Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 141

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 141
49. Minion (2)
Story Mode.
Their legends and heroic tales, heard directly from the Incarnations themselves.
The higher one’s understanding of the legend, the more power a contractor can draw from the Incarnation.
In other words, even with the same Incarnation in Ril, combat power can vary depending on the contractor.
One could argue it’s unfair, but the developers stated this too was a skill element of the game Ril.
‘This is… pretty good?’
Knowing the full circumstances, I realized just what an incredible opportunity Almond had grasped.
Discovering Story Mode at account level 2 was like starting an RPG with one legendary item already equipped from the beginning.
‘It’d be a shame to let this slip by.’
Current viewers hovered around five thousand.
Surely this could draw more attention.
But it was morning hours with few people online, and most didn’t even know Almond was streaming, so the momentum wasn’t building.
I started tapping my phone screen with my thumb as if testing how much abuse it could take.
“What are you even doing?”
Jia, unable to watch me leave the blood sausage soup half-eaten, asked out of curiosity.
“Manager work.”
“…Isn’t that like Anipang or something?”
“Ani… what are you talking about? This is very important work. Kid.”
I said that and continued focusing on my task.
[Right now just finished one Normal run and opened Reina’s story lol]
[What?! Is it possible to reach Reina’s intimacy 100 with just your face?.gif]
[How to reach Reina’s intimacy 100 by running your mouth.gif]
[Greatest deceiver in Ril history.gif]
[If your bow skills are good, Reina just hands out intimacy. Something you guys can’t do.gif]
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There I was, diligently doing manager work (?) in the community.
I stirred up attention not just from Lil Pro, but also sought firepower support from Kingdom and Battle Rage communities.
They hoped Ril was inferior to Battle Rage or Kingdom, so they’d love more than anyone that Almond accomplished something extraordinary the moment he switched to Ril.
-lol Ril’s getting dominated by Almond too
-“Ril isn’t hard. Almond just hasn’t done it yet.” by Pro Streamer
-Reina’s story? Battle Rage users do it in one run. Are all you Ril players just incompetent~~~?
Truly childish beyond measure.
But this childish competitive spirit began steadily raising the Big (recommendation) count on Lil Pro.
“Oh… oh.”
Jia, who’d been watching from behind, let out a small exclamation seeing the recommendation count climb.
‘Is this working?’
Recommendations required immediate firepower.
‘Could this work!?’
If I missed this opportunity, I might truly be unable to advance.
Tap tap tap.
I visited several posts, dropping links in the comments and promoting relentlessly.
I questioned whether it was necessary to go this far, but after the initial game transition, there was no other choice.
-Wow, the promotion is insane lol
-Begging for ‘Ril’ dream ugh
-Felt bad so I sent Big. Big Pro from me
They say effort never betrays you, right?
I finally entered Big Pro, accessible only through posts with high Big recommendation numbers.
[Big!] [How to hit Reina intimacy 100 by running your mouth.gif]
“Oh!”
“We did it!”
Clap.
Jia and I exchanged a high-five, beaming with joy.
‘…This feels somewhat self-deprecating.’
‘Something feels off.’
To think I could be this happy over fabricating Community posts.
The feeling was strange.
“Ahem. Let’s eat quickly.”
“Yeah….”
Since I’d achieved my goal anyway, I returned to eating earnestly.
Of course, I kept one eye on the comments streaming by continuously.
-Almond?
-This is Almond.
-What. Is this live? Almond flakes in the morning, absolutely can’t resist! Going right now!
-Oh story mode? Reina? Can’t resist this.
-Lol Almond does weird stuff even in Ril
-Wow! Almond! You know about it!

