Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 385

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 105
37. The Game Expands (1)
‘What?’
The enemy commander surrendered after seeing just one of my arrows.
-Insane decision-making lol
-Is he from Mensa? Dude’s smart as hell
-???: Yeah~ if you surrender, that’s it~!
-Crazy lol decision speed is insane;
At first, I thought something had gone wrong and he was leaving.
But seeing the enemy commander curse and leave with things like “what outdated build is that, eat shit, go die,” it didn’t seem to be the case.
That wasn’t it at all.
“Why did you leave?”
I understood the enemy got angry and quit, but I still didn’t know exactly why.
People with limited RTS game experience could certainly do something like that.
“…Wow, what a coward.”
“Heh. These things happen.”
“Boring.”
With that, my archers never got a proper fight, and the game ended.
[Victory]
With those two words, the screen transitioned.
Cha-ching! Cha-ching!
The money was settled, but the playtime was so short that the amount wasn’t much.
“That was too easy.”
Was the first match just unlucky? Or was this commander just terrible?
I couldn’t tell.
〔Wow. That’s strange? This commander’s rank was much higher than mine….〕
Bontovi seemed confused as well.
-Commander was rank A+
-This is Kim Chi Warrior’s victory honestly lol
-Build got countered so he left lol
Kim Chi Warrior adds an explanation via message.
[Kim Chi Warrior: He left immediately after losing so badly in a matchup. They were trying to win by expanding to two town halls and recruiting workers for a fast Age 3 extreme pumping strategy. But since we went all-in on an early rush, there’s no way they could win.]
The opponent had prepared a strategy of holding out all the way to Age 3.
But they realized we were doing the exact opposite—a fast archer rush—and gave up.
[Kim Chi Warrior: The only hope back then was if the enemy archer was bad. But when Almond one-shot the worker, he immediately gg’d.]
“Ah… I understand now.”
Now I finally grasped how the match had played out.
It felt a bit unsatisfying, but either way, it’s a two-win streak.
Posts flooded the Embul community.
[Enemy surrenders before 6 minutes even start lol]
[Gyeongga Shackles destroyed like dogs lmaooo]
[Yeah~ if I win, that’s all that matters~~]
Despite being a site that requires login, my fans are showing up.
Did they hack in or something?
That couldn’t be it.
After all, there are my fans within Embul itself.
-That bastard lmao, he was a Nut Clan member
-The lurking Nut Clan members hatching like dogs!
-Lmaooo
Until now, public opinion was so poor that they’d been keeping their heads down.
But once I secured back-to-back wins, they started crawling out.
-And he’s already bragging about just 2 wins
-He got 4 drones and rushed out, and that’s a victory??
-Either way, he won… I mean, it’s a strategy-based game, he won with strategy, so what? Then last time he says he couldn’t win with strategy lmao, what do you want?
└For real lol
-Ah, fast archer build, please don’t disband~~ don’t do it~~
└Lmaooo
-Without scouting, doubling the town hall and going for a blind 3-tier rush, isn’t that OP?lol And isn’t that also a reckless build? Look at the double standards
└Real talk, I thought the same. Wiping out those reckless double-builders felt so satisfying lol
Reckless build.
Short for “reckless building.” It’s an umbrella term for playing without any real strategic thought contrary to RTS principles, just using memorized gambling strategies, winning if you’re lucky and quitting if you’re not.
Naturally, users don’t view it favorably.
From the perspective of veterans, the opponent’s strategy just now could have also been classified as a reckless build.
That’s why the debate never ended.
Meanwhile, I proceeded to the next game.
“Moving on to the next game.”
Was I riding the momentum?
Or did Kim Chi Warrior’s retro-style “reckless build” properly catch me off guard?
From this point on, it was nothing short of a winning streak.
[Victory!]
-Again lmao
-Guess once he kills one worker, he sees the angle
-Lol
Not quite like the last game, but once I slaughtered about ten workers, the opponent surrendered immediately.
For me, it was an unusually quick surrender.
“So… that’s 3 wins in a row? Moving on to the next game.”
[Victory!]
For the 4th win, the opponent seemed to hold out a bit longer, but after seeing his three spearmen fall simultaneously, he left saying he’d report me.
