Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 175

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 175
61. Practice Match (2)
Most Soliah.
It meant he played the avatar called ‘Soliah’ the most frequently.
Shortened to Mosol.
This was the ID of Mosol, one of the strongest amateur players and a Challenger-ranked streamer.
Thanks to this absurd naming sense, he had to explain himself every time new viewers flooded in.
“No, Mosol doesn’t mean ‘forever single,’ it’s Most Soliah!”
Who the hell would acknowledge that, you bastard lol
If you don’t like it, then you use the Korean dictionary lol
-Forever single forever single forever single forever single
Man, so many new people are flooding in that I gotta explain it all over again lol
-At this point just change your ID, you bastard
[That’s right? donated 1,000 won.]
Yo, most soul, haha, is this most solid?
“Ugh….”
-It means Most Soliah, you see?
hahahaha lol
Can’t blow it ㅋㅋ
-Say Most Soliah one more time, you bastard
Mosol pressed his forehead and took a deep breath to calm himself.
“Sigh. Fine. I guess I should be patient since I’m getting more popular.”
[Current viewers: 2.1K]
The viewer count was a bit questionable to call “popular.”
Though he was an amateur Challenger, Mosol didn’t have that many viewers.
His average viewership was below 1,000.
His viewer count had nearly doubled thanks to the tournament content.
As a result, viewers started sending him substantial donations instead of just 1,000 or 2,000 won.
[That’s cool, I also donated 5,000 won.]
[So this is a practice match. Who’s the most targeted player on that team?]
“Whoa! A whopping 5,000 won~! Thank you so much for the donation!”
Mosol delivered his gratitude in a broadcast-friendly tone.
His voice was quite energetic.
-Haha, the energy of a 19-year-old
-Damn, is this what youth looks like?
Hahaha so cute ㅠ
An energetic broadcast.
This was Mosol’s broadcast concept.
It suited his youthful age of nineteen perfectly.
“The most targeted player… That would be Almond!”
-Almond?
-Not Strawberry Shooter?
-What about Miho?
-Balloon Gum?
-Jeon-ja-pa?
“Why Jeon-ja-pa? He’s not even competing. If he were, we wouldn’t counter him—we’d run away.”
Hahaha, for real
You’re right, haha.
-Jeon-ja-pa fanboys, seriously, get out of the chat!!
-Ah Mosol, don’t bait them. If you show rookie mistakes now, you’re done for.
“Ah. That’s baiting? Haha….”
He was only just beginning to gain popularity, so he couldn’t quite distinguish what counted as baiting and what didn’t.
Unlike Sanghyeon, he didn’t have a manager to handle these non-game aspects, and his chat moderation was run almost entirely by fans who donated heavily or acquaintances—truly amateur hour.
[QuestionBot donated 1,000 won.]
[But why don’t you go pro? You’re 19.]
“Ah, QuestionBot. Thanks for the question. Pro… I’m not going pro!”
Hahaha, no worries at all.
I’m dying laughing ㅋㅋㅋ
-So pure
This guy has a lot of money at home lol
“It’s not about money. Pro just doesn’t suit me. I just love streaming. And it’s not like I only care about Ril….”
-Talk about the tournament again.
I keep getting baited and dragged around lol
“Ah. Right. The tournament. In this practice match, the person being targeted the most is Almond. Not Strawberry Shooter. Everyone else isn’t really being targeted much.”
-Why? He’s not even on the same lane.
-For real?
They’re rating it highly… that’s crazy.
This looks like it’ll clip and go into the almond room lol
“It’s just my opinion. Um… Almond is way better than you all think. He hasn’t shown many of his avatars yet, right? That’s what scares me. So in this practice match, I need to force him to pull out an avatar he hasn’t shown before.”
-How?
-Oh, I’m curious about Almond’s other picks
Don’t you think it’s because there’s no avatar to show off? lol
-He’d show them in a practice match?
“If he doesn’t show them… well, we’ll just stomp them.”
That’s some serious confidence.
-Wow
-Mosol: Everyone except Almond is trash
-Whoa! And he’s 19!?
-What if he loses and just doesn’t reveal his pick?
