Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 856

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 326
104. What Comes Next (3)
Rome’s think tank conference room.
“They’re changing commanders at this timing!?”
The fact that the commander had been switched filled the room with chaos.
“Sigh.”
“What is this, exactly.”
It was then that Toby, the Leader, spoke up as well.
“Anto never saw this coming.”
Anto had completely ruled out the appearance of Daisunsin Choi.
He had been entirely off the mark.
“Right. I was wrong. These things happen, don’t they?”
One of the members questioned Toby as if to ask why he would deliberately say something so demoralizing.
Toby shook his head in response.
“No.”
“No… you say no?”
“Anto’s reasoning wasn’t wrong.”
“What?”
But he’s wrong right now.
“So think about why Anto ruled out Daisunsin Choi.”
“Well… we figured out that Cookie was injured and came out, right?”
“So how did we figure that out?”
“Huh?”
“Because his skill was lower than Cookie’s. Yet he was substituted in anyway. That’s why we thought it was strange and investigated.”
“!”
That was it.
At the time, Anto had believed there was no reason for Cookie to be replaced by Choi Sun-sin.
So he focused on investigating other external factors and eventually discovered the reason.
The cause was Cookie’s health problem.
“So… is Cookie still in poor condition right now?”
“Maybe. Either way, there’s nothing to worry about.”
Nothing to worry about?
At Toby’s words, the members turned their attention back to the broadcast screen.
On the broadcast screen, the Joseon Archers were pushing forward.
Rome was retreating.
Joseon’s momentum was fierce. They were pursuing as if determined to capture even one more soldier.
‘We’re being pushed back…’
Anyone could see they were losing ground.
Joseon’s second wave was far too fast.
‘Huh?’
However, I soon realize the truth.
The route the Joseon Archers are following.
Roman soldiers were positioned there.
‘A lure.’
They were preparing javelins from atop the hill.
Toby speaks up.
“Anto never loses to commanders of that style.”
──Whoosh!
Pierre’s javelin, thrown as the vanguard, pierced through one Joseon Archer.
“That’s why he didn’t bother accounting for it.”
Anto’s counterattack had begun.

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“Whoa, whoa, whoa!? They keep pushing forward? But this terrain has hills scattered everywhere!? If the Legions throw javelins from up there! This is seriously dangerous!”
Words become prophecy, as they say.
Anto had already positioned Legions on the hillside.
Though few in number, they held complete visual superiority.
They could see all the archers below them, yet the archers couldn’t see them in return.
Hidden by the forest trees and the elevation differences of the hills.
So it was only natural that Pierre’s first javelin pierced through Ratte.
Whoosh!
“Ah! In the end!? Ratte!”
-Ratte lmao dies first again
-Always charging forward….
-???: Ratte is like~ ugh!
“This is Anto’s signature counter play!?”
Just when Joseon seemed to be pulling ahead, it’s the same formation we always see against Rome.
“Exactly. He subtly lures them where he wants by appearing to lose, then suddenly crushes them! This guy is a true master of it!”
Anto is someone who clearly understands the distinction between a soldier’s first-person perspective and a commander’s third-person view.
He exploits the gaps created by that difference, the limitations in communication.
“Because players operate in first-person, when there’s an enemy fleeing, they just chase after them mindlessly! Their vision narrows! They can’t think of anything else! And then─”
──Whoosh!
Another soldier’s javelin pierced through another archer.
In an instant, the momentum shifted back toward Rome.
Anto’s expression on the broadcast screen remained unchanged.
‘He knows.’
He continued his positioning as if he knew exactly where his opponent wanted to move.
With far fewer Legions.
Yet they felt far more numerous.
The darkened vision from the hills, the Barbarian Soldiers maintaining threatening angles from a distance, the restricted sky view due to the forest….
At this rate, Rome was simply trapping the Joseon forces and slaughtering them.
The enemy’s approach routes, their intentions—everything.
