Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 789

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 259
85. The Blade (3)
“Yaaaaaa! Kill them all!! You can do this!! Uaaaaaaah!”
Cosmic screams at the top of his lungs like a man possessed.
If I just watched him, I could call him crazy, but the entire audience section was like this right now.
“Aaaaaaaah!!”
“Oh, what do I do! What do I do!”
Screams, worries, and sighs erupted so intensely that you’d believe it was a horror movie theater rather than a cheering section.
“Waaaah! He killed them! He killed them all!!”
When Choi Sun-sin drew his blade and resisted for the first time.
Those screams transformed into cheers.
“Did you see!? Did you see!? That’s my friend! That guy!! Huh!? This is insane!”
Cosmic grabbed a stranger and shouted wildly, spraying saliva everywhere.
But that person paid him no mind and simply embraced him tightly, jumping up and down.
“Uaaaah! The best! Yi Sun-sin!”
“Crazy, crazy! How is the Supreme Commander—!?”
However, it was only temporary.
She had merely evaded danger for a moment, and immediately after, as Almond and Honda clashed intensely, Choi Sa-rang’s pursuit began.
“Huh… Ugh!?”
“Crazy… crazy.”
“Ah…!”
“Please!”
When they were screaming and sighing, it was at least better.
At this moment, the audience couldn’t even utter a single word.
With each passing second, victory and defeat were reversing.
When Honda deflected all of Almond’s blades, it was defeat; when Almond finally cut him down, it was victory; when Bread fell, it was defeat; when Sarang cut down the pursuing Samurai, it was victory; when bullets struck, it was defeat; when Pangeo appeared, it was victory; when Almond opened the door but Ringo wasn’t there…
“Oh… Father!”
Even Juhyeok had to stop his business and clasp his hands in prayer.
Not only Korean audiences but even Japanese spectators stood on their feet without even breathing.
“──!”
The commentators’ voices could barely be heard.
Their pronunciation was completely garbled from excessive excitement, and their voices were hoarse.
And then, the moment of decision─
“──! Almond drew his bow! Finally!”
“There’s nothing else but this──”
──Twaaaang!
An arrow that held all fate soared through the air.

* * *
‘One second.’
Twang….
At the sensation of the bowstring snapping from my fingertips, Almond’s eyes flew wide open.
Whoooosh!
The die was cast. The arrow was already in flight.
Yet my hand was already reaching back toward the quiver.
If this shot misses—no, I had to shoot again before I could even confirm it missed.
That was the best I could manage in this brief window of time.
Choi Sa-rang said one minute, but truthfully, I could have held out longer.
She would be able to do it.
Grrrrgh.
My hand pulled the bowstring taut again.
My arm trembled more violently, the sight picture dancing in an octagonal pattern, thrashing in all directions.
Almond bit my lip and drew the bowstring all the way back.
Yet in the end, I released it.
Thunk.
“….”
I couldn’t find words to describe what I felt in that moment.
I only remember this.
This moment is a wave. Etched deep into the brain.
“──Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!”
A wave of roaring cheers like an earthquake transmitted even into the capsule.
Blood surged at rapid speed, the wave of my thundering heart.
Boom…!
The wave of the physics engine as Ringo’s corpse tumbled from the horse, reverberating.
All of it mixed together, igniting a fire in my chest with scorching thermal energy, and eventually heating my throat intensely before bursting forth.
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”
The wave my voice unleashed.
For the first time in my life, I screamed a cry no one could hear.
I couldn’t know why, couldn’t know what happened.
[Victory]
Before these two characters, everything seemed to drift far away for a moment.
My mental fortitude, the stamina I’d struggled to endure.
Before I knew it, I was on my knees, screaming.
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”
A thought crossed my mind.
Perhaps over the past ten years, this was what I’d wanted to scream at the world all along.

