Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 320

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 40
14. The Prelude to Counterattack (1)
In this game, every weapon is grounded in reality.
Bows are no exception.
The closer a bow adheres to reality, the more difficult it becomes to wield.
In typical circumstances, most people can’t even fire one.
Even among experts, those skilled enough to hit moving targets are rare in the modern era.
Yet Iseok Kim had collected data from numerous masters and balanced the mechanics accordingly.
Almond’s data was certainly included among that collection.
I never imagined he would surpass me like this.
“Sigh. I’ve seen all kinds of lunatics. I told you his advertisement was dangerous.”
The Redhat staff members exchange glances. After all, he was their chosen advertising model.
Some of the braver ones speak up.
“B-but Almond is still a hero of our company.”
“Yes. Removing him from the advertisement would be… it just wouldn’t work!”
Sigh.
Iseok Kim exhaled deeply.
‘If only this hadn’t been a hologram conference…’
Hologram conferences.
A technology widely used for meetings between distant nations.
Widely used, yet not frequently employed.
The data transmission required for holograms is enormous, so only those capable of handling it use them.
While WeePlugg was a fairly successful company, they weren’t at the level where casual conversation during hologram conferences was feasible.
“Fine. If you’re all comfortable with it, then it’s fine. Besides, there’s been no actual error in the game itself.”
“…Is that so?”
Hotae questions from beside me.
He believed this was part of an error—both the ease of defeating the boss monster and the fact that Baek Jun-su could already be shot from such a distance.
“No. The reason he could shoot Baek Jun-su was because his experience points rose too much after defeating the boss zombie.”
Zombie School contains multiple stat systems unknown to the players.
One of them is the ‘experience’ system.
Players gain experience when they defeat zombies. The players vaguely sense this, but the game never explicitly explains its exact function.
“So your interpretation is that the resistance decreased once the experience filled up?”
“Right. A boss is certainly enough for that. Normally, the correct sequence would be to defeat this boss right before escaping with the Immune Player, then kill Baek Jun-su. It should have happened with 99% certainty. But this counts as a playstyle too.”
Because the boss died too quickly, everything became tangled. Right now, Almond doesn’t even know if the Immune Player—the core of this game—exists.
Yet a scene that should only appear at the game’s climax has already unfolded prematurely.
“The fortunate thing is that Baek Jun-su survived.”
“He’ll die soon anyway.”
“Either way, he survived. And the reason the boss died in just two golf club swings is because the physics engine properly calculated the power of the counter attack.”
“…Ah. Baekgwi moved so fast that it calculated everything as pure force.”
“Honestly, at that speed, I never expected a counter… Baekgwi isn’t even that large. Anyway, he pulled it off. He earned his reward.”
In summary, Almond’s play didn’t violate any of the game’s fundamental rules.
It wasn’t an exception—it was a matter that should be treated as a special circumstance.
“So, there’s really no problem at all.”
Iseok Kim’s expression said the complete opposite, but his words weren’t a lie.
“The only issue is that the advertisement went in an unexpected direction. But since the people who paid for it are actually happy with it, it doesn’t matter.”
The Redhat representatives appearing as holograms were marveling at Almond’s play, high-fiving each other and making a fuss.
“That’s thrilling! We made the right call including the bow.”
“An unexpected situation like this! It’s truly beautiful!”
“My goodness!”
Such awkward translated phrases flowed endlessly from their mouths.
Redhat seemed pleased with how the advertisement had progressed.
They apparently wanted players to create unexpected situations like this.
Saying it was a symbol of freedom.
For Iseok Kim, who had grown up in the Eastern sphere his entire life and loved money, this way of thinking was honestly difficult to accept.
Only some niche gamers enjoyed that sort of thing.
His position was that it didn’t sell well in the market.
However, this difference in perspective would never be bridged, and besides, the ones paying the bills were them.
“The transmission fee is a waste too. Let’s wrap this up here. If you’re satisfied, that’s all that matters, right?”
The meeting ended there.

* * *
Meanwhile, Almond’s viewers reacted much the same as the production crew.
-Did he die?
-Wait, is that even allowed!?
