Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 522

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 242
82. Mecha Leg (3)
Countless jets and pumps exist in the world of JetPumped.
If we even account for the combinations of these elements, the variations would be incalculable.
Finding a jet that serves as a precise counter to a newly released jet is an extraordinarily difficult task.
Unless this counter was predetermined from the moment the jet was created.
Unless he was the one who designed this game from its very beginning.
Unless he were a god-like existence in this world, it would truly be impossible.
[T-This is a counter! There’s actually a counter to the Mecha Jet that just came out!]
[How is this possible… Was this designed from the start!?]
[Of course it was! Kiseoseu Kim is the designer of this game!]
That’s right.
Conversely, if one were a god-like being who designed this game, finding counters immediately would be possible.
Even if any pumping variations were added to the Mecha series, I had complete confidence in finding every counter.
After all, a fatal counter was already predetermined for the ‘Engine,’ the core element.
[Chill Pumping! And it’s Chill Pumping that underwent high-compression treatment—that seems to be the counter!?]
[That’s not all! The ‘Frost’ option was even enhanced! These are actually trivial options normally!]
The design to render the engine inoperable was already complete.
I acknowledge this myself.
It wouldn’t have been easy for players to discover either.
Not just chill, but compressed chill. And the pumping was further enhanced with the follow-up option called ‘Frost.’
The Frost option allows the chill to linger in one place as long as possible, while compression allows the gathered chill to stack upon itself.
Through this, even that high-temperature engine reaches the realm of ‘absolute zero,’ extinguishing it completely.
[Truly befitting the designer!?]
[To create such a trick. Really… it’s quite impressive.]
Of course, designing and creating such a counter is a remarkable ability.
It’s a collaboration of extraordinary imagination and meticulous planning.
However, what ability overturns all that meticulous planning and conception?
[W-Wait!? A-Almond is counterattacking!]
[Wasn’t the engine supposed to be frozen!?]
Kiiiiiiing!
My frozen engine shrieks to life.
A fleeting opportunity given in the space where the chill has dissipated.
The kick I chose to gain maximum thrust within the same space is the ‘Spin Kick.’
[Spin Kiiiiiick!!]
[Gaining over 80% thrust in an instant!]
Boom──!
“Ugh!”
My face snaps to the side, blood spraying from my lips.
Though it was only 80% thrust, the impact from the counter strike registered at 100% force.
[Crack it wide open!!!]
Waaaaaah!!
An enormous roar erupted from the crowd.
Iseok Kim’s health had dropped to the 30% range.
[The interior is completely breached! However! The cold will soon begin accumulating again!? We can’t continue fighting like this!]
Just as the Caster pointed out, my attacks could not continue.
Whoooosh!
Kiseoseu Kim’s blade immediately began swinging.
His cold, compressed to maximum density, swiftly dominated the space.
I couldn’t fight properly here. I’d only be throwing away more health.
‘I need to escape first.’
Hisssss… Click!
I pushed my mecha engine to its limits, producing weak, stuttering sounds as I moved away.
[I can’t stay in a space where the cold keeps accumulating! Moving now!]
[Good judgment! But! How do you plan to fight!?]
Mecha Leg is a jet that conducts close-range destruction combat based on tremendous engine propulsion.
In the current situation where I couldn’t even approach Iseok Kim, combat itself was impossible.
I had to find some method, any method.
[Kiseoseu Kim’s cold isn’t disappearing! It continues to dominate the space!!]
The high-density cold with the frost option didn’t fade and continued accumulating, gradually consuming the entire rooftop.
Iseok Kim simply walked around leisurely, swinging his blade.
-This is total bullshit
-That’s supposed to be a game??
Lol, the balance is pretty good, right?
-???: The balance isn’t broken, you’re all just stupid.
-This is legit the worst for the mecha series
[If this were a normal jet, that cold wouldn’t be so problematic! But because it’s a mecha, it’s an issue!?]
[Yes! Actually, not just mechas—any engine-related jet would face problems!]
[Ahhh… This is unfortunate!]
The Caster lamented as I was forced to keep running.
