Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 549

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 19
8. If We Survived (2)
“…Huh? Did she… die?”
“Oh my god….”
The NPCs were bewildered by Jesse’s death.
Since her logout would register as actual death in their perception.
“Hey. That’s why you shouldn’t push people like that!”
When the convenience store clerk scolded him, Daehyeok scratched his head and made excuses.
“Ah… No… I mean… anyone could see they were totally in sync….”
Then the Class Representative pointed down the hallway.
“But….”
He swallowed hard, visibly startled.
“I’ve been wondering what that wall was since earlier. Are those zombie corpses?”
“…!”
All the other children were shocked too.
“Is… is that real?”
“Insane… that’s terrifying… what is that?”
It wasn’t just the children. Taco and Balloon Gum wore nearly identical expressions.
The only difference was they could grasp the cause of the situation a bit faster.
‘Did Almond block all of them?’
‘By himself….’
Knowing Almond’s abilities, there was only one person who could do something like this here—Almond.
“…Wait, did you… did you do this, Almond?”
The students took a while before grasping the sequence of events.
A trail of blood pooling toward Almond’s direction. A sword stained dark crimson and a shirt so white it raised the question of whether any enemies had even existed.
“Yeah.”
Almond nodded.
“I thought they shouldn’t go in there.”
Gasps of astonishment echoed from all around.
“Insane….”
“Wow.”
“Damn.”
“Just a god….”
-This is a legendary moment for real
-I watched it live and I’m still speechless
Hahaha, just a god ㅇㅈㄹ
“Let’s head to the 5th floor now. We might be running out of time.”
Almond carefully set down Jesse’s body and began moving forward.

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On the way up to the fifth floor, Almond asked me.
“Taco. How did we win with barely any casualties?”
Class 3’s losses had been far lighter than expected.
The enemy was annihilated, yet we still had well over twenty survivors.
“It’s a matter of morale and psychology. They already knew they’d lost. That’s why the Bandit Leader didn’t fight on the front lines with them—he went to call for reinforcements instead.”
Jesse breaking away and heading upstairs separately seemed to have affected the enemy’s morale as well.
When I thought about it that way, it made perfect sense.
But it wasn’t just Jesse, was it?
“The remaining people should be skilled too.”
The people who came with Jesse. They were probably the national team players from Denmark’s Civil Empire.
“Ah. Geez. Al-mond.”
Taco pointed at himself as he spoke.
“I was a pro too, you know?”
“Ah….”
Taco sighed at Almond, who nodded as if he’d forgotten.
“Sigh~ This is why talented people don’t work out. If it were anyone else, they’d be spinning a windmill in admiration of my play.”
“Hey. What’s so impressive about a guy who stacks corpses into mountains?”
-Why would he spin a windmill lol
-Balloon Gum just spins anyway?
-Info) Taco was a legend on one pro team back in the day
-Taco’s got class
“Ah, well. And….”
Tap.
Taco pressed on Almond’s shoulder and moved ahead. He wanted to talk privately.
“…I wouldn’t call it good news, but we have exactly twenty-five people left.”
I see.
Almond looked around once more and counted heads.
Even including the convenience store clerk and Suhyeon, it was exactly twenty-five.
Several familiar faces were missing.
One person in particular stood out by their absence.
“Yeonji is….”
“Dead.”
“Ah….”
“She didn’t seem to want to live anyway. Her depression stat was pretty high.”
Kitae had sacrificed himself to protect Yeonji.
But she had lost all hope in life because of it.
“I see.”
In game terms, things had worked out well.
Exactly twenty-five had survived, as if by design. Now we just had to break through to the rooftop.
“Let’s head up.”
The remaining people climb upward.

