Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 594

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 64
23. Bursting with Laughter (1)
The Caster shouts with veins bulging in his neck.
“All of Joseon! Every single one! They’re pushing forward! Into Frank’s main base! A red tide is rising!”
The Joseon Soldiers in red garments appeared more numerous than the Frank Soldiers in blue.
“Now they’re starting to switch from spears to torches!”
“This is truly a revolution!”
Some of the Soldiers holding spears switch to torches.
Whoooosh!
They begin setting fire to buildings everywhere.
-Starting the torch-bearing revolutionary song~!
-Burn it all down!
-So fun lolololol
-It’s burning~
“Exactly! Ranged units don’t have torches! But melee units all do! All the buildings will burn!”
Whoooosh!
The fruit trees that were gathering food catch fire, and the houses responsible for population begin turning to black ash.
“Ah… buildings that burn well really go up in an instant?!”
“However, the main structures will take some time. Since we’re in Age 2.”
Defensive towers and main buildings that require stone don’t burn easily.
This was why it wasn’t easy to end a match in Age 2.
“The only siege weapon in Age 2 is the battering ram! And there’s no time to produce it now!”
Realistically, equipping siege weapons in Age 2 was impossible.
And since there are no gunpowder-based weapons like in Age 3, pushing buildings takes forever.
There’s a reason why most Civilization matches end after entering Age 3.
“During this time, Frank prepares a counterattack!”
“It’s a typical Age 2 offense-defense pattern!?”
While pushing buildings, the losing side usually gathers soldiers in the back and then deploys them all at once in a strategic push.
This can sometimes cause an instant reversal.
“Last wave. You need to be careful, right?”
This kind of push is called a last wave. It happens frequently enough to have a name, so caution was necessary.
[Gather]
[Defend]
Beep! Beep!
All remaining Frank forces begin gathering in front of the town hall.
“Ah. King Gul. How would you assess this matchup right now?”
“In the current situation, I’d say Joseon has about an 8 to 2 advantage!”
“What!? That’s less favorable than I thought!?”
“That’s just how Age 2 battles are! So you can’t let your guard down! This battle will be a crucial turning point for the Korean team.”
“A turning point!? Why is that!”
“If this Age 2 build succeeds, we’ll have tremendous psychological leverage in future matches!”
That was true. If we won today’s match with this build, Joseon’s strategic options would expand significantly.
From now on, the enemies would have to deliberate whether to go straight to Age 3 or finish with spear soldiers, following Joseon’s Age 1 defensive tower rush and Age 2 fast archers.
The commander’s mind, which had only worried about Age 1 or Age 3 until now, had become considerably more complicated.
“So don’t let your guard down now—keep harassing their resources! We need to maintain strict pressure!”
“Ah! Right! Wait, but…? A Knight…?”
[Royal Knight – 97%]
“Frank! Another Knight is about to appear!”
“Wait, when did they start this!? We harassed the gold mine so much!”
“Oh no! It seems Frank chose the ‘Slave Miner’ faction!”
Slave Miner.
One of Frank’s factions that, when upgraded, places slaves instead of workers into the mine to continuously extract gold.
In other words, gold is generated automatically in small amounts even without workers entering the gold mine.
It’s a faction designed for Frank, who receives excessive gold harassment.
But it couldn’t be used thoughtlessly.
“Slave Miner against Joseon? That’s surprising too.”
This Slave Miner faction upgrade consumes a lot of food.
Meaning, when a soldier dies once, they can’t be revived easily.
Against a civilization with strong archery like Joseon, many soldiers die, so it’s not usually picked…
“Whether fortunately or unfortunately, because we harassed so aggressively! It seems they picked it reluctantly out of desperation!?”
“I did notice their troop count was too low.”
This Joseon had applied such strong gold harassment that Frank had no choice but to pick it.
A soldier entered the knight academy, then emerged on a white horse as a knight.
Pabam—!
[Royal Knight – Complete]
Now there were two knights.
“Two Frank Knights. So what’s the ratio now?”
“Ah… we’d have to say 7 versus 3! Even with fewer troops, honestly, I’m not sure! Knights excel so much in defensive capability!”
King Gul’s lips dried.
He’d become anxious.
“And we don’t have spear soldiers anymore!?”
Spear soldiers are single-use.
Most of Joseon’s soldiers have already used theirs once. Thanks to that, we pushed the front line fiercely.
But now there were almost no players left who could wield spear soldiers.
