Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 470

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 190
65. Icarus (4)
-What the hell, it was this??
Luna ㅠㅠㅠ
Luna’s sacrifice route is crazy
I’m sorry, but this appears to be Korean consonants and vowels that don’t form coherent words or a meaningful phrase. Could you provide the correct Korean text?
-My mouth is shut…
Had there been more time, perhaps I would have considered another way.
But the time afforded to me was merely an instant.
In that fleeting moment when the Angel paused his assault. I had to choose within that span.
In the end, I chose this path.
Thunk.
The blade pierced through Luna’s body.
“Ugh….”
Viscous blood trickled from the corner of Luna’s mouth.
My actions were certainly unwavering, but my expression betrayed me.
“Why that look?”
“….”
She smiled faintly and added.
“You just have to come save me again.”
These were her final words.
Blood sprayed like a fountain from the gaping wound.
It must have been quite painful.
Luna didn’t even scream. She didn’t cough either.
Because she was dead.
Her body went limp and collapsed.
Now that flesh held no consciousness. It was essentially no different from a beast’s corpse.
Whoosh.
Her legacy fell into my hands.
Two skills—Blink and Blade Mastery—and two swords.
My eyes meet the Angel’s once more. A man with black hair and a cold expression.
His eyes brimming with murderous intent, he circles the area briefly.
Is he being cautious?
Are the new weapons and skills truly that terrifying?
-The Angel kinda looks like Jeon-ja-pa
It’s literally like electromagnetic waves, creepy.
-Weirdly unpleasant resemblance
The Angel extends his hand into the void.
Space warps strangely, and two weapons identical to mine materialize.
-??
-Is he copying him?
-Real talk, he’s absorbing data
Whoosh.
He adjusted his grip on both blades and assumed the exact same stance as Almond.
People thought he was copying Almond. But that was only half the truth.
Causality had reversed.
Rather than him copying Almond, it was Almond copying him—copying Jeon-ja-pa.
Because Almond had learned his playstyle by watching Jeon-ja-pa’s footage. There was no other way it could be.
As a result, the two found themselves facing off in identical stances.
‘Then….’
If his thoughts were correct, there was nothing more to see.
How that thug would fight was already completely mapped out in his mind.
Whoosh!
The blade Almond threw flew through the air with a sharp cutting sound.
The thug threw his blade in exactly the same way.

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King Gul’s voice echoed through the broadcast.
[F-Finally! We’re going into a mirror match!? This is what you’d call a true battle against Jeon-ja-pa!? Well, not really true, but!]
I’m not sure what you’re asking me to translate. The text “-???ㅋㅋㅋ” contains question marks and Korean laughing sounds (ㅋㅋㅋ), but there’s no actual content to translate into English.
It’s real but it’s not real lol
Looks like you don’t know what it really means lol
-Wow
Crack!
Almond’s figure appeared right behind the Angel.
But the Angel appeared where Almond had been.
[Ah! This is a common occurrence in Rubisword mirror matches! Their positions keep switching until suddenly they collide!?]
Crack!
Crackle!
The two exchanged positions countless times, just as King Gul described.
To the untrained eye, it was merely something flickering back and forth.
It was difficult to follow the process step by step.
Then.
Clang!
The thrown blades collided with each other.
[Wh-What!? The blades are clashing! Starting from now!]
Crackle!
The moment the blades struck in midair, both instantly teleported and exchanged a fleeting exchange of strikes.
[Ahhh! Almond! The attack connects!]
Crimson blood streamed down the Angel’s porcelain-white skin.
[This is incredible!? He’s not losing at all in close-range physical combat!?]
-Ooooh
-Almond!?
-This is crazy this is crazy
It was only a single solid hit, but its significance was substantial. It meant Almond held the advantage in close-quarters physical combat.
However, it seemed King Gul wasn’t the only one to reach that conclusion.
[Wait? What’s this!? The Angel is flying back into the sky!?]
The Angel suddenly began ascending into the heavens once more.
[He’s retreating to a field that favors him!? This is a different pattern!? And it even feels like memories from a different player! His face has changed!]
-He’s going airborne
-How cowardly
-Crazy
-He usually goes up and comes down while fighting
-You have to be careful this time
The Angel had no need to fight Almond at close range. Maintaining distance while hurling feathers from the sky guaranteed absolute victory.
[Ah. When this pattern appears, it seems the standard approach is to hide somewhere first, then fight once he comes back down!?]
King Gul also recognized that for this particular pattern, retreating a step was the correct move.