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“So your name is Almond?”
Young Reina glared at Almond as she spoke.
“If you’re picking up a bow because you lack the confidence to stand at the front, then forget it.”
I wanted to say something like, “What are you talking about, you little thing…” but Almond was also in his young form right now.
-Reina’s been like this since she was young lol
-Whoa, holding hands with Reina. Industry award…!
-I should’ve picked up the bow! To hold hands with Reina!
“I picked it up because I shoot well.”
“Ah, I see.”
Her words were affirmative, but looking at Reina’s expression, she clearly didn’t think that way at all.
It was that feeling of “Yeah, I knew you’d answer like that…”
Regardless, Almond didn’t care.
As long as he took the bow, that was all that mattered.
“Then I’ll take this…… huh?”
But Reina didn’t let go of the bow.
“Take something else.”
“……Why.”
“This is the best one.”
“That’s exactly why I’m taking it.”
“You can’t even move corpses, and you think you understand bows?”
“I’ve shot for ten more years than you.”
To Reina, who suddenly touched his pride with archery skills, Almond spoke with sincerity, but to the viewers, it looked like children bickering.
-Almond? Did you perhaps get too immersed…….
-No lol You’ve been playing for only a month!?
-Experience: A Decade
-Lmao Almond: Estimated age 16, Experience: 10 years
-Did he actually get younger lol
Puhah.
Reina let out a rare laugh.
“Ten more years? Did you hold a bow from inside your mother’s womb?”
“Let go. Just let it go.”
Almond pulled the bow with force. I had an instinctive feeling that I needed to use this bow.
In the Quest window from before, the first objective was survival.
Next was annihilating the enemies, and the last was ‘Reina’s reason’.
“I don’t want to……!”
“Give it back!”
There was no mention of needing to save Reina. After all, she survives here. This is her past memory anyway. So there was no need to yield the bow to Reina.
“Hey. You there.”
Then, a large soldier approached.
Boom!
“Ugh!”
I suddenly kicked Almond over.
“Give that bow to Reina.”
Almond collapsed to the ground with a dazed expression.
“You use this.”
Clang.
I threw what was obviously a cheap bow in front of Almond.
“Why, why?! I grabbed it first!”
“…?”
The Soldier turned his head, his expression turning menacing.
“Minion. This is your first battle. Reina is already on her fifth victory. That’s why Reina takes priority. Got a problem with that?”
So that was the setup. This was Almond’s first battle.
Damn it, the difference in experience was incomparable from the start.
“…No, sir.”
Almond had no choice but to pick up the cheap bow.
Crying/Sobbing (or: Boo-hoo)
Almonds get treated like this here ㅠㅠ
Hahaha I’m the only newbie here ㅠㅠ
-Reina’s the protagonist anyway, what can you do lolol the nut should’ve given up long ago
-Bow enthusiast Almond;;;
Yeah, what could I do about Reina being the protagonist? I compromised internally and gathered as many arrows as possible.
I figured I’d need to stock up on these to survive.
Just then, the Soldier shouted in a ringing voice.
“Formation assembly in 30 seconds!!!”
Whoosh!
All the children rushed outside without exception.
Almond was a bit late because he picked up the bow late and had to load more arrows.
Reina was running considerably ahead.
‘Why is an archer positioned so far forward?’

