Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 8

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 8
3. Who is Almond? (3)
A community with few active members, yet boasting a volume of posts rivaling any mid-tier game forum.
A community with excellent value for effort.
A community where you see the same faces every day.
This is the story of Kingdom Age’s community, ‘Kingdom Age Community’ (short for ‘Kingdom Age Talk Only’).
With the game having stagnated completely, information sharing had taken a backseat, and most discussions were simply casual chatter about the game.
Of course, that was the true appeal of Kingdom Age Community.
Drawn to that charm, Dotorimuk—a comprehensive game streamer and what people call a major corporation streamer—occasionally visited Kingdom Age Community.
Resting his chin in his hand as he scrolled through the forum wondering if there was anything about himself, he discovered a topic being mentioned unusually frequently today.
“…Almond?”
The word Almond appeared extremely often.
[Almond was real lol]
[Whether it’s Almond or peanut, this guy’s insane]
[He’s streaming right now. Come watch.]
So there was another deranged streamer playing Kingdom Age.
He loved Kingdom Age too, but since it was such an unpopular game, he’d switched to being a comprehensive game streamer long ago.
Dotorimuk clicked on one of those posts, half out of curiosity and half out of sympathy.
The post had a video linked to it. In the thumbnail, Almond was holding a bow.
“…A bow? Just a bow challenge?”
Even before watching the video, his head was already throbbing.
“Ha. Another freak has arrived.”
Even as he said this, his mouth was smiling. The thought that he’d found a kindred spirit.
He quickly clicked on the video.
The video was shocking enough to instantly wipe that smile from his face.
The very first scene was stunning.
“…What?”
The moment the bandit event started, Almond pierced the commander Burka’s skull in one shot.
“What, what is this?”
Dotorimuk had to rewind that part. It happened so fast he couldn’t properly comprehend it.
Whoosh…!
The arrow flew, and Burka didn’t even react to the incoming arrow.
Thunk!
It was instant death.
“…This can’t be right.”
While a headshot is generally known to cause instant death, it’s not completely ‘instant.’ There’s a slight delay. But now Almond had just instantly killed Burka, an elite mob.
It wasn’t a simple headshot.
“Perfect shot…?”
Perfect shot.
A judgment rank above headshot.
In Kingdom Age, it’s common knowledge that hitting a vital point means instant death.
However, for boss-tier enemies, a single arrow to a vital point doesn’t guarantee an immediate kill.
But there exists one technique capable of taking down even those formidable foes in a single shot—the Perfect Shot.
This Perfect Shot is a hidden mechanic of the game that remains largely unknown.
Even within this community filled with veteran players, it’s barely been mentioned.
And for good reason—there’s no point discussing it. Such a judgment practically never occurs!
It’s genuinely impossible difficulty.
First, the arrow must be the initial shot fired at the target, and it must be drawn at full charge. Additionally, the charging time cannot be too long—according to what’s known, it must be released within 1.5 seconds.
But the most difficult aspect is the targeting.
It’s not just hitting the vital point—you must hit the exact center of the vital point.
Within that small area, you must aim for an even smaller spot.
It’s an impossible condition.
Yet, as if to prove that this impossible condition was actually possible, the arrow in the video pierced straight through the exact center of another demon’s vital point.
Thunk!
“Again…”
Another Perfect Shot.
Every subsequent shot was identical.
How was this even possible?
I couldn’t believe a human capable of this existed.
“Hacking?”
For a moment, I suspected cheating, but that was a foolish thought. What idiot would bother hacking a trash game like this? It’s not even a competitive game against other players.
“If it’s not hacking, then what? Is he an Olympic gold medalist or something? This is insane.”
Dotorimuk had come dangerously close to the truth without realizing it.
“Who exactly is this person?”
I became curious about this player named Almond.
How many years of gaming experience did he have? How much practice had he put in? What was his secret…
After searching the website with the keyword ‘Almond’.
“Oh my god, this is insane.”
I fell into despair.
Even after checking multiple times, the evidence was far too conclusive.
All the viewers watching the live broadcast were witnesses to this as well.
“H-h-his first time trying!?”
Fear filled my eyes.
Jealousy? Envy? Those emotions only arise when someone who seems inferior outperforms you.
What I was feeling now was ‘awe’.
Standing before a once-in-a-lifetime genius.
“Damn, damn it, I need to watch this.”
I was supposed to start my own broadcast soon, but ever since the moment Burka died to that single arrow, such thoughts had long vanished from my mind.
As if possessed, I entered my Capsule to watch Almond, and typed his name into Tribby.
It was still that demon battle scene from earlier.
However, something was different.
‘What is this?’
Rather than fighting the bandits directly, I was hunting by pursuing them.

