Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1208

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 93
29. Who’s Calling the Shots? (5)
The description that Almond had left unfinished read as follows.
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…increases up to a maximum of 100, after which mana arrows transform into ‘mana beams’.
The mana beam maintains its laser form for 9 seconds. Each time you hit a target, the duration extends by 1 second.
*Mana Beam: A laser-form instant ranged barrage. Damage is 0.25 per 0.01 seconds (×0.3 attack power).
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It was a weapon that unleashed countless strikes in an incredibly short span of time.
There was no need to draw the bowstring—just pull the crossbow’s trigger and—
Zzzzzzzzzzzt!
A blue beam swept across the enemy.
Whenever I shifted my aim, the beam followed my targeting point.
Boom, boom!
So the targets were hit far too easily.
[Duration +1 second]
[Duration +1 second]
The duration kept extending.
[Reckless Warrior Double Kill!]
Naturally, the destructive power was beyond imagination.
-Wow
-Insane
-Crazy kkkkk
-This is insane???
-Is this… Reina?
‘Insane…!’
Danmuji and all the other knights stared with wide eyes.
They had heard talk about mana beams and whatnot.
‘It was this powerful!?’
If it was this good, shouldn’t the explanation have been clearer!?
[Reckless Warrior Triple Kill!]
Whoosh!
Another enemy fell.
-Haha
-kkkkk the survival match is insane kkkkk
-Wow this hits the dopamine receptors kkkkk
-Crazy kkkkk
-What is this kkkkkkk
-If you understand why the safe is being used, give it a thumbs up
With three out of five members of one team dead, they began slowly retreating.
However, there were a total of ten enemies.
The other team rushing from a different direction showed no signs of retreating whatsoever.
They had already closed in near Almond.
The sole weakness while firing the mana beam was that I had to stand still.
The enemies who noticed this quickly approached and unleashed their Kang-sin skills.
Boom-crash!
Whoosh!
[Roll]
With the roll skill available, most attacks simply missed or glanced off.
[Health 43%]
Still, there were unavoidable skills that connected.
‘At this rate… I’m losing too much damage output.’
This mana beam wasn’t exactly an overpowered technique.
It didn’t synergize well with Reina.
The damage and duration only amplified when standing still and firing continuously.
Pinning down a swift incarnation like Reina meant my mobility was completely shut down.
At this, Danmuji shouted.
“G-Gobong!”
“Yes?”
“Go scatter the nails!”
“Right away~!”
Gobong rushed out and scattered the nails.
[Nail Scatter!]
“Almond! Just plant yourself and deal damage!”
Danmuji also ran forward, shielding Almond from the front.
‘Stationary damage dealing…!’
Stationary damage dealing.
Standing rooted in place to deal damage was the worst way for a ranged dealer to output damage.
Normally, ranged dealers had weak bodies and needed to move constantly to confuse the enemy’s targeting.
Thwip—
‘The nails first.’
Almond’s stationary damage dealing was a different story altogether.
When Almond moved while shooting, he was essentially only displaying one-third of his true power.
Wasn’t he originally an archery athlete?
What archer shoots while moving around?
No matter how simplified the game mechanics were, shooting while moving was cumbersome.
Above all, humans naturally performed far better at what they were accustomed to.
Almond’s pupils contracted.
‘Breathe.’
With my breath, I pulled the trigger.
It wasn’t the crude method of simply holding down the laser like before.
Crack!
[Health Recovery]
Boom!
I shot down each nail that Gobong threw one by one.
‘There.’
Crack!
[Health Recovery]
The laser fired in an instant, embedding each nail in succession.
[Remaining Duration 3 seconds]
As the duration decreased, I aimed at Reina’s target again.
Crackle!
[Duration +1 second]
[Duration +1 second]
I extended the time again.
Since the mana beam didn’t need to obsess over combos, I could shoot the nails as I pleased, or target Reina instead—it didn’t matter.
-This is insane
-Wow
-Extending the duration again
-The detail is crazy
-Nail damage focus is insane
-Daegam’s true specialty moment lol
That’s when it happened.
Whoosh—
A black silhouette pierced through.
“Ju, die!
It was the enemy Rope Assassin who broke through Gobong and Danmuji’s marks.
He swung the rope and unleashed a Kang-sin technique.
Whoosh…!
