Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 410

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 130
45. The Four Heavenly Kings Return (1)
The group chat, which had fallen silent after AK47’s humiliation, stirred once more.
No matter how terrifying the shame was, they couldn’t resist continuing the momentum.
Messages began appearing again.
[Nalbil Judge: AK47 is the weakest among us.]
The first to speak was the Nalbil Judge.
It made sense—he had been the most vocal in advocating for Bontovi’s judgment.
Soon, the other members began chiming in one by one.
[Oesunggho: hahahaha lol]
Charle: I’ve heard that line so many times before lol
Those who remained in the chat, though they didn’t engage in sniping themselves, began subtly needling them.
[Sand spoon: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ So are you going to call them out?]
[Extremely Intelligent: You’ll handle it as you see fit.]
[Sand Spoon: Looks like Almond’s game is about to start.]
It was like hanging a bell on a cat’s neck. After the AK47 incident, no one wanted to volunteer.
The price of defeat had been far too devastating.
AK47 had been socially assassinated.
[Sharr: I suppose I’ll have to step up.]
It was Sharr who volunteered.
[Nalbil Judge: Oh. A courageous decision.]
[Sharr: How irritating. Why would I need courage to catch a single rat?]
[Sand Spoon: Daaamn~~~~~~!]
[Sand Spoon: This is hilarious. Let’s go!]

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“Alright, everyone!”
King Gul cranked up the energy from the very start.
His face filled the camera, with a propeller spinning above his head—a sight to behold.
-Already cracking up from the opening lmaooo
-This guy’s insane lol
-Hahaha
“Today! Finally! The A+ promotion match!”
This was the first game of the A+ promotion series.
“It’s been such a long and grueling battle.”
As if reaching A+ meant the end of everything. King Gul spoke as though it were all over.
-Does reaching A+ mean military service is done?
-Shouldn’t you be going for S+?
-And you got here in record time lol
“No, that’s not it! I mean the long and grueling battle with Bontovi! That’s what I’m saying!”
That was it.
King Gul wanted to emphasize that once he promoted today, he wouldn’t have to team with Bontovi anymore.
He was teasing Bontovi as if she were some obstacle I had to overcome.
That’s too much ㅠㅠ
-Lmaooo Bontovi’s crying
-???:Hey, you crying?
-So the battle with Bontovi was long huh lololol
The viewers scolded him, but this comment wouldn’t even reach Bontovi anyway. Everyone knew King Gul just liked to joke around a bit too much.
“Farewell! Bontovi! I wish you well on your path ahead!”
-Lololololol
-…is getting fired
-Translation: It was nice meeting you, let’s never meet again
-Farewell lmaooo
-Hahahaha
While he continued teasing Bontovi for a while longer.
The matchmaking went through.
[Opponent found!]
[Sharr]
“Oh, matchmaking’s in.”
King Gul spoke meaningfully after checking the nationality.
“So. A Korean commander. This won’t be easy, will it?”
-Sniper lol
-Here we go
-Wondering when this would show up lol
If even the viewers caught on to the snipe, there’s no way Kim Chi Warrior wouldn’t notice.
Sharr was even one of the members in the group chat.
‘They’re back again.’
Kim Chi Warrior confirmed on his shared screen that they were beginning to gather once more.
But the match had already started.
King Gul was also ramping up the tension to the maximum to draw in the audience’s interest.
“Will Dora Almond finally escape from Bontovi’s base!? Bontovi versus Aamond! Aamond versus Sharr! The match begins!”
-No way lol
-Something weird in the middle there?
-lol Bontovi versus Aamond lol

