Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 612

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 82
29. Almond Reveals the Story Behind His Number (3)
After the game ended.
Spain’s players were busy logging out.
Normally, they should have conducted game feedback and analyzed the causes of their defeat, but such things were only possible when their mental states allowed it.
Spain’s leadership was currently shaken to a degree that made the title “all-pro team” seem hollow.
“…Sigh.”
“Damn it….”
With only sighs and curses faintly echoing through this conference table, was there any point in continuing the discussion?
Nacho lowered his head in thought.
‘It’s not that these guys have weak mentality.’
Spain’s support staff and players—even the hot-tempered Tres—couldn’t be said to have weak mentality.
‘The situation itself is catastrophic.’
If this situation arose, even Gandhi would be spewing fire from his mouth.
A humiliating loss in the first era to the weakest team in the group stage?
This alone would certainly be a difficult trial to endure.
But compared to the overall team situation now, it was nothing.
Espana had also lost to Rome in the previous match.
This loss was particularly painful because the Rome match was what they had prepared for the longest during the group stage.
In other words, Spain was now facing two losses.
Fortunately, their ally France was keeping them company with two losses as well.
But in a system where only two teams could advance, sitting below and looking around at each other’s shoulders would just mean both tumbling down into the abyss together.
For Spain to advance through this group stage, they had to win every remaining game.
They had to beat Joseon when they faced them again, they had to beat Rome, and France had to beat them twice.
The anxiety that not even a single opportunity might be granted.
It was spreading through the Spain team like a plague.
“If we lose to Navil! What are you telling us to do? Huh? I can’t even remember the last time we lost holding first-era weapons!!!”
Tres simply processed that anxiety through loud shouting and anger.
It was difficult to say he was genuinely angry about something.
That’s why Nacho decided to end the feedback.
“Dismissed.”
Nacho was well aware of what it meant for a defeated team to disband without reviewing that day’s match.
But the situation was that dire.
[Logout]
Poof.
He soon vanished from the conference table.
It was to escape this suffering, even briefly, and to clear his head.
However, the world still had trials to inflict upon them.
When he stepped out of the capsule, the large TV still had the broadcast on.
[…I couldn’t help but ask. You showed such an incredible ceremony at the very end, didn’t you? Could you perhaps tell us what that meant?]
An MVP interview was underway.
Since it was in Korean, he had to read it through subtitles.
So Nacho thought in that moment.
‘Did the subtitles glitch?’
Because Almond’s answer was absolutely absurd.
[One, one, seven, four, eight…]
Did they translate Uno into numbers?
That guy hadn’t even encountered Uno in this game.
A strange error.
Just as he was about to move past it.
[…Hope Bank.]
Finally, a subtitle that wasn’t numbers appeared.
‘…Bank?’
At the word “bank,” Nacho tilted his head for a moment.
But then the thought of ‘No way’ began to burst across his expression.
If someone had seen his face turning red and blue like autumn maple leaves, they might have immediately called an ambulance thinking it was an allergic reaction.
The volcano rising beneath his skin finally erupted at Almond’s next words.
[Ah, the bounty on me. I’m asking for it to be deposited there.]
A bounty?
Nacho was Spanish, so he naturally knew.
That fans had placed a bounty on Almond’s head.
Shamefully, despite that, no one had managed to kill Almond even once.
Of course, the strategy shouldn’t have changed to “kill Almond” because of the bounty….
It was clearly a disgrace for Spain.
But how does that bastard know about it?
On the screen, Almond’s victory celebration was playing.
Climbing above the town hall where the Taegeuk flag was waving, shooting an arrow at his own head.
Thunk!
Almond collapsing ridiculously with an arrow stuck in his head.
-es una lástima
Hahahahahahaha
-Prefiero poner una recompensa a Nacho.
-Quiero que le dispares a Nacho con esa flecha
Whoa-oh-oh-oh my goodness~
Even though it was clearly the Spain server’s chat, several Korean messages were appearing.
Whether translated or not, they would certainly be insulting.
No, even if they weren’t Korean messages, insulting comments were already flooding in endlessly.
Spanish fans were furious.
In fact, almost everyone was blaming Nacho for this defeat.
And with good reason.
The Commander-in-Chief was always the one bearing the greatest responsibility, but in defeats that felt like being outplayed in the build war, he was almost unconditionally treated as the culprit.
Heat surged to the top of my head.
Regardless, that bastard kept running his mouth with his big trap.
[When Spain had placed a bounty on you… you never died once!]
[No. I died once.]
Died once?
In that instant, Nacho thought ‘Was that so…?’ and desperately searched through his memories like grasping at straws.
Of course, there was no such memory.
[I killed you at the very end.]
It was a lie.
“Damn… this….”
Snap…!
I heard something break inside myself.
People would say I’d gone mad, but it was real.
I actually heard the sound of blood vessels bursting in my ears.
“Ugh….”
I couldn’t help but scream with all my might.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!”
Unfortunately, the suffering this game would bring was far from over even here.

