Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 855

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 325
104. What Comes Next (2)
[Cookie benched and Choi Sun-sin?? Is this right?]
With the appearance of Daisunsin Choi, the community erupted in a flood of posts.
[Think tank’s clever tactics are crazy]
[Cookie was playing so well today though…]
[Choi Sun-sin did well. But is it really that good?]
Fundamentally, most people were anxious.
It was only natural.
They weren’t even losing, and right after posts flooded in saying they were overwhelming Anto, Cookie was benched for the next match.
[World-class movement]
[Haha, isn’t that a masterpiece?]
[If we lose here, we’ll only have 1 coin left…]
Some argued that they’d been too clever and tripped over their own feet.
[If we win like this, that’s huge]
lol my head’s about to explode
I feel like we’ll definitely lose if we play 5 games against Roma ㅠㅠ How could they make such a choice?
[That was insane]
Some believed this choice was actually a brilliant move.
But no one truly understood why this choice could be a masterstroke.
Confusing Anto was certainly part of it, and preparing for the next generation was also true.
However, the real factor behind victory wasn’t that.
Hee-cheol had already explained this when persuading Sync Tank.
“The person who can draw out Almond to 100% isn’t me—it’s Choi Sun-sin.”
She possesses the most essential ability for the games Joseon will unfold going forward.

* * *
“Ooh! Another mountain map!?”
Following the second match, a mountainous terrain had appeared once again.
At least it was a situation somewhat favorable to Joseon.
However, King Gul didn’t seem to think so.
“Ah. Rugged mountain ranges and highlands… it’s technically a mountain map like a treacherous gorge, but the emphasis is actually on what comes after, you see?”
“What comes after?”
“Between rugged mountain ranges and highlands—the highlands. That’s the emphasis.”
“Ah!”
hahaha for real
-So there are highlands and mountain ranges
-There’s more flat terrain than expected
In “rugged mountain ranges and highlands,” the term “highlands” was actually the primary focus.
There were mountain ranges, certainly, but what mattered more was how the fighting would unfold in the highlands themselves.
“So essentially… you could think of it as an island map surrounded by mountains? But that island is quite substantial. If you look now, almost 50% is actually flat terrain, you see?”
“That’s right. It’s quite different from a treacherous gorge, isn’t it?”
“Yes. In fact, it’s the opposite.”
“The opposite?”
“In a treacherous gorge, the flat terrain was at the base of the mountains, right? But here, the flat terrain is at the top of the mountains.”
“Ooh!?”
-That’s true
-It’s basically just the tops of mountains cut out
I’m against it.
Reverse valley lol
Despite appearing similar, the maps operated on completely opposite principles.
There was one critical difference that emerged here.
“The troublesome part is that the attacking side has to climb uphill.”
“!”
The side launching the attack must ascend the slope.
The defending side gains a far greater advantage.
“Especially when using ranged weapons, shooting at enemies positioned above you is quite difficult. The opposite position is far too easy.”
“Ah, I see. So in that case, the priest assassination strategy… would that be impossible?”
Here emerged one element that disadvantaged Joseon.
Priest assassination required elevation differences to work, but with the terrain inverted, it was absolutely impossible.
“Ah, that’s right. For Anto, already troubled by the change in commanders, we should see this as losing one more option to consider.”
In the third match, Anto had constantly kept priest assassination as a consideration, causing his decision-making speed and quality to continuously lag behind Cookie’s.
It was like running a massive background program on a computer while trying to do video editing, compared to doing nothing but the video editing itself—the speed difference was enormous.
Naturally, the gap was substantial.
Moreover, humans were not computers.
When such anxiety factors existed, they continuously consumed mental resources, eventually destabilizing one’s composure.
That had been Anto’s fatal flaw.
But this time, there were no obstructing factors.
The Commander had changed as well.
“Honestly, I can’t predict any advantage or disadvantage at all. I still don’t quite understand why Cookie changed commanders in the first place?”
As commentators, it had become difficult to even attempt predictions with so many unpredictable variables at play.
It seemed as though only fate itself would decide which side these variables would favor.

