Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 345

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 65
24. I Became a Spearman in the Game (2)
A beam of light descended from the sky.
It was Ping.
-Ah, that’s like the ping they film on Reel
-Is Tangkong giving orders so arrogantly right now? lol
Peanut is… an order?! I need to organize the Nutspunk worldview hierarchy once and for all lol
-Let’s go!
The spearmen began running toward that direction.
Hut. Hut.
They were running with chants like soldiers, but since they were bots, there wasn’t a single word spoken. It felt strange.
Either way, Almond ran along with them.
Soon I could see spearmen attacking the workers.
“Ahhhhh!”
One worker screamed as he collapsed.
There were already three workers down.
“Wahhhhh! Kill them!”
A spearman running beside me suddenly shouted and charged forward.
Almond ran along with him.
“Scatter!”
The enemies fled.
‘Can I catch them? There must be some speed limit.’
In games where movement speed is normalized equally by role, you typically can’t catch them.
‘Huh?’
But surprisingly, I could run as fast as I wanted.
Most games like this should have speed restrictions.
Here, I could run at the full capacity of a mercenary.
‘So that’s why the mercenary ranking system…’
If this is the case, superior mercenaries would inevitably earn far more gold.
Since they were bots, neither allies nor enemies could run particularly fast.
Almond quickly surged to the very front.
Thud thud thud!
‘Almost there!’
The back of the enemy’s head was right before my eyes.
I stepped on a protruding rock and kicked off.
My body leaped nimbly through the air, and I thrust my spear forward.
The spearhead pierced into the back of one thug’s neck.
Squelch!
“Gahhh!”
Without any particularly gruesome scene, he simply collapsed.
The casual nature of the expression made it feel completely different from Zombie School. It was simply like toppling a single doll.
“Ah….”
Still, the feel was excellent.
Zzzzzt….
The vibration transmitted through the spear was artificially large, but I actually liked this sensation.
“What! We’ve caught up! Kill him!”
The enemies stopped fleeing and instead surrounded Almond, who had charged forward at the lead.
That’s crazy/insane
-Is this also a command?
-If you get surrounded, you’re dead!
Every direction was blocked except the rear.
The thug blocking the front thrust his spear forward.
Clang!
Almond’s spear knocked it upward.
Spears were also thrust from both sides.
Clang clang clang!
The spears merely collided with each other. Almond crouched low and rolled forward.
However, he couldn’t roll while holding the spear, so he abandoned it on the ground.
Instead, he had a basic short dagger provided to him.
He drew it and stabbed the lower jaw of the spearman blocking the front.
Thud!
“Grraahhh!”
The thug screamed, but he didn’t die.
The damage seemed insufficient.
Tap!
Almond’s foot moved behind him, and whoosh! His entire body spun.
He had pivoted using the soldier as the center point.
This way, he easily secured the rear.
Then he wrapped his arm around the soldier’s neck and held him like a hostage.
This was to prevent the enemies from recklessly thrusting their spears using the soldier as a shield.
However, the enemies didn’t care about hostages at all.
It seemed to be because they were bots.
Thrust!
They thrust their spears at their own ally without hesitation.
“?!”
Thud!
The spear pierced through and protruded from the back.
Ultimately, it grazed Almond as well.
[Health 89%]
Since it was a shallow wound, his health didn’t decrease much.
-Nah lol, heartless bots
I miss you, Hyun-ah noona, you were always full of emotion and friendship ㅠㅠ
These bastards are actually bots lolol
Even if they’re bots, I didn’t expect them to be this cold-hearted.
Almond set down the hostage and picked up an enemy spear, swinging it again. The enemies matched his movements and swung back.
Clang clang clang!
Three spears collided, sending sparks flying.
At first glance, it seemed evenly matched.
But an attack cut through the sparks.
──Whoooosh!
In the blink of an eye, Almond’s spear had slashed across one enemy’s neck.
-What was that just now?
-Wow
Out of 4 people, one person alone took down three… crazy
The sole surviving spearman among the three flinched in surprise and backed away, creating distance. It seemed like he was trying to buy time.
A poor choice. Time was on Almond’s side.
This was Almond’s territory, after all.
No additional enemy reinforcements could arrive, while Almond’s side had a full 10 soldiers.
Eventually, the lone spearman was riddled with holes by the soldiers approaching from behind and died.
Then the training mode ended.

