Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1016

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 4 Episode 147
47. A Proper Scheme (3)
Clank. Clank.
As the Armored Knights occupied the conference hall.
The meeting commenced in quite a tense atmosphere.
“W-well then, let us now discuss how to distribute provisions for the invaders…”
The discussion moderator was Camembert, a member of the Production Team.
“All citizens may participate in the discussion. Those not at the table, please feel free to raise your hands and participate freely.”
Though he said this, everyone knew the truth.
What truly mattered was the decision of the Knight Order and the Agricultural Cooperative.
Doughnutz spoke first.
“I believe those with more should pay higher taxes.”
Many heads nodded at his words.
However, Danbong objected.
“I agree with that. If we collect 10% from everyone, doesn’t that mean the wealthier pay more?”
“That’s what percentages mean~”
Gobong chimed in from beside him.
Their argument was this:
Apply a uniform 10% across the board.
Even with that, the wealthy would pay significantly more taxes.
However, Doughnutz shook his head.
“Every OECD nation applies progressive tax rates. When capital is greater, the benefits gained are proportionally larger, so a simple uniform percentage is inappropriate.”
Danbong immediately countered.
“In other words, if you’re not at OECD level, then uniform application is correct, isn’t it?”
-lol
-roflmao
-miraculous logic lol
-he’s right lol
“By what standard is this an OECD nation? We’d be lucky to be third world.”
“Exactly~ Are there automobiles here? What do we have? This is just medieval civilization~”
Ppulranem objected from the side.
“Ah, how can you apply standards from reality here?”
“Isn’t OECD itself a standard from reality?”
Danbong showed no sign of backing down.
“….”
A debate that could never reach a conclusion from the start.
The Agricultural Cooperative understood.
‘If we just steer this toward a majority vote, we’ll definitely get the votes.’
Most were not wealthy.
In a majority vote, progressive taxation would naturally win.
I need to guide the discussion toward that point as much as possible.
Doughnutz leverages his knowledge to speak.
“Whether wealthy or poor, everyone needs money to cover food, clothing, and shelter. Let’s say that costs 100 gold.”
He writes numbers on the blackboard beside him.
“Let’s say a wealthy person has 1,000 gold. Now, 10% of that is? Good heavens! That’s the entire fortune of the person next to them being stripped away!? But…!”
Thwack.
He strikes the board emphatically to highlight the numbers.
“900 gold remains. That’s enough to cover food, clothing, and shelter nine more times. But what about the other person?”
What about the poor?
[100 – 10 = 90]
It drops below 100 gold.
They can’t even cover food, clothing, and shelter.
“They starve to death. Money has relatively high survival value when it comes to initial income, but as it accumulates, its survival value decreases while its luxury value increases. It’s only natural to prioritize survival value over luxury value, and applying a flat percentage is simply unrealistic.”
As the logic developed to this point, gasps erupted from the audience.
“Wow…”
“To think we’d see something like this at Seok.”
“Is this insane? An Ivy League debate?”
Then jeers broke out.
Directed at the Knight Order.
“You rich bastards should pay more!”
“Yeah! You can live fine without it anyway!!”
Hahahahaha lol
lol so funny
-The weight of the crown…
What the hell have those bastards been doing all this time, lol
-Ugh, if you’re so upset, go make Bioyeokto
Citizens shouting as though they’d been given a task.
They were agitators planted by the Agricultural Cooperative.
“Wait, in reality, wealthy people pay 50% in taxes anyway! Why are you trying to do it differently here!? If the wealthy pay 50% and the rest pay 10% or 5% in graduated amounts, wouldn’t that work!?”
“Then who would want to become wealthy!?”
That’s crazy lolololol
I’m so fed up with it lol
I can’t provide a meaningful translation for this text as it appears to be gibberish or corrupted characters rather than coherent Korean.
-Info) In reality, Ppulranem and Doughnutz are the wealthiest
Those guys worked like dogs, and I’m exhausted.
-50% lol
Danbong’s mental state wavered slightly.
‘Damn. Who would want to become wealthy? …’
I could clearly feel myself losing on the numbers.
But I continue speaking anyway.
“W-well, instead, we can create employment and generate an additional 50 won in regular revenue for those with 90 won remaining. People with excellent systems that know how to make money can provide that system…”
“Even after taxes! We can create employment!”
