Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 787

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 257
85. The Blade (1)
[Commander Mode Deactivated]
With those words, Sarang’s spirit descended from the heavens and returned to her flesh, settling back into her body.
From a vantage point where she could survey the entire battlefield below, her vision now confined to four walls—a dark commander’s quarters.
She stared at an object that flickered with faint existence, sustained only by the candlelight upon the desk.
‘Soon….’
*Click.*
She reached out and lifted it.
In the wavering light, the long blade seemed to tremble.
‘They’re coming.’
*Thud-thud-thud-thud…!*
Footsteps echoed from somewhere beyond the door.
Urgent and hurried, yet brimming with the certainty of victory already won.
*Shing.*
Sarang drew the blade from its sheath.
Her eyes burned with crimson light.
She murmured to herself like a vow.
‘Just once.’
I steeled myself.
I would drive this blade through the gap in their certainty and carelessness.
I would tear open a fleeting moment and stretch it into an eternity. Yet even that would be but an instant.
A single breath.
Everything rested on that one moment.
*Thud-thud-thud-thud-thud──*
The footsteps grew louder.
She closed her eyes for a moment.

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King Gul squeezed his eyes shut.
My throat tightened and my chest felt heavy, but I forced myself to speak.
“This tournament is—”
This tournament may end here, but next year, we will surely achieve even greater results.
It wasn’t mere consolation—I spoke with a gamer’s eye.
Joseon was a team that could undoubtedly produce better results in the coming year.
With that conclusion, I tried to offer comfort to myself and the audience.
But then—
Something flashed at that very moment.
“What?”
—Slash!
The Samurai who had just stepped into the palace suddenly had his head fall to the ground.
Thud.
“?!”
What appeared on the broadcast screen was astonishing.
She stood holding a blade.
Joseon’s Supreme Commander blocked the narrow entrance, her sword dripping with blood.
“What… what is…”
King Gul’s jaw dropped.
‘That sword?’
Moreover, it wasn’t an ordinary blade.
A product of Joseon’s fourth era.
A “tae-do”—a sword with an enlarged hwando size.
This tae-do wasn’t actually an official designation.
Developed as Joseon enlarged their sword size to counter Japanese blades during the Imjin War, this was the result of that evolution.
‘Why does the Supreme Commander have that?’
Normally, a Supreme Commander is only given a very basic sword.
This was deliberately placed here.
‘That size is difficult to wield?’
As if mocking such doubts—
‘Hm.’
Her lips drew in a shallow breath.
Whoosh.
Her sleeve fluttered once, and the next Samurai to enter also lost his head.
“!?”
Then, once more.
Whoosh!
The robe’s hem billowed, and blood sprayed once again.
Everything happened in an instant.
It was from this moment onward.
For King Gul, time itself seemed to have stopped.
Everything froze in place, and only that woman’s cascading black hair and flowing robe seemed alive and moving.
SHHHHWAAAACK!
In the pitch darkness, each time candlelight flickered across the blade, an enemy’s head rolled across the ground.
Swish…!
Her sleeve billowed wide, and then the next.
SHHHHWACK!
Blood erupts.
Another falls.
Whoosh.
As if starved for blood, she immediately seeks out the next opponent.
Upon spotting them, she charges forward, tearing through their defenses and cutting them down.
SHHHHWAAAACK!
SHHHHWACK!
This was far too overwhelming to be called a fight—it was almost graceful.
That massive blade looked like a dancer’s fan.
Yes.
It was like a dance.
Everything felt like theater.
‘Haah.’
The moment she exhaled─
Thud!
─the last Japanese soldier’s head rolled to the ground.
Only then did the audience realize the performance had ended, and they erupted in cheers.
“WAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!”
Time seemed to flow properly again, and King Gul gasped for breath.
“W-what the… WYC….”
His vision blurred from the intensity of his emotions, barely maintaining consciousness.
‘W-what… how is this even possible.’
Even in this state, his professional instincts kicked in, and he shouted in an almost trembling voice.
“I-I am! Joseon’s! Supreme Commander aaaaaa!”
Hahahahahahaha
-This is insane but what even is this??
-He thinks he’s the Supreme Commander lol
-Why is he crying lolol
Are you crying???lol
-Supreme Commander’s physicals are insane
I am the mother of the nation ㅠㅠㅠ sob ㅠㅠㅋㅋㅋㅋ
I can’t translate this – it appears to be keyboard mashing or gibberish characters rather than coherent Korean text.

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“Haa… haa…”
Sarang still gripped her sword as she steadied her breathing.
Her eyes continued to sweep the surroundings with the sharp vigilance of one still locked in combat.
But there were no signs of life.
“All clear.”
I had eliminated all those who had entered first.
Shink.
Only then did I lower my blade.
‘I need to move.’
More would surely come.
The enemy commander couldn’t see what was happening inside the building, but with no reports coming through, he would definitely sense something had gone wrong.
This time, a large force would pour in all at once.
I had to relocate before that happened.
‘I have to… move.’
I glanced down at my legs.
I couldn’t help but hesitate for a moment.
This was a virtual world, so naturally I could move.
But the full backlash would fall entirely upon my real body.
After this, I would have to abandon command.
Joseon would have to fight without their commander.
Was such a thing even possible?
“Huh.”
With a deep breath, a single scene flashed through my mind.
[Trust us.]
I bit my lip.
And then, I moved my feet.
Toward the palace gates.

