Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 6

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 6
3. Who is Almond? (1)
An old packaged game that had been out for a while.
As always with games of this kind, they tend to develop an incredibly devoted fanbase over time.
Kingdom Age was particularly known for its thick layer of devoted fans.
No matter how many playthroughs players completed, they never grew tired of it because of its unique sense of realism and difficulty.
Of course, many players dropped out from the very beginning, fed up with the challenge. Actually, most did. So it was truly a game for only the most dedicated veterans.
The community had a similar character.
The user base wasn’t large, but consisted of a select few elite players.
Though small in numbers, the post traffic rivaled that of mid-tier game communities.
They were mostly passionate gamers who exchanged information and studied solely to master Kingdom Age.
Because of this, the pattern of posts that always appeared was repetitive, and the posters were all familiar faces.
So it was only natural that such a fresh post would catch everyone’s attention.
[Watched a weird broadcast today. A total newbie got praised by Roman.]
A total newbie. Praise from Roman.
Just these two words alone were magical keywords that multiplied view counts.
There wasn’t a single Kingdom Age user who wouldn’t click on such a provocative post title.
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Check out this video.
It’s real. Below it is that person’s capsule body information.
Roman gave extreme praise and everything. Plus the Bandit Leader’s escape scene didn’t even appear—he just died lolololol
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The post’s content was simple.
Sanghyeon killed the Bandit Leader in one hit, so even the cutscene disappeared.
On top of that, he received praise from Roman, the notorious newbie killer and harsh critic.
There were attachments as well.
He had uploaded a clip of Sanghyeon’s video, and below it attached his physical information visible from the broadcast details section.
In short, it wasn’t just hearsay—there was evidence backing up the claim.
-Honestly thought this was bait for sure.
-What is this. I thought it was a bait video. Why is it real?
-How is this even…?
Overall, reactions were mostly shocked. Or there were many who simply didn’t believe it.
-Wait, the account was created yesterday?!
└Isn’t this fabricated?
└It’s definitely fabricated. Seriously, attention-baiting happens all the time. It’s getting traffic.
└That guy above didn’t even watch the video….
-Isn’t this one of those veteran bow challenge players? A secondary account!!
└Secondary account lololol Capsule body lololol
└Yeah~ it’s definitely a secondary account. You just create a new body, what’s so hard about that lol
└For real lol
Many of them had played the game for a long time and were confident in their skills, so there were plenty of skeptics.
But the video doesn’t lie.
In the Capsule era, you couldn’t fake an account. Your fingerprints, iris patterns, skeletal structure—every aspect of your physical makeup served as identity verification.
Moreover, for streamers, the creation date of that physical account was displayed for anyone to see.
-Almond? I can’t even find it when I search. What is this.
-For real, where is he streaming from. Isn’t everyone on Tribby these days?
└Tribby is carbonated water
-Looking at the screen, it’s definitely Tribby. For real, where is he.
I’m the one who wrote it. Now that I think about it, that guy’s a total newbie, and the broadcast name was just auto-generated. It’s like some kind of code number lol. I’ll leave the link. Follow it. (link)
Lol, you guys didn’t even decide on the broadcast name yet? Hahaha
How you look at it, you’re kind of an idiot lol
Ouch.
Sanghyeon paused while browsing the community.
“Ah… this can’t be.”
Only then did I realize I’d just turned on the stream without even setting a broadcast name.
“Thank goodness they left the link.”
Fortunately, the original poster had added the link in the comments. This would be enough promotional effect.
I wiped my chest and checked the next reactions.
-Wait, so he’s that much of a complete beginner… how did he even do it?
-Defeating the Bandit Leader. Even Jeon-ja-pa who was doing the bow challenge couldn’t do that, right?
└You’re saying someone who made their account yesterday did what Jeon-ja-pa couldn’t even do with his physical abilities?
“The electromagnetic wave thing was just done half-assed. I’m way too skilled to be playing a crappy game like this lol”
I was being compared to someone named Jeon-ja-pa.
‘Jeon-ja-pa…?’
I didn’t actually know the streamer with that unusual name. I only watched balloon gum broadcasts.
‘Now that I think about it, I vaguely remember something.’
When I once searched for skilled streamers, I faintly recalled seeing that name in the top rankings. I think they said he was a former pro gamer.
