Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1114

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 4 Episode 245
78. Stars and Campfire (3)
Fishing is surprisingly a core element in healing casual games.
This came about thanks to a predecessor game of this genre.
A cute character fishing and proudly displaying their catch on screen with an excited expression.
Pop.
Such a trivial sound effect.
Yet within it came a sense of peace, leisure, and the restoration of everyday life.
Something modern people had lost existed within it.
In that small, quaint world devoid of great tension or outstanding story.
Something truly precious was contained.
After that, similar games poured out in abundance, and ‘fishing’ became an essential element that players typically experienced in such games.
But was it coincidence?
Almond happened to become obsessed with fishing due to past experiences.
Only after everything he’d lived through as Almond the Daegam came to an end did he begin fishing at a small stream.
Whoosh!
The fishing rod swung with force.
Zzzzzzzzzt!
The wire released with a crisp sound.
Ripples spread across the calm lake as the fishing float bobbed up.
Splash.
“Ahhh….”
Almond’s eyes sparkled.
This fishing he’d wanted to do so badly all this time.
Why hadn’t he been able to do it?
‘There was too much to do.’
There was too much to do. That’s what Almond thought.
After all, the matter of making a living was more important.
He simply solved the survival issues he’d always dealt with first.
After losing his parents, that’s what he’d always done.
Even as a child, he could sense that Grandmother alone couldn’t feed him.
That’s why he pulled the bowstring with even greater desperation.
As a result, he’d never once gone fishing.
People truly don’t change.
Even after becoming a Streamer, even though this was a game.
He still pulled the bowstring just the same.
He never fished.
“But you haven’t even made a fishing rod until now. What have you been doing?”
Goguma asks from beside him while swinging a fishing rod.
“The materials for a bow and fishing rod are the same anyway.”
The materials that went into a fishing rod were almost identical to those that went into a bow.
Yet Almond had chosen to craft a bow.
I had never selected fishing in the first place.
Why was that?
“Hmm….”
Who knows.
Lost in thought, Almond stared blankly at the fishing float.
Not a single ripple disturbed its surface.
So unresponsive it seemed I’d cast the line without even attaching bait.
“I don’t know. Back then, I needed a bow.”
Finally, Almond answered.
“Ah… that’s right. Back then.”
“Yeah.”
When I was young, drawing the bowstring alone in the practice range.
My other friends had gone camping on their school trip.
Why hadn’t I gone?
‘Back then….’
Because I couldn’t go back then?
No, that wasn’t it.
‘I didn’t want to go.’
The truth was, I didn’t want to go.
So I didn’t go.
If I had truly wanted to, if I had really desired it, I would have simply gone.
Back then, I only wanted to handle what lay directly before me.
Lightening my grandmother’s burden had felt more important and meaningful than bragging about a trip afterward.
In fact, perhaps I hadn’t even wanted to fish.
As Daegam Almond, until everything was finished, I truly hadn’t wanted to fish.
No, why had I ever thought I wanted to in the first place?
Why had I thought I wanted to go on a trip?
Why had I envied them?
Now that itself was the mystery.
“How is it? Having fun?”
Someone approached from behind.
An avatar of a man with long hair, wearing a cap pulled low.
“Pangeo?”
“Wow~ meeting the famous Daegam here for the first time.”
Grin.
Pangeo smiled.
“Fishing. Not fun, right?”
“…Yeah.”
-HAHAHAHAHAHA
-HAHAHAHA this crazy bastard HAHA
-What are you doing HAHAHAHA
-Now? HAHA
-Ugh HAHA
The viewers seemed to want to punch the thoughtless Almond once.
But Pangeo understood.
Sang-hyun Yu was simply not the type to enjoy fishing in the first place.
“It’s not about momentary focus. Fishing is completely different from archery. It’s about savoring the passage of time. You’re not that type at all.”
“Ah….”
“Sometimes we don’t even know what we want. Maybe that’s why we need moments like this.”
Whoosh.
Pangeo cast his fishing rod with practiced ease.
And waited quietly.
“When you let time flow like this with the river, you come to understand. Ah. This is nothing special.”
-Wow
That old guy is so lame ㅠ
-Welcome back, Pangeo
-How much fishing did you do to finally….
-HAHAHAHA he was listed as the person who caught the most fish in the exhibition earlier.
Trembling….