* * *
“Chase them down! Kill every last one of them!!”
With Roman’s thunderous roar, the entire mercenary company surged forward.
“Uaaaaaaah!”
“Die!”
Almond also drove his horse forward with lightning speed.
The wind buffeted and shook him relentlessly, yet Almond calmly aimed his bow even amidst the chaos.
“Almond! You’re planning to shoot your bow while riding?”
Roman caught up and pressed the issue.
Though he knew Almond’s abilities well enough, shooting a bow from a galloping horse was an entirely different matter.
When riding at speed, spears or swords were far more advantageous. That way, the horse’s momentum could be converted into destructive force, making it superior in every way.
“When charging, downward-striking weapons like spears or blunt instruments have the advantage.”
But Almond had no intention of switching weapons.
“I’ll be fine.”
Almond stated his position clearly—he would continue using the bow. It was an obsession bordering on strange.
‘I find shooting the bow enjoyable.’
After ten years without properly holding a bow, lingering attachment was inevitable.
The problem was that Roman typically didn’t accept his subordinates’ opinions.
Yet Almond was an exception to that rule.
“Very well. If it’s you, I’m sure you can manage it.”
He accepted Almond’s position.
-Is that really Roman?
-Wow, unbelievable. To me, it’s like a female colleague who spits at me acts all charming around this charismatic guy.
-Is his name even Roman?
-That comparison was perfect lol
Roman had inadvertently become the charming female colleague in the viewers’ eyes.
Yet Roman steadfastly trusted Almond and rode forward.
-But shooting while riding a horse has to be difficult…
-For real.
-And there’s barely any advantage to it.
‘That’s true enough.’
Sanghyeon agreed with the sentiment.
Of course, Sanghyeon had never ridden a horse before.
Could I even shoot properly while being violently jostled up and down?
That was my question too.
But I wasn’t lacking in confidence.
‘Anyway, I’m shooting at moving targets for the first time while playing this game. I’ll be able to do this quickly too.’
After all, games were designed so that anyone could do everything. Just like all sports.
Reminding myself of this, I nocked the arrow with confidence.
Giri-lik.
The bowstring stretched taut, and my eyes tracked one fleeing bandit.
Even on a horse vibrating violently, my release was completely steady.
My hand releasing the bowstring didn’t waver in the slightest.
How many times had I imagined this unwavering right hand over the past ten years?
Pyu-joong!
The arrow flew true toward its target and struck home.
Puk!
“Kheeegh!”
The bandit’s neck was pierced clean through. With the arrow lodged while on horseback, falling was inevitable.
Ihi-i-ing!
The other bandits following behind trampled him to death without my intervention.
‘I hit the neck. I was aiming for the head.’
Since the target was bobbing up and down, I’d need to match that rhythm precisely to hit it accurately.
-Wow!
-Are you insane!
lol
Horse archery is insane.
-You bastards, look at this! This is the bow of Joseon!
The viewers thought the arrow through the neck was a perfect hit. After all, whether you hit the neck or the back of the head, death is the same.
‘This won’t do.’
But I wasn’t satisfied. I wanted to hit it perfectly.
They say geniuses have high standards, don’t they?
I was the same.
I enjoyed pushing myself and achieving through that pressure. I was born a predator. In what I was a professional at, there was no compromise.
I urged the horse faster.
“Hiya!”
Clop-clop! Clop-clop!
The horse’s back bounced more violently up and down.
‘I need to imprint the rhythm into my body.’
I began matching my body’s movement to the horse’s bouncing rhythm. When it surged upward, my body rose; when it came down, my body descended.
Then, at a certain moment.
I held my breath, my eyes gleaming like a predator’s.
‘Now!’
Giri-lik.
The bowstring was drawn to full draw in an instant.
Paa-ang!!!
The arrow traced a gentle arc through the air….
Thwack!
It pierced cleanly through the center of the bandit leader’s head at the very front of the fleeing group.
-Woooow!
-That’s even more insane than before!
Kyaaaaaah…!
As the lead horse collapsed, the formation of fleeing bandits crumbled in chaos.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
I continued pursuing and firing arrows, each one striking the exact same spot.
Right through the center of the head.
The bandits became corpses the moment they fell from their horses, tumbling one after another.
“Kill them all!”
“Uaaaaaaah!”
Slash! Slash!
Thanks to me closing the distance, the mercenary company caught up and brutally swung their swords and spears, cutting down the bandits.
From this point on, it was no longer a hunt—it was a massacre.
“You are an archer sent by the gods themselves!”
That was Roman shouting at me.
The other mercenaries also cried out one after another.
“I can’t believe this—I’ve never seen archery like this in my entire life!”
“Isn’t this the return of Robin Hood?”
“I can’t believe my own eyes.”
These were the kind of veterans who would normally be eager to bully a newcomer.
-Wow… self-loathing
Hahaha, the wingwoman effect
-Hey hey. Seniors… you could look like that too…?
Those veterans now gazed up at me like children watching a magic show, their voices filled with nothing but praise.
-No joke. This is seriously amazing.
-Such talent appearing in Kingdom Age
Of course, the chat wasn’t any different.
And then something else happened.
A situation that would surprise me unfolded.
“Huh?”
Ding.
[Dotorimuk donated 100,000 won.]
[All perfect shots…. Is this real?]
It was the first donation I’d received since the stream started.
A whopping 100,000 won.
-What?
-Why is he showing up here…?
-Is this real? Are you actually Dotorimuk?
-This is insane lol
-Turn on the broadcast, Muk, you bastard~!

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