“What happens if I get reported again?”
I scratched my head and asked.
I had already taken a report from the very first match today.
-Getting reported again lol
-We don’t know either lol
-The first opponent I faced had real grit
-Already 4 wins in a row lolol
-Letgo reevaluation
Then came 5 consecutive wins, 6 consecutive wins, 7 consecutive wins.
[Victory!]
[Victory!]
[Victory!]
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[Victory!]
Aamond tore through the ranks with an insane winning streak.
I ultimately secured 9 consecutive wins.
-9 consecutive wins???
-In just an hour lol
-He’s lost it
Despite the placement already being finished, the score increase was astronomical.
I eventually reached the very edge of B rank.
[You are now eligible to compete in the A Rank Promotion Match!]
A promotion match already.
And it’s a promotion match straight to A rank, skipping B+ entirely.
I’m getting a 2-tier promotion thanks to the winning streak.
Even among viewers who initially doubted Kim Chi Warrior, perceptions began to shift.
[CM Cheo-dol-i donated 10,000 won.]
[Now that I think about it, when Almond was alone his win rate was 50%, but looking at his current win rate, the Kim Chi fast archer strategy is actually insane]
-For real tho
-With Kim Chi attached he looks crazy strong
-Almond’s win rate was 50%?? lol lucky bastard lol
-Yeah lol
-Among mid lane openings, the Kim Chi style mid opening is the strongest~
Regardless of how the fast archer strategy might appear, the fact remains that my win rate skyrocketed exponentially.
The viewers also seem to acknowledge me after seeing those results.
[Reevaluation donated 10,000 won.]
[He simply brought the perfect tactic for Almond… what fights have I been through all this time…]
[Naming Sense donated 100,000 won!]
[Kim Chi Warrior. Ah… he was light. Light Warrior!!]
-The guy’s name is Light lolol
-That’s insane lol
-Hahahaha this is crazy
-Light is light lol
-Such a wild feeling lol
Just then, a message arrived for Kim Chi Warrior.
[Kim Chi Warrior: Almond. Let’s call it a day here. We’ve hit our quota.]
“Oh. Already?”
It took far less time than I had anticipated. That’s the nature of the Fast Archer strategy Kim Chi Warrior had prepared.
‘Come to think of it, this strategy fits my current condition perfectly.’
Whether by coincidence or not, it seemed that Kim Chi Warrior had indeed devised a strategy optimized specifically for me.

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The next day.
Almond’s OlTube channel.
As expected, a video about yesterday’s nine-win streak had been uploaded.
Just a single one-minute short video.
I had played quite a lot of games yesterday, but there’s only one video—which might seem odd, but it’s actually natural.
All nine of yesterday’s games were Fast Archer rushes.
Nine games were played, but from the editor’s perspective, they’re essentially the same game.
So Jia decided to edit it very briefly and string it all together instead.
[The World Was Shocked! Historic Growth! A Miracle in One Shot!]
That was the title of the video.
-What’s with this title lol
-What’s with the thumbnail lol
-It was “one shot” not “Han River” lol
-Did CM go with this concept entirely? lol
With such an unusual title, the subscribers immediately started leaving comments.
The video’s content was naturally about yesterday’s nine-win streak, and right from the start, I’m observing enemy workers from within the brush.
Any words I might speak or commands the commander gives all quickly pass by.
Whoosh.
I suddenly stand up, draw the bowstring, and release an arrow at normal speed.
Thunk!
A worker collapses pathetically, and the scene zooms in.
[The enemy commander has surrendered!]
The enemy surrenders immediately.
In the next game that follows, I madly rush from the start, fire a single arrow, and—
the enemy surrenders.
Then I shoot again, the enemy surrenders, repeating this pattern while—
my rank graph is displayed.
It shoots up dramatically, surpassing B+ and heading toward the A-rank promotion match.
It was edited to look just like South Korea’s economic growth graph during its golden age.
At the very end, they even raised the Taegeuk flag and played the national anthem as the video concluded.
“Are you asking if I did it? That’s the last straw lol”
-Is this some kind of acupuncture technique or that thing UNESCO recognized?
