Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 482

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 202
70. Even If You Can’t Eat It (1)
[Whoa~! Ril is so fun!!]
King Gul’s voice rang out loudly.
He was thrilled by the double kill he’d pulled off from the Bottom lane.
The first reason he was excited.
[How about that?! My combination! Right?!]
The combination he’d devised was performing exactly as intended.
[When Chronoji’s time freeze and the frost arrow mesh perfectly, they can’t move at all! And in that window, Sori can finish loading and continue dealing damage with this combination!]
-And he doesn’t stop talking while jungling either
A real tongue-wielding dragon trainer lol
Hahahaha but the combination is a scam lol
The combination was designed to eliminate Sori’s critical weakness—the 2-second gap.
Through a combo of Rope → Frost Arrow → Time Freeze → Frost Arrow… they could buy those 2 seconds.
[However! We didn’t account for the possibility that the frost arrow would miss! Hahahaha!]
Of course, if Sori’s arrow missed, the entire combo would be useless.
“Ah. Right? If your skill level is low, this combo could end up doing no damage and being completely useless! Almond executed it so perfectly! And King Gul, you designed this combo while accounting for that!”
lol
-Two geniuses on one team?!
-Wow
The thrill of watching a combination he’d merely imagined in his head execute flawlessly was far greater than he’d expected.
This was the first reason King Gul was so excited, and the second reason was something far simpler.
[Jungler King Gul~ heading into counter jungle on the Bottom side!]
It was simply because he was a Jungler.
-Why is he calling his own name
Are you seriously asking if I’m okay? lol
Hahaha, the commentary machine hahaha
That’s hilarious ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-King Gul heading to the jungle with style~ Tehe~!
A Jungler doesn’t belong to any of the three lanes—Top, Mid, or Bottom.
Yet simultaneously, they belong to all of them.
In other words, when a laner struggles, the Jungler struggles too.
When a laner’s situation improves, the Jungler’s gameplay becomes smoother.
First, it’s easier to expand your territory.
That’s when counter jungling comes in.
You venture into enemy territory and kill the monsters there, gaining experience and gold.
That’s called counter jungling, or counter jungle for short.
“Ah. The excited King Gul is drooling as he enters counter jungle into enemy territory!”
By counter jungling and taking the monsters the enemy Jungler should have farmed, King Gul essentially gains a double advantage.
The enemy is at -1 while King Gul is at +1. That’s why Junglers are so obsessed with counter jungling.
[Actually, the Dragon Trainer that King Gul picked isn’t properly counter-picked at all, you know? Because he’s weak in the jungle! If he runs into the enemy Jungler, he’s dead!]
-What are you doing right now?
-What he’s doing isn’t counter-picking, it’s stealing~ Please take down the post~
-Dragon Trainer was never good at jungling anyway lol
King Gul continued speaking while calmly counter-picking in enemy territory.
[But the Bottom lane fight just exploded, which is why I can do this. Even if I’m counter-picking here like this and run into the enemy Jungler? Our Bottom duo can come help, but the enemy can’t, right? Why!? Because they’re dead!]
The reason he could counter-pick right now was because the Bottom duo—Almond and Chronoji—had secured a double kill.
-Because they’re dead! lololol
-Wow~ a wise saying
-The dead gain no experience by. plato
-If you’re dead, stay dead lol
What King Gul was saying was the core principle of how this game worked.
It wasn’t just that they’d killed the enemy and gained more gold.
This wasn’t the end of their advantage—while the enemy disappeared from the battlefield for 10 to 20 seconds, there were countless additional gains waiting to be seized on this side.
“Yes. Exactly as King Gul is explaining, they’re gaining quite a significant advantage right now, aren’t they? The gold gap between the two teams is starting to widen. Almond’s team is getting the upper hand!”
By all measurable indicators, Almond’s team was beginning to pull ahead.
This is why a Bottom lane collapse is so terrifying.
“Top lane collapses alone, but Bottom lane collapses with two people!? And if you count the Jungler too, that’s three collapsing!”
Even if Top lane plays well, they can only shut down one enemy, but if Bottom plays well, they can erase two enemies from the game entirely.
A 5 versus 5 game suddenly becomes a 5 versus 3 game.
[This is why even Challengers make offerings to the god of Bottom lane before grinding ranked! Do you understand!? Popcorn!?]
King Gul, now brimming with confidence, shouted loudly through his voice.
-lololol
-lmao
-Can’t even hear him lol
The viewers who’d placed bets couldn’t simply laugh along with King Gul’s words.
Anxiety was beginning to set in.
-Scary
-Wait, is Popcorn actually going to lose???
Try doing something with the popcorn, please ㅠ
-Popcorn fans, snap out of it!? Popcorn fans, snap out of it!?
-Is Popcorn actually losing????