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‘It’s a snipe.’
I could tell the moment the matchmaking locked in.
Bontovi noticed it too and asked.
〔This looks like a snipe, doesn’t it?〕
〔Yes.〕
〔Um, is he going to do a sudden defense tower rush like last time…?〕
Bontovi knew it was a snipe and was growing anxious.
‘She can’t afford to be anxious.’
If Bontovi started getting anxious, she might not be able to build properly.
〔Don’t worry and just play as you normally would. I’ll keep an eye on the map with you too.〕
Since I hadn’t summoned yet, I floated aimlessly through the sky while looking around in different directions to help.
‘It probably won’t be much help though…’
For reference, floating in the sky didn’t actually grant vision.
Vision only appeared when one of the units conducted reconnaissance, and I could see that too.
So to put it in Ril’s terms, it was just like having one more person looking at the minimap together—not particularly groundbreaking help.
But sometimes things like this actually do help.
‘Huh?’
Over there at the edge covered by black fog.
I spot something moving.
Bontovi seemed too busy to notice it.
I stare at that spot for a moment, then speak.
〔One worker and one spearman are coming right now.〕
One worker and one spearman.
〔What. Is it another defense tower rush?!〕
Even if a spearman coming could be explained away, a worker coming along with it was definitely a defense tower rush.
〔It’s incredibly fast… I think he’s really trying to end it before Aamond even appears…〕
The difference between Sharr and the AK I faced last time was that he was far more aggressive.
It was the same Age 1 rush, but AK came after gathering a bit more troops.
Sharr essentially just charged right from the start.
In other words, their forces consisted of nothing but a single Spearman and a single Worker.
-We’re done for
T_T
-Damn sniping
-Wow, no mercy lol
-Is the Ralo-eating build actually real?
As expected, Sharr’s Worker began constructing a defensive tower near Bontovi’s lumber camp.
〔….〕
Bontovi didn’t even whimper. The situation was that dire.
He desperately sent his Workers to try and stop it, but….
Thrust! Thrust!
The Spearman continued piercing through the Workers.
Even a single Spearman was difficult for Workers to handle.
Or rather, it simply wasn’t cost-effective.
To kill one Spearman, at least five Workers had to engage it. Workers were precious resources, whereas Spearmen were not.
If the Spearman happened to be skilled, even ten Workers could lose.
Sacrificing that many Workers just to eliminate one Spearman was an awful trade.
In other words, there was no way to stop that defensive tower from being built.
[Lumber Defensive Tower]
[Under Construction]
[33%]
Once this lumber defensive tower was completed, I wouldn’t be able to harvest lumber from that area.
That much was manageable.
But what if additional forces arrived and kept building more and more?
Then I would have no options left.
〔Ah….〕
Here, I had to make a choice.
Would I stubbornly continue with the Archer tech tree like last time, or would I produce Spearmen immediately to stop this?

