To their eyes, something felt different about this.
‘What?’
‘Insane.’
Almond’s movements radiated absolute confidence.
That alone was enough to overwhelm them psychologically.
Team 6 reached a decision.
‘Damn it. We need to fall back.’
This charge right now?
It wasn’t ordinary.
Four players weren’t something to dismiss.
First, they’d retreat and see how things unfolded.
At that moment, Team 5 shouted.
“Hey! Where the hell are you going, you lunatics!?”
“W-We’re falling back, I’m telling you!?”
Team 6 offered another pathetic excuse.
In that instant, the distance between Almond’s team and Team 5 vanished.
Crash!
Team 5 collided head-on.
“I-Insane!”
Dragged by the Giant Machine’s greatsword hook, arrows from Almond came flying.
Nails scattered across their bodies were struck and embedded one by one by arrows, while even when Almond raised a stone shield to block, the damage barely registered.
[Enemy defeated!]
[Reckless Warrior → Sora Sora]
Someone from Team 5 had fallen.
Team 6, who had been falling back, was startled.
“!”
They remembered.
“Help! Kill that one! Kill Sori!”
Sori had to die.
Her rope movement skill reset instantly the moment a kill occurred, didn’t it?
It became completely unstoppable.
“All in!”
Whoosh!
The assassins charged forward en masse.
“These bastards are diving now!”
That’s what the late entry said.
Now it was beginning.
“That’s far enough!”
But the Giant Machine, Walwalkick, blocked the way.
Boom!
Are you excited? Haha.
I’m so done! lololol
“Wow, that tank player is really good lol”
-Isn’t tanking your calling?
“Path opened, Daegam!”
[Rope Movement]
With rope movement, Almond’s mark was completely removed.
I confidently began drawing my bowstring.
Twang—
“Enemy ADC free damage! Watch out!”
But watching out didn’t help.
Burst!
[Wind Arrow]
Team 6’s tank line’s health began crumbling in an instant.
-No way;
-Seriously…
-They’re winning this too?
-Unbelievable
The viewers who had bet on Balloon Gum and put in mission funds began to sense danger.
-Why’s this guy’s shotcalling so good?
-He’s actually commanding?
He conducts with his whole body lol
Almond’s teammates became zealots burning their bodies for the false myth of the “clever young man.”
Nangpunch and Mace Paladin, who had declared their distrust saying “I can’t trust the clever young man,” charged forward prepared to die, scattering nails.
“If you wish to die, you shall live!”
That momentum was almost that of a general.
He seemed like he would die, yet he did not.
[Health 7%]
My health continued to plummet before rising again.
[Health 53%]
Almond kept driving nails into the enemies, embedding them deeper.
And once enough of them had nails lodged in their bodies, he cried out.
“Reformation!”
〔Those who bleed, the Divine shall watch over you.〕
Whoooosh!
The Paladin’s divine skill activated.
“Rise…!”
Hahahahahaha
hahahahaha
-This is hype
-King Rise lol
-Arise…
[Reformation]
[Enemies with nails embedded become Zealots for 1 second per nail. Their attack power and attack speed increase greatly, and they will indiscriminately attack Ulte’s enemies.]
“?!”
“We’re… doomed.”
3 out of 10 players from Teams 5 and 6 were reformed.
They were mostly Tanks and Bruisers.
They began attacking their own team’s dealers.
Crash!
Smash!
“No, this can’t happen! Everyone focus on Sori!”
“Burn them all!”
Did they think this was the final teamfight?
All of the enemy’s Assassins charged at Almond, using their divine skills or whatever else they had.
That charge was quite sharp.
Whoosh!
‘Huh…!?’
‘Oh no.’
Even the Giant Machine lost focus for a moment, and the Hammer Warrior was too busy controlling the reformed enemies to react.
At this rate, all the Assassins would rush straight at Almond.
“No, this can’t─”
That was when it happened.
〔A contract reeking of blood. You’re confident about this, aren’t you?〕
Slash!
A divine skill activates, scattering blood everywhere.
[Wind Divine Skill]
Whoooosh!
The wind rippled, and Almond’s form vanished.
Completely gone.
“Huh!?”
“W-what the—?”
“Where is he!?”
Swaaash!
The Rope Assassin flailed his rope wildly at random spots where Almond had disappeared.
Nothing connected.
“D-dammit!?”
