Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 762

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 232
76. The Sea (3)
‘What is this?’
Ringo’s eyes widened.
Had Joseon just evaded the ramming attempt twice?
No matter how easy maneuvering was, could they really dodge so skillfully without taking any damage?
‘Again…!’
Roooaaarrr!
The Sekibune cut through the water again, pursuing the Swift Ship.
No, “pursuing” wasn’t even the right word.
The Swift Ship had already lost all will to flee.
They were waiting for him.
‘Waiting?!’
Ringo’s eyes nearly rolled back from the shocking deception.
Normally, once the enemy saw through the strategy completely, they should turn tail and run.
Instead, the enemy was waiting to attack—it was infuriating.
Even if they’d dodged twice, Japan’s position was still far more advantageous.
Roooaaarrr!
The Sekibune thrust its ram forward at the Swift Ship once more.
But—
Whoosh!
The opponent evaded again, as smoothly as flipping a palm.
Thwack thwack thwack!
And a volley of arrows came with it.
“Again! They dodged again!? What is this!? Daisunsin Choi! Are you training Ringo like some beast!? Is this the difference in skill!?”
However, Ringo made a different judgment this time.
This time, someone leaped out from inside the Sekibune.
“Huh!? I won’t fall for the same trick twice! Besides, we can throw bombs, right!?”
[Throw]
As they passed the Swift Ship, one of the crew members hurled a bomb from within.
They rarely used them due to limited supply, but Ringo judged that prolonging this further wasn’t worth it.
Whoosh!
The bomb flew directly toward the Swift Ship.
Ringo traced its trajectory and, thinking this would finally be the end, adjusted the Sekibune’s course once more.
Once the bomb detonated, the ship wouldn’t function properly, and then he could land a proper ramming blow.
But—
Boom!
The bomb exploded.
In midair.
“!?”
Through the dispersing gunpowder smoke, a man appears.
It’s Almond.
And in his field of vision, a single command flashes.
[Intercept]
At this, not just Ringo but King Gul’s eyes widened in shock.
“Almond! He’s intercepting the bombs!!”
-Wow
-Insane
-Crazy
-That’s nuts for real
-Damn
-That cooldown limit is seriously brutal lol
-Wow lol
“I-if he pulls this off, he’ll actually do it!? Is this really possible!?”
Until this moment, King Gul had actually thought the Swift Ship would be fortunate just to stall for time.
They’d been strategically overwhelmed from the start. Ringo was completely beneath Daisunsin Choi’s level from the opening position.
The problem was that the opponent’s control ability wasn’t just above his head—it was in the clouds.
“Ahhh! The Sekibune is charging again!? This is unfair! Ah, this is so frustrating!!”
-Lololol
-He’s the one charging? lol
-Gotta be frustrated lol
Whoooosh!
The Sekibune attempts a ramming charge once more in a fury.
Of course (?) it fails again.
Whoosh!
Swaying like a tail wagging gently, it simply evades.
If targeting the head, dodge the head. If targeting the tail, dodge the tail.
Even when trying to aim for the center, it’s constantly moving back and forth, making it difficult.
The moment it deviates even slightly from center, it twists sharply.
Then the ram merely grazes the ship’s side and passes by without a proper collision.
Every time this happens, arrows continue to strike.
Thud thud thud!
Despite the Swift Ship being at a significant disadvantage, it was the Sekibune that was taking all the hits.
“This is the difference in commanders! This is the difference in control! With control this incredible, the fact that he hasn’t used siege weapons until now gives me chills!!”
“No! Control difference? What, is it as different as between a master trainer and a Shiba Inu!? If I were Ringo, I’d have quit by now!!”
-Lmao
-Master trainer Choi lol
-Haha lol
-So basically… a dog?
-Shiba Inu lol
“No, seriously, I think we should just give up!? Wouldn’t it be better to head straight for the Joseon main fleet with this ship!?”
If the Sekibune had headed for the Joseon main fleet as Caster suggested, it could have at least properly intercepted the fishing vessels.
Even if archers disembarked from the Swift Ship, Joseon could block them on land, and the Sekibune should have used its mobility to dominate the waters.
However, not all warfare operated on logic and reason.
Even if it was a game, that held true.
This had become a battle of pride.
“Again…! Ramming again!?”
Kwaaaaaaa!
The Sekibune wheeled around and charged at the Swift Ship once more.
“Argh! I can’t take it! I’m a mad dog! I’m going to bite! I’m going to attack ahhhhh!”
hahahahahaha
Hahaha, that’s hilarious!
Haha, Shiba crazy dog lol
Shibaseki Bune lol
Damn, haha
Joseon evaded the attack again.
“So!? Joseon’s training kicks in!?”
Pubububung!
Joseon returned a barrage of arrows.
“The mad dog calms down again… Ahhhhh! Actually I bite! I bite! I’m biting ahhhhh!?”
Kwaaaaaaa!
Japan came charging back to ram again.
“Training again!?”
Joseon evaded once more, unleashing another volley of arrows.
The exchange continued endlessly—so many attempts and counterattacks that one lost count.
Pububung!
Throughout it all, arrows continued to find their marks.
“No!? Ringo, you should give up and just turn back now!?”
“You’re thinking ‘maybe, maybe’!? Are you trying to sink the ship with arrows!? No matter what! This is a ship!?”
“But it really looks like it could happen!? Am I seeing this correctly right now!?”
The Sekibune’s hull integrity was dropping significantly.
Moreover, the archers’ focus was no less than their commander’s.
Even inside the ship spinning wildly, they continued to hit their targets without fail.
“Again! All hits again!!”
Pubububung!
“Another hit!?”
Pububung!
“Our players are hitting everything so naturally that I haven’t mentioned it, but this is like shooting arrows at a disco ball and hitting it!?”
“What!? That’s the level!? That doesn’t make sense!?”
“And they keep doing the impossible! Joseon!!!”
-Disco Pang Pang is overkill lol
-Haha
-Wow lol
-We’re actually gonna catch it??
The Sekibune’s stamina was completely depleted by now.
The Soldiers inside had long since fallen to the arrow barrage, leaving no one to throw the remaining bombs.
And then─
“No, they’re charging again!? This thing is really falling apart─”
The final ten arrows pierced through.
──BOOOOM!
“?!”
The Sekibune slowly sank.
Everyone watched the scene with eyes full of disbelief.
“Waaaaaaaaaaaaa!!”
Only when a thunderous roar erupted from the Korean spectator section did reality sink in.
-Wow
-Holy crap
-Did she really do it?
-Insane
-Ringo’s gonna have PTSD from this for life
-Lololol
-Hahaha lol
“Aaaaaahhhhh!”
Bang!
King Gul shot up and roared at the top of his lungs.
“Arrows! They pierce through ships!!”
-Lololololol
-Ours is the best~
-Hahaha lol
-We’re done for

