Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 176

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 176
61. Practice Match (3)
“What is this?”
Mosol stared down at the minimap with a momentarily blank expression.
I couldn’t believe what was happening.
‘Platinum ADC with a Bronze support….’
By rank alone, we shouldn’t be losing to the Almond and Taco combination.
And Platinum wasn’t just any Platinum—it was Platinum Tier 1.
On top of that, I invested three bans into Almond and gave confident picks to Miho and other players, yet here I am struggling.
So what happens if the bottom lane that’s supposed to benefit from all this falls behind?
And Almond is playing a character he just bought from the shop?
-???
-Didn’t he say he just bought it from the shop? lol
-Double kill lol
-Isn’t this Taco’s carry?
Is it because of Taco?
Come to think of it, Taco brought out Ulte, the Hammer Warrior—his most confident pick.
I knew the Frost Archer and Hammer Warrior combination wasn’t a bad pairing.
‘The Rifleman and Necromancer would be better though….’
But our bottom combination is superior.
It has to be. We invested everything into that during the ban and pick phase.
[How is this even happening?]
Unable to hold back any longer, Mosol asked through the team mic channel.
[Ah… I’m sorry.]
[Every arrow the Frost Archer shoots freezes everything… This feels a bit strange?]
[The arrows seem to be curving. Is this how it normally works…?]
The arrows are curving…?
If Mosol hadn’t known anything about Almond, he would have dismissed it as nonsense.
But since the opponent was Almond, this wasn’t something to just brush off.
‘The Frost Archer is an incarnation that shoots actual physical arrows after all… so it makes sense.’
It seemed that regardless of which incarnation was chosen, as long as Almond used a bow as the medium, his proficiency applied almost directly.
‘There must be so many awkward aspects.’
Mosol was puzzled.
While they all appeared to be incarnations that shot bows the same way, I knew the reality was completely different.
Contractors experienced slight changes to their physique depending on which incarnation they chose.
For instance, if someone chose a Shield Warrior, a contractor with a naturally small frame couldn’t have a small shield too.
That’s why adaptation was incredibly difficult.
From major things like changes in vision due to height, to minor things like stride length and sensory sensitivity….
For ADCs who stake their lives on accuracy, these things were incredibly bothersome.
From Mosol’s perspective, this adaptability was utterly incomprehensible.
That was because he didn’t know.
Height, weight, physique—such trivial things were nothing compared to the barriers I had to overcome whenever I needed to draw my bow as Almond.
He couldn’t possibly understand why I eventually grew frustrated and resorted to shooting arrows only in my mind.
How many arrows I fired with my trembling right arm, desperately attempting to make my comeback.
Mosol could never comprehend such things.
[The Reckless Warrior cannot be stopped!]
[Double kill!]
Another defeat notification echoed through the game.
[Reckless Warrior 4 / 0 / 0]
Four kills, zero deaths, zero assists.
A score that would earn gold and experience roughly 1.5 times that of others.
[Lv. 6]
As expected, the level was already six.
He had undoubtedly learned the ascension technique as well.
‘We’re the same level.’
A mid-laner who farms experience alone and a bottom-lane ADC who farms experience with a support were the same level.
Anyone who understood the game would say the match was completely broken.
“Sigh….”
“Kyaha~! Almond! Almond!”
A sigh and cheers crossed paths in the mid lane.
Miho was winning the game just by holding Mosol back.
She stuck her tongue out teasingly at him.
It was infuriating, but that was the game of Reel.
It was inherently a brutal game.
Mosol ignored the provocation as much as possible and continued team communication.
[No choice. We’re going for a mid-lane all-in. I’m currently one level higher than Miho.]
[Roger.]
[Roger.]
Acknowledgments came from the top and jungle.
The bottom-lane support and ADC remained silent. It was only natural. They were already struggling just to hold back Almond and Taco. They had no capacity to help elsewhere.
‘Three is enough.’
I burned with determination toward Miho, who displayed an excited expression ahead of me.
[Uh… hey… Mosol. Almond and Taco aren’t visible? Something feels ominous?]
‘What?’
Damn. It was dangerous.
