Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 840

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 310
100. The Defense Tower Siege (3)
When Pierre entered the defense tower with his colleague Hana, there was no hope to be found in this position.
Almond was positioned far too low, and Pierre’s sword was far too close to the archers positioned above.
In reality, an almost one-sided massacre was unfolding.
Pangeo was pushed back by the shield bash, cornered into a corner, and appeared to be merely waiting for death.
There was no angle at all to fire an arrow.
Try facing Legion’s massive shield right before your eyes—it blocks from all eight directions, leaving your head spinning white.
“P-Pangeo! Can you draw your bow!?”
Then, Pangeo rises and draws the bowstring.
It was with the momentum of trying one last thing, but even the commentators couldn’t see it.
What angle could possibly work here?
But then—
“Ahhhhh!? J-Just now, an arrow!?”
──Whoooosh!
His arrow left the rectangular defense tower’s boundary, then returned like a boomerang.
-??
-Huh
-What???
Oh my god, this is hilarious lol
-Huh???
The viewers who had seen the fake national team a few times quickly caught on.
This was actually the curved shot that Pangeo used to practice in his early days, the one he would accidentally fire.
This arrow would usually end up lodged in poor Ratte’s forehead.
It was because Ratte’s position during practice was in front of Pangeo.
But this time, Ratte wasn’t in front.
What was blocking the path of this arrow was the back of Pierre’s head.
“!”
Boom!
The arrow, carrying white flames, lodges precisely into the back of Pierre’s head.
“…!?”
For a moment, the commentators were at a loss for words.
A moment of silence flowed through the broadcast.
It was rare for silence to fall over the commentary desk during such urgent moments.
That’s how shocking this was for everyone.
King Gul breaks the silence by slamming the table.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”
Hahahahaha
lol that’s crazy
-Insane
-This is insane lol
-Omg lol
“With that! Pangeo curves the shot 180 degrees and!! resolves it ahhh!”
“Oh, wait, and the Soldier right next to him just died!? I’m not sure what that was! Anyway Pangeo! That’s incredible ahhh!”
The broadcast camera couldn’t capture everything happening on both sides in that instant.
Since no one expected Almond to kill an unseen Enemy while hanging from the ladder, the camera hadn’t been focused there at all.
“Pangeo! This Player! Was overshadowed by Almond! But before Almond! He was Joseon’s greatest Archer!”
“But! Given his age! He really couldn’t adapt to curve shots!?”
“Yes! Yet! Creating such an impossible angle! He’s taken down the Enemy’s Ace! And at the most critical moment!!”
“With the very technique he struggled with most! He eliminates the Ace of the currently strongest team in the world! Pangeo!!”
-Wow
-For real
and ㅠㅠ (or “and T_T” / “and ;_;”)
-Insane
-So Hana held one after all
Rome had targeted a total of three defense towers.
Two of them were seized by Rome, and one was defended.
“Joseon held one tower! That makes a difference from having none!?”
“But two are gone! And all the Archers on top of them are dead!?”
Rome’s reason for trying to seize the defense towers was territorial control.
Because the Arrows shot from atop the defense towers kept pushing back Rome’s entrance.
But at this moment when the defense towers were captured.
Rome’s momentum gradually improved.
“Rome! Some detached units strike the Barbarian Soldiers from behind! Now Joseon is being crushed from both sides!”
Even with fewer numbers, when attacks come from both sides, the forces caught in between become significantly disadvantaged.
In actual historical records, there are documented instances where Soldiers were helpless against Enemies attacking from the left due to helmet vision angles and right-handed combat characteristics.
This is why formation is crucial in warfare.
Joseon’s formation was unfavorable right now.
And on top of that─
“Ah! Now Rome is throwing javelins!!”
Whoosh!
Long spears begin being thrown from atop the defense tower.
“Still slow though!? The spear regeneration! Takes 10 seconds!”
“Yes! Javelins take a long time!”
Compared to Arrows that could be fired rapidly, the speed was significantly slower.
The point of seizing the defense tower was to drive out the Archers on top, not for Rome to utilize it.
-Haha, truly a romantic skill “throwing spears”
-It was a skill? lol
-Spear regeneration is the skill, throwing javelins just happens
-lolol the skill is javelin throwing lol
Was it because they fulfilled their role, even if slowly?
The Roman Infantrymen gradually consumed the Joseon army.
Whoosh!
Thud!
Spears flew from the defensive tower, piercing through the Joseon soldiers one by one.
Most importantly, the relentless barrage of arrows from the Joseon defensive tower had ceased. That was the decisive factor.
“Ah, we’re being pushed back! Retreating!”
The Joseon Barbarian Soldiers, who had numbered nearly 130, gradually dwindled.
Their numbers dropped below 100.
“Waaaaaaaa!”
A roar erupted from Rome’s audience section.
[Retreat]
Cookie orders them to fall back.
“Joseon is withdrawing!”
“Ahhhhh!”
“But they’re regrouping again!?”
Though it was called a retreat, they hadn’t fallen back far.
“Joseon’s last remaining defensive tower! They’re gathering beneath it!?”
A single tower remained.
They had decided to defend beneath it.
The Roman Infantrymen pursuing them all collapsed under the rapid volley of arrows.
“Waaaaaaaa!”
A roar erupts from the Joseon audience section.
“Almond is saying it, right!? There’s still one tower left!!”
-Wow
“Ah” mister lol
lol
One tower lol
“With Almond and Pangeo defending it like this! Time is being delayed further!”
“Just by holding on like this, it’s difficult for Rome to break out!?”
Physically, they could break out.