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“Bontovi, you mustn’t fall for it.”
Kim Chi Warrior spoke with firm conviction.
King Gul looked puzzled.
“Fall for it? What do you mean?”
“Yes. The defense tower rush right now is a feint.”
“But they’re actually building it right now?”
Once a defense tower is constructed, the resources invested in it cannot be dismissed as a feint.
Since resources have been spent, they must be recouped, so the opponent will naturally play around the defense towers.
Yet Kim Chi Warrior shook his head.
“Defense tower structures give 90% refunds when cancelled. Sharr is aiming for exactly that.”
Sharr intends to cancel the defense towers.
“What?! But why would she deliberately waste 10% of resources? That’s still an investment, isn’t it?”
10% of a defense tower’s cost isn’t a massive amount, but resources are resources nonetheless.
This too was an investment. Merely a small one.
A commander must understand what outcome such a small investment from the opponent is designed to achieve.
“It’s meant to confuse the opponent. It forces Bontovi to produce Age 1 spearmen instead of Age 2 archers.”
“I see? If Bontovi builds a spearman barracks in Age 1 and produces spearmen, then…”
“The Age 2 archer rush will be significantly delayed.”
“Ah…!”
The reason a fast archer rush is fast is because no unnecessary structures are built—only the buildings required for Age 2 and the archer barracks are constructed.
Building even one other structure naturally slows down the pace considerably.
Clap.
King Gul clapped in admiration.
“Wow! That’s like in soccer when you suddenly scare a player who’s been playing well, and they stumble—then they get much slower! That’s exactly it!”
“Precisely. Even one disruption changes the entire outcome.”
Yet he still had a lingering question.
“But how did you know this was a feint, Kim Chi?”
The question was how Kim Chi Warrior had discerned Sharr’s strategy.
So far, it looked unmistakably like a defense tower rush.
“Look at the main base.”
The observer switched the camera to Sharr’s main base.
Numerous buildings were being constructed.
“See? She’s advancing her civilization, isn’t she? Why would someone doing an early rush advance civilization? They should keep producing troops with their current civilization and send them out.”
Advancing civilization requires enormous resources.
If Sharr truly intended to end the game with a defense tower rush, she would have invested in troops instead of spending money on civilization advancement.
“Ah!”
King Gul nodded as if enlightened once more.
“Right! She has no intention of attacking early!”
“Correct. Sharr is even building walls. She’s psychologically destabilizing the opponent’s archer rush timing while preparing her own proper defense.”
Just as Kim Chi Warrior said, Sharr was also building walls.
This meant she had no intention of leaving yet.
So the one Worker and one Spearman currently outside were not for attacking.
“Wow… I see? Bontovi doesn’t know this situation, so he’ll be quite shaken! Then if the Archer rushes even slightly late… in that time, the opponent will keep advancing their civilization and come with even stronger troops!?”
Shake Bontovi’s resolve, and delay the Archer’s arrival as much as possible.
Then I’ll block the opponent with city walls and advance my civilization.
This is Sharr’s strategy.
“Yes. That’s what I’m aiming for. With just one Worker, one Spearman, and about one-tenth of the defense tower’s resources. A profitable trade.”
-This is scary at this point
-Wow, this is really a battle of wits, the Commander
-If Almond was the Commander, D-rank confirmed
The viewers marveled at the fierce intellectual battle between the Commanders.
“Yeah, this really is a ‘real-time strategy game’! Honestly, I’ve been skeptical about it this whole time. I wondered if it was just a gacha game.”
Hahahahaha, for real
-It’s also a gacha game
-Real-time strategy gacha game
The viewers mocked the game’s luck element, but King Gul ignored them and continued speaking.
“But after hearing Kim Chi’s explanation, the high-level players really are different? The opponent right now is quite a high rank too, right?”
“Yes. They’re A+ rank for starters. And among A+ players, they’re one with more than half the points accumulated. A skilled player.”
“But!”
King Gul suddenly raised his voice here.
Boom!
[Age 2 – Feudal Age]
Bontovi immediately advanced to Age 2.
Considering the opponent was building a defense tower, it was an extremely risky decision.
“Bontovi!! Just like a real man, you just go for it!?”
ㅋㅋㅋㅋ (lol/haha)
Just went ahead and posted it lol
-Man special) just does it
Bontovi wasn’t swayed by the opponent’s psychological warfare. The build for a fast Archer rush was steadily progressing.
Meanwhile, Sharr had to cancel the defense tower when it reached 99% completion.
[Construction Cancelled]
Poof!
Because even these resources had to be poured into civilization advancement for the math to work out.
“In the end, it gets cancelled! That’s right! No matter how much of a defense tower rush, what can you do with just one defense tower and one Spearman!?”
“Oh. Bontovi played that well.”
“Bontovi, how on earth did you figure this out?! It seems like you knew it was a fake and just went for the advance!”
At this moment, the Observer plays the Commander’s voice.
〔Wahaha! The opponent’s defense tower just broke! Did I press the wrong button?!〕
Bontovi simply rejoiced cheerfully, thinking the opponent had made a mistake.
I couldn’t understand what psychological warfare had been attempted.
Regardless of what my opponent did, I was going to use the Archer build anyway.
[Sweet deal!]
-lmaooooo
-???: What? A battle of wits? My head’s the hardest there is?!
-No way;
-Enemy falling apart lol
-This is hilarious lolololol
Puhahahaha!
King Gul burst out laughing and shouted excitedly.
“Yeah~~ try psychological warfare again~~~ if you’re dumb, that’s all there is to it~~~~”
-lol for real
-lol this is ridiculous
-Right lol
-Wait! If you just call Doraemon Almond, everything gets solved, so why bother being smart?!?
“Real-time strategy game”
And when the scheduled time arrived.
Like a machine, Almond appeared.
[Archer – Aamond]

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