Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1158

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 43
14. Zelra’s Legend (2)
Before the team fight began.
My team was actively searching for Jello’s team first.
Thanks to that, we had relatively more time.
I made a strange request.
“If we secure victory in the team fight but Balloon Gum is in Rune Spirit form… please stop dealing damage.”
“…Pardon?”
My teammates were bewildered by this.
We’d already complied with genuinely bizarre demands—like making four tanks—but this seemed to veer too far from victory.
Wasn’t this moving away from winning?
“No, why?”
‘It’s because of the mission.’
Honestly, no matter how shameless I could be, I couldn’t just tell them to follow orders because of a mission here.
There was no justification.
Concentrating runes on myself and even going four-tank was an order that made sense under the banner of victory.
But keeping Balloon Gum alive until the end was actually a command that risked undermining that very objective.
‘Hmm… what do I do?’
On top of that, this was a placement exam.
In a placement exam, what justification exists besides victory?
It’s hard to find one.
Based on their appearance and voice, they seemed to be in their mid-to-late twenties.
At this stage, the Ril demons were at their most mature, so this placement exam could actually be more important than their current lives.
I’d felt firsthand through Rilpro how the Ril demons behaved—multiple times, desperately.
Even I couldn’t easily touch these beings who were concealing their demonic nature under the banner of victory.
‘Let me think this through. Almondil.’
Surprisingly, I was relying on my own intellect here.
Yet paradoxically, this seemed like a very poor decision.
「Marketing isn’t about knowing what someone wants. You need to understand what they fear most first.」
Then I suddenly recalled a certain manager I’d met at Aseng.
Someone who’d come from the marketing department.
Naturally, quite the elite.
Trying to reference his words, I continued remembering.
An old memory.
「After making them aware that the situation they fear could actually happen, when they become frightened, you tell them. That we have the solution. Go ahead, try it on me.」
It was during a seminar for new employees where we were supposed to try selling things.
The person who’d volunteered to help a clueless high school graduate newcomer.
So at the time, I’d done my best to speak.
「Um… Manager. Actually, I overheard something in the Department Manager’s office.」
「Huh? Are you doing this now?」
“The Manager said he was going to the provinces… the connection got cut off… He said something like that.”
The Manager’s eyes went wide.
This bastard, he’s actually serious?
“Oh… not bad? So? What’s the solution?”
“Pardon?”
“What’s the solution?”
“…”
“You… was this actually real?”
I never saw that Manager again after that.
Later, he was replaced by Manager Lee, the one Juhyeok and Sanghyeon knew.
‘Not a pleasant memory.’
Almond, whose consciousness returned to the present situation, shook his head.
‘But…’
Yet life’s lessons always come from bitter experiences.
Almond gathered them together and whispered.
“You’re all going to run into Balloon Gum again in the next round.”
“…What!?”
“That’s nonsense! Hyung!”
“Take that back! Almondil!”
“Hey. What are you saying? Mond? Huh?”
Hahaha, that’s hilarious!
What the heck lol
Suddenly pouring out curses lol
-Crude mode on
Ignoring the bubble gum lol
The kids’ reactions are hilarious lol
“The teammate who died at the end will meet you again when you spin Q. That’s how the algorithm is set up. So you have to keep Balloon Gum alive until the very end.”
-?
-…?
-What?
“No, what kind of horror movie is this? It’s not like a vengeful spirit is clinging to us.”
“It’s true.”
“…”
“Why are you all just huddling together whispering?”
Everyone knows the probability that it’s real is low.
But—
‘Just in case.’
‘Damn. Something like that exists?’
‘Surely not.’
Fear confuses the human mind and makes one instinctively grasp at any lifeline that comes down.
Even if it were rotten.
“Bah, I don’t believe in such superstitions.”
“Right? What nonsense. You probably just got a mission to save Balloon Gum~”
“That’s something only fools believe in. Tsk.”
“What? Why is everyone staring at me?”

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They spoke with confidence.
“Stop damage!”
But their bodies told the truth.
Snap!
The tanks standing firm in the soldiers’ at-attention posture.
Hahahahahahaha
hahahahaha
Hahahahaha crazy haha
Each bozo lol
-if you don’t wanna hit the all-point, you gotta stop damage~
[Frost Arrow]
Even as Almond’s frost arrow flew in and froze Jello, they didn’t lift a finger.
“Hey. The boss said he’s gonna go smoke a quick cigarette. Just wait.”
Tanks actually saying such things.
The viewers were dying laughing.
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ (lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol)
Wow, Amond’s ability to handle people is insane.
-smart young man! smart young man! smart young man!
These guys earlier were like “I don’t believe it” lol
-is Balloon Gum really that scary!?
-???: if you don’t listen, Balloon Gum’s grandpa will take Q away!?
“Are you crazy?” he shouted, haha.
-I thought Bong-ja Bae was the best, but the tank squad’s discipline is the strongest;
Jello… no, Zelru, no, Zelra felt wronged.
“Just kill these bastards!”
Losing was already frustrating, but to be mocked on top of it.
For what purpose!?
He didn’t know the contents of Almond’s mission, so he was baffled.
A name cried out at the top of his lungs.
“Daegaaaam! Was Grandfather and Father not enough!?”
Hahahahahahahaha
Haha, is this a historical drama? Haha
Haha, seriously
-Treason originally carries a three-generation execution sentence, standard rule
-???: Uuuuuugh~!
I can’t laugh that hard lol
Even as Jello cried out while spitting blood, Almond’s team tanks didn’t budge an inch.
They simply whispered among themselves.
“So this person is… Jello?”
“It’s Zelru.”
“Grandfather, Father—it’s Zelra.”
lol so funny
Hahaha those bastards hahaha
Hahahahaha
-Ah~ Tanks are so fun~!
A moment later.
Almond appeared again.
“Huh? You didn’t run away?”
Almond spoke as if he’d expected Jello to have fled.
“The entire area is completely filled with Abyss shadows! Where would you even go!?”
lol that’s so funny haha
hahahahaha
Hahahahaha lol hahahaha
“Ah. Right.”
The currently accessible range kept shrinking, leaving barely about two hundred square feet of space.
Running away from here was pointless.
“So you’re admitting you’re weaker than Balloon Gum now, right?”
“No, what are you talking about?”
“Well…”
[Flying Punch]
Pow!
Balloon Gum’s iron fist suddenly burst forth, snapping Jello’s head around.
[Enemy eliminated!]
[Balloon Gum —> Jello]
hahahahahaha
Hahahahaha (laughing)
Hahahaha (laughing hard)
Hahahahaha
Where did you come from lol
Your expression is so stiff lol
“You really play dirty!”
Poof poof!
Jello’s words could only be expressed as the Rune Spirit squeaking and chirping.
Because he’s already dead.
-Almondil’s detective novel receiving critical acclaim lolololol
-Haha
A mystery novel by Almondoil that received rave reviews from critics.
-This is hilarious lololol
-Hahaha my sides are splitting~
-Don’t underestimate Balloon Gum~
-And thus, it is said that Daegam ultimately cut off the bloodline of the rebel family…

