Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1177

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 62
20. The Legendary Stronghold Enhancement (3)
“Kill them all!”
“Save us!”
With killing and saving, the 4v4 ground battle remained undecided.
In a survival match, exchanging one or two players at a time doesn’t significantly impact the outcome.
After all, you can just revive them.
In the later stages, the battle could drag on quite long.
Ultimately, there were only two ways to decide the match.
First, the shadow.
[Soon, the shadow of the Abyss will descend!]
Survival matches often had the shadow determine advantage or disadvantage.
This time, Almond’s team was at a disadvantage.
The shadow began to descend behind Almond’s position, forcing them into a situation where they had to break through the enemy lines recklessly.
The enemies knew this perfectly well, so all they had to do was retreat as slowly as possible and poke away.
Then there was only one gamble left to play.
The reason Letmi was shouting like this while looking at the sky.
“Please… do it!”
The sky turned crimson.
A colossal Jujak spread its wings of flame in a terrifying sight.
Against that, a single human man, far too small, was diving in like a moth to flame.
“If Almond defeats Popcorn, we have a chance. Otherwise…”
Beneath the crimson sky, Goliath and David.
Like a battle of gods from mythology itself.
-Wow…
-Damn
-What about command?
-Terrifying
-This is insane
A grand battle that naturally filled hearts with reverence.
Then suddenly Balloon Gum clasped his hands together and spoke.
“This too… must be the grace of Daegam…”
Then Chocosong echoed in response.
“This too must be the grace of Daegam…”
“This too…”
Even Bontovi.
“…?”
Letmi was bewildered, not understanding the situation.
‘What are they saying? These crazy people.’
Who was Daegam, and why was this grace when the battle hadn’t even been decided yet.
She knew nothing of what was happening, yet for some reason her hands were pressed together in prayer.
“This… this is also roughly… somehow….”
Hahahahaha what do I do hahaha
Hahahahaha lol
I guess you don’t understand what I’m saying lol
Roughly like, what the heck lolol
-This must also be the Daegam’s blessing
Not knowing what else to do, prayer was all that remained.
Without Almond, it was impossible for her team of three tanks and one dealer to break through the path that Popcorn’s four members had sealed off.
‘That said, it doesn’t look like the odds are in our favor.’
That’s why prayer was necessary.
It was literally a matter of miracles.
No matter how well Almond played, could he defeat a Kang-sin device enhanced with a Legendary Rune?
Moreover, the pilot over there was what people called world-class.
Not the casual “world-class” people joked about, but a man who had genuinely reached the absolute pinnacle of the world.
And such a person had activated a Kang-sin device enhanced with a Legendary Rune.
Was this even a winnable fight?
Probably not.
A miracle would have to occur.
“Wh-what?!”
Her eyes went wide.
Almond had begun his assault.
Six blades surrounded Popcorn simultaneously.
Crack!
He simply blinked straight ahead for the first strike.
Whoooosh!
Then he blinked twice more, using a blade strike with each sword.
Crash!
[Health 32%]
Popcorn’s health had dropped significantly.
Even with a Legendary Kang-sin device, being an airborne unit made it quite vulnerable to damage.
-Wow that’s insane
-Huh, that?!
lol
-He’s crazy…
“Guess it’s not a big company after all~ㅋㅋㅋ”
‘He blinked with five of the six blades and landed hits with all of them.’
If he ran through one more cycle here, he might finish Popcorn off entirely in mid-air.
‘But that last remaining blade is far too obvious.’
She had to anticipate what came next.
I couldn’t afford to advance any further.
But—
“Ah… No!”
Crack!
I burned through Rubisword on my final strike.
Whoooosh!
Popcorn unleashed a torrent of attacks as if she’d been waiting for exactly this moment.
I simply took the barrage head-on and swung my blade wildly.
Shhwaaack!
“!”
-That’s some real man-style damage trading lol
-Wow lol
-So he’s got lower health anyway?
-Ugh isn’t that Jujak damage not Jujak? This is insane
-Is this calculated?
Taking the Jujak’s flames point-blank multiplies the damage several times over.
Instead of the fireballs spreading in multiple directions, I’m absorbing the full brunt all at once.
Of course, I had no idea about any of this.
How could I?
I’d never seen it before.
“What? The damage. Isn’t that Jujak?”
