Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 851

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 321
103. An Arrow Beyond the Game (3)
Bang!
Chiseung slammed the table and jumped to his feet, shouting.
“That’s it!!”
He’d fallen for it.
Anto had been completely deceived.
“Ohhh!”
“W-wait, did it really work out the way we thought!? Or was it just a lucky guess!?”
It was a fifty-fifty gamble anyway.
By Gob Spear’s logic, it could have looked like a mere guess.
Chiseung shook his head.
“Anto wouldn’t just guess like that.”
Anto despised probability games.
Every choice he made had reasoning behind it.
Even when he played probability games, he always chose the option with the higher likelihood.
That’s how Chiseung could understand him.
“When I became Anto, I finally understood how Joseon appeared in his eyes.”
During the pre-match meeting, Chiseung had taken on Anto’s role and conducted mock games at rapid speed.
At that time, he analyzed Joseon while thinking as much like Anto as possible.
Anto would never have analyzed Joseon based solely on the finals’ first and second matches.
He would have tried to bind all of Joseon throughout the entire national tournament into a single thread.
When he did that, Chiseung reached the same conclusion as Anto.
“For Anto, Joseon’s tactical pattern is always the same: we operate around Almond. In other words, tactics are layered on top of the soldiers’ combat power.”
It wasn’t an incorrect analysis at all.
Because the opponent was Anto, it was actually a theory that could be predicted with greater certainty.
It was less a guess and more a realization on Anto’s part.
The strategy doesn’t execute through Almond—Almond executes the strategy.
Rome’s command staff had grasped this difference.
And Chiseung had discovered that they understood it.
“Right now, they’re being very careful about defense against archer harassment.”
There were no costly losses like building defensive towers or erecting walls.
But if Chiseung observed carefully, he could tell.
“Strangely, one side’s movements are unusually busy.”
Anto’s attention was being diverted.
His gaze kept drifting toward positions where an unexpected archer ambush might come from.
Individual soldiers seemed to patrol specific zones or, whenever there was any significant movement, they always positioned themselves to protect certain areas.
“Anto is fighting against the ‘Almond Strategy.'”
Chiseung let out a quiet laugh.
“But that doesn’t even exist.”
In this game, there is no such thing as Almond’s strategy.
Because it’s a naval battle?
That wasn’t it.
‘I got lucky.’
This must be what they mean when they say fortune favors the bold.
‘When I decided to change Almond’s unit type due to stamina concerns, everything became advantageous.’
During the meeting, Choi Sa-rang had briefly stepped in.
「What if we try changing Almond’s unit type? The enemy would be confused, and wouldn’t it be better for us to decide when Almond gets tired ourselves?」
That was the gist of it.
If Almond goes out as an Archer for three matches, his condition will deteriorate from the next match onward. The enemy has likely already analyzed that. So from the third match onward, they might not pay much attention to Almond.
If that happens, Joseon would suffer greatly.
That’s why Choi Sa-rang made the proposal.
By changing Almond’s unit type in the third match, Joseon would make Rome continue to worry about Almond in the fourth match or even the fifth.
“Anto said something like this in an old interview. There’s no commander who would swing his fists when he has a sword. So it’s easy to read.”
Chiseung had analyzed everything about Anto.
Every past statement he’d made.
That’s why he could confidently shake his head.
“Anto made a mistake. Almond isn’t a sword. He’s a nuclear weapon.”
Almond had become far more than a mere sword in this war.
He had become a nuclear deterrent.
As the power of Sync Tank and Cookie combined, what was once a tactical weapon had now become a strategic weapon.
“It’s actually stronger when you’re holding it.”
A nation with nuclear weapons never fires them.
The moment you fire, all-out war begins, and the value of the nuclear weapon is greatly diminished.
The true value of a nuclear weapon exists only when it remains as ‘the possibility of destroying everything.’
That’s what Almond is now.
The danger of being able to enter at any moment and threaten the Priest, potentially ending the game.
By existing as that threat, he maintains his value in this game.
“Anto still thinks another Swift Ship will arrive.”
“Ha… R, really?”
