Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 600

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 70
25. Strategy Meeting (2)
Whoosh.
[LOGOUT]
Nacho let out a sharp grunt before simply leaving the conference room.
Those remaining at the table murmured quietly among themselves despite his departure.
“…Seems like he’s genuinely upset.”
“Yeah.”
Nacho wasn’t usually the type to get excited easily.
Like someone obsessed with this Civil Empire game, he was exceptionally sensitive to historical remarks.
“Of all things, he had to fixate on the Invincible Armada…”
Spain’s Invincible Armada.
It was Spain’s greatest source of pride, yet also a mockery from other nations.
Though that mockery was limited to nearby European countries.
Still, it was unexpected for a country that had been relegated to Asia’s periphery during the Armada’s heyday to mock it.
Especially when Civil Empire’s performance wasn’t even that good!
Nacho hadn’t anticipated this at all.
“Who could have predicted the Invincible Armada would come up right after beating France in an interview?”
“Right. They weren’t even asking about the Spain match.”
Much of this stemmed from Aamond’s timing in bringing up the Invincible Armada being completely unpredictable.
If they had been asking about the next match, at least he could have mentally prepared somewhat.
Who could have known the Invincible Armada would be used as a tool to mock France out of nowhere?
Since even his own teammates hadn’t anticipated this interview, there was nothing more to say.
“The fans are practically ready to put a bounty on his head.”
“Then we’ll just have to catch him.”
As everyone sank into a gloomy atmosphere, Assistant Commander Tres interjected with a snort.
“Come on, what’s with all the gloom? You need that fighting spirit to step into the ring. Right?!”
His words weren’t wrong.
In any sport or competitive scenario, emotions run higher when there’s a clear rivalry.
“Winning like this is what makes it thrilling.”
It grants victors greater pleasure and losers deeper frustration, making them hungry for the next encounter.
The way sports drive fans wild.
Tres assessed that the opponent understood this well.
“Then explain it. How exactly can this become thrilling?”
Uno asks while crossing his arms.
“You really need to pour cold water like that to feel satisfied, don’t you?”
Tres grins slyly and straightens his previously relaxed posture.
“Actually, I think we need to go in the complete opposite direction.”
Tres spoke with considerable gravity, but Uno’s eyes showed he had little faith from the start.
After all, Tres wasn’t the type typically called a “strategist.”
He’s an unusual case who seized the Commander position through his distinctive aggressive combat prowess.
According to Nacho, it was evaluated as “giving Tres even a small stat boost is more advantageous than having three captains.”
So I thought there was no need to pay attention to the strategy he was proposing.
“We’re just going straight into the 4th era fight.”
“…?”
Wow. Now that I heard it, there really was no need to listen.
Separate from that, Tres continued talking.
“Isn’t it right? We unexpectedly advance into the 4th era and finish things with musketeers and battle monks!”
The 4th era? No civilization wants to go into the 4th era against Joseon.
Especially not a full-pro team like Spain.
“Once we reach the 4th era, gunpowder weapons become too powerful, and individual soldier combat ability becomes nearly useless.”
4th era combat is fought by shooting muskets and cannons.
Compared to the era of fighting with spears and swords, it’s difficult for individual combat ability to shine through.
For Spain, where each player is pro-level, it’s not a favorable option.
Moreover, Joseon’s 4th era has one truly formidable unit.
“Besides, there’s no reason to let Joseon advance into an era where they can recruit Chemtamins.”
Chemtamin.
In old terms, a unit that conducts espionage, or in modern terms, a spy.
With both stealth and disguise abilities, they could infiltrate enemy bases and move around seeing the situation plainly.
Of course, if discovered by an enemy commander, they die instantly, but the truly terrifying aspect of these units isn’t just infiltration and reconnaissance.
“If those bastards steal our faction bonuses, it really hurts.”
Like industrial spies, Chemtamins can steal enemy technological information.
For example, if they steal Spain’s musket reload speed upgrade, Joseon’s musketeers’ reload speed improves.
For Spain, which has many miscellaneous upgrades, they’re a fatal faction to face.
So going into the 4th era against Joseon is an incredibly tedious endeavor….
“Hmph. Just scared of spies and won’t go into the 4th era.”
Tres snorts dismissively, spouting nonsense about cowardice and such.
‘Damn bastard.’
Uno’s blood was boiling.
‘How do I use this guy who’s completely useless for the strategy?’
First, the situation itself where Tres was commenting on the strategy didn’t sit right with me.
I needed to redirect his attention elsewhere.
After thinking for a moment, Uno came up with an idea.
‘That’s it.’
I should put that hot-blooded tongue of his to use somewhere else.
“By the way, Tres. Do you know how many followers that guy has on Runestagram?”
“What? What are you suddenly talking about? You have way fewer than me!”
“No, not me. That guy.”
Uno spoke while maintaining the most patient expression he could muster.
“…That guy? Who are you talking about?”
“He’s the one who interviewed the Joseon team.”
“How many followers?”
Tres. This guy was an attention-seeker and incredibly sensitive about his Runestagram follower count.
“600,000.”
“…What?”
“The account was originally unmanaged, so it only had 100,000 followers. But apparently it jumped that much after doing this interview.”
“What, 500,000 in a single day?”
“That’s right.”
From that point on, Tres’s actions were predetermined without Uno needing to give any special instructions.
“Damn it! Shouldn’t we be doing pre-interviews too!?”

