Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 755

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 225
74. Uwon-ah (2)
King Gul was lamenting Joseon’s disadvantageous formation.
“The formation is far more disadvantageous than expected! All that fierce formation fighting we just witnessed feels almost pointless!”
“From what I can see, that’s exactly right! If they get overwhelmed like this, it’s going to be a disaster!”
“There’s no way out! This is what we always see in Japan’s highlight reels! Japanese soccer killer passes—tap! Tap! Tap-tap-tap! Boom! Goal! That’s exactly what’s happening to them!”
-lol
-ugh
-;;;
-just thinking about it makes me dizzy
He believed Joseon had lost the formation battle against Japan.
“Ahhh! Th-they’re almost within range! Is it because of the trees that they can’t shoot right now!?”
“It seems like the command hasn’t been given! The first shot after gathering three seconds of concentration is too important, so they’re being cautious!”
Moreover, Joseon wasn’t even shooting at the swordsmen who had entered their range.
It was a strange decision.
“And look! The Assistant Commander over there is advancing way too deep!? That position is too good, so we need to stop them!?”
“With all these trees, maybe the Commander can’t see them clearly!?”
“Even if they can’t see the swordsmen, they should definitely see the Assistant Commander!”
“It looks like they’re just allowing them to keep advancing further, wh-what!?”
-what’s going on
-huh
-?
-hm
Whoosh!
The moment Almond’s arrow flew, all the confusion was resolved.
“Almond! The first shot!?”
Boom!
A white light struck directly into the Assistant Commander’s head, glowing brilliantly.
It was a perfect shot, having gathered all three seconds of concentration.
-whoa
-insane
-wow
-sick
-this is it
“Ahhhhh! With the very first shot, he just knocked the Assistant Commander right off the horse!?”
The enemy Assistant Commander fell from his mount.
“Wait, but—!?”
But it didn’t end there.
Thwack!
Arrows struck consecutively into the crowns of heads.
“Waaaaaaaaaaaa!”
The roar of the Korean audience erupted.
“Ju is dead!! The Assistant Commander!! He’s fallen!?”
“He was thrown from his horse, exposing his crown, and with consecutive headshots─”
That was the moment.
[Release Falcon]
──Whiiiiiiiii!
Coffee came rushing from somewhere and released the falcon.
“What!? Using Release Falcon now!?
-?
-What is this?
-??
-Why the vision?
“Why use it now!? He used it during the formation battle earlier… Huh!?”
King Gul’s breath caught.
‘This can’t be.’
Why he was using Release Falcon only now.
Why he hadn’t fired despite several swordsmen being within range.
Why the formation had to be this way.
‘Is that all there is to it?’
All his questions were erased in an instant.

* * *
‘Well, regardless of how things turn out, I have the advantage in formation combat.’
After claiming victory in that fierce formation battle, Ringo was calmly drawing a straight line when his eyes snapped wide open.
His gaze widened in shock.
‘What?’
Not just his eyes, but his mouth hung slack in disbelief.
As if he were truly asking, “What?”
‘This is… possible?’
I couldn’t believe my own eyes.
The Assistant Commander was dead.
Already?
What in the world just happened? Yamato wasn’t the type to fall so easily to arrows.
But that wasn’t all.
‘Are all of those arrows from Joseon?’
Whoooosh!
In an instant, clusters of white light pierced through the forest.
They were arriving with perfect accuracy at the swordsmen’s positions.
‘This… this can’t be real.’
Boom!
The white light flashed brilliantly, exploding from the heads of each target.

* * *
The swordsmen struck by arrows collapsed in unison, tumbling across the ground.
Crash!
King Gul shot to his feet and roared.
“This is the power of Joseon’s Bow! Japanese barbarians!!”
lol
Hahahahaha
Kyah
-This is it
Damn, haha
Why pirates lol
King Gul continued shouting excitedly after this, bellowing something at the top of his lungs.
But his voice was completely drowned out.
A thunderous roar erupted from half of the audience stands.
“Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”
The roar was on an entirely different level from any previous matches.
Everyone dressed in red rose to their feet, waving their arms wildly, and those beating drums struck them with even greater force.
Boom! Boom! Boom-boom-boom!
“South Korea!”
A thunderous cheer erupted from the stadium.
The roar was so intense it pressed down upon the entire arena.
“Wow! At the very first victory! The, the atmosphere right now is absolutely incredible!”
“Yes! And! To explain the situation! All the arrows hit their marks, didn’t they!? And with curve shots, no less!”
All twelve curve shots fired by the Joseon archers found their targets perfectly.
“How is this possible!? Joseon has learned to shoot curve shots!?”