He continued to worry about the invisible nuclear threat.
Meanwhile─
Boom.
[Joseon – Age 3]
Joseon advances to Age 3 first.
“Good. Now it truly begins.”
Naval warfare properly starts from Age 3.

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“Joseon’s Age III! The development speed is incredibly fast, you see? It has to be this way!?”
Joseon’s Age III development pace was remarkable.
After all, they invested nothing in Age II weaponry.
“Meanwhile, Rome had one or two attack opportunities in Age II, but…!? It’s as if they were being cautious—nothing came out properly!?”
Rome, on the other hand, had assembled a certain amount of Age II forces.
If they had loaded them onto transport ships and sent them to Joseon’s main base, they would have achieved some results.
But Rome didn’t do that.
“In my opinion! Anto was searching, thinking something was coming!?”
Anto ultimately failed to discover Almond, didn’t he?
Because no one was aboard that ship.
“He thought Joseon would definitely drop archers! But there was no one inside!? At that moment, what Anto did wasn’t advance civilization—he built another Soiseun!?”
Anto believed the first ship he sent was a feint, and that another Swift Ship would follow immediately after.
He was overconfident. That Joseon would definitely profit from an archer drop.
“But why was Anto so certain!?”
“I was wondering why Cookie built two Swift Ships!?”
“Ah! Could it be…!?”
“Cookie made it look like one Swift Ship was sent to Rome’s base! He faked it!?”
The reason Anto became so convinced was because Cookie genuinely acted it out.
“Ahhh! This, this would be really hard not to fall for!?”
Commanders must judge the whole picture based on limited information received from their restricted perspective.
The environment inherently contains abundant information errors.
When you add the opponent’s such detailed and subtle deception on top of that?
Especially when in a desperate situation?
Even Anto finds it difficult to make proper judgments.
“So right now! Joseon built only 2 Swift Ships and skipped through Age II entirely!? Rome, relatively speaking, invested in 2 expensive Soiseuns and, preparing soldiers to block any incoming drops, fell behind!?”
Joseon’s 2 Swift Ships contained no troops whatsoever.
The cost spent on soldiers was zero.
“This! It seems Anto is continuously concerned about countering the Priest!?”
King Gul grasps the flow correctly.
Why does the deception work so well?
The root cause is fear.
“Although Almond failed in the second match! It seemed incredibly threatening! It keeps bothering him!?”
That emotion which Anto utilizes best.
And Anto was being swayed by it.
“The arrow shot in the second match! Is still flying toward him now in the third match!!”
-For real
-That gave me chills back then
-Lol all that effort shooting paid off
-That’s so scary
-that is
-which is why the match content matters too
“In fact, Joseon always utilized Almond early on without fail!?”
“Ah! That’s right! They used him every time! Every single time! And they’d still fall for it!”
“But this round, they ghosted Almond completely! Just skipped right past him! This cutting-in and pulling-out sense that Cookie has! I’d say his blade is truly sharpened!”
However, in this match, Joseon wasn’t deploying any Archers at all.
It was fair to say this was the first time such a phenomenon had occurred throughout the entire tournament.
Was that the reason?
[Panokseon – 97%]
Without a single wasted resource, Joseon’s first warship is constructed.
“And Joseon! The Panokseon appears!”
[Panokseon – Complete]
Boom!
The Panokseon emerges with the sound of a trumpet.
“Wait, if Rome enters now! What happens!? Rome’s already in the 3rd Age!?”
Thud.
[Rome – 3rd Age]
Rome’s 3rd Age, just one step behind.
Of course, they didn’t have a single 3rd Age warship yet.
A few Barbarian Soldiers board the Panokseon.
But these are all Barbarian Soldiers.
Free units that haven’t been supplied with proper weapons yet.
“Joseon! Just loading Barbarian Soldiers! All that matters is firing the cannons! That’s it, right?”
Close combat wasn’t even a consideration from the start.
“Cookie knows! If they go now! It’s at least several times more profitable! Rome only has exactly 1 Swift Ship right now, right? They can’t stop the Panokseon with that! You need 3 Swift Ships to break the Panokseon!”
