Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 624

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 94
33. Joseon’s Secret Weapon (1)
A dark-haired woman wearing a cap settled into her seat.
Around her were only people buzzing with excitement.
“Do you think we’ll win against Rome today?”
“Who knows. That would be huge if we do. Honestly, even losing wouldn’t be shameful at this point.”
“I believe in us. We’re going to finals!”
The woman in the cap simply gazed quietly down at the field.
Boom. Boom. Boom.
The sound of drums echoed.
It was the cheering squad’s drums.
She closed her eyes gently and traced back memories from long ago.
So much had changed since then.
Back then, there wasn’t even the technology to directly transfer spectators into virtual reality worlds, and it wasn’t unusual to see review posts saying someone tried a capsule for the first time yesterday.
Those were days when she felt thrilled, excited, and afraid of this new space and world called virtual reality.
Without hesitation, I took that first step.
When everyone else doubted, I gave it everything.
I had no choice.
This world was the only place where I could stand and walk without the help of medication.
Perhaps that’s why I became the best.
Not because I had some special ability others didn’t, but rather because I lacked something that came naturally to everyone else….
“Hey. You sleeping?”
“….”
At the familiar voice, Sarang quietly opens her eyes.
“No.”
“Whoa. You’re killing the vibe here. Huh? All Dive system. That’s pretty nice. I wish we had something like this back in my day.”
Thump.
Throwing himself onto the seat like he was collapsing onto a bed was Popcorn, Sarang’s former colleague.
Boing~
Despite throwing himself down like that, his chair warped like a water cushion before bouncing back up.
“…What is that?”
“Oh. That’s the cash item.”
Snap!
When Popcorn snapped his fingers, only his spectator seat transformed into a luxurious red chair.
“!?”
Sarang recognizes the chair and her eyes widen.
“Oho? Looks like you know your retro items?”
Popcorn chuckles and slightly lifts his buttocks.
Beneath that rear end is embroidered a tiger’s face, stitched stitch by stitch.
“Is this… an NFT?”
Whether it was authentic.
“Ah, of course.”
Ding!
He displayed the authenticity certificate.
Beside it were a QR code authenticating the genuine product and a biometric recognition pattern.
[A chair once used by the legendary Streamer who dominated the entire content industry. He later passed the chair to the Streamers who would follow in his footsteps. In the industry, there’s a saying that “whoever possesses this chair will rule OlTube.”]
Sarang read the description and realized her suspicion was correct.
“How do you even have that?”
“Why? You’re jealous of something?”
She had been a fan of that Streamer when she was younger.
“No! How does someone like you have this?!”
Watching Sarang suddenly burst out, Popcorn laughed so hard he could barely breathe, cackling away.
“I just got lucky! If you’re so envious, buy it yourself, dummy.”
“….”
Buying it from Popcorn would hurt my pride somehow.
“Never mind.”
She turned her head as if to just watch the match.
The match was starting now.
[Rome vs Joseon]
The biggest hot issue of this group stage.
A battle between Rome, the solid elite, and Joseon, the underdog causing an upset.
“But what about that hat you’re wearing?”
Popcorn tapped Sarang’s hat and asked.
“?”
Once the match started, her outfit settings changed.
But what she was wearing was the same as before.
“You… said you didn’t like that person?”
Gone was the sleek black baseball cap, replaced by an almond-shaped hat that looked like something children at an amusement park would wear.
She mumbled while trying to hide her embarrassment as much as possible.
“I have to wear something like this to not stand out here.”
“Ah. Camouflage?”
And indeed, there were quite a few more people wearing almond hats around here.
“But is that one authentic?”
“…There’s no authentic version of this. It’s fan-made.”
“Huh? Doesn’t that person sell merchandise?”
“Yeah. Seems like it.”
“Why? They could make some money.”
“Maybe they haven’t gotten around to it yet.”
“What a waste.”
“You should change your chair instead. People keep staring at it.”
After the match began, Sarang focused entirely on the game without uttering a single word.
She envisioned herself on the battlefield, playing out virtual duels in her mind.
“Waaaaaah! Amaaaaazing! Min! Guk!”
Popcorn had bounced around excitedly when Joseon first blocked the exit, even purchasing a horn immediately to blow into it.
“Ah, aaah! Hey! Isn’t this getting incredibly disadvantageous?!”
When Rome’s secret multi-pronged strategy was exposed, he wore a pained expression and kept asking repeatedly.
