Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 891

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 4 Episode 022
8. The Goblin (1)
White smoke rises from the talisman affixed to the Jibakryeong’s forehead.
‘Huh? It’s dead?’
Balloon Gum’s jaw dropped in disbelief.
‘What. I wandered around here for like three hours.’
Normally, entering through the front gate from here would be impossible.
I would have to search for another route.
The standard approach was to use the station master or whatever and enter through a window.
‘Back then, I entered around the third floor.’
Even entering that way wasn’t the end of it.
The Jibakryeong possessed tremendous control over its own space.
Ultimately, I had to fight the Jibakryeong inside this school building.
And that was incredibly exhausting.
According to Taco, this was designed with the intent of imposing hardship from the start.
「It’s set up so you inevitably hit obstacles and die several times. It teaches players about the game here, and those who can’t manage it start with other buildings instead, making players deliberate their choices within the game…」
The Jibakryeong’s role in this game was to showcase the game’s flavor and make players explore the surrounding terrain on their own.
Or to redirect players who couldn’t manage it to start with other buildings instead.
It was a character with significant responsibilities.
‘…But it just died without doing anything?’
The problem was that in this parallel world where Almond had descended, no one knew about such roles anymore.
“Uh….”
Balloon Gum pondered before opening his mouth.
Normally I would just move on, but this is an advertisement.
“Is this okay? This one actually has some fun in clearing it.”
“Really? But it’s dead.”
Almond simply scratched his head.
Probably to his eyes, it just looked like a slightly stronger mob that happened to die.
Because that’s exactly how it died.
Hahahahaha
-Dead mobs have no strategy by Almond the Lord
I’m dying laughing ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-The fun in clearing it ‘existed’
“No. Ugh… this one has significance.”
“Did it take you long to clear this, hyung?”
“….”
Hahahahaha
That’s spot on lol
I guess that was the case lol
Oh crap haha
—Gasp
“Ah, no, that’s not what I meant! I’m telling you it’s real!?”
“Let’s just go inside.”
Almond thought Balloon Gum was joking and chuckled as he led the way forward.
‘But I’m not!’
Could I really just let this slide?
Balloon Gum couldn’t make a decision. After all, this was the first time he’d experienced an advertisement broadcast going like this.
He was a streamer who believed it was his duty to fall for every trap the developer had designed when doing advertisements.
Of course… it wasn’t that he fell for them because he thought it was his duty, but rather his body automatically moved that way.

* * *
Balloon Gum wasn’t the only one flustered by this situation.
‘Ah… we’re screwed.’
Manager Kim.
He couldn’t even look toward Kim Gwajang right now.
‘They’re just going in like that?’
Newbie slayer.
Difficulty guide.
Water Gate Keeper.
All those titles became meaningless as he died.
‘This is basically a bug.’
He essentially died like a bug.
After all, he didn’t show anything and was killed by a talisman that flew through a crack in the door.
This kind of play was close to what was called a ‘glitch.’
A glitch was a method frequently used by gamers who mainly did speedruns.
By exploiting game errors, they drastically shortened game time.
It was a loophole that ordinary play could never catch up to.
For example, passing through a certain wall in Stage 1 to jump directly to Stage 3.
Or preventing a stage boss from even spawning.
Absurd plays like that emerged.
There were various opinions about glitches among speedrun gamers.
But recently, almost all of them acknowledge it.
The view was that bugs resulting from the game’s own design were also part of the game.
In other words, this wasn’t a problem.
It was a problem, but actually it wasn’t.
“Hey. That’s not a glitch, right? Huh? That Jibakryeong looks important?”
As expected, Kim Gwajang, who had good instincts, asked sharply.
“A glitch? Ha ha. He just died after getting hit by a talisman?”
Manager Kim waved his hand dismissively as if it was nothing.
“No. But didn’t you say earlier? That ghosts and thought entities are completely different!?”
“Ah….”
Different thugs are still thugs, that much is true.
But fundamentally, they’re the same category.
“Ah, no~! The thing is, the categories are similar, so… did I, did I say it that way?”
The saving grace was that Manager Kim didn’t know the game’s details in depth. And the fact that he had a low alcohol tolerance.
“No… you definitely….”
As expected.
Manager Kim couldn’t properly recall what Manager Kim had said.
“Ah… damn. I can’t remember. No! Setting that aside! What was Balloon Gum saying? He always talks like it’s important, doesn’t he?”