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The next day.
Sanghyeon, who had suddenly acquired hundreds of thousands of followers, was staring at his Runestagram account.
[Followers: 708,000]
Already, another 100,000 had been added in just one day.
“Wow….”
Comments were being added like crazy.
Mostly from foreigners.
“There are so many foreigners.”
The reason I gained popularity this time was because of the Civil Empire.
Of course, there were some welcome Korean comments mixed in.
-Korean pride
“And… to think this hyung is doing this well… ㅠ My heart feels so full”
World class almond lol
-Bong Joon-ho, Son Heung-min, Kim Yuna, Almond let’s go~!
That abandoned account went up like crazy lolol
Juhyeok, watching from the side, spoke.
“The Civil Empire is incredibly popular overseas. That interview probably got a lot of attention because of it.”
The interview conducted after the France match had apparently become a hot topic.
“So, don’t bother reading translations. And don’t open your DMs.”
“?”
Sanghyeon tilted his head, not understanding what he meant.
“There are people who like you, but there are also quite a lot of people who are pretty upset about it.”
“Ah….”
That was true.
Looking more closely, I could see comments with crude English curses scattered throughout.
‘It’s actually convenient that I’m not great at English.’
Since I wasn’t particularly fluent in English, if I glanced at them carelessly, I couldn’t read them well.
Even so, crude profanities could be visible, but those were handled by Runestar’s automatic filtering anyway. There was no need to worry about it.
“The Spanish kids are surprisingly strong in esports. They’re incredibly interested in it too.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. It’s not just Civil Empire—they produce a ton of players for Ril’s European League too.”
That’s right. Spain not only produced many players in Ril’s European League, but in Civil Empire, they had a league size large enough to send all their players as professionals to the international tournament.
So giving an interview about the Invincible Armada against such a country had significant repercussions.
“But where did that comment suddenly come from?”
Juhyeok suddenly asked a question.
“What?”
“The interview. The Invincible Armada thing.”
“Oh~ That’s something Cookie hyung used to joke about sometimes? He said it was famous for the Invincible Armada name.”
Ah. So Almond had said something Cookie usually joked about.
“You’re really learning everything, aren’t you?”
Clap. Clap. Clap.
Juhyeok clapped in exasperation and patted his back.
“Still, you did well. Really well. Huh? Who would’ve thought your followers would skyrocket like this?”
Juhyeok was sincere.
If he had been Almond, he never would have gained this many followers.
‘Is this my true calling?’
Sanghyeon’s personality, which could have been quite troublesome in society.
Here, it had become an alchemy that multiplied followers several times over.
That’s when it happened.
“Huh…?”
Ding.
A message came to Sanghyeon’s RuneStagram account.
[Someone tagged you]
Not just a simple message from fans, but a notification that someone had tagged Almond in a post.
A tag is a function that associates a specific person with your post.
‘A fan?’
Celebrities often get tagged by fans.
DMs are frequently ignored, but tags rarely are.
But the person who tagged him now was no fan of Sanghyeon’s.
Quite the opposite, actually.
“What is this?”
“It’s a video?”
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Listen up. Rotten Nut Fans @Almond_Arrow
#InternationalTournament #Interview #Spain #Korea
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It was a video post with a caption like this.
A video of someone conducting an interview.
“Bad… Nut Fans?”
“Looks like a translation. There are subtitles too.”
Though auto-generated, Korean subtitles were included.
It was a video made for Koreans to watch.
Especially made for Almond to watch.
Since he was tagged directly.
“Turn on the sound.”
“Okay.”
It was a rather arrogant-looking man with deeply tanned skin.
[The strength of civilization? Obviously Spain. Historically speaking, Spain roamed the entire world and even occupied half of America’s land at one point. But Korea lost even half of their own land, didn’t they?]
The video ended there.
It was edited very briefly.
To watch it properly, I’d need to go to the OilTube link in the comments.
But there was no real need for that.
“…?”
Sanghyeon’s expression already said it all.
That short interview alone had been effective enough.
He stared quietly at the paused video, then asked.
“Who is this bastard?”
“I don’t know. Let me search for him.”
Juhyeok took Sanghyeon’s phone and began examining it in earnest.
In the process, Juhyeok’s eyes went to the timestamp.
‘This… the upload time is 10 seconds ago?’
It was the upload time.
Just 10 seconds after posting.
‘We’re the first ones to see this?’
For now, we’re essentially the only ones in Korea who’ve seen this guy’s interview.
‘Hmm….’
Juhyeok now entered the opponent’s account.
A Spanish young man who appeared to be working as an influencer with 300,000 followers.
He had a thug-like vibe, but seemed quite popular with his decent looks.
Most of all….
‘Why does he have so many posts? He keeps updating Runestars even during the season….’
This guy’s an attention seeker.
Juhyeok reached his conclusion.
“Who is he? What’s his name?”
Sanghyeon clung to him with ghostly eyes and growled. Juhyeok separated him briefly and explained.
“Okay, okay. Listen up. I’m not sure if it’s his name or ID, but it’s Tres. Looks like an Assistant Commander….”
“Really? An Assistant Commander…? That’s perfect. If he dies, he’s completely out, right?”
Sanghyeon was pondering how to eliminate him as soon as the game started, chewing over Juhyeok’s words.
“I think I know how to mess with this guy.”
Juhyeok found the method first.
Though it was somewhat different.
“Kill him right when the game starts?”
“No, man. That might not be possible depending on the game’s rules. What I mean is before the game even starts!”
Mess with him before the game even begins?
Sanghyeon’s eyes widen as if he’s discovered some new world.
“…H-how?”
Juhyeok grins, reflected in those clear pupils.
“Because I know what he wants.”
He felt like he truly understood what this guy really desired.

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