The fisherman was in the same boat.
He swung his fishing rod, but all that came out was the sound of wind.
“Where is he!? Emilia! Emilia needs to find him!”
There was an avatar called Emilia the Pursuer.
True to her epithet as a pursuer, she excelled at tracking down vanished enemies. She happened to possess a counter to Sori’s divine form.
[Wind Arrow]
Thwack!
An arrow flew straight at her head.
“Gack!”
“W-where did that arrow come from!?”
“Wind arrows—can’t see them!”
After landing three more hits, another wind arrow.
[Wind Arrow]
As the maximum damage combo connected, one assassin fell.
[Reckless Warrior Double Kill!]
[Reckless Warrior → Mayday]
The one who died was none other than Emilia the Pursuer.
“!”
“I… that’s insane.”
-Wow
-Ooooh
-He took out Emilia first, the one who finds invisibility?
-This guy’s actually smart, isn’t he!?
-Smart young man! Smart young man!!
-Fact) Killed him based on his face
Almond had eliminated exactly the avatar he needed to remove at precisely the right moment.
[Rope Mobility]
Ziiiiip!
This was the beginning of his rope showcase.
“W-wait!”
“Forget it, just get out of here!”
Ping!
As the back ping marked on the map, the Assassins tried to scatter.
“Is this it?!”
[Stone Shield Deactivated]
At that moment, the Stone Shield that had been clinging to Almond’s body—Kutan—returned to his original form.
“Charge forward!”
He activated his possession skill, launching all enemies on the ground into the air.
Boom!
“Hahahaha! Ril is so fun!”
So Basakbasakk, who had said he hated being a Tank because it was boring.
He laughed gleefully while slaughtering his enemies.
[Reckless Warrior Triple Kill!]
[Basakbasakk Double Kill!]
“Woah! Go our team! You’re doing great!”
Balloon Gum watched all of this unfold in his Rune Spirit form.
-Cheerleader Leader lol
-He made a contract with a Rune Spirit, right?
-Real talk, that’s insane
-But Kkeom did well too, he pulled all the aggro and died…
-Lololol support guy
-Is this like an invisible something or whatever? lol
But he clearly had a role assigned to him as well.
[The Reckless Warrior is rampaging wildly!]
When the enemies were completely driven back.
Only then did his teammates come and revive him.
Uhhh…!
“What’s the call?” Almond asked.
Balloon Gum shouted as he was reborn.
Boom!
“Brilliant Young Man!”
-Lololololol
-Lololol
-Real talk, Rocket Squad
-Brilliant launcher lol
-Is this… actually right?
-Almond Shake lol you revived him just to say that lol
-Mond… he’s the real one.
Balloon Gum spread both arms wide, shouting “Brilliant Young Man!”
A balloon gum shouting “smart young man” with both arms wide open.
I felt a certain ‘weight’ emanating from him.
It wasn’t the weight of a sandbag.
The weight of being the breadwinner ㅠㅠ
-Balloon Gum… gotta make a living
-You’re working so hard~

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Since I’d led the team fight to a decisive victory, hunting the Abyss Shark went incredibly smoothly.
[Abyss Shark defeated!]
“Okay~”
“Wow, we got everything. Seriously.”
My team, having obtained the Abyss Shark’s buff as well.
Plus the countless Runes we’d earned from defeating enemies.
“Alright, let me distribute the Runes.”
First, I started distributing the Runes I’d held off on earlier, worried the Abyss Shark might be stolen by another team.
“Attack Power Rune… since I’m the only dealer, I’ll take it. Range Rune? There’s no one else to take it besides Sori. I’ll take it. Next is… a Hero-grade Defense Rune….”
“!”
The Tanks subtly held their breath in anticipation.
Well, they’re called Tanks, but really, it’s everyone on the team.
“This one probably has a Defense coefficient, so either the Rock with Defense scaling or me, the only dealer who absolutely must survive, should take it.”
“…?”
“I have more kills, so I’ll take it.”
Haha, you got me lol
Hahaha
Why are you distributing it like that? lol
-Is he doing this on purpose?
The discipline is strict.
“This one’s a Health Rune. Since Sori has the lowest health. I’ll take it.”
“….”
Almond Rune mukbang lolol
-Why are you guys listening? Just do what you’re gonna do~
Hahaha, what is this?
-Shareholders weeping
Anyway, I devoured countless Runes like this.
