Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 414

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 134
46. Veteran vs Newbie (2)
‘What? Almond?’
When Sharr first spotted the cavalry unit as Almond, he was actually pleased.
‘Good. So he was here.’
He had died once inside the fortress walls and then disappeared from view.
And now Almond had emerged on horseback onto the battlefield?
‘You’re dead.’
He shifted his gaze toward the Veteran Knight.
[Veteran Knight – Salamanca]
That knight was Salamanca. A skilled player of Spanish nationality ranked within the top 200.
Of course, Sharr couldn’t see the player ID with his eyes. Sharr had simply gotten lucky.
He had issued that skilled warrior a special command.
[Kill that black-haired bastard]
[30G]
Ping!
He had precisely marked Almond and ordered his death.
He had wagered a full 30 gold just to eliminate a single cavalry unit.
Salamanca must have thought the reward was generous for the difficulty, because he moved immediately.
“Ah… no. What…”
Was moving immediately not enough?
Even as Salamanca advanced toward Almond, catastrophic damage was already mounting.
Slash!
Slash!
Almond charged in a straight line, cutting down allied cavalry units in his wake.
“Damn… how many… how many have fallen…”
By the time roughly a dozen had fallen.
──Clang!
Salamanca arrived and knocked Almond’s sword flying.
“Yes…!”
Sharr’s face lit up with elation.
Almond was without his sword.
Now only death remained.
“Kill him!!!”

