Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 109

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 109
38. Educational Broadcast (3)
Almond pairs up with Balloon Gum for a duo match and gets absolutely tormented.
This was the fundamental appeal of coaching content.
Balloon Gum was a player with terrifyingly exceptional talent in this field.
Without even forcing artificial situations, the people coaching him suffered immensely simply by virtue of his presence.
Balloon Gum just needed to play with complete immersion and effort.
That alone was agonizing for his partner.
But…
‘This is just an Almond rage compilation, isn’t it?’
That guy relentlessly firing arrows at the first-floor players was different somehow.
There was no wavering whatsoever.
He played like a machine, securing first place effortlessly.
‘His mental fortitude is extraordinary.’
His gaming skill was overwhelming, but what was truly powerful was his mentality.
Even paired with the frustrating Balloon Gum, he showed no signs of discontent.
It wasn’t that he was suppressing frustration—there was genuinely no frustration to begin with.
I could feel it in his expression. The inner peace within him.
‘What exactly is this guy?’
Since Balloon Gum didn’t know Almond’s background, it was a mystery to him.
He had no idea.
That Almond’s mentality had been forged through archery—a discipline where each arrow shot carried immense psychological pressure.
‘That’s fascinating.’
It was a quality you’d never see in players who’d only played games.
Being good at games absolutely doesn’t mean having a strong mentality.
Often it’s quite the opposite.
Take the common example of professional gamers who smash keyboards while playing—there are quite a few of them, aren’t there?
Full-dive games are no different.
People throw perfectly good guns away, shriek loudly, or suddenly slam their heads into walls.
In this virtual reality, emotional control is even harder, so even stranger behaviors emerge.
But Almond showed none of those signs.
I was actually worried the broadcast would flop.
-A clean broadcast without all the suffering is nice haha
-lol only psychotic rankers came as coaches before, so having an actual sane person is refreshing
-Almond isn’t exactly a sane person either lol he’s just incredibly solid…
-Still better than the division leaders
Still, the chat reactions were positive overall.
Maybe because I’d only ever seen tutoring sessions filled with shouting, yelling, and suffering? Almond’s character felt refreshingly different to viewers.
-His gaming skill is so insane that he wouldn’t have mental breakdowns anyway? He just kills everything himself
-lol players who lose their mentality are just not skilled enough in the end
—Well, that’s how it is.
Some people even praised him, saying that the current peaceful situation was thanks to his skill.
It was certainly persuasive reasoning.
When you thought about it, Almond had no reason to be angry.
If I wanted to, I could sweep through nearly twenty people in the Armory alone, so would Balloon Gum being a bit frustrating really disrupt the bigger picture?
For me, it was simply like playing with a child. No adult gets angry at a child just because they can’t ride a bicycle well.
That’s how severe the skill gap was between me and the users here.
‘Well, this works out. I’ll just do my best. Whatever.’
Since things had come to this point, Balloon Gum decided to stop worrying about the broadcast and use this opportunity to improve his skills instead.
After all, he wasn’t the type to force broadcast moments.
He was the kind of person who naturally created broadcast-worthy content just by working hard and going with the flow.
Today, I’d just work hard as usual.
Just as Almond finished clearing out all the 1st Floor users, Balloon Gum asked with enthusiasm.
“What should we do now? Teacher?”
“Now we should head to the Underground Warehouse. We’ll arm you up there, and then let’s go for first place, shall we?”
“Yes!”
Almond skillfully tied a rope to the railing.
It was quite sturdy—it didn’t seem like he’d only done this once or twice.
“Here. Grab on and come down.”
Almond grasped the rope and leaped down with light, agile movements.
The landing was so natural that it seemed the rope wasn’t even necessary.
Once down on the 1st Floor, Almond gestured for him to hurry over.
“Come on!”
…
Balloon Gum hesitated for a moment.
“Um… do I really have to go down like that? Wahaha!”
Balloon Gum’s body got stuck in the railing, and he fumbled helplessly.
