Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1258

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 143
44. The Knight Order Awakens (4)
Long ago.
A very long time ago.
There was Balloon Gum, who was terrible at games.
He was so bad at gaming that his teammates constantly berated him.
Yet he couldn’t even argue back.
Because he was too incompetent to argue.
‘How can I refute anything if I don’t even understand the game?’
That was it.
To argue back, he’d need to at least understand the game in theory.
But he didn’t even have that.
‘I just need to get good first.’
In this rotten country, you had to be good at something.
Whether it was gaming, studying, or sports….
You had to excel at something to do anything at all.
It was during this time.
“Sigh… Is there any Avatar worth exploiting?”
Balloon Gum examined the Avatar tier list on Rilpro with an indifferent expression.
Rilpro had a tier list organized by data like win rates based on the current performance of Avatars.
Tier 1 meant the most useful Avatar of the era.
So if you wanted to win games, it was natural to pick a Tier 1 Avatar.
But Balloon Gum unconsciously checked the very bottom tier instead.
He didn’t know why.
Maybe it was just a bit of curiosity, or perhaps a thin thread of rationalization—what if I only lost because the Avatar I used was just bad?
Then he discovered an Avatar at the very bottom of Tier 5 (*essentially unusable tier).
[Iron Ball – Dino]
Below this Avatar were review comments filled with rage.
-Garbage performance
-Pure Tanker that can’t tank
-Nothing good about it kkk
-Nailed in the coffin with the 12.4 patch last time
-“Avatar with 17 prior convictions”
└Kekekekekekekekekekekekekeke
└Kekekekekekekekek
└For real
The “prior convictions” meme was a label attached to Avatars with poor performance.
Since the Production Company was ‘Pollis’, it meant the Avatar was blacklisted by the company and received bad patches every time.
Iron Ball supposedly had 17 prior convictions.
What crime could it possibly have committed?
“…Your situation is just like mine.”
I couldn’t take my eyes off Balloon Gum’s Iron Ball.
“You don’t necessarily have to win the game.”
A world where losing a game makes you a criminal.
A filthy world.
I felt like I’d found a colleague to walk forward with.
“Come with me. Dino.”
The broadcast wasn’t doing that well back then either.
Perhaps unable to bear watching, donations started coming in.
Ding.
[ㅇㅇ has donated 1,000 won.]
You’re just trying to use a shitty incarnation as an excuse, lol.
“….”
Balloon Gum didn’t respond to that donation.
‘Sharp bastard….’
Because it was the truth.
[Banned]
With only a few viewers, I banned them for hitting such a nerve.
Still, my connection with Dino continued from there.
-Ooooh
Still, I’m doing pretty well now lol
and lol
Iron ball master lol
Your driving skills are pretty good lol
Gradually, I earned recognition through Iron Ball.
Of course, I still couldn’t play the game well.
Just doing iron ball alone is so funny lol
Hahaha that’s so funny lol
-lol seriously so bad lol
The broadcast started doing better and better.
That was it.
Even if I couldn’t play the game well, the broadcast could still succeed.
Even with poor performance, I could be someone’s greatest avatar.
‘Iron Ball… it’s all thanks to you!’
Memories with Iron Ball flashing through my mind like a lantern show.
Kiiiiiiing…!
That Iron Ball is approaching now.
Making quite a racket.
“This… what was it again?”
Toward my former contractor who claimed to have such deep memories yet couldn’t even recognize my voice.
-It’s Almond…
-Dodge it!
I can’t provide a reliable translation for this text. It appears to contain informal Korean slang, internet speak, and possibly corrupted or intentionally distorted characters that don’t form standard Korean words. To give you an accurate translation, I would need clearer or more standard Korean text.
By the time chat warned him, it was already too late.
Crash!
“…Oh.”
Iron Ball slammed into Balloon Gum at a perfectly straight angle.
Because it came in straight, the speed was absolutely devastating.
It was a completely direct hit with no curve whatsoever.
Balloon Gum took an attack he should have easily dodged.
Whoooosh…!
He soared high into the sky, muttering as he went.
“Ah, Iron Ball… how could you… how could you do this…?”
Hahahahahaha
-They stole Almond
-Et tu, Brutus…!
-And you call yourselves people??
-How did they even steal this? What kind of thugs are these??
Balloon Gum was shocked by his collision accident with Iron Ball.
But mostly, he was outraged that they’d stolen his Iron Ball from the scrim like this.
-This is a crime…
-It’s a betrayal of trust
I’m not a person like that, for real.
He was starting to receive treatment bordering on betrayal of trust.
Pop.
[Goguma]
Goguma, released from ball mode, excitedly shouts.
