Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1256

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 141
44. The Knight Order Revives (2)
Team Magical Girl.
Despite its name, it was evaluated as quite a formidable force within Cheese.
Some teams either underperform in scrims compared to their evaluations, or conversely, exceed expectations despite poor ratings.
Magical Girl was neither of these cases.
Their initial evaluations held true throughout.
Miho boasted Platinum in siege warfare and Diamond Tier 1 in survival matches.
Strawberry Shooter with Master in siege warfare and Diamond in survival matches.
Cutie Pie, though only Silver, showed surprisingly considerable talent in survival matches.
And then there was Shu Cream, who boasted Grandmaster rank.
With Soboru rounding out the roster at Platinum.
Their defining characteristic was possessing exceptionally stable Rune skills.
That’s why their scrim performance on their first outing without any prior information was quite impressive.
‘1 – 3 – 2 – 4.’
I was the champion of the first match.
After that, my ranking never dropped below fourth place.
The stable ranking I initially predicted materialized exactly as expected.
So Jeong Eori, the coach of this team, was quite satisfied.
‘If we just knock out the Agricultural Cooperative, we might become first in overall rankings.’
If they could just eliminate the Agricultural Cooperative team, which was (quite unexpectedly) showing peak performance right now, they might actually have a shot at first place overall.
But then─
“No, this can’t be happening!!”
Match five.
Jeong Eori was screaming.
Boom!
[First Blood!]
[Foolish Youth → Strawberry Shooter]
With ‘Sheep’ being taken by the Knight Order, the team was on the verge of a near-total wipe.
The fact that Strawberry Shooter, playing the dealer role, died to Almond, also a dealer, showed just how absurdly twisted the situation had become.
[Miho: Huh!? Oh, oppa!!]
[Soboru: Insane, when did she die??]
[Cutie Pie: Kyaaaa! Another! Another one!!]
The voice chat was filled only with screams, no orders to be heard.
Hahaha, that’s hilarious!
Cutify glitched lol
I can’t translate this line as it appears to be corrupted or garbled text rather than coherent Korean. The characters don’t form meaningful words or phrases.
-Over…
-Not another…
-The Knight Order? All of them?
This wasn’t a team that would panic in combat at this level.
They were getting unnecessarily excited, thinking they’d been caught in a pincer attack by two teams.
[Shu Cream: Another! Anoth… wait!? It’s not another team! It’s a split!]
The one keeping her composure was Grandmaster Shu Cream.
She realized this was the same team.
But it was already too late.
[Miho: Ah, Almond! Almond oppa came in! We’re los—]
Whoosh!
Almond charged forward almost like a bruiser, landing arrows with each strike.
Thwack!
[Foolish Youth double kill!]
[Foolish Youth → Miho]
‘Insane.’
Coach Sardine clicked her tongue.
‘His raw combat power doesn’t make sense, does it?’
She could sense it when her own team faced him.
The way he’d let a large magical attack slip through when they first met, and now how he’d carved into their formation together, creating complete chaos.
At least in terms of physicality, he’s far beyond amateur level.
‘Could another challenger even do something like this?’
Was there a player capable of this?
Such thoughts even crossed her mind.
This sharpness hadn’t been visible in the previous scrim.
Takoyaki, watching from the side, added his commentary.
“Almond from the Nant match is coming back to life.”
“…Y-yeah? Hah. Damn. This is troublesome.”
It was too frightening a statement for the other team to hear.
“Huh?”
Taco scoffs.
“You’re troubled by just Almond from the Nant match?”
“?”
“Be grateful that Almond from the international championship hasn’t shown up.”
-?
-Is he Almond’s dad?
-Almond’s father? kkk
-kkkkkk parental affection kkkk
-What kkk
The viewers laughed at Taco’s exaggerated tone.
But it wasn’t a lie.
Takoyaki had some knowledge of the Civil Empire, so he understood the difference clearly.
