Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 350

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 70
26. The Bow (1)
The two of us killed fifteen workers.
“How is this…?”
How could such a thing even be possible?
Why didn’t the enemy commander know about it?
“Could it be… all one-hit kills…?”
Normally, a spearman needs to stab a worker roughly three times to kill them, but since workers are so fragile, landing a lethal blow like a headshot or a critical strike to a vital point kills them in one hit.
When you kill them in one hit, no warning message reaches the enemy commander.
A warning message, after all, only sounds when nearby AI units cry out in alarm.
If you kill them in one hit, the AI doesn’t notice at all.
You can assassinate workers without a single warning message.
Besides, even when warnings sound multiple times, commanders often don’t know about them. The flood of warning messages and notifications going to those who command the entire war is beyond counting.
So what if no warnings sound, or only one or two do?
That’s essentially assassination.
That’s why whether or not there’s someone skilled enough to one-shot workers has a significant impact on the outcome of the game.
That’s why Ibamman chose to suppress the workers immediately upon discovering me.
In the end, it was completely the right call.
“Still, this is completely beyond expectations, isn’t it?”
Ibamman did send me with roughly this outcome in mind. He figured that with this spearman’s unusually excellent javelin throwing skills, I’d catch quite a few workers. Any commander would have thought the same.
But to arrive and slaughter fifteen workers immediately.
It was utterly astounding.
“…Insane. This is insane. Who are these guys?”
Unfortunately, a commander can’t see a soldier’s ID.
“At least their appearance. Their appearance.”
He zoomed in heavily to observe the two of us, trying to memorize what we looked like.
But joy and excitement were short-lived.
The enemy commander wasn’t a fool either.
‘They’re reacting!’
He began evacuating the workers.

* * *
When I had taken down roughly a dozen workers.
My eyes widened in disbelief.
‘What?’
The enemy workers suddenly began fleeing with screams.
“We’re under attack!”
“Ahhhhh!”
-lmao they’ve been dying this whole time
-now they notice?
-kekeke
The sight of them suddenly panicking and fleeing after I’d been slaughtering them was eerie enough to send chills down my spine.
But there was no helping it. In RTS games, optimization is everything, and if I granted all these workers advanced artificial intelligence, the game’s volume would become far too massive.
“Let’s chase them down.”
I muttered this and tried to dash after the fleeing workers.
Tug.
Jesse grabbed my shoulder from behind.
-confession moment?
-??
-Jesse in 1 second!
Contrary to the viewers’ hopes, Jesse pointed backward and said this.
“If you chase them, you’ll die. Hide back in the forest.”
“…?”
“Once the workers enter the Timber Camp, they transform into defensive structures.”
Whoosh!
That was when it happened. A sharp whistling sound cut through the air as if answering Jesse’s words.
Whoosh! Whoooosh!
Dozens of arrows streaked across the sky.
Jesse stepped forward and blocked the arrows with her shield.
Thunk-thunk-thunk!
Arrows embedded themselves densely across the shield’s surface.
-wtf so many arrows
-why the enemy can defend without troops
-wow so many coming down?
With so many arrows and only one shield, I couldn’t block them all.
Just as an umbrella can’t keep you completely dry on a rainy day, several arrows found their marks—Jesse’s legs, my arm, and elsewhere.
However….
Ting!
Ping!
They all bounced off.
‘The armor deflects them.’
It was thanks to my armor.
Even though it was a hassle, I was glad I’d put it on.
Of course, this protection wasn’t unlimited either. My armor had durability too, so leaving this place was inevitable.
Just then, Jesse shouted.
“Run!”
We both sprinted desperately back into the forest.

