Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 361

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 81
29. This is the Bow of Joseon (3)
Whether the administrative department considered each match as one game or not, Almond’s desperate struggle to survive and prove he wasn’t a hacker spread to the Community as well.
[Current state of almond pest control lol]
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You know what? Almond is originally a stone fruit
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The attention came first because of the title. This was something Almond deliberately intended.
Since he was wronged anyway, he figured he might as well convert the views into income like a true streamer.
-Stone fruit?? What’s that
└I didn’t know either, but it really says stone fruit and not nut fan???
Why is this so funny lol
I thought it was a lame pun, but why is it actually real lolol
-I’m a hacker, got a problem? No? Then dislike
-This is the Zombie School Garden
└Yeah~ don’t complain ^^ this is Almond’s Garden
└It’s the Garden where Almond blooms?
Those damn bastards lol
Since there are almost no active domestic Communities related to the Civil Empire, the first to receive concentrated attention was the Community Garden where Almond had recently become a hot topic.
Among them, the Zombie School Garden, which could be said to have been created essentially because of Almond and Balloon Gum. Since Almond was included in the origins of its founding, even now that he’s quit Zombie School, mentions of Almond still come up frequently there.
[Summarizing Almond’s current situation for you.]
Let’s settle this in 3 games lol
Dog honey fun lol
There were many cases where people relayed or summarized Almond’s current situation like this.
From a streamer’s perspective, this is truly appreciated, but….
Of course, not all mentions are positive.
This too is the fate of being a streamer.
But almonds could actually be a total scam, you know ㅋㅋ When I look at comments on foreign videos, everyone thinks the same way
[Why do you think Almond definitely isn’t a hacker?]
It could be nuclear, so that’s why we’re verifying it lol
Posts that make no sense but deliberately present them as if they’re correct, just to provoke.
You’re being ridiculous lol
-Then what was he showing in the Reel
└That’s also hacking
└What? Almond independently developed a Reel hack that no one in the entire world has discovered and used it to win the Nant Tournament?
Hahahahaha, I’m dying laughing
“lol if they developed nukes they should shoot them at North Korea above, why are they using them to win the Nanterre championship lol”
-Do these idiots exist everywhere? Or is one guy just living really hard?
└Both.
Of course, public opinion wasn’t accepting such posts. The comment reactions were negative to the point of being sadistic.
However, the author would face no consequences. After all, no one writes something like this thinking it would be persuasive. It’s merely sowing chaos and discord. What they call muddying the waters.
Jealous of Almond’s fame, they post whatever drivel they can find, desperate to tarnish his reputation. They figure if they keep chipping away, maybe they’ll land a scratch or two.
“Seems like they’ve got nothing better to do.”
It was 6 PM.
After finishing his fan meeting preparations, Juhyeok scrolled through the Community and clicked his tongue.
Tsk.
“What kind of people are these?”
For someone as productive as him, it made no sense—burning through all their time just to scratch someone’s reputation by an ant’s claw. The return on investment was abysmal. Yet these people existed. Every time he encountered this, he felt the world was truly terrifying.
However, the very existence of such people was proof that interest in Almond’s current situation had skyrocketed, and it was a sign that fresh viewers were beginning to flood into his broadcasts.
[Almond games 1 and 2 got destroyed lmaooo]
[How is this even happening lol]
[This is hilarious lol Almond being so careful with his picks, first time seeing this fr fr lol]
Now, beyond Zoos Garden, people were talking about him on RealPro, and even on Baera31.
-Almond one second away from being exposed as a hacker lmaooo
-How unlucky can you get? lol
└Almond’s had terrible luck since his Baera days
└Starting from when he went to the Reel tournament with Balloon Gum, his luck was already dead~
Juhyeok’s lips curved upward.
‘This familiar feeling. I like it.’
The wave of interest was beginning to build momentum.
[Current Viewers: 27,000]
The nearly impenetrable wall of 25,000 viewers had been breached.
‘Hacker verification content… the response is insanely good?’
The crossroads between hacker and legitimate player.
