Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 402

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 122
42. Obstructive Forces (4)
Killing a soldier stationed on a defensive tower.
Almond hadn’t considered this approach from the beginning.
Initially, our team’s gold mine at the 1 o’clock position was under threat, and defending it was the top priority. Almond understood this as well.
He had originally planned to head to the 1 o’clock position to defend it.
Since a forest path blocked that area, fighting well could yield significant advantages even in a one-versus-many scenario.
However….
〔Almond, please defend the gold mine at 1 o’clock! We can hold them off in the forest!〕
Strangely enough, when Bontovi actually said this, I found myself doubting that tactic.
There was no conviction in his voice. More than anything, it was likely due to the lack of trust built from his previous actions.
‘Is there another way?’
Almond naturally began looking around, searching for a better alternative.
Then, while staring intently at the defensive tower.
‘Huh?’
I realized something was different from what I’d seen before.
‘There’s movement inside.’
People were moving inside the defensive tower.
That was natural enough.
Wasn’t the tower’s attack method having people inside shoot arrows?
Yet something felt off.
What was this strange feeling?
‘It wasn’t like this before.’
This was my first time seeing people move inside.
I’d only ever seen cases where AI workers were placed inside, never an actual soldier stationed in a defensive tower until now.
‘So it’s different when a person enters.’
AI positioned itself perfectly and remained still. But people were different.
They had to aim and shoot themselves, so they exposed their upper bodies considerably.
There were many openings.
‘This could work if I do it right.’
With good aim, I could definitely hit them.
I relayed this observation directly to Bontovi.
〔I think I can neutralize the defensive tower.〕
〔What?〕
Neutralize the defensive tower here, then reclaim the original 7 o’clock gold mine.
Thinking about it this way, it seemed like a far better strategy than going to defend the 1 o’clock position.
Wasn’t the best defense a good offense?
〔Bring all those workers here right now.〕
If I sent the workers who went to the 1 o’clock position back to 7 o’clock, Almond could neutralize the two defensive towers in the meantime.
Then once the workers arrived, we could resume mining as if nothing had happened.
The enemy forces that moved to the 1 o’clock position couldn’t even find a shadow of a worker, so they must have been bewildered.
After Almond’s explanation, Bontovi hesitated for a moment before speaking.
〔Ah, I understand!〕
-Who’s the commander lol
-Insubordination lol
-Bontovi! Do your own Civil Empire!
-Shut up everyone! I just got a mission from Almond so Hodu’s doing ultra-high-speed spinning
-Chiseung Hodu reviving like a dog!?
The workers at the gold mine in the 1 o’clock direction began moving in a rush.
Almond also approached the defense tower.

* * *
At least the start was successful.
“Reina helicopter ahhhhh!!!”
Just as King Gul cried out, one enemy inside the defense tower died.
The enemy even fell with just one shot.
“One shot! One kill! I’m handling this in one blow!”
-Wow crazy
-That’s insane;
-Even Doraemon would have to step back from this
-Tungdungi’s getting destroyed like dogs;
-Lol what
“Was that luck!? How is this even possible! The accuracy is absolutely chilling!”
Whether it was luck or not, I didn’t know. It didn’t matter.
What mattered was that Almond now knew this was possible.
Almond gained confidence.
Meanwhile, the enemy lost morale.
“Huh! The, the enemy is hiding now!?”
“Yes. The soldier left alone in the defense tower is now lying flat on the ground.”
Despite being on top of the defense tower, he flattened himself and hid. He was trying to avoid the fight.
There had been two soldiers in the defense tower.
[Defense Tower]
[1/5]
Now there was only one. And that one had lost all will to fight.
Even with a person inside the defense tower, no arrows were coming out.
Effectively neutralized.
“Ah! There’s someone inside the defense tower! But they’re hiding so badly they can’t shoot their bow properly! This isn’t a defense tower anymore! It’s a defense bottom!!!”
“Pfft!”
Kim Chi Warrior, who had been catching his breath for a moment, burst out laughing.
-Lol what the heck
-Offensive rotation, wow
-Why does Kim Chi Warrior like it so much? lol
-A defender playing top? No way “Bottom”
-Maybe it’s actually better?
After holding his breath for a long while, Kim Chi Warrior finally began his commentary.
“Ah, first let me explain why the opponent hid without any intention to attack. It’s quite common.”
