Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 85

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 85
30. Power Suit Gameplay (2)
The Plaza.
The most straightforward, brutally simple map in Battle Rage.
True to its name, the plaza consists entirely of wide, open flatland, with cover limited to vendor stalls behind the shops ringing the plaza’s perimeter and the massive fountain at its center.
As a result, fierce skirmishes unfold here, though opinions on it are divided.
This is where the eternal debate rages—one side champions survival as the heart of the battle royale experience, while the other argues that such gameplay makes the game tedious.
Of course, for Almond, who consistently dominates with the overwhelming Lü Bu meta, this is welcome news.
‘I’ve won.’
Almond felt certain of victory the moment he saw the Blue Zone contracting toward the plaza.
Plaza battle.
The term refers to the chaotic skirmish that erupts when the final Blue Zone contraction centers on the plaza.
This game will definitely be a plaza battle.
-Is it a plaza battle?
-Lol, so Almond’s never done a plaza battle before?
-Plaza battles are kinda boring
-I like plaza battles. They’re intense lol
-Plaza battles are so intense everyone dies instantly lol
Though opinions were divided, Almond’s fans would naturally be more excited.
After all, Almond preferred skirmishes.
And with the power suit equipped, he had nothing to fear.
-With power suit Almond, plaza battle is totally advantageous
-For real lol
-For real lol just spam for real lol
-He’s got tons of arrows anyway
-And tons of potions
-Guns would be way too overpowered.
-I wanna see it regardless of win or lose lol
Buoyed by the flood of anticipation, Almond began moving toward the plaza.
Whoooosh—
Propelled by the power suit’s tremendous thrust.

* * *
Tap.
The first footstep echoing across the plaza.
That someone was Almond.
“Looks like I arrived first.”
After eliminating roughly seven additional players, Almond finally reached the plaza.
Almond was the first to arrive.
-Well, you killed everyone who was ahead of you lol
-After slaughtering them all, I’m the first one here lmao
-Haha lol
Almond wasn’t the fastest runner.
He simply eliminated everyone ahead of him, that’s all.
“Let me secure a good position….”
Arriving first meant I could claim the best spot.
If I positioned myself well here, first place would be far more achievable.
[Jotmungand donated ‘1,000 won’.]
[The plaza battle doesn’t really have a good spot though….]
[Gandhi Meta Research Director donated ‘5,000 won’.]
[Maybe the 2nd floor of the building at the plaza’s edge?]
Almond considered the feedback and attempted to secure the 2nd floor.
“The 2nd floor of the edge building….”
It was awkward.
It was too close to the Blue Zone’s boundary. I might get excluded during the next Blue Zone shift. That would leave me in the worst possible position.
[Papapa donated ‘50,000 won’!]
[How about circling around inside the fountain and shooting? If your physical stats are good enough, that doesn’t sound bad]
“Oh. Papapa, thank you so much for the 50,000 won donation. That’s advice I can really feel the sincerity in. Got it.”
-Seriously, this guy’s insane lol
-Man, come on lol
-Hey hey. You can’t ignore ‘sincerity’~
-But isn’t the fountain a bad idea?!
-The fountain’s in the center of the plaza so it shouldn’t be affected much by the Blue Zone. Isn’t that too conspicuous?
There were various opposing voices.
But Almond chose the fountain. Instinctively, it seemed like a decent option for the current situation.
This fountain was larger than expected, allowing me to circle around and respond depending on where enemies approached from.
Most importantly, it was at the exact center of the current Blue Zone’s territory.
Even if the Blue Zone shifted next, this location would be included.
“There are various opinions, but let’s give it a try.”
Almond walked toward the plaza fountain.
It was a massive fountain with nine enormous stone statues arranged in a square formation.
Thanks to its scale, there was plenty of space to hide inside.
Just that I’m getting quite soaked.
-Huh?
-Into the water?
Wow, that’s hilarious lol
-Almond all drenched…
Wet almonds are so sexy ㅠ
-Doesn’t getting wet cause some kind of debuff or something?
Oh, and come to think of it, it doesn’t have to be a gun—it can be wet! ㅋㅋㅋ
Whoooosh…!
Water splashed from all directions, drenching my body. But I paid it no mind. After all, I wielded a bow.
There was no need to worry about gunpowder getting wet.
‘They’re coming.’
I could see an enemy entering the Blue Zone from far away.
The first visitor to the plaza.
Creak…!
Almond quietly drew back the bowstring.
Whoooosh.
The streams of water obscured the path before me, so the enemy seemed not to notice.
This was where it began.
Whishhh.
The viewpoint shifted upward with a snap.

