Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 57

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 57
20. Bombshell Statement (2)
Diamond Rank.
It was the rank given to those who reached the top 0.5% in Battle Rage.
Essentially the highest rank amateurs could achieve.
Above that were Master and Grandmaster ranks.
But those were realms unreachable without dedicating one’s entire life to Battle Rage.
In other words, Diamond Rank was the ceiling that even amateurs with talent could reach.
So there was nothing particularly strange about Sanghyeon challenging for Diamond Rank.
However.
“I’m thinking about two weeks for the timeframe.”
This statement was the problem.
-????
-Huh?!
What are you even talking about? lol
-Wow….
-Can you even manage that?!
-I’m losing it….
Did you have a drink during the day, hyung?
The strongest gamer of this era.
Jeon-ja-pa, called the final boss of all games, took a month to reach Diamond Rank in Battle Rage.
Of course, it wasn’t even his main game, and he didn’t dedicate all his streaming hours to it.
It was simply an achievement he accomplished as naturally as breathing. The industry just happened to find it remarkable as a new record.
Much like how Usain Bolt set a world record while even having the leisure to glance back over his shoulder.
That’s how overwhelming Jeon-ja-pa’s gaming ability was.
“Yes. I’ll try to do it within two weeks. I calculated it and it seems possible?”
Two weeks—cutting Jeon-ja-pa’s record in half.
With two weeks, he was claiming he’d challenge and break the current world record.
Almond, a rookie streamer who had only played Battle Rage twice.
‘I know.’
Almond wasn’t a fool, so he understood.
How absurd this sounded.
And he knew his own abilities even better than that.
‘In the training tutorial… my record was ahead of Jeon-ja-pa’s. I don’t know how hard he was trying, but.’
Sanghyeon, as always, trusted in his own abilities. The data even supported it.
A world record?
Sang-hyun Yu was someone who had been competing with world records since high school.
Breaking it was a given for him. Rather, it was only natural.
Simply put, he wasn’t intimidated by the weight of records at all.
If I calculated it, if I thought it through, and it works—then it works.
That’s my philosophy.
-Jeon-ja-pa took a month to do it….
-In theory it’s possible lolol
-Theoretically if everyone’s in the top ten it might be possible, but then you’d have to play 7-8 hours a day?
-Why are you taking this seriously lol just watch
-Everyone’s getting serious about something meant to be fun.
Many took my words half as a joke. Understandably so.
If some unknown athlete one day claimed they’d break Michael Jordan’s record, everyone would laugh.
This too was the natural order of the world.
I’d anticipated this reaction. It didn’t hurt me.
‘What’s wrong with attempting something?’
I was simply grateful I could attempt it. With archery, I’d never even been able to try.
Clench.
My jaw tightened involuntarily. My right hand tingled for no reason.
Was this anger?
No.
Thump.
Excitement. The thrill of being able to take on a new challenge.
The electric tension that came from it.
“Then shall we start the first match?”
What I’d always wanted.

* * *
“He’s lost his mind. This bastard….”
Juhyeok furrowed his brow upon hearing Sanghyeon’s bombshell statement. He wiped the sweat trickling down his forehead.
Even I’m breaking into a cold sweat. That guy is definitely not normal….
“Theoretically possible my ass. How is it theoretically possible to not die even once in a single match!?”
No matter how much he shouted, Sanghyeon inside the capsule couldn’t hear him at all.
Juhyeok simply yelled as a way to console himself.
I should also consider the manager’s position of having to deal with all the cursing viewers.
In the meantime, Almond on the screen had completed the descent perfectly.
Now the journey toward Diamond rank had truly begun—the first match of great anticipation.
Juhyeok briefly turned his attention to the community reactions. Posts about Almond were now steadily appearing on streamer-related communities.
[Live: Almond’s Diamond Rank Clear—Record-Breaking Attempt in Progress!]
[The “two weeks” declaration…!]
Sigh.
A groan of exasperation escaped him naturally. Juhyeok wiped his forehead for a moment. But that was only temporary.
“Fine. Let’s do this.”
After all, he’d already made the bombshell statement.
Might as well use it for marketing.
High risk, high return.
Juhyeok didn’t particularly like this strategy. From what he remembered, Sanghyeon seemed similar too.
Sang-hyun Yu had always aimed for a quiet life—neither excelling nor failing, just getting by without drawing attention.
But….
‘This is his true self.’
The eyes of Almond in the game were more alive than ever. They weren’t the eyes he showed within the company. Not those sunken, lifeless eyes—the kind that looked like they could die tomorrow, or wouldn’t even care if they did.
That intensity was so strong that it ignited the dry wick that had been dying out in Juhyeok’s own heart.
Hadn’t his wick already been ignited once before?
When he saw Sanghyeon crying in the capsule room.
That sensation was coming back to life now.
‘Yeah. You can do this.’
Juhyeok nodded.
Tap-tap-tap-tap.
Juhyeok began spreading Almond’s bombshell statement himself.
To increase the return value, he was raising the risk even higher.
If this were the company, they would’ve called it insane, but this wasn’t the company, and Juhyeok had faith.
Faith that Almond would pull it off.
Faith that Sang-hyun Yu, with eyes like that, would absolutely succeed.
‘And I….’
He clenched his teeth while looking at the missed call list on his phone.
[Mother (3)]
[Father (1)]
“I can do it too.”

