Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 571

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 41
15. The Demian Association (2)
Probably the moment before Jia uploaded her first video.
[yukino07: Save me! Save m]
[(Blocked Viewer)]
Sanghyeon was dealing with a cunning liar.
hahahaha
-Farewell
I’ll remember! T_T
-Leave it to the big guys!
-Yukino! Just die gracefully! I’ll remember you!
Yukino07.
He was the first one in the chat to mention ten million won.
Seeing that, everyone else started deceiving me through donations and chat.
Well, thanks to that, I received a lot of attention.
But I still didn’t know much about the situation outside.
I stood up from my seat with the refreshing satisfaction of having dealt with a sycophant.
“Anyway, thank you all for the generous donations today. I had fun playing along.”
-???
Getting fooled lol
Still? lol
-Your method acting is excessive haha
-Agent!? This is part of the plan too, right?!
Ignoring the chat that continued to tease me, I decided to move on to new content.
“Now I’ll do some shopping.”
The “shopping” segment—the second act of G-Star.
The game demonstration events were now winding down, and the booths began displaying merchandise provided by game companies as the main attraction.
For me with virtually unlimited points, it was like heaven where I could buy anything.
And there was the best way to utilize this overwhelming capital.
“Rather than just shopping, I’m thinking of holding an auction.”
An auction, that is. This was Juhyeok’s recommendation.
“Since I’ve played Ril the most, I’ll visit the largest booth among these booths—the Legend Tale booth.”
I headed toward the booth for Ril RPG, “Legend Tale,” the largest-scale limited edition merchandise auction.