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This battle became a major trending topic in real-time.
It was rare for Commander versus Commander control skills to clash so directly.
And the result itself was something that made both eyes doubt what they were seeing.
Particularly, this battle became a hot topic in history-related communities.
[Real-time Admiral Yi Sun-sin moving ㄷㄷ]
Posts with titles like this garnered tremendous support.
Haha, damn it.
-Wow
-Insane
Where did all those guys who were laying flat go?ㅋㅋ
-Is this that thing called Civil M that’s popular these days or whatever?
lol that’s so funny
└It’s Civil M, sir…
-FYI) This is the scene where a transport ship catches a battleship
lol so true
└Insane
Getting a career through dropshipping lol
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ (lol/haha)
-They even self-destruct with ships
hahahaha for real
In fact, the reaction from foreign communities was even more intense than Korea’s.
[An impossible battle just now]
[The weakest main-line battle]
[Someone playing for the first time is too good]
And so on.
Even though only two matches had finished, countless posts were uploaded.
-What even is that?
-Isn’t Japan the weird one for losing to that?
-Korean RTS is making a comeback!
└Really plausible
└Agreed
-Info: Even though Japan completely saw through the strategy, the entire battle situation flipped in a pure control fight
-What’s with those Archers constantly landing shots? Insane?
└This is nuts
-Almond’s bomb snipe is the most shocking thing in that mess
There were even foreign military enthusiasts who recognized the ID of Daisunsin Choi.
[Let’s learn about the nickname “Yi Sun-sin of Joseon”]
He enthusiastically listed the achievements General Yi Sun-sin had established in naval warfare, and this received considerable attention.
-Wait, I’ve heard of Yi Sun-sin vaguely, but he fought against Japan?
-That’s the person who placed 2nd in some voting poll, Yi Sun-sin
-Of all nicknames to choose? XD
-Now I understand why their entire support squad is going crazy.
Well, it was Japan again that gave Yi Sun-sin the Achievement in the first place.
From their perspective, they’re only now truly grasping the weight of this game.
-What does it feel like to carry against Japan with that name?
-Wow, the control lives up to the name
-Japan made some stupid plays, but this is incredible
It was true.
Everyone’s reaction could be summed up in a single word.
Astonishment.
However, there was only one place on Earth that felt something different.
Despair.
“…Me, me!?”
“Sekibune is sinking!”
“No way….”
It was Japan’s support squad, who had been cheering enthusiastically, believing they’d achieved a strategic victory.
And there was someone who felt even greater despair than them.
‘….’
That was none other than Ringo himself, the one directly involved.
‘What did I just do.’
He barely managed to suppress the urge to surrender immediately, forced to continue the game with his spirit half-departed from his body.
A succession of absurd movements—he couldn’t believe he was missing these—and as if possessed, he continued meaningless fights.
Like all super plays, the opponent’s mistakes always come along with them.
In this play, there was also Ringo’s fault.
Yes, the enemy’s dazzling control?
He could have been caught by it a few times.
But at the very least, he could have prevented the Sekibune from sinking.
How many opportunities were there before the Sekibune sank?
‘I couldn’t distinguish the opportunity cost… damn it.’
He had kept throwing himself forward to recover the cost he’d already sunk.
The more time he wasted, the more he had to unconditionally create gains.
Like a swamp that pulled him deeper with every movement, he kept charging forward.
The result, as it was already clear, was the worst possible outcome.
Crack….
This thought wouldn’t leave his mind.
Japan’s commentators seemed to have noticed this as well, and were addressing it.
“Ringo, you need to let this go. Everyone makes mistakes, after all?”
“That’s right. If you keep dwelling on this, you’ll lose this match too.”
“Strategically, you’re still clearly maintaining the advantage. Above all, it’s a sea map! The island nation faction….”
He bit his lip, desperately clinging to consciousness as he continued the game.
Losing a single ship was nothing.
Japan’s advantage on this map remained unchanged.
If he made no mistakes from here on, the advantage would naturally return to him.
‘I need to prepare.’
That Swift Ship would arrive soon.
Then those ten Archers would disembark onto land.
‘At least I know the route they’re coming from.’
Though he’d lost a Sekibune in that accident, he’d discovered the route the Enemy would use for their ambush.
‘This is where the reversal begins again.’
Ringo felt there was something he could do from this point.
At the very least, he had to cleanly block this ambush.
Boom! Boom!
“Reverse! Turn!”
The cheers of Japan’s supporters hoping for a reversal gradually filled the stadium.
Boom! Boom!
“Reverse! Turn!”
Whoooosh!
Just then, Joseon’s Swift Ship finally came into view on Japan’s coast.

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