Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 209

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 209
71. The First Match (2)
“But I think the noise from this audience will have quite an impact on the players, don’t you?”
True to his background as a professional player, King Gul immediately voiced concerns about the All-Dive System’s influence.
“If it simply doubled the pressure or pleasure, that would be fine, but what if someone shouts when they spot a hidden enemy…”
At those words, the caster waved his hand dismissively.
“That won’t happen. In the first place, players can’t hear much unless it’s really loud from where they are, so there’s no way to know who’s shouting what to whom! There are five players on each team, and they’re spread far apart on their respective lanes!”
“Ah… I suppose that’s true. But… still, it feels a bit ambiguous. I mean, the Nant Tournament had times when players could see chat, so we could overlook it, but if it applies to pro matches too…?”
“That’s not something this policy would just overlook!”
“?”
“This is Dis World, isn’t it? Games with spoiler prevention algorithms have real-time filtering!”
“Ah. So words that could affect the game are automatically filtered!?”
“Yes! Exactly! And even if something did get through, all logs are kept, so we can review everything, check the causal relationship, and issue penalties accordingly.”
“Wow. The Dis World’s spectating system really does improve day by day…”
King Gul, who had been praising the spectating system, suddenly changed his tone and shouted.
“What!? Is this a spectating bug!?”
Clang!
Swift’s flash sword, which had been flying smoothly, crashed to the ground.
“Huh? What…?”
“Something hit it!”
“Did it get knocked down after being hit!?”
I couldn’t hear the answer to that question properly.
After all, it was a matchup where it was difficult to win a direct confrontation against the Storm Ninja.
“Ah, anyway Almond!! Slashing at an insane speed!!!”
“Wow! This is like showing the ninja’s maximum speed! What incredible slashes!”
“So this player can reach this speed when they really commit to it!”
“Can he survive!?”
“Right now Swift is in a slowed state, not…”
Almond, who had surpassed the flash sword in an instant, dominated him with his blade, and the panicked Tomato died without even properly crossing swords.
[First Blood!]
“Ah!! The first kill of the Nant Tournament! It’s already happened!?”
“That play just now! Insanely good!”
“I can’t believe it even after seeing it with my own eyes!”
“If you hit it like that, the sword shouldn’t just fall off. That’s innovative.”
“We’d need to see the replay to be sure, but I think he struck the sword’s hilt at roughly a 45-degree angle upward, wouldn’t you say?”
“Ah, so precisely at 45 degrees?”
“That’s what I mean.”
As the commentators’ excited voices continued, the chat window scrolled up frantically.
-Wow, that’s crazy
-What was that just now!?
-Is this real?
-Why did the flash dagger drop?
-“Reina’s choice without regret, Almond.”
-Crazy…
-He got him lol
-Yeah! This is what a clip should be!
-That was insanely clean, for real
-“The man Jeon-ja-pa followed”
“The replay is ready! Let’s take a look!”
The replay played in sync with the caster’s words.
From the moment Swift threw his sword toward his own tower, it played in slow motion.
“Oh. So it was a shuriken, right?”
“He definitely threw a shuriken!”
Almond’s shuriken came flying rapidly from behind.
Whoosh…
The shuriken’s blade struck precisely against the dagger’s handle.
The hooked blade, rotating as if pulling it toward himself, drew it back.
…Thwack!
Then Swift’s dagger lost its momentum and fell.
“Huh? This…”
King Gul and the Analyst looked at each other in surprise.
“Why is the shuriken spinning in reverse rotation?”
“Did he intentionally throw it with reverse rotation!?”
“So that’s why it dropped so suddenly!”
“Right. It was strange, wasn’t it? If you hit a flying dagger from behind, it could either fly even farther or still drop much sooner than expected.”
“Wow… if this was intentional, that’s absolutely brilliant?”
“It’s a blessing that the Foolish Deer team didn’t see this replay. If they had, their morale would’ve been completely crushed!”
“Exactly! They’d immediately think they can’t win!?”
The commentators were right.
It was a superb play that could break the opponent’s spirit.
The viewers agreed strongly, and the chat exploded rapidly.