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At the same time, there was someone spending a day just as filled with rage as Nacho.
That was none other than Tres.
He was the one who had openly provoked Almond—no, all of Joseon—in an interview.
The burden was even greater.
The frequency of people cursing Tres in the chat was just as high as those cursing Nacho.
-Tres is all talk
-The one who missed the only chance to kill Almond is the culprit
-I knew from when he was just doing Runstagram
His Runstagram activities, advertisements, all his past conduct, and most critically, his mistakes in-game.
All of these came back as arrows.
“Sigh….”
Still, having already screamed everything in the conference room earlier, he kept a bitter expression throughout the interview without saying a single word.
He didn’t cause any commotion.
Thanks to that, his roommate Uno seemed to be able to rest somewhat peacefully….
“What!?”
Boom!
Tres suddenly shouted as if he’d seen something.
“These bastards too!?”
He’d seen something in Spain’s Civil Empire community.
“Going in there yourself is quite something, Tres. What’s the difference between you and a moth drawn to flame?”
Uno simply waved his hand dismissively, telling him to close his eyes and rest before preparing for the meeting again.
“That’s not it! This is actually serious!”
“…Why? Did the French kids come and mock us for lasting one more era?”
“N-no, it’s not just that!”
Tres excitedly showed his phone to Uno.
Uno’s eyes, which had been tinged with irritation, widened as if suddenly awakened.
“!?”
Soon after, his expression became indescribable.

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-la recompensa será depositada
(The reward will be deposited.)
A comment left by a Spanish-speaking player on OlTube.
Juhyeok and Sanghyeon stared intently at this comment, their foreheads nearly touching.
“Is this real?”
“Who knows.”
For a comment that seemed like a mere joke, the likes were accumulating remarkably fast.
And the account truly belonged to a Spanish person.
“Hey, wait. Let me search for that.”
Juhyeok, remembering something, entered the community and began searching for bounty-related posts.
He was looking for posts that had translated overseas reactions.
“Found it.”
He examined the author who had written the bounty-related post.
It was all in Spanish, which was confusing, but surprisingly, Juhyeok knew a bit of Spanish.
Living in America meant frequent interactions with Spanish-speaking communities.
“The ID seems to match, at least?”
“Really?”
Sanghyeon compared the two spellings in surprise, and they appeared to match to his eyes as well.
‘I never thought they’d actually pay.’
I had only meant to tease them for putting my head on the line as a bounty, not to actually receive payment.
“But the nickname could just be them copying the joke. Check the account details.”
“Ah, yeah, okay.”
I checked the account details.
“Wait, is international transfer really this easy?”
“Just look for now.”
I checked the account details, but there was nothing unusual.
“…”
“Ugh…”
Juhyeok smacked his lips regretfully and turned his gaze back to the OlTube video.
“I think the odds are actually pretty low that it’s not… huh?”
But then—
Ding!
A real-time comment notification chimed.
Wait, a notification for a comment?
[$3,000 Donation] [I can’t send money, so I’m sending it here instead.]
It turned out to be a comment tagged with a whopping three thousand dollar donation.
It was the same username as before.
Juhyeok slowly read the Spanish aloud.
“I can’t… send money… so I’m sending it… here…?”
“!?”
Sanghyeon and Juhyeok’s eyes met in an instant.
“Oh, ohhhhhhhhh!”
“This is insane! We’re hitting the jackpot!”
Clap!
The two of them bounced around, exchanging a victorious high-five.
Meanwhile, someone on the other side of the world was bouncing around in fury.

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“…What the hell are these bastards saying?”
Uno stared at the community post in disbelief.
“How is this supposed to help!?”
Thud!
His reaction was understandable.
[Putting up a bounty one more time]
Just from the title, it looked like a grateful post offering another bounty.
Even the author was the same person who had posted a bounty before.
But—
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If you don’t make it to the finals, bring me the heads of these bastards and I’ll pay the bounty.
The amount is still being crowdfunded.
DEAD or ALIVE
(Photo)
*Note: The previous bounty has been transferred to the relevant party.
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There were three people in the photo.
Nacho, Uno, and Tres.
-A wise choice, friend
-Wait, you were betting on our team?
└Seriously unhinged XD
-This is what I wanted to do
-Nacho should put up a higher bounty
-I support that

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