Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 464

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 184
64. The Final Floor (3)
Red. Blue. Yellow.
Black. Bright.
Every expression related to light could be brought forth and spoken in any order whatsoever.
Because the sanctuary’s radiance encompassed all of them.
“…?”
I was now witnessing that sanctuary with my own eyes.
“What, what is this.”
“What happened all of a sudden.”
A considerable number of people had gathered around.
They all stood in a circle surrounding the sanctuary.
There was supposed to be only one surviving Contractor.
How did this happen.
‘…No way.’
An ominous premonition swept through my mind.
The term “surviving Contractor.”
It was definitely a phrase that shouldn’t exist. There are no Contractors here, are there?
A Contractor would need to be bound by a Spirit, and be half-immortal at least. A being like that….
[Victor: Swift]
Right there.
Swift’s face was visible beyond the sanctuary. Almond and Swift, standing at the farthest points from each other in the circular formation.
He had used a skill, and though not quite immortal, he was damnably hard to kill.
Ssshhk.
He was smiling.
“It’s already over. Don’t make such a terrified face.”
I already knew Swift could be like this.
But my other party members stared at him in shock.
“S… Swift? What? It’s over?”
“You’re the champion! How did this happen? We all survive!?”
Most of my party members had been kept at a distance due to the rules of this floor, so they didn’t understand the situation.
“You all survive. Because I won.”
I couldn’t comprehend it.
What exactly had he won.
“While you all were playing around, I dealt with the last remaining Contractor.”
Swift spoke with a giggle.
“In this Abyss, you see. You just need to kill all the Contractors. And only the Contractor──”
──BOOM!
A sudden thunderous roar shook everyone.
Massive wings descended upon the sanctuary.
Even Swift, who had been brimming with confidence, retreated with a pallid, exhausted expression.
“Enough idle chatter.”
[Enough idle chatter]
The voice rang out twice with a resonant, metallic clarity.
‘That voice….’
It was the voice that had been imposing the rules.
This creature had been the one creating the rules all along.
Despite the blinding radiance of the sanctuary, I looked up at him directly.
He was a New Human.
He spoke like a human and walked on two legs, but his face was that of a bird, complete with a beak.
His upper body was unmistakably that of a human male.
However, his legs were those of a massive hawk, split into three talons with sharp claws.
And his wings—those wings of his were….
‘Blades?’
They were no ordinary wings. They were a colossal weapon composed of enormous feathers honed to razor-sharp edges like steel.
He opened his mouth again.
“There is only one victor. Yet there are many byproducts. Are you all Colleagues of Swift?”
“….”
A brief silence fell.
No one knew how to respond.
“If you are not Colleagues of Swift, you must die here. Because Swift is the victor.”
“…?”
Everyone exchanged bewildered glances.
There was no one here capable of defying this bird. Yet the victor was Swift, and everyone except his Colleagues must die. Who would simply accept such terms?
“I-I’m a Colleague!”
It was Luna.
Luna raised her hand first and cried out.
-lmaooooo
-drift battle was insane
-it wasn’t the Abyss it was F1 racing
-kkkkk what’s with the route change lol
The fact that she reacted this quickly suggested the situation was genuinely perilous.
I was just considering whether to go along with it when—
A message flashed across my mind.
Dont Trust the Birds
Do not trust the birds.
Hadn’t the inscription here warned against trusting birds?
Then was what this bird was saying a lie?
I couldn’t make sense of it.
I asked the bird.
“Listen. Why is Swift the winner? There are still so many people left here.”
A moment of absolute silence.
While everyone held their breath, the Bird’s eyes rolled toward Almond.
-This feels like a question asked right before the finale.
-The atmosphere is ominous
I’m dying, this is so funny ㅠㅠㅠ
Gulp.
Luna beside me swallowed hard.
She had her hand on her sword hilt as if ready to fight at any moment.
But her hand was trembling excessively.
The Bird opened its mouth.
“Only one person wins this competition.”
