Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 859

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 329
105. Steam Pack (3)
Militia upgrade.
Moreover, it was a second-era faction upgrade achieved in the third era.
Community posts snowballed over this rarely-used strategy—no, a strategy that had never been deployed in this manner even once.
[Militia showing up lol]
[Militia in the third era? For real?]
[Land of the militia lovers lol]
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The first post among these went viral on Big.
Big) Live Finals_Militia Upgraded lol
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It’s real
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-This is what a superstar does lol
-Not even second era, but third era lol this is insane
└I just got back from getting food and everything’s gone crazy;
-Using it together with crossbows??
-Once you use militia, don’t you have to die to be reborn as a proper soldier again?
└Yeah, once you use it you’re just stuck in a fragile state
The reason this became such a hot topic was partly because the militia faction was being utilized starting in the third era, but the key point was using it together with crossbows.
The commentators mentioned that point as well.
“Militia… isn’t this a really difficult choice?”
“On its own, it’s still a faction that achieves meaningful results if used in the second era. But when used together with crossbows, we can’t really know how it will turn out.”
“Ah. So crossbows and militia don’t synergize well?”
“Well, crossbows are an extremely static faction, aren’t they? Even Almond stands almost completely still when firing crossbows. Other players go without saying. But militia is a faction whose strength lies in movement speed.”
“Ah….”
“Moreover, if he was going to use militia, wouldn’t it have been better to upgrade in the second era instead? That earlier battle at Rome’s main base would have been a bit smoother.”
-That’s true
-Right, if the speed was faster maybe he wouldn’t have died?
-Now that I think about it, that makes sense
-Sharp analysis lol
Just as King Gul said, if I had used militia in the second era, I would have gained more advantage in that battle.
So why did I choose to upgrade after the third era instead of at that moment?
That was the question.
“This must be for combining it with crossbows, I suppose….”
“Ah. So you did this to combine it with crossbows?”
The upgrade to the third age was due to the combination with Crossbowmen.
“Yes. Since Crossbowmen take a long time to upgrade, they probably wanted to reach the third age as quickly as possible, right? But the problem is, honestly, we can’t quite grasp what this combination itself will do!”
With such questions in mind, the match between Joseon and Rome continued.
[Militia – Complete]
The Militia upgrade was complete, but the Crossbowmen upgrade was still pending.
“Militia is done. Yes. Now we’re gathering the Archers again… you see? There’s another timing where we can strike?”
Inside Joseon’s main base, Gakgung units began to gather.
“And Joseon is also preparing for expansion soon. The Crossbowmen upgrade is expensive, and with the Militia on top of that, they’re probably going to be quite short on resources.”
“That’s right. They’re behind compared to Rome, aren’t they?”
“Since we’re on the topic! Does Joseon still not know about Rome’s expansion?”
“It’s hard to tell. Because the Falcon scouting cooldown is extremely long… and it’s difficult to run out there and check directly… huh?”
Scouting was not easy on a mountain map.
Especially in a place like this where the building sites were on high ground and mountains lay below, scouting efficiency dropped significantly.
Because Horses couldn’t run there.
But—
“Wait a moment.”
Come to think of it, Joseon had something to replace Horses.
“These Militia… they work as Barbarian Soldiers too!?”
I can’t translate this as it appears to be random Korean consonants without a clear meaning or context.
-Whoa
I can’t translate “-ㅁㅊ” as it’s not a complete word or standard Korean text. It appears to be incomplete Korean consonants without vowels. Could you provide more context or the complete word?
Oh my god, no way lol
-Oh
Before the words even finished, several of Joseon’s Barbarian Soldiers began to run.
[Militia]
Crash!
Their basic armor shattered, and their movement speed increased dramatically.
[Mountain Folk]
And as they entered the mountain terrain, the Mountain Folk faction passive activated as well.
Barbarian Soldiers charging forward at nearly the same speed as slow Horses.
“With this, scouting should become considerably faster!?”
The Barbarian Soldiers scattered and ransacked the entire map.
That’s right.
Choi Sun-sin had been deducing it.
“Rome still hasn’t reached the third age! Actually, it’s obvious! They know there’s an expansion!”
Rome had some hidden resource line they were keeping secret.
“And with that! The Archers are also moving forward! It looks like a move to seize the central area!?”
“Yes. The Crossbowmen haven’t been created yet! But still! They’re going out early! Because Crossbowmen appear immediately the moment the upgrade completes!?”
