Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1233

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 118
36. The Good Sniper (5)
Danmuji’s eyes twitched.
Of course, only he noticed the twitch.
The viewers had no idea.
But he twitched noticeably anyway.
He had witnessed something impressive.
“This is… completely different from before.”
King Gul’s strategic approach had fundamentally shifted.
Gobong spoke from beside him.
“Isn’t that just because he got beaten up earlier?”
Thwack!
Danmuji kicked Gobong’s rear end.
“Damn it! You clueless fool! Would he change his entire strategy just because he placed ninth in one game!?”
-Kekekekekekekekekekekekeke
Hahahaha lol haha
-Gobong still hasn’t paid back his debt lol
-That butt kick never gets old
-Then what is it?
Danmuji reacted intensely, but his words held truth.
People who had reached professional-level mastery didn’t completely overhaul their strategy just because they lost a single game.
Sometimes they simply lost due to bad luck or things not clicking.
So they lost—therefore they completely revise everything?
That would be foolish.
When a strategy is established, there are solid reasons behind it.
Until those reasons are completely refuted and dismantled, the correct approach was to modify strategies conservatively and refine execution.
In other words, how you lost mattered far more than simply losing.
“Ah, so, so what is it then!?”
Gobong’s mask slipped.
Since he couldn’t understand why Danmuji was deliberating like this, he felt frustrated.
“It’s… a structural limitation he felt.”
“Ah… truly the Troll Twins.”
As Gobong nodded and spoke, the viewers laughed delightfully and cheered.
-Kekekekekekekekekekekekeke
-Structural limitation lol
-It’s definitely a wall
-Mount Tai lol
“Both of them are remarkably skilled.”
“No, that’s not what I meant!”
“?”
Danmuji’s irritation flares.
His mood had soured considerably.
It was inevitable.
‘Everything I thought I understood about survival matches is crumbling.’
King Gul possessed remarkable flexibility.
The way he utilized vault routes, rune applications, tactical formations based on skill levels—everything was fluid.
“Wow, what!? They’re winning!?”
Gobong exclaims in surprise from beside him.
The early ADC contract is utterly dominating the early Assassin contract.
Hong-cha marvels as well.
“Insane! Same level!? What is this?”
“Did the other side just have bad luck?”
Gobong perceives it as fortune.
It wasn’t.
Even Hong-cha understands this.
“Doesn’t look like luck to me. He ordered them to meet the other team from the start.”
“Huh…!?”
“He deliberately synchronized the levels at the edge and engaged. Absolutely insane.”
“Kyaa~”
lol
-Wow
-King God Gul
The commentary is worth watching lol
You’re doing well lol
and lol
Danmuji adds his own insight.
“Choosing Ran was intentional too.”
“How do you mean…?”
“Originally, Balloon Gum was right. Reina would’ve been far superior for solo carrying. But the variable was the rune. The moment King Gul saw that rune, he designed everything—formation, route, all of it.”
“…Why the rune?”
“Look at the detailed description of the Prophet’s Rune. It’s brief, but it has a cooldown.”
“…Oh, it does?”
The Prophet’s Rune carries a one-second cooldown.
Brief, yet not brief enough.
Especially not for an incarnation like Reina.
“So Reina would struggle with it.”
“Ah…!”
Reina deals weak damage per shot, requiring multiple combos to build real power.
Thus, a one-second cooldown becomes a significant barrier.
“Moreover, Reina’s fighting position is problematic too. She doesn’t stay in fixed locations—she operates independently.”
Moreover, Reina is typically a late-entry Assassin-type ADC who cuts down enemy dealers first.
In such cases, there was virtually no chance of allies being nearby.
After all, splitting up was the fundamental strategy.
So the utility of healing diminished.
“That’s why it’s Ran.”
What if we use Ran instead?
With area damage exceeding one second cooldown, we can increase healing output and continuously replenish the health of both tanks from a fixed position.
This way, Ran can also comfortably deal consistent damage.
They become solutions for each other.
The moment I saw the Rune, I immediately identified this structure.
Danmuji felt it.
‘These are things I can’t do.’
King Gul completely scrapped the promised playstyle in just one game and rewrote the entire strategy from scratch.
This wasn’t something anyone could do.
‘His former reputation really wasn’t for nothing.’
King Gul’s pro nickname was the “Jungle Calculator.”
There’s even a saying that he pioneered over half of all existing jungle routes.
The Jungler position was already extremely advantageous in survival games.
He was a great Jungler.
Because he was a “creator.”
Though age had dulled his senses compared to his former glory.
Now, facing the unexpected wall of the Troll Twins and low-rank games, glimpses of that great era were showing through once more.
That brilliance, dulled and hidden by years of casting, was shining through again.
‘Could it be….’
Danmuji had a thought at this point.
‘Did Almond intentionally push King Gul into this extreme situation?’
Did Almond deliberately corner King Gul like this?
That’s when it happened.
“Whoa whoa whoa!? That’s Pungsna, right?”
Goguma points excitedly.
The rest of the teammates clearly don’t know who Pungsna is.
“Pungsna?”
“You don’t watch Balloon Gum’s streams!? That’s a total vicious Sniper! Almond took care of them in Battle Large before….”
A survival game enthusiast, it seems.
After sniping in Battle Large, now they’re sniping in Ril survival games too.
“and it’s been a while since we’ve hung out lol”
Why is that there lol
Of all things, I had to sign a contract with a bubble gum company lol
-This is unbelievable;
-That guy’s really good at games though
“No, the chat’s saying that guy plays well. How is he here?”
“Why would that bastard be a sniper for no reason!? Come on!? I’m dropping out!”
“…”
This guy’s insane.
Danmuji scratched his head.
The world of major corporation streamers.
It doesn’t look easy.

