Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1145

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 30
10. How to Use Kkeom (1)
There’s a term in the industry called the “Balloon Gum Exam.”
Big) If you’re a real star, you have to pass the “Balloon Gum Exam”
It became a meme from a post that once appeared on Rilpro.
It refers to a test where you prove your worth by teaming up with Balloon Gum and achieving results.
Considering the status that “exam” holds in South Korea, it’s an enormous expression.
The judicial exam, the administrative exam, and so on.
An “exam” is the stepping stone that allows you to seize the power to shake the nation itself if you just pass.
The streamer who most notably achieved “top honors” through this Balloon Gum Exam is Almond.
Seeing this, the teammates thought to themselves.
‘Both of them are here.’
The creator of the Balloon Gum Exam, and the person who already passed that test with the highest score.
Both are on the same team.
How does this team win?
‘Almond has to carry…!’
It was obvious.
Almond, who had passed this test in the past, had to carry.
But─
‘Why… why is Almond giving the calls?’
‘The world is turning upside down….’
‘That’s not what I asked for.’
Perhaps this is what they mean by “when it rains, it pours”?
Almond was giving the calls.
His strengths couldn’t be highlighted at all this way.
Moreover, he showed no signs of backing down.
He was trying to push his opinions even if it meant dividing the team in two.
‘We’re done for.’
Nangpunch.
He was someone who could be called a fan of Almond.
He hadn’t watched the live stream many times, but he made sure to catch every video on Alltube.
‘Isn’t the live stream even worse?’
Every time he watched the “Smart Young Man” series or the “Almondil” series, he thought the editing was just done in a somewhat ridiculous way.
The comments made that clear too.
-But actually, Almond is actually smart. No matter what, looking at the results, he’s never made a stupid decision.
-Almond is really a famous smart young man
-Seeing Almond beat the Math Demon in Go-to-Bur, he’s just a genius but does it on purpose, one vote.
-Wow. There’s a reason he became famous as a strategic player in Civil M…
Almond is actually smart.
He just does it for the sake of entertainment on the broadcast.
Blah blah blah.
‘These bastards were all full of it after all!’
Nangpunch—though he’d known it before—only now felt it pierce through him with bitter clarity.
It was just an AllTube meme.
‘This guy….’
The hero of the international tournament, Aamond.
The deduction genius, Almondil.
The master of physiognomy and mathematics, Almond Lord.
The god of politics, Almond.
All of this….
‘Was just an idiot.’
All of them were idiots.
Balloon Gum was actually the sane one.
“Split into two? Wait… Mond, do you happen to know General Yi Sun-sin’s famous saying?”
Nangpunch nodded eagerly.
“Y-yes, you know the saying, right?”
United we live, divided we die.
Few games fit this saying as perfectly as survival matches.
The game Ril itself has massive numerical differences.
A single player can use 3 to 4 skills, and when using awakening, they output firepower equivalent to two or more people.
So what’s the difference between having one person or not?
It’s nearly impossible to overcome.
And the earlier in the game, the more true this becomes.
“You know the saying.”
“Right? So we should never be divided or we’ll─”
“If we try to live, we’ll die. If we try to die, we’ll live.”
“?”
Huh? That’s not it?
Everyone was bewildered.
“So let’s go.”
Grin.
Almond seemed quite pleased with his own saying as I pointed my thumb backward.
“To die.”
hahahahahaha
Haha, seriously lol
Don’t pretend to be cool lol
Why are you being so serious about it lol
Hahaha, that’s so funny!
-Balloon Gum has every right to be dramatic
‘Damn.’
Even Nangpunch acknowledged it.
‘That’s cool, right?’
A star is a star, after all.
It was a speech that set hearts ablaze.
If even the relatively rational Nangpunch was moved to this degree, the rest needed no explanation.
“Let’s go die out there!”
“I’ll earn my ranked points in hell today!”
lol so funny haha
The Minister’s political power is insane.
-As expected
Hahahahaha
-ly
-It really is hell if you fall there
-A handsome face and a wise quote? You can’t stop this.
-Face ID showing up here…

