Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 729

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 199
66. Shield-Fast Archer Rush (2)
Cookie did not appear in the third match, where advancement or elimination hung in the balance.
Daisunsin Choi remained as Joseon’s Commander.
Naturally, public opinion was not favorable.
[Breaking News) Admiral Yi Sun-sin Makes a Comeback ㄷㄷ]
-For real no substitution??
-Huh? Guess it wasn’t just an experiment
-What’s Kuboji doing;;>
Only a handful of people knew Cookie’s circumstances. Even the National Team’s Teammates didn’t know exactly what Cookie was going through.
There was no way ordinary Viewers could guess the reason for the substitution.
-For real pushing this through?
-Ugh I’m so anxious
-No matter how well that guy did in the rankings, this is his first tournament and he’s in a tight spot, how is this supposed to work??
└For real…
└I think the same
└The Soldiers need to step up
To their eyes, it merely appeared that Cookie or the think tank was stubbornly pushing their agenda.
But the situation Joseon faced was actually the complete opposite.
They too were reeling from the circumstances thrust upon them.
Especially the words they’d heard in the waiting room.
‘We’re going with that person next year too?’
‘What on earth is happening….’
‘Is Hee-cheol’s health really that bad.’
Cookie couldn’t even make the third match, and who knew what would happen going forward.
And next year, Daisunsin Choi was confirmed as Commander.
An unexpected major shift for the National Team.
The National Team that had only just begun to shine.
‘We can’t end it like this.’
Even if the Commander had changed, they couldn’t retreat here.
If they were the type to back down in the face of such trials, they wouldn’t have made it this far.
‘We have to sync up no matter what.’
‘Let’s go thinking of Cookie.’
‘We have no choice.’
There was now only one path laid before them.
Victory with Daisunsin Choi.
That was it.
They too understood the problems from the previous match well enough.
The confusion that came from not trusting the Commander’s orders one hundred percent. But now they had no luxury to doubt like that.
Whether it turned to mush or remained whole, they would simply follow this Commander’s orders.
Is that why?
[Shield soldiers mixed in too…?]
[W-well, this is good! New meta! Shield-fast archer rush! Chargeeeee!]
A single soldier holding a shield had awkwardly inserted himself into the fast archer rush.
‘A shield…? We never practiced anything like this.’
Pangeo questioned it, but.
He shut his eyes tight.
And simply ignored it.
‘Filter out the small fry, focus only on the big catch. Filter out the small fry, focus only on the big catch….’
Since he wasn’t the leader anyway, he decided to stop thinking on his own.
In truth, this wasn’t the best mindset for a soldier.
‘Field judgment is important too….’
A commander can’t order everything. The true virtue of excellent soldiers is possessing flexibility beyond mere orders.
However, right now the commander’s judgment and the national team’s current assessment were misaligned, unable to understand each other.
At least that’s how it had been for two matches.
‘Still… the commander’s judgment has been right many times.’
Pangeo weighed the rights and wrongs internally.
The commander’s judgment had been correct in most cases.
‘More than anything….’
Pangeo also caught onto something Almond had said.
「It’ll be fine. He’s good at what he does.」
Words spoken as if he knew something.
Though he’d shot back asking what he could possibly know, Pangeo became more convinced after witnessing Almond’s movements in actual combat.
‘The fact that he alone could run without any hesitation….’
At least from Almond’s perspective, Daisunsin Choi was someone special.
That’s what Pangeo decided to believe.
Regardless of reality, his body would only follow if he believed it.
After all, Daisunsin Choi’s orders themselves had been correct most of the time.
‘The problem is time.’
The time given to execute those orders was simply too short.
So unless he stayed tense and ready to execute any command immediately, he couldn’t keep up, and before long another order would already be coming down.
He shouted to those following behind.
“Listen up! This time! Don’t miss the orders! Just move like machines! Set aside field judgment for now!”
“Yes!”
“Hyung, you’re not even the leader~”
At Ratte’s remark, Pangeo simply raised his middle finger backward without bothering to respond.
Soon, one shield soldier and seven archers reached the point where the enemy’s fortress walls came into view.

