Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1024

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 4 Episode 155
50. Spoils of War (2)
“Uh… Avenger…? What was that again?”
Department Manager Jang looked puzzled upon seeing Huchoo’s hidden profession.
Avenger.
I had a memory of hearing about this before.
“Oh, so that means…”
Park O-hun flipped through the compendium.
“…This is…”
“What?”
“This was originally designed with Cheese Village in mind…”
“A profession exclusive to Cheese Village?”
Now that I thought about it, that made perfect sense.
After all, the conditions for becoming an Avenger weren’t something an invader like Paprika could possibly achieve.
“Yes. The design intent was for this to be a companion profession to the Guardian.”
A brief silence followed.
Department Manager Jang muttered under his breath.
“…Ah.”
Now I remembered.
Damn it.
“We’re screwed.”

* * *
At that moment, in a dim underground cavern beneath Cheese Village.
Someone’s voice rang out loudly.
“Crops grown here simply don’t spoil—it’s incredible! Absolutely incredible!”
It was Danbong.
“A free refrigeration storage!”
He was expounding on the possibilities of the fertile soil imbued with the Phoenix’s power.
One might wonder at this point.
Surely, with the Knight Order’s wealth, obtaining a free refrigeration storage isn’t that significant?
-Ohhh…
-Is it really that good??
-Is refrigeration storage even essential?
Well, it’s free anyway lol, so it’s not bad.
-Just a bonus feature, but this is better until winter comes
The viewers were divided in their opinions.
It wasn’t just the viewers.
Among the villagers, those uninterested didn’t understand its value well.
That’s why Gobong asked like this.
“Um, Danbong sir… is refrigeration storage really that expensive? I’m not sure what’s so good about it…”
“Tsk! That’s why you’re lowborn! You fool!”
“Ow, ouch!”
Thwack!
Danbong kicked Gobong’s rear end and shouted loudly.
That’s not it lol
When are you going to give me proper treatment based on my seniority ㅠㅠ
-Gobong is basically a noble now…
ㅠㅠㅠ (crying/sobbing sound)
Though it was time to treat Gobong with some respect, the reason Danbong was so heated was simple.
“Do you know the price of refrigeration storage?”
“Isn’t it 100,000 Gold?”
The Knight Order’s current daily total revenue was around 5 million Gold.
If we properly utilized the fertile soil we’d just acquired, we’d easily surpass 10 million, so 100,000 Gold would be a price we could afford without much thought.
“Then what’s the price ‘right now’?”
“Huh?”
“I asked what the refrigeration storage price is right now!”
“R, right now… the price is different?”
Refrigeration storage had market prices.
Many people overlooked this.
They thought of the price from when it first appeared.
“Exactly, you fool. It’s a whopping 2.67 million Gold!”
“!”
A refrigerated warehouse.
A massive cold storage facility capable of preserving crops, fish, and meat alike.
Among all the items provided by the server, this was effectively the highest-priced item, and its cost continued to rise as time progressed.
As currency flooded the server, the price inflation reflected the market conditions directly, compounded by surging demand.
In other words, the Production Team had attempted to equalize the burden of purchasing a refrigerated warehouse on the server’s first day versus its last day.
But like most capital systems, buying on the first day proved to be the most profitable approach.
-That’s crazy
-What kind of price is that??
-Seriously, I can’t even afford it now?
-So that’s why Doughnutz bought it through a group purchase lol
-Silver horse refrigerator lol
-Wow lol
-Is this a Gangnam apartment? lololol
Doughnutz was the first to recognize what would happen.
So he purchased the refrigerated warehouse first under the guise of the Agricultural Cooperative, and continued to widen the wealth gap through it.
The more money he earned, the more expensive the refrigerated warehouse became.
Because whenever he earned money, that much more currency flowed into Cheese Village.
And the warehouse only grew more expensive.
Since the Knight Order’s current revenue was naturally reflected in this as well, the refrigerated warehouse had skyrocketed to an absolutely absurd price.
“The Production Team’s measure to reflect the market principles created by hundreds of millions of people as much as possible in the prices of this small village.”
Cheese Village had limited personnel, so there were constraints on explosive demand surges.
But what if this place were reality? The pricing system was built on that very question.
“…This, this can’t be.”
Gobong was startled upon hearing the explanation.
“Then, then couldn’t we cover almost half of our total current revenue!?”
Only now did he truly understand the value of the Vermilion Bioyeokto.
Even without that expensive refrigerated warehouse, the Vermilion Bioyeokto cultivated here could continue to be preserved through its ‘tenacious vitality’.
“It’s unfortunate that this Vermilion Bioyeokto doesn’t yield as much as I’d hoped….”
Gobong, who initially hadn’t understood what was so valuable about it, now lamented its scarcity.
The Vermilion Bioyeokto produced far fewer quantities compared to other Bioyeokto varieties.
After all, I had only shot the Vermilion Bird at the very last moment.
However, Dan-bong-i didn’t share his regret.
“But what if we keep stacking the crops we grow here?”
“!”
The crops made here could be preserved indefinitely.
That meant they would continue to accumulate.
“We might just have an incredible trump card.”
We could repay the Agricultural Cooperative for everything it had done to the Knight Order.
“Oh.”
I nodded at last and spoke.
“Everything went according to plan.”
“?”
“…?”
Hahahahahahaha
Hahaha the final blow haha
As expected from an ADC, those last hits are insane.
Was this guy here???
He didn’t say a word explaining the strategy, but at the end it went according to plan lol
Hahaha what kind of plan hahaha

