Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1163

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 48
16. The Enemy Within (1)
Due to Almond’s accumulated mission rewards, many communities have begun paying attention to his matches.
Of course, the Rilpro Survival forums were discussing it, but even the Streamer Garden—where people who know Almond quite well gather—had started talking about it.
In fact, on the Rilpro Survival forums where people don’t know Almond well, they simply said things like “Bontovi? He’s terrible, right? This is good news for us,” but
3rd Place) But Almond… how does he even remember Bontovi?
Those in the Streamer Garden who knew him well were shocked that he remembered Bontovi in the first place.
The community was so shocked that this brief post became the 3rd most trending issue.
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Honestly, my memory’s so fuzzy that I thought I’d completely forgotten about it lol
And Mosol kept forgetting about it too!!
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-Welcome, Gichan fans
-Gichan, you can’t say that here
hahahaha lol
Gi-chan is the victim… Born to Be was the perpetrator lol
Hahaha, you’re right.
└Even Daegam was a victim, I remember that…
The perpetrator of the minister’s assassination is definitely to be revealed.
That was right.
Bontovi—he was the Commander deployed when Almond first practiced Civil M.
He was a talent brought in to train Almond harshly, a perpetual B-rank Commander who wielded only one strategy: “Fast Archer Rush.”
In Civil M, the effectiveness of a strategy varies drastically depending on which soldiers are selected.
Using only one strategy didn’t make sense.
Rather than Bontovi choosing to do only that from the start, it was Chiseung Kim, the Sync Tank Leader of the national team at the time, who demanded he use only “Fast Archer Rush.”
Whenever Almond appeared as an Archer, the win rate would naturally increase anyway, and it was the perfect strategy for Almond to rapidly participate in wars and accumulate experience.
Through that strategy, Bontovi overcame his perpetual B-rank limitations and achieved A-rank.
And Almond accumulated enough experience to participate in national team practice matches afterward.
In any case, the Fast Archer Rush tactic that was intoxicating at that time was a happy ending for everyone, but
there was a slight side effect.
“I have a strategy I’ve prepared…”
After that, Bontovi could no longer live by employing diverse strategies.
He was captivated by the efficiency of repeating just one thing.
It wasn’t just Bontovi himself who was captivated by this.
His viewers were the same.
-Bartender. The usual.
-Let’s go~
Why explain the same thing again? Let’s just go again, lol~
Nothing’s gonna change just because Almond came, To Be To Be, lolol just go go
From the start, these were people who began watching because they were fascinated by how Bontovi persistently used only Fast Archer Rush and overcame his limits.
Based on this foundation, Bontovi became a streamer under Mixnuts.
He helps with work at Mixnuts and maintains quite close ties with Juhyeok.
However, after the Civil Empire incident, he had no reason to interact with Almond separately.
‘And yet we meet here like this.’
Since he was also a streamer, he was practicing for the platform championship when he encountered Almond in the placement test.
‘This is an opportunity…!’
Bontovi thought of it as an opportunity.
An opportunity for his broadcast to become famous?
No.
Bontovi wasn’t the type of person whose mind worked in such superficial ways.
‘A chance to show my strategy…!’
He simply wanted to prove his strategy.
“Fast dagger rush. I can show it to Almond, my benefactor.”
-For real
And lol seriously lol
A chance to get verified by the boss, that’s crazy.
Is it really okay to show that to Eun-in…? lol
Fast dagger rush.
A strategy where you select a dagger and progress the Assassin incarnation contract as quickly as possible to kill the enemy dealer from behind.
Surprisingly, it worked quite well.
Since almost no one contracts the Assassin incarnation first, they neglect the rear and end up getting caught.
In the early game, most shields face off against each other, so the fight tends to be straightforward.
“Go ahead and take the sword first.”
Almond even allows him to take the sword.
However—
“But we’ll switch later.”
“…What?”
“I have a winning strategy.”
Almond says he has a strategy too.
But no matter how much of a benefactor he was, Bontovi was a Civil Empire user and a Mixnuts employee.
“Almond having a strategy?”
He knew better than anyone how absurd that sounded.
The clever young man’s win rate was 26% lower than his own.
Hahahahaha
hahaha lol
-Civil M user so he figured it out right away
Hahaha, that’s nonsense.
-Hmph

