Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1173

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 58
19. Popcorn’s Peak (2)
Teaming up with Almond, Balloon Gum’s face was split ear to ear with a grin.
But honestly, it wasn’t all sunshine and roses.
‘This is serious. If I mess up, I’m going to get absolutely roasted.’
I’d barely managed to force myself into a team with Almond.
And now if I lose again?
The situation becomes dire.
Almond’s viewers would flood in and hurl insults, or even my own viewers would start cursing me out.
Just because it’s my stream doesn’t mean they’ll praise me unconditionally even if I play poorly.
In fact, most people watch specifically to mock or insult me when I mess up.
The real problem is when people start hurling serious insults.
‘Usually that’s what happens when I team up with other streamers and things go wrong.’
When I stream alone there’s no real issue, but when I team up with other streamers, the intensity of the insults inevitably increases.
Yet despite all this, there’s a reason I keep teaming up with Almond.
“I want to… prove myself too.”
After signing with Iron Ball, the answer lay in those words I’d muttered.
-?
-??
-Haven’t you already proven yourself as a troll?
Hahahahaha what do you need me to prove?
-Why prove yourself right next to Almond lolol
The viewers mocked me at those words.
But I was serious.
“I had a few good games back in the Nantro tournament when I played with Mond, you know? That memory still lingers in my mind…”
I looked down at my hands, now belonging to Iron Ball, lost in reminiscence.
The roar from that legendary carry game. The chat exploding upward.
That electric sensation was still vivid in my mind.
That was actually the first time I’d ever been recognized through gaming.
“Maybe I’m still playing Iron Ball based on that memory from back then.”
Haha, that’s hilarious!
Hahahahahahaha
Isn’t that an exaggeration? lol
Hahahaha
-Anyone would think you’re a pro player lolol
No one empathized with my words.
That’s just how the world was.
Because I couldn’t deliver results, no matter what I said, the process couldn’t be dressed up.
Ding.
[Loyal Supporter donated 10,000 won.]
[Brother, Almond also uses that memory to draw his sword against you, and then commands Iron Ball to attack!]
-LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
-LOLOLOLOLOL
-LMAOOLOLOL
-Almond probably has stronger memories of when Gum wasn’t Iron Ball LOLOL
-LMAO
-That’s true though
-???: It still lingers in my mind…
“Anyway, I play weirdly well with Mond, you know? So this time I’ll prove it to you. Most of you said I couldn’t climb up that ice wall earlier, right? But I did it anyway, didn’t I?”
“That’s right, Gum.”
Bontubi, who had become the tank beside him, chimed in.
“I also play weirdly well when I team up with Almond. I never dreamed I’d reach A-rank. The ADC had no problems. It was just the archer that was the issue.”
“Nah. That was just Almond carrying you.”
“…Huh?”
-?
-??
-LMAOAO
-Where’s your conscience?
Please apply that directly to yourself ㅠㅠ
-Gum mirror match LOLOL
“Right~ Fast Archer Rush is basically just picking Almond, isn’t it?”
“Then what about the Ant matchup?”
“…!?”
Bontubi fired back without backing down.
It wasn’t easy to talk back to a major corporation like Balloon Gum like that.
If Bontubi had been the type to nitpick like this, he wouldn’t have stayed in B-rank his whole life in the first place.
That’s crazy confidence.
Mirror therapy is working.
-LMAOOLOLOL
-LOLOLOL
-LOLOL I’m not a Ril streamer anyway~
-Tell it like it is, Bontubi!
-A duel of only scars…
In truth, this fight was far too easy for Bontubi to win.
“And that ADC….”
Bontubi was also an employee at Almond’s company.
So he was fully aware of all the damage cases Balloon Gum had caused.
“Then what about Ghostbusters?!”
“And that ADC!?”
Balloon Gum had no choice but to become an ADC punching bag.
-LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
-LOLOLOL ADC one-trick LOLOL
-A parrot? LOLOL
-ADC one-trick so that’s the only attack they can do LOLOL
“Then what about Battle Large’s three-magazine no-hit run!?”
“W-well then… no, three magazines, that has nothing to do with Almond!”
-LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
-LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
I’m crying / I’m so sad
-A battle with no victor…
Watching their heated clash, Letmi couldn’t help but admire it internally.