“Iron Bong! Entrance! Doodung!”
Completely unbothered.
hahahahahahaha
Iron Bong lololol
That’s hilarious lolol
Iron bar is crazy.
You did well this time lol
Goguma and the viewers were just having a blast.
Iron Ball’s speed was top-notch after all.
As long as it rolled around and crashed into things, there was nothing more fun than that.
Meanwhile, Jello.
“Huh? G-Goguma?!”
Jello, who had been fighting Almond, was completely shocked by Iron Ball’s appearance.
“No, Daegam!? Ah, Iron Ball!? This is too much!? How can you make a father kill his own child?!?!”
-Kekekekekekeke
-Total nonsense kkk
-Really merciless kkk
-The Knight Order is in deep trouble too
-His child? kkkkk
-Who do you have to marry to get Iron Ball…?
Hahaha, seriously spitting blood (working to death)
-Ahhhkkk
-Sounds serious though? kkk
Almond paid no mind and unleashed arrows at him relentlessly.
Boom!
Jello didn’t even have time to speak, really.
[Rolling]
Whoosh!
Rolling frantically while firing arrows.
I’m starting to feel it.
‘What is this?’
I thought we’d win quickly with the two of us.
‘We’re getting devoured, aren’t we?’
The formation is bad.
Once Iron Ball moved to the center, everything changed completely.
The situation had reversed—now we were the ones being hunted.
Even Red Turtle’s aggro was drawn to our side.
Swoosh!
At that moment, Mosol drew his sword and rushed forward.
“Jello! Jello should handle Iron Ball!”
He was saying that Jello, his Contractor, should be the one facing Iron Ball.
[Charge Slash]
Using a weapon technique, he closed the distance to Almond instantly.
It had become a sort of tag match.
“Oh.”
Even against the sudden attack, Almond deflected the blade strike effortlessly.
“Mobunji. Long time.”
Throughout all four games, the Knights and MosMosMos never faced each other.
This was their first actual fight.
“If we lose this time, that would be a problem, wouldn’t it?”
Mosol said Almond shouldn’t be taking it easy and swung his sword again.
Clang!
Almond deflected with his bowstring and fired an arrow.
Thwack!
An arrow embeds itself in Mosol’s head.
“!?”
This is Civil Empire-style close-range archery.
Mosol was caught off guard in an instant.
But this is Ril.
‘A single headshot won’t kill me.’
This isn’t a game where life and death hinge on a single arrow.
That last hit was merely a grazing blow.
Whoosh….
A blade thrusts in, sliding past the bowstring.
Thud!
It strikes Almond’s shoulder, and Mosol follows up with a light flick of his wrist, creating a cutting judgment.
Shlaaaaaash!
It looks like just one slash.
[Health 52%]
Almond’s health drops to half in an instant.
-?
-??
What’s up with that? lol
-Insane
Physical is insane.
-As expected from Yeongha…
“Huh?”
Almond had never seen such a tricky technique before.
‘That’s way too strong. How many basic attacks was that just now?’
Like in the Nant match, on Ril the physical clash between Mosol and Almond was evenly matched.
‘I need to back away first.’
Tap─
He tries to create distance from Mosol.
[Roll]
Tap!
Jello rolls forward and closes in.
“Get out of the way! You inexperienced fool! This is a sacred arrow duel between Daegam and me!”
“Huh!?”
Mosol was startled.
This was a terrible decision.
‘Jello too?’
But with this sudden judgment, Almond found himself in quite a predicament.
Kaboom!
“!”
Jello had unexpectedly detonated Mana Exposure in an instant.
[Mana Exposure]
Whoooosh!
As the blue flames ignited, all the viewers gasped in shock.
-Gasp
-What
-Huh?
-Did he only practice this? Kekekeke
-Insane
-Scary scary scary scary
“Woohoo~! Amazing! Did you see!? Did you see!?”
Looking at Jello’s reaction, it seemed purely luck, but Almond had definitely become quite dangerous.
[Health 11%]
Since he wasn’t even a Contractor to begin with, there was no way his health could hold out much longer.
“Oppa, heal—”
Lemon was about to say he’d cast heal.
“No! Just dump everything!”
“!?”
Almond said that and instead rushed toward Jello.
Thwack!
An arrow embedded itself in Jello’s forehead in an instant.
“He’s low on health too!”
Jello himself didn’t seem to think much of it.
[Jello]
[Health 29%]
Jello had also been steadily whittled down by Almond’s arrows, leaving him with little health remaining.
“At Jello!”
Lemon fired the most damaging Fireball instead of healing.
‘But if we do this, won’t Oppa die?’
