Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 641

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 111
39. Destroyer (1)
Meanwhile, the commentators were noting that Joseon’s era advancement was falling behind by one step.
“Joseon at Era 3! Right now there’s about a 2-3 minute gap!?”
“Yes. The era gap keeps widening because of the gold mine faction!”
This was due to Espana’s faction.
Espana, by its very nature, could widen the resource gap if left alone, allowing it to enter Era 3 much faster.
“However! If we compare Espana and Joseon’s current combat strength! They’re evenly matched!”
“What!? No, but Espana keeps having more money, so how is that possible!?”
More money means a more favorable war.
It’s true even in reality, but in an RTS game where you only earn money to fight, it’s even more so.
Yet King Gul says they’re evenly matched.
Why?
“Because Joseon squeezes every last drop!”
-Joseon grinds people…
I can’t translate this as it’s not actual Korean text – it appears to be random consonants without vowels, which don’t form meaningful words in Korean.
Does squeezing it make it come out? lol
What the hell, that’s crazy lol
-Graduate school:???
This wasn’t an inaccurate description at all.
“Right now Joseon is squeezing out every penny they have! Investing it all solely into combat! Meanwhile, Espana has spent a lot of money on buildings while occupying the highlands!”
“Ah…! That’s what you mean? I thought you meant Joseon was like some sweatshop….”
Hahahaha
-Where Pangeo worked…?
-ㅋㅋ a sweatshop company ㅋㅋㅋ
“Ah, not a sweatshop… more like North Korea!”
-???
That’s even worse lol
Suddenly North Korea lol
-Nuclear weapons state
-Was North Korea also preparing for a timing rush in the 21st century?
North Korea is still Korea, though…
Koo Jung is creepy.
“Espana does things like farming on flat land~ and prettily builds walls~ but! North Joseon has no interest in such childish games!”
Joseon no longer looked toward the future—it seemed intent on driving everything toward pure combat.
The numerous barracks and siege weapon factories already built proved this.
“Joseon will fight and fight until they die, finishing it all in Era 3! That’s what this is!?”
“Yes!”
Cookie understood Espana’s military situation well enough to judge that this timing was the only chance to catch up.
“Meanwhile, is Espana trying to expand further? Even building castles!? This could actually be a reckless move!?”
-Getting fat again? lol
-Capitalist pig Espana lol
-Balloon Gum-sized belly
Fortifications boast exceptional defensive capabilities, which is why they’re expensive to construct.
No matter how much wealth Espana possessed now, building a fortress would inevitably create a military disparity with Joseon.
“Ah. Of course, if it does get built, it won’t be weak, will it?”
“It will get built. They’ve invested that many workers into it. But that means military growth stops right there!”
“That’s right! There aren’t even twenty armed soldiers, are there?”
-Not even twenty??
-Completely gutted lol
-This deserves severe punishment
-Ah, they recruited a lot of missionaries, I see
Espana had chosen a strategy of maintaining numerous missionaries, which meant their actual combat forces were remarkably sparse.
Despite advancing to the third era so quickly.
“Anyway, Espana is now beginning to harvest highland resources. Clearly a favorable flow in terms of economy… but!”
“But what?”
“Joseon just started producing war materials! They’re about to pour out!”
Joseon’s consumption differed from Espana’s.
Not a single resource wasted on defensive structures—purely spending for combat purposes.
“It’s coming out like crazy!”
“Yes! It’s just pouring out!”
“This is the North Joseon mode right here! Forget food and everything—just pump out weapons!”
-lol North Joseon lol
-Are they insane lol King Gul lol
-“Goguryeo mode”
-After Ancient Joseon comes North Joseon lol
-This is dizzying
Cookie’s timing sense is excellent. King Gul thought so and gradually raised his voice.
“Right now! Cookie is reading the opportunity correctly! At this timing, you need to gather forces and strike! Espana is still building their fortress! They deserve to be punished!”
Siege weapons begin rolling out from Joseon’s siege equipment factory.
Two at a time.
Whoosh!
[Siege Weapon×2]
“Wow, boldly producing two siege weapons right away?”
“They’re making so many of them!? And again!”
[Siege Weapon×4]
Now there are four siege weapons.
“They keep going!? How many are they planning to build!?”
“Well, but Joseon’s siege weapon faction isn’t that strong, right? They’re cheap and fast to produce though.”
Despite having access to Trebuchets and Onagers—Joseon’s strengths in ranged siege weaponry—they’re only producing siege weapons.
“Probably because timing is crucial. They seem to have chosen something cheap and fast!?”
King Gul nodded at those words.
“Right! What, Rolls-Royce!? Bentley!? When would we even build those! We’re just going fast in an Elantra, that’s it!”
-Hahahaha
-The land of Hyundai lol
-Elantra hahahaha
-Is this North or South lol
Following the siege equipment, countless Joseon Soldiers began receiving weapons.
Clang!
Clang!
[Woldao]
[Hwandao]
This was the first time in the national tournament that Joseon had produced so many swords.
And they hadn’t even crafted Gakgungs yet.
“There’s another interesting point. King Gul? The weapons aren’t Gakgungs at all! They’re swords!”
-Huh?
-Clever move lol
-For real??
-So Almond was just sacrificed??
-What’s this?
“It really does seem to be about timing. Plus, it’s mountainous terrain! And right now they’re basically going to destroy the castle, right?”
“That’s right.”
“Archers can’t siege! It’s a ranged weapon penalty.”
“Ah…”
“So it seems like they’re thinking they’ll just go all in and push through! But I think it’s a good strategy!”
About two or three minutes had passed.
The disparity in army size kept widening.
“Joseon Forces are accumulating! Now they have way more than Espana!? Twenty Woldao Soldiers and forty Hwandao Soldiers!”
Boom──!
Meanwhile, Espana’s castle was complete.
“Espana’s castle is now complete!?”
A towering stone structure standing on high ground—no, calling it a building was insufficient.
By medieval standards, a castle was a guardian deity made of stone.
“Espana is ready to defend! And Joseon seems ready to attack!”
Finally, signs of the first large-scale battle were emerging.
Kuguguguung…
Joseon’s forces began to move.
“Espana’s catching on to it, and they’re slowly moving their forces toward the high ground.”
Espana is also making moves.
Click!
Men in heavy armor wielding muskets begin to move.
The missionaries follow behind them as well, ready to provide healing support.
Though the Joseon Forces were significantly outnumbered, the presence of fortifications, walls, and defensive towers meant the battle could still be evenly matched.
“Alright! Joseon advances!”
Eight siege weapons and sixty soldiers from Joseon set out.
“Will they fall from the main line or rise to it! Now these two desperate forces collide!”
Just before the battle begins.
“Huh!?”
The Spanish forces’ view goes dark.
The Observer switched to the Joseon Commander’s perspective.
-Merge
-What’s actually there?
Ugh, this makes me anxious ㅠ
-But what is that? An ambush???
-Wow I really can’t see

