Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 782

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 252
83. Waves in Flux (2)
Whoooosh…!
A single Sekibune departs hastily, loaded with troops.
“The fact that they’re sending just one ship means… they’re not trying to win the game with this! They’re just sending a minor probe!?”
“Exactly. They’re also scouting at the same time… and right now, Joseon being scouted isn’t beneficial at all!?”
It wasn’t a particularly threatening attack.
It was the kind of movement where they’d scout and inflict some worker casualties if an opening appeared.
However, this early second-age poke from Japan was the first time in this entire series, so Joseon wasn’t properly prepared.
Moreover, Joseon is currently in a situation where they cannot afford to be scouted.
“Joseon went to the second age first! And a Fire Ship just came out! Ringo will see it and think something’s strange!?”
“Ringo can’t possibly miss that resources are severely lacking from the secret multi-tasking! He’ll immediately sense something’s off!?”
A situation of hidden multi-base expansion.
There was nothing good about exposing anything to the opponent.
Even the slightest discrepancy would be caught by top-tier commanders.
Ringo would definitely notice the shortage in fishing ships and warships.
“In RTS, this is called a ‘double,’ you see? You build two town halls—the main building where workers come from—from the start.”
“Ah, yes. Joseon’s current play is essentially a near-naked double, meaning going straight to a double with almost no combat troops, right?”
Starting with two main buildings is Joseon’s current strategy.
Once these two main buildings start functioning properly, they have considerable explosive power.
However—
“The biggest weakness right now is the opponent noticing! Before the multi is even finished! The opponent figures it out!”
Joseon’s multi wasn’t functioning properly yet; it was still incomplete.
[Town Hall – 87%]
The new town hall beside the island’s gold mine was nearly taking shape, but it wasn’t finished.
“Since town halls are expensive, they absolutely can’t help but notice the difference in ship count… and now the Sekibune has crossed nearly halfway across the sea.”
Japan’s ships are tightening the noose.
“Joseon’s fishing ships are visible, but they’re just ignoring them and passing through?”
The Sekibune didn’t bother attacking the fishing ships and sailed straight ahead.
It was clearly heading for Joseon’s main island.
“They’re targeting workers at the main base rather than fishing ships. While scouting at the same time!? What’s the real objective!?”
“This… Ringo must have noticed something, right? It would definitely seem strange to Ringo! Those guys who always came in the first and second ages aren’t coming!”
hahahaha for real
Yeah, you got me there lol
-Seriously lol
-Must be a headache
Then, a ping appears from Joseon’s side.
Ting.
[Enemy]
Choi Sun-sin doesn’t miss the Japanese ship caught at the edge of the fishing ship’s vision.
“Listen. Joseon. You saw the Sekibune approaching through the fishing vessels earlier, right? We can’t let them get through. That’s what you’d think, correct?”
“Yes. They won’t want them entering Joseon waters. But the Fire Ship still hasn’t appeared!!”
[Fire Ship – 73%]
I started building the production facility first before constructing the Fire Ship, so it hadn’t emerged yet.
A combat vessel comparable to the Sekibune, yet it still hadn’t appeared?
Ringo would immediately suspect the production facility.
I couldn’t let this fact be discovered.
“The Sekibune keeps coming! On the way, they’ll be roughly estimating the number of fishing vessels! Something feels off about the count? That’s what they’ll think!
Even as I spoke, the Sekibune had advanced to the two-thirds point.

* * *
A soldier who had climbed up the mast of the Sekibune muttered to himself.
“The numbers seem fewer than expected, don’t they?”
He was estimating the count of fishing vessels around him.
For Joseon advancing to the second era faster, there weren’t many fishing vessels.
“Then it must be warships.”
If that were the case, there would be more combat vessels. That’s what he thought, but.
“If that were true, something would have come by now.”
Advancing in this exposed state among the fishing vessels, there had been no interference whatsoever.
“Or maybe they headed to our main base.”
“Ah. That must be it.”
The soldiers believed Joseon had also headed toward the Japanese main base.
No one else said anything further. After all, the Commander would make that judgment.
But then—
“Wha…?! What’s coming!?”
Whoooosh!
A single ship was rapidly approaching.
“What. They built a combat ship.”
“Everyone. Prepare for ramming.”
The Sekibune turned its bow to prepare for ramming, but.
“What. That. It’s a Swift Ship?”
“Huh? Again?”
I thought it was a Fire Ship given how confidently it approached, but it was a Swift Ship.
Whoooooosh!
Among Joseon’s vessels, it was one of the faster ships, but it was essentially a transport ship with no real attack capability.
[Duck]
Ting.
An order came from Ringo.
“There are Archers inside! Duck!”
The nightmare from Game 2 came to mind.
Japan, having been thoroughly deceived by the Swift Ship before, could only assume the enemy was approaching with a full complement of Archers aboard.
They couldn’t afford to fall for that same trick again.
“Huff!”
Everyone crouched low, clinging to the stern of the vessel.
“….”
“?”
No arrows came flying.
That’s because only a single person was aboard the Swift Ship.
“Gaaaaaaaaah!”
It was Pangeo, frantically spinning the rudder.
He had been given only two orders.
[Ramming]
[Time Delay]
Ram the Swift Ship into the Sekibune by any means necessary to block its approach.
The Swift Ship wasn’t designed as a ramming vessel, but….
“I need to aim for the side. The side….”
If I could strike the side, everything would change.
Conversely, if I didn’t hit the side, the Swift Ship would simply be destroyed instead.
‘They’re turning.’
The enemy knew this too—they were turning their bow.
They were trying to collide head-on.
Whoooooosh…!
The distance between us narrowed.
‘Here it comes.’
Whirrrrrr.
Pangeo spun the rudder hard to the right.
‘There’s a difference in turning radius.’
The ship drifted, spraying water as it curved sharply to the right.
Whoooooosh!
Then I immediately spun the rudder hard to the left.
And then—
“Waaaaaaaaaaaaah!!”
With the roar of the audience, the Sekibune scraped past us sideways.
It was an incredibly close call.
You could hear the wooden planks of both ships scraping against each other with a creaking sound.
“Eh!?”
“Nani!?”
The expressions on the Japanese Soldiers aboard were worth seeing.
Only now did they realize there was just one person on the ship.
“Ahahahahaha!”
Pangeo let out a scoff at the Japanese Empire forces rushing past him.
“That’s what we call slicing through!”
It referred to passing through while maintaining only the thinnest of gaps, like slicing sashimi.
At that moment, Ringo’s expression hardened.
It wasn’t because of Pangeo’s mockery.
‘What? Just one?’
He’d assumed the ship was packed with archers, but the reality was there was only one.
Given its position—as if it were lying in ambush before charging forward—he’d naturally assumed it would be full of archers.
Why was there only one?
His mind grew confused.
‘And he’s steering it himself. Unless I’m mistaken.’
What was even stranger was that a soldier appeared to be piloting the vessel directly.
‘Could it be the main base?’
He wondered if the Joseon Forces had directed their entire strength toward his main base and quickly shifted his gaze that way.
But it wasn’t.
Nothing was detected in the vicinity of the main base.
However—
“!”
CRASH!
While Ringo was briefly surveying elsewhere.
The Swift Ship rammed into the Sekibune’s flank.
“A monster catch!”
A Swift Ship couldn’t escape unscathed from a ramming either.
‘What?’
Ringo’s eyes widened in bewilderment.
The opponent didn’t stop at the impact.
“Screw punch!”
Pangeo gleefully twisted the helm, rotating the ship’s bow that had rammed into them.
Like twisting a spear after plunging it in to inflict greater agony.
He intended to thoroughly destroy the vessel.
Of course, this would damage the Swift Ship as well, but the resources invested in each vessel were different to begin with.
Splash, splash…!
Water began pouring into the Sekibune.
Eventually, the Sekibune could no longer move and was forced to halt.