-He’s insane for real
The viewers could only marvel at the ultra-long-distance shot, and especially at the arrow that pierced through the window and struck true.
This wasn’t just the viewers—the Class Representative’s group felt the same way.
“Insane….”
“That wasn’t luck, right?”
“Damn… is this really the same Juhyeok Kim who was such a loser before?”
“So… magnificent….”
They whispered to each other about the moment Baek Jun-su collapsed, hidden in the bushes.
“Should’ve brought more arrows. He doesn’t look dead.”
“We didn’t know that crazy bastard would target Baek Jun-su first….”
“How could we have imagined it?”
“In times like these, getting hit by an arrow is as good as dead. There’s no disinfection or treatment available.”
“Still, should’ve brought one more….”
They had reached the point of regretting bringing only one arrow.
In truth, that had been an unavoidable precaution because they couldn’t trust Almond.
It seemed that with that single shot, they had come to trust Almond infinitely.

* * *
A moment later.
Those who had returned to the construction site.
All the children remaining at the construction site stared at the returning group with eyes full of curiosity.
Almond didn’t need to step forward and say, “I told you so.”
The Class Representative had already rushed ahead and shouted.
“It wasn’t a lie!”
He continued shouting with a serious expression.
“This bastard shot Baek Jun-su. He even shot through a first-floor window from the annex garden and hit him!”
The children’s eyes looked ready to pop out of their sockets.
“Really?”
“For real?”
“That’s impossible.”
The Class Representative extended his hand to Almond in front of all the children.
“I’ll provide you with weapons.”
Almond shook his hand and received the weapons.
“Release the store clerk and that shaggy-haired guy.”
And the hostages were freed.
The Class Representative added in a grave tone.
“Now it’s our turn to take down Baek Jun-su’s gang.”
At those words, the children became excited.
“He’s already injured anyway. He’s nothing.”
“Yeah. I’m so hungry. If it were now, I’d even eat Baek Jun-su.”
The children who had seemed docile when dealing with Almond turned savage at the mention of Baek Jun-su.
“That bastard deserves to die. He killed two of our kids.”
“Yeah….”
From what I heard, Baek Jun-su had killed two of their group as examples and even took what little food they had.
They hadn’t been able to resist Baek Jun-su’s gang even when things got that bad, because they simply weren’t vicious enough to actually kill people.
But now they were saying they could eat Baek Jun-su as food.
They were psychologically cornered to that extent.
It had been three days since they last ate.
Almond asked why they didn’t leave the school if they were that hungry.
“…The situation outside is even worse. Do you think we started with this many?”
“There are monsters. The zombies here in the school are very weak specimens….”
Outside the school, there seemed to be far more of those strange mutants they’d encountered on the second floor.
-Wait, there are more of those?
-Wow, so that’s not the end
-So they can’t leave the school….
-Then how long are they supposed to survive??
-How do we break through?
Originally, hardcore survival games like this often lack a “clear” condition.
You simply play for the enjoyment of recording the maximum number of days survived.
Especially since this game was released in “early access” form.
That makes it even more likely.
“Here. These are all the arrows we have.”
The Class Representative brought over a quiver.
There were fewer arrows than I expected.
‘…Three?’
Only three.
The Class Representative, reading Almond’s expression, lowers his head.
“We had more originally. We used them up. We just spent one shooting Baek Jun-su.”
There was a reason he absolutely refused to hand over the bow.
The quantity was simply too limited.
That’s when Suhyeon chimes in.
“I think instead of all of us charging in together, some should stay here to guard the supplies and make more arrows?”
Almond agrees.
This cowardly Juhyeok Kim can’t fight without arrows. With only three shots, he won’t be able to perform properly.
“That won’t work. If you all stay here making arrows, you won’t be able to handle the zombies.”
The Class Representative refused firmly.
He probably tried something similar before.
The noise from cutting attracts all sorts of zombies, apparently.
“That’s why we can’t make many arrows. We have to recycle and reuse what we have.”
“…Ah, I understand.”
In the end, the decision is made to go on an “all-out assault” with the Class Representative’s group.
But Almond shakes his head.
“No. Arrows are more important.”
“…What?”
“We don’t need many people for the attack. Just come with me and the three who went before.”
