Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 401

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 121
42. Obstructing Forces (3)
Ten Workers found themselves completely exposed and defenseless against me.
“No, how did this happen!?”
King Gul couldn’t comprehend it. I understood that I’d fired a curved shot to create confusion.
From a Commander’s perspective, they should normally be able to see where the arrow came from.
Kim Chi Warrior added an explanation.
“Bontovi is on their own side, so their vision is essentially fully revealed. In other words, they can continuously provide accurate pings to Almond! But AK has no vision!”
“Ah! Buildings have vision too! So Almond receives vision information from Bontovi! Meanwhile, AK has no vision, so even the Commander can’t properly locate their position!?”
“That’s correct.”
Just as the explanation was wrapping up.
“Aaaaaah! The slaughter begins!”
I started rapid-firing.
Pshwoom!
The Workers collapsed like dominoes.
“Almond! You’re smiling! You’re smiling! It’s madness!”
-lolol
-grinning wide
-why so excited lol
I deliberately kept shooting.
“Almond! Firing! A frenzy of arrows! Keep shooting! All the Workers are dead in one volley so AK still doesn’t know! They need to see quickly!”
About 7 to 8 seconds had passed.
AK belatedly issued an evacuation order, but….
“Th-this is insane! The Workers here are all…! They’re all dead!”
An arrow pierced the back of a fleeing Worker’s head.
The rest were already dead.
“I killed 10 Workers! This is huge!?”
Kim Chi Warrior nodded and added an explanation.
“Workers are worth almost 40 gold at this timing. Almond properly capitalized on it!”
“The moment you speak! Those Spearmen who went the wrong way earlier! They’re rushing back to Almond urgently! They’ve realized it!”
King Gul was right.
Five Spearmen came rushing over frantically.
[It’s over there!]
[Damn it, there!]
They pointed at me and snarled ferociously.
They seemed furious.
Despite five of them chasing me, I didn’t retreat.
Instead, I stood my ground and drew my bowstring.
“Almond? You’re engaging head-on!?”
But then, just as they were about to rush toward me, they suddenly changed direction.
I dash after them toward their escape route.
[Wooden Defense Tower]
It was toward the defense tower.
I chase them while they flee toward the tower.
Five soldiers running away from a single archer—an absurd sight.
“It’s a 1v5 situation right now, and the 1 is chasing them!?”
-What is this
-Lolololol
He came running at me like he was going to kill me, but what the heck lolol
-??
Not only facing five opponents alone, but actually pursuing them—an extraordinary situation.
My bowstring snapped back.
Twang!
The arrow successfully pierces through one thug’s skull.
Thud.
“One Spearman down! Now there are four! They’ve split into pairs and entered the defense tower! Almond! You suddenly have nothing to do! What’s happening!?”
Spearmen are supposedly at a disadvantage against archers, but five of them rushing together should easily take down a regular archer.
So why are they running?
Kim Chi Warrior understood the reason.
‘Because they know I’m not a regular archer.’
It’s because the enemy commander has recognized my existence.
He couldn’t call it what it truly was, so he explained it differently.
“The commanders of the Civil Empire always observe how strong the enemy mercenaries are in combat. They respond accordingly. Almond must have received a high evaluation.”
“Ah, is that so?”
Kim Chi Warrior nodded and continued his explanation.
“Yes. Clearly not an ordinary archer, right? So AK chose the safe route. Just contain resources here and upgrade his own base while heading into the mid-game.”
Since the opponent’s action was clearly because they were conscious of me, it wasn’t really a lie.
“Right! That makes sense!”
Fortunately, King Gul seemed convinced.
lol
-Obviously not a normal archer lolol
-Looks like a snipe though hmm…
Some viewers raised suspicions of sniping.
However, the game flow was progressing rapidly, and the topic quickly shifted.
“Ah, anyway, player AK! He’s started moving up to Era 2 while focusing on upgrading his main base! So he’s taking the long view?”
“Yes. He’s just tying down the opponent’s resources while building up his own strength to come back. Since he completely blocked Bontovi’s resource gathering, he does have the advantage. But with 10 Workers dead, it probably won’t go as smoothly as he hoped.”