* * *
Ian-yong.
His nickname is Maratang.
He was a man who boasted a sturdy and robust build.
Had people from ancient times seen him, they would have called him “general material.” He truly embodied the essence of a Joseon commander.
Though his current occupation was running a maratang restaurant.
In any case, if Pangeo was the leader of the archer unit, then he served a role similar to that of a general as the leader of the sword unit.
Though called a sword unit, he wielded spears without hesitation as well, so it was more accurate to call him a leader of close-combat infantry.
This meant he was someone Cookie placed infinite trust in when it came to melee combat.
And so he questions again.
“Wait, is this really the right order?”
He seemed to have received a strange command from Cookie.
“You’re telling me to board this?”
An order to enter the siege weapon.
“Yes. That’s the directive. It seems to be for concealing our numbers from the enemy.”
Assistant Commander Coffee answers in his place.
‘Just to hide our numbers?’
If it was merely for concealing numbers, any other soldier could board it.
Wouldn’t it only make things harder to respond to if a skilled fighter like Maratang was aboard?
“Why does it have to be me?”
“That is….”
He didn’t hear the answer, but there was no time.
“Ah, forget it. I’ll board!”
“Yes.”
I had to trust the Commander for now in this game.
Right now he was too busy to send detailed orders, but when the critical moment came, he would definitely issue precise instructions.
Maratang squeezed his muscular frame into the siege tower and settled into his seat.
What caught his eye was the interior space, which was far more expansive than a typical siege tower.
‘What? They even upgraded the internal expansion?’
It appeared they had even upgraded it to increase the passenger capacity.
‘Then why are they skipping the Destroy operation?’
The situation was incomprehensible.
I couldn’t shake the feeling that the operation had suddenly changed course.
Now the other soldiers began filing in one by one.
Maratang turned to the sharpest mind among them.
“What’s your take? Neck.”
“I think they’re trying to move us safely up to the castle walls, sir.”
“Hmm….”
That made sense.
To destroy a siege tower, you’d need melee soldiers to set it ablaze or deploy equivalent siege weapons.
From what I could tell, Spain didn’t seem prepared for either option.
They must have assembled a combination of Musket Soldiers and Missionaries.
So if we ride this, even if it’s slow, we can reach the enemy’s castle walls safely.
After that, the soldiers disembark and participate in the siege.
“So we’re supposed to get down and set fire to the buildings, huh.”
“Exactly. That’s why they deployed melee infantry.”
In other words, they were selected here for siege warfare rather than direct combat.
“Ugh. Come on… give us something cool like the Archers get to do.”
“Winning is what matters.”
That’s when it happened.
Ding.
[Commander-in-Chief Message]
An order came down from Cookie.
It was more complex and lengthy than expected.
Maratang’s eyes trembled as he read through it.
“…!”
Something cool… had arrived.