—Hahaha no way
—This guy’s incredible! What a sandbag!
—Lol he can’t even get over that
—Hmm… Almond’s really putting up with this?
Almond shrugged without any particular annoyance.
“If it doesn’t work, just take the stairs down. They’re all dead anyway.”
Since I’d killed all the 1st Floor players in anticipation of this, there was no situation worth getting frustrated about.
—He’s really tolerating this
—How to tolerate Balloon Gum: just kill everyone yourself
—The secret to Almond’s mental fortitude: being good
—Forbes selection: He’s really tolerating this

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In the end, Balloon Gum descended the stairs.
Either way, the two of us safely entered the Underground Warehouse.
Inside the Underground Warehouse, a fierce gunfight was already underway.
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat!
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-boom!
They were fighting with relatively high-tier guns.
Absurdly, because they both shot so poorly, far too many combatants were still alive.
‘Wow….’
Almond marveled at the atmosphere of Stones, which I hadn’t felt in a long time.
“Wow. The air here really is nice.”
Aren’t you putting too much heart into it? Hahahaha
It’s different coming here after a long time, since I’ve only been playing in stagnant water lolol
-Stones: Entertainment tier 1
I’m hitting bone ㅋㅋㅋ
lol
“Let’s hide for now.”
Balloon Gum and I decided to hide behind a large pillar until the enemies finished fighting.
Fundamentally, it was dark and the sound of enemy gunfire was loud, so if we hid properly, they wouldn’t notice us.
“I’ll go behind there.”
“Got it!”
Tap-tap-tap-tap!
We managed to run as fast as possible and hide our bodies behind the pillar.
Balloon Gum, leaning his back against the pillar, spoke while catching his breath.
“Huff… Huff… I think it’s been almost two months since I last came down to this Underground Warehouse?”
“There’s no need to be nervous. We just wait for those thugs to kill each other, farm some loot, and slip out.”
“Yes. Yes.”
“You shoot the sniper rifle reasonably well anyway. I’ll get that for you.”
“Yes. Yes.”
Balloon Gum simply nodded his head mindlessly.
Haha, ‘at least’ haha
-Balloon Gum: Yes, yes. Please carry me
-Balloon Gum: Yes, I got it, so you just kill them all for me
Reaction-type player lol
Teasing comments flooded the chat, but I had no time to worry about such things.
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat!!!
Rat-a-tat-tat!
In the Underground Warehouse, about four teams were fighting.
It was a chaotic melee beyond what I expected, and I had no idea when a stray bullet might fly out and kill me.
Balloon Gum began to grow anxious.
They were all equipped with guns, yet Almond and I had entered here with nothing but a bow?
‘Can this even work?’
Balloon Gum cautiously peeked his head around the pillar to check.
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat!
The gunfire continued relentlessly. The enemies had upgraded from pistols to Hero-grade rifles and above.
‘No matter how skilled Almond is….’
A bow couldn’t possibly hold its own in a direct firefight against guns.
Could this really be a winnable battle?
“Um… S-sir? We do have the advantage here, right?”
“Yes. That’s correct. They don’t know we’re here, but we know they are.”
“B-but the guns….”
“Ah. A bow is actually better here.”
Click.
Almond confidently raised his recurve bow.
The expression on Balloon Gum’s face spoke volumes.
‘That can’t possibly be true!’
-His expression lolololol
-The disbelief lmaooo
I’ve never seen anyone say that a bow is better in an underground warehouse before lol
-And he says it with such an innocent face lmaooo
Bubble gum facial expression management failㅋㅋㅋㅋ
The shock of hearing a bow was superior faded quickly.
“Oh. One team just got wiped out.”
The chaotic battle had shifted.
One team was eliminated, leaving three teams. However, one of those teams had only a single member.
This was the perfect moment to intervene.
“I’ll side with that solo player and fight for now.”
Almond said, drawing his bowstring.
“The moment I eliminate one team, you rush in and grab a sniper rifle or whatever you can find.”