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The forest was shrouded in darkness.
I could barely see a meter ahead.
Yet I could tell Jesse’s condition wasn’t good.
It was from the sound of blood dripping and her ragged breathing.
“Are you okay?”
“…The bleeding won’t stop.”
Arrows were lodged in her side, behind her knee, and her shoulder. Three arrows in total.
For a regular soldier, three arrows were serious but not necessarily fatal.
However, if the bleeding continued, her stamina would steadily drain.
“How much stamina do you have left?”
“I’ve got 30% remaining.”
Jesse wrapped her wounds with tattered cloth and asked.
“…What about you? How are you doing?”
“I didn’t get hit.”
“That’s a relief.”
Then a message came from the Commander.
[Commander]
[Enemy soldiers are approaching now. Don’t light any fires under any circumstances, and kill them one by one as they come. They’ll be carrying torches to find you. We have the advantage.]
Jesse read the message slowly, then spoke.
“It looks better if we hide here for a moment and ambush them.”
In other words, we should wait in this thicket and look for an opening.
Since we didn’t know how many enemy soldiers there were or how skilled they were, it made sense to be cautious.
“Shh. They’re coming.”
Thump, thump….
Footsteps began to echo.
Jesse whispered in my ear.
“Let’s throw our spears here.”
“We only have one spear each.”
“What!?”
Jesse looked around in surprise.
Now that I thought about it, I’d left the spare spears near the Timber Camp.
“Sigh. This is troublesome.”
Ultimately, I had to resort to close combat.
“Then let’s just hide. The workers can’t do their jobs anyway. Even if we just drag out time, that’s still an advantage.”
Even as she said this, Jesse knew the truth.
That this kind of advantage couldn’t flip the current battle situation.
Eventually, I would have to make a decisive move.
A torch flared.
One of the enemies raised a torch high, displaying it.
“Over there! Can you see anything?!”
“No!”
Only one soldier carried a torch.
He moved back and forth like a lighthouse from a distance, holding the torch aloft, while the rest of the search party moved without torches.
Seeing him, Jesse whispered.
“They’re moving like that because they think we’ll target the one with the torch.”
“…I see.”
-The enemies are experienced too
lol
-Wow, it’s like a real war
“They’re experienced. Let’s go deeper in and hide for now.”
Rustle.
We concealed ourselves deep within the thicket.
“Like this, we can’t be seen.”
The enemies wouldn’t see us either, but the problem was that we couldn’t see them either.
At this, Jesse suggested using hearing instead of sight.
“Press your ear to the ground.”
Following her words, I pressed my ear to the ground and heightened my focus.
Thud. Thud.
Footsteps continued to echo as they trampled through the thicket. They didn’t seem to know our location yet.
The sound of axes chopping wood rang out from multiple places. The workers had emerged from the Timber Camp and resumed their labor.
Jesse tapped the back of my head lightly.
“Hey.”
“…What.”
“Now press your other ear to the ground.”
The other ear? Did hearing differ between left and right?
Curious, I turned my head and pressed my other ear to the ground.
The sounds I heard remained unchanged.
Except for the fact that I was now facing Jesse directly.
“It’s the same.”
“Yeah. Just let me look at you before we die.”
As she said this, her green eyes traced across my face.
She simply wanted to lie here facing me.
-*@%(**#
-Damn it 3**#
-This filthy world
-The worst Streamer Almond in existence
-This Nut Fan is a harmful Nut Fan
The chat exploded into activity once more.
In the midst of it all, I found myself fixated on what Jesse had added to her words.
“Before I die…?”
“Yeah.”
She answered as if stating the obvious.
“The Workers have started moving again. There’s no point in stalling now. There are about 5 or 6 Enemies. Since my equipment is better, the two of us can win against them. But that alone isn’t enough.”
“…So?”
“If I’m prepared to die, I can take down four of them. Then we’ll have a real chance. Besides, I’m already bleeding out, so I don’t have much time anyway.”
She was saying she would sacrifice herself.
“While I do that, you find the spear we abandoned, finish off the remaining ones, and kill the Worker again. That’s how we win. I’ll come back.”
“Come back?”
“Even if I die, I can return to the same Battlefield. This time I’ll bring a horse. Just stay alive until then.”
I’m sorry, but this doesn’t appear to be a coherent Korean phrase that can be translated. It seems to be either:
– Random characters or keyboard mashing
– Incomplete or corrupted text
– Emoticons/onomatopoeia expressing frustration
[UNTRANSLATED LINE 173]
Could you provide the correct text?
Oh my god, seriously?
-Damn…
The viewers were moved by Jesse’s sacrifice strategy.
“Going.”
Jesse kicked off the ground and burst forward at incredible speed.
She was so fast.
“Uh… everyone. What did I tell you to do first?”
Before I could even fully process her words, Jesse had already charged at the Enemies.

