Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 452

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 172
60. Erased Memories (2)
Dying to a monster during the Ril siege was deeply shameful.
It seemed the same applied to the survival battlefield. As long as I didn’t do anything too reckless, subjugating monsters of similar level wasn’t difficult.
“Grraaahhh…!”
The Magma Bear charged forward with momentum, but was repeatedly pierced by the spear, flailing its arms wildly through the air.
I wondered if that gatekeeper Golem I’d encountered upstairs was an Epic-tier monster.
Despite being higher level, this beast was far more stupid.
“This time, here!”
Thunk!
Stab from the left once, then from the right next.
What they call aggro ping-pong.
Constantly shifting the monster’s aggro back and forth to dull its attacks.
‘I’ll take the final blow…’
Meanwhile, I was carelessly thrusting my spear while fixated on one thought. I had to secure that Rune Box for myself no matter what.
My teammates might criticize me for it, but I decided to worry about that later.
“Grrr… grrr…”
The Magma Bear’s health was nearly depleted.
Its nape finally exposed.
‘Now!’
I hurled myself forward, driving my spear deep into the back of its neck.
Squelch!
If it were human, it would be a carotid artery strike.
The Magma Bear froze momentarily.
Boom!
It scattered lava in all directions and vanished into smoke.
One of the teammates took burns from the lava that splattered at the end.
But no one had time to worry about that.
Whoooosh!
The Rune Box appeared.
“A Rune Box!”
Swift excitedly rushed toward the Rune Box.
“Why does he naturally assume he’s taking it?”
I muttered in dissatisfaction watching Swift.
“I’ll choose a weapon and distribute it to whoever here is most suited for it.”
It seemed Swift had no intention of keeping it for himself.
Only I, desperately trying to monopolize it, looked petty.
haha
-Wow, what a magnanimous person
Petty almond lol
I ignored the chat’s criticism and observed Swift intently.
‘Will it open?’
“Let’s open it.”
It seemed to follow an RPG-style system where the party leader held distribution rights, regardless of who dealt the final blow.
Swift had no trouble opening the chest.
But the moment the chest began to open.
──Boom!
Something fell onto the chest.
‘A person?’
It was a person.
Someone who fell from the tree.
Actually, “fell” wasn’t quite the right word.
“Who said you could open that?”
The thug deliberately landed on top of the chest.
He was even now standing proudly on both feet atop it.
He had wrapped a cloth around nearly his entire face except for his eyes, and judging by his attire and weaponry, he was an assassin-type—a ninja of sorts.
He looked like a ninja.
-Creepy
-Startled me
-Oh here he comes
-Oh &#(@@
The viewers’ reactions suggested they’d been expecting this.
Of course, there were other participants besides Swift’s party in this place.
‘Other participants… I count three visible.’
The way he stood on that curved surface without the slightest wavering made him look formidable.
The audacity to enter alone into enemy territory was remarkable.
“Who the hell are you!”
Swift shouted indignantly.
Meanwhile, the ninja-clad man remained composed.
“Hmm. So you’re the one working here, aren’t you? Swift, was it?”
He seemed to know Swift.
“What? Cut that crap. Get down here. I found this Rune Box first. I need to extract weapons for my teammates!”
“….”
The ninja glanced at Swift’s teammates for a moment, then smiled mockingly.
“I see. Teammates. How important.”
He looked down at Swift again and spoke.
“Answer me this. Does the one who discovers it own it? Or does the one who touches it first own it?”
“Obviously the one who found it! You bastard!”
Shing!
The thug ignored Swift’s words and drew dual blades from his waist.
“I’ll tell you the answer. The strong one wins.”
-Why did you even ask lol
-…?
-That’s so Almond lol
-What can you do lol
“Now that’s music to my ears! You bastard!”
Swift immediately grabbed his spear and tried to rush forward at that shout.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
In that instant, numerous enemies landed from the trees above.
They were his party members.
He wasn’t alone.
“Attack!”
The Ninja barked the command.
Swift roared back without backing down.
“Kill them all!!!”
Both parties clashed over the chest.
Almond was naturally no exception.
“…Ah.”
But I had a different concern.
“I’m torn on whether to grab the chest and run.”
-You’re thinking that so calmly;
-Your character lol
-lol Does he not even want to fight lol
-The man obsessed with Runes
After deliberating, I gripped my spear and charged forward.
Grabbing the chest and fleeing would lose my teammates’ trust too much.
“Die!”
‘A coordinated attack.’
Two swordsmen spotted me and rushed in. I instantly lowered my stance and swept my spear shaft in a semicircle.
“Ugh…!”
The two attacking me were sword users.
Clang!
Whoosh!
I blocked one and dodged the other.
In that gap, I created distance.
Then I thrust my spear at the one I’d blocked.
Screech!
‘He dodged.’
He lightly swatted away my incoming spear and evaded.
Impressive movement for an NPC.
Tap-tap-tap!
Footsteps approach rapidly.
The spear blade passes beyond the thug’s back of the head. At this distance, the spear is at a disadvantage compared to a sword.
However─
“!”
Clack.
Almond grips the spear more than halfway up the shaft.
──Whoosh!
Then, he pulls the spear back briefly before swinging it again.
This way, he fights as if the spear were a short weapon.
Clang!
The thug’s sword and my spear collide once more.
Clang! Clang-clang-clang!
The exchange continues.
Whoosh.
The spear blade, piercing in at a mysterious angle, suddenly targets his neck.
Splurt!
Blood sprays as the thug’s sword falls limply to the ground.
His fight is over.
But mine is not.
