Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 760

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 230
76. The Sea (1)
After the first match.
The sea map was confirmed.
“Starting from the second match?! This is frustrating….”
Juhyeok’s expression turned crestfallen.
And for good reason.
“The turtle ship hat hasn’t arrived yet!”
The merchandise he’d pre-ordered specifically for this naval battle—the turtle ship hat, the fire-breathing turtle ship cheering stick, and other sea map exclusive goods—hadn’t arrived yet.
The first match had ended too quickly, and with the sea map appearing immediately in the second match, the timing didn’t work out.
Bontovi, who had helped with sales today, sat beside him.
“When will it arrive?”
“Ah… It won’t get here until the third match at the earliest. I wonder if it’ll still sell well by then.”
According to the phone call, it was still in transit.
“But seeing it in person here, it’s definitely different. Augmented reality has come this far.”
Juhyeok gazed down at the arena below and murmured to himself.
The augmented reality hologram graphics made it seem as though seawater was rippling inside the actual stadium, giving him the feeling of witnessing the Imjin War firsthand.
“Bontovi, what do you think about this match?”
Since he knew Civil M far better than Juhyeok did, I asked him for his take on how the match would unfold.
He stopped mid-chew on his almond popcorn and answered hastily.
“Ah… Ah! In my opinion…!”
Bontovi’s eyes darted back and forth.
“The turtle ship… might not even appear!?”
“What?”
“The Joseon team’s strategy itself… doesn’t seem to be about dragging out time.”
….”
Juhyeok’s expression hardened.
That couldn’t happen.
I needed to sell the turtle ships by the third match at least.

