Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 764

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 234
77. The Leader (2)
The Joseon Archers began running without hesitation, following Almond’s command.
Suddenly, a sound reached their ears.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The sound of footsteps running around the forest.
These were the audible footsteps of Swordsmen who would normally hold their breath and wait their turn, now moving urgently and echoing through the air.
“!”
Pangeo, whose senses were particularly sharp, noticed it first.
“Right side!”
Twang!
He stopped abruptly and fired an arrow.
Clang!
Sparks erupted as a Swordsman appeared.
He blocked Pangeo’s arrow.
However—
Boom boom boom!
The other Archers had already spotted him thanks to Pangeo, so the arrows that flew were not just one.
The Swordsman became a porcupine in an instant and collapsed.
After that, Japan’s side went all-in.
“Waaaaaaaah!”
What appeared to be nearly their entire force rushed forward.
“Damn it!”
“There are so many!?”
It was an impossible number to face.
And for good reason—in the time it took Joseon to send ten people by boat, Japan could slowly produce twenty Swordsmen one by one.
Naturally, they were at a devastating numerical disadvantage.
Then Almond shouted.
“Break through one point!!”
“!?”
“This way!!”
He gestured and ran in one direction.
The Archers recognized it as their Commander’s order and began running without question.
“Ugh!”
“Argh!”
Slash!
A few Archers who were caught tumbled to the ground under the blades, but there was no helping it.
“We can break through!”
Almond declared they could break through and charged toward a specific point.
The Archers had no choice but to follow him.
When detailed orders come down from the Leader.
They think he knows something.
A swordsman rushes toward Almond.
Clang!
Almond blocks with his bowstave, then immediately grabs the bowstring and releases it.
Twang!
The arrow pierces straight through his jaw.
“Ugh!”
He collapses onto Almond’s shoulder, now a corpse.
“!?”
The swordsmen’s eyes widen in shock.
An archer, yet he dispatches a swordsman so effortlessly in close combat.
“I’ll take him!”
Another brave swordsman lunges at him with his blade, but.
Almond kicks the corpse from before while blocking the sword.
Slash!
The corpse is cleaved again and falls, and beyond it, Almond has his bow drawn and aimed.
Twang!
Two arrows embed themselves in his forehead in an instant, and the swordsman becomes another corpse.
“Waaaaaaaa!”
Cheers erupt from both the audience and the archers’ camp.
An archer dispatching two swordsmen instantly in close combat was an incredible morale boost.
“It works!”
“Almond was right! If you try, you can do it!”
So this was the close-range archery Almond had spoken of.
The archers understood.
There was no rule saying bows could only be fired from a distance.
A bow was just as threatening a weapon in close quarters as any blade.
However—
“Ack!?”
—Slash!
An archer attempting close-range archery like Almond collapses to the ground.
“A… a lie…”
His dying words unfortunately fail to reach the other archers’ ears.
“Waaaaa! Kill them!”
Rumble!
They were too focused on charging forward, and his feeble voice was quickly drowned out by the enemy’s roars and footsteps.
“Waaaa! Let’s go!”
“We can do this!”
The Joseon Archers continued charging forward, declaring they could do it, engaging the swordsmen in a full-scale clash.
In truth, this was a decision that would have horrified Daisunsin Choi had she witnessed it.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Yet there at the vanguard, I wove together mystical bowshots and kicks, cutting through the swordsmen as I pressed forward.
“What the—!?”
“Damn it…?”
“Why are they charging!?”
For the swordsmen rushing forward, it was utterly bewildering.

* * *
The commentators’ eyes widened at this sight.
“No way, Joseon!!! You’re just breaking through!? Again!?”
The archers, whom we expected to advance while dealing with enemies one by one, suddenly began charging forward in a rush.
“Players who only know how to go forward! They’re like a bulldozer!?”
lol
-If this is the plan, they should’ve brought swords lolol
-That’s crazy
“Is this Daisunsin Choi!? This judgment is beyond the realm of normalcy!?”
King Gul never even considered that this might be Almond’s independent decision.
-For real lol
-Will this even work?
-They’re all dying???
“The casualties are too severe!? We only arrived with ten people…!”
An operation that incurred such massive losses was too great a decision for the leader to make alone.
Moreover, the movement came as an immediate reaction without even time to deliberate.
There must have been a commander’s order.
That’s what I thought.
That was the logical conclusion.
“No, the rear is getting completely wiped out!?”
In an instant, only five of the ten remained.
“But Almond! Almond keeps pushing forward!?”
“No, this is actually working! It seems like only Almond can do it!?”
Behind me, Spam, Ratte, and Danggeun barely managed to keep pace.
“Ah! Ratte down!”
Ratte fell, and Pangeo too eventually fell behind, slaughtered mercilessly.
“But we’re still moving forward!?”
Through it all, I continued charging ahead at the vanguard.
“And we’ve killed plenty of swordsmen too!! This must be the right call!?”
“Perhaps the intention is to confirm the enemy’s main position no matter what!?”
Whoosh!
“Almond! Close range with the bow! Shoot and kill again! Push forward! Use the corpses as shields! Back to the bow!”
Thud!
Another swordsman collapsed spread-eagle, two arrows embedded in his forehead.
Corpses of swordsmen lay scattered along the path I had carved.
“A red carpet has been laid behind Almond, hasn’t it!? Bright crimson!!”
Hahahahaha
-Seriously, he’s an actor
That guy’s crazy, his combat power is insane.
-Almond’s clenching his teeth~
“Player Almond! You were already incredible normally! But right now your focus!! I can literally feel the killing intent in your eyes!?”
That was true. As the battle continued, my eyes were changing by the moment.
Whoosh!
Dodging the blade, I fire an arrow behind it, and simultaneously block the next sword strike with my bow while releasing another arrow.
All these movements repeat in rapid succession.
Without blinking once, I execute perfect judgment like a machine, repeating its flawless implementation.
“If Almond manages to escape from here! If even one person gets out! Then reconnaissance becomes possible!?”
That was right.
Even though many archers had fallen, that might have been a predetermined fate from the moment we entered this mountain.
If even Almond escapes like this, reconnaissance could become possible.
Then─
“Ah! This won’t do! I’m stepping in! Honda is charging!”
Honda, who hadn’t been heading toward Almond’s direction.
He runs hard, targeting me.
“Ace versus Ace!?”

