Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 979

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 4 Episode 110
36. The Agricultural Cooperative vs The Knights (1)
While the Agricultural Cooperative was tearing into each other with blood and fury.
Regardless, morning broke over Cheese Village.
“Cock-a-doodle-doo~”
The crow of a rooster from some farm echoed across the land.
Almond, sitting on the sofa at Danmuzip, glanced toward the window at the sound, then turned his gaze back to the chat window.
He was in the middle of discussing something with the viewers.
Though not to the extent of the Agricultural Cooperative’s troubles, Almond had his own concerns to wrestle with.
“Originally, I was planning to use Hong-cha and Lemon as guards, you know? I thought of tenant farming as more of a side job.”
His situation, too, wasn’t unfolding exactly as intended.
hahahaha
-Oh, so that was it
-You do need guards though
-Since monsters could come again…
Even if Danmuji had reduced the garden’s size and avoided this attack, we couldn’t keep fighting at a reduced scale forever. Eventually, I’d need to expand the land and conduct proper large-scale operations.
For that, I needed a security force.
“But since the fertile soil landed on Hong-cha’s place, it seems farming will be the main focus.”
The fertile soil settling on Hong-cha’s house had complicated matters considerably.
Assigning guards while sitting on fertile soil was nonsensical.
They would have to focus on farming for the time being.
“So I need to recruit again.”
In the end, I had to select new people to serve as actual security personnel besides Hong-cha and Lemon.
“Ugh.”
Almond held his head in his hands.
No one to protect, yet more things to protect.
“Who has the second-largest field after Hong-cha?”
-?
-No idea
-How would we know
Hong-cha’s next target might need to serve as a security officer.
“Does anyone know where the monsters will go?”
Why are you asking me that here lol
Will the constellation even plan out operations for us? Haha.
-I don’t know, I don’t know anything
-Who knows
Everyone was busy mocking Almond for asking random questions, but with over a hundred thousand people watching, correct answers were mixed in among the responses.
-Probably Mosol?
-Mosol was climbing up
Several viewers suggested that Mosol was the next target.
“…Mosol?”
But Almond tilted his head in confusion.
“Who is Mosol?”
-?
-??
-wtf
-Did he seriously forget Mosol?
-He’s the original owner of Chiki-cha lol
-That’s too much lol
“I’m joking~”
Almond waved his hand dismissively, claiming it was a joke.
There’s no way I could forget the person who created Chiki-cha.
-For real?
-(I’m serious~)
-He actually seems like he didn’t know??
-lololol I’m joking<< that's the joke
-lololol
It was a joke, but the viewers didn't believe me.
This wasn't the first or second time something like this had happened.
Ding.
[Gaji-bokkeun donated 3,000 won.]
[I was joking too…]
-lololololol
-When did his ban get lifted?
-Frozen account unfrozen?
-lololol wtf
-Who donates 300,000 won as a joke~ Are you Rubisword?
-lololol
-Gaji-hyung lololol
Almond didn't respond to this donation.
'Mosol, huh….'
Instead, I pondered what to do with Mosol.
'Should I just use him as a guard? But he's a farmer by profession?'
Looking at the chat, Mosol owned the second-largest field after Hong-cha and was the only professional farmer.
Was it right to use him as a guard?
Wouldn't it be more efficient to use him as a farmer?
But at this rate, when would I ever recruit guards?
Eventually, the monsters would target the most successful farmer anyway.
If I kept accepting them as farmers each time, I'd never be able to recruit guards.
Tap, tap….
Almond tapped on the desk.
'Hmm?'
Some plan was beginning to take shape.
But there was something troubling me.
I couldn't solve this alone.
As always, I needed to borrow another mind.

* * *
While Almond sat on the sofa, solemnly devising his strategy alone, the Bongbong group finally had time to spend together.
"Danbong, have a cup."
*Pour*
Gobong poured green tea for Danbong.
"Ah, it's sweet. Very sweet."
Hahaha
-Green tea being sweet;
What are you talking about? lol
"Yes. We've all been through so much lately, haven't we?"
"That's true."
It seemed Gobong was trying to bring up something.
"So what I mean is…."
