Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 221

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 221
76. A New Card (1)
“Almond! Reina pick without a moment’s hesitation!”
“Ah~ Is this right? Greentea!?”
“Why didn’t they ban her?”
The casters had plenty to say about the incident of Reina not being banned.
It was only natural.
Since this tournament began, Almond’s Reina had never once been left unbanned.
Of course, that was precisely the point Greentea was aiming for.
“Ah. I understand what he’s thinking. ‘You haven’t played Reina in a while~ You’re probably rusty now, right? It’s been ages since you’ve touched her~’ That’s what it seems like, doesn’t it?”
The Caster nods in agreement.
“I understand the logic. Even I haven’t actually seen Almond’s Reina in person. So honestly, I wonder if she’s really as powerful as the rumors suggest.”
The Caster had only broadcast actual matches, so he hadn’t seen the Reina that dominated the scrimmages.
“Yes. She had quite the notorious reputation in scrims, you see? She was classified almost like one of the Four Heavenly Kings. On the level of Mosol’s Solia.”
“On the level of Mosol’s Solia!?”
“Once picked, she’d crush everyone regardless of tier!”
“But then why did they leave her open!?”
“As I mentioned earlier, they might have thought the scrim performance was a fluke and left her open. After all, she hasn’t played a single match since the tournament started, right? There’s no practice history at all.”
“Ah! By the way!”
The Caster suddenly spoke up after receiving some message from the Staff.
“From what I hear, Almond and Reina have a special relationship.”
“Yes! Almond’s three-star clear of Reina’s story mode is famous, right?”
-Reina’s easy lol
-Ah don’t mention that —
-Almond, the lip thief of Reina!
-Dehaep fans about to foam at the mouth lolol
“If that’s the case! Wouldn’t not practicing affect Reina’s affinity with him!?”
“Well, they’ve already transcended the stage of mere affinity. It’s more of a ‘trust’ relationship, you could say?”
King Gul chuckled with a sly grin, letting his words trail off.
-lololol he’s deliberately trying to trigger the Dehaep fans lol
-What kind of relationship is that!?
-Give back Reina to everyone! Give back Reina to everyone!
The Analyst interjected and refocused the broadcast.
“Anyway, Greentea picked Ppokjujok just now. The pick was incredibly fast. It seems he has some kind of plan.”
“That’s right! Everyone has a plausible plan! Until they get beaten!”
“Ah! Then he definitely has one! Since he hasn’t gotten beaten yet!”
Laughter erupts from the audience at King Gul and the Caster’s outburst.
Meanwhile, the Analyst began explaining to make this broadcast somewhat meaningful.
“Well, Ppokjujok isn’t really outmatched by Reina in close-range damage… and since Greentea’s Ppokjujok also has a three-star story mode clear, the shotgun hits apply knockback, right?”
“Ah. That’s correct. Plus there was a recent buff, right? Players are having a hard time adapting to this recent buff, you see? From the perspective of facing it.”
“That’s correct. The ‘True Man’ passive has become considerably stronger. When it synergizes with the ‘Fluttering Leather Jacket’ skill, it makes the ADC surprisingly durable….”
While the casters were eagerly explaining Green Tea Bagging’s intentions.
News that Almond’s Reina had been unbanned quickly spread beyond the broadcast chat and into the community, stirring up chaos.
[BREAKING!] [Breaking News: Almond’s Reina Ban Lifted]
The fact that this post immediately shot up to ‘Big Pro’ status alone revealed just how explosive this issue was.
Beyond that….
[Almond’s Reina incoming lol]
[Dehaep players crying their hearts out lol]
[How skilled is Reina, the owner of those lips?]
Posts like these began flooding in one after another, with quite a few comments attached.
Some of them were similar to King Gul’s speculation.
The talk was that Almond hadn’t played Reina in so long that he might have actually lost the ability to play her.
-Probably just for show lol
-But seriously, doesn’t he not know how to play Reina anymore?
└Nah, I believe in Almond.
└Reina has a narrow pool.
-He’s been practicing mid lane gods lately. Reina’s probably sulking
Please be upset, Reina ㅠㅠ
└I genuinely hope this guy gets sulked at lol
Otherwise, the majority of comments consisted of petty jealousy about Almond and Reina’s relationship, and speculation about Green Tea’s questionable ban and pick choices.
-Wow lol So one guy’s a Challenger but because he’s Mosol, he got completely washed in the Pool Party skin, and another guy flirts with Miho at Rune Stars, steals a kiss with Reina, and confidently picks her to play? I’m sending a complaint email.
