Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 786

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 256
84. The Incheon Landing Operation (3)
“We have to go for an all-in push!!!”
All-in push.
In RTS games, instead of soldiers fighting each other, both sides destroy each other’s buildings to eliminate their opponent—a battle of attrition focused on infrastructure.
In other words, it becomes a race against time to demolish the opponent’s structures faster.
This is because in most RTS games, destroying all of an opponent’s buildings results in automatic defeat.
Civil Empire operates under slightly different rules.
“Joseon! Joseon is charging in! We need to find the Supreme Commander!!”
Killing the Supreme Commander ends the game.
You don’t need to destroy all the buildings—if you find and eliminate the Supreme Commander, the game is over regardless of the opponent’s surrender, how many armies remain, how many buildings stand, or how many resources are left.
Conversely, even if you lose everything else, as long as the Supreme Commander survives, you can continue the game.
“But the Japanese resistance is fiercer than expected!?”
Joseon pushed deep into the Japanese mainland, advancing toward the fortress where the Supreme Commander was located.
“The Japanese must have anticipated this to some degree! Their defensive building upgrades are incredibly advanced!?”
What had been a town hall in the first era was now a fortress.
Boom!
Crash!
Cannons from the fortress continuously belched smoke to block their advance.
Massive crossbows all turned their heads toward the Joseon forces.
Man-sized arrows flew, toppling four cavalry at once, while a single cannonball swept through a dozen cavalry rushing between buildings.
“Ahhh…! The city layout is also quite well-developed!”
Cavalry continued to die in clusters in the narrow gaps between buildings.
“How is Joseon doing right now!?”
The screen split in half, showing Joseon’s situation.
Joseon had come under attack first and had weaker defensive building upgrades compared to Japan.
More than half of their main base was burning.
“Joseon looks far more dangerous!?”
“But the number of troops deployed inside! Joseon has more!?”
The number of Japanese soldiers who had infiltrated Joseon had definitely decreased.
“Joseon’s earlier moving shots while resisting are still having an effect! We still don’t know how this will end!!”
“But!? Many Japanese soldiers died on Joseon’s mainland! Since they all respawned at the Japanese base! This means Joseon is now…!”
Many Japanese soldiers dying on Joseon’s mainland meant they could respawn in greater numbers at their own base.
“Ah! So their defensive forces are increasing!?”
“They’re gathering forces in that corner right now! Joseon won’t see it! And the cavalry is now! Recklessly charging in! This won’t work!!”
The cavalry was ravaging the enemy lines with their superior speed.
However, in doing so, they were exposed too much to the fortress’s cannon fire.
Boom…!
The fortress cannons precisely targeted where the cavalry clustered, rapidly reducing their numbers.
“Ah… 130 went in! Now it’s down to about 80!?”
“Yes! The command structure is falling apart! It feels like the soldiers are slipping away! If Japan regroups their forces and pushes forward like this, we won’t even get close to the Supreme Commander!”
“Even if an Assistant Commander breaks through, what can we—wait?”
King Gul stopped mid-sentence, visibly startled as if struck by something significant.
“Oh, no. C-Coffee! When did Coffee die!?”
With melee combat erupting on both sides, the Commentators hadn’t even noticed Coffee’s death.
-Huh?
-Whoa
-??
-lol
-Gasp
“So there was no command structure!? Then there should be another Assistant Commander!?”
“It’s Aamond! It’s Aamond!?”
-lollllll
-??
-Almond is… a Commander??
-Oh…
-Is that right?
-Just dumping all combat power??
“Oh, Almond!?”
Almond, who seemed far removed from commanding, was the Assistant Commander.
Though an unusual situation, the Commentators had no time to comment on it.
“Aaahhh! The Japanese forces are right at the palace now!?”
“This is our final defensive line!”
Before the Joseon palace.
Three defensive towers and a last-stand barrier formed by a handful of soldiers had been established.
While there was a defending force, the sheer numerical advantage of the Japanese was overwhelming at a glance.
A breakthrough was merely a matter of time.