That’s what I was thinking too.
-It’s Jujak
-It’s Jujak though? lol
-Wow lol
-What is this even lol
It’s definitely Jujak.
Since things have come to this, I’ll just keep swinging my blade.
[Health 19%]
That’s what brought Popcorn’s health down to this point.
“…I’m… insane.”
“Is… is that an alpha male?”
“Wow… that’s genuinely incredible.”
Everyone marveled at my recklessness.
The infighting style of taking hits while dishing out punishment makes any man’s heart race, regardless of era or circumstance.
-lololol
-What are they doing?
-They don’t even seem interested in fighting each other lol
-Even the enemy team watching from above finds it hilarious lol
The audience(?) murmured amongst themselves.
“W-what’s happening here?”
Both Almond and Popcorn were severely depleted of health.
“My Rubisword Divine Descent skill is over…!”
Almond’s Divine Descent had ended as well.
Four of the blades vanished, leaving only two remaining.
The frequency at which Almond could use Blink would plummet dramatically.
For Popcorn, fighting would become several times easier.
“S-still, who knows!”
Letmi cried out excitedly.
“If he’s a clever young man! Anything could happen!”
-?
-??
Hahahahahaha
In the end, haha.
-Letmi got brainwashed too…
Nobody truly knew.
No one had any idea.
Neither Almond nor Popcorn expected the fight to end like this.
These two, fighting like a scene from mythology beneath the crimson sky.
“Huh?”
“Eh?”
They vanished just like mythology itself.
‘What is that.’
Boom!
A massive tentacle from a suction-cupped creature shot upward.
Rising from deep beneath the earth, it soared so high it obscured the sky above.
The speed was nearly instantaneous.
It felt as though it had always been there—perhaps they simply hadn’t noticed it before.
It erupted with such velocity, swinging toward the two of them as if swatting flies.
“!?”
Letmi’s jaw dropped.
Beneath the crimson sky, the two Contractors vanished in an instant.
Kwaaaaaang─
As the tentacle intercepted them, the main body emerged onto the surface.
A colossal creature erupting from beneath the indigo Abyss sand.
It swallowed the massive flaming bird and Almond whole.
Gulp.
[Abyss Kraken → Reckless Warrior]
[Abyss Kraken → Popcorn]
-?
-…?
-Hahaha
-Huh?
-These guys… even leaving is an art form.
-What the heck is this, a surprise attack?
-Wow, scary
-Hahaha
-The survival match is hilarious though?
“Right. K, Kraken!”
Letmi finally realized and shouted.
“The damn Kraken is here! They robbed the vault!”
“Kraken?”
“Huh? What was that….”
Everyone on our side soon found out what it was.
The variegated ground surged upward.
Kwakwang!
Suction cups and tentacles rising with dense foam and spray.
“Ugh, uuuaaah?!”
The earth flipped over, and massive coral reefs crumbled.
-Scary
-Wow
-Seeing this in real life lol
-It woke up because they robbed the vault
-Ah….
-Natural disaster lol
Kwakwang!
Popcorn’s team took the hit first.
Probably because they were the ones who robbed the vault?
[The Abyss Kraken is slaughtering!]
‘We’re done for. Almond is dead… we’re finished….’
Letmi’s mind went blank in that instant, unable to make any judgment.
Surprisingly, Balloon Gum reacted first in this situation.
“W, we need to break through now, right!?”
“Yes?”
“Going now!”
Balloon Gum charged forward without even waiting for opinions.
[Rolling rolling bang!]
Kiiiing!
Rapidly transforming into an iron sphere, shooting toward the enemies in an instant.
“L, let’s go! I think we can make it! While the Kraken is busy!”
Chocosong followed suit, hurling bombs forward.
“Even if Almond dies! We must survive!”
“Wait, what happened to the Daegam?!”
“We have to stay alive to save the Daegam!”
Chocosong and Bontovi sprinted forward desperately.
Besides, the shadow was already closing in from behind—there was no choice.
Beeeep!
[Submerged in the Abyss Shadow!]
The shadow was already upon them.
[Breathing through Abyss Gills!]
[Time Remaining: 15 seconds]
The buff from the Abyss Shark allowed me to survive, barely.
But even that had a maximum of fifteen seconds.
“Y-yes, we survive so we can save the Daegam!”
