Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 250

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 250
88. Blade Against Blade (2)
When asked to predict the winner of the Nant Finals, most people said this.
“Balloon Stars has never beaten Godanbaek.”
“Balloon Stars is likable, but it’s Godanbaek.”
“Yeah. 3 to 0? Of course Godanbaek wins.”
“Even 3 to 1 seems unlikely. They haven’t won a single game. Not even in scrims.”
It was a natural prediction.
In actual polls, roughly 80% predicted Godanbaek’s victory, while the 20% supporting Balloon Stars were just fans.
If this had been a money-based betting pool, the percentage gap would have been far wider.
But then…
An upset happened.
-Wait, what!?
-Is this real?
-Level 1 solo kill wtf
-What!?
“A level 1 solo kill! That’s a major incident, right!?”
A level 1 solo kill had just occurred.
King Gul shouted excitedly, his voice booming.
“Almond is calling out! Just bring jjajangmyeon! I’ve already sliced all the danmuji!!”
-But you’re the one shouting
-Fact) King Gul was shouting.
Haha, I’ll get a copy to send to Danmuji too.
Jjajangmyeon is more expensive though… and he’s saying it so confidently lol
The caster spoke as if to calm the excited King Gul, though his own voice was quite animated.
“Now, now! Let’s watch the replay first!”
Even as the replay played, King Gul didn’t stop talking.
“Wow! What is this!? How did this happen! A crazy play like this right at the start of the finals! Does Almond have some disease where he can’t feel nervous!?”
“From what I can see, it looks like he has the disease where you die if you can’t play games! He’s playing like he literally staked his life on practice!”
Even Red Glasses chimed in with heightened excitement.
The reason King Gul, no—the entire broadcast team was so excited was simple.
A hidden card prepared for the finals.
An upset from the underdog team.
A kill that erupts right from the start.
All these elements were things the broadcast team adored.
Why?
-Uooooooooooooh!
-Almond! Almond! Almond!?
As the roar echoing through the arena right now showed—the underdog’s rebellion always drove people wild.
The broadcast team had a duty to fuel that madness and turn it into a frenzy of excitement.
“Look here!”
King Gul continued his passionate commentary, watching Danmuji collapse in slow motion once again.
“From Danmuji’s perspective, they’re embracing each other! Stabbing a blade in the back! Like they’re filming some romantic affair movie! And then suddenly—death!”
The world of midterms is crazy.
“An affair movie? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ”
-Red Glasses style kill angle
One side dies in the ending, it’s perfect lol
“So~ while we’re watching the replay! On the live feed, Danmuji has respawned and returned. This is going to be really tough going forward, isn’t it?”
Fortunately, the replay ended before King Gul’s voice gave out, and the screen switched.

* * *
Any Contractor must secure Minions to earn gold and experience.
But all the Minions that Danmuji could have taken have already passed by.
They were all killed by the tower’s attacks, leaving only corpses behind.
Meanwhile, Almond was already level 2.
“Flash Blade reaches level 2 first. That makes things so much easier, doesn’t it?”
The casters were emphasizing Flash Blade’s level 2 achievement.
“Yes. Reaching level 2 isn’t some dramatically transformative moment, but getting there first definitely makes things much easier!”
The reason they kept repeating the word “easier” was because of the skill learned at level 2.
[Blade Recall]
[Summon the blade back to your hand. Deals damage to enemies in its path. Cooldown: 3 seconds.]
From now on, Flash Blade could throw the blade and then summon it back to his hand.
Normally, after throwing the blade, he’d have to Flash to that location to pick it up again, or run there directly, pick it up, throw it backward, and Flash away to escape.
“So this means Flash Blade becomes an avatar capable of ranged attacks once every 3 seconds?”
Ranged attacks were now possible.
In other words, stable gold and experience income was now guaranteed.
“Much more stable, yes. Of course, that’s stable compared to level 1 Flash Blade—it’s not truly stable. After all, he’s still a close-range avatar with paper-thin health.”
“Right. You always have to be careful. But Almond is performing really well right now, isn’t he? He’s even harassing!”
Almond threw his blade at Minions, but occasionally he also threw it toward Danmuji.
“Wow. Flash Blade harassing in the lane phase… let me show you the current situation?”
“That’s a huge advantage!”
In reality, the mid lane was being controlled entirely by Almond’s initiative.
“No matter how much of a solo kill he got at level 1, Flash Blade is still Flash Blade—but he’s barely giving any openings here?”