“Ah, that’s right! Meanwhile, Bontovi is still mining gold from the Era 1 gold mine over there, right? Aren’t they clashing with each other!?”
While AK lost 10 Workers, Bontovi started mining from the gold mine again in the place he fled to.
You might think Bontovi has the advantage this way, but….
“Hmm. AK has about a 7 to 3 advantage.”
Kim Chi Warrior still evaluated AK as having a significant advantage.
“Really? That’s more favorable than I thought? I was actually thinking around 6 to 4! Bontovi’s resources just came back, didn’t they?”
“True. But the enemy’s defense towers are still positioned like the gates of the Civil Empire itself. It’s so difficult that even scouting is a challenge.”
This was a matter of tactical geography.
In this game, it wasn’t just about the number of resources and soldiers.
Whether expansion was easy or difficult, how the formation looked during combat, and so on—there were complex variables at play.
Currently, Bontovi was in a completely disadvantageous geographical position.
That’s why I estimated their win rate at around 30%.
“Ah… Such things matter too?”
King Gul asked in surprise, but Bontovi’s disadvantages didn’t end there.
“And resources aren’t infinite. Once the gold mine Bontovi is currently mining runs out, there’s no way forward.”
Gold mines weren’t unlimited.
They disappear as you mine them.
The gold mine at 1 o’clock is worth 500. Meanwhile, the one at 7 o’clock is worth 1,500. A whopping threefold difference.
For Bontovi, it’s a gold mine that must be secured.
While currently mining the 500-worth gold mine, he has to make his move.
“Ah…! So Bontovi has to stake everything on 500 gold for now?”
“Yes, that’s right. And AK would know that point well too… so he has the psychological advantage. Since AK has also recruited far more troops currently, he could even go straight from now to plunder the 500 gold at the 1 o’clock position.”
AK had been continuously recruiting Spearmen, so aside from the four trapped in the defense towers, he currently possessed an additional squad of twelve Spearmen.
If he utilized them, he could make things much harder for Bontovi.
“Huh? The moment you say that! The squad is moving! It’s circling around Bontovi’s base and heading toward the 1 o’clock position!!”
That squad begins to move in a wide arc.
It’s heading toward 1 o’clock. He’s noticed that Bontovi is mining gold around there.
“Ah…! They’re heading straight for where the gold mine is! This is going to be discovered!?”
“Fortunately, the forest is blocking them for now, so they won’t be able to move very quickly. But Bontovi! You need to build a home first!”
“That’s right! There’s no population capacity right now! Your only troop is Almond!”
Population capacity refers to the total number of mercenaries a Commander can hire.
A maximum of 200 is possible, and initially the maximum is set at 10.
By building a [Home], you can continuously increase this maximum by 8 each time, up to 200.
But Bontovi’s [Home] is currently burned down.
Ding!
[Population Limit Exceeded!]
This message would appear if you tried to hire mercenaries.
Yet Bontovi is currently forgetting to build a [Home].
He hasn’t even attempted to hire mercenaries yet.
When he tries to hire later, he’ll be blocked by that message and then scramble to build it.
This causes significant time delays, so it’s better to build it in advance.
Each small detail like this compounds into major differences later.
Because of this, the viewers are frustrated.
-Ugh this is so frustrating
-Bontovi’s population… Tungdungi’s getting annoying
-This insane population count lol
-Is Aamond supposed to fight alone? lmaooo
As the chat grew increasingly heated, King Gul stepped in to moderate.
“Now, now. Everyone. The Civil Empire is easy to forget about when you’re juggling so many things. Let’s not get too carried away, shall we?”
-ed
Okay.
-lmaooo just stop talking
-Backseat gaming is the worst
After the chat settled down somewhat, King Gul resumed his commentary.
“Ah! And while we’re at it! The Spearman squad is gradually moving toward Bontovi’s small and precious gold mine! I think Bontovi noticed it too!?”
AK’s Spearman squad continued narrowing in on the gold mine. Kim Chi Warrior spoke to Bontovi in an urgent tone.
“Bontovi. You need to position Almond near the gold mine right now.”