* * *
Sarang now briefly averted her gaze from the production sector.
‘We’re almost there.’
The single squad she had dispatched for the attack was nearly at its destination.
From this point forward, her victory plan would truly begin.
‘If I gain an advantage here, the command hierarchy is practically secured. But if another mistake like that happens again….’
What if coordination fell apart like in the second match, or if variables in battle exploded as disasters?
‘There would be no turning back.’
Truthfully, losing this battle wouldn’t put the game in an extremely disadvantageous position.
The real problem was morale and command credibility.
If she lost this battle, at least the soldiers participating here would struggle to trust orders going forward.
That’s why Sarang was determined to pour even more heart into this command.
「The time to execute the order is too short. Plus, the reasoning is so different from Cookie’s…. With the current level of trust, an order like this can’t be executed immediately.」
She recalled the analysis from the think tank.
It was correct.
They had been able to follow Cookie’s orders so well because they understood the reasoning behind them.
They weren’t blindly following like moths to a flame.
In this game, not everything could be covered by commander orders, so on-site judgment accounted for at least 70% of decisions.
If they emptied their minds completely, it would actually put them at a disadvantage.
Who would win in a battle between soldiers controlled by a mouse cursor from above and soldiers who devise tactics through their own judgment?
‘Telling them to empty their minds and follow is dangerous… I should use the leaders as the standard.’
So this was the strategy Sarang had devised.
Command the leaders first, then have those leaders execute the orders without hesitation.
Then the rest would follow.
They already trusted their respective leaders.
That’s why Almond became the leader of the first attack.
He followed her orders without even 0.1 seconds of hesitation and executed them perfectly.
There was no one better suited as a demonstration instructor.
‘They’ve arrived.’
The attack force had now reached the ancient fortress walls.
They would either have to pass through the gate or climb the walls.
[Siege Ladder – 1%]
A siege weapon that soldiers could construct immediately starting from the second era.
Construction of the siege ladder began.
While it was being constructed, she briefly checked the production sector, then turned her head as a notification arrived.
[Siege Ladder – Complete]
She selected one soldier specifically.
[Mok-i]
[Designated Vanguard]
He was a shield bearer.
Then the orders continued to pour in.
[Charge the walls]
[Deploy ladders]
The shield bearer immediately grabbed a ladder and rushed to the front.
The remaining archers followed him.
Among them, Sarang picked up Almond.
[Aamond]
At this moment, her message became slightly longer.

* * *
“Ah, Joseon! We’re going in! We’ve set up the ladders!?”
“To, to go this far for a siege strategy!? Isn’t the ladder incredibly dangerous!?”
The Caster shook his head in disbelief at the siege strategy being executed despite the walls standing right there.
“That’s right. When climbing the siege ladder, you’re completely exposed, so it becomes very dangerous, you see?”
When climbing up a siege ladder, the top of your head is completely exposed to the enemy.
If the enemy spots you, death is certain.
“Do you know about Persia? What’s the visibility situation on Persia’s side? It would be important… and it seems like something’s happening?”
The Observer switched the viewpoint to check Persia’s field of vision.
“Ah!”
As expected, Persia already had scouts patrolling on top of the walls.
“They’re about to be spotted.”
It didn’t take even two seconds for the words to come true.
A scout passing nearby sent a signal, and the moment the Commander pinged, the troops moved.
“Persian Archers! Urgently to the top of the walls! Moving!”
“The ladder is set!”
Thud.
The ladder was erected.
The Joseon forces began climbing up it.
On top of the walls, Persian Archers could be seen rushing over.
-Will this even work?
-Looks like it’s getting blocked
-Nah from the start on this map
-If they shoot from above it’s over right?
“For now, Joseon has more numbers!?”
“Yes. Persia didn’t prepare as much as expected! That’s why Elifer’s expression right now! He’s quite shocked!”
Hahaha, he’s playing the game with his face.
Haha, that’s so funny!
-For real he was shocked
-facial expression lol 0o0
I can’t translate this as it’s not a standard language phrase. It appears to be a Korean emoticon/emoji expressing surprise or shock, similar to “o_o” in English.
What the heck lolololol
-I guess they didn’t expect them to come
Naturally, the three Persian Archers arrived far faster than the Joseon forces.
However, their numbers were fewer.
“So there are only three Persian Archers right now?”
The Joseon forces attacking numbered seven, while their defenders were merely three.
“This shows just how much they were trying to get through the Three Archers phase without effort!?”
-Looks like they were just trying to rush straight through
-Did they skip it entirely?
I had some fun with the elephant lol
-If they skipped it, they should be punished~
“At this point, it’s not skipping—it’s cutting the belly open…. They need to be taught a lesson!? But the real question is whether they can actually be stopped!?”
Even with only three Archers, if they seal off the ladder’s arrival point, this rush will be blocked.
“With Almond, even one person standing there could stop twenty on this siege ladder!”
“Yes! And right now there are three! The Three Archers!?”
The three rushing down from the fortress wall are the elite of Persia, known as the Three Archers.
“Ah…. They need to arrive first!”
If those three reach the ladder first, there’s no hope.
“Because climbing this ladder takes a long time!!”
Imagine climbing a ladder the height of a five or six-story building. It would take considerable time.
The biggest problem is that throughout that entire time, the climbers’ heads remain exposed to the enemies.
“Now, the Persian Archers! They’re here!?”
The Persian Archers spotted the Joseon forces’ heads.
Grrrik.
The broadcast screen captured the Archers zooming in close as they drew their bowstrings.
A natural response.
Shooting while they’re climbing the ladder is the most advantageous.
“No! Who shoots someone while they’re transforming!?”
King Gul protests, but his words don’t reach the Persian Archers.
Is that a transformation or something? ㅋㅋㅋ
Hahahahaha
ㅋㅋㅋ (lol/haha)
-???: Time! Tiiiime!