* * *
The perspective shifted back to the Commander’s viewpoint.
Looking down below, the workers were safely mining the gold mine again. The soldiers split into two groups—some escorting the workers while others scouted toward the enemy base.
Clap clap clap!
Tangkong appeared, clapping her hands.
[Wow! You did so well! Aamond! How many did you take down by yourself!?]
She swung her wand again, creating a portal.
[This is more than enough to deploy you directly to real combat! Let’s go!]
She seemed to think Almond now fully understood the game.
[Now let’s wait for requests at the tavern!]
Almond nodded and stepped into the portal.
Whoosh!
In an instant, he was back at the tavern.
“Hahahaha!”
“I’m telling you!? The Troll Triplets just….”
“You’re taking the joke too far!”
The tavern’s noisy atmosphere remained unchanged.
Almond headed straight for the mercenary board.
The list seemed quite different from before.
While he was playing the game, it seemed everyone else had been summoned.
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[C Rank]
Aamond
jon$now
I want to become a landlord
Butterfly Valley
wackjassey
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.
.
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I was worried about long wait times since it’s an unpopular game.
But seeing how quickly everything sold out, it doesn’t seem to be the case.
“I was concerned the queue might be long. Since it’s global, it’s surprisingly fast.”
-Unified global servers are seriously amazing lol
-Still, they usually match you with players from the same country
Look, there are barely any Koreans here lol
Then.
An opportunity came for Almond as well.
[Commander ‘Geunjebabangeumnida’ is requesting your support.]
“Oh.”
A Korean commander.
The request details appeared immediately.
[Request Fee: 1 Gold]
[Success Reward: 1 Gold per cavalry unit defeated]
[Troop Type: Spearman]
[Situation: Defensive battle. Enemy cavalry is advancing across open plains. Spearmen needed to hold the line. (Disadvantageous)]
1 Gold upfront plus success rewards.
The situation is disadvantageous, but there would be plenty of opportunities to fight, which could be good.
Almond decided to accept.
But then….
Ting!
[Basic Weapon ‘Spear’ Required]
I couldn’t join as a spearman without a spear.
“What? Do I have to buy the weapon myself?”
-Yeah, that’s what you get from the reward
-You equip yourself with your own gear
-Why would you take the reward then lol
I had to buy it. I didn’t really have any complaints about it.
The problem was that I’d just received a commission.
When was I supposed to stop by the weapon shop to buy a spear?
[Ah! You don’t have a spear! Since this is your first mission, I’ll specially provide one for you!]
Poof!
As the Fairy gestured, an unremarkable spear materialized in mid-air.
“Uh… thanks, Tangkong. But if you’re going to do this anyway, I’d rather just use my bow──”
[Come on! Let’s go show what you can do!]
Whoooosh!
As the Fairy waved her wand once more, Almond was sucked into some kind of portal.

