Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 890

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 4 Episode 21
7. The Water Gate (3)
“No, this is completely different from when I practiced with Taco?”
Balloon Gum whispered through the viewer microphone channel.
What he meant by “completely different” was the reaction of the client, Suyeon.
-Lololol
-Lololol
-Can’t be helped lol
-Wait, you said you practiced?
-Shocking, Balloon Gum practiced
Ding.
[Podoli donated 10,000 won.]
[At your age, talking to a college girl is a sin.]
-That’s too much lol
-It’s a game lol
-Lol
“No, it’s not that I talked to her… I almost couldn’t even come up with a nickname!”
Balloon Gum had been completely ignored to the point where not speaking to her would have disrupted the entire progression.
He protested indignantly, but all he got in return was more ridicule.
-His voice suddenly getting louder is hilarious lol
-For real lol
-His face is holding back the stream lol
-Balloon Gum isn’t ugly. Almond is just too handsome.
-He’s feeling wronged lol
[Humnyaring donated 10,000 won.]
[That guy’s definitely an AI made from the same source code as Reina]
“Thank you, Humnyaring. But would it really be just because of looks? I think it’s more about… performance? That kind of difference. I’m just not very good at this…”
-Ugly AND bad at games? Ouch, my bad!
-Oof
-That’s even sadder
-Almond, if you’re handsome, at least don’t be good at games!
-Damn it
-Almond, seriously don’t work out… wait, he’s already an athlete lol
“Now, now everyone. Calm down. Calm down.”
Balloon Gum muttered this while eagerly following behind Almond.
And so, one atheist theology student and two exorcists who failed to clock out.
They set foot onto the university campus where sinister energy flowed freely.

* * *
The university campus was laid out with large buildings spread widely along the mountainside.
For a university in the heart of Seoul, it seemed to be quite expansive.
What struck me as odd upon entering was that there wasn’t a single person outside.
All I could see was a deep indigo mist blanketing the ground.
“There’s nobody here at all?”
Almond spoke through the viewer microphone channel while observing Suyeon.
“…Is she trying to lure us here to kill us?”
-Lmaooooo
-What’s your basis for that lol
-Get out of the mystery game lol
-Instant suspicion lol
I’m trembling right before picking number 4.
Ding.
[Anonymous donated 5,000 won.]
[At least he asks before shooting now!]
-Lmaooo
-Why is shooting a given lol
-For real lol
“Hmm….”
I was still suspicious of the theology student Suyeon. The way she suddenly appeared asking for help was suspicious, and now that we’re here, there’s not a single person at the school.
“Something’s off.”
Suyeon had no idea I was contemplating whether to blow her head off, as she clung to me and explained earnestly.
“Thought entities suddenly appeared and all the people disappeared. They’re not dead, so don’t worry.”
“They’re not dead?”
“Right. My classmates from the theology department evacuated everyone into the buildings. But… it’s hard for us to fight them alone….”
“Fight? Do they teach exorcism in the theology department?”
“No! We’re just college students?! But… our department has an exorcism club.”
“Do they actually perform exorcisms there?”
“W-we’ve never actually done it. It’s just a kind of occult-related club. Originally….”
Originally?
Did something happen in between?
“Some of our seniors suddenly fell into strange spiritual phenomena. Not many though. About… three people?”
lol
-Oh no
-Did they exorcise them lol
I’m scared ㅠㅠㅠ
“Was it yesterday? One of my seniors got possessed by an evil spirit… my friend said something ridiculous like that. And when I came today, it turned out like this.”
So this phenomenon spreading across this entire area is the work of a single evil spirit?
“I see. But how did you manage to escape? Your friends couldn’t get out.”
“Ah. That would be me. Turns out I have a talent for exorcism. When I hit them with this Bible, they all just die!”
Suyeon explains while swinging the Bible around like a club.
Whoosh!
A vicious sound cuts through the air.
-People would probably die too lmaooo
hahahaha
-No that’s literally just a blunt weapon lol
-Almond’s expression lmaooo
“N-No, I’m serious! And not just my Bible! The other objects inside the building have barrier effects too. The seniors are probably holding out with those.”
So the students inside the building are holding their ground with barriers.
Ding.
[Returning Student donated 10,000 won.]
[College students sure know how to set up barriers. I followed them on their MT trip and there were so many layers of barriers stacked on top of each other…]
Hahahahahaha
-Damn ㅋㅋㅋㅋ returning student ㅋㅋ
That’s crazy/insane.
-Well, a vengeful spirit followed them so of course;
“Uh uh! From here on there are Thought Entities! Be careful!”
We’d probably walked about fifty meters from the school’s main gate.
The Thought Entities began to emerge stealthily.
They weren’t particularly formidable—just warm-up material. They were the same quick ones we’d encountered earlier.
“Ah. So it’s these guys.”
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
The Thought Entities began charging at tremendous speed.
Balloon Gum suddenly rushed forward.
“G-Gaaaaaah!”
-??
-?
-What the heck lol
-He’s lost it lmaooo
But it was surprisingly clever positioning.
“Oh.”
He’d created the perfect opening for Almond to deal damage.
Almond pulled out three or more talismans at once from his pouch and hurled them relentlessly.
Crackle!
Crack!
Blue electricity erupted as the talismans stuck squarely to the Thought Entities’ heads.
Boom!
In an instant, the Thought Entities vanished one by one.
No lol, cooperation like this lol
-I’ve seen this a lot in Ril though??
“Wow, is this a monk or an iron ball? ㅋㅋㅋ”
-If it’s like this, wouldn’t a fisherman be cooperating with earthworms too?
Ion ball carry is crazy
Anyway, before the Monk even gets into rhythm with the wooden fish, Almond throws talismans and cleans everything up. So drawing aggro like this was the right answer.
The effect was genuinely remarkable.
All the Grade 3 Thought Entities were eliminated in an instant.
“Wow!”
Suyeon’s eyes sparkled from behind Almond.
“Oh, oppa… did you receive some kind of training? That’s amazing.”
“No, I was just a company employee.”
“Huh. The National Intelligence Service…?”
“…?”
Suyeon Oh—she was an AI with the function of writing novels all by herself.
What are you talking about lol
Is the National Intelligence Service wearing a shaman’s outfit and throwing talismans? lol
-Turn off ChatGPT, Suyeon
Haha, that’s hilarious.
Balloon Gum interjected again and struck up a conversation.
“Wow. Thought Entities. Caught them all. Right, Suyeon?”
“Wow. Yes. But mister, I heard monks practice vegetarianism. Is that really true?”
“…?”
Suyeon’s gaze directed at Balloon Gum’s belly was probably not a mistake.
“No. I was just a company employee.”
“Ah.”
Suyeon turned her gaze forward again with a cold expression, as if to say “Well, of course.”
This was actually her normal expression.
-That’s it?
-Ah… (you really like company dinners)
hahahahahaha
-Ah… (pfft)
Hahaha, that’s hilarious!
Balloon Gum’s shoulders drooped as he realized he’d gotten nothing out of striking up that conversation.
“Hyung. That was good this time.”
“Uh… yeah.”
Only Almond was there to console him.

