Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 270

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Spinoff Episode 6
2. A Strange Rescue (3)
“Something to drink… please…”
A voice growing hoarse, drained of all strength.
I’d never heard the voice of someone starving to death, but I felt certain that if left like this, he would die.
What on earth is this??ㅜㅜ
-Why are they starving the kid!!!
-Want some Almond?
-What kind of situation is this
This is ridiculous ㅠㅠ These bastards are starving Ran and locking her up in this dark place
-Just because he met a woman, he gets this punishment? Is this a world created by Gichan (*the real name of Most Solia)!?
Almond first decided that he needed to keep Ran alive and began searching for water nearby.
‘Was there water here?’
But he soon realized that was a foolish thought.
He could barely see what was in front of him.
How was he supposed to find water all of a sudden?
Moreover, he didn’t know when some strange entity might ambush him again.
“Ran. Fire. Can’t you create fire?”
“Fire…? What do you mean… ah, you’re not a Guard, are you?”
It seemed the Guards here had no need for fire.
“I came at Laurent’s request.”
“That… Laurent… did he order you to ‘rescue’ me?”
“No. Laurent doesn’t know you’ve ended up like this. He thought you were just receiving some disciplinary measures. Just…”
Almond couldn’t bring himself to say that Laurent had sent him to ask whether Ran had really been fooling around with a woman.
“He’s curious about your condition. And why you’re being punished like this.”
“Sallie…”
“Sallie?”
Sallie—that was the name of the girl from the graffiti. The one Ran had been spending time with.
“I gave my heart to Sallie…”
“Y-your heart moved? You’re really being punished for something like that?”
That’s too much with [someone/something].
-They’re not even dating, and he gets this for just giving his heart?
-What are they trying to raise him to be;
-If I just hold hands I’d have 3 grandchildren, so I’d just die receiving punishment here
“I swore an oath to the Goddess to become her pure devotee. Besides, Sallie is absolutely someone I should never give my heart to… huh? Behind!”
Shing—
Almond drew the sword from his waist and swung it toward the rear.
—Clang
A tingling sensation ran through his hand.
And as the steel glowed red-hot, sparks scattered…
‘What is this thing?’
Surprisingly, my opponent was not human. At least, that’s what appeared at first glance.
“Intruder!”
The thug bellowed with all his might and swung his sword again. Or so it seemed to me.
I retreated backward, evading the blade strike.
Whoosh!
The sensation of my hair whipping dangerously close told me I’d barely dodged his sword.
Click.
Now it was my turn.
I nocked an arrow and drew the bowstring taut in nearly the same motion.
Twang!
Right after the sound of air splitting, a sickening thud echoed as the arrow pierced flesh.
Thunk…!
“…Gack!”
A falling sound.
My opponent collapsed.
To be safe, I used that same sword to scrape the floor and create sparks.
Spark! Spark! Spark…!
‘Dead.’
In that brief moment of light, I confirmed the arrow had lodged in my enemy’s head.
‘But the face looks human.’
Now that I could see clearly, the face appeared entirely human. Yet that’s precisely why I couldn’t call this thing human.
Spark! Spark! Spark.
I created sparks again to examine the lower body.
‘Only the upper half exists.’
The lower body was engulfed in black smoke.
So it had been drifting through the air like a phantom all along.
“What is this thing?”
“A Ghostly Soldier that guards the Abyss Prison.”
Ran explained from behind me.
“A Ghostly Soldier…?”
“I only learned about them after entering this place. They’re guards created by severing the bodies of death row inmates in half, then spectralizing the lower half. Most Ghostly Soldiers only follow simple commands, but… the higher-ranked ones can think like humans.”
So half of them are ghosts.
“These creatures can only function fully without light.”
“Then how do they see anything in the dark?”
“No. Since their upper halves are still human, they don’t actually see in darkness. They simply memorize the paths and move along them. That’s why they can’t operate outside their designated areas.”
It’s like the concept of a bound spirit.
The reasons differ, but the result is the same—they must remain in their assigned vicinity.
“But… as a follower of the Goddess, I hesitate to say this, but…”
“?”
“If you don’t shatter their vital point in one strike, they’ll rise again. You must confirm it.”
At his words, Almond scraped his blade once more to verify.
“…It’s definitely dead.”
“You were fortunate. But what of those who come next… What is your plan?”
“Next?”
