Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 352

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 72
26. The Bow (3)
Streamers don’t earn money just by having viewers.
The only revenue obtainable from viewer count alone is advertising income provided by Tribee.
In reality, streamers only profit through sponsorships.
This is what makes streaming difficult.
Sponsorships are essentially tips given out of pure goodwill, expecting nothing in return.
So who among ordinary people would readily give such sponsorships?
Looking at it this way, streamers essentially operate on a revenue system not much different from street musicians busking on the sidewalk.
Yet the reason they earn considerably better than street musicians.
It’s thanks to the entertaining sponsorship systems created by platforms.
Broadcasting platforms put considerable thought into making viewers enjoy the experience of sponsoring.
One of those systems is the mission system.
[Shy Yeopo has registered a mission!]
[Win without dying even once: 500,000 won!]
A system where viewers set missions for streamers and pay them upon completion.
“Wow. Shy Yeopo. Thank you. Finally, a mission has been set.”
This mission sponsorship is the primary revenue for skill-based broadcasts. If you’re skilled, you can complete various missions.
For example, on Balloon Gum’s broadcast, the only mission that could be set was simply ‘clear by today,’ but on my broadcast, diverse missions like ‘clear with a dagger,’ ‘one-shot one-kill clear,’ ‘clear within 30 minutes’ can be set.
Because of this, viewers have much more fun sponsoring. It’s like they’re setting the entire broadcast flow themselves.
For this reason, skill-based streamers must cherish mission sponsorships.
In other words, it’s not strange that I stake my life on missions.
[Mission]
[Win without dying even once]
[500,000 won]
‘Good. I’ll survive.’
I steeled my resolve to survive to the end.
But the timing was truly unfortunate.
[Commander]
[You’ve done everything needed, so it might be better to die and respawn. If you rejoin my battlefield, I’ll give you plenty more special missions. I’ll also increase the contract payment fivefold.]
The Commander’s message was essentially an order to die. In exchange, he offered substantial compensation.
-??
-Check the timing lol
-Commander’s telling him to die lol
-Uncertain 500,000 won vs guaranteed 5 Gold
Five times the contract payment.
Even though I might have hesitated slightly, I declared as if I’d never seen the message.
“Going for the survival mission~”
-I don’t care about anything else! I’m getting that 500,000 won!
-Did the Commander’s message lag and not show up?
-Almond only knows cash~~ doesn’t know about Gold~~
-“The amount was too small to accept”
-So shameless lol

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In any game, dying means taking a loss.
Civil Empire is no exception.
You drop all the equipment you brought.
It might feel like a severe penalty, but in reality it isn’t.
Equipment prices aren’t that expensive, and most mercenaries don’t bring gear worth more than their contract fee.
From the start, the Civil Empire battlefield is a place where dying is routine, so everyone participates expecting to die anyway.
Of course, the best outcome would be bringing top-tier equipment, surviving until the end without dying, winning, keeping your gear, and earning double the pay… but.
Realistically, it’s not a very efficient strategy.
Most of the time, dying and getting a new contract was actually more profitable.
“He’ll die.”
So Commander Ibamman naturally assumed Almond would die. Unlike other mercenaries, Almond essentially had no penalty for death.
All he brought was shabby leather armor and a spear the Fairy gave him as a service. There was almost nothing to lose by dying.
Besides, the Commander had already promised him sufficient compensation beforehand. There was no reason not to die.
Yet something seemed odd.
“But… for someone trying to die, he’s fighting pretty hard.”
The bonus Gold from the mission kept climbing steadily.
[Bonus] [+1 Gold]
[Bonus] [+1 Gold]
[Bonus] [+1 Gold]
.
.
.
It was because Almond was slaughtering Workers near the enemy’s Gold mine camp.
When the enemy Workers retreated to camp and fired arrows, he’d run away, then reappear like a ghost to torment them again once they resumed working.
Mercenaries expecting to die usually don’t work this hard.
“But… he’s a Spearman. Why is he so good with a bow? He’s actually insane.”
For Ibamman, watching Almond shoot was his first time seeing it directly. He forgot all about Almond disobeying orders and watched his archery skills in a daze.
“I should re-contract him as an Archer…”
Of course, even that was fleeting.
A Commander isn’t someone with much leisure time.
“Ah. I need to build more structures.”
Now was the time to strengthen the foundation for a counterattack and focus on troop production.
That Spearman doesn’t seem like he intends to die, but.
There was no need to worry much about it.
‘Anyway, once the Cavalry returns, he’ll die on his own.’
The enemy cavalry has almost completely withdrawn by now.
There were nearly thirty cavalry units. In real-world terms, it’s the scale of a single platoon mobilizing.
There’s no way a single soldier without a horse could do anything against that.
[Bonus] [+1 Gold]
[Bonus] [+1 Gold]
[Bonus] [+1 Gold]
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.
.
Right. It would be better if I killed more workers in the meantime.