-Is that even human?
-Nuts are the strongest… Crazy
-???: Humanity has ended. The age of nuts has arrived.
-Lol
-Tomato must be so frustrated lol
-???: We’re not the same rank though?
“Anyway, mid push… ah, that hurts.”
“Even without watching the replay, their momentum will definitely be broken.”
First blood.
It literally refers to the first blood spilled in the match.
It grants 100 additional gold compared to a regular kill.
The extra 100 gold is certainly significant, but that’s not the true value of First Blood.
“Yes. When First Blood happens in a lane you were worried about, it really makes you not want to play that game.”
“It seems to have a major impact on momentum as well.”
“That’s just how First Blood works.”
He claimed to be confident, yet died at level one.
Worse still, he lost with his most-played champion to an opponent’s avatar that had only been played twice.
This affects mental fortitude.
Not just Tomato’s, but the entire team’s.
‘Ah. In the end. We got countered.’
‘His most-played is supposedly number one….’
‘And he said he was confident.’
Of course, I didn’t voice these thoughts aloud.
[Hey. It’s fine. It’s fine. It was a counter matchup anyway.]
I offered encouragement through words.
But Tomato, the one directly involved, knew better than anyone.
‘Sigh. This is ruined.’
Everything had gone wrong from the very start.
[Ah. I’m sorry. I’ll be more careful next time.]
There’s still a next opportunity.
A next….
All I could do was steel myself and endure somehow.
One sigh would shatter our momentum entirely.

* * *
Almond pondered.
‘In actual combat, momentum is everything.’
[Strawberry Shooter has eliminated an enemy!]
As Almond secured the kill, another one came from the bottom lane.
And then one more.
[Strawberry Shooter Double Kill!]
A double kill.
This was happening in the level 2-3 phase.
This was a massive advantage.
[Nice! Great!]
[Silver really can’t compete with Master~~!]
[Master and Almond are the perfect match!]
[Awesome~!]
The team’s morale was excellent.
Almond casually threw out a “nice” over voice chat.
Then he refocused on the mid lane.
‘The tension eases considerably.’
My body felt noticeably lighter.
So this is what momentum feels like.
‘I could probably secure another kill.’
He deliberately cleared minions as slowly as possible while shifting his position toward the enemy lane.
He was going to deny the opponent any opportunity to farm.
‘The enemy jungler will definitely come for this.’
This aggressive positioning would likely draw the enemy jungler’s attention to the mid lane.
Flash Blade was a crucial asset in that matchup, so they’d probably want to help at least once.
Almond had to make a decision.
‘Should I just play it safe and back off? Or….’
Whether to simply retreat if the jungler came, or try to target Flash Blade in the chaos.

* * *
A sigh escaped from the commentary booth.
“Ah…! A double kill even in the bottom lane…”
“The draft disadvantage from the start is really showing, isn’t it?”
“Yes. Takoyaki’s draft picks completely backfired. He tried to bait the opponent but got completely read and ended up being baited instead.”
“Right now the bottom lane has an extreme rank difference, and on top of that the matchup isn’t particularly favorable either, right? Meanwhile, Almond may be tier 4, but he’s also diamond, and he picked a complete counter to the opponent.”
“Yes. That’s why he became the one who got first blood!”
The audience seemed to agree with the commentators’ assessment.
-King! Taco!
-He thought so hard his brain disappeared, that’s the legend from Stone Station lunch—
-Takoyaki’s draft picks really were terrible.
-Hey. Hey. A hairless Takoyaki is a legend, they say.
-Takoyaking lol
-That Foolish Deer is seriously just a brainless concept player lmao
Rell is a game with distinct strategic elements, so the draft is just as important as the actual gameplay.
Especially when both players are at a professional level, this tendency becomes pronounced, and there’s a saying that 50% of the game is decided in the draft phase.
This match in particular was one where the draft difference was starkly apparent.
That’s why the commentators were largely focusing on Takoyaki’s performance.
However, the focus soon shifted to the mid lane.
“Wait. Hold on. Almond is playing rather… ruthlessly right now, isn’t he?”
“Arrogant? I’d say it’s more of a provocative playstyle.”