“Loses and doesn’t reveal? Could Almond really handle that? Even if it’s just a practice match. I’ve seen those types a few times—they hate losing.”
-Mosol(19): I’ve seen plenty, so I know lololol
-Mosol(19) laughing bell lololol
-What’s a 19-year-old talking about seeing lololol
-lololol
“Ugh… anyway, go! It’s about to start.”

* * *
The first ban of the match that began like this.
Reina.
[Ban #1]
[Cold-Blooded Arcane Archer – Reina]
After that ban appeared.
Taco briefly glanced toward where Mosol was standing.
Smirk.
When Mosol’s eyes met Taco’s, he flashed a smile.
The audacity of a nineteen-year-old was admirable, and Taco found himself envying it.
“Those bastards. They really want to go at it properly, huh?”
Taco immediately banned Soliah in response.
Soliah was Mosol’s most confident pick.
The enemy showed no signs of disturbance. They pressed the second ban as if they’d been waiting for it.
[Ban #2]
[Luminous Melody – Sana]
It was Sana.
‘This is…’
Taco and Almond’s eyes met.
It was clearly a ban targeting Almond.
The next ban would probably be Ran.
“Wow. What do we do. Are they banning everything Almond plays?!”
“Looks like it.”
“Should we go with a sub position then?”
“No. We can’t show that yet.”
This is just the first practice match.
Rather than obsessing over wins and losses, we need to focus on gathering data.
“It’s fine even if we lose.”
Everyone nodded at Taco’s words, but deep down, they all thought the same thing.
‘What are we going to do in an actual match?’
Having a player completely shut down by just three ban cards was too significant a weakness.
The same thought was flowing through Taco’s mind as well.
‘Actually, this is good. Let’s see how we can work around it.’
He tapped his smooth scalp and spoke.
“Almond.”
“Yes.”
“Ran will probably get banned.”
“That seems likely.”
Almond didn’t seem particularly flustered by this.
If anything, he appeared more composed than Miho.
Did he have something prepared?
“…Did you secretly practice something without me knowing?”
“No.”
What? Then surely he wasn’t planning to use Flash Blade already?
If that’s all the thought he had, there was no hope for him.
Taco probed Almond’s thoughts once more.
“So what will you do?”
Taco passed the choice to him.
In the meantime, the enemy banned ‘Pure White Sniper – Ran’.
-And Almond 3 bans lololol
-Almond ‘banned’
-Sniper ban ‘stop’
-What is this lololol practice match?
-Let’s see if he knows how to pick anything else.
“Hmm… just a moment.”
Almond said this while gazing at a corner of empty space.
Taco, watching him, swallowed hard with tension.
His expression made it difficult to tell what he was thinking, which made me anxious.
“This one looked good.”
[Frost Archer – Leon]
Fortunately, Almond’s choice was an entirely different avatar.
‘Wait….’
I’d never seen that avatar in Almond’s exchange hall before.
‘Did that bastard just buy it from the shop?!?’
Taco glanced at his chat window.
Due to the current team match event, the system had merged the chat windows on Tribee.
-Nut guy lololol just bought it from the shop lololol
-Whaaat lololol
-Crazy bastard. Insane performance!
-Better seasoned than any Korean restaurant in Iksan, Jeonbuk!
Heh.
Taco let out a hollow laugh at Almond’s audacity.
Our eyes met, but he merely shrugged as if to say, ‘I can’t use Flash Blade, can I?’
Taco was flustered, but at the same time, he felt anticipation building.
‘This guy is truly remarkable in every way.’
I wonder just how far he can push himself.
I’d like to see it.
“Okay. Frost Archer. Good choice. You really prepared hard for this pick, didn’t you? Nice, nice.”
-Stop lying lololol
-No seriously lol you saw him buy it from the shop just now!
-Hahahaha
-How did he even practice with an Avatar that doesn’t exist!?
-He apparently bought another body to practice with. Please stop, Lil Pro members!
Except for Taco, Miho, Strawberry, and Balloon Gum all wore dumbfounded expressions.
Regardless, the match had begun.
[The match is starting!]

* * *
Mosol, who had chosen ‘Lightning Mage – Kaizard’, smiled with interest.