“Ah… Joseon! The cavalry needs to push harder!”
At this point, Joseon’s fate literally hung on their assault toward the Japanese mainland.
Because of this, the Observer reduced the screen size of Joseon’s mainland and displayed the Japanese mainland as the primary focus.
-The gap is pretty…
-Can we even win this???
-Wow
I’m losing to Elysion, damn it.
What is this ㅠㅠ
“Even though Japan seems less pressured, the cavalry archers are still using their mobility to circle behind the castle and have nearly wiped out the workers!?”
The Cavalry Archer Unit, not the Cavalry Charge unit, had successfully flanked toward the workers.
Japanese Worker casualties became catastrophic.
“Yes! Excellent! Japan’s resources are cut off!!!”
Japan’s resource supply line was completely severed.
“On the other hand, Joseon’s invaders are all foot soldiers! There’s barely any worker casualties!?”
“But the Supreme Commander is in danger! Isn’t this the more critical situation!?”
“Exactly! Joseon needs to break through Japan’s defensive line quickly! All the Japanese soldiers who just respawned are coming forward now with muskets and swords!!”
The number of soldiers who had respawned from Joseon’s invasion squad and returned to Japan’s defense squad was considerable.
“Now the numbers are almost equal!?”
Although Joseon’s forces were entirely cavalry, there was roughly a twenty-person difference in headcount.
Moreover, Japan’s defensive structures within the fortress were quite formidable.
[Charge]
[Urgent]
An order came down from the Joseon Commander.
The situation was critical.
“Joseon is pushing forward to break through!”
The cavalry charge unit rushed in, attempting to collapse the front line.
However─
A single cannon shell fired from the fortress.
Boom!
The entire area was engulfed in dust, and the horses tumbled.
“Ahhh! They need to avoid that! If only they could go a bit slower! Joseon is receiving siege weapons right now!?”
From the siege weapon manufacturing facility built on Japan’s main island, divine fire arrows, cannons, and other weapons were arriving, albeit slowly.
But they were far too slow.
It seemed Joseon’s headquarters would be breached before they arrived.
In the midst of this─
“Huh!? …Someone is…!?”
Ahead of the siege weapons, someone was joining the battle, riding at tremendous speed.
“Isn’t that a Chataemeen!?”
“When was it created!?”
Given the continuous chaos of the situation, they only noticed when the Chataemeen appeared.
[Aamond]
It was Almond.
“It’s Almond! It’s Almond!?”
“As a Chataemeen unit! He’s charging toward Japan’s main camp right now! How can an Assistant Commander be a Chataemeen!?”
“Well, when an Assistant Commander position is transferred, you can receive command authority while retaining your unit type!?”
“I see!?”
-Wow
-Is this okay?
-Can this work?
I’m going back and forth on this ㅠㅠ
-There’s no skill to steal right now anyway;
-He received all the buffs
One of the Chataemeen’s most fearsome skills, infiltration, was useless in the current situation.
I have no time to steal the opponent’s skills and relay them to the Joseon main camp.
All I can utilize are the increased range and the attribute that amplifies damage proportionally with distance.
And the ability to use any weapon and any mount.
Perhaps some disguise techniques.
I had to create some kind of variable with just this.
“Almond! Moving at an incredible speed like a true infiltrator! Just arrived! Immediately! No preparation whatsoever! Straight into combat! Bow drawn!?”
Galloping frantically between buildings, I drew out the gakgung.
“…!”
King Gul swallows hard in that instant.
‘His accuracy was low in the last match.’
In the previous match, my arrow accuracy had completely plummeted in the latter half.
It was a matter of stamina.
Could the brief rest before this match and during it have resolved something?
Twang.
I release the bowstring.
Whoosh!
The arrow flies.
‘Too high…!’
This can’t be.
The arrow is far too high.
Like when you accidentally kick a ball too high during soccer.
It seemed like a complete miss.
But then─
“!?”
──Boom!
The arrow struck the head of a soldier operating a cannon inside the enemy defensive tower.