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Meanwhile, there was only one Streamer on this team whose identity hadn’t been revealed yet.
Let Me Tank.
“W-who is Bontovi again?”
She was shocked to learn that even Bontovi was a Streamer.
And the surrounding Streamers’ reactions to learning Bontovi’s identity weren’t good.
“No way. How could they match Civil M’s Balloon Gum with a team that already has Balloon Gum~”
“Right? Ugh. I want to blow this up.”
Chocosong and Balloon Gum were especially devastated.
Can they seriously say stuff like that?ㅋㅋ
No, they themselves lol
Still, Choco Songyi is silver though haha
‘Another Balloon Gum….’
Gulp.
Let Me Tank swallowed hard.
‘So I’m the one who has to carry the damage, aren’t I?’
She glanced at Bontovi’s sword.
Could a Tank actually carry with something like that?
No matter how skilled Almond was.
Could he really overcome a matchup at this level?
That’s when it happened.
“Fish!”
Almond shoots his bow from beside her and shouts.
Thwang!
“F-fish!?”
Let Me looked to see what he meant, and it was an Abyss Fish.
“Ah….”
Fish lol
Fish is right though lol
First time seeing someone call themselves a fish lol
This team is just done for lol
-Fish… fish!
-Even the one calling orders isn’t normal
The viewers doubted Almond’s calling ability because of that one “fish” comment… or so Let Me thought.
“Everyone. You could call it a fish too, you know.”
She swings her mace at the Abyss Fish and makes an excuse for him instead.
“Honestly, it is a fish.”
Face ID is disgusting, for real.
Honestly, it’s so obvious that I don’t know this game lol
It’s not like it’s because of the fish, lol.
-See one, see ten
“Face ID? What’s that supposed to be? Wait, Almond is really good at games. Why are you all like this? Are you trying to send me to the Abyss?”
Thwack!
Thud!
While chatting with viewers, Letmi methodically brought down her mace one strike at a time, catching the Abyss fish.
The Abyss fish’s health was gradually being chipped away.
‘Abyss fish, nothing serious.’
In reality, despite being called monsters, Abyss fish were no different from boxes that dropped money and experience points when hit.
Nothing could go wrong while hunting these.
Or so it should have been.
“Kyaaaah?!”
Whoooosh!
[Heal]
Chocosong suddenly cast a heal.
The problem was that the heal landed on the monster.
“Oh, I’m so sorry. I didn’t realize this was a heal….”
Letmi was shocked.
She’d only learned today that it was even possible to heal monsters.
“Everyone. Didn’t you say Chocosong reached Silver?”
That’s silver.
Hahaha, honestly siege and Silverguard survival mode are unranked lol
-Chocosong? She’s the weakest among us?
-That’s the reality of Silver, you don’t know because you’re Master
-If Silver is at that level…
Regardless, Chocosong’s heal caused a slight delay.
Thwoom!
With Letmi’s mace strikes and Almond’s possessed-like rapid headshots, they barely managed to match the timing.
[Level Up!]
[Lv. 1 → Lv. 2]
“We were about 5 seconds late.”
Letmi was meticulous enough to check timing by level.
“This is manageable. Your aim is really good, Almond.”
Let me order it myself ㅠㅠ
-Not the smart one, but her….
-Fall back! Almondil!
-~ She does shoot well with that bow
-Tell them you’re Master!
Perhaps because Balloon Gum and Bontovi had their main weapons equipped?
Aside from Chocosong, there were no other problems, and the next hunt proceeded without incident.
“Phew. We’ve recovered the time this round. You’re all doing great?”
The fact that Letmi was even worried about such things while hunting monsters meant she was already approaching this wrong—she deliberately erased the thought from her mind.

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In the survival match, the Red Turtle battle begins at levels 2-3.
Of course, there was also a strategy that didn’t target the Red Turtle.
It was used when you wanted to avoid fighting.
For some reason, Almond chose that route.
“I’ll catch the squid.”
“Squid? You mean the octopus, right?”
“Yes. That one.”
Hahahahaha
Hahahahaha, king shrimp
Octopus is squid lol
-To Almond, everything is squid lol
The Abyss Squid is a high-level monster to catch, but what Almond just mentioned was an octopus.
It’s one of the monsters considered as a substitute for the Red Turtle.
Its combat power is weaker than the Red Turtle, making it much easier.
The only downside is there’s no buff reward.
-First time seeing Almond skip the Turtle
-With an octopus instead?
-He definitely picked it to spite the bald guy lol
-Takoyaki joining in~
The viewers were always amazed that Almond, who had stuck only to the Red Turtle, changed his plan.
Ding.
[Gaji-bokkeun donated 3,000 won.]
Almond just felt a wall after seeing Choco Puff, the weakest of the three hopeless brothers, and realized she needed to heal lol
Surprisingly, Gaji-bokkeun was accurately representing Almond’s true feelings.
Haha, was that it?
-Right, with that state, the Turtle would…
Turtle Hill literally breaks the game lol
Hahahahaha lol
“I switched to the octopus because of Chocosong, sir. Gaji-bokkeun.”
“?”
Chocosong beside him flinched.
Her name suddenly came up.
She asked Balloon Gum next to her.
“Mister Kkeom. Am I… is he doing that on purpose?”
Balloon Gum shook his head.
“No? I’m just reading the donation.”
Haha, betrayal haha
“When it was happening to them, they said it was on purpose lol”
Hahahahahaha
Hahahahaha
That’s insane/crazy kicking a ladder
“Ah, um, yes…?”
“What. You’re not suspecting Ttokchung, are you? Were you anti-Ttokchung? Huh? Should we run a Bung faction split?”
“Eek!? No, that’s not it!”
Hahahaha
-Became another Ttokchung…
Hahahaha lol
I can’t translate this as it appears to be gibberish or corrupted text rather than coherent Korean.