Anyone with extensive experience in games like this could quickly grasp the context.
After all, quite a few bosses possessed patterns similar to invincibility frames.
[You need to dodge the barrage! Almond! Wait a moment and then….]
However, Almond had relatively limited experience with games of this nature.
‘He’s going skyward again. What do I do?’
I began racking my brain to find a solution.
Then, tilting my head, I hurled my sword high into the air.
[Huh? Almond! What are you trying to do!? A barrage? That’s something only weaklings dodge!!]
-This is insane lol
-Lmaooo
-How can a weakling dodge a barrage they’d get hit anyway lol
-For real lol only weaklings would cower
Whoosh!
The sword naturally failed to reach the Angel. The distance was too great.
[Ah. Of course it won’t reach!?]
Then, crack!
Using the falling sword, Almond blinked, teleporting through the air.
[No! But he blinked anyway! His body is suspended in midair!? The Angel won’t miss this opportunity!]
The Angel’s index finger immediately pointed in that direction, and feathers shot forth like bullets.
Boom──!
[Dodging while suspended in the air is impossible, even for Almond!]
Suspended in midair, I had no way to evade. I had only one option.
Throw another sword even higher.
Crack!
[Blink]
And I blink again.
[Blinking again! At this rate, I dodge once more!?]
Whoosh!
Another volley of feathers shoots forth.
And Almond rises higher once more.
[Dodging again! Rising higher and higher! If I fall from this height, it’s just instant death!!]
The altitude was considerable.
There’s nothing beneath my feet but air.
If I fall from here, it’s death.
And besides blink, I have no other means to evade the enemy’s attacks.
‘There’s no choice.’
Tap.
Almond snatched the floating sword while thinking.
That this was the only possible outcome.
[If you can’t grab the sword after blinking, you die right there!]
Just as King Gul said—if the sword slips from my hand, I’m dead.
It’s enough to make my hands tremble.
But Almond paid it no mind.
Outside the Capsule, perhaps, but here my hands no longer trembled.
I continued rising higher, ever higher, evading the Angel’s attacks.
Now our heights were nearly equal.
Close enough to hurl my sword at the Angel and fight.
Whoosh!
[Throwing the sword at the Angel!]
Clang!
The Angel deflected the blade.
[Blink]
Crack!
Almond moves toward the deflected sword.
There’s no ground beneath my feet.
And yet—
Tap.
-What!?
-Wow
-What the—
-Is this some kind of trick!?
Almond landed on top of the Angel’s blade.
[Aaaahhhhh!!! On top of the sword! He’s up there! He’s not even a martial arts master!]
The Angel swung his sword in a wide arc, knocking me off balance.
Crash!
I lost my footing, but I remained composed.
‘I can just Rubisword again anyway.’
The sky was no longer a place where I fell.
It was a space I could traverse freely.
Even as I tumbled, I slashed my blade downward.
Crash!
A heavy blow connected with the Angel’s arm.
[Ahhh! Another hit! Slashing the flying Angel! But he’s falling!]
I plummeted, but—
[Rubisword]
Snap!
I materialized in mid-air once more.
As long as I could throw my sword, I had no intention of falling.
[This is incredible! It’s like his signature move! Every time he’s about to drop, he bounces back! Again and again! Almond! He’s throwing his sword again!]
I hurled my blade.
Whoosh!
It flew past the Angel’s shoulder.
When I Rubisword now, I’d catch him from behind.
But this time, the Angel didn’t just take it.
[The Angel is swinging his sword at the Rubisword location!?]
He was preemptively attacking where I would appear.
This was the most effective way to counter the Rubisword.
And I had no way to dodge this attack while materializing in mid-air.
[Huh!? But it didn’t connect!? The position was slightly different!?]
Yet I appeared at a slightly different location.
Snap!
I landed on the swinging blade once more.
“…!?”
The Angel was flustered.
I immediately slashed downward.
Crash!
[On the blade again!? And another hit! It connects!]
King Gul roared loudly. He had figured out what was happening.
[He’s using Sword Technique to subtly alter the blade’s trajectory! Making it unpredictable!]
Since I could only Rubisword through the blade itself, once the enemy understood the principle, counterattacking became quite easy.
So in my final moment before Rubiswording, I applied Sword Technique to send the blade at an odd angle, then activated Rubisword.
[Rubisword]
Snap!
That’s how it went.
[Again! Flashing from that weird angle! Catching up behind the Angel! Let’s tear it apart!?]
