Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 956

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 4 Episode 087
29. Paprika vs Almond (3)
When the viewers first saw the dragon’s shadow cast across the sky, they couldn’t believe their eyes.
-??
-Where did that dragon come from all of a sudden??
-That dragon… surely not….
It shouldn’t exist at this point in the game.
But then, they remembered.
-I think that was summoned earlier lolol
It was the dragon summoned through Rubisword’s donation.
That creature had chased Almond all the way here.
Survival Craft’s monsters possessed a mechanism where they would always seek retribution against anyone who attacked them.
The stronger the monster, the more pronounced this tendency became—needless to say, the dragon was no exception.
Though it was merely a toothpick of a blade, that single strike from Almond had become an indelible humiliation for the dragon.
It had tracked Almond down and finally unleashed its flames.
ROOOOOAAAAAARRR!!
The fortunate part was that it simply showed off a taste of scorching fire before vanishing.
It had returned exactly what it received.
Of course, the dragon’s definition of “exactly” was rather different.
-OMG
-Gasp
-We’re done for
-Ahhh!
-Save us
“Uuuuaaaaahhhhh…!”
By human standards, it felt nothing like proportional retaliation—in fact, even those completely uninvolved got caught up in it.
All the Paprika residents, who had nothing to do with the exchange between Almond and the dragon, were burned to ash.
Everyone except Almond.
[Freeze Immunity Activated]
He was immune to flame damage due to the freeze effect.
-?
-What lol he survived??
-He survived that?
-What is that dragon??? lol Is that the one from before??
-Insane lolol
-Wow he made it lolol
The status ailment that Gaji-bokkeun had inflicted to kill Almond had instead saved him.
Moreover, all the other enemies had turned to ash.
-Is that really Gaji-bokkeun??
-Gaji-bokkeun is a god!
-Gaji-bokkeun Chapter 1, Verse 3: “Even when faced with temptation, do not doubt…”
The viewers praised Gaji-bokkeun so much they even coined the term “Gospel of Gaji-bokkeun” for him.
The timing had been absolutely perfect.
Gaji-bokkeun himself seemed surprised and donated again.
[Gaji-bokkeun donated 3,000 won.]
[Let there be light]
Hahahaha
-Gaji-bokkeun is a god! Gaji-bokkeun is a god! Gaji-bokkeun is a god!
-Wow
Isn’t that cheap ruby crap something Poop Ruby cleaned up? lolol What the heck lolol
Hahaha!! Superstar stir-fried eggplant!!
Just as Gaji-bokkeun’s shoulders were reaching their peak.
“Wow.”
Almond let out a short exclamation and made his declaration.
“Gaji-bokkeun banned.”
Almond did not acknowledge his achievement.
Hahahahahahaha
Hahaha, that’s so funny!
-Gotta do what you gotta do~
-Gaji-bokkeun… Attention!
Hahahahahaha
I cannot provide a reliable translation for this text as it appears to contain unclear or corrupted Korean characters and incomplete words that don’t form coherent meaning in Korean.
I’m worried about getting banned because of the dragon, so if you just quickly change it to Seorae gabolkki, I’ll give you a thumbs up lol
Hahahahaha you’re crazy haha
-Nietzsche once said, “God is dead.” Yes, he remained single his entire life.

