Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 125

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 125
44. Normal Match (2)
“…H-how did you manage that?”
The words tumbled out of the Jungler’s mouth involuntarily.
More than the outcome of this game, his curiosity about Reina’s performance as a jungle player took precedence.
“Could Reina jungle actually be broken?”
Reina was a typical fragile glass cannon ADC—taking her to the jungle position meant getting pummeled by monsters and dying.
Yet she had cleared jungle camps that normally consumed seven to ten seconds in barely two seconds flat.
It seemed worth considering.
She might actually be a hidden overpowered character.
“Ah… I just happened to land a lot of hits on the targets. This is what happened. I’m sorry.”
Almond scratched his head apologetically.
He understood how devastating it was to lose the first jungle camp.
“Huh… I see… So if you just land more hits….”
It was absurd wisdom.
The Jungler stared blankly up at the sky.
He looked like someone who had lost all sense of purpose.
“What am I supposed to do with jungling now….”
The Supporter then offered a suggestion.
“Since things have come to this, I’ll stick with you and help with hunting. Reina, please hold your lane alone for now. Your level is high, so you should be able to manage somewhat.”
It was a reasonable proposal.
‘Alone?’
Still, Almond was bothered by the fact that he had to handle his first game, his first lane phase, by himself.
〔Move quickly. The soldiers will clash on the battlefield before long.〕
A decision had to be made fast.
Almond decided to just tough it out.
“Understood. I’ll head out then.”
Facing multiple opponents alone in his very first game.
This felt like déjà vu somehow.
-Pro solo Almond….
-Battle Rage did solo queue on his first match too lol
From the first game, the bottom lane 2v1 matchup is crazy.
Lol this is star quality lol

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Boom! Clang!
By the time I arrived, the soldiers were already clashing fiercely, striking each other with blunt weapons.
“Oh? You’re here.”
“Just one person?”
The enemy’s ADC and support were already slaughtering our soldiers.
As I approached, they whispered something to each other.
〔Contractor. How many targets should I mark?〕
The moment Reina spotted the enemies, she immediately asked.
It seemed she was trying to prevent another incident like the wolf steal from earlier.
I pondered the question.
‘The more targets there are, the smaller they become.’
I could hit targets as small as a thumbnail, but against living, moving actual players, it was better to increase the size somewhat.
“About ten.”
I reduced it from fifteen to ten.
〔Ten. Understood.〕
Whoosh.
Ten bluish targets materialized above the enemy soldiers and contractors’ bodies.
This time they were about the size of a palm. At this size, I should be able to hit them consistently with rapid fire.

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The enemy bottom duo looked bewildered.
“What? Why are there so many targets like this?”
“Right. Can this even work?”
As I said, Reina doesn’t create this many targets for just anyone.
“Won’t this just make him fail instead?”
The enemy ADC chuckled.
Having more targets was never a good thing.
In most cases, it just broke your combo and drastically reduced your damage output.
〔Since there are two enemies, it’s better to fight a bit defensively.〕
Reina added her thoughts to me.
〔If one of them focuses solely on pressuring you, things will get very difficult.〕
She was right.
The enemy contractor handling support crossed the midline and approached me with long strides.
He maintained a distance where my arrows wouldn’t reach him as he spoke.
“What guts bringing yourself here alone? I won’t let you get a single experience point.”
There were plenty of allied soldiers around, but no one stopped him.
“Hrraaagh!”
“Ughhhh!”
They were only fighting amongst themselves, blood flying.
It made sense. Soldiers were fundamentally programmed to fight only other soldiers, and they only reacted when our allied contractor took damage.
“Well then. Let’s see, let’s see~ What do we have here~~”
The opposing supporter wielded something resembling a massive staff.
[Kuipan – Necromancer of the Sulfur Swamp]
The avatar was Kuipan, a Necromancer.
I recognized this avatar well.
Her primary tactic involved summoning repulsive creatures to torment opponents.
“Ughhhh~!”
And whenever she summoned, she always made that irritating sound.
Splurch.
Before me, a black swamp materialized—barely distinguishable from the excrement of a massive monster.
From within it emerged a toad, its size reaching up to its lower half.
