Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 852

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 322
103. An Arrow Beyond the Game (4)
Boom.
When Joseon reached the 3rd Age.
Anto’s hands, which had been moving busily, paused for a moment.
‘…Damn.’
He realized he’d been completely outplayed.
‘Was there never one? From the start?’
A strategy utilizing Almond—it never existed in this match at all.
There was no such thing.
‘….’
A strategy that vanished like a lie the moment it was analyzed.
Unbelievable, yet that’s the reality.
Look at the timing when Joseon advanced to the 3rd Age.
To afford the 3rd Age at this timing, Joseon must have spent the minimum in the 2nd Age.
There was no 2nd Age strategy to speak of.
‘Was I fighting an imaginary enemy?’
The belief that a ship carrying Almond and the Archer unit would strike once during the 2nd Age had slowed Rome’s development.
Meanwhile, Joseon climbed to the 3rd Age, and now the Panokseon had appeared.
Boom.
Crash!
Cannon fire erupts in volleys.
Rome’s fishing vessels sink.
Resource income dwindles.
Land animals remained, so the lifeline of food supply wasn’t completely cut off—but it was barely hanging on.
‘Now two units.’
Two Panokseons from Joseon would appear.
Not visible to Anto’s eyes, but the timing certainly suggested it.
[Caracal – 79%]
Rome hadn’t even finished constructing the Caracal, a 3rd Age sailing ship, properly.
‘At this rate….’
If the Panokseon entered the coastal waters, the Caracal had no chance.
The Caracal was a deep-draft vessel and fundamentally a sailing ship.
In these coastal waters, maneuvering was difficult, and combat was naturally disadvantageous.
Above all, while the Caracal’s size and durability exceeded the Panokseon, its cannon firepower fell short.
To the Panokseon, the Caracal was nothing but a large target.
Even more so in coastal waters where the Panokseon held the speed advantage.
‘I must avoid fighting in the coastal waters.’
Anto believed he had to create an engagement at least in the open sea.
‘Will the next vessel be a Panokseon? Or a Geobukseon?’
This is a critical problem for Anto.
If a Panokseon appears, the viability of this strategy becomes questionable, but a Geobukseon… it’s possible.
‘I need to make the Geobukseon appear.’
He makes a single move that stakes everything.
[Boarding]
Around the time the Caracal is nearly complete.
He loads several Workers onto a Transport Ship.

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“The Panokseon is trying to push into the enemy’s coastal waters!? This is exactly what Rome cannot allow to happen!”
“Ah, why is that!?”
King Gul shouts excitedly.
“Because the Panokseon is a flat-bottomed ship, it reaches full speed in coastal waters!? Plus the ship turns incredibly smoothly! And the cannon’s rate of fire becomes phenomenal!”
“Ah! But now Rome! A single Caracal appears! A European-style sailing ship! Ah! It certainly is magnificent!?”
“Yes. It is magnificent, but! Right now Rome has only one Caracal! One Soiseun and one Transport Ship! Just three vessels total, right? Yi Sun-sin needs at least twelve ships to turn the game around! Surely three ships won’t be enough!?”
Hahahahahaha
-The Saint still has…
lol
-If that Caracal gets stuck there, it’s seriously scrap metal
-Wow, Rome is losing like this?
Two Panokseons from Joseon pushing into the enemy’s main base at the perfect moment.
It was devastatingly critical for Rome.
“Rome! Do you have any countermeasures!?”
“The Panokseon is pushing in! There’s absolutely no interference!”
The Panokseon’s range still wasn’t enough to strike the coastline.
If Rome had a solution, it had to come now.
However—
“Huh!?”
—Ting.
Rome’s vision went dark.
“Something’s there, it seems!?”
-Oh
I’m shaking/trembling in fear
-What can you even do here?
-From here?
“For now! We can strike the beach, right!?”
The broadcast immediately focused on the Panokseon.
“Firing now!”
Boom!
Along with white spray erupting from the recoil, the black cannon barrel of the Panokseon scatters smoke.
Buildings along the coast begin to catch fire.
Of course, since they were structures on the outskirts, they weren’t critical facilities, but….
Granaries, housing for the worker population—every building served a purpose.
“It’s just a taste for now. But if they keep collapsing, these become lethal too, right?!”
“Exactly! Rome, if these houses fall too much, we can’t recruit more workers!”
Workers have population limits.
To increase this, housing must be provided for them to occupy.
Conversely, without houses, more workers cannot be produced.
“Rome’s already sensitive about workers!”