* * *
“I’m clocking out. You should too, man.”
Manager Kim, unable to bear it any longer, rose from his seat.
He’d stayed at the office this whole time, thinking it would be an entertaining broadcast to watch together.
But the moment he saw me reorganize the Thought Entity just now, he’d already lost all hope.
This guy was the real deal.
“Ah… No, sir. I’d like to watch a bit more.”
A desperate attempt to hold onto hope.
“What hope is there? This is just going to be a regular advertisement. We won’t get a special promotion. Just a regular one.”
“No! We don’t know yet! Quickly throwing talismans at the swift Thought Entity!? I already anticipated that much!”
“…?”
The Manager tilted his head at the Colleague’s words.
He was pretty sure they’d both jumped up in surprise just moments ago.
But as they say, people believe what they want to believe, don’t they?
“Is that so?”
The Manager decided to believe him anyway.
What else could he do?
What’s already happened is done—at least calming his mind would help.
“Yes. We haven’t even reached the boss stage yet, right? These common mobs are nothing. Like goblins, you know? Goblins.”
The Colleague understood the game better than the Manager did.
“Now other mobs besides the Thought Entity will appear. Ghosts, for instance. Yokai and such.”
“…Is that so?”
“Yes, absolutely.”
It wasn’t a lie.
This was where things got real.
“Meeting a single ghost will give us some trouble.”
Manager Kim explained it simply, but in truth, the ghost they’d encounter next was one that had earned a notorious reputation during the alpha test.
‘Newbie Slayer… Gatekeeper… and so on. It had many nicknames.’
Of course, merely having an extreme attack pattern wouldn’t be enough to stop young Almond.
Manager Kim had already figured that out.
‘This one can’t be broken through with just physical prowess alone, so young Almond will probably be stuck too.’
The reason he held any expectation at all was because they’d need to use their heads quite a bit here.
“They’ll need to think strategically. That’s this duo’s greatest weakness.”
They need to use their heads.
Manager Kim knew full well there was no one here capable of doing that.
His expression changed.
“Hmph. Alright. Let me believe… that I can leave in a good mood.”
The Manager set his bag back down.
“Yes! I’ll go buy more beer.”
“Ah, forget it. I’m watching anyway. I’ll go grab a cigarette while I’m at it.”
“Ah, yes.”

