Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 161

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 161
57. Light and Shadow (2)
Crimson blood sprayed across my entire field of vision.
Thud! Thud!
My sight, drenched in red, spun wildly in all directions.
‘What is this.’
So this is what happens when the Beast gets a bite in.
I was being pummeled relentlessly, yet my mind raced. And I looked back at myself.
How did I end up giving the Beast the initiative?
‘I misjudged the distance.’
First, I misjudged the distance.
I knew what kind of thug the Beast incarnation was, but this was my first time facing him directly.
Naturally, I couldn’t measure the distance perfectly.
‘And Sana has no mobility skill.’
Second, Sana had no mobility skill.
I overlooked this critical detail.
Since I was accustomed to Reina, I assumed I could simply respond when the opponent approached.
But Sana was an incarnation that required predicting and dodging in advance.
[Warning! Health has dropped below 30%!]
My health plummeted rapidly.
Like Reina, all marksman position incarnations had extremely fragile health pools.
‘What should I do….’
Even as the Beast’s powerful claws sent my head spinning, I searched for a solution.
[Danger! Health below 20%!]
The saliva dripping from the Beast’s maw before my eyes was terrifying. But this was just a game, after all.
Grrr.
My opponent was deeply immersed. He roared as if he truly were a beast, trying to finish me off.
“Die!!”
-Is it over?
If I die here, the game gets really tough.
-Even Almond can’t handle a new incarnation?
-He was doing so well earlier though
Both the enemy and the viewers believed it was the end for me.
Only I refused to accept it.
I never stopped twisting my body, and finally managed to free one arm.
-Oh the arm!
-The arm’s out
-Nice!
-But what’s an archer gonna do with just one arm lol
With that single arm, I drew forth an arrow of light.
Arrows of Light aren’t infinite in number. Each time I hit a target—randomly generated on the Enemy’s body with Shadow Arrows—one is created.
The target happened to be right above the Beast’s right eye.
I made my decision.
Gripping the arrow in reverse, my eyes snapped wide open.
At the same moment, the Beast’s razor-sharp claws raked across my face, leaving a crimson trail.
Screeeeech!!