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The essence of multiplayer battles was, in truth, humans fighting humans.
“Oh… They’re coming!”
“Shield wall!”
A considerable number of Zombies were blocking the rooftop door on the fifth floor.
Class 3, now capable of fighting systematically, broke through in no time.
Thud!
Students wielding spears shoved the Zombie horde pressed against the shield wall.
Whoosh!
Thwack!
“Grraaaaaahhh!”
“Grrrrr…!”
Through repeated battles with other classes, they had grown stronger in combat, and their weapons had improved as well.
They claimed the finest weapons from the enemies’ farming as spoils of war.
Nourished by the corpses of their fallen Colleagues, they were more formidable than any other weeds.
“Go! Break through to the door first!”
After driving back the Zombies that poured in relentlessly, as if this were truly the final push.
Boom!
The rooftop door swung open, and the noon sunlight pierced through.
“Run!!”
After a full day of desperate combat in the dim stairwell, the sunlight felt strangely harsh. Yet the children rushed forward without hesitation.
“Damn, damn it, this is really the end!”
“Ahhhhhhh! Go! Go!”
Daeheok, holding two shields, pushed the children up with his back as he climbed.
Once he too entered the rooftop and everyone had climbed up.
──Boom!
The door slammed shut.
“Lock it!!!”
They secured the door firmly with the iron pipes and padlocks they had prepared.
Clang! Clang!
Afterward, the sound of pounding from inside continued.
Thud… Thump….
With no human silhouettes visible and no human sounds audible, the Zombies’ responses gradually subsided.
There were a few benches on the rooftop. The children brought them over and blocked the rooftop door.
Though they had already blocked it sufficiently, they continued barricading it as much as possible, as if they never wanted to see it again.
After that, they moved far away from the door.
Thud….
Thump….
Behind the door, only the sound of one or two Zombies rubbing against it could be heard.
The gasping breaths of the Children echoed far louder than that.
“Haa… haa….”
Catching their breath, they looked up.
“Haa….”
Cold air.
Warm sunlight.
Clear sky.
“Damn… how long has it been since I breathed outside air….”
Everything that had happened until now felt distant, as if it were sleeping behind that closed rooftop door.
“Is everyone here?”
Taco looked around and counted.
“Twenty-four… five. Yeah. Everyone’s here.”
After the bloody battle with Class 5.
All survived.
“Hahaha….”
“Hahaha!”
Laughter from the Children echoed everywhere.
We made it.
This sense of relief spread through the cool rooftop air like the scent of flowers to everyone.
‘Good.’
Had I been quite immersed in the game?
Almond smiled slightly and leaned his back against the wall.
He took off his vest caked with blood and unwrapped his arms and legs that had been bound with textbooks, finally freeing them.
He checked the time and spoke to the Viewers for the first time in a while.
“It seems we’re done now.”
You’ve worked hard. Thank you so much.
That was fun! haha
I’m so sad that I couldn’t save Yeonji ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-Challenge champion lol
We can eat chicken again??ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Almond’s a total philanthropist
-Is this Almond’s channel that gives out more coupons than Baemin in its early days?
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Countless messages flooding in.
[Current Viewers: 59,000]
Nearly 60,000 Viewers. Almost 6 million.
Even if not all of these persist, Almond will likely be the biggest beneficiary of this G-Star event.
After all, he’s drawn in nearly double the average viewership.
“Phew~ That feels nice.”
Almond lay sprawled out on the rooftop floor with a refreshed mind.
-Damn! This is straight out of a youth manga
-Still handsome even with blood on him
If I lie down in that state, they’d think I’m a corpse and scoop me up with a shovel lol
“I really thought I was going to lose at the end.”
Lying here watching the chat like this—there’s nothing more comfortable than this.
lol
-Class 5’s resistance was way stronger than expected
-Jessi really was the final boss
When fighting while hanging on the wall, it’s really nerve-wracking.
Against the blue sky, a semi-transparent chat window floated.
Though it’s a game, seeing text floating in the sky somehow reminds me of my grandmother.
There was a time when I used to avoid looking up at the sky because tears would flow whenever I did.
