Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 403

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 123
42. Obstructing Forces (5)
[AK47: I’ll be back before my back gets cold.]
When AK47 first left that message and entered the game.
The members of the group chat predicted his overwhelming victory.
Fix your extroverted personality: Honestly, if I can’t counter this, I’ll have to give back my A+ rank lol
[Ignorant Person: Lol for real, it seems like the key is how many minutes it takes to win?]
Sharuru: If I lose this, I can’t complain even if Mom spanks me lol
We already knew exactly what the opponent would do, and their actual skill level was only around B-rank.
There was no way he’d snipe them and still lose.
At first, things went according to their expectations.
Once the game started, AK overwhelmed his opponent with devastating speed.
AK was using Nalbil, which they all despised.
Since they were people who had gathered out of hatred for Nalbil, there could have been internal discord, but surprisingly?
Everyone’s reaction was refreshing.
[Ignorant Fool: Kyaa ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ That’s so refreshing!]
[Sharr: This is a sharp build! Imariya!]
[Waeseonggo: My chest feels so clear~~~~]
Even someone with the nickname ‘Nalbil Judge’ seemed to approve of AK’s Nalbil.
[Nalbil Judge: To punish evil, you’ve drawn the dark sword yourself… After all, deeper darkness is how you drive out darkness…]
It was quite a peculiar rationalization.
But that didn’t last long.
AK’s absurd blunders followed.
[Ignorant: Worker! What are you doing, worker ㅠ]
[Sharr: Ten workers just died…]
[Waeseonggo: What the hell are they doing! Where are they going???]
Ten workers were slaughtered by Almond.
Then the defense tower was taken as well.
[Extremely Intelligent: …? What is this right now, did he just kill that???]
From this point on, they chatted as if they were already certain of defeat.
[Nalbil Judge: If you draw the dark sword and fail to kill your opponent… then you die, AK…]
[Ignorant person: Looks like your mom didn’t beat your back properly~~ㅋㅋㅋ]
[Waeseonggo: Is this really a time to laugh!]
[Nalbil Judge: AK is the weakest among us anyway. Don’t worry.]
‘The weakest….’
Chiseung, watching their chat, had to struggle hard to suppress his laughter.
Watching all these rationalizations and self-consolations from a third-party perspective was absolutely hilarious.
King Gul, who was providing commentary, asks.
“Um, Kimchi. What’s so funny?”
“Oh, it’s not funny. I just felt a sneeze coming on for a moment.”
“Kimchi! You said Bontovi’s win rate is now 60%!? You evaluated it as favorable for the first time! Is taking the defense tower really that significant?”
“Of course. We’ve seized the enemy’s structure, which is a twofold advantage. On top of that, we can now use that tower to protect our resource lines. We’ve also secured an advance route. We’ve gained an enormous advantage.”
“Ah…! And AK’s spearman squad has wasted so much time on a wild goose chase, right?”
Beyond seizing geographical advantage, I’d also squandered the enemy’s troop movements.
And…
“Wait? AK’s spearman squad! Why are they rushing toward the gold mine at seven o’clock!?”
The enemy’s spearman squad, for whatever reason, begins charging toward the seven o’clock gold mine where Almond had just seized the defense tower.
“Don’t they know!? Do they still think it’s their own defense tower!?”
“Well, the commander probably knows, but the soldiers won’t. Communication must have broken down.”
They spot the workers mining at seven o’clock and begin shouting while pointing.
The observer zooms in and lets us hear their conversation.
[There! They went back there!]
[Wait, what? There’s no one at the defense tower??]
[Damn incompetent commander.]
“Ah… hearing them now, it seems they really don’t know!?”
The spearmen’s eyes gleam fiercely as they charge toward the workers.
“Ah, judging by their reaction, it looks like there’s a bonus gold mission for killing workers. They’re incredibly fixated on them, aren’t they?”
“Ah…!”
That’s right. They’d been given a mission that grants bonus gold for eliminating workers.
Greed can sometimes be good motivation, but excess becomes poison.
Whoosh—
An arrow flies from the defense tower, striking the leading spearman’s head.
—Thud!
The spearman, still wearing an excited expression, stops and falls backward.
A moment of silence.
Why would an arrow from the defense tower shoot at us?
It took only one more casualty for them to grasp the situation.
—Crack!
Another arrow flies in, dropping another soldier.
[What, what is this!]
