Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 417

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 137
47. The Invincible Commander (2)
Bontovi, the invincible commander who falls for neither psychological warfare nor defensive strategies.
He had now even mastered the Pace Archer technique, allowing him to advance to Age 2 at extreme speed.
A full seven seconds faster!
“Wait, is that even possible!?”
King Gul asked, unable to comprehend.
Kim Chi Warrior responded.
“It’s possible! I’ve actually seen S+ masters who are ten seconds faster than that!”
“What!? But why is there such a massive gap!?”
Why would simply gathering resources and constructing buildings create such a time difference?
For those who aren’t masters, it’s incomprehensible.
“It depends on worker pathing, the map layout, how many workers you assign to each building to rush it up, or whether you just put one worker and slowly build while gathering resources. And if you’re gathering, which resource—gold, wood, food? All these variables….”
Chiseung’s explanation was getting too long.
“Summarize it in one sentence!”
….
King Gul demanded a summary firmly.
“It’s because of the map’s randomness. So you need to adjust your pathing flexibly depending on the situation.”
“So it’s all map luck!?”
“…Well, I suppose it could be.”
Is it luck again? lol
luck-based trash game lol
What kind of strategy game is this where even the units are luck-based and the map is luck-based too lolol
As the chat erupted in luck-based complaints, Chiseung dismissed them.
“Everyone. Why are you complaining when you’re not even going to play anyway.”
Hahahahahahaha
That’s some insightful observation worthy of a Civil M veteran lol
Haha, that’s so funny ㅋㅋ
Meanwhile, the war continued. The enemy spearmen and workers began charging toward Bontovi’s base.
“Anyway! Waeseonggo’s spearmen are rushing in! Toward Bontovi’s base! Since Almond isn’t there yet!?”
“There are quite a few spearmen?”
“Yes! Four of them are coming at Bontovi!”
Four spearmen.
In the spearman rush AK47 had done before, there were only three, so this was one more.
However, the timing was different.
The enemy’s rush was much slower than last time.
“But the archer training grounds are almost completely built!?”
Bontovi faced the enemy with the archer training grounds nearly finished.
Moreover—
“Ah! Bontovi! You seem so used to this now that you’re not even surprised anymore!?”
Bontovi’s response was incredibly quick.
In the past, I wouldn’t have known what to do and would have wasted time. Now, there’s none of that hesitation.
“Bontovi! Station workers appropriately at the town hall! Defend the bare minimum resources! We’re coolly abandoning the rest!?”
The spearmen attack the wood resources at a relatively distant location, but Bontovi simply abandons the wood and protects the workers.
“People come first! Bontovi!?”
-lmaooo
-lol now we’re talking about human rights policies?!
-Ohhh~
“I’m choosing to save the workers and abandon the wood! The spearmen did interfere with the wood resources! But something feels off about this right now!”
“That’s right. Bontovi already has enough wood secured to produce about four archers. Even if it’s a bit farther, we can send workers to other wood sources and manage the supply just fine. Losing workers hurts much more. That’s an excellent decision.”
“I’m explaining as we speak!”
Boom.
The first archer already appears.
[04:40]
Aamond emerged roughly 13 seconds faster than usual.
“Aamond! Hatch like a beast!”
-what does “hatch like a beast” even mean lol
-it was “hatch” not “revive” lmaooo
Hahahaha
“Right now there are five spearmen and Aamond is alone! But!”
When Aamond appeared, there were five spearmen.
This is where the enemy commander’s mistake becomes apparent.
“Aren’t the spearmen positioned way too far away!? Aamond is already out…!”
King Gul also catches the opponent’s mistake.
“Now that I think about it, why didn’t they station units in front of the archer barracks!?”
The biggest difference between archers and spearmen is ‘range’.
If a spearman rush is coming, the first building you must occupy is the archer barracks.
“If they’d seen the archer barracks! And stationed spearmen in front of it, Aamond could have died the moment he appeared!?”
If you station spearmen in front of it, archers die the moment they emerge.
At this point, this action was actually more important than killing workers.
Workers can’t kill spearmen, but archers can kill spearmen.
The spearmen keep catching archers as they come out, and if workers are sent out of desperation, they catch those too.
