Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 381

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 101
35. B-Rank Commander (2)
Gulp.
Born to B swallowed hard, his throat dry with tension.
‘I just need to do what I’m told.’
It had been nearly two years since I started the Civil Empire.
I had never once escaped B-rank.
I’d never even received character accessories that were given to those who achieved A-rank.
When I say it like this, someone always asks.
Wasn’t it because you weren’t sincere?
‘Not at all. I tried hard….’
That wasn’t true.
In fact, my game count was competitive no matter where I stood. Even among national team players, it wasn’t particularly low.
So among ordinary people, I boasted an overwhelmingly high number of games played.
‘Damn it.’
Born to B was a prime example of how simply playing a lot wasn’t everything.
So, it was a kind of regret, you could say?
Though I wasn’t a professional gamer, I always wanted to prove that I too could reach A-rank.
Then, through an acquaintance I knew, I heard the most tempting proposal.
‘A national team actually needs someone like me, a B-ranker.’
The national team’s preparation squad was looking for a B-rank commander.
They offered to teach me strategies and tactics directly, promising to raise me to A+ rank with an 80% win rate.
It was an offer with nothing bad about it for Born to B.
There was only one condition.
Namely, to duo with a certain player.
That player was Aamond.
And so, now.
I was learning strategies from the national team and beginning to duo with Aamond.
‘…But will this really work?’
Born to B looked at the player before me, Aamond, with eyes tinged with curiosity.
‘From what he said earlier, this guy seemed like a complete beginner too.’
I heard Aamond was a famous streamer, but he hadn’t been playing this game for long.
‘For someone like that, isn’t the strategy too extreme….’
At that moment, Born to B remembered Kim Chi Warrior’s first principle.
「Don’t think. The more you think, the worse you perform.」
Born to B smacked his own head.
“Right. Don’t think. Let’s just go with what Kim Chi says.”
As I cleared my mind and focused only on Kim Chi Warrior’s teachings, the game started.
[Game Start!]

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When I start the game for the first time, I’m given a village hall and ten ‘residents’ in the worker role.
First, I begin by mining resources.
Deciding how many workers to assign to each resource is where the game truly begins.
“Alright. Let’s do this.”
Born to B waved his hand through the air, his expression tense with concentration.
Five workers to gold first.
「Gold is the most important right now. I need to upgrade to the second age to build the archer training ground.」
The archer training ground, unlike the spearman training ground, can only be built starting from the second age.
The second age means upgrading this civilization’s era, literally speaking.
From the Barbarian Age to the Feudal Age, then to the Lord Age.
To build the archer training ground, I need to reach at least the second age—the Feudal Age.
This requires 100 gold.
Since that’s hardly a small amount, I’m investing half my workers to mine gold.
Five workers head toward gold, and Born to B quickly issued separate orders to the remaining workers.
Next is wood.
「Next is wood. Archers require a lot of it.」
Building the archer training ground requires substantial wood. Additionally, wood continues to be consumed when recruiting archers.
I send three of the remaining five workers to wood.
「Food stays at the minimum for now—two workers.」
And then there’s food.
Whether recruiting soldiers or residents, food is necessary.
It’s the most crucial resource for increasing the population to boost resource production rates.
Born to B invests the least here.
After all, he won’t be producing many additional residents. Food isn’t needed right now.
「Our goal is to get archers out quickly and rush. We’re not looking at mid or late game. Once we reach the second age, I can just reassign three of the gold miners to food, and there won’t be any problem recruiting archers.」
Later, once I start recruiting archers, I can adjust the worker distribution accordingly.
“Five to gold, three to wood, two to food. Once we hit the second age: four to food, three to gold, three to wood.”
Born to B muttered like he was memorizing an alphabet, his hands moving swiftly.
An enemy scout came by and poked around for a moment, but couldn’t accomplish anything.
Shortly after.
[Gold: 100]
Gold reached 100.
“Okay. Upgrade to the second age.”
Recognizing Born to B’s voice command, the second age upgrade began immediately.
[Second Age—Feudal Age]
[Upgrading….]
“Now, two of the workers mining gold—move them to food!”
Two of the five residents mining gold shift toward food production.
Now food begins flowing in at a steadier pace.
And thus, the Second Age is completed.
Boom-boom-boom!
[Second Age]
Born to B immediately checks the time.
[04:31]
I entered the Second Age five minutes before the game started.
“Oh. That’s fast.”
「This is the most basic Fast Second Age strategy in the Civil Empire.」
I’ve just pulled off the ‘Fast Second Age’ strategy that Kim Chi Warrior had mentioned.
‘So I can do it this way too.’
The Fast Second Age strategy is a fundamental technique everyone knows, but reaching it in the four-minute mark was my first time.
Yet, just as Kim Chi Warrior said, I stopped overthinking and simply followed what I’d memorized, and I successfully entered the Second Age five minutes before the game started.
‘Is my own thinking really a curse….’
Born to B falls into a brief moment of solemnity.
However, I quickly shake my head.
“Stop thinking! Hurry and build the Archer Training Ground!”
I assign three workers to the task—each one pulled from lumber, food, and gold production respectively.
[Archer Training Ground]
[Construction]
The three workers immediately swarm over and begin raising the Archer Training Ground.
Of course, investing more workers in construction means the building rises faster.
Tap-tap-tap! Tap-tap-tap!
The energetic sound of hammers rings out, and within ten seconds the Archer Training Ground is erected….
[Archer Training Ground]
[Completed]
Finally, I can now recruit Archers.
[04:53]
I lost about five seconds getting distracted, but still—before the five-minute mark.
[Archer Recruitment]
[Training in progress….]
The first Archer begins training before the five-minute mark.
「This is the Fast Archer Rush after the Fast Second Age. If you complete everything up to this point within the five-minute window, you’re already halfway to success.」
I remember that Born to B can breathe a sigh of relief once reaching this point.
That’s because Kim Chi Warrior said so.
「The second half… leave it to Aamond.」