“There are at least twenty Ghostly Soldiers. They cannot follow you into places with light. Flee quickly.”
Twenty, he said.
Almond paused to count for a moment, then nodded.
“That’s nothing. Why would I run?”
-Kuu
Isn’t that going against what Ran said? lol
It’s nothing special for almonds lol
Does this scene have a kiss too!?ㅎㅎ
Ran asked in surprise.
“Yes…?”
“Can you sense where the Ghostly Soldiers are?”
“Fleeing would be──”
“Just answer my question. We don’t know when they’ll arrive.”
“I, I can sense them, but can I really explain it in words?”
“Just tell me who’s coming right now.”
“….”
Ran fell silent, concentrating.
“…They’re coming. Straight ahead. Two of them this time. They appear to have low intelligence.”
“What weapons do they have?”
“I cannot sense that far….”
“Do they use bows?”
“No. As I mentioned, their intelligence is….”
“Understood.”
Almond slung his bow back across his shoulders and gripped his sword.
‘…When they swing their weapons, I can feel it.’
The opponent’s weapons were limited to close-range types. I could sense how to clear this.
I closed my eyes and drew my body’s senses to their absolute limit.
Whoooosh…
A much slower sound reached me than before.
‘Here.’
I shifted my footsteps carefully and positioned my blade where I anticipated the strike.
Claaang! Crash!
The enemy’s mace collided with my sword, and sparks erupted.
Sure enough, that grotesque Ghostly Soldier appeared between the flames.
I tensed my thighs and lifted my foot.
──Thud!
The Ghostly Soldier was driven backward.
Using that recoil, I also took a step back.
Boom!
A mace-like weapon swung by another Ghostly Soldier embedded itself in that spot. It was wielded by yet another Ghostly Soldier standing beside the first.
‘There.’
Thanks to the sparks ignited by the mace, my aim became considerably easier.
Twang!
An arrow flew.
It struck the head of the mace-wielding Ghostly Soldier who had first clashed weapons with me.
Thunk!
A direct hit.
‘Next.’
Now I had to deal with the one wielding the mace.
My vision went dark again.
Like before, I had no choice but to cross swords once and gauge their position from that.
‘These ones don’t even scream.’
The Ghostly Soldier I first encountered spoke and made sounds, but these ones are completely silent. Are they deliberately suppressing their presence?
The moment I thought that.
Screeeech…!
The mace dragged across the floor with a loud noise. Thanks to that, I could immediately draw my bowstring again.
‘About here.’
Gauging the height of the Ghostly Soldier I’d briefly seen, I aim at where its head should be and release the string.
The bowstring, which had been drawn taut and fiercely, smoothly slides back and contracts.
This contradictory dual process propels the arrow forward…
Thunk!
It strikes the thug’s head.
Crash!
It collapses with a loud noise along with the mace.
“More coming! Three, there are three of them.”
“Which direction roughly.”
“F-from the front! They’re coming from the front!”
I hurled the sword I’d been holding with all my strength.
Whoosh! Whoom!
The sword flew through the air with a loud noise. It soon collided with the enemy’s weapon.
Clang!
The erupting sparks revealed the rough silhouettes of three figures.
‘Got it in one.’
I thought I’d need to throw multiple times, but luckily I managed to gauge the enemy’s position in a single throw.
Twang! Twang! Twang!
He fired three arrows in rapid succession, perfectly aligned.
-???
-Is this even possible?
-What the…
-Wow
Crash! Bang!
The Ghostly Soldiers collapsed in unison.
They didn’t even scream as they fell. Ruthless creatures.
“T-two more on the right! From your position, probably at two o’clock!”
Ran’s senses were becoming increasingly precise.
Almond’s movements were also growing simpler and more efficient. He quickly grabbed a mace from a fallen enemy and hurled it in the direction Ran had indicated.
Whoosh!
Once again, sparks flew as it collided with the enemy’s weapon.
The position was confirmed.
Creak, creak…!
This time, I nocked two arrows at once and drew the bowstring back.
Twang!
Two arrows flew in perfect alignment.
Thud!
The enemy collapsed with a loud crash as the arrows pierced deep into flesh.
Bang and crash…!
“Ten o’clock!”
“Twelve o’clock!”
“Three o’clock!”
From then on, Ran continued calling out approximate positions to me, while I repeatedly threw weapons from fallen Ghostly Soldiers to pinpoint their exact locations, then fired arrows at them.
