Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1214

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 99
31. Frog Sous Vide (3)
“Frog sous vide?”
Pffft…!
Choi Sa-rang, watching from outside, couldn’t suppress her laughter.
“So that was the plan? How cute.”
She’d wondered why he even changed his nickname to Foolish Youth.
It turned out to be a strategy to bait the opponent(?) into lowering their guard.
It was a characteristically absurd idea—getting the opponent to order everything, then sending them into the Chamber of Truth.
“The feedback must have been quite a shock.”
There are different types of feedback.
Some deliver it coldly, focusing only on the game itself, while others unleash it with the ferocity of character assassination.
Choi Sa-rang preferred the former, but sometimes there were people who only absorbed the former’s intensity when delivered with the latter’s force.
This wasn’t so much a difference between people as it was a difference in circumstances.
“He simply couldn’t acknowledge Danmuji otherwise.”
Most players have predetermined who they can follow and who they cannot.
Especially in cases like Almond, where competitive drive runs strong, this tendency becomes pronounced.
Almond unconsciously refused to acknowledge Danmuji.
After all, it was Almond who had directly defeated Danmuji in the finals of the Nantwar tournament.
And that was Almond fresh out of the Ril beginner stage.
“It’s understandable that he can’t accept it.”
She understood because her past self had been the same many times.
For Almond, following Danmuji’s orders could only feel ridiculous.
Yet he’d realized through feedback that he lacked the capability to take command again.
So this was his solution.
Frog sous vide.
Delegate all authority, put Danmuji on the test stand.
Force him to face her feedback head-on.
With that mindset, even after receiving such feedback just now, he could still play the next round with a smile.
“His mental fortitude is better than most professionals….”
Among everyone she’d observed, Almond possessed top-tier mental strength.
Frog sous vide or whatever else.
Who could hear feedback like that from the Chamber of Truth and immediately play the next round laughing?
There were almost none among the pros.
The greater one’s ambition, the more sensitive they’d be to feedback.
Yet Almond transcended even that—a true sportsman.
‘He’s first-rate.’
In the pro scene, they call this a ‘first-rate mindset.’
With such resolve, he might actually have a chance to defeat ‘that team.’
‘But….’
As this thought crossed her mind, Sarang’s eyes dimmed for a moment.
‘Is that a good thing?’
Almond defeating them.
‘Is that really what I want?’
Why would that be good?
What benefit does it even give me?
“….”
She was still wandering between the path of a player and the path of a coach or commander.
This experience of facing her former colleagues as a coach.
It felt like it would surely lead her somewhere.
But she couldn’t know what awaited her at that destination.

* * *
Almond wasn’t the type to panic easily.
His mental fortitude, honed through archery, allowed him to maintain focus regardless of the situation.
Even if a bomb exploded beside him, he could stay focused long enough to fire at least one arrow.
Yet there were rare moments when he did lose his composure.
Like when he was tricked by viewers at G-Star and said the prize money was missing ‘a zero’, or when he thought the bathroom scene from Zombie School had been broadcast unedited….
Generally, he was weak against being deceived and teased by viewers.
It was the same now.
“…This is my first time using a staff.”
He’d only mentioned that he’d never used a staff before.
-Trolling kkk
-Declared himself a troll
-An enemy within
-So you’re trolling to get command authority?
-kkkkk Are you intentionally losing for real!?kkk
The viewers began pressuring Almond, suggesting he was intentionally losing.
Though truthfully, eighty percent of them were just joking around.
“I’m seriously using a staff for the first time!?”
Almond shouted louder in panic.
-Ahahahahakkkk
-Why are you mad?kkk
-Scratch?
-kkkkkkk
-???: I’m not trolling
-kkkkkkkkkk
-Ah, so cute kkk
*Ding.*
Even donations came in with the attacks.
[Gaji-bokkeun donated 3,000 won.]
[Got proof you’ve never used a staff before? Bring a clip from when you first picked one up~]
-lmao kkk
-How would there be a clip proving you’ve never used it before kkk
-Isn’t it the opposite? kkk
-???: Bring proof that you haven’t!
-Bring a clip from when you first picked up a staff kkk
Almond paused for a moment, wondering what proof of “first time” even meant, but it was a trap.
“Since there’s no footage like that, it must be my first time.”
-Ohhh
-Logic check? Almondil
-Kya
-Dodged that
-Factos) There’s no footage to bring in the first place
The viewers, having laid traps and waiting in ambush.
This feeling was suffocating.
‘If I mess up like this, I’m getting trolled right away…?’
Almond was only human.
I couldn’t always perform well in games.
At Q’s team rank level, it was entirely possible for me to fail and lose the match.
The conditions were already met.
Almond decided not to rely on my usual independent judgment and instead follow Danmuji’s orders.
And so I picked up a staff for the first time.
This was completely unfamiliar territory.
‘Better read the description quickly.’
Setting aside the banter with the viewers, I quickly scanned through the sacred relic’s description.

