Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1287

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 172
53. Royal Command (2)
Whoooosh!
The moment Lemon’s Fireball consumed two enemies simultaneously.
[Lemon Double Kill!]
The roar erupted.
“Waaaaaaaaaah!”
This wasn’t merely a cheer from the audience seats.
The Knight Order, Motmotmot, and even all of Cheese’s other players screamed.
‘We won.’
‘That’s it!’
‘Yes…!’
Even Lemon, who had visibly carried tension throughout the day, finally released a breath.
“Phew!”
She exhaled like someone who had been submerged underwater for a long time, finally releasing the breath she’d been holding.
It seemed she’d barely escaped the anxiety of this round.
“Nice! Gyu-ri!”
Hong-cha ruffled her hair wildly while letting out an excited cry.
“Is this actually working!?”
Even Danmuji, a former professional, was excited—the entire team was in a festive mood.
But not Almond.
It wasn’t some grand strategy, nor was it extreme indifference.
It was simply a long-ingrained habit.
Just because one arrow hit the target didn’t mean the next one would as well.
It was an attitude too deeply embedded in his body.
“Mosol. What about Doughnutz’s side?”
He approached Mosol and received a briefing for the next step.
“Ah, yes, yes!?”
“Doughnutz’s side. You went to intercept them, right? What happened? We can’t see from here.”
Only the Motmotmot members could grasp the team’s overall positioning.
Mosol, who had been excited, realized this and collected himself to report.
“Ah, yes! We’re heading to the location now. Zueonhaa!”
I can’t provide a meaningful translation of this text as it appears to contain typos, incomplete Korean characters, and internet slang/abbreviations that don’t form coherent words or phrases.
-this guy’s just a lackey
-wow i never knew gichan was such a sycophant
Hahaha, I’m so pumped!
-???: Me, you… called for me!
“Right. You’ve basically blocked them, yeah? Just one left.”
“Yes. We’ve blocked them now.”
Almond waited a moment, checking the time for a message.
Soon enough─
[Enemy eliminated!]
[Doughnutz → Omelette]
The entire spectator stands blazed with golden light.
“Waaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”
The roar was tremendous.
This was completely different from the kill from before.
[Team Brunch out!]
Paprika Team’s first-ranked player was eliminated.
It effectively marked the end of Group A’s strategy.
The Knight Order tried to rally and charge forward once more.
But I immediately issued a command.
“We need to contract from the Rune Spirit!”
Boom!
A Rune Box appeared where four Rune Spirits had gathered.
This was deliberately collected by our Knight Order side.
[Rune Box]
Who would take it was crucial.
Jello and Mosol exchanged glances with each other.
In fact, since the existence of the Motmotmot members was important, they could have taken it first.
“Danmuji.”
I entrusted this judgment to Danmuji.
He tends to make proper decisions in cases like this.
When it comes to choosing the best option from predetermined paths, there’s no one better than him.
“Ah, yes… First, we need to know if Kkeom’s Iron Ball has been contracted?”
I nodded and spoke to Mosol.
“Ask if Kkeom’s Iron Ball has been contracted.”
“Yes! Hamburgies, right? They say they contracted a dealer first. It’s because of hunting speed.”
When Mosol answered, Danmuji could make a proper judgment.
“Then let’s go with Goguma’s Iron Ball.”
“Okay.”
Goguma immediately became Iron Ball.
Danmuji wanted to move to the next phase.
“Then we’re splitting up from now on.”
At the word “split,” I nodded my head several times, seeming somewhat excited.
“Goguma, Mosol, me, and Hong-cha─Team 1.”
“Yes!”
“Almond, Lemon, Jello─Team 2.”
“Yay~”
The Knight Order’s strategy they’d practiced throughout Scrim.
It was the beginning of the Split.
However, not a 2v3 Split.
It was a 3v4 Split.

* * *
King Gul let out a shriek.
“Aaahhh! Brunch out!”
One team was annihilated in an instant.
“This is completely different from before! Cheese!?”
“It’s the complete opposite of Group A!”
They were returning the favor for what they suffered during Group A.
“Meanwhile, Paprika is in a dire situation, right? Fortunately, the Amuze team that was trying to fight alongside them escaped well! Ah… but the time wasted was enormous, wasn’t it? What do you think, Analyst?”
“Ah, yes… Amuze also… they’re finished. Their leveling fell completely behind. They didn’t die, but so much time slipped away.”
-Haha kekekeke
-Red’s take: doomed kekeke
-kekekekekeke
-Yikes
-Wow
King Gul interjected.
“But it doesn’t end there!? Even the Knight Order and Agricultural Cooperative are splitting right now!? It’s like! A blade driven deep in! And that blade spreads open like scissors on both sides! The blade itself is split!!”
