Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 478

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 198
68. The Return of Sori (3)
The bottom lane balance that had nearly crumbled was restored.
The most shocked weren’t actually the host or the viewers.
After all, they didn’t know that Almond was the one playing Sori, did they?
[Huh? What? What~!]
[Nice~~~!]
[I thought he was throwing? Damn nice!!]
The teammates were the most shocked.
They had genuinely thought this game was going to be a rough start.
But they got kills in the bottom lane where the support was openly trying to throw. Two kills at that.
“Wow! The team atmosphere just got incredibly good, didn’t it!?”
“Because we’re winning the bottom lane with Iron Ball support and the new character that came out today!”
“Ah. Of course, the teammates don’t know that Iron Ball intentionally died at the end, right!?”
“That’s right. They only understand the situation through the minimap and system messages.”
The reason the teammates can be this excited is because they don’t know how Iron Ball actually played.
They probably think Iron Ball got executed as a sacrifice, and in that window, Almond dealt all the damage and got the kills.
[Wow. Iron Ball. You said you were throwing. You’re doing it right. Let’s win with this!]
That was the jungler’s voice.
He truly believed this game was going well.
“That Iron Ball basically did nothing.”
“This is actually just appeasing him not to troll, right?”
hahaha for real
-Since he’s stubborn, they’re probably praising him more on purpose
-A shitty guy gets more praise too, the world’s crazy.
King Gul shouted on his behalf as if wronged.
“No! All Iron Ball did was just charge in trying to throw the game! But Iron Ball is the one getting praised!?”
“A cow backing up catches a mouse… it’s like one of those situations people talk about?”
“No. It’s even worse than that! A cow charged at its owner trying to gore him to death, but it happened to hit an oncoming motorcycle heading toward the owner instead! Suddenly it became the year’s bravest cow!”
That’s not it lol
lol
The brave cow of the year lol
I’m dying laughing ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-lol that’s so funny ㅋㅋㅋ
“Ah. Right! That’s the kind of analogy that would fit. Since he was actually trying to throw this game?”
“Exactly. Ah. If I were just 3 years younger, I’d have a lot to say to that support player.”
“Ah… um, what kind of things?”
-The return of ancestor slayer King Gul
-Guilt by association makes a comeback!
Haha, I’ll edit it, so wait.
King Gul smacked his lips for a moment before shaking his head. No matter how he thought about it, it seemed like a jab.
“Haha. No, it’s just advice from a senior, you know? Life wisdom and all that.”
In the meantime, Almond and Iron Ball were already standing side by side on the bottom lane again.

* * *
After arriving at the bottom lane.
Almond started the laning phase stably, focusing only on last-hitting minions.
Then, a voice came through.
[Let’s do a bottom gank. This time, let’s definitely snowball.]
It was our team’s Jungler.
But—
“Going in to secure vision in the brush.”
This was what Iron Ball, our Support, just said.
‘Suddenly?’
He began dutifully performing his duties as a Support, as if what happened earlier never occurred.
“When the Jungler comes, I’ll initiate.”
The attitude shift was so drastic that I wondered if the pilot had changed.
It seemed Iron Ball had changed his mind after watching Almond’s play.
This happened often.
Cases where they’d try to throw, but if it looked winnable, they’d quietly start trying hard again.
The Host asked a question.
“Wait. King Gul. Didn’t that guy deliberately charge into the tower and die earlier? Even though Almond got the kill!?”
“That’s right. Was that execution earlier intentional because he had so little health?”
“Ah, so he calculated the execution and died for the team?”
“It seems that way. Right now, he’s trying to climb, and he’s absolutely full of enthusiasm!?”
“King Gul. But how did that Support read the skill level so quickly? He only got one kill, from what I can see.”
“Well, once you reach a certain tier, gauging skill isn’t that difficult. It’s a virtual reality game, after all? Especially for ADCs, just landing basic attacks is a challenge….”
Unlike the old days of mouse and keyboard, it’s much easier to discern skill in virtual reality games.
Since it’s a game played with your whole body, things like how you grip the bow or the tremor when you shoot.
