Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 518

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 238
82. The Demon King Iseok Kim (2)
That brilliant flash of impact just now.
Even I could sense it clearly.
“Oh… so something like this exists?”
When I was pummeling Wonmu Heo, I was so overwhelmingly one-sided in my attacks that I didn’t perceive it accurately.
‘This time I deliberately targeted the solar plexus.’
Just now was different.
I struck with intent, and since it landed properly, I remember it.
‘There’s a bonus for hitting vital points.’
Tap.
My footwork felt significantly lighter.
Confidence had taken root.
To be precise, my confidence had grown ‘even more’.
“I think I can finish this quickly.”
-Kyaa~!
lol
-C-o-n-f-i-d-e-n-c-e
-Is this the Nut Fans’ alpha!?
Fundamentally, I’m confident in all physical elements within the virtual world.
But precision striking was the type I was most confident about.
I even thought I could rank first in the world rankings in that alone.
Precision striking has a mechanism similar to archery.
The act of targeting the exact center of a target from a distance through intense concentration.
Though the distance is merely what you’d reach by extending your leg.
But in this game, that’s considered a long reach, so it counts as distance.
The mechanism was the same.
[Almond! Going in again!]
[Choe-go Seo-yeon! This time she’s coming in together!?]
Whoosh!
My kick had begun.
-Whoa whoa
-Wow
-Has he finally adapted?
It was completely different from when I first faced Wonmu Heo.
Choe-go Seo-yeon’s bamboo sword, which had been coming in with good momentum, was barely managing to block my kicks.
[Almond! Pressing the attack!]
[Spinning kick! Turning kick! Back kick!]
Boom! Bang!
She was managing to deflect the kicks with her bamboo sword, but.
[Seo-yeon Choi! What’s happening!? The parry isn’t working!?]
The parry judgment that should have stiffened the opponent wasn’t triggering. It was just a simple block.
‘This can’t be happening.’
Seo-yeon’s heart raced with bewilderment.
‘He’s already figured it out.’
The bamboo sword has greater range than taekwondo kicks. So in a range battle, the kendo Jetter should definitely have the advantage.
The problem is that’s only true in theory.
In reality, the kendo Jetter mostly strikes with the blade of the sword except for thrusting attacks.
Sweeping attacks have large motions.
More precisely, the motions appear large.
Even if the hand moves slightly, the tip of the sword moves in a larger radius.
This makes the enemy’s attack clearly visible to the eye, and very seasoned players exploit this opening.
‘But why is this bastard…!’
From a developer’s perspective, “very seasoned” refers to players who’ve gone beyond stale and completely rotten.
Yet this thug who’s playing for the first time today is pulling off such moves.
And repeatedly at that.
Thud.
No matter how much I block.
Thud.
He exploits the opening anyway.
Crack!
“Ugh!”
Seo-yeon’s chin snaps upward.
[Ahhhhh! The hit lands! What is this!? We’re helpless!?]
[There’s nothing we can do!? Seo-yeon Choi!!!]
The side kick that follows strikes her solar plexus dead center.
Flash!
Light flickers as Seo-yeon’s body flies through the air.
Boom!
[Health: 52%]
Seo-yeon, having lost nearly half her health.
‘…’
She stands again, sword in hand.
Her expression was completely different from before.
Quite menacing.
“I can’t go easy on this…”
An ominous aura seemed to ripple up from within.
[Ah! Seo-yeon Choi! Is this Phase 2!? You feel like a completely different person!?]
[Could she be the worst version of herself now?]
-Worst Seo-yeon lolololol
-What kind of boss monster is this? lol
-From Jennie of the chain sickle to Munhee of the rope
Whoosh!
Choe-go Seo-yeon’s form scattered, launching a preemptive attack.
“Head!”
Whoosh!
Almond lightly sidestepped and evaded.
Swish!
Choe-go Seo-yeon spun around and hurled something.
Crash!
A blow struck Almond.
[Health 85%]
Something unknown had hit Almond.
‘A bottle?’
It was a champagne bottle.
She had thrown it.
‘So this counts as a weapon too.’
Seo-yeon came rushing forward again, one hand gripping a bottle and the other wielding a bamboo sword.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
After a bamboo sword combo, she hurled the bottle.
Crash!
Almond crossed both arms to block it.
“My waist!”
The blocking motion left his waist exposed.
Thud!
[Health 74%]
True to form, Kendo Jetter.
The damage was brutal, proportional to the long attack delay.