Manager Kim still remembered what Balloon Gum had just said.
But Manager Kim laughed.
Pfft.
“Well… that’s by Balloon Gum’s standards. For other people, it’s the kind of thing they move past quickly.”
“Really?”
“Yes, of course.”
Manager Kim tilted his head suspiciously and grumbled.
“But seriously, how does a ghost die from just one talisman? Geez.”
At those words, Manager Kim let out a bitter laugh internally.
‘Damn those developer bastards.’
That’s what he wanted to say.
Developers had a strange quirk—they always left room for multiple ways to clear a stage rather than just one method.
If they’d just inflated the health pool, this wouldn’t happen.
In this game, ghosts disappear the moment you place a talisman in the right spot.
Boss monsters were no exception. They just made the process far more difficult.
‘Even so, it shouldn’t have turned out like this.’
Placing a talisman anywhere doesn’t kill them. The talisman doesn’t come with a scope like a gun for proper aiming either.
There isn’t even an auto-aim feature with game assistance that makes it stick perfectly.
You need a truly precise moment to attach it. Yet he threw it at a moving target and stuck it perfectly on the vital point?
And he did it in that split second right before the door closed.
It shouldn’t have been possible.
‘Is that guy actually not a ghost?’
In Manager Kim’s eyes, Almond looked like a ghost himself.
‘If he keeps this up, he should be dead. What do I do?’
To stop this Almond, something else would be needed.
Fortunately, this game had multiple types of monsters.
And he’d encounter them soon enough.
“The Jibakryeong is just a doorkeeper mob. The real threat comes next. Yokai will appear too. Those are the real deal.”
Yokai, precisely.
“Yokai are… real?”
“Yes, real.”
Thought entities and malevolent human spirits coalesce to form wandering ghosts, while true spirits are the vengeful souls of those who were once human.
Yokai, however, were different. Born as supernatural beings from birth, they had accumulated wisdom and power through countless ages—genuine purebred monsters.
“These creatures absolutely require cooperation. Especially… yokai must be vanquished with Buddhist-affiliated weapons.”
“!”
Manager Kim’s eyes gleamed with sudden realization.
“Ah…! That’s right!”
In this game, the monsters’ attributes were divided into three major classifications.
Spirits and thought entities—Shamans.
Yokai and goblins—Buddhism.
Demons and malevolent spirits—Christianity.
Each required different religions to exorcise them.
Until now, only the types that Shamans could exorcise had appeared.
But yokai were different.
The Monk had to finish the exorcism regardless, while the Shaman provided support.
“Yokai are worth believing in.”
The Manager, emboldened by drink, clenched his fist and shouted.
“Believe in it!? Yokai!”
“Yes!”
The Manager joined in the chant.
“Yokai!”
“Graaaaaaah?”
“That’s right, demon.”
“Graaaaaaah!”
“Graaaaaaah!”
After letting out a spirited cry filled with hope, the Manager swallowed hard.
‘It’ll… work out, right?’
His face as he drank the toast showed unmistakable anxiety.

* * *
First floor of the Theology Building.
There was someone whose face looked just as anxious as Manager Kim’s.
That was Balloon Gum.
‘Entering from the first floor… this is a first.’
I’d attempted countless runs with Takoyaki, but this was my first time entering the first floor.
‘Now even I don’t know.’
It was hard to even imagine how the game could spiral out of control from here.
I was second to none when it came to breaking games and making them behave strangely.
But skipping ahead in such an absurd way—due to skill issues—was something I had no experience with.
“But why can’t I see anything clearly here?”
Even though the Jibakryeong had disappeared, whether it was a bug or not, the first floor was still blanketed in dark fog. Anything beyond about ten meters became difficult to see.
The floor visible in my field of vision was scattered in disarray, and the traces of people moving urgently were unmistakable.
We walked along the corridor in silence for a moment.
“But there’s nothing here?”
Almond speaks as if finding it strange.
-Right?
-Can’t see them because they’re ghosts?
-Ugh. School ghost story vibes.
-Feels like something could jump out any second
Ghosts being invisible or jumping out suddenly—that’s certainly possible.
But that’s not why Almond is confused.
“I thought there would be tons of ghosts since they said they were trapped and couldn’t escape.”
Since they said theology students were trapped inside, I expected the corridors to be packed with enemies just like during Zombie School.