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“Supreme Commander! Daisunsin Choi is relocating! This means she’s going all the way to the end, doesn’t it!?”
Tap-tap-tap.
She abandoned her command position and rushed out through the back door from within the palace.
“Japan! Something’s off! More soldiers are coming in right now! We can’t locate her! If the Commander abandons Commander Mode, we can’t track her location!?”
“That’s right! Because it’s not Commander Mode! Literally!”
Japan was still wandering inside the palace, but she had already slipped out through the back door.
“But! The Supreme Commander’s speed! The speed is a bit…!”
Of course, the ‘unit’ called Supreme Commander was not designed for combat.
There were no restrictions on weapon use, but there were no advantages in movement speed or stamina.
If she simply tried to escape by running, she would inevitably be caught quickly.
In the end, it was only a matter of time.
“If this continues, Joseon! What about Joseon versus Japan!?”
The moment when the Joseon forces’ efforts became crucial again.
The Japanese mainland appears on one side of the screen.
“Ah, Almond!? Is it Almond!? Pushing through like a bulldozer! Wielding swords in both hands!”
-Scary scary scary
Weren’t you an archer? lol
-With Chataemeen wow
-He’s wrecking them

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Clop-clop! Clop-clop!
Almond galloped forward, gripping the reins with both hands.
All the defensive towers had been neutralized.
‘Now I have to break through.’
He approached his allies and drew his sword.
Not a 4th Era blade, but the Commander’s sword.
He swung that blade and issued a command.
[Disperse]
With the order to disperse, individual routes were drawn for each soldier.
“D-Disperse!?”
“It won’t break through!?”
Despite some hesitation,
Almond shouted with certainty.
“When we’re all bunched together, they can block us easily! Disperse!”
At his command, all the soldiers turned their horses’ heads in different directions and galloped along their assigned routes.
The Japanese soldiers blocking them grew confused and naturally spread out as well.
It was a natural instinct.
They weren’t defending a specific area—they were preventing these soldiers from advancing.
As the formation spread wide, even the cannons firing from the fortress found it difficult to select targets.
The defensive line had become as loose and ragged as a great net with gaping holes.
I did not miss that moment.
“Hiyaaah!”
I urged my horse forward and drew my blade.
“Turn back around, around, around, around!!!”
With that cry, I swung my sword toward the soldiers blocking my path.
Shhwaaack!
A samurai’s head flew clean off in an instant.
From all directions, cavalry wheeled their horses about and charged again, and the spirits of the Japanese soldiers were utterly shattered.
Yet still the samurai pressed forward, their blades flashing.
Clang!
I deflected the sword strike and drove my second blade through the commander’s throat.
Thud!
“Gahhh…!”
I charged through the heart of the enemy lines, wielding two swords.
No plan, no strategy mattered in this chaos.
I simply followed instinct—cutting through gaps, leaping over corpses, pressing forward one step at a time, driving my blade into another throat.
“Kugh…!”
“Ugh!”
“H-here! Hold the line h──”
──Shhwaaack!
My blade tore diagonally through even the rearmost soldier.
A path soaked in blood lay in my wake.
“Haa… hah.”
At last, it came into view.
The stairs leading to the fortress.
If I climbed those steps, the Supreme Commander of the enemy would be waiting.

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“Joseon is almost breached! Now it’s just a matter of time!?”
While Almond was nearly breaking through the front lines, the broadcast switched back to show Joseon’s situation.
“Now, Joseon! What’s the situation!? What happened to the Supreme Commander!!!”
The Supreme Commander appeared on screen, fleeing desperately.
I’m crying / Sob sob sob
-She looks like she’s really struggling
-Ah…
-Can she make it?
Oh no, the soldier’s here ㅠㅠ
“Ah! She’s been discovered! She’s being chased!!”
The Japanese forces had tracked her down and finally found her.
“An Arquebus Soldier is coming after us!”
A single Arquebus Soldier rushed forward and shouldered his rifle.
Click.
He knelt down and took careful aim.
“If this hits, it’ll be dangerous!!”
Ssssshhhhh…!
The trigger was finally pulled, and the fuse burned down.
BANG!
The bullet flew toward the Supreme Commander.
King Gul screamed with her eyes squeezed shut.
“Aaaaaaahhhhh!”
Then─
A dark shadow flashed past the Supreme Commander in an instant.
With a thud, the bullet struck.
It embedded itself in the horse’s thigh.
──Neiiiighhhhh!
“A horse!?”
“B, Bread!?”
[Bread]
It was Assistant Commander Bread.
She had ridden her horse over and taken the bullet for her.
She extended her hand.
‘Quickly…!’
Sarang grabbed her hand and leaped up, landing behind her on the horse.
Hyah!
The horse began galloping again, and a black falcon took flight.
“They’ve shaken them off!? But this wastes more time!! We really don’t know what’ll happen now!?”
“Now Japan’s side is important again! What happened….”

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Wheeeeeee!
[Release Falcon]
A crisp, azure sky stretched endlessly above.
A black falcon soared through it.
The sky reflected in the falcon’s dark eyes was equally pristine and clear.
Yet the moment he lowered his gaze downward.
An entirely different landscape came into view.
“Ahhhhhhh!”
“Break through!”
“Hold the line!”
A hellscape where blood sprayed endlessly and corpses tangled upon corpses.
Within a narrow gap surrounded by countless buildings, Joseon and Japanese forces were locked in a chaotic melee.
At the very vanguard of that chaos.
There was an eerie quiet, as if few remained.
Like the eye of a typhoon.
“Huff… huff…”
I sprinted up the stairs leading to the castle entrance, and no soldiers blocked my path.
They were all engaged in a desperate struggle with other Joseon forces behind me.
The process of breaking free from that struggle had not been easy—my horse lay dying at the base of the stairs.
And finally, I opened the castle gate.
Thud.
In that instant—
“!”
—A blade flashed!
A gleaming sword slashed across my throat.
A crimson line was drawn across Almond’s neck.
[Honda]
The enemy’s ace had been lying in wait for a final stand.

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