[Ah! She’s neutralizing Kendo Jetter’s sluggish attacks by throwing bottles!]
[Wow…! I thought Maehwa Geomjeon bloomed plum blossoms with her sword! But she’s actually blooming them by throwing plum wine!?]
[It was alcohol hallucination symptoms!?]
-It’s technically champagne though?
-Plum wine lmao
-So it was plum wine lol
-So that’s why Maehwa Geomjeon?!lol
Seo-yeon gradually pressured Almond using a tactic that wielded both bottle and sword simultaneously.
From Almond’s perspective, unfamiliar with using environmental weapons, it was difficult to respond.
Especially when his opponent’s fundamentals were this solid.
Crash!
Boom!
Unlike when Almond was striking one-sidedly, damage now flows both ways.
‘Why did this happen?’
Almond wonders why the game’s dynamic suddenly shifted.
Surely he could have kept pummeling without giving Seo-yeon Choi a chance to grab the bottle.
‘The combo broke—that was the problem.’
Thinking it over carefully, things changed after he sent her flying with that solar plexus strike.
In other words, while precision strikes deal massive damage and launch the opponent far, that’s not always ideal.
When building combos or when momentum is in his favor, it’s better to keep striking while preventing the opponent from flying too far away.
‘Precision strikes aren’t always the answer.’
Deliberately avoiding strong attacks and continuing with only light strikes instead.
In truth, this is a basic technique widely used in Jetpumped, but it was still a foreign concept to Almond.
Of course, that was only until now.
[Ah! The bottle is completely empty now!]
[Maehwa Geomjeon can no longer bloom the plum blossoms!]
Seo-yeon Choi tried to move to another party table.
Almond saw this as his opportunity.
Tap-tap-tap.
He closes in and begins a combo.
Since he was just blindly pursuing, naturally it didn’t land cleanly.
But by mixing in appropriate feints and off-beat attacks with half a beat’s delay,
Thwack!!
his instep plants firmly against her neck.
[Wow! An off-beat kick!!]
[Seo-yeon Choi counterattacks!]
Seo-yeon Choi gave up on defending and simply swung her sword at Almond.
“Hah!”
Crack!
Almond blocks with his arm guard.
[Ah! There it is! Another advantage of Taekwondo Jet! Since attacks focus on the legs, offense and defense happen simultaneously!]
Of course, blocking is the most passive defensive technique compared to dodging or parrying.
He takes some damage, and there’s no way to constrain the opponent or land a counter.
Still, it’s far better than just taking the hit.
Above all, didn’t Almond manage to strike his opponent?
Thud!
Almond’s feet strike Seo-yeon Choi in rapid succession.
[Wow! Consecutive strikes while keeping the foot extended!]
[But he’s not using the full combo now?!]
After only two hits,
he skips the third and final strike.
He’s not using a precision strike either.
The damage was far less.
However, he could strike much longer with this approach.
Thwack!
Thud!
I found myself forced into increasingly unfavorable exchanges of damage.
My blade was mostly being blocked, while his kicks kept coming relentlessly.
Since my body wasn’t being sent flying, I couldn’t reset into a new positioning either.
[He’s changed his strategy!?]
[Yes! He switched from lottery-style damage trading to annuity-style damage trading! He’s going for the long game!]
[It’s just a syncopated striking nightmare!? There’s no way out!!]
The same pattern of strikes continued to exchange. Almond kicked with his legs while blocking with his hands.
I was being pushed steadily into the corner.
“…!”
I had no choice but to attempt a powerful attack.
Ting──!
I activated Geomdo Jet’s ultimate technique.
“Thrust!”
In Geomdo, the thrust was the most powerful and dangerous attack.
A single decisive blow that gathered force from the grounded feet through the hips, wrists, and finally concentrated at the blade’s point.
Whoosh!!
However, it was a desperate strike that came at far too obvious a moment.
‘…Ah.’
Almond simply tilted his body and evaded it.
[Almond dodged it!]
[It was way too predictable!]
When a powerful attack fails, the appropriate punishment follows.
Flash!
Almond’s back kick struck my solar plexus perfectly.
[Aaahhh! Precision strike back kick! It landed again!]
[It looks like it’s over!?]
Boom!!
The distinctive spark effect of a successful precision strike erupted.
I was engulfed in flames and reduced to ash, disappearing completely.
[Victory]
Almond had won.

* * *
The moment Almond’s victory was confirmed, the chat exploded at lightning speed.