Even as the rope coiled around my neck like a noose.
‘Just shoot the nails.’
Crack! Crack! Crack!
My trigger pulls were becoming increasingly rapid.
Crunch!
When the Rope Assassin’s Kang-sin technique was struck.
[Health 57%]
My health had dropped to nearly half.
[Health Recovery]
[Health Recovery]
[Health Recovery]
.
.
.
Groooow…!
[Stamina 89%]
My stamina recovered in an instant.
“What the hell!?”
“The hammer’s going wild!”
Crunch!
Gobong’s hammer slammed the Rope Assassin to the ground, and Lemon froze him solid with ice magic.
I spun around sharply and pressed the trigger right at his face.
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
“Ugh, uaaaaaaah!”
The Rope Assassin died in a gruesome fashion.
[The Reckless Warrior is rampaging!]
The opposing team’s morale naturally shattered at the sight.
The assassin had even landed a Kang-sin strike.
But the ADC’s health was refilling?
“What…!?”
“Is that Reina? Or Sana!?”
“What’s with the super railgun!?”
And Reina wielding that mysterious weapon.
This only compounded the chaos.
“Damn… check their levels! They looted the vault! So the levels should be low… ahhh!!”
By the time they realized the vault had been looted, it was already too late.
Boom!
[Reckless Warrior Double Kill!]
[Master of the Battlefield! Reckless Warrior!]
Two casualties had already fallen on their side.
“Fall back! Fall back! Save the Rune Spirit!”
The team equipped with a Level 6 Kang-sin began retreating.
I continued firing lasers at their backs.
Bzzzzzzt!
It was a range difficult to escape from.
Kaboom!
Another one fell.
[Reckless Warrior Triple Kill!]
[The Reckless Warrior cannot be stopped!]
They fled in panic, even carrying that Rune Spirit with them.
“W-We’ll settle this later!”
These thugs disappearing while spouting third-rate villain dialogue.
-Kyaa
-Kk kkkkk
-Wow kkkk
-They’re those Paprika Streamers lol
-Lmao kkkkkkk
-We’ll see about that kkk
‘Should I chase after them?’
Almond hesitated for a moment, but the duration had already ended.
[Mana Beam Mode Deactivated]
Snap…!
The bow returned to its original form.
-Oh…
-Damn
-It’s over
-The magical autumn has ended…
The time to rampage was finished.
That’s what I was thinking.
[Level Up!]
A level up message was gleaming in the corner of the screen, wasn’t it?
[Lv. 5 → Lv. 6]
Almond had obtained Kang-sin’s Blessing.
“Huh.”
Almond checked the enemies’ health.
‘Wait.’
[Sharpshooter’s Pride × 100]
Having landed shots that accurately, the passive was naturally at full stack.
I was in a state where I could use Kang-sin’s Blessing.

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“W-Wheeze… Gasp… Damn… Was that Almond just now?”
“This insane vault… Almond? The Reckless Warrior?”
“Yeah. Cheese’s Almond.”
“Damn. That explains it.”
They were a Streamer team from Paprika.
“Wait, that guy actually consumed a legendary Rune?”
“This stupid luck-based game… The balance is completely broken.”
-kkkkkkk lol
-dopamine game
Just a one-trick stimulus tool.
-that laser just now isn’t actually a bug right?kkkkk
What the hell is that?
They were a fairly high-ranked team.
Yet they suffered a devastating defeat.
“Hey. Damn… But where’s Min-seok?”
Someone spoke as they set down the Rune Spirit.
“We couldn’t save him.”
The one called Min-seok was apparently referring to the Rope Assassin.
“We were barely hanging on… We almost died out there?”
“Sigh. Yeah, we should probably visit the Sanctuary of Resurrection.”
They laughed hollowly.
They had thought Level 5 concentrated on both sides, and that shadows favored them too easily.
But the result was a crushing loss.
One person slumped down and muttered.
“Ah… When this war ends, I’ll be able to go home.”
“When I go back home… I’ll dip strawberries in whipped cream. My family will welcome me back.”
“When I return, I’m definitely going to confess to her.”
-these crazy guys kkkkk
Hahahahaha lol haha
-it really is war-level kkkkk
-survival battle teamfights are seriously intense
Hahahahaha lol
-concept kkkkk
They were reviving the Rune Spirits while boasting about having endured an almost war-grade battle.
