Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 258

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 258
91. Impressions (2)
Almond and Taco pushed the mid lane’s second tower.
Balloon Gum advanced the top lane’s first tower, while Strawberry and Miho pushed the bottom lane’s second tower.
A simultaneous three-lane assault.
No matter what they chose to defend, one lane would inevitably fall. The balance of power had shifted that severely.
Godanbaek wasn’t deciding which lane to take—they had to choose which lane to sacrifice.
“Godanbaek! You need to make a choice!?”
They ultimately decided to defend mid. Even if they lost the top and bottom first towers, they wanted to hold the mid second tower.
“They’re choosing mid! Taco and Almond! Stay alert! Are they continuing the push!?”
“They seem to be pushing harder! But the second tower’s health right now!?”
[Mid Lane Second Tower]
[Health: 35%]
The tower’s health had dropped below half.
“Reina’s demolition speed is incredibly fast!”
Thanks to Almond’s burst damage capability, the tower was crumbling at a pace that defied their calculations.
“That’s why they keep pushing! Godanbaek! If you don’t come fast, all three lanes will fall!”
There was a real possibility that the top, mid, and bottom towers would all be pushed simultaneously.
That’s when it happened.
[Pounce]
Beast suddenly burst forth, hurling himself forward.
The target was Takoyaki.
“Goguma! Pounce on Takoyaki!”
“Good targeting! Takoyaki keeps shielding, so it’s really annoying!”
“…Wait? But…!?”
Screech…!
Almond suddenly spun around.
I switched from demolition mode to combat mode.
‘Huh? Me?’
Goguma only realized that the bow was targeting him.
Boom!
The blue target mark on his abdomen suddenly burst.
In that instant, two more arrows followed in succession.
Boom!
Two more target marks detonated consecutively.
[3 Combo!]
[Mana Burst]
‘What, what is this? I’m still in the air!?’
He hadn’t even landed from his pounce yet.
And he was already hit with a mana burst.
For someone facing Almond’s Reina for the first time, no amount of video preparation could make sense of what was happening.
In that instant, several more arrows of blue light were fired.
[9 Combo!]
Puffburbung!
A 9-combo was achieved in the blink of an eye.
‘Wait, wasn’t it just a three-combo?’
Whoosh!
The Beast was incinerated in mid-air by blue flames.
The screen faded to black and white.
“This is insane!!!”
-What
-Wow
-Huh?
-What is this?
-Scary
Boom…!
The Beast’s corpse crashed to the ground.
Half-destroyed by the blue flames.
[Enemy defeated!]
[Reckless Warrior → Goguma]
“Aaaaah!”
King Gul sprang up from his chair with a shout. Like a ballerina.
“Mid! Air! Incineration!”
-King Gul really wants to incinerate them mid-air lol
-What kind of pose is that lol
-Lol crazy
-I’m getting thirsty
“But! Danmuji is now joining the fight!”
Shiiiiing──!
The Storm Ninja’s blade scraped past Almond’s back.
“Even weakened, Danmuji’s still got the skills, right!?”
“The class is still there!”
Swoooosh!
Almond immediately turned and fired.
Puffbang!
White smoke burst out. It was the ninja’s clone.
Danmuji got another chance to land a blade strike.
“Is he slashing while charging in again!?”
“No way! Takoyaki’s binding!”
Just as Danmuji was about to leap toward Almond again.
[Wood Binding]
Crack-crack-crack!
Roots suddenly burst from the ground, ensnaring the Storm Ninja’s swift feet.
Takoyaki’s skill—the wood spirit’s ability.
“Ah! The fact that Beast couldn’t eliminate Takoyaki! That’s become a critical mistake!”
The binding duration was merely two seconds at best.
But in Reel’s hands, that much time was theoretically enough to secure three kills. Almond drew the bowstring with that calculation in mind, when—
“Valkyrie’s here!”
In that instant, Valkyrie activated her skill.
[Blade Rain]
From the sky above.
Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh-whoosh!
Blades cascaded down from the heavens in torrents.
Normally, one would back off from the attack and retreat, but….
“Wait, Almond!? You’re fighting inside the Blade Rain!?”
Almond stepped forward into the very center of the Blade Rain’s domain.
Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh!
Finding the minimal impact points in the space where blades fell like rain, he shifted his body through them.
“No way, he’s dodging the Blade Rain!?”
“Last time he blocked them all! This time he’s evading everything!”
“This is the power of the Survival Challenge record holder!”
He wasn’t completely avoiding them, but it was clear he was taking minimal damage.
“And he’s still shooting arrows!”
That wasn’t all. While evading, he fired arrows relentlessly.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Every arrow flew toward the bound Danmuji.
“Almond’s putting on a physical performance show!?”
“Yes! He’s just brute-forcing through everything with pure physicality! Stop being unreasonable, Almond!”
King Gul pleaded desperately, but it was futile.
Every arrow found its mark regardless.
[14 Combo!]
Boom-crash!
The explosive damage of the 14-combo strikes the enemy hard.
Whoosh-crack! Boom!
The level difference and item disparity had been severe from the start.