* * *
The moment I crossed swords with the Veteran Knight, I felt it.
‘I’m at a disadvantage.’
And indeed, that was the case.
Screeeech!
As the blades scraped against each other, sparks flew like fireworks….
‘What?’
An ominous sensation washed over me.
[Durability Depleted]
Crack!
With the sound of shattering, my sword flew from my hands. It had become unusable.
‘Is this even possible?’
I suddenly found myself unarmed, and my opponent seized the opportunity, wielding his blade with elegant precision.
Whoosh!
Whoooosh!
Even as I dodged the sword strikes, I couldn’t help but think: I’m at a disadvantage.
‘No weapon. No tricks that work.’
Speed-based tricks could only carry me against players of roughly A-rank ability.
Against players who had reached the level of reading blade trajectories and responding preemptively, superior concentration in speed battles provided no real advantage.
Unlike Ril, my actual movement speed wasn’t particularly fast.
No matter how quickly I reacted, swung, and changed my approach, it all occurred within human speed limits.
That’s why tricks don’t work here.
Clang…!
That’s probably why my helmet went flying off as well.
‘Ah. That’s probably worth at least 3 Silver.’
-oof
-Nearly died
-Can’t we do something?
I made a decision.
‘I need to retreat for now.’
Sword-to-sword combat clearly wasn’t going to work. The weapon gap was too large, and I didn’t even have one anymore.
Neeeigh!
I leaned my upper body as far right as possible and sharply turned the horse’s head.
Whoooosh!
After dodging one final sword strike, I spurred my horse and galloped back toward my own forces.
Clop! Clop!
‘What should I do….’
I thought hard as I rode.
How could I win?
I was certain when I was shopping at the store that I could defeat a Veteran Knight.
I was repelled far more anticlimactically than I’d anticipated.
Why had I ever thought I could win in the first place?
I could recover the memories that had slipped beyond my consciousness by glancing at the chat window.
-If only he were a cavalry archer, he’d hold his ground better lol
Is it true that you didn’t upgrade the basic equipment? lol
I can’t beat them this time either ㅠ
That’s right. Cavalry archer.
I had originally intended to enter as a cavalry archer.
‘Right. That was the plan. Originally….’
The calculation was that if I rode a horse while firing arrows, even a veteran knight wouldn’t be able to do anything about it.
But when I actually entered, the cavalry archer wasn’t available, so I had to choose cavalry instead.
I’d been so absorbed in the game that I’d momentarily forgotten that fact.
〔Bontovi, the cavalry archer still isn’t available?〕
My first instinct was to die and switch to cavalry archer on respawn.
I’d lose some money, sure, but what mattered most to me right now was maintaining this winning streak and reaching S+ rank as quickly as possible.
It was worth considering.
So if Bontovi had just completed the cavalry archer upgrade, I was about to respawn.
〔That… you’re doing it?〕
But the response came like this.
〔No. Don’t do it.〕
The first option was immediately rejected.
lol
What the hell is that bastard saying lol
Haha, I’m going crazy.
-I miss Tungdungi
‘What do I do.’
I had to come up with another solution.
A way to become a cavalry archer right now.
Clop! Clop!
As I rode the horse, the allied archer formation came into view.
My eyes widened slightly at that moment.
‘That’s it.’
I had experience picking up a bow and using it when I was first summoned as a spearman.
Thanks to that, I could immediately come up with this idea.
‘What if I pick up a bow?’
It would be nice if bows were lying around where the archers fell, but that wasn’t always the case. Besides, wasn’t I currently mounted on a horse? I couldn’t dismount to pick up a bow.
‘I can’t. If I get off the horse….’
For some reason, the veteran knight had been chasing me relentlessly since earlier.
As our eyes met, he glared and shouted.
“Hey, coward! If you’re just going to run, leave what’s between your legs behind! Looks like you don’t need it! I’ll take it for you!”
Seeing him even resort to clumsy provocation in broken speech, it seemed Sharr had given him some sort of command.
-lmaooo
-hahahaha
-raw provocation;
-western style joke lol
“….”
I ignored it and turned my attention back to the front.
But thinking this wouldn’t do, I tilted my head once, then turned it back and shouted.
“You’re too heavy to lift!”
-???haha
-Almond can never resist provocation
-chitchat shudder
-hahahaha
-chitchat can’t resist lol
“…!?”
The opponent’s expression upon understanding my words became quite entertaining.
Only then did I relax and continue speaking while looking forward.
‘I can see the bow.’
Dismounting now to pick up a bow would be suicide. At this pace, the moment I dismount, my shoulders would become vulnerable. That knight wouldn’t let me slip away, not with his personal grudge.
So I reached a conclusion.
‘I need to receive it from someone.’
There’s no time to pick it up.
Then?
The best option was for someone to throw me a bow.
I scanned the allied archers visible in the distance.
Who would willingly hand over their bow?
They came to play too. If they gave up their weapon, they’d be unable to do anything.
Who would do such a thing?
It would be impossible without the commander’s order.
〔Bontovi!〕
〔Yes!?〕
〔Order one of the archers.〕
〔W-what!?〕
〔Tell them to hand me their bow and arrows.〕
〔What? Who would agree to that!? If I did that, I’d face an inquiry later!〕
An overly contradictory order could negatively impact the commander’s evaluation afterward.
An order to hand my bow to someone else was certainly absurd enough to warrant that.
Meanwhile, the archers kept drawing closer. If I passed them, I’d lose my chance to receive a bow.
‘I’m going to be caught.’
The Veteran Knight’s horse was so close I could hear its snorting breath.
“I’ll sever your neck and hang it from my horse’s tail as a decoration!”
The Knight continued to shout, whether to intimidate Almond or simply caught up in his own momentum.
There was a reason for his newfound confidence.
The distance between them was steadily closing due to the difference in their horses’ speeds.
Just then, several Archers rose to their feet and unleashed a volley of arrows.
Thwack-thwack-thwack!
They were targeting the Veteran Knight behind me.
Clang.
The Veteran Knight shielded his upper body perfectly with his shield and charged forward without a moment’s hesitation.
‘What?’
In that instant, an Archer’s ID caught my eye.
[Archer – Howdoo]
One might assume it was simply a Korean Archer with an odd sense of naming.
But this was too much of a coincidence.
‘Is this a snipe?’
Yes. It was a snipe.
Sometimes sniping occurred on the enemy team, but sometimes it happened on your own team as well.
Allies would troll while sniping to draw attention, or harass streamers.
Or, in rare cases, they were loyal supporters who sniped to genuinely help the streamer.
Was this person a loyal supporter?
A troll?
Or was this merely a coincidence, not even a snipe at all?
Only one of these three possibilities could save me now.
‘I have to try.’
A one-in-three chance.
I figured it was worth attempting.
This was the best option available here.
Snap!
I pointed precisely at ‘Howdoo’ with my finger.
The Commander couldn’t see the IDs, so I had to rely on these signals.
This too was a variable.
Would Bontovi see this finger direction correctly?
Or would he miss the mark?
With such an ambiguous gesture, even if he confused this Archer with the one behind, I couldn’t blame Bontovi.
‘I’ll trust him.’
But I decided to trust in the experience we’d built together playing dozens of games.
I pointed at ‘Howdoo’ more distinctly and shouted.
〔That person!〕
〔What?!〕
〔That person! Black hair!〕
Almond offered a bare minimum description of the situation, but couldn’t continue his words.
〔Bow─〕
──Whoosh!
The Veteran Knight who had been chasing him hurled his javelin.
Shwik!
Fortunately, Almond bent his upper body and dodged it.
But failing to finish explaining to Bontovi weighed far heavier on his mind.
‘Damn it.’
It’s over.
The moment I thought I’d pass by the archers while explaining to Bontovi.
〔I understand!〕
Beep…!
Bontovi clicked immediately.
[Archer – Howdoo]
He had selected Howdoo with precision.
And transmitted a clear command.
[Hand over your bow and arrows to Aamond.]
[50G]
At that moment, Almond was just about to pass by Howdoo.
There seemed to be less than ten meters of distance remaining.
Almond stretched out his hand and shouted to Howdoo.
“Here!!!”
Their eyes met.
For a brief instant, time seemed to freeze in the tension.
-Oh.
-No way.
-What if he’s a troll
-Even so
-Huh
Bontovi had issued the command correctly, but if this person was a troll, it would be useless.
Or if he simply didn’t know Almond, it would be useless.
Only one possibility was desperately needed.
‘Who is he. Why isn’t he responding….’
But Howdoo’s reaction was slow.
Why was he still standing still?
The moment Almond clenched his lips.
Tap-tap-tap!
Howdoo suddenly leaped onto the rock in front of him and shouted.
“Mooooom!”
He grabbed the bow and quiver and threw them.
“I’m coming!!”
The bow and quiver flew precisely toward the path where Almond was passing.
“I’ll become Almond, Howdoo!!”
Snap!
It was instantly drawn into Almond’s grip as if sucked in.
He was a loyal servant.
He had simply waited for the perfect moment.
-!
-Wow!
lol
-!!!
-This actually works!?
The analysts leaped to their feet, shouting at the top of their lungs.
Almond immediately twisted his upper body and drew the bowstring.
Creeeeak…!
‘Now….’
The arrowhead’s aim was fixed on the neck of the Veteran Knight who was relentlessly pursuing him.
‘Let’s see how this ends.’
Twang──!
The arrow released from the bowstring flew toward him.

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