That’s when it happened.
Almond’s fishing rod vibrated.
“Huh?”
Almond reacted with surprising speed and yanked the line.
An incredibly strong force began pulling back.
Splash, splash!
“Ohhh! I got one!”
Almond wound the wire with all his strength.
Pop!
As it burst from the water, the fish, now free of resistance, shot up into the air with tremendous force.
“Wow…!”
As if time itself had slowed down.
Everyone watched that fish.
It was an enormously massive catch.
‘Huh?’
But there was a problem.
The fishing hook had come loose.
-Gasp
-?
-Creepy…
-Huh? It’s flying?
-Aghwi Rocket Season 2 lmaooo
The fish shot upward as if it were flying.
Released from the fishing hook, it swam through the sky.
‘What the—?’
Almond stood momentarily stunned, his mouth hanging open.
After barely catching one fish, this happened.
That’s when Pang-eo whispered.
“Shoot.”
“?”
“Shoot. It’s what you do best.”
“!”
In that instant, Almond drew his bow in one fluid motion.
*Twang—*
Drawing the string and aiming happened simultaneously.
The release came in a heartbeat.
The arrow left the bowstring, cutting through the sky toward the blazing sun high above.
The arrow vanished into that burning light.
Then came the sound.
*Thunk!*
The thrashing shadow froze as if time had stopped.
Everyone’s jaws dropped.
“Wow!”
“H-he hit it! He actually hit it!”
“W-what do we do now?!”
The fish plummeted.
But it was falling into the middle of the river.
If left alone, the fish would drift away with the current.
“I’ll get it!”
Lemon charged forward.
*Splash splash!*
She held her shield like a basket and threw herself forward.
*Thud!*
The enormous fish landed squarely on Lemon’s shield.
A perfect catch.
However—
“Ugh… I’m being… pushed back!”
Lemon had waded too deep into the river and was being swept away.
*Splash!*
At that moment, Hong-cha grabbed her leg.
After that, Danmuji and Goguma—all of them grabbed her legs.
Almond seized Goguma’s final leg.
“Uuuugh!”
They pulled with all their might.
lol wtf hahahahaha
and lol
Knight squad team play is insane.
-Daegam-style fishing is insane
-???: Wait, I’m fishing for people
Whoooooosh…!
As the water churned, the human fishing line began to be dragged along.
Eventually, even Lemon was pulled back out onto the riverbank.
Along with the massive fish that had an arrow lodged in it.
-Wow
lol
-Amazing
-A trophy catch!
Almond grabbed the fish and struck a pose.
Boom.
“It’s a trophy catch!”
Hahahahaha
-Wow
-Incredible
That’s cute lolololol
Boom!
[Rubisword donated 30,000 won.]
Jackpot lol
Boom!
[Today donated 10,000 won.]
Is this some kind of fancy fishing technique? lol
A shower of donations followed.
All the Knights hugged the fish and took photos one by one.
“Since we’ve caught something like this, shouldn’t we grill and eat it?”
“Right. But can we all eat it?”
“Then let’s invite a few more people.”

* * *
[Almond: Caught a massive fish. Anyone want to come over?]
[Goguma: Sir, what a catch! Come eat some fish~]
News of the enormous fish spread rapidly through the village chat.
The Knight Order had meanwhile gathered firewood and started a bonfire.
Thwack. Thwack.
Perhaps because of the high level, chopping wood was nothing more than child’s play.
Goguma stacked the firewood in a campfire formation, and Hong-cha lit it ablaze.
Whoooosh!
A proper campfire roared to life.
The villagers gathered one by one at the sight of the flames.
“Wow… what is this? Are we really eating that huge fish?”
It was Miho and Shu Cream.
Since they were ranchers, they seemed to have arrived the fastest on horseback.
“Come on, Miho! Shu Cream~!”
“Lift it, lift it up.”
Hong-cha gestured urgently with a grunt.
Miho and Shu Cream worked together to hoist the massive fish onto the barbecue rack.
Hot smoke seeped into the fish’s skin, releasing a savory aroma.
“Hello~ I heard there was a party, so I came!”
“Wow, what is that fish?”
“Wahaha! What is this? Did Mond really catch this?”
Villagers gathered one after another.
There was no grand plan or special event organized.
Yet as if they had promised to spend their final moments here together.
Many people flocked to the gathering.