‘Behind.’
There was another one, wasn’t there?
Almond immediately lengthens his grip on the spear and sweeps the lower section in a cutting motion.
Whoooosh!
A leg is severed.
“Ugh!”
The thug attempting an ambush from behind instead fell victim himself.
He writhes in agony and collapses.
Almond, gripping the spear short again, throws his body forward and pierces through the thug’s head.
──Splurt!
-Wow
-He’s a spear master now
-That’s the death-spear technique trained in the Sybil Empire!
With both thugs eliminated, a reward appears.
[Your level has increased!]
The experience seems substantial.
“Ah. So I’m supposed to level up a lot here, it seems.”
Almond interpreted this attack as something like an experience event.
-That’s not it though?
-Creator: Ah… No. Stop!
-How is this even happening?
Almond immediately rushed toward the remaining enemies.
Whoooosh!
As I grew accustomed to the weapon, the number of clashes decreased dramatically.
Thunk!
The spear simply pierced through their heads and hearts in succession.
Darting about and slaughtering them left and right.
A lion dropped into a rabbit warren.
Naturally, Swift’s party began to seize the advantage….
“That’s enough. Swift!”
The Ninja’s urgent voice rang out.
Uuuuung!
His body was burning with a brilliant blue light.
Mana.
[Sword Dance Technique]
Shhhhring!
All the blades he possessed floated up into the air.
Trembling…!
Every single blade was now pointed menacingly at Swift’s party members.
Swift raised his arm, signaling for his party to cease their attacks momentarily.
“Wait! Stop!”
-Huh, it’s already showing up here??
-Wow
-Is it because we killed too many?
-It’s because of leveling up
-I also did like 16 runs before hitting this route lol
Glancing at the chat, it seemed this wasn’t an ability shown easily.
This development only appeared when the player level was quite high and many enemies had been defeated.
“Listen well!”
The Ninja shouted, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.
“If I wanted to, I could take all four of your teammates in an instant!”
Trembling!
Following the Ninja’s words, the blades advanced threateningly.
“If you had something like that, you would’ve used it long ago. Why use it now?”
I muttered, finding it strange.
But Swift seemed genuinely afraid of his ability.
“Are you insane? Using power at that level here just feeds the other monsters! There’s barely any sanctuary power left in this place!”
“What does it matter!? My teammates are already taking damage!”
The Ninja seemed enraged that his party members had suffered heavy casualties.
Swift responded with a voice that had grown cold and measured.
“…Tell me what you want.”
“What I want is cooperation. I want us to work together. All the way to the final floor.”
The Ninja insisted on cooperation.
It sounded like he was proposing a temporary alliance.
“Cooperation? Let me be honest. If I decide to, you’re as good as dead. Of course, I have a few tricks up my sleeve too.”
Swift threatened while mentioning his blink technique.
“You take the Rune Box.”
“…Huh? I could just kill you and take it for free anyway?”
“But then you’d reach the final floor with almost no teammates. Does that make sense? Even if you manage to survive alone and reach the Sanctuary, can you really make it? Maybe, but…”
When he brought up teammates again, Swift hesitated.
The Ninja grinned as if he’d struck a nerve.
“Let’s not shed unnecessary blood, yeah? I’m just trying to avoid wasting time.”
“Fine. I’ll take the Rune Box. Party cooperation. Not a bad deal.”
“There’s one more thing.”
“…?”
Snap.
The Ninja’s finger suddenly pointed at me.
‘Me?’
I was confused by the sudden attention, but—
what came next was even more absurd.
“Kill that one.”
-?
-Huh?
-Wait, did we get caught? lol
-What? Isn’t that guy Mosol’s avatar? lol
Swift asked in confusion.
“What? What kind of condition is that?”
“It’s an unavoidable condition for cooperation.”
“Why?”
“He’s killed too many of my teammates. For our party to work together, he can’t be around.”
Swift turned to look at me, and our eyes met.
‘Am I smiling?’
I was smiling.
Now that I think about it, he’d originally tried to kill me.
‘Did he pretend not to remember?’
His claim that he didn’t remember must have been a lie.
Swift accepts the deal.
“But the Rune Box comes first.”
The Ninja nodded without lowering his sword.
“Fine. Let’s execute the trade simultaneously.”
Whirr!
One of the floating swords pivoted toward me.
Ready to fire at any moment.
“Open the Rune Box, Swift. Then I’ll kill him right away.”
I found it absurd.
“Why are they trading my life on their own terms?”
hahaha
-If you’re upset, become party leader~~
lol
-What do I do??
Regardless, the deal proceeded. Swift approached the Rune Box.
The moment he opened it, the Ninja would hurl the sword at me and kill me instantly.
“No… wait!”
Luna behind me stopped him.
“Swift! This isn’t right! He only fought because he followed your orders!”
It was strange.
‘What is this?’
It seemed like Luna had sent Swift to kill me. Or was she not?
Or was even this Luna’s acting?
“It can’t be helped, Luna.”
Swift opened the box.
──Creak.
The Ninja drew up his mana.
Then my eyes flashed.
‘Huh?’
[The choice is granted to the highest-level party member.]
A selection had been given to me, of all people.
[1. Rune]
[2. Weapon]
[3. Potion]
Faster than Swift’s startled cry,
“What the──”
my choice came quicker.
[You have selected Weapon.]
A weapon materialized in my hand instantly.
[Bow of Liberation]
[★]
Twang…!
My choice was fast, but drawing the bowstring was faster.

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[Beginner’s Tip: Did you know? There’s a rumor that the Abyss tests who is the strongest or weakest among those who enter it. It’s best not to stare at it carelessly.]

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