-He was thinking about something else lol
-lmao so funny lol
-I’m crying lol
-Hilarious lol
[UNTRANSLATED LINE 188]
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Swish-swish-swish!
The thicket shook violently.
One of the searching spearmen’s eyes widened in shock.
“Wh—here—! Gaahhk!?”
──Thwuuk!
The gaping jaw snapped shut, skewered like meat on a spit.
Jesse’s spear had pierced through from the lower jaw upward.
“Ughh! Uooogh!”
The enemy let out a guttural cry and thrust his own spear in return.
Clang!
The spear failed to penetrate the armor and bounced away.
“Gah—armor!?”
Thwuuk! Thwack!
Jesse yanked her spear free and drove it through his neck twice more, finishing him.
She exhaled lightly, then thrust her spear to the left.
Thwack!
A soldier creeping closer had his shoulder pierced.
“Ugh!”
Separate from her throwing prowess, Jesse was seasoned in close combat.
“She’s here!”
But someone’s scream revealed her position, and numbers always trump skill.
Two soldiers charged at her.
Jesse swung her spear wide to parry their advance.
Clang! Clang!
Armor and spearhead sparked against each other.
Clang-clang-clang!
Several more exchanges followed.
Jesse retreated.
[Stamina 37%]
Her armor was completely dented, her stamina nearly depleted.
Thwuuk!
Now attacks struck directly through the gaps where armor had torn away.
The bleeding that had already begun worsened.
[Stamina 22%]
[Excessive Bleeding]
Jesse swung her spear with all her remaining strength.
The orange-hued blade, caught by torchlight, traced a horizontal arc.
Shhwack!!
A crimson line appeared across both enemies’ necks.
‘Three…!’
As the two collapsed in an instant, a path opened up. Jesse thought she could buy more time. But then….
Whoosh!
A new Soldier appeared from the front and fired an arrow.
‘An arrow?!’
──Thwack!
My right vision blazed red and vanished.
[Right Vision Lost]
[Health 2%]
“Ah.”
Splurch!
As if they’d been waiting, spears thrust in from the right. I couldn’t even count how many.
‘How many are there? Ten?!’
I’d expected at most six. The Enemy’s numbers were far greater.
[Health 0%]
A black sky comes into view. A white, brilliant moon rising.
Through that hazy, fog-like vision, I saw it. Almond throwing his body forward.
──Crash!
He assaulted the archer who’d taken my eyes.
He clearly told me to pick up a spear.
“Idiot….”
I should’ve just grabbed a spear and hidden in another Thicket, taking them down one by one. But attacking so openly like that—there’s no hope.
I felt deflated. After I made a sacrifice, he didn’t even understand the strategy.
Jesse burst into an absurd laugh.
[Dead]
My spirit began to rise and drift away.
This message appeared in my vision.
[Rejoin the same Battlefield?]
Since I said I’d come back, I should probably say yes. But unlike my initial resolve, I hesitated.
Almond didn’t understand the strategy well. Is there really hope on this Battlefield?
The moment I thought that, a sight entered his vision.
‘A bow?’
In Almond’s hand was a bow he’d taken from the Enemy archer.
And he immediately rose from the Thicket and aimed at the Enemy.
‘If he does that, they’ll all see him!’
As if to prove a point.

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