And I say one final thing.
“It’s all for the team. My win rate is highest when I take them. Mathematically speaking, it is.”
I can’t be sure…
-But it’s actually true
-How do you give Runes to Balloon Gum
Haha, no argument against that.
If the Math Ghost says so, then that’s how it is.
The viewers accepted my answer, but they sensed that my competitive spirit in this placement exam was unusually intense.
-Even Math Ghost came out lol must be urgent
Why does Almond want to win so badly? lol
-Is the mission really that important, Nut Shake…
Though I had a strong competitive spirit, I wasn’t the type to exert this much effort for just a placement exam.
Even with a mission on the line, it was extremely rare for me to take on the role of calling orders like this.
I wouldn’t even call orders just out of laziness.
‘I have to win. We’re almost there.’
The reason was that I didn’t know about the situation in the Knight Order’s group chat.
‘Gold won’t do.’
With that thought, I moved to engage in what was essentially the final battle.
Nangpunch approached me and asked.
“Almond. Um, are we… hunting the ‘whale’?”
-?
-…?
“Haha, are you trying to catch a whale or something? Lol”
-Is this flirting?
Some simply called it the ‘whale’—the final epic monster of the Abyss.
The Abyss Whale.
In reality, this monster was almost never hunted.
It was often better to hunt other monsters and gather more Runes instead.
The Abyss Whale was on an entirely different level of difficulty compared to other monsters.
Usually, we just avoided the whale and fought other enemies.
But if we had enough people to hold the line, we could hunt it.
The rewards were proportionally greater, so if we managed to defeat it, first place would be practically guaranteed.
‘With four tanks, we might be able to hold and defeat it.’
My team had four tanks.
If the damage dealers performed, it was a pretty good composition for hunting the Abyss Whale.
Nangpunch probably asked for that reason.
I checked the mission reward once more.
[Placement 5-Win Streak 1st Place]
[640,000 Won]
Five consecutive first places in placement exams.
This was the mission Supo-jwa had started with a 500,000 Won reward.
We’d accumulated about 140,000 Won more.
The problem was the next one.
[1st Place This Round. However, Balloon Gum must survive.]
[1,030,000 Won]
A mission to achieve first place while keeping Balloon Gum alive.
Even if I finish first, if I’m a Rune Spirit when the game ends, it’s a failed mission.
‘I’ve been a Rune Spirit this whole time anyway.’
In every battle we’ve won so far, Balloon Gum has been a Rune Spirit.
The final battle will be the most intense.
Is this even possible?
‘If we take down the Abyss Whale, it might be possible.’
I found myself caught in a dilemma.
‘Since we’re at a disadvantage, do I need to make riskier plays?’
A disadvantaged team usually loses if they just play normally.
You have to make risky plays.
But if you make risky plays, you usually lose anyway.
It was hard to escape this vicious cycle.
‘How many teams are left?’
[10/50]
Ten players remained.
There was nothing more to see.
A notification had appeared that the other side had also taken down the Abyss Shark.
One team versus one team.
It was a true head-to-head confrontation.
“Well, the Whale hasn’t spawned yet anyway.”
“That’s right.”
“Then I think it would be good to scout what kind of team we’re up against.”
“You’re saying we should go looking for the enemy?”
“Yes.”
“B-but we’d get spotted first and that’s dangerous. We’d take hits before the teamfight…”
In survival matches, healing resources are extremely limited.
Taking hits beforehand could put us at a disadvantage in the teamfight.
“It’s fine.”
But I said it was fine.
“I’m a Tank.”
“….”
Hahahahaha
-That’s… because I’m a Tank.
-That’s your job
-##*$*@@
-Because it hurts, I’m a Tank…
-???: You were born to take hits. That’s how you were born, right?
-&@#*@&#
-There’s no difference in how you treat the Bots, is there, Daegam?
Hahahaha, that’s hilarious!
-The fact that Rank 1 has absolutely no malice is truly terrifying…
[The shadow of the Abyss descends.]
Whoooooosh…!
Dark and murky shadows surging forward like the sound of waves.
There was hardly anywhere left on the map now.

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[Beginner Tip]
[When all Abyss Sharks are defeated, an Abyss Whale spawns in the Abyss. It is an extremely powerful creature, and if you’re not careful, your entire team can be annihilated. Proceed with caution.]

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