Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1255

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 140
44. The Knight Order Awakens (1)
Several of Cheese’s coaches had formed an alliance.
Though calling it an alliance was a stretch—it was more like a casual broadcast hangout.
They watched matches together, chatted, laughed, and carried on.
Though it was virtual reality, they’d arranged dim lamp lighting, comfortable sofas, potato chips, and Doritos to create a relaxed atmosphere.
“Ugh! That’s not how you do it!”
“Wait, is that right?”
“Nice shot!”
Beyond professional feedback, they also displayed plenty of spectator reactions and exclamations.
“Oh no… Balloon Gum…”
-Kekekekekekekek kkk
-Takoyaki’s sweating from his head kkk
-Oof
I feel bad for tacos ㅠㅠ
-Why this difficult path again…
Takoyaki’s main reaction was simply wiping the sweat from his forehead.
Well, he’d taken on coaching a team that wasn’t having an easy time.
“Sigh… Balloon Gum…”
Hahahahaha gum ㅠ
-Takoyaki, hold it together~
-Does he only come here to talk about Balloon Gum?
-Taishan Balloon Gum
-Kekekekekekek
-Thank goodness Mosol is there…
He was currently the coach for a team operating under the name “Hopeless,” composed of Jello, Balloon Gum, Dotorimuk, Mosol, and Chocosong.
Takoyaki, also known as “The Hopeless One,” was active in this role.
Originally, Mosol was supposed to find a coach, but Mosol only knew mostly younger players, and when they saw the aura of Balloon Gum, Jello, and Dotorimuk, they waved their hands in refusal, saying they couldn’t do it.
Right then, as Takoyaki’s team disbanded and he had nothing else to do, he accepted—creating the current situation.
“Sigh…”
Takoyaki was beginning to feel some regret creeping in.
During the Nant match, he’d even gone in with them, so he thought coaching wouldn’t be so bad.
But watching from the sidelines made it even more frustrating.
“That’s not it. That’s not how it works!”
Then, one of his former pro-gamer colleagues approached to console him.
“Jinseng Oh. Hang in there. I shouldn’t say this, but your team’s situation is better than the Knight Order’s.”
-Gasp
I cannot translate this as it appears to be random Korean consonants without vowels, making it not a valid Korean word or phrase.
lol
Hahaha, that’s hilarious!
-How pitiful they must be to seek comfort like this…
Hahaha, the knights ㅠㅠ
“No, what are you talking about, hyung? Our team and the Knight Order are performing at about the same level.”
“Well, that’s true, but ultimately the Knight Order is underperforming relative to their roster. There aren’t many expectations for your team.”
You were never expected to perform well in the first place.
“….”
It was a fair assessment.
The Knight Order had high expectations but poor results.
Especially now.
“Wow, Knight Order 7th place elimination!?”
With the Knight Order finishing in 7th place, their evaluation plummeted vertically.
“Insane….”
“What do we do? That Coach??”
“The split strategy is trash.”
Since the coaches were gathered together, everyone was worried about the Coach.
Well, if the player roster is strong but results don’t follow, who else would you blame?
“Strangely, Almond isn’t performing?”
“Right. He wasn’t like that in the Nanteu match.”
“That’s weird. Is the split strategy even correct?”
From the opposite sofa, everyone chimed in.
All eyes turned to Takoyaki.
“Hyung. Didn’t you play with Almond in the Nanteu match? What happened? Did his form collapse?”
“Well….”
Takoyaki pondered for a moment, then shook his head.
“No. Almond’s form didn’t collapse.”
“…What does that even mean?”
“Wow, blind faith….”
Everyone teased him about that not making sense.
“No, he was already at that skill level from the start. It’s not like he’d drop further without practice.”
“!”
It was a reasonably grounded argument.
-Kekekeke that’s his floor kekekeke
-For real
-Kekekekekeke
-Lol
-This bastard’s just good at the game!
-Takoyaki knows best, he watched from next to the shop pick kekeke
“Then why are the results like that? It’s because of the split, right?”
“No. It’s a matchup issue.”
Takoyaki quickly provided his answer.
“The synergy between Almond, Danmuji, and Hong-cha is absolutely terrible.”
“!”
To describe it as absolutely terrible, no less.
Taco explained the reason for using such language.
“Almond needs teammates who can support him even when he’s not performing well, so he can roam freely. That’s why he has surprisingly good chemistry with Balloon Gum.”
“Ah….”
“Yeah. It’s always been that way.”
“Even in the national team match, Pangeo supported him. That’s right.”