The New Human spread its wings threateningly and stated it clearly.
“Contractor! Only one wins. There is exactly one Contractor remaining here. So they win. If there are no remaining Contractors, then only one non-contracted person wins. Their colleagues are not considered.”
Murmur. Murmur.
Not just Almond, but others also exchanged confused remarks with each other.
They hadn’t fully understood yet. Or rather, they couldn’t accept it.
The fact that Swift was the only Contractor here.
-Wait, are we Minions??
-But isn’t Almond a Contractor too?? He was possessed
-Ah… are we Minions?
-Not Minions but uncontracted civilians
-Backstabbed, it was their own league all along
“So I ask. Are you all colleagues of the Contractor chosen by this Castle? If you are the Contractor’s colleagues, you can win together. If not… you die here.”
The Bird is pressing for an answer. Whether it will ask again is uncertain.
We had to avoid death at all costs.
I had no choice but to nod. The others did the same.
“So you’re all colleagues?”
The Bird turned its head toward Swift.
“Is that correct? Winner.”
Surely it wouldn’t ask him to verify.
Swift held the power of life and death in his hands.
-Wow
lol
-Isn’t it excluding Luna and Almond??
ㅋㅋㅋ (laughing)
Even without Luna and Almond, there were actually a few others mixed in who couldn’t really be called Swift’s colleagues.
But Swift gave an unexpected answer.
“Yes. They’re all my colleagues.”
Phew.
Sighs of relief echoed from all around.
At least they could breathe easy for now.
‘What is this?’
Why had Swift kicked away the opportunity to eliminate the enemies so easily?
The Bird’s questions didn’t end there.
“Good. Chosen Contractor.”
Whoooosh!
The sanctuary shimmered with brilliant light.
“Now it is your turn to choose.”
Three choices materialized before Swift.
Just like opening a Rune box.
[1. Spirit Contract]
[2. Sanctuary Ownership]
[3. Sanctuary Charging]
The Bird began explaining each one.
“Spirit Contract. With the power now accumulated in this sanctuary, you can contract with a Spirit. With the current accumulated power, you can contract with a 3-Star Celestial Spirit.”
Option one was literally making a contract.
But Swift was already a Contractor, wasn’t he? What did this even mean?
“You are currently contracted with a 1-Star Inferior Spirit, but if you contract with a 3-Star Celestial Spirit, you will possess power completely different from now.”
An Inferior Spirit? A 3-Star Spirit?
So the Spirit that Swift had contracted with was of very poor quality.
The Bird continued laying out the conditions.
“However, all the power of this sanctuary will disappear. The Abyss will also end. And your colleagues will leave this place with you. They won’t become Contractors like you, but if they make good use of their experience surviving the Abyss, they’ll have no trouble making a living.”
Leave?
Just like that?
Almond was dumbfounded.
‘Wait… surely not.’
If they could leave so easily with just one choice from Swift.
Then the reason they couldn’t leave until now was…
‘Of course. He was the cause of everything.’
Almond glared at Swift in disbelief.
He decided to hear the next option first, but he was already furious enough to rush forward and kill him. Luna also glared at him with clenched fists, her anger burning.
“Next is Sanctuary Ownership.”
The Bird revealed the next option.
“You have been chosen by this sanctuary, so you can claim ownership of it. Once the sanctuary’s ownership leaves the Celestial Realm, you cannot make contracts. But if you take this sanctuary to your world, you could gain immense wealth and honor. You could even share those with your colleagues. Perhaps everyone could become happy.”
Both of the first two options were paths where everyone could leave.
The second option could even make everyone happy.
Yet Swift didn’t choose and merely smiled.
Grinning widely.
“The final option. Sanctuary Charging. Literally, filling the sanctuary with power.”
Charging the Sanctuary with power? What in the world is the benefit of that?
-Ominous…
-What could it be?
Ugh… this is already looking bad ㅠㅠㅠ
-That bastard Swift, that bastard Swift, that bastard Swift
-Jeez
Looking at Swift’s eyes, he had already made up his mind to choose this third option.
