Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 19

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 19
8. Assassination Mission (1)
Punk—the nation’s largest game distributor.
Department Manager Oh, who worked there, carried a heavy burden.
It wasn’t the typical hair loss or children’s academic concerns that plagued men his age.
“Why did I even bring in this damn foreign fantasy game?”
The poor sales of Kingdom Age, a game imported from Northern Europe, weighed on his mind.
The expert reviews had been exceptional, and the gameplay experience had received stellar ratings…
Yet it simply wasn’t gaining any real traction in the market.
Of course, he’d known from the start that this wasn’t the kind of game that would achieve massive commercial success.
“Still, there are limits to how badly things can go.”
What surprised him was how the sales had plummeted below a certain threshold from the company’s perspective.
He’d never imagined it would sell this poorly.
And there was nothing he could do about it.
If he submitted a new event for this doomed game now, the executives wouldn’t approve it without some desperate discount campaign.
To launch a new event, he needed some kind of justification or grounds.
‘Like if a star player emerged…’
This wasn’t even a sport-based game—it was a one-time purchase-and-play title. A star player? Ridiculous.
Pfft.
Department Manager Oh let out a bitter laugh.
‘This is hopeless.’
All he could do was watch the sales numbers decline.
The game he’d personally approved for import was steadily climbing the steps toward becoming a failed title, and he could only watch helplessly. His heart was burning with frustration.
“…?”
Then, amid this anguish, a video appeared before him like a savior.
“What is this…?”
It was footage of a player attempting an archery challenge.
The editing was polished, certainly.
But the gameplay shown in that video was genuine.
‘And a complete beginner at that?’
Moreover, the star of this video had only been playing the game for a few days.
And his appearance was absolutely stunning.
‘Why isn’t this guy modeling? Why is he streaming instead…? Wait, thank god he’s streaming!’
This was raw talent with infinite potential.
His advertising rate would likely be cheaper than major streamers, but the upside was enormous.
‘If I push him right…’
Boom!
Without thinking, he slammed his keyboard.
“…This is it!”
His employees glanced at him strangely, but he didn’t care.
He immediately followed the link directly to Almond’s live streaming channel.
There, I pulled up his past broadcasts and examined them.
‘This… this could work!’
The viewer reactions, upward trend, skill level, broadcast ability—there wasn’t a single weak point.
After watching the interview footage, even his appearance was exceptional.
Ding.
Just then, a notification meant only for followers chimed.
[‘Almond’ is starting a broadcast!]
Department Manager Oh’s mouth fell open silently.
‘What perfect timing!’
Almond had no set broadcast schedule, yet he’d just turned on his stream.
Department Manager Oh quickly entered the chat channel and gazed at the black intro screen, anticipating Almond’s appearance.
‘Huh…?’
But something was different from what he’d expected.
‘The viewer count… is it really this high?’
In the videos he’d watched, the viewer count hadn’t been this substantial, yet somehow it had grown this much.

* * *
Sanghyeon, who was briefly testing the microphone.
I stood there in a daze, thinking.
‘What on earth is this…?’
What could this possibly be?
Or rather, what’s causing it?
‘The Dotorimuk collab? Perfect Shot? The mad movie?’
No matter which factor I considered, it made sense and simultaneously made no sense at all.
[Current Viewers: 1,003]
Over a thousand viewers the moment I started.
Since turning on the broadcast, the viewer count kept climbing.
Even though I knew mentioning viewer counts wasn’t a good idea, my lips trembled involuntarily.
One thousand.
There exists a barrier called the 1,000 live viewer threshold.
From 1,000 viewers onward, full-time streaming becomes viable. Of course, reaching that milestone is equally difficult.
But my viewers, as if that weren’t enough, kept flooding in relentlessly.
[Current Viewers: 1,120]
Viewer count surging in increments of a hundred.
‘Should I mention this or not?’
Caught in that difficult judgment, I ultimately fell silent.
