Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 163

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 163
57. Light and Shadow (4)
13 minutes ago.
I managed to win the first game well enough, and it was around the time the second match was about to begin.
Almond picked Sana again and threw out a meaningful statement.
“I think I’m getting the hang of this.”
-Almond (1 Win): Getting the hang of it
Haha, that was pretty cool/impressive.
-Did switching from Reina to Sana open up his playstyle?
It wasn’t nonsense.
‘This is a perfect match.’
Almond and Sana as avatars were truly a match made in heaven.
〔It seems like no one has handled my power as well as you from the very beginning, Contractor.〕
Even Sana acknowledged it.
However, the viewers didn’t take it seriously. They had heard similar remarks directed at Reina many times before.
Moreover, Sana had a better personality than Reina.
-Wow, as expected of Sana! She doesn’t hold back on compliments!
But don’t people usually not give compliments like that? lol
-Sana nooooooo
As expected, Sana is the best ㅎㅎ
Almond’s viewers could only tell that the compliment wasn’t empty words when the game started and Almond faced off against the enemy bottom laners again.
However, the beginning was a bit strange….
“Supporter. Just attack the enemy supporter first.”
Almond bluntly demanded that the supporter charge in.
“…Excuse me?”
“Just do it that way.”
-Yo Almond, that’s not how you do it? He’s not even a Hammer Warrior
“Hey you bastard, that guy’s a poking-type supporter who shoots while crouching lol, if you get hit you’re dead”
Almond’s supporter was an avatar called ‘Luminous Mage – Lumion’.
“You’re telling me to charge in?”
Lumion was a male mage avatar who looked somewhat frail. His specialty was harassing enemies by shooting brilliant magic from the back.
He had long range, but naturally his body was weak.
Almond didn’t bother accounting for such circumstances.
“Just judge the situation and charge in.”
Just looking at the quote will drive you crazy lol
That’s not a standard Korean phrase that can be translated meaningfully. It appears to be corrupted text or gibberish with random characters and laughing sounds (ㅋㅋㅋ).
-???: Just check the temperature of the Han River and jump in
“…Ah, understood.”
Lumion was somehow convinced by Almond’s firm tone.
After about 2 minutes of trading blows with the enemy contractors.
“I-I’m coming now!”
Catching the moment when the enemy grew just a bit greedy, Lumion charged forward.
“Kyaaaaaaah!”
He screamed, unleashing magic in every direction, and ran for his life.
-Lololol
-Why does he listen to what he says again
-Don’t listen to Almond! How does he even do that?
The enemies panicked watching Lumion charge toward them.
“What? Is he insane?”
“Who cares. Free kill. Take him down!”
Their shock was brief before they concentrated their firepower and unleashed it upon Lumion.
A harmony of fire magic and a powerful shotgun blast!
Boom!!!
Lumion burned brilliantly, becoming one with the flames of magic.
Whoooosh!
And thus he was incinerated.
Or rather, he should have been…
〔The Holy Domain shall protect you!〕
“?”
Uuuuung…!
A fresh green light bloomed forth, and Lumion’s health surged upward.
“He’s alive?!”
“Sana saved him! Damn it! Hit him again!”
Boom!!
Lumion’s health was depleted once more.
It plummeted below 5% in an instant, but bounced back up like a rubber ball.
[Current Health: 19%]
‘He’s alive?’
He was indeed alive.
And it continued the same way after that.
Whenever the enemies attacked and his health dropped,
〔The Holy Domain protects you!〕
〔I shall unfold the Holy Domain!〕
〔The Holy Domain will…〕
Sana’s voice lines came one after another.
‘This… this doesn’t make sense.’
The enemies kept attacking relentlessly, yet the health bar remained fixed in the same zone.
The arrows of light never missed, striking the targets that materialized on his body with perfect accuracy.
Even difficult spots like the tips of limbs were all hit at the same speed.
It was a level of skill rarely seen, even in normal games, let alone anywhere else.
‘Moreover, why aren’t the light arrows disappearing?’
Light arrows have a limited count.
They’re only generated when shadow arrows hit a target.
This restriction was meant to limit such reckless play.
But for Almond, it was a meaningless constraint.
Boom! Boom!
Since then, his shadow arrows had been hitting the targets above enemy minions with perfect accuracy.