“Croooak!”
The Necromancer cackled with glee.
“Go on, taste the power of this wretched toad, Reina!”
“Ugh….”
A swamp toad.
Just looking at it made me want to keep my distance.
Facing it directly in virtual reality, I genuinely felt my stomach turn.
-Ugh…lmaooo
-Almond’s got a weak stomach huh
-Ah damn I can’t hold it! Get me some rice!
-You could mix that up and eat a whole bowl of rice. What don’t you know lol
A few viewers with strong stomachs mocked me, but my furrowed brow didn’t ease.
Then the toad spat something revolting at me.
Bleeeech!
“!”
Whether it was saliva, swamp mud, or vomit—I couldn’t tell.
But one thing was certain: I had absolutely no desire to be hit by it.
Whoosh!
I reacted quickly, hurling my body to the left.
Sizzzzz….
Where I’d stood moments before, acid ate away at the ground, smoke rising into the air.
Twang!
Immediately after, my blue bowstring vibrated silently.
An arrow had been released.
Thunk!
It struck the toad’s forehead with perfect precision.
The low-health summon simply vanished.
“Oh. Not bad at all?”
The Necromancer showed no sign of panic whatsoever.
The Toads were essentially infinite respawns anyway.
As long as that Necromancer had mana, they would keep summoning them.
Sure enough, just seconds later, another incantation echoed out.
Another Toad burst from the swamp.
Croooak!
It spewed the same acidic projectile.
The pattern repeated.
Like watching a replay on loop.
‘This is brutal….’
The harassment was relentless.
I needed to secure gold by landing the killing blow on enemy soldiers.
But pushing past the Toads would cost me too much health.
“Croooak!”
Another Toad erupted.
I darted back and forth, dodging its attacks, then shot the Toad to eliminate it.
I was holding my ground, but this couldn’t go on indefinitely.
Ssssszzzzz… Ssssszzzzz….
The acidic liquid was gradually consuming the entire surrounding area.
‘My movement range keeps shrinking.’
The space to move was diminishing.
Eventually, I’d get hit by that projectile.
-Ugh, that acid floor is so gross lol
-Ouch
-His reactions are seriously fast though lol
-It’s 2v1 so let’s just hang in there
-Those annoying Toads lol
-Oof….
I could step on that acidic floor if I really had to.
But it would cause noticeable health loss and slow my movement speed.
Then I’d take massive damage from the combined assault of the enemy ADC and Supporter.
‘So I can’t just keep dodging like this.’
I’d been instructed to endure as long as possible.
Since it was 2v1, engaging first would be disadvantageous.
But if I kept stalling like this, I’d end up falling into terrain that had completely transformed into swampland and die.
On top of that, I couldn’t secure gold from soldier kills, so my economy had stalled.
If I died like this, I wouldn’t be able to buy any items.
That would shake the entire game.
“That expression looks good? Ahahaha! How is it? Disgusting, right? Huh?”
The Necromancer seemed delighted by my furrowed brow, as if my frustration were some kind of achievement.
“Reina, give me a more impressive expression~~!”
It was understandable.
After all, she’d chosen that avatar specifically to see this kind of twisted expression.
-That’s insane lol
-Damn, he’s actually having fun with the game lol
-Yeah, you gotta mess with them like that in normal mode lol
〔Should I teach you a mobility skill now?〕
Reina asked.
I’d leveled up earlier but hadn’t learned any skills yet.
Now that my opponent was measuring their range and harassing me, she seemed to be recommending a mobility skill.
〔With a mobility skill, you can move toward the Necromancer and intercept that thug. Of course… the enemy ADC contractor will be targeting you.〕
A mobility skill…
It sounded useful.
But could I actually use it properly if I learned it now?
〔The method is simple. Cognitive action becomes the skill itself. If you roll forward, it activates automatically. The faster you roll, the more additional movement speed and attack power you gain.〕
“So a mobility skill is… rolling?”
-Lmao so the trash character’s rolling is a skill…
-Wait, I thought she was teaching teleportation.
Haha, Reina’s crying ㅠㅠㅠ
-Yeah. The trash character just rolls…
-“He rolls.”