[We finally summoned Iseok Kim! And now I can’t do anything like this!?]
[We might have to challenge from the beginning again… This is truly terrible!]
Ahhhhh….
Sighs spread among the gamers.
Looking at the rooftop gradually filling with cold, there seemed to be no solution.
With each moment the white cold consumed the rooftop, despair deepened.
My mind became as white and blank as that cold.
“That’s why! I didn’t make it thoughtlessly, I’m telling you?!”
On top of that, Kiseoseu Kim’s mouth finally opened.
“Why do you never even try!? Huh!?”
He said nothing when my health dropped to half in an instant. But the moment things stabilized, he opened his mouth.
-What a dog…
-Ugh lol
-Please just one hit…
-I hope you go bald, you bastard
If that happens, I won’t have anything to say ㅜㅜ
The players absolutely hated seeing this, but they had nothing to say.
If even Almond, who had been cutting through opponents without pause until now, was struggling this much, then Iseok Kim’s words carried undeniable weight.
“Did you find a counter? I ask you every day! You said you found one? What did you actually find? Huh? What’s this then~!?”
As a barrage of attacks continued like scolding from a workplace superior, the players’ faces grew increasingly grim.
Hahaha, extreme deal
-Is this what company seniority looks like?
-Wait, is that guy’s Jetter a ‘Ultra-High-Speed Mechanical Mouse’?
lol that’s hilarious
Please… I’m begging you ㅠㅠ Almond ㅠㅠㅠ
The more this continued, the more their eyes were drawn to Almond on screen.
No matter how I looked at it, there seemed to be no one but him capable of taking down Iseok Kim.
Hadn’t every attempt to even draw out Iseok Kim failed until now?
It’s desperate, but he’s their only hope.
The sole hope in this despair.
[Ah… truly merciless. I suppose you have to be this ruthless to make real money.]
The Casters continued their commentary in somber voices.
[B-but! Almond! He’s successfully escaped the cold aura completely!]
Almond, who had only been running, leaped across to the rooftop of a building on the opposite side.
[Yes! He’s completely jumped to a different building’s rooftop!?]
[Is he planning to drag this out by buying time?]
[Ah! If so, does Almond win? He has more health after all!]
JetPumped has a time limit, and when that time expires, the person with more health wins. It’s the basic rule of all fighting games.
But…
[Ah…!? These new Challenger maps have no time limit!!!]
[Gasp…]
Challenges had no time limit.
It was clearly an intentional design choice.
This setting was created from the start specifically to use this cold aura strategy.
As expected, it’s all made up.
-Sigh… you bastard
-Why isn’t this invalid???
Harsh words flew through the chat, but Iseok Kim paid them no mind.
“No. A Challenge is a Challenge. If I did it like a regular game, then progressing through the tutorial in the first place wouldn’t make sense!”
He swung his sword relentlessly as he countered.
-Unknown
-Sophist
-What’s that got to do with anything
-Fair point lol
It was right as Iseok Kim, riding high on arrogance, added another boast.
“Yeah~ sure~ I’m──”
Something pierced through the white mist of cold air.
──Crash!
Iseok Kim’s avatar’s mouth hung agape, twisted grotesquely.
An impact severe enough to nearly cave in his face.
What on earth was that?
[Whoa whoa whoa whoa!?]
[Dead baaaaaall!]
A dead ball?
The spectators were bewildered, but that cry quickly clarified the situation.
“Wait, surely not!”
“Is that a baseball!?”
“That’s insane!”
Almond had hurled a baseball from a distance.
[Th-this is incredible! He threw the ball from the opposite building and hit him!?]
[Are you a professional baseball player!?]
[No! You need to attach the final consonant to everything!?]
-Archery lol baseball lol
-For real
-Insane accuracy fr
Whoooosh!
As if an ultimate skill had activated, the baseball ignited in flames, and Iseok Kim burned along with it.
[Kiseoseu Kim]
[Health: 25%]
Kiseoseu Kim’s health plummeted toward zero.
‘Where is he….’
He glanced around frantically.
‘Wait, could it be….’
A black silhouette was visible in the distance.
