Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1270

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 155
48. Business Like Family (2)
Meanwhile, the two-person team.
“Found it. Weapon box.”
[Bow]
[Staff]
Almond secured the bow safely, and Lemon secured the staff.
It was one of the advantages of the split strategy.
Since each team opened one sacred relic box, there were almost no cases where weapons were scarce or desired weapon types overlapped, preventing selection.
“Good. Let’s go, Lemon.”
As always, Almond twanged his bowstring once with a sharp ping and took the lead.
“Roger~”
Ping!
Lemon marked the target point with a ping and briefed the team situation.
[Lemon: Got our weapons~ Heading to the hunting grounds from the target point~]
Almond cleared a path toward where the ping was marked, staying alert for any sounds of movement or combat nearby.
Almond kept his vision close-range, while Lemon kept hers long-range.
Lemon, following behind, whispers.
“This is the same as last time, right? Daegam?”
“That’s right.”
-Lemon keeps calling him Daegam kkk
-They work perfectly together without saying much
-She says she can’t call him oppa since he’s too much of a leader, so Daegam it is
Lemon’s viewers seemed to have high expectations for the match after the last scrim.
So there wasn’t much complaint about teaming with Almond instead of Hong-cha.
However—
“Should we turn off chat this time too?”
The moment the suggestion to turn off chat comes up, the viewers cry out.
-No way!
-Noooo
-Let me stay!
Why? ㅠㅠ
-Will you turn it off at the tournament too!
Almond stares directly at Lemon’s eyes.
The digitally rendered eyes of Gyu-ri Kim.
They say eyes contain deep human emotion, but here, if you look deep enough, you only see pixels.
‘Hmm.’
Perhaps that’s why Almond simply tilts his head in confusion.
“…Chat? Why would we turn off chat?”
“Um, last time you told me to turn it off…”
“Me?”
“…?”
-Kekekekekekekekekekekekekeke
-Kekekekethe perpetrator always forgets!
-The perpetrator never remembers…
Ding.
[Factos donated 5,000 won!]
[Info) The reason Almond’s memory is poor is because he’s always the perpetrator. For reference, Almond remembers things that happened in Aseng very well.]
-Kekekekekekekekekekekekeke
-He remembers stuff about Aseng so well lol
-This is actually the same though?
-So that’s why his game memory is almost nonexistent…
-“Why Americans can’t remember other countries’ capitals”
Tap.
Almond patted Lemon on the back and spoke.
“Let’s hurry up and go. We agreed to increase our hunting speed, right? You practiced, didn’t you?”
The hunting speed of a two-person team is crucial in the Split strategy.
To increase hunting speed, repeated mastery is required.
“Ah….”
Lemon had practiced.
She’d practiced quite a lot.
So she could just say she had.
「Don’t tell me ‘I practiced this much.’ Whether you practiced or not will show in the match.」
The Coach’s words came to mind, making it hard to speak easily.
“W, well… uh….”
“?”
I had no idea what she meant.
‘She must have. Whatever.’
I was certain Lemon wouldn’t have skipped practice.
“Let’s go then.”
We’d find out anyway once we started.
“Y, yes! Let’s go!”
After confirming there were no people nearby.
They rushed toward the Abyss creatures.

* * *
The hunting method of a two-person team was precarious.
Since there were only two dealers, there was no one to take hits in their place, so they had to draw the monsters’ aggro back and forth to buy time.
“Going in~”
First, Lemon draws the aggro.
How?
[Fireball]
Boom!
She unleashes Fireball, the staff’s most powerful spell and area-of-effect skill, dealing damage across the board. Then the Abyss Fish foam at their mouths and chase after her.
Splooooosh…!
Even though they looked weak, if all of them beat down on a single staff user for about five seconds, they could kill them.
“Save Lemon~”
After that, Lemon runs away.
But it’s not just any escape.
She spreads them out in a direction where Almond can shoot well.
Moments later, the Abyss Fish line up perfectly for shooting.
Splooosh…!
With the bowstring drawn taut, Almond nods.
‘Perfect.’
Lemon’s movement is definitely different from last time.
“Firing.”
Twang!
He kills the one Abyss Fish closest to Lemon.
He shoots the heads of all the Abyss Fish that follow.
Pop!
