Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 386

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 106
37. The Expanding Stage (2)
King Gul scrolled through videos of Civil Empire, examining them carefully.
He asked with a puzzled expression.
“Wait, wasn’t this game originally not very popular?”
The Civil Empire he knew was a game whose domestic popularity had plummeted, yet it kept appearing in recent gaming issue videos. It was strange.
-Still isn’t
-Just Almond played it a few times and it blew up, but it’s not popular
-Yeah that’s right
“Ah… now that I think about it, these are all from Almond’s channel.”
King Gul finally realized that Almond was the creator of all these videos.
‘This guy’s really making waves.’
From King Gul’s perspective, he’d only seen him during the Nant Tournament championship, so he didn’t know much about his recent activities.
He’d been so busy with the Ril Cup and whatnot that he hadn’t kept up with news after that.
“Should I watch just one video?”
-Yeah
-Yeah
-Go for it
King Gul wanted to see how much potential this game had.
Or rather, how much potential Almond had playing this game.
“Japanese people shocked and the whole world… Wow. That’s quite a title.”
Hahahahaha, for real
-For real
I’m dying laughing
-How far has Almond gone….
The first video King Gul opened showed Almond fighting twenty-to-one on top of a fortress wall.
“Whoa. Wow… isn’t this basically Zhang Fei’s fortress defense? Nobody can get through!”
The scene of him single-handedly holding off twenty charging enemies with just a bow was impressive even to King Gul’s eyes, despite his former professional status.
-But his appearance is so different from Zhang Fei?
-His appearance is top-tier though?
-Is this that thing called “a beauty that topples kingdoms”?
“No, you guys. Don’t you know what Zhang Fei’s fortress defense is? I’m not saying he looks like Zhang Fei’s face….”
-Oh
-Wrong
-Wrong country
“Wow. This is making me dizzy.”
King Gul bickered with the viewers for a moment.
“Pfft!”
He suddenly burst into laughter.
“So that’s why the title was like that?!”
His chat window was flooded with laughter.
Hahahaha
-Nanija lol
-Nanija…
-“Why” was this the whole thing lolol
Japan is shocked (literally)ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
It was because Whiskey’s shocked expression had just appeared on screen.
Having found it entertaining, King Gul clicked on more of Almond’s other videos. They were mostly from Civil Empire.
After watching through his spectacular plays one by one.
“…Wow. As expected. Almond. You’re thriving in other games too.”
King Gul’s jaw dropped.
“But wait… you’re doing well even after dumping Reina?”
Hahahaha, for real
-It was really just lip service…
Lip service business relationship ㅂㄷㅂㄷ
“Right. Lip service. They call it the lip service industry, you know? That’s what it was. Handsome guys really do have different dating philosophies than us, huh?”
lol
Lip service business lol
-Is this that fourth industrial revolution thing?!
-King Gul’s getting his tongue warmed up
In the World Cup he was silent, but here he’s got high energy lol
As he kept spouting off remarks, King Gul’s mood grew increasingly better.
Because of the shocking results from the Ril Cup, King Gul hadn’t been able to demonstrate proper commentary skills as a caster.
In fact, not just King Gul but the seasoned casters and other commentators all had to stick to mundane talking points.
We need to see what happens next, next year we should fix these aspects… there’s still hope! We can! That sort of thing.
They had to keep circling around without being able to mention the specific situation.
‘Just thinking about it gives me a headache.’
For King Gul, whose job was talking, it had been an incredibly frustrating time.
‘Our team really needs to win the game for commentators to get excited and actually talk.’
No matter how objective the commentary claims to be, in the end, 97 out of every 100 people watching his commentary support Korean league teams. How could anyone possibly commentate equally?
Actually, more objective commentary was possible when our country’s team was winning.
Back then, even if you favored the other country a bit, nobody said anything.
But if our country is losing and you speak as if favoring the other country?
People jump on your words in an instant.
Even if King Gul commentated the same way, it sounded different to the viewers.
‘Winning games are the most fun games.’
Recalling the immutable law of the gaming industry, his gaze turned back to Civil Empire on the screen.
Almond kept winning.
Nine consecutive matches.
‘This might actually work out.’