[Ahhh!?]
[Damn it! The defense tower’s been taken!]
As if electrocuted, the spearmen following behind threw their bodies left and right.
They hid themselves behind rocks and bushes.
But there was no way to evade arrows raining down from so high above.
“Ah! Realizing it now is far too late!?”
Thunk!
Thud!
Almond’s arrows found their marks without fail, embedding themselves in their backs.
[Ugh!]
[Damn it!]
Complete chaos erupted.
The command structure crumbled entirely, and they regarded each other with nothing but suspicion.
Whoosh!
[If that’s how it is, then fight!]
Some of them, torches in hand, charged forward in a desperate attempt to destroy the defense tower.
Thunk! Thunk!
Arrows fired in rapid succession pierced their necks one after another, and they fell.
[Scatter! Retreat!]
Only a handful of spearmen who barely survived fled desperately back to their main base.
“This is actually making Bontovi’s position even more favorable, isn’t it!?”
“Yes. At this rate, we’re already past seventy percent through the game.”
King Gul was right.
Bontovi’s win rate, which had been estimated at around sixty percent, had now climbed to nearly seventy percent.
“But you don’t seem particularly happy about it!?”
“Ah… there’s bound to be a mistake somewhere. Who knows what might happen.”
Kim Chi Warrior had already foreseen Bontovi’s mistake from this point onward.
In fact, it was only natural.
If he won this game without a single mistake, smoothly and flawlessly, then he wouldn’t be B-rank anymore.

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Bontovi grew greedy.
He wanted to finish this game quickly.
He’d already crippled the enemy’s spearman squad, blocked the defense tower rush, and eliminated quite a few workers.
Now was the timing.
That’s what Bontovi thought.
“Almond leading a full squad of archers advancing!?”
He pulled out a wave of archers and sent them into the enemy lines alongside Almond.
Without proper reconnaissance.
“Ah, sending them in without any scouting is going to be rough!”
No matter how exceptional Almond’s archery skills were, it was difficult to harass the enemy without knowing the exact positions of their defense towers and workers.
“There are too many defense towers near the workers! The enemy already knew through countless scouts that an archer rush was coming!”
AK’s commanding ability was clearly overwhelming Bontovi’s.
He skillfully placed defense towers in the necessary positions and met the assault.
“The resistance is fierce!”
Bang! Bang!
The workers stationed at the defense towers fired arrows endlessly. Even Almond couldn’t intercept the AI workers between the towers.
“We’re losing quite a bit of troops?”
Bontovi’s archers began falling one by one.
Almond took damage as well.
It wasn’t entirely without gains.
“Still, I killed 4 workers. Though Almond did take down 2 of them…”
I’d secured 4 workers, but lost 17 archers in the exchange.
That’s a miracle exchange lol
-Wait, they’re really throwing it away like this??
-Wow… this is real Bontovi…
Eventually, Bontovi shifted his strategy back to mid-game focused operations.
He began gradually constructing the buildings necessary for reaching the third era.
“Bontovi! Rather than forcing harassment, it looks like you’re trying to refocus on internal development now, yes?”
“Yes. It’s a good choice, but… it’s already a bit….”
The so-called ‘internal development’ playstyle.
Gathering resources, positioning buildings, upgrading unit stats….
These things are entirely dependent on the commander’s ability.
And in this regard, AK clearly surpasses Bontovi.
Kim Chi Warrior pointed out exactly that.
“If things continue like this, AK will catch up. Bontovi is a player who only has an advantage in combat.”
With Almond as a duo partner, combat often yields good results, but when it comes to internal development battles, I’m always at a disadvantage.
It’s only natural. After all, he’s B-rank while the opponent is A+ rank and even specifically targeted to enter.
‘Damn it.’
Kim Chi Warrior checks the group chat messages again and bites his lip firmly.
“무지무지성: ㅋㅋㅋ This is totally A, I’m telling you~~”
Sharuru: Wow, you’re giving up what you already caught, you’re a real legend at this lolol born to lose
[Nalbil Judge: As expected, history judges Nalbil.]
Just moments ago they were busy rationalizing and making excuses, but now they’re getting cocky and snickering again.
Just thinking about having to watch this makes my head throb.
‘I wish they’d win.’
Kim Chi Warrior desperately wanted Bontovi and Almond to win this match somehow.