“While seizing the center! If the Barbarian Soldiers find the expansion, it looks like they’ll rush there?”
“Rome is now advancing to the third age!?”
Boom.
[Rome – Age 3]
Rome has advanced to Age 3.
“Priests are starting to be recruited now! We need to allocate resources properly!? Is this a multi-expansion…!”
While Barbarian Soldiers were patrolling, they discovered what appeared to be a multi-expansion location.
“We found it!?”
Countless footprints stamped along the uphill path.
Tap tap tap.
A Barbarian Soldier begins following the trail upward.
Climbing the mountain path, the roof of a village hall gradually comes into view.
Choi Sun-sin’s eyes gleam on the camera.
He’s discovered it.
“I see it!!”
[Moving]
The Gakgung Archers gathered in the center begin to move.
“The Gakgung Archers! They’re moving! They’re going to intercept the multi!?”
Of course, the distance is still far.
The question is whether Rome can prepare for it.
“Ah, Rome probably doesn’t realize they’ve been spotted yet!?”
They need to be aware that it’s coming to prepare, but Rome doesn’t know yet.
“If they can intercept this! Joseon’s situation becomes really good right now!?”
“Is that so!?”
“Yes, but Rome does have defensive forces! And Age 3 troops are about to come out soon! Armored Soldiers are being produced in huge numbers!”
“Ah! Armored Soldiers! Those are really scary!”
Especially when the number of soldiers armed with maces and plate armor reaches a certain threshold, they become virtually human tanks.
“That’s right. And ‘Genoese Crossbowmen’ are being added to that….”
The Genoese Crossbowmen handle the firepower for those tanks.
“When these two combine, it’s just a tank itself.”
Crossbowmen are the only ranged unit that carries a shield.
They can set up shields and shoot crossbows from behind, or normally advance while holding shields or lend their shields to the Armored Soldiers’ shield wall.
“Finally, when Javelin Throwers are added, Cavalry gets countered too—this is what people call Rome’s golden infantry formation.”
-Without Age 3 Mounted Archers, isn’t Joseon just at a disadvantage?? Going Age 3 on a mountain map is tough
-Those Protoss bastards just need to get the right 3-unit infantry combo lol
-Wow, they’re starting to assemble that whole combo;
-Mercenary thug combo incoming!
“Now, but Joseon! Actually hasn’t upgraded to Plate Armor yet!?”
The downside of the Plate Armor upgrade.
It’s expensive and takes a long time.
“That’s right. Plate Armor takes this long. Plus, they’re starting a multi-expansion too!”
Joseon has a lot happening on multiple fronts.
Because of this, Rome seemed like it would quickly catch up in troop numbers.
ㅠㅠ (or -ㅠㅠ) represents crying or tears in Korean text/emoticons.
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A natural English equivalent would be:
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T_T
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or simply:
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crying / in tears
“Ugh, why is it taking so long? What are the researchers doing?ㅋㅋ”
That’s why North Korea seems to need black companies lol
The history of the “hurry-hurry” culture actually starts from South Korea lol
-“Korean Time”
Rome was now entering its golden age in terms of resources.
“Rome is starting to produce Priests now, and with resources flowing from both sides! Things are rolling like crazy!?”
There’s a saying that Rome, which has multiple production in the third era, multiplies resources exponentially, and this seemed to prove that wasn’t an exaggeration.

“But! If the Gakgung Archers go in first!?”
The variable here was that Joseon had secured third-era troops first.
And Choi Sun-sin would never let that first-mover advantage slip away.
“Yes. It seems like they’ll buy us time!”
“Ah but!? It looks like Anto figured it out!?”
Anto noticed the movement of the Gakgung Archers.
“This… defensive structures are going up urgently on the multi side!”
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Swishhhhh…!
The Gakgung Archers advance, pushing through dense vegetation.
The undergrowth was so thick that nothing could be seen.
[Moving]
All that was visible was a distant ping marker.
“Phew. Without the faction, going through a place like this would’ve taken forever~”
As always, Ratte was leading at the very front, carefully surveying the surroundings.
Thanks to the mountain-dwelling faction, infiltration like this was possible.
In normal circumstances, movement speed would be too reduced to use this route.
A radical route only Joseon could use.
However…
“Huh? Ah, damn.”
Ratte’s reaction wasn’t good.
Tap-tap-tap-tap.