“Exactly! If Almond blocks them in the forest terrain, that changes everything!?”
He believed that if Almond was positioned in the forest, it would put the enemies in considerable difficulty. But then…
“Yes. One-versus-many combat is easier in forests. If Almond waits in the forest, our chances are… huh?”
Kim Chi Warrior stopped mid-sentence, looking slightly surprised.
“Is this Almond’s decision?”
“Huh? What do you…?”
King Gul peered at the screen, wondering what he meant.
“!”
His eyes went wide.
Almond wasn’t heading to protect the 1 o’clock gold mine at all. Instead, he was sprinting toward the 7 o’clock enemy defense tower.
In other words, he was running in the opposite direction.
“Almond! You’re running toward the 7 o’clock defense tower? What is this!?”
And there was one more strange occurrence.
“Wait? Even Bontovi is evacuating workers to the 7 o’clock side right now! He’s abandoning the 1 o’clock gold mine!”
The workers had begun sprinting toward the 7 o’clock gold mine as well.
“Kim Chi! What’s going on here!?”
“This seems like… they’re planning to retake the 7 o’clock gold mine.”
“But the defense tower is still there!? Am I seeing a mirage!? It’s definitely there! And there are people inside! Two of them each!
At the 7 o’clock gold mine, two defense towers still stood firmly in place.
How could they possibly retake it?
Regardless, Almond kept sprinting toward the tower, with workers continuing their march about a kilometer behind him.
“What are they trying to do!? Seriously!?”
-???
-What lol
-Did they lose their minds? lmaooo
-Mindless charge?
-Surrender declaration???
The viewers could only think that both Bontovi and I had simultaneously lost our minds.
Then, I stepped into the defensive tower’s firing range.
“Almond! You’re really entering the firing range! What are you doing!?”
The tower, as if to say “of course,” unleashed a barrage of arrows.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
[Defensive Tower]
[2/5]
Two spearmen had entered the defensive tower. Their attack speed was quite formidable.
Of course, I dodged the arrows as if it were second nature.
“Evading the arrows! But what comes next!?”
I hadn’t charged in just to demonstrate arrow evasion.
And yet, an archer couldn’t possibly destroy a defensive tower.
What on earth was I trying to do?
“Taking aim!?”
Remarkably, I aimed my bow directly at the defensive tower.
Creak…!
Standing rigid as I drew the bowstring, my posture exuded the confidence of one already victorious.
Kim Chi Warrior made a guess.
“Could it be… you’re aiming for someone inside?”
“What!? No, surely not! That tower must be five stories high like an apartment building!?”
The defensive tower was a structure equivalent to a five-story apartment building in height.
For an archer, elevation was critical.
Hitting something at a higher elevation was far more difficult than hitting something at a distance.
“And on top of that, you’d have to thread the arrow through the enemy’s firing hole…”
A dizzying incline.
From my perspective, the opening I needed to hit was nothing more than the eye of a needle.
“Can you do it!?”
“I… I have no idea!”
Both King Gul and Kim Chi Warrior doubted the odds of success.
I released the bowstring.
Whoooosh!
The arrow soared high, tearing through the air.
It climbed steadily toward the tower…
Thunk!
It embedded itself deep into the collarbone of the enemy aiming at me.
“D-Did it hit!?”
It shattered the cartilage, piercing straight through to the heart.
Crack!
“That was…!”
Kim Chi Warrior’s eyes went wide.
It was a ‘Screw Nail’ arrow with exceptional penetrating power.
[Defense Tower]
[1/5]
Someone inside the defense tower had fallen.
King Gul shot to his feet.
“Dead! From that distance! One shot through someone inside the defense tower!!”
-Wow what the
-What is that???
-No way
-One shot??
-That’s insane
He shrugged his shoulders and then.
“That’s it! That’s right! You helped me! Doramond!”
After putting on a propeller hat he’d just purchased from Disworld.
Whirrrr!
He spun the propeller and shouted his celebration.
“Hey! Main base! Doramond! Even high places! No problem! Reina Helicopter!!!”
-What the heck lololol
-No way lolololol
-Reina Helicopter lololol
-When did he prepare that his physical condition is insane lol

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