Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 835

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 305
99. SCV good to go sir!(1)
The battle would begin soon.
“Hah.”
I exhaled softly, releasing the tension for a moment.
Countless heads blocked my view ahead.
All of them were Barbarian Soldiers.
They all existed to protect the Archers.
In other words, the Archers’ role would be critical in this battle.
I gestured silently and took position on the hillside.
Now my line of sight opened up considerably.
I drew the bowstring.
Following my lead, every Archer’s bowstring was drawn taut.
Creak—
I keenly selected my targets with the arrow’s tip.
Who should I hit for maximum effect? What would be the best opening move for this battle?
‘That one looks right.’
Admittedly, it was determined somewhat from a physiognomy perspective, but I claimed it was my own science.
Regardless, my archery skill transcended the realm of science.
Swish.
With a ghostly release, my arrow blew off an unpleasant head.
──Splurt!
“Kyaaaaaaaa!!!”
With a roar, the Barbarian Soldiers charged forward first.
Joseon’s Barbarian Soldiers in front, Archers in back.
The distance between the two sides widened.
The Barbarian Soldiers from both sides collided.
Boom!
Clubs swung back and forth as the bloody battle continued.
Crack!
Thud!
Meanwhile, the Archers had it far too easy.
Thanks to the Barbarian Soldiers’ tanking and the hillside terrain.
At the entrance to the Ancient Fortress map, there were these uneven hills.
Occupy even slightly higher ground, and as long as the melee units held the line in front, the Archers would have a fish-and-chips party.
Whoosh!
Whizz!
“Jackpot!”
“M-me too! Headshot!”
No matter where I aimed carelessly, headshots landed with ease.
The Barbarian Soldiers lack helmets, after all.
No matter how well Rome’s Soldiers fight, against Barbarian Soldiers it’s an even match.
And then there’s Joseon, with Archers positioned in the rear.
The outcome of this battle seemed obvious.
But then─
“Behind! You need to watch behind!”
Coffee gallops on horseback, shouting to the Archers.
“The Roman Soldiers have circled around!”
Behind?
The Archers flinched at the sudden warning.
There was nothing protecting them from the rear.

* * *
Even during combat, Cookie continued to rotate Assistant Commanders around the perimeter without neglecting reconnaissance.
This habit had solidified after nearly losing the China campaign because I failed to spot a single hidden siege weapon in ambush.
Above all, Anto is a vision wizard who best exploits the edges of sight.
In matches against him, I’d been rendered helpless by his vision manipulation tactics.
That’s why Cookie deliberately kept sending Soldiers as close as possible to the entrance, sacrificing them to gain vision.
Soldiers died one by one when approaching too near the entrance, but bit by bit, I gained visual information.
Was that the reason?
‘This is….’
At the edge of Assistant Commander Coffee’s vision, the movement of Soldiers was detected.
‘Are the Soldiers coming out?’
The Assistant Commander quickly retreated, but the situation was clear enough.
Soldiers were pouring out.
And they were hugging the outer wall, moving through areas beyond my line of sight.
‘He’s avoiding direct confrontation.’
No matter how superior Rome’s Players are to Joseon, fighting them head-on when they have Archers becomes a disadvantageous battle.
Anto doesn’t choose such a battlefield.
He’s splitting his forces in two─one to block the entrance, and one to circle around and strike from behind.
It could be an even 5:5 ratio, or it could be 8:2.
I could get a more accurate count by moving closer, but then Anto would know we’ve detected his reconnaissance.
In war, keeping the enemy ignorant of what we know is more important than knowing everything ourselves.
Cookie falls into thought.
‘Two possibilities.’
This troop movement suggests two main strategies.
‘Targeting the rear….’
First, he’s aiming for the currently undefended rear of Joseon’s Archers.
If so, Joseon’s battle formation would inevitably become disadvantageous.
No matter how strong Joseon’s Archers are, they can’t shoot down all the Soldiers coming from two directions.
To prevent this, I need to position Barbarian Soldiers in the rear as well. The Archers would protect all sides.
If that happens, Joseon’s front wall weakens.
Rome’s battlefield is right before their main base, so weapon supplies arrive quickly. Dead soldiers are revived in no time.
Meanwhile, Joseon’s main base is far away. Supplies are slow.
Of course, even so, if I push forward while building defense towers…
Then even with slower supplies, I could see the end of the game.
The game could end in the second era.
So will Joseon push forward while building defense towers from now on?
No.
There was a reason this choice made me hesitate.
‘What if there’s a second possibility…?’
I couldn’t rule out a second possibility here.
If that happened, supplies would be cut off entirely, and Joseon could face annihilation.
Cookie’s eyes wavered for a moment.
Trembling…
The white stone on the board shook back and forth.
A single move placed by Anto.
What could this possibly mean?
He had only placed one stone, yet this stone seemed to exist everywhere.
I couldn’t even be certain which square he’d placed it on.
His stone existed here while also existing elsewhere.
‘…It exists simultaneously?’
Cookie’s eyes snapped open.
‘Simultaneously.’
Only Anto could make such a move.
Couldn’t I do the same?
Anto placed two stones in a single turn.
Since this game wasn’t Go, it was entirely possible.
The strong place two stones in one turn.
Then I too must be able to cover two moves in a single turn.
Cookie’s black pupils concentrated on a single point.
His eyes had become black stones.
As focus blurred, the black stones scattered into multiples.
“!”
─Click.
This was instinct.
How this single move would unfold couldn’t be explained in words.
Yet it seemed certain.
There was no other choice.

