Genius Archer's Streaming

Every Knight Order member currently had their stream on.

[Sweet Radish]

[Sweet Potato]

[Black Tea]

Only Lemon hadn't turned hers on.

[Taking a break from streaming for a while.]

She had posted a notice on her stream board.

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I've decided to enter closed-door training.

I'll come back as a stronger Lemon.

See you at the next Knight Order collab.

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— Wow she's actually taking a break? Fully?

— Just stream while you train lmaooo

— She was doing solo ranked all losses off-stream and now the stream is going on break

— Did the coach say something harsh?

— Black Tea without Lemon...

— You keep the stream on during tournaments anyway lmaooo

— No Gyuri Gyuri... everyone's rowing but you're saying closed-door training?

Lemon knew that the Knight Order members weren't streaming together right now, but they were building a connection by sharing clips. This was how the streamer universe expanded and actually one of the more important elements for streamers.

The Almond head-smacking video was generating substantial reactions right now. Lemon, without her stream on, was unavoidably missing out on those benefits.

"Haah... It’s a shame." Gyuri rested her chin in her hand and looked over the comments on her notice.

— That coach was too harsh!

— Why is only Lemon doing closed training? You could just stream solo ranked alone

— What is this situation because of a strange coach...

Everyone blamed the coach. From the outside, it probably looked like that.

"That's not why." Gyuri hovered her hands over the keyboard, wondering if she should comment.

'No.'

She put them back down. Things like this sorted themselves out with time anyway.

"Haah... hoo...!"

Gyuri took a deep breath and turned on Black Tea's stream for a moment. Black Tea was watching Almond's video.

Chatter chatter.

That characteristic voice came through, which settled her mind. Soon, the video reached its highlight.

“This is so funny, Almond oppa! Is this real? Oh no!?” Black Tea was cracking up and screaming with delight.

“Hehe.” A smile spread across Gyuri's lips too.

Just watching Black Tea like this without her own stream on felt like old times. Gyuri used to be a fan of Hong Cha-Young and was a dedicated stream sniper. That had been the beginning of streamer Lemon.

"And the end..."

A streamer who was a fan of Black Tea. That was perhaps both the beginning and end of her identity. Streamer Lemon hadn't broken free from that yet.

The coach had seen it accurately. Lemon's LIL skills had developed to keep up with Black Tea. That had continued through until now, which was why she couldn't play LIL properly unless she was part of a duo.

Lemon would rather stream other games. She had never turned on LIL alone.

'That would be...'

That would feel like showing someone her bare face, makeup-free.

'Can't be helped.'

In order to build her skills through solo ranked, Lemon automatically chose closed-door training. Not simply because the coach had said to. The coach had just seen too accurately. She genuinely needed time playing without streaming.

'Let's go.'

Lemon headed for the capsule.

'More training today.'

***

[Match Found]

[Game starting.]

Whoosh!

The scene instantly changed to inside the airship.

Hm?

Lemon's eyes went wide at a familiar champion.

'Could it be...?'

She hoped not, but it was.

[DumbYoungMan]

That striking nickname was impossible to overlook.

"L-Lord?"

"Hm?" Almond turned his head. "It's Lemon?"

"Hehehe~! Nice to see you~! Lord~!" Lemon beamed and waved enthusiastically.

— Oh Lemon!

— Wow

— Lemon is still calling him Lord haha

— No stream and she ran into someone lmaooo

— People really don't play survival mode, seriously

Survival mode had more slots to fill than Siege, but fewer lower ranked players. Queues frequently overlapped. Lemon, who had been running solo, felt a bit thrown off. Another thought occurred to her at the same time.

'Maybe I can actually win this game?'

Would she finally taste victory in a solo game? After all, she ended up randomly matching with Almond. That was fine. The rationalization sorted itself out in her head quickly enough. Victory was close, and training was far.

'Hm?'

However, Lemon had been underestimating the world. True randomness in this world was not particularly human-friendly. Other ominous factors accompanied it.

"Wahahaha! Lemon~? What happened? Did we match up mid-training? This is amazing?"

[Bubblegum]

Bubblegum was also there.

[BornToB]

And someone else she didn't know, but he also possessed an ominous aura.

"Oh, Lemon. It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm BornToB."

"Ah... B-BornToB." Lemon remembered. "The archer rush player! I've seen the Shorts."

Almond's archer rush Shorts were quite famous. Anyone interested in streaming had seen them. Only Almond had appeared in the videos, but the title had been something like: “Degenerate commander with only archers hitting A rank.” The degenerate commander in question was this BornToB.

"Shorts? Huh?" BornToB suddenly shook his head slowly and asked Bubblegum, "Bro, should we kill her?"

"Oh come on~. See, this is why I can't stand perceptive kids. She figured out you're a troll~."

Lemon flinched at their bloodthirsty exchange.

— lmaooooooooooo

— Why do those two match so well?

— lmaooo Bro, let’s kill her

"Hm, hehehe? Gr-great acting~." Lemon laughed awkwardly and instinctively moved closer toward Almond.

'Let’s run away.'

Then, she saw an even stranger person over there.

"Vault. Gotta find the Vault. Can't win with this lineup. Ugh, that Orange King!"

Clap! Clap!