The enemy Contractors were out of range, so he was detonating the targets generated above the minions.
That way, he was firing shadow arrows at the minions and light arrows at our Supporter.
And he was doing it very quickly.
‘This is insane. Is this really the speed of alternating between shadow and light arrows?!’
Setting accuracy aside, an ordinary person couldn’t achieve this speed even if they desperately drew light arrows alone.
Lumion’s jaw dropped.
The enemies’ jaws also wouldn’t stop hanging open.
“W-why won’t this bastard die!?”
“This is insane!”
“How does he have infinite light arrows?! Is this a bug?!”
“Damn it, these cops….”
“After this ends, we’re reporting this shit. These morons.”
From the enemies’ perspective, it would look like Almond was using light arrows infinitely, so it made sense.
-He’s gonna get reported again lololol
-Lmaooo if he gets reported what happens to the tournament
-Breaking news) Almond… revealed to be a bug, not a nut!
Then Almond shouted.
“What are you doing! Just keep shooting!”
Lumion, who had been spacing out for a moment, was startled.
“A… yes, yes!!”
His health wasn’t dropping at all, so he’d momentarily forgotten about reality.
They were in the middle of a fight.
His skill cooldowns had all refreshed.
Lumion unleashed magic spells again.
Whoosh! Boom!
Hitting enemies who were panicking about reporting was an easy task.
[Double Kill!]
In the end, the two who had been trying to kill Lumion lay down side by side peacefully.
-Wow!
-Lumion double kill lololol
-Chaos
-Kekeke~ now if he buys items the game’s over right?
-Double kill lololol
From that point on, the game spiraled completely out of control.
Every time the enemies respawned, they had no choice but to die to Almond….
[Victory!]
In the end, the enemies unanimously surrendered just 13 minutes into the game.
After the game ended, the enemy Supporter said one thing.
“Reckless Warrior, you play like garbage. You think it’s fun using broken characters in normal matches?”
Though it took the form of an insult, in Ril’s world it was the highest praise.
Wow, that’s amazing!
-Ril’s Nobel Prize lololol
-Basically the year-end awards ceremony lololololol
-This is true honor.
-For honor! lololol
-Almond wins the Nobel Game Award! You play like garbage!

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“No. What did I just watch?”
Taco hadn’t meant to let that slip out loud.
It just tumbled out on its own.
Like a hiccup—something he couldn’t control.
Almond’s play over those 13 minutes, fought with such ferocity, was nothing short of astounding.
‘By the second match, he’d completely grasped the rhythm.’
The second match felt like watching a master craftsman’s play with Sana.
No, “master craftsman” doesn’t quite capture it.
‘It wasn’t the Sana gameplay I’ve been watching all this time.’
Almond’s Sana was ‘exceptional.’
Normally, Sana fights from the back line. Long range and low health—there are many reasons it has to be that way.
Almond started the same way. Playing with the Supporter in front, focusing on healing.
But midway through, it changed.
He began pushing forward himself.
-Is that Sana or a Hammer Warrior lololol
-Practically a stone at this point?
-He’s lost it, seriously hilarious lololol
He made no effort to dodge attacks. Under the premise that he could heal unconditionally anyway, he led the charge more than anyone else.
And he never actually died.
The healing output from his Sana overwhelmed the enemies’ damage output.
[Taco’s Hometown Osaka donated 1,000 won.]
[Taco. Isn’t Sana a broken character? Just play Sana.]
The donation voice played back in a slow, ridiculous tone.
I knew a comment like this would come.
Taco smiled bitterly.
“If it were that easy, everyone would just play Sana.”
This is why professional players in this game have it so tough.
Even when I pulled off brilliant plays, they often got credited to my avatar’s performance instead.
“Should we check Sana’s tier rating?”
Click.
With a practiced motion, Taco pulled up the Ril Pro statistics website and showed it to me.
“See? Tier 2. With Tier 2, you can use her as a joker pick in tournaments or maybe as a counter pick. But if you ask whether she’s actually completely broken? The answer is absolutely not.”
-For real lol
-Anyone who’s played Sana knows
-Sana broken? Those are people without Ril at home
Since the viewers might not fully understand, Taco added a more detailed explanation.
“The thing that’s broken about Sana is the Light Arrow. The Shadow Arrow has decent debuffs, but the conditions to land it are way too strict and the damage is weak.”
