Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 555

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 25
10. Running is Murder for Me (2)
After being pushed back once by Watermelon Pattern’s interference, the Beanlings continued to block my path ahead.
Ding!
Ding!
-lol Watermelon’s crazy
-Sir, I think you need to do Chiki-cha here?
-Once you fall behind, there’s no end to it
The largest mushroom would launch me the farthest, but I ultimately had to abandon the idea of stepping on the largest mushroom.
‘This won’t work. I’ll go with a different approach.’
Instead of competing for the large mushroom, I switched to a strategy of stepping on small mushrooms with perfect timing.
Thwack!
-Going the coward’s route?
Yeah, let’s go there ㅠ
-The competition is way too fierce
Even though they’re small mushrooms.
If I time my movements well, I can advance just as far as the large mushrooms.
In theory, anyway.
I board when the mushroom is most compressed, then leap as it expands again.
Ding~~~!
-Ooooh
-lol I flew so far
-The small mushroom is deadly!? Oh…
‘This seems pretty good?’
I judged this strategy wasn’t bad either.
‘This time too…’
My next target was again a small mushroom that was about to compress the most.
There weren’t many competitors for it.
Whoosh. Ding~!
I launched into the air almost the moment I stepped onto the mushroom.
[12/40]
In an instant, I shot up to 12th place.
After repeating this a few more times, I naturally climbed to 9th place.
[9/40]
-Wow
-What’s with this perfect timing
-Amazing
-Wow so fast!
It wasn’t just that I was moving quickly…
“Uaaaahhh…!”
“Damn it!”
“Come on!”
The constant accidents happening on the large mushroom, where there were many competitors, played a part in this.
They were eliminating themselves.
A reversal is still a reversal, no matter what.
The commentators focus their attention on Almond, who is rushing forward like a storm.
[Whoa? A brown Beanling suddenly reversing at incredible speed!]
[Wow! The timing on those mushroom steps is incredible! It’s almost like cloud-walking technique!?]
The mushroom section was nearly coming to an end.
‘I’ll go with that one last.’
Just as I was about to step on the final mushroom.
“Huh…?”
On the small mushroom right beside me.
Look at that Beanling standing up there.
It’s that one with the Watermelon Pattern.
“!”
He startles in surprise upon seeing me.
Meanwhile—
*Smirk.*
—my lips curl up wickedly.
The mushroom I was on was higher, and it was already contracting first.
I advance ahead of Watermelon.
*Boing!*
I launch into the air even faster.
*Boing!*
Watermelon Pattern jumps a step behind.
He lets out a confused sound, sensing the disaster coming.
“Huh…? Huh?”
I’m above, Watermelon Pattern is below.
This positioning isn’t good for him.
“Hey, hey, hey—we gotta survive together, right!?”
Because I can see myself adjusting my angle mid-air.
Even if it takes a moment longer, I’m deliberately going to step on him.
As the shadow grows larger and larger, he pleads desperately.
“No, no! If you do that, you’ll also—ahhhhhhh—”
“Chiki-cha!”
Haha, damn it
That’s fire/lit
-Lmao
-My sides are splitting!
──Thud!
Almond’s foot came down squarely on his head.
“You go first!”
Almond returned the very words that Watermelon had said about going first.
-Unknown: Goodbye, everyone~
-You go first to hell!
-It’s written in Chiki-cha’s notes that you must go to hell~
If I could just land this jump, I’d pass the gate.
Watermelon completely lost his footing from Almond’s final blow.
“Kyaaaaaaaa…!”
He fell for quite some time before having to start the gate all over again from the beginning.
Meanwhile, Almond landed safely using Watermelon as a stepping stone.
──Tap.
[Gate Cleared!]
[8/40]
At this point after clearing the gate, I was in 8th place.
Almond dashed forward once more.
I could see 7th place just a few meters ahead, and even 1st place was coming into view at the edge of my vision.
This was incredibly close. It was definitely worth aiming for 1st place.
[Now, the players will see item boxes for the first time!]
[This is where variables will come into play!?]
Just as the commentators said, a major variable was waiting ahead.
It was the core mechanic of this mode: the ‘random item box’.
[?]
I could see them—about ten boxes marked with question marks.
Watching 1st place consume one, it seemed they were automatically collected when passing by.
