Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 108

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 108
38. Educational Broadcast (2)
“Is this alright?”
It was a polite question.
‘Wait, did he just parry a blade with a blade?’
Balloon Gum nodded slowly, his eyes bulging as if I’d just made some kind of threat.
“Y-yes….”
“There are too many people here, so let’s head to the 2nd Floor first and find a bow.”
“Yes!”
He scurried after Almond like a subordinate.
-This reminds me of my grad school days lol
-Rookie! Bal! Loon! Gum!
hahaha lol hahaha
The viewers burst into laughter at his subordinate-like demeanor, eager to tease him.
Balloon Gum smiled contentedly despite the viewers’ relentless mockery.
After all, the broadcast was going well.
Whether teased or not, streamers are always happy when the content is thriving.
[Current Viewers: 55,000]
About 5,000 more viewers than average.
For a channel of Almond’s size, this was an impressive achievement.
‘As expected, as expected.’
Coaching content always performs well.
The incredible skill of the Coach and Balloon Gum, combined with the scolding and suffering that comes with it!
It’s reliable content—like a hearty bowl of soup.
‘Who wouldn’t enjoy watching a master suffer?’
Almond hadn’t yet demonstrated his true skill, nor had he experienced real suffering.
Usually, those two come together.
“Oh, a bow!”
Just then, Almond picked up a bow on the 2nd Floor.
This was where the real game began.
“Finally! Finally Almond has picked up a bow! Everyone! What do you think?! Excited?”
-Why are you casting this lol
-Korea’s first caster-type player
-lol so much lol
-Thought this was a real tournament lol

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Almond glanced at the chat window and was startled.
‘Is this Balloon Gum’s firepower?’
[Current Viewers: 11,000]
The viewer count was similar to when the Diamond Rank Promotion Match event happened.
Probably Balloon Gum’s viewers had migrated over.
They all held tremendous expectations for Almond.
If Balloon Gum invited someone as a coach, they were usually incredibly skilled players.
I had to live up to those expectations.
Thinking that way, a sense of pressure washed over me.
“Phew.”
I steadied my breathing and composed myself.
After all, pressure was an emotion I was accustomed to.
I deftly slung the bow over my shoulder and walked to the edge of the 2nd Floor Balcony.
“So, all you need to do is shoot anyone trying to enter the Underground Warehouse from here. Since the bow is the only ranged weapon on the Armory 1st Floor, it’s extremely advantageous.”
It was a tactic commonly called the “Hill Archer” strategy.
Explaining it to Balloon Gum would have no effect whatsoever, but I explained it anyway.
“Wow. I see. Did you all hear that? You can use this well~”
-He’s talking to his hyung lol
-No, why is he telling us lol
-He has zero intention of doing it himself
Balloon Gum himself knew it well.
He would never be the one shooting people dead with a bow in the Armory.
Pfft.
I simply laughed it off.
“Now I’ll shoot.”
Creak.
I draw the bowstring taut.
This was my first shot on Balloon Gum’s broadcast.
‘Wow….’
Balloon Gum’s mouth fell open.
‘Seeing it in person feels different.’
That fluid posture, even blended with practical war archery, was layered with accumulated sublime elegance.
Balloon Gum, who never thought he’d marvel at something as simple as an archery stance, hastily began his commentary.
“Ooh! He’s, he’s drawing──”
Before Balloon Gum could even finish saying ‘he’s drawing!’
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Four arrows flew out in an instant.
The rapid-fire was so fast it felt like I was only moving my fingers to shoot the bow.
-What the heck!?
-Already leaving?
-??
Four arrows flew through the air and embedded themselves in the heads of four enemies.
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
All four collapsed simultaneously, so perfectly timed it seemed choreographed. They didn’t even have time to scream.
The screams belonged to those who survived.
“Archer on the hill!”
“Damn!”
“Curse it!”
For the players locked in combat heading toward the Underground Warehouse, nothing was more infuriating than a Hill Archer.
They all pointed at Almond and shouted at the top of their lungs.
“Uh… eh!?”
Balloon Gum was flustered by this sudden onslaught of aggression.
‘Is this right?’
“Balloon Gum! Grab a bow and shoot!”
“Ah, yes. M-me too!?”
-Balloon Gum: But I’m the commentator?
