Genius Archer's Streaming-Chapter 193Season 4: . Knights (2)

The embargo on Cheese Craft episodes one through four finally lifted.

‘No way. With this timing?’

Ju-Hyeok had known this would happen eventually since the show’s timeline and the present server were quite far apart. They had already discussed partially lifting the embargo in earlier meetings and always intended to drop it suddenly. He just didn’t think now would be the moment.

‘It’s not a bad move.’

Commercially, lifting the embargo now made perfect sense. Streamers would react live, viewers would discuss it alongside them, and that cycle would generate new content that fed back into the server’s hype.

Episodes one to four had already leaked info that circulated everywhere. No spoilers remained dangerous or risked breaking immersion. In many ways, it was the perfect timing.

Still, Ju-Hyeok felt unsettled.

‘What do I do with him?’

The eye of this storm, the one most affected, was sitting right there at the kitchen table.

Should Ju-Hyeok tell him? No, Sang-Hyeon would see the announcement if he logged into the game. Would it count if he just briefly logged in and left? How could this be handled?

“I’m gonna go for a walk.”

“Huh...? A walk?”

“Yeah, I think I ate too much cereal. I got too excited today.”

Excited enough to overeat cereal? Sang-Hyeon always measured out exact portions.

‘How excited is he?’

He felt thrilled about today’s fishing and camping trip, still blissfully unaware.

‘Dammit.’

Ju-Hyeok raked his hands through his hair. What would a responsible manager do? What was strategically best? In the end...

“Yeah. Go, Sang-Hyeon.”

“Huh? Of course, I’m going.”

“Good! Have a nice walk!”

Sang-Hyeon tilted his head, then left.

Thunk.

Ju-Hyeok exhaled. “Haaah...”

There was no stopping fate. Dictators always met their end. Behind him, the monitor showed the premiere continuing to climb.

— it’s starting LOL

— the hype is unreal

— so Lackey ForeverAlone will see this too??

— the viewer count is insane

— GO GO GO

...

***

The video began, as always, with the peaceful Cheese Village’s blue sky. The camera zoomed slowly toward a large yellow-roofed house.

[Radish House]

Inside, the Servant Duo chatted on the couch.

[Radish Servant]

[Potato Servant]

They even had the Servant title appended to their names now.

“Must we really serve Almond as our Lord?”

“Sigh. Potato Servant, you fool.”

“Y-Yes!?”

“We follow him only until the Fertile Soil fully becomes ours.”

“O-Of course...”

Radish Servant smiled with a gentle face that didn’t match the wicked curl at his lips. “Heh heh heh...”

“Hehehe, my one and only lord is Lord Radish.” Potato Servant laughed with him.

Bzzzt.

[Five minutes later]

Barely five minutes passed after their secret plotting.

“AAAAAARGH!!”

Crash!

Monsters stormed Radish House, and Almond defeated them all alone. Radish Servant collapsed to his knees, reaching out toward Almond on top of the golden crops.

“T-This is... Almon D. Roger! The man who will become the King of Farmers!!”

The camera zoomed in on Potato Servant’s expression.

‘What...’

He blankly stared as if questioning reality itself.

— LOOOOOOL

— instant allegiance shift

— this house is built for betrayal

— can’t backstab anyone properly lol

— bowing on command

The shot panned up from Almond’s back into the blazing sun and sky. Then, the episode title appeared.

[Welcome to Cheese Village!]

[Ep. 4: The Knights]

— chef’s kiss

— lol

— why go to Paprika when Cheese Village is heaven?

— if you want to live, go to cheese village

— I’m shaking, this is gonna be gold

— Lackey ForeverAlone, are you watching?

— This line hits different today...

Bzzzt.

The intro faded, and a boardroom appeared.

[Nonghyup Union]

Boom!

Big letters clearly announced that this was the Union headquarters.

“Booooooo!”

“Step down, Donuts!”

“Ivy League econ major losing to a high school jock! Give back your degree!”

The room was in chaos.

— LMAO

— THIS actually happened??

— bro got demolished academically and financially lol

Unlike the Knights, the Union was a cooperative power that wasn’t centralized. Results determined survival. And when results failed, shareholder bloodshed followed.

The narration kicked in. “Capitalism is cold. Even elite credentials crumble from a single mistake. Perhaps this is why Donuts later embraced communism.”

— HELP I’m choking

— killing him twice??

— communism is warm, coal mines are hot!

— Narrator sounds too cheerful rn

“E-Everyone, please. It was an accident. An accident.” Donuts tried to calm them.

“You expect us to accept that after losing!? Huh!?”

“No, no, listen! I have a plan!”

