Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 450

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 170
59. Luna (3)
An owl’s cry sounded three times.
It rang exactly three times and then stopped.
In other words, this was produced artificially by a human.
「When you hear the owl’s cry three times, come to the campfire」
The person who wrote this message must have made that sound.
-Isn’t that way too obvious? lol
-I go hoo-hoo
-Hilarious! And urgent too lol
The viewers share similar thoughts.
Right. Three owl cries are definitely a signal.
But what about the next message?
‘I need to come to the campfire.’
I look toward the campfire.
Ben is sitting there listlessly, sighing.
“So… sigh… it’s not like I actually like Luna or anything…”
Seeing him mutter such useless nonsense, it seems he doesn’t know about the three owl cries. After all, he said he never saw this message directly.
But Ben’s ignorance doesn’t make the problem disappear.
‘Then what does the person who wrote this message intend to do? Are they going to eliminate Ben?’
The most fundamental problem is that both I and Ben are sitting at the campfire.
Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of a secret summons?
Someone preparing a secret meeting probably wouldn’t want to come here.
Then—
Whoosh!
Flames erupted from the opposite side beyond the tent.
‘What…?’
Ben still hasn’t noticed, only looking at the campfire in front of him.
“Should I count that as a campfire too?”
I wondered if the person preparing the secret meeting—most likely Luna—had created a separate campfire.
So I was about to move toward it.
Thud.
Ben suddenly jumps to his feet.
“Huh!? F… Fire…!”
He staggered as he rushed forward, shouting desperately.
“Fire!”
The fire was much larger than expected.
Patter-patter-patter.
Ben cursed as he ran blindly toward the fire.
‘What?’
Thanks to that, only Almond remained by the campfire.
‘Who will come now?’
If I wait here, I might be able to discover the identity of whoever requested this secret meeting.
Of course, if they didn’t come to meet me, they won’t show up.
But if they were sent to meet me specifically….
-Someone’s coming
-Who’s that over there?
-Huh?
-Something big’s coming
-A choice between life and death lol
A silhouette against the roaring flames.
A dark shadow was approaching me. While everyone else was rushing to extinguish the fire, only one person was moving in the opposite direction.
“As expected….”
Bright blonde hair glowed crimson in the firelight.
It was Luna.
“You. You can read that text?”
-What
-Isn’t that something anyone can read though
-No way
“What text.”
“…You know but you’re asking.”
Luna laughs as if it’s pathetic.
I felt a bit tense at that moment.
‘I need to ask as many questions as possible.’
Based on my experience clearing story modes so far.
This section requires the most thinking.
I began asking questions.
“Who was this text originally meant for?”
“Isn’t it obvious?”
“Obvious?”
“The person holding it right now.”
“What? You didn’t want to give me this spear. Didn’t Swift suddenly tell you to give it?”
Luna laughs as if to say, “Oh, that?”
“I just pretended not to want to. If I gave such a good spear away freely, I’d be suspected, wouldn’t I?”
Her eyes looked at me as if asking if I was an idiot.
Though I haven’t known her long, this isn’t the Luna I knew before.
“You predicted that Swift would suddenly tell you to give it? And I only just joined suddenly too?”
“I can see the future. I knew you would come. Didn’t you see Swift entrusting the path to me?”
Really? Is that true?
I thought of a simple way to test if she was telling the truth.
Thwack!
“Kyaaah!”
Luna retreats, brushing off the Clown.
“W-what are you doing!”
“Seems my strikes are unpredictable.”
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ (lol lol lol lol lol)
-Lie Detector (Physical)
That’s rough.
That’s hilarious, what a jerk.
This is a reckless hero lol
“I only know the major branches of the future! Only the major ones!”
“So that’s why you kept giving me wrong directions?”
“…What?”
“You kept telling me to go the wrong way.”
“How could you possibly….”
Luna’s expression betrays her panic.
Thanks to that, I became certain she was sabotaging this party.
“Why are you interfering with this party?”
“Interfering… whether I’m interfering or helping. That depends on perspective.”
What is she even talking about?
“I just want to tell you this. Swift cannot be trusted.”
The same goes for you, Luna.
I swallowed those words rather than speak them aloud.
“Come with me. It’ll be better for your side too.”