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Taco thought it was over.
Once you’re caught in that kind of pounding from the Beast, death is inevitable.
And she wasn’t some other Avatar—it was Sana, who had weak health.
There was no hope.
“Ah… that’s unfortunate. Honestly, that decision was pretty rookie-level. Still, the attempt itself was good.”
Then Sana’s voice rang out.
〔I’m deploying the Holy Domain.〕
“Huh…?”
A bright green aura spread around Almond.
Whoooosh…!
This shouldn’t be possible.
Taco’s eyes wavered.
“Wait. He survived?”
Before I could figure out what happened, he grabbed the arrow and stabbed.
An Arrow of Light was embedded in the Beast’s right eye.
As the target burst, the Arrow of Light dissipated into air, but the wound remained.
-Lmaooo
-He just grabbed the arrow and stabbed it
-The adaptability is insane
-Isn’t this at least Platinum-level sense??
-wtf
In that situation, I thought to grab the Arrow of Light and stab.
Despite playing Sana for the first time today.
‘I can’t believe it.’
Was it not just exceptional physical ability?
My instantaneous judgment was considerable. There was no hesitation.
After that, the exchange between the Beast and Almond continued.
The Beast kept trying to tear me apart with its claws, while Almond kept recovering health with Arrows of Light.
Thunk! Thunk!
I managed to hit the scattered targets on the Beast’s left chest, abdomen, and left arm.
Yet the health remained unchanged. It neither decreased nor increased.
“So, for those who might not know, when the Arrow of Light hits a target generated on the Enemy’s body, a Holy Domain is created around Sana. Allies inside it recover health. But this Arrow of Light can also hit allies. When it does, a Holy Domain appears around that ally. Got it?”
MC Taco is crazy/insane
-Is he rapping?
lol his speech speed is faster than an arrow piercing through lol
“Well! But light arrows have a limited count, right? What about after that?”
Light arrows have limits, but the Beast’s claws don’t.
I drew a shadow arrow and thrust it forward.
Thunk!
Then I immediately thrust the newly generated light arrow.
“No way, alternating between them this fast?!”
As if I’d practiced this ten times every single day, I alternated between the two arrows with precise, flawless movements.
And with just one hand.
“Is this insane?!”
Thunk! Thunk!
As I continued alternating shadow arrows, the Beast that had been pressing forward hesitated.
It realized it might actually die.
That single moment of considering survival was what sealed its fate instead.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
I twisted my body further and evaded while driving shadow arrows into the targets that appeared on its body.
“What?! Th-that’s curse stacks!”
[Saint’s Curse ×7]
[Stunned!]
It was finally stunned.
and went crazy lol
Wow, the curse stack is here lol
-Kyaaaa~~~!!
-Almond is better than Taco?
Even Yasoo is kind of an idiot lol
“No. I seriously have no idea how this is going to turn out? Why is this low-level lane fight so spectacular?”
That’s when it happened.
Ping──
A bullet lodged into my shoulder.
It was a shot from the Enemy Marksman.
“Oh. The Enemy Marksman just joined in, right? Now it’s 2 versus 1 again. Can this even work?”
Taco had been saying that 2 versus 1 was always a loss, but now he was starting to add question marks.
Ping! Bang!
Bullets continued to lodge into my body, but.
[Health 9%]
I paid no attention. I simply drew a light arrow quickly.
Now that the Beast had retreated from its stun, both my arms were free.
Screeeech──
I immediately draw back the bowstring.
“Ah! Now both arms are free! Firing the arrow! If I miss this, I might actually die!”
Whoosh! Bang!
The trigger being pulled and the bowstring being released happened simultaneously.
The Enemy Marksman’s bullet lodged into my shoulder, while my arrow pierced the target above the Beast’s head.
Boom!
“Damn. Got it again!”
-Is it real that he hasn’t missed once in this situation?
-He’s seriously insane lol
-Health goes up again lol
-Would’ve died if he missed even once
〔I’ll deploy the Holy Domain.〕
The light arrow blazed white and vanished. My health filled up.
[Health 22%]
“But the Enemy is using a skill too! I can’t dodge that!”
Then, a surge of magical power erupted from the Enemy Marksman’s gun.
Kaboom──!
I didn’t dodge and took the hit directly.
Instead, I nocked another light arrow on the bowstring.
“Almond’s mindset is that dodging is actually a loss! Is he thinking he’ll just take the hit and get healed right now!?”
-Did Taco just switch to commentary? lol
-He said he’d give feedback
-???: Feedback? Get out of the way! This is so damn fun right now!
Three light arrows flew out.
This time the target was the stunned Beast.
For me, hitting a stationary enemy was far too easy.
Boom boom boom!
The targets on the Beast’s right arm, abdomen, and right leg burst with white light.
Hitting three targets in succession provided an enormous amount of healing.
[Health 48%]
My health had recovered to nearly half.
“Wow! That decision to shoot the Beast was excellent. The Marksman is at a distance and has mobility, so I thought you might miss. Since missing even once right now would mean death, that call was solid! But now the Beast is charging in!?”
Roaaaar!
The Beast, awakened from its stun, charged at me again.
“How many light arrows are left? Seems like there aren’t many. Are we going to see another super play with arrow switching again!?”
As if hearing Taco’s wish, I nocked a shadow arrow on the bowstring this time.
And standing completely still before the charging Beast, I simply repeated the motions of drawing and releasing the bowstring.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Shadow arrows embed themselves across the Beast’s body as it charges.
“The curse stacks build up instantly and the Beast loses vision again!? But now all the targets on the Beast’s body have burst. Almond is shooting faster than the targets are even appearing!”
The Beast’s vision faded again, but it swung its massive front paw and struck my head.
Thud. My head reeled, but—
I didn’t hesitate and fired an arrow of light.
“Light arrow incoming! But there’s no target?? Oh! This time it’s going for the marksman!?”
My arrow flew toward the Enemy Marksman’s head.
Boom!
The target perched there exploded, and my lost health surged back.
“Insane! He destroyed all the targets on the Beast’s body, and now he’s hitting the marksman!? Now targets are spawning on the Beast’s body again!”
The shadow arrow embedded itself in the Beast once more.
Crash.
The freshly spawned target burst.
“Right now he’s facing both of them simultaneously, right? Since arrows fly faster than targets respawn, this is the most efficient approach!”
Meanwhile, the Beast raked with its claws, and the Marksman pulled the trigger again.
A simultaneous assault from two enemies!
Kaboom!!
My health dropped.
[Health 6%]
Dangerously low health.
“This is risky again, isn’t it? Can we pull through?”
With both attacking at once, the damage was unbearable.
But I quickly found a solution.
Click.
Two arrows nocked on the bowstring.
“Wait. Can he do that!?”
Twang!
As if answering that question, both arrows struck their targets with perfect precision—one on the right arm, one on the left.
“Double healing incoming!”
I was dominating the Enemy Supporter and Marksman, striking them alternately.
Even as I shot at enemies darting about frantically, I didn’t miss once.
-ShakingShakingShaking
-What am I even watching right now?
-Almond! Almond! Almond! Wait… is this not the place?
The enemies’ health steadily plummeted.
My health rose and fell, barely holding on by a thread.
Taco was trembling with excitement, his voice hoarse.
“The timing of the healing is an art form! He’s deliberately taking healing only when below 10% health, maximizing the healing efficiency!”
Sana’s healing applies higher efficiency the lower my health is.
For example, at 80% health, a light arrow creating a holy domain only recovers 3-4%, but—
At 2% health, it recovers nearly 20%.
Pushing that to its absolute limit, I’m firing light arrows at enemies only when my health is critically low—that’s my play right now.
-He turned it around.
-Taco’s cooked!
-But seriously, that mechanical skill is insane.
-For real, that actually worked.
-Lmao, I couldn’t pull that off even against bots.
-Even on normal difficulty, that’s still impressive.
In the end, the Beast fell.
[Enemy eliminated!]
I couldn’t believe Sana had secured a solo kill with such minimal damage.
“Did she seriously just beat them to death with a spoon? Almost like….”
-Lmao, she forced that kill so hard.
I’ll stab you a hundred times with a needle and kill you lol
-???: Please… kill me…
But it didn’t end there.
[Double Kill!]
The Enemy Marksman died right after.
Sana had secured a double kill solo.
Over twenty arrows were embedded in that corpse, arrows she’d been alternating to land just to supply healing.
“Wow… she just took on both of them and won… Sana shouldn’t be playing like this….”
That’s not how you do that. It’s the despair episode lol
-For real, Sana just isn’t moving at all.
Looks like you understood it a bit differently lol
But if you hit all your targets like that, why would you even move around? lol