Boom!
Then the Abyss Fish turn their heads toward Almond again.
“Coming.”
“Got it~!”
They exchange orders and aggro with very short syllables.
“My turn!”
Lemon casts her staff’s basic attack again, striking the Abyss Fish.
Twang!
Boom!
Lemon’s staff basic attack accuracy was nearly one hundred percent.
That way, the two of them precariously rallied the aggro back and forth, hunting down the Abyss Fish.
[Level Up!]
[Lv.1 ─> Lv.2]
Both reached Level 2.
Even after reaching Level 2, their experience bar was one-third full again.
“Oh.”
Almond nods in acknowledgment.
“You’ve been practicing.”
“Hehe~”
-The hunting speed is insane
-It’s amazing now
-This is what Split looks like
Slower than a five-person party’s hunting speed, but it would be the fastest in terms of leveling pace.
When the level increases, one weapon skill appears randomly, and here Almond gets the bow skill [Multi-Shot].
‘Oh.’
It was the first time this skill had appeared in Scream.
“Multi-Shot came out. Let’s pick up the pace.”
This skill dramatically increases hunting speed.
He was lucky.
“Yes!”
Lemon pinged the next area.
Abyss Fish again.
Lemon pulled aggro first just like before, lining up the Abyss Fish in a neat row.
At that moment─
[Multi-Shot]
Whoooosh!
A dozen arrows spread in a fan formation, piercing through the monsters.
Every Abyss Fish was hit.
Then Almond followed up with rapid-fire headshots at maximum speed, one after another.
Bang!
Boom!
One shot, one kill.
[Level Up!]
[Lv.2 ─> Lv.3]
Another level up.
“Wow, leveling up is really fast!”
-Insane
-The speed is crazy
-Wow kekekekeke
-The experience gain rate is insane
-This is what Split is!
Almond could definitely feel it.
‘Lemon really practiced a lot.’
As the main dealer and bow user, there was no other way to increase speed beyond shooting arrows quickly and hitting the head accurately.
What could be reduced here was the aiming time.
When Lemon spread the monsters out horizontally relative to my position, my aiming time dropped dramatically.
Another target right beside the first, then another target… with every target visible like this.
And Lemon was executing this so naturally.
Of course, this wasn’t easy.
The monsters’ AI wasn’t stupid either, so if they fled too obviously, they’d try to return to their original positions—which meant maintaining a precarious distance where it looked like they might get hit but wouldn’t quite.
Even pros sometimes failed at this. Lemon had succeeded twice in a row.
‘I think we can do this.’
At this pace, we absolutely had to aim for Red Turtle.
“Let’s go after the Turtle.”
“Got it, I’ll scout ahead!”

* * *
[Lemon: The boss said let’s try to surround the Turtle]
Crackle.
Lemon pinged and sent a voice message.
[Hong-cha: Damn! We’re screwed!]
But surprisingly, the response that came back was like this.
[Lemon: Huh?]
[Hong-cha: Crap…! We’re surrounded!]
[Lemon: Surrounded?]
Being surrounded meant encountering enemies.
But not just one team.
‘Wait? Two teams?’
When Lemon checked the map, she could faintly see enemy portraits flickering at the edge of the fog of war.
There were a lot of them.
[Danmuji: Right now the Agricultural Cooperative and… what are you guys! Motmotmot? Are you teaming!?]
[Goguma: One hundred percent! Those Agricultural Cooperative cheaters!]
-Huh? Kekekeke
-Motcoop lol
-Scrim teaming legendkekekeke
-Hekkekeke Two teams at once?
A three-person team faced off against two teams.
One was Motmotmot and the other was the Agricultural Cooperative.
Coincidentally, both teams had grievances against the Knight Order for their own reasons.
The Agricultural Cooperative had lost first place because of the Knight Order, and Doughnutz, who had been humiliated by me, was their leader.
Motmotmot had a more concrete reason.
“I came to get my Iron Ball back! You trash!”
-Kekekekekekekekekekekekekekeke
-Kekekekekekekekekeke
-You trash kekeke
-Kkeom nooo
Anticipating that the Knight Order would prefer Iron Ball, I came here to steal it from the start.
But how did they know we were here?
Jello answers that.