“This is common?”
“Yes. It’s a characteristic of mercenaries who receive low wages.”
Minimum wage mercenary ㅠㅠ
-Convenience store mercenaries lol
-Ah, it’s about money.
The enemy didn’t hide because he was afraid of Almond. It wasn’t as if he would actually die, so there was nothing to fear.
What he feared was money.
“In this game, the lower the pay you receive, the less likely you are to profit. Weapon costs are at least 0.5 gold, and you need to invest 1 gold to fight properly. In reality, most cases break even or result in losses.”
“Ah….”
“In his case, he’s a basic spearman earning 1 gold. He only profits if he never dies or wins the game.”
“So since this game seems like they’re going to lose, they just chose not to lose their weapon!?”
The basic spearmen earning minimum wage choose to hide entirely if it seems like they’ll die, even if the game is lost.
“Yes. As long as they stay alive, they don’t take a loss.”
“Wow! A battlefield operating on ruthless market economics! It’s just like looking at my wife!”
“…?”
“Oh….”
-??
-lol this is awkward
-Gotta mark this for editing
-Here! Here!
Bang!
King Gul slammed the table to change the subject.
“Almond! Not satisfied with turning one defensive tower into a defensive bottom! Now he’s heading to occupy another tower!”
The enemy has two defensive towers.
Passing the first one already neutralized, Almond headed toward the second defensive tower.
And after aiming for far less time than before, he fired his arrow.
Whoosh!
The arrow flew high. Straight at the soldier who was sticking his head out and aiming at Almond.
──Thunk!
A screw nail arrow embedded itself deep in his eye socket.
“He got him! Another hit! That soldier probably had no idea Almond was even targeting him!?”
“Yes. The soldiers at the previous defensive tower couldn’t even communicate with him. This is medieval warfare.”
-Medieval vibes, nice
-Savage combat lol
—and I didn’t know about this.
“Huh!?”
My sagging upper body caught on the railing. The arrow I was about to fire fell uselessly outside the tower.
I was dead.
[Wooden Defense Tower]
[1/5]
The number displayed on the defense tower changed.
“And he’s dead!? Another one-shot kill!”
-Scary
-How is this possible
-Another vital spot? This is insane
-Is this just luck?
-???
The exact same result as before.
One shot, one kill.
The only difference was the reaction of the colleague standing beside him.
Whoosh.
He immediately fired an arrow at Almond.
“Ah! This colleague isn’t backing down! Even on minimum wage! I’m a real soldier, you know!”
Almond also fired an arrow at him.
Crack—
“They’re shooting at each other!”
Arrows crossing in mid-air.
They clearly fired at nearly the same timing, and the angle was much more favorable, but for a spearman to shoot accurately at this distance wasn’t an easy feat.
His arrow missed pathetically.
Of course, Almond’s was a different story.
—Thunk!
This time the arrow lodged directly in the center of his forehead, and the number displayed on the defense tower changed once more.
[Wooden Defense Tower]
[0/5]
The defense tower was now empty.
King Gul screamed.
“No! Again! Another one-shot! This wasn’t a coincidence, was it!? Kim Chi Warrior! What is this! Have you ever seen anything like this!?”
King Gul asked Kim Chi Warrior as if he was about to grab him by the collar.
“Arabs! Persians! Turks! Mongols! Do they do this kind of thing!?”
-He’s about to kill someone lol
-Why is his head spinning like a propeller lollll
-Terrifying lol
Kim Chi Warrior stepped back slightly and answered.
“Ah… I’ve never seen this either. Usually we place workers there. Since workers are AI, they position themselves perfectly so they never get hit.”
“Ah, I see what you mean?”
“The problem is that we hastily deployed Spearmen. But honestly, it’s absurd that he even hit that vital spot.”
“Right! And a critical hit at that!”
“Yes. Since they’re only exposing their head, upper body, and the area above the heart, anywhere they get hit becomes a vital spot… but still, that was incredible!”
-Just say Almond is insanely good!
Hurry up and praise K-gunner, you clueless bastard lol
Kimchi hurriedly pulling out the wrapping paper lol
King Gul seemed satisfied with the answer and refocused on the game screen.
“But what about that one Spearman hiding in the defensive tower? Is he just going to keep hiding?”
“Ah… I suppose so?”
“How will Almond handle this? Will he go inside that tower?”
