Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1301

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 186
58. The Foolish Solo (1)
Meanwhile, at Choi Sa-rang’s home.
“Sigh.”
She had stepped out of the capsule briefly while Team B’s match was underway.
During the national tournament, she’d managed reasonably well with pharmaceutical assistance, but prolonged stays consumed considerable stamina.
Taking breaks in between was the best approach.
She wiped the nape of her neck with a damp towel, then headed toward her computer.
The broadcast was already playing on the screen.
The moment she looked, Balloon Gum and Dotorimuk died in quick succession.
‘…Hmm.’
This could have been dismissed as mere accident.
But looking at Paprika’s weapon composition, it wasn’t.
‘Mages and ranged dealers—definitely three of them.’
An excessively dealer-heavy composition.
It was intentional.
‘So this is your counterattack, huh?’
It was rather cute as a strategy.
‘Not bad, though.’
A strategy of swapping one player at a time with the radio team to form five members.
The advantage was that experience points accumulated slightly faster, allowing them to secure first turn and control the game’s pace.
‘They probably don’t even know if there’s a radio operator.’
Moreover, Cheese’s side had a high probability of not even noticing whether a radio operator existed, let alone identifying who it was.
But the real ‘kick’ of this strategy lay elsewhere.
‘All those different teams gathered in one place….’
The radio team, Brunch, was the kick.
Of course, this team could hardly be called Brunch anymore.
Only one actual Brunch member remained; the rest were all substitutes.
It was like an allied force.
They had to hunt while controlling last-hits.
They were managing reasonably well, but the leveling imbalance was severe.
One person at level three, another at level one….
‘But this team never ventures outside.’
This team never made reckless moves.
They positioned themselves like the eye of a typhoon, with the other teams moving around them.
There hadn’t been time to practice, so it wasn’t particularly systematic.
But the intent was unmistakable.
‘Hmm… they’ll be caught off guard inside.’
Cheese’s players probably couldn’t even imagine this.
It would be difficult for them to even know if the other side had a radio operator.
Certainly, this match does seem disadvantageous for Cheese.
Yet Sarang’s eyes gleamed with intrigue instead.
‘That’s right. The first round was boring.’
I didn’t like how Almond advanced without any struggle.
It felt like I had done everything for him.
But then, the opposing side brought forth a strategy beyond expectations.
It couldn’t get any better than this.
‘This is going to be entertaining.’
She leaned back comfortably and rested her chin on her hand.
‘If he comes back having taken a hit….’
The thought of giving feedback made the corners of her mouth rise.

* * *
“We need to catch the Turtle! Mosol!”
Almond shouted.
There was a hint of urgency in his voice—something extraordinarily rare to hear from him.
“Yes! D-Daegam! I’ll catch it! I’m holding it down!”
Because of this, Mosol was desperately holding the Turtle in place with what was nearly an art form of Leash ability.
And Almond demonstrated corresponding damage output.
Thwack!
Thwang!
“No, isn’t it true that slaves suffered way too much? hahahaha”
Mom, I’m sorry ㅠㅠ
Nope lololol it feels like a school bully is making me do it ㅜㅜㅜ
-That guy’s head only has Split and Turtle in it…
No matter how well Almond dealt damage, the truth was that Mosol, who was pulling and releasing aggro in front, was suffering far more.
“W-Will this work? Daegam?”
Lemon was dealing damage frantically too, but couldn’t see any path to victory.
“….”
Almond didn’t answer either.
“Daegam! Daegam!?”
Lemon cried out urgently.
The Turtle was rushing at Mosol wildly, attempting to cast the [Bite] skill.
‘If I get bitten, this is bad?’
Mosol’s constant tightrope walking had finally exhausted the Turtle’s patience.
If he took a bite here, Mosol would very likely die.
“Fall back! Fall back!”
Almond moved forward in his place and continued firing arrows relentlessly.
Thwang!
Thwack!
Turtle charged toward Almond once more.
It was an aggro baton pass between Almond and Mosol.
“Phew.”
Mosol wiped his chest as if he’d barely survived.
‘That would’ve been a real problem if I’d died.’
After all, if he died, Jello would be the only one who could revive him.
Since Jello was also a Challenger, he’d already figured out to some degree what was happening.
‘It looks like they’re only targeting Radio right now.’
I could tell just from the kill log.
The enemies seemed to be targeting Radio.
[Chocosong: Mobeong!? Jello! Damn it! We’re in trouble! Two members are already dead! Those bastards are only targeting us!]
And there was even a dying message from the survivor Chocosong.
-Gasp
-Scary
-Wow
-For real??