* * *
“This… What do we do now? Huh? Doughnutz. Answer me, you fool!”
Ppulranem grabbed Doughnutz by the collar and shook him.
“Uhhhhh….”
Doughnutz simply swayed helplessly.
The Knight Order had risked having to pay all their taxes just to defeat the invaders.
How could we possibly win against that?
The Middle-aged Detective beside him tried to stop him.
“Stop it, Ppul. Honestly, the Knight Order right now is basically no different from General Yi Sun-sin! What could Doughnutz possibly do?”
“If there’s no way, then we’ll create oneeeee!”
Ppulranem continued to grab Doughnutz’s collar and shake him violently, acting like a thug.
Did that actually work?
“W-wait… Cough, wait a second!”
Doughnutz raised his hand, trying to say something.
“See? Squeeze them and something comes out.”
Ppulranem brushed off his hands with an air of accomplishment, shrugging smugly.
lol so funny
Are you a thug or something? ㅋㅋㅋ
-Forbes’ selection: Streamer you least want to meet as a senior #1
lol, solving things the ramen noodle way
Isn’t it just because you were suffocating for a moment? lol
Surprisingly, it wasn’t Ppulranem’s chokehold that made Doughnutz think of a solution.
It was what the Middle-aged Detective had said.
“Ju, Jungtam. What did you say earlier?”
“Huh? I said General Yi Sun-sin….”
“General Yi Sun-sin….”
Perhaps the greatest general in all of Joseon history.
A legendary figure who overcame an enormous military disadvantage and drove back the invaders.
If the Knight Order had just achieved an accomplishment of that caliber….
At this point, it was only natural that the Agricultural Cooperative, which had been an opposing faction, would have no ground left to stand on.
It should have been that way, certainly.
“That General Yi Sun-sin achieved an Achievement, and it was Joseon that tortured him in prison for it.”
But reality doesn’t always work that way.
-Gasp
-Yikes
-Haha
-Joseon is insane lol
-Classic ivory tower logic
-The Founder lolol
“What, what? You’re saying he’ll become the Founder right now?”
When Jungtam asked in surprise, I thought—isn’t this Narag?
But Ppulranem beside me was egging things on.
“Whether he becomes the Founder or Cao Cao, just make it happen! We need to survive! So what’s the method? How do we get Yi Sun-sin thrown in prison?”
-No way lolololol
-The wording gives me chills
-Joseon lololol
-Lol this is crazy
-General Yi Sun-sin nooo
-The Founder? I’m predicting a pants-off ending lol
“Right now those bastards are too busy dividing the spoils and celebrating their victory. We….”
Snap.
Doughnutz pointed toward the plaza.
“We make the first move in the court of public opinion.”
“How exactly are you planning to wage a public opinion battle?”
But public opinion warfare only works when the circumstances are roughly comparable.
With such a massive Achievement gap, there were limits to how much you could distort the narrative.
This wasn’t the Joseon era anymore, after all.
Still, Doughnutz believed this was their last hope.
“Do whatever it takes! Work as hard as you can! We have to distort this!!! You guys need to at least do that much!”
-Lololololol
-Work as hard as you can to distort lol
-The end of the Farmer’s Daily…
-Lol just do it without asking