Still, it was better than nothing.
I decided to give this mobility skill a try.
“Alright. I’ll learn it. And change all the targets to the Necromancer.”
〔Got it.〕
After learning the mobility skill—rolling—
I turned my attention toward the Necromancer.
“Ahahaha! How’s that!? Huh? Give me two servings of rice! Hurry!”
The Necromancer chattered away as if even his own mouth was part of this game’s mechanics.
His mouth was flapping constantly, but his position remained firmly planted.
He never crossed a certain line.
He clearly knew Reina’s exact range.
‘I can’t reach him.’
Whoosh!
I fired an arrow as a test,
but the well-aimed shot vanished right in front of the Necromancer.
“Kuhahahaha! Don’t you know your range? ADC!?”
No matter how much I shot or maneuvered with my bow, I couldn’t overcome the range limits set in this game.
‘I’ll only get one chance.’
Prepared to be covered in filth whether the Toad came or not, I pushed off the ground and charged forward.
Thwack—
“…Huh?”
Kuipan, who had been wearing a playful expression, froze.
He hadn’t expected the archer to suddenly charge forward like this.
But his shocked expression quickly twisted into a sneer.
Ssshhk.
His thick lips curved into a wide grin as he spoke.
“What, is this suicide? Hey, Ppokjujok! Support!”
He called for support from his ally, the ADC ‘Ppokjujok’.
If the enemy approached beyond a certain distance, they could just beat Almond down together with their allies and be done with it.
If I had just held my ground, I could have preserved my life.
But Reina ultimately couldn’t hold back and crossed the line.
However—
“That’s homicide though?”
Almond scoffs as I speak.
Countless targets suddenly hover above the Necromancer’s body.
[Targeting. 20 targets.]
Twenty tiny targets, each the size of a thumbnail.
‘Am I insane? Making them this small?’
This is clearly insane trolling.
How am I supposed to hit these tiny targets?
But instinctively, Kuipan sensed that the situation was turning against him.
His instinct was right.
Twang!
My bowstring snapped as I closed the distance.
Boom!
One target shattered in an instant.
And then, the next.
Kaboom!
Two targets exploded.
Immediately followed by three.
Boom!!!
The triple hit triggered additional damage—’Mana Burst’.
[30% Health Loss]
A warning message flashed across Kuipan’s vision.
“Ugh! W-what, how is this so fast…?”
Three shots erupted in succession.
It didn’t end there.
The enemy was shattering targets at maximum range, maximum attack speed, with 100% accuracy.
The blue mana bowstring undulated like waves, unleashing arrows in relentless succession.
Boom-boom-boom!
Four, six, nine… In an instant, eleven targets shattered.
Kaboom!
Secondary and tertiary explosions erupted.
[Health Loss 80%]
Kuipan’s heart sank.
One more hit and it would be over.
“Hey, hey! You bastard, stop farming and get over here to help!!!”
Kuipan screamed and summoned the Toad before spinning around to flee.
The Toad blocked Almond’s path.
Almond paid it no mind and simply chased after him.
Retch!
The Toad spewed something out.
‘Now’s the moment.’
This was when I needed to use my roll.
I threw myself toward the ground without hesitation and rolled.
Thud-thud-thud…
The Toad’s vomit splattered behind me, and I took damage to my health as well.
[Skill. Roll. Activated.]
[Additional Movement Speed 20%]
[Additional Attack Power 30]
The moment I rose from the ground, the buff materialized.
I channeled this momentum and drew my bowstring to its limit.
Creak—
My aim locked onto the target marked on the back of Kuipan’s fleeing head.
A blue mana arrow blazed brilliantly, nocking itself against my string.
Whoooosh…!
Even after rolling so violently, my right hand remained steady as always, delivering a smooth release.
Twang!
A blue arrow of light flew toward the fleeing Kuipan’s back.
“Help! Please help me!”
“Coming, coming! But your health is actually…?”
The enemy ADC’s shout hadn’t even finished leaving his lips.
Crash—!
The twelfth target shattered.
With a powerful magical explosion, pop!
The Necromancer’s head burst apart.
[First Blood!]
This was my team’s first kill.

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