-Thank goodness Chocosong is alive;
It was incredibly fortunate that she’d survived to leave that message.
“Mosol! Come back!”
“Ah, yes!”
Mosol slashed at Turtle with his sword again as it charged toward Almond to use Bite.
Slash!
[Red Turtle]
[Health 38%]
For three people attacking, we’d dealt significant damage.
The problem was that our side was in the same boat.
[Mosol]
[Health 32%]
Mosol’s health percentage was lower than Turtle’s.
The absolute amount would be far less.
“Haa… Can we actually pull this off?”
Challenger Mosol sounded uncertain.
“Once Jello joins, we’ll turn this around!”
Almond—whether Diamond rank or something else—spoke with absolute conviction.
-Kekekeke is he telling us to die?
When is Zelo coming ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
From the start, dying was just a given anyway lol
No, please save the walkie-talkie battery.
Hahaha, what’s with the confidence?
-His eyes are blazing with madness
He continued urging the pursuit of Red Turtle.
I sensed it instinctively.
‘If I can’t secure this kill, I’m in trouble.’
Failing to secure it here means defeat.
Mosol felt it too.
‘I understand that failing means losing, but…’
Something felt wrong.
Why?
‘I don’t quite trust Daegam’s judgment.’
I was startled by my own thought.
‘Insane. Why can’t you trust Daegam, Jeong Gi-chan! What’s wrong with you!?’
Another voice within me answered.
‘Because this is the first time.’
I’d only played non-combat games like Seok with him before. This was my first skill-based game with Almond.
‘His name literally means foolish—can you really trust him? Gi?’
‘You have to trust him! Chan!’
No matter how much we’d practiced together, actual combat was different.
In this chaotic situation, I couldn’t fathom what angle Daegam was seeing.
“Uh, uh, uh!?”
Perhaps that’s why.
Hesitation crept into my blade.
“Damn…”
I overextended in the precarious aggro control against Red Turtle.
Red Turtle didn’t miss the opening and instantly charged forward, unleashing a bite.
Crunch!
“Aaaahhh!?”
A bite attack.
An unblockable grapple technique.
It bites the opponent and wrenches its head upward, lifting them.
Whoosh!
[Airborne]
The CC effect activates immediately.
“Ugh, uaaaah!”
Mosol was lifted into the air.
“Kyaaaaaaah! D-Daegam, what do we do about Mosol!?”
Lemon panicked.
“Aggro secured.”
“?”
I simply kept firing.
This was the perfect moment to deal free damage.
-Kekekekekekekekekekekekeke
-Kekekeke
-Ah, I was waiting for when he’d get bitten~ Kekekeke
-???: Man, Mosol really has no sense of awareness.
Haha, I was thinking of dying laughing.
-What can we do kekeke
-Just give it to him~
Given the current situation where Turtle was critically important, I was prepared to accept Mosol’s sacrifice.
Fortunately, the Knight Order had two radios, so I could revive him anytime.
‘I didn’t even get lucky enough to find a Rune Box.’
Usually, when farming until level 3, you could discover a low-grade vault or a Rune Monster and obtain a Rune Box.
But this time, that didn’t happen.
[Danmuji: Older Sister! Are you really okay!? Jello says it’s serious!?]
[Foolish Youth: Yeah, I’m fine. Me.]
[Danmuji: Huh???]
[Danmuji: I-I’ll send Goguma first! Goguma already contracted with Iron Ball!]
Mosol isn’t okay ㅜㅜ
-Kekekekekekeke I’m kekeke
-I’m fine~
I’m dying laughing ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
While Mosol was happily getting bitten.
“Lemon! Maximum damage!”
“Y-yes!!”
Whoosh!
Bang!
They just stood there and fired attacks like madmen.
I focused on everything.
That’s why I didn’t notice.
What kind of threat was approaching from behind.
No, I shouldn’t have noticed.
‘Huh?’
I sensed it almost instinctively.
‘Wait…. Some kind of sound….’
Amid all this noise, I felt something out of place.
I spun around quickly.
Bang!
A bullet struck my forehead.
‘An enemy…!’
An enemy.
Rather than being startled by the enemy, I quickly checked Turtle’s health.
[Red Turtle]
[Health 9%]
‘…This is incredibly awkward!’
Health that was neither here nor there.
And the enemy included one Contractor.
[Great Stone – Kutan]
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The way it charged forward was utterly menacing.
“Gre~ at~ Sto~ ne~”

* * *
“Knight Order Biiiiiisaaaaaaang!!”
King Gul made a siren sound again.
“In the end, Paprika arrived before our allies!”