* * *
“That’s the Theology Building.”
I approached the building she had pointed out.
It was located relatively toward the front of the campus.
“Are the students trapped only in this building?”
“I’m not sure. It feels like there might be people in other buildings too….”
Could children who couldn’t even cast barriers have possibly survived in this place?
Suyeon didn’t bother voicing that thought.
“But….”
Almond examined the building from a distance and asked.
“What’s that on the roof?”
Something was gleaming on the rooftop.
Or more precisely, light was being sucked into that location.
“Uh… I wonder? I have no idea.”
Almond found that object on the roof decidedly suspicious.
It seemed likely that the entire university grounds had darkened like the rainy season because of that thing.
“Let’s go.”
Almond took the lead, with Balloon Gum and Suyeon Oh following behind.
The main entrance was made of glass, so I could see inside.
‘…There’s nothing there.’
Strangely enough, there was absolutely nothing.
Just an empty building.
“Where are the kids?”
“They’re on the third floor. That’s where our club room is. Oh, and there might be a few on the basement level too. They said they were going to get weapons from the basement….”
“Weapons?”
“Ah, haha… It’s a bit much to call them weapons. It’s like this.”
Whoosh, whoosh.
Suyeon swung a Bible as she explained.
-Farming spot lol
-Can weapons be upgraded?
-One talisman isn’t enough;
‘Something. I think I need to go to the basement level.’
Almond felt like I had to obtain something there and opened the main entrance.
“First, the first floor─”
Huh?
Almond sensed something coming.
──BOOM!
A tremendous explosion erupted, and Almond’s body was sent flying backward.
It felt like I’d been pushed back by a powerful blast of compressed air.
‘Huh?’
In that moment of being sent flying, Almond caught sight of something.
‘What is that?’
Through the slightly ajar door, I could see something.
It had definitely looked empty when I peered in from outside.
“Young master!”
Thud.
As Almond tumbled all the way to the flower bed, my colleagues came rushing over.
“There’s something in there.”
“Yeah. That’s right.”
Balloon Gum nodded.
“It’s a fake, but I didn’t want to spoil it….”
“Ah.”
-Lmaooo
-Yeah, it’d be weird to say it lol
-How do you even explain an ad lol
-I see lol
-No wonder you weren’t that surprised lol
“There’s probably a telekinetic ghost at that entrance. We need to catch it. The ghost probably can’t be seen through glass—that’s probably the concept.”
“Ah. Yes. Let’s go back in.”
“No, but if you just go in, you’ll get bounced back again?”
“…Right?”
“That’s… a spoiler.”
Balloon Gum couldn’t say anything because it was a spoiler.
“Whatever.”
Almond just walked forward again.
-So you were testing to figure it out lol
-Lmao whatever lol
-Lololol Almond
“Wait, no, hey! Even so, if you just walk through and get bounced back again, your stamina will… huh?”
Creak.
The door opened far more easily than expected.
“What?”
There was indeed a ghost inside.
But it was already dead.
In other words, it had died a second time.
[Jibakryeong]
A talisman was already affixed to the center of its head.
The ghost’s true identity was a Jibakryeong.
“Ughhhhhh….”
The Jibakryeong continued to tremble violently as if electrified.
Almond casually brushed it aside without concern and spoke.
“Oh. That actually worked?”
The talisman I’d reflexively thrown had found its mark.
“Since it’s a Jibakryeong, I guess it couldn’t dodge.”
-LMAOOOOOOO
No, what’s with the aim lol
A no-look shot to the top of the head lol
National team-level aiming skills, insane.
He’s actually using real magic lol
-Haha, oh my!
-He threw it just now??
-Wow I didn’t even see it
-A ghost? This guy’s a demon grand duke!
The overwhelming reflexes displayed after so long drew a flood of donations befitting a true gaming prodigy.
Ding ding ding!
[Rubisword has donated 100,000 won!]
[Cha-ching.]
-LMAOOOOO
-Kyaa
-Ack! (dead)
-Oh no, Princess Rubisword, I’m dying!
-Now that’s the stuff
-Squawk (dead)
-Murder? It’s Almond.
Hahaha, everyone just pretend to be dead.
At that moment, no one knew.
That this Jibakryeong was the gatekeeper Manager Kim had been counting on, the newbie-slayer.

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