Some even brought wild boars they had hunted themselves.
“Let’s grill those too.”
“Grill them all, grill them all! This is the last day anyway!”
Doughnutz arrived carrying armfuls of corn and potatoes.
“Wow, so many potatoes.”
“Beyond potato illusion—potato clone technique~”
Ahahaha.
When Doughnutz mentioned the potato illusion himself, everyone burst into laughter.
The sun gradually sank lower, and the sunset deepened.
Beneath the crimson sky, the campfire burned a brilliant red.
Countless villagers gathered around it.
Multiple barbecue racks now stood in different spots.
The villagers clustered in groups, chatting away.
“No, that wasn’t something I did—it was Daegam who ordered it!”
“What do you mean everything was my doing?”
“This too was your….”
“No, I never asked you to do that?”
“You just don’t remember!”
They teased each other about the karma they’d accumulated during their time in Cheese Village, reminiscing about old memories.
“Paprika Village has arrived~”
“Oh, and the Rocket Squad!”
The Paprika Village Residents came streaming in.
“We prepared this.”
Thud.
They set down a box.
It was packed full of nothing but paprika.
No lol
lol
Paprika tastes good when grilled lol
“Ugh, that tastes awful.”
“But you haven’t even eaten it!”
It was a divisive food, but when skewered and grilled over fire, it tasted delicious.
As the sun completely set and the enormous fish was nearly cooked through.
“…Is, is this the place.”
Mosol quietly appeared among them.
“Is it okay if I come? We weren’t even on the same team.”
-?
-??
Those people went because they’re on the same team lol
Haha, that’s so funny lol
I really want to beat them up lol
Isn’t it more like you came too late? lol
-You’re Mobunji…
He broke into a cold sweat seeing all these -by Mosol’s standards- popular people gathered together.
But he mustered his courage and took a step forward.
Thump. Thump.
“Ooh! Gichan!”
“It’s Mosol!”
The Residents who had been sitting and chatting stood up to welcome him.
“Waaaaaah!”
“Jeong Gi-chan! Jeong Gi-chan!”
hahahaha
Hahahaha
If we go like this, we won’t be able to go any further lol
-Hahahaha
The Nolchi Ma video that had been uploaded this time featured Mosol quite prominently in the editing.
Mosol fidgeted under the excessive cheers.
But Almond gestured for him to come over quickly.
“Mosol~ Come here!”
Surprisingly, Orange was sitting next to Almond, and Miho—who had barely any connection to him before—was also there, with Jello chatting excitedly with someone next to her. It seemed to be Chocosong.
Mosol gathered his courage and rushed forward.
“Waaaaaaaa!”
The villagers deliberately cheered even louder for him.
“Come here, eat this. This one.”
Goguma handed him a massive grilled fish fillet.
Doughnutz recommended roasted corn.
The Hunting Union even tore off a piece of wild boar meat for him.
He had simply walked past.
Yet his plate was now laden with an incredible feast.
“Wow….”
Soon the sun completely disappeared, and night arrived.
Stars glimmered.
Beneath the flickering light of the bonfire, all the villagers gathered together.
“Should we each share our thoughts?”
Miho suddenly stood up and made what was—from Mosol’s perspective—a terrifying announcement.
“The Cheese Village server ends completely today anyway. Let’s each say something simple.”
-She’s so outgoing
-Run away Gichan… we’re doomed
-This is a disaster lol
-The barrier of social butterflies is truly high…
Gulp.
Mosol grew nervous.
Did he have to speak too?
‘…Do I want to speak?’
No, do I want to speak?
Mosol decided to ask himself that question.
What did he truly want to do?
Did he want to distance himself from people?
Or did he want to grow closer to them?
“Ah, ah. Should I go first? Wahaha. I….”
Balloon Gum, the senior streamer, stood up first and shared his thoughts.
“First of all, I’ve gained confidence in my gaming skills.”
People burst into laughter.
-Hahahahahahahahahaha
That’s already funny lol
From the start, cognitive dissonance lol
I’m dying laughing ㅋㅋㅋ
Balloon Gum continued sharing his thoughts, and the crowd laughed increasingly louder.
After Balloon Gum’s remarks, several other Streamers stepped forward to speak.
Mosol clenched his small fist.
‘I have something I want to say…’
He too had something he wanted to express.

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