* * *
At that same moment, Coffee’s cry was spreading through the Archer unit.
“Rear attack!”
Rear?
Coming from behind the Archer unit?
Even I could instantly grasp that such a formation would be catastrophic.
‘Behind?’
I immediately stopped firing forward and spun around to look behind me.
But—
“?”
There was no one there.
Despite the elevated position giving us a wider field of vision, I saw nothing.
‘What?’
The other Archers were equally bewildered.
“Huh?”
Even Coffee was flustered.
He had clearly received the order from Cookie and relayed it.
[Maintain current positions]
A new order came down urgently.
‘What?’
Had the situation changed?
He immediately turned his horse back toward the front and shouted to the Soldiers.
“Again! Again, fire forward—now!”
Since I generally followed the commanders’ orders well, I simply tilted my head in confusion before turning back around and resuming my stance.
There was a slight waste of time, but it wasn’t significant.

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“Aaaaaah?! This?! They weren’t trying to flank from behind?!”
King Gul gasps in shock as he watches the Roman Soldiers’ movements.
“The Roman Soldiers! The Roman Soldiers! They’re heading straight for the Joseon main base right now?!”
They feinted an encirclement, then immediately wheeled toward the main base.
“Ah. That’s sharp judgment! Anto!”
“Joseon mistakenly thought they were pulling back slightly, so their battle formation got a bit disrupted?! At this level, it feels like he intentionally showed them something! That’s what I’m thinking?!”
This was the second scenario Cookie had worried about regarding Anto.
The case where Roman forces head toward the Joseon main base.
“But Joseon immediately refocuses on the front?! Did Cookie catch this right away?!”
“So does Joseon push harder too?! What happens if they both commit to an all-in clash?!”
“That’s… actually more advantageous for melee units?!”
Archers cannot set buildings on fire.
It’s the disadvantage that emerges from gaining numerous advantages through overwhelming range. Moreover, their movement speed is limited, so they’re at a disadvantage in an all-in clash where enemies rush in and burn buildings.
Melee units were different.
They could set buildings ablaze, had faster movement speed, and possessed shields to block the arrows fired from the town hall.
“This gives Rome more advantage?! If it’s like this, Joseon will…?!”
“Exactly! The Legion’s shield! It’s so massive! The soulless arrows shot from the town hall! They just block everything! This is a bit… the game gets strange! Joseon was only trying to block Rome’s entrance! But Rome is going all-out to burn buildings! It’s come to this!”
“And those stockpiled prey they have?! Rome can just take those too?!”
Unlike crops, neutral creatures like prey can be stolen if enemies invade.
“Especially domesticated livestock like sheep—when the enemy team’s Assistant Commander comes! They just follow along like a dog meeting its owner, even if they just brush past?!”
“Ah, Rome is sharp?!”
This was an opportunity for Rome to even seize the food supplies they had been lacking.
This was an extremely bold aggression that Rome had rarely displayed before.
“Mongolia usually does a lot of these kinds of exchanges, right?! When Mongolia invades and burns buildings, gold comes in!”
-The invasive people lol
-Who’s even giving that gold lol
That’s looting, seriously.
-Alpha civilization lol
-Did they learn from Mongolia;
“After facing Mongolia, Rome’s style became fiercer?! On the other hand! Their own main base is now defense towers?! They’re building defense towers to hold the line?!”
Rome, which had been postponing defense tower construction, began building them.
This meant their soldier count at the main base was significantly depleted.
“Cookie needs to recognize that this is strange?!”
This was Cookie’s chance.
A chance to understand where that move Anto made was really aimed.
“Building defense towers means the defensive situation got difficult! But Rome isn’t at that timing yet! The calculation comes out! Cookie!”
“Ah, right! Something tells us there aren’t many troops inside! Without even looking beyond the entrance! We can figure it out?!”
“Wouldn’t it be too late to look now?!”
“That’s right! So is that why it’s this timing?!”
Anto understood this as well, so he held out with the defense tower while constructing it as much as possible.
Even if it meant taking some losses, keeping it hidden from the opponent took priority.