“Hmm… getting that close to a Spearman would put him at a huge disadvantage… and by the time he climbs up, wouldn’t the Spearman already be ready to kill him?”
“Right. Oh, the moment I say that! The Workers are arriving! They’ve returned home! They’ve come back to reclaim their homeland!!!”
While one Soldier still remained in one defensive tower.
The Workers that Bontovi had evacuated arrived back at the gold mine.
Meanwhile, the Spearman squad that AK47 had dispatched had nothing to show for their efforts and could only stand there dumbfounded.
“Meanwhile! AK’s Spearman unit! They just attacked the gold mine at the 1 o’clock position! But there’s nobody there! They’re all gone already!?”
Hahaha empty house hahaha
That’s ridiculous lol
-Wow, what a strategy;
The Spearmen searched around the gold mine frantically, but of course, there wasn’t a single Worker to be found.
Kim Chi Warrior commented on the current situation.
“Ah. This isn’t just a problem of coming up empty-handed. It’s a significant blow to morale.”
“Morale?”
“Yes. In this game, all those units are individual Players too. When strategies fail this spectacularly, those people lose faith in their Commander. That’s not good for anyone.”
“Ah! I see!? That’s right! I’ve experienced that many times too! When the Commander keeps giving orders but they keep failing, eventually you just don’t want to do it anymore and you get frustrated!”
Unlike a simple RTS game, here the cooperation of Soldiers is a resource in itself.
If you keep giving orders and they keep failing,
some Soldiers will refuse to follow orders even if it means accepting a handicap.
When that happens, the game progress stalls.
“What!? As I’m speaking! For AK47, it’s adding insult to injury!”
King Gul points at something on the screen and makes a commotion.
“The flag on the defensive tower changed!? How is this possible!? The tower is no longer AK’s!”
The Observer zooms in on one defensive tower as if to make sure everyone sees it clearly.
The flag that had been planted there had changed to blue, the color of Bontovi’s faction.
One defensive tower had been captured.
“Ahhh! The defensive tower! Has Almond even captured its heart!?”
-They say the defensive tower is made of wood~~ Please take down the post~~
Defense bottom level trash
-Face ID again…
As King Gul had said, the defense tower hadn’t truly surrendered its heart to Almond.
“Ah, you see, when a defense tower sits empty and enemy forces enter it, it enters a temporary occupation state. In this situation, they lose all vision and the tower functions as if it belongs to the enemy.”
“What!? Forever!?”
“No, just temporarily. Once they leave, it reverts back.”
That was correct.
This was a common occurrence in the Civil Empire. An empty defensive structure with no one inside could be temporarily occupied by the enemy.
However, it seemed someone hadn’t noticed this fact.
“Huh!? Wait a moment! The soldier in that other defense tower doesn’t seem to know about this!?”
A single soldier who had been hiding to avoid Almond.
He was poking his head above the defense tower. It was to shoot arrows at Bontovi’s workers who had reappeared.
“It looks like he’s trying to target Bontovi’s workers who are starting to mine gold again!? But the thing is, Almond doesn’t know where he is right now! Almond is actually climbing up the defense tower behind his back!”
It was good that he felt the desire to play the game again. But the timing was terrible.
Because Almond was clearly watching that scene from the opposite defense tower.
Shiiiiik──
An arrow that flew with a serpentine sound pierced through from the back of his neck.
──Phwoosh!
He collapses, spraying blood everywhere.
“Aaaah! He’s dead! Now both defense towers are completely empty!”
With this, both wooden defense towers that AK47 had constructed were now vacant.
“Bontovi! Seeing this as the moment, they begin placing the newly produced archers into the towers!”
Both defense towers now belong entirely to Bontovi.
“Now these towers have essentially become structures protecting the gold mine.”
At this moment, Kim Chi Warrior delivers a meaningful statement.
“The game where Bontovi was at a disadvantage of about 7 to 3 is now around 6 to 4.”
“Huh? That’s all the improvement!?”
“Bontovi is at 6.”
For the first time since the game began, he had spoken words suggesting Bontovi held the advantage.
That’s crazy how things turned around.
What’s up?
-It turned out like this
At that moment, in the group chat visible in one corner of Kim Chi Warrior’s screen, countless messages were pouring in.
Kim Chi Warrior’s lips curled upward as he caught a glimpse of the content from the corner of his eye.

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