Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1079

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 4 Episode 210
67. The History of Ruin (2)
In real time, two days had passed.
In Cheese Village’s reckoning, an unknown span of time had elapsed.
Whiiiiing….
Spring should be arriving soon with its gentle, warming breezes. Yet Cheese Village remained locked in the grip of winter’s frozen silence.
The village gates now flew the flags of the ‘One Village Alliance’ in the dry wind.
All the large notices from Balloon Gum News that had been posted in the plaza were torn down.
In their place appeared the notices of ‘One Village’ newspaper—the new and sole media authority.
The first day’s headline read as follows.
[From Iron Mine Boy to Lord of Two Villages]
The statues of the Knight Order that once stood in the plaza lay shattered, replaced by an enormous statue of Zelru.
In the statue, Zelru stood proudly, pickaxe held high in his hands.
A village resident passed before it, bowing their head and murmuring reverently.
“Miners are great! May blessings fall upon those miners who venture into the darkness today.”
Miners are great.
This had become Cheese Village’s new motto.
Behind Zelru’s statue.
In one corner of the notice board, five wanted posters were pinned.
[WANTED]
Almond, Danmuji, Goguma, Hong-cha, Lemon.
These five knights had yet to return to the village.

* * *
When news first arrived that the Knight Order had been driven out.
The residents of Cheese Village erupted in cheers.
“Waaahhh! Finally, down with the dictatorship!”
“Damn the tyrannical regime! It’s gone!”
“Long live democratic rule!”
After the embargo lifted and they saw the footage, everyone couldn’t contain their fury.
They all grabbed flags and shouted for the fall of the dictatorship.
“Down with the dictatorship!”
“Now Cheese Village has democratic rule!”
But what had driven these people, who were living quite well, to such anger?
The truth was, there was no real reason.
Many simply went along with it because the atmosphere suggested the Knight Order should be expelled—it seemed like the thing to do.
“An anti-dictatorship movement? No, no, it wasn’t anything that grand. I just thought it looked fun, so I joined in…”
If you grabbed any of them and asked why they’d driven out the Knight Order back then, their answers typically went like this.
“It looked fun, so I ran along. Everyone else was saying the same thing, you know.”
That was it.
One mustn’t forget.
Seok was a game, and Cheese Village was content.
For them, who held power and when it changed were simply matters of entertainment.
“The embargo lifted, and the reaction to that footage was a bit… not great, right? So we kind of went along with that… haha…”
“Ah, I see…”
“But how are you doing these days, sir?”
A sigh.
Balloon Gum exhaled deeply.
“No. That’s not it. The interview ends here. You can go.”
“Yes, of course.”
He tapped away at his typewriter based on what he’d gathered so far.
Tap-tap-tap-tap…
“It was just too peaceful.”
-lol true
-we were just full and satisfied
-sigh…
I miss you so much, sir ㅠㅠ ㅠ
-the flowers have fallen…
Tap-tap-tap-tap…
Balloon Gum, accompanied by the sound of his typewriter, recalled the good old days.
The days when Daegam ruled.
Cheese Village had enjoyed a long period of peace and prosperity.
The dangerous 3D mining work was handled through a working holiday system.
Every night, the monsters that attacked were handled by the Knight Order.
Among the ordinary residents, some had even forgotten when monsters came anymore.
It had become a world where monsters simply didn’t appear—that was the norm.
So these people stopped reacting seriously to whatever happened.
They were actually delighted to hear that the Knight Order had collapsed.
Those wicked bastards just fought amongst themselves and fell apart.
Now peace without tyranny would finally come to our Cheese Village, they thought.
But—
[Greentea]
“Kyaaaaaaah! E-everyone! This is terrible!”
The disappearance of tyranny from Cheese Village and the return of stronger enemies were entirely separate matters.
“The P-Paprika bastards are attacking! We have to stop them! We’re all going to die!”
The enemies didn’t care whether we were a democratic regime or a dictatorship.
They simply fought to see who was stronger.
That was the cold reality of international order.
“What? How could they possibly beat us?”
“Paprika? Puhaha. Come on then! This time I’ll roast them smoked.”
“Our land will become even more fertile!”
They had forgotten.
Why Cheese Village had ever been stronger than Paprika in the first place.
“W-what insane things are you saying!?”
Greentea, who understood the truth, asked in disbelief.
“By the way, wasn’t this guy also an outside director of the Knight Order?”
“Yeah? This bastard too—hang him! He was even a traitor to the Agricultural Cooperative!”
“Hang him!”
Anyone associated with the Knight Order had already lost credibility.
The people simply wanted a change in power.
Once a crowd was swept up in madness, there was no stopping them.
-Hang him~
-That bastard’s one of them lol
-Kill him kill him
-Let’s flip the world upside down~ lol
-Yeah let’s grab some power too lol
But this madness didn’t last long.
“Huh…?”
“W-what is that?”
Above Cheese Village.
A massive red hammer had appeared.
“Boom.”
It was Zelru’s skill.
That hammer descended upon the village with devastating force.
CRAAAAAASH!!!
The earth split open, lava erupted, and fire spread throughout the village.
Buildings reduced to near ruin.
The citizens fell into chaos.
In that moment, the village’s main gate was breached.
BOOM!
Crimson armor, crimson weapons.
An infernal army clad in Hellsteel poured through.
“This… this is insane.”
“What is this!? How are we supposed to fight something like this!?”
“Where’s the Adamantium!? Where is it!?”
The ordinary citizens of Cheese Village didn’t even have Adamantium, let alone Obsidian.
They had never needed to fight.
It didn’t take long before a flag was planted atop Aseng, the highest castle in Cheese Village.
‘One Village Alliance’