Mosol couldn’t just watch this happen.
But Almond spoke once more.
“At Jello!”
Whoosh!
Almond dodged Reina’s blue arrow once, then instead rushed right at her.
‘At Jello…?!’
Lemon raised his staff and swallowed hard.
‘Damn it!’
Almond spoke with such conviction.
Lemon had no choice but to follow.
[Fireball]

* * *
Almond charged forward.
Rather than dodge, Jello’s eyes gleamed with anticipation of the title he’d earn, and he drew his bowstring taut once more.
‘Oho! Just one shot…! Just one clean hit and I take down Daegam with Reina!’
If he landed just one proper shot, Almond would die—that was the situation.
Mosol shared the same thought.
‘I need to finish this quickly.’
Mosol wanted to eliminate Almond before their formation collapsed any further.
The moment Iron Ball joined in, it had turned into complete chaos.
Red Turtle was pounding Dotorimuk, Iron Ball was striking Balloon Gum, Balloon Gum was fleeing in panic, and Chocosong was holding Iron Ball in check.
In other words, Iron Ball alone was tying up three of them.
If Jello and Mosol here didn’t completely eliminate Lemon Almond and rejoin the main force, they wouldn’t be able to handle Hong-cha and Danmuji when they arrived.
“Die!”
Whoosh!
Mosol swung his blade and charged at Almond.
Almond, even in his final moment, drove an arrow straight into Jello’s head.
Since Jello was right in front of him, he naturally took Jello’s arrow as well.
[Health 0%]
Boom!
He became a Rune Spirit.
[Rune Spirit]
“We won…!”
The moment Jello celebrated, a massive fireball reflected above his sunglasses.
“Oh.”
Kaboom!
Lemon’s Fireball hit dead on.
Focused on Almond’s aggression, he’d completely lost sight of the other one.
Boom!
[Rune Spirit]
Jello became a Rune Spirit as well.
“Wha—what!?”
Mosol’s health plummeted to the 70% range as he continued taking flame damage.
“We… we’re finished.”
He uttered those words in a daze.
Because now it was essentially an Almond-Jello trade.
Trading a Contractor and a Minion was a loss.
On top of that, they’d overkilled Almond.
They’d overinvested.
I need to save them quickly.
Mosol approached Jello’s Rune Spirit and began the resurrection.
Lemon did the same.
[Jello]
[Resurrection 10%]
[Foolish Youth]
[Resurrection 15%]
But the speed was different.
Time was dragging on.
Right, as a Contractor it takes longer.
Contractors had extended resurrection times.
[Jello]
[Resurrection 20%]
[Foolish Youth]
[Resurrection 35%]
Mosol glanced anxiously between Almond’s Rune Spirit and Jello’s, alternating his gaze.
It was much slower than expected.
“Uh… uh… if this keeps up… they’re coming…?”
His words became reality immediately.
Through the kill log.
[Enemy Triple Kill!]
[Danmuji → Balloon Gum]
[Danmuji → Dotorimuk]
[Danmuji → Chocosong]
Danmuji had arrived.
-Total wipeout lmaooo
-Wow lmao
-Insane
-Damn
-True Challenger vibes lmao
-Danmuji’s momentum this game is crazy

* * *
‘Insane.’
When I came to my senses, I found myself surrounded by five enemies.
“T-the Knight Order… assembling? I see. I-I’m also with the Bunza Crew…”
I laughed awkwardly as I said this.
Whoosh!
Almond’s arrow, now revived, struck my head in succession and I died.
[Team Mobeong Out!]
And though Almond was the one who killed me, Goguma approached my corpse and issued a warning.
“Hey. There’s no Bung in the Knight Order anymore.”
-Haha
-Kekekekekekekek
-Kekekekekekekek
-Kekekekek
-Gobong kekekek
-Personnel reduction, what a story~
Thus the Knight Order crushed even Mobeong and continued their winning streak.
“Here, please take it. Older Sister.”
Danmuji gestured toward the already-dead Red Turtle corpse.
Almond walked forward under their guidance and confidently opened the Rune Box.
Three cards spread before me.
[Cautious Hunter – Sori]
[Frost Archer – Leon]
Almond was delighted at the first card that appeared.
The other teammates felt the same way.
After all, they didn’t know that when a Contractor was completely eliminated, their Avatar could be re-contracted.
[Cold-blooded Arcane Archer – Reina]
With Jello’s death, the Reina card was reborn.
She stared at Almond with sparkling eyes.
-Gasp
-Wow
-Whoa
-This is completely kekekekek
-Oh kekek
-Jello crying kekek
-Coming right here? kekek
-Right after abandoning Jello kekekek

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