It was the rooftop of another building.
He hit me from that distance?
The accuracy was absurd.
As Iseok Kim fell silent, the Caster spoke up.
[Ah yes, one hit and suddenly he’s gone quiet~!?]
-Ah… so this is what ‘education’ means.
-Hah, of course—a mechanical brain. Gets fixed after taking a hit lol
-But if he plays this right, wouldn’t Almond win???
[Almond!? He moves to a different rooftop and searches for another baseball!]
[He’s figured out the counter-strategy!]
[Ah! He finds it!]
I discovered another baseball on a different building’s rooftop.
‘I didn’t expect him to bring long-range immunity.’
It was as I anticipated.
Since Iseok Kim selects a counter-jet based on my jet, he hadn’t considered long-range immunity at all.
He had judged that he could defeat me if he simply neutralized the Mecha jet.
A logical calculation.
In a duel between Jetters, a neutralized jet is an extremely fatal situation.
However, what if the opponent possessed even more lethal skill?
Click.
I took my stance once more, aiming at the frigid rooftop across from me.
Iseok Kim was also aiming at me.
He intended to block the baseball.
‘Hmm.’
I had no intention of allowing that.
Boom-crash!
I activated the Mecha engine and launched into the air.
[Huh? He stops mid-throw and takes flight instead!]
I began flying widely through areas untouched by the frigid aura.
My acceleration increased steadily, and Iseok Kim could no longer discern my location through the hazy cold mist.
‘Where… where is he?’
However, typically in such situations, the thrower suffers greater difficulty.
[Ah! He’s trying to make it impossible for his opponent to block… but, if he flies around so chaotically, how does he even throw!?]
[R-right?? The person hitting is the one who has it harder!]
The next instant.
Boom-crash!
With the engine’s reverse thrust, I halted abruptly and achieved a flawless throwing stance in a fraction of a second.
“!”
The two Casters sitting down actually lifted their hips from their chairs.
That was the caliber of the performance.
The baseball shot forth like a cannon, riding a perfect throwing form.
Whoooosh—!
Not only did it fly with precision, but my ultimate technique activated as well.
Whoosh-crackle!
The baseball flew toward Iseok Kim, engulfed in flames.
“Wh-what…?”
I failed to track the baseball’s position in that instant, allowing a clean hit right to my temple.
Boom──
Brilliant sparks erupted as my avatar went flying.
[Iseok Kim]
[Health 9%]
I survived with only a thread of health remaining.
[Ahhhhh! He’s still alive!!]
The casters shrieked in disbelief.
[H-he didn’t die!]
[But what was that just now!? Flying through the air and immediately activating the baseball’s ultimate move! Absolutely insane perfor—mance!]
[Do we need to find another baseball? But is there one… wait!?]
Boom-boom-boom-crash!
I could have searched for another baseball to finish him off.
[H-he’s flying directly at him himself!]
But I didn’t bother.
There was no guarantee another baseball existed, and this opportunity would only come once.
‘The path opened.’
As the flaming baseball pierced through the cold layer, a passage briefly opened.
‘I saw it before.’
I’d witnessed this phenomenon earlier too, but I hadn’t thought to rush through it then.
This time was different.
I knew it would split. Just as Moses parted the sea.
I knew a path would form.
So I flew immediately.
I traversed that passage and reached a position directly in front of Iseok Kim in an instant.
-Insane
-Crazy
-Wow
Whoosh!
The shadow cast by my avatar appearing at supersonic speed.
To Iseok Kim, I appeared as the grim reaper itself.
“Th-this crazy….”
Thud.
My foot rose upward, blocking out the sun.
[Stomp attackkkkk!!!]
The caster’s voice tore through his throat as he shouted—my finishing move was a stomp attack.
[Engine thrust 100%]
Maximum thrust, ultimate speed, perfect accuracy.
Riding these three elements, my mecha leg burned with blazing white light.
“Stomp…”
It struck directly at the crown of Iseok Kim’s head.
“Hyah!!!”
Boom──!!
In that instant, every spectator in the arena leaped to their feet.

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