Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 453

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 173
60. Erased Memories (3)
A floating sword gleamed with a sinister light, aiming directly at me.
Fwiiing…!
It was a blade sent by a Ninja wielding Ether Sword Technique.
“There’s no choice. Luna.”
Swift had betrayed me.
He had given permission for the Ninja to kill me.
They were trading someone else’s life at their own discretion.
But it didn’t go as planned.
I had already leveled up considerably.
[The choice is transferred to the party member with the highest level.]
The Rune Box regarded me as the strongest among the party members.
[1. Rune]
[2. Weapon]
[3. Potion]
As a result, I was given the choice.
[You have selected Weapon.]
Ideally, I would have chosen a Rune.
But I thought a weapon would obviously be more helpful right now than a Rune.
Hadn’t the Rune Box said that ‘permitted weapons’ would emerge from it?
I selected a weapon, and luck was on my side.
If there were a god of broadcasting, they must have manifested at this very moment to aid me.
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[Bow of Liberation]
[★]
A bow once wielded by Minions who escaped the Battlefield. Later, it was recognized in the Sanctum’s records as their unique ‘story,’ granting it special power.
▷Mana Bow: When you draw the bowstring, arrows naturally form from mana.
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Though it bore only a single star rating, it was the bow I handled best.
‘A bow!’
The bow immediately materialized in my grip.
I didn’t even need arrows.
Twang…!
‘This is… Reina’s?’
The feel was strikingly similar to the bow Reina used.
The grip fit perfectly in my hand.
As if I had trained my entire life for this moment, I launched myself forward and released the bowstring twice in rapid succession.
Whoooosh──
Two arrows flew through the air.
Two blue trajectories converge at their destination—the Ninja’s eyes.
──Thwack!
“!”
The sword he was about to unleash with his sword technique clatters to the ground.
All of this unfolds in the span of a single blink.
Though for the Ninja, there would be no more blinking.
“…What?”
In other words, the gap between when all this happened
and when the Ninja’s mouth hung open stupidly once more before his scream finally poured out—that silence was longer.
“Gaaaaaaahhhhh!!!”
He clutches at his blinded eyes, writhing in agony.
Without his eyes, his sword technique naturally becomes useless.
Clang!
Every blade either crashes to the ground or flails wildly, slashing his own allies.
In the chaos, Swift turns to me with a bitter expression and asks.
“How… how is your level higher than mine?”
Unfocused eyes. Legs barely holding him upright.
It seems to have been quite a shock.
“What… what’s going on? I’ve never encountered such a variable before.”
“Almond. You… deceived me? You said your level was 3.”
“You’re the one who tried to kill me—you have no right to say that.”
I answer him curtly and snap my bowstring repeatedly.
Whoosh!
Three arrows fly in succession.
“Huh?”
Swift draws his ‘real weapon’ from his waist and swings it.
Clang clang!
With a speed I’ve never seen before, he deflects them all.
All three arrows blocked.
“You….”
Swift’s eyes flare with rage.
Grit…!
He clenches his teeth.
His pupils compress sharply.
Whoooosh!
Mana ignites across his entire body in a blazing inferno.
“I must eliminate you here and now.”
Whoosh!
Swift hurls his sword with all his might.
He intends to blink away.
I fired at the incoming blade.
Clang!
The sword is intercepted mid-air.
Crackle!
Swift blinks away into the void.
However, did I anticipate this level of resistance? He immediately grabs another blade and hurls it.
Whoosh!
I wanted to shoot and deflect it again.
‘A Ninja…!?’
A Ninja with bloodshot eyes glares at me and throws a blade.
It seems he’s not completely blinded.
“I’ll kill you!!!”
Six of the Ninja’s blades were all flying toward me.
-???
-Can he pull this off?
Oh no ㅠㅠ
It won’t work ㅠㅠ
-Fake archer grinning like an idiot lol
First, I twist my upper body.
‘Dodge one.’
──Whoosh!
Swift’s blade grazes past my collar.
‘Four more or so.’
With instantaneous calculation, I can deflect four with arrows.
My hands move at the speed of thought, and the blue bowstring vibrates.
Clang-clang-clang!
Four of the Ninja’s blades are neutralized by my arrows and bounce away.
Two remain right in front of my face.
I spin my bow.
Both ends of the bow strike the two blades precisely.
──Clang!
I used not just arrows but the bow itself as a weapon.
-Insane
-He dodged and blocked all of that??? lol
-???: Damn it!
In that state, my hand pulls the bowstring once more.
Twang!
A blue arrow flies.
Whistle──
It embeds itself in the Ninja’s shoulder.
Whoosh!
‘I was aiming for the neck.’
The Ninja evaded with his characteristic nimble movements.
“Ugh…!”
But this thug was already bleeding profusely from both eyes. An arrow embedded in his shoulder was equally fatal to him.
I paid no mind and spun backward, releasing another arrow.
The space was still empty.
[Blink]
Crackle!
Swift blinked directly into that spot.
“!”
The moment Swift blinked into position, he received an arrow as a gift straight to his solar plexus and flew backward.
──Whoosh!
“Cough!”
-Insane
-Crazy lol
-That prediction shot was insane
-Hell yeah! Contractors, let’s go!
-Wow
-Insane
The Ninja was battered and broken, while Swift took a direct hit to the solar plexus.
Meanwhile, I remained completely unscathed.
It seemed I could finish this right here.
“Over here!”
Luna’s voice called out from behind.
“If you keep fighting, you’ll die! Run! They recover eventually! Join me!”
[Luna’s Second Proposal]
[Will you accept?]
Having only just seized the advantage, I found Luna’s proposal somewhat regrettable.
But as Luna said, the Ninja’s eyes were gradually returning to normal, and Swift, despite the arrow lodged in his solar plexus, rose to his feet quickly.
And he issued a command to his subordinates.
“…Kill them!”
Swift’s other party members were rushing toward me as well.
Ben was among them.
I couldn’t kill all of them.
‘They said I’d die if I didn’t accept Luna’s proposal….’
There was no guarantee I could survive this time without accepting it either.
I ultimately accepted Luna’s proposal.
[Yes]
The screen faded to black.
[Time passes.]