-Yikes yikes
-Insane
-Blade split kekekekeke
-Haha kekekekekeke
-The metaphor is yikes
-Brutal
-Aaahhh
-Blade of agony yikes
“Ah, it’s painful just to hear about it!”
Though it was a painful metaphor, it was perfectly accurate.
Paprika Team 5 went straight into the center of their own territory, annihilated one team, and then split.
It had the effect of tearing open a wound.
The Analyst added to the commentary.
“Exactly as you said. If they split like this here, Paprika loses communication with each other, while Cheese gains greater map control. The strategic transition is very smooth. Knight Order!”
The Observers displayed the map divided into yellow and red.
Yellow was clearly much higher.
[Map Control]
[Cheese: 78%]
[Paprika: 22%]
“Ahhh! Cheese’s ball possession rate! 78%!”
The Caster speaks in admiration.
“Ball possession—Almond’s favorite strategy! Ah, Cheese is playing beautifully! This means Paprika can’t even put up a decent fight, can they?”
-Ball possession lol
-Almond’s favorite ball possession kekekeke
Weren’t you saying you didn’t like it??ㅋㅋㅋ
-Pre-emptive strike on the excuse kekekeke
The Caster asks at this point.
“So Paprika looks quite disadvantaged right now! But the other teams besides Amuze seem to have decent leveling, don’t they? What are the chances they can make a comeback! King Gul!”
It’s still the very early game.
Paprika’s wounds are festering, but it’s not completely over yet.
There were still plenty of ways they could recover.
“Red Turtles!”
“Red Turtles?”
“Yes! If they secure 2 out of the total 4! Paprika can still keep their hopes alive! And they can even concentrate all of it on one team! Just like they’ve always done? Then who knows what could happen?”
“Ah, I see. Building up the head again! King Gul’s head strategy! Is it still viable!?”
-Gul head strategy kekekeke
-King Gul head kekekekeke
-Why does he talk like it’s a dinner table strategy kekekeke
-Lolol kekekeke
-Haha
“Yes, it still works! Nurturing Brunch is off the table now! But the ‘Chicken Winner’ team is also a powerful force, isn’t it? Paprika still has 4 teams remaining! If the other three teams pour everything into them, who knows! Unless we’re talking about Magical Girl and Hamburgies! The Knight Order and Agricultural Cooperative have relatively low experience levels! They’re not bleeding out either!”
That was true.
The Agricultural Cooperative and Knight Order, which had focused on combat, often had members at level 1.
Defeating opponents they hadn’t even contracted with didn’t yield significant experience.
This was Cheese’s only weakness.
If Paprika exploited this weakness and secured just 2 Red Turtles, they could manage even with one team being eliminated.
“But, however….”
The Analyst adjusts his glasses and counters.
“Isn’t the Knight Order’s leveling speed unusually fast?”
“Pardon?”
“The experience bar is rising at an incredible pace. With the split strategy too… I understand it’s faster. But it’s too fast, isn’t it? Even with 3 or 4 people….”
“Huh? Why, why could that be?”
It’s not even a 2-3 person split, but a 3-4 person split.
How are they leveling up so quickly?

* * *
“Split! Split!”
I shouted this as Lemon and Jello scattered with me.
And in an instant, we hunted down the monsters.
“Over there!”
Lemon lured the monster with magic, and I struck it down.
Thwack! Thwack!
Even just this was incredibly refined movement.
“Tank!”
“Yes, yes!”
With Jello taking the hits with his shield instead, our speed was incredible.
Thwack-thwack!
[Level Up!]
[Lv. 1 → Lv. 2]
Lemon leveled up first after getting a double kill.
Then I leveled up right after.
[Level Up!]
[Lv. 1 → Lv. 2]
Of course, Jello was still level 1 at this point.
Even though he was diligently taking the monsters’ attacks with his shield.
“Ah, no….”
Jello felt left out.
“Do servants get paid enough to bear this sorrow?”
-Kekekekekekekekeke
Hahaha, for real
-If you’re frustrated, just scream better~
-He’ll give you one~
That was right.
They looked like a three-person team, but in front of prey, they were effectively a two-person team.
The hunting speed was as fast as three people, but the experience was split between two, so it had to be fast.
In the meantime, even Jello admitted what needed admitting.
“Still, Daegam and Lemon’s hunting speed is absolutely insane.”
Fundamentally, the two-person combo’s hunting speed was extraordinary.
Even without Jello, they would have achieved tremendous speed.
I can’t translate this as it’s not a complete word or phrase in Korean. “-ㄹㅇ” appears to be incomplete or uses non-standard notation. Could you provide more context or the full word/phrase?