Meanwhile, the chat kept scrolling up.
-Aha!
-Aha!
-Ahhhhhh!
-What? Why are you silent?
-Turn on the stream! Almond, turn on the stream! Almond, turn on the stream! Almond, turn on the stream! Almond, turn on the stream! Almond, turn on the stream! Alm—
-It’s on, you idiot.
-Cut the spam a bit.
I just turned it on, what kind of cut is this lol
-By the way, does Almond have a manager? I think I saw someone last time…
The chat was moving at a pace incomparable to before.
And I could spot a few unhinged viewers mixed in.
‘When I was filming at Dotorimuk Studio, it was fine.’
Back then, even with 50,000 people watching, I was fine. But that was because Dotorimuk, a professional streamer, and Nayeon, also a professional manager, were supporting me from the side. Only now did I realize it.
‘They really took great care of me.’
Now that I had to handle this level of attention and chat all by myself, my spine went cold.
Gulp.
I swallowed hard. And I thought.
‘…This is going to be amazing!’
Tension, pressure.
I was a natural-born athlete who had transcended fighting against such things—I actively sought them out.
A strange exhilaration swept across my entire body.
I could hear my engine roaring several times louder than usual.
My trembling fingertips felt not just tension, but excitement.
Ahem. Ahem.
After clearing my throat briefly.
I greeted them with an energetic voice.
“Whoa! That’s quite the enthusiastic welcome from the start.”
The chat that had been slowly picking up speed suddenly accelerated again. Like my heartbeat.
-Hahahaha!
-Wahahaha!
-Almond hyung, hi!
-Almond, yo!
-Show us your face! Show us your face!
Ah, now that I think about it, you can’t see Almond’s face on the live broadcast ㅋㅋㅋ
Wow. Can’t you see my face on the broadcast?ㅠㅠ
-Why is it just voice?
There are so many noobs lol
-It’s always been no-cam.
Basically, he was hiding his true strength lol
Your face is killing me ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
There were a lot of chat messages mentioning the camera, probably because many viewers had come from the interview.
‘Camera…’
While Sanghyeon searched for the camera function.
Ding.
A message arrived for Juhyeok.
It was a DM (Direct Message) visible inside the Capsule.
[Juhyeok: Hey. Check this out. I’m jealous of this guy.]
Ding.
Photos sent along with the message.
Seeing them, I finally understood why there were so many camera requests.
They were my photos circulating on a community forum primarily used by women. Shots of me gaming, interview scenes of me stepping out of the Capsule and wiping my hair with a towel, and more.
Nearly every moment I’d revealed my face had been captured and screenshotted.
‘Wow.’
The comments below were so embarrassing I couldn’t even bring myself to read them.
Yet undeniably, I felt good.
My heart was racing.
Suddenly receiving this much love from so many people was incredibly exhilarating.
No drug could compare to this feeling.
[Man. I think I’m an attention seeker.]
I sent a DM to Juhyeok.
[Juhyeok: ??]
[I fucking love this.]
Ju-hyuk: Haha, that’s your calling then. Turn on the camera already. It’s hard enough dealing with the wallpaper freaks in the cuts.
[Roger that]
My lips curved upward. The camera button was pressed.
A small rectangle appeared in one corner of the broadcast screen.
“Hah!”
Inside that rectangular frame was my face, grinning widely as I waved at the viewers.
-Wow!
-Are you turning on the camera from now on?!
I’m crying so hard! You’re the best!
I’m crying so hard…
-Kyaa.
-Even inside the Capsule he’s like that.
-I’m done.
-Hyung! Marry me!
Not only did the chat explode, but donations started pouring in even before the game began.
[Ururuyu donated ‘1,000 won’.]
[So handsome.]
[Doremi donated ‘2,000 won’.]
[Hyung your Perfect Shot was insane. Couldn’t donate then so doing it now]
Some were donating as if they were making up for missed donations, saying they were finally sending what they couldn’t during the collaboration broadcast.