Skill-related elements are revealed visually much more often.
The Support just now easily read Almond’s skill level.
And his attitude completely changed.
“Ah. Once you reach around Master tier, you can gauge skill just by watching how carelessly someone deals damage?”
“That’s right.”
“Wow. That’s irritating, isn’t it? ‘Oh, looks like we might win, so let’s forget about it’?”
Almond had similar thoughts. If that’s the case, what was the point of saying he’d throw earlier?
So it only mattered if they could win the game.
If he wanted to win that badly, he should just try hard. But he tried to throw, then started trying hard again because it looked winnable?
From Almond’s perspective, this attitude made no sense at all.
However, there was nothing to be done about it.
‘Annoying as it is… I have to carry this.’
Whether this Support is a troll or a beginner, they’re still my teammate.
So I have to carry them.
Whether I like it or not.
[Coming!]
A voice came from the Jungler.
He was saying he was coming to help the Bottom lane.
[Coming this way.]
Ping!
A ping was placed behind the enemy duo.
The enemy Bottom duo still hadn’t noticed.
“Starting up.”
Iron Ball cast his skill from inside the brush, hidden from the enemies’ view.
[Rolling Crash!]
Whiiiirrrr…!
Iron Ball spun in place, increasing his movement speed.
The enemies couldn’t see him unless they entered the brush themselves.
Ziiiiing!
His movement speed climbed higher and higher toward its peak.
“Ah. Iron Ball is building up speed right now! He’s trying to overwhelm them all at once, isn’t he!?”
“Yes. After ramping up to maximum speed so the enemies can’t react! He’s about to charge in!”
Kiiiiiiing!!!
Pale smoke began rising from Iron Ball.
He had reached maximum speed.
“Jungler’s here, go.”
Now when the Jungler arrived, Iron Ball would burst out at maximum speed and collide with the enemy.
‘I need to boost my speed too.’
I had to think of a way to increase my movement speed as well.
It was better for the ADC to charge forward together rather than Iron Ball going alone.
Twang.
I drew my bowstring and aimed at a minion. Then I released it.
Whoosh-bang!
Arrows flew in rapid succession, almost simultaneously.
Four arrows buried themselves in the minion’s head in quick succession.
The minion burst into flames and converted to gold.
But that wasn’t all.
Whooom…!
A faint light surged around my body, and this message appeared.
[Movement Speed Increased]
The Support seemed to have caught onto my intention as well.
“Let’s go!”
Kiiiiiing──
I charged toward my opponent at a terrifying speed.
“Wh… what!?”
“Jump, jump back!”
The bottom duo panicked at the sudden charge and turned to flee.
But there was no way to evade the Iron Ball coming at maximum speed.
──Crash!
“Yes! Direct hit!”
“The only way to dodge the Iron Ball at that speed is if the Iron Ball driver makes a mistake and crashes into something weird!?”
The Shield Warrior was launched into the air.
At that moment, the Jungler intervened.
“Iiiiikuuuuu!”
The Jungler was a Monk.
[Blind Monk – Jagar]
“Ha-yah!”
[Shockwave]
He unleashed a shockwave the moment he appeared.
Hitting the Shield Warrior suspended in the air was far too easy. Naturally, it connected.
However─
[Shield Block]
Thunk…!
The moment the airtime ended, he immediately used Shield Block, completely negating the shockwave.
“Shield Block nullifies the first skill that hits it completely, right!? Just like how our Support is acting like what happened earlier never happened!?”
Hahahaha, for real
I’m dying laughing hahahaha
Why would you do it like this?ㅋㅋ
The shockwave was negated.
‘Damn.’
The Monk was flustered. This could mean insufficient damage output.
“The Monk’s combo only continues if the shockwave connects! What do we do!?”
The enemy Sniper wasn’t sitting idle.
“Ah! The Sniper is getting free damage!”
Bang! Crack! Rat-a-tat-tat!
Using rapid-fire skills, the Sniper began attacking the Monk.
Bullets riddled him relentlessly.
[Blind Monk – Jagar]
[Health 32%]
In an instant, two-thirds of his health vanished.
A few more hits and he could die.
