Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 222

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 222
76. A New Card (2)
“This incarnation, ‘Melly the Malevolent Spirit Summoner’—it’s been quite a while since we’ve seen her, hasn’t it? Some viewers might not be familiar with her. King Gul, would you mind explaining? What should we focus on?”
The broadcast team quickly began their explanation of Melly, an incarnation that rarely appeared.
After all, it could be inconvenient for viewers watching.
“Ah, well, to start with what’s immediately necessary—this character is extremely difficult. She has a barrier to entry comparable to the Monk.”
“Really? As difficult as the Monk?”
“Yes. Essentially, almost all of her skills require multitasking ability.”
“Ah~ you have to control something other than your own body?”
“Exactly. And the laning phase is about to start, but this character is incredibly weak at level one, you see?”
“Oh. Is that so?”
“Without at least five spirit entities, Melly is garbage. At level one, she can’t summon any spirit entities at all.”
“What? Then how does she fight?”
“She shouldn’t fight!”
Laughter rippled through the Green Tea Bagging section of the audience.
“No, but there must be some technique, right? Polis wouldn’t design an incarnation like this without something!”
“There is one… it’s called Spirit Wave. The damage is really poor though. It’s like a jab in boxing.”
“Ah… I see? But isn’t that kind of an important skill?”
“Exactly. Just as boxing relies on the jab as a foundation, you need to land Spirit Wave properly first to generate ‘thoughts,’ which then allows you to summon spirit entities. Of course, even if you land it, don’t expect much damage.”
“Ah. That explains it. The Onion Player standing in the opposing lane right now—he’s ranked Gold, but his face is brimming with confidence, isn’t it? He looks absolutely furious!”
“Right! How dare they pick Melly in a shop pick? He’s thinking, ‘I’ll show you what I’m made of!’ The Onion Player even chose the Electromancer Kaizard, who deals respectable damage at level one. His confidence is naturally sky-high.”

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I stood in the Mid Lane.
Even from my perspective, the opposing Midlaner’s expression looked far from pleased.
And for good reason.
A shop pick in a tournament match. This was unmistakably a provocation.
I was aware of that much myself.
But they had initiated the provocation first, and this was also an opportunity to gain real combat experience with my new incarnation.
The Spirit Summoner Melly seemed curious about this point as well.
〔Contractor. Interesting? Summoning me straight to the Battlefield like this.〕
Her tone sounded oddly excited.
〔When are we fighting? Huh? But have you ever handled spirits before?〕
Melly seemed intent on teaching me something.
A tutorial was about to begin.
Since I had now used the shop pick for the third time, I proceeded through the video tutorial with ease.
〔It’s a technique called Spirit Wave. Try it once…〕
I had learned that immediate practice was the fastest way to master something.
I cast it before she even finished speaking.
‘Like this?’
Whoooosh…!
A strange sensation accompanied the purple smoke that stretched outward.
Swoosh!
It flew in the direction of my outstretched hand.
〔Oh. Fast, aren’t you? Now focus on your inner world and try moving the spirit.〕
I tried to move as she instructed.
〔At first it won’t work well…〕
Crack…!
Sparks erupted from the purple wave that was flying through the air.
Whiiiip!!
Suddenly it twisted sharply to the right.
Then to the left again.
Like a serpent, it weaved back and forth before dissipating into the air.
〔Whoa! What are you!?〕
Melly’s voice rose even higher.
〔You adapt fast? Kyahahaha!〕
Melly had found a Spirit Summoner worth using after so long and seemed to bounce with joy. Of course, I couldn’t see her, but it felt that way.
‘Is this kind of praise just lip service programmed into all incarnations?’
I reflected on my impressions of these incarnations who constantly praised me like this. Meanwhile, Melly added a detailed skill explanation.
〔With this, you gain ‘Thoughts’ when you hit an enemy Contractor or defeat Minions. By the way, hitting a Contractor gives you 3 stacks. Thoughts are needed to summon Thought Forms, so they’re incredibly important when playing with me! One Thought per Thought Form.〕
Hitting a Contractor grants 3 stacks.
Defeating a Minion grants 1 stack of Thoughts.
Afterward, I could produce thought-forms with this.
While I was roughly cramming this into my head.
[A Minion has been produced.]
The battle began in earnest.

