Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 387

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 107
37. The Expanding Stage (3)
“A duel between Commander Roop and Commander Bontovi. According to Kim Chi Warrior, Roop is Korean. How did you know that?”
“Ah, there’s a separate matching search website. It shows nationality too.”
“I see. Do you think there’s a possibility of sniping?”
“Yes. Cibil M does have a snipe-prevention system. But of course, you can still meet someone by chance once.”
“Right. If you match on the first try, the program doesn’t consider it sniping.”
“Yes. So complete prevention isn’t possible. But meeting the same person two or three times disappears.”
“I see. By the way, Kim Chi Warrior, you speak quite well?”
-For real
-Right?
-He’s a Commander lol
“Haha… Being a Commander means you do talk for a living.”
“I see. Anyway, we have Kim Chi Warrior here with me, and my Manager as the Observer. This is none other than Almond’s promotion match!”
-The Manager was the Observer lol
-Kking-kang nooo
-The greatest promotion match ever lol
-Evil boss King Gul
-Kking-kang! Get out of that tangerine farm right now!
The viewers throw jokes about the Manager. This is also part of the culture in King Gul’s channel. For reference, the actual Manager’s nickname isn’t Kking-kang.
“No matter how much you all try to brainwash me, Kking-kang is ultimately a tangerine. Anyway!”
King Gul urgently changes the subject, worried the game will progress too quickly.
“The distance to the enemy is awkward!”
From their current third-person perspective where they could see everything, they could tell the distance to the enemy position wasn’t that close.
It wasn’t welcome news for Bontovi and Almond.
“At this distance, is the Fast Archer Rush you prepared—the Farch—possible?”
-Farch lol
-Lmao
-Farch lol
“I wouldn’t use it.”
“Pardon?”
“But Bontovi will. That’s all he’s learned.”
-Lmao
-That’s harsh lol
-You’re the one who taught him that way! lol
As a Coach, it might sound somewhat irresponsible. However, Kim Chi Warrior added this afterward:
“But if my calculations are correct, the Commanders at this rank can’t stop it.”
There’s only one strategy, but there’s no way to counter it.
If his words were true, it was essentially the ultimate strategy.
“Ah… You’re very confident? Well, you did come to the promotion match after an incredible winning streak!”
Kim Chi Warrior nods solemnly.
“Looking at the screen now, it’s Bontovi! He’s making his move toward the Fast Archer era, isn’t he!?”
Bontovi methodically continued his build-up for the fast archer rush, moving like clockwork.
In the meantime, he discovered through scouting that the enemy base wasn’t close, but he paid it no mind and continued building.
That’s when King Gul poses a question.
“Ah. But the viewers are curious about something. Some are asking if that scout is a person.”
When the game first starts, you’re given ten workers and one mounted scout.
Since it’s given at the start, he’s naturally an NPC like the workers, but newcomers often get confused.
“No. That’s a unit controlled directly by the Commander. All subsequent scouts too. If a player only scouted and did nothing else, who would play this game?”
“Ah. Right. When you think about it that way, it makes sense!”
“Yes. Players are designed to generally only handle the fun parts. So even though both are siege weapons, the Springald that fires giant crossbows is player-controlled, while the siege cart that only carries people to the walls is an AI unit.”
“Ah. Understanding it that way feels good. Everyone. Boring jobs aren’t for players.”
-Crisp. Clear explanation
-So this is Kim Chi Warrior…
-Understood
After the question was clearly resolved.
The audio cut out for a moment, and silence fell.
Nothing happened on screen—both sides were simply building the structures they needed.
King Gul breaks the silence first.
“Ohhh!”
Because that moment was approaching.
[04:51]
“The moment of destiny! It’s coming!”
Always at 4 minutes 53 seconds when Almond first appeared. This was about 2 seconds before that.
“Almond’s coming out!”
Bapbam.
A trumpet sound announcing the arrival of the first archer.