The boxes regenerated quickly no matter who consumed them, so they were designed to be obtainable by anyone.
So Almond ran forward without much hesitation.
Ding!
[!]
It was consumed immediately.
But the item didn’t appear right away.
[????????]
Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!
The question marks multiplied rapidly, spinning around before the item finally appeared.
[Rod]
“?”
A rod?
It was literally a rod.
A long rod.
In other words, it’s that staff, just without the expanding functions of the Ruyi Golden Cudgel.
‘What is this. Is this actually good?’
Almond, who had been expecting missile launches or water balloon-style kart racer items, was taken aback.
‘The items were weapons?’
So they were supposed to fight each other with weapons in hand.
Then.
From right behind him, he heard someone obtain a bow.
“Huh?! Ah a bow?! What is this!”
He wouldn’t have known.
That this would become his last words as a Beanling.
“No. I thought water prisons, homing missiles, stuff like that would come out──”
──Thwack!
A long staff struck true against the back of his head.
“Gack!”
Spitting saliva, he tumbled and rolled, yet somehow managed not to drop the bow.
“Oh.”
Almond approached with a nod, thinking ‘So it really is a bow.’
“You, what are you?”
Meanwhile, his opponent looked utterly bewildered, having suddenly been beaten with a staff in what was supposed to be a running game.
“Give me that.”
“What? So you just beat me?”
“That’s how you’re supposed to do it.”
Looking around, it was already chaos. Players wielded spears and swords, fighting to kill each other.
“Aaaaah!”
“Gack!”
“What kind of insane Beanling race is this?! Isn’t this Kill-Beans?!”
Beanlings pushed back by shields tumbling away, Beanlings falling from spear thrusts….
If there was a hell for beans, it was here.
Haha, kill guys
-Run = Kill, didn’t you know?
-Running is murder!
Now you’re asking me to save you? lol
-Now die, you beans!
“Damn. So that’s what this was. O, don’t come closer!”
The Beanling with the bow drew the string toward Almond.
“That’s not how you shoot it.”
Whoosh!
His arrow flew wide. As if he’d known it all along, Almond didn’t even dodge, simply rushing forward to firmly press the staff against his forehead once more.
Thud!
“Ugh?!”
His eyes rolled back as he was sent flying far away, his bow and arrows clattering to the ground.
“Ah. I’m a bit behind.”
[21/40]
I fell quite far behind just to get one bow.
[Ah. Is that Almond!? He suddenly started chasing after some Beanling. He’s fallen behind!]
[Yes, his acceleration was impressive out of nowhere. At this rate, it looks difficult for him to rejoin the upper ranks!?]
[Well. Still, who knows? He got the bow at least. This mode is such a mess! There are so many variables!]
After obtaining the bow.
Almond started running again.
[Second Checkpoint: Slippery Hiking!]
Then the second checkpoint came into view.
It was a checkpoint where you had to crawl up a steep hill. A slippery liquid was pouring down everywhere.
If you stepped on that slick liquid, it seemed like you’d be pushed back about ten meters.
The only way to avoid it and climb up was to grab the protruding rocks scattered throughout.
[Ah. Of all things, this is a checkpoint that requires both hands!? It looks difficult to use weapons like a bow!]
That’s right.
Once you start climbing, it’s a section where shooting arrows is difficult.
‘Then I’ll shoot beforehand.’
Before starting the hike, Almond nocked an arrow on his bowstring in advance.
Whoosh!
An arrow lodges itself in the rear end of a Beanling who was climbing diligently.
Thud!
“Huh!?”
Without understanding what happened, his body stiffened for a moment. Then he tumbled down.
“Ahhhhhhh…!”
lol so funny
Haha that’s so funny ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
That’s so pathetic lol
Almond turned his bow toward the next target and started shooting again.
Whoosh!
Whoooosh!
Every time he fired an arrow, another Beanling fell.
“Y-you crazy bastard! You’re supposed to climb too!”
“Ahhhhhhh…!”
[Ahhh! Incredible! All the Beanlings climbing the hill are starting to fall!]
[By just knocking them down like this, he’s already advanced a whopping 10 places!?]
[How many arrows does he have left!?]
[He’s given 20 total! He has 10 left!?]