“I have no idea! After facing Persia! Could they have mastered curve shots in that short time!?”
Could they really execute curve shots like this in such a brief span?
It seemed nearly impossible to believe.
Especially since Joseon’s curve shots this time weren’t merely successful hits—they were something far more.
The replay began to play.
“Let’s watch the replay!”
This replay displayed the Commander’s orders as well.
The Observer team had decided it was best to show this to the viewers.
Countless lines were drawn in an instant, and all the targeting information appeared.
-Insane
-What
-??
-Is the Commander some kind of AI?
-Huh?
-Is Choi Sun-sin a Nautilian or something lol
-Wow
King Gul had roughly anticipated this.
The reason he hadn’t fired despite being in range, and the reason he’d fired curve shots after releasing the falcon—it was all for this moment.
“He was planning to shoot curve shots, so he waited a bit longer! And losing the formation battle was also to conserve the falcon… wait!?”
Up to this point, King Gul’s prediction had been correct.
But then—whoosh!
The next scene was completely different from what he expected.
A line was drawn to each player individually.
Each player received a single target, connected by a line. That line contained the angle at which they needed to fire to hit their target.
All of this was accomplished in a single instant.
‘The calculated angle of the curve, the target positions, the optimal target selection from each of the ten archers’ positions….’
This process—so complex that merely listing it out would be intricate—was being executed in what could only be described as a ‘single instant’ without any sense of impossibility.
-Wow
-What
-Is this even possible??
-Insane
-They’re doing this?
King Gul’s eyes grew moist for reasons he couldn’t quite explain, his throat tightening as words failed him, and before he knew it, the replay had ended.
“Now back to the live situation! Let’s see!”
“Ah. We’re getting confirmation of Japan’s casualties now. They’ve halted their advance just moments ago, but….”
The number of swordsmen had visibly dwindled.
“Half of the swordsmen are dead!? Out of 8 of them! Only 4 remain! And two of those are completely exhausted! So! Out of 8 swordsmen, 6 were hit by arrows!”
Japan’s forces consisted of swordsmen, Barbarian Soldiers, and Workers.
Among them: 8 swordsmen, 2 Workers, 16 Barbarian Soldiers, and 1 Assistant Commander.
Of these, 6 swordsmen were struck by arrows, and 1 Assistant Commander.
Out of 12 arrows fired, 7 found their mark on elite soldiers, and the remaining arrows all struck Barbarian Soldiers.
12 casualties out of 27 total troops, with 10 of them killed.
One of them was even the Assistant Commander.
“Just by the numbers alone! Half of their entire force is gone!? And the Assistant Commander died too!?”
“The headshot ratio is just…! Nearly half! Almond was right!”
Hahahahahaha
I can’t translate this as it appears to be gibberish or corrupted text rather than coherent Korean.
I’m actually short, so I keep hitting my head~ hahahaha
Hahaha, that’s hilarious!
Typical headshot ratios don’t even reach 20%.
Even that’s the rate for international competitions, and the overall average was dismal. It was almost meaningless to calculate.
Yet in that single volley, the ratio approached 80%.
“Japan couldn’t respond to the curved shots at all! They exposed their heads too easily!”
Normally against archers, soldiers protect their heads as much as possible. But thinking the angle was wrong, they were caught off guard, resulting in this outcome.
The same applied to the Assistant Commander.
Unaware that Almond was targeting him, he charged in, was knocked from his horse, and exposed the crown of his head twice in succession.
“Japan is panicking! They’re retreating behind the encirclement!?”
Japan hastily withdrew beyond the archers’ range.
Though they maintained their siege formation.
“Ah. Ringo’s decision to pull back one step. It might seem odd, but this could actually be quite a shrewd judgment?”
“Ah. Is that so?”
“He decided there’s no need to rush in and kill the archers first! Rather than his charge being stopped, he’s changed his thinking to contain the enemy!”
Mental victory lol
-I’m isolating half the team
-Can you even do that?
“The Falcon strike is finished now, and Joseon has no vision! So until the Falcon strike becomes available again, he can keep them pinned here! That’s the judgment!?”
“Meanwhile, if he pushes in carelessly, complete annihilation is possible!?”
“Yes!”
“Ah. Now that you mention it, that’s definitely the right call.”
“In fact, right now! Because of Ringo’s judgment, time is being wasted. When the side with the advantage lets time slip away, it’s a disadvantage!”
Joseon waited for the enemies to approach. Taking cover behind rocks and trees, they were prepared to kill them all if they came closer.
But the enemy didn’t come closer. They vanished.
“At this rate! Japan! They’re just whisking the Workers toward the lake!?”