‘Remarkable…’
The way this world spun.
‘How do two trolls end up being the loudest voices?’

* * *
Regardless of how many trolls there were, under the intelligent young man’s command, they continued their unstoppable march to victory.
After level 6, Rubisword could deal damage and make plays equivalent to three or more people depending on the pilot.
In a survival match with no tower mechanics, encountering them was nothing short of catastrophic.
“Wow!”
“Insane… isn’t this better than Reina?”
“R-Reina after level 6 can’t compare to Rubisword’s performance…”
Letmi’s root-pulling and Almond’s Rubisword, flashing here and there while striking with precision.
Crack!
Every time he used a flash, one enemy team dealer would fall.
[Reckless Warrior is legendary!]
It was more than enough to earn the legendary title.
“Brother said it! When you play with Almond, brother plays well too!”
Balloon Gum in Rune Spirit form excitedly shouted to the viewers.
-LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
-LOLOL wow LOLOL
-This is kinda LOLOLOL
-Really shameless…
“No, that’s what a tank should do—die like that. I emptied all my skills and died so Rubisword could rampage?”
-Isn’t it that Rubisword must rampage because brother died?
-Fact) Q is a placement exam level so Almond is bullying sheep…
“Ugh… hyung, stop it… You’re just not good at games… You were just born that way…”
Objectively speaking about the battle just now, Balloon Gum actually did nothing wrong.
True to his word, he went in first to draw the enemies’ attention and died playing his role as a tank.
After that, Letmi took over that tank position, and Chocosong threw bombs from her own angle while creating chaos.
Almond used Blink repeatedly from behind, cutting down the ADCs first.
“Just throw Iron Ball!”
“Here goes Iron Ball!!”
Just throw Balloon Gum.
Then we win.
‘Taco’s advice still applies.’
The guaranteed winning strategy for using Balloon Gum that Takoyaki had once taught Almond.
It was still effective, and Almond executed it without hesitation.
[Ally has been eliminated!]
[Omija Tea → Balloon Gum]
[Enemy Double Kill!]
[Omija Tea → Bontubi]
The only difference now was that there was one more Balloon Gum to throw.
That was all.
‘That’s all. Just one more step in the process.’
I repeated this to myself, steadying my nerves.
I pushed my concentration even higher and unleashed Blink again and again.
Whoooosh!
The enemies fell to my sharp and precise Blinks and strikes.
[Reckless Warrior is legendary!]
[Reckless Warrior Triple Kill!]
-Always comes first ‘Ally has been eliminated’ lmaooo
-lol
-Isn’t this the same scene from before?
-Daegam again!?
-Bontubi Balloon Gum dies and Almond and Paladin clean it up lololol how is it exactly the same every time lololol
-But this is pretty strong though??
-The throwing Bontubi and Balloon Gum are tanks so they’re durable and last longer, that’s the trick fr fr
Maybe she’s surprisingly good at blowing bubbles too? lol
The viewers even began to wonder if Balloon Gum was actually skilled.
The game Ril had a tendency where gaps became indistinguishable once they were covered.
Added to that was growing anxiety.
My money ㅠㅠㅠ
-Damn safe asset they said!
-The mission funds aren’t really disappearing right???
-What~? Safe asset? Swift Trump tariff bomb incoming~
-I put money in the mission for the first time today, can I get a refund?
Those who had jokingly put money in to tease about the mission began to realize.
The universal truth that once money enters, it ceases to be a joke.
And the viewers who had been watching Almond for a long time were beginning to sense it.
[Moments later, the shadow of the Abyss descends!]
A massive shadow falling over Almond’s streaming era.
“Who’s commanding?”
“The Clever Young Man!”
It was none other than the shadow of Ttokcheong Stronghold.
-Ttokcheong Stronghold… are they really going to do it?
Are you seriously coming in first place?ㅠㅠ
-If they win this, there’s no stopping Ttokcheong Stronghold
-Please, someone help!
You’d need a nuclear bomb-level one to escape, for real.
It was common knowledge that Almond had always craved recognition for his intelligence.
Now that moment of validation seemed perhaps not far away.
[Remaining Teams: 3/10]
[Remaining Players: 15/50]
Almond had taken on considerable command and shot-calling in this match.