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“Assemble now!!!”
The soldiers had designated the base of Jeon-ja-pa Tower as the assembly point.
That was where I had spent a considerable time clearing corpses earlier.
From this hill, I could overlook the battlefield to some extent. It resembled the siege warfare battlefield I had seen in Ril, just as I expected.
The only differences were the accumulated snow and that this place was far more expansive and realistic. And this time, it was being conducted from the perspective of a minion rather than a Contractor.
“The Contractors are arriving! Form ranks on both sides!”
Snap.
The children lined up on both sides according to the soldier’s command and waited.
Almond also lined up roughly by reading the situation.
Once everyone had moved, the path that had been hidden was revealed.
It seemed the Contractors would pass through here.
‘So there are Contractors here too. They won’t be users, though, right?’
In the original game, users become Contractors, but since this is Story Mode, they wouldn’t be users.
By this point in the story, they would be those who had already obtained great power. I wondered what characters they would be.
Almond stared intently toward the sanctuary, curious about who was coming.
Usually, when the game starts, Contractors are summoned there.
Whoooosh!!!
Five beams of white light descended, and the Contractors appeared.
It was as if angels were descending.
From a minion’s perspective, anyway.
“Wow….”
“Amazing.”
“I’m going to grow up and become a Contractor too.”
The children each let out exclamations of wonder.
Even the soldiers, who had been maintaining strict discipline, didn’t try to control them at this moment.
‘Do minions eventually become Contractors?’
Since I didn’t even know Ril’s basic story, I could only infer from each word spoken.
It was probably correct that they could become one.
After all, Reina had even become an ‘Avatar,’ and yet she was a minion now.
“Wow!!”
“Contractor!”
“Thank you!”
The Contractors passed through the path where the minions had lined up on both sides, waving their hands in response. One woman even blew kisses.
“Wow! I’m going to grow up and definitely become a Contractor!”
“Yuria! Look here! Yuria!”
“Waaaaaaa!”
The loudest cheers erupted when that woman passed by.
‘A bow….’
She was holding a bow.
Almond turned his head to observe young Reina’s reaction.
“…Yuria! That’s so cool!!!”
No matter how mature Reina seemed, she was still just a child.
I never imagined seeing her cry out like that.
It was a peculiar feeling.
She watched the contractors who wielded bows with undisguised admiration.
‘Is Reina going to become that contractor?’
I looked again at the object of Reina’s admiration, but aside from the shared trait of holding a bow, she was far too different from the cold-blooded Arcane Archer that Reina would eventually become.
Since Incarnations and contractors were fundamentally different beings, it was possible that this couldn’t be determined for now.
“I’m definitely going to win this time too.”
Young Reina kissed the bow she held and made that vow.
-Future aspiration: Reina’s bow
-Gasp, me too!
-I like arrows too
-Writing Reina’s bow as a future aspiration. ‘A choice without regrets’
It seemed she had continued using that bow.
At this point, they could just let Reina keep it, but they seem to confiscate it each time for safety reasons.
While I was lost in various thoughts.
The contractors had already all passed by.
Soldiers took their positions at the front again, establishing order.
“Minions!”
“Yes!”
Thud.
Everyone stamped their feet in unison as they responded.
Almond just casually mimicked the mouth movements.
“Combat begins in 30 seconds! Reform into advance formation!”
Clang clang clang!
Countless children moved in perfect synchronization. The clattering of armor was so loud that birds in the trees scattered in alarm.
“First row!”
Click.
The minions called for the first row raised their weapons forward and prepared to charge at full speed.
Huh… Huuuh….
Some of the ones in the back rows were crying.
They probably had someone they knew in the first row.
“Charge!”
Following the soldier’s flag signal, the first row of minions charged forward.
“Kyaaaaaaaa!!!”
“Grraaaaa!”
Sounds closer to screams than battle cries.
Reina was among them.
‘How is she supposed to survive like that?’
Thinking about how the Ril siege game worked, the minions that spawned initially were guaranteed to die, every single one of them.
But Reina was in the first row.
No matter how skilled an archer she was, could an initially spawned minion really survive until the battle ended?
I felt worried about it, but I let it go.
‘It’s Reina, so she’ll survive.’
Reina becoming the embodiment of an Arcane Archer was a foregone conclusion.
There was no need to worry about Reina.
Almond had his own problems to deal with right now.
“Next! Second row!”
Not long after, the second row was called out.
They too charged forward with screams.
I didn’t hear what happened to the first row.
“Third row!”
“Fourth row!”
Almond’s turn was gradually approaching.
Almond was in the eighth row.
“Eighth row!”
Snap!
The children on either side of Almond finished their preparations to charge and lowered their stances.
“Advance!”
With a simple command, the entire eighth row began running forward.
“Aaaaaaaaaaa!”
“Grrrraaaaaaaa!!”
“Dieeeeeee!”
Shouts so loud my ears rang.
The children seemed to be screaming to overcome their fear.
How far did we run like that….
“There!”
“Those are enemy soldiers!”
We encountered the enemy minions.
The children who had been running courageously faltered and began to waver.
‘What are you doing.’
Twang—
Almond burst forward to the front and drew his bowstring.

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[Beginner’s Tip: In siege warfare, defeating minions grants you experience points and Gold. Experience points accumulate to level you up and unlock new skills, while Gold accumulates so you can purchase better items.]

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