Footsteps of people fleeing in all directions could be heard from outside.
“We’ve been spotted.”
A route only Joseon could use was, from Rome’s perspective, far too easy to predict.
A stationed Rome Barbarian Soldier had discovered the Gakgung Archers.
Now Anto would prepare something in response.
“Anto’s impressive, that’s for sure.”
Pangeo brushed it off without concern.
“If I stress out over every single one of Anto’s predictions, I won’t be able to play the game. Let’s just go.”
Danggeun, having partially given up as well, pushed Ratte forward.
“Ugh, ugh… Why are you pushing me! Why are you pushing me! Are you trying to make me die first again!”
“Move faster.”
“Ugh…”
Ratte’s serious concern had a different reason.
Once discovered, someone would die.
And most of the time, that someone was Ratte, who usually served as a scout at the vanguard.
Of course, even Almond, the Leader, didn’t sympathize with his feelings.
“Run, Ratte.”
“No, why do you always tell me to run, Almond?”
Even as he said this, Ratte dashed forward.
Swishhhhh!
The undergrowth parted rapidly as they drew closer to their objective.
Ratte gradually slowed his pace.
“Something wrong?”
Danggeun asked.
“No, but Danggeun. Weren’t we supposed to be heading to the multi?”
“Yeah. That’s right.”
Ratte tilted his head in confusion.
“Doesn’t seem like it…”
“?”
In Danggeun’s assessment, this was a delaying tactic.
“If they’re using militia in the multi and making a desperate push, it means kill all the workers.”
In truth, the soldiers didn’t know.
What upgrades were in progress, what operations were being executed from above.
That’s why briefings were usually given to Assistant Commanders or the Leader.
But Choi Sun-sin preferred to give detailed combat orders rather than actually brief them.
The philosophy was that soldiers didn’t need to think in the first place.
So when they arrived at the location marked with the [Move] ping, they could only wear blank expressions.
“Where is this place?”
“No idea. Roughly…”
Danggeun looked around in all directions.
“The multi is over there, and that’s the main base? Or is it the opposite?”
Even the sharp-minded Danggeun couldn’t properly tell where anything was once they’d pushed through the undergrowth like this.
“Yep. That over there is the main base, and that over there is the multi.”
Pangeo clarified for them.
It was then that Almond interjected smoothly and asked.
“So you’re saying between the multi and the main base?”
“Yeah. That’s what I’m saying. The vibe from experience. Don’t you trust it?”
“That incredibly high place is the main base… and this slightly elevated area is the multi…?”
“Right. The main base has a really steep hill. Man… to climb that, we’d need to film a whole episode with the Choi Sa-rang Mountain Climbing Club.”
Almond seemed to remember something and asked another question.
“But about the militia units.”
“Yeah.”
“Couldn’t the commander activate them manually?”
“…”
Pangeo’s words caught in his throat for a moment.
The militia units are typically activated at the soldier’s discretion.
They’re usually deployed in critical, hair-trigger situations.
“Usually they don’t do that, right? If you use them, you’re basically putting yourself in danger…”
Usually they don’t.
Something ominous crept into my awareness.
“Ah.”
BOOOOM!
[Militia Units]
All the Gakgung Archers’ militia units activated.
[Attack]
And then, a ping sounded.
It was from the main base.
“Insane…”
[Charge]
Another command came down.
“Charge, charge forward!”
Thud-thud-thud-thud-thud-thud-thud—

Ratte screamed from the front.
“Ahhhhh! One hit and we’re dead, is that it!?”
“One hit? Even a graze means death—half a hit and we’re done for!”
The archer unit suddenly snapped to full alertness.
At Danggeun’s final words, Ratte’s focus sharpened even further.
“If one more one-shot happens in the finals, Ratte’s DMs are going to explode.”
“!”
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“Wait, wait!? Hold on!?”
Bang.
King Gul springs to his feet in excitement.
“Using militia units to push forward!? No! And it’s the main base!?”
“Again! Again! Again! The main base!?”
-This is insane lol
-That’s some bold gameplay right there
-Crazy lol
-Whoa lol
-I only lose to main base attacks
“But Rome is currently focused on defending the multi-pronged assault after discovering the scout! They absolutely won’t expect this! They don’t know about the militia! They can’t calculate this speed!?”
“Attacking the main base on this map takes a lot of time! But right now, he’s creating an opening in that time!? With the militia!”

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