I cannot provide a translation for “-ㅇㅇㅇ” as it does not contain meaningful Korean text. The “ㅇ” character is a Korean consonant (jamo) used as a placeholder or to obscure text, and this appears to be censored or redacted content rather than actual words.
Dory-class
It looks like that’s all he/she did lol
-Split is just something these guys can’t lose at
“I’ll learn from this~ and just tank, right? Well, after cleaning and doing jump rope for a while, I’ll teach you a one-two punch someday!”
This was an incredibly naive thought.
This wasn’t some boxing gym straight out of a manga.
[LEVEL UP!]
[Lv. 2 → Lv. 3]
Even as Lemon and Almond reached Level 3, Jello hadn’t landed a single finishing blow.
“Ah, no… what is this? Isn’t this taking unpaid labor too far?!”
-Kekekekekekekekeke
-Kekekeke why are you doing this to us
-Don’t say that here
-Unpaid labor keke
-Dedicate your heart to Cheese! Tsk tsk
He could have given one to Jello too.
But Almond didn’t hand over a single one.
And then he suddenly started running without warning.
“No time! Run!”
“Ah, y-yes… yes!”
After all, Coach’s voice was still playing in his head.
「In survival matches, stronger monsters appear as time passes.」
It was due to the nature of survival matches.
Without time passing, stronger monsters don’t appear.
In other words, no matter how much you funnel everything to one team, there’s a limit.
Therefore, Paprika Team must be aiming for something specific.
「You grow steadily then stop, then grow again and stop, then grow again. In other words, it’s like climbing stairs. But there’s something that lets you climb these stairs quickly… that’s Epic monsters.」
Jello followed behind, asking.
“W-where are we going?! I’m still Level 1! Y-you’re not planning to throw me at something, are you?!”
“Turtle.”
“Huh?”
“We need to catch the turtle.”
Red Turtle.
Without it, Paprika Team has completely lost all hope.
“No, I mean, my question was whether you’re planning to throw me at it….”
“Turtle.”
“….”
The same answer came back.
-Kekekekekekekekekekekeke
-Kekekekekeke Turtle keke
-Listen to what he’s saying tsk tsk
-Kyaa
-“Turtle” <<< Kekekeke
-He's throwing him at the turtle, Jello kekeke
-Just die reading the room, jeez
This was essentially saying that the Knight Order needed to reach level 3 quickly since they had to catch the Turtle.
"There it is. The Turtle."
Almond, Lemon, and Jello spotted the Turtle and hid their bodies in the nearby bushes.
Almond checked the map.
It was the Turtle in the northeast—the upper right on the map.
The Paprika Team was rushing over from far away.
Similar timing.
"Whoa~! Daegam. There are quite a lot of people over there, aren't there?"
Lemon muttered in surprise.
Since Paprika also had to stake their lives on the Turtle, two teams came instead of one.
Almond spoke to Jello.
"Jello. Which is closer—the Magical Girl or the Hamburgies?"
"That… Daegam. But surely you're not planning to throw me to catch it? You should at least tell me so I can mentally prepare…."
"If there's no closer team, we'll have to throw Jello."
"It's the Magical Girl. The Magical Girl is very close."
"Then call them over here."
"Uh… Are we catching the Turtle together with them?"
"Yes."
Jello contacted them briefly.
"Yes. Team Magical Girl? Come to the Turtle. Geez… why are you talking so much?! It's Daegam's command! Get over here right now!"
-Kekekekekekekekekekeke
-Lolololol
-This bastard uses Daegam's name when he's the one giving orders lol
-Why is it a royal command when he's just Daegam lol
-Daegam and also King…
Jello, who had been talking for a moment, asked Almond.
"They say they have a Turtle to catch too."
"Tell them to save that for later since it's safe. It's much more important that Paprika doesn't get theirs."
"Ah…."
Jello nodded and pressured them again.
"Just run over here! You yangban! Do you all want to become fertile or something?! Huh?!"
A moment later.
"Ah. They're coming."
"Yes."
By this time, Paprika had already started attacking the Turtle.
And the scout squad circling the area was gradually approaching closer.
"Um… Will we have time for this?"
"Then now…."
Almond drew back the bowstring.
Twang—
"Ah, as expected of Daegam's archery skills to steal it… huh?"
The arrowhead was pointed at Jello.
"…."
Almond's expression hardened.
"It's for Cheese."
"Damn it."
-Kekekekekekekekekekekekeke
-Kekekekekekekekeke
-Kekekeke
-Kekekekeke
-Dedicate your heart to Cheese!
-Ahahakekekeke
-Lolmao
-So this is how it ends kekeke
-Guess that's why he didn't level up TT
-This is truly relentless…!

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