Standing in front of the map, he slapped both his cheeks like self-administered torture.

"What are you saying!? Get a hold of yourself! Is going to the Vault right?! After everything you said?! Yes, Orange King. No? THE GREAT ORANGE GOD KING. I trust you. I do, but this map's Vault angle is too beautiful..."

A large-headed champion kept muttering alone like a madman.

[OrangeGod]

Only then did Lemon register that it was Orange King.

"Hehh? Oh! Oh right! Lord~! Are you still in the collab?"

Almond was still in the middle of Orange King's guest segment. She wondered why they were in a game. Apparently, they started playing at some point.

"Yeah, we’re currently doing practical training."

"How does practical and training go together?"

It was a sharp question. The two were precisely opposite concepts.

Click.

Almond pointed behind him with his thumb and answered far too easily, "Like this."

BornToB and Bubblegum stood there.

"Hehehehe."

"Teeheehee."

— LOL

— Hahahaha

— "Superconductor of practical and training"

— LMAO

— lmaooooo

— The expression of total understanding lmaooo

Lemon found herself nodding involuntarily. "Fair enough!"

She was nodding quite a lot.

'Ugh. What do I do? Will I lose again?'

Losing repeatedly felt unpleasant, which was why she hadn't turned her stream on. Now, she'd ended up in a strange match that was as good as having her stream forced on. In that case, she could only lean on Almond and Orange King, especially Almond. How this person played would likely determine whether they won or lost.

Lemon naturally moved over and asked, "L-Loooord? What champion are you planning to play?"

"Oh. Whatever that person tells me." He pointed at Orange King, who was staring at the map like a maniac.

"Oh, really~?"

Actually, that sounded like good news. Almond was doing what he was told. At least, they wouldn’t finish below fourth.

"Oh, wait..." Almond suddenly moved toward Orange King. "I have something to ask the teacher."

What was he going to ask?

Lemon followed along.

***

Meanwhile, Orange King’s mind was spinning like crazy.

'I have to win this game, fully restore my dignity as a teacher, and obliterate this Smart Young Man or whoever he is.'

With this sole conviction, he read the map with his eyes wide open.

Almond asked, "Teacher Orange King?"

"Oh, just a moment. Don't interrupt me."

"I have a quiz for you."

"Ah... huh? A quiz?"

"Yes."

"WHAT KIND OF QUIZ? YOU'RE THE STUDENT!!!"

— Ragebait lmao

— lmaooooo

— What the heck

— What's he up to now LOL

— Fr what is this???

— Hm?

— Is it a math quiz??

Lemon felt puzzled too. What quiz had Almond prepared?

'Lord, you're doing something strange again...'

Something felt ominous, as if Almond would suddenly ask whether she wanted to die by arrow or be fertilized. Lemon hadn't escaped her Cheese Village PTSD yet.

"What should you do when you get inside the airship?"

‘Hm?’

The Lord had asked a surprisingly normal question.

"Oh, come on. Don't interrupt! Obviously, that would be checking the map!" Orange King smacked the map he was looking at and snapped.

He'd been extremely on edge after seeing BornToB and Bubblegum. He hadn’t even registered Lemon’s appearance.

"Ah~ checking the map? Got it. Pfft." Almond smiled.

The meaning of that smile became clear five seconds later.

Almond moved to the next question. "Have you decided on the landing spot?"

'Damn. Now.'

Orange King suddenly bolted. "OUT OF THE WAY! NOW! JUMP NOW! JUMP! JUUUUMMMMP! EMERGENCY!!"

— LOOOL

— Is he insane??

— lmaooooooo

— EMERGENCY!

— It is an emergency though

— Was he analyzing this whole time and just decided now?? lmaooo

— Using every last second lmao

— He really wants to win

"EMERGENCY!"

"H-huh?!"

His tremendous shout startled Lemon, and she frantically jumped out.

Thud!

Orange King and Almond followed right behind her. Lemon pulled the cord and deployed her parachute. Sure enough, parachutes deployed one after another.

Whooooooooooosh...

One person shot down at an extremely high speed. Orange King didn't even register who that was.

'What. Was that?'

He just tilted his head.

Then, Almond said, "Wrong! Parachute check."

‘Parachute check?’

Thud!

[An ally has been eliminated.]

[Ground → Bubblegum]

A message appeared.

Orange King's expression twisted more than it ever had before.

'What should you do first on the airship?'

He recalled Almond’s quiz just now.

'Check the parachute...? AGHHHHHH! I WAS WRONG!'

Finally, Almond had corrected him.

'Damn.'

Almond wanted to prove things one by one. That his own answers hadn't been wrong either.

"Uuuugggggggh!"

Thud!

[An ally has been eliminated.]

[Ground → BornToB]

A double kill immediately occurred.

— Whoa

— Ground double kill!

— The petty follow-through is insane lmaooo

— Ah...

— ??? You haven’t been treating the parachute with proper care...

— lmaooooooooo

That day, Orange King was reminded once again.

'This... is the real battlefield?'

Beyond the bronze wall, something that wasn’t human existed there.

***

[Beginner’s Tip: Did you know? Having a low rank doesn't mean you're wrong. It just means you're different. You are of a different breed entirely.]

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