If workers don’t come, they go back to harass them, and if it looks like archers are being produced again, they return to the front of the barracks.
You repeat this until the spearmen numbers accumulate sufficiently. This process is the basic early spearman rush.
If you discovered the opponent’s archer barracks, it was a mandatory step you had to execute, but they skipped it.
From Chiseung’s perspective, this wasn’t a mistake a player of that rank should make.
‘Could it be… they’re stream-watching while playing?’
Stream-watching—watching the broadcast while playing gives you a massive strategic advantage, but your mechanics might not perform at full capacity.
RTS is already mentally taxing just watching your own screen, and if you’re also checking your opponent’s screen on top of that.
The probability of making mistakes you normally wouldn’t make increases significantly.
Those who’ve eaten meat before eat it naturally, and those who’ve done broadcast play before handle it skillfully without issue.
From what I could tell, Waeseonggo didn’t seem like someone accustomed to such things.
‘Perhaps he was originally a capsule user and switched to desktop just for broadcast play….’
If Waeseonggo had originally been a capsule user, he would have been forced to use an unfamiliar desktop for streaming purposes.
Perhaps he thought he could still beat someone like Bontovi….
But the grown Bontovi was no easy opponent.
It was then that King Gul shouted.
“Almond! We’re going spearman hunting!”
Almond hunts the spearmen.
A perfect description.
With sufficient distance between them, an archer of Almond’s caliber wouldn’t fear even a full platoon of spearmen charging at him.
──Thwack!
An arrow lodges itself in the head of the leading spearman.
“One dies the moment he shoots! Kyaaah! This never gets old, it’s absolutely exhilarating!”
Pang!
Pang!
Two more arrows fly, and two more spearmen fall.
“Three collapse in an instant!?”
The charging spearmen suddenly brake as if hitting an invisible wall.
“Ah! We’re losing momentum! We can’t stop! We have to keep running!”
No matter how much it’s just a game, no one wants to charge toward certain death when ordered.
But Almond didn’t grant them time to hesitate.
──Thwack!
An arrow flies through the gap and pierces the forehead of the hesitating spearman.
“One more dies! Now there’s only one! Three more coming from far away! And another archer has appeared!?”
“He took down four by himself in an instant! Now there are two archers!”
Even when reinforcements arrived, the result was the same. Never missing the vital points, the number of spearmen continued to dwindle while the number of archers kept growing. And before long….
“Ah. Now the spearmen and archers are equal in number!?”
The numbers of spearmen and archers equalize.
King Gul asks carefully.
“…Isn’t this over?”
The early rush had resulted in an overwhelming defeat in battle.
Sure enough, this message appeared.
[Enemy Commander has surrendered!]
King Gul’s eyes widened, and he shouted at the top of his lungs.
“Yeeeeeeeeees!!!”
Despite the match not being particularly tense, he was overjoyed.
There was good reason for it.
“Finally! Finally!!!”
“Wow….”
-lol
-Is this real?
-Wow, he actually did it
“Aamond! Finally promoted to A+!!!”
-Aamond’s promotion is hilarious lmaooo
-Aamond’s username is comedy gold
-Lmaooo
-Congrats congrats congrats
-Congratulations!
Promotion.
Both Almond and Bontovi successfully advanced to A+ rank simultaneously.
“Wow! Congratulations, Almond! You’re finally free!”
-Wait, why aren’t you congratulating Bontovi too lol
-That’s too much lol
-Free lmao
-Breaking news) The Nut Clan has been liberated from Bontovi’s reign of terror!

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Thump.
For the first time in a while, I sat down comfortably on the field and gazed up at the sky.
The weather was clear and bright—they’d rendered the sky beautifully, even though no one really looks at it.
And floating above it, two characters.
[Victory]
Watching those words drift lazily across the blue sky among the clouds, I let out a soft exclamation.
“…Wow.”
Unless I’d made a serious miscalculation, I’d just climbed to A+.
-Congrats congrats congrats
Congratulations ㅠㅠㅠ
and ㅠㅠ (or “and *crying*”)
-He really did it
-Undefeated A+ is real!?
The chat was scrolling up so fast it was barely visible.