The two Workers dash toward the lake.
Strangely, no Joseon Soldiers blocked their path.
“What!? Really!? The path opened up!?”
“We were so caught up in the formation battle earlier!? The Japanese subtly pushed us toward this direction!”
The reason was simple.
They had pressured the twelve Archers who came to block them with encirclement, subtly herding them sideways.
That’s why the path to the lake opened up.
From Joseon’s perspective, they suddenly found themselves fighting in a strange location.
“Ah. Sharp tactics. I heard he’s a former chess player. He excels at formation battles. He sets up the board well!”
This was something Japan frequently displayed in other matches.
We thought they were losing, but it turned out Japan was winning.
By the time we realized it, they’d already seized our rear, or we found ourselves fighting in some bizarre location.
“Yes. Japan’s objective isn’t just fighting! First, they set up a defense tower near the lake, and as long as they continuously secure marine food supplies!? They never forget that fundamental premise! And they keep realizing it! I’d say their skill is impressive!”
“Now. It seems the Joseon Archers are finally catching on?”
The Joseon Archers stopped taking cover and lifted their heads, peering around cautiously.
The Enemies weren’t approaching, so they were confused.
“Probably. The Commander would have noticed first?”
“Yes. Joseon needs to break through the encirclement, but… it doesn’t look easy!”
The Joseon Archers would have to physically break through the encirclement themselves.
“Don’t we have more numbers? We have twelve Archers! And most of them are just Barbarian Soldiers!?”
Caster thought the encirclement could be broken easily.
But King Gul shook his head.
“If Joseon tries to escape, they’d have to break through one side! Then the enemy will approach from behind and try to sandwich them from both sides! Since they’re Archers, once everyone starts running, we’ll end up at a disadvantage!?”
It was due to unit matchups.
Even if only four swordsmen survived, being attacked from behind causes massive casualties.
There was already endless data proving this.
“This is a scene Japan shows so often when their swordsmen face ranged units, we can’t help but notice it!”
“Ah! And on top of that, Japan! More swordsmen are coming!?”
Since Japan was staking everything on this lake battle, they’d been sending more swordsmen from the start.
“Japan has been continuously reinforcing swordsmen since earlier!? Now there are five! Six!? If we keep fighting here and more reinforcements arrive, it’s really a disaster!? They keep producing them!”
“Meanwhile, Joseon has no additional support!?”
Here, the two sides’ strategies diverge again.
Japan produced more swordsmen to claim the lake, but Joseon didn’t produce more Archers to defend it.
“It looks like a Choi Sun-sin style ‘all-in only you, I won’t bet’ strategy is emerging here!? The stakes are different from the start!”
“Exactly! For things to match up roughly here, the Archers would need to be nearly annihilated!?”
“Or I only need these twelve Archers! What kind of strategy is this!?”
Hahahahaha, for real
-Seems to hate investing a lot
-Maybe they won’t lose even if they lose here
Joseon didn’t spend additional resources and maintained the twelve Archers.
This was similar to the flow shown in the last Persia match.
Despite the back-and-forth exchanges of victories and defeats, when you step back and look at the bigger picture, Joseon is accumulating more wealth—that’s the current flow.
“When you look closely, Joseon is earning more money! When you look closely, Japan is winning in formation! It’s a double-edged sword! Absolutely!”
“So, how will this play out….”
Of course, at this very moment, it was difficult to say who had the correct assessment.
“Huh!?”
Ting.
Before any command could be issued to the Joseon forces.
[Breakthrough]
It was a simple command.
Breakthrough.
“What, what is this!? This?”
There was no elaborate plan or grand strategy at work.
Aside from the twelve archers, there was no other movement from the Joseon side.
[Aamond]
Except for the fact that Almond was charging forward at an unusually rapid pace, it was merely an ordinary breakthrough formation.
“What kind of strategy is this!?”
“This is it!? This is Joseon’s favorite strategy!”
“What, what is that!?”
Certainly, Japan’s swordsmen possessed the terrifying ability to cut down three or four archers in an instant with just one approach.
And yet─
“Our carry Almond!!”
“Yes!?”
“Our carry Almond! That’s the strategy! Just engage in a teamfight and we win! That’s what it means!”
-Lolololol
-Lmaooo
-Is that really it?lol
-Woo-won lol
-Seriously that’s gotta be it
Joseon believed they could pierce through the swordsmen’s encirclement with their archers.
Even in a forest.
Probably because of their faith in the player charging ahead at the front.
-Kyaa
-Gahhhhh
-Fr
-Just sweep them all with twelve!
-Seeing they’re not investing more money, they’re really just breaking through with pure force

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