Chapter 89 of The Genius Archer's Streaming Season 1

31. The Almond Practice (3)

The player who obtained a legendary weapon from the treasure room.

His name is 'Roda'.

He didn't want to die with a legendary weapon in hand.

He gritted his teeth and fired the gun wildly.

Rat-tat-tat-tat!

'I will absolutely not die!'

He was at the Diamond 4 tier.

His aim was quite good, befitting his impressive rank.

Enemies fell like dominoes.

It was due to his excellent aim and the excellent weapon.

Even just hitting the torso with two or more shots would kill them.

"Ugh!"

"Oof!"

In an instant, two people were out.

Roda continued to devastate the enemies.

Rat-tat-tat-tat!

The recoil from the stock and the vibration against his shoulder gave him a sense of pleasure.

It was thrilling every time he pulled the trigger.

Is this what a legendary weapon is?!

"Hehehe…."

Even at the Diamond rank, getting a legendary weapon is extremely rare. Getting one in one out of thirty matches is considered a lot.

So, a smile naturally spread across his face.

If he could clear the treasure room and monopolize the items, he could see a first-place finish.

'I'm in first place!'

Just then.

Swoosh──

The sound of the wind splitting brushed past his ears.

Thud!

'Huh?'

Something hot and unpleasant trickled down his forehead.

It was blood.

The dark red blood slowly stained his vision.

[What a shame!]

[79th place]

The text displayed a惨烈的结果.

A 79th place finish with a legendary weapon?

It was unbelievable.

"What, what is this!? I had no chance at all!"

Roda shouted loudly.

He felt wronged.

He had checked everything.

There was no way an attack could come from anywhere except the front and left.

He checked the kill cam.

"What is this?"

A single arrow flew around a pillar.

As if the arrow had a will of its own.

"Is this a bug?"

It wasn't just for venting; Roda genuinely thought it was a bug.

If the arrow had just stuck straight into his head, it would have been obvious, right?

In a survival game based on real-world physics, a curved arrow shouldn't exist.

Is there a power bow or something?

Roda, who usually paid no attention to SNS or AllTube, had no idea this was Almond's arrow.

'This guy is done for.'

He switched to Almond's screen and started spectating.

He planned to report him if it happened again. The first time could have been a bug.

"Again, again!"

Bang!

It wasn't a mistake; Almond was shooting arrows around the pillar.

All four arrows curved.

"What the—?!"

The arrows circled the pillar and headed for the enemies' heads behind it.

Thud! Thud-thud-thud!

The accuracy was 100%.

Not a single one missed.

[Almond → Nomnom]

[Eliminated!]

[77/100]

[Almond → Abura98]

[Eliminated!]

[76/100]

...

A continuous stream of kill logs.

'...'

Roda was speechless.

He wanted to say this was a blatant bug user, but...

No anger arose.

He realized.

'It's not a bug, is it?'

It wasn't any bug phenomenon.

Roda was also a skilled player at the Diamond rank.

He could distinguish between a bug and not a bug when he saw it.

When a bug occurs, there are usually frame drops or noise.

Almond's arrows were clean. There were no strange phenomena, and they were even faster and more accurate than straight shots.

In other words, it was skill.

'Really skill...?'

Even though he saw it with his own eyes, he couldn't believe it, but it was skill.

The anger disappeared, and a creeping fear began to rise. A chilling fear, like a prey animal facing a predator.

'Almond... if I meet you again...'

Roda remembered Almond's name.

'I'll run for my life!'

* * *

Curve shot.

The most noticeable skill from Almond's training.

The speed and accuracy of this curve shot had increased by 2-3 times.

Enemies couldn't react to the arrows that curved around cover.

- Wow...

- The treasure room is more like a tomb kekkek

- Is this the tomb of Pharaoh or something? kekkekkek

- People came to find treasure and all died.

- The curve shot is really good now, dang.

- It never misses...

There was no way for Battle Royale players to deal with arrows that curved from unseen places.

Unless it was LIL, who would consider such a skill in Battle Royale?

Even someone as skilled as Fengs or Jo would be amazed by this curve shot.

Bang!

After the last arrow embedded itself in the final survivor's head.

The warehouse was now empty.

It was cleared in an instant.

[RubySword has donated 10,000 won!]

[This is the result of practice!]

"Thank you for the donation, RubySword. Yes, I practiced the curve shot and also tried changing my archery form."

Now that Almond was the only one left in the entire warehouse, he could answer the chat more leisurely.

- Wow, I noticed your form changed.

- Impressive. You changed it in a day and reached this level?

- This is what a genius is, really.

"I practiced a lot."

Thanks to the skillful curve shot, more donations poured in.

[Isunshin has donated 20,000 won!]

[If you were in the Imjin War... cough!]

[Archery Association has donated 50,000 won!]

[I'll just give you a gold medal!]

"Isunshin, Archery Association... really? Thank you for the 50,000 won donation."

While reacting to the donations, Almond checked if there was anything else to pick up in the treasure room.

'Bombs...'

Flare grenades, grenades, and smoke grenades.

He picked up these three types of bombs and found something special.

"Huh?"

[Arrow - Rare]

Arrows have ranks too?

It was the first time he heard of it.

"Arrows can be rare?"

- Didn't know?

- Dang, not knowing this kek

- lololol

- Really a noob~

- Well, you'd only know if there was an archer streamer...

- kekekeke

What? I was the only one who didn't know? Almond scratched his head.

What special function could make it rare?

He picked up the arrow.

[Arrow - Rare]

[Slightly thinner and stronger than a normal arrow, it flies faster and farther.]

It wasn't a special function but a lighter and stronger arrow.