Whether it proved effective or not, in the world of games and competition, results speak for themselves.
If he could secure first place with this roster?
Then the Clever Young Man would truly become clever.
This world would become one where truth and falsehood flip, cause and effect reverse, and the universe’s entropy inverts itself.
Anything but that ㅠㅠ
-Stop Ttokcheong, please
-Damn it, is there no one?!
The viewers in Almond’s stream no longer cheered for him.
-I hoped he’d do well, but not like this.
Please, someone help me ㅠ
My money ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
Almond was no longer a hero to them.
He was a villain.
Crash!
[Abyss Shark defeated!]
Slaying the Abyss Shark, effectively driving the final nail into the coffin of the first-place race.
lol
Confirmed 2nd place, damn it.
-How is this even possible???
-Balloon Gum Bontubi, step it up!
No matter how hard I try, I can’t troll them lol
“Waaaaah!”
“Kuh! Insane!”
Among the three remaining teams, only two could claim the Abyss Shark.
And one of those slots had just become Almond’s team.
One team already thought they had fallen behind.
The viewers all shared that same thought.
Which is why they despaired even more.
-Damn placement exam, Q is really at this level
-Shit, I should’ve sniped him
-It’s over…
-Hasn’t Abyss Shark ever failed to take first after eating?
And Almond’s team erupted with fervor.
“Command?!”
Almond raised his hand high and shouted.
Everyone’s eyes blazed as they cheered at the top of their lungs.
“Brilliant Young Man!”
“Brilliant Young Maaaan!”
Especially Bontubi, Balloon Gum, and Chocosong showed the most fervent enthusiasm.
‘I can do this too.’
‘I have value too’
‘We can… shine too!’
Those who were always treated as useless resources under Ril now shone brilliantly beneath Brilliant Young Man.
So they had no choice but to cry out with all their might.
“Brilliant Young Man!!!”
-LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
-LOLOLOLOLBrilliant Young Man!
-The return of Cheese Village LOLOL
-Brilliant Young Man! Brilliant Young Man!
-LOLOL
-???: That’s rude, you dictator.
-The birth of Daegam DD
-Brilliant Young Man! Brilliant Young Man! Brilliant Young Man!
-Brilliant Young Man! Brilliant Young Man!
Most of the viewers seemed to have already surrendered themselves to the blessing of Brilliant Young Man.
“Now then, let’s try to confuse the enemies with split operations again.”
“Yes!”
“Fast split rush, sounds good!”
Some intellectuals voiced opposition to the dictator, but it was futile.
-Are you insane? LOLOL
-Late game split LOLOL
-This won’t work…
-Did your brain get split?
The dictator’s ears do not receive their words.
They merely drift among the masses.
I’m dying ㅠㅠ
-Everyone’s lost it for real
-It’s the end times, the end times
The end times.
The apocalypse of the previous world was upon us.
Yet, don’t they say heroes emerge in times of chaos… or rather, in the end times?
“!?”
Crash!
Something suddenly descended upon us.
‘A bird?’
It looked like a bird.
“Huh?”
Balloon Gum tried to counterattack, but the relentless combo that followed didn’t give him a chance to do anything.
Crunch!
In an instant, it lunged forward, its elongated snout tearing and biting.
‘A… wolf?’
When it flew in at high speed, it was a bird, but when it bit with such agility, it looked like a wolf.
Grrrrr…!
At some point, it became a bear.
“…A druid!”
By the time I realized it, it was already too late.
As the bear’s massive paw swung down, the enemy ADCs unleashed their barrage in unison.
Boom!
[An ally has fallen!]
[Popcorn → Balloon Gum]
Immediately, I became a Rune Spirit.
The enemy shifted back into a bird and soared away gracefully, then descended to the ground in human form.
Letmi’s eyes widened in disbelief.
“…Popcorn?”
Smirk.
Popcorn smiled, meeting her gaze.
“It’s been a while?”
[The enemy is legendary!]
-?
-Gasp
lol
-Wow
-Popcorn
Haha, oh my god!
-???: I’ve come to end this stronghold…!
-Ttokcheong Stronghold’s independence fighter Popcorn Joong-geun…
I picked my main avatar lol
-Is that really Popcorn???
That’s a straight-up legend right there.

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