“It is disadvantageous, but. Let’s watch a bit more.”
“But what!?”
“Joseon will reach the third age soon too.”
“But Rome is also in the third age!?”
“Joseon’s third age is different.”
Sarang spoke with such conviction, as if she possessed some hidden knowledge.
“It’s here.”
And then, production of the Gakgung began.

* * *
The Gakgung.
Joseon’s Gakgung was a bow of tremendous draw weight, crafted primarily from water buffalo horn.
In modern terminology, it was a type of recurve bow.
While ordinary bows required greater size to achieve stronger draw weight, recurve bows possessed inherent tension within the bow’s structure itself, eliminating the need for excessive size.
Thus, it could maintain a compact form while still achieving extraordinary range.
In essence, it represented nearly the perfect form of the bow as a weapon.
[Gakgung – 100%]
The Gakgung had been completed and now appeared in the Joseon forces’ camp.
“The Gakgung! Finally making its appearance!”
“Joseon’s secret weapon!”
The commentators’ words were no exaggeration—the manufacturing methods and materials of the Gakgung had always been kept under strict secrecy.
“Exactly. Those with even a passing knowledge of history would know this: the once-mighty Qing Dynasty feared Joseon’s Gakgung production so much that they refused to export water buffalo horns!”
In particular, water buffalo horn, the essential material, was something other nations were most reluctant to provide to Joseon.
Since water buffalo did not inhabit Joseon’s lands, importing horns always required enormous expenditure.
This historical fact remained in Civilization as a handicap requiring the use of “gold” currency.
“Right! But it makes sense they wouldn’t export it! They’d just make Gakgungs and use them themselves!”
hahahaha for real
Why are you doing this for me? Haha
This is obvious, lol.
I’m dying laughing hahahahaha
“The bow that was acknowledged by China in the past lol”
“In modern terms! A weapon the world watched! That China feared! That Japan trembled before! It’s Joseon’s Gakgung!!”
“Exactly! If OldTube had existed during the Joseon era, videos like that would absolutely have been uploaded!”
“Yes!”
-LMAOOO
-I agree.
-It’s still going up, what are you talking about lol
-Wow~
“But this is truly no exaggeration! Something we should be proud of! That kind of history, right?”
The Caster emphasizes this, worried that people might confuse the gakgung with the exaggerated history stories popping up on YouTube lately.
After all, the gakgung’s power was more real than any other weapon.
“Of course! I was actually trembling! I saw it with my own eyes!?”
This way, the eyewitness King Gul was still alive.
-???: My lord! I saw it clear as day with these two eyes!
Born in 1798, Kim King-gyul ㄷㄷ
Haha, how did you even see that?
I’m laughing so hard I can’t even speak hahahaha
“Well, anyway! Who gets this weapon first? That’s also a bit important, you know~?”
King Gul threw out a joke with a playful smile.
“Ah, yes! That’s right!? It’s a matter of pride! Who’s the ace among aces! That sort of thing!?”
“That’s correct. Since I’ve had a professional player career, the weight on my shoulders is no joke!”
“Until now, Pangeo has always received it first, right?”
“That’s right.”
The identity of the first gakgung recipient whose shoulders would bear such weight, as King Gul spoke of it.
He was designated while bathed in white light.
[Pangeo]
[Archer]
As expected, it was Pangeo who received it for the first time.
“Ah. So it’s Pangeo after all?”
“That’s correct. He’s continuously served as leader of the Archer unit in the national championship matches, and he performed well in the last two games. The archer Cookie trusts! Pangeo!”
As Pangeo’s unit was also converted, he became the first to equip weapons from three eras.
Following that, Almond and Ratte also received gakgungs.
“Well! Anyway! Joseon has finally! Taken up the gakgung? Now we need to make some kind of comeback!”
Joseon had finally taken up the gakgung. This was the first time in the national championship.
-Korean secret weapon deployed
-Wow everything’s over
But the situation is really not good ㅠㅠ
However, the situation wasn’t good.
“Cookie! Joseon! If you can’t show some trick here! The game is just slipping away!?”
Joseon had to ignite the spark of counterattack here.
This was essentially Joseon’s strongest timing in this game.
“While we’re speaking! Rome’s remaining forces have already arrived at Joseon’s 6 o’clock multi!”
Rome’s remnant forces completed their three-era equipment and invaded Joseon’s 6 o’clock expansion.