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And so Almond’s team split into two groups.
It was an enormous gamble.
Even if Almond’s team was currently at the same level as the other teams, the gap would widen given just a little more time.
‘That’s why we have to go now.’
I wasn’t forcing the turtle strategy without any thought.
Right now, while the level difference hadn’t widened yet.
I believed you had to make a move to have a future.
“So we scout the turtle, stall if anyone comes, and the rest reach level 3 to rejoin us, right?”
“Yes.”
“Don’t we need one more person here? Two people farming is better for leveling up….”
I shook my head, disagreeing.
“When all five of us cleared one camp, we got 230 experience. So if three of us clear it?”
“?”
“Three people get 383. Our required experience is 360, so if three of us clear one level 2 monster camp, we hit exactly level 3. Then we can rejoin. As long as we prevent them from farming the turtle, the enemies stay at level 2.”
lol
-Calculator
-Here comes Almondil
When I met the bubble gum, the walnut emergency kicked in and I went crazy with the spin lol
It’s been a while since we’ve seen walnut spin, crazy.
-This isn’t just being smart, this is genius-level play
Faced with calculations pouring out so smoothly, Balloon Gum couldn’t say a word.
“Wow… you’re different when there’s money on the line?”
My mind spins when a mission is on the line.
“Good. Just focus on disruption.”
“Understood.”
However, they overlooked one rather obvious variable.
“Huh?”
[Red Turtle]
[Health 100%]
No one had come to the Red Turtle.
Ding.
[AgamondChristy donated 5,000 won.]
[And Almond wasn’t there either.]
Haha, seriously
-After all that strategizing~
Hahaha what is this?
It’s a mess lol
I’m dying laughing ㅋㅋㅋ
-hurry and regroup
-doomed
That’s so funny lolololol
And there wasn’t even almond lol
-the guy who’s only good at math…

* * *
Meanwhile, the other three members of Almond’s team.
“You guys are doing well, right?”
“Yeah. We’re both Ghost Busters anyway.”
“…Does that mean you’re not doing well?”
“Let’s just hunt for now.”
They began searching for easy prey to hunt.
[Abyss Toad Lv. 2]
Conveniently, there was a level 2 target right there.
Thwack!
Boom!
They took it down while utilizing various weapons.
Without five members, their pace wasn’t as fast, but they managed well enough.
The staff user learned recovery magic and kept casting heals while the spear-wielding damage dealer held the line, and the remaining gun user dealt damage.
Three members, but their positioning was flawless.
Thwoom!
“Screech!”
“Shriek!”
Two Abyss Toads fell.
The Abyss Toad consists of a total of five, so three more remain.
As the number decreases, the damage output drops significantly, making the benefit even greater than the reduction itself.
“Ugh… my health is getting low.”
“Let’s just finish it. We can level up afterward anyway.”
“Okay, okay…”
The spear wielder’s health was steadily dropping below 30%.
But they pushed even harder.
Once we split into teams, there’s no turning back.
Capture or die.
“It’s 3 versus 3. We can do this! Heal!”
Whoosh!
The spear wielder’s health refilled.
He burned with renewed determination and let out a battle cry.
“First strike! Second strike! Third… huh?”
That’s when reinforcements appeared.
Not on our side—on the monster’s.
“Enem—”
Whoooosh!
A fireball streaked through the air.
“—ies!?”
Boom!
The fireball struck the spear wielder directly.
“Damn it! Enemy team!”
“How many of them!?”
“Of course five!”
“W-well…”
From this point on, split teams were rare to see at this rank.
“Fire! Steal it!”
“The Toad’s almost dead!”
The enemy’s ADC and Mage unleashed a barrage of firepower, narrowing our movement options.
One shield-bearer and two assassins rushed forward.
It was an unusual composition.
Aside from the shield user, everyone was a dealer.
But this composition was actually perfect for overwhelming a smaller team.
The damage output was so explosive that one person would be eliminated before we could even react.
“What? I think they’re only three?”
The enemies even noticed.
Our numbers.
“Charge!”
“Let’s go!”
Boom!
The two assassins struck the ground simultaneously, activating their skill.
[Accelerated Slash]
Whoosh!
The assassins’ figures scattered, then
crossed behind my ally, slashing across their neck.
Screech!
“Ah, ahhh….”
Poof.
They became a Rune Spirit.
And he was a healer, no less.
[Ally has fallen.]
“H-Healer’s down! Run! Run!”
“Ugh, ughhhh!”
Clang!
The spear wielder couldn’t even flee, exposing their back to the assassin while taking hits from the ADC in front—burst down and fell.
[Ally has fallen.]
[Enemy Double Kill!]
Nangpunch muttered while retreating backward.
“Damn Nut Fans bastard.”