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Ding~!
[Mission Success!]
Jingle!
[Congratulations!]
[You’ve received a sponsorship of 1,150,000 won!]
“Rubisword! Thank you so much for the 1,150,000 won!”
Almond had stubbornly managed to claim the mission reward.
-He’s actually taking it
-Wow, big money lololol
-Haha
-That’s insane
-Honestly, he deserves this one
lol
-Cheese just arrived and the sponsorship luck exploded
-There’s still Supo-jwa left lololol
As he expressed his gratitude to Rubisword, another sponsorship came flying in.
Ding.
[Rubisword has sponsored 10,000 won.]
[Mine is only 300,000 won…]
-Oh wow hahahaha
-300,000 won is quite a sum
-Haha Queen Rubisword
That’s insane, breathing in full capacity.
-Hahahaha so who’s the rest of the 1,150,000 won from?
The mission reward that started at 300,000 won had snowballed into 1,150,000 won.
‘Ah. So that’s how it was.’
Almond realized it anew.
‘Balloon Gum’s influence… is incredible.’
What kind of certainty had Balloon Gum’s appearance given them?
Almond understood it too.
Given my skill level, the probability of placing first in the placement match’s first game is extraordinarily high.
That’s why such missions don’t even come up for me.
But then Balloon Gum got added to the mix, and the reward ballooned into an absurd amount to receive in a single match.
Beep beep beep~
Just then, a video call came through on DisWorld.
-Haha what
-Gum hyung lol
-Lmao
-He got a call hahahaha
“…You’re not asking me to duo, are you?”
Almond said something like that for a moment.
“Just kidding~”
…he said, smoothing it over as he accepted the call.
-Hahahahahaha
-Hahaha was that actually a joke lol
-What a clever young man…
Whoosh!
Then I was summoned into the virtual space prepared on Balloon Gum’s channel.
“Hey. Wow. Mond! Thank you so much! Looks like only my little bro thinks of his hyung! Wahaha!”
Balloon Gum was thrilled, saying that thanks to me, Jello’s spirits had completely deflated.
“No, Jello was just messing with me from the start, you know? Huh? But still. I’ve got seniority.”
So Balloon Gum went on complaining about his grievances for a while.
“But Mond. When are you gonna return Q?”
“!”
-Hahahahahaha
-Hahaha
-Getting to the point lol
-Oh…
“Ah, no~ I’m not asking you to duo. I’m just asking when you’ll return him~ You do it right away, right? Huh? Today’s some five consecutive first-place mission?”
“Ah… yes.”
“No, no, everyone? Why. Am I asking you to be on the same team? If we end up as opponents, wouldn’t we just smoothly climb up again?”
-Hahahahahahahaha
-Even knew about the mission lol
-Manager Gum is something else
-The pressure is insane…
“But hyung, if you keep playing today, won’t you run into Jello again? You barely won.”
I had barely managed to beat Jello.
The implication was that he should stop playing for today.
-Aseng-style rhetoric
-Ah! Player Almond! Attempting to relieve pressure!
So this bastard’s actually smart, right? He’s really thinking hard now that he’s run into this massive wall called the Bubble Gum Duo, huh? lol
-I’ve heard this kind of rhetoric somewhere before…
“Wait… but didn’t Jello leave the game?”
“…Excuse me?”
“What? You said you’d finish all the placements today.”
lol
-Why did Jello leave?
That’s not it lol
-Could it be a rage quit??
Tight ending lol
Jello is gone.
Balloon Gum asks again.
“Mond, when are you going to rotate Q?”
“….”
“Mond?”
“….”
Hahahahahahaha
-We’ve only done one placement match and this is too much~
You’re not suddenly going wild with your reaction, right? ㅎ
-Pressure relief failed! Balloon Gum’s counter-attack~!
-Silence is? Almondil.
Honestly, from Almond’s perspective, it’s a total loss because even without Balloon Gum on the enemy team, it’s easy to win, but when Balloon Gum is on our team, winning becomes ridiculously hard lol
-The detective genius Almondil suddenly became a mute, huh?
-Not even making that “sizzle sizzle” sound with his mouth

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[Beginner’s Tip]
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