Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 606

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 76
27. Now I Understand (2)
This defense tower rush wasn’t meant to end the game.
“Once we successfully infiltrate, from that point on, we control the initiative in every situation. That’s when the real game begins.”
According to Cookie, this defense tower rush was a necessary strategy to properly start the game.
“Spain doesn’t have a particularly strong faction against Joseon in Ages 1 and 2. Instead, they mine gold quickly, so their age progression is one tempo faster.”
Being just one step ahead.
This was the essence of Spain as a civilization.
It wasn’t merely about the speed of mining gold.
With a broader perspective, they could spot enemies one step earlier, and based on that information, they could make decisions to move one step ahead.
After that, gunpowder weapons that appear one step sooner rapidly occupy the map, maximizing the resource advantage, and ultimately Spain’s strategy is to crush through sheer wealth.
Joseon is unconventional.
Spain is a snowball.
“The key to victory will be how we stop the snowball from starting, how we grab Spain’s financial lifeline by the ankles.”
This defense tower rush was the operation to grab the first ankle.
The Age 1 defense tower rush is one of Joseon’s most powerful unconventional strategies.
Since soldiers can construct defense towers, the operations are very convenient.
Pushing slow workers into enemy territory is nearly impossible, but soldiers have a chance of getting one or two through.
‘But three got in.’
I only expected one or two, but currently three have infiltrated enemy territory.
The remaining seven were discovered and rejoined the main force.
The fact that three got in is encouraging enough.
‘This way I can definitely complete the defense tower.’
Even when soldiers get in, if the enemy’s interference is severe, there are often cases where the tower can’t be built. This time doesn’t seem to be one of those cases.
One will definitely go up.
[Wooden Defense Tower – 34%]
Sure enough, already a third of the construction is complete.
Soldiers build a bit slower, but there are three of them.
Once they start building together, it gets faster.
‘This means Nacho will have to build a defense tower too, right?’
What Cookie wanted was for Nacho to build a defense tower in response.
The operation was designed to exchange exactly that much.
Nacho builds the tower, and we harass some workers.
Then our Age 2 entry timings will be roughly similar, and that alone gives Joseon the advantage.

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“Whoa! Once that defense tower is built, the workers won’t be able to mine gold anymore, right?!”
The Joseon defense tower was clearly positioned to strike the enemy’s gold mine.
Once completed, the trouble would be obvious.
“This means! From Spain’s perspective! They either need to relocate the gold mine right now! Or they have to stop the defense tower construction!”
Either prevent it from the start, or evacuate.
They had to choose one or the other.
“Relocating the gold mine costs too much time and money!”
Gold mines weren’t just anywhere, and by the map’s mechanics, identical resources were always positioned far apart.
In other words, if they abandoned the current gold mine, they’d have to travel far to mine gold elsewhere.
With that distance, they’d need to rebuild the mining camp, and ultimately it all costs money.
“So in the end! They have no choice but to build a defense tower to match! The only thing that can stop a defense tower in Age 1 is another defense tower! And with all these workers here, they can build it faster, right?”
To block the enemy with minimal cost, building a defense tower was the way.
It did cost more because workers were mobilized, but this was the cheapest method available.
“But why aren’t they building it?!”
“This is, in a way, stubbornness!”
Spain was making a reckless move.
If they just built the defense tower quickly, they could cleanly block this pressure.
But they refused to play by their opponent’s rules.
“It’s like Joseon is blatantly saying ‘Build your defense tower!’ and Spain is doing the opposite just to not comply!”
“Ah…!”
“But still! If Joseon has infiltrated this far, Spain should build it out of courtesy, right?!”
Spain wanted to maximize their gains. They believed they had the ability to do so.
-ㅋㅋㅋ out of courtesy ㅋㅋㅋ
-They’re just confident about this
-Do they trust the All-Pro team?
-Heh heh…
“Ah! While Spain refuses to show courtesy like this! The Joseon defense tower keeps rising!”
[Wooden Defense Tower – 57%]
“It’s already past halfway!”
“Our country’s military is famous for their digging work!”
“Our country’s construction is also renowned! For building fast!”
“Kuh~ Jumooo!”
It doesn’t seem like something I should be calling the landlady about lol
The dignity of combining military and farming lol
-This is Korean military digging! You barbarians!
From then on, it became a traditional culture lol
“But wait! Spain?! Are you really not building the defense tower until the end?! The longer you delay, the more workers you’ll need to invest!”
Spain never started the tower construction. The workers mining gold continued extracting gold.
“They’re holding on with all their might, aren’t they?!”
“Efficiently! Mine that gold! That’s it! That’s exactly what we’re doing right now!”
With Age 2 within reach, there was no way we were giving up.
And we had something to believe in.
“Ah. Spain. Those three Soldiers who died in the ambush earlier—they’ve all respawned. They’re planning to hold the line with them, aren’t they?”
The three Soldiers who had died in the ambush moments ago.
They had been recruited again.
They picked up their clubs and began charging forward.
“They seem almost certain that these three will beat our three Joseon Soldiers! That’s why they didn’t build a defense tower!”
“Right. It looks like 3 versus 3 right now, but it’s actually 3 versus 2!?”
“Yes. If time passes without someone constructing a building, it automatically gets canceled. This patch came about because of the mind games around building or not building defense towers. Anyway! It’s essentially a 3 versus 2 situation!”
One of our Joseon Soldiers had to build the defense tower, so it was ultimately a 3 versus 2 fight.
Perhaps Spain’s judgment was correct.
If we could win a 3 versus 2 fight and hold the line, there was no reason to build a defense tower.
“Who’s building and who’s fighting!?”
When Spain’s three Soldiers had nearly reached our defense tower location.
Our two Joseon Soldiers stepped forward to meet them, ready for battle.
It was Ratte and Aamond.