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Shortly after, Almond’s team faced the octopus.
This round seemed to favor the Red Turtle route, so there was no one around here.
The hunt proceeded smoothly.
“I’ll go first! Cover me.”
Thud!
Letmi swung her mace in a preemptive strike, and then Balloon Gum rushed forward.
“Okay!”
He blocked with his shield so the octopus’s tentacles wouldn’t stick to Letmi.
Crash!
The octopus’s tentacle lashed against Balloon Gum’s shield.
Then another tentacle extended.
Getting caught by this would bind him and prevent movement for a long time.
“I’ll cut it!”
Slash!
Bontovi, wielding a blade, severed the tentacle.
When dealing with an octopus, just managing these tentacles well makes it several times easier than the Red Turtle.
Boom!
Boom!
Meanwhile, all of Almond’s arrows found their marks.
[Level Up!]
[Lv. 3 → Lv. 4]
Thus, I had safely reached level 4.
A rune box appeared.
Naturally, everyone’s gaze turned toward me.
For some reason, I held command authority.
“The contract goes to… Letmi.”
Almond distributed it as if it were obvious.
“Pardon?”
Letmi was startled.
“Let’s go.”
“Me, me!?”
In truth, she had been subtly eyeing a weapon swap to transition into a damage dealer role.
More importantly, the Mace Paladin wasn’t an Avatar worth contracting first.
‘It seems they’ve never really played survival matches.’
Letmi’s survival match rank was also Master tier.
She was simply taking placement matches after the season reset since she hadn’t played in a while.
“The thing is… the Mace Paladin has such weak synergy on its own that even as a tank, you shouldn’t contract it first…”
“?”
Almond’s expression suggested he didn’t see the problem.
“Then why not just contract a different tank instead?”
“…Yes!?”
hahahahahahahaha
Hahahahaha
No, I’m just asking if your purpose is to be a tank lol
ㅋㅋㅋ (laughing)
-Amond Antoinette lol
-“Tank.”
This bastard never gave a damn about being a hammer paladin from the start lol
-???: No, damn it, if there’s no bread, eat meat!
“Ah, no, there’s also Balloon Gum over there who can tank… and he’s got a shield too?”
“Balloon Gum is definitely a tank. We need to contract the uncertain tank first.”
“!?”
Almond openly saying ‘I’m worried you won’t tank.’
Hahahahaha, this is hilarious
Hahaha, that’s so funny!
-Not even trying to hide it
That’s hilarious lol
-Just way too transparent
Then one person steps forward like a savior.
“Hey, brother. Don’t do that. I’ll contract.”
Bontovi.
I can see him eyeing a quick Assassin contract.
“Why are you getting mad here? lol”
-He’s looking to assassinate the team
What is this again lol
I feel anxious about Born to Be for some reason ㅠㅠ ㅋㅋㅋ
This is a total mess, seriously lol
-Just don’t get greedy. Let’s start with Iron Ball.
-The final stretch of the placement exam was truly legendary.
That was when it happened.
Whoosh!
An arrow came flying.
“Dodge!”
“N-no, hyung! I’ll secure the contract!”
Bontovi thought this was his moment and rushed toward the Rune Box.
‘I’ll prove myself! With a fast dagger rush!’
Thunk!
Someone blocked his path.
It was a shield.
“Ugh! Ah! W-where!?”
“!?”
It was Balloon Gum.
He’d been making a fuss trying to locate where the arrow came from, and in doing so, blocked Bontovi’s path.
“W-wait, Gum hyung! I… I…!”
Boom!
[Mana Burst]
Blue flames erupted and engulfed Bontovi.
At that moment, Almond’s eyes widened.
‘What?’
-Huh
-Huh?
-What
lol
-Huh
-Oh…
That was Reina’s technique.

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[Beginner Tip]
[Did you know? Life is inherently lonely. Especially the path to victory. In survival matches, there are times when you cannot blindly trust even your own allies.]

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