Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 202

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 202
68. The Sub Position (2)
Hong-cha, who had been trading blows with Strawberry Shooter in lane, flinched in surprise.
‘…This is easier than facing Almond?’
The gameplay felt far simpler compared to the previous match.
Now that I could compare them directly, it was unmistakable.
I finally understood why Taco had designated Almond as the primary ADC.
It wasn’t that Strawberry Shooter was performing poorly right now.
He was playing exactly to his skill level.
In fact, his defense was far more solid than Almond’s.
Even I find it difficult to break through easily. But that’s all there is to it.
There’s no needle-sharp play like Almond’s, exploiting absurd gaps and piercing through.
There’s no sharpness.
No, it’s not that there’s no sharpness—it’s that he can’t be sharp against me.
‘This game should be manageable.’
If the game flows smoothly, I have the advantage.
Red Carpets has a win rate exceeding 95% if I scale well. If mid collapses before that, we lose; if mid holds until then, we win—it’s that simple of a team.
‘No matter how much Chocosong is Silver, she won’t get stomped by someone playing mid for the first time.’
Even the most vulnerable mid lane is reassuring now.
Almond is playing mid for the first time, after all.
[First Blood!]
[Our team has been defeated.]
[Reckless Warrior → Chocosong]
Hong-cha’s expression crumpled instantly.

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‘Done!’
The moment Chocosong collapsed helplessly.
-This is insane lol
-The Ninja’s Instinct on the first kill!??
-He’s lost it
-Wooooooooow
-Almond! Almond! Almond! Almond! Almond!
-Lmaooo
-Chakra will rule the world! Chakra will rule the world! Chakra will rule the world!
-Lightning… cut down.
Almond’s chat window exploded with messages.
He had successfully executed the assassination exactly as the ‘Ninja’s Instinct’ had shown him the path.
[Chakra’s total output increases by 10%!]
Even Storm Ninja experts would say the game breaks if they pull it off about three times in one match—it’s that difficult.
Yet he succeeded on the first attempt.
On top of that, the dialogue from Haru-ki the Demon was equally impressive.
〔Kekeke… how amusing. Contractor. Why aren’t you using your right hand? Did you seal something unpleasant there?〕
Naturally, Haru-ki the Demon’s standards were quite high.
Not being mocked by him was practically a compliment.
But Almond had earned the word “amusing” from him. That was practically high praise.
Most of all, the dialogue that followed was quite shocking.
A line you rarely heard.
-Not using the right hand again?
-Mockery. That’s a form of violence! Almond!
What the hell, for real? What’s the concept of sealing something away? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Playing Haru-ki without using the right hand?
-Wow I’ve never heard dialogue like that lol
Playing Storm Ninja with only the left hand was essentially no different from restricting one’s play capacity by roughly half.
-Black Flame Dragon meta lol
-Are you mocking them for being Silver!? Are you mocking them for being Silver!? Are you mocking them for being Silver!?
-Breaking news) Almond climbs to Gold and immediately abuses Silver!
-After Ran’s one-handed manifestation, now Haru-ki’s right-hand seal play, what is this!
-Black Flame Dragon lol
Viewers even called it the Black Flame Dragon meta.
And high-value donations poured in.
[Cloud Divine Priest donated 100,000 won!]
[It’s over… on the right hand is a wounded Black Flame Dragon, on the lower body lurks a ferocious Peanut with tremendous potential, and there’s even a Walnut on the shoulder to control it all. This has no answer.]
“Wow. Thank you, Priest. But I think you’ll get banned. Peanut is a forbidden word….”
The moment his words ended, Juhyeok’s mouse moved. In the end, the Cloud Divine Priest, who had just donated 100,000 won, was suspended for three days.
-Paid ban lololol
-No lol-
-Real talk, no mercy
-Peanut can’t do it~
-(Deleted message)
After checking the chat that was being cleaned up.
Almond changed the subject.
“By the way, Storm Ninja is way better than I expected. Maybe because my opponent is Silver…”
-You were Silver too lololol
-Silver discrimination “Stop!”
-Almond is Master, Chocosong is Silver. Filter out the newbies!
-Almond: Was Silver two days ago.