-Good luck to those who bet on option 2~
I’m crying so hard.
-Ah, the fact that Almond’s Diamond rank is totally broken
The betting was almost at a 9 to 1 ratio in favor of Popcorn winning.
In truth, that was reasonable betting. Almond was handling Sori for the first time today and was merely an amateur.
Popcorn was a Top laner who once dominated the entire world during his pro career.
Of course, Almond’s team did have a Jungler who once dominated the entire world.
But the timing of when Popcorn and that washed-up player retired was far too different.
-Popcorn, do something!
Has Popcorn Shack been cleared? By now you should be pushing the tower in front of the sanctuary lol
-Aren’t you ashamed in front of Jeon-ja-pa! Popcorn!!!
Had the viewers’ wishes been conveyed?
The situation didn’t smile favorably upon Almond and King Gul so easily.
[Enemy eliminated!]
[Popcorn → Yo-yo Face]
Popcorn had killed our top laner again.
Moreover, it was another solo kill without any Jungler involvement.
This meant the enemy Jungler would have far more opportunities to gain advantages.
“Ahhh! Another kill!? This is another solo kill! The enemy Jungler is invading the Krug camp in King Gul’s top territory. This makes it 5 versus 5 now!?”
Once again, the game took on an even appearance.
“Popcorn’s Jecheon Daeseong is a terrifying pick that can carry the game solo!? Are we really going to let this slide!?”
-Croooo~
-This is Popcorn for you
-Class never died!?
-Saemaul Movement-style top highway, let’s go!
-The opponent’s so pathetic lol
And this death didn’t end as merely a death.
With the Jungler reinforcing the top lane as well, they pushed down the tower.
[Enemy destroyed the first tower!]
They even claimed the bonus for destroying the first tower.
“Ah. Popcorn is scaling terrifyingly. The gold difference is becoming astronomical compared to the opponent, right? And he’s taken both the first kill and the first tower!”
-Underdogs, snap out of it!? Underdogs, snap out of it!? Underdogs, snap out of it!? Underdogs, snap out of it!?
-The greatest top laner in the world! The greatest top laner in the world! The greatest top laner in the world!
-Let’s go squeeze some orange juice!
As the situation reversed again, the chat was filled with frenzied messages.
Since far more people had bet on Popcorn numerically, the chat scrolled up at a much faster pace.
“Now that Popcorn’s broken top, what happens next? Does he go down and show his influence!?”
The Host thought Popcorn would now spread the power he’d gained in top lane downward.
But that was a speculation that showed a complete lack of understanding of top laners’ tendencies.
-??
-???: I’m just pushing
-Are you insane? Going top again?
Popcorn had already rushed back to the top lane where the first tower had disappeared.
Haha, this is the best.
-Top psychopath activated!
-Hahaha, if you’re the best in the world, you gotta be like this!
Top laners become so addicted to their lonely battles that they tend to keep digging in the same spot.
Many call those obsessed with it like madmen “top psychopaths,” a compound of top and psychopath.
“Ah. Is this what they call a top lane devotee? Forget it—I’m just going to keep smashing the tower! Iron Ball!”
The casters usually euphemized it as a top lane ‘devotee,’ but the meaning was essentially the same.
[That crazy bastard….]
King Gul muttered a curse without realizing it.
Honestly, he’d been hoping Popcorn would come down to the mid lane or bottom lane instead.
Relentlessly hammering away at a single lane like this was actually much harder to deal with.
In other words, Popcorn had made the right call.

* * *
Meanwhile, Popcorn continued pressuring the top lane.
‘If I go down, things will only get messy.’
Like a legendary player, he saw through this situation with perfect clarity.
Ril Siege wasn’t a game where five players gathered to brawl.
It was literally a siege.
The objective was to push towers and ultimately destroy the enemy’s nexus.
Theoretically, you could win by just pushing the top lane continuously.
That’s why the enemies had no choice but to come to the top lane.
That was the situation Popcorn was aiming for.
If they were forced to come and forced to fight, the battle would start at a disadvantage for them.
But what about Popcorn?
Just by surviving there, he’d gain the advantage. The enemies would have to march all the way from below to the top lane only to return empty-handed.
Meanwhile, our team’s midlaner, jungler, and bottom lane could grow stronger or gain advantages.
“So…! Die!”
He brought his staff down on Iron Ball as if venting his frustration.
Boom!
A scene of one-sided violence.
Iron Ball had no skills to counter with.
“S-stop…! Stop!”
Iron Ball crouched down and took a defensive stance, even crying out magical incantations.
“Hit more!? Hit more!? Does this bastard enjoy getting beaten!?”
Popcorn, empowered as he was, didn’t listen at all.
-lmaooooo
-Is he deaf?
-hahahaha
“Popcorn hahahaha!”
Popcorn, seized by madness.