* * *
The One Village Alliance’s rule began.
At first, it wasn’t so bad.
Zelru walked through the village himself, shaking hands with residents and greeting them.
“Ah~ I was just so happy to see my hometown people that I got a bit carried away! Ahahaha!”
“Ahahaha!”
An awkward laughter.
Still, the villagers thought to themselves.
‘He doesn’t seem to intend us harm.’
‘It’s just a change of rulers. It should be fine.’
‘It’ll be better than that bloodthirsty tyrant.’
Better than the Knight Order’s tyranny.
Though the invasion came from Paprika, the leader was actually from Cheese Village himself.
The fact that Mosol, who had led the coup against the Knight Order, and many of his subordinates were mixed in gave the villagers a sense of stability.
“Mosol is over there too.”
“Is that so? Surely someone who suffered like that at the hands of the Knight Order… wouldn’t do such things again?”
“Of course not. The Bioyeokto probably won’t expand anymore.”
The persuasive power that Mosol’s presence carried was tremendous.
In the footage released after the embargo was lifted, Mosol appeared as the most serious victim.
Knowing this, Zelru kept him by his side even while binding him with forbidden magic.
Zelru climbed onto the platform in the square to deliver his inaugural speech.
“I will dedicate everything! To your safety and! The prosperity of our homeland! Just as my father did for this nation!”
“Wooooooooo!”
The villagers of Cheese Village applauded him.
“However, while I will make my efforts… you all must also make certain efforts as well.”
“?”
“There is one thing you are all gravely mistaken about.”
Yet it did not take long for Zelru to reveal his true colors.
Swish.
Zelru adjusted his sunglasses and spoke with meaningful intent.
“That mining is a lowly profession.”
“!”
The villagers of Cheese Village were momentarily startled, glancing about nervously.
They were gauging each other’s reactions.
Indeed, mining was a profession everyone had looked down upon as base and contemptible.
“But from today onward, such discrimination will vanish. Mining is actually a magnificent profession! Come now, repeat after me. Mining is great!”
“…?!”
Mining is great?
An entirely foreign concept to Cheese Village.
“I said repeat after me, didn’t I?”
Clang!
The soldiers stationed around drew their blades forward.
Hellsteel swords and spears forged from crimson metal.
Gulp…
The citizens could not help but feel terror.
Hahahaha (laughing)
and lol
-A more ruthless one has arrived;
-I knew this would happen damn it
-But he’s still on equal footing with Daegam?
“Even in his inaugural address, this is about right.”
“M-Mining is great!”
“Louder!”
“Mining is great!”
Clap. Clap. Clap.
Zelru slowly applauded, appearing satisfied.
“Excellent. People of Cheese Village. I wish to share that great Achievement with you all. The grand undertaking our father could not accomplish! I hope you will carry it forward.”
“Pardon? We are mostly farmers… we don’t have mining levels or anything like that…”
Miho raised her hand and spoke.
“You can just level it up once you get inside!”
Boom!
Zelru suddenly roared.
“Gasp.”
Miho startled, shrinking back in intimidation.
The others felt the same way.
“You’re saying you’ll defy the great work of mining right now? That’s not glorious?”
Haha, that’s hilarious!
If you’re so great, why don’t you do it yourselves lol
That’s crazy lol
“Ah, and… since you must all become miners, you won’t need land, right? We’ll inherit that land and cultivate it well, taking responsibility for providing meals for the great miners.”
“Waaaaaaa!!”
A roar erupted from Zelru’s soldiers.
“Miners are great!”
Thud!
They all stomped their feet, shouting like that.
“Miners are great!”
Boom!!

