Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 546

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 16
7. The Smart One, The Fool, The One Destined to Rise (1)
Takoyaki, anticipating the opponent’s attempt to flank from behind, turned the tables and flanked them instead.
The commentators couldn’t hide their excitement.
“Ultra-high-speed brain spin!! Takoyaki!!!”
“Spinning that fast! Isn’t all the hair getting centrifuged off!!”
-For real
-This is Korea’s ban pick!
I’m going crazy, seriously ㅠㅠ
The almond taco combo is so sweet ㅠㅠㅠ
-Damn
-Takoyaki for parliament!
“We didn’t even know the convenience store girl was hiding in the bathroom!?”
Even the commentators, who had a much clearer view from above, found it difficult to notice every detail.
They had grasped that Takoyaki was waiting for Class 2, but they hadn’t realized she’d devised a plan to completely cut off their escape route.
“Look at the speed she’s building the barricade! Class 2 absolutely cannot escape through that route now!”
At first, she merely hung a single burlap sack like a bar to buy time, but later she’d constructed an entire barricade.
It was impossible for Class 2 to break through here with Class 3 right in front of them.
“She’s even blocked the fourth-floor door!? Zombies can’t even get through! What choice does Class 2 have now!”
“Look at Class 2’s leader’s expression right now! They probably thought they could manage fighting in the hallway! But now they’re forced into a battle on both sides of the slope!?”
“So. What do they do now!? Even I’m not sure what the right move is!”
-For real, isn’t this over??
-Just ‘Kim Mango’ them lol
-Good work everyone lol
“I’m not sure either! And Almond’s position right now is extremely sharp, isn’t it?”
“Wait? The troop deployment is very unusual!? Is this even correct?”