-Then you gotta shoot too lol
-Why are you even asking that lol
-Academic consensus: he didn’t want to shoot
Balloon Gum hastily grabbed a bow and took aim at the base of the hill.
‘Wait, I’ve barely ever shot a bow before?’
This was his first time with a bow.
Who in Battle Rage would use such a garbage weapon?
Thunk! Thunk!
Meanwhile, Almond’s arrows continued to skewer the enemies’ foreheads like kebabs.
‘Wow, damn….’
Balloon Gum drew his own bow in imitation.
If I just copy the basic form, I should be halfway decent… he thought as he pulled the bowstring.
Creak—
He released the string and fired his first shot.
Twang~!
The sound was strange. It was like a guitar string snapping.
Sure enough, the arrow flew off at a completely random angle, spun once in mid-air, and stuck into the ground.
-Lmaooo
-What kind of trick shot is this? lol
-Wait, is this a glitch!?
Unbelievable.
‘T-this was garbage!?’
The bow was far more useless than he’d imagined.
Just shooting properly was already difficult enough.
I understood why firearms became the catalyst for the abolition of the class system.
How could commoners who learned nothing manage to shoot properly?
“T-this is harder than I thought, everyone. Honestly, who shoots a bow a lot while playing Battle Rage? Haha.”
Balloon Gum muttered excuses and picked up the bow again.
The second arrow flew true.
Whoosh!
But it didn’t hit anyone. It just cut through empty air.
‘Damn, this is bad.’
Cold sweat dripped down Balloon Gum’s face.
Normally, making two mistakes like this should have meant death.
Especially considering this was the Armory.
“….”
But that didn’t happen.
It was thanks to that man right beside me.
Twang!
Snap!
Twang!
Thanks to Almond firing arrows like a living turret, the enemies didn’t even dare aim at Balloon Gum.
-This is insane lol
Wow, I’ve seen that meme before. Human turret almond! ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-This is what a nut is. How dare gum compare!
The chat was thinking the same thing as Balloon Gum.
‘This is insane….’
I never thought that at nearly forty years old, I’d be this amazed watching someone else’s gameplay.
Almond’s archery skill truly deserved the description of supernatural.
Movements without a single wasted motion, and shots that aligned perfectly with his breathing.
When drawing the bowstring, the bow remained motionless as if frozen in place by a bug.
Considering how much force was required to draw the bowstring, it was an insane level of balance control.
The force of drawing the bowstring and the force supporting the bow matched exactly, achieving perfect equilibrium at ±0.
Almond executed this as naturally as breathing.
And in that state, he continued firing four consecutive shots.
All four arrows aimed at the opponent’s vital points.
Most impressive was Almond’s composure.
‘Is that even possible?’
Even as enemies threw swords and axes at him, he didn’t flinch and simply shot them down with his bow.
Clang! Clang!
Blades intercepted mid-air and falling.
Even those thrown at Balloon Gum all fell.
Almond remained motionless from the start, confident he could block everything.
“Balloon Gum, you try shooting too. You need the practice.”
He even had the leisure to coach Balloon Gum.
Rather, Balloon Gum, who was receiving instruction, was flustered and lacked composure.
“Ah, yes, yes!”
Balloon Gum drew the bowstring again with determined eyes.
“Everyone struggles at first. Just relax and draw comfortably.”
‘That’s not true….’
Almond had shot well from the start.
I saw it myself! He shot well the moment the game started! Balloon Gum thought this and drew the bow regardless.
Even if it was just hollow comfort, hearing it gave him courage.
“Hold your breath, imagine you’re in a different space, and shoot.”
Inhale.
Balloon Gum held his breath and concentrated.
His gaze followed the enemy fleeing outside the armory.
‘A different space….’
Recalling Almond’s instruction, he released the bowstring.
Twang!
The arrow flew in a straight line across the air and lodged itself squarely in the enemy’s back.
“Ugh!”
Another arrow embedded itself above his head as he collapsed.
Thunk!
Almond had fired one more shot to finish it off.
“Oh!”
Though he hadn’t delivered the killing blow, Balloon Gum was amazed that his arrow had connected.
Of course, it was much easier to shoot since the opponent was terrified of Almond and fleeing in panic.
-What are you hunting lol
-Haha! He just sets up the whole situation and has him shoot
-This is crazy lol it’s real combat but feels like training
-Best coach Almond!