I couldn’t read through all of it one by one.
‘I want to be a game streamer.’
Just as I had told Dotorimuk.
At my core, I’m a game streamer.
“Thank you for the donations. I’ve been delayed quite a bit, so let me start the game now.”
[Kingdom Age. Starting.]

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Whoosh.
My avatar was summoned back into the world of Kingdom Age.
Whirring.
This place where a fresh breeze swept through was still spring.
“Almond.”
A voice as gentle as the spring wind reached my ears.
It was Emilia.
She stood quietly on a hill, looking down below.
When Sanghyeon had played for another two or three hours with Dotorimuk.
I had subjugated all the remaining Goblin Lairs.
She was looking at the remnants of that.
“I’ve heard much about your abilities.”
“It’s an honor, my lady.”
Golden hair with the scent of flowers swept across my face in the wind.
Emilia had turned her head.
She helped me up and looked me straight in the eyes.
“To think you’ve disposed of the goblins that have always plagued our territory so easily.”
“I didn’t do it alone.”
“No. I’ve heard all about it from Captain Roman.”
Emilia took my hand.
The viewers cheered at Emilia’s unexpectedly aggressive approach for a heroine candidate.
-What?
-How much affection has he built up?
-Almond didn’t even do affection quests?
Haha, just a total face-suck, damn it.
Now that you mention it, you’re right. That’s not even a real face, lol.
-It’s just the aura of a social butterfly.
Is this a martial arts novel or something? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
I hadn’t anticipated this development either.
But hearing the next words, it made sense.
“There is one more task I wish to entrust to you.”
“….”
He was simply trying to give me one more quest.
Hahahaha
Since you’re being so kind, you might as well give me your life too lolol
-Well, that’s fair.
-Why are you telling him directly instead of Roman? Is this how you usually do things?
-Doesn’t seem like a romance development arc, more like an insane physical ability development arc.
Almond asked back.
“You’re telling me this? Shouldn’t the quest go to Captain Roman….”
“No. I would like you to handle this alone. This wasn’t a decision I made by myself. The Lord also agreed that this would be best.”
A quest to do alone? What could that possibly be?
Since I’d be doing it alone, it was probably something simple.
“Do you see that castle over there?”
“Yes.”
“Please kill the lord of that castle.”
“!?”
Almond’s expression and Sanghyeon’s actual expression inside the capsule weren’t very different.
‘What is she saying?’
Even for Sanghyeon, who still didn’t know much about this game, it was an unreasonable request.
-Sis, am I seriously dying!?
Hahaha seriously killing me hahahaha
-Isn’t she mispronouncing ‘please die’ or something?
-Sis I’m dying! Sis I’m dying! Sis I’m dying!
-E, Emilia…. Why, why did it turn out like this!
I’m not usually like this lol
Looks like the power level meter is broken lol
The chat’s reaction was the same.
“Um… Does the lord perhaps leave the castle often?”
“No. You’ll need to infiltrate secretly.”
“…?”
“?”
Emilia tilted her head as if asking what the problem was.
“You have more than enough skill for this.”
She grasped both of Almond’s hands tightly again. Those sparkling, innocent eyes full of pure trust….
She genuinely believed in me!
[Exam Aristocrat donated ‘2,000 won’.]
[Translation) You’re more than capable of destroying the castle with arrows!]
[Emilia donated ‘10,000 won’.]
[Translation) You told me to die, so what’s the problem?]
[Emilia Antoinette donated ‘10,000 won’.]
[Translation) Die. Commoner.]
Almond’s situation looked so dire that sponsorships began pouring in.
They all perceived him as being in a predicament.
[1. Accept]
[2. Decline]
Almond deliberated for only the briefest moment.
Then he moved his hand.
“Everyone. I’m going.”
Ding.
He pressed option 1.

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