* * *
The sudden flood of messages startled even the Production Team.
[js002 has become ash!]
[oto8 has become ash!]
[38837 has become ash!]
[9993hj has become ash!]
[aimjh221 has become ash!]
.
.
.
“What… what kind of kill log is this?”
“Huh?”
“What is this?”
These were the Production Team members who had entered Cheese Village and were managing it.
What you’d commonly call GMs.
Since they managed the game from within the game itself, they could observe situations more closely than others.
In other words, they couldn’t look down at the situation from above like the actual developers could. They didn’t even know about Paprika Village’s existence.
“This means they were killed in one hit?”
So these kill logs were a mystery even to the Production Team.
“Isn’t this that thing? Where you randomly spawn a monster and a Dragon comes out?”
“Maybe… but where? I don’t see anything in the village? Plus, what are these names?”
This was exactly what the developers intended.
They kept the Production Team in the dark to protect the secret as much as possible.
“I guess… there’s a hidden element? Or maybe it’s a bug?”
“Should we ask the Village Chief?”
They were certain that Village Chief Cheda would know about this situation.
Since she was a member of the Production Team and also the avatar of Cheese’s CEO, if something had been prepared, there was no way she wouldn’t know about it.
But she was currently logged out.
“The Village Chief went outside?”
“Mm…”
“She must have had a reason for not telling us.”
“Right. Judging by how we’re all clueless.”
So none of the Production Team knew about this incident?
That wasn’t quite true.
Meanwhile, in one corner of the village, there was someone who saw this kill log and held their breath.
‘Huh?’
The only other Production Team member who knew about this besides Village Chief Cheda.
Or rather, not exactly a Production Team member, but someone who was serving as one on opening day.
[Hodu]
Juhyeok Kim, with his large walnut-shaped head, was the only one who knew of Paprika Village’s existence.
‘These are Paprika’s people, aren’t they?’
After all, he was far closer to the production team than anyone else.
‘But what exactly is this?’
The funny thing was that knowing about Paprika Village’s existence didn’t actually help him understand this killlog.
If anything, it made even less sense.
‘This shouldn’t be possible?’
The more I understood Paprika’s concept, the more I’d realize this couldn’t happen!
Hodu looked bewildered.
All the people of Paprika Village had burned to death.
‘What on earth is happening?’
For one thing, Paprika Village residents weren’t receiving sponsorship benefits.
There were no random monster summons. Which meant a dragon that should only exist in dungeons couldn’t possibly appear there suddenly.
Yet they’d all burned to death at once.
What happened and how….
That’s when it happened.
“Huh? Hodu!”
Someone recognized him and approached.
The voice was familiar.
[Miho]
“Oh, Miho.”
“Kyahahaha! It really is Hodu. How did you make your avatar?”
Miho raised her short arms and tapped Hodu’s head playfully.
“Ah… haha. Cheese made it for me.”
“I see. I’m farming right now. There’s something I don’t understand. Could you help me for a moment?”
Miho pointed inside her plot of land.
“Oh, sure. Of course.”
Following her, I saw that Miho had set up farmland within her plot.
It seemed she planned to farm first before building a house.
It was a decent strategy in its own way.
Since the server was still in its early stages, she was only planting potatoes, a simple crop.
“I got the seeds from the village NPC. They’re not growing as well as I expected. If I plant three, one won’t grow?”
Hodu wasn’t knowledgeable about survival crafting, but he was an expert on the Cheese Village system.
After all, he’d participated in the planning.
“Really? Just a moment.”
Thunk.
He dug into the soil once.
Then the dirt ground became a square cube that landed in his hand.
[Soil]
This was the Circle’s system—you could mine anything from the ground and convert it into an item.
‘I’m getting a sense of it just from the color.’
The soil was almost white, like sand.
Juhyeok examined it more closely.
==== ====
[DETAILED INFORMATION]
50% sand mixed in
Low nutritional value
Low harvest probability
==== ====
“Ah. It’s definitely the soil quality.”
“The soil quality?”
“If you want to farm, you need to create proper soil instead of just using regular dirt and till it again. This soil has almost no nutrients and sand mixed in, so there’s no way farming will go well.”
“Seriously?”
Miho’s character’s jaw drops.
“What do I do… I already planted everything.”
Hodu waves his hand reassuringly.
“Ah. There’s no helping it at the start. Just harvest what you can for now, and try to find some proper soil.”
“What kind of soil is the best?”
Hodu glances at the production team’s notes for a moment.
“Hmm. The best one is….”
After scrolling for a while, Hodu finally speaks.
‘I should tell them about something they can make, not hidden content.’
I can’t reveal hidden elements.
“There’s something called fertile soil. It has a 300% success rate.”
“300%?!”
“Yes. You can get up to 3 times the harvest from a single tile.”
Miho’s eyes widen.
“Three… three times from one tile….”
Right now, one tile barely grows a single crop.
And you’re saying it not only grows 100%, but triples the yield?
“What does it look like?”
“It’s pitch black. Completely dark, but when you dig it up, it’s soil.”
“…?”
Miho had never seen such soil before.
There wasn’t even any black material in this village to begin with.
“Um… there’s none in the village, right?”
“Right. It definitely won’t occur naturally. There’s talk that you can make it by burning things with fire though….”
“Oh. Fire?”
Whoosh!
A torch materializes in Miho’s hand.
“So I just burn everything?!”
Her eyes seemed to light up with fire. It was clear the farming stress had been quite significant.
Hodu quickly waved his hands.
“Ah, no! It’s not something you can just do by making fire… Once a fire starts, it becomes uncontrollable, so I’d strongly advise against it within the village. Fertile soil is what we call the official end-game terrain. Start by creating agricultural soil first.”
Agricultural soil can be created by digging deep into the ground and tilling it, or by using fertilizers and other methods.
It’s something you can obtain with just effort.
“Wow! Thank you so much! You really know your stuff?”
“Well, I participated in the design planning too. Haha!”
Hodu felt genuinely pleased by Miho’s praise and laughed heartily.
But then, Miho suddenly leaned in close and asked casually.
“Um, Hodu? Do you happen to know where Almond is… Hehe.”
“?”
Hodu snapped to attention.
“Ahem!”
“!?”
Miho was startled by his sudden outburst.
Her broadcast chat was the same.
-?
-What lol
-Scared me
-Ahem lol
-Suddenly historical drama tone? lol
“You can’t bring real-world matters into this!”
Hodu spoke firmly, spreading his palms open.
“Huh… No, that’s not what I meant…”
“You cannot.”
“O, okay. I understand…”
“Yes. Please follow the rules properly.”
“Yes…”
“Ask if you have any questions.”
“Yes… I’m, I’m sorry!”
Miho became dejected, repeatedly bowing her large head as she went back to farming.
-Haha
-Is this the staff?
-Miho all dejected lol so cute
-Got scolded lol
Snap!
Hodu turned around with momentum and headed back out to the street.
‘What was that.’
Hodu was surprised at his own behavior.
‘No, how could I do that to Miho…’
When Miho asked for something, it was truly difficult to refuse her.
But I never thought I could be this firm in my refusal.
Hodu turned back around and looked at Miho farming, and suddenly understood.
A two-headed character was waddling awkwardly, planting potatoes with great effort.
‘Ah, that’s it! The charm offensive disappeared!’
Instead of an elongated eight-headed model proportion, it was just a cute casual graphic character with a two-headed design.
There was no room for her to be pretty or not—it was simply impossible to judge her that way!
Without the charm offensive, my judgment became clear, and my true nature simply revealed itself.
I was shocked.
‘This can’t be.’
And soon after, I became furious.
‘That worst streamer, Sang-hyun Yu.’
Just how many advantages had that guy been enjoying all this time!
My cotton candy-like fists trembled with rage.
‘May sandy soil cling to you while you farm.’

