Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 734

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 204
68. Monster Showdown (1)
‘I hit it.’
Sarang’s rapidly moving hands paused for a moment.
It was an order to aim at maximum range.
And she hit it on the first try.
‘….’
Thump.
Her heart raced sharply.
‘Would I have hit it?’
In terms of long-range aiming ability, Almond perhaps surpassed her.
Complex thoughts brushed through her mind, but she swept them all away.
Either way, things were proceeding according to her plan.
[Attack]
Whip!
The moment she ordered all the archers to shoot at the gold mine, they all acted immediately without a shred of doubt.
Not all of them could hit the workers in the gold mine.
But since Almond had demonstrated it was possible.
No one would question this order itself.
‘Leader first.’
Show the leader executing it first, then have the rest follow suit.
This was the command system she had chosen for this match.
Twaaang!
Tadadang!
Following Almond at the front, countless arrows tore through the sky and flew toward the gold mine.
With such numbers, at least 1 to 20 percent found their mark.
That alone would drive Persia mad.
Joseon would keep shooting arrows anyway, and eventually all those workers would die.
That gold mine had become unusable.
Yet Persia’s main camp still showed no particular movement.
‘As expected.’
Sarang knew Persia would respond this way.
‘They’re coming.’
She issued a standby order to the Inspection Unit on the walls of Persia’s main camp.
[Standby]
They were about to descend below the wall to seize ground control, but upon receiving the order, they hesitated.
Then, she issued a separate order only to Maratang, the leader.

* * *
“Hold position!!”
Maratang, who had been heading toward the stairs, raised his hand and shouted.
Snap!
In an instant, every member of the Inspection Unit came to a complete halt.
‘What’s this?’
Yet even Maratang himself didn’t understand why he needed to stop.
[Reposition to the top of the wall]
Not only had he halted the descending forces, but now he was being ordered to reposition them atop the wall.
‘Wasn’t the goal to seize the main camp?’
From what Maratang understood, the situation was urgent.
「Minimize on-site judgment. This person issues many tactical commands. That’s our analysis.」
Those were the words spoken at the think tank after Choi Sa-rang had left, gathered with the leaders.
‘She said commands would be divided into small, granular pieces.’
With this style, there was no choice but to follow orders immediately as given.
However, the leaders had to demonstrate this behavior first, or the soldiers wouldn’t comply.
“Back to the top of the wall!!”
Ting!
Ping!
Using his authority as a leader, Maratang designated zones and repositioned the soldiers back onto the wall.
Some soldiers tilted their heads in confusion, but they ran while tilting their heads nonetheless.
This was clearly different from the previous two matches.
‘For now, this is good.’
Snap.
He stood at the designated waiting position.
Then, one command reached him—or rather, it was closer to a message.
“….”
After reading that message, Maratang’s expression became resolute.

