Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 846

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 316
102. The Bigger Picture (3)
The Joseon soldiers had spread out in all directions, conducting reconnaissance and hunting operations.
Because of this, there was no way to know how the situation was developing.
For anything to be shared, there needed to be communication between them, but everyone was scattered one by one.
Even Danggeun, who stayed close to Almond, couldn’t properly grasp the current situation.
‘What is happening…?’
She was wandering far away from Rome’s main base, and the person beside her showed absolutely no interest in such matters.
For her, it was difficult to notice that the Joseon reconnaissance teams were being continuously devoured by Rome’s forces near the main base.
She was simply assuming that things were proceeding according to plan.
Boom.
[Joseon – Age 2]
‘Age 2 is slightly slow.’
Still, Age 2 felt subtly delayed.
However, this could be a difference stemming from the given conditions—terrain situation, resource distribution, and so on—rather than a matter of whether things were going well or poorly.
This was because Civil Empire’s characteristics meant that map resource locations and terrain had randomness.
Therefore, depending on how the commander positioned buildings and what movement routes were established, advancing to the next age could be accelerated or delayed.
Daisunsin Choi was the highest level of speed in this field, but Cookie was not originally a commander skilled in such matters.
So it was reasonable to think things were unfolding reasonably well.
Ding.
[Infiltrate]
The moment this command came down to her and Almond.
I realized something had gone wrong.
‘Infiltrate?’
Not a simple movement order, but an infiltration command.
An infiltration order means, firstly, in its literal sense, to enter without being detected by the opponent.
Following from this, secondly, it is a command that grants more discretion to the player than to the commander.
An order to enter without being detected contains so many variables that the commander cannot map out every route individually.
The commander only checks for danger elements, and the soldier must enter on their own.
It was quite a high-difficulty order.
‘This shouldn’t have come down.’
According to the plan Danggeun had heard, a simple entry order should have been given at this timing, not infiltration.
‘They haven’t figured out the internal terrain of the main base.’
If the internal terrain had been precisely known, it would have been an entry order, not infiltration.
Upon receiving an entry order, a soldier proceeds straight ahead without any additional thought.
In such cases, one can arrive at the desired location with almost no time wasted.
Of course, the probability of dealing with threats that appear in the meantime decreases.
This was a tactic that could only be used under the premise of knowing the internal terrain perfectly.
‘That’s what we were supposed to do.’
This operation was one where time was of the essence.
‘It’s an assassination operation targeting the Priest.’

* * *
Meanwhile, the commentators remained unaware of this operation.
“Huh? Joseon! The moment they advance to the 2 o’clock position, something changes in their movements?”
“Is it another archer rush!?”
-Another archer rush lol
I can’t believe they’re doing the packing gun strategy against Roma again lol
-If you don’t know you die, but even knowing you still get hit…
-The land of triple failures
This movement could only seem strange to them.
For a fast archer rush, the number of troops being mobilized was remarkably small.
“Uh, Joseon… this is rather unusual!?”
What made it even stranger was that while the number of troops deployed was small, all the high-level personnel—the assistant commanders—were being sent in.
“Right now two assistant commanders are suddenly approaching Rome’s main base!?”
“Isn’t this dangerous? They’re riding horses, but if they get trapped in mountainous terrain, they’ll just die, right?”
Assistant commanders on horseback wouldn’t normally be caught by regular soldiers in other terrains, but in terrain like this, riding horses actually became a weakness.
If such assistant commanders approached the enemy’s main base, in the worst case they’d have to abandon their horses—the most precious early-game resource—and flee.
“Mountain tribes don’t apply to horses!? Why are two assistant commanders approaching near the main base!?”
“It seems like they’re scouting….”
In the meantime, Almond and Danggeun arrived at Joseon’s main base to change their unit composition.
“Now, archers are starting to appear, and Almond and Danggeun receive their bows in order? Almond became the leader… but this is far too few troops to call it an archer rush!?”
“Rome, on the other hand… is slowly and steadily building their forces? This is why strategies like archer rushes in the 2 o’clock position are so difficult against Rome?”
“Right. Rome finds it very easy to build forces in the 2 o’clock position. Since 2 o’clock weapons have efficiency that carries over into the 3 o’clock position… it becomes a concept of pre-producing units?”
