Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 424

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 144
51. Concentration (1)
The England Soldiers were bewildered.
They had clearly set the trap, and the enemy had taken the bait.
Especially one thug who came charging at them with drool flying everywhere.
“What the hell is that!”
“Beat him to death!”
But the fish that bit the bait was far too strong. It looked like they’d be dragged away along with the fishing line itself.
Moreover, he was so swift that no matter how hard they tried to strike, he slipped away and nothing connected.
“Damn it! Nothing’s landing!”
“What!?”
“Why isn’t anything hitting!”
Nothing was going according to plan.
Aamond simply twisted his torso in that characteristic motion of his, and he dodged every club swing from those standing nearby.
‘This is easier than swords.’
The reason Aamond held the advantage in club fighting was simple.
Fighting with swords or spears required technical skill and experience, but clubs did not. They were just clubs.
There were no experts in swinging clubs. It was equal for everyone.
Against a Knight who wielded a longsword with perfect mastery, he found himself at a disadvantage the moment their blades crossed without understanding why. But in club combat, it was purely a matter of physical prowess.
Whoosh!
Swish!
“He dodged again!?”
“This is ridiculous…!”
So no matter what the England Soldiers tried, nothing worked.
Meanwhile, when Aamond’s club connected?
Crack!
It knocked his opponent unconscious in a flash.
‘That’s four now…’
Aamond had now knocked down four enemies.
With nearly half of the enemy forces neutralized, he had secured a decisive advantage.
As expected…
Thud.
The last England Soldier collapsed.
Only two beings remained standing on their own two feet in this space.
[Pangeo]
[Aamond]
They had fought five against ten, and two from the side of five had survived.
Pat.
Pangeo tapped Aamond on the back as he passed by.
“Nice.”
-Ooooh
-Got praised lol
-???: He said… nice…
“Now let’s send off the unconscious ones one by one. Just strike their vital points hard a few times like this. They might not die in one hit. Do it simultaneously.”
“Yes.”
They systematically struck down the England Soldiers lying sprawled on the ground one by one, eliminating them.
If they just left them unconscious, they’d eventually wake up someday. To truly deal damage to England’s civilization, they had to make sure they were dead.

* * *
King Gul shouted, spraying saliva.
“No way! Five of us took down ten people!! And two of them even survived!? What, what is this!”
A 10 versus 5 fight where two on the winning side survived—it was understandable to be excited.
-Real talk, they’re taking all of them down?
-Wow
-Did they deposit that into England’s account? lol
The viewers also seemed shocked by the fight, and Kim Chi Warrior acknowledged it as well.
“This feels pretty good.”
King Gul pressed him further with a question.
“Wait, is this a common occurrence, Kim Chi Warrior?”
“No. Of course, in club fights, numbers are king… but when you have some people with exceptional physicality mixed in, you can get results like this. This time, that exceptional physicality was, as expected…”
“Almond, right!?”
“Yes. From what I know, Pangeo leans more toward the sensory type, and Almond entered the scout team in the physical position.”
“Ah, so you compose scout teams considering things like that?”
“Yes. To some extent.”
“I see…”
“But in my opinion, England seemed better at the sensory side. They detected how many Joseon scouts were nearby first and prepared this trap accordingly.”
“No way, they caught all that just from footsteps?”
“It’s possible in the game. Plus, these people are all S+ veterans. Even within S+, there are skill gaps, and these are among the very best.”
In virtual reality, the sensory values that people can hear or feel differ from person to person.
Those specialized in these values alone have considerable sensory perception in virtual space.
Normally, the Civil Empire composed these people as ‘guides’ to significantly reduce the risks in reconnaissance.
Top-tier guides even among S+ could pull off plays like what England just did.
“Wow. That makes sense, right? The top amateurs from the nation are coming! Is there a ranking system within S+ by any chance? We had one in Ril, which I used to play?”
“Hmm… there’s no official one, of course. But among ourselves, we divide it into S+++, S++ and so on for convenience. We call them three-star, two-star based on how many stars or pluses there are.”
“Ah. One-star, two-star… that brings back PTSD.”
“Ah. Because of military service?”