* * *
Thud.
Almond dropped into the Armory, a location known for its fiercest early skirmishes.
-Wait, why did he land in the Armory? He only uses bows anyway
-Armory is a waste lol
-Bro, you know even one match can’t be thrown away, right??
-Whoa, nice!
-Was that a bad landing?
The Armory was the perfect starting point to get eliminated outside the top 90.
The central chamber in the Underground Warehouse contained quite a few high-tier weapons, but the competition was absolutely brutal.
It was a textbook example of high risk, high reward.
But for Almond, it was a high-risk, low-reward zone. Since he’d only use bows anyway, what was the point of all those other weapons?
From that perspective, it was a truly baffling choice.
-Could he be skipping bows today?
-Oh. Since he said he’s going Diamond, maybe he won’t use bows anymore.
-Ohhhhh….
-Curious to see Almond with a gun lol
-Nah. If he doesn’t use a bow, he’s not Almond!
The viewers even wondered if Almond might not pick a bow today. That would make sense.
But Almond had no intention of abandoning his bow.
“I’ll be using a bow.”
He answered curtly and immediately sprinted toward the Armory.
-???
-For real?
Haha, but why the armory though ㅠㅠ
-Seems like Almond hasn’t played many matches
-Nut guy’s getting cocky…
Thud.
Almond shouldered through the Armory door and burst inside.
Countless players were darting about in every direction.
None of them had weapons yet.
Some were already wielding swords and swinging them around. Swords were relatively fortunate.
This early-stage Armory was where even bare-knuckle brawls erupted.
“Gaaahhh!”
“Get out of the way, you troll bastard!”
A true cross-section of humanity.
Whoever won here would seize all the weapons in the Underground Warehouse.
The first floor only had pathetic weapons.
Tap-tap-tap.
Still, Almond moved nimbly and quickly grabbed whatever weapon was within reach.
“!”
But then our hands collided.
Someone else’s hand seized Almond’s arm.
“Get lost.”
The opponent glared down menacingly.
But this was a battlefield regardless.
Crack!
Almond’s foot shot upward without hesitation, shattering the opponent’s jaw.
-Woooow!
-Kyaa!
Haha, oh that’s refreshing. Now that’s what I call a pear.
“Grrrgh…!”
Whether he’d bitten his tongue, the opponent couldn’t speak properly and quickly threw a punch.
But the weapon they’d both been reaching for was already in Almond’s grip.
[Throwing Dagger]
The opponent was momentarily stunned.
Almond also hesitated briefly. It was his first time using this weapon.
‘How do I throw this?’
He recalled his days at the athlete’s dormitory.
He remembered the meddling senior who played baseball. Among the ball sports he’d been forced into, baseball terrified him the most.
‘If this hits you, you die.’
The throwing form demonstrated alongside such cringe-worthy words.
It wasn’t an exaggeration. It was truly a ball thrown at lethal speed.
The sensation when a ball thrown at 140 km/h landed in the catcher’s glove was….
Whoosh…!
‘So this is how you use it.’
Thunk!
When I came to my senses, the thrown dagger was lodged squarely in the center of the opponent’s forehead.
[Almond → Ouyaman]
[Eliminated!]
[97/100]
-Wow!
-Insane. How did that even land like that!?
Ah, now I get why you came to the armory lol
What’s up with that throwing form lol
-The speed is crazy;;;
-Is he a baseball player??
Almond, the master of trash builds lol
Ah, they’re telling me to shoot a gun with this level of skill, fuck ㅋㅋㅋ
[Understood donated ‘5,000 won’.]
[Ah! Understood! Since Almond has the advantage with trash gear anyway, he came to the Armory early on!]
Almond nodded at the donation someone sent.
“That’s right. I wasn’t planning to use guns anyway. I came to rack up as many kills as possible before I even get one.”
It was nothing short of brilliant thinking.
Wasn’t this a strategy premised on absolutely dominating the early chaos that breaks out in the Armory?
No, haha
Your way of thinking is unique lol
-A paradigm shift;;
I went crazy lol
That’s hilarious lol
-How does he even think like that?
Early fights are mostly decided by luck anyway.
It’s about who finds a pistol first, who grabs a shotgun first—skill barely factors in, less than 5% of the equation.
But Almond believed in that 5%.
‘When you think about it, it’s simple.’
Since he wasn’t going to use guns anyway, closing that gap here and now was the right call.
Of course, actually executing it was another matter entirely.
But for Almond, it wasn’t particularly difficult.

