Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1271

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 156
48. Business Like Family (3)
In survival matches, there are two paths to victory.
The first is to hunt all the high-value monsters that dominate the map while engaging enemies in combat.
The second is to level up steadily, encounter enemies as infrequently as possible, and hunt only relatively weak monsters.
This second approach was the one the Agricultural Cooperative had always pursued.
By choosing this method, even those with lower combat skills could secure a surprisingly high ranking.
But what happens when the so-called ‘finals’ arrive—a state where combat becomes absolutely necessary?
Then they pay the price for all the battles they’ve avoided.
There’s a massive gap between them and those who’ve followed the standard progression in leveling, items, and rune setups.
Even with luck from the Abyss Shadow on their side, victory becomes nearly impossible.
The team that defeated the Abyss Shark would have even acquired a gill buff that lets them endure the shadow for considerably longer.
‘And their teammates’ condition won’t hold up either.’
Regardless of game mechanics, a team that pursues only this strategy fundamentally weakens their members’ combat abilities.
They chose this strategy because their combat ability was low, but ironically, it only makes them weaker.
Now is precisely the moment when Danmuji, having discovered this irony, can’t help but open his eyes wide.
“With that kind of audacity! They’re challenging us to a direct confrontation!?”
Danmuji shouts as if indignant.
A team like that is now challenging the Knight Order to a direct confrontation.
When you think about it, isn’t that an emotional decision rather than a logical one?
It certainly seemed that way.
Doughnutz encourages them not to be intimidated.
“It’s all bluster! Don’t be scared! Their weak point is completely exposed! They’re in a vulnerable position! What they’re doing right now is nothing but a dead cat bounce!”
-Dead cat bounce kekekekekeke
Haha, f*** it lol
-That analogy though kekekekeke
It looks plausible because it moves similarly to an iron ball lol
The Agricultural Cooperative believes they can now exploit the Knight Order’s vulnerability.
[Rumble rumble crash crash!]
Kiiiiiiing!
The Iron Ball is barreling toward them at a terrifying speed.
“Toward the trees!”
“Yes!”
The Iron Ball’s momentum doesn’t last indefinitely.
It stops the moment it hits even the smallest obstacle.
So by moving into this densely wooded area, it couldn’t maintain its trajectory properly.
Goguma’s driving skill had improved, and he was now displaying movement comparable to at least Balloon Gum’s level.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
He’s navigating the corners better than expected.
Goguma rolls back toward Doughnutz at tremendous speed.
“Oh… holding up?”
However, Doughnutz remained unflustered.
“But this is just a setup.”
Doughnutz gestured toward the back.
“Yes!”
Clang!
The Middle-aged Detective with his shield stepped forward.
Coming to a place with many trees was partly intended to make the Troll crash into them, but.
‘Huh?’
The trees narrowed the path, and he simply blocked that path with his shield.
[First Shield]
[Nullifies the first projectile or attack blocked. Cooldown: 22 seconds.]
Boom—
Goguma’s charge was pathetically blocked.
One of the shield’s passive abilities: nullifying the first attack.
No damage, no crowd control, nothing applied. It was as if it never happened.
‘Damn. This is bad.’
The problem was that Goguma had no way to retreat.
Goguma, stranded in the middle of enemy territory.
“Ah, ah….”
He was only level 2, so he couldn’t even swing with Kang-sin, and all he could do was use the [Round and Solid] skill.
[Round and Solid]
[Dino abandons all attacks and focuses entirely on defense. Defense and magic defense greatly increase. Duration: 3 seconds. Cooldown: 12 seconds.]
Goguma called this skill by another name.
“Take the hits!”
A skill name shouted while raising his guard.
Literally.
A skill that does nothing but take hits.
-Kekekekekekekekekekekekeke
-Kkk take the hits lol
-Lmaooo
-This isn’t even a skill
-Trash skill slot waste kkk
Still, it wasn’t bad for holding out alone in enemy territory.
Usually this skill’s worst case was when he was just ignored.
But in a situation like this, they couldn’t just ignore him.
Boom!
Thud!
“Kill him! Kill him!”
“Come on!”
The Older Men from the Agricultural Cooperative stamped and struck with their weapons relentlessly.
But Goguma didn’t fall easily.
In the meantime, Hong-cha and Danmuji arrived.
Gunfire began to ring out.
Crack!
[Headshot]
A direct hit to Doughnutz’s head.
“This time it’s not a staff, Misters!”
Rat-a-tat!
Tat-tat!
Even firing in rapid succession, the accuracy was remarkable.
Truly a Challenger.
“I make my entrance.”
Another Challenger, Danmuji, emerged from the brush.
He approached leisurely, swinging his spear with ease.