-Is this that thing where the tadpole from back then beats the frog?
The chat filled up again with talk about Silver.
Almond thought this was better than the Peanut situation and felt satisfied.
Then he focused back on the game.
“I’m heading back to the Castle for a moment.”
Almond returned to the Castle and upgraded his attack power and other stats with the gold he’d earned through simple items.
Upon reaching level 3, he also learned a new skill.
[Shuriken Storm Barrage]
The usage was simple.
Pull out shuriken from your waist and throw them while raising your sword seal upward.
Then the quantity automatically increases as they fly. It increases by 5, 7, and 9 per level.
“This is supposed to be the bread-and-butter skill?”
-The shuriken duplicates!
-Yeah you deal almost all damage with that
-Completely broken skill.
-Cool is fast and easy to use too oo
Almond briefly visualized how to utilize this skill in his mind.
Then he faced Chocosong again on the mid lane.
Chocosong seemed far more intimidated than before. She never crossed more than half the lane.
However, about 2 minutes had passed.
[Enemy defeated!]
[Reckless Warrior → Chocosong]
Chocosong fell again.
“Oh. The increasing chakra feels really good?”
Because the total output of chakra increased, the speed and explosive power rose, causing Chocosong to misjudge the distance properly.
The problem was that now as Chocosong died, the total output of chakra increased again.
[Ninja’s Instinct achieved!]
[Chakra total output increases!]
Whiiiing….
The faint wind-like aura enveloping my body grew fiercer.
‘At this rate, I’d win easily?’
However, the enemies weren’t about to take this lying down.
[Ally has fallen!]
[Enemy Double Kill!]
[Hong-cha → Strawberry Shooter]
[Hong-cha → Miho]
Hong-cha had ultimately killed both Miho and Strawberry Shooter.
-Wow lol
-No way Strawberry Shooter lol
-Hong-cha’s definitely Challenger~~~
And strawberry and Miho got a double kill, wow.
-Almond sir… what exactly were you fighting in the Bottom lane….
After that, Almond killed Chocosong two more times, and Hong-cha killed Strawberry and Miho once more each.
[Ah, I’m sorry….]
[Sigh. This isn’t easy. The tower’s health dropped below half. Can you support?]
The Bottom tower’s health had also dropped below half.
For this stage of the game, having tower health that low was dangerous.
‘What is this. It’s falling apart faster than I expected.’
-Almond has to do this
lol for real
-Actually the first game was won because Mid and Top carried… so this time Almond has to carry
-How do you beat a Challenger ADC lol
Almond nodded at what the viewers were saying.
‘Right. Against Red Carpets, it makes sense for Mid and Jungle to handle it.’
During the first game’s play. Almond had been going even with Hong-cha.
I hadn’t won against Hong-cha by pressuring her alone.
It was decisive that Mid and Jungle cleared the upper side entirely and came down to help.
‘In the end, I have to help too.’
The Mid lane was very different from the ADC role.
It’s the lane that leads the game proactively.
Because it’s at the center of the battlefield, if my situation is comfortable, I can help all my other allies.
A single decision by the Midlaner shakes the entire game.
‘Where should I go?’
Should I go to Top, which is at least holding on?
Or should I help Bottom, which is falling apart?
If Taco were beside me right now, it would be easier to get help.
‘Soloing a lane really weighs on your shoulders.’
Around the time I was thinking such thoughts.
Just then, Taco’s voice came through.
[Almond, let’s go to the Bottom lane and establish dominance.]

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“Lemon! The tower! Destroy the tower!”
“Yeah!”
Hong-cha and Lemon pushed back Miho and Strawberry Shooter, then began relentlessly pounding the tower.
Miho and Strawberry Shooter couldn’t even approach their own tower, fidgeting nervously.
‘If I go carelessly, the Jungler might show up.’
‘What do I do…’
The enemy Jungler’s location hadn’t been identified.
If they carelessly stepped forward to defend the tower, they’d be caught in a 3v2 and disappear along with it.
Boom! Boom!
Each time the sticky swamp octopus summoned by Kuipan struck the tower, the entire structure trembled.
[Health 13%]
The tower was nearly at the end of its life.