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“Hmm.”
Jessi had maintained a rather composed demeanor until now.
It was only after her escape route was cut off that her expression darkened.
“We’re screwed?”
Above the stairs and below the stairs.
Thirty versus fourteen.
She was forced to engage in this hopelessly disadvantageous battle.
‘Who on earth is this guy?’
Jessi glared at the man who appeared to have orchestrated this strategy.
Not that staring would reveal his identity.
“…Damn it. Damn it all.”
“Hey. Jessi. Should we kill Nerdking?”
“What are you saying in this situation!? You idiot!”
The other two members also exchanged harsh curses, sensing the extremity of their predicament.
‘There’s only one possible route.’
A route made possible because Jessi, who possessed the best combat ability, had also acquired combat-class abilities.
That single route became visible to Jessi’s eyes.
Jessi tied back her red hair and gripped her spear firmly.
“We’ll deal with Nerdking later. For now, do this…”
Jessi whispered her tactical plan to the two players.
Class 3 also prepared for battle upon witnessing her resolve.
They harbored no expectations of surrender anyway.
This wasn’t even real death, and it made more sense to try something rather than die without attempting anything.
Balloon Gum shouted.
“Forward! Shields up!”
Clack! Clack!
Desk surfaces lined up in a row, making the already cramped space even narrower.
Nerd King also bellowed.
“Shield wall!!”
Boom! Boom!
Iron-plated shields surged forward.
“Charge forward!!”
As Balloon Gum’s cry rang out, the children began advancing.
“Raaaaahhhhh!!”
Daehyeok, the bulkiest among them, crashed forward with a roar.
“Kill them! These bastards!!”
“Hold the line!!”
Crash!
The shields collided with tremendous force.
“Push! Push!”
“Don’t give ground!”
The clash of shields proved surprisingly balanced.
However—
“Thrust through!”
The children wielding spears from Class 3 began thrusting from behind the shield wall.
That’s where the difference emerged.
Though the number of shields was roughly equal, the additional spear thrusts from behind proved overwhelming.
Class 2 managed at most three or four people jabbing kitchen knife spears forward.
Class 3 had nearly three times that number driving spears relentlessly.
Yet equipment made the difference.
Several from Class 2 took hits from burlap sack shafts.
“Aaaagh!”
“Hold the line!”
They endured by deflecting the spears with iron gauntlets.
“These bastards won’t break!”
“Insane! Kitchen knives!?”
Class 3’s front line began faltering against the kitchen knife blades.
Balloon Gum roared.
“Ohamah squad! Smash them!”
“Roger that!”
The Ohamah unit had been waiting in reserve.
They leaped down from above, channeling their weight into devastating overhead strikes against the shield bearers.
——Clang!!
Metal colliding with metal, sparks erupting from the sheer impact.
“Ugh…!”
Thud.
The shields never broke.
But some children collapsed under the crushing weight.
At this, Class 2’s shield bearers began raising their kitchen knives.
Sacrificing some defensive coverage seemed worth it if they could pierce their enemies.
“Thrust!”
Even risking their arms, they drove their hands through the gaps between shields.
Squelch!
Blind steel found the waists of Class 3’s shield bearers.
“They—they forced their way through… Argh!”
“Damn it! Kick them!”
Thwack!
Controlling the high ground is fundamental in warfare.
But stairs created an extreme elevation advantage.
As a result, Class 3 inadvertently exposed their lower defenses, leaving them vulnerable.
Meanwhile, Class 2 only needed to defend the upper positions.
“Ugh…!”
Thud…!
Seriously wounded soldiers began appearing in Class 3’s ranks.
“Y-Yeonji!?”
A deep gash tore across Yeonji’s thigh as she thrust her spear from behind.
Blood poured freely from the wound.
“K… Kitae….”
Yeonji, her vision blurring, called out Daehyeok’s name—mistaking him for the already-fallen Kitae.
“Th… These bastards! They’re really dead! Th-they really are!!”
Daehyeok hoisted the war hammer with a single hand. In this extreme height differential, Class 3’s advantage came down to raw power from sheer weight.
He brought it down with every ounce of strength he possessed.
Crash!
“Die! Die! Die!”
Boom!
Bang!
He unleashed relentless blows, whether they blocked with shields or not.
Class 2 desperately thrust their kitchen knives at him, but—
The overwhelming force pushing forward was unstoppable.
“Hack!”
“W-We’re collapsing!”
Class 2’s shield bearers crumpled like moles in a whack-a-mole game.
Crash──!
One shield finally shattered completely.
Its jagged edge pierced into Class 2’s formation.
“Now.”
That was the moment.
Jessi gave the signal.
Ut and Nerd King immediately grabbed shields and rushed forward in front of her.
Clack! Clack!
They formed an improvised staircase with their shields.
“What!?”
Before Class 3 could even react, Jessi vaulted up their shields.
Tap-tap-tap──
The speed was incredible.
‘That woman is a combat class.’
Taco immediately recognized she was a combat class. She didn’t even bother hiding it.
Her crimson ponytail whipped through the air.
“Look! Look! She’s flying in!”
Whoosh──
In a flash, I vaulted over the shield wall.
Landing on the stair railing, I began sprinting upward. It was as if I were running up a perfectly maintained relay track.
“Red hair! Thrust through them!”
Taco shouted and charged forward with his spear.
But then my checkered skirt fluttered once.
Slice!
“!?”
The straw sack was severed clean through like tofu.
‘What is that weapon?’
Almond wasn’t the only one with a special weapon.
‘Is it some kind of cutter?’
It felt like they’d detached one side of a cutter and fashioned it into a glaive.
Since we’d thoroughly looted Class 4 who occupied the construction site, modifications were possible.
Countless attacks came after that, but──
Thud!
“…Uh, uh!?”
I successfully pierced through to the rear of Class 3 and landed.
“Behind! She’s behind us!”
Class 3 panicked, but surprisingly, even though she’d gotten behind them, she didn’t attack from the rear.
Chivalry?
No.
She was simply continuing up the stairs.
She’s going to break through this entire crowd?
“The fourth floor door…!”
She’s going to open the fourth floor.
She plans to summon the Zombies and drag everything into chaos.
“Stop her!”
Several of the children moved to block me, swinging their weapons wildly.
All were either blocked or missed.
They were no match.
Crack!
Some even took damage and tumbled down.
Thump!
The last student blocking the way took a kick and collapsed unconscious.
“I broke through!”
“Just as expected from Jessi!”
Ut and Nerd King cheered as if they were about to shout hurrah.
“Now if we just open the door, we’ve got this!!”
“Yesss! Jessi! We knew we could count on you!”
“That won’t work.”
Taco, who had been facing off against me, cut short my words.
“What?”
I had anticipated this level of desperation.
The most vulnerable point in this operation was the fourth-floor firewall door.
If that opened, I would essentially become a cornered rat with nowhere to escape.
“I’ve stationed a gatekeeper there.”
That’s why I positioned my most trustworthy person.