Doughnutz began raising his voice.
“W-who would willingly do that!?”
“It works just fine!? Why wouldn’t we create employment? We do it because the company is good. We’re not trying to run a charity!?”
The debate grew increasingly contentious.
After observing the timing, Doughnutz raised both hands and shook his head.
“Ugh. Let’s just settle this by majority vote, shall we? Honestly. This never ends. The invaders will be here soon.”
“….”
Majority vote.
That was ultimately where this discussion was headed.
The Agricultural Cooperative knew this all too well.
The Knight Order did too.
“So it’s come to this.”
Almond and Bongbong huddled together, conferring.
“Sir. Should we make our move now?”
“Is it time to use ‘that’?”
“No.”
Almond shook his head.
“Once they’ve said everything. Wouldn’t it be better to speak last?”
“…Ah, understood. I’ll try to absorb their arguments.”
Danbong nodded solemnly and stood up.
-Treating the debate like a team fight lol
-Absorb their arguments lol
-Kyaa, truly a Challenger!
Danbong addressed the audience.
“Very well. Let’s vote. So Doughnutz, you’re saying only hardworking people should bear the burden! That’s the proposal, correct?”
“That’s not what I—…”
Tap tap tap.
Doughnutz wrote out the proposal for the vote.
[Apply progressive tax rates based on income and pay to invaders]
Huh?
Danbong scoffed and pointed it out.
“Pay? You mean tribute, right?”
“Why are you getting hung up on such details?”
“Because it’s the same thing, isn’t it? It’s basically being robbed. And you call it ‘paying.'”
“Then you should write tribute too?”
“Yes.”
Danbong nodded, and only then did Doughnutz correct it.
But then—
‘Huh?’
‘What?’
‘Gasp.’
It wasn’t Danbong who stood up to write on the board—it was Almond.
I wasn’t shocked simply because the writer had changed.
The content itself had completely transformed.
[Forget the tribute. We repel the invaders.]
After he finished writing, he struck the board as if to prove his point.
Bang.
-Whoa
-Now that’s it
Hahahahahahaha
-He actually used the word tribute
“!”
This couldn’t be happening.
The Agricultural Cooperative members had all lost their words.
Every frame they had discussed up until now had shattered.
“Why should we pay tribute at all?”
-Whoa
-Now that’s it
hahahahaha
-Crush the appeasement faction!
-Real talk
Such an obvious truth.
It was the proposal that should have come from the beginning.
“Why should Cheese Village become a colony?”
Only Almond, who had the experience of laying waste to Paprika Village from the early game, could say such a thing.
He knew the truth.
They were not invincible.
“You… you truly believe such idealism is right at this moment?”
“How do we defeat them?!”
“We shoot lava! Lava!!”
The Agricultural Cooperative representative bristled as if he were the spokesman for Paprika Village itself.
How could they possibly repel them? If they lost the war, they’d have to pay even greater tribute—who would take responsibility? And so on.
‘Everything has unfolded exactly as predicted, my lord.’
Hearing Danbong’s whisper from behind, Almond nodded.
Now it was his turn to stand.
“Oh… the, the lord is standing.”
“Insane. Here it comes… that thing….”
The mere fact that he stood sent a tremor through the conference hall.
That’s practically the final conclusion of the debate.
“Then let’s do this. We’ll repel them. When the invaders come, send them to collect payment from the Knight Order.”
“…No, but what if you fail?”
“Then we’ll hand over everything we have, so the invaders will be satisfied too.”
“!?”
“You said we agreed to pay tribute, so you bear no responsibility—it’s purely the Knight Order’s unilateral resistance. You have no justification either.”
The Agricultural Cooperative, which had been attacking relentlessly, suddenly fell silent.
‘What?’
‘They’re going this far?’
‘What….’
With them taking on everything, there was no grounds left to refuse.
“If we win, no one has to pay any taxes or anything like that.”
Doodung.
The Bard beside him struck the drum with perfect timing.
-Bard lmao
-lol what’s with the production lol
-The hero’s entrance
lol
Humanity’s savior Almond lol
-Wow
The Knights are the best ㅠㅠ ㅠㅠ
-Farmer King! Mon D. Roger!
-Let’s goooo
Even without the drum sound, all the residents present were already moved.