* * *
“Waaaah! Pangeo! Did you actually pull that off!?”
“This! Ahhh! I hadn’t even considered this advantage of direct piloting!? When you pilot directly! The driver doesn’t get distracted! They stay completely focused on combat!”
It was perhaps an obvious advantage, but since it had never been demonstrated, no one had thought of it.
Of course, the disadvantages far outweighed this benefit.
“Ah! That’s right!? When a Commander controls it! They can’t just focus on one area!?”
“Exactly! In RTS games, when you watch Commander screens! For regular people, it’s so dizzying you can’t even follow it!? Because they’re watching multiple screens! They’re simultaneously monitoring like four screens at once! But right now Pangeo is only looking at one screen!?”
-Yeah for real
-That’s true
-Did Ringo take his eyes off for a moment?
-Well, Ringo’s pretty busy right now.
-Ringo missed it lol
-Wow lol
“So what happens to the Sekibune!? Does it sink!?”
“No, I don’t think that’ll happen! It’ll just be delayed! Ringo put one Worker inside for repairs, so it can be fixed!”
[Repair]
The Sekibune begins repairs.
In preparation for moments like this, one Worker had been placed on the ship.
The Worker rushed over and started patching the hole, while the ship turned its bow and moved away from the Swift Ship again.
“The Swift Ship doesn’t have a Worker… Since the Swift Ship is damaged, it’ll just sink as is.”
“Ah. I see, there was a weight class difference between the ships from the start…”
Since the ship didn’t even have a ram to begin with, the Swift Ship couldn’t have survived the collision.
Kuuuurl…!
The Swift Ship gradually disappeared into foam.
Pangeo sank down with it.
But then─
Over the gurgling bubbles, Pangeo’s thumb rose up triumphantly.
Snap!
“Ahhh! The thumbs up! Pangeo’s giving a thumbs up!”
-lololol
-Ah, so romantic lol
-Lmao lol
-He loves fishing so much he’s becoming a fish…
-Terminator vibes lol
“Yes. Good. That was a good sacrifice! And! Joseon has deployed a Fire Ship! Now the Sekibune can’t get through! We’ve already identified its position!!”
In the meantime, the Fire Ship construction was completed.
“Yes. It’s not a gain and actually a loss! But for Joseon right now, it was the best option! Once the Fire Ship is deployed, the Sekibune can’t penetrate any further!”
[Set Sail]
Shhhhwoooosh…!
The Fire Ship departed from the Joseon coast.
The one gripping that steering wheel was Maratang and Ian-yong.
“So Maratang is driving this time!?”
“They’re planning to continue with this approach! Joseon!?”
Ian Yong taking the helm of Joseon is crazy.
Why does it have to be Ian lol
Japanese colonial special recruitment diplomat lol
Haha, seriously though lol
-Aren’t they selling out the country?
Hahaha, that’s so funny!
The Fire Ship advanced toward Japan’s Sekibune, and in that moment, Joseon’s expansion completed.
Thud.
[Town Hall – Complete]
Workers carried gold, and resources surged rapidly.
“Joseon! The expansion succeeded! Returning to the main base!”
“Once this gets rolling! We won’t fall behind Japan in any resource except food!?”
“Yes! And there’s something else unusual!!”
The Town Hall wasn’t the only structure being built in the expansion area.
“They’re building a Barracks and a Stable here!?”
Joseon constructed the Barracks and Stable not at the main base, but in the expansion area.
This meant they would revive Soldiers and spawn Horses from here.
“Wait, they’re actually going to use Horses?”
Using Horses on terrain divided by islands wasn’t particularly efficient, but Joseon chose Horses anyway.

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