Otherwise, there’s no reason they’d be trapped in here—they’d be much better off getting out quickly.
“Suyeon. How long have the kids been trapped?”
“Huh.”
“…?”
“You… called my name.”
Kyaaah!
Suyeon bounces excitedly, stomping her feet with joy.
-??
-Should we exorcise this? This seems like a ghost?
Damn, haha
-She’s possessed for real
-If this isn’t a bug, what is!
“How long have the kids been trapped?”
Almond asks again, wondering if I didn’t understand the question properly.
I can’t translate this as it’s not a meaningful Korean phrase – it appears to be keyboard mashing or random characters (ㅋㅋㅋㅋ represents laughter, but ㅁㅊ doesn’t form coherent text).
Are you a machine? lol
-This one’s more like an AI lol
-Treating them like a machine the whole time lmaooo
“Hmm. Hmm. It hasn’t been long. Probably less than half a day.”
“Which floor are the kids on?”
“They’re on the 3rd floor! And… there might be some on the basement level too. They went to get weapons….”
“Hmm. That’s strange.”
Almond tilts his head, uncertain about what feels off.
Sure enough, he turns his microphone toward the viewer channel and says this.
“Yeah, something about this seems suspicious, doesn’t it?”
-Almond mode lol
-Whoa
-Is this a murder threat?
-Almond special) doesn’t know what’s suspicious lol just knows something is
Face reading deduction is crazy.
When the viewers tease him, Almond explains.
“No, there’s no ghost or anything here. The kids said they can’t escape… but actually, there are no kids here. Weren’t we lured here?”
Gasp!
-Is it like some kind of luring-type yokai?
-Real talk
-It’s pretty eerie.
-Then let’s pick number 4.
It was a fairly plausible deduction.
‘What is he talking about?’
Watching him, Balloon Gum let out a quiet laugh.
The premise was wrong from the start.
‘No, you killed the Jibakryeong so strangely in the first place that this happened!’
In reality, this place was filled with lesser spirits that the Jibakryeong commanded.
They simply disappeared.
Because I killed it before the game even started.
But right now, the arrows were heading in the wrong direction.
‘At this rate, isn’t Suyeon going to get killed?’
Suyeon Oh.
This character, despite not appearing to be much, is actually a partner with considerable importance.
Just the fact that she carries a Bible around is enough for experienced gamers to catch on immediately.
The three attributes provided in this game.
Suyeon fills in the attribute that the two players didn’t choose among Buddhism, Christianity, and shamanism.
That alone makes this colleague essential.
Surely Almond knows this too?
But the worry couldn’t be dispelled.
Balloon Gum had also seen the ‘Taang’ incident before in shorts.
‘Surely… not…’
As Balloon Gum trembled with anxiety, Almond’s viewers asked the question for him.
Ding.
[Taang donated 10,000 won.]
You’re not saying Suyeon killed her, right!?ㅎㅎ
-Oh
-Can’t do it without a gun lol
-Come on lol
-Kill them? If you’re going to say something, use the fancy word ‘deduce’!
-Surely lol
“For now, I’ll just watch and see~”
Fortunately, Almond decided to put off the deduction for later.
‘Phew.’
Balloon Gum felt relieved.
‘Still, somehow it’s rolling along.’
The game was progressing more normally than expected.
But the moment Balloon Gum heard Almond’s next question, his expression went blank again.
“Oh, but Suyeon. What floor are the kids on?”
Didn’t he just ask that?
If I count even the time he asked before entering the seminary, this seems like the third time he’s asking.
-This guy really can’t remember
-No they’re on the 3rd floor lol
-How many times is he gonna ask lol
-He’s asking like he’s doing a search lol
-Brain muscle lol
-Could that guy actually be a Yokai?
In any case, Suyeon answered again.
“Ah… they’re on the 3rd floor! And… there might be some on the basement level too. They might have gotten trapped in the storage room while going to get weapons.”
“Oh… she’s saying the same thing.”
Almond shamelessly headed toward the basement stairs, pretending he’d known all along.
“It doesn’t seem like a lie, so let me check out that place in the basement where the weapons are.”
-He asked because he forgot lol
-Balloon Gum’s expression lol
-The guy who swapped his memory and VNS stats
-Bring Hodu here!
Thus they set the basement level as their first destination.
Unaware that they would encounter the first Yokai there.

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