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“Haaahhh!”
Whoosh!
Maratang’s Waldo swept past the Arquebus Soldier’s neck without making contact.
“…?”
In that instant, he realized he had made a catastrophic mistake.
Yet the bullet fired by the Arquebus Soldier suddenly fell to the ground.
The arrow shot by Pangeo also passed right through the Arquebus Soldier’s head without striking.
His horse, which had been accelerating furiously, gradually lost momentum and came to an abrupt halt.
“….”
My eyes met with the Japanese Soldier’s.
I could feel it in his gaze.
That soldier was just as desperate as I was. Just as urgent.
Because of that, fear and hope crossed paths between us.
Our fates could never intertwine together.
It was unfortunate as fellow gamers.
[Victory]
The moment those two characters appeared before my eyes.
I naturally could not contain myself.
The final match flashed through my mind like a lantern show.
The naval battle where I had to directly control the helm. We were trapped on an island by the enemy’s scheme.
The time it took to escape and anchor at the coast to assess the situation.
Then came the Commander’s signal.
[Rescue]
It was a rescue request.
Followed by horses galloping toward us from the stables.
These were likely sent by the Commander.
A plea for us to save him.
Such a request could only be made to those one truly trusts.
Maratang and Pangeo understood this, so we mounted those two horses and rode desperately, ultimately buying one more turn of time.
We followed orders and rescued them.
The Supreme Commander and Joseon.
“Yaaaaaahhhhh!”
Pangeo came running and embraced me, jumping with joy.
“We won! We actually won!!”

