Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 722

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 192
63. Mongolia’s Grasslands (3)
The situation was starkly different from the first match.
“All of Persia’s Archers have just retreated into the defensive tower!?”
“Ah, turtling! Turtling…!”
-That’s some serious defense
-They’re not falling for it twice
-Those Three Archers are shooting like crazy to avoid getting sniped
While not quite at Joseon’s level, Persia still possessed a considerable number of Archers.
By investing in defensive towers and other structures, they had significantly bolstered their main base’s defenses.
There was almost nothing my Archers could do once they retreated inside.
“Almond! Almond! Are you sniping the Archers from inside the defensive tower!?”
That said, Joseon wasn’t without its victories in this exchange.
But I couldn’t keep sniping the Archers atop the defensive tower indefinitely.
Since my opponent was Persia, masters of defense, my tower-sniping tactics wouldn’t work from here on out.
“Ah, the Persian defensive tower—they’re shooting arrows through the gaps in the wooden planks, aren’t they? Persian bows are rather compact, so this is possible.”
“Yes. More importantly, they don’t even need to draw the arrows fully, so even if their shooting stance is awkward, it’s far more convenient!”
Leveraging the advantage of easier shooting, they could continue firing from within the tower from positions where they’d never be hit.
Though the awkward stance meant their accuracy wasn’t at its peak, arrows fired from a defensive tower were still sufficiently threatening.
Thwack!
Thud!
Archers who carelessly ventured within range fell easily.
“Ratte is out! Ah…! The Joseon Frontline Archers are falling one by one!”
“We need reinforcements!!”
“The Barbarian Soldiers are rushing in, but as I mentioned, food is limited in this location!? Reinforcements don’t come easily when they die!”
In the early Archer rush, the most critical resources are wood and food.
This map had sufficient wood, but food was considerably scarce.
“Joseon is finally pulling back the Barbarian Soldiers!”
“Almond! But you’re boldly pushing forward instead!? Are you trying to eliminate the Workers!?”
While Joseon retreated, I alone made a counterintuitive advance.
Since no separate orders had been issued to my Archers yet, it was unclear whether this was a strategy or something else.

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Once I entered the Persian main base, it became pure hell for the Joseon Archers.
“Why are there so many defense towers!?”
“Ugh. They’ve built a whole city simulator here. We can’t even burn this down!”
There was no way to damage the enemy defense towers, and my side continued to be exposed to the towers’ arrow barrages.
“Rush toward the Workers─”
──Thud!
One of the Joseon Archers forcibly pushed toward the Workers and died instantly.
It seemed that quite skilled archers were stationed inside the defense towers along the route toward the Workers.
At least, that’s how I assessed it.
“Let’s just kill whoever’s hiding inside.”
I ultimately judged that weeding out and eliminating those concealed within the defense towers was our best option.
“Hey. How is that even possible!? You haven’t been able to shoot since earlier either. They’re firing from behind wooden barricades!?”
Pangeo complained irritably. I understood his frustration.
We’d only lost more archers from repeated attempts.
‘What do I do then.’
While I was pondering this, Joseon began pushing back the Barbarian Soldier units.
“Ah. This looks like a full retreat. I think we’re losing the game.”
Pangeo, who could quickly read the overall situation, immediately grasped what this retreat meant.
Meanwhile, I could only infer the current situation through Pangeo’s words.
‘We might actually lose this round.’
It wasn’t just that this rush was being blocked—the entire game seemed to be turning against us.
‘Then….’
I felt like this might be my only chance.
I had to deal damage somehow and push through.
I examined the defense towers carefully.
Then─
‘Huh?’
Something caught my eye.
Ting!
[Push in and attack again]
The moment I received the command, I immediately charged forward.
Not because I understood the order, but because I saw someone at the location where that ping appeared.
I was the first to charge.
Thud-thud-thud.
And I drew an arrow and nocked it to the bowstring.
While sprinting at full speed, white light of concentration began to gather.

* * *
The commentators couldn’t help but be startled.
It was Almond who suddenly pulled off something resembling a reverse charge.
“Wh-what!? What’s happening!?”
“A reverse charge? Is this planned!?”
“I-I can’t explain this! Just like he was counting in the previous match!?”
Hahahahaha
-lol why was he counting
-wonder if he told Danggeun about this
The 8 wonders that are incomprehensible ㄷㄷ
A mysterious action.
Even for Almond, it was rare for him to charge forward so recklessly in the opposite direction.
He was the type to leave decisions to the Commander as much as possible, and only made direct judgments about combat situations.
“Unless Almond had enormous confidence, something like this wouldn’t….”
Still, Almond charged off somewhere alone, and I began drawing my bowstring.
Twang.
“Wh-what!?”
The direction I was aiming wasn’t toward where the Workers were. Rather, it was toward the defensive tower.
The soldiers inside the defensive tower must have been prepared.