* * *
Yangpa stared at Almond from afar with vacant eyes, still going through the tutorial.
‘Is he seriously shop-picking?’
No matter how much Gold I have. There’s a limit to how much you can ignore someone!
My blood was boiling.
[A Minion has been created.]
Now the game truly began, and determination blazed in Yangpa’s eyes.
‘I’ll show him hell.’
Crackle!
Blue lightning gathered in his hands.
The avatar he chose was Electromancer Kaizard.
As a Mage-type avatar, it possessed respectable attack power even at level one.
Meanwhile, the Spirit Summoner had nothing it could do at level one.
Since summoning could only be learned from level two onward.
‘This is a fight I can’t help but win.’
Almond gradually approached to farm the Minions.
Because he chose the Spirit Summoner, his height had shrunk to look like a middle schooler.
But it wasn’t small enough to interfere with landing hits.
Yangpa immediately cast a spell.
[Overcharge]
Boom!
Sparks erupted violently across Almond’s face.
[Health 87%]
‘I got him!’
Lightning magic really is hard to dodge.
The damage trade started well.
“Haha!”
Yangpa laughed loudly, convinced he had successfully seized the initiative.
Then he raised both arms and shouted one of Kaizard’s famous lines.
“Power!”
-Uuuaaaaa!
-Uhahahaha!
-Power!
The crowd responded from the stands.
‘His physical play is supposedly insane. But it’s nothing special. I mean, what can he do with such a sluggish Spirit Summoner anyway.’
Yangpa was satisfied with his play and now turned his attention to securing Minion Gold.
That was when it happened.
Boom!
Suddenly, an unpleasant sensation came from behind.
“?”
He turned to look behind, but naturally there were only allied Watchtowers and Minions. There couldn’t be an Enemy behind him at this timing.
‘What?’
Then it had to be an attack from Almond.
‘Spirit Wave?’
His only means of attack was Spirit Wave.
It meant the Spirit Wave had curved around sharply enough to strike the back of his head.
‘Can the deflection angle really be this extreme?’
Yangpa had used Spirit Wave before, but it only curved about 45 degrees at most. Anything beyond that didn’t curve well.
‘Is it coming from incredibly far away?’
He lifted his head higher and looked around, but he couldn’t see any violet projectile curving around from a great distance.
If it came from that far away in the first place, a level 1 Spirit Wave would disappear midway.
‘What. On. Earth. Did I miss something….’
Bang!
Then, an impact struck beneath his chin.
“Cough! Cough!”
He coughed at the acrid smoke rising up and retreated backward.
“What….”
He was flustered. He couldn’t tell where it was coming from?
[Health 89%]
Moreover, their health situations had become similar now.
At level 1, I should have a much greater advantage. This won’t do. Yangpa activated his skill again.
Crackle!
[Overcharge]
Boom!!
Strong sparks scattered in front of Almond, and white smoke rose up.
[Health 77%]
The health didn’t seem to be hit properly, not reduced as satisfactorily as he’d hoped. But it still connected.
I just need to keep harassing like this.
‘I should probably throw in some basic attacks too.’
Basic attack.
Hitting without using a skill.
A Mage-type Avatar’s basic attack is ‘Arcane Bolt’. It has no cooldown and no real restrictions, but naturally the damage isn’t very high.
Crackle!
The small spark Yangpa fired passed through the Minions and struck Almond.
Whoosh.
I sidestepped the attack with an ethereal grace, letting it pass harmlessly by.
Unlike skills such as Overcharge, basic attacks had slower projectiles and were far smaller, making them easier to evade.
‘Did I dodge it? I wasn’t even looking in that direction?’
Something struck at my lower jaw once more.
──Boom!
Purple smoke bloomed across my vision.
‘This… this can’t be…’
Even as my jaw snapped upward, my eyes finally darted downward.
Now I could see it.
‘Insane. It was crawling along the ground?’
Almond had sent the spirit wave slithering across the ground like a serpent, then whipped it upward to strike.
‘Control like this is possible?’
The reason Yangpa hadn’t noticed was simple.
Almond’s gaze wasn’t directed at the ground at all.
He was casually striking minions with basic attacks that dealt negligible damage.
All the while, he continued channeling spirit waves.
‘It’s coming again.’
Whoooosh…!
Now I could see it. Purple smoke creeping slowly across the ground.
The serpent formed from that purple smoke moved with apparent consciousness, weaving between the countless minions one by one before approaching deliberately.
“Hah!”
Knowing it was coming, could I still get hit?
Thud!
Yangpa pushed off with his feet and dodged.
Whoosh!
The purple smoke grazed past the tip of his nose.
‘I dodged it…’
Just as I thought I’d evaded it.
Whirrr!
The head of the rising purple smoke suddenly turned toward Yangpa.
My eyes wavered as I met the gaze of the spirit.
“Damn…”
Boom!
The spirit wave finally struck my face.
Purple smoke billowed outward. Yangpa coughed through the haze and glanced at the UI in the corner of his vision—his expression hardened.
‘Wait. When did my health drop this low?’
The spirit wave’s damage was supposed to be negligible.
Yet the cumulative damage I’d taken was far greater than expected.
I’d allowed far too many attacks to connect.
Whoooosh…!
Even so, another violet spirit was drawing near.
‘Danger… this is dangerous…’