By the way, this worker count includes ‘fishing boats’ as well.
“Rome, it’s hard to see, but it looks like you’re starting to build again in the back, right?”
At the edge of the darkened vision, workers gathered, swinging hammers.
“Their response is quick, though!”
Still, ‘houses’ are cheap and have short construction times, so they can be restored quickly.
It’s all about resources, but since only gold and wood are consumed, Rome was managing fine for now.
“Rome, now that Priests are starting to appear! The speed of mining gold and wood has become considerable, right!? Houses seem like they’ll be restored!”
When Priests buff workers, ‘mining’-type resources like gold and wood are secured considerably faster than other civilizations.
“The problem is that this isn’t a typical naval map!!”
No matter how close they got, ships couldn’t strike the important buildings.
If this were a different naval map, that would have been the case.
But this was ‘Winding Waves.’
An island map with rivers and streams extending from the sea, fully realized.
Whoooosh…
The two Panokseons, confirming Rome had nothing special, push their vessels into the river.
“Go deeper! Go deeper!”
“If you go in this far!? Some key buildings get hit too! Rome! You had Soiseuns, right!? Where did they go!? What about the Caracals!?”
If Rome allowed this to continue, the damage would be catastrophic, yet Rome’s resistance was strangely minimal.
“Cookie’s also pausing for a moment now, moving slowly, right? Looking for threats!?”
“No. They’re waiting for this.”
Boom.
A warship with a black shell emerges with a short drum sound.
[Geobukseon – Complete]
-Kyaa
-Let’s go
-There it is, Geo-tae-sik~
-Ohhh
ㅋㅋㅋㅋ (lol lol lol lol)
Korean secret weapon lol
As the Geobukseon appeared, cheers erupted from the audience.
“Waaaaaaaaaaa!”
The massive Geobukseon balloon soared higher into the air, and countless Geobukseon figurines shot upward among the crowd.
“It seems like in Joseon, the Geobukseon is just as popular as Almond!”
“That’s right! Especially with the timing now—it’s perfect! Anto seems to be preparing something! He added the Geobukseon!? This is a tank-type vessel, so it’s extremely strong against surprise variables like the Soiseun!”
“Ah, yes! It’s reassuring~!”
Indeed.
With the enemy’s ships’ locations and intentions unknown, a formation combining the Panokseon and Geobukseon would create the perfect defensive setup.
“The Geobukseon crosses the center of the sea, joining up… wait!?”
It happened just as the Geobukseon reached the middle of the sea.
Something unbelievable occurred.
Boom!
“!?”
Cannon fire from somewhere began striking the Geobukseon.
-??
-What?
-Seriously?
-Huh?
“W-what is this!?”
It couldn’t be seen.
The Geobukseon had an inherently narrow field of vision.
It was strong against ships like the Soiseun or Fire Ship that came close to attack, but when it traveled alone and faced long-range bombardment like this, there was simply no way to respond.
The enemy, as if waiting for this moment, struck the Geobukseon with successive cannon fire.
Boom!
Boom!
White spray erupted as the Geobukseon lurched.
[Health 34%]
“Since the Geobukseon is also flat-bottomed! Once it starts taking hits here, it moves way too slowly!?”
-Isn’t that a Caracal?
-What the hell is this
-Wow
-How did the Caracal get there
When you encounter each other like this in the middle of the sea, regardless of ship performance, matchups determine victory or defeat.
“Anto! Don’t tell me you transported Workers to that island! Built a dock there and produced a ship!?”
Then, Rome’s vision activated.
King Gul’s prediction was correct.
Anto had loaded Workers onto a Transport Ship and moved them to a small island near the center of the sea.
From there, he built a dock and produced a Caracal.
It was a kind of forward base that appeared in the late game.
“This is practically a Caracal amphibious operation!?”
Boom!
The Geobukseon burst into flames and sank beneath the waves.
The Caracal faced off one-on-one with the Panokseon in the center of the sea, leaving no room to pursue or escape.
“By securing the advantageous space! The decision to cut off supplies to the following ships! Anto!? That’s truly impressive even in this situation!”
“But this Caracal is only attacking the Geobukseon! It’s not heading back to its own base!”
Rome’s main base was burning, which would justify returning to defend it, yet the Caracal maintained its position guarding the center.
“That means Rome has something that can withstand about two Panokseons!?”
King Gul examined the ships positioned somewhere in Rome’s main base.
One Caracal hidden in the most remote corner and one Soiseun concealed somewhere outside Rome’s main base.