* * *
Thunk!
A dagger plunged cleanly into another player’s forehead.
“Gahhhhh!”
[Almond → tyis09]
[Eliminated!]
[93/100]
He was holding a shotgun, but the range meant he couldn’t do anything.
[Almond → Orochirochi]
[Eliminated!]
[90/100]
Thunk!
The next victim fell with a dagger through the heart.
In this Armory chaos, there were no body armor or helmets.
It was purely a matter of landing hits—fatal wounds or death.
As a result, more and more players fell to Almond’s dagger.
[Compound Bow]
After Almond found the compound bow, what followed was a massacre almost painful to watch.
Oh, that’s hilarious lol
-Since it’s the Armory, combos are easy to find lol
-Ah, it’s already strong at this timing, this sucks.
-How many people are here lol. I’ll take them all lol
-Never thought I’d get this excited watching a combo in my life
The massacre had begun.
Since it was the Armory, there were plenty of players equipped with guns by now, but their heads were completely unprotected.
They had no ballistic helmets.
This was the Armory, after all.
[Almond → Otoyongsarid]
[Double Kill!]
[89/100]
“Gack…!”
Headshots piercing through without hesitation.
[Almond → koklm901]
[Triple Kill!]
[88/100]
“Heurgh!”
[Almond → Gunstock]
[Quad Kill!]
[87/100]
“Argh!”
They all collapsed with similar screams.
Most of them didn’t even realize what killed them. Arrows are quiet, after all.
Only one person remained in the Armory.
“Die, you bastard!”
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat!
The last enemy made a final stand with a hastily scavenged AK47, but his panicked spray of bullets couldn’t touch Almond.
I leisurely dodged behind a pillar, nocked an arrow to the bowstring, then
Click.
With the sound of the chamber, I spun and fired. Lightning-fast speed.
Thunk!
Accuracy was flawless as always.
Just like all the other corpses, an arrow skewered through his head.
[Almond → Burst Fire Offender]
[Penta Kill!]
[85/100]
Thud.
The last enemy fell.
The Armory was now completely empty.
I made my way toward ‘that room’ in the Underground Warehouse.

* * *
Thud, thud.
Countless high-grade weapons.
They continued to pile up in the center of the underground warehouse.
Almond, who had just hurled the last weapon down, pulled out engine oil and a Molotov cocktail.
“This is originally engine oil for cars… it should work, right?”
The answer to his question came in the form of roaring flames.
Whoooosh!!
-Almond, you’re vicious!
-Almond’s gone mad! Almond’s gone absolutely mad!
Hahahahaha what is this even ㅋㅋㅋ
-??? : So this round is melee combat. But I picked up a bow.
-??? : From now on, there are no guns!
Arsenal completely destroyed lol
Wow hahaha
-If I can’t use it, nobody can!!
“Moving to the next location.”
Almond casually mounted the motorcycle parked outside the armory and started the engine.
Vroom.
As a gust of wind rushed in,
Kaboom!!
A massive explosion erupted from the armory behind him.
After that, Almond claimed first place in this match with remarkable ease.
Achieving a whopping fifty kills.

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