* * *
The Legend Tale booth was decorated magnificently, befitting its status as the main sponsor of this G-Star.
“Wow, it’s really impressive.”
Though it wasn’t Challenge Time but Sales Time, so I couldn’t actually demonstrate the game, watching the videos was possible.
Or rather, it was almost impossible not to watch the videos.
Every wall was a screen, continuously displaying Legend Tale footage.
“Oh….”
Not only did the Avatars that appeared in the Ril universe show up.
The nation called ‘Taran’ that was mentioned in that universe, along with all sorts of settings that players had only speculated about, were all visually implemented.
“Can you switch between contracted Avatars and fight right now?”
In Legend Tale, you could contract multiple Avatars and switch between them in real-time, unfolding stylish combat.
-Wow… that’s insane
-Damn
-This is gonna have so many bugs lol
-It’s pretty sick
I wonder if Hwashin gacha will come out ㅠ
Though you probably couldn’t contract infinitely, this style of combat still looked quite entertaining.
While I was walking and watching the videos, one person caught my attention.
‘Huh?’
A woman sitting in a wheelchair, quietly staring at some video.
-Wait, isn’t that the person who did hand combat?
That older sister is crazy.
-What’s she doing here?
The viewers didn’t yet know she was Almond’s acquaintance.
Sarang felt my presence and turned around.
Strangely, I was reminded of the first time I’d met her.
“Hello.”
She greeted me first.
“You won the championship. I figured you came for the auction.”
“Ah, yes. I was just taking a quick look before that.”
I approached her while we were exchanging greetings.
“You seem to be watching something….”
Then Sarang pointed to the screen she’d been looking at.
“Oh, this.”
It looked like a reference video on a tablet in a museum.
But it was an explanatory video displayed on a much larger screen.
[Wavelength Conversion Graphic Implementation]
It was an explanation of how Legend Tale implemented full-dive.
The gaming industry was legally required to display this information and make it accessible to all gamers.
“This method is unprecedented in large-scale online games like this.”
Her tone seemed somewhat excitedly animated.
Setting that aside, this woman looked genuinely happy today.
As if she were a different person from her usual self.
“I actually had a decent hypothesis about this…”
Sarang trailed off mid-sentence, scanning Almond’s goggles before asking.
“Are you streaming right now?”
The camera and her eyes meet directly.
“Ah, yes.”
-So beautiful
-Oh, are you embarrassed?
-Wow, you’re gorgeous
Sarang quickly averts her gaze.
“Oh, I didn’t know. Please keep streaming. I’ll just watch more—”
—click.
Then Sanghyeon pushes his goggles up onto his forehead.
-Huh?
-What?
-??
The viewers can now only see the ceiling.
“They won’t be able to see anything this way.”
“…?”
Sarang stares intently between his goggles and his eyes, then
points to her mouth.
She’s asking him to turn off the microphone too.
So he turns off the microphone.
-???
-What are they doing?
-What’s going on!?
-Hey! CEO! Open the door!
-Is this what being cool is!?
“What were you saying earlier… what was it?”
With the microphone off, Sanghyeon asks Sarang.
“That I had a good hypothesis.”
Sarang had been talking about brainwaves. This is a rather sensitive topic for Sanghyeon as well.
‘At least she’s someone who suffered from it for several more years than I have. She seems to know more.’
Regarding the problem Sanghyeon is experiencing, Sarang possesses far more knowledge. Her connection with Doctor Hana Song runs much deeper too.
“I should say I had a hypothesis…”
Sarang opens her mouth to speak.
“That my neural degeneration might improve.”
“…?”
Sarang shakes her head at my look of surprise.
“Well, it’s like alchemy, you know.”
In other words, it failed.
Well, I could tell that much just by looking at Sarang’s current state.
“But since it’s implemented in such a large-scale game, I haven’t tested it… well, just… on the off chance… I’ve been watching.”
As she speaks, her voice gradually becomes quieter, as if losing energy.
“This is the first I’m hearing of it.”
“Doctors don’t usually talk about overly hopeful things, do they?”
“Ah….”
“Well… our Hana is a bit loose-lipped, but.”
At this point, she lets out a small laugh.
“It might be so long ago that you forgot.”
The moment I heard this, I understood immediately.
Why the doctors wouldn’t speak so hopefully.
Thump!
My heart suddenly began beating faster.
Even knowing I’d be disappointed again.
“Hey!? You’re Almond, right!”
Someone calls out to Almond.
I didn’t notice, but the back area had become noisy.
When I turn around, a blonde woman lets out a shriek.
‘Reina?’
She was dressed as Reina.
She appears to be a cosplay model.
The reason I thought she was a model was because there were plenty of men following behind her to take photos.
If she acted like that with ordinary people, they’d be scared and run away.
“You’re Almond, right! Wow! Everyone! It’s Almond!”
“Ah… wait….”
I turn back to where Sarang was and step back.
‘She’s gone.’
She had already disappeared.
“Wow! Almond!”
“It’s Almond!”
Instead, some men begin to surround me.
I quickly put my goggles back on and turn on the microphone.
-???What happened? Why’d you suddenly get nerfed?
“Hey, where did that beautiful noona go, damn it ㅋㅋㅋㅋ”
What are these guys doing again lol
Is this an emergency situation right now? lol
-Who even is this?
I’m curious who they actually are.
I look at the flag they’re holding.
[Demian Association]
The Demian Association, abbreviated as Dehaep.
‘Dehaep!?’
I was honestly startled.
I thought they only existed as a meme.
But they were an actual organization.
‘Scary people….’
Dehaep refers to an association formed by fanatics who call Reina’s bow “Damian.”
For the record, these Dehaep members had never viewed Almond favorably.
“U-um, everyone, those people look like Dehaep….”
I whisper quietly so only the broadcast picks it up.
I can’t translate this line as it appears to contain corrupted or garbled Korean text that doesn’t form coherent words or sentences.
-???: Why did this popular guy show up? Hehehehe…
No, it seriously says “data cooperation” and that’s hilarious lol
Wow, I’m not getting beaten up or anything lol
To the extent that viewers worry like this, Dehaep officially dislikes Almond.
That’s because Reina’s reaction to Almond is completely different from her reaction to typical Dehaep members.
Additionally, they couldn’t clear the 3-star difficulty, but Almond cleared it on his first attempt.
In short, it’s just jealousy.
Meanwhile, the Reina Cosplay Model is asking to take just one photo.
“Almond, I’m your main avatar, right? Could we take a commemorative shot?”
This person IS Reina herself lol why is she so clingy lol
-Someone confirm if this person is Reina possessing her
-Reina~ log in~?
Face ID is crazy.
-Face ID that works in real life too
Almond’s expression became slightly troubled.
After all, there were plenty of people who wanted to take photos with this model. And those people were even Dehaep members. Something about this felt off.
But then, an unexpected reaction came.
‘Huh?’
Male fans began lining up toward me bit by bit.
“Oh. What? Almond takes photos too, huh.”
“Is this an Almond photo session?”
“Oh. Almond photos are so dope~”
Even the person standing at the very front made a request to Almond.
“Um… could I take a photo with Almond too?”
“Then should the three of us go together?”
The model suggested this excitedly, and I nodded along for now.
“Ah… of course.”
It was an unexpected situation, but this was one of those things a celebrity had to handle.
Above all, the Dehaep members’ reaction was better than expected, and I felt my mood lift as well.
‘Reality is quite different from what I imagined.’
I’d thought the Dehaep members would unconditionally reject Almond, but meeting them in person proved otherwise.
-Lol everyone likes Almond
-Dehaep members… are actually kind?
-A malicious Dehaep member might stab you in the back with a knife, hyung. Be careful!
-What? Why do you guys like Almond? Huh?
-These bastards were just playing a concept lol
-Was it the Darkness Asamo…
“Could I get your autograph?”
“Me too!”
Almond suddenly found himself signing autographs.
Then I heard some unexpected information.
“Um, but you came for the Damian auction too, right Almond?”
A Damian auction? What was this about?
“There’s an auction today for limited edition divine weapon merchandise. Damian is the highest quality one. It’s actually full-size and a real bow.”
They were actually making Damian into merchandise and selling it?
I had no idea such a thing existed.
‘A bow?’
As Almond became interested at the mention of Reina’s bow.
Behind a distant pillar, a faction watched him with disapproving eyes.
They were Dehaep members as well.
Not all Dehaep members were hostile toward him.
Conversely, not all of them were favorable toward him either.
Especially in this situation where Reina’s bow was the auction item at stake.

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