The Class Representative’s face goes pale.
“…Three? Even with those guys, that’s still a number…”
Going with only three seems far too dangerous, and worse, he’s included in that group.
This is essentially asking to go die.
“How many are there.”
Almond didn’t know their exact number.
The Class Representative had faced them all directly, so he knew.
“…There should be about twelve.”
“Then make twelve arrows.”
The children are stunned by that statement.
Twelve arrows against twelve enemies?
“The children don’t seem to understand what I’m saying. Did their intelligence suddenly drop?”
-No, we’re shocked that you understood….
You have to say something that makes sense for people to understand you, lol.
Suddenly blaming it on intelligence lol
Almond suddenly started addressing the viewers.
“Anyway, I shot Baek Jun-su today too, so it was quite rewarding.”
He was setting up the mood to end the broadcast.
-???
-Are you cutting it here?
No, haha
-Could it be….
-???: Don’t end the broadcast. // ???: How do you even do that.
Whimper… T_T
Chat messages criticizing him flooded in.
But given the time, I had no choice but to cut it here.
The playtime had been too long.
I should have ended the broadcast right after killing the boss, but I dragged it out this far.
“I’ll continue with the rest next time. See you~!”
-Bye bye
It was fun ㅠ
Hey guys, long time no see ㅠㅠ
He ended the broadcast, leaving behind what could be the final boss raid for next time.
It was far too late.
Whoosh.
Stepping out of the capsule, I opened the refrigerator and gulped down cold water.
“Phew….”
No matter how much the capsule had improved, such extended playtime still built up heat in my body.
Gulp.
After swallowing the water and cooling down my body temperature a bit.
I checked on Juhyeok’s room.
Juhyeok seemed to already be asleep.
Sanghyeon was also lying in bed.
Out of habit, I picked up my phone and browsed community reactions here and there.
The place I visit first these days is ‘Zom’s Garden’.
[Something’s Wrong with Almond’s Play]
Is Baek Jun-soo already down??ㅋㅋㅋ
[Almond-Style Boss Killing.gif]
Posts covering Almond’s gameplay were occupying the top spots of trending issues.
This community itself was created because of Almond and Balloon Gum, so it made sense.
I could see quite a few posts related to Balloon Gum as well.
It seemed he had played Zombie School today as well.
[Balloon Gum also met up with delinquents lol]
[Balloon Gum’s delinquent group ate out the convenience store]
“Ugh, hyung said not to go to the second floor ㅠ”
[Wow what the heck is that?? Is it a boss??]
The boss on the 2nd floor seemed to have made quite an impact in Balloon Gum’s broadcast.
When I pulled up the video, a zombie with white glowing eyes was wandering around, slaughtering people.
Oh man, the whole team is exhausted ㅠㅠ
Poor taco lover ㅠㅠ
-Starting over from the beginning lol
-That expression lol
-What a letdown… lol
At this point, Balloon Gum had built up quite a solid infrastructure together with Takoyaki.
But they had carelessly touched the 2nd floor and all died, rendering everything useless.
-Wait, was it that strong?
└The Nuts are confused lol
└For real lol, I didn’t expect it to be that level….
└Almond is like a moral textbook….
-Wow lol Almond took him down with two golf club swings?
└There’s a monster on the 2nd floor… (Almond)
-That’s actually terrifying
Viewers who only watched Almond’s broadcasts were bewildered by this scene.
Suhyeon felt a sense of satisfaction and let out a quiet laugh. Then, just as I was about to press the back button to check other communities.
1st) Asung
2nd) Almond
.
.
.
I could see Almond and Asung appearing at the top of the community-wide search rankings.
At first glance, it was an ominous combination.
I was able to find the source of this issue in the ‘Evening Wide Garden’.
At the top of the issue posts there, there was a post like this.
[A post that went up on Olind today]
Was it déjà vu?
That’s what I thought for a moment.
Yesterday, this same type of post was definitely ranked 1st.
When I went in, it was similar content to yesterday. A simple post with a screenshot of an anonymous tip posted on Olind.
As I scrolled through reading it, I muttered at the end.
“Department Manager Park… in the end….”

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