* * *
“Alright. Let’s hunt~”
Danmuji started hunting without even realizing he’d just handed Almond a staff for the first time.
Unlike what Almond had designed, every other survival match begins the same way—with straightforward hunting.
-Feels stable
-Ah, already so comfortable~
-This is it
-Without the 4-drone, it’s so nice
Since all three previous rounds had started with nightmarish Nalbit encounters, the viewers felt a relative sense of security.
Squawk! Keok!
The Abyss fish died one by one.
Then I noticed something strange.
“…Almond, why are you just hitting them with the staff?”
“Huh?”
Thwack!
Whack!
Almond had been holding the staff and simply striking the Abyss fish.
“The staff’s basic attack projectiles are a bit difficult, but there’s a significant damage difference.”
The staff’s basic magic works by firing small mana projectiles, which are hard to land.
Guns and bows are weapons that already exist, so they’re familiar, but a staff isn’t.
That’s why it’s one of the weapons with the lowest basic attack accuracy.
Danmuji thought Almond was doing this because hitting with the staff was more efficient, so he tried to clear up the misunderstanding.
“Even if I miss sometimes, the data already shows that just firing projectiles is better.”
But the viewers thought differently.
I can’t translate this as it’s not standard Korean text – it appears to be keyboard mashing or random consonants rather than meaningful words.
You’ve made up your mind, huh.
-Troll declaration
-Suspicious character
He’s openly trolling lol
-Total madman~
Even Almond’s stream viewers were piling on.
What about Danmuji’s stream?
They were already worried that Almond was interfering with Danmuji’s orders.
And now he was just hitting things with a staff.
The image of a troll was perfectly realized.
To make matters worse.
Almond gave his reason.
“Ah… It’s my first time with a staff.”
His first time with a staff, he said.
Almond had only learned how to cast magic.
I didn’t know there was a separate magical way to fire normal shots.
-???
-Huh?
-Oh…
-First time? kkk
Hahahaha (laughing sound)
Danmuji’s viewers only now realized it was his first time.
“What!?”
Danmuji was shocked.
‘Now that I think about it, I was only focused on the Honryeongsa and didn’t consider the stage before it.’
I only considered being good at the Honryeongsa, but I hadn’t thought through the time spent wandering around with the staff beforehand.
“Is this really your first time with the staff?”
“Yeah.”
“W-well, you should have mentioned it….”
“Why would I mention that?”
“!?”
“Mentioning it would only hurt the team’s morale.”
Danmuji was left speechless.
‘His mindset is different!?’
A statement he could never have conceived of with his way of thinking.
Mentioning it’s the first time would only damage morale.
In other words, as long as morale doesn’t drop, he’ll manage it somehow even if it’s the first time.
After all, he’s someone who uses new techniques in tournaments too.
There’s no way he’d mention something like that to his team.
-Insane mindset kkk
-He wouldn’t mention it even if he picked a bad shop in the Nant match kkkkkkk
-Was he a Barbarian in his past life?
-Just doing what I always do…
Haha, seriously lol
Hahaha, that’s so funny!
Alpha male lol
“Brother, you could just swap weapons with Gobong.”
“Oh….”
Almond looked at Gobong’s weapon and spoke.
“No. It’s fine.”
I didn’t like it because it was a shield.
-Making him tank is too much of a waste kkk
-kkkkkkkkkkno tank
-Won’t tank
-Rather die than tank
But Almond corrected himself.
“Ah… no, you decide.”
His expression screamed “absolutely don’t decide,” yet he was telling Danmuji to choose anyway.
-Go on, decide~ If you troll, we’ll just stop~
-kkk “I’m fine with a staff, shields are terrible though. You decide.”
Lol I can’t decide though?
Squeak…!
Danmuji pondered quickly for a moment.
“I… I’ll go with the staff! Lemon can teach me how to use it from beside me.”
“Yes!”
Fortunately, this team was two staffs.
Lemon would contract as a Supporter class, and I would be a magic dealer class.
It was a team with a high proportion of magical damage.
‘Honestly, in this squad, Hong-cha is more important than me.’
With this setup, Hong-cha’s role as the only ranged physical dealer would become even more crucial.