Everyone nodded in agreement about Almond’s situation.
“Danmuji is a theoretical interpreter who performs best when mid-tier or higher-skilled teammates are evenly distributed. Since he was pro before, it might be different now… but anyway, that’s his fundamental nature.”
Taco knew Danmuji well too.
“Oh….”
“Right. That’s it.”
Everyone nodded in agreement.
“Hong-cha seems to have strong opinions, but actually he’s someone who needs powerful direction.”
He had just explained the requirements for all three.
None of them were being met.
“When you think about it, they mesh together in ways that actually interfere with each other.”
“Wow. Really?”
The coaches watched Takoyaki with cautious eyes, impressed by how thoroughly he understood the other team’s situation.
‘This bald bastard… he probably knows everything about our team too, doesn’t he?’
He certainly had the brilliant mind that shone through three Nant Championships.
“Well… it’ll take some time to build this chemistry.”
He didn’t think this would be resolved within this scrim.
But shortly after.
They all heard something shocking.
“From now on, I’m going to place first!?”
Choi Sa-rang had declared that she would place first going forward.
“Yeah. That’s what she said.”
“Wow….”
“In a way, she’s truly a superstar….”
“What can you even say.”
lol
-Gasp hahahahaha
lol
-Wow…
That’s crazy confident.
The coaches were all bewildered.
More than how she would accomplish that claim, they wondered where such confidence even came from.
“What kind of person is she anyway?”
“This is no ordinary move. Seriously.”
Anyone who’s competed in tournaments before knows this.
Your own words become shackles on your gameplay.
Trash talk isn’t something just anyone can pull off.
Taco found that particularly puzzling.
‘But where have I tasted this flavor before….’
Smack.
He unconsciously licked his lips.
This spicy remark….
Why did it feel so familiar?
It wasn’t just spicy—it was deliciously spicy.
“Huh? The Knight Order’s Split lineup changed!”
Someone pointed at one of the monitors and shouted excitedly.
These guys are gathering together and only watching the knights, not their own team lol
-Really? That’s true
I’m curious how you can come in first place with -4457 points~ lol
-Almond Lemon???
-They dropped Hong-cha Lemon??
-Huh?
Everyone was shocked that they’d benched Hong-cha and Lemon.
Not just the viewers.
“They dropped Hong-cha Lemon?”
“Hmm…? But that completely destroys the bottom duo synergy?”
Hong-cha Lemon.
This duo had coordinated for so long they were already renowned in the streamer community.
Individually, they each only performed at their respective tier level, but when combined, they produced the power of a high-ranking Challenger pairing.
‘Ah.’
Taco realized it upon seeing them separated.
This team’s true intention.
“They didn’t separate Hong-cha and Lemon.”
“Then what?”
“They isolated Almond from Danmuji and Hong-cha.”
“!”
I cannot translate this as it appears to be random Korean consonants without vowels, making it not a valid Korean word or phrase.
-Whoa
lol
-Huh?
-What?
-?
Takoyaki had said earlier that the three-person chemistry wasn’t working well.
“Aha! I’ve got it! The Knight Order! Now I understand why they’re so obsessed with the Split!”
Everyone turns to look at Taco.
They’d all been curious about it.
Why the Knight Order was so fixated on the Split.
Even though the Split wasn’t an easy strategy to attempt through skill alone in an event tournament like this.
“Why?”
“That woman knows exactly how to use Almond!”
“!”
Daisunsin Choi.
The only confirmed information about her.
If you’ve watched her matches, you’d understand.
She’s mastered the art of using Almond.
She wielded him far more skillfully than Cookie ever did.
When she took command, Almond became a complete protagonist.
“The Split gives Almond solo play opportunities.”
“?!”
“Putting Almond in a two-person team and having him lead as if it were a solo play—it’s perfect for that. Especially since a two-person Split team requires instant judgment and breakthrough power. This is absolutely tailor-made for Almond.”
That was it.
The Split wasn’t perfect for the Knight Order.
It was perfect for Almond.
Almond had ultimately found a tactic that suited him, not the team!
“At the same time, by separating from Danmuji and Hong-cha, the other two will also survive.”
“R-really?”
Everyone looks uncertain about fully accepting this.
Just then, the Coaches each speak up.
“Whoa! The Knight Order just ran into another team already!? Wow… their luck is terrible!”
“Damn. The route is ruined.”
“…Insane.”
“We tried to set it up so they wouldn’t meet… but they ran into them anyway?”
Then one person screams.
“Ahhhhhhh!?”