* * *
Boom!
King Gul slammed the table and stood up.
“No! Almond!!! What are you doing!?”
“The spirit’s resonance… it feels like something alive!?”
Caster’s voice rose in unison.
And for good reason—I was overwhelming my opponent with nothing but the spirit’s resonance.
The spirit’s resonance was merely a medium for summoning, not an offensive skill at all.
“A Spirit Caller fights as an avatar of thought-forms! Almond! That’s not how you’re supposed to use it!”
“And Yangpa’s health!”
“Yangpa’s going to die before we even see the summon’s face!”
“Ah, I thought at first he was applying good pressure with favorable matchups at level one…”
“This is it again, isn’t it!? What exactly is this multitasking ability!?”
Whoosh!
Violet smoke billowed around Yangpa once more.
Boom!
Whoosh!
Whoooosh!
As Yangpa was knocked about by the resonance I hurled with each cooldown.
I continued striking only the minions as if nothing was amiss.
“Yangpa! Dodge the skills! How many hits are you taking!?”
“But Almond isn’t even looking at Yangpa!? Can multitasking really reach this level?”
“You said it feels like moving a body part you don’t have! It should feel that unfamiliar, yet you’re doing this with a shop pick!?”
The sensation of moving a body part one doesn’t possess.
It was a familiar sensation to me.
Besides, I had been consistently practicing Gear Sword, the divine descent technique of Flash Blade.
Except that the spirit’s resonance was more fluid, the mechanism of Gear Sword and the spirit’s resonance were nearly identical skills.
Of course, the commentators had no way of knowing I had been training with Flash Blade.
“Almond’s multitasking is world-class!? How can you do this with just a shop-picked avatar!?”
“Ah! Yangpa is just turning around and running away!?”
“Where did that earlier confidence go!?”
-Lol running away from a level 1 Spirit Caller who can’t even summon lol
-Fleeing like a coward lol
-Insane lol
[Health 5%]
After seeing his health plummet so rapidly, Yangpa urgently spun around and bolted backward.
“However! Yangpa’s decision to flee came too late!”
“You were right after all!”
But as the casters said, my judgment came far too late.
I ended up allowing one final strike.
Boom.
[First Blood!]
Thud.
Yangpa collapsed pathetically.
“He killed him by pummeling him with Spirit Waves!? This is absolutely infuriating! It’s like he stabbed him to death one stitch at a time with a needle!”
“Almond doesn’t even glance at him! Did he know he’d secure the kill!?”
From a third-party perspective, it looked as though Almond was simply farming minions while Yangpa died on his own.
Then.
“Ah, wait a moment.”
King Gul suddenly lowered his voice.
“If I were Yangpa right now, I think I’d be even more terrified.”
“…What? But Yangpa is already dead? What’s scary about a dead man?”
“Because Almond just reached level 2!”
“Ahhhhh!”
Now with the accumulated spirits, I can summon spirit entities. In truth, this is where the Spirit Summoner’s real battle truly begins.
Judging by how many times Almond had struck the Contractor earlier, I must have accumulated quite a few spirits.
“How many spirits has Almond accumulated anyway? If it’s more than 20…!”
“What happens if it’s more than 20?”
“The Watchtower is in danger! The game could blow wide open from here!”

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