“Hehe! Call your team’s octopus too! Huh?! Let’s have a real match!”
Lemon, like most Necromancer players, treated her own mouth as part of her arsenal of attack, relentlessly taunting her opponents.
“Octopus, octopus, tentacle barrage──”
──Whoosh!
As if cutting off her words, a crisp blade slash passed through.
Splurt!
“…Huh?”
A crimson line of blood erupted from the center of Lemon’s torso as her arms were spread wide open.
The figure that had passed through landed on the ground.
Screech!
Dirt scraped beneath, revealing the speed at which she’d charged.
Dust scattered, and only then did the ninja’s form become clear.
Lemon tried to counterattack, but Taco’s hammer struck her head with full force.
Thud…!
Her entire body trembled from the heavy impact.
“Ugh!”
Lemon was momentarily stunned.
Taco tried to finish her, but Hong-cha had already frozen him.
Snap!
Arrows instantly pierced his entire body, freezing both his lower and upper half.
However, Taco wasn’t the only one joining the battle.
[Chakra Release Mode]
Crash!
The ground caved in as Almond’s figure scattered across the battlefield.
Whoosh…!
Something flashed past, and before I knew it, Almond was slashing Kuipan with his sword.
Crash!
This time the blade struck true against his neck.
[Critical Hit!]
A critical hit landed.
Kuipan’s body staggered. In that moment, Strawberry Shooter rushed in and fired a poison dart.
They were going for the complete finish.
Three attackers—Taco, Strawberry, and Almond—were all striking at Kuipan.
But then Hong-cha stepped in to block.
Twang! Twang!
Her bowstring vibrated rapidly.
Two ice arrows were released.
I had to deflect the arrows with my sword, which slowed my momentum.
Clang!
The poison dart collided with an arrow and bounced away.
Hong-cha had instantly frozen Taco while blocking both my attack and Strawberry’s.
‘She’s pretty good…’
I’d never been impressed watching other players control archer-type characters.
But Hong-cha was different.
Even more surprising, Hong-cha hadn’t settled on a main character yet.
Both Ran and Frost Archer were just picks to counter me—not characters she was particularly skilled with.
‘What’s her main character actually capable of?’
I felt the Challenger’s level once again.
Whistle! Whistle!
And that wasn’t the end of Hong-cha’s barrage. Her bowstring continued to vibrate endlessly.
‘Me.’
This time all the arrows were coming straight at me.
I deflected or dodged most of them.
Boom!
But I had to let one through.
Was it coincidence?
‘Wait.’
It hit the exact same spot as before.
The Frost Archer’s arrows freeze a body part if they hit the same location twice.
[Status Abnormality: Frozen]
‘She deliberately made me dodge the earlier attacks…’
Hong-cha had wanted to apply the freeze to my left hand from the start.
Those previous attacks were intentionally avoidable—she was letting me dodge while precisely targeting only my left hand.
‘I need to learn from this.’
The Challenger’s expertise.
I committed it firmly to memory.
Separate from that, Lemon ultimately survived.
“Ehehehehe! I made it!”
He fled, radiating Kuipan’s characteristic reckless confidence.
I wanted to kill him.
[Health: 27%]
My remaining health was precarious.
Taco, who had been following, shouted.
“Almond! Back off! Their Jungler is behind them! It’s a trap!”
A trap?
If Taco said so, the enemy Jungler must be lying in ambush.
Considering the enemy tower, the Jungler, and Hong-cha and Lemon’s counterattack, charging in would mean certain death.
‘Still, I need to kill at least one for the math to work out.’
I hesitated.
What if I just killed them and died myself?
“No! If you die, all your Chakra stacks disappear too! Your life is more important!”
That was when it happened.
〔Severing the prey’s final breath. There’s no pleasure quite like it.〕
The Storm Ninja’s passive activated again.
Crack!
My vision shifted to black and white, and I saw a “path” painted in crimson red.
At the end of that path was the fleeing Lemon.
‘?!’
Surprisingly, Hong-cha beside him was connected to it as well.
After a moment’s deliberation, I adjusted my grip on the blade in my right hand.
‘Wouldn’t killing both be profitable?’
I decided to kill them both and die myself.

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