His fate hung on the final three matches, so everyone was pouring in. The timing was perfect too—transitioning from 6 to 7 PM, right when people were clocking out and settling in to watch.
Above all, the very wording that Almond was a hacker was so provocative that even casual viewers were showing up.
‘This guy really has heaven’s favor.’
Juhyeok believed that while Almond might lack gaming luck, he was born with broadcasting luck.
Of course, without Almond’s absolute skill, this wouldn’t be luck—it would be a disaster.
Juhyeok scratched his head.
“But… he’ll pull through, right?”
If Almond overcomes this, then it was good luck.
If he fails here…
“Ugh.”
Just thinking about it felt unpleasant.

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The disaster that struck the moment the third match began, armed with unwavering resolve.
CRASH-BOOM-BOOM!!!
A massive boulder rolling forward with a deafening roar.
Everyone simply threw down their weapons, resigned to their fate in the next round.
Yet one soldier made a different choice.
‘I absolutely cannot die here!’
He kicked off the wall and executed a double jump in an instant.
THUD──!
He landed directly on the soldier in front of him, using his shoulders as a springboard.
“What, what the—!”
The trampled soldier cried out in indignation.
“Sorry. Sorry.”
Almond offered a casual apology before stepping on his head as well.
STOMP!
“You’re insane! What are you doing?! You say sorry and then step on me again?!”
-lol he apologized twice
I’m sorry for apologizing twice lol
-hahaha
WHOOSH──
Almond bounced upward, using the soldier’s head as his launch point.
─SMACK!
He kicked off the castle wall beside him for another leap.
-Whoa, a triple jump!
-Wait, is this Mario or something?
-Is he actually dodging this?
Meanwhile, the soldier whose head had been used as a stepping stone?
CRASH-BOOM!
The rapidly rolling boulder crushed him flat. Besides, he had already thrown down his weapons—he had no will to survive.
Not far from his corpse.
THUD.
Almond landed safely.
He had survived.
His will to live burned with an overwhelming intensity.
-Awesome!
Haha, they’re actually buying this
-Wow
The other soldiers on the castle wall looked down at him in amazement.
“What is he…”
“Is he a gymnast?”
“Wow… So he’s a seasoned veteran.”
In truth, Almond didn’t possess exceptionally high jumping ability or remarkable speed.
His only distinction was an unparalleled will to survive.
‘This is my last chance.’
He was firmly under the misapprehension that this was his final opportunity, and that death would rob him of it.
In reality, continuously resurrecting and fighting on the same battlefield counted as being within ‘one round.’
“It’s not easy from the start. Now let me climb up.”
After uttering that observation, he stepped across the corpses of his colleagues one by one as he ascended the castle wall.
And finally, I witnessed the actual battlefield.
“Aaaaaaaaa!”
“Break through!”
“Hyaaaaa!”
The fervor was enough to mistake it for thousands of people.
Trebuchets loading stone projectiles, massive battering rams, siege towers, and more.
A scale reminiscent of a medieval war film.
“Take positions! Push back the ladders!”
Enemy soldiers like beasts climbing up ladders, countless arrows shot toward them, and the acrid smell of gunpowder bursting from somewhere in between.
-This is insane
-Lord of the Rings level
-Damn, this is crazy
‘Right. I need to move.’
Almond quickly tore his gaze away from the immersive battle scene and ran to fulfill his duty.
‘There it is.’
Each Archer had a designated defensive zone to some extent, and Almond’s role was to intercept enemies from the western section of the castle wall. The Commander hadn’t specified which targets to shoot.
‘The reward is listed as Workers, though…’
Normally in such cases, you’d shoot based on the success reward. Amusingly, this Commander had set the success reward at ‘2 Gold per Worker.’ Two Gold per person was quite generous, but there was no way enemy Workers would appear in a siege battle like this.
It was like an African country advertising avalanche coverage in their disaster insurance.
In short, shallow marketing.
‘Regardless, we need to win.’
Either way, Almond drew his bow and loosened his wrists.
‘What should I shoot…’
Normally he would have shot without much thought, but now he was intensely focused.
Every movement—each arrow released, every breath—was directed toward a single objective.