“What!? No spear soldiers? What do you… Ah! Spear soldiers are single-use!? How does such a trash faction even exist!”
Caster slapped their forehead and exclaimed.
hahahaha
-Can’t help but curse
-Even Caster acknowledged it…
This is the worst.
-It’s not a spear, it’s a cornstarch toothpick lol
This means Joseon has to face two Knights with almost no spears left.
“Wait, how is Joseon supposed to deal with those two Knights?!”
“I have no idea!”
“What?! Then what do we do!?”
“But! Joseon still has a massive advantage! The Worker casualties are enormous! Frank’s troop revival isn’t working well at all! We just need to push forward one more step! Joseon!!”
Fortunately, by the time Almond and the other Archers joined the main force, they had already swept away all of Frank’s Workers.
“We have to! We must take down those Knights! We absolutely must!”
Frank didn’t know if they could win the game even if they held the line this time.
But Joseon would win the game if they just broke through this defense.

* * *
Ting──!
A red ping was placed.
[All-Out Attack]
Cookie’s order came down.
[Frank Town Hall]
The target was the hall.
It spawned Workers and contained the Supreme Commander.
The main base building that boasted the best defensive system until the third era.
Once this was captured, the game was over.
The fact that the building was now visible meant things had already tilted significantly.
“Now, the summit is right before our eyes! Break through the defense and strike down the Supreme Commander!”
The summit was literally right before them.
“Uuuaaaaaaaa!”
Joseon roared, raising their morale to the peak.
Frank also cried out, determined to make a final stand.
“Just hold the line once more and we have a chance! Hold out to the end!”
Clang!
The Royal Knight leading the charge raised his gleaming sword high and shouted.
“All units, defend the hall!!”
Joseon countered with their own cry.
Clash!
The Commander’s blade flashed.
“Chaaaarge!”
“End this!”
Boom!
Bang!
Countless arrows were fired from the second floor of the town hall.
“Target the second floor! Chaaaarge!”
The Joseon Archers began firing their bows toward the second floor of the guild hall.
Whoooosh──!
As the bows fired in unison, the sound crackled like fireworks.
Arrows from both sides soared through the distance.
Some collided and fell apart mid-air, but most descended like a downpour toward their targets.
Thud-thud-thud-thud!
Countless soldiers from both sides fell.
“Aaaahhh!”
“Ugh!”
“Damn….”
Casualties mounted endlessly on both sides.
Final battles always produced maximum casualties.
Neither side could afford to retreat.
“Damn these Frank bastards. They won’t even surrender!?”
-Damn bastards lol
-lmao
-Surrender? More like sushi…
-Pangeo come on~
Pangeo, who had respawned and rejoined, grumbled while drawing his bowstring.
Almond continued pulling his bowstring beside him, intercepting soldiers on the second floor.
‘Their troop count is low.’
Even to Almond’s eye, Frank was clearly experiencing supply issues with their forces.
It seemed like the game would end if they just kept shooting like this.
While thinking such thoughts─
“Uh, uh… They’re coming! They’re coming! We’re breached!”
A scream echoed out.
‘What is it?’
It was from the front lines.
The cause became immediately clear.
──Crash!
Two silver-armored figures burst through the formation with a thunderous boom.
‘Two Knights?’
Almond’s eyes widened for a moment.
He had thought only one would remain. But there were two.
-Why two??
-lol two is too much
-These guys are obsessed with Knights
-Wait, but there’s no spearman;
-They must’ve used the slave Fang buff ugh
Hiiiiing…!
Soldiers are crushed beneath the trampling hooves of the charging cavalry.
Pangeo shouted in exasperation.
“Are you insane!? You produced another Knight even while everything’s falling apart!? Is that why you had no troops!?”
I hadn’t realized he’d summoned an additional Knight even as his forces were collapsing.
“What a desperate struggle! Absolutely desperate! You’re playing this game so dirty.”
-Brilliant play lol
-So Frank is doing well, right?
-Royal Knight happiness
The fruits of that desperate struggle Pangeo spoke of were now unfolding before my eyes.
Hyiiiiing…!
Two silver-armored war horses galloped across the crowded battlefield alongside the trampling cavalry.
Kugugugu-gung!
It was overwhelming destructive force.
“Ugh, uaaaah!”
“Hey! Hey! Thrust! What are you doing!?”
“We don’t have spears!”
Shwaaack!
As the charging Knight’s blade swept across the front line, the soldiers collapsed without any meaningful resistance.
“Ugh…!”
Thud…!