“Yes. Exactly! With other civilizations, producing too much in the 2 o’clock position would be burdensome! But not Rome? Yet Joseon is making some kind of decisive move… no, something’s happening! In the 2 o’clock position!”
The 1 o’clock position slightly favored Joseon, the 2 o’clock position was Rome’s era, and from the 3 o’clock position onward was Joseon’s turn.
The 4 o’clock position slightly favored Rome again.
This had been the matchup dynamic between Joseon and Rome all this time.
“This finals! True to its name as a finals! All the conventional wisdom and matchup knowledge we’ve had so far! It’s becoming completely meaningless!”
“That’s right! Even in martial arts novels, battles between true masters are like that!?”
The advantages and disadvantages of the Ancient Walls map were like that, and in this second game too, all the familiar dynamics and concepts were becoming irrelevant.
That’s what an international stage is.
Concepts clash with each other, and within a short time they develop fiercely, creating new concepts unique to that tournament.
This phenomenon was becoming even more pronounced on the current finals stage.
“Almond and Danggeun! Just two of them are going in!? Is this really happening!?”
The assistant commanders lit the path, and the two began following that path inside.
“The assistant commanders only lit the path to the entrance! From here on it’s complete darkness! Are they really going in!?”
“Losing two archers in the 2 o’clock position is quite significant? And one of them is Almond!? He’s not just any archer!?”
“They’re entering while climbing the mountain! Rome doesn’t know about this yet!? But─”
The moment everyone focused on what move Rome would make.
—Click.
Rome’s viewpoint cuts to black.
-Creepy
-Whoa
-Is this Joseon’s perspective?? Creepy
-Wow
-Scary as hell
The broadcast shows the exact perspective of Joseon infiltrating Rome.
“Ah! My heart is seriously pounding right now!?”
The route Almond and Danggeun were entering was excessively dark. Truly uncharted terrain, nothing ever revealed before.
‘But what does this even mean?’
Seeing it this way, King Gul understood even less.
What significance this infiltration held.
“Rome probably won’t be able to predict this, right? But I’m not sure what this infiltration is for? What could just two archers possibly accomplish….”
That was when.
As if mocking King Gul’s words, Rome’s viewpoint flickers back on.
Whoosh!
“!”
King Gul’s eyes widen in shock.
“Why would they….”
Rome’s army’s movements were unusual.
No, was “movements” even the right word to describe this?
“Why do they look like they’re waiting for this!?”
They had already taken their positions.
Like a deep-sea anglerfish with its glowing lure dangling, its massive jaws spread wide open.
‘A lure…? What could possibly be the bait?’
Seeing that formation, King Gul finally caught on.
It was the moment all the strange phenomena up until now compressed into a single concept.
Why Joseon had desperately tried to scout deep into Rome’s main base, why Anto knew about it, why Joseon was sending only two archers now, and even why Anto knew about that too…
They were both looking at the same thing.
“Th-the Priest! They’re infiltrating to target the Priest!”
-??
-Huh?
-For real???
-Can they even kill that??
-Lolol
-Insane
“Is this really possible right now!?”
It was astonishing.
Certainly, reading the formation meant they were targeting the Priest.
Is that even possible?
It seems possible, at least.
At minimum, the two greatest commanders in the world at this moment believed it was.
That’s why Cookie was attacking with that in mind, and Anto was defending while being conscious of it.
“Wait a moment. Then this is, this is a serious problem!?”
An element they hadn’t considered.
“Anto knows everything!!!”
Anto knew the entire structure of this operation.
If that were the case, there was no way this strategy could succeed.
“If the enemies are already in ambush in the mountainous terrain! There’s no way to deal with this!”
-Wow
-For real??
-So that’s what happened in the 1st era…
-Wow, scary
-What exactly is this;
-No way
“Moreover, if this is an assassination operation against the Priest! Right now, time is actually being wasted, which is a huge disadvantage? Moving in so slowly because of the darkness is already a disadvantage! This is too dangerous for Joseon! We can’t move fast….”
That was when it happened.
Whiiiiiiii—!
[Falcon Release]
Joseon’s falcon soared into the sky.
“!”
In an instant, Rome’s positions were completely exposed.
“Ah, they’re all discovered now!? Since we know all the danger factors! What if we enter carefully and slowly!?”
“Ah… but, even knowing this, can we actually avoid them!?”
Only Almond and Danggeun entered from Joseon.