* * *
When I came to my senses, I was surrounded by countless soldiers.
‘What the…’
Above the soldiers’ heads were different usernames written out.
[LeekManLol]
[NoNonsenseNow]
[wackjassey]
[RollCakeTasty]
.
.
.
Surprisingly, quite a few Koreans were visible.
It seemed to be because the Commander was Korean.
“I’m really curious what it’s like to have an actual person commanding.”
-For real lol
-A people who turned RTS into a folk game would probably do decently
-But isn’t the Commander a beginner too?
-Why isn’t this popular? This is actually fun
-When can we command?
Zing!
A blinding light struck down from far away.
Zing! Zing!
[Assemble]
Text materialized above the beams of light.
“I’ll head out.”
Rumble.
All the soldiers, including Almond, silently grabbed their weapons and began to run.
“Everyone really does have different equipment, huh? I guess I’m the only beginner here…”
Each person had completely different gear.
Then suddenly, numbers appeared.
[1-6]
“…What is this?”
-That’s the formation number
-The Commander’s detail-oriented lol;
-??What is it
As Almond stood there bewildered, someone spoke to me.
“You there. You’re Korean, right? First time?”
It was a foreign woman with fiery red hair.
I was startled to hear Korean pouring from her lips.
An automatic translation system.
[wackjassey]
The ID floating above her head was like this.
I think I saw it in the waiting list earlier.
“…Ah, yeah.”
“I’m right next to you. Here. Having someone beside you is important for advantage.”
She pointed to her side.
Looking closely, I could see ‘1-6’ written in that spot.
“Ah. Thanks.”
-So pretty
-“Reina” incoming
Foreign sister’s beauty is insane.
The woman with brilliant red hair standing on this battlefield was certainly captivating. By her very presence alone.
‘She reminds me of Rosenitta.’
Aside from her hair color, she had a similar aura to Rosenitta.
Our eyes met briefly.
Our gazes shifted up and down for a moment.
“But you’re definitely a first-timer, right?”
She asked if it was my first time.
“Your appearance certainly looks like a first-timer….”
“Yeah, I am. Why?”
“If it’s your first time, they don’t put you in the front line. The pay here is good, but it’s difficult.”
“It is my first time, but I’m C-rank.”
“Ooh.”
She greeted me as if she hadn’t known.
“You’re skilled then. Looking forward to working with you.”
Her emerald eyes smiled warmly.
The chat erupted into chaos, so Juhyeok, who was eating cup noodles, had to rush over and spam the delete button countless times.
-Everyone duck! Hodu bombardment incoming!
-Aaah!
-I’m out….
While the zealots were being slaughtered.
Thump-thump-thump-thump-thump…!
The sound of drums echoing from afar.
Thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump!
No, it was the sound of hoofbeats.
Soon it transformed into the sound of machine gun fire.
Clatter-clatter-clatter!!
“They’re coming.”
From the meadow ahead.
Gulp.
The sound of dry swallows echoed from all directions.
Ding.
[Commander: Hold the line.]
A simple order came down from the commander.
The fairy beside me elaborated.
[S-s-spearmen are the counter to cavalry! I-if you just thrust the spear forward, y-you can kill them!]
Was she a novice too? She stammered, clearly tense. Or perhaps her small frame made it difficult to withstand the vibrations from the horses.
Clatter-clatter-clatter-clatter…!
[I-if you perform well here, you can accumulate honor points and become a veteran mercenary… ahhhhh!]
Clatter-clatter-clatter-clatter-clatter-clatter!!!
The fairy’s words were drowned out by the thundering hoofbeats.
The enemy’s war cries rang out deafeningly.
“Waaaaaaaaaaaa!”
“Charge forward!!!”
The one leading our front line also raised his spear high and shouted.
“Hold the line!!!!!”
That person must be a veteran mercenary.
“Waaaaaaaaa!”
Our soldiers began to roar as well.
Almond shouted along with them.
-Wow this is actually like a real war
-Are these all actually people?? Crazy
-This looks better than Reel lol why isn’t it popular?
Why it looked better than Reel but wasn’t as popular became clear in the very next moment.
“Spears! Thrust the spears forward!”
“They’re here! They’re coming──!”
A massive war horse charged forward with its front hooves raised.
It was nearly upon us.
Clatter!
Clatter-clatter!
My heart was crushed beneath the thundering hoofbeats.
Neeeigh!
As the horses whinnied, a Knight clad entirely in silver armor became a single massive lance, charging forward.
Hrrgh!
The moment the horse’s hot breath erupted as steam.
──Crash!!
The cavalry swept over the Spearmen.
The Spearmen’s spears pierced the cavalry.
“!?”
The world inverted, and my vision went black.
Thud!
A tremendous impact struck my head.
When I opened my eyes, half of our forces had vanished.
‘What… what is this…’
Almond lifted his head from the dirt ground.
That’s when he realized it.
‘This just won’t work, will it?’
He’d survived purely by luck this time.
If he kept following the Commander’s orders, they’d all die.

* * *
In a corner of some dark room.
“…Ugh. Ah. This is frustrating. Really.”
A boy with a lollipop in his mouth scratched his head.
On his monitor screen, the Spearmen unit with half its forces decimated was visible.
“Tch. This budget won’t cut it with Spearmen. How much did that cavalry cost? An all-in rush?”
He clicked his mouse and issued a command to the Spearmen, barely half of them remaining.
[Attack]
He sent them charging again toward the cavalry that had trampled over them.
He just needed to buy some time. Soldiers could be produced again anyway.
“Buy me some time. If you can drag this out with your cost, that’s profit. Those Knights are ridiculously expensive.”
He focused briefly on the production section. Whether the Workers were gathering resources like gold and wood properly, if the enemy was harassing them, what building to construct next. And so on.
“For the next tech tier, I need iron ore…”
He looked back at the grassland battle area from before.
He needed to secure the iron here, so he was planning to dispatch more troops.
“…What?”
But the Spearmen he’d ordered to attack while dying to buy time were still alive.

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