Shwaaack!
Another solid hit connects.
The Rubisword, wielded alongside Icarus’s sword technique, could theoretically reach any space.
There’s no way he’d fall short when he was drawing out over 95% of the Rubisword’s potential.
-lmao
-How is he alive again?
-He’s insane
-Tightrope legend
-Comeback machine lol
After that, Almond continued to dominate the Angel, flashing back and forth through the air with his blade.
Clearly, it was the Angel who could fly freely.
[Huh!? Almond is landing more and more hits!?]
Shwaaack!
Shwack!
As time went on, it was Almond who was landing the effective strikes.
[Ah! The Angel probably has almost no combat data from being attacked while flying! Something seems to have gone wrong!]
The Angel’s movements, which had been so swift and sharp, became noticeably sluggish.
-Broken AlphaGo
-Is it real??
-Something’s definitely off.
Almond noticed the anomaly too.
‘If that’s the case… this should work too.’
Almond, who had been attempting only small attacks with minimal movements, now attempted a larger motion.
Whoosh.
[Whoa whoa whoa!?]
The moment the blade was raised, King Gul already sensed it and let out a scream.
[Blade Force]
Uuuung!
The blade wrapped in blue aura finally severed the Angel’s neck.
Shwaaaaaack!!!
[Aaaaah! Decapitation!!!]
A bright red line drawn across the neck.
The connection points snapped one by one, and finally the head completely separated from the body.
[Bird brain… Hork!!]
-lmaooo
-Hahaha
-Damn, that was a clean cut like Blue Club level!
-Wow it’s over!?
-Beheaded lmao
The severed head plummeted rapidly.
Thud!
Having fallen from such a tremendous height, it was flattened beyond recognition.
[Wow! He’s really dead! The boss! He’s dead!]
Following that, the Angel’s body also fell.
Whoooosh…
The Angel’s body and head alike dissolved into black ash and vanished.
All that remained were the countless blade feathers he had wielded as weapons.
Snap!
Almond reappeared on the ground with a flash.
He took a moment to catch his breath.
“Haa… haa…”
A moment later, he tapped the message window that had appeared in the corner of his vision.
“King Gul. Supo. Thank you for the mission.”
Ding ding ding!
Mission reward collection.
[Ahhhhh! My money!!]
Along with King Gul’s scream came the money.
[Mission. Final Boss Kill. Success!]
[500,000 Won]
-Wow 50 damn
-Nice
-Lololol
-King Gul lmao
-Orange Juice recovery successful lol
“I’ll receive the No Death clear reward in a moment.”
After saying that, Almond
headed toward where the Bird’s corpse had been.
‘The feathers…’
The Bird’s corpse had already burned black and disappeared. However, his weapons remained intact.
Naturally, ownership transferred to me.
[Blade Dance Technique]
I activated the skill toward the scattered blades.
Whoooosh…!
The blades rose into the air as if dancing.
Everything happened almost automatically.
Swirling and rustling.
The blades quickly took shape into wings and settled upon my back.
-Ah. So this is how it works.
-She killed the bird and escaped using its wings
-Ohhhhh
Where’s Luna? ㅠㅠ
I looked up toward the sky.
This corridor, carved deep like a well from the ground above.
Roots, stems, and leaves all came into view at once.
From the bottom of the well, I pushed off the ground and flapped my wings.
Whoosh. Whoosh.
My wings gradually stirred the air and my body lifted off. The weight slowly faded away. The ground began to recede.
Without realizing it, my gaze turned toward where Luna lay.
‘She hasn’t disappeared.’
Now that I thought about it, her body had turned black but hadn’t vanished.
When you disappear in the Abyss, you certainly turn black and fade away.
But among those who died in the Sanctuary, all except the bird had their bodies intact.
It must be because they would come back to life.
「You just need to come rescue me again.」
What Luna had said was actually possible.
Luna would start over from the first floor, her memories erased.
I could come back and save her.
There was hope.
Then I should feel hopeful. But I couldn’t.
‘Already….’
I didn’t know why.
Just a hunch, perhaps.
I didn’t really know why, but I had come to understand it.
The truth was, I had already come here to rescue Luna.
And I had failed.
And I would continue to fail.
[Icarus (★★★) Clear!]

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[Beginner Tip: Did you know? There was a time when many administrators of the Heavenly Realm were corrupt. After the Heavenly Realm introduced a new system where Contractors serve as jurors to pass judgment, such incidents disappeared. Enjoy the battlefield with peace of mind.]

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