-This is what coaching is
-Coaching (physical)
Balloon Gum knew this too. This couldn’t be called real combat.
It was practice while finishing situations that Almond had nearly already resolved.
‘But somehow I’m feeling confident.’
And it was actually effective.
For someone like Balloon Gum who lacked confidence, it was important to create situations like this and give them a “victory experience.”
Smirk.
Almond, watching Balloon Gum like this, felt his coaching was improving.
“Keep shooting like that. I’ll keep shooting too.”
After saying that, he continued firing arrows at the enemies on the 1st Floor.
Balloon Gum also drew his bow and fired.
Twang! Bang!
Now he was hitting about one out of every two shots.
“Nice. Everyone, let’s take down one more!”
Balloon Gum shouted, intoxicated by his improved skill.
But then, someone appeared at the edge of my vision.
It was the 2nd Floor Balcony across the way.
‘Huh…?’
When I turned my head to look, there was a player using the Hill Archer playstyle just like Almond.
The difference was that he wasn’t aiming at the 1st Floor—he was targeting the 2nd Floor.
Right here.
‘Damn.’
Grin.
The player whose eyes met mine flashed a white smile and released the bowstring he’d been drawing.
Twang!
An arrow flew toward me.
Though I’d seen it coming, my slow reaction time left me with no way to respond.
My body wouldn’t move, as if frozen in place, and my mind raced frantically.
‘What do I do?’
The arrowhead grew larger and larger.
It was getting closer.
‘Ah, Almond!’
My eyes moved slowly and painfully toward Almond.
As if trying to say, ‘Help me!’
But all I could see was his back.
He was too busy firing arrows at the 1st Floor players.
‘I’m done for.’
My pupils trembled, and despair settled in.
At the blurred edge of my vision, I felt the arrow drawing near.
It was going to hit my head. If it connected, I’d be knocked out of the fight.
In that moment.
Clang!
“…Huh?”
The incoming arrow collided with another arrow and fell away.
“Damn!”
A curse from the player across the way reached my ears.
What just happened?
-????
-What?
-Whoa
-Is that the curve shot?
-Can a curve bend that much!?
Curve shot?
Balloon Gum watched the chat with a bewildered expression, unable to understand what this “curve shot” meant.
“There was an enemy on the other side too?”
Almond, still facing away, murmured.
From that, I could tell that Almond had deflected the arrow for me.
‘Did Almond hit it?’
How on earth?
I got the answer in the next moment.
Whoosh!!
Almond’s arrow shot out again.
But its trajectory was bizarre. It bent at an angle that was hard to believe even seeing it with my own eyes.
And it finally lodged itself in the forehead of the Hill Archer on the opposite side.
‘W-what angle was that bent at exactly?’
The path had twisted nearly 180 degrees.
I could now infer how Almond, facing forward, had deflected the arrow coming from behind.
He’d shot it with an even sharper curve than the arrow he’d just shown. It made sense in my head.
Balloon Gum, still in disbelief, asked.
“Don’t tell me you hit the earlier one with this too!?”
“Yes. This is what we call a curve shot, and it’s quite useful in many situations.”
The expression on Balloon Gum’s face looked like it was plastered with the words “This is possible?”
I’m dying laughing ㅋㅋㅋ
You’re crazy lol
-Is this a bug!? wtf
“It’s not a bug—it’s actually possible with real bows too. There are videos of it. If you catch the bowstring off-center rather than at the middle, it bends a lot depending on that angle.”
Almond shot arrows at the enemies below while explaining to the viewers.
-I can’t believe this!
-Wait, so it’s actually possible, and he’s actually doing it?
Oh my godㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Wow, Almond is way cooler than I heard
No, damn it lol, this is seriously a whole new world!?
-Isn’t this a balance issue??
Among Balloon Gum’s 50,000 viewers, there were many who hadn’t watched Almond before.
‘Wow, that guy’s got potential….’
Balloon Gum thought.
Probably in the future, they’d all be watching Almond’s streams too.
And in the not-too-distant future, Almond would likely become even bigger than his own broadcast.
But anyway….
‘Why haven’t I seen Almond suffering yet?’
I was so absorbed in playing that I hadn’t given it much thought.
The stream is gaining traction, sure.
But things aren’t unfolding according to my original concept.

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