* * *
“Hmm… Duo mode is a bit boring at first.”
Aamond, who had never really played the Commander before, rested his chin in his hand as he flew alongside the Commander’s perspective, admiring the map.
If the Commander didn’t recruit attack units, there was nothing for the player to do in the early game.
-Ah, so that’s how it works
-No wonder Duo mode isn’t popular lol
-Still, reaching Age 2 is super fast though???
“Is it fast?”
Aamond wasn’t entirely sure whether the current pace was considered fast development or not. But that was only natural—he’d never played as a Commander before.
Then, finally, the message he’d been waiting for arrived.
Ding!
[The team is recruiting an Archer!]
[Will you accept?]
In Duo mode, the recruitment notification appears to the Duo player first, before it shows up to other players.
In other words, Almond could become the very first Archer to be spawned.
‘An Archer…!’
Almond remembered Born to B’s words that he absolutely had to accept any Archer recruitment.
And even without that instruction, he was so bored that he was ready to accept immediately anyway.
[Accept]
-Finally…!
-Aamond, the beginning of legend!
-Let’s go!
The viewers who had been waiting for quite some time cheered at the news of his deployment.
Whoooosh!
Almond’s body descended in an instant, then was reborn onto the field.

* * *
“…Oh.”
Aamond looked around in surprise at the sudden sensation of falling from the sky.
As expected, it was the Archer training grounds.
He examined his appearance once.
“Uh….
He discovered something unexpected and was startled.
“I shouldn’t have brought this.”
[Joseon Composite Bow]
-Brought the composite bow lol
-If he dies this time, his entire fortune is gone again
-Lmao composite bow lol
-Actually that’s good lol
-Enemy team gets destroyed lol
He had accidentally brought the Joseon composite bow with him.
Since this was a weapon he’d invested his entire fortune into buying, it didn’t make financial sense to bring it to every single game like this.
Just then, a voice suddenly rang out.
〔Aamond. Can you hear my voice?〕
It was Born to B’s voice.
〔Ah, to respond, just press your left ear lightly while speaking.〕
Huh?
Communication works that way?
Aamond decided to give it a try, lightly pressing his left ear as he spoke.
〔Can you hear me?〕
〔Wow. Thank goodness! I can hear you! This is the Duo two-way communication system. It’s only possible during Duo matches.〕
Two-way communication with the Commander was established.
‘This isn’t bad?’
Despite the various inconveniences, the ability to communicate with the Commander through voice seemed like a major advantage of Duo matches.
They could quickly share strategies with each other.
For example, something like this.
〔Aamond. We’re doing a fast Archer rush at two o’clock. Go!〕
-Out of nowhere?
-??
-Aamond! Body check!
-What’s that supposed to mean, you otaku!
-Lmao
〔Suddenly?〕
〔Yes!〕
-Yes! lol
-Why is he so energetic
-Yes! Go ahead right now!
Ping!
The Commander’s ping mark appears on the map.
[Advance]
Once the ping is already marked, there’s no choice. Almond immediately began running toward the pinged location.
Following him, several Archers who started running alongside him became visible.
Born to B must have been continuously pressing the Archer recruitment button, as there were now a total of three Archers.
“Ah, it’s a fast Archer rush. Are there still people using this tactic?”
“The Commander is unranked! What did you expect!?”
“Well, at least the game ends quickly, so that’s good.”
From their remarks, this fast Archer rush tactic seemed to be somewhat outdated by current trends.
-This is unsettling
Was that some retro-style tactic?ㅋㅋ
lol
‘There must be a reason.’
Almond was inclined to think positively, but the game Civil Empire itself naturally bred infinite distrust toward Commanders.
〔Ah, Almond. When you arrive, there probably won’t be any enemy Soldiers! Just pick off the Workers one by one!〕
Especially after running based solely on such words.
“…They’re here?”
When Enemy Archers were plainly waiting in position, distrust toward the Commander couldn’t help but skyrocket.
The Archers in the back lament.
“Huh? What? There are Soldiers? But this is a fast rush….
“There should only be us.”
Something felt wrong.
〔Uh. This isn’t right.〕
The Commander is flustered too.
The viewers’ distrust and anxiety surge.
-This is unsettling…
-What kind of strategy is this
-Is Kim Chi Warrior actually competent?
-He doesn’t deserve the name of Kim Chi
-The opponent’s Commander had a good record… Can this work?
However, this was all unnecessary worry.
His viewers still didn’t understand properly.
After all, the core of this strategy was Almond, and what Kim Chi Warrior had prepared was merely teaching how quickly to produce Almond.
Born to B’s job was already finished once he produced Almond within five minutes.
So distrusting him didn’t make sense.
He was now a person with nothing left to do in this game.
Everything depended on Almond’s fingertips.
Almond contemplates.
‘If I back down here, does that solve anything?’
From what I heard, the Fast Archer Rush was like a four-drone all-in strategy from that game called StarCraft—an early game gamble.
If the enemy blocks it, we lose. If we break through, we win. A simple strategy, really.
If I retreat now, there’s no coming back.
Occasionally, very skilled gamers manage to recover even after an early all-in.
But Born to B clearly wasn’t that kind of gamer.
With that, Almond made his decision.
〔They haven’t spotted us yet. Let’s just go in.〕
Soldiers or no soldiers, I was going in regardless.
I couldn’t start the ranked match with a loss, not when I was wielding the Joseon composite bow.

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