It was obvious where they had come from.
‘Me, right?!’
Mosol spun around and ran.
It was dangerous.
That was when it happened.
A silver arrow streaked past before his widened eyes.
A biting chill engulfed his entire body.
Crackle, crackle, crackle…!
A massive glacier mountain range surged upward along the arrow’s trajectory.
Boom!
Mosol’s forehead slammed against the hard ice.
There was no way through.
‘…Leon’s Incarnation Ability!’
It was the Incarnation Ability of Reina, the Frost Archer.
She generated icebergs along her arrow’s path, splitting the battlefield in two.
After activating the Incarnation, exactly twice within 30 seconds.
Each arrow path created icebergs like that.
It was useful for blocking paths like this, but if you took a direct hit…
‘It’s coming again!’
──Crash!
This time the iceberg erupted directly beneath his feet.
“Ugh!”
Mosol was sent flying upward.
His world flipped upside down.
His trembling eyes slowly rotated, searching for someone.
A man aiming at him from the left brush.
It was Almond.
So Almond had pushed up to the mid lane after all.
Almond drew his bowstring once more.
Twang!!
An arrow flew toward him in an instant.
‘Damn it!’
Suspended in mid-air, Mosol hastily formed a seal.
Crackle!
Lightning scorched the arrow away.
But Almond had fired three arrows.
To the eye, it looked like just one.
‘Two more?!’
Thud! Thud!
The remaining arrows struck his head completely.
The Frost Archer’s arrows freeze when hitting the same spot twice.
Frozen legs cause a fall, frozen arms disable weapons, frozen head causes unconsciousness.
[Stunned 2 seconds]
Boom!
Mosol crashed to the ground helplessly, tumbling across it.
Fortunately, he wasn’t dead yet, but the succubus’s charge shattered even that hope.
“Kyahahaha!”
Crash! Crash!
Pink magical energy hammered into him relentlessly.
[Enchantment]
[Slowly approaching the target.]
While Mosol stared blankly at Miho with a goofy grin on his face.
Every attack from Miho and Almond came down simultaneously.
Finally, Taco’s hammer smashed his head to pieces.
Crash!
“Challenger… cut!”
With Taco’s shout, Mosol’s vision went dark.
[Death]
It was a humiliating death.
[Respawn Timer: 20 seconds]
Mosol, the best among the enemies, had been eliminated early.
The game now tilted heavily in Almond’s team’s favor.
If there had been a commentator, they would have said the game was over here, Taco thought.
‘It’s finished.’
In his mind, this game was already decided.
As long as he managed the game according to his plan, there were no variables left.
All of this had happened just ten minutes into the match.
‘Seeing him up close like this, he’s even more of a monster.’
Taco glanced back at Almond and reflected on the laning phase from earlier.
Supporting Almond from right beside him today, he could feel Almond’s play more vividly than anyone.
‘For an incarnation on his first try, this level is…’
It wasn’t that there were no signs of inexperience.
There were moments when he seemed not to understand the mechanics of the Frost Archer’s skills.
But what is the fundamental principle of an ADC?
Ultimately, hitting the enemy.
There were few talents who could match Almond in that fundamental aspect.
No matter the situation, no matter the stance, no matter the target—he hits them regardless.
It was an uncanny level of aiming ability.
“Taco? What should we do now?”
“Ah. Let’s take mid. Mid.”
Of course, his understanding of the overall game flow wasn’t that high yet.
‘That’s why a supporter like me is here.’
With someone to back him up, Almond was truly a joker card.

* * *
Boom!
The sanctuary of ‘Solo Is Back’ finally shattered.
‘Whew… that was intense.’
Only then did I release the tension and let my bow hand drop limply to my side.
[Victory]
Only upon seeing these two words could I truly relax.
‘Team games are no joke.’
For me, who had only played individual sports and solo games until now, this was genuinely a fresh experience.
The exhilaration of coordinating with teammates, watching flashy skills and attacks chain together perfectly in sequence…
The intensity was completely different from simply surviving alone and clearing a story.
It felt like eating only Pyongyang cold noodles my whole life, then tasting Chuncheon buckwheat noodles for the first time.