Almond was created. Nothing particularly different so far.
“No!”
But King Gul lets out a shriek.
I can’t provide a reliable translation for this text. The characters “-억텐 ㄴ” don’t form a standard Korean word or phrase that I can accurately translate to English.
-You’re the only one who can freak out this much over spawning one unit, King Gul!
-Hype (physical)
“That’s not it! It’s not just hype!”
Unlike what the viewers were saying, he wasn’t shrieking just for fun.
“Almond came out at 4 minutes 52 seconds! One second! He shaved off a whole 1 second!”
That’s right.
He had shrieked upon seeing Almond appear at 4 minutes 52 seconds instead of the usual 4 minutes 53 seconds.
-Wow~ 1 second~ impressive~
-1 second is pretty big lol but for day-build mayflies lol
-Unknown
The viewers don’t seem to understand it well, but a one-second difference at the very beginning of a match like this creates tremendous disparity later on.
“No, everyone. As King Gul said, pulling this forward by one more second is quite encouraging.”
Kim Chi Warrior chimes in from the side. King Gul glances down at the camera with an expression that says, I’m right, aren’t I?
“Ha!”
-“That expression” enters the chat!
-Trevy’s pick, most punchable face #1~
Ugh hahaha so annoying lol
King Gul simply laughs off the criticism with ease.
His gaze, which had been looking down at the camera, shifts back toward Kim Chi Warrior.
“So what happens now? Bontovi has finished summoning Almond. Do we pass the mouse now!?”
Is this Yu-Gi-Oh? lol
ㅋㅋㅋㅋ (lol/haha)
“Ah… not quite. We just keep playing.”
“It seems like there’s nothing to do except just spam the archer button!?”
Man, he’s really spamming archers like crazy lol
-Wow, what a sight
“Yes. This is… ‘strategy.'”
Kim Chi Warrior answers with a serious expression.
-Where’s the integrity?
-Strategy = Almond
-Almond:…?
Meanwhile.
Almond was charging toward the enemy base alongside the archers spawned behind him.
“Ah, Almond is moving fast. Three or four archers are following behind him.”
“They should arrive in about thirty seconds.”
Kim Chi Warrior converts the distance into time as he speaks.
“But…”
King Gul points at the enemy base and asks.
“Can they actually break through that!?”
lol
-That’s what I’m saying…
-What is this, cosmic defense
While explaining Bontovi’s rapid Almond summon until now, there was something left unmentioned.
The enemy had been building defensive towers from the start.
And quite a lot of them.
But that wasn’t all.
He had even constructed walls. Blocking every space so nothing could enter the base.
Kim Chi Warrior furrows his brow and falls silent for a moment.
“…Hmm.”
“What do you think will happen?”
“Typically, players don’t build this many defensive structures. Even half of this would render most early rushes useless, but if you build too many, defending becomes pointless anyway, you know?”
“Right. It all costs money! Plus, defensive buildings are completely useless if enemies never attack!”
“Exactly. That’s why most players rely on the inherent defense of their units and town halls instead. It’s a waste of resources otherwise.”
“But why is the enemy Commander doing this?!”
Kim Chi Warrior didn’t want to mention the word “snipe.”
Not only would it ruin the broadcast atmosphere, but suggesting to the player that they were being targeted wouldn’t help at all.
So I answered like this.
“Well, in B-rank… promotion matches… this is beyond what I can predict.”
-Hahahaha
-This is hell…
-Two trolls meeting and creating a masterpiece of trolling lol
-Who can fathom the logic of the abyss
King Gul chuckles.
“Ah. I understand that feeling well. That’s why I’m in Diamond these days.”
-???
-That’s irrelevant
-By the way Kim Chi is a ranker lol
-How is he like that lol
King Gul, a former pro, explained why he remained in Diamond rank, but the chat was flooded with question marks.
“Alright Almond! We’re almost there! Can the Archers break through that? It’s just wood even if it’s a wall, right?”