At first, he’d thought losing was fine for practice, but seeing this mess, he wanted them to win.
“Still! Bontovi! You’re entering the third era first!”
Meanwhile, there’s good news.
Bontovi had managed to enter the third era first after all.
[Bontovi has entered the third era!]
Even after entering the third era, Bontovi continued issuing commands without pause, and troops gradually accumulated.
Second-era archers mixed with third-era cavalry units, appearing one by one.
[12:08]
Around the 12-minute mark of game time.
AK47 advanced to the third era.
[AK47 has entered the third era!]
“Ah. The era upgrade is about 3 minutes late! But! The resource scores and such are gradually closing the gap!?”
Though the era upgrade was clearly delayed, AK’s resource score continued to narrow the gap.
And AK and Bontovi’s forces began to swell steadily.
A short while later, around the 15-minute mark of game time.
“Ah… it seems like the time is finally approaching?”
Both bases were packed with troops, and resources were running dry.
Gold and wood—we’d mined it all.
The empty gold mines and barren forests stood as proof.
“There are no resources left now, right? Now we must venture forth to destroy another region’s environment!”
-The map is just wrecked lol
-???: This is King’s game you bastards!
I can’t translate this as it’s not a coherent Korean word or phrase – it appears to be keyboard characters/gibberish rather than actual language content.
“Oh! Finally! The two environmental destroyers are marching forth to settle their rivalry!”
Red AK47.
Blue Bontovi.
The two colors on the minimap were surging forward almost simultaneously.
“First, Bontovi! Troop count: 167!”
The blue Bontovi unleashing a whopping 167 troops.
“That’s quite a lot, you know? Considering the maximum is 200!”
“Indeed. And AK has 155 troops. That’s a bit short!”
The red AK47 responding with 155 troops.
“Kimchi. Would that troop difference be significant?”
“Hmm. No. The key factor here is how quickly reinforcements can be continuously replenished.”
“Ah, so supply lines are crucial?”
“If we compare it to actual warfare, yes. Remarkably, AK47’s resource generation per minute is actually higher right now?”
-Ah…
-Ah…
-Bontovi…
Two factions standing before a massive clash.
There was a clear troop difference, but it wasn’t enough to shift the overall tide.
King Gul asks carefully.
“Is Bontovi still at an advantage?”
Kim Chi Warrior shakes his head.
“Hmm. No. I’d say it’s 50-50 at this point.”
-Almond crying…
-And it ends up being even lol
I’m strict with myself too ㅠ
“Almond must feel quite wronged, no?”

* * *
Hahaha, almond single and happy
-Actually loving it
-Mission rewards pouring in!
King Gul’s prediction was wrong.
As you could see from the chat in Almond’s private room right now, he wasn’t in a bad mood at all.
In fact, he was in quite a good mood.
〔Aamond, is this really how the mid-to-late game should go? It seems like we should have pushed harder earlier and won….〕
It was Almond himself who suggested retreating when they went to check the Archer earlier.
〔Yes. From my perspective, it’s the right call.〕
-Yeah~ that’s right~
Shameless lol
-Maind in Waeseonggo with that iron face, no one can beat him right?
Lol the shorts are crying their eyes out
If I had risked my life to kill more Workers, I could have dealt more damage and shaken the game. But I chose to retreat instead.
After all, the mission only stays active if I’m alive, and the longer the game goes, the more mission rewards I earn.
[Current Mission Rewards: 230,000 Won]
Already 230,000 won has accumulated.
“A million won is too much, but I’ll try to reach at least 700,000 won through this battle.”
-50-minute game, let’s go!
I thought it was Doraemon, but it turned out to be Suneo lol
-Ruthless, ruthless~ and you’re still taking missions?
Almond, saying a million won is too much, aims for 700,000 won instead.
Ding!
[Shy Yeopo donated 1,000 Won.]
[Why are you like this to me….]
The one who set the mission tried to complain.
“Thank you for the 1,000 won donation, Supo.”
Almond didn’t even acknowledge it. Then.
Beep!
Bontovi finally gives the order to advance.
[Advance]
Kuguguguuu…!
The lined-up forces begin to move with a rumble.
But the way the forces were moving seemed slightly odd.
‘What’s this?’
Almond pauses in confusion for a moment.
〔Aamond, I was thinking… what if we just fight normally and lose?〕
Sure enough, Bontovi proposes some kind of strange strategy.

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