Almond, who knocked down 10 people with 10 arrows.
lol
-One shot, one kill lol
The real problem is those guys right in front… ㅠㅠ
Thinking he’d already shot all the thugs within firing range, Almond began crawling up the hillside.
[You pass through without stepping on the slippery liquid even once!]
As I reached the top of the hill, another item box came into view.
The ten Beanlings who’d already surged ahead each consumed an item.
[Now. This is a Stage 2 item!]
The item I consumed this time was Stage 2.
It meant something better than what I’d eaten before.
The players who’d gotten ahead began switching their weapons.
If Stage 1 weapons were simple arms like spears, swords, and bows, Stage 2 weapons were different.
[Wobbly Bonk Hammer]
First, a Bonk Hammer taller than my own height came into view.
Bonk!
As he slammed that Bonk Hammer into the ground─
“Uuuaahhh?!”
“Huh?!”
──Rummmble!
The ground began shaking violently.
[Ah! Is it a Bonk Hammer that causes earthquakes!?]
[This doesn’t look easy to get past!]
That’s right.
Stage 2 weapons began gaining special abilities.
[Dance Dance Rocket Launcher]
The next player’s Stage 2 weapon after barely getting past the trembling ground.
It was a Dance Dance Rocket Launcher.
Without hesitation, he immediately turned around and fired the rocket launcher at those chasing behind him.
Whoooosh~
“Uh… uh…?”
──Boom!
I was far enough away that the rocket didn’t hit me, but those who were struck by it were instantly engulfed in pink smoke.
[Ah! The Beanlings are dancing!]
[It’s a race, but it’s a dance battle!]
The players began breakdancing against their own will.
-Lmaooooo
-This is hilarious lol
-This is Run Guys~
-Total chaos lol
Since RunGuys had no concept of “dying” anyway.
Making them dance like this was a far more devastating waste of time.
Thanks to this, Almond had already knocked out three or four opponents just by running.
[5/40]
He was now in 5th place.
He too was now approaching the Stage 2 random box.
Of course, the 3rd and 4th place ahead of him were eating from the random box first.
[So 1st place got a hammer, 2nd place got a rocket launcher! What will 3rd place get!?]
The answer was an arrow.
──Thunk!
[A headshot!?]
[3rd place got an arrow!]
“Ugh!”
The 3rd place player, who had been running enthusiastically toward the random box, took an arrow to the back of the head and collapsed.
Boom!
He immediately planted his head into the ground and tumbled.
[If you get hit properly, you get knocked out!?]
[That’s why everyone fell off the cliff earlier!]
This path was slightly uphill.
The player who had been in 3rd place rolled down, coming back down the slope.
4th place was startled and looked back.
[No no no! Don’t look back!]
──Thunk!
An arrow elegantly pierced the center of his face as he turned around.
“Ugh!”
His body went limp and he tumbled down as well.
[How is he hitting every arrow while running that fast!?]
[That’s it! Almond! Korea’s greatest archer!!!]
hahahaha lol
-Wow world-class
Joseon’s best palace lol
-So satisfying!
[What weapon will Almond get!?]
[Who knows! Whatever comes out, there’s nothing more efficient for him than that weapon right now… wait!?]
Tap!
Almond ran up the wall and leaped high, jumping over the random box entirely.
[Skipping the Stage 2 weapon!!]
He chose not to take the item.
In other words, he judged that his bow was better than a Stage 2 weapon.
“Waaahhh!”
The audience erupted in cheers at his performance.
It was an unexpected playstyle.
[And now, we’re moving up to 3rd place!]
[A three-way showdown!]
Now, realistically, only three players can win.
1st place wielding the Popcorn Hammer.
2nd place with the Rocket Launcher.
And 3rd place with the bow.
[Looking at just the weapons, 3rd place seems to be at the biggest disadvantage!]
[But with Almond and that bow! Who knows what this combination might pull off!?]
[Yes! The stage for a reversal! Will it happen at this final gate! Let’s see!]
In RunGuys, reversals always happen at the “gates.”
And now, the final gate was drawing near.
“I’m going to pull off a reversal here.”
-Look at him running with fire in his eyes lol
-Ten million won run lol
-Man, the Nut Fans are relentless, relentless, running like crazy to win that ten million won lol
-Lmao his expression is way too serious lol

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