“Yes. Stone walls are impossible, but wooden walls can be broken. If you hit them for about 10 minutes.”
“So you’re saying they can’t break through!”
-10 minutes lol
-That’s the time to win 2 games based on yesterday’s pace lol
-Hahahaha
Kim Chi Warrior added an explanation.
“Archers have the handicap of not being able to carry torches. Other soldiers can all destroy wooden buildings with fire. But soldiers with bows cannot.”
“Oh, I found Almond now! Surprising, right? This isn’t a normal situation!”
As King Gul mentioned, the current situation was absolutely not ordinary.
“What should Almond do here?”
“Hmm…”
Almond stared blankly for a while. He probably wondered what on earth was happening.
The Archers who followed behind also arrived and stood there blankly together.
“What? Really can’t do anything?!”
-Wow lol
-What is this
-This is a snipe, how did they match it so perfectly
-For real? Is it over?
At this, Kim Chi Warrior opens their mouth.
“It’s not over yet.”
“Is that so?”
“Actually, if a skilled Commander were here, they’d just pull back a bit, advance to the 3 o’clock phase, bring siege weapons, and win outright from the resource advantage. They’ve spent far too much on defense.”
“Exactly! The enemy is bleeding resources too!”
“Yes. And the fact that one Worker keeps building walls instead of working is also significant.”
“Ah~! There’s that aspect too! The opportunity cost is bigger than expected!?”
“Yes. But the Archer rush is definitely stopped.”
Kim Chi Warrior’s words sounded almost like a defeat declaration.
“Yesss!?”
King Gul flinches backward in shock.
-Overacting lolololol
-Someone should legislate an overacting ban.
-This is like Japanese variety shows lol
-Whoa whoa whoa!?
“Wait, the Archer rush was stopped!? Isn’t this a massive crisis!?”
For the first time, someone had uttered the words that the Fast Archer rush had been halted.
This was the greatest crisis yet for Bontovi and Almond’s winning streak.
“Yes. It’s a crisis for Bontovi. Objectively speaking, he’s actually in an advantageous position. He just needs to play normally. Now Bontovi has to actually think.”
“Ah… Can, can he do that!?”
“….”
Bontovi was now being tested.
He couldn’t just go all-in on early rushes—he also needed to know how to adapt when his strategy was shut down.
This was the moment he had to come up with a breakthrough on his own.
However, Bontovi listened far too well to Kim Chi Warrior’s words and refused to think at all.
[Archer Recruitment]
[Archer Recruitment]
.
.
.
He kept sending Archers. Like a madman.
Kim Chi Warrior closed his eyes.
“Sigh… He’s not thinking.”
“I heard that you told Bontovi, ‘Don’t you dare think’….”
“….”
-For real? lololol
Crazy lolol so brutal ㅠㅠ
-To a Commander lol thinking lol
While Kim Chi Warrior remained silent.
Almond still hadn’t managed to penetrate enemy territory.
Wooden walls blocked him no matter where he went.
“No, wait. What do we do about this?! We barely got here, and now we’re just staring at the stone wall like idiots!”
King Gul suddenly thought of a solution.
“What if we can’t destroy that wooden wall? What if it’s made from Reina wood logs?!”
-?!
I can’t provide a reliable translation for this text. It appears to contain Korean characters mixed with what looks like keyboard mashing or corrupted text that doesn’t form coherent words or phrases.
Laina’s crazy lol
Baseless nonsense lol
Why are you looking for a tree just because it’s a tangerine? lol
The chat was flooded with such absurd comments.
Outside the stone wall, only Archers continued to pile up.
Nothing was progressing.
“Ah, the Enemy is pumping out Workers like crazy right now! They’ve confirmed the Archer rush is blocked! They’re blatantly going all-in on Workers!”
Meanwhile, the Enemy was freely consuming resources and increasing their Worker count, aiming for a stable mid-to-late game.
The resource gap began to widen at an alarming rate.

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