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The screen returns.
The first thing greeting me is this notification window.
[JjappoJwa donated 10,000 won.]
[Kkabbi]
It was a donation.
Hahahahaha
-The nickname lolol JjappoJwa lolol
-JjappoJwa keeps coming up
They were mocking the fact that the no-death mission Supo had inserted as a “safe asset” was still being carried out.
Seeing this donation, I felt I made the right call accepting Luna’s proposal.
“Are you really JjappoJwa? Thank you.”
-What even is “really JjappoJwa”
-Real fake lolol
-The corners of my mouth ascending to heaven, this is killing me lolol
While joking and chatting with the viewers.
“You. What were you thinking doing something like that?”
Luna spoke to me from beside.
Ah. Right.
Now I had to play on the same team as her.
‘How is this even happening.’
To become enemies with Swift in Swift’s story mode.
Things would probably work out somehow on their own, but I, Almond, who preferred simplicity, felt deeply uneasy. The situation had become complicated.
“What do you mean thinking. They were trying to kill me, so I tried to kill them too.”
“…Ha. You’re something else. You could never kill them.”
Luna said it bluntly.
“Now you tell me.”
I thought this was my chance to ask her more questions.
“About what.”
“Why were you trying to kill me?”
“What? What are you talking about?!”
“You sent Swift to kill me. And you killed Ben’s friend too.”
“That’s… Sw, Swift was trying to kill you?!”
Luna muttered, “So that’s what happened…”
“I, I didn’t send her. Swift isn’t someone who takes orders from me in the first place!?”
“You could have persuaded her. You two seemed pretty close.”
“…!”
Luna stopped speaking.
“B-but I saved you just now. What do you make of that?”
“It could be an act.”
“For what possible reason?”
“Who knows.”
Good grief. Luna lets out a hollow laugh.
“Fine. I understand your suspicion of me. But this one seems particularly severe.”
-Lmaooooo
-Nut Fans really is relentless lol
-This one??
Luna speaks as if she’s aware of the Player entering this body.
She’d said things like this before.
If she really was aware, then naturally I should follow her lead.
‘Isn’t making me unconditionally accept Luna’s proposal just setting me up for a backstab later?’
I suspect the creator’s intentions are anything but pure.
Luna looks directly at me and speaks.
“Listen carefully. You skeptic.”
She seems intent on persuading me.
“See this?”
Her hand pointing upward.
Following her gaze, I see a translucent barrier.
It was enveloping Luna.
“I’m using a Rune of Concealment.”
“…A Rune?”
She had a Rune?
“Inside this Rune of Concealment, no footprints or shadows are left behind. It’s currently activated centered on me. Do you understand what I’m saying?”
“No.”
-Wait, what is it lol
-Gritting his teeth and saying “no” lmaooo
-Hahahaha
Luna continues explaining undeterred.
“If you move away from me, you’ll exit this Rune of Concealment! It’s obvious they want you dead right now, isn’t it?”
“…That’s true.”
She’s right.
‘I have nowhere to go.’
I’ve suddenly become a wanderer.
“So while this Rune of Concealment protects me, you have to stay by my side. So at least for now, listen to what I have to say.”
It’s not a bad proposal.
I nod my head.
“Fine.”
“Phew.”
Luna walked forward as she began to speak.
Almond stayed close behind her, careful not to step outside the Rune of Concealment’s domain.
“I’m repeating this exploration endlessly right now.”
The story she shared was astonishing from the very beginning.
“It’s not that I’ve tried multiple times. It’s literal repetition. The same events—or similar ones—keep happening over and over.”
-Is she a returner who’s lived through multiple cycles?
Roo Jung-hyuk is crazy.
-Wait, so that’s why she kept saying she knows the future??
-Luna’s broken lol
“You think something will change once we reach the Sanctum? No. I’ve been there countless times already. It just repeats. From the beginning.”
Ding.
[You’ve moved one step closer to Memory (★★).]
Memory began to respond.

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[Beginner’s Tip: Did you know? The Abyss has ‘rules.’ Participants can never break these rules. However, these rules emerge without any rules at all.]

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