* * *
In Cheese Village, farming had become the trend as a first profession.
The rumor about “fertile soil” that had just spread from Hodu was spreading just as quickly as that trend.
As it became known as the ultimate soil, everyone started becoming curious about it.
[Balloon Gum: Does anyone know about fertile soil?]
People searching for fertile soil began appearing in the server chat.
[Takoyaki: Brother, they say it doesn’t exist yet]
[Cutie Pie: If you like free stuff, you become Takoyaki, Balloon Gum~]
[Miho: You have to obtain it through effort, oppa.]
[Jello: Let’s just do it roughly.]
[Hong-cha: Let’s not hope for luck. Farming is about diligence and sincerity!]
Opinions diverged about fertile soil.
Some thought of it like a lottery win for lazy people, while others believed that fertile soil actually existed somewhere and that they’d become rich just by bringing it back.
[Dotorimuk: No, fertile soil exists somewhere. It’s not something you can get through just hard labor, I’m telling you?]
[Hong-cha: Ugh. The fertile soil debate is giving me a headache.]
Somewhere, there exists a pitch-black land piled with fertile soil called “Owl Black.”
This was the claim of the “Fertile Soil Faction” led by Dotorimuk.
[Baeksuk: Here we go again. Dotorimuk lol What, a perfect shot?]
[Dotorimuk: There was a perfect shot, man!]
[Balloon Gum: As expected, you know something, Dotorimuk. So Owl Black, the land of hope, exists?]
[Dotorimuk: That’s right, hyung.]
[Balloon Gum: They must have definitely created this, right? Farming can’t be this hard.]
[Danmuji: Is it just my feeling that only people who are bad at games are looking for fertile soil? hehe]
Actually, farming wasn’t that difficult.
It was only difficult for Balloon Gum.
Miho: Hahaha, that’s so refreshing! Gum oppa, just keep farming hard. You said we’d reach our farmland soon anyway, right?
Of course, even those who discouraged him this way couldn’t help but harbor hope for fertile soil in the back of their minds.
Because everyone wanted to eventually possess the ultimate soil.

* * *
Meanwhile, in Paprika Village a few minutes earlier.
Almond was farming items from the corpses one by one.
An enormous quantity of iron equipment.
Equipment that Cheese Village couldn’t even dream of at their current stage.
But then—
“Wow. How many of these are there… huh?”
—Squelch.
The ground felt strange. My foot sank deeply into it. And there was considerable cushioning to it?
In any case, the ground was clearly different from before.
‘Huh?’
Looking closer, the ground’s appearance had changed.
It had definitely been barren soil with lots of hard stone and iron ore scattered about.
“Hold on.”
I dug into the ground with the looted pickaxe.
Thunk.
A black cube fell out.
What was this?
Almond tilted my head in confusion.
[Fertile Soil]
This was fertile soil made from corpses and fire.
-?
-What, it changed?
-Oh, is that good?
The land’s gotta be great when you’ve ground people into fertilizer and watered it with dragon’s breath lololol
-Oh?
Did the corpse become fertilizer?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-???: It’s rich soil. You don’t need to know the source of the richness.

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