“Suddenly?”
“Yes. We’re running out of time. This is a humid forest—the fire will go out soon.”
Ding.
[Will you join Luna?]
[Yes / No]
[*Warning: Once chosen, this decision may be irreversible.]
A message appears.
What’s up with the warning below lol
Is this what you made it for? lol
lol
It says once I choose, it can’t be undone.
And they’re asking me to decide at this moment.
‘Without knowing anything?’
I know far too little to make this choice.
I turn the situation over in my mind.
Honestly, isn’t Luna more suspicious than Swift? She says Swift can’t be trusted, yet she still earns his trust as a guide.
And what was it that Ben said?
Something about killing someone. Even then, Swift ultimately acknowledged Luna’s innocence.
And Swift is, after all, Swift.
The protagonist of this story.
“I still have much more to learn.”
I ultimately declined for now.
Luna pauses, clearly not understanding.
“I’ve never encountered an enemy like this. Did some picky thug just show up?”
“What?”
“Nothing. Never mind. So you’re saying you don’t want to? I’m leaving. You should get out of here quickly too.”
Pitter-patter-patter.
She dashed toward the camp and disappeared.
‘What did she just say?’
Watching Luna’s retreating figure, I took a moment to gather my thoughts.
‘Has she made this kind of proposal before?’
Had Luna made this proposal to my original body before?
And that comment about a picky thug showing up this time.
‘She knows more than I thought.’
And suddenly, a thought strikes me.
“Did that friend die because I refused this?”
Ben’s friend died because he refused Luna’s proposal.
-shivers-
-whoa
-that could actually be it

* * *
The Abyss was a damp and soggy forest.
Luna’s fire quickly died out.
The party members fell back asleep.
This time, I actually lay down in the tent intending to use the ‘sleep’ function.
But—
“…Ah. Wait, what if I get assassinated while sleeping?”
hahaha for real
That could be the case ㅠㅠ
No way, seriously? lol
That’s too late, Mondo.
I was terrified of Luna’s assassination attempts.
But I couldn’t just kill Luna either. I didn’t have confirmation yet. I might end up killing an NPC who could become an ally.
I just lay there pretending to sleep. I planned to pass the time like this.
I’m getting away with a quick nap.
Why are you so serious about story mode lol
Let’s just die once. I’m already annoyed at picking runes anyway haha
Was it thanks to my efforts?
[Supo has registered a mission!]
[Let me try this mission]
Supo registered a mission.
It’s not shy Yeopo, it’s just a coward lol
Oh, I got tricked! Haha!
The username is a waste.
-Mother would be devastated
“Are you really Shy Yeopo?”
I asked just in case.
The answer came quickly.
[3-Star Clear Without Dying]
[200,000 Won]
“Ah. I guess not.”
-???: The amount was too small for Shy Yeopo
I recognized it by the crazy amount of money lol
Got it right away lol
“Thank you for the mission. It’s a big help.”
After thanking them, I went back to pretending to sleep.
This is seriously bad ㅋㅋㅋ It’s already over though
-Safe asset betting, Almond. Don’t be fooled.
Do you want to act like a broke Nick and do all that? lol
The chat comments were starting to irritate me.
‘A safe asset?’
The moment I rejected Luna’s proposal, was I supposed to die?
Some might say, “How could you kill someone so anticlimactically!” But truthfully, what’s so significant about dying in a game… that’s up to the Production Company.
There are countless games where choosing the wrong option means death.
“A safe asset, you say. Still, there’s no law that says I have to die──”
The moment Almond tried to say something hopeful.
Crack!
A sound from behind.
“!?”
Immediately after, a dark figure brought a sword down in a strike.
It was truly instantaneous.
Almond immediately rolled to the side as if bouncing away.
-Whoa
-What?
-Seriously?
Riiip!
The tent where Almond had been lying was torn in a long gash. No, sliced.
Almond’s clothes were also torn.
It was the kind of attack that could only be dodged by reacting immediately to the sound alone.
‘Too fast.’
Even Almond, who controlled high-speed Runes, felt that the opponent was fast.
‘Luna is at this level?’
Without even needing to confirm who it was, Almond grabbed a nearby weapon and thrust it forward.
Whoosh!
The opponent twisted only their upper body to dodge the weapon, then.
