Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1215

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 100
32. Rise Up (1)
At that moment, in the Streamer Garden.
The faction that had sought to frame me lost their footing.
1st Place) Gyeonkka – Perished like a dog kkkkk
They had been pushing hard on theories about collusion with the Coach, predetermined Orders, and such.
But once the Coach turned me into a “Foolish Youth,”
it was only natural that their words evaporated.
However, a band of thieves who had once raised their torches would not simply stand still.
As naturally as one would slash anything with a blade, they burned whatever they could.
[Almond’s gonna troll while calling himself stupid]
“Nut Shack is trying to troll lol”
“See how you’re building up with a staff? Are you trying to troll?? You’re seriously toxic lolol”
They began claiming that I would troll.
Right now it was just amusing speculation, but.
“This is… dangerous, isn’t it?”
Juhyeok understood the danger of this buildup.
“Even event tournaments—Streamer tournaments especially have severe over-investment.”
An event tournament was a light and pleasant affair for those watching from afar.
But for those participating in this tournament and cheering them on, it was anything but light.
During the Nant War, there was even a team that got destroyed by Balloon Stars.
Balloon Stars had poor scrim results back then, and since I was a completely new Streamer, we weren’t treated well at all.
When they lost to us, talk began circulating that they “didn’t practice properly” or “got careless,” and public opinion became severely negative.
It was absurd.
Some Streamers laugh and find it entertaining when someone plays poorly.
Others get destroyed.
In any case, the nature of this industry was to swing between heaven and hell depending on public opinion.
“Especially since this was framed as a matter of platform pride.”
Trolling in an inter-platform championship that boasted investment levels incomparable to the Nant War?
This was territory that simply could not be covered up.
“If you’re going to do it, you’d have to make it incredibly funny.”
If it were absurdly hilarious, people might not care.
But that didn’t seem particularly possible right now.
The only Streamer in this world who could troll with just a staff and make it funny was Balloon Gum.
“Hmm… if I make even one mistake here, this could get really bad.”
Juhyeok worried as he watched the community reactions coming in in real-time.

* * *
Almond was only human, after all.
Even though he’d felt wronged by the feedback from the sealed chamber, he hadn’t completely avoided such thoughts.
‘I wish Danmuji would lose!’
Just once, I wanted to see Danmuji taste defeat!
But he’d never entertained the idea of orchestrating that loss with his own hands.
He was a sportsman through and through.
[Now!]
The moment the command came, his body moved like a spinal reflex.
He manipulated the staff exactly as the manual instructed.
[Frost Magic]
Crack!
The magic projectile fired almost simultaneously with Danmuji’s shout.
“Huh!?”
Lemon was startled.
Staff manipulation wasn’t easy.
How had he fired it so quickly?
[Frost Magic]
A beat too late, a frost projectile shot from her staff as well.
Crack!
Two of the enemies who had crept in, thinking three people were enough to take down the turtle and looking for an opening, froze solid.
[Frozen]
“Wh-what!?”
“This is insane ambush!”
“What! There are two mages!”
They panicked in confusion.
The Knight Order had to make a decision here.
Finish off the turtle and fight these enemies, or kill them and recapture the turtle.
[Red Turtle]
[Health 33%]
The health was ambiguous.
33%.
Exactly one-third remaining.
[Switch to teamfight!]
Danmuji shouted over voice.
Leave the turtle for now and kill these enemies—that was the decision.
‘Huh…?’
Almond hesitated slightly.
‘If we do this, the turtle’s energy will fully recharge… we’re wasting too much time.’
If time passed while fighting the enemies, the aggro would reset.
When monsters lose all their aggro, their health rapidly recovers.
The time I spent shaving away two-thirds of their health becomes meaningless.
But—
“I only listen to Danmuji~!”
-kkkkkkkkk
-So pathetic lol
-Lmaooo
-Yeah, please do it
Danmuji’s judgment was wrong?
I actually prefer it.
[Flame Magic]
The flame magic shot from Almond’s staff lands a direct hit in the center of the enemies.
Boom!
“W-whoa~!?”
Lemon is startled beside me.
The precision of the instant flame magic conversion and the exquisite point of impact are simply too perfect.
“T-three of them!?”
Whoooosh!
All three take damage from the flame magic simultaneously.
This was almost jackpot territory for an early game engagement.
[Wind Magic]
Whiiiiiing!