The Light Arrow.
You could say this was Sana’s main weapon without exaggeration.
It heals my allies and myself while dealing damage to enemies.
There’s rarely a more unfair and ruthless mechanic in this game.
“The problem is that Light Arrows aren’t infinite. First of all, you have to manually draw them from the quiver one by one, which is incredibly annoying. And there’s a limited supply. You only generate one when you hit a target with a Shadow Arrow.”
-Lololol for real
-Drawing from the quiver is seriously infuriating
-I’ve accidentally drawn the wrong one so many times lololol
-Now that I think about it, Almond never makes that mistake.
“Look at this. If he messes up even once, it’s just a dead play.”
With that, Taco showed one of Almond’s replays.
Around 7 minutes into the game.
Almond was fighting at the very front of the Mid Lane.
After dodging or blocking every enemy attack.
With barely any health left, I continued alternating between Shadow and Light arrows, landing them to survive.
“The game basically ended in this fight, right? But what do you think would’ve happened if Almond had missed an arrow here?”
It was certainly an impressive scene.
If even one of those arrows had missed? The cycle would break, leaving me in a helpless state, and I’d die immediately.
If Almond, who was doing so well, died pathetically like that, a comeback opportunity would open up.
“It’s an incredibly risky play, but at the same time, the returns are huge.”
High Risk, High Return.
That’s the kind of tightrope act Almond demonstrated throughout the entire game.
“To put it another way, it’s like day trading coins and making about 100 million won a day. Could you do it?”
-Nope
-Lololol there’s no way
-Crypto madmovie lololol
-Taco;;;;
-Taco, have you still not quit?!
-Wow, hearing it as an analogy makes me dizzy.
-I don’t think I could even do it against bots. I’d mess up while switching between them and just keep shooting shadows in a row before getting eliminated lol
-Real talk, I can barely manage it against bots, so it’s hopeless
[Taco’s Hometown Osaka donated 2,000 won.]
[Thanks for the explanation. But aren’t you giving Almond feedback? You’re already queuing for the next game?]
“…Huh?”
Taco had been so focused on explaining that he’d forgotten to give Almond feedback.
“Actually, there’s barely anything to feedback on this game.”
Almond’s gameplay this match wasn’t flawless in terms of macro play.
However, his Sana play was so original that it was difficult for Taco to offer any criticism.
It felt like he’d found his own path.
‘This kind of feeling is usually something I only get from Master tier specialists….’
“Feedback can be given all at once anyway. Honestly, there’s nothing to say about this game. 34 kills, 0 deaths—what more could I possibly add.”
-Right lololol
-Wow 34 kills lololol
-He was pulling 50 kills in Battle Rage too, so he’s not messing around here either
-Because the rating is low lol, the players can’t handle Almond.
“Alright. Let’s watch the next game. Will he really hit 30 within 3 days? We can’t tell from just 2 games, right?”
Ril grants substantial bonus experience on win streaks.
Almond, that single day.
Rapidly advanced to level 20.
“Ha…?”
Taco was speechless.
Nine consecutive wins without even taking a breath.
In the subsequent feedback, he could only offer praise and nothing else.
‘Even his macro play is improving….’
“You did great work. Almond. That was fun.”
Taco decided to end the feedback broadcast here.
Almond also ended his broadcast here.
Taco sat blankly on the bench for a while.
-Taco, aren’t you streaming?
-Are you taking a break too? lol
-Hey, what are you doing!
“Ah. I’m taking a break. Everyone out.”
With those words, Taco turned off the broadcast.
“Sigh….”
And sitting alone on the bench, he gazed up at the artificial night sky created by Disworld.
Though the stars were fake, for some reason he felt that one of those constellations must be that guy.
‘Dongwook. There are still geniuses swarming around here… it seems like you were right.’
After muttering that to himself, he casually ran a hand over his bald head and stood up from his seat.
A shadow fell before him.
“Hyung.”
The shadow spoke in a thick voice.
“…What is it? Junmo?”
Junmo Gu, known as the Strawberry Shooter.
“Yes. My broadcast just ended too. I heard you’d finished just now, so I came by.”
“Is that so? I was about to leave.”
“Ah, I see?”
Taco rose from his seat and headed toward the portal.
As he did, Junmo Gu called out from behind him.
“Hyung. I’m the ADC, right?”

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