* * *
Persia’s main base gold mine was ultimately abandoned.
“Persia! Your main base gold mine has stopped!? Now we need to pull out what we’ve been gathering at the multi-base!?”
“Yes! Persia! Right now! We’re gathering elephants at the 6 o’clock position!”
“We’re going for one big strike with this! The troops at the main base!? Just stay alive! That’s what matters now!”
Persia wasn’t without a countermeasure either.
Using resources obtained while both the multi-base and main base were operating simultaneously, they were producing elephants at the 6 o’clock region.
“Wow. Player Elifer. You’re gathering elephants really well! Pulling all the multi-base resources right now! Already three of them!!”
Besides elephants, more troops were now gathering at the 6 o’clock position.
This was because they were handling most of the fallen soldiers’ recruitment there.
In essence, they had abandoned main base troop management.
“But if you do this, the main base is just being used as a shield now!? The 6 o’clock position has basically become the main base!?”
The god of elephants is creepy.
-I didn’t know because I was only watching the main base, but this is insane
-Wow;
-What happens to Elifer if he abandons the main base?
-Is he just going to take those and head to Joseon’s main base??
I can’t translate this as it’s not a complete word or phrase in Korean. The characters “-ㅁㅊ” appear to be fragments or an incomplete input. Could you provide the full context or complete word?
To Joseon, leading with crossbowmen, elephants were certainly a threatening force.
Therefore, the question was where the elephants would head.
They could go to defend their own main base, or they could instead head toward Joseon’s main base.
“Where are they going!?”
“Is Joseon prepared right now!? Joseon doesn’t think they’re coming to their main base at all right now!”
“Joseon is watching though. Through bird scouts! They saw it in advance!?”
“Ah. Joseon’s main base! No special preparations!? They’re confident!? That’s bold!!”
Despite seeing the elephants, Joseon made no special preparations at her main base.
However, she stationed Coffee and several reconnaissance cavalry at the passages between the 6 o’clock and 3 o’clock positions.
As if telling Persia to watch.
She knew exactly.
Who held the initiative.
“Ah. This is it! If you come to our territory, we’re coming in too!? That’s a threat!? Actually, if the elephants head to Joseon’s main base, Joseon would be in trouble!? That’s why this psychological warfare is happening!”
“So where does Elifer go in the end!?”
Pwooooooo─
Once four elephants gathered, Elifer sent them out immediately.
[Moving]
The ping marked the 9 o’clock position.
His own main base.
“Just as expected! Now that Joseon is acting so boldly, as if she could grab the Commander-in-Chief by the collar and drag him out at any moment! His own neck is on the line, so he’s going back to his main base!”
Commander-in-Chief Elifer’s main body is still at Persia’s main base, and that base is now surrounded by archers shooting crossbow bolts at the walls.
For Persia to advance toward Joseon’s main base would require tremendous resolve.
Joseon fell prey to the psychological warfare that Joseon itself had orchestrated.
Now the broadcast camera shifted toward Persia’s main base.
It was clear that the final battle would unfold here.
“Ah. Joseon’s Swordsmen are waiting atop the walls? Shouldn’t they be fighting down below?”
The Caster found it strange that Swordsmen, not Archers, were stationed on the walls waiting.
“I can’t say for certain either. I suppose they’re thinking the enemy will climb up the walls? Right now everyone’s focused on this hill tank strategy!”
-They’ve become a hill tank now lol
-But they’re archers?
-Tank lol
“The challenge for Joseon is that they must face Persia’s elephants at Persia’s main base!?”
In the end, victory was only possible by fighting the elephants and winning. And on the enemy’s home turf at that.
“Is that being too greedy!?”
“It is! However! I believe this was the best option for executing the hill tank strategy! Instead, Joseon is reaping enormous gains with minimal losses. If anything, it’s Persia who should be feeling the pressure! Because Joseon has expanded their multi-tasking in the meantime!!”
After making Persia act hastily, Joseon expanded their operations elsewhere.
The 12 o’clock region.
Since they had already secured all their troops, they had surplus resources to spend here.
-Wow
-This is actually falling apart
-Oh, so they’re watching the 4 o’clock area too?
-The timing is insane
Meanwhile, Persia’s gold and food reserves were rapidly depleting. They were producing elephants.
“Producing elephants is a double-edged sword! Joseon seems to be making that crystal clear right now? It even feels like they’re deliberately goading Persia into making them! With the Crossbow upgrade!”
King Gul couldn’t shake the feeling that Joseon was somehow continuously baiting Persia into producing elephants.
Wasn’t the Crossbow upgrade itself an enormous provocation from the start?
“Now that Joseon has upgraded to Crossbows, they’re actually more vulnerable to elephants! They specialize in ranged combat, but it doesn’t work against elephants! But you’re saying this was intentional!? Is that what you mean!?”
-They probably just wanted to do the hill tank thing
-Like “everything according to plan”? lol
-A fantasy rickshow?
-Aren’t they just excluding elephants??
The factions actually well-suited for countering elephants are ones like “Firepower Expansion” which increases siege weapon range, or the “Tiger-Catching Armored Soldier” faction which allows training of close-combat troops.
However, Joseon had never chosen these tech paths even once this season.
The framework of Joseon that Cookie had reinterpreted was unmistakable.
Hit-and-run tactics centered around Archers.
Combat variability based on mobility.
Whether Daisunsin Choi inherited this directly or not, they rejected all those factions above and chose the Crossbow instead.
“This season’s Joseon isn’t even looking at any options besides bows. Until now it’s been a good choice, but… Ah. The moment I say this. They’ve spotted each other!?”
Buuuuuuuu──
Elephants appeared on the 9 o’clock plains.
There were four in total, with two more following behind. Persia was squeezing out everything they had.
Their resources had hit rock bottom, but they had managed to secure enough troops to remain a credible threat.
“No, Joseon?! What are you doing right now!?”
Joseon confirmed that Persia had reached a point of no return, and swiftly began construction on something.
[Wall – 1%]
“A wall!?”
They had started building an additional wall in front of the ancient fortification that surrounded Persia.
“Ah, no, does this mean King Gul! It becomes a cheese crust!? Another layer of bread!?”
-Whoa
-Cheese crust lol
-Wow two layers lol
-It stopped being pizza ages ago it’s just cheese crust it’s basically pastry
-Lmao
“It’s saying it will stretch as tenaciously as cheese!? Even if the elephants break through one layer, there’s another one behind it!? This is truly relentless! The game!!”
By adding another layer of walls, Joseon’s advantage wasn’t merely making it harder for the elephants to advance.
“If this happens! The Persian soldiers inside the main base can’t get out either!?”
It also had the effect of putting greater pressure on the main base.
After all, two walls now existed between the main base and the reinforcements.
“Yes! Usually people throw away the bread, but they rarely throw away the cheese crust!”
-???
-Random nonsense lol
-Lmao
The speed of the approaching Persian army increased.
“Persia! Upon seeing the wall construction! Hastily sends the elephants charging forward. But Joseon! Fast construction speed is their specialty!?”
Walls were already structures built in an instant, but with multiple Joseon workers with fast construction speed swarming the site, it was truly in the blink of an eye.
Boom. Boom. Boom.
[Wall – Complete]
[Wall – Complete]
[Wall – Complete]
.
.
.
“The elephants are charging!!”
Kuguguguguung…!
The elephants began accelerating in earnest and charging forward.