“Yeah. I mean, calling it SSS-tier feels a bit…”
-lol military rank system lol
-SSS-tier makes you wanna kms lol
I’m dying laughing ㅋㅋㅋ
“So the guide who handled England’s senses just now—should we rate them as 3-star?”
“Yes. That seems about right. Since Pangeo is 2-star, this player’s senses appear quite exceptional.”
“Ooh. But then! What’s the point!?”
“Huh?”
King Gul suddenly shoved his face right up to the camera.
“What good is knowing beforehand~~ Just beat them all to death~~~!”
-lmaooo
-genuinely unhinged;
-the camera frame can’t handle his face size lol
I’m startled.
“Well, in any case, thanks to Almond’s scout team’s strong showing, Joseon has managed to… ah.”
King Gul trailed off for a reason.
It was because the other scout teams weren’t faring so well.
“Wait! Why is the population chart like this right now!”
[England]
[179/200]
[Joseon]
[112/200]
-what
-huh??
-no way
“The replay is showing now.”
The replay displayed that deception Almond had fallen for earlier.
Sending four and having six rush in—that stratagem.
It looked identical watching it again. The only difference was the targets weren’t Almond and Pangeo.
“Ah… England didn’t actually have better senses… they came here with everything pre-planned from the start!?”
England had been pulling this off across all sectors.
The reason they’d organized ten-person scout teams from the beginning was precisely for this.
“Ah. Other scout teams got hit with this too, but out of forty scout teams, only one besides Almond’s actually won their engagement?”
“Yes… there’s no way to counter this.”
“Wow! This is brutal! International competition!”
King Gul seemed rather excited, but Kim Chi Warrior felt a headache coming on.
‘What is this.’
It wasn’t the headache from their tactics working so well.
The question was why they were revealing such an effective tactic now.
Isn’t this supposed to be a practice match?
‘What are Scrim doing? Are they saying a tactic like this is nothing?’
It was rare to showcase a tactic that perfectly countered opponents in a practice game beforehand.
All that does is expose your strategy.
Especially since today’s scrim is open to the public—other teams can see this too.
That’s why today’s discussion between Cookie and Sync Tank’s team centered on one principle: “Keep it as ordinary as possible, but accumulate data.”
Rather than employing unusual tactics that exploit openings, they would initiate frequent battles to steadily gather stable data on the soldiers.
‘Or is the purpose to deliberately expose it?’
England might have intended to expose this strategy from the start.
By revealing this strategy, they could anticipate how their opponents would prepare countermeasures in actual combat, then develop counters to those countermeasures in advance.
‘That’s too blatant though.’
Engaging in psychological warfare like this from the first skirmish was obvious. It would be read through quickly.
Perhaps by twisting it twice, they made it seem so predictable that people would dismiss it as unlikely—a double bluff.
As my thoughts spiraled endlessly, each suspicion breeding another, my head throbbed with tension.
The fact that I was already overthinking this much might itself be falling into the opponent’s psychological trap.
“…Chiseung? Kimchi?”
King Gul’s voice, which had been inaudible for a moment, cut through sharply.
“Kimchi!”
“Ah, yes.”
“No! I thought you’d logged out. What do you make of the current situation?”
‘What? Has time passed?’
I checked the clock.
It seemed I’d been sitting silently for about three minutes without saying anything.
“Ah… I’m sorry. The current situation is….”
I glanced over the map quickly.
“Since England won the skirmish, they’ll now build outposts here and continue expanding their territory.”
I traced an imaginary line across the map.
Joseon’s territory was proportionally very small.
“Is this disadvantageous?”
“About a 3 to 7 disadvantage.”
“Ah….”
The game’s balance shifted with the size of the territory.
As England pushed to secure more territory, the situation escalated rapidly.
“There it is! That infamous shield formation starting to appear!”
The resource gap widens.
Most of England’s soldiers began equipping shields.
From this point on, Joseon couldn’t win a direct confrontation against England.
“Shield soldiers specialize in territorial defense like this. Forming a shield wall by lining them up and pushing forward creates enormous pressure.”
The Observer focused on a certain area.
England’s soldiers stood there with their shield wall formed and ready.