* * *
Meanwhile, at Jia’s place.
“Sigh.”
I scratch my tousled hair and slump over my desk.
I’m not satisfied with this Almond rank-climbing content.
Regardless of Almond’s victories.
“It’s all the same.”
Every video is identical.
It’s nothing but rushing straight into a fast archer push and extracting surrenders, so there’s nothing worth uploading to OlTube.
I did make some shorts and upload those. But there’s nothing else I can do beyond that.
“I need to recruit even Nanija, somehow….”
I close the editing program.
Today seems like a good stopping point. Besides, finding more material from the previous video looks promising too.
‘But if this keeps going like this….’
Today is fine.
But if tomorrow and the day after are like this, there’s nothing to upload to OlTube for a while.
‘Whatever. I’m hungry.’
I rummage through the refrigerator thinking maybe I’ll grab a quick lunch.
Ding.
[Juhyeok]
A message comes from Juhyeok.
“Yeah. What’s up?”
-Oh. I was wondering if this video was going up.
I thought he was just calling to chat, but it was work talk. My expression stiffens slightly.
“…Yeah. There’s nothing really worth salvaging.”
Thud.
I close the refrigerator with one foot and adjust my phone.
-Have you eaten?
“….”
The corners of my mouth lift slightly again.
‘He usually eats lunch with Almond every day.’
Why is he suggesting lunch on a weekday all of a sudden?
“Hmm. No.”
Whoosh.
I put the frozen food I’d taken out back into the freezer.
-Then let’s grab lunch. King Gul wants to see you.
“I want pasta. Where should we….”
Tap.
I pause again.
“What did you just say?”
-Well, King Gul wanted to take a look, so… it seemed like a pretty decent proposal.
Juhyeok hesitated, as if sensing something.
“Then you should have mentioned that first!”
-Why? Did it already come out?
“….”
Jia deliberately lowered her voice again.
“No. Anyway. Fine. I got it. King Gul out of nowhere. I’ll get ready and message you.”
Click.
After hanging up, she rifled through her closet.
“Maybe I should just throw on some sweats and head out.”
Despite what she said, she stood deliberating in front of the closet for quite a while.

* * *
King Gul, Juhyeok, and Jia met at a burger restaurant in the city called ‘Burger Shack’.
‘Burger Shack again….’
Jia ate there quite often. But King Gul apparently didn’t.
“Wow. So this is the legendary Burger Shack! We don’t have a chain near our place!”
He ate quite enthusiastically.
King Gul in person didn’t look much different from on screen.
Maybe his build looked a bit more impressive, and his face had sharper features?
Otherwise, he was just the King Gul I already knew.
“Anyway, what do you think of my proposal? I think it could work out really well for both of us.”
King Gul wiped the ketchup from his mouth with a napkin as he asked.
He was asking Jia.
After all, she was the one doing the editing, and she’d be the most affected by the revenue split.
Before answering, Jia clarified what he had said.
“So basically, you’d do commentary practice using our videos, and then we’d incorporate that into the editing. How does that sound? And we’d split the revenue.”
“Yes, exactly. A win-win situation? You could say. Haha!”
King Gul nodded vigorously as he answered.
He smiled confidently, but internally he was quite nervous. After the Reel Cup went poorly, this was the only decent opportunity he’d managed to find. If it wasn’t approved, he couldn’t proceed at all.
That’s why he was hanging on Jia’s every micro-expression.
‘I even kept the split low… maybe I shouldn’t have brought up money at all.’
Then Jia’s head suddenly turned upward.
It wasn’t a rejection. She had turned to Juhyeok.
“How did you set up the split?”
Ouch.
King Gul instinctively avoided her gaze, feeling caught.
“Like this.”
Juhyeok handed over the documents he had prepared.
Jia reviewing the documents had a look of satisfaction on her face.
‘Not bad. Juhyeok wouldn’t have done anything strange anyway… but this is better than I expected.’
The profit distribution was so favorable to her side that she almost felt sorry for King Gul. According to his own words, this was for commentary practice, not to generate immediate revenue.
So the financial benefit was far greater on her end.
Moreover, the timing was exquisite.
‘Right now, there’s barely any new video material coming out.’
Almond was currently stuck using the same strategy repeatedly, so there was no real content to work with.
But if King Gul added his commentary to this, it would definitely make the videos much more entertaining to watch.
‘It’s a win-win situation, literally.’
Jia checked the final details.
“What does Almond say about this?”
How much did Almond know about this arrangement?
“Almond’s fine with it. I asked if he wanted to appear together, but he’s currently preparing with Kim Chi Warrior…”
“Ah.”
Jia nodded and set down the documents.
“Either way, Almond gave his approval.”
She extended her hand toward King Gul.
“Understood. I’ll do my best with the commentary.”
Jia decided to edit King Gul’s commentary together and upload it with the videos.
“Wow. Thank you so much. I’ll do great! Starting with today’s footage!”
“We’re happy about it too.”