"What is it?"
"When will my debt be forgiven…."
Due to the brutal 7-to-3-to-0 ratio, Gobong was essentially at Danbong's mercy, waiting for whenever he would forgive the debt.
Danbong's eyes flashed.
"You bastard! We only started harvesting yesterday! And you're already talking about debt forgiveness!?"
Danbong muttered about pulling out a club, but Gobong cried out.
"N-No, I'm worried about something!"
"What?"
"Haven't you also planted fertile soil in Hong-cha's field? I think Almond might be… hiding something from us."
-Gasp.
lol
-Almond?
That's so crazy about Go Bong's rebellion.
"What?"
Danbong flinched.
'I thought the same thing.'
Almond was hiding something big.
There was a certain feeling about it.
It was a characteristic of people like Almond who were naturally poor at lying. Since they generally try not to lie, when they need to hide something, they become overly cautious about certain topics.
Of course, on the other hand, Almond had shown his trust by giving the Bongbong group iron armor….
'I don't know the source.'
How could there be so much of that iron plate armor set that supposedly requires so much iron ore, and where did he even get that fertile soil, and what were the circumstances?
In a way, information that should naturally be shared between business partners wasn't being shared at all.
"When we laid it on our land back then, you said that was all of it, didn't you?"
"…That's right."
Even the information didn't match up.
"But it's laid out in Hong-cha's field too. Without any compensation!"
"Mm."
The fertile soil that was supposed to be gone was now casually spread across Hong-cha's field.
Think back to when Danmuzip obtained the fertile soil.
Danmuji had to become Danbong, and Gobong had to become a subordinate.
Hong-cha got the fertile soil laid out immediately without any such deal.
Why on earth?
This isn't like Almond at all.
"Hasn't the hierarchy completely fallen apart?"
Hahaha, that damn hierarchy.
The lowest-ranked person who is obsessed with hierarchy more than anyone else lol
In the end, that's what hurt my feelings lol
-Do it by seniority~~~
Gobong simply didn't like that Hongsong-i was receiving better treatment than him.
'So that was it.'
Danbong also picks up on Gobong's feelings.
But he has a different concern.
'Why did Almond do that?'
Almond acted unlike himself.
Laying out all the fertile soil in advance like that.
It's a difficult way to understand.
'Could he have realized that Hongsong-i sending the monsters was essentially us?'
It's possible he gave generously beforehand, before Hongsong-i discovered the truth and turned dark.
'But is Almond really that strategic…?'
This kind of sinister scheme doesn't feel like Almond at all.
He's hiding something.
But I can't figure out what.
That's when it happened.
"Come here."
Almond approached Bongbong and the others.
Come here, you bastard lol
No lol
Are you knocking on the door? lol
What's with all this coming here lol
-Come here (I'm on my way)
Crash!
Gobong jumped in fright and tumbled to the ground.
"Oh no! Almond! What brings you all the way here…?"
This was Gobong's room, a secluded corner of Danmuzip that even Almond rarely visited, let alone Danbong.
For him to venture this far meant he had a purpose.
"I need to talk to you."
"…?"
As expected.
He suddenly had something to say.
What followed was rather shocking.
"There's actually another village here."

* * *
Shortly after.
He explained how I obtained the fertile soil.
The existence of another village and what happened there.
"So… you're saying you killed people from another village and burned them to create the fertile soil?"
"Yes."
Almond nodded without hesitation.
He'd already resolved to tell everything, so there was no point in denying it.
"And you burned about twenty people with dragon's breath?"
"That's right."
Gobong stared out the window at the fertile soil field with a look of horror.
'I shouldn't provoke him.'
The 'Gobong's Rebellion' scenario I'd been considering moments ago was scrapped.
-Former special operative turned farmer lol
-20 vs 1 combat, finally can talk about it haha
-So that's what "blood and sweat" meant lmao
-Quite the premium ingredients;
-Wow
-That man's dangerous past…
"But why are you telling me this?"
Danbong asks from beside me.
A sharp question as always.
There must be a reason for revealing this now after keeping it hidden all this time.
"I want to discuss it."
"…Discuss what?"