And I remembered something someone had written.
-First came the Classical School, then the Dopa School, and next is the Jeon-ja-pa School.
The Classical School and Dopa School from about twenty years ago that dominated an era. Even I, with no interest in games, knew them well.
I’d even learned in school that the etymology of “Self-Strengthening and Heavenly Principles,” the first pure Korean idiom entered in the Korean dictionary, came from their grand rivalry.
The Classical School and Dopa School of Self-Strengthening and Heavenly Principles.
Jeon-ja-pa now was comparable to those legendary figures who dominated their era.
“Wow.”
And now I was being compared to that Jeon-ja-pa.
Of course, there was a fairly large faction that disagreed with that comparison.
-What kind of name is Jeon-ja-pa, some dog’s name?
These days, they’re putting electromagnetic waves everywhere, lol.
-ao. Just lolololol
-But it’s true though. That’s something Jeon-ja-pa really couldn’t do, right?
-Hey. Didn’t you know Jeon-ja-pa never liked package games in the first place?
└Whether he likes them or not, what he did and didn’t do is a fact.
-Ah, here come the Jeon-ja-pa fans again lol
-Almost like Voldemort lol his name causes a riot
I closed the community window.
“Whew….”
Already being compared to the top tier of this industry.
It was burdensome, but I was born an athlete.
I actually enjoyed this kind of pressure.
“Insane.”
I laughed with genuine amusement.
That’s when it happened.
Beep beep beep.
A call came through to me.
[Juhyeok Kim]
It was Juhyeok. Come to think of it, I hadn’t properly thanked him yet, so I figured this was perfect timing as I answered his call.
“Hello?”
“Yeah. Did the broadcast go well?”
“Thanks to you, it went great.”
“That so? Good to hear. The CEO was a bit worried.”
“It’s fine. Seems to be running smoothly.”
“Getting any viewers?”
“Well…. By the end, I had about twenty people watching.”
“T-twenty people!? What. On the first day?”
Juhyeok shouted so loudly that I flinched.
“Well…. I picked a good game.”
“Wow. You’re overflowing with talent. Why’d you even work here?”
“They said they’d parachute me into a major corporation. Who wouldn’t take that?”
“You bastard….”
“Anyway, I’ll buy you drinks next time. I’ve got to stream.”
“Huh? It’s lunchtime right now? You’ve got evening streams anyway.”
“There’s no lunch or evening for me anymore. This is my job now.”
“At the company you wouldn’t work during lunch or evening. Fine.”
Click.
Juhyeok hung up, bewildered.
“Seriously….”
His grumbling lips were smiling nonetheless.
‘Good thing he’s working hard.’
Though he’d scolded me in words, Sang-hyun Yu was actually quite diligent. The fact that this was showing well in the game streaming industry too made Juhyeok satisfied.
“Ah.”
He chuckled contentedly, then scratched his head.
“There was something I should have mentioned… I forgot.”
The CEO of the Capsule Room had definitely asked me to relay something. But it had somehow turned into a casual check-in call instead.
‘What was that…?’
Juhyeok racked my brain trying to remember, but it wouldn’t come to me.
It seemed related to something about body optimization, but since Juhyeok was someone far removed from capsule games, it was terminology I couldn’t grasp.
“Deputy Manager Kim!”
At the section chief’s shout, Juhyeok abandoned my thoughts and rushed over.
“Yes, sir!”
“Look at this. Can you even swallow right now? Your assistant is like this…”
‘What a bastard…’

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Crunch. Crunch.
Sanghyeon tossed almonds—which I kept as both a snack and emergency rations—into my mouth while activating the capsule.
I wanted to eat a proper meal, but there was no time to waste. Or rather, to be precise, I couldn’t swallow food because of today’s community reaction.
My heart raced and energy continued surging through me.
I didn’t need food. Attention was my sustenance.
Gulp, gulp.
Still, I had to satisfy my hunger, so I drank milk.
When you eat almonds and drink milk, they slowly expand in your stomach and eventually make you quite full.
It was also a way to cover protein, carbohydrates, and fat all at once. It was a method I’d frequently used back when I had no money.
“Let’s go.”
Wiping the white residue from my mouth, Sanghyeon stepped into the capsule.
[Starting stream.]
I began streaming just like yesterday.
And a surprising number appeared before my eyes.
[Current Viewers: 189]
“…What?!”
Sanghyeon’s mouth fell open.
-Oh. Almond’s here.
-What. Wasn’t the broadcast supposed to be in the evening?
-This is insane gains.
Lol, it came right after I turned on notifications.
-Now you can really tell.
-Almond, hi.
-Hi, hi.
The viewers and chat had suddenly increased noticeably.
‘Is this all?’
I never expected that small community to have this much firepower.

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