“You bastards. Since your hyungs saved you, you better listen well─”
Suddenly, a blue light crashes in.
──KWAAAAAAANG!
Something with a thickness completely different from the laser fired earlier.
It felt like being hit by a train made of pure sunlight.
That level of speed, that level of destructive power.
‘What…?’
I didn’t even know what killed me.
[DEFEAT]
The defeat message appeared before their eyes.
It meant the entire team was dead.
‘This can’t be happening.’
No matter how much I denied it, reality was cruel.
[PENTA KILL!]
The Reckless Warrior’s pentakill.
That was the reality.
Haha, seriously lol
Let’s plant the flag lolololol
and a streamer-like death…lololololol
-Damn, I’m dying laughing ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
“So this is how terrifying a confession attack is…”
That must also be thanks to your grace and kindness.
Kyah
The boss is keeping Shorts alive, aren’t they~

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[TEAM 3 OUT!]
Another team was eliminated.
This is insane.
“Daegam, that was awesome!!!”
Danmuji shouted, bending at the waist.
hahahahahahahaha
Hahaha
Tension lol
Was danmuji always this hyped up?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Dopamine hits different lol
Danmuji was honestly shocked by the skill displayed in the previous battle.
‘I thought he’d be similar to Hong-cha.’
The Almond I’d met in the previous Nant match couldn’t be said to have superior ADC skills compared to Hong-cha.
He’d actually shown moments of being pushed back by Hong-cha several times.
But when he switched to mid lane, there was something Danmuji couldn’t handle.
‘That something has grown even more. How…?’
That something was, as expected, instantaneous judgment and combat sense.
These aren’t things you can teach.
Even if you understand everything intellectually, most of the time you can’t keep up.
My training ability had risen remarkably.
Perhaps this was because I had immersed myself in the massive current of an international tournament?
“Eeeeeek!?”
*Bounce!*
Gobong’s reaction was the kind you’d see on a third-rate variety show.
The difference was that he meant it sincerely.
-Eeeek?
-kkkkkkkkk
-Expression lol
-Wow lol that’s insane fr
-Daegam lmao you’re crazy kkkkk that was insane
All the knights looked at each other in shock.
“Wow. That was insane. Crazy.”
“Wow… That’s amazing~!”
Hong-cha and Lemon were shocked too.
“I actually didn’t even get to fire that many shots.”
Hong-cha was even a fellow ranged dealer, yet didn’t get a chance to shoot.
Almond killed everything.
Especially hitting even the final Kang-sin technique—wasn’t that practically a divine ability rather than a skill?
Meanwhile, Almond asked.
“What about the command?”
-kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
-kkkkkkkkk it’s over
-dammit
-we’re done
-timing on the Clever Youth lol
-madness kkkkkkkk
After performing this brilliantly.
Almond looked at me as if to say, aren’t you going to do this?
‘Crazy… it’s the Clever Youth.’
Even Danmuji couldn’t help it.
From the initial detour annihilating seven teams, the mana exposure choice, to now driving back the Sheep with mana beams…
It was just Almond’s hard carry.
“A-A-And the Clever Youth!!”
Danmuji answered as if spitting blood.
“The Clever Youth!”
Gobong raised his hand like a brainwashed zealot and shouted.
-All hail the Clever Youth lol
-dammit lol
-this team is finished
“Clever Youth, Clever Youth~!”
“That’s right, the Clever Youth! Yeah!”
Lemon and Hong-cha just went along with it.
Everyone’s true thoughts were something else entirely.
‘We’re done for. The Clever Youth is calling the shots.’
‘Choi Sa-rang is really pushing the Clever Youth narrative….’
‘This is rigged! Total rigging!’
Yet contrary to their pessimistic thoughts, this round ended with an overwhelming first place victory.
[1st Place]
With that, the game concluded.
We exited to the Disworld lobby.
Everyone returned in a relatively cheerful atmosphere.
‘Huh?’
‘Wait….’
‘Hmm….’
Coach’s expression was decidedly grim.
“I’m just going to smoke one cigarette and be right back.”
“…?”
The feedback chat was even delayed.
-?
-???
-Smoke break lol
-Out of nowhere?
-Wow
-Coach smokes too?
lol
-A welfare-providing coach who even offers smoke breaks lol
That older sister is hot, damn.

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