“Isn’t that the right thing to do?”
“If you do it that way! Wouldn’t that be good for everyone?”
“That damned Agricultural Cooperative was only thinking of selling out the country!?”
The debate seemed to be over.
The operator wrapped it up.
“Then I take it everyone accepts the Knight Order’s proposal?”

* * *
After the meeting ended.
The Knight Order gathered at Danmuzip.
I assembled all the knights and spoke to them.
“Everyone’s working overtime tonight. It’s war.”
Overtime on the first day of employment.
If this were reality, it would be the kind of situation that would make all the new recruits faint.
“This is going to be damn fun.”
“Wow… damn… Mother. I’m saving the world!”
“There’s a way to fight those invaders, right?”
The new knights’ hearts raced at the overtime announcement instead.
Haha, I actually like it better.
Clinging to major broadcasters constantly is definitely profitable lol
-War content, how could you not participate
-Total profit
-This is going to be fun
Their viewers had been anticipating this content immensely.
A war with invaders in Cheese Village, a healing game? What broadcaster could refuse?
The Production Team felt the same anticipation for this content.
“Deploy cameras 35 through 111. Cover everything from all angles!”
“Yes!”
“Rain down a carpet bombing of cameras, you hear me!”
“Roger!”
By evening, they began positioning countless cameras toward Danmuzip.
All eyes were focused on this place.
In the midst of this, the Knight Order began a serious strategy meeting on how to defeat them.
“I’ve already faced them once before.”
At my statement, the assembled knights were startled.
“…What?”
Even though I had swept them away once before, they had only increased their combat power.
Moreover, the lava mage was naturally a threat even to me.
The odds were high that facing them alone like last time would be impossible.
So I shared their weaknesses with the Knight Order.
“First of all, they don’t have sponsorships.”
“What?”
“They can’t receive sponsorship buffs. Looks like they didn’t turn on their broadcast.”
“!”
The knights were amazed that not broadcasting could be a disadvantage in this way.
But it’s too early to be surprised.
“The Commander didn’t merely face them—he completely annihilated them once before.”
“!?”
Everyone startles at Danbong’s additional explanation.
“W-what are you talking about?”
Even Hongsong-i, hearing this for the first time, asks for clarification.
Snap.
Danbong then unfolds the evidence.
“Here’s the poster. Remember? The person they put a bounty on.”
[WANTED]
Slap.
He holds the paper up beside Almond’s large head.
The resemblance is absolutely uncanny.
“!”
Everyone’s eyes widen in shock.
Almond had once completely annihilated those invaders?
‘Could we actually win?’
‘Almond killed all of them before…?’
‘Y-yeah, as expected from the boss….’
‘Damn, our company is seriously badass.’
‘There were strange rumors in the early server days. Suddenly, countless people started dying….’
‘Of course it’s Aseng… even international competitiveness!’
An overwhelming surge of trust and loyalty rises.
Mosol’s eyes become almost lovesick.
“A… Almond hyung… that’s so cool….”
-This guy’s acting weird
Haha, snap out of it.
-After so long as Mosol, Gichan finally fell for a man….
Don’t fall for an idiot just because you see one.

* * *
Soon, night fell.
A massive moon slowly revealed itself in the sky.
Gulp.
Seven Knights stood before Danmuzip, swallowing hard.
The rest waited at their designated positions.
Thump. Thump. Thump.
A group of humans approached from the distance.
Those clad in black robes.
‘Oh, they’re coming.’
‘The invaders….’
The invaders had truly arrived.
They slowly approached Danmuzip.
The leader spoke.
“I heard we just need to collect provisions here.”
Danbong nodded.
“That’s correct. We agreed to handle this tribute.”
“Is that so?”
Swoosh.
The leader from Paprika Village pulled back his hood.
‘Something feels off about this.’
He thought it necessary to intimidate them.
Rummmble…!
A blazing crimson lava sphere materialized above his palm.
“Any funny business and you all die.”
Danbong stepped forward, shaking his head.
“This is no funny business.”
That was when—
“This is the real deal.”
Whoooosh──!
Flames erupted from all directions at once.
“!”
-Kya
-Danjo Satoru appears
Wow, Danbong’s territory expansion is insane.
That’s so damn cool lol
and lol
Hahahahaha lol
It’s started, damn it.

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