* * *
‘Just a bit more.’
Splorch!
Another swordsman’s head exploded in a spray of white.
I leaped over his corpse and charged forward.
‘I think I’m starting to see something.’
Another swordsman cut into my path.
He swung his blade at me.
I blocked it with my bowstring.
Clang!
In that same instant, my bowstring trembled.
The arrow had already been released.
Splurt!
Two arrows embedded themselves beneath his chin, and the swordsman collapsed.
I leaped over his corpse again.
‘I need to see something—anything.’
My eyes swept across my surroundings.
Then—
“Ahhhhh!”
“?”
I heard Spam’s scream from behind.
When I turned, Spam was tumbling down the slope.
In truth, it was no longer Spam—just a corpse.
“!”
That’s when I realized it.
Only Danggeun and I remained.
Just the two of us.
“Ha… ha… Is this really the Commander’s order?”
Danggeun’s stamina was already severely depleted.
Blood was smeared across her body in patches.
“No.”
“Ha. I figured as much.”
Danggeun let out a bitter laugh and glanced at the swordsman charging toward her.
“I’ll take at least one with me.”
She threw herself at the swordsman, firing arrows in rapid succession.
Splurt!
Several swordsmen surged toward her.
I was alone now.
‘Huh?’
Then something flashed across my vision.
Whoosh—
My eyes dilated more than threefold in that instant, and I caught it.
The blade’s tip.
Everything flowed in slow motion.
I couldn’t help but wonder.
‘How did I miss it?’
My pupils strained downward.
Then I saw it.
The sword’s trajectory thrusting upward from the blind spot, its wielder crouching low.
The one holding the blade was the Enemy’s Ace. Honda.
「This person’s movements. You need to be careful. Every time Japan pushed their formation forward, this person always played a crucial role.」
I recalled Chiseung’s warning.
Since we had plenty of time to prepare for the Japan match, I had reviewed their games repeatedly.
I pressed down with all my strength on the brakes with my feet while moving my bow.
Contrary to my intention, my body stopped far too slowly, and my bow aimed at the blade as if across an eternity.
‘Just a bit more….’
Finally, the tip of my bow made contact with the blade.
But—
“!”
Shing!
The sword slashed across my left cheek.
This would surely be counted as a cut.
[Health 32%]
“Hah!”
As I exhaled once, my pupils returned to normal.
Only then did the world resume its ordinary pace.
Crash!
Honda and I crossed paths and tumbled, our positions reversed.
‘Ah. My feet got tangled.’
Probably I fell while desperately trying to evade.
Honda had forced a thrust into the blind spot, got countered, then desperately twisted his path, which caused the tangle.
‘Should I just flee now.’
I surveyed my surroundings.
There were surprisingly few swordsmen.
Perhaps only Honda.
If so, shaking him off wouldn’t be difficult.
With the Mountain Folk faction, I could move just as fast as a swordsman.
‘Now….’
Besides, I had to manage my stamina.
I had one more match to fight.
Without realizing it, I shifted my gaze to my own right arm.
It was still intact.
But something felt wrong.
If I compared it to a CPU, I had just activated abilities beyond my allocated capacity during that breakthrough.
Yet even so, I could feel the game was far from over.
What I could gain from this breakthrough was at best locating the enemy’s main base, or if I was lucky, taking out a few workers.
This wouldn’t end the game.
I had to choose maximum efficiency with my body from here on. I needed to conserve my energy.
However—
“Waaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
The roar reached my ears.
“Dae—Korea!”
The audience’s cheers.
Excited drum beats.
Boom! Boom-boom! Boom! Boom-boom!!
An atmosphere that seemed to expect something, setting hearts ablaze.
Honda slowly rose to his feet ahead of me.
He didn’t rush at me from the corner like before.
He moved his feet carefully, adjusting his sword stance with deliberate precision, as if suggesting we have a proper match.
Only then did I remember again.
I wasn’t simply running for a game victory.
I wasn’t simply a streamer either.
‘That’s right.’
I immediately rose to my feet.
Creak—
My bowstring drew taut.
“Huu.”
I took a slow, deep breath and reminded myself.
I was a national representative.
In that capacity, I didn’t want to avoid the match my opponent was walking toward.
Not because of stamina issues, not because archers were at a disadvantage, not because avoiding would be advantageous.
For no excuse whatsoever, I didn’t want to avoid it.
The Taegeuk mark was emblazoned on my back.
I was the leader of the Joseon Archer unit.
Whoosh.
Fire ignited in my eyes.
‘Let’s see.’
Twang!
An arrow shot toward Honda.
In that instant, Honda also kicked off the ground and charged forward.
“Waaaaaahhhhh!”
The roars of both sides’ audiences reached their peak.

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