* * *
“Basic attacks work like this! You swing them this way.”
“Ah… so it’s about the swinging motion.”
“Yes. That’s why the attack speed is a bit awkward.”
When real mages swung it like casting magic, small mana projectiles—what you might call magical basic attacks (?)—shot out.
Crack!
Crack!
“Ooh… you’re hitting really well, oppa. You’re totally talented.”
The staff was the weapon that missed the most often.
Yet Almond, using a staff for the first time, was hitting better than Lemon.
“So games really are all about talent…”
Lemon scratched her head and looked at me.
Crack!
Crack!
Even with an awkward stance, every shot was a direct hit.
Though we were fighting monsters, the one we were facing now was an Abyss Flying Fish, so things were quite hectic.
Crack!
“Squawk!?”
Every basic attack landed as a critical hit.
“Wow…”
Clap clap clap.
Lemon’s eyes shone as she even applauded.
“Is this… Almond?”
-kkkkkk why is she so into it
-Lemon’s looking envious…
-Is she better than Hong-cha?
She was accustomed to working alongside skilled players since she frequently teamed up with Hong-cha. But Hong-cha had years of gaming experience that overwhelmingly surpassed hers, didn’t she?
Almond was different.
He was the one who started Ril for the first time during the Nant Tournament, and survival matches were out of the question.
‘If you have talent… it’s like this.’
The moment Almond mastered the staff’s basic attacks, he was already shooting better than Lemon.
「Lemon, your fundamentals are really solid. Unlike Gobong, it seems you’d have many more games under your belt….」
Lemon’s mind brushed against what Choi Sa-rang had said.
‘That… wasn’t actually a compliment.’
Having many games played and solid fundamentals.
Yet being told to practice more.
「Try practicing with solo ranked. Use any avatar.」
Lemon was vaguely sensing it too.
She had no talent for Ril.

* * *
Following Danmuji’s orders, the team avoided combat as much as possible and reached level 3.
“Let’s check out the turtle.”
They concealed themselves in the brush near the Red Turtle.
“Is anyone here?”
Almond muttered in surprise to the viewers.
How optimized was the route that they reached level 3 and yet there was no one at the turtle?
-Wow
He’s different from someone who always comes to level 2 just to steal lol
lol a turtle coming at level 2
-Wow level 3 is crazy fast
-Damn
In this survival match where the map was always configured differently and shadows fell in unpredictable places, Danmuji’s ability to consistently create optimal routes was remarkable.
“Ugh… the, the route is good.”
Almond grudgingly admitted it with a groan.
Hahahaha
I’m feeling inferior lol
Haha, reluctantly lol
-Danmuji’s getting better and better as he finds his rhythm
-It’s so pleasant without anyone nitpicking ^^
Though Danmuji arrived first, he was cautious about attacking the turtle.
“The two mages stay back. We three will take it.”
Rustle—
Almond hid in the brush with Lemon, who was also a staff user.
Hong-cha and Gobong headed out to start attacking the Red Turtle.
In the early stages, basic attacks dealt consistent damage, but the staff wasn’t particularly effective anyway—with level 3, these three alone were enough to hunt.
Especially since Danmuji, being a Bruiser, appropriately split the aggro with Gobong and me, minimizing the damage we took, so I didn’t feel any particular risk.
-Wow
-This actually works?
lol
-But why did the Mages hide this?
While hunting slowly but steadily.
“Enemy team approaching.”
Danmuji muttered.
“Two Mages… preparing ambush ice magic.”
This would be the first battle under Danmuji’s lead as primary target.

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