* * *
Rumble, rumble!
The Joseon Forces advance forward.
“Eight Avantes! Charging ahead!”
Eight siege vehicles and the soldiers following behind them march in synchronized steps.
-lmao lol
-Booooaaaa
-Why so slow…
Though they called it charging, it’s genuinely slow.
The same speed as infantry walking.
“K-King Gul! Isn’t this a bit slow?! Shouldn’t we speed it up!? Shouldn’t we be bringing the Avante N!?”
-Nlol lol lol
-Lmao lol
-???: Is that really an Avante, oppa?
-That’s a god-tier car…
The Caster asked whether I should have applied a speed boost.
“This is the N model! North Joseon Avante! The Avante North!”
-Ahh lol lol lol
-No way lol lol lol
-North Joseon Avante lol lol
-Avante North lmao lol lol
-Doratlol lol
-Just a madman…
That’s when King Gul screamed.
“Whoa whoa whoa!?”
“Oh!? Ambush!”
The Spanish Forces, whom I thought would be blocking from atop the walls, suddenly emerge from the forest to the side.
“It’s an ambush!”
Bang!
A gunshot rings out, and one Joseon soldier tumbles backward.
[Gasp!]
[Raise shields!]
Shields emblazoned with goblin patterns stack neatly, forming a wall.
However—
Bang, bang, bang!
Gunshots continue to ring out, and several soldiers in the vanguard fall.
“B-Because this is a surprise attack, we can’t respond immediately right now!?”
“Still, let’s raise the shields first!”
Click.
The musket’s reload time.
Seizing this moment, the Soldiers charge forward.
[Run!]
Thud-thud-thud!
The distance closes in an instant.
Whoosh…
A heavy glaive gleams with lethal brilliance as it sweeps through the air.
Crash!
The Musket Soldier’s heavy armor crumples.
Several Musket Soldiers retreat and pull the trigger again.
Bang!
A Soldier falls.
Some hide behind trees to evade.
[Scatter! Scatter!]
The Joseon Soldiers spread apart as much as possible, dashing swiftly between the trees.
The mountain people faction’s ability activates, making them incredibly fast.
“Ah, not yet! Casualties on both sides are still minimal!? Joseon just weathered the crisis well!”
“Actually, Spain is taking more losses!?”
Crash!
The heavy glaive embeds itself solidly into the Musket Soldiers’ heavy armor.
One by one, skulls begin to cave in.
“Wasn’t Spain just foolish to advance like that? If they’d held the fortress instead….”
It would have been better if they’d defended from the castle walls.
Spain is being pushed back so severely that such thoughts arise.
But then─
“Whoa, whoa, whoa!?”
King Gul’s eyes go wide.
“Ahhh! The, the Missionaries! We can’t forget about the Missionaries!”
“Did they lure them out on purpose!?”
The hidden Missionaries suddenly burst out all at once.
[Wooooooooah!]
The sacred voice of the Lord’s Prayer echoes across the battlefield.
In an instant, roughly thirty percent of all siege weapons and forces begin to fall under conversion spells.
“Woooah! Woah! If they cast that a few more times, they’ll lose everything! They’re being hit with way too many casts right now!!”
The Soldiers desperately sprint outside the spell’s range.
Some survive, but….
“S, sixteen units just got converted! Ahhhhh!!”
Several Soldiers’ banners turned crimson red.
-Yikes
-Catastrophe
-Wow
-Damn it!
However, this was nothing compared to what was about to unfold.
“Wait, wait a moment! The siege tower!?”
“The siege tower is being converted too!?”
The siege tower was still packed with soldiers inside. They had been waiting to disembark at the critical moment.
“The siege tower is too slow!!”
It looked like I was about to lose everything all at once.
[Waaaaaaah!]
A siege tower with that much durability converts after the sacred cry repeats five times.
[Waaaaaaaaaah!]
This was the fourth time.
The siege tower couldn’t escape the range.
“Run! Run! Avante North!!”
“Th-this won’t do!?”
“If we lose all of this, it’s not a siege tower anymore, it’s a frozen tower! Ah…”
The siege tower without speed enhancement was painfully slow.
[Get down!!]
The soldiers finally burst out from inside and retreated.
Bang! Bang!
The Musket Soldiers chase after the fleeing troops and fire.
In the meantime—
[Waaaaaaaaaaaaah!]
The fifth cry echoes out, and the siege tower’s color completely turned red.

* * *
Meanwhile, at Joseon’s main camp.
Almond was finally testing out the Gakgung he had just received.
Twang…
‘It never gets old, no matter how many times I hear it.’
And standing before him was a sturdy horse.
Neeeeeigh!
The beast tosses its mane and stamps about.
Almond chuckles once.
[Prepare for deployment]
With the command, I leap onto the horse in one fluid motion.

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