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“Juhyeooooooook!!”
The commentators screamed with every ounce of their remaining strength.
“Joseon! Joseon has defeated Japan in the quarterfinals! 3 to 2! After a grueling five-game series!! They’ve done it!!!”
“That’s right! We’re so proud! Our players! This officially sets a record! Breaking through the quarterfinals! They advance to the semifinals! Joseon! Joseon of Civil Empire! South Korea! They advance to the semifinals!!!!”
The chat exploded into chaos.
-Congrats congrats congrats
and ㅠㅠㅠ (crying/sad face)
-Insane
-That was seriously intense lol
I can’t even breathe at the end ㅠㅠ
You really did well ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
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Over a million people were flooding the chat simultaneously.
And not just once per person, but multiple times.
People were pouring out their emotions.
I’m crying / I’m so sad
-They overcame all the haters damn
Almonds ㅠㅠㅠ That’s seriously amazing/incredible
-So moving
-Congrats congrats congrats
-Thank you for winning
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King Gul also cried out, venting all the frustration he’d been holding back.
“Joseon! The team ranked dead last in the power rankings! Is going to the semifinals! This shouldn’t be possible!? The main tournament?! Sure, if you’re lucky you might make it! But the round of 16 would be tough! And yet! They made it!”
He began recounting how Joseon, starting as the lowest-ranked team in the power rankings, had achieved this miracle.
He recited how the public had viewed them all this time.
“What? Round of 16? Great! But they won’t make the quarterfinals! That’s what everyone said! Even if Joseon beats Viking with map selection, they can’t beat Persia! Persia is the superior version of the Archer civilization!”
I’m crying so hard
-Persia was definitely a tough opponent
Then Choi Soon-shin appeared, shocking everyone.
-Ugh…
“That’s right! I remember! Yes! That was the reaction!”
“But they made it! They broke through Persia! Joseon made the quarterfinals! This was a real miracle! Everyone called it a miracle! But then!!”
King Gul raised his voice even higher, gesticulating wildly.
“The quarterfinals! Japan is the opponent! And from here on it’s a best-of-five series!? In multi-game formats, luck doesn’t exist! Joseon might be fine in the first game, but they’re weak in the second! Japan is too solid! They can’t win! They’ve already done well! It’s okay to lose! That’s what people said, but!!!”
Bang!
He pointed at the players emerging from their capsules and shouted.
“We’ve won! We’ve woooon!!!”
-Insane
-Crazy
-This is nuts
Is this really the SiBiLM I knew? I’m going crazy ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-Almond is a legend
“Joseon! In a best-of-five series! Breaking through Japan! Finally proving their skill! Now, truly with confidence! They’ve secured their place in the world semifinals!!!”
Hisssss.
The capsules opened one by one, then all at once, and the players began to emerge.
“The players who achieved that miracle! Are coming out right now! Everyone! Please welcome them! With applause and cheers!!!”
“Waaaaaaaaaa!!!”
As they came out, they rushed toward each other, embracing and shouting with unbridled joy.
“Ah. It’s joyful, isn’t it? It must be truly joyful. There are many people crying. Yes. You must cry freely now. Tears of victory. How wonderful is that!”
Afterward, they held hands and approached the audience to greet them.
The audience cheered, throwing countless Geobukseon figurines, letters, and flower petals toward them.
Nearly eighty percent of these were items Juhyeok had sold off.
“Ah… The audience right now! Yes! Becoming one with the players! Crying and laughing! This is sports!”
“That’s right.”
“Back when! esports first appeared! When people asked how games could ever become sports! Someone said!”
The Caster recalled that time and shouted.
“Someday! Games will become sports, and the entire nation! Young people from around the world will be able to unite as one through sports! Everyone laughed at that back then!”
I’m crying / Boo hoo / Wah wah wah
-Insane
StarCraft League ㅠㅠ
-Crazy
-This is nuts
“But I believe you’re seeing it now! The players and the audience! All becoming one! Cheering! Laughing! Crying! Sweating! We call this sports!”
“Exactly! This Civil Empire! International competition! We’ve truly witnessed a match worthy of being called sports!”
The Caster’s words rang true.
No one could deny it.
Different only in form, the competition these players were engaged in was undoubtedly sports.
Just as someone once said, people around the world who enjoyed games could become one.
At least for this moment.
“Now, the victorious Korean players… Ah. Yes. They’re going to the Japanese players. Yes… The winners usually go first, of course. There are some people crying though….”
Ringo remained in his capsule, leaning against it and crying.
Lingo’s so funny lol
(ㅡ_ㅡ) >>>> (ㅠ_ㅠ) hahahaha
-Oh dear
-Unknown: What are you doing? Lol
-Ouch
-Don’t say anything about him, Ringo is famous for being a mannered player
-Ringo is cute~
-Games 3 and 4, his explosiveness was really trembling. Ringo played well too
-He’s better than that Persia bastard anyway.
*Ding.*
Sarang approached him and extended her hand.
She also looked extremely exhausted, but she thought she should offer a greeting.
Ringo rose to his feet at Sarang’s arrival.
They clasped hands, and he forced a smile while saying something, but the words didn’t quite reach her ears.
“Ah. You did well. That’s what it seems like, right? Your expression has opened up a bit.”
“Yes, Ringo was also a sufficiently strong commander… and everyone did their best. Since this is a home game, there was probably a lot of pressure…”
Ringo then headed to the waiting room.
At the end, he gave Sarang a thumbs up.
“Ah. You were doing well just now. You came out, right?”
“Acknowledging defeat and becoming stronger. Yes. I’ve done professional play too, so I know. If you don’t acknowledge it, you can’t develop.”
“That’s right. If you keep thinking you’re right and play that way, it won’t work. In that respect, Japan and Ringo seem like they’ll develop further.”
“Yes. What is Daisunsin Choi saying now? You guys have come many times! But this is Joseon’s first time! Let’s go a bit!”
Of course, Sarang didn’t say such things.
-??
-No way lol
-What lol
-Damn lol
-King Gul lol
Next, Honda and Almond also shook hands with each other.
Honda looked in much better condition than Ringo. He seemed to have already accepted it.
“Ah. Honda is shaking hands too.”
“He’s a magnanimous person. It’s small, really small, but he smiles and shakes hands with Almond who made a small remark? At this point, he’s practically a sage, right?”
-Lololol
-Oh right lol
-Usually after fighting once, men reconcile
-Lololol
-Sage lol
-Whatever lol
-Huh lol
-He didn’t forget, did he? lol
“Excellent. All players from both teams! Thank you so much for creating such a brilliant match! Well, the home team lost so it must be sad. But we have to do what we need to do, right?”
“That’s right. We still have the MVP selection remaining.”
The scoreboard began playing a replay for MVP selection.

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