And approximately twenty Rome soldiers were in ambush scattered throughout.
By sheer numbers alone, it was a straightforward fight.
‘There are so many.’
Red warning markers began appearing all over Almond’s field of vision.
Danger pings.
[Danger]
[Danger]
[Danger]
.
.
.
Of course, that wasn’t all.
“Ah but this! Rome also knows that a falcon was released!?”
The weakness of Falcon Release.
The Enemy realizes they’ve been discovered.
Rome’s forces hastily shift their ambush positions.
Countless Roman soldiers move to new locations.
The intelligence from before might become meaningless.
‘Which way should I go…?’
Danggeun calculates the route with an anxious expression.
The Commander hasn’t even formulated a route yet.
But then—
‘Huh?’
Almond burst forward without even 0.1 seconds of hesitation.
—Thud-thud-thud-thud-thud!
“Wait, Almond!!”
Even the Commentators are shocked.
He’s just charging in despite all these danger pings?
“Almond’s sprinting! And Danggeun’s scrambling after him!”
-Danggeun’s expression lol
-This is Yugwan’s DNA. Danggeun.
-What are they even doing? lol
-And they’re actually running lol
-Whatever, just charge ahead
-Yugwan-style tactics
“Even if the mountain clan picks up speed! He’s really too fast!? Why!?”
No matter how skilled you are, movement speed is fixed in Civil Empire.
There was no way for Almond to run any faster.
Yet he appears even faster.
“Because there’s no doubt in his mind!”
“Pardon!?”
He’s running without the slightest hesitation or pause.
-Cheetah: ???
-lololol
-???: He didn’t know he’d liberate it!
-How can you doubt what you don’t know? lol
“It’s like a racehorse! Racehorses have blinders on their sides, right!? So they can’t think of anything else and just run!!”
“Ah! Is Almond a self-contained racehorse!?”
-lmao lol
-He really can’t think of anything else…
-lololololol
-He’s just running… running like a dog…
“If you normally run this fast…! It’s dangerous, but! Right now it’s actually becoming less dangerous!!”
Rome’s forces couldn’t respond to Almond’s sudden sprint.
They had only recognized Joseon’s Falcon, but they still didn’t know where I and Danggeun were, and they hadn’t anticipated that we would charge in so recklessly.
“That’s it! That’s the thing, right!? If you run fast enough, you can run across water! But the moment you doubt yourself! You fall in the water!?”
-Shiver
-That’s what my military senior used to make us do;
-Jesus Christ lol
-Lmaooo
-You’d fall in even without doubting…
-Hahaha
I instantly recognized the visible route between the danger zones and charged forward.
Rome hadn’t managed to fully reposition their ambush yet.
I understood it instinctively.
The information Cookie gave me was only valid for this single moment.
And my instinct was completely correct.
“Almond! Danggeun!! The ambush zone…!?”
Not a single Roman soldier appeared before us as we charged up the steep mountain path.
“We got through!?”
And as we reached the summit….
Whoooosh!
[Release Falcon]
Joseon’s Falcon takes flight once more.
The spot where Rome’s main force Workers were mining gold was laid bare before us.
“N-now I can see it!?”
In my vision, it appeared no bigger than a bean.
‘There.’
The Priest standing among the Workers, casting buffs.
There was no time to waste.
I immediately drew an arrow.
‘They’ll be coming after me.’
Thud-thud-thud-thud.
Footsteps echoed across the entire mountain.
Every soldier who had been ambushed on this mountain was now searching for me.
Click.
I nocked the arrow and held it drawn, waiting.
‘One second.’
[Focus]
White light from Focus converges.
‘Two seconds.’
The white light slowly blooms.
‘Three seconds.’
Kiiiiing─
White light blazes intensely, flickering with brilliant radiance.
The arrow’s tip surges toward the Priest’s head before soaring far higher.
Even for me, this was a challenge.
To strike the Priest’s head in a single shot from this distance with a second-era short bow, conventional angles wouldn’t suffice.
A shot that demanded I utilize every last moment of the arrow’s trajectory.
In reality, such a shot would be meaningless—the arrow’s force would be spent before impact. But here, it was different.
If it connected, if it merely reached—
‘They’ll die.’
My eyes gleam with intensity.
The taut bowstring releases.
—Whoosh!
The arrow soared high into the air.

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