In a way, it was the most basic and reliable. Almond liked its simplicity.

"Good."

[The Blue Zone will shrink in 30 seconds!]

The second shrink had begun.

"This time, the warehouse survived too. But I'll burn it and move on."

The warehouse area was safe in the next Blue Zone as well, but he didn't plan to stay.

Burning the warehouse to prevent others from using the weapons was more advantageous for Almond.

Whoosh!

The underground warehouse burned fiercely with numerous explosives, engulfing countless treasures.

* * *

Behind the warehouse was a dense forest, a place found only in the jungle map.

It's called the Swamp Forest.

[Swamp Forest]

Squish.

The sticky feeling of the ground triggered this text as he stepped in.

"This place feels good. I'll hide and watch for a bit."

Almond said, hiding his body between the dense bushes.

His strategy was to give up farming for now.

He currently lacked medical supplies, but he didn't feel the need to farm. The Blue Zone's position was too good.

Indeed, the Blue Zone was unusually helping Almond. After always fighting against bad luck, Almond was finally seeing the light.

However, some viewers were dissatisfied.

- Ah! What is this!

- Not farming in Fantasia?!

- Almond! Go out and fight! Almond! Go out and fight! Almond! Go out and fight! Almond! Go out and fight!

- No, please stay here.

- Really, this is a guaranteed win. Leaving would be trolling.

- Someone put a kill mission on him!

- Would you go out if you were in his position? He's so close to Diamond kekeke

Of course, Almond had no intention of going out.

If he went out and died, he'd be the one getting the most hate.

[Shy Yebu has registered a mission.]

[1,000 won per kill!]

Thud.

Almond instinctively covered his mouth.

"Ah, sorry. Thank you for the mission."

- Hey! Did you just laugh at the price!?

- kekekekekeke

- Really, it's funny kekeke

- How can you hold it in

- Where did the初心 go!!!!

- Really, Shy Yebu kekeke

- 1,000 won per kill kekekeke ㅇㅈㄹ who would do it?

- If he goes Diamond today, the mission is 500,000 won!

[Shy Yebu has donated 10,000 won!]

[Honestly, 10,000 won per kill and I'd wipe everyone out. There are 60 people left...]

That was true.

Previously, Shy Yebu had set a 10,000 won per kill mission and ended up losing 1,000,000 won.

- That guy is named kekeke

- Kingdom 'That Incident' kekeke

- Ah, the guy who lost money before kekeke

- kekeke

- Wow kekeke Shy Yebu is cute ㅠ

"I don't need more missions. The Diamond mission is enough."

Almond firmly decided to go Diamond today. It was also more profitable in terms of money.

[Mission: Reach Diamond today]

[530,000 won]

The mission reward, which started at 100,000 won, had now reached 530,000 won.

- Well, just taking that money is sweet...

- Really, but 1,000 won per kill was too much kekeke

- If he goes Diamond today, the whole world will be amazed by KAlmond. Even 50,000 won per kill wouldn't move him kekeke

Meanwhile, the 60 survivors gradually decreased.

55, then 50...

Then, as time passed, the next Blue Zone movement began.

[The Blue Zone will shrink in 30 seconds.]

Almond checked the map.

'Oh.'

He was chosen by the Blue Zone again.

Today really seemed to be his day.

Moreover, this forest seemed to be forgotten by everyone, with no one passing by.

The number of survivors continued to decrease, and the kill logs increased.

[MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday → wooni12]

[49/100]

[yong93 → TeleportPlease]

[48/100]

[SwiftAccurateDeliveryBurger → yong93]

[47/100]

...

[SwiftAccurateDeliveryBurger → wnsvyrnt]

[30/100]

30 survivors remained.

Almond was still in the same spot.

- Isn't this too much, Almond!

- You tricked me! This isn't Almond! It's Gandhi!

- Move, you nut!

- kekekeke This is the kind of game we need!

- Fantasia scumbags...

Viewers watching the frozen screen continued to express their dissatisfaction.

[Shy Yebu has registered a mission.]

[10,000 won per kill!]

Shy Yebu tried again.

- Oh...!

- Finally moving!?

- ShyYebu kekeke

- ShyYebu kekekekekeke

- ShyYebu sounds so good

- Go go go!

- No, you're dead~ From now on, 300,000 won for 30 kills~

30 survivors left, and the kill mission came in.

"Thank you for the mission. So, it's 10,000 won per kill, right?"

Almond still didn't move.

- 10,000 won kekekeke

- But, this guy isn't moving kekeke

- Ugh, what! Yebu isn't working!?

- You tricked me! This is Gandhi! You tricked me! This is Gandhi! You tricked me! This is Gandhi! You tricked me! This is Gandhi!

- GandhiAlmond has no children...

- kekekekekekekeke The trolls are crazy kekeke

- Well, Fantasia finally chose him, so let him be kekeke

Winning was the most important thing.

Victory was the priority as long as the rules were followed.

That's what sports are about.

'Hold on, hold on. This is strategy, strategy.'

Of course, Almond preferred exciting games.

But he needed to think rationally now. He couldn't win every match by being exciting.

If Fantasia chose him, using that to his advantage was also a strategic skill.

However, it seemed Fantasia had indeed abandoned him.

Whoosh──

A strange sound came from the sky.

'Huh?'

A massive shadow loomed over Almond's face as he looked up.

An air drop.

A gift box falling from the sky.

It contained various items of Hero grade or higher.

'Oh no.'

One might ask if this was something to be happy about.

But for Almond, it was likely to be meaningless items.

Moreover...

Boom! Bang!

Whoosh!

The air drop box triggered all sorts of loud fireworks and flares.

To make the location of the air drop visible to