“Damn it! No pike spears!? Argh!!”
Shwaaack!
The one searching for pike spears collapsed, spewing crimson blood.
The two Knights began carving through the formation, tracing figure-eights in tandem.
Shwaaaaaack!
Shwaaack!
The crimson blade also traced a viscous figure-eight pattern.
Relentless, ferocious swordplay.
Countless heads flew skyward.
“Gack!”
“Ugh!”
This power wasn’t coming solely from the Knight class itself.
[Chivalry – Active]
The faction power of Chivalry was also at work.
A faction that doubled combat strength when defending their own territory.
[Chivalry: Defense and Attack Power increase by 30% when protecting territory]
Uuuung…!
A white aura indicating Chivalry activation spread out behind the Knights.
Was this the moment?
Crunch!
From the rear, a spear topped with a flag rose high into the air.
“For Frankeeeeee!”
Frank’s soldiers surged forward in a rushing tide.
“Form a phalanx!”
The Frank soldiers pressed shoulder to shoulder, wedging their formation directly into the Joseon lines with sheer determination.
Pangeo’s expression grew increasingly rigid.
“No. This is… not good.”
As a veteran with years of experience, Pangeo instinctively recognized this as a dangerous situation.
This was how reversals typically began.
Snap!
He thrust his hand upward sharply, shouting.
“All archerssssss!”
Ding.
Targeting markers appeared in the archers’ vision.
The firing point designated by Pangeo, the archer leader. Initially it had been the second floor of the town hall.
Now it was the knights advancing forward.
Snap!
As Pangeo pointed, the yellow targeting marker turned crimson.
“Volley fireeeeee!!!”
Whoooosh—!
Countless arrows flew forth, and Frank’s soldiers tumbled down in heaps.
“Ughhhh…!”
“Gahhh!”
But the knights were another matter entirely.
Ting!
Ting!
Every arrow bounced harmlessly away.
Medieval tanks.
The description fit perfectly.
“Damn!”
“Even their horses are armored…”
These silver steel war machines seemed utterly impervious to melee weapons.
The only option was to target the gaps in their armor.
But the moment they twisted their bodies even slightly, the arrows struck plate instead of finding an opening, ricocheting away.
Even I found myself in a predicament.
‘If they would just stand still, I could aim for their eyes.’
They would never oblige.
Players of sufficient caliber to compete in international tournaments would never make such a mistake.
Ting…!
Ting!
Watching countless arrows bounce off uselessly only dampened my spirits further.
Without spearmen, the knights had effectively grown wings on their backs.
“Wait, are we actually losing this?!”
“We were almost done!”
The Joseon soldiers’ complexions grew increasingly pallid.
Conversely, vigor began to kindle in the eyes of the Frank soldiers.
“We can do this!”
“We stopped them!”
“Sweep the archers first!”
Riding high on surging morale, a Frank Knight charged toward us.
This was our archer formation, after all.
Even if the other soldiers tried to intercept, there was no way to stop him.
The knight drew closer with terrifying speed.
I had to make a choice.
‘Shoot or dodge.’
Should I abandon my position, or attempt one last gamble—aiming for the eye socket?
Thud-thud! Thud-thud!
The hoofbeats deafened my ears.
I could now see the horse’s nostrils flaring at this distance.
I made my decision.
‘Shoot.’
Try anything.
Had this resolve actually worked?
“Not yet! One more shot! One moooore!”
Pangeo was charging toward the knight.
Charging? What archer charges?
‘Ah…!’
Then it dawned on me.
Pangeo hadn’t discarded his spear earlier!
‘He still has it!’
Thruuust!
Pangeo’s spear drove deep into the knight’s flank.
“…What!”
Whiiiinnnngh…!
The charging knight’s horse reared up in shock.
When a charge was interrupted by a spear, the knight entered a stunned state.
“He’s stunned! Quickly—”
Pangeo didn’t finish his sentence.
Giri-lik.
My bowstring was already drawn.
One chance. That’s all I had.
‘If I stay still. I can do this.’
Kiiing!
The light of Concentration gathered at its maximum.
My breathing gradually slowed, then stopped entirely.
Inhale.
Just a single breath of air filled my lungs.
‘I can see it.’
In that instant, everything faded to black silence, and only two beings existed in the world.
The Knight and me.
My vision zooming in progressively.
I could see it.
Within the gap no larger than a knot hole.
Blue eyes.
‘Now.’
Slip.
My right hand released the bowstring smoothly.
Paaaaang──

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