* * *
From atop the walls, the sight was nothing short of terrifying.
“Oh, they’re coming!”
The massive elephants charging across the plains had only one target in mind—us.
“They’re coming from behind too!”
And now Persia’s main forces had finally begun their attempt to breach the walls.
Ting!
Orders were issued to the entire unit simultaneously.
[Move]
The Archer units were all positioned to target the interior of the main camp.
Ting!
The Swordsman units were all deployed facing the elephants.
[Move]
Ting!
Next, the stairway entrance was fortified by shield bearer Mok-i, several Spearmen, and Archers positioned behind them.
[Hold]
And the most unusual order came down to the Swordsman unit that would face the elephants.
[Descend and prepare to attack]
“….”
It was an order that fell to Maratang.
‘The same command as in the second match….’
Back then, following this order, the walls had collapsed and we were completely annihilated. We were wiped out so pathetically because the timing was off.
But this time, the order arrived far earlier.
“Huff.”
Maratang exhaled roughly, then hoisted Waldo up with a flourish.
“Prepare to descend!!”
Before the soldiers could even react—
“They’re ramming it!”
Whoooooosh!
——Crash!
The elephant’s tusks slammed against the wall.
Several elephants pressed tightly against the wall, beginning to push.
“Wha—what!?”
The wall rippled like water, and soldiers lost their footing, staggering.
Maratang charged forward instead, shouting.
[Descend]
The order had been given.
“Descend now!!”
Few soldiers were in a position to immediately execute his command.
It didn’t matter.
“Haaaaaaagh!”
Whoosh!
After slinging Waldo across his back, he burst into a sprint.
[Jump down from the wall and strike first. Make it visible to the soldiers.]
From the unusually lengthy command, Maratang understood what he needed to do.
He had to be the first to leap.
Thud—
Without slowing his pace even as the wall’s edge approached, he launched himself into the air.
“!”
Every member of the Inspection Unit’s eyes widened as they watched him.
“Haaaaaaagh!!”
He cried out once more, hoisting Waldo high above his head.
Moments later, the halberd came crashing down, cleaving the body of the archer mounted upon the elephant in two.
Boom!
It was the instant Maratang touched ground.
“Waaaaaaaaaaaaagh!”
Splash…!
The spray of crimson blood became the signal.
The command reached every member of the Inspection Unit.
[Descend]
Ping! Ping! Ping…!
At that same moment, each soldier’s designated landing position was determined, and they all charged forward without hesitation.
Whoosh.
Wielding Waldo aloft, they threw their entire bodies from their assigned positions.
Thud—
“Haaaaaaagh!!!”
Countless soldiers rained down from the wall like a downpour.
Onto the elephants below.

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