-This is it! This is South Korea! Huh!? Do you understand!?
This video received quite a bit of attention.
Not because the video was funny like Nanija’s last time.
-Info) Almond needs to reach S+ rank within a month to become a national team member.
└Oh, so that’s what it is??
└I was wondering why he was playing so much every day…
└Wow, really?
The news of his S+ rank challenge had spread.
AllTube users now learned that he was aiming for S+ rank for the international competition.
The news was inevitably slower compared to live platforms or communities.
Meanwhile, there was one more person who had just learned of this news.
“Everyone. We didn’t win the Ril Cup this time. Please don’t be so angry about it… Sigh. Yeah, that’s right. Even our staff members… we really didn’t know what to say.”
It was King Gul, the official caster of Ril Champs, the domestic Ril professional league.
On his personal broadcast, he was offering an explanation—or rather, not quite an explanation—about the unprecedented situation where all Korean teams were eliminated in the semifinals of the recent Ril Cup, the Ril world championship officially called the Worlds Championship.
“But what can we do? Ah. First, congratulations to the two teams that made it to the finals. MEDG and G4….”
-Losing to a team like MEDG….
-I’m still dizzy. Is this a dream….
-Those G4 bastards had insane bracket luck.
I was unlucky ㅠㅠ
The Ril Cup is like archery or short track speed skating if you compare it to the Olympics—it’s a competition where anything less than first place gets criticized.
Shockingly, all domestic teams were eliminated in the semifinals.
Considering that when Jeon-ja-pa was around, all four semifinal teams were Korean, this was a massive change.
“We have to look to next time. Next time….”
Since it was the first time ever that no team made it past the semifinals, King Gul could only mutter about looking to the future like someone who had lost his mind.
“Ah, I’m not casting the finals. It’s not my turn… And well… do I even need to? That’s what I’m thinking.”
Heh heh.
King Gul joked and laughed emptily.
Hahahahaha
haha lol
-Respect──
I see you’re not doing it, haha.
-Your commentary was insane.
In the somehow deflated atmosphere, a trumpet blares.
Pabam.
[Jeju Gamgyul has donated 100,000 won!]
[Congratulations on the birth!]
King Gul’s expression suddenly brightened.
“Ah! Jeju Gamgyul, thank you so much for the 100,000 won! I’m so grateful! I’ll put it toward the baby’s diaper fund!”
He had recently married his beloved wife and welcomed a child into their lives.
He was now the head of a household.
In the midst of all this, the Korean team had been eliminated from the Rild Cup, and much of his content had dried up.
-So you’ll be taking a break from casting for a while?
-You could cast other games~
-King Gul, you never cast other games before.
The viewers seemed concerned about his period of inactivity.
“Cast other games? Ah… you’re right. I’ve only cast Rild until now, haven’t I? Most casters do commentary for various games. I just haven’t prepared for anything else yet…”
He was someone who had walked alongside Rild’s history from its early days, before it became a capsule game.
In his youth as a player, and later as a caster.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say he had poured his entire life into it.
But now it seemed the prestige of the domestic team in Rild was beginning to wane.
Interest in the tournament seemed to be gradually cooling as well.
If he had no child, it might be different, but now as the head of a household, he couldn’t simply do only what he wanted.
“I should probably get some insurance policies set up. Maybe I should look into what’s popular these days…”
He scrolled through the trending video rankings in real-time, and one video caught his eye—it was Almond’s video.
The one featuring Whiskey.
“Huh…? Almond?”
King Gul remembered him as the person who had won the Nant Tournament.
People in the chat were also sharing updates about Almond.
-I heard Almond is going to the Civil Empire national team
-Wow, it’s been forever since we’ve seen Almond lol
-What’s with Almond’s channel growth???
That bastard isn’t the one Reina abandoned.
-Dehaep remembers…
There were various pieces of news—about abandoning Reina, about channel growth, and more.
But one thing captured King Gul’s attention above all else.
“…Almond is going to the national team?”
The fact that Almond was competing in an international tournament.
“Civil Empire… it’s not a game I’m unfamiliar with.”
King Gul felt his interest piqued.

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