He was beating Iron Ball with the intention of erasing him entirely from this battlefield.
Crack!
Crunch!
[Iron Ball – Dino]
[Health 23%]
Iron Ball had barely been resurrected at the sanctuary when his health plummeted to critical levels.
[Where the hell is our Jungler?]
He had no choice but to blame the Jungler.
[At this rate, we’ll fall behind all the way to the second objective!]
He couldn’t help but cry out in frustration.
But King Gul’s arrival wasn’t something that could happen just because he complained. That only happened in manga.
‘What…?’
Yet, it actually happened.
A massive shadow descended from the sky.
“!?”
Popcorn flinched and retreated momentarily. In that gap, Iron Ball escaped.
‘He’s here.’
Roooaaarrr!
The dragon’s roar thundered overhead as a colossal divine form appeared.
[Syridma]
The Dragon Tamer’s greatest dragon. The divine beast ‘Syridma’.
He could fight while riding it, and with the ‘Glide’ skill, he could soar across vast distances.
Whoosh──
A blood-red colossal dragon blocked Jecheon Daeseong’s escape route.
Zzzziiip!
That wasn’t all.
The rope tied to the dragon’s leg contracted, and someone landed.
[Rope Assassin – Kai]
The enemy’s Midlaner.
Yet no matter how hard I looked, Almond was nowhere to be seen.
Hadn’t we all agreed to charge together? Did it fail?
It wouldn’t have been easy for two people to connect ropes in succession.
For King Gul’s plan to materialize, the rope had to be thrown and hit during the ‘Glide’, and the ‘Glide’ had to be faster than Sori’s ‘Rope Movement’.
The probability of pulling that off on the first try was low.
‘So Almond isn’t here…’
Popcorn sneered.
‘What can a 0-kill Midlaner and a 1-kill Jungler possibly do?’
With his control ability combined with Jecheon Daeseong’s illusion technique that dominated opponents, they could not only escape this situation but potentially kill all three of them if played well.
He rested his staff on his shoulder for a moment, taunting.
“Can you really do anything with those numbers?”
But his opponent was King Gul. He wasn’t about to fall for a simple taunt.
“Heh. The punk who used to light Jeon-ja-pa’s cigarettes has grown quite a bit~”
Hahahahahaha
I’m dying laughing ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Can’t even break even lol
Haha, f*** it lol
You’re going too far lol
My body trembled for a moment, but Popcorn didn’t back down and counterattacked.
“Huh? Did you fill up the juice generously?”
Wow, that’s hilarious lol
A showdown between tears and cigarette smoke lol
I cannot provide a reliable translation for this text. It does not appear to be standard Korean, English, or another recognizable language. Could you please verify the source or provide additional context?
That’s when King Gul cast his skill.
“You electromagnetic wave foot scraper!”
[Predation]
The Dragon Tamer commanded Predation, and Syridma charged forward.
At the same time, the Rope Assassin threw his rope.
Then─
“You second-rate nobody!”
[Phantom Clone Technique]
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In an instant, multiple copies of Jecheon Daeseong appeared and all shouted in unison.
“You second-rate nobody!”
“You second-rate nobody!”
“You second-rate nobody!”
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.
.
I can’t translate this as it appears to be corrupted or garbled text rather than coherent Korean.
-Wow, the physical prowess is incredible
I can’t laugh that hard lol
Echo attack lol
Popcorn’s phantom clones nullified all of the enemy’s attacks while reflecting some of them back.
Boom!
King Gul fell victim to his own Predation.
“Wha…?”
Whoosh!
The Rope Assassin was suddenly caught from behind by Popcorn’s true body that appeared.
[Staff Strike]
Boom!
The technique of striking downward from his head with the staff and bouncing him off the ground connects.
[Rope Assassin – Kai]
[Health 73%]
He took just one hit.
Nearly 30% of my health evaporates.
“Absolutely devastating damage!!!”
The damage itself is absurd. It speaks to how wide the growth gap has become.
“But wait! Ah…! You’ve been deceived! Popcorn!”
Yet the Caster insists that he’s fallen for it.
Whoooosh!
A rope suddenly flies from nowhere.
‘Where did the Rope Assassin come from?’
Popcorn spins around in shock, only to see an arrow closing in right before his eyes.
[Frozen Arrow]
Thwack!
It pierces directly between his brows.
“!?”
Popcorn’s eyes widen as he freezes solid.
‘What? Where?’
The problem is that even now, frozen in place, he has no idea where the enemy is.
“It was Almond! He was using absolute concealment, the wind elemental divine technique!”
When using absolute concealment, a wind elemental divine technique, the user maintains stealth even while attacking.
The duration is 7 seconds.
Since I activated it just before arriving, only 5 seconds remain.
“A clash between 3-kill Almond and 2-kill Popcorn!”
One of them will fall before this window closes.

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