-Kekekekekekekekekeke
-For real lol
-Wow
-Jeez!
-Over
-Seriously
-Isn’t the Turtle in trouble?
“Turtle’s health at 9 percent! This is seriously too critical!?”
The timing of the appearance was precise, as if it had been calculated.
“Ah, was the Turtle’s attempt too reckless!? Knight Order!”
“But there’s a reason Almond rushed!? Right now…!”
King Gul points to the shadow.
“The shadow is approaching!”
The shadow will shrink once more soon.
Then this Turtle will be submerged in the Abyss as well.
You can breathe while taking damage bit by bit in the Abyss, but monsters touched by the Abyss become twice as strong, so it’s not something to attempt lightly.
“Ah… so the Knight Order had already decided the match. But… Paprika Amuze Team! They’re here!”
The team they now face is Amuze.
Paprika’s seventh-ranked team.
“At least they’re a lower-ranked team, so it’s fortunate for the Knight Order!”
“But there’s one trap!?”
“Ah… Omelette is in there!”
Omelette.
He was quite skilled.
Even if he was a novice in survival matches, he was in siege warfare.
He was the radio operator of this Amuze team.
“If the Knight Order plays this well! Goguma is rolling in like crazy right now!?”
“Huh!? Lemon!? Did you panic!?”
That was when it happened.
Lemon’s movement became slightly off.
Whether it was a mistake or not, he stepped forward toward his opponent.
In such a critical moment, every single step mattered.
The distance closed in an instant.
[Stone Fragment]
[Kutan charges forward, scattering sharp stone fragments in a fan pattern ahead. Enemies hit by the fragments have their movement speed and attack speed reduced, while Kutan’s movement speed increases as he approaches enemies struck by the fragments.]
Crash!
The stone fragment skill connects with Lemon.
Lemon noticeably slows down, while Kutan noticeably speeds up.
“Ahhhhh!? What is this!?”
After that, it was instantaneous.
After all, Paprika had structured their positioning to intercept and eliminate one target.
Rat-a-tat-tat!
The ADCs and Mage launch a coordinated assault, finishing Lemon in a flash.
‘Huh?’
Lemon was flustered.
He had tried to buy time as a proper Supporter.
[Omelette → Lemon]
Whether by coincidence or intention, the kill went to Omelette again.
“This is going into that mouth again!!!”
[Level Up!]
[Lv. 2 → Lv. 3]
-Yikes
-GG
-Wow
-What’s with Lemon’s movement?
-Ah… there he goes again
-He was possessed during the Nant match
-Ugh
-Kekekekeke
Now all the enemies on Radio were level 3.
Was there no hope left for the Knight Order?
“But wait! Gogumaaaa!”
Boom!
In an instant, Goguma came charging from the side and crashed straight into the enemy formation.
“Wahhh! All dealers! Shoot!!!”
-Wow, this is insane
-That’s Iron Ball for you kekekeke
-Is it real that Goguma’s already better at Iron Ball than Balloon Gum? He’s seriously talented kekekeke
-Kyaa
-Wow, his skills have improved a lot;
Did the practice actually pay off?
Goguma’s approach angle was sharp.
Thanks to that, Lemon’s sacrifice bore fruit.
“This! Lemon really did draw aggro well, didn’t he!?”
The Tank had moved too far forward seeing Lemon’s kill potential, which became the fatal mistake.
“And Goguma capitalized on that perfectly!”
Since the rest were all composed of dealers, the enemy formation crumbled quite easily.
“But there’s nothing else to do!”
The problem is that Iron Ball has nothing to do after this.
Just getting pummeled.
Goguma immediately starts pounding with the [Round and Firm] skill.
“Indiaaaan! Rice!!”
King Gul shouts, pouring out the Tank’s sorrow.
Hahahaha (laughing)
-Indian rice kekekekeke
-kekekekekeke
-That’s exactly what it is kekekeke
“Ah… without response, even the best initiation becomes meaningless, doesn’t it!?”
It looked like it would just end as an initiation with nothing behind it.
But then─
“Huh?!”
King Gul’s eyes went wide.
“Mosol’s alive!!”
Mosol, whom I thought would surely be dead, was still alive.
[Mosol]
[Health 2%]
Of course, Red Turtle was still there too.
[Red Turtle]
[Health 7%]
Whoosh.
Mosol solemnly raised his sword.
[“…I will turn this around. Daegam.”]
-?
-Gichan, aren’t you in the Knight Order kekekeke
“Your Excellency lol”
Damn, haha
-Ugh… I hate that I found that cool for a moment
Call it “Jeonhwara” lol
-Kya
-Can you even do this?

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