“Aaah! This is brutal! Absolutely brutal! Anto!!”
This followed the same logic as Cookie not sending Coffee out for more reconnaissance.
What the opponent didn’t know was more valuable than what I knew.
Here, it was more advantageous for the opponent to learn the information late than for a few more of our soldiers to die.
The defense tower was now becoming visible to Joseon’s eyes as well.
“But why isn’t he using the falcon strike!?”
In truth, if Cookie had made the right call, he should have used the falcon strike once on Rome’s main base the moment the edge of the defense tower became visible.
But the falcon didn’t appear.
Even with the defense tower visible, the falcon didn’t fly.
“How is this even… Aaaah!?”
Remarkably, this too aligned with stopping Coffee’s reconnaissance.
Cookie already knew where Rome’s detachment was headed.
He just didn’t want to reveal that he knew.
‘Wow.’
King Gul couldn’t help but admire it.
He could only feel Cookie’s growth with his eyes, no—with his entire body trembling in awe.
“Joseon! The entrance is completely blocked!!!”
The entrance to Joseon’s main base was completely sealed off.
-???
-Huh?
-Then how does he get out?
-Gasp
-I smell the essence of Terran…
-What is this?
Joseon’s main base.
The one place the ancient stone walls didn’t surround.
The entrance where everything had to come and go.
That entrance was now completely blocked.
Multiple buildings and necessary structures were positioned without a single gap.
And behind them, archers took their positions on the walls and such.
There weren’t many archers.
About five, resurrected from soldiers who had died in the main battle and repositioned.
“There are only five archers! Even 100 Roman soldiers can’t break through!!”
The Roman soldiers couldn’t reach the archers.
So they would have to quickly set the buildings on fire to break through instead.
“But even if you set the buildings on fire! If workers behind repair them! You can’t break through!?”
Workers were waiting behind them.
“Yes! When you think Korea, you think construction, right!? The nation of SCVs!? If they repair from back there, what can you even do! What could you possibly do!!”
-You totally fooled me! This is straight-up Terran!
Haha, seriously
It’s not a construction robot, it’s totally hilarious lol
Whoosh!
The moment the Roman Soldiers set their torches ablaze, the Workers rush in and begin repairing the buildings.
From atop the walls and behind structures, the Archers unleash a barrage of arrows.
Even as shields block them and the flames keep coming, the buildings remain pristine.
Joseon’s construction speed is matched only by its repair speed.
The Roman Soldiers panic. Time is slipping away.
Ultimately, shields cannot protect everyone.
Among all these soldiers, there are at most ten Legionaries.
The rest have to take arrows bare.
Thunk!
Crack!
The Roman Soldiers fall one by one.
King Gul shouts in extreme excitement.
“It won’t collapse!? Not a single scratch!! This is Joseon construction! Burj Khalifa! Marina Bay Sands! And Silver Horse, let’s go!”
Hahahahahahaha
-ten lol
I can’t provide a reliable translation for this text as it appears to contain corrupted or nonsensical Korean characters and abbreviations that don’t form coherent words or phrases.
Jay Park is crazy.
-The structure in the back isn’t architecture, it’s contemporary installation art; please don’t touch it.
-Did Korea build all of that?
Haha, I must be crazy.
Still, Rome keeps trying to break through somehow.
“They keep trying! This thing won’t budge!? But if they keep hitting it! Wouldn’t that be dangerous!?”
“No! Even if they keep hitting it! It’s useless!”
Caster asks back in surprise at such absolute confidence.
“Huh!? Why!?”
“Joseon buildings love being hit!”
“…What? That’s a mechanic?”
“The more you hit a Joseon building, the more its value increases!?”
“Ahhh!”
No such mechanic existed.
“Can’t you hear what the Members over there are saying!? Knock it down! Destroy it! Make me dangerous! Hit it more! Rebuild it!!”
Leading one game against Rome, the strongest team, King Gul seemed to be in extreme excitement.
Reconstruction lol
I must have lost my mind lol
Haha, f*** it lol
-The floor area ratio exploded!
-King Gul needs a doping test; lol
-If he wins, he makes money damn
-Theoretically unbeatable lol
In reality, attacking doesn’t actually raise the price, but Rome breaking through Joseon’s main base seems impossible in every way.

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