"A similar incident happened yesterday."
"What? When exactly?"
"From Hong-cha's field."
"!"
Danbong's eyes wavered.
'So that's how it was?'
I realized it.
Almond hadn't given fertile soil to Hong-cha's field—fertile soil had simply appeared there.
-Wow
-Don't just keep that to yourself
-??
-Huh?
The viewers couldn't follow along, but the two continued their conversation.
"So, so that's why you gave Hong-cha farming…?"
"Right. Since interference blocking was partially active, I just gave everything."
Now all the pieces fit together.
The fertile soil appearing in Hong-cha's field had been a kind of accident.
It wasn't intentional.
"But anyway, who are those strange villagers? Did you get all the iron equipment from there too?"
"Yeah."
Tap-tap-tap-tap.
Danmuji's chat was surging rapidly.
Checking from the corner of my eye, the messages read:
-Just realizing this now lol
-Wait really??
-So it actually existed, Owl Black? lol
-Finally saying it lol
-So that's what was in the teaser video lmao
-Wow
Now Danmuji could see all the chat without filters.
'So that's why.'
Ever since becoming Danbong, there had been unusually heavy filtering in the chat.
All content related to this had been deleted.
'Now there's no filtering at all.'
It meant I had revealed everything.
Danbong asked Almond again.
Since he had shared everything with me, I had to do my best to devise a strategy.
"How much iron equipment do you have left?"
"About… just under twenty pieces."
Just under twenty pieces left even after giving away five?
That's an enormous amount.
He was carrying all of that around?
So that's why it took so long.
"The market price wasn't established, so I wasn't selling it."
Rather, it was such a rare item that I couldn't sell it at all.
Moreover, Cheese Village has almost no demand for combat equipment right now.
The monsters have been tanking everything at Danmuzip until now.
"So that's why you wanted to form a Knight order!?"
"Yeah."
Now I finally understood Almond's actions.
Why he needed to collect protection fees from people, and why he could do it.
"But the situation got a bit complicated. A choice has appeared."
What choice was he talking about?
Danmuji was briefly confused, but the next words startled him.
"I can create fertile soil again."
"!"
That was right.
Since I'd created fertile soil not once but twice, I could do it a third time.
"By setting fires and burning the monsters?"
"Exactly."
"So that's the topic for discussion?"
"Yeah."
Danbong rested his chin on his hand.
His thoughts grew heavier.
"Can we manage it with our current manpower?"
"I don't know. You think about it."
-Lol so you're not thinking about it yourself?
-Just brings problems with no answers lol
-You said to do it lol
"…."
From Danbong's perspective, the math didn't work out well either.
If we fought well, we might somehow manage with five people.
But if we failed?
"If we fail, we drop all our equipment and it's over."
"Right."
The failure risk was far too great.
We had to gather as many people as possible.
"And if fertile soil appears in Mosol's field, we can't even claim it for ourselves, can we?"
"But actually… there is a simple way for that."
Suddenly Almond spoke with a hint of hesitation.
"Huh?"
There's a way?
"What do you mean?"
"When you die and get knocked out, the interference block lifts."
"Kill Mosol!?"
If I did that, I'd become a Red Player and suffer the consequences.
Besides, suddenly killing someone from the same Cheese village? That was far too horrific.
But Almond shook his head.
"No."
His next words were perhaps even more horrifying.
"We set fires around the perimeter to cut off Mosol's escape route and let the monsters kill him. Then we move in."
"…!?"
Both Danbong and Gobong were taken aback.
The same thought crossed both their minds.
'This guy is completely insane.'
Hahahahahaha
Hahahaha
Crown Prince Sado, Jeong Ki-chan, shocking.
Haha, that's so funny!
-Solo ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ what do I do ㅋㅋ
Locking him up and burning him at the stake lolololol
-Just stab him with a sword, demon
The devil of the soil lol
"Are you crazy? lol"
That's hilarious lol
-This actually works
Only then did Bongbong and the others realize it.
'He already had the whole plan figured out?'
'Why did he come here?'
This man had already planned everything.
He'd only come seeking consent because of his conscience.
It was simply making accomplices.

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