[Current Viewers: 31,000]
The viewer count was maintaining an impressive number as well.
The fact that we were maintaining 30,000 viewers—a number I could only achieve after winning the Nant Tournament—was encouraging.
It seems the concept of me climbing to S+ while carrying the burden of Bontovi has resonated quite well with the audience.
Whether these 30,000 viewers remain as permanent fixtures or if this is just a temporary phenomenon will only become clear with the next content.
For now, I decided to simply enjoy this moment.
“Ah, thank you for the 100,000 won donation, Rag. Thank you for the 50,000 won donation, Gaji. Ruby, thank you for the 300,000 won.”
Ding ding ding!
Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom!
A barrage of donations flooded in.
-His lips ascending to heaven lmao
-Yo, he’s worth duoing with Bontovi lmao
-Bontovi: Huh? Holding strong? Hourly rate “100x”
It’s all different units lol
-So the big spenders prefer Almond’s style;
Almond’s viewers were more established in society than expected, so donations came in quite generously.
It was probably because his story—rising from disappointment as a promising archery prospect—had been introduced through mainstream media targeting older demographics.
When people hear “archery athlete,” adults tend to view them favorably overall.
In short, he was a streamer with a strong start.
That he’d carried this momentum this far was thanks to Sanghyeon and Juhyeok, Jia, and various supporters.
Whoosh.
The match ended, and I was summoned back to the lobby.
The lobby was a medieval tavern-themed space.
“Wow! Aamond! When did you become this strong!?”
The fairy Tangkong spun around in surprise. The tavern mercenaries who had once dismissed the rookie mercenary Aamond now stared at him blankly.
The A+ rank meant he was no longer just a simple mercenary.
“…You’ve made it. You’ve really made it.”
“Hey. Watch your tone. You’re nobility now.”
“Man… that’s one hell of a fast promotion.”
The mercenaries drank their bitter ale, their eyes tinged with envy.
“Aamond! You’ve now received the title of Knight! You can order those filthy drunken thugs to walk on their hands!!”
-lmao
-Fairy’s spicy lmao why’s she so hyped lmao
-Tangkong’s got some bite
My fairy Tangkong seemed displeased with the mercenaries’ attitude and demanded “real discipline.”
But I didn’t have time for that. They were just NPCs for the show anyway.
“Yeah. Tangkong. You handle that.”
“Huh!?”
She feigned surprise, but her lips were already twitching with excitement.
“Me, me getting noble authority….”
“Yeah.”
“Ugh… it’s overwhelming, but I’ll do my best!”
“I’m going to step out for a bit.”
“Yes!”
I wanted to meet Bontovi one last time.
I stepped through the portal.
From beyond, I could faintly hear Tangkong’s voice calling out, “Alright, everyone line up in front of me!”
The world went dark for a moment.

* * *
King Gul, Kim Chi Warrior, and Bontovi were already in Dis World.
“Wow! Almond! Congratulations!”
King Gul rushed over first and grasped his hand, offering his congratulations.
-Anyone watching would think you won the championship lol
-Congratulations on being able to cut ties with Bontovi!
-When are you taking off that propeller lol
“Ah, yes.”
Almond smiled and returned the greeting, then turned his gaze toward Bontovi.
The greeting with King Gul was one thing, but I’d be seeing him again in the future anyway, wouldn’t I?
Bontovi, on the other hand—the fact that this would be our last time together weighed on my mind.
Still, after playing games together all this time, I’d grown quite fond of him.
I walked over and spoke to him first.
“Bontovi. Thank you for your hard work. During that first game today, I really….”
I wanted to tell him how amazed I was that he had pinpointed Howdoo so accurately during the first game.
I wanted to share more about this moment with him.
We’d been playing games together all this time, but it was then that I felt truly connected to this person for the first time.
I had felt that exhilarating sensation that comes when teamwork aligns perfectly.
I had always competed in sports where I had to fight alone, and at the company, I had been placed on a distant island.
This experience had left a deep impression on me.
“…Bontovi?”
But it seemed this wasn’t just how I felt.
“Ah, I’m sorry. Since you said we won’t see each other anymore….”
Bontovi had tilted his head back toward the sky.
Yet tears that had welled up fell down his chin.

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