It was a Coach next to Taco named Sardine.
She was in charge of the team ‘Magical Girl’.
“That’s our team!? Why did you drop them there!?”
The Knight Order was doomed, but this made things difficult for the other team too.
The Knight Order had dropped into a barren area in the first place.
Now two teams had overlapped there.
In a desolate neighborhood with nothing to eat anyway, now both teams would end up fighting.
“If we have to kill the Knight Order to profit from this!?”
Other Coaches behind her speak to her.
“But actually, this is perfect! They’re guaranteed to wipe? Look at this!”
“Wow, seriously, insane luck! The Knight Order is split up!? The Magical Girl will wipe them all!”
It felt like the Magical Girl was engulfing and devouring the Knight Order.
Taco shakes his head.
“…Doesn’t look like it.”
At the same moment, the dots on the minimap that had been split into three and two suddenly began converging toward the center.
“…Huh!?”
“What? Uh, when?”
Before the coaches’ eyes could even follow, they had already shifted into a full offensive formation.
Twang─
Almond burst out from the brush first and drew his bowstring.
Whoosh!
[Headshot!]
An arrow lodged precisely into Miho’s head.
-Yikes
-Gasp
-Isn’t that a reward for Miho?
-Oh
-Wow
“They’re going primitive!?”
Primitive warfare.
Fighting from the start without a single contracted Avatar.
“Are you insane!? If you lose here, you’re all done for!!”
In that instant, Coach Sardine seemed to sense his own future and vented his anger at the Knight Order for no reason.
-Let’s all go down together~
-Why are you even worried about that lol
-Dragging everyone down with you lol
At first, he denied reality.
He thought the Knight Order was just being stubborn.
“You really think you can win doing this!?”
It could have looked that way.
But you can’t know how a fight will go until it starts.
‘The early skill exchange is the most important.’
Taco focused his eyes on Almond.
Boom!
Whomp!
As magic and ranged attacks flew back and forth.
The enemy’s attacks were concentrated on Almond.
But then─
‘Just once….’
Swoosh….
Almond dodged it.
-Gasp
-Did that miss??
-He wasted several shots
lol
Taco felt the exact same sensation he’d experienced during the Nant match once again.
‘Just once when it matters…!’
He opens his eyes wide as if he were right there on the field.
‘That’s Almond.’
Letting one attack slip through just now, creating an opening for Lemon.
The Coaches all exclaimed in admiration.
“This, this is too big?”
“It’s over with this.”
“How many portions did he just do?”
Almond’s over-invested skill missed, and thanks to that, Lemon found his angle.
[Danmuji: Lemon! Wind!]
[Lemon: Got it!]
Boom!
[Air Bomb]
The game flipped right here.
Lemon’s attack pushed the enemies backward.
And backward meant toward where the three-person team was.
[Hong-cha: All in!]
Whoooosh!
Hong-cha, who had received Lemon’s briefing beforehand and was waiting, unleashes a fireball.
Kaboom!
[Cutie Pie: Aaahhh!]
[Strawberry Shooter: What!? What!?]
[Miho: W-where is this? Not Almond oppa, just now!?]
The magical girl team was thrown into chaos by smoke and flames.
[Goguma: Engaging!!!]
With that, Danmuji and Goguma charged in, completely splitting their formation.
[Danmuji: Bong Flash!]
Shwaaaack!
Danmuji spins half a rotation, and the spear blade cuts down four enemies in an instant.
-Bong Flash is Gobong lol
Suddenly bong flash lol
I’m dying laughing ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Wow the entry was insane lol
Astonishingly, all four shots found their mark.
[Bleeding]
Precision distance control and weapon mastery as if measured by a ruler.
Spears are typically used for thrusting.
But in survival matches, both weapon forms and skills carried a degree of randomness.
The spear Danmuji wielded had a blade suited for slashing as well, making this style of combat possible.
He had exploited every variable to his advantage, dominating the battlefield.
This was the physicality and split-second judgment of a former professional and current Challenger.
“Wow….”
“Insane.”
“Unreal.”
Added to that was the barrage of arrows from Almond, who had survived.
Whoosh!
[First Blood!]
The slaughter began from the opening moments of the game.
[Foolish Youth → Strawberry Shooter]
-This round is different! Knight Order!
Are you seriously coming in first? ㅋㅋㅋ
We’re gonna dominate Split and get rolling lol
-This can’t be stopped for real
I’m so happy lolololololol
Boom!
[Foolish Youth Double Kill!]
[Foolish Youth → Miho]

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