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Breaking through countless shields, spears, and blades.
“Haa… haa….”
Jessi rounded the stairwell corner and climbed upward.
“Now you’re all──”
finished.
That’s what I thought as I looked up.
──Whoosh!
A sword strike.
“Eek!”
Jessi gasped in surprise and ducked her head.
Slice….
Her bound red hair was cut short and fell loose around her shoulders.
‘They stationed someone here too?’
Just how much manpower did they have to spare to leave an extra person at this position?
That alone was absurd and shocking.
But the truly shocking part came next.
The consecutive attacks that followed were far too sharp.
“!?”
Screech!
I barely deflected it with my own blade.
Then I launched a counterattack.
Clang…!
My counterattack cut through empty air. It struck the stairwell railing instead.
My opponent had been standing on top of the railing.
He slid smoothly along the railing and swung his blade again.
A stroke descending as smoothly as a caress.
For a moment, I even fantasized that even if it connected, it wouldn’t be any less gentle than cat fur.
However—
“Ugh!”
──Clang!
When the sword strike actually landed, its weight was utterly overwhelming.
Jessi’s body was sent flying backward.
Thud!
Her back slammed against the stairwell wall.
At least the distance between us had opened up.
‘Should I just ignore him and dash upward?’
She found herself glancing at the fourth-floor fire door without thinking.
Whoosh—
A shadow descended from above.
The thug had vaulted over the railing and thrown himself after her.
His sword, raised high, gleamed in the light.
It was already too late to block with her blade.
“Damn it!”
——Crack!
She deflected with her hand as much as she could.
The iron gauntlet she’d been holding onto was sliced clean through.
But that was enough.
Jessi threw herself down the stairs, tumbling recklessly.
Clang!
The blade came crashing down where she’d been standing, sending sparks flying.
A moment later and she would have been split in two.
‘What on earth is this?’
Jessi had survived, but she’d been pushed even further from the fourth-floor door.
Above all, it was infuriating.
Honestly, she’d never expected to encounter someone better at one-on-one combat than herself here.
Yet here she was, being cornered like this.
“Jessi! What are you doing!”
See? Her own cursed allies hadn’t anticipated this would take so long, and they weren’t prepared for it either.
“We’re all gonna dieeeeeee!”
“Shut up! I’m doing my best here!”
Crack…!
Jessi bit her lip.
She’d been trying to take this casually, but now she was annoyed—she couldn’t afford to hold back anymore.
Another sword strike came flying at her.
‘Right here.’
Clang!
The two blades clashed properly for the first time.
Until now, she’d only managed to roll away and evade.
Jessi steadied her breathing.
“Huh. You’ve got some skill, don’t you?”
She smiles, her lips curving upward.
“I was caught off guard by your ambush earlier. You understand?”
Now the real fight begins.
You’re dead. That’s what I mean.
“Huh…?”
But my opponent’s reaction is strange.
Huh…? What’s that supposed to mean?
“What do you mean ‘huh’? You’re dead, I’m telling you. Don’t you under… huh?”
And the moment our eyes met.
I understood my opponent’s reaction immediately.
Eyes the color of emerald widened to the size of a baseball.
“Jessi…?”
-Wait, is that Jessi??
-Wow, 17-year-old Jessi is gorgeous
-Even in a zombie apocalypse, he finds a woman lol
-This guy’s got game lmaooo
-Recognized her instantly, damn

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[Beginner’s Tip: Nietzsche once said, “God is dead.” Yes, he remained single his entire life.]

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