Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 963

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 4 Episode 094
32. Hodu (1)
“Oh. You’re up?”
When I came out, Juhyeok was already sitting at the table eating a simple sandwich.
“Oh~ Manager Hodu.”
Sanghyeon chuckles, remembering the massive Hodu head he’d seen in yesterday’s Survival Craft.
“Hey there. Pirate King. You were something else yesterday, huh?”
Juhyeok waves his hand and flips his phone around to show me.
“Pirate King?”
The answer was on the phone screen Juhyeok showed me.
A video uploaded to Almond’s channel.
[Owl Black? Look carefully. I left my entire world there!]
The video started with the opening song of a famous anime.
Almond stood in a mysterious village.
The camera panned around Almond, sweeping across all directions.
About twenty enemies came rushing in.
Almond drew his sword and cut down the enemies.
The song continued playing.
In the middle, colleagues from Cheese Village passed by with knowing smiles.
With the sunset as a backdrop, a dragon soared up as the song reached its climax.
At the end, the dragon breathed fire, and everyone turned into black soil blocks.
This didn’t actually happen that way—it was just edited to look like it.
‘Huh?’
This was different from Jia’s usual video style.
‘It’s just like an anime opening.’
My gaze turned to the information below.
[Creator: Macaron]
I see.
It was a video made by Macaron.
This person had made several parody videos like this before.
-What is this lol
-Mon D. Roger omg
-This is insane lol I thought I was watching an actual anime lol
-Dotorimuk: Mom, when I grow up I want to be a pirate king! Mom, when I grow up I want to be a pirate king! Mom, when I grow up I want to be a pirate king!
└lololol
└There’s no Owl Black…
-Why did people turn into soil blocks lolol
-Haha the Cheese Streamers appearing is so funny with that vibe lol like they’re actual comrades lol
└The serious expression they added to Balloon Gum is hilarious lol
└There’s always gotta be one character like that in anime lol the Yamcha position
-But I don’t think even real pirates would be this cruel lol
hahahahahaha
└For real…
“The response is incredible. This is what Macaron created.”
“Ah.”
Sanghyeon nodded and sat down across from him at the table.
“It’s been a while since you hit it big. Macaron.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. I had a rough start at first. You wouldn’t know, but I dug out another channel and got rid of it.”
“Ah….”
Nothing ever comes easy, does it.
He probably didn’t notice much because he was busy with the international tournament.
“But why have you been staring at your phone like that this whole time?”
Sanghyeon kept glancing down at his phone.
Since he wasn’t usually the type to check his phone often, it was understandable that Juhyeok found it odd.
“Ah… I set up notifications.”
“Notifications?”
“Yeah… that….”
Sanghyeon briefly explained the story about needing to sell something to Danmuji.
Hearing that, Juhyeok burst out laughing.
‘Seems like Cirque really got him immersed.’
Sanghyeon was practically already a resident of Cheese Village.
“Why are you laughing? Manager Lee always said that.”
Crunch. Crunch.
Sanghyeon muttered while chewing on Almond cereal.
“In sales, find the buyer first.”
Sanghyeon sought common ground by repeating something he’d heard back during his Aseng days.
Juhyeok, however, shook his head.
“First of all, it’s Kim Gwajang.”
The name was wrong to begin with.
“Oh, well anyway.”
“You found a buyer, which is good, but what if they refuse to buy?”
The way he’d priced the soil was remarkably fast and accurate, but applying sales theory in practice was ambiguous.
No matter how much the other party wanted the soil, the sudden appearance of a product that transcended market value would naturally make them hesitant to purchase.
“Then I’ll go to Hong-cha.”
“Hong-cha doesn’t really have that kind of money.”
“…That’s true. I’ll have to threaten to go to Hong-cha instead.”
“No.”
Juhyeok shook his head.
“Don’t you think Danmuji won’t believe you can sell to Hong-cha what he can’t even buy? The price you’re trying to sell at is quite high.”
That was true.