* * *
Balloon Gum’s eyes trembled.
“Insane…?”
Pungsna.
He was the object of terror for Balloon Gum.
This guy didn’t snipe carelessly—he completely exposed Balloon Gum’s true skill level.
Delivering complete defeat to Balloon Gum.
That was Pungsna’s creed.
hahahaha
-Enemies meet on a single log bridge…
-Wait, how did that bastard snipe a 5-man queue???
Aren’t you crazy? lol
Ding.
[Guess donated 3,000 won.]
I guess we already set up a 5-man squad in advance to prepare for the inter-platform tournament, and it seems like we just happened to run into each other here lol
No matter how skilled Pungsna was, how had he prepared a 5-man queue in advance?
But thinking about it, it had been quite a while since the fact that sniping required 5 people was revealed due to the platform tournament.
He had plenty of time to prepare.
“P-Pungsna… What is that?”
King Gul asked, bewildered.
“There is. Such a malevolent spirit.”
“So he’s even more of a malevolent spirit than Balloon Gum?”
“N-No, a different kind of malevolent spirit.”
Bontovi approached.
“Brother… Should we kill him?”
“We can’t kill him, dammit!”
Thud.
Bontovi getting hit by Iron Ball’s fist.
Hahahahaha
Hahahahaha lol hahahaha
A small piece of bubble gum ㅠㅠ
Hahaha lol haha
-That’s true, but…
“Wait? Hold on~! Good news!”
Lemon suddenly raises her hand.
Good news here?
“They might not even know we’re the ones doing it.”
“?”
Everyone stares at Lemon.
“What do you mean?”
“Well, to snipe someone, you can’t just watch the game start and press randomly. Especially for those persistent stalkers—there’s a specific addon they use!”
“An addon…?”
“It’s an addon that sends real-time notifications for a streamer’s game start, lobby entry, and such. So you just play normally, and when the timing’s right, you press the button.”
“There’s… something like that!?”
Balloon Gum apparently didn’t know about this despite being targeted all this time.
Well, it makes sense—this is an addon only snipers use, so most people wouldn’t know about it.
They’d just think someone got lucky and found them.
Even if someone tries hundreds of times and succeeds once, to the streamer it looks like they showed up on the first try.
“But…”
Balloon Gum looks puzzled.
“How do you know so much about this, Lemon?”
“Well… um…”
Lemon’s gaze shifts away awkwardly.
-Kekekekekekekekekekekekekeke
-Kekekeke That’s because she’s a former Hong-cha sniper~
-She’s the actual sniper
-For real lol
-Why does she know so well?
-Oh she’s actually a former sniper???
-She’s Hong-cha-do
This is because Lemon, as a Hong-cha fan, had always sniped her games to play alongside her or against her.
Later, when Hong-cha’s skill grew exponentially and even that became difficult, she turned on her own stream instead.
“Anyway!”
Lemon waves both hands to change the subject.
There’s no time for this.
“All we need is for Balloon Gum not to leave this game! Then the Red Turtle is ours.”
“…?”
This time, King Gul tilts his head in confusion.
“Why?”
“Because snipers don’t succeed every single time! Sometimes you need dozens of attempts to land one successful snipe. But we just got into the same game, right?”
“You know we’re in the same game?”
“It’ll show up on the addon.”
“Ah.”
“Looking at that, he’ll definitely play safe until he meets Balloon Gum.”
Surprisingly, Almond quickly agreed with this assessment.
“So it’s a strategy to drive them out?”
“Huh? Yes….”
Lemon was puzzled why Almond showed interest.
After all, it seemed like he was just handing over all tactical decisions to King Gul and doing nothing else.
“Then it should work out well?”
“?”
Everyone else didn’t understand why.
Only Balloon Gum understood.
Because─
“Ah…! That guy, he’s the one in charge for real!”
They would flee the moment they saw Almond’s face.
Hahahahahaha
-Right
-That’s it
lol that’s funny
After being used as an almond stepping stone, it completely disappeared lol
The person in charge is legit lol
Since then, it’s been wiped out lol
King Gul nodded, finding the idea plausible.
“Winning without fighting is the best strategy. So let’s put Almond up front and go. Besides, with fixed health runes, he won’t die in one hit anyway. But….”
King Gul took the lead and made sure to tell Balloon Gum clearly.
“When I sound the emergency siren… you need to come in right away. Understood?”
“Roger!”
Whiiiiiing!
Balloon Gum spun Iron Ball’s body round and round to show he was ready to charge in at any moment.
Emergency siren lol
Sirens are annoying lol
Hahahahaha lol
-You can’t help but charge in when you hear that

* * *
Pungsna’s team had begun attacking the Red Turtle.
It was around the time when its health had dropped to roughly 45%.
Boom!
“What!?”
Suddenly, a white projectile shot through the air and struck my head with tremendous force.
“It’s Ran! Where is he!?”
“Right here~!”
“Where!?”
“Here!”
Crack!
Another shot rings out.
“Ugh, what!?”
Only then did Pungsna’s team see clearly.
“This crazy bastard is actually right there!? Who told him!?”
….
None of the teammates had said anything.
“Did that lunatic say it himself!?”
“Insane….”
Ran had spoken directly.
He was even waving his hand provocatively.
“Long time no see.”
“…?”
Almond spoke to Pungsna.
Pungsna tilted his head in confusion.
Long time no see?
Almond realized his opponent didn’t recognize him, so I pointed to myself and explained.
“It’s me, Almond.”
-Kekekekekekekekekekek
Here comes the person in charge, lol
Hahaha, that’s me! Almonds!
Wow, that’s hilarious.
-It’s me~!
Hahahahaha, that’s hilarious!
-Does he recognize me?
Almond.
At these three syllables, Pungsna’s eyes wavered for a moment.

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