* * *
The Three Archers of Persia.
The moment they spotted the ladder, they licked their lips and immediately let loose their arrows.
‘They’re coming in like this?’
It was nothing but a straightforward volley, without any fancy technique.
Whoooosh──
Well, naturally—the enemy’s crown was right there in a direct line. Who would shoot a curve?
‘Huh?’
──Thunk!
But it was blocked.
Blocked by what, exactly?
Looking down, a shield had appeared where the crown had been.
At the very top of the ladder, an order had been given to Mok-i.
[Block]
Rather than blocking from the start, he had timed it perfectly and blocked with a surprise defense.
Thunk! Thunk!
The arrows that came in succession were all blocked.
‘One shield covers seven positions….’
The ladder’s structure, which I had thought was a weakness, became an advantage once a shield was factored in.
At this, Kenin shouted.
“Curve shots! It’s a shield!”
If they shot with curve shots, the head wouldn’t be hit, but the waist would—they’d need to land nearly four hits.
There was no choice.
They drew their bowstrings.
Creak.
But even that opportunity was not granted to them.
[Now]
With the command “now,” someone’s upper body suddenly burst out from behind the shield.
‘That, that bastard!?’
It was Almond.
With both legs locked onto the ladder, he was drawing his bowstring.
Shooting with his upper body raised like that from a ladder tilted at nearly an eighty-degree angle was an impossible feat.
Moreover, his concentration pact had been fully charged—who knew since when.
The reason such a thing was possible was because of the sacrifice behind him.
[Support the Front]
The order given to Ratte.
“Ugh… Brother… I trust you!”
He was somehow supporting Almond’s weight with his own head.
To his faith, Almond answered like this.
“Chiki-cha.”
The moment I heard those words, Kenin’s vision turned white.
And then, his head literally exploded in a burst of white.
*Splurt!*
“Insane!?”
The other two gasped in horror.
I didn’t stop there.
[Suppress] [Suppress]
Orders had already been issued to the remaining two.
*Twang.*
I nocked and fired in an instant, then immediately loosed another arrow.
*Whoosh!*
Two arrows released with nearly simultaneous speed.
Faster than rapid-fire faction techniques.
And possessed of supernatural accuracy.
*Clang!*
Though the arrows lacked the force of concentrated power, they struck the remaining archers’ arms, causing their aim to go wide.
“Brother! Shoot like I do!”
“Don’t talk nonsense!”
Despite his protest, Pangeo raised his upper body.
Spam supported him from behind.
“Y-yes! I trust you!”
*Gulp.*
Pangeo swallowed hard.
It was too much to ask him to simply trust when the task before him was so demanding.
With my teammates blocking the direct line, he couldn’t fire a straight shot.
[Curve Shot]
A command more difficult than any before it.
A curve shot from this position?
Though worry gripped him, Pangeo had successfully executed this attack once before.
‘It’s the same angle.’
The commander seemed to know exactly which angle I could shoot, and the enemy’s position fell perfectly within my targeting zone.
The problem was my stance.
Firing while suspended in mid-air.
I steadied my breathing, imagining the wall beneath me as solid ground.
‘It’s just like the ground. Treat gravity as a headwind.’
The enemies disappeared below the wall momentarily, scrambling to retrieve their fallen bows.
‘They’re coming back.’
*Twang!*
Two heads emerged.
Which of the two would I target?
In that moment of hesitation, the command crystallized.
Ting.
[Attack]
Right!
Pangeo’s eyes widened as he released his arrow.
His arrow flew in a familiar arc traced by white light.
Skirting past his ally’s back, straight for the enemy’s throat.
“!”
A direct hit.
A white explosion erupted at the throat, and one enemy head vanished from the battlefield.
At the same moment, Almond’s arrow also detonated on the left.
In an instant, both were gone.
‘Wait, they’re gone?’
Every head that had jutted over the rampart had disappeared.
Joseon had just eliminated three enemy aces on the ladder.
Now there were no soldiers left defending the wall.
“Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
An explosive roar erupted from the Korean spectator section.
Simultaneously, Pangeo let out a cry.
“Graaaaaaah! Charge forward!!”

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