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The perspective shifted to a drone view looking down at Almond’s head.
“Oh.”
Juhyeok, who had been mesmerized watching the footage, suddenly realized something anew.
Right, I was watching a video.
For a moment, I had forgotten that I was watching footage.
I had been concentrating so intensely, as if I had become Almond myself.
“But why did the view change here?”
The first-person perspective had been giving incredible immersion up until now. But halfway through the video, the viewpoint switched entirely.
It felt a bit disappointing.
However, the reason became clear with the very next shot.
Paaang!!!
The arrow flying in a straight line split the water’s surface.
Shwoooosh…!
It was a magnificent scene, like something from a high-quality Hong Kong martial arts film.
“Oh!”
It wasn’t just impressive. Thanks to the way the water split, I could see exactly the path the arrow was taking.
When the perspective even switched to the arrow’s first-person view midway through, the tension increased even more.
Shwoooooosh!
The water parted, and white spray erupted from all sides.
And gradually, the increasingly panicked eyes of the enemy drew closer.
Thwack!
With the impact sound, the arrow’s perspective ended.
[Almond → Jontelia]
[Eliminated!]
[16/100]
Back to the drone view looking down from overhead.
I had killed one, but the number of enemies had actually increased.
Numerous players were entering the plaza.
From different directions.
“Huh?”
Juhyeok was shocked.
So many players had come? That was information I didn’t know from the live broadcast.
It was information I could only understand from looking down from above. So that’s why the drone view was necessary.
Juhyeok counted the number of people converging on him.
“Wow… It was 1 versus 12?!”
During the live broadcast, I had faced them one or two at a time, so I had no idea.
This had actually been a 1 versus 12 fight.
-Wow. Really clean shot.
-That’s insane.
-Brother, another one’s coming from the left!
-This guy doesn’t have a pot either lol If Almond shows up in the kill log, just look for the pot first~~
Looking at the chat during the broadcast, the viewers didn’t know either.
Of course, the twelve players also didn’t know they would each face only a single opponent.
Whoosh!
Then, another arrow from Almond cuts through the water and flies forward.
Thunk!
A player’s head was pierced.
He didn’t die. He had a ballistic helmet, so he immediately rolled to the side.
Whistle! Whistle!
But as if it had been anticipated, two arrows came flying in succession.
Whoooosh!
The water parted twice.
Rat-a-tat-tat! The opponent fired randomly in all directions and died.
It was good that the kill count went up by one.
But he died far too loudly.
Now the remaining eleven players notice Almond’s presence.
[The fountain?]
[Someone’s at the fountain.]
[Center’s taken. Damn it.]
The plaza had no real cover besides the fountain.
Where Almond was located was obvious.
[They all figured it out.]
Click. Click. Click.
Eleven heads turned toward the fountain in unison.
A scene hardly different from a horror movie.
Slowly, those eleven close in on the distance. Click. Black gun barrels all point toward the fountain.
With each closing distance, even my heart felt constricted.
“…Is this… actually going to work?”
Even Juhyeok, who already knew the outcome, couldn’t help but say this.
Almond on the screen calmly prepares the next shot.
Creak.
The bowstring is drawn back, and two arrows nocked in the string vanish in an instant.
It was rapid fire, but it was fair to say they were shot almost simultaneously.
Whoooooosh!
Two streaks of arrows cut through the fountain as they fly.
They strike the foreheads of two approaching players.
Crack! Thunk!
Both died in an instant.
The other players began returning fire.
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat!
Without hesitation, both sides opened fire.
Dozens of water streams converged toward Almond.
Crash!
The stone statue spouting water trembled.
Boom!
It finally shattered. Acrid marble dust swirled through the air.
Yet Almond remained unscathed.
He was already drawing his bow from behind another statue.
Twang!
The water stream split apart.
Whoooosh!
The opponent saw the arrow.
[This….]
“How unfortunate.”
I finished the last words my opponent couldn’t complete.
Thunk!
The arrow struck true—right through the head.
My opponent’s head snapped backward violently.
Beyond just snapping back, he flew as if struck by a massive war hammer.
The draw strength of a bow pulled by a power suit was something else entirely….
The enemies’ return fire erupted once more.
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat!!!
Tap-tap-tap-tap!
Almond spun around the massive statue, vanishing from the enemies’ line of sight.
A hail of bullets tore through the statue indiscriminately.
Another unfortunate statue toppled.
Crash…!
A wave as massive as its weight surged upward.
Whoosh!
Three holes pierced through that wave.
Almond’s arrows.
Whoooosh…!
Three arrows cutting through the water stream, flying toward us.
The screen slowed down at that moment.
“!?”
My eyes widened in surprise.
Only then did I see it.
The pattern of the water stream.
The water stream created by the arrows wasn’t a straight line.
‘Bent…!?’
A curve shot.
All three arrows were curve shots.
I wouldn’t have known if I hadn’t seen the water’s trajectory. They were fired in an instant.
Now that I think about it, something was off.
Almond was clearly at an angle where he couldn’t hit the enemy.
He was dodging by circling around the stone statue, so there was a statue between the enemy and Almond.
So when the enemies fired, the statue crumbled instead of hitting Almond.
But Almond’s arrows were different.
Whiiiiiiish!
The screen accelerated again.
In an instant, the water split apart, and at the end of that split were the heads of three enemies.
Thunk! Thunk! Thunk!
Only the one wearing a ballistic helmet barely survived.
Two enemies were dead.
“Ugh….”
My jaw dropped.
I’d already seen this scene in the live broadcast.
But by adjusting the perspective and speed, does it really look this different?
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat!
The enemy who barely survived because of the ballistic helmet rolled his body and fired wildly.
From his perspective, he couldn’t see Almond’s location.
It was the worst move.
He was essentially advertising his own position through sound.
Twang!
Sure enough, a curved arrow came flying and pierced through his head.
Thud!
That enemy fell as well.
‘Curve shots to the head… continuously….’
When he first fired the curve shots, he didn’t seem this proficient.
His skill level rose within this single match.
He’s hitting heads accurately with curve shots from that great distance.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Is this what talent is?
A massive wall seemed to shimmer before Juhyeok’s eyes.
‘How do I overcome this?’
Wasn’t the bow as a weapon simply too strong? A foolish thought swept through my mind.
In a survival game, the technique of shooting opponents while avoiding cover is broken. It wouldn’t be surprising if it got banned.
As long as Almond could use this technique, his strategy was simple. Keep circling the statue while shooting arrows from angles only he could reach.
There was no way to lose.
Whoooosh!
Whoooosh!
Each time, the streams of water spread outward.
One path, then another, embroidered across the plaza—as if a massive crane were unfurling its wings.
As the crane spread its wings fully──
Crash!
The last enemy in the plaza fell.
[Almond → Demigragas]
[Defeated!]
[1/100]
Almond’s power suit gameplay video ended there.