* * *
Back to the present.
The village square.
There stood a statue of Zelru, pickaxe held high.
Before it, a single person bowed their head.
“Miners are great! May blessings be upon the miners who venture into darkness today.”
It was Balloon Gum.
While bowing, he subtly glanced around at those nearby.
Whoosh.
He pulled out a bundle of flyers.
These were small newspaper articles he’d created through his reporting.
If he wrote “Balloon Daily” on them, he’d be identified immediately, so he left the newspaper’s name off.
Clutching the bundle of flyers, he approached the wall poster affixed to the back of the statue.
[WANTED]
A wanted poster with the faces of five knights.
“Daegam… please allow me to become a righteous thief.”
-?
Hahaha
A righteous thief lol
-Looking at his build, isn’t he just a rice thief?
Angel middle-aged Netty lol
After finishing his prayer, Balloon Gum covered his entire body with a black hood.
[EXTRA EDITION]
Whoosh…!
Activating the Storyteller’s skill, he scattered the flyers in all directions.
“Extra! Extra!”
Flyers scattered far and wide on the wind.
Someone passing through the crossing picks one up.
She is Shu Cream, who had been running the ranch with Miho.
Her once-vibrant smile had faded considerably.
“…Mister Kkeom. Do you really think they’ll come back if we do this?”
“They will. Someday.”
“They won’t even listen.”
“What… well, there must be circumstances.”
“What circumstances!? They just went fishing and camping, abandoning Cheese Village and everything! Why did Almond even become Daegam!? It was all because he wanted to get a fishing rod!”
Hahahahahaha
lol that’s so true haha
I’m dying laughing ㅋㅋㅋ
“That’s a total roast lol”
Balloon Gum lowered his head at her words.
“No… but later it wasn’t like that. Daegam was… truly building this village properly! You saw it yourself, didn’t you?”
Crying/Sobbing
Oh my god, seriously?
Don’t say anything to Gum-hyung.
“Daegam is gone now, Mister. And we’re being dragged off to the mines.”
“What are you saying!? Daegam will return! Just like always!”
Shu Cream laughed and slowly shook her head.
“You’re all insane. Everyone is. Even Miho.”
“Miho?”
“Every single day looking for Daegam, saying if she becomes fertile instead, will Daegam come? Saying Daegam likes Bioyeokto… She’s completely lost her mind!”
“What… when are you supposed to become fertile anyway? I could use one myself.”
hahahahahahahaha
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ (lol)
As expected, an outside director of the Knights Order.
Are you crazy or something? lol
She tears up one of the flyers.
Whoosh.
“That’s enough! So please stop this.”
“C-Cream…”
I’m crying / Sob sob sob
His acting skills are insane.
“Crazy, how did it come to this? ㅠㅠㅠ”
That’s crazy lol
Miho… ㅠㅠ
Dad!
-*#$@*($*@
-Where the hell are they going? Why aren’t they coming?
-*@@*(@!(
Miho doesn’t seem to be acting, lol.
That was when it happened.
“ROOOOOOOAAAAAARRRRR!!”
A terrifying roar echoed across the entire server.
Ding.
An announcement appeared in the server chat.
[Almond, Danmuji, Goguma, Hong-cha, Lemon, and Orange—a total of 6 players have activated the Main Scenario.]
[The server is entering the Main Scenario.]

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