He seemed completely unconcerned that Goguma was dying.
“Don’t come! If you do, I’ll kill Goguma!”
Frightened by that casual demeanor, Ppulranem shouted at the top of his lungs.
-Kekekekekekekekekekekekeke
-Kekekeke Does that even work? Kekeke
Hahaha, that’s funny!
-You’re gonna kill him anyway kekeke
-Ahahkekeke
-The Misters are hilarious~
-He keeps beating him while talking kekeke
Danmuji paid no mind.
“That thug is trash anyway.”
-?
-??
-Kekekekekekekekeke
-Ahahkekeke
-That’s what we decided to do
-That’s true~
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat…!
Danmuji’s footsteps, which had been slow, quickened, and Hong-cha’s gunfire intensified.
“Partners! Move out!”
With that, the younger blood, Greentea and Baeksuk, had no choice but to move to intercept them.
Goguma’s health was now critically low.
“Ah, ahhhhh!”
In a final desperate struggle, he began striking whoever was nearby a few more times.
“Wh-what!?”
“Why is this bastard thrashing around!?”
The older men from the Agricultural Cooperative jumped back as if they’d encountered a disgusting bug.
-Why’s he thrashing around kekekeke
-Wait why did he go backwards kekekekeke
-Huh?
-Movement legend
It was but a moment.
That brief instant when Goguma’s thrashing caught them off guard.
But in Ril, didn’t close-quarters combat often come down to mere seconds?
“Hah!”
Goguma seized the opportunity to land another strike on Doughnutz.
Boom!
[Doughnutz]
[Health 33%]
Doughnutz, who had already taken several headshots from Hong-cha, saw his health plummet considerably.
And then—
[Fire Ball]
Kaboom!
A fireball suddenly shot from behind.
“What, what is this!?”
“Damn it, behind!”
“Kill them! Kill them!”
The three elders from the Agricultural Cooperative realized Almond and Lemon had arrived from the rear.
“Kill them!”
When suddenly struck by a fireball, one naturally feels an overwhelming sense of threat.
And instinctively, one pursues whoever posed that threat.
This is a very primal and fundamental response.
Much like how monsters behave.
‘Th-they’re actually chasing me?’
As the three elders from the Agricultural Cooperative chased Lemon, she found herself flustered instead.
「Draw the monsters toward me like you would with actual monsters.」
It was unfolding exactly as Almond had instructed.
「Will that work? Daegam. Those people are actual people….」
「Those men aren’t people in this game.」
「…!?」
Those three intelligent older men were now panicking and chasing after being hit by a single fireball.
That was always how it went.
No matter how intelligent people are, they become foolish when urgent situations arise.
And conversely, some foolish people become remarkably clever in such moments.
[Foolish Youth]
Whoosh!
Take, for instance, this man who just emerged from the bushes.
He had his sights trained precisely on the three older men following Lemon.
Creak—
‘Three shots will do it.’
Based on my assessment of Doughnutz’s health, three shots were sufficient.
The method to fire these three shots as rapidly as possible.
Almond’s preferred rapid-fire technique was solid, but Ril had something even better at his disposal.
‘Normal attack.’
Boom!
[Doughnutz]
[Health 19%]
Doughnutz took the first arrow straight to the head.
“Wh-what!?”
The moment he registered the hit, Almond activated his skill.
‘Multishot.’
[Multishot]
Whoooosh!
The arrows spread in a fan formation, dealing area damage to everyone.
[Doughnutz]
[Health 10%]
Multishot fires instantly without needing to draw the bowstring.
Like magic itself.
Which meant there was time to draw the string in between.
‘Normal attack again.’
Boom!
Another shot to Doughnutz’s head.
[First Blood!]
[Foolish Youth → Doughnutz]
Doughnutz died in an instant.
-Normal-multi-normal lol
-Whoa, such advanced technique
-Normal cancel lol
-Crazy
-Wow
-What???
-Instant kill lol
At first glance, it looked like only one shot, but it was a combination of three attacks merged together.
This technique is called ‘normal attack animation cancel.’
It’s a technique where you skip the motions involved in performing a basic attack—like drawing the bowstring—and transition directly into damage.
In PC gaming, this was incredibly easy to do, but in virtual reality, it became extremely difficult and the concept was somewhat different.
‘Actually, it’s not basic attack motion canceling—it’s skill motion canceling.’
A niche technique that only hardcore Ril players like Mosol frequently use.
That’s why everyone was so surprised.
-Did you learn it from getting hit by Mosol?
It’s hilarious that someone who rarely catches fish is doing something like this lol
-The Rogue Warrior is back!
-The old frame-skipping form is back
The other two Elders from the Agricultural Cooperative finally realized Doughnutz was dead and turned around.