To fight on the battlefield and achieve victory.
‘That’s it.’
Something caught his eye in the chaos.
“Hey! Shoot faster! We need constant fire even without a moment’s rest!”
The Archer beside him scolded Almond, thinking he was spacing out.
Almond didn’t bother responding and raised his bow.
A memory surfaced from the unfamiliar grip.
‘Oh. Now that I think about it….’
I’d momentarily forgotten because of the rockslide, but now that I recall—this bow is a Korean composite bow. A whopping 50 Gold piece.
‘It’s definitely different.’
The moment it settled into my grip felt distinctly superior.
Creak.
The instant I drew the bowstring, the tremendous tension I felt was on an entirely different level from a 1 Gold bow.
“Huh? You can actually handle that bow?”
The Archer who’d been urging me on asked with a puzzled expression whether I could even manage such a weapon. A bow with high tension was similar to a rifle with significant recoil. Since it required more strength to draw, it demanded greater expertise.
I didn’t respond to him and simply drew out an arrow.
At that moment, the Archer’s expression shifted from confusion to shock.
‘An excruciator?’
It was because of the arrow itself.
In our language, it’s called an axe-blade arrow.
It earned its name from its appearance—as if an axe blade had been attached to the arrowhead.
I’d purchased this arrow with my remaining funds.
This arrow’s blade surface was wider than a standard arrow. While it had reduced penetration against armor, it possessed far greater destructive power when striking bare flesh.
In actual combat, it was designed to tear through as many enemy blood vessels as possible and create wide lacerations in muscle tissue.
It’s typically fired at mounted units or light-armored soldiers.
However, there was one serious problem.
‘It’s so heavy that my aim wavers.’
Drawing with the same tension as the composite bow was already difficult, and the excruciator was heavier than a standard arrow. As a result, my aim drifted—naturally following my breathing, swaying in a figure-eight pattern to the side.
Moreover, in a defensive battle where most soldiers wore full armor, wouldn’t this be useless?
Still thinking I should offer some advice since he was on my side, I opened my mouth.
“Hey. Here you’d be better off with….”
That moment—
‘But… what’s with that stance?’
Creak!
I caught sight of how Almond was drawing the bowstring.
It wasn’t drawing a sword—it was drawing a bowstring—yet even that alone conveyed such overwhelming pressure.
It was truly a remarkable phenomenon.
Yet that moment of awe lasted only an instant.
Whoosh!
The arrow was released almost simultaneously with drawing the bowstring to its full extent.
The form was so beautiful that I almost felt disappointed he hadn’t released it a moment later.
The Archer’s gaze involuntarily followed the arrow Almond had shot.
“!”
Upon seeing where it landed, he couldn’t suppress his astonishment.
“….”
After a moment of silence.
He finally spoke.
“Did anyone die?”
This bastard… I should’ve known.
He looked impressive on the surface, but he was reckless.
He opened his mouth to offer more unsolicited advice.
But another arrow flew through the gap before he could speak.
Whoosh!
“!?”
What kind of rapid-fire is this fast?
He’s using practical archery. The background—Egypt? Turkey? No, wait. Is this Eastern style? I can’t tell.
Anyway, practical archery is something any veteran player of this game has dabbled in.
But this method… I’ve never seen it before.
‘And still nobody dies??’
Yet there were no fallen soldiers.
He was only firing rapidly without any accuracy.
Whoosh!
Another arrow flew in the meantime.
Whoosh!
And another kept flying.
Yet no soldiers seemed to be dying from his arrows.
“Hey. What are you doing exactly? Bragging about infinite arrows? Why are you wasting them on the siege weapon! Will it even die from a hit like that!?”
The Archer grumbled and drew his bow toward the enemy forces, thinking he should at least shoot diligently himself.
But then.
Craaaash…!
“!?”
The massive siege weapon suddenly collapsed in a heap.
And from beside him came a quiet murmur.
“Oh. Done.”
-How do you even destroy a siege weapon with arrows lol
-This actually works?
-?? What lol
-Wow it actually collapsed
-Did you see that Observer? Huh?

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