‘I’m doing well.’
As I was muttering to myself to reassure her, my grandmother’s words suddenly came to mind.
「You fool! You’ve got to pull in everything you can while you’re able! Why would you stop here!?」
Those were words she’d said back when business was going particularly well during her rice-selling days.
She’d looked so exhausted then that I’d suggested she quit.
I’d told her that once I made the national team, money wouldn’t be an issue.
「First, you need a full purse so your wife and children can grow up happy and well-fed. If we share the national team money with grandmother, how will you ever get married to Soyeon?」
Soyeon was just a friend, I’d said.
My grandmother always knew it was a lie, no matter how many times I said it.
She was right, as always.
“That’s right.”
Almond muttered to himself.
-??
-What’s right.
-Is it about timing…
-What are you planning now.
“Right. The rescue helicopter still has some time before it arrives.”
Class 3 had adjusted the schedule generously, expecting to spend half a day here.
There’s about 4 hours left until the scheduled arrival time of the rescue helicopter.
In real time that’s only about 10 minutes or so, but it’s enough time for what Almond wants to do.
“I’ve unlocked Mond’s lock.”
What the heck lolololol
-“Suck it.”
Damn, haha
-You couldn’t hold back?!
During the challenge, I keep it closed for concentration. Especially when coordinating attacks with so many people.
But now that the challenge is over, there’s no reason to keep it closed anymore.
Ding ding ding!
[Rubisword has donated 100,000 won!]
[Choo choo donation train departing! (Not heading to Busan)]
“Ah, thank you, Rubisword. I’m glad it’s not heading to Busan.”
As always, Rubisword opened the floodgates.
Oh my stomach! ㅠㅠㅠ It’s not going to Busan ㅠㅠㅠ Wow, the princess’s sense of humor!
-Info: ‘Train to Busan’ is a popular Korean zombie film set inside a train.
Isn’t this basically macro at this point lol
Not going to Busan lol, that’s kinda funny lol
-Rubisword doesn’t need to be funny. Just cute. You bastards.
[Donation Zombie has donated 10,000 won.]
[Door’s open. Uuuuhhh… Let’s gooooo…]
Hahaha, that’s a zombie situation.
-When the door opens and you rush in, it’s literally no different from being a zombie
Zombie sword lol that’s hilarious
“Thank you, Donation Zombie.”
I can’t translate this as it contains only Korean consonants and onomatopoeia that don’t form coherent words or have clear meaning.
Is it athlete’s foot??ㅋㅋㅋ
[Gaji-bokkeun has donated 3,000 won.]
[That wall-climbing battle was insane. Shut up and take my money! Al-moooond!]
Even Almond lol
That guy’s voice is so annoying lol
-That’s not even your money, Gaji-bokkeun…
[Shy Yeopo has donated 10,000 won!]
[ㅠㅠ I’m upset I couldn’t complete the mission…]
“You can set one now.”
Hahaha, I jumped right up!
-A mission?!(urgent)
-Half-speed Jeon-ja-pa level
-Just look at our Nut Fans, thinking only about draining others’ money~~ So cute, right~~~^^
Beyond these, countless donations poured in relentlessly.
[Cola Lover has donated 50,000 won!]
Wow. I just came in today. It was really fun!ㅠㅠㅠ
[ㅇㅇ has donated 5,000 won.]
[Lying down streams are the best~]
[Vicious Nut Clan has donated 10,000 won.]
[This time I beat Denmark’s national team. Can you just say we won against Sivilm’s national team match?]
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Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump…
Then the sound of a helicopter reached our ears.
“Wow. They’re here!”
“Over here! Over heeeeere!”
“Ahhhhhhhhh!”
The Students who had been tending the fire waved their clothes excitedly.
Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump!
The helicopter descended with a roaring wind sound that seemed to shake our eardrums.
It was a transport helicopter capable of carrying many people. It looked like it could definitely fit 25 passengers.
Gas Mask Wearers stepped out from inside.
“Personnel count: 25. Confirmed. All appear to be Students.”
As he relayed this through the radio, a message appeared before the Players’ eyes.
[Survival Success]
The challenge had ended.
“Oh. Now that’s a real challenge victory~!”
-Congrats congrats
-Nice
-Throw some fireworks for us!
Ding! Ding!
As congratulatory donations for the challenge victory began pouring in again, the day’s earnings skyrocketed.

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[Beginner’s Tip: If you survived, that’s all that matters.]

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