“Ah, ahhhhh! Hyung-nim!?”
“C-crazy! Get the Rune Spirit!”
Since the Rune Spirit was slower than players, carrying it while running was the only way to revive it faster.
So he bent down to pick it up again.
Thwip!
An arrow lodged straight into the top of his head.
And Lemon, who was fleeing, got in the way.
“Hehe!”
[Air Bomb]
Boom!
The two Elders took a wind explosion to their backs and tumbled toward Almond.
“and… can’t do it lol”
Is this slapstick or something? lol
I’m dying laughing hahahahaha
Danmuji picked a fight believing this lol
Then Almond fired arrows at their heads relentlessly.
Thwip!
Thwip!
[Double Kill!]
[Foolish Youth → Ppulranem]
Another one died.
“D-dammit!”
The Middle-aged Detective, left alone.
He finally understood the problem.
“Ah… I don’t want to get old!”
Hahahahahaha
Hahahaha
I can’t be sure…
Too slow ㅠㅠ
Thwip!
From behind, Lemon’s magical basic attack transformed him into a Rune Spirit as well.
[Enemy eliminated!]
[Lemon → Middle-aged Detective]
Then more death announcements followed in quick succession.
[Ally down!]
[Greentea → Goguma]
[Enemy eliminated!]
[Danmuji → Greentea]
Whoosh!
The moment Goguma fell, Danmuji thrust his spear forward and repaid the favor instantly.
“Damn it, Danmuji you bastard!”
Then Baeksuk beside him swung his sword.
Swish!
Danmuji didn’t bother blocking or dodging the blade—he simply ran straight through.
“Hong-cha, move!”
“Got it!”
They tore through the archer formation, leaving Baeksuk behind entirely.
They were retreating.
“Wh—? What?! Fight me! Come on, fight me, damn it!”
Baeksuk shouted in disbelief, then could only embrace his own team’s Rune Spirits.
“Sigh… I need to focus on revivals…”
That’s when it happened.
Whoosh.
A shadow fell over him.
“…Huh?”
[Jello]
It was Jello, who had been targeting the Knight Order.
“What are you doing?! Jello! Let’s go!!”
Balloon Gum urged Jello to hurry and catch up, but Jello simply stared at the remaining Baeksuk.
‘No wait, this is way too good of a target.’
Knight Order or not, I could eliminate an entire team right here.
Why bother chasing them?
Did my thoughts show on my face?
Baeksuk, reflected above the sunglasses, shook his head.
“I-I have a family! W-we from the Agricultural Cooperative are family!”
He clutched four rabbit-like Rune Spirits to his chest and wept.
“No, wait—so if you don’t have a family, you deserve to die? All unmarried men should just die? Then Mosol should’ve been dead long ago!”
“!?”
Those were his last words.
“Gichan, kill him.”
“Krraaaaahhh!”
Swiiiiish!
An enraged Mosol slashed Baeksuk to pieces with his blade.
[Agricultural Cooperative eliminated!]
-What kind of Pokémon is this lmaooooo
-Gichan used Tackle!
-Lmaooooooo
-He’s actually mad lol
-Gichan screaming like that, what is this lmao
Thus, Motmotmot eliminated the Agricultural Cooperative, and in an instant, four Rune Spirits burst apart, revealing a single Rune Box.
When you clear Rune Spirits like this in one place, a Rune Box appears even without a Contractor present.
“Okay~”
“Nice!”
“Now that’s politics! That’s survival!”
The Motmotmot team cheered and high-fived each other.
It ended up looking like they’d caught the Agricultural Cooperative through underhanded means.
Either way, the result was good.
But there was exactly one person who wasn’t satisfied.
“Ah… my Iron Ball…”
It was Balloon Gum.
The Iron Ball would only appear once the Knight Order was eliminated and Goguma’s contract was terminated.
Now he’d have to choose a different incarnation.
Jello tried to console Balloon Gum.
“No, Kkum. We don’t need the Iron Ball anyway. We’re not even doing a Split… huh?”
That’s when it happened.
Kiiiiiiiiing…!
The sound of Iron Ball, which had been a Rune Spirit, echoed out.
“Ah, Iron Ball!?”
“What the…!”
The battle with the Knight Order wasn’t over.
“Wait, didn’t we just agree to settle this here!? Why are they coming again!?”
Jello protested in bewilderment.
But it was already too late.
Kiiiiiiiiing!!
The sound was already far too close.
-They’re coming again???
-These bastards are relentless lmaooo
-Kkum why are you getting excited lmao
-Almond’s level 4 right now, if they steal the Rune Box we’re all dead lmaooo
-Yeah, there’s no way Daegam would just let that underhanded teaming slide lmao
-Daegam always repays twofold.

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