Almond from the international championship was…
‘He’s a completely different person.’
His resolve from the moment he stepped up was extraordinary.
Though power of that caliber probably wouldn’t emerge in a casual event match like this.
‘But who knows….’
Just as Almond had survived this far with only Coach Choi Sa-rang’s variations.
If something were to provoke him, I might witness that version of Almond again.
Actually, I’ve wanted to see it once.
‘How would this man perform in Ril?’
If that version of Almond came to Ril, how impressive would his performance be?
As someone who genuinely loves Ril, I’m curious.
“Hoh? Really? The Almond from the national championship?”
While we were talking, someone interjected.
“I’ve always wondered. How would the Almond from the national championship perform in Ril? I’d love to see it.”
He was currently the coach of the team ‘Agricultural Cooperative & Partners,’ which was—surprisingly—running in first place overall in Scrim.
The reason his nickname was Wanducong was simply because he was short.
“You just thought I was short, didn’t you?”
“No?”
“Really? What do I do then? I was thinking you were bald.”
“What the he….”
-What is this kekekekekekekekekeke
-Pea kekekeke
This is a variation of a past exam question lol
Bean juice lol
-Ahahahahaha
Wanducong approached with his small frame, crossing his arms and lifting his chin.
“Anyway, I’d love to see it. That famous Almond from the national championship.”
Seeing Wanducong speak with such swagger, Takoyaki said something.
“You won’t get an editing cut like that. You’re too short to see.”
“So you were thinking I’m short after all!”
-kekekekekekekeke setup punchline keke
-One shot knockout
-Almond’s got some skill when it comes to hitting short guys…
-You gotta be careful with bald guys originally
It’s small lol
-???: I’m short, really short
That’s when it happened.
“…Aaaagh!”
Sardine clutched her head and collapsed.
[Team Magical Girl Out!]
The Magical Girl team was finally eliminated.
It’s 10th place.
-Wow
-10th place kekekeke
-Gasp
I’m crying ㅠㅠ
-This….
-One match is fine
-Just give it~
-Bad luck
The Magic Girl team’s fans brushed it off lightly, saying one match was acceptable.
But the coaches were different.
They remembered someone’s declaration from before.
Wanducong especially fanned those flames first.
“Man. It’s not easy to say you’ll get first place and actually get first place.”
Coach Choi Sa-rang had declared beforehand that she would take first place, and after that, she completely changed the team composition and positions.
“This might actually work? It’s a Split and she even got the kill. Whatever changed, it definitely changed.”
And now, without even time to adapt, they’re crushing it from the start.
“This is kind of threatening, isn’t it?”
Gulp.
Everyone silently swallowed their saliva.
After all, they all agreed with Wanducong’s words in multiple ways.
‘A coach who doesn’t even play directly declaring first place… that’s not just any kind of crazy.’
First, Choi Sa-rang’s first place declaration was a psychological threat to all the coaches here.
‘This momentum is seriously insane?’
‘That last battle was… another level entirely.’
‘So the Knight Order tier is finally showing itself….’
Second, they felt threatened by the fact that the dormant high-tier team’s abilities were awakening.

* * *
“Insane! Knight Order!”
“Excellent! Older Sister!”
“That’s a Split!”
Clap!
The Knight Order annihilated the team they’d just met.
Like separated families, the 2-person team and 3-person team exchanged enthusiastic high-fives with each other.
“Hey! Gyu-ri! Your magic was incredible?”
“Older Sister~ Your magic was incredible too~! Though I’m not sure why it was magic…”
-They got wiped out lol
-lol why was it magic lol
-Almond lol praising each other while he’s alone saying ‘that’s a Split’ lol
-Magic girl kyaaah!
-King that’s godly Split lol
-That’s a Split lmao
Before we could even fully savor the joy of victory.
Almond gives the signal.
“Let’s split up again now.”
“Ah, yes!”
We’d only combined because of the battle.