“Oh. Frost Archer? You’re really sticking with bow-wielding Avatars. I think my prediction was right?”
Now, aside from Frost Archer, there were no other bow-wielding Avatars left.
Almond could handle four bow-wielding Avatars.
‘In that case, next time we’ll just take it first and be done with it.’
Ban three times and take it first.
Or force Frost Archer and counter it. There were plenty of options in the ban-pick phase.
“I see why this team’s evaluation is low. They’re already winning in the ban-pick phase, which is too much of an advantage.”
-For real lol
-Trying to protect Almond’s pick but their own picks are getting a bit twisted?
-Pretty much all counters right now.
While containing Almond, all the other players’ main characters were exposed, but he didn’t particularly mind.
After all, this was a test.
Whether he could completely shut down Almond.
“Alright, our team!”
“Yes!”
He gathered his team at the sanctuary and pumped them up with a shout.
“I’ll break through mid! Everyone fighting! Fighting!”
“Fighting!”
The moment his teammates rushed to their positions.
[Information Hunter donated 1,000 won.]
[Almond’s Frost Archer was just bought from the shop? lololololol crazy provocation]
He received absurd information.
“What…?”
No matter how much of a practice match this was, playing an Avatar just bought from the shop was insane even in solo ranked.
Back when people played with mouse and keyboard, only their fingers needed to adapt, but in virtual reality, the entire body had to adjust.
Broadly speaking, it affected skill ranges, basic attack distance, and vision—and in smaller ways, even the sensitivity of the five senses and stride length were often awkward.
“If that’s really the case… I’ll have to teach you a lesson.”
Mosol answered with an awkward smile.
But his lips trembled slightly. He was already losing the psychological warfare before it even began.
‘What’s this? Are you looking down on us?’
There was genuinely nothing to pick—yet he interpreted this as a clear provocation.
At nineteen, hot-blooded and impulsive, even a small provocation made his blood boil.
“I’m destroying mid from the start.”
Mid was the Succubus—Citri. Miho’s most-played champion.
Not just a most-played champion, but an avatar so masterfully embodied it could be called her life character—so much so that there was even a term for it: body-most.
The most-played that the body remembers.
“Kyahahaha!”
The Succubus weaved brilliantly between minions with her signature laugh, evading Mosol’s attacks—but for a Challenger versus Platinum matchup, it wasn’t one-sided at all. It was far too even.
-Mosol hard counters lol
-How is Mosol even winning against Succubus lol
-Ah, sympathy never loses lol Overkill lol
‘D-damn it, I can’t even look at her.’
There was quite a practical problem here. Miho’s actual appearance was implemented directly into the avatar, and the Succubus avatar’s costume was layered over it—and for a nineteen-year-old Mosol, it was far too overwhelming to face.
He couldn’t look, yet simultaneously couldn’t help but look.
Then.
Thwack!
The Succubus’s magic ability hit him dead-on.
-Damage trade or what lol
-Hey! Snap out of it!
-Mosol, get your head in the game!?
-Miho’s most should’ve been banned lol
-So Mosol really does stand for Most-Solaria, right?!
Crunch.
Mosol bit his lip.
‘She’s better than I thought.’
It wasn’t just her mesmerizing appearance—her skill was considerable too.
No matter how low her rank, giving up her best avatar was a mistake.
The gap between avatars she played well and those she didn’t was enormous in Ril.
‘Get your head together.’
Still, Mosol was Challenger.
The peak of every rank.
One of the fifty strongest amateurs.
He began his counterattack.
Whoosh.
Whoosh.
My fingers wove the incantations with such blinding speed that the eye could scarcely follow.
The skill manifested in an instant, erupting from my fingertips.
Crackle!
A brilliant blue arc of electricity deftly threaded between the Minions, striking Miho with precision.
“Ugh!”
In the blink of an eye, our health totals had equalized once more.
‘Now, let’s see if she can just survive the entire day.’
Mosol’s lips curved upward as I began casting the next skill.
Miho was clearly no match for me.
‘I’ll unleash everything here….’
Just as victory seemed within easy grasp.
[Reckless Warrior! Double Kill!]
The southernmost point of the Battlefield.
Shocking news arrived from the bottom lane.

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