The accuracy and speed were inhuman—mechanical precision.
Thud…!
Crash!!
Bang and clatter!
The Abyss Prison echoed with the sounds of enemies falling for a while.
If someone were to build a machine for killing Ghostly Soldiers, it would work exactly like this.
Bang…!
After the last arrow I fired brought down its target.
My hand reached toward the quiver and awkwardly grasped empty air.
‘The arrows…’
Only one arrow remained in the quiver.
If more Ghostly Soldiers came now, I would have to fight with my sword.
“…Are there more?”
Gulp.
Ran swallowed hard, his throat dry.
“…How is this possible? W-what exactly are you?”
“Doesn’t look like it.”
Almond interpreted Ran’s exclamation that way and approached the fallen guards, rummaging through their pockets.
He himself seemed utterly unmoved by what he’d just done.
-This is insane
-I-insane, he just killed them like that???
-That’s not how you’re supposed to do this;
While Almond searched the corpses, the viewers were too busy marveling at the skill of piercing the enemies’ heads in succession—enemies they could barely even see.
‘This is rough, searching while I can’t see anything.’
The weight of the corpses made searching difficult.
And since I couldn’t see anything, I had to feel around for everything. The sensation was disgusting, and I didn’t want to touch them.
Then….
“!”
The sensation of a small metal object brushing against my fingertips.
‘A key.’
I found a key.
Of course there was a key.
After all, these are the guards who watch over this prison.
“I found a key.”
-Good job
-Nice~
Amondo hoping for praise lol
-Is this really the person who said they wouldn’t read chat? He’s reporting everything
Now that I’d found the key, I could escape with Ran right away. I rushed to the iron bars and began feeling around for the lock.
Clang. Clang.
Finding where to insert the key wasn’t particularly difficult.
There was a heavy locking mechanism right in the center of the iron bars, easy enough to feel.
Click… Clack….
But no matter how I tried, the key wouldn’t go in.
“…What, what is this.”
“Why… is something wrong?”
“The key won’t go in.”
“…It seems to be a different key….”
A different key?
This was the key the guards watching Ran had. If this isn’t the key to Ran’s cell, then what is it?
‘There must be another one.’
I’d have to search the guards’ clothes again. But when I turned around, there was only darkness.
It was impossible to remember exactly where each guard had been.
“Ran. Is there any way to turn on a light?”
“G-ghostly soldiers… hate fire the most… so there’s no way to….”
Cough! Cough!
The dry coughing cut off his words.
Ran’s voice had grown even more hoarse.
‘Did I make him talk too much?’
I seemed to have unnecessarily made him speak a lot while gathering information.
‘What do I do?’
Even if I found the key, I couldn’t see the keyhole. Either way, I needed to find fire.
Was there even a way to start a fire here?
‘Should I go back up there?’
Would I have to go up and bring back a torch? No, that wouldn’t work.
Without Ran, dealing with the Ghostly Soldiers was incredibly troublesome. Knowing they were coming in advance versus not knowing made a difference of more than double in reaction time.
Because Ran warned me beforehand, I could perfectly block or deflect even the slightest gust of wind with my blade. If I were suddenly ambushed, I couldn’t guarantee success.
‘Let me at least try this.’
I scraped my sword against the floor, creating sparks to briefly examine the corpses.
‘Ah!’
Smack.
I struck my own foolish head.
“This is fire!”
What I’d been using all along was fire.
I cut a scrap from my robe and used my sword as flint to ignite the tinder.
Crack and spark!
The sparks flew up, then whoosh! It caught immediately.
I thought I’d need to try at least a dozen times, but seeing how easily it caught, this was clearly how it was meant to be done.
I gazed at the chat window with satisfaction.
-Finally lol
Haha, I’m only doing this now ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
That’s crazy lol
What’s with these mixed nuts? The almonds are sweet but the walnuts are way too bitter ㅠㅠ
But the reaction seemed strange.
Why now? Was I that late? I figured it out right after trying one key.
I deflated slightly, having expected praise for my intelligence.
“Did I light the fire too slowly?”
Damn, they caught all the guards without doing this ㅋㅋㅋ
You idiot, that’s how you catch the guards ㅠㅠ
-You’re supposed to light the fire to catch the guards
-Just shining the fire is one-shot
Wow, you caught all of this yourself ㅋㅋㅋ
So that’s what it was.
“…So I was supposed to catch them with this?”

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