These two ships were all they had, but King Gul could see what Anto was aiming for.
‘When the Panokseons are locked together. He’s planning to deal damage to both with just one Soiseun.’
After building docks on another island and constructing an additional Caracal, the main base had no resources left to do anything else.
So Anto had made the judgment that he must accomplish something with the ships he already possessed.
And that judgment was truly sharp.
“This! The Panokseons can’t go any deeper into the river!?”
As a river approaches the land, its width narrows.
The deeper the Panokseons ventured to inflict greater damage on Rome, the narrower the passage they had to navigate.
“It’s already quite deep, looking at it now!!”
Coming to my senses, I realized we’d already passed the lower reaches of the river.
Rome’s main base had burned in more places as a result, but the two Panokseons had also become locked together.
“Rome’s Soiseun! It’s moving!?”
Whoooosh!
In that moment, the Soiseun sets sail.
Positionally, the Soiseun was approaching from behind the Panokseons.
And the Caracal comes rushing down rapidly from upstream with the current.
Whoooosh!
The Caracal appears as if plummeting down with tremendous water force.
-Damn
-Is this Pirates of the Caribbean lol
-Wow this is insane lol
-He’s drawing all the aggro
The Panokseons’ attention is completely stolen by that massive Caracal.
“Panokseon! Rotating the cannons!”
The Panokseon turns its cannons toward the Caracal.
The Caracal likewise pivots to its side, extending its cannons as well.
Boom!
Smoke billows from both ships’ black cannon muzzles, and the vessels rock and sway.
The Caracal, struck by the combined cannon fire of two Panokseons, loses nearly half its health in an instant.
Moreover, the flat-bottomed Panokseon could rotate halfway and fire again from this position.
‘Turn around.’
But Anto was actually counting on exactly that.
The moment the Panokseon completes its half rotation, the Soiseun closes in.
In that case, all the Panokseon’s cannons facing the Soiseun would be unable to fire and stuck in the middle of reloading. They would have no choice but to watch helplessly and take the hit.
“If this turns! I’m telling you, it’ll actually turn!!”
Hahahahaha
If you keep going around, you’ll go crazy lol
Hahaha
Oh my, my stomach hurts so much!
King Gul caught onto Anto’s intention and shouted at the top of his lungs.
But then─
“…Huh?”
Did his words fall on deaf ears?
“It, it’s really not turning?”
hahahahahahaha
Isn’t this cheating? lol
What are you talking about? lol
Why am I so relieved that I’m actually flustered lol
What the…??? lol
The Panokseon didn’t execute a half-turn and instead held its position, pushing the cannonball back into the barrel.
And then─
“Then, then!!”
──Whiiiiiiii!
[Release Falcon]
The falcon soars into the air.
The Soiseun, which had been gradually approaching through the darkness, was completely exposed.
“!”
Everyone’s eyes widened in shock.
Everyone except one person.
‘So this was it.’
Cookie’s expression on the screen remained serene.
[Movement]
A single Panokseon pulls back.
From the Soiseun’s perspective, it was advancing.
To their eyes, it seemed like a fortress itself was moving toward them.
Whoooosh…!
The water churns, and the unused cannon on the opposite side spews smoke.
Boom!
“Waaaaaaaa!”
With the roar of the audience, the Soiseun turned to dust and vanished.
“Cookie!!!”
The commentators jumped up excitedly, slamming the table with a bang!
“Your instincts are absolutely sharp today!!”
“You found it like a ghost!? What is this right now!?”
-Creepy
-What
-Wow, I got chills
-No way
-Did you know about this?
-You… saw it?
-Hahaha
-Lol
-Was it a bait???
Rome’s trump card, built up for a single devastating strike from the Soiseun, crumbled to nothing in an instant.
“Excellent! Fire! Destroy them all!!!”
Under King Gul’s command, even the Caracal was engulfed in a barrage of cannon fire and obliterated.
Lol this is just biased now lol
“While claiming to be neutral lol”
-Are you shooting yourself?
-Hahaha
It was an inevitable outcome—the Panokseon had the advantage in the river, and now two of them were facing off against Rome’s forces.
No matter how successfully Rome had positioned a single Caracal in the center of the water, they couldn’t eliminate the two Panokseons that had entered their main base.
There was only one option left.
[Surrender]
To accept defeat.
“Waaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!”
The scoreboard changed as cheers swept across the arena.
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Joseon: 2
Rome: 1
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Joseon pulled ahead once more.

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