[Reckless Warrior! Double Kill!]
[Reckless Warrior → Danmuji]
Danmuji explodes with 0.4 seconds remaining on the binding duration.
“Double kill!?”
“The game’s already decided here, isn’t it!? They should have waited for the Bottom duo to arrive! The three of them rushed in far too hastily!”
Even with the combined assault of Valkyrie, Goguma, and Danmuji, it wasn’t enough.
The Bottom duo who joined late had bewildered expressions on their faces.
“They’re wondering why those two suddenly disappeared! Baeksuk and Daechou!”
“What do we do now!? Do we fight?”
Still, since I’d drawn my blade, I had to cut through something.
Godanbaek didn’t stop his offensive stance.
[Descent]
“Valkyrie is descending!”
Boom──!
Murky dust clouds erupted upward, and the ground rippled from the thunderous impact.
[Reckless Warrior]
[Health 67%]
“That’s an area attack so there’s no dodging it!?”
Descent was an area CC skill that launched nearby enemies into the air.
“The Bottom duo arrived in the meantime! Firing!”
The Sniper unleashed a barrage of shots, and his Supporter, the Leprechaun, cast a spell.
“If the Leprechaun lands the Greed skill, it could be over!?”
Leprechaun.
The Supporter avatar Daechou chose, with the signature skill being “Greed,” which transforms enemies into coins.
Targets turned into coins for approximately 2-3 seconds become completely helpless.
If this lands, no matter how powerful Reina is, she’d be useless for 2-3 seconds, giving Godanbaek a chance to finish her off.
Whoosh!
With that hope, the “Greed” spell flew forward.
Clink!
The sound of coins pouring down echoed through the air.
It hit.
Taco.
“Ahhh! Takoyaki! Live! Survive! Endure!”
One of the tree spirit’s skills. The Generous Tree.
[The Generous Tree]
[Absorbs all harmful effects targeting nearby allies. Upon success, grants a shield to all allies in range.]
A selfless skill that absorbs all harmful effects flying toward allies, and upon success, grants them a shield once more.
“Incredible skill usage! Not only did it absorb the Greed skill but also Valkyrie’s taunt skill!”
“Thanks to the shield, the Sniper’s damage was almost completely absorbed!”
All the shots the Sniper fired were negated by the shield. The Leprechaun’s Greed and Valkyrie’s taunt—Taco took them all instead.
In the end, Godanbaek’s trio accomplished nothing in that instant.
Almond wasn’t one to miss such an opening.
He charged forward and threw himself into the fray.
Whoosh!
[Roll]
The Sniper and Baeksuk’s eyes widened in shock.
Anyone could see the figure rushing toward them before vanishing.
“Sniper, dodge behind! We can’t win this!”
“I need distance to win… wait!?”
Crack!
But it wasn’t the Sniper who took the hit.
It was Valkyrie instead.
“Dotorimuk was the target all along!”
Thud-thud-thud!
Countless arrows embedding themselves in her chest.
Valkyrie, caught off guard, stumbled before folding her wings into a shield.
Normally, this absurdly overpowered defensive technique could block nearly all ranged attacks.
But against Almond, it was utterly useless.
Thud!
Thud-thud!
Arrows pierced through the gaps between her densely-packed blade wings.
‘What…!?’
Unbelievable precision.
Thud!
Thud-thud!
She twisted her body desperately, trying everything to block them.
Counterattacking would have been better.
Thud-thud-thud-thud!
Reina’s arrows, already stacked with combo after combo.
“How is the combo not breaking even when she’s stuffing arrows through the blade wing gaps!?”
[26 Combo!]
Adding to the 14 combo accumulated from hitting Goguma, now it was 26 combo.
At this rate, even a tank would melt instantly.
Whoosh!
[Reckless Warrior Triple Kill!]
[Reckless Warrior → Dotorimuk]
“The damage is insane!”
“Ah! This is so fun!”
“Wait!? Now it’s 2 versus 2!?”
All that remained were the enemy bottom duo, Baeksuk and Daechou.
On this side, Almond and Taco.
2 versus 2.
“What should we do?”
Looking at Almond’s mana state, which was burning away rapidly from his arrows, all fighting spirit had vanished.
From now on, even a single hit would strip away over 30% of their health.
“Ah! We’re running!”
Baeksuk and Daechou spun around and bolted backward in panic.
“Will that work? Taco is still alive!”
Taco granted Almond another shield.
[Spirit’s Blessing]
Whoooosh!
Almond surged forward at incredible speed, empowered by the movement boost.
Baeksuk glanced back while fleeing and fired his weapon.
“Don’t come! Don’t come! Fire!”
Bang! Boom!
It was useless. Not only was his accuracy terrible, but the damage barely registered.
The level gap was simply too wide.
“There’s a three-level difference!? The damage isn’t sticking!”
“Because she’s a farmed mid-laner!”
Reina’s current growth was incomparable to the sniper who had gone to the ADC position.
Movement speed, attack power, health, defense….
Superior in every aspect.
“Leprechaun! Even desperately using all his greedy and mischievous skills again and again…!”
The only hope was if Leprechaun could land a crowd control ability.