Almond was venturing to the very edge of the enemy tower’s range, moving around as if it were his own territory.
The problem was that all the minions had already been pushed completely into Almond’s side of the lane.
This made it extremely difficult for Tomato to kill minions on Almond’s side and secure gold and experience.
“But the fact that he can do this means… the gap has already widened significantly, right?”
“Yes. The difference is at a level where there’s simply no way to compete one-on-one. And that’s even before considering the bad matchup and the kill he already gave up.”
The play Almond is making right now carries considerable risk.
Usually Contractors position themselves behind minions in battle to receive their protection. But this play is the opposite positioning.
“He’s moving forward even beyond the minions, essentially protecting them himself now. That’s impossible unless there’s a significant combat power difference.”
“Ah, now that you mention it… the minion gap is over 40 now!?”
“That’s 20 minions per wave, so he’s missed 2 entire waves. It’s dire.”
[Tomato]
[Minions Killed 37]
[Reckless Warrior]
[Minions Killed 81]
In professional matches, a 20 minion difference is already considered difficult.
Right now the gap is over 40.
Boos echoed from the audience.
-Boooooo…
-Hey! Get it together, come ooooon!
-Is Flashblade your main character!?
The commentators deliberately ignored the audience’s outcry and continued their analysis.
“Ah… this is painful just to watch. It’s practically as if he’s already died twice over, isn’t it?”
“The level difference is 1. That’s significant, right? It feels like there’s momentarily a 2-level gap… Almond is already level 5. He’s almost at 6!”
“Can Flashblade even reach level 6?”
If we compare it to war, it’s like the enemy has cut off all supply lines and continues to harass them from those very routes—a situation where nothing can be done.
“Eventually, the Jungler prepares to intervene.”
“Right. Foolish Deer. This was always a mid-lane farming combination, wasn’t it? They need to snap out of it and move now!”
“Wait… Almond seems to know about this? He’s trying to retreat slowly?”
“It doesn’t matter! It’s Kenta—he’s incredibly fast!”
Kenta is short for Centaur. His true name is the avatar ‘Raging Centaur—Chester’.
He’s one of the core pieces of the charge combination.
Clop! Clop!
There’s a saying: once you see Kenta in your vision, it’s already too late.
When he starts running, Storm Ninja is faster initially, but once he gains momentum, the opponent can’t match him.
He reaches speeds that would make a sports car jealous.
Thud-thud-thud-thud-thud-thud!
“He’s really fast!? Almond! How will you handle this!?”
“If Flashblade gets the kill here, the game flow becomes strange, right? A bucket of cold water on a winning match! Even a 40 minion deficit can be bridged somehow!”
“Almond! Deploy smoke and try to escape! Why are you stopping!?”
“The moment you said that! Almond! He’s used smoke!”
Poof!
Hisssssss!
Dense ashen smoke engulfed the entire area.
At that moment, the commentators are flustered.
“Huh!?”
“We can’t see anything either!?”
“This… is this a viewing bug? Or was it intentional?”
Even the analysts couldn’t see what was happening inside.
“Either way, Kenta just charges through!”
Whoosh!
Kenta plunged fearlessly into that smoke without hesitation.
“Swift follows suit and responds! It’s a 2 versus 1 situation!”
Swift also threw his sword into the smoke.
“This is a kill attempt!”
Finally, all three disappeared into the smoke.
The commentators were completely speechless.
Because they couldn’t see anything.
They could only wait for the result and watch the scoreboard.
Moments later.
[Reckless Warrior has eliminated an enemy!]
“Wha…!? The Foolish Deer actually died!?”
“He didn’t run away and fought instead! He managed to take one down!”
The commentators were shocked by the unexpected news that Almond had killed someone.
However, they expressed it as Almond having “taken one down.”
In other words, it meant he had taken someone with him to the afterlife as a companion.
“Ah. Almond has finally created a companion for the journey to the afterlife!”
It was an incorrect interpretation.
[Reckless Warrior Double Kill!]
“Wha—?!”
“Th… what is this?”
Almond had not gone to the afterlife.
He had only sent the other two.

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