Against someone who prepared one step ahead for all possibilities, numbers meant nothing.
‘I’ve already watched this play multiple times.’
Anto had observed Choi Sun-sin’s plays quite extensively.
His conclusion afterward was that he wasn’t someone worth worrying about.
And now that conclusion seemed to be becoming reality.
“Wow, the accuracy! Those are all headshots right now!?”
Archers incomparably more valuable than Barbarian Soldiers dwindled in numbers instantly from the ambush.
“But shouldn’t the archers stop their advance!? They’re not stopping!?”
Yet the archers did not stop.
“Are they trying to find the Legion!? If a few more archers die like this! The Barbarian Soldiers will come rushing back and surround them! When that happens, the situation changes!”
If the archer count dropped below a sufficient threshold, Barbarian Soldiers would swarm in and unleash a beating.
When that happened, Rome would essentially be killing Joseon’s archers for free.
“To prevent this, Joseon should have brought Barbarian Soldiers too! But then there’s barely any gain! Usually they’d just retreat!! But here they’re trying to accomplish something more! Joseon!?”
A dangerously precarious situation could have unfolded, yet Joseon’s archers maintained an aggressively forward position throughout, invading Roman territory.
“Wait, Joseon!? I thought they were satisfied with just driving back the scouts!?”
King Gul was bewildered by this strange movement.
Initially, he’d thought Choi Sun-sin had slightly tempered his characteristic aggression, but it seemed that wasn’t the case at all.
“More! More!?”
“We’re good! Keep going!”
Whoosh!
Whoom!
Rome’s javelins flew in.
The archer unit advanced further.
Almond charged ahead as vanguard, drawing his bowstring.
Twang.
The throwing accuracy of Rome’s first-line Legions was uncanny.
Thunk!
Two long spears pierced through Danggeun’s torso, and she collapsed.
“Whoa, one down, but… two down!?”
Still, the archers didn’t stop running.
[Keep running]
The command remained.
The route didn’t disappear.
From above, javelins were launched again.
“Is that large rock over there the destination!? Are they trying to hide!?”
“We don’t know the Legion’s location! Right now! That’s why we can’t throw!?”
Ting!
[Danger]
[Danger]
[Danger]
.
.
.
A danger ping appears above the javelin.
A danger ping.
Choi Sun-sin has now identified where the javelin is coming from.
“!”
Though not all the archers can see the javelin at once, the ping is incredibly conspicuous.
Is that why?
“Th-this time!?”
Whoosh!
All the javelins missed.
“Ugh! Three go! Three go!”
“They’re advancing again! Pushing up behind the hill where the Legions are standing!? They’re trying to follow us up!”
The Legions are positioned so high that the javelin’s range far exceeds that of the short bows firing from below.
All the archers can do here is either flee to create distance or follow them up the hill.
“But you said this was just a jab earlier! This shouldn’t be happening!?”
lol
I can’t translate this as it appears to be incomplete or uses internet slang notation rather than standard Korean text. Could you provide the full context or complete word?
-They said the supporting beam collapsed against three go…
-If it were three Yen Byung, maybe, but three go is a bit…
That was right. If it’s like this, it’s no longer just a jab.
If it’s not a jab, they’ll take heavy damage when the counter lands.
And Anto has already landed a counter once.
The archer unit numbers have halved from ten to five.
“If this continues, when the Roman Barbarian Soldiers return, we could face total annihilation!?”
“Yes!?”
“To avoid that, Joseon’s Barbarian Soldiers need to come support too! But right now they’re all hunting! Completely pushing the hunting sprint! And Rome is just getting back the ones driven out of their own hunting grounds! The pressure is completely different! This is Roman territory to begin with!”
Yet they advance anyway.
“But they’re advancing even further!”
Advancing further in this situation means taking another step forward even as the jaw recoils from the counter, the skull still reverberating from the blow.
The next hit could mean a knockout.
Yet they advance.