-Kyaaaa~!
-Insane
-???: Choe-go Seo-yeon!? You’re minimum wage from today on!
-Almond is the best!
-Minimum wage Seo-yeon! Minimum wage Seo-yeon! Minimum wage Seo-yeon! Minimum wage Seo-yeon! Minimum wage Seo-yeon! Minimum wage Seo-yeon!
-Pure skill on display this time, no joke
-Mom, when I grow up I wanna be Almond!
The commentators chimed in excitedly about the match results.
“Wait! Choe-go Seo-yeon! The two before her were meat shields, but it looks like she took the most hits!?”
“That’s right, Almond kept attacking with small strikes, so she was hit for an extremely long time!”
“If the two meat shields before were just meat, this one is premium cutlet!”
This match had far more exchanges of blows than any of the previous two matches.
Seo-yeon Choi took a beating to match.
-For real lol
-Premium cutlet lololololol
-She was a meat shield too~
-The three meat kings assorted lol
“Ah yes! It was that overwhelming?”
“Yes. The only moment she could hold her ground was when she deployed the Maehwa technique, right?”
-Maehwa “technique” lololol
-lololol omg
-Is that even a technique lol
-omg lol
“Ah, yes. You mean when she threw that bottle, right?”
“Yes… isn’t Seo-yeon being fired right now? Does she need to find a new job? Not Choe-go Seo-yeon, but minimum wage. There’s a lot of talk about it….”
“If all three meat kings get fired, how will the game company even operate?”
-Such a pathetic defeat lol it’s actually plausible
-lol for real the company’s about to collapse
-???: Hey. Maehwa Geomjeon. Let’s see if you can still bloom maehwa even with your salary cut lol
“It seems like Seo-yeon has a lot of male fans, so many people are worried about her.”
“Yes. Yes. Everyone calm down. That won’t happen~ Why?”
Boom boom boom…!
Drum sounds rang out as if on cue.
Boom!
Boom boom boom!
The rowdy crowd instinctively fell silent for a moment.
The moment they’d all been waiting for had finally arrived.
“Because our CEO is coming out to handle everything himself!!”
“Yes, that’s right! Finally, he’s here!”
“The CEO of Wiplug! A genius developer who’s created countless hit games! But what good does that do!? It’s a talent he gained through a contract with the devil!!”
“Writing patch notes instead of death notes! The demon king of the gaming world!”
The two commentators jumped to their feet simultaneously, shouting.
-Demon king lmao
-Haha wow
-Kyaa~!
-Death notes lol patch notes hahahaha
“Kiiiiiim! Iseoooooooook!”
Boom-boom-boom!
With a blaring trumpet fanfare, the mastermind behind all this chaos takes the stage.
“Ah. Ah.”
Right on cue, the interviewer thrust the microphone forward, attempting another interview.
Iseok Kim smoothly snatched the microphone and began speaking without even listening to the question.
“Wait. Almond, come on out here.”
Iseok Kim asked Almond, who was inside the capsule, to step out for a moment.
“You need a break anyway, right?”
Hisssss.
The capsule opened, and Almond emerged.
He was drenched in sweat.
“So, everyone? Does fighting with just the basic Jet really have any meaning?”
Iseok Kim had called Almond out, then suddenly turned the question to the audience.
-??
-No way lol
-Then what do you want
-This guy’s building it up, he’s got something up his sleeve hahahaha
-Basic fights won’t cut it~ that’s what he’s thinking lol
He made a special proposal.
“I think it’s remarkable that a player who just cleared the tutorial made it this far. As a reward for that, I’ll personally give Almond ten million Jetter cash.”
Murmur murmur.
The crowd gasped at the amount. Ten million Jetter cash was equivalent to ten million won in real money.
But of course, there was a reason for the gift.
“Use that ten million cash to pump and complete whatever Jet you want. I’ll face you with my own Jet. How about it?”
At Iseok Kim’s question, all eyes turned to Almond.
Would he accept? Or would he push forward with a basic fight?
In the tense silence where even the murmuring had stopped.
Almond, without much hesitation, asked back.
“Do I get the ten million cash even if I refuse?”
“…?”
-Hahahahahahahahahaha
Are you a punk?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Damn ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Aga doesn’t know anything! Only cares about money!
“???: Forget the conditions. I’ll just take what I want lol”
-Let’s start with the basics and pocket ten million cash
-As expected of Almond, the Heavenly Demon who defeated Maehwa Geomjeon.

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