The experience from this tournament had embedded itself in my mind with such vivid intensity.
So this is what a team game truly is.
「Sanghyeon. You’re good at everything, but you lack ‘teamwork’, don’t you? What good is it if you run off alone thinking you’re the best!? There are eleven opponents! You need to feel that rush when your passes connect perfectly.」
「Senior… I’m an archery athlete.」
「What are you talking about! You’re playing soccer now, aren’t you?」
Was this the teamwork that Senior had mentioned?
I couldn’t really compare a five-player game to soccer with eleven players on the field.
‘Maybe I’m starting to understand what team games are all about.’
That Senior’s words weren’t wrong.
“How was your first team game?”
Taco approached and placed a hand on my shoulder.
“It was fun.”
I answered with a slight smile.
Team games were fun.
“Let’s play well in the next match too. You did great just now.”
In the second game, Mosol gave up banning me three times.
‘The enemy has first pick…’
Even if we ban three times, they’ll just pick the Frost Archer and break the game anyway.
It’s pointless. Only if we pick the Frost Archer ourselves can we have any chance.
But this game, my team has first pick. So obviously we’ll take the Frost Archer first.
‘Miho’s Succubus and Taco’s Hammer Warrior were also problematic picks.’
Moreover, since only I was being banned three times, the main incarnations of the other high-rank players were left completely unrestricted, which was the real problem.
But Mosol’s concerns were ultimately meaningless.
[Defeat]
No matter what, it was all my victory.
‘How is this possible…’
[Takoyaki : We’re at 3 wins, 2 losses, so we’ll stop here. Thank you for the matches.]
I had lost two games in a row.
I have no face to show my teammates.

* * *
Back in Dis World, Almond’s team simply exchanged congratulations on their practice match victory, offering no particular feedback.
Coach Takoyaki was the same.
“There are naturally areas we fell short in. But since this is our first victory, I’ll let it slide. I believe we performed at our absolute best given our current level.”
Thus, the first practice match came to a close.
The hearts that had burned hot with half nervousness and half excitement for the first game had cooled somewhat.
Yet the fervor of the viewers remained undiminished.
Is the almond shop pick actually a real win??? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-He’s insane lol
Mosol Banpick big humiliation lol
There was plenty of material to discuss about today’s events.
So even after the broadcast ended, viewers flocked to the community to write posts.
[Did you watch today’s practice match?]
[Valun Stars’ practice match was insane]
More fun than the high-protein team lol
Usually practice matches don’t cause such a fuss, but didn’t something quite extraordinary happen in today’s first game?
Almond got picked in today’s practice game lol
Shop pick.
It refers to opening the shop in the waiting room, making a purchase, and immediately selecting that character.
What Almond purchased today in his first match was Swift the Archer—that was the shop pick.
Videos of him carrying the practice match with that shop pick circulated throughout the community today.
[Almond carries with shop pick.gif]
I’m giving 5 kills to the shop pick lol
-How can you not like Almond after this?! How can you not like Almond after this?!
-Almond! Almond! Almond!
If you’re Korean, let’s not buy almonds ㅠㅠ It’s unfair ㅠㅠ NO almonds
└Did this bastard get beaten up by Almond?
└It’s a joke, idiot
└It’s not a joke? Why watch the guy who kissed Reina
-Lip thief Reina! Lip thief Reina! Lip thief Reina! Lip thief Reina!
Even the rape scene lol
“Lol, mouth, island… hahaha f***ing hahaha”
The next day.
A couple of posts related to Almond were featured on ‘BigPro’.
Almond’s viewer count stirred once more, ready to surge dramatically.
-When does Almond’s broadcast start?
-Is he practicing again today?
-I have to watch today too
-Reina really is worth learning from.
Not only casual fans caught up in the excitement, but aspiring players eager to study his gameplay academically flocked to watch.
Thus, despite being merely a practice match, it drew quite intense interest.
Then an announcement went up.
[Notice. No broadcast today due to hospital appointment and filming schedule conflicts]
Today was the day I had to shoot a commercial for Almond cereal.

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