└Taking one photo with Miho is flirting?
└Please just go outside…
└Where exactly are you sending this complaint email to? lol
-Green Tea’s a fool lol The academic consensus is he just opened Reina to get attention since the game was already lost anyway
-But why open Reina specifically? Is Green Tea an attention seeker? lol
└Frost Archer probably annoyed him more.
└Green Tea’s always been bad at bans and picks, probably just a mistake lol
└ADCs are just naturally dumb anyway. Examples: Almond, Hong-cha.
└Facts lol
└Almond’s dumb, but Walnut’s different.
└What kind of worldview is this…
└Don’t mix rabies with horses.
└The Nuts Punk worldview is geography lol
└Nuts Punk lmao
└lolololololololol
Even in the community, far removed from the actual situation, Reina was mentioned countless times.
So what about the venue itself?
“Alright! The match is starting!”
They erupted in cheers the moment they saw Reina walking out from the sanctuary.
-Uooooooooooooooo!
-Reina! Reina! Reinaaaa!
-Marry me, Reina!
Cheers for Almond naturally accompanied theirs.
-Almond! Almond! Almond!
-Give Reina’s lips back!
-Uooooo! Brother! You’re killing it all!
As everyone cheered toward him.
Gulp.
There was someone who swallowed dry saliva for no reason—Greentea.
‘All the attention naturally went to him?’
As a streamer, Greentea was always sensitive to attention.
Yet today’s spotlight had somehow been entirely focused on Almond.
‘And yet he remains so composed.’
With that much attention, one would expect him to feel burdened, but there wasn’t even a hint of it.
Rather, he seemed more at ease than usual.
“Hey… can we really do this?”
The Supporter spoke with anxiety, but that only ignited the fuse of Greentea, who had become increasingly tense.
He burst out loudly in response.
“You! You see my Ppokjujok and still say that!? I’ll show you why Reina is such a garbage champion!”
Saying so, Greentea moved forward.
“Hey. Why are you going forward already?”
“We need to show something too.”
Claiming to show something…
Snap!
He approached near Almond’s attack range and gave a thumbs down.
A clear provocation.
-Waaaaaaaaaaa!
-Greentea! Greentea!
-Let’s goooo!
-Crush that insider!
Cheers erupted from Greentea’s side.
‘Finally, the reaction came.’
Receiving appropriate attention lifted his mood.
With eyes meeting Almond’s, Greentea flashed a relaxed smile.
However, in Almond’s eyes, the anxiety lurking deep within his gaze was completely visible.
I’ve seen this kind of false composure more than once or twice.
I know how to distinguish the real from the fake.
‘He doesn’t seem very confident.’
Since I intentionally left Reina open, he must have prepared some trick. But he doesn’t seem overflowing with confidence in that trick itself.
If my thinking is correct…
I tapped out a rough calculation, and the angle became clear.
Then──
〔Should I create about twenty of them?〕
‘Yes.’
──Tap!
Once I finished calculating, I explosively pushed off and charged forward.
Reina’s almost singular advantage.
The passive she carries by default displays the greatest firepower in the early levels.
In other words, assuming the combo lands, early-stage exchanges are nearly guaranteed victories.
Greentea, who had been repeatedly squatting up and down with his thumb pointing downward, was startled and grabbed his shotgun.
Almond was rushing toward him like an arrow.
“…Huh!? Tsk!”
It was definitely a Master-class reaction speed.
However──
Already as he picked up the shotgun, a target appeared once on his forehead.
──Boom!
Before he could pull the trigger, targets appeared one each on both shoulders.
──Bang! Boom!
Three explosions erupted in total, triggering a mana detonation.
Blue flames burst forth from Greentea’s body.
Whoosh!
Greentea quickly fired at Reina as well, but there are limits to improvised responses.
Buckshot fired along a far too predictable trajectory.
Almond simply shifted position slightly in advance, dodging seventy percent of the pellets.
Some of the buckshot tore through the blue cloak, but no significant damage came through.
Greentea quickly aimed his shotgun again.
Of course, Almond’s arrows were far faster.
Bang!
[4 Combo!]
The blue mana embedded in the arrows shines more vividly.
Bang!
Boom!
[6 Combo!]
The blue mana emitted increasingly intense light.
Nearly three to four arrows are crammed in per shotgun blast from Reina.
An incredible rate of fire.