Grab.
Seized the shaft and instead closed the distance, swinging a dagger again.
Whiiiing!
Almond released the shaft and leaned back at the waist to evade.
‘Isn’t this Swift?’
Though the face was hidden behind a mask, the opponent was definitely not Luna.
Based on body proportions, the length of exposed hair, and eye color, it was Swift.
As Almond continued to dodge successive attacks, he glared and came at me with a proper slash again.
Quite fast.
Sliice!
My collarbone was grazed and cut.
Just as I tried to grab the shaft again, the masked man immediately kicked it away to another location.
He immediately drew the dagger again.
Whiing!
Whoosh!
In silence, a dance of cuts and evasions unfolds.
My opponent naturally made no sound, but strangely, neither did I.
‘I didn’t have the luxury….’
There was no room to cry out.
This is what it means to be completely silenced.
Whoosh!
Screech!
My opponent gradually learned my evasion patterns, tightening the trajectory of his assault.
Tap.
When my feet retreat, the thug follows precisely forward.
Tap.
Then comes the blade.
Whoosh!
The strikes begin to graze me.
Wounds multiply and deepen.
The distance between blade and vital points narrows.
Have I ever been cornered like this?
Only then did I understand.
‘Is that what it is.’
This is a scene designed to make the player die.
‘So “once you choose, there’s no turning back” meant… if you don’t choose, you die.’
A death as unjust as it comes.
Not dying from a mistake in combat, but dying from misspeaking.
‘This isn’t even real life.’
In the midst of it all, my eyes turn to one side.
[Clear with 3 Stars Without Dying]
[200,000 Won]
A mission has been set.
200,000 won?
That’s not a large sum for my room.
But this isn’t about money.
‘So that’s why he set a mission.’
It’s a matter of pride.
The audacity of setting a mission irritates me.
I decided I’d take that thug’s money as compensation for his insolence.
And in that moment─
Flash!
My eyes snap wide open.
Accelerating my thoughts.
Whoooosh…
The world slows to a crawl. The masked assassin’s dagger thrusts forward.
This time, I intercept my opponent’s trajectory a step ahead.
Thud!
I seize the assassin’s arm.
Crack…!
My own hand threatens to break instead.
An overwhelming difference in strength.
But that’s fine.
I only need to alter the trajectory.
Whoosh.
Gripping his arm, I pull it slightly further in the direction of his momentum, then strike his jaw.
Crack!
He takes the counter using his own tremendous strength against him.
“Gack!”
The cloth covering his mouth and nose tears away, and his blade clatters free.
Clang!
‘As expected…!’
The face revealed as the blade strikes the ground belongs to Swift.
He speaks as if he’d been waiting for this moment.
“Luna was right. Combat ability like this.”
Grin.
Swift smiles, then suddenly vanishes.
[Blink]
‘Blink?!’
Crackle──!
An unexpected skill activation.
A technique he hasn’t used once until now.
Swift had already mastered Blink.
And the location where he dropped his blade was…
‘Behind!’
Swift’s shadow falls across my back.
This was a perfect ambush.
“I thought you might…”
That would be true if I didn’t know the Rubisword’s properties.
“…do that!”
Waiting at the blink point was the hard sole of a military boot.
──Crack!
My spinning back kick connects directly with Swift’s face.
“…Ugh!”
It must hurt tremendously.
Swift’s body flew through the air, tumbling all the way to the end of the tent.
Crash…!
With a thunderous noise, he buried himself in the pile of supplies.
Swift didn’t get back up.
The chat exploded with cheers and question marks simultaneously.
-???
-Lolololol
-Wtf??
-What is this?
-Is he dead?
-???: When I was at the athletes’ village, a senior from the national taekwondo team…
-No wait lol how does this even work??
The chat was filled with messages of confusion.
It seemed Almond truly wasn’t meant to survive in this place.
Donations immediately poured in.
[Animan donated 10,000 won]
[Wait, isn’t he supposed to die if he rejects Luna’s proposal?]
[Yes? donated 50,000 won!]
[Alright, Almond’s story mode begins now~ Swift is dead anyway~]
[Shy Yeopo donated a whopping 200,000 won!]
[Fake Yeopo’s downfall is deserved]

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