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As history itself demonstrates, Joseon ships prioritized long-range cannon fire over pursuit and ramming or close combat.
The panokseon’s structure was also a flat-bottomed vessel, making it difficult to venture into distant waters.
This flat design allowed for smooth 360-degree rotation in place, enabling rapid-fire sequences—firing all cannons on the starboard side, then immediately firing all cannons on the port side.
True to its flat-bottomed nature, the ship’s size was so immense that people described it as a floating fortress on the sea.
This principle applied equally to the Civil Empire.
“That’s why! Joseon actually doesn’t match well with these swift ships!?”
This was why King Gul found the swift ship selection puzzling.
-Real talk
-Did Joseon even have ships like that originally? lol
-Isn’t that just a fishing boat? lol
-What?
Even the players found this choice bewildering.
Some players didn’t even know swift ships existed.
It was a ship selected that rarely.
“Ah, I see. Joseon’s strength is firing cannons from a distance… swift ships. I’m puzzled too.”
Joseon fundamentally preferred fighting at range.
Long-range strikes were the core concept of their civilization.
And this applied not just to Joseon, but to modern South Korea as well.
“We’ve always just loved shooting everything from far away! Boom boom! With cannons! With arrows! That’s just who we are! Even our soccer is all about long shots!”
That damn soccer ㅋㅋㅋ
Haha, that’s a total lie!
One-dealer style soccer lol
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ (lol lol lol lol lol)
“Yes. Even the current Ministry of Defense does the same—they invest quite heavily in firepower! Cannons! That sort of thing, I hear?”
“And North Korea up there keeps shooting things down here whenever it feels like it!? It’s all in our DNA!”
-Even ended up making nuclear weapons…
The nation of one-shots lol
Was it genetic? lol
Meanwhile, swift ships continued being produced.
On top of that, short bow production had also begun.
[Short Bow -39%]
“There. Short bows are being produced. They’re being made so casually. But this isn’t a typical decision either, is it?”
“That’s right. The usual judgment would be to increase workers or fishing ships… and Japan is doing exactly that right now?”
Japan was producing fishing ships and had significantly increased worker numbers.
“On maps blocked off by sea like this, the game duration is expected to be long!”
Typically on island maps, game duration extends, so rather than spending money on weapons, players rapidly increase worker numbers to build up their fleet.
Even if attacked, it takes time to cross the sea, and there’s a clear limit to how many troops can be transported.
“Let me take a moment to explain Japan’s ship characteristics, since Japan actually uses swift ships quite well?”
“Ah, yes. Basically, they charge in fast and leap onto enemy ships for close combat, right? That’s the Japanese way?”
“In Era 2, they operate that way, and from Era 3 onwards, they mix in cannons. But they definitely prefer close combat far more than Joseon does.”
“Yet now Joseon has actually deployed the Swift Ship first?”
“This is… probably a show of intent to apply pressure.”
[Swift Ship – Complete]
One Swift Ship had been completed.
Inside, there were seats for ten people.
“The archers are boarding. Almond, Pangeo, and other Joseon’s frontline archers…!”
As expected, Joseon had chosen this strategy for an early game poke.
“Ah. But this doesn’t feel like Daisunsin Choi’s strategy—it feels more like Cookie’s?”
“Ah? In what way?”
“Daisunsin Choi does like fighting, but he absolutely never engages in battles where he loses money going in.”
“Ah, that’s right! It was the same in the previous match! That’s why Japan got frustrated and surrendered!”
“But this current strategy actually incurs considerable losses in food supply and such! Even if the pressure succeeds to some degree, you’d have to punch a calculator to figure out if it’s profitable or not!”
This was different from the judgment Daisunsin Choi had shown so far.
She had always attempted pokes in Era 2, but she had never accepted this much loss before.
Here, King Gul became confused.
-Is this just the unconditional Era 2 poke formula?
-Oh… how far ahead did Bontovi see this?
-It’s just mindless Era 2 charging, why assign meaning to it?
‘Is there really just a formula that says you always poke in Era 2?’
Whether Daisunsin Choi’s choice in Era 2 had become memorized like a formula for poking.
Or whether she made separate judgments depending on each situation.
There was no way to know.
After all, she had never failed to poke even once.
‘Among people who’ve only played solo rank, there are people like that.’
Especially since Daisunsin Choi had no tournament experience and was someone who dominated in solo rank, this suspicion grew even stronger.
‘Even if you play by memorizing formulas, the enemies you face don’t know you well.’
Due to the nature of ranked play where you face random opponents, there was no way to study the opponent’s strategy and snipe it.
If there’s a strategy that succeeds 7 out of 10 times, a rank player just needs to use that strategy every game.
But tournaments?
‘You’ll get read.’
Even a strategy that succeeds 9 times out of 10, if used more than three times, will definitely be exposed.
“Japan’s movements right now. They seem somewhat focused on defense, don’t they?”
As the Caster said, Japan wasn’t foolish either—they knew Daisunsin Choi wouldn’t pass Era 2 peacefully.
They had made some preparations.
Due to the game’s nature, defense was far easier than offense in the early game.
“Joseon’s Swift Ship has departed!”
The Swift Ship cut through the water and advanced.
Whoooooosh…!
The Swift Ship was fast for its class, but Joseon’s ships themselves didn’t have high speed.
Especially the farther one ventured from the coast.
[Flat-bottomed Ship]
It was because of Joseon’s maritime faction unit called the flat-bottomed ship.
[Turning speed is 2 times faster than other ships, but speed decreases the farther from the coast. Maximum 30% reduction.]
This was precisely why King Gul had stated that Joseon’s early-game poking strategy didn’t make logical sense.
“The swift ships will gradually slow down, right? This gives Japan plenty of time to prepare, doesn’t it? Of course, if they know about it!”
“But what if Japan doesn’t know!? They know fire ships come in the second era! But they’d never expect swift ships… they’d never even consider them!?”
“Ah, is that really different though!?”
“Swift ships are essentially transport vessels! You need to build defensive structures on land! But right now Japan is… just building ships!?”
Japan knew precisely that Joseon would do something in the second era.
They’d never let anything slip through before.
They’d even calculated the exact timing of when Joseon would advance to the second era and were preparing countermeasures at the perfect moment.
The problem was the method of their poking attack.
“The timing is perfect!? But the real issue is that Joseon won’t fight with ships at all!”
hahahaha
I can’t translate “-ㄹㅇ” as it’s not a standard Korean word or phrase. It appears to be internet slang or abbreviated text that doesn’t have a clear meaning in natural English. Could you provide more context?
I can’t translate this as it appears to be random Korean consonants without vowels or context, making it meaningless in Korean.
-They dug themselves into a hole
-Haha this is hilarious
“No, so Japan just assumes and brings out a combat ship! Sekibune appears!?”
Sekibune.
Japan’s early-game warship.
Extremely fast, with a pointed bow that could ram and destroy the sides of other vessels.
Its other means of attack amounted to little more than directly throwing explosive powder bombs stored inside.
“Its ranged attack options are really pathetic! But it’s so incredibly fast that if it rams into a ship and boards it, it’s almost guaranteed to win early on, right? Plus it’s cheaper than Joseon’s fire ships!”
The reason it’s called a warship despite lacking sophisticated attack methods is its tremendous speed and the large ram protruding from its bow.
With enough acceleration, ramming the enemy’s flank would pierce through most vessels.
From there, boarding the enemy ship and engaging in close combat was the sekibune’s tactic.
“So. The sekibune is almost complete now….”
[Sekibune – 88%]
Joseon’s swift ship was already cutting across the middle of the map in its voyage.
“Probably. Japan will think fire ships are coming. And they’ll block it cost-effectively with just one sekibune. That’s their calculation, right? But Joseon!? This route is clearly intentional!? Sneaking in! Landing on the mainland to be absolutely annoying!?”
Moreover, the swift ship was heading toward the edge of the map.
Sacrificing even the opportunity to scout resources from other small islands, the intention was purely infiltration.
With such a route, the chances of being discovered by Japan’s fishing vessels were low.
However, this was merely a matter of probability.
In RTS games, probability always plays tricks.
“But Japan has fishing vessels… wait, is this… a coincidence?”
Or sometimes, the opponent’s insight exceeds all expectations.

* * *
Splash…!
With each wave that crashed down, the swift ship swayed.
Yet somehow, it continued moving forward.
Only, having drifted far from the coastline, it had already slowed considerably.
“Ah. I wish I were fishing instead.”
Pangeo spoke idly from the stern of the vessel.
The ship slowed, and all that was visible was the sea.
Then Almond cried out from the bow.
“I see it!”
Now the island where Japan’s main force was stationed was coming into view.
Though it still appeared no larger than a sizeable rock.
“Good. Looks like we made it without being spotted.”
“Most ships don’t pass through here anyway.”
The other archers came forward and chatted among themselves.
There was nothing else to do on the ship but gossip.
Then Danggeun grew puzzled.
“But… is our ship really this fast?”
To her eyes, the island was growing larger at an alarming rate.
“Huh?”
“No… that thing is getting bigger way too quickly….”
Oh no.
Danggeun bit her lip.
That wasn’t an island.
“It’s a ship.”
A Japanese ship.

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