‘Reina doesn’t need to nock arrows on the bowstring, which is nice.’
A system where simply drawing the bowstring frantically sends arrows flying automatically. This too was one of Reina’s advantages.
In reality, the developers implemented this system because hitting targets was too difficult, so they figured shooting more would land at least one hit.
Pufferbuffboom!
[12 Combo!]
For Almond, it had become excessive consideration.
As Almond savored the familiar feel of combat, satisfaction blooming within.
〔You’re still the most exhilarating.〕
Reina’s line—the kind that would make the Dehaeps collectively rise in rebellion—flowed out.
[First Blood!]
Greentea’s corpse crumpled to the ground.
…Twang!
Only after falling did the shotgun fired skyward emit a hollow sound.
“Uh… Buffu….”
Greentea’s Supporter couldn’t even form words at what had unfolded in an instant.
Even Taco failed to react, standing far removed from the action.
“…Ah, right. Something got buffed, didn’t it.”
Almond belatedly recalled what Taco had mentioned during ban-pick phase.
There was a Ppokjujok buff, so I should be careful, he’d said.
I hadn’t remembered.
Since it seemed I needed 2 or 3 more arrows, I could only guess it was an armor buff.
-Uoooooooooooooo!!!
A roar erupted, one beat too late.
Unable to keep pace with Almond’s speed.
From that point on, the match naturally became the filming location for Almond’s highlight reel.

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“Aaaah! Almond! Triple kill!?”
“Insane! This is Almond’s Reina!!”
“Please correct that to Almond and Reina! We’re getting protest emails flooding in from Dehaep!”
“Ah! My apologies! This is Almond and Reina!”
“Finally, we’re pushing the bottom lane decisively!”
Greentea had been engulfed in that blue flame for nearly the entire day.
[The Reckless Warrior cannot be stopped!]
[The Reckless Warrior, master of the battlefield!]
“Right now, he’s truly the battlefield’s Reckless Warrior! There’s no stopping him!”
“Ah! Greentea! What do you think the voice team is saying right now…!”
“Probably Pickle will say this was a ban-pick mistake! No wait, a Bandit! That’s what he’ll say!”
“Huh? Ah! So Greentea was the culprit who switched those words around!?”
-Lolol the casters are too much
-Was it Greentea? lolol
-They’re bringing that up lolol
-Strawberry Shooter?
-The team atmosphere must be ruined lol
-Thank goodness they didn’t disband after that huge fight recently.
[The Reckless Warrior has become legendary!]
Along with the notification that the Reckless Warrior had finally achieved legendary status.
“Kyaaaah! Almond! Legendary!”
“That’s right! The Reckless Warrior is always legendary! Everyone!”
Boom!
The bottom lane tower crumbled just nine minutes into the game.
The collapsing tower seemed to perfectly express Greentea Bagging’s current state.
It didn’t take long for that tower to transform into the nexus.
“Well then. Set 2 falls in seventeen minutes.”
Victory claimed in seventeen minutes.
There was nothing to critique. Balloon Stars relaxed comfortably before the ban-pick phase began again.

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“Ah. I have a feeling we might get off early today, don’t you?”
“Yes! I’m getting a strong premonition about it!”
The broadcast team believed the match would end quickly.
“If Almond can pull off Reina again this time!”
“Ah! But the moment you say that, she gets banned!”
Reina was banned. However, none of the team members seemed particularly shaken. It was entirely expected.
Rather, Taco, feeling confident in their performance, even placed a new order with Almond.
“This time, let’s practice a mid-lane Avatar.”
He felt this was the perfect opportunity to expand Almond’s Avatar repertoire.
Almond nodded in agreement.
He had been considering something himself for a while now.
[Evil Spirit Summoner – Melly]
The Spirit Summoner, to be exact.
A pick that people had recommended he try after he successfully controlled the wind clone previously.
Boom…!
A sinister purple flame erupted skyward.
〔What’s this? Sounds fun? Hehe.〕
Immediately after, a dark-looking girl materialized behind Almond.
A thunderous roar erupted from the audience.
Was it because the Spirit Summoner was a popular character?
No.
“Ahhh! This is clearly a provocation!”
“A shop pick! I never thought we’d see this in an actual match!”
“So he was properly remembering Green Tea’s ‘bagging’ from earlier! He’s definitely not the type to let something like that slide!”
“He’s going to make them pay dearly for that provocation!”
Because it was a character he had just purchased from the shop.

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