Danmuji, unlike Almond, was closer to a strategic player. (In fact, most professional gamers were more strategic than Almond.)
Simple intimidation wouldn’t work on him.
“I only have the iron sword. How is that not enough?”
Pfft…!
Juhyeok nearly spat out the water he was drinking.
“Ah, no, that’s basically plundering from the start, isn’t it?”
But wait.
Something flashed through Juhyeok’s mind at that moment.
“Hey. That… that’s actually not bad?”
Juhyeok realized that Sanghyeon’s advantage of being the only one with an iron sword could definitely be applied differently.
But that was when it happened.
Ding.
[Danmuji has started streaming.]
A notification came to Sanghyeon’s phone.
“Oh. I’m going.”
“Huh… huh? Won’t you hear the explanation first?”
“Having only the iron sword is the advantage, right? I’m going.”
Grin.
Sanghyeon flashed a thumbs up with a smile.
It was an ominous smile for some reason.
It felt like he’d misunderstood something?

* * *
[Almond has started streaming!]
Notifications chimed simultaneously for Cheese and Tribby.
-??
-What?
-Got startled right after clocking in lol
-Is this real?
-Is this a major announcement?
-Did some controversy break out?
People made all sorts of wild guesses about the stream starting at such an absurd hour.
“Ah. Ah. Can you hear me?”
Ting.
However, Almond’s appearance on the camera looked much like usual.
The only slight difference was that his cheeks were flushed, as if he’d rushed to get here.
“Hello. I turned this on in a hurry just now.”
-??
-Why?
-lol You turned it on so hastily?
-What’s going on lol
People couldn’t even imagine it.
They never would have guessed he’d start streaming for this reason.
“It’s because of the soil.”
Tap-tap-tap-tap.
Almond quickly wrapped up his explanation and launched the game.
[Survival Craft]
[Loading….]
-?
-Is this really the Almond I know lol
-He won’t do it for Kingdom no matter how much they beg lol
-He’s really serious about Cheese Village lol
-Guess he likes this kind of thing lol
-So adorable lol
Pop.
In any case, Almond’s character had transformed into a chibi form in an instant.
He spawned right at the entrance to the village square where he’d first disappeared.
‘Phew.’
Fortunately, there were no passing villagers.
Or rather, they wouldn’t have been visible anyway.
The village was extremely dark right now.
‘Why is it so dark?’
I looked up at the sky.
A blue moon came into view.
It had a ridiculous shape, as if hastily constructed.
But there was no mistaking it—the moon had risen.
‘It’s nighttime.’
I moved through the village as quietly as possible, using the few torches installed around town as my light source.
‘I just need to find Danmuji.’
But that’s when I realized something.
‘Ah.’
I had no idea where Danmuji was in the village.
Even checking the minimap, player names didn’t show up.
‘I should have checked that beforehand.’
I tapped my own head regretfully, muttering to myself.
In any case, I’d find them if I kept moving around.
The village itself wasn’t that large, and I already had information that Danmuji’s farm was the biggest one here.
Whoosh.
I moved through the darkness.
-What are you doing
-Trying to pickle people at night?
-Why are you sneaking around like an assassin lol
-Is this broadcast real at this hour??
No one in the chat suspected this was an approach for a soil transaction.
To sell something at a high price, you’d normally publicize it widely and hold an auction—you wouldn’t sneak around conducting secret deals like this.
‘Too many people would be a problem.’
There was a reason behind this strategy.
It stemmed from the current economic situation of Cheese Village.
Besides Danmuji, there was no one else who could properly pay what this was worth.
Everyone else was too poor.
They couldn’t yet properly handle such fertile soil.
If I put it up for auction as things stood?
Danmuji would just buy it for slightly more than the others could afford.
But I couldn’t be satisfied with that.
In terms of pricing the soil, I needed to receive at least fifty times more than the basic soil that currently existed in Cheese Village—the ‘dry soil.’
‘Is that it?’
I spotted a fairly large plot of partitioned land.
On that vast expanse, I could see a place lit by torches.