Between those shields stood spearmen wielding long spears, making it nearly impossible to break through them head-on with only melee weapons.
“It’s a faction extremely specialized in defense, and they’re competitive in offense too, so it’s really an excellent faction.”
“But Cookie is ordering them to fight here?”
Uooooooh!
Despite seeing that shield wall, Joseon’s soldiers charged forward.
‘This is all for the data.’
Chiseung understood Cookie’s intention. He wanted to play out as many battles as possible to see what results emerged in different situations.
If you don’t fight just because your opponent raises a shield, it’s difficult to know where your limits lie in such engagements.
-What the hell?
-Just falling apart
-Is this really the #1 Commander in Korea???
-Wow
But most viewers couldn’t accept it.
Most people don’t understand that success requires accumulating data through countless failures. Or rather, even if they understand it intellectually, they can’t feel it in their bones.
That’s why only a few succeed.
“Ah! The battle went badly, didn’t it!? We managed to take about 10 of them at least! Isn’t this damage too severe!?”
Chiseung held his tongue. Either way, that was Cookie’s assessment, and the public would interpret it differently.
King Gul continued lamenting throughout.
“Ah…! Aaaah!! I, I think I’m dying!”
“….”
“Ah! Aaah! Long live Korean independence!”
By the time King Gul finished his three cheers, all the Joseon soldiers were dead.
About a third of the shield wall had collapsed.
Chiseung still found significance in the fact that roughly a third of the shield wall had crumbled.
‘Despite this power gap, they managed this much?’
The national team’s physical abilities had certainly improved considerably.
I was beginning to understand why Cookie viewed this tournament as the greatest opportunity.
Just as plants grown on harsh terrain develop deep roots, Joseon’s disadvantageous faction had made the soldiers stronger.
Eventually, as the soldiers grew stronger, there would come a point where they overcame the faction’s inherent disadvantages.
Cookie believed that point was starting this year.
Surprisingly, King Gul said something similar.
“Kimchi! Honestly, it’s not just because I’m Korean, but our soldiers seem to fight better! Would things improve if bows came into play!?”
Chiseung was inwardly astonished.
King Gul was truly a professional among professionals as a caster. He’d grasped this.
Or was he just making conversation?
“Ah, yes. If bows come into play… it would help somewhat.”
“It would help somewhat?”
“England has something called longbowmen. Before the tier 3 composite bows appear, they actually have the maximum range in this game.”
“…I see.”
-This is ridiculous
-This is too much
-Damn it! I’m not playing! I won’t!
-So that’s why people don’t play it lol
-ㅠㅠㅠ This country is really hell…
-Composite bows are our only hope
“That’s just the bow’s specifications, though. Among Joseon’s Era 2 factions, there’s one called ‘Focus.'”
“Focus?”
“Yes. The longer you hold the bowstring drawn, the farther and stronger the arrows fly. If you master this, you can match Era 2 longbowmen reasonably well even with a shortbow.”
“Ah… but that means slower attack speed. Since you need to hold the draw longer.”
“Correct. That’s the downside, but being able to compete against Era 2 longbows is encouraging. Once composite bows arrive, they’re incomparable to longbows. Personally, I think this is Joseon’s second-best faction.”
“Second-best!? Then the first one….”
Mid-sentence, Joseon advanced to Era 2.
“Wow! Joseon reached Era 2 first! I didn’t expect this to happen!?”
King Gul speaks with delighted surprise. He’d thought Joseon was at a significant disadvantage, but they’d advanced to Era 2 first.
Chiseung, however, sees it differently.
‘This isn’t something to celebrate.’
This was merely a different allocation of priorities and focus.
The enemy would leverage their efficient Era 1 army composition to advance to Era 2 and strike at the now-vulnerable Joseon.
At this crossroads between development and attack, Joseon simply chose development.
It wasn’t a favorable situation.
But there was one thing worth anticipating here.
“Several soldiers are returning to the main base! This is…!”
Joseon’s archers were emerging.
“Exactly. Now they’re equipping bows and converting them to archer units!”
Among the soldiers being called back for conversion to archers, there was one familiar name.
[Aamond]

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