* * *
As the first-age reconnaissance phase for both Joseon and Rome was drawing to a close.
[Retreat]
The retreat order was issued to Almond and a small group of archers.
All those being called back shared the same thought.
‘It’s beginning.’
I didn’t think Choi Sun-sin would simply let the early game pass by.
Still, the opponent was Rome, yet he was executing this as if it were obvious—it was remarkable.
From the position of receiving orders, one couldn’t know the commander’s mood or state of mind.
Yet somehow, Choi Sun-sin seemed extraordinarily familiar with tournaments and remarkably composed.
It was suspicious whether he was truly someone who had never competed in a tournament before.
Was it around the time they arrived back at the Joseon base?
Boom.
A massive drum sound echoed across the battlefield.
[Joseon – 2nd Age]
Joseon advanced to the 2nd Age at an incredible speed.
The optimal movement patterns of workers, the perfectly positioned buildings accordingly, and workers produced in perfect timing to match resources without a single misstep.
All these elements combined to create a time that bordered on the theoretical ideal.
“Wow! Wait, the 2nd Age entry time!?”
“This is definitely Choi Sun-sin! Civil Empire has map randomness, and especially resource locations can be really troublesome! Yet in those situations, he always achieves perfect optimization!?”
“Exactly! The fact that he pulls this off every time! Choi Sun-sin….”
Before the analysts could even finish their various remarks.
[Crossbowman – Complete]
Crossbowman production was complete, and simultaneously, the crossbowman was placed in Almond’s hands.
Every movement pattern was optimized to the highest speed.
“Already a crossbowman!”
“Is this a match against an AI!? Choi Sun-sin is basically in ChatGPT mode right now!”
lol
and lol
-Is he a machine?
I can’t translate this as it appears to be corrupted or nonsensical Korean text with random consonants and symbols that don’t form meaningful words.
lol that’s so funny ㅋㅋㅋ
-Damn
After five crossbowmen had been produced.
Rome’s Age 2 notification sounded.
Boom.
[Rome – Age 2]
“Ah… This! Anto simply cannot keep up with this speed!”
“Right. Anto employs a typical flowing, reactive style!? Among commanders, such… speed!? It’s never been valued as such a high priority!”
-Real talk
-That’s usually how it goes
-It’s similar to how fast hands aren’t highly rated lol
-But this is way too fast?
-Seems even faster today
While commanders must possess many qualities, production optimization isn’t actually one of the most significant.
It improves naturally with practice, and eventually the differences become negligible.
The supreme qualities demanded of a commander have always been creativity, brilliant tactical insight, and adaptability to terrain.
Anto, currently ranked 1st, was the best in those areas, and because he remained the best, such qualities were what was being demanded.
Regardless, for Anto, Choi Sun-sin’s speed that suddenly confronted him was almost unbelievable.
‘I knew it would happen.’
Anto’s hands moved far faster than usual, his brow furrowing.
‘Still, what a pain.’
Perhaps because he’d expected to face Cookie?
His body felt insufficiently warmed up for such urgent movements.
“No matter how fast a commander moves, it shouldn’t matter! Even if the current meta says otherwise! But if it gets this fast! That changes everything!”
Ten crossbowmen were already racing across the mountainous terrain in the center of the map.
Rome had only just produced about six Legions.
“We can probably stop this. The Barbarian Soldiers might manage something…”
“Right. But! How you stop it is what matters! In this game!!”
Due to the nature of nation-versus-nation competitions, early rushes rarely end the match.
The real issue is how to recover from the damage sustained in this engagement.
“In the first place, Joseon isn’t even doing a finishing rush right now! They’re just striking once and pulling back!? That’s why only ten archers go! If they wanted to finish, all 200 soldiers would’ve gone!!”
“Exactly!? So what they’re aiming for from the start is to inflict massive damage on the opponent! That’s it! They’re not overcommitting!?”
“Correct! Actually, this mindset can be even harder to defend against!? If they come in saying ‘all-out war!’ and engage in infighting, I can land counters too! But if they start using pure outboxing, just tapping away, Anto eventually has to tap back!?”
“Right. If they only throw jabs, Anto’s famous counters won’t land!?”
“Exactly! The bigger problem right now is!!”
The archers encounter Roman Scouts.
They don’t bother evading the scouts.
[Attack]
Twang—
Almond, leading the charge, simply draws his bowstring immediately.
“Anto hasn’t even properly equipped his gloves yet!!”
“Aaahhh!”
──Whoosh!
The Roman Scout’s head blazes white as he flees.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
-Kyaa
-Gaaaaah
and just being totally obvious about it lol
-Drasaaah
The Archers, clearly having no intention of concealing themselves from the start, hunted down every Roman Scout visible on the mountain path.
Whoosh!
Whoom!
“So they’re just going to clean up the scouts as they go, right!? This is exactly what I mentioned—light jabs! But then the Archers push uphill to the main base? That’s a complete all-in straight punch! You get countered, it hurts! But! This is different! They’re gradually consuming the opponent’s territory! Cornering them against the ring ropes!!”
-For real
-Ohhh…
Lee Sun-sin variation lol
-This is something new
Daisunsin Choi had always targeted damage to the main base and Workers.
The returns were correspondingly massive, but failure meant losing the match.
This match was different.
The Archers were leisurely expanding their operational territory at a steady pace.
They boldly abandoned any location where there were too many scouts, or where rounding a corner might lead to sudden encounters.
In fact, each of the ten Archers had been assigned an optimized target from the start.
The scouts they could most effectively eliminate from their respective positions.
“Wow! Archers! Full dispersal!!”
[Attack]
[Attack]
[Attack]
.
.
.
Though all ten were moving in the same direction, their positions were quite spread apart.
Consequently, the territory they could cover was vast.
Pababang!
The scouts tried to avoid where the Archers were, but they kept getting struck by arrows regardless.
“Ah! Even behind the trees! It doesn’t work! Rome! The Barbarian Soldiers are already dying quite a bit! They need to abandon the hunt! And retreat!”
“Because they’re spread out so wide! From the opponent’s perspective! You can’t even tell where they are!?”
From Anto’s perspective, everything was darkness—whenever an arrow flies, that’s where the Archer unit appears to be.
But the Archer unit wasn’t operating as a “unit” at all right now.
They were separated, engaging in individual combat.
Yet to Anto, each one looked like a unit.
“Right now, from Rome’s perspective! Each individual is an Archer unit!”
“It’s clearly quick jabs, but from another angle, it’s completely bold!”
From Rome’s perspective, the Joseon Archers seemed to be everywhere at once—not just ten of them, but nearly thirty.
“I am not alone! I am… a legion!”
-??
Haha, that’s hilarious
Hahaha lol
-corps lolol
What the heck lol
Of course, Anto wasn’t actually confused into thinking there were thirty archers.
But pinpointing the opponent’s location was difficult.
[Retreat]
Unable to identify their positions immediately, he withdrew the scout line.
That meant abandoning some of the animal hunting as well.
Food supplies were falling behind again.
“Excellent! Joseon is now covering a tremendously wide area while continuing to hunt! We should consider all the animals here as Joseon’s territory!”
“Uh, well… but this doesn’t seem like a simple retreat!?”
However, Anto had no intention of simply abandoning the hunt.
Whenever something was given up, Anto always found a way to take something back.

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