It was a house.
A stone structure that appeared to be about two stories tall.
The first floor had a gable roof, but part of the second floor that protruded outward had a dome shape—it was reminiscent of Byzantine architecture.
Considering that almost all the other villagers lived in hovels, it was a house that flaunted considerable wealth.
Especially since the dome roof was yellow, it looked exactly like an overturned pickled radish—anyone could tell it was the Danmuji House.
There was even a large sign written in front.
[Danmuji House]
-Danmuji House lolol
-That’s crazy
-What is that place?
-Wow, is this like the movie Parasite? lolol
-Wow that dome roof is insane lolol
With only items and not a single won to my name, my only asset being my body itself, I stood before this mansion—the contrast was quite striking.
Anyone could feel a sense of relative deprivation.
But I actually laughed instead.
‘I can sell this properly.’
I had worried that if the house turned out too shabby when I arrived, but this scene made me break into a genuine smile.
They wouldn’t dare claim they can’t afford a house like this.
If they said they couldn’t pay, I could always use what I have at my waist….
‘No, wait.’
I shook my head.
I couldn’t do something like that.
Juhyeok had said that wasn’t a transaction—it was extortion.
‘That’s a last resort.’
I shouldn’t use it from the start.
Anyway, I entered the vast Danmuji House grounds.
That’s when it happened.
Ding!
[Rubisword has donated 30,000 won!]
[What… are you trying to do? Is this a pickled radish assassination?]
The donation suddenly burst through the silence I’d been moving in.
“Oh, no. Not assassination. I’m going to make a deal.”
I explained through the microphone channel that only viewers could hear.
-Still explaining to the donor lol
-You explain to Rubisword?
-You would’ve ignored them otherwise right?
-lololol A deal?
-What kind of deal is this, are you selling the country? lolol
“No, there’s a reason I’m going like this.”
I couldn’t explain everything one by one.
“Let me just go in first.”
Because it was dark, I couldn’t see the end of the farm clearly.
[Movement Speed -50%]
On top of that, I still had the overweight debuff applied to me, so even as I walked and walked, the ground felt impossibly vast.
Boom!
[Nyannyapunch donated 90,000 won!]
[Wow, morning broadcast lol. But how much are you selling it for? It better be expensive meow]
-90,000 won lol
Almonds seem like they’ll be sold cheap for some reason ㅠ
-lololol right before the debuff
-The numbers are on edge lol
A 100,000 won donation triggered a random status ailment.
There was nothing good about getting hit with something random in this situation.
I answered quickly.
“I’ve calculated everything. It’s 30 times the value of fertile soil. For rough soil, it’s 50 times.”
-?
-30??? Not 3x? lol
-wtf lol
I was worried for nothing.
-Beyond imagination lol
-lol
-It should be in the 30s, right?
I quickly explained why it was 30 times.
Not just the harvest yield, but also the savings on land costs, and factoring in the time saved on the farmer’s routes.
-Wow
-Wow
-Math? Almondil
-Nice
-Crushed it
-Money math? Almondil
Bing. Bing.
I headed toward Danmuji’s place as I explained.
But just how far did this land extend?
“Actually, 30 times might be more like 40 times instead.”
I revised my calculation.
-?
-Suddenly 10x more lol
-Why does the number change when you look at the land size? lol
“Well, when wages go up, prices rise too…”
-lol
-Economics? Almondil
-So that’s why it goes up lol
-lol haha lol
Bing. Bing.
With each step forward, the number climbs higher.
“No. Fifty times. I’ll set it at about fifty times the standard soil value. I need to account for distribution costs.”
-?
-Distribution costs lol
-lololol right, this thing’s so heavy it’s slowing me down like crazy lol
-So that’s seventy times the base soil value lol
-Distribution is only fair
-Ah, delivery fees are standard practice
As I drew closer to Danmuji’s location, the distribution costs skyrocketed.
‘Hmm?’
The timing to use what I had at my waist came sooner than I’d anticipated.

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