Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 7

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 7
3. Who Is Almond? (2)
One hundred eighty-nine viewers were watching me.
I swallowed hard. I rarely felt nervous, but this was my first time in such a situation, so a moment of trembling was unavoidable.
Phew…
I exhaled a small breath, making sure it wasn’t obvious. It was a kind of tension-relief ritual I performed before drawing my bow.
I would breathe out for a moment, close my eyes, and distance myself from the world briefly.
I imagined this wasn’t the world I lived in, but a game I was playing in the third person.
I was playing an avatar named Sang-hyun Yu.
Finally, my parched lips moved.
“Alright. Let me continue from where I left off yesterday.”
I deliberately didn’t mention the viewer count. I was avoiding the most common mistake beginner streamers made.
Last night, I hadn’t shut down the game and immediately fallen asleep. Instead, I’d studied how major streamers managed their audiences and handled controversies.
I’d memorized the taboos that major streamers commonly avoided and even jotted notes on a screen I could see whenever I wanted.
One of those taboos was mentioning the viewer count.
Doing so disrupted other viewers’ pure immersion in the game and made them see it as a broadcast. It made them compete with other streams.
That couldn’t happen. Viewers needed to immerse themselves purely in this content. They shouldn’t think of it as a broadcast. They shouldn’t think of me as a streamer.
They should think of me as a friend.
I needed to make them feel like they were watching a friend play a game while chatting casually.
Streaming was ultimately an extension of watching Yut games from the Joseon Dynasty era, arcade competitions from the 1990s, and PC room inter-team matches from the 2000s.
Warmth and familiarity mattered more than nail-biting tension.
So the best comment I could make here was something like this.
“Welcome back, Ruby Sword, Stir-fried Vegetables, Dumb Fish, and so many others. Thank you for returning.”
Calling out the names of returning viewers warmly.
Hello haha
You remember that, haha.
Hey, call out the names of Group 0! ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-0-army assembled!
-The 0-army was born on the second day of streaming.
The response was positive.
They joked about the “0-army” and “regular viewers,” but those who weren’t called out looked envious, while those who were called out seemed delighted.
The called-out viewers were the ones who’d been chatting unusually actively yesterday.
They would now feel much closer to me.
“After I turned off the stream yesterday, I progressed the game a bit more. Now I’ve been introduced to the Mercenary Group CEO by Roman and received a different mission.”
The second piece of wisdom from major streamers.
They didn’t stream every part of the game without fail. They would skip over potentially boring sections and explain them briefly instead.
-Ooh.
-The mercenary corps president lol
Contractor ‘mercenary’ lol
“Yeah, the CEO is right lol”
And I reinterpret the game using terminology that’s easy for viewers to understand. Just because it’s a Middle Ages game doesn’t mean I have to use medieval language verbatim.
“This mission isn’t particularly grand either. I thought mercenaries were supposed to go to the battlefield and die, but it seems more like bodyguard work.”
The mission Sanghyeon and Roman took on this time was similar to what they’d done in the tutorial.
Back then it was escorting a supply wagon, but this time the difference was protecting a person.
-That’s what you get with some lowly mercenary lol
-This game is just super realistic like that
-Most mercenaries aren’t anything special, that’s just how their jobs are
-Basically a security company lol
Another difference this time was that Sanghyeon was also riding a horse.
Clop clop. Clop clop.
The horse’s back swayed roughly. There was a saddle, but the sensation of riding wasn’t as easy to get used to as I’d expected.
Roman, riding ahead, glanced back at me.
“Is this your first time on a horse? Almond?”
Almond’s head shook involuntarily.
“No, sir. It’s just… I haven’t had many opportunities.”
“I see. You’ll need to get used to it quickly. You’ll be riding plenty from now on.”
While Almond was diligently getting accustomed to the horse, the viewers grew curious.
-But what’s this mission anyway?
-The mission’s different too
-Right? Isn’t this that thing? The one with the bandits on horseback?
-Already?
Bandits?
Just as Sanghyeon was about to ask what that meant.
“Yohooooooo!”
A loud cry echoed from the mountain ridge ahead.
Thud thud thud thud thud thud!!
The sound of hoofbeats thundered loudly as strange war cries pierced the air.
The viewers cheered as if they’d become bandits themselves.
-Yohohoho!
-Yohoooo!
-Is Burka here?
-lol so the first mission is bandits?
-Let’s goooo~!!
They were the type purely enjoying this game, while those who came to doubt Sanghyeon’s abilities showed a different reaction.
-Finally, is he gonna shoot arrows?
-Oh…!
-We’ll be able to tell if the video’s fake or not now
There were those swelling with anticipation.
-Now he’s gonna get exposed
-It’s all smoke and mirrors
-LMAO how’s a newbie shooting arrows in mounted combat
There were already those who predicted his failure.
Of course, I didn’t pay much attention to such opinions. Sports are fundamentally competitive by nature, so there were always those who harbored jealousy.
It was something geniuses like me had always experienced. I already knew how to deal with such people.
‘I just need to prove it with results.’
I quickly scanned my eyes across the battlefield to assess the enemy numbers.
But these enemies were moving far too quickly.
‘Why are they so fast.’