Lemon follows up with wind magic, launching the enemies upward while spreading the flame damage further.
“Let’s goooo!”
Crash!
Gobong slams his shield into the front opponent, while Hong-cha shoots from the front line to finish them off.
Clang!
Bang!
“Ugh!”
“Ah, damn, we’re done for!”
“Fall back! Fall back!”
The enemies retreat far more easily than I expected.
‘What? Why so easily…?’
This is a pattern I see frequently in survival matches.
In siege warfare, even if the entire team dies, they respawn after a certain time and continue fighting at the cost of lives.
But in survival matches, once everyone dies, it’s over.
At least one person must survive to keep the game going, so players retreat as soon as the fight turns unfavorable.
Especially in the early game.
What player wants to lose right from the start?
Most avoid such risks whenever possible.
The Knight Order’s skills linked together so beautifully that the enemies lost all will to fight.
They simply chose to retreat.
‘If they’d pressed harder, it would’ve gotten difficult. But this turned out too easy.’
Almond blinks.
Not a waste of time at all, right?
-Ooooh
-Kyaa
-Total idiot
-This is the Foolish Youth!?
-Damn, that fire magic was insane kkk
-This guy’s just good at shooting kkk
But the Viewers were thrilled.
The Knight Order too.
“Wow! That was awesome! Brother!”
“Crushed it! Foolish Youth~!”
“Staff? Foolish Youth!”
Almond forces a laugh.
“Ha. Ha. Ha. They gave up pretty fast, huh? Those guys?”
-Are you complaining? kkk
-Come on, attack with your lives on the line!
-Ha. Ha. Ha. kkkkk
-Fool! Fool! Fool!
-kkkkk why are you laughing like that
-Staff Foolish Youth kkkkk
-(Ah, damn… I’m supposed to lose)
-kkkkk you want to lose, don’t you? kkk
-Even if I wanted to, I can’t lose…
At this rate, since Almond performed too well, it seemed to be giving momentum to Danmuji’s order instead.
“It’s always like this at the start.”
Danmuji had already anticipated their early retreat.
After all, positioning two Mages in a squad with two Mages and hiding them in the brush to wage psychological warfare meant entering with at least an 80% win rate.
“Hmm… I suppose so.”
Of course, Almond couldn’t understand that.
No matter how much someone insists the earth is flat, the earth still spins today.
“Anyway, turtle again~!”
The Knight Order began hunting again.
Danmuji took the lead and started attacking the turtle.
[Red Turtle]
[Health 34%]
‘Huh… the health is almost the same?’
Surprisingly, the Red Turtle hadn’t taken much damage at all.
Part of it was because the enemy had retreated too quickly.
-Danmuji OMG
-He was holding it back the whole time lol
-Wait, he was managing aggro?
-That’s what being a pro is~ that’s the difference~
Danmuji had been hitting the Turtle bit by bit, carefully controlling the aggro to drop as slowly as possible.
This kind of meticulous tactical play flowing naturally like breathing—that’s what separates the pros.
Danmuji.
Pop!
[ReallyNoClue donated 10,000 won!]
[How did Almond even beat this guy in the first place?]
-lol for real
-ReallyNoClue~
-Pure raw skill
-Lane matchups don’t have that many variables to consider
-Back then he was a “Rogue Warrior” not Foolish Youth…
-Big difference
-Everyone says that though
-Almond’s Rubisword pocket pick is a monster…
-Taco hyung had it rough lol
Playing together now, people were even saying I beat Danmuji back in the Nanteu match—how did that even happen?
Given how internet opinion works, this kind of thing could distort the historical record of skill levels from back then.
Ding.
[Rubisword donated 3,000 won.]
[And he won while having Balloon Gum attached~ Almond’s a monster as long as he doesn’t overthink it~]
-Whoa
-lol for real
-Rubisword lololol
-3,000 won lobbying incoming
-With Balloon Gum attached lololol
-This is legendary Achievement material
-“A tag that sticks forever (POSITIVE)”
-It’s basically a certification mark of pure skill~
At least winning alongside Balloon Gum greatly reduced the possibility of history being distorted.
There’s a limit to how much history can be twisted—you can’t convince people a nuke didn’t land when it clearly did, right?
“Yes, thank you for the donations. ReallyNoClue and Rubisword.”
