Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 5

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 5
2. Let’s Play a Game (2)
Viewers mocking my choice of bow.
-First attempt bow challenge lol
-This is why newbies are fun
-I can smell the spice from here.
Rather than feeling bad, I was satisfied.
‘I’m going to use the bow anyway, and the reaction is good too.’
Even if I died soon, I was going to use the bow regardless, so there was no reason not to use it given this kind of response.
[You have selected the bow.]
A message appeared, and the game resumed.
‘But how do I get the bow that’s hanging over there?’
The problem was the bow’s location. I was supposed to grab it from the veteran mercenary’s back, but wasn’t that his possession?
My question was quickly resolved.
“…Grab it!”
The moment the paused veteran mercenary’s shout rang out during the game sequence…!
Splurch!
The veteran mercenary’s head was pierced through by a spear.
“Ugh…!”
Spurt!
Bright red blood sprayed directly forward, painting my vision in crimson.
‘Whoa…’
I froze momentarily, unable to move.
-lol newbie is so cute.
-Didn’t expect to die suddenly.
-You killed him, you did!
-This is how it plays out when you pick the bow.
The viewers laughed at the sight. With only five people, the chat volume was nearly at the level of fifty people.
‘So this is how the game progresses when you choose the bow.’
As I was processing the situation, the bandit who had killed the veteran collapsed.
Crash!
“Recruit! Get your head in the game!”
[Mercenary Company Captain Roman]
He was Roman, the captain of this mercenary company.
His voice carried a sharp edge, and his eyes were like those of a wolf.
-Roman…
-Ah, PTSD incoming.
-That foul-mouthed guy… lol
-Don’t mess with the newbie!
From the chat reactions, it seemed Roman wasn’t a very good senior.
‘Well, I need to survive first.’
Sanghyeon quickly drew the bow from the corpse of the dead veteran mercenary.
*Click.*
[Bow Obtained]
Roman glanced back at him.
“A bow? Not exactly reliable… but at least try to hit something.”
With that, Roman tossed the words aside and stepped forward with his sword drawn.
Among them, the bandits spotted Sanghyeon and Roman.
“What? There’s another one?”
By then, Sanghyeon had already nocked the arrow.
*Whoosh!*
Without a moment’s hesitation, the arrow flew and lodged itself in the bandit’s torso.
*Crack!*
After that, Roman finished the job with his sword.
-Oh. He hit it lol
-Beginner’s luck.
People praised him highly just for landing the arrow.
Meanwhile, Sanghyeon was comparing the feel of the bow to the games he’d played before and archery, gradually getting a sense for it.
‘It feels similar to the Olympics. Pretty different from archery though.’
It was just a single shot, but it was enough for me. I figured out that this bow was somewhere between modern Olympic archery and traditional Korean archery.
Most importantly, shooting this bow was far easier than the Olympic game.
“I’m getting the hang of it.”
Sanghyeon muttered this and surveyed his surroundings.
‘How many are there?’
There was a bandit right in front of me, but I scanned the area first.
About twenty bandits. The mercenary unit had roughly three members left.
‘Three against twenty?’
Our forces were severely depleted. It seemed like this was a development where the protagonist had to shine.
‘The arrows…’
Sanghyeon checked his arrow count.
Only twenty shots.
‘Just one chance?’
Unless I found more arrows elsewhere, I had to kill one bandit per arrow.
“One arrow, one kill. That’s the situation.”
*Whoosh!*
As I spoke, the arrow was released. I shot it naturally, almost without looking, as if by accident.
Yet the result was a direct hit.
“Ugh!”
*Thud!*
The arrow struck the center of the bandit’s forehead, and he collapsed.
After that, there was no movement at all. He was dead.
-Oh. Headshot!
What was that just now? Can’t you just shoot without looking? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Luck-based trash game. Kingdom Age.
The viewers didn’t think he had aimed at all. They were simply amazed and delighted by the unexpected headshot.
“Does an arrow normally one-shot?”
Of course not. Sanghyeon knew that too.
-This game is pretty realistic, so if you hit a vital spot, anyone goes down in one hit.
-Even the actual organ positions are all implemented.
-There’s a headshot judgment system, so if you hit the head, it just one-shots them anyway.
I had asked that question simply to obtain the information I wanted.
Whether there was a headshot judgment system, or if there were any other vital spots.
“Ah. Thank you for the explanation, RubySword. So there is a headshot judgment. And other vital spots are implemented too.”
And with that, I naturally continued communicating with the viewers. I had quite decent broadcasting skills, it seemed.
“Then I’ll shoot again. One at a time.”
I calmly made my comment, then drew the bowstring again.
-Huh?!
-A newbie’s confidence is… so cute!
-Duuuung….
Mocking comments appeared, but I didn’t pay attention to them.
After all, I would show the results. That’s the spirit of a sportsman.
Whoosh!
Shooting began again.
Thunk!
One bandit’s head became a skewer.
-Whoa?!
-Headshot?! Again?
-??
It was a far more powerful and perfect shot than before.
Now I had grasped the feel of this game and gained confidence.
‘They said this game was difficult, but maybe it’s because it’s early on—it’s easier than I thought.’
I had worried at first.
In archery, the target stands still, but here they run around wildly.
Yet such worries proved unfounded, and I quickly mastered how to shoot at moving targets.
“Two more shots.”
Whoosh! Whoosh!
After that, I fired arrows without hesitation.
-???
-Another headshot?
-What on earth.
-Is it a hack?
Thud.
Massive bandits crumpled one after another with each small arrow I fired.
“Damn it!”
“Cough!”
“Ugh!”
My remaining Colleagues rushed toward me in fury.
But I slipped behind the carriage whenever I drew aggro, constantly shifting positions.
“Where, where is he!”
“Damn! Boss!”
“This can’t be!”
The bandits were bewildered.
With each one dropping in a single shot, even locating me proved nearly impossible.
Whoosh!
Whenever the air tore with the sound of my arrow, another bandit fell.
“Cough!”
“Again…!?”
It resembled watching a horror film. From the bandits’ perspective, they’d become the hunted instead of hunters. Despite being the invaders themselves.
“Find him! He’s on the right!”
Someone confirmed the arrow’s trajectory and shouted. It was a bandit wielding a shield.
‘A shield… it’ll block my shots.’
That shielded bandit posed the greatest problem for me. He covered his head quite effectively with the shield, making it difficult to find an opening.
But then my mercenary Colleagues came through.
“Hyaaah!”
Crack!
A mercenary who’d been playing dead suddenly rose and drove his axe toward the bandit. The shield blocked the strike, but that was all I needed.
I even had the composure to add commentary.
“His flank’s exposed.”
Whoosh!
My arrow flew true, piercing through his skull with casual certainty.
“Gasp!”
Thud.
As the bandit who appeared to be the Bandit Leader fell, the others descended into panic.
“B-Boss!”
“No!”
“Damn it!”
“Shit, where is he!”
But panic wasn’t limited to the bandits.
-Wait, what the hell?!
-What is this?
-You killed the Bandit Leader???
-Huh?
What? Was I not supposed to kill the Bandit Leader? Sanghyeon scratched his head in confusion.
“I’m not supposed to kill the Bandit Leader?”
The talkative Rubysword answered his question.
-Well, normally the Bandit Leader doesn’t die, but this easily….
“You said a headshot is always a one-shot kill.”
-That’s because you don’t usually land headshots that often?!
“But I did land it?”
-No… I’m telling you, normally you don’t?!
Sanghyeon couldn’t understand. The only difference between the other Bandits and the Bandit Leader was a shield.
-He has a shield and his reaction speed is fast, so he dodges all arrows unless you use maximum power. That’s why he’s supposed to appear in the next story too.
Lol this is crazy, one of the cuts disappeared lol what’s going on?
-Definitely a bug lol
Other viewers chimed in as well.
“Maximum power? Full draw… or rather, pulling all the way back and shooting? That’s not that difficult.”
-But then aiming with the bow becomes incredibly hard.
“….”
Sanghyeon’s expression hardened.
‘That’s what it was?’
He had been continuously shooting at maximum draw—full draw—the entire time.
-Looking at your expression, you’ve been shooting at maximum power the whole time?
-Is that even possible? They were all headshots.
Sanghyeon had more questions, but he couldn’t just keep asking and not progress through the game. These people came to have fun, not to teach him.
“Let me continue for now.”
Sanghyeon resumed the game.
Screech….
Whoosh!
The relentless shooting began anew.
Thud!
Just as he had declared, one enemy fell with each shot.
‘One shot if I hit the head? Must be because it’s a tutorial. This is too easy.’
Whoosh! Whoosh!
He then fired five more arrows, all striking the center of the forehead.
The final arrow pierced through the head of the Bandit that Roman had been locked in combat with.
Roman turned back with a startled expression.
“…Did you shoot that?”
The game transitioned to the next cutscene.