Since this battle was a primitive war anyway, there were no rune harvests or anything beyond experience points.
Pitter-patter-patter!
Lemon and Almond separated again and ran in different directions.
[Lemon: 2-person team already at 2.7 level]
[Danmuji: Okay. We’re exactly at 2 level.]
Soon the 2-person team would rapidly reach level 3.
[Lemon: We’re heading this way. We’re pioneering toward the Red Turtle area.]
[Danmuji: Okay~ Good judgment~]
Almond wanted to go in big and eat well, while Danmuji wanted to climb step by step.
As the early game went smoothly, these two’s decisions increasingly aligned.
[Lemon: We hit level 3! But there’s no rune monster on our route! Did you contract one?]
[Danmuji: Yeah! We caught the rune monster. Goguma’s going to do it.]
[Goguma: Wow! Damn! Got the Iron Ball~!]
-lol
-Kyaa
-Even luck lol
-This is it
-Kkeom gg
The 3-person team quickly brought out a lower-tier rune from the vault.
They had Goguma contract with the Iron Ball.
It was quite a smooth flow.
[Lemon: Aaaah! Almond oppa! Where are you going!? Come quick! Hurry!]
That’s when it happened.
The moment Almond heard about the Iron Ball contract, he bolted out as if he’d become an Iron Ball himself.
Because─
“Red Turtle is being taken down!”
Surprisingly, another team moving at the same speed was attempting Red Turtle.
But the rate at which its health was dropping was extraordinary.
They were level 2.
The secret lay in their Contractor.
‘ADC first?’
It was a team that had contracted an ADC from the start—something I hadn’t seen in a while.
ADCs typically don’t output damage early on.
But there were exactly two exceptions.
ADCs that dealt damage right from the beginning when hunting monsters.
One was Ppokjujok.
An ADC so crude he could barely be called one—a rough-and-tumble type who fired shotguns at close range.
And the other was─
‘Reina!’
That was it.
Reina.
Reina had entered Almond’s field of vision.
-Gasp
-Reina?
-Why is his ex here…
-Oh
“Wait just a sec, the lip thief is leaving~”
hahahahahaha
-Reina?!
Almond’s viewers were all excited too.
After all, Reina was one of the picks that was difficult to use in actual matches due to proficiency issues.
And they picked Reina even though Almond was in this match?
‘I told the two-person team to avoid engagement….’
This was a challenge.
Whoosh!
Sparks ignited in Almond’s eyes.
“They picked Reina?”
-Touching the alpha male’s fishing ground?!
What the heck lololololol
-Not worth giving up the man!
-Then why don’t you pick something, kkk
-It’s a bit frustrating
-“She’s laughing with another man…”
Almond deliberated whether he should avoid this challenge.
But he decided against it.
No, it was a judgment that he couldn’t.
[Red Turtle]
[Health 19%]
Red Turtle would be caught soon.
Reina’s combo was stacking considerably.
“Oppa! Reina’s combo is…!”
Lemon, who followed behind, was flustered.
Not only had she not anticipated Reina, but she also hadn’t expected Red Turtle to be dying already with such a massive combo stacked.
“What should we do? Should we wait for us to join?”
“No, there’s no time.”
Almond judged that he couldn’t let the Turtle slip away.
No matter how well the early start went, if he couldn’t secure Red Turtle with this advantage, it would be pointless.
“I’ll break the combo.”
“Huh? How!? Even freezing doesn’t break it!”
Lemon was bewildered.
‘Freezing? Wind? What, what should I use?’
Even if Reina was knocked far away or frozen, she would just continue the combo from her next arrow onwards.
The only way it breaks is if the next arrow she fires misses the target.
“Ugh. Then what should I…”
“I’ll handle it.”
“?”
Shiiiiick!
With those words, Almond slid down beneath the brush, dropping to one knee.
He drew his bowstring.
Grrk.
The string stretched taut, and a target reflected in his pupils.
What reflected there was not Jello.

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