* * *
Only then did Juhyeok’s consciousness return from the world within the video.
He quickly checked the comment section.
The comments were already in complete chaos.
-Hyung, I’m Platinum rank, and I have no confidence I could beat this. Please drop down to Diamond.
-Jumong: I confess. Gojoseon was an empty house.
└Empty house lmaooo
└Gojoseon empty house hahahahahaha
-Wow. I watched this live. Back then it was first-person, so I was so disoriented I couldn’t even tell if the arrows were curving or what. Water splashing, fountains erupting, bullets flying, the statues keep spinning, and with the power suit equipped it was so fast I got dizzy…
└Just reading this makes you feel the chaos…lol
└Lol I gotta rewatch the live broadcast
-Entertainment from live streams. Amazement from Ollytube. A man who does it all! Almond!
Then one of the top comments caught Juhyeok’s eye.
-Wow, already ranked 41st in real-time trending!?
It had climbed to 41st place in real-time trending videos.
‘Really?’
It was record-breaking performance among Almond’s videos. He quickly navigated to the gaming category trending rankings.
41st) Miho’s Ring Fit Challenge!
“Huh?”
That’s not Almond’s video.
A completely different video occupied that ranking. There was no sign of Almond’s video above or below it either.
“Ah…!”
Smack!
Juhyeok slapped his own foolish forehead.
Look at when that comment was posted.
A full thirty minutes ago.
‘Then that means….’
He scrolled around the 40th position.
Nothing.
What about the top 30?
Still nothing.
At this point, I’m starting to wonder if something’s wrong.
Completely off the charts?
Or perhaps….
“!”
21st) Battle Rage EP.6 – Yes. Almond put on a power suit.

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