“These shiny Knight Order bastards! All they do is go on about killing Split! And they’re really here!? There’s nothing good about splitting on this map! But here they are! What’s this, teamwork!? This is what you call karma! Kahahaha!”
That was it.
The Knight Order had dominated first place overwhelmingly with Split in the last round.
They’d even stuck with Split just as much in the four rounds before that.
It was already a predictable strategy.
This was naturally a factor that had to be considered when employing a strategy.
‘I missed that.’
Danmuji squeezed his eyes shut.
‘The good spots for splitting on this map… I wasn’t the only one who could see them.’
The last integrated scrim performance was poor, but the Knight Order is truly the strongest team in name and reality.
Moreover, finishing the final moment in overwhelming first place meant they drew even more attention.
They’d figured out the criteria by which the Knight Order chose maps good for splitting.
‘Strategies inevitably get exposed.’
In the tournament format, secret strategies are very difficult to maintain.
‘Fireball. It’s coming.’
Boom!
A fireball strikes right next to Danmuji.
I barely dodged it.
‘Phew.’
But it doesn’t end there.
Boom boom boom!
Another fireball flies in.
So there are two staff users.
‘Again?’
Whoosh!
Danmuji barely rolls his body away to dodge again.
-Scary
-Dodging it all
-Wow
-Movement kekeke
-Challenger scary
Danmuji evaded both opening attacks.
‘Oh. What’s this. I’m playing pretty well today.’
Feeling good about his condition, Danmuji shouts confidently.
“You want a primitive war with us!? You Agricultural Cooperative bastards!?”
He growled confidently, but.
I whisper to Goguma beside me.
“Gobong. You’re the only one I can trust….”
“W-what… Why?”
“You’re the only Contractor here!”
The Knight Order had already raided one lower-tier vault anyway, and they’d bound Iron Ball to Goguma.
But Iron Ball was only level 2, the Runes were trash, and the Pilot was trash too.
On top of that─
“Now~ let’s~ take it slow. The Agricultural Cooperative is coming from far away anyway. Why would we need to do anything? Huh? Ahahaha!?”
Jello was pressing forward confidently.
The Agricultural Cooperative also moved as if communicating with them, gradually cutting off their escape route.
“We’re~ just wishing you well! Think you’ll be able to use Split even after making it to the main tournament? Love’s Falcon, love’s Falcon!”
Doughnutz on the west, Jello on the east.
Danmuji rolled his eyes—unnoticed by anyone—and surveyed the map.
‘Where is it.’
On the minimap, I can see the positions of Almond and Lemon.
But what catches my eye more than their positions is their level.
Both of them are level 3.
‘High level… And….’
Glance.
I check the opponent’s position again from the corner of my eye.
The meeting point for Almond and Lemon is right behind Jello’s head.
‘Then should I start with Motmotmot?’
But I see Mosol standing behind Jello with a sword drawn.
‘Gichan… Using a sword again this time….’
Swords create massive damage differences depending on physical stats.
Mosol has mastered the sword.
He’s a genius comparable to Almond in physicality and combat technique.
‘This won’t be easy….’
I send a voice message to Almond’s team.
[Danmuji: Make a big detour to the west]
[Lemon: That’ll take too long though?]
[Danmuji: I’ll hold them]
[Lemon: Huh…?]
Lemon sounded confused.
[Almond: Okay~]
But Almond cut in and answered, immediately changing direction.
‘He understands.’
Almond sees the same map I do, so he’ll know.
He’s a man like a beast of prey.
He quickly senses his own prey.
‘Agricultural Cooperative… they’ll regret revealing themselves so soon.’
Flash!
Danmuji’s eyes snapped open.
“Charge!”
Thud-thud-thud-thud!
Danmuji sprinted toward the Agricultural Cooperative.
“Breaking through!”
Hong-cha understood and ran forward, laying down suppressive fire on Jello’s team behind them.
And─
“I’m… I’m trash!”
Whoooosh!
Goguma’s Iron Ball shot forward like an arrow.
That’s too much lol
That’s garbage lol
-Not even human…
To the agricultural cooperative? That’s crazy.
-Yeah that’s definitely their target
This is seriously a terrible judgment lolol
-They’re actually going for it here?
-If they survive this, it’s basically the championship
Iron Ball lol

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