[Roll]
Swoosh!
As the blue cloak billowed and Almond’s figure vanished, the skill cut through empty air.
“It all misses!”
“Where is she going!”
Almond was moving at an extraordinary speed.
During that brief moment of invisibility, the enemies had no way to predict how far she’d traveled or where she’d reappear.
“Where!?”
Daechou’s wide eyes darted around searching.
Swoosh!
‘!’
Almond materialized right beside her.
Beneath the blue hood that had slipped off from rolling, long golden hair fluttered as Almond’s eyes met hers.
Daechou yelped in fright and tumbled to the side.
Crash!
‘Insane. My heart.’
Daechou was flustered by the sudden spike in her heart rate.
Fortunately, Almond had no interest in her.
All of Almond’s arrows were directed at Baeksuk.
Pew pew pew!
He didn’t even take many hits before collapsing.
[Reckless Warrior Quadra Kill!]
“Ah, Almond! Quadra kill!!!”
“Wow! Blonde hair! Handsome! Arrows! If this isn’t an elf, what is!”
-Uaaaaaaaaa!
Everyone was caught up in the festive atmosphere.
Only Daechou was fleeing in terror.
‘I need to escape, escape….’
[Provocation]
She was using a skill that scattered money behind her, increasing her movement speed through the resulting momentum(?)
Jingle! Jingle-jingle-jingle!
Countless coins scattered in her wake, but she paid them no mind and kept running.
“Can’t we get a penta kill!?”
“She’s gotten too far away!”
“Her health is running low!?”
“Penta manner, dude.”
-Daechou’s got no manners lol
-Wow she’s really giving it her all to escape lol
The Leprechaun had already fled too far to pursue and finish.
‘She’s gotten quite far.’
Tap.
Almond stood over the Sniper’s corpse, then gazed toward Daechou.
He crossed his hands and activated a skill.
Whoosh!
〔I shall now manifest the contract sealed in blood.〕
Crimson mana surged forth, and his long blonde hair billowed in the wind.
[Divine Descent Technique – Damian’s Liberated Arrow]
Crackle…!
A brilliant red bowstring drew taut.
Screeeech──
The aim took no time at all. Immediately after, the bowstring was released.
──Crackle-crackle-crackle!
Crimson mana roared as it surged forward.
It crossed the battlefield in an instant, striking Daechou from behind.
Boom-boom-boom-boom!
Scarlet mana consumed her form entirely.
A moment of silence fell over the spectators.
-….
Moments later.
[Reckless Warrior! Penta Kill!]
The instant this notification echoed across the entire battlefield.
-Uooooooooooo!
A thunderous roar swept across the battlefield.
“F, finally! Pentakill!!!”
Chaos erupted from the commentary booth as well.
“Pentaaaaa killlll!”
“Insane! He’s actually taking them all down!”
“Jujuuuu~~~~! I feel like I could just scream right now!!”
Don’t get ahead of yourself.
-King Gul’s curse strikes again
The build-up is insane.
-Hey, pull him out!
The Balloon Stars fans flinched at King Gul’s premature celebration.
But this time, King Gul’s curse didn’t hold.

* * *
Godanbaek, whose towers had been pushed down on every lane—top and bottom alike—due to Almond’s 5v2 fight.
They couldn’t regain their composure.
With the nexus right before their eyes, they mounted a fierce final resistance, but now the gap was simply too vast.
“Push!”
“Nexus! Nexus! Focus fire!”
“Protect Almond!”
“Attack! Attack now!”
“Uooooooooo!”
Boom…!
As Almond’s final arrow pierced the nexus.
It finally exploded.
“It, it exploded…!”
Game time: 29 minutes.
Five total sets. Four hours.
One week of playoffs.
One week of league matches.
And two weeks of practice.
The result earned at the end of it all….
[Victory]
It was victory.
‘….’
Almond watched the nexus burn and soar away.
He asked himself.
‘Did I win?’
He already knew the answer.
[Victory]
These two characters clearly revealed my current state.
As heat flooded my eyes, the word “victory” wavered as if submerged in water.
How many years had it been since my last championship?
Through ears muffled by emotion, faded voices brushed past.
‘Ah, Sang-hyun Yu! The youngest ever…! The gold medal…!’
‘Gold medal! A perfect 10-point gold medal! Rewriting history….’
That was ten years ago.
“Uaaaaaaaaaaa!”
“We won! Champiooooon!”
Through my muffled ears, my teammates’ roars echoed.
This was happening now.
“We did iiiiit!”
Strawberry and Taco embraced and spun around together.
Balloon Gum rolled about shrieking with excitement.
Only Miho sat collapsed, weeping uncontrollably.
None of the men were crying.
Almond felt a fresh wave of embarrassment and hastily wiped away tears that wouldn’t fall in this virtual world.
Pfft.
A hollow laugh escaped.
I lifted my head and saw countless spectators, then looked higher to see a blue sky—virtual though it was.
Such a clear sky.
The only difference was that what soared above wasn’t a bird, but a dragon.
Regardless.
No matter what.
“…We won.”
We won.

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