He spoke so casually about eliminating an entire team.
But beyond that, what came next shocked Balloon Gum even more.
“Y-yes? Me? Rush in?”
“You’re good with sniper rifles, Balloon Gum. I spotted a Legendary-grade sniper rifle over there.”
“W-well, that’s true, but… that’s too dangerous… maybe we should just eliminate everyone from here….”
Hahaha trying to eat bubble gum for free hahaha
-??? : Just shoot them all yourself!
-If your teacher says to run, then run! You pig!
Almond chuckled and shook his head.
“I can’t kill them all alone, so you have to help me by grabbing a weapon.”
It was a lie.
With Almond’s curved shot ability, he could intercept anyone hiding anywhere in the Underground Warehouse.
This was simply an opportunity to train Balloon Gum.
“Ah, I understand.”
Balloon Gum nodded without grasping the intention at all.
Then he turned to the viewers and asked.
“Hey, you guys—was there a sniper rifle or something like that?!”
-Lolololol
-I don’t think so…
-King knows.
-Haha, was there something like that?
“You pathetic bastards.”
The moment Balloon Gum gritted his teeth and spat out those words.
Almond released the bowstring.
Twang!
But he had aimed at a pillar and released the arrow.
‘…?’
At first, I wondered why he shot like that.
But then──
-Whoa the arrow curves again
-Wow wtf
-Wait, is that a homing arrow?!
The arrow that seemed destined for the pillar suddenly curved around it and struck the head of one member of the two-person duo in the distance.
Thud!
[Almond → Saladlity]
[Knocked out!]
“What, what?!”
His Colleague beside him screamed.
“Where?!”
He spun toward the direction the arrow came from, raising his gun, but there was no one there.
Instead, another arrow was already flying toward him.
Thud!
[Almond → Turelere]
[Double Kill!]
[78/100]
One duo team was completely eliminated.
“Now!”
Almond shouted.
‘Oh no!’
Balloon Gum, who had been mesmerized watching Almond’s play.
He suddenly snapped to attention and bolted forward.
‘Sniper rifle, sniper rifle, sniper rifle…!’
I first searched for where the sniper rifle Almond had mentioned was located.
My eyes spun frantically in all directions.
‘Huh!?’
I found it.
There it was.
A brilliant golden gleam!
It was a legendary-grade sniper rifle, no less.
But it was far too distant.
‘It’s quite far. Will I make it?’
There was no time to deliberate. Balloon Gum bolted forward.
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat!
Enemy gunfire erupted.
From what I could tell, they were firing in Almond’s direction.
They seemed to have pinpointed Almond’s location. Fortunately, they hadn’t caught sight of Balloon Gum’s movements yet.
Almond was drawing their aggression with arrows, and those arrows weren’t merely pulling attention—they had already wiped out another entire duo.
Now only one remained.
That single opponent unleashed a barrage of bullets at Almond, resisting fiercely.
[The last one needs to be taken down by Balloon Gum.]
Almond’s voice came through the team channel.
Balloon Gum didn’t even respond, just sprinted with all his might…
Clack!
“Got it!”
I finally seized the sniper rifle.
As expected, it was indeed legendary-grade.
With practiced motions, I immediately loaded a round.
Click──
‘Even for me…’
I swiftly shouldered the rifle and assumed a steady stance with practiced ease.
‘With a legendary sniper rifle, I can do this!’
Sniping was my one skill I could truly take pride in.
When sniping, my aim somehow became remarkably sharp.
‘My sight picture is wavering a bit right now.’
From the sprint, my crosshairs trembled wildly.
Inhale.
I held my breath for a moment.
I waited for my shaking aim to settle.
The enemy continued firing at Almond. To shoot back, they had to expose their head beyond cover, leaving their skull vulnerable outside the protective barrier.
My wavering crosshairs finally settled onto the enemy’s head.
A moment of absolute silence descended.
Now Balloon Gum’s thick fingers pulled the trigger.
Twang──

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