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“Aaaahhhhh!”
“R-run away!”
The workers mining the gold mine flee.
I chase after each fleeing worker and shoot them down.
Thwip! Thwip!
How many are you even catching? This is crazy.
-A man who drools whenever he sees workers… Almond!
-What about arrows when the soldiers arrive?
-A man obsessed with bonuses
-Seriously…
My obsession with workers isn’t simply for the bonus.
Due to the nature of RTS games, workers dying is the most devastating.
In other words, the game ends faster.
If the game ends faster, the probability of succeeding at the mission to survive until the end increases.
[Worrybot donated 10,000 won!]
[Save your arrows!]
“Ah. Arrows….”
The only concern is the limited number of arrows.
Since I initially entered the battlefield as a spearman, my arrow count isn’t infinite.
However, the solution was surprisingly close at hand.
“Arrows will appear soon.”
Thwip! Thwip!
The workers who entered the gold mine camp fired arrows in volleys, and I dodged leisurely before heading back into the forest behind.
Then the workers come out again to mine gold.
I also emerge from the forest at that moment and carefully collect the arrows the enemies had fired.
I’m recycling the enemy’s arrows.
-The arrows are being duplicated!?
That’s hilarious lol
I’m going crazy lol
-Unlimited Arrow Work
-That’s a strategy worthy of Hyeon-a herself
After refilling my quiver with fresh arrows.
“There we go. Fresh arrows again, right?”
I grinned and drew back the bowstring.
From the Workers’ perspective, it was enough to drive them absolutely insane.
Twang!
As I released my arrow, another Worker crumpled to the ground.
They screamed again and bolted back toward camp.
From the defender’s perspective, that would be really frustrating lol
-You’re truly demonstrating the essence of a cunning archer.
The workers ran off again lol, that’s hilarious

* * *
Bang! Crash!
The enemy Commander, 2_many_moms, hammered his keyboard like a madman.
“Damn it!”
Because it was infuriating.
Up until now, as a Commander, his strategy and tactics had been overwhelmingly superior.
“This game is rigged with aimbots!”
One archer using an aimbot was systematically eliminating his Workers.
He wasn’t just reducing their numbers—he was firing arrows from awkward distances, preventing the Workers from doing their jobs.
He was even recycling the arrows his own forces had shot.
Watching this spectacle made my blood boil to the point of madness.
What kind of hack was he using anyway? He dodged every single attack. It wasn’t just a simple aimbot or speed hack.
“Why! Why! Not a single hit!? This doesn’t make sense!?”
Meanwhile, the lumber camp had long since become ruins, and now even the gold mine’s profits were on the verge of collapse.
[Resource Score: -90]
The resource score that had been ahead by a hundred points had turned negative.
“Ugh….”
He felt like he was about to vomit.
A reversal defeat.
Unacceptable.
Then, the main force he’d been waiting for returned.
Thud thud thud thud thud thud…!
A magnificent Cavalry charge, kicking up clouds of dust as they galloped forward.
The sight of thirty horses lined up side by side, crossing the plains, was truly spectacular.
Originally, they should have been ravaging the enemy’s main base like this. But they had to return because of that one bastard.
The losses were immense.
With that resolve, I was determined to capture the Enemy without fail.
“You’re really done for.”
That archer now had no escape route.

* * *
While gleefully slaughtering Workers and accumulating bonus Gold.
Thud-thud-thud-thud-thud…!
I felt the ground trembling. Turning toward the epicenter, I saw a haze of dust rising into the air.
At a glance, it was a sizable Cavalry unit.
-Yikes
-What is this?
Wow, is he seriously coming just to grab one almond?ㅋㅋㅋ
-Looks like the main force came back.
Almond also realized it instinctively.
That Cavalry unit which had trampled over me and charged forward when I first participated in the Battlefield.
They were returning once more.
“I’ll hide for now.”
Right, I’m outta here lol
-Strong only in front of Workers
-How cowardly! Al! Mon! D!
The viewers mocked me sarcastically, but honestly, hiding was the obvious choice. I already knew from my first experience how insane it would be to face such a Cavalry unit head-on.
I quickly dashed back into the forest.
“Since they’re on horses, they won’t be able to enter the forest easily, right?”
I intended to survive as long as possible in this forest.
And it seemed like I could escape back to our main base if I found the right opportunity.
“I think I can shake them off and escape.”
-Will this work?
Run away.
-It should work since it’s a forest
Both I and the viewers underestimated the Enemies far too easily.
Because it was a forest, because visibility was poor.
We simply assumed there would be a gap for one person to escape.
But the Enemies were seasoned.
“From here. To here. Single file!”
“Close in slowly!”
“Maintain spacing!”
They didn’t charge recklessly. Instead, they were slowly encircling and tightening the forest around me.
Like police searching for a missing person in the mountains, they narrowed their formation so densely that not even an ant could slip through.
The horses also navigated the forest paths far better than expected.
‘What is this.’
I kept evading the encirclement and fleeing, which gradually drove me deeper into the heart of the forest.
Like a sheep being herded.
-Almond’s resurrection lol
-Wait? Can he escape? There’s no way out.
Wow, we’re already at the end of the map ㅠㅠ
Thud…!
I slammed into an invisible wall while running.
This was beyond the permitted zone. The edge of the map.
Clop. Clop.
I could hear the sound of horses drawing closer.
Several cavalry dismounted and began searching with spears in hand.
The rustling of leaves echoed from all directions.
I hid my body behind a large boulder.
Peering through the brush, I counted their numbers.
‘One… two….’
Roughly thirty in total.
I couldn’t believe they’d deploy an entire force just to capture one person like me.
Where are you going? ㅠ
-Is the mission a failure
-Let’s steal a horse
A dense forest with tall trees that would block arrows effectively.
Full plate armor that would deflect most shots anyway.
A 1 versus 30 numbers disadvantage.
‘Can I do this?’
Even from my perspective, this seemed like an impossible battle.
‘There’s nowhere left to run anyway.’
I drew all the arrows from my quiver and
Thunk!
planted them in the ground.
‘Twenty-five arrows.’
I was short about five arrows.
‘Let’s do this.’
I decided to settle this here and now.
Whoosh.
Through the sound of the thick brush rustling,
Creak…!
I drew back my bowstring.

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