* * *
That afternoon at 2 PM.
[The former world-class Caster, now just my own little Caster in this other world??]
Almond’s broadcast started with that title.
-What is this nonsense
-Other world? Nut Fans Punk?!
Who’s gonna explain solo queue to me??? lol
-Mom! Nut Fans Punk is real, I’m telling you!? Mom! Nut Fans Punk is real, I’m telling you!?
-This other world is the Nut Fans Punk world, right!? Yes!? Please tell me I’m right!!!
Everyone was caught off guard, not expecting it to be King Gul.
Ding!
The camera turned on.
A face that wasn’t Almond’s.
-??
-What’s with this squid?
-Wrong! This isn’t the face!
-WRONG
“Wait, was that King Gyul??”
“Ah. Nice to meet you all, Nut Clan. The Ril Cup must’ve been rough too. I just ended up here myself!”
The moment King Gul appeared, the chat exploded with reactions.
That’s crazy lol
-Dora-level mood shift
-Is this the weight of being a patriarch; the flow is insane
No, but what about the Rift Cup though haha
-Real King Tangerine?? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
“I’m not commentating the Ril Cup finals. Besides, that thing’s already a lost cause anyway!”
Happy hour) Lil D Cup failed lol
lol
I can’t laugh that hard lol
Like a typical Mandarin orange king who can’t live without Korean nationalism, did you move right here?ㅋㅋㅋ
Damn World Cup
“I have a kid too. Gotta earn that diaper money.”
Ping.
Then Almond’s camera also appeared on screen.
He casually raised his hand and greeted naturally.
“Yo.”
Hello hello
Almond! How did this happen? ㅋㅋㅋ
-Nut Nut^^7
“Ah… this just happened suddenly like this. King Gul is practicing commentary, and I’m practicing with the national team, that kind of content.”
“Yes! That’s correct. However, I’ll be watching in spectator mode and providing commentary! Kim Chi Warrior has also agreed to help by commentating alongside me!”
-The scale suddenly jumped lol
-Is this Almond’s promotion match??
-Wow, the promotion match scale is putting tournaments to shame lol
-World class Nut…
Almond didn’t waste any time and launched the game.
“I’m going straight into the game.”
Every second counted when preparing for the national team.
“I’ll prepare for commentary as well. I’ve studied the Civil Empire quite thoroughly. For the parts I’m still unsure about, Kim Chi Warrior will help me out.”
“Hello. I’m Kim Chi Warrior.”
With that, Kim Chi Warrior and King Gul prepared for commentary while Almond and Bontovi began searching for a match.
King Gul smoothly began to set the stage.
“Ah, so today is your promotion match, right? I heard the difficulty of a Civil Empire promotion match is at Ril’s level… Is that correct? Kim Chi Warrior?”
-Nah
-Comparing it to Ril’s promotion match?!
-It’s worse, there are 196 more trolls lol
Opinions clashed sharply—some saying it could be compared to the notorious Ril promotion match, others insisting it was worse.
In the midst of this heated debate.
[Opponent found!]
The first match of the promotion series had begun.
“We have a match. Let me look up the opponent’s record! Oh, by the way, since spectator mode has a delay, it won’t help if you tell Almond or Bontovi through chat, okay? Alright, Kim Chi Warrior. What do you think?”
“The opponent’s record is… just a regular B-rank….”
“Isn’t that good then? Why do you look like pickled cabbage?!”
-Lol
-Are they not meeting for the first time?
-Crazy lol
“The opponent is Korean.”
“Ah, Korean?”
“Yes.”
“Meeting a Korean Commander in Civil Empire isn’t that easy, you know?”
“Hmm….”
Kim Chi Warrior gazed at the screen with a worried expression.
Meanwhile.
“The game has started!”
Soon, the screen displayed a town hall and ten villagers.
“At three o’clock on the map. That’s Almond and Bontovi’s base. And at nine o’clock. Straight across from each other, right? The enemy Commander Roop! That’s Roop’s base!”

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