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“Haaaah! Die! You bandits!”
The mercenaries who survived thanks to Sanghyeon’s prowess swept through the bandits with roaring shouts.
The mercenaries naturally had superior equipment and skill compared to the bandits.
“You bastards! Die!”
“Graaaah!”
Slash!
Sharp axes and long spears tore through the bandits, and the battle ended in the mercenary company’s victory.
“Hah… Hah… Rookie.”
Then one of the veteran mercenaries approached. It was Roman, drenched in blood but with eyes that burned with vivid intensity.
Captain Roman.
Originally, he played the role of crushing many players’ spirits.
At the same time, he was announcing that this game was absolutely not kind to gamers.
-Don’t kill the rookie! We finally got a newbie!
-What will Roman say lol
Tap.
Roman placed his hand on Sanghyeon’s shoulder and spoke.
“You… What’s your identity? I’ve never seen anyone shoot a bow like you.”
Sanghyeon had heard that line countless times during his archery athlete days, so it didn’t particularly move him.
Rather, the chat window showed the reaction.
-???
-What’s with that line?
-Wow lol
-With skills like that, it’s hard to survive. I told you if you want to die here in advance, just say so lol I’ll kill you cleanly
“Damn, Roman Left’s praise ㅋㅋㅋ Is this a bug?”
-Roman… He could say something like that?
Roman, originally notorious for his sharp tongue. Yet to Sanghyeon, Roman’s eyes held the warmth of a mentor from ten years past.
“What’s your name? I’d really like to know. I’ll report it to the Mercenary Commander.”
Ding.
[Please choose your name.]
Sanghyeon pondered. Come to think of it, he hadn’t even decided on a streamer name yet.
‘Hmm….’
Without much thought, he chose his favorite snack.
[Almond]
Roman called out his name with an awkward expression.
“Oh. Almond. I’ll remember it.”
Roman wasn’t the only one who remembered the name Almond.
That evening, mentions of Almond began appearing on a community site.
[I watched a weird broadcast today. This person called Almond….]

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