“A plan. Stocks again!? I’m out, man!” Horn Ramen flipped a table.

— LMFAOOOOO

— Horn Ramen angry again

— King of tantrums

— dude is literally boiling

— horns up rage mode

“No! Listen!! It’s not a joke. It's a plan! This time, we’ll strike BIG!”

Bang!

The screen froze, and more narration began. “Donuts’s failure in the potato-illusion incident stemmed from one thing, uncertainty of information.”

Shrrrk.

A sketch appeared with a diagram showing Radish House, the Union, and monsters.

“If he could know the enemy’s crops for certain, corner their storage and supply, he could win. The most reliable approach is...”

The monster arrow pointed toward Radish House. Then, a few Union members followed it.

[Send in a spy.]

— Is this real??

— This game isn’t very healing...

— Cold War who??

— SOVIET SPY ARC??

Thunk.

The sketch froze.

Donuts wrapped up his briefing. “Since Radish House has the widest territory, monsters will go there for sure. Mole rats overturn crops. In that chaos, we identify their main product.”

“And who’s doing that? Who’s volunteering?” Horn Ramen grumbled.

Donuts fell silent.

Then, the camera zoomed in on someone who raised their hand. The woman had bright red hair and a confident gaze. “I’ll go. You all suck anyway.”

The screen froze, and her profile appeared.

[Black Tea]

==== ====

420k subscribers on YouTube

Avg live viewers: 38k

Only female Challenger ADC on Treevy

Rookie Award, 2032 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Best Couple Award, 2033

LIL Tournament Semi-Finals, 2035

Flamboyant personality

Loyalty-first

==== ====

— holy credentials

— female Challenger ADC!!

— today’s protagonist enters the stage

— Best Couple Award with LEMON lmao

“Ohooo!” Donuts grinned widely. “A perfect talent!”

The operation team was set.

“Monsters will head to their fields. In the chaos, we...”

The screen turned to static.

Bzzt.

The scene cut to Black Tea’s interview. She sat in a simple chair in front of a white background.

[How was the operation?]

She smirked. “It looked sloppy. Hard to explain, but the people were sloppy too.”

[Then why take part?]

Black Tea briefly thought before answering dryly, “You know the phrase, ‘Buy when there’s blood in the streets?’ People were scared, so I bought in.”

— KING ENERGY

— She’s terrifying omg

— QUEEN NEVER CRY

[Green Tea accompanied you. How did that feel?]

Black Tea shrugged. “Oh? The coward came along?”

[A message for Green Tea?]

“This mothe...”

BEEEEEP.

An emergency censor went off.

— LOLLLLLLL

— They love each other pls

— Did she curse instead of confessing??

— Green Tea really followed her!

Then, the mission hour neared. The moon hung still in the midnight blue sky.

[Night of monster arrival.]

Spy movie music swelled. Black Tea, Lemon, Green Tea, and White Chicken lay low in the dark underbrush, their heads hidden beneath the foliage.

“We move when the monsters show up. Good?”

“Roger~”

“Yes, ma’am!”

“We’re only checking crops... right?”

“Well... technically.” Black Tea grinned. “If there’s a chance to mess them up, take it.”

Moments later...

“Ahwooooo~!!”

Monsters flooded the fields. The camera soared up and zoomed out until even the Union HQ was visible in the distance. Four tiny shadows, Black Tea’s team, crawled toward Radish House.

“This is about to flip,” Lemon murmured.

Boom!

Flames erupted in the wrong direction.

The narration dropped like an iron bell. “The thing that flipped... was Black Tea’s house.”

Her own home was burning.

— ????

— HUH??

— ?

— CHAOTIC PLOT TWIST

— Arson god awakens

— They flipped the entire STAGE

***

Meanwhile, on Lackey ForeverAlone’s stream...

“H-Hold! Can we call a temporary truce?” he said to Zelu because of the announcement.

Zelu smirked. “I can be generous.”

— LMFAOOOOO

— “Show him the truth” arc incoming*

— Lackey ForeverAlone is about to see God

ForeverAlone nodded and logged out.

Shwoom.

— NOOO KING

— don’t open Pandora’s Box...

— today, the world ends for him

Outside the server, he opened YouTube and watched episodes one through three.

“Hah... See? N-Nothing crazy yet!”

Burning people into fertilizer? Sure, that sometimes happened, right?

— bro... not yet

— that was NOTHING

— DO NOT WATCH EP4

However, episode four was live.

“So, I just open episode four?”

Tap.

He pressed it, and fire erupted onscreen. Black Tea’s house was burning. It was the beginning of the downfall.

Lackey ForeverAlone stared in silence.