* * *
And so the Nonghyup members rushed toward the plaza in a flood.
For them, this was their final desperate gamble.
“What, what should we write?”
“First, make the poster bigger! Make it even larger!”
Bang! Bang…!
The sound of hammers echoed through the late night air.
They were enlarging the poster featuring the Farmer’s Daily article, and above it, they intended to display an article literally the size of a front door.
Meanwhile, the executives of the Nonghyup were in an emergency meeting about what content to fill the article with.
After much deliberation, the headline they came up with:
[The Knight Order failed, but the Nonghyup rushed in to extinguish the flames of invasion]
They couldn’t distort the fact that they’d repelled Paprika, so they were trying to claim that achievement for themselves.
The story was that the Knight Order was completely annihilated at first, and only after the Nonghyup joined the battle did they turn the tide.
And on top of that, the claim that when the Nonghyup was nearly destroyed alongside Paprika and dying out, the revived Knight Order only took the Obsidian and left.
“Wow…”
A puzzle that fit together quite neatly, in its own way.
Doughnutz and the others muttered.
“They’re really trash.”
“Total scammers. This place.”
Wow, that’s hilarious!
Hahahahahaha
They know too lol
-Since it’s come to this, let’s go all the way with being hated~
Hahaha what is this broadcast doing lol
If we just lose here, the Nonghyup part gets deleted, so what are we supposed to do~ㅋㅋㅋ
No matter how much the Nonghyup hated the Knight Order, they wouldn’t go this far.
They wouldn’t resort to distorting events to this degree.
They were doing this just to survive.
In the world of streamers, there is no hell quite like indifference.
If the Nonghyup cleanly surrendered to the Knight Order here and withdrew, afterward they would become a group with no presence, essentially as good as nonexistent.
“Better to be a villain.”
“…Yeah. Let’s go.”
Negative comments over no comments.
This is the truth in any profession dealing with the public.
“Yeah… damn it. We’re just going all the way!”
“Let’s goooooo!”
They rallied themselves with a shout and ran toward the poster, carrying the massive article made of cloth.
They had to get this installed as quickly as possible and cause a commotion here.
“Oh, they’re coming!”
“Did you finish your part?”
“Yes! Look at this!”
An enormously enlarged bulletin board.
I affix an enormous article to it.
Whoosh.
The cloth unfurls crisply in an instant.
Then the article’s appearance emerges—like a Times Square advertisement board.
But then—
“Over here! Over here!”
Suddenly, Balloon Gum’s voice rings out from somewhere.
He approaches from that direction with a group of villagers, pointing accusingly.
“These damned fake journalists are the ones!”
-Gasp
-What?
-??
-Balloon Gum lol
“How dare Huff-and-Puff Daily talk!”
Doughnutz immediately counterattacked, but.
Balloon Gum struck back.
“Jam-brat Daily, get lost!”
-Jam-brat Daily lmaooo
-The naming is insane lol
-Yeah, he’s a real storyteller lol
-The passing necklace he receives…
-lolololol Jam-brat lol
Jam-brat Daily.
It was quite a cutting remark, but that wasn’t the real problem.
The villagers who followed after.
No, they weren’t just villagers.
They were NPCs.
“Remove it at once!”
Crack!
The NPC at the front shouts.
“How dare you shameless non-storytellers! What are you posting in the village square!?”
Other burly NPCs step forward and grab hold of the bulletin board.
“Uh… huh?”
“Why why is this happening! This! All of a sudden!”
The NPCs’ sudden reaction.
The Nonghyup Member is flustered.
“Get out of the way! Remove it!”
Regardless, the NPCs briskly walk over and begin tearing the cloth from the bulletin board.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Watching this unfold, Doughnutz’s thoughts crystallized.
‘Could it be…’
His head turned to the side.
That other bulletin board over there.
[Balloon News]
That’s right.
The true power of a storyteller.
It wasn’t about inciting the villagers.
[When will we stop tolerating the fake media Farmer’s Daily?]
It was about making the NPCs believe the narrative.
Balloon Gum had already written an article to harness the power of those NPCs.
and hahahaha
-Got ahead of the game
-Balloon Gum wins!
-Balloon Gum super play!
-Damn
-An unofficial member of the Knight Order…
I can’t translate this as it’s not a coherent Korean word or phrase – it appears to be keyboard mashing or random consonants without vowels.
-Wow, Balloon Gum did this?
“Wahaha! You fake news trash! Get out of here right now~!”
Balloon Gum laughed with delight and posted a new article on the bulletin board created by the Agricultural Cooperative.
Thump.
[The village abandoned them, but they never abandoned the village]
It was an article about the Knight Order’s victory against Paprika.
Ugh, this is so frustrating.
-Insane
-This is what a real storyteller does
It’s over lol let’s go Seonjo run
-Damn
lol
-My heart is racing
-Long live Balloon
Almond cheese president-elect! hahaha
Murmur, murmur.
People gathered one by one to read the article.
“Wait, it was Paprika?”
“No, the Knight Order won against them. With such a massive power difference…?”

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