* * *
As widely known, Civil Empire is a game with far greater recognition overseas.
While it’s starting to receive considerable attention in Korea now, that’s only relatively speaking compared to the past.
It’s still far behind the overseas market, especially North America.
The population difference is severe to begin with, and players’ level of immersion in this historical concept is different.
People who love this game not only participate frequently in ranked matches, but are also knowledgeable about tournaments.
Quite a few people even watch overseas professional leagues, and the nation-versus-nation tournament, one of Civil Empire’s main events, goes without saying.
Therefore, it’s needless to say that Persia’s Three Archers and their archery skills are quite famous to these people as well.
[AAlmond prolly gonna get schooled.]
(Almond’s probably gonna get schooled.)
[Chosun is good enough, but not better than PERSIA]
(Joseon is good enough, but not better than Persia.)
[kebab ninja got some mad skill.]
(That kebab ninja has insane skill.)
Because of this, comments emerged saying Joseon would be at a disadvantage overall.
A major reason for this was ‘archery skill.’
Since Persia’s Three Archers were so well-known, Joseon—whose strength was the bow—seemed to have no advantage.
Therefore, the shock these overseas fans experienced after the first match was indescribable.
-what? (what?)
-1 man literally killed em all? lol (1 man literally swept them all)
-wtf (what the hell)
Almond alone didn’t just hunt down the Three Archers, but eight people including him.
For them, it was as if their entire worldview had been shattered.
The literal emergence of a ‘game changer.’
Of course it was shocking, but for those who loved games, it was a shock they couldn’t help but be thrilled by.
Soon the chat window began to fill with talk about him.
-wow he is in different league (he’s on another level)
This is why Batman said “wanna get nuts? let’s get nuts.” lol
(*nuts: plural of nut, but also means insane)
-who get schooled again? (who said they’d get schooled?)
-welcome to AAgwarts! nuts! (welcome to Nut Academy! you crazy ones.)
-its nuts… it really is (this is insane. it really is.)
After the chat window filled with talk of nuts.
Naturally, countless posts related to this began flooding the communities.
There were certainly posts celebrating the emergence of the rising star Almond, but as is typical of communities, most were cursing out Persia’s Three Archers.
It wasn’t just a loss—they’d lost so miserably that it was unavoidable.
Of course, for those involved, this wasn’t something that could simply be brushed aside as inevitable.
‘Damn it.’
Kenin hadn’t even looked at the reactions, but he could already imagine them well enough.
How viciously they must be getting cursed—the first order the coaches gave was to absolutely not check their phones.
Perhaps it would have been better to look. His imagination only added to it, and the specter of that first match still haunted him.
‘Let’s make up for it this time.’
At least there was still a chance.
Especially now in the second match.
The momentum was flowing in Persia’s favor.
He took his position on the upper seat of the defensive tower and, with his usual skill, prevented the enemies from even getting close.
‘Good. They’re retreating.’
Thanks to that, the enemies couldn’t properly push through and began retreating without dealing proper damage to the workers.
“Excellent!”
Cheers erupted from all around the defensive tower.
Turtling might look easy to watch, but for those defending, it’s suffocating.
Having overcome it, how could they not be thrilled?
He too raised his hand high from the defensive tower where he’d been holding his breath and shooting, pumping up the morale.
“Yeah! Let’s go!”
This time, let’s do it right.
It was a resolve he threw at himself.
“This time is different! Persia─”
──Boom!
Suddenly a white light erupted.
His vision turned to grayscale as if the power had gone out.
It happened far too suddenly.
‘What…?’
No, we were definitely all retreating?
Only after becoming a spirit and looking down did I understand.
An arrow had pierced my skull—I died in a single shot.
The defense tower had advantages for surveying distant areas, but it couldn’t actually see what was nearby.
‘?!’
Kenin could only see who shot him after death.
‘…’
It was Almond.
Almond.
That bastard again.
No, why did he charge back in while our entire team was retreating to shoot me?
I couldn’t comprehend it.
‘Even if you die, I’ll kill you anyway!?’
Kenin’s fury erupted.
But there was nothing I could do.
It was a perfectly clean headshot snipe. The skill required to pull off something like this in a single shot was almost unbelievable.
No matter how much I hated to admit it, there was no way around this.
It was already happening right before my eyes.
‘Still… maybe dying like this is fortunate. We’ve practically won the game anyway.’
Even so, Kenin felt his death just now had some value to it.
Almond had pushed far too deep to catch Kenin.
“Damn it! Kenin’s dead! That bastard! Shoot him!”
“One of them pushed through!”
Countless arrows were fired at Almond.
Pababang!
He would die soon at this rate.
In the end, it amounted to a one-for-one trade.
Even though Kenin died, Almond would die too. This wasn’t a loss.
Besides, the enemies’ rush was completely stopped.
The gold invested early had gone to waste, so Persia would now have a significant advantage.
The game had tilted greatly.
‘Huh?’
But nearly every archer was shooting at him.
Since he’d killed their team’s ace, an enormous amount of focus was naturally drawn to him.
‘Wait… no. No, some of you need to look elsewhere! He’s already dead!’
Far too many archers were focused on Almond.
He’d literally drawn all the aggro.
Yet somehow, he managed to dodge several times skillfully.
Does this even make sense?
‘What!? What is this!? We were winning everything…!’
No, could they have been aiming for this all along?
The Joseon Archers suddenly shifted direction and charged toward the gold mine.
They were already defending mainly around the lumber, so the gold mine became a complete blind spot in an instant.
Yet all the other archers kept their sights locked on Almond….
‘Ah….’
The gold mine workers began to fall.
Kenin’s vision blurred with something dark.
‘Ah….’
It was a hijab.

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