* * *
News of my allies’ deaths naturally spread to everyone on the team.
Even to the two who’d gone out on a separate mission.
“Wait, allies fell? Is this right? This is part of the plan, right?”
Balloon Gum asked me pleadingly.
“Mond, say something. Tell me this is all part of the plan. There’s no one at the tower right now. Our whole team is dead….”
Balloon Gum’s viewers weren’t forgiving about losses either.
Just standing here watching the tower and losing like this?
They’d give him absolutely brutal “feedback.”
“This kind of loss really isn’t funny at all!”
If we could at least laugh while losing, that would be different.
But this was just an absurd defeat, wasn’t it?
“….”
I remained silent, staring at the chat window.
Hahahahaha what is this lolololol
-The clever young man…
-Son, grow up to be Hodu! Son, grow up to be Hodu!
-Almondil please answer! You couldn’t withstand Balloon Gum’s pressure and self-destructed, right?! Almondil please answer! You couldn’t withstand Balloon Gum’s pressure and self-destructed, right?!
.
.
.
I was under even more pressure than Balloon Gum, if anything.
It wasn’t any less.
‘I need to reach Platinum.’
The viewers’ mockery was one thing, but all my teammates—excluding Goguma—were Platinum or above.
[Lemon: Lemon bottom~ Lemon bottom~]
That song from Lemon, which I’d never heard before, seemed to linger in my ears.
‘And… I need to prove it.’
There was one more thing.
The game with the highest loss rate in my entire gaming history.
Civil Empire Commander Mode.
The Smart Young Man.
I had to restore the honor of that name.
‘What should I do?’
Victory and restoring the Smart Young Man’s honor.
Surprisingly, these two were sharply contradictory propositions.
To achieve victory, I had to abandon the Smart Young Man.
But I didn’t know that.
If I knew that, I wouldn’t be the Smart Young Man.
The Smart Young Man speaks.
“Let’s wait.”
Hold position as is.
“What…?”
“Turtle strategy. They’ll come for us eventually.”
“…Yeah, I know that. But we’re only level 2 right now. Everyone else is already level 3!”
Thud.
The shadow closes in at that moment.
[The shadow of the Abyss descends.]
“Looks like the shadow is on our side too.”
“Our side is all dead, Mond.”
Hahahahaha
Hahahahaha, this is hilarious hahaha
Bubble gum lol
I can’t stand gum-shaped ones anymore lol
-Who are we!? Ghost Busters!
But I refused to accept it.
“We’re still alive as a Rune Spirit.”
“No. The Rune Spirit died too. Come out here.”
“We’re still alive. They’re watching us from above. If they revive us, we’ll live, right?”
“No way! If that’s the case, all our ancestors would still be alive!”
-Lmaooooooo
-Ancestor revival incoming?
Hahahahaha lol hahaha
When faced with a bubble gum crisis, my mouth just won’t shut up lol
Even ancestors lol
-Real talk, ancestors are doing the reviving?
Then─
“It’s a Turtle.”
“Ah, found it. Good.”
Finally, the team appeared.
-Ooooh
I can’t translate this as it’s not a complete word or phrase in Korean. “-ㅁㅊ” appears to be just consonants without vowels, which doesn’t form a meaningful unit in Korean.
-Whoa
Balloon Gum clamped his mouth shut from the tension and lowered his head.
I also crouched down as low as possible.
“Going hunting~”
“Okay.”
Boom!
Bang!
They started hunting right away without any suspicion.
[Red Turtle Lv. 3]
[HP 91%]
“Graahhh…! Grrr!”
A fairly intense battle with the Turtle ensued.
But if there’s no interference, the players will naturally take it down.
“Phew.”
I take a deep breath.
“I’m going to steal it.”
“…What?”
Balloon Gum’s eyes go wide.
Well, since our ally is dead, that’s the only option left.
“How are you even… how do you butt in? You’re not even Reina.”
But all the enemies are level 3.
And their positioning system is quite clean too.
Everyone’s barely talking, which is pretty serious.
[Red Turtle]
[HP 42%]
Boom!
HP dropping rapidly.
[Red Turtle]
[Health 23%]
‘Will the other team show up?’
Unless the other team intervened, stealing the Red Turtle would be nearly impossible.
The moment I stepped out, I’d be focused down and killed.
Right now, I wasn’t as quick as Reina, and my arrow range wasn’t particularly longer than anyone else’s.
I needed something to draw their attention.
“Brother.”
“…?”
I realized something.
The thing that draws attention doesn’t necessarily have to be the other team.
“Please die for us.”
Hahahahahahaha
Hahahaha lol hahaha
How many people are you going to sacrifice lol
-???: May you be fertile.
Bubble gum facial expression lol
-If Daegam says to die, then die~
Hahaha, that’s so funny!
-Please die for the greater good

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[Beginner’s Tip]
[Sometimes you must bear a heavier burden for your teammates. But your rank points rise just the same.]

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