Letmi muttered the same thing and began running, leaving behind Almond, who seemed to be wandering somewhere as a Rune Spirit.
Hahahahahahaha
Hahahahaha
lol that’s so funny
-Just revive him~
-But this is basically the finals now, can they even revive him??
-Almond’s gonna spectate lol
-Team Almond without Almond.
Kuguguguuu!
As the shadow descended, Popcorn’s team without the Abyss Shark buff was instantly put at a disadvantage.
“D-dammit!”
“We’re done for!”
Balloon Gum activated the Iron Ball Stronghold technique.
[Spinning Crash!]
Wham!
Popcorn’s team scattered in all directions instantly.
Already unable to breathe through the gills, the shadow descended upon them.
“Ugh, argh!? A K-Kraken!!!”
Kwaaaang!
The Kraken’s massive tentacle swept through them as it passed.
[Team 1 Out!]
Popcorn’s team was eliminated.
Pop Jung-geun is out ㅠㅠ
-Gasp
-Independence fighter ending…
Damn, haha, in the end lol
I couldn’t stop the sharp momentum…
-They say you can’t stop Ttokcheong Stronghold unless you have a nuclear bomb lol
Like a miracle, Popcorn’s team was eliminated.
[Remaining time: 3 seconds]
Three seconds left from the Abyss Gills obtained from the Abyss Shark.
“Runes! Pick up the runes!”
Letmi desperately farmed runes from the corpses, running frantically.
To the shadow’s boundary.
Hahahahaha
-Such a thrifty Master
-That’s the way
-Who gets the runes now lol
-The guy who ate all the runes died so this is messed up
Balloon Gum quickly rolled away again, escaping the shadow zone.
“W… we survived!”
And so Almond’s team survived.
They lived on, having lost only Almond, now wandering the Abyss.
[Remaining players: 9/50]
[Remaining teams: 2/10]
Now only two teams remained.
Almond’s team without Almond and one other team whose leader was unknown.

* * *
Shhhhh.
The capsule door slid open, and Popcorn scratched her head.
“Ah~ I should’ve done better. Almond’s combat power is insane~”
As Popcorn emerged with a grin, she suddenly froze as if struck by paralysis without realizing it.
Zzzt.
Choi Sa-rang was glaring at her.
“…Why, why?”
“If you’re going to do it, do it properly.”
“I did do it properly.”
“Don’t be ridiculous.”
She said only that and turned back around.
On her monitor, the battle scene with Almond from earlier was playing on repeat.
“You were using a legendary Rune for the first time.”
“Well, that’s true.”
“And you didn’t even know what Jujak was.”
“…No, it was my first time. How would I know?”
Popcorn felt wronged.
She’d only lightly deployed it in the survival match and tried it for the first time.
How was she supposed to know what kind of enhancement a legendary Rune like that received from Kang-sin’s technique?
“Fine, up to that point. The opponent didn’t know either anyway.”
Sarang nodded and conceded.
“But about Almond—you acted like you knew nothing, as if it were your first time.”
“…Huh?”
It was absurd.
“It’s practically my first time. I’ve never properly fought him before, so how….”
“Ah, really? But the other side seemed like it wasn’t your first time at all.”
At those words, Popcorn closed her mouth.
Her wavering eyes turned cold in an instant.
She remembered Almond’s eyes gleaming with genuine recognition.
‘Yeah, that’s how it was.’
He knew everything.
My playstyle.
Recalling the memory from moments ago, I spoke again with a smile.
“But shouldn’t you be hoping we lose?”
“Right.”
“Then why are you like this? You should be happy we lost.”
Sarang rested her chin on her hand, muttering while focused on the video.
“You lose in practice and win in the real thing. But you’re not doing it properly, so I’m annoyed. Are you not going to even let me practice?”
“….”
Popcorn was at a loss for words.
‘Was he really that sincere?’
Choi Sa-rang continued muttering.
“Almond still has a long way to go. He’s missing something fundamental. I need to refine this, but you’ve ruined all the data. Everything so carelessly~”
“When have I ever done anything carelessly?”
“Even in the Worlds finals, you were careless in the first game~”
“That wasn’t carelessness—most people call that ‘nerves,’ you know?”
“Really?”
Whoosh.
Sarang turned around and met his eyes.
“So were you nervous this time too?”
“…!”

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