I couldn’t properly count their heads.
‘Roughly fifty of them, I’d say.’
After making a rough assessment, I checked my arrow count. Unlike the tutorial, the display now appeared on one side of the screen.
[Arrows×40]
I was short on arrows. But I didn’t need to kill them all myself. I had mercenary allies too.
“It’s the Bandit Gang!”
My fellow mercenary colleagues began to move.
The spearmen advanced forward against the Bandit Gang, raising their spears and standing ready.
“Hiyah!”
“Yohooooooo!”
The Bandit Gang formed a mass like a single arrowhead, forcing a concentrated breakthrough.
Thud thud thud thud thud…!
The brutal sound of hoofbeats made even the ground tremble.
With bloodshot eyes blazing red, they appeared to know no fear.
“Krahahahaha!”
The terrifying bandit leading the charge swung a massive blade with a whoosh.
[Charge Captain Burka]
He was that notorious villain Burka mentioned in the chat.
True to his named status, his combat power was extraordinary.
Splorch!
The head of the spearman blocking at the very front flew high into the sky, creating a crimson mist of blood.
“The front line’s been breached!”
“Damn it!”
The mercenary group’s front had already collapsed. To me, it was somewhat ridiculous.
This wasn’t even a surprise attack.
“No. Why does this mercenary group keep losing all the time?”
I grumbled while nocking an arrow on my bowstring.
At the same time, I casually released one arrow with a flick.
Whoosh!
The arrow lodged itself directly into the center of the foremost bandit’s head.
The result was, of course, instant death.
“…Ugh!”
Neeeigh…!
The masterless horse stumbled with a shriek, and the other bandits charging behind it panicked and collapsed like dominoes in a chain reaction.
Crash!
More than a third of the bandits went down, and the tide of battle shifted decisively in the Mercenary Group’s favor.
Most importantly, the enemy’s morale shattered completely.
Unnaturally, devastatingly shattered. Some of the dazed bandits stood frozen, staring blankly at the spot where their comrade had fallen moments before.
“H-he’s dead?!”
“Already?!”
The bandits’ words echoed what the viewers desperately wanted to say.
-?!!?
-What. Burka’s down?
-???
-Is this an optical illusion? It’s really Burka?
-But you can’t even see clearly from here.
-Just luck?
-Clenching teeth for luck lmao
The arrow I’d casually fired moments ago had struck Burka.
“Why are they acting like that?”
I’d simply aimed at the one leading the charge at the front.
The reactions seemed strange.
-I’d be the same way.
-You killed him though…
-You shot the commander dead, why are they like this…
-lmaooo
Burka was the Bandit Gang’s assault commander—the most troublesome—or rather, should have been—enemy in this mission.
Yet he’d been suddenly intercepted and fell pathetically.
-That footage was real lmaooo
-The game devs must be so frustrated. They put in all these mechanics—slashing with swords, parrying, bleeding effects—and then this lol!
-Lol… ugh! Lol… ugh! On repeat lmao
-At maximum range, drawing at full power, if you land a headshot you can kill them….
-Theoretically possible….
The viewer count had climbed to 230. While 230 wasn’t a large number by any means, the chat’s intensity rivaled that of streams with five thousand viewers.
Everyone had just witnessed a named mob die in a single shot, and the excitement was palpable.
‘They’re all having fun.’
I smiled contentedly, but refused to get swept up in it. I drew my bow again, taking aim.
The battle wasn’t over yet.
Champagne could wait until after victory.
“Avenge the commander!!!”
“We’ll kill them all!”
The bandits channeled their despair into vengeance and rage, attacking with even more ferocious intensity.
‘Next is that bastard.’
I focused solely on the arrow’s tip.
My mind held only one thought—killing the next enemy.
My eyes merely tracked the fleeing foe’s back.
-Wow, seeing it in person is breathtaking.
-That’s so cool….
-But seriously, his stance is pretty unique, right?
That fierce hunting posture tensed even those watching.
My concentrated shooting was a cascade of marvels.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Wherever my sharp gaze fell, bandits crumpled one after another, arrows lodged in their heads and necks without exception.
So many bandits were intercepted in an instant that it seemed the arrows had been embedded in their skulls from the start.
“Gahhh…!”
“Ugh!”
As the leader and numerous veterans fell, the bandits’ confident assault vanished without a trace.
“G-ghosts!”
“Ahhhhhhh!”
They descended into panic—complete and utter chaos. Terrified, they turned and fled.
From this point on, it was no longer combat. It was a hunt.
“The enemies are retreating!”
Roman raised his blood-stained sword and roared.
“Kill them all!!!”
Whoosh!
The Mercenary Group’s banners rose high across the field.
[Chase down and annihilate the Bandit Gang.]
A new quest was issued.
This was a new route that had never been revealed in this game before.
-Annihilation route? What’s this… something like this exists?
-This guy is literally playing a different game than us.
-Let’s give praise to the game company that created all these different routes.

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The viewers erupted in enthusiasm over yet another fresh development created by Almond, and that fervor spilled over into the community website.
[Almond was real]
I’m not sure if it’s almonds or peanuts, damn it.
[Stream’s live right now. Come watch.]
One burka room cut lol
Even the Burqa Ambassador couldn’t penetrate it lol The ambassador’s line was so sharp ㅠㅠㅠ
[Live) Almond discovers another weird route!]
And at that very moment.
There was one famous streamer watching that website.
“…Almond? What is this.”

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