But psychologically, it wasn’t easy.
If the Barbarian Soldiers gathered beneath the tower charged, the Workers trying to leave would be slaughtered.
“And Rome’s resources! They truly can’t be used now!? If they use even this, all hope for a multi-pronged attack disappears!”
“But!!”
Resources were gradually drying up, they said… but not for Joseon.
Hadn’t they created a multi-pronged attack?
Boom.
[Defensive Tower – 0%]
“Ahhhhhhh!”
Near the defense tower that Almond and Pangeo had secured, additional defense towers began rising.
“They’re building another defense tower!! Again!!”
“What!? Gangnam is completely full!? Push through Bundang!! We have no land! Have we no pride!!!”
Haha, damn it lol
Hahahahahaha
Hahaha, that’s hilarious!
-Let’s go to Newtown~
lol
-The age of romance
Joseon had secured multiple expansion points.
Resources continued flowing in from there, and the number of workers was stably maintained.
Looking ahead, Joseon could advance to the third age, and right now they could build more defense towers, and….
“This isn’t the end!?”
Now they could even demolish the structure that had been blocking the main base entrance and push forward.
[Demolition]
Crrraaaash…!
“The Joseon main base entrance is open again! And all those soldiers have been armed and trained since earlier!?”
Fifteen crossbowmen and ten swordsmen to face Rome’s legions marched out in formation from the main base.
“With this, it looks like Joseon can completely lock Rome down!?”
If all these troops are deployed, Rome cannot leave their camp.
Then the game ends.
“Is this really it!? Is Joseon this strong!!!”
The Caster shouts in extreme excitement.
“Calm judgment! Joseon! You can lock down everyone going to the third age and still advance! After all, this land here! It’s all mine! I’ll take it slowly! That’s it! You know your priorities clearly!”
If they had been greedy for more expansion points here or aimed for a faster third age, they would essentially be giving Rome another opportunity.
“This looks easy from a distance!? But! The commanders actually playing in that limited field of vision! Have to navigate through all sorts of mind games! Gimmicks! And the fact that they make the same judgment as us who can see everything! Is absolutely not easy!”
“But Cookie is sharp right now!!”
Commanders instinctively feel anxious about staying in the second age.
The very fact that development has stalled is an enormous burden.
Because there’s no fallback.
That’s why even excellent commanders had a high probability of making wrong moves here.
Either aiming for a fast third age or choosing to add more expansion points.
It wasn’t even a big mistake. Just a minor one.
In fact, doing so could kill the enemy even more completely.
The problem is the risk.
If there’s even a 1% risk, Rome is the team that breaks through it.
That’s why so many commanders have been frustrated before Anto.
Cookie doesn’t follow that same path now.
He stays in the second age while perfectly seizing victory.
Because he has faced Rome before, and he has experienced defeat.
I knew how to achieve victory.
“Today, Cookie’s motto is to choose only 100% optimal options! Or at least something close to that! That’s the whole thing!?”
“And Cookie’s condition today! It seems like it’s coming out at 100%, no, 200%!”
Defense towers built from resources generated in the multi-lane, and the convergence of soldiers who had been trapped at the main base.
Rome’s front line was gradually pushed back.
The defense towers were recaptured as well.
“Two defense towers have come back to Joseon!?”
“And now Joseon continues to receive supplies!? Rome has completely run out of resources! Ahhhhh!”
Some would call it luck.
The blessing of the same map from the first set appearing once more.
Here, Joseon could continuously lead their opponent from a favorable position.
However, this blessing was created by Cookie.
Originally, the Ancient Fortress was a map favorable to Rome.
It was Cookie’s strategy demonstrated in the first match against Rome that transformed it into a map favorable to Joseon.
Even against Rome, no matter how strong the team, I didn’t give up thinking it was just one game, and devised strategies until the very end—this was the framework created by those sleepless, brilliant nights.
His strategies that had failed to shine back then were now blazing with complete brilliance.
“Joseon! Joseon is pushing forward again! This is unstoppable!!!”
“Rome! Rome!! Has completely run out of resources!!!”
The faces of the two commanders reflected on the broadcast screen.
Subtle, yet their fortunes diverged.
“Waaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!”
Cheers erupted from the audience stands.
It was from the Joseon side.
[Surrender]
Rome declared their surrender.
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaa!!”
“Joooooooooo! Joooooooooo!”
King Gul jumped up faster than anyone else, letting out a scream.
Caster widened his eyes and swung his arms.
“Joseon! In the first match of the finals! Launches a preemptive strike against Rome!”
“Ah! Yes! That’s what Cookie is saying right now! I said I’m different from the preliminaries!? Right!?”
“That’s right! This isn’t the same team we faced in the preliminaries! Now!! Same map! Same opponent! But the framework was different! The skill!! The desire was different!!!”
[Victory]
A victory declaration appeared for Joseon, and the match truly ended.
Enthusiastic cheers from the audience burst forth.
“Great! Korea!”
Ding.
The numbers on the scoreboard change.
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Joseon 1
Rome 0
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Hisssssss…!
The players emerge from their capsules.
The broadcast camera zooms in on the Joseon players.
Their faces are displayed on the massive scoreboard.
This was the first time Joseon had won even a single match against Rome.
Though Joseon had been the architect of every upset thus far, this was an upset for the ages.
Yet not a single player showed excitement.
At most, they wore faint smiles.
Cookie in particular looked like someone who had just lost the game.
The same expression he’d worn walking in was frozen on his face as he walked out.
Almond was no different.
He didn’t even glance at the audience, heading straight to the waiting room.
And so the first set came to an end.
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