That was when it happened.
‘Huh?’
Thwack!
A hook catches over the Shield Warrior’s shoulder.
“Almond! You’re using Rope Swing!? This is your first time using it!?”
It was the Rope Swing skill.
As the rope begins to contract, Almond’s body hurtles forward at a terrifying speed.
Whoooosh──
The Shield Warrior flinches in surprise, momentarily frozen.
Twang.
The direction Almond draws his bowstring toward upon arrival is not the Shield Warrior.
Snap!
An arrow flies out, striking the Sniper’s head.
──Thud!
[Frost Arrow]
It was a frost arrow.
[Frozen]
The Sniper becomes frozen for one second.
It’s not even the fourth arrow—how is this an elemental arrow?
“Wait!? Why is this an elemental arrow!? King Gul!?”
“It’s because of the Rope Swing skill!”
Arrows shot immediately after using the Rope Swing skill become elemental arrows. Almond is utilizing this skill’s hidden function.
“So now he keeps shooting the Sniper… or!?”
Almond’s next arrow does not aim at the Sniper.
The next arrow targets the Shield Warrior’s back of the head.
“He’s shooting the Shield Warrior!”
The strategy is to freeze the ADC so they can’t deal damage, then strike the Shield Warrior from behind where the shield can’t block.
The Sniper is too far away, so the Monk and Iron Ball can’t attack together.
“The Shield Warrior can be hit by three people right now! So he switched targets!? Excellent judgment!”
“This has a much higher success rate!”
Two arrows fire in rapid succession, embedding themselves in the Shield Warrior’s back of the head.
Thwack!
[Shield Warrior – Crave]
[Health 57%]
On top of this, the Iron Ball and Monk’s combo adds on.
Thwack-thwack!
The shield is already lowered, so the damage lands purely.
[Shield Warrior – Crave]
[Health 23%]
‘Now.’
Almond twisted his hand slightly, shifting the element.
[Wind Arrow]
The fastest arrow to fly, dealing damage proportional to health.
Whoooosh…!
[Shield Warrior – Crave]
[Health 0%]
That arrow claimed the Shield Warrior’s life.
I had deliberately delayed the timing slightly to secure the killing blow.
“Elemental arrow mastery! The finishing blow was perfect!”
[Enemy defeated!]
Almond immediately turned toward the Sniper.
“Ah, are you going after the Sniper too? But he’s already running away!”
He had already broken free from the freeze and was fleeing.
“Even that one?”
“Hmm…”
The distance was a bit far.
The Support and Jungler hesitated, but Almond simply ran.
[Movement Speed Increased]
With my quiver empty, I received the movement speed buff. The calculation was that I could catch up.
Thud-thud-thud!
“Ah!? Almond! You’re going for one more solo!?”
“But don’t you have no arrows?”
“The opponent still has 80% health!?”
I had successfully caught up, but I had no arrows.
‘You don’t have arrows.’
The Sniper saw this as an opportunity and aimed his gun at Almond.
“Ah! This, this is…”
That’s when King Gul realized it.
The Sniper should have just run away.
Bang!
“Because Almond’s movement speed is boosted!”
Whizz.
As expected, the bullet grazed his shoulder and missed.
‘It missed?’
That was possible.
Even at Master tier, aim couldn’t be perfect.
The opponent dodging was also Master tier, after all.
But then, all the shots in succession missed?
Bang!
Bang!
‘What is this?’
The Sniper’s face could only fill with shock.
If it were just one shot missing, that would be one thing, but all of them missed. That thug was genuinely dodging by watching the muzzle. Usually people dodge through prediction or shake their body carelessly to create confusion, but
dodging by sight was a realm only felt at the Challenger level.
‘This bastard’s mechanics are Challenger-tier?’
If he’d just run away, he would’ve lived.
It was over.
“Ah, Sniper! I was trying to wear down Almond’s health so he couldn’t chase! But this turned into a bad trade!”
Everything had gone wrong.
“Damn it──”
──Clatter!
In that moment, an arrow appeared in Almond’s quiver again.
“Ah.”
A faint sigh.
It became his final words.

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