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Ultimately, the game tilted heavily in Almond’s favor.
When one lane collapsed so spectacularly, the outcome was inevitable.
More importantly, internal conflict erupted between the enemy’s bottom lane duo.
[Victory]
Almond’s team emerged victorious.
A triumphant achievement in just twenty minutes from the start of the match.
Taco nodded and smiled with satisfaction.
“Wow, that was fun. Low-rank matches really are the most entertaining.”
-Lmaooo fr fr
-They were literally tearing each other apart lol
-Almond’s playstyle is so entertaining lol tank-type marksman lol Taco’s washed up
-Almond has a better face, thicker hair, is taller, and plays better. How does that feel, Taco?
-I’m going to watch Almond instead. Taco bye
Viewers impressed by Almond’s performance even jokingly declared they would abandon Taco’s stream.
Taco laughed it off with a wry smile.
Yet behind that smiling face, a new concern had taken root.
‘This is a real problem.’
Taco had assumed Strawberry Shooter would naturally be the superior marksman.
He had planned to nitpick Almond’s weaknesses and recommend a position change.
After all, with only two days of play under his belt, switching roles shouldn’t be difficult.
But….
‘I never expected him to be this good.’
It was hard to judge in a normal game, but Almond might actually be an even better marksman than Strawberry Shooter.
Of course, he didn’t voice this thought aloud.
No one would accept it anyway. It was just a normal game, after all.
Yet to Taco, a former professional, it was unmistakable.
Every element that a star player must possess was present within Almond.
…This was troublesome.

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[Beginner’s Tip: Discord with your allies is more formidable than any enemy.]

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