There were no Joseon Forces defending the 6 o’clock position.
“Are the reinforcements not coming?”
“If they do come… perhaps the ones who received Gakgung will go? About ten people have received Gakgung right now?”
A total of ten Archers had been formed.
And finally, an order came down to them.
But─
[Eliminate Workers]
The order that came down was not defense.
It was attack.

* * *
“Alright! Let’s go!”
This time, Pangeo, as the leader, went out first.
Piiing…! Ping…!
This time, the ping was marked at 2 o’clock on the map.
It was Rome’s multi, not Joseon’s.
In other words, it was an offensive operation, not a defensive one.
“What’s going on? Why are we suddenly moving? Shouldn’t we be pressuring them more?!”
The Archers following behind Almond asked.
They weren’t watching the situation from above, and hadn’t even considered the possibility that Rome might have a multi.
“That’s why! If we just kill them all when they come out, we win, right?!”
Questions oddly directed at Almond.
It was probably because Pangeo was positioned furthest ahead, and Almond was right behind him running with the other Archers.
-Why are you asking him, he’d know lol
-Why are you asking Almond about this lolol
-Is he even answering?
-Maybe because Almond is the most famous? lolol
“Ah. That’s….”
If Almond hadn’t answered, that would be one thing, but he seemed to be pausing to say something.
The viewers, who had thought he’d know nothing, became tense.
-??
-No way, close it.
-Nope, not happening
Why are you answering?
The brief hope that Almond had grown enough to understand this situation was short-lived.
Almond’s expression turned serious, then he poked Danggeun, who was running beside him.
“Danggeun. Give me a briefing.”
-???: He hasn’t grown at all…
-He’s just copying the Executive’s way of speaking he learned from Sanghyeon~ Please take down the post~
ㅋㅋㅋㅋ (lol/haha)
Hahaha, that’s right.
In fact, asking Danggeun had been the right call on my part.
She was the only one who understood the situation precisely.
“Where we’re heading now is probably Rome’s multi.”
“W-what!? Multi!?”
Pangeo, who had been leading the way, spins around in shock.
“Wait, there’s a multi!? What the hell is this? Is this what you meant when you said we got played earlier?”
“Yeah. We got completely baited. Rome held back workers from the start. Since the scouting phase.”
For a moment, silence fell among the ten runners.
The shock hit them hard.
When they opened their mouths, they all spewed out rough curses.
“…Insane.”
“Damn… damn it…”
The fact that they held back workers alone meant they already knew this wasn’t going according to normal flow.
“Is this real? They completely toyed with us, didn’t they?”
In other words, we got completely played.
I muttered along roughly as well.
“Huh. Insane.”
Danggeun chuckles and asks.
“Brother. You didn’t understand, did you.”
“…Ahem.”
-??
-What’s with the acting tone lol
-Nut Shake lol they’re not even trying to deceive properly lol
-(Just go along with it so don’t ask)
-Nah lol do the acting properly lol
-Got caught immediately lol
“Hey. Why are you asking him that?”
Still, Pangeo shields(?) me.
-lol what
-Friendship sealed by chicken
-Is this even helping lol
Of course, I understood the key situation.
“I know. If we can’t damage the multi without the enemy noticing, we’re in huge trouble. That’s why we’re going.”
What I grasped instinctively was actually close to the conclusion.
If this ten-person squad fails to damage the workers at the 2 o’clock multi, the game goes completely off the rails.
“Oh…!”
The other members listening from behind exclaim in admiration.
Danggeun, with her high standards, shook her head.
“You got the conclusion roughly right, at least.”
Pangeo and Spam and the other colleagues easily acknowledged it.
“Wow~ You’ve grown so much. Aamond, you’ve become a big fish now!”
“Almond ham~ Hodu equipped~”
Regardless, Almond was still developing.
Moments later, the Archers arrived at the sneaky multi position at two o’clock.
‘Massive….’
The walls towered impossibly high.
Standing before them now, I couldn’t believe how enormous they were.
Yet, Almond wasn’t intimidated.
I’d practiced extensively, and more importantly, what I held in my hands.
‘With this….’
Ting.
Lightly plucking the bowstring of the Gakgung, confidence gleamed in my eyes.
「I may not know about other things from our country, but this Gakgung—I can definitely take pride in it.」
When the Coach had once brought out the Gakgung he’d treasured and shown it to me.
That proud glimmer in his eyes.
Perhaps I resembled that gaze now.

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