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When I realized the enemies were coming.
Danggeun spoke urgently.
“I’ll keep building! You two hold them off!”
Ratte and Almond picked up their clubs and stepped forward.
“Okay~”
Three enemies against two of us.
A 3 versus 2 fight was manageable enough.
But Spain was, as everyone knew, a professional team.
‘I need to be careful.’
Almond didn’t let his guard down.
Club fighting wasn’t exactly his specialty either.
“Charge!”
Spain’s three Soldiers roared and began rushing forward.
Ratte spoke urgently.
“Brother, I’ll handle the right flank. You take the left and center.”
“?”
-He’s naturally making him take on 2 versus 1 lol
-Why are you only facing one? lol
-lololol
“…Fine.”
Either way, once Ratte disposed of his opponent first, it would quickly become 2 versus 2.
With that thought, I charged toward the two of them.
“?!”
Two versus one? Hardly.
All three came rushing at me.
“That bastard right there!”
“…I’ll take him!”
“I’ll take him! You harass the building!”
“You go harass the building!”
-lmaooooo
No, haha
Didn’t they collect more in bounty than in prize money? lol
What is this lolol
The enemies’ focus suddenly shifted entirely toward me.
It was frustrating, but….
‘This is….’
My eyes gleamed.
Actually, this was the better situation.
For close-quarters combat, two attackers is the ideal number.
With three or more, their limbs get tangled and they end up hitting each other.
The enemies were now coming at me in a group of three.
And recklessly at that.
My eyes flashed with clarity.
‘Here they come.’
Crack!
I deflected the club of the thug charging straight at me, then slid past and whipped my arm across his head.
Thud!
[Stunned]
One enemy was immediately out of the fight.
[Wow! Almond! One down just like that! Now the numerical advantage means nothing!?]
The remaining two struggled to land a hit on me, but couldn’t find an opening.
“Circle around! Come at me from the side!”
“Shouldn’t you be the one circling!?”
The textbook move would be to get behind me, but that wasn’t happening on their terms.
I didn’t give up my back easily.
Instead, it was my opponent who overextended trying to get behind me.
“I’m here too, you bastards!”
Ratte came in and smashed one thug’s back of the head cleanly.
Crack!
[Stunned]
The enemies froze in shock.
“…?!”
Spain clearly had more soldiers, yet in an instant it became a 2-to-1 situation.
The thug hesitated briefly and retreated.
He was waiting for reinforcements.
[Ah! Wait just a moment! Another soldier just appeared!?]
Spain was producing another soldier.
[Soldiers who died fighting the main Joseon force far away are being reproduced here!]
Two more Spanish Soldiers rushed forward.
Another one was being produced behind them.
[Ahhh! At this rate! Can’t we build a defense tower at all!?]
How much health the defense tower had left.
Almond and Ratte couldn’t tell.
They didn’t have the capacity to check such things.
“Oh… Here they come! Brother Almond!”
From now on, it was a real brawl.
Whoosh!
Whack!
Tangled and intertwined, clubs swinging half-suspended in the air at each other.
“Drop dead! You bastard!”
“Ugh!”
“Argh!”
Since they weren’t hitting vital spots, no one was getting knocked out, but their stamina was gradually draining.
Then, Danggeun came rushing from behind.
“Almond! Switch with me!”
“What?”
“The defense tower is at 1% health!”
“!”
Almond immediately understood what she meant.
Danggeun blocked the other club-wielding soldier, and Almond rushed backward.
“Hey, hey! What about me!? What about me!?”
“You just die here!”
Ratte made an aggrieved expression.