“Am I imagining things? Almond’s movements today are incredibly smooth!”
Perhaps it was because Almond’s condition today was truly exceptional, as the casters mentioned?
Almond even pressured his opponent in return, growing to level 5.
At this rate, he’d easily reach level 6 as well.
In response, Danmuji made a bold move.
“Danmuji is leaving the lane. Is this a roam?”
He left mid and headed somewhere else.
“You’ve been spreading your map control wide since earlier, haven’t you? Your vision wards are scattered all across the map.”
Thanks to Danmuji and his Jungler Goguma consistently lighting up the map with vision wards, the path from mid lane to top lane was now bright as daylight.
There were no danger zones.
“Ah, Almond is playing the mid lane matchup incredibly well, but since he’s using Flash Blade, we couldn’t interfere with his vision control!?”
“Exactly? Until level 6, it’s best to just farm safely! Meanwhile, Danmuji is reading his opponent’s psychology and maximizing his advantage right now!”
Flash Blade, whether ahead or behind, rarely leaves the lane before level 6. Because of this, Balloon Stars couldn’t place much vision.
There was no way to know where Goguma and Danmuji had gone.
[Danmuji not visible.]
All I could do was call out that the enemy was missing.
“Danmuji! We’re almost at top lane!?”
“Perfect timing, right?”
Danmuji may have lost the skirmish, but he wasn’t losing the war.
He was orchestrating his team’s victory from the bigger picture.
First, targeting the enemy’s weakest point—the top laner—was the foundation of that strategy.
“Ah, Balloon Gum needs to run!”
“Isn’t it already too late!?”
Balloon Gum belatedly sensed the danger and dashed backward.
But unlike the Iron Ball he usually rolled with, he couldn’t move as quickly—his reaction was one beat too slow.
“Danmuji! You need to land that skillshot!”
“And Balloon Gum needs to dodge!”
Whoosh.
Danmuji burst from the right brush.
Keeeeng──
Blue wind wrapped around his blade.
[Gale Slash]
[Rapidly gather wind and thrust it forward. Enemies hit by the gale are launched into the air. Cooldown: 4 seconds.]
──Whoooosh!!
A gale swept in a straight line following the arc of his sword strike.
[Airborne]
Balloon Gum’s status changed, and he was sent flying.
“Direct hit!”
Following up, Dotorimuk’s staff from “Heavenly Great Sage – Hand” extended and crashed down on the airborne Balloon Gum.
[Staff Strike]
Thwaaaack!
Just hearing the sound suggested heavy damage was incoming.
Balloon Gum’s body slammed to the ground, bouncing back up from the sheer impact.
At that moment, Danmuji crossed his hands and activated his skill.
[Heavenly Slash]
[Instantly teleport to an airborne enemy and slash three times. Cooldown: 4 seconds.]
An attack skill usable on airborne enemies, and also a mobility tool.
Whoosh.
Like wind scattering, Danmuji’s form materialized in the air right beside the floating Balloon Gum.
A blade saturated with wind energy slashed across him three times in succession.
Slash! Craaash! Craaaash!
Balloon Gum, now tattered, staggered in mid-air like a kite with its string cut. Above him, the Beast descended, snatching him straight out of the sky as he fell.
Thud!
[Pounce]
Pounding damage applied.
The Beast’s fangs tore into him mercilessly.
Balloon Gum lay pinned to the ground, dying helplessly.
[Balloon Gum]
[Health 3%]
Danmuji’s final strike finished him off.
Piercing!
The blade, elongated by the passive effect, pierced straight through Balloon Gum’s abdomen.
[Enemy eliminated!]
[Danmuji → Balloon Gum]
“Wow! Perfect combo! Teamwork!”
“If you ask Balloon Gum to survive something like that, it’s impossible. He was doomed! Danmuji’s roaming timing was flawless! It’s almost questionable whether Almond really started with a kill advantage!?”
Danmuji had perfectly recovered from his own mistake.
[Level increased!]
[Level 5]
His level rose to 5, catching up to Almond’s level.
“Now that three of us are gathered, shouldn’t we be able to take down the tower?”
The situation had evolved to where destroying the tower was actually possible.
With Dotorimuk, Goguma, and Danmuji together, it was entirely feasible.
All three were incarnations with expertise in demolishing towers.
“Exactly! Wind Blade, Jecheon, and Beast are all tower-destruction specialists!”
“Wow. Is this what strong team management looks like? Balloon Stars clearly secured the first kill, but…! Somehow Godanbaek naturally gains the advantage in the game?”