-lololol the nickname lol
-ReallyNoClue lmao
-This bird always says Rubisword lololol
-Just call him King Rubisword lol
-Yeah~! Rubisword~!
-If I don’t like a donation, I just blow up the nickname lol
Even as Almond said this, he was diligently casting basic staff magic and firing it at Red Turtle.
I succeeded in defeating Red Turtle.
Boom!
[Rune Box]
A Rune Box appeared.
Now came the question of who should receive it first.
“Since we’ve cleaned everything up and defeated them, it’s so peaceful now~ I’m the Contractor, right!?”
Gobong also chimed in, apparently pleased with Danmuji’s order this time.
But there was quite a logical leap in that statement.
While it’s common for the Tank to be the Contractor, it’s not always guaranteed.
More importantly, the phrase “cleaned everything up” was wrong.
“When did we clean you up?”
“!?”
Whoosh!
A new figure suddenly emerged from within a black circle.
An Assassin.
[Rift Pursuer – Riksia]
It was an Assassin incarnate.
She plunged straight into the center of the Knight Order.
lol
-Gasp
-Huh?
-What??
She was one of those who had retreated quickly earlier.
That was right.
In fact, we hadn’t killed everyone—we hadn’t killed anyone at all.
We had merely driven them away.
They could return anytime.
But she returned far too quickly—
-How does a Contractor appear?
-Oh no, we’re done for
-Contract quickly!!
Somehow, another Contractor had been added in the blink of an eye.
[Frost Magic]
Almond reacted mechanically and immediately cast Frost Magic.
This spell was the most lethal against Assassins.
But—
[Wormhole]
Whoosh!
A black portal materialized, and the projectile vanished into it.
Then that projectile burst forth from another portal.
Except it emerged right at the back of Almond’s head.
Crack!
Remarkably, the frost magic I had cast applied to myself.
[Frost]
“…?”
Almond found myself suddenly frozen solid.
“Ugh… an unfamiliar Contractor.”
I had no idea what skills this Contractor possessed.
Which was perhaps inevitable.
-What a cheap trick lol
New character lol so annoying
-???: All unfamiliar faces, I see.
-Wait, already a Contractor???
-What is this
Haha, maybe it’s because I came out today, but the performance is crazy good lol
Looks like they caught the enemy’s low health.
I picked up a broken sword and ate the rune, damn it.
-Ah…
A new character that appeared today.
“C-crazy! Secure the Rune box first!”
Danmuji immediately shouted to reclaim the Rune box.
[Wind Magic]
Whiiiiiing!
The Enemy would not allow it.
Wind magic surged forth, pushing back the entire Knight Order.
And the Contractor ‘Rift Chaser – Riksia’ began to rampage.
Merely level 3, yet capable of deploying all three skills nonetheless.
[Annihilation Cannon]
Bzzzzzzzzt──
As she extended her hand, a powerful laser shot forth in a straight line.
[Wormhole]
Just when I thought I’d barely evaded it, the laser connected with the Wormhole at its terminus, firing again from an unexpected location.
Bzzzzzzzzt!
[Wormhole]
[Wormhole]
The Wormhole had an extremely short cooldown and brief duration.
It was an incredibly useful skill whenever it connected.
The lasers became increasingly difficult to evade, and they fired in wider patterns.
“Hah!”
Almond broke free from the ice and dodged them all like jumping rope, but.
“Aaaah!?”
“Damn!”
The other allies couldn’t withstand the star-shaped laser show and the enemies’ other projectile attacks.
[An ally has been hit!]
Lemon nearly exploded from the impact.
“What!?”
[Health 32%]
Danmuji’s health dropped severely.
‘So this is how it is….’
Crash!
Danmuji threw himself forward.
[Spear Charge]
“Hong-cha! Run back! Gobong, protect Hong-cha! Almond! The Rune Box!”
Danmuji bought time by sacrificing himself instead.
The ranged dealer had to survive first.
Almond rushed forward and threw himself toward the Rune Box.
‘Wait….’
That’s when Danmuji realized his mistake.
Because he remembered the values he had input into Almond.
‘The Specter shouldn’t be used right now?’
He had suggested trying Meli the Specter.
But Meli wasn’t a particularly agile avatar.
Of course, the “Foolish Youth” wouldn’t consider such things.
His selection speed was far too fast.
Boom!
〔What’s this, you~ visiting after so long? Kyahahaha!〕

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