“Gasp… This, this is really!”
Whack!
Thud!
The Spanish side’s numbers soon became four.
“There’s, there’s too many of them!?”
“Damn it….”
Ratte and Danggeun were completely cornered, taking a barrage of club strikes from the Spanish Soldiers.
“Die!!”
The opponent’s club was raised menacingly when it happened.
“Ugh! Save me! Save—”
——Whoosh!
Blood erupted from the opponent’s head. An arrow was lodged there.
“?”
The opponent looked up blankly before understanding.
Atop the wooden defense tower, Almond drew his bowstring with an arrow nocked.
Thud.
The arrow-struck Soldier collapsed.
“WAAAAAAAAAA!!!”
A thunderous roar erupted from the Korean cheering section.
It was incomparably louder than the cheers that had erupted during the infiltration.
[Almond has climbed onto the defense tower! Wait, that’s not the normal attack power of a defense tower!?]
[Exactly! Joseon’s ace Archer! Are you seeing this!? Almond!!!]
As if answering them, Almond began firing arrows at the enemy Soldiers.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Arrows fired noticeably faster than a normal defense tower.
“Cra, crazy!?”
“Gack!”
Each arrow that flew struck heads and crowns.
Thunk!
Smack!
The Barbarian Soldiers lacked even basic armor, so they fell easily no matter where they were hit on the head.
“Ugh!”
“Argh!”
“Damn it, just run!”
They turned and tried to flee, but fell nonetheless.
Boom!
An arrow struck the back of his head.
Because of its height, the defense tower’s range was nearly twice as long as a normal bow.
[Did you know!? Joseon’s defense tower arrows also receive the power of the ‘Focus’ faction!]
[Ah! So that’s why they’re flying so far and dying anyway!]
When a Soldier directly climbs onto Joseon’s defense tower, the terrifying aspect is precisely this application of the ‘Focus’ faction.
With this height combined with Focus, the enemy would feel as though the defense tower’s range had doubled.
[I heard aiming from inside the defense tower is extremely difficult!? And the defense tower only regenerates arrows when they’re fired, so the firing speed is limited! But this is too fast!?]
[And they’re all hitting! How is this even happening!?]
Arrows that were fast and hit everything.
There was nothing Age 1 Soldiers could do against this.
It was like bringing a machine gun to the medieval era.
The Soldiers fighting against Ratte and Danggeun all fell in the end.
Thud…!
After the last Soldier collapsed.
The cheers of the audience erupted.
Waaaaaaaa!
[They’ve been completely wiped out!]
[Ahhh! This is absolutely~~~wonderful! Joseon! Sweeping them away with bows from Age 1! This is an enormous advantage!?]
King Gul springs to his feet and shouts.
[We’ve been shooting bows since Ancient Joseon! How does it feel to get hit by bows in Age 1! You barbarians!]
-Sudden acceleration lolololol
-Lmaooooo
-Roflol
-A civilization without bows even in Age 2 lololol
-Right lololol
-Haha

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Cookie’s eyes widened.
‘Huh?’
Originally, the plan was to inflict economic damage on Spain, and based on that foundation, execute the Destroyer strategy prepared for Age 3.
But now that troops had actually infiltrated and he’d built real defense towers, the reality was far different from what he’d anticipated.
‘Wait, this….’
It was hard to believe.
That this angle he was seeing with his own eyes right now was real.
Cookie’s hands trembled slightly.
‘What’s happening?’
Against that Spain, he could now see a path to ending the game in merely Age 1.

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