Genius Archer's Streaming

At first, everyone seemed confused about why they lost.

Chi-Seung could relate. Even he didn't quite understand why they won the game. It wasn't a victory due to the commander's capability or strategic play. It was literally a win by the momentum on the battlefield.

Their messages conveyed a deflated spirit. The reaction was different from when they lost because of AK47. Right after that defeat, they were more heated and blamed AK47. The atmosphere wasn't like this at all.

AK47's match didn’t end with a surrender, but an offline incident due to his mother's intervention. Hence, the chat group members didn't perceive it as a true defeat. What about Brr?

Brr almost had the gin his hands, but everything suddenly turned around. His military had purely been outmatched and suffered a clean defeat. It was a real defeat due to skills. This defeat caused not only a downturn in their mood, but also division.

They started to irritate each other, which eventually exploded.

VeryVeryCastle, who had the highest rank there, declared that he would participate.

Kimchi Warrior was most curious about this person. After all, he did have the highest rank.

VeryVeryCastle's rank was close to S, so it was unlikely he would be matched with Almond and BornToB, who were just about to face their A+ promotion matches.

Did the division somehow motivate them? From a deflated mood, there was now a clamor of those willing to step forward.

The next participant seemed to be BoySchool.

Chi-Seung momentarily wondered who this player was because their chat nicknhad changed.

The nicknhad been shortened due to its length.

He calmed down and briefly examined BoySchool's specs. He could guess sthings from the contents of their chat.

BoySchool did not have a higher rank than Brr, who was slightly ahead. They could be considered to have similar skills. It was hard to say who was better than the other. Chi-Seung wondered why BoySchool had such confidence.

Fortunately, someone asked instead of Chi-Seung.

This player seemed like a newcomer due to the frequent nicknchanges, but fit right in. Anyway, Chi-Seung was grateful that someone asked on his behalf.

By any means necessary? Chi-Seung's eyebrows slightly raised. They were already stream sniping. What more unscrupulous methods could they use?

Stream sniping, using cheap strategies… The only remaining thing by any means would be match-fixing.

This act would also be condemned on Embul. Almond was already recognized as someone who could be considered a professional player. They would resort to match-fixing to stop him?

Being together all the time, these extremists couldn’t see how things would turn out.

“... Sir Trash, thank you for the 10,000 won donation! Thank you! Yes, I'll work harder!"

Meanwhile, OrangeKing thanked a donor after the gended.

"LurkerLove, thank you for the 1000 won donation. Ah... Kimchi Warrior, why are you so silent?"

Suddenly, Chi-Seung's ncup. He had been silently watching the stream snipers’ chat room for a while.

"Ah... I was just in a meeting with my team for a moment."

"Really? Speaking of which, aren't you participating in the scrim tonight?"

"Yes. It will be Almond's first gunder national competition rules."

"Wow! Will that be broadcasted too?"

Chi-Seung hesitated for a moment.

"Ah. I might have to get permission from the opposing team... but it should be possible. Most of them are streamers anyway."

"They might even request it first."

"Ah, really? In that case..."

"Can I join in too?"

"Ah."

Chi-Seung nodded readily.

"Yes, if broadcasting is approved, there should be no problem. It would be better if more people watched it since we're streaming anyway."

"Wow!"

OrangeKing clenched his fist as if he had caught a big opportunity.

"I'll do my best. Thank you."

"Ah. The moment I mentioned that! We've got a match!"

Just then, a new match was found.

"Let's..."

OrangeKing's expression brightened when he saw the opponent.

"Oh? It’s a foreigner this time?"

"Ah, yes."

The stream snipers had failed to interfere consecutively because sniping wasn’t guaranteed every time.

***

Around ten minutes passed.

"Jeez, jeez!!!"

BornToB and Almond won swiftly.

If caught unaware, the fast archer rush could make one lose pathetically. Without stream sniping, such results were expected.

The transition to the next gwas also very fast.

Almond and BornToB immediately queued up again.

"Wow, they're queueing up right away without any preparation? They seem excited…” OrangeKing started speaking when he realized something. "Wait. I just realized! They only have one more gleft!? That's why they're in a hurry!"

They had just secured the second win in their promotion matches and only needed one more win for a promotion.

OrangeKing preemptively said goodbye to BornToB, "Nice knowing you! Let's never meet again!"

"OrangeKing, BornToB's parents are also watching today."

"What!? Ah, it was just something I said. It wasn’t really meant for BornToB!"

OrangeKing turned red and grew flustered.

While they were chatting, a match was found.

"Ah, a Korean this time? Extroverted_Personality...?"

Chi-Seung swallowed dryly.

The guy had finally succeeded in stream sniping. This would make it the second ttoday that they were being stream sniped. Could BornToB handle this?

"Let's go into the gbetween BornToB and Extroverted_Personality... That ID is too long, isn't it?"

"Let's just shorten it to BoySchool."

"Oh, that's better! BoySchool vs. BornToB! BornToB vs. Almond!"

"The gstarts now!"

The gbegan and Chi-Seung had a stiff expression from the start.

If the opponent resorted to match-fixing, this match couldn’t even be considered practice. It would be a waste of time. Countering the opponent's strategy could appear in national competitions, but match-fixing was out of the question.

Secondly, it was questionable if they could win against an opponent who resorted to match-fixing. If their winning streak broke here, the rank-up bonus would significantly decrease and slow down their journey to S+.

"Both sides are starting with scouting."

Scouts from both sides began moving.

At least, it seemed they were genuinely scouting or pretending not to match-fix. Chi-Seung had no way of knowing for sure.

"Let's see. I think this is a stream snipe. I wonder what strategy they've prepared against the fast Almond rush?"

"Who knows? Given the variety of tactics we've seen from stream snipers so far, I wonder if there's anything more they can do. From the current movements, it seems like they're thinking of a first era spearman all-in rush," Chi-Seung speculated.

If Chi-Seung's guess was right, BoySchool was preparing for a first era all-in rush and intended to end it before Almond even appeared.

"Is that so? They're already setting up a spearmen training center."

"… But the timing is a bit off."

"Why?"

"It's just…"

Chi-Seung felt something was off.

For a spearmen all-in rush, it felt a step slower than expected. The enemy should have been fully prepared. It didn't make sense.

A moment later…

"…!?"

Chi-Seung's eyes widened in surprise.

The opponent wasn't that slow when he checked the clock.

BornToB's build speed was astonishingly faster than ever before. From Chi-Seung's perspective, the opponent only seemed slower when he compared both camps.

As expected, BornToB reached the second era at a record speed. At this rate, his fast archer rush build was nearing S rank level.

"No way!? BornToB is already in the second era! This is quite fast, isn't it? What's the lap time?"

"It's about seven seconds faster than usual."

"Whaaat!??"

Reducing even one to two seconds could change the game's outcin fast builds, but this was seven seconds faster.

Then, Chi-Seung realized something.

BornToB never thought. He always started with the fast archer rush and ran with it. That was why he was so fast and getting even faster.

What about the opponent? The enemy claimed to be match-fixing, which would slow down their spearmen rush while juggling two screens. They could have been about five seconds faster if they had gone straight ahead with it without overthinking anything.

"Why are you laughing, Mr. Kimchi?"

"Oh, no… It's nothing."

It was funny to think about it. The enemy went through all that trouble to match-fix.

Match-fixing was meaningless against BornToB since he was always going for the fast archer rush. Even psychological warfare was pointless. He wouldn't understand it anyway!