Regardless, the Bird continued speaking.
“If the Sanctuary’s power increases, you can summon higher-tier Spirits in future contracts, and you can extract greater value when you possess them later. However, there’s no guarantee you’ll make that contract or possession again yourself.”
The Bird looked around at all the Colleagues nearby as he spoke.
“The way to charge the Sanctuary is to offer all the experience points of every Colleague here to this Sanctuary.”
Offering experience points…
‘Could experience points actually be memories?’
Now that I thought about it, the term experience points.
I hadn’t really felt it because I used it so often in games.
It was literally ‘experience’ converted into ‘quantifiable form’.
Experience is inherently connected to memory. No, these two are inseparable.
Offering experience points to this Sanctuary didn’t simply mean reverting to level 1.
It meant the memories of what happened here would disappear.
Swift had kept choosing this option.
“And this Abyss restarts from the beginning. You might never reach this Sanctuary again. Another Contractor could appear and contract the Sanctuary you’ve painstakingly charged.”
Despite carrying such high risk, despite being no better than the other two options, he had chosen this without hesitation. All to contract with the highest-tier Spirit.
-Did this crazy bastard keep choosing this????
-Wow, this guy’s insane
It’s so humiliating to go through this even though I’m not the contractor.
-So the Abyss was originally a competition between Contractors
Don’t be so greedy, damn it.
The chat was naturally pouring out a barrage of insults toward Swift.
[Gangnam Daesung donated 10,000 won.]
[So Swift dropped out of Yeondale and is retaking the entrance exam for Seoul University]
hahahahaha for real
-Multiple retake exam battle
Then what about Roo Jung-hyuk? lol
I was just a liar lol
-This was a parent’s experience of having a retake student
This is it lolol
An accurate description of Swift.
The only difference being that countless others were making enormous sacrifices for his ambition.
“Now. Choose. Contractor.”
The Children all looked toward Swift’s face.
Absurdly enough, they all wore bright, carefree expressions.
None of them had even considered the possibility that Swift would actually choose option 3.
“Th-this means we’ve basically won, right?! S-Swift! We hit the jackpot!”
“Yeah! Like you said, let’s not make a contract and take the sanctuary with us!”
Ha. These fools actually believed what Swift had said in front of the campfire.
“Swift. You said you weren’t interested in becoming a Contractor, right? It’s option 2?”
Swift had said he had no interest in becoming a Contractor, and that his goal was to leave here and live happily, splitting the money evenly.
He looked like someone who would choose option 2, which no one here would object to.
Of course, that wasn’t the real Swift.
It was only the Swift that Swift claimed to be.
The real Swift was nothing like that.
‘This won’t do.’
I made my decision.
“I choose option 3──”
──Twang!
An arrow shot through the air.
A blue arrow.
The blue trajectory curved gently, bypassing the sanctuary.
──Thwack!
In an instant, it pierced through his tongue.
“Gkk… Ughhhh…!”
Swift never imagined the arrow would curve around the sanctuary and fly at him. Completely unprepared, he grabbed his tongue and gagged.
I drew the bowstring again.
At that moment, golden hair flashed past.
Whoosh──
“You…”
It was Luna.
“You bastard!”
Crash!
An incredible leap as if she were flying.
Her eyes blazed with fury as she vaulted over the sanctuary.
“Die, die, die, die, die, die!!!”
Whoooosh!
Blue flames engulfed the tip of her blade.
[Blade Force]
A skill she had never shown even once until now—activated solely to kill Swift, for this moment alone.
I’m sorry, but this text appears to be corrupted or contains invalid Korean characters mixed with onomatopoeia/emoticons that don’t form coherent words. I cannot provide an accurate translation of this line.
-Whoa that’s the Rubisword skill
I can’t translate this as it doesn’t form a valid Korean word or phrase. The characters “-ㅁㅊ” appear to be incomplete or fragmented Korean consonants without vowels.
-Insane

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