It had always been like this when they clashed before.
Even when I barely won the lane phase, the opponent destroyed the tower first. The level of understanding in number advantages and time management was simply different.
In league matches and scrimmages alike, I couldn’t counter Danmuji’s ability to play with the bigger picture in mind.
I always fell victim to plays like this.
But now…
[Mond. Circle around from behind. I’ll go in from the front.]
[Understood.]
[Beast is the priority target. No escape tools.]
The fact that I always fell victim to these plays meant I’d had plenty of opportunity to practice and prepare for them.
“…But wait! Almond and Taco have hidden in the brush near the top lane! When did they get there!?”
Taco had studied how Danmuji compensated for his disadvantages, and could roughly predict the timing and movement patterns.
He knew that Danmuji would go to kill Balloon Gum to break open the game.
And he used that as bait.
“This is a wrap strategy, isn’t it!? The timing is exquisite! Godanbaek, if you try to push the tower, you could get wiped out instead!”
“Miho is even following from a distance! Isn’t this designed with Balloon Gum as the bait!?”
Taco and Almond, with Miho closing in from far away, tightened their grip.
Meanwhile, the opponent was focused on destroying the tower.
[Hey. Feels like someone’s coming from behind? Two of them?]
[Let’s just break the tower first.]
[The Bottom and support aren’t visible.]
[So three then?]
It wasn’t that they didn’t notice the enemy closing in.
It was Danmuji’s judgment—if they didn’t push to destroy the tower now and secure the advantage, the game would only become harder.
Was that judgment correct?
[The tower has been destroyed!]
Boom…!
The tower crumbled.
“They really pushed that tower fast, didn’t they?”
“Is Godanbaek running away now!?”
“Running!”
Godanbaek spun around and began sprinting desperately.
Since they’d already pushed the tower and killed Balloon Gum, they’d gain an advantage if they just escaped.
[Almond! I’m going in!]
Taco, thinking he needed to catch them as they turned to flee, rushed forward one step faster.
[Knockback]
Whoosh!
Taco’s form shot forward at high speed like a projectile.
“The Hammer Warrior’s knockback! It connects perfectly! Player Taco!”
“Isn’t that a bit too far forward!?”
Taco crashed directly into the Beast.
Boom!
“Knockback connects!”
“Wall stun too!”
The Beast’s form was pushed backward, struck the wall, and collided once more.
[Stunned]
Stunned.
“Ah! But player Taco is way too far forward alone!”
“Now he’s in a 3 versus 1 situation!?”
Excluding the stunned Beast, there were still two.
Two Contractors capable of unleashing explosive damage cast their skills toward Taco.
‘This is bad.’
The combination that had killed Balloon Gum activates once more.
[Whirlwind]
A powerful gust of wind engulfs him first.
Whoosh!
Taco’s body launches into the air.
Jecheon charges forward.
[Staff Swing]
The celestial staff extends and crashes downward.
Boom!
Taco’s body rebounds off the ground, launching upward again.
[Takoyaki]
[Health 68%]
Both Jecheon and the wind blade are devastatingly powerful at this timing, so nearly half his health vanishes in an instant.
[Heavenly Slash]
The wind blade’s heavenly slash erupts.
Screeeech! Slash!
[Takoyaki]
[Health 29%]
After receiving three sword strikes in midair, Taco’s form plummets downward.
Waiting below is Jecheon, preparing to swing his staff like a home run.
Whoooosh!
He swings the staff as if he were a baseball batter.
──Clang!
‘!?’
Some projectile flies in and knocks the staff aside.
Jecheon turns toward where the projectile came from, his eyes blazing with fury.
‘What?’
But the enemy is already gone from that spot.
Then, something glimmers from the side.
[Blink]
Crack!
Between three enemies, Almond’s form appears like lightning.
Click.
His hand, which had been floating through empty space, grasps the blink blade precisely—the very sword that had knocked away Jecheon’s staff moments before.
His airborne body rotates, naturally creating a sword path. A sword path imbued with the blue aura of blade force.
Screeeeeech!!
─A crimson line is drawn across Jecheon’s neck.
A critical strike delivers devastating damage.
Splurt!
Drops of blood spray in all directions.
It was a proper strike.
‘What?’
However, what shocked Jecheon wasn’t the damage.
It was the text reflected in his pupils.
[Reckless Warrior]
[Level 6]
The Blade Against Blade’s level was 6.

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