The opponent knows the knockout coming next, so when the opponent becomes even slightly desperate, an opening emerges.
That opening is what they’re targeting.
King Gul’s eyes widen.
‘This is…’
Only an extremely select few among countless players can pull this off.
The ability to definitively seize that gap of impossible probability….
‘Truly an inborn gift.’
Those who possessed the genes of champions—truly the chosen ones.
The Joseon Commander was precisely such a human.
[Release Falcon]
Whiiiiiiiii!
The falcon soars into the air.
In that instant, the entire field of vision far up the hillside blazes with light.
Screeeee—
As if he’d been waiting, Almond draws his bowstring taut.
[Fire]
Shiiiiii…!
A trajectory for his arrow materializes before him.
The path advances toward a place invisible to Almond.
Unknown territory.
Yet Almond holds his breath for a moment.
Then releases the string.
A blazing white arrow launches forth.
Boom!
“What!? This!?”
King Gul’s eyes trembled violently.
In that instant, his vision crystallized.
The form of a boxer who allows a fist to his own body yet strikes his opponent’s vital point at a perfect angle.
‘This can’t be.’
That single step forward despite taking the counter.
The fist extended behind it crashed into the enemy’s center.
Thud.
The center of balance shatters.
“…!”
The broadcast screen zooms in, revealing the ID of the soldier who just fell.
[Pierre]
For Rome, a death as hollow as it was sudden.
For Joseon, the very prelude to their counterattack.
“Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!”
A roar that seemed to tear the ears erupted from the Joseon side.
In the broadcast screen, Sarang’s face wears a faint smile.
‘You weren’t the only one observing us.’
Joseon had landed a proper blow.
A perfect counter to the opponent’s counter.
‘I was observing you all along.’
This was what the archers had fought so desperately to create.
An opening born from their sacrifice.
And now it was beginning to unfold across the sky.
[Fire!]
[Fire!]
[Fire!]
.
.
.
Countless trajectories were drawn across the battlefield.
Arrows began raining down on the other legions.
Crash!
“Pierre! Pierre is dead! And—and—and!”
“Aaaahhhhh!”
-LMAOOOOO
-HAHAHAHA screaming
-Roman soldiers mixed in with the commentators
-Wipe them all out~!
Crash!
The legions frantically raised their shields against arrows streaming in from all directions.
But most were already dead before they could react.
With their numbers already depleted, the legion was essentially annihilated.
Only then did King Gul understand.
Why Joseon had taken one step further even while being countered.
‘Because that was the only way to kill this enemy.’
This was an opponent that could never be pierced without taking several hits first.
“Anto fell for the trap! He saw an opportunity to reduce the archers further and annihilate them! And it was actually possible!”
“Yes! Exactly! That’s what I said was dangerous for Joseon!”
“But! That opportunity that came to Rome! It actually forced Pierre to maintain his advanced position for far too long!”
“Right! He was completely had! Taking the counter was actually setting up the counter! Does this even make sense!?”
The bait itself was bait.
They had completely understood and pierced through Anto’s psychology.
“Actually! Rome! Made almost no mistakes! No! Zero mistakes! This was just madness—forcing their way through by sheer will! Creating that gap! Joseon just did it!! They’re absolutely insane!!”
King Gul was completely excited, rambling on.
“And this!? This is completely Anto’s style, isn’t it!? Pierce through the enemy! Counter with—!”
“Exactly!”
“So that’s what makes this even crazier! The opponent’s mental state completely breaks! If Anto predicts the next move and gets ahead by one step, then Choi Sun-sin just brushes it aside like it’s nothing and says—!?”
“What, what do you mean!?”
“Next!!”
-LMAOOOOOOOOOOO
-Next one lolol
-A counter to the counter lol
-Next! lololol
“Ah! But there’s no one after Anto! This is the finals!?”
-lololol true
-There’s no one after Anto… for real lol
-Hahaha lol

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