“The, the, the cannon side!!”
“Direct hit!!”
Bang.
Both commentators jumped to their feet.
The audience all rose from their seats, roaring wildly.
“Waaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!”
That shot was merely the beginning.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
As if venting all the shots I couldn’t fire in the previous match, I galloped along the defensive tower line, systematically neutralizing the soldiers behind the cannons.
The cannons atop the defensive tower gradually ceased their fire.
“Another hit! That’s already four!!”
“But wait! One of the cannons is adjusting its aim right now!?”
Boom!
The cannon aims at Almond and fires.
Almond twists the reins, changing the horse’s trajectory.
Boom…!
The cannonball crashes to his right, kicking up dust, but I burst through the cloud in an instant.
“Waaaaaaaaaa!”
“Almond! Almond! Almond!”
I aim my bow toward the cannon once more.
Clop! Clop!
Galloping at high speed, surrounded on all sides by enemies in their very stronghold.
The final battle that would be the last.
The worst moment and place.
Yet I find a thread-thin path. I seize the perfect moment.
‘Now.’
I pour the endless ages I’ve honed into the eye of a needle.
──Whoosh!
The soldier’s head behind the cannon snaps back violently.
That was the last cannon.
“Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
The commentators and audience all roar in unison.
There was no point in continuing the analysis.
“At the moment when miracles are needed! A miracle! Appears like a miracle!”
Joseon’s cavalry charge visibly begins pushing back the front lines.
I put away my bow now.
Gripping the reins with both hands, I charge forward at full speed.
“Chargeeeeeeeee!!”
“We must go! All of us!”
“Joseon’s main camp is now! Now at its limit! What’s happening!!”
The situation at Joseon’s main camp appears again.
“Uaaaaaaaaa!”
King Gul lets out an almost tearful shriek.
“Almost there! We’re almost there!!”
It couldn’t be helped.
The Japanese Empire had finally breached Joseon’s palace.
“Ah….”
-Gasp
-Oh
Damn it ㅠㅠㅠ
-No way
I’m crying so hard.
-Ah…
As commentators, they should have proclaimed hope existed.
Otherwise, the audience wouldn’t continue watching the game.
‘Ah.’
Yet now, there was nothing left to say.
Thud.
The Japanese Soldiers began stepping into the Joseon palace and rushing inside.
Once the Supreme Commander fell, it was over.
The audience’s cheers transformed into deflated gasps.
“Ahhhhh.”
“….”
That soon became silence.
The screen now focused on the Joseon mainland rather than the Japanese homeland.
As always when games neared their end, a heavily zoomed close-up.
Japanese Soldiers filed through the palace entrance in formation.
There was no further resistance.
Had there been any, they shouldn’t have reached this point.
The commentators knew.
They needed to prepare to call out ‘gg’.
They composed themselves and readied their voices.
Tap-tap-tap.
A Japanese Soldier sprinted down the palace corridor.
Doors lined both sides, but once enemies breached the palace, the Supreme Commander’s location automatically revealed itself.
This prevented needless time-wasting.
That was right.
Even the game developers acknowledged it.
Once inside, any further resistance was merely stalling.
A door marked in red.
The Soldiers spotted it and reached for the handle.
“!”
Crash.
The door burst open.
He raised his katana high.
The entire audience fell silent.
Slash!
Blood sprayed everywhere.
A head flew through the air.
“…?!”
Thud.
The Japanese Soldier’s head rolled grotesquely across the palace floor.
‘An ambush!?’
There had been a soldier lying in ambush until the very end.
That was what the Japanese Empire believed.
Their eyes snapped in unison toward their opponent’s blade.
Shlick.
The sword, still wet with the hot blood that had just sprayed forth, gleamed with an eerie orange glow from the candlelight.
Following the line of that steel, all eyes turned toward the one who wielded it.
A woman with long black hair cascading down her back.
Her crimson lips released neither a word nor even a shallow breath.
She had not spoken her name, yet everyone knew it.
She was the Supreme Commander of Joseon.

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