The Panokseon is a defensive warship by nature, so it’s quite durable.
If 2 Swift Ships self-destruct against the Panokseon, it leaves exactly 2% health remaining.
To eliminate the Panokseon with just Swift Ships, a full 3 are needed.
Whoooosh…!
The Panokseon carrying Barbarian Soldiers cuts across the sea.
“Ah, Rome’s fishing boats! This…!?”
Rome’s fishing vessels come into view.
The Panokseon couldn’t possibly just pass by.
Kaboom!
The ship’s cannons blaze with fire.
The fishing boats sink in an instant.
“Waaaaaaaaaaa!”
“Joseon’s finally saying it!? This is our fishing waters!!”
-shocking
-about time;
-Why does China get away with it but Rome doesn’t…lol
-Hahahaha lol
-This is what territorial integrity means
Rome’s food supply rate began to plummet noticeably.
The Panokseon was roaming everywhere, relentlessly targeting only the fishing vessels.
“The Panokseon is persistently hunting only the fishing vessels!?”
“Yes. Why would we go to the main island? It’s dangerous there! We can just catch your fishing vessels! Why would I go? You come to us!”
That was true.
I couldn’t know what dangers might lurk near Rome’s base.
The broadcast showed everything clearly, but for Cookie, it was a gamble.
I could have easily lost the first Panokseon to an ambush of Soiseun and galley ships—which didn’t actually exist.
Instead, it was far better to eliminate all the fishing vessels and secure the concentrated fish harvest in the central waters.
“Not all fish are the same, you see? They’re in the middle of this sea, right? The fish here have much better food efficiency! Joseon is completely driving them out right now!”
“Joseon’s food supply rate is skyrocketing!! This alternate world Joseon has an incredibly wide fishing territory!”
Only Joseon’s fishing vessels began positioning themselves in the central waters.
Rome’s fishing vessels’ operational range grew increasingly narrow.
Once the Panokseon swept through, they all sank, so they couldn’t venture far at all.
In the end, they could only catch fish that even ordinary workers could catch from the streams.
“But the timing is an art form, right? Rome is upgrading to Age 3 now, and they need to pump out infinite workers while producing more Priests, right? But Priest production requires a lot of food!”
After a Priest or two emerged from Rome’s cathedral, no more were being produced.
“Priest production is stuttering!”
“Joseon! Joseon is completely ahead in resources!”
Food is the foundation of all resources.
More food means more workers, and more workers means the resource gathering speed naturally increases.
Since fishing vessels are also produced with food, the pumping effect of food on the ocean map was immeasurable.
-Joseon is well-fed lol
-Let’s keep pushing while producing Archers!
-Can’t beat a well-fed Joseon for real
-What is this even??
Meanwhile, Rome, which could continuously produce Priests—their Age 3 resource-pumping function—was falling short on resources compared to Joseon, who had no resource faction.
[Caravel – 25%]
Rome hastily constructed the Age 3 ship, the Caravel, but Joseon had already begun Age 3 troop composition with Archers and secured two Panokseons.
[Panokseon – Complete]
Archers boarded the second Panokseon as it prepared to set sail.
“Ah! This is truly! A perfect victory through superior management! Cookie! This is perfect revenge for Game 2!?”
“How did it come to this in the first place?”
“From Game 2! The arrow Almond fired in Game 2! It’s the same as killing the Priests in Game 3 right now!!”
“No, they’re not even being born in the first place!?”
“Yes! The Priest birth rate is practically Seoul! Taste Joseon’s power!?”
-That’s really serious lol
-My arrows pierce through matches
An arrow that destroys a nation ㄷㄷ
In 3 games, Almond never appeared on screen even once lol
-A dead Nut Fan kills a living Human;
The second Panokseon carrying Gakgung archers sets sail.
Whoooooosh…!
It was different from when only one Panokseon had appeared at first.
Two Panokseons and one were completely different stories.
Even if Soiseun appeared, with proper cannon fire, they couldn’t approach and could be sunk with such firepower.
The two Panokseons advance in parallel, pushing steadily toward Rome’s main island.

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