Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 861

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 331
106. Fire (2)
“No! Ratte!!”
It was probably the first time.
The commentators had ever called out Ratte’s name with such urgency.
“Is this really happening right now!? Did I just see that correctly with my own eyes!?”
That’s how perfectly Ratte had executed his role.
“He played the bait role absolutely flawlessly! And he didn’t even die! He wasn’t even grazed, right!?”
“That’s right! If he’d been grazed even slightly, he would’ve been dead!?”
-Scary stuff
-That’s a manly build
-Ratte gets stronger under pressure;
-He’s insane today, what form
Looks like they’re in championship form ㅠㅠ
Is Latte a master at getting first-killed? ㅠㅠ
Thanks to Ratte’s time delay, the archers were able to draw a wide circle while staying out of the Roman Legion’s line of sight.
And then, surrounding the Roman Legion from all sides, they unleashed a barrage of arrows.
Arrows flying in from positions invisible to the naked eye.
And they were armor-piercing arrows at that, capable of piercing plate mail.

* * *
Countless arrows embed themselves from all directions at speeds invisible to the human eye.
An ordinary army would have already lost its will to fight and been annihilated here.
But─
Pierre screamed at the top of his lungs.
“Shield wall!”
──Boom!
Shields gathered in an instant, protecting and wrapping around each other.
Clang clang clang clang!
Sparks fly from the shields as they vibrate.
“These seem like actual armor-piercing arrows, seriously?”
“Armor-piercing arrows in a militia unit…?”
The Roman Legion stirs at this unheard-of, mysterious combination.
“In exchange, their troop numbers must be smaller.”
Having two such special factions naturally creates a resource disparity.
Moreover, Rome had already secretly taken the first multi-point advantage.
However, money doesn’t solve this situation immediately.
Boom!
“Ugh!”
A single Crossbowman that the shield wall couldn’t fully protect collapses.
“Damn. Is he dead?”
“One shot.”
The Genoese Crossbowman was among the most heavily armed of the ranged soldiers.
But it meant nothing against the broadhead arrow.
A direct hit to the head meant certain death.
“Crossbowmen! Listen up! You can’t shoot anyway because of the range disadvantage!”
Another advantage of the Genoese Crossbowman.
They possessed shields as well.
*Click.*
With shields raised, Rome shifted into complete defensive formation.
“We advance as is.”
“Do you know where they are?”
*Whoosh!*
*Thud!*
Arrows kept raining down, but the enemies had vanished.
*Crack!*
Even shields had durability limits.
“We’re surrounded on all sides anyway. No matter which way we go, we’ll encounter someone.”
“Mine’s already half worn. If this breaks through, it’s all over!”
A Roman soldier trembled with anxiety as he checked his shield’s durability.
Pierre made his decision.
“This way!”
Pierre designated a direction and charged forward.
[Movement Speed Increased]
The Priest’s buff was applied to them as well.
That’s right. This unit even included a Priest.
By the third era, they had reached the point of deploying Priests into combat.
*Whooooom!*
“Charge!”
“Aaaaaaahhhhh!”
The Roman soldiers roared and charged forward while maintaining their shield formation.
But then….
“What!? Are we slower!?”
The archers had disappeared again.
*Crash!*
Instead, arrows came flying from another direction.
“That can’t be. Even if they’re militia.”
Pierre’s calculation had been correct.
Even as militia, they were archers, and this was open ground.
They couldn’t possibly be faster than Roman soldiers buffed by a Priest.
They’ve slowed down to barely faster than a horse.
“It’s a matter of range. They were already too far away.”
Thwang!
Thud!
Arrows continued to rain down on the shields.
The frequency had decreased somewhat.
Yet arrows still seemed to come from all directions, and they ran off in another direction.
“They’re still surrounding us. This way!”
There was nothing there either.
“…Nothing?”
“Don’t panic even if we come up empty. We need to buy time.”
We were buying time.
No matter how much we floundered, the archers were still shooting at us.
However, we hadn’t anticipated this at all.
At some point, the arrows had been coming from only one person.

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In fact, even Almond didn’t realize he was pinning down the enemy alone.
[Move]
[Attack]
[Move]
[Attack]
He was simply firing arrows in rhythm with the move and attack commands.
‘What are they doing?’
To Almond’s eyes, the Roman forces were just charging into strange positions like drunken men.
He didn’t even realize he was shooting alone.
‘Is Ratte over there?’
This was the shield wall’s greatest vulnerability.
Vision was extremely limited, and in places like forests where even the commander’s sight was restricted, one could truly become blind despite having eyes.
“Joseon! At first you clearly surrounded and broke through! You changed tactics the moment you saw the shield wall!?”
Choi Sun-sin believed that forcibly breaking through the shield wall was the Roman forces’ favorite tactic.
The ranged soldiers couldn’t match the infantry units rushing in with the Priest’s buffs.
The game was designed that way from the start. Otherwise, archers would just get pummeled all day.
So she left only Almond behind and sent all the other archers elsewhere.
“No!? Ah, Almond!? Doing this alone!? He’s herding the Roman shield wall like sheep right now!”
Almond had abandoned the crossbow and continued firing his Gakgung at the enemies.
Due to the order to maximize firing speed, he sacrificed some accuracy and fired arrows like a madman.
“Wait, the Romans don’t seem to realize this!? Does this even make sense!?”
“It’s positioning.”
“Positioning!?”
No matter how quickly I fire arrows, there’s a limit to my rate of fire.
It made no sense for Rome to think that arrows from me alone were coming from all directions.
Yet Rome was entertaining that very thought, if only for a moment.
“That initial incident left such a vivid impression that whenever a similar effect occurs, they assume it’s the same thing. In reality, once you’re directly in that battle situation, it becomes incredibly difficult to maintain composure.”
“Ah, exactly! It’s absolutely chaotic, isn’t it!? Shields and helmets block your vision! People screaming from every direction!”
“Right. That’s why plays like Ratte’s earlier are so difficult to pull off. And that’s why these mistakes are happening now.”
“Plus, Almond isn’t even using crossbows right now—he’s rapid-firing with a Gakgung!? That’s genuinely confusing!”
Rome was still unable to get their bearings.
“Ahhh! Rome is floundering!”
It seemed Anto wasn’t paying attention to this area.
ㅋㅋㅋ (laughing)
and lol
That boy who cried wolf is crazy lol
That’s ridiculous.
“With this happening! The remaining archers are breaking free!?”
The remaining archers began infiltrating into Rome’s main base forest.
“Their speed right now is incredible! There’s no need to sneak anymore! They’re already discovered! So they’re just charging in without crossbows!”
With Ratte leading, the archers began their infiltration into the main base.
Rome’s main base had no significant defensive forces.
“Joseon is definitely gaining an advantage here! But!”
Joseon was positioned to gain significant advantage.
“The thing is, it seems Anto isn’t even looking at this area right now! That’s why it’s unfolding so easily!?”
The problem was that Anto’s focus wasn’t here.
“It seems Choi Sun-sin anticipated that Anto would attempt a multi-pronged attack! But Anto is now sending his main forces to Joseon’s base to make an exchange!!”
Rome was heading toward Joseon’s main base.
“Yes! Rome is moving all their forces right now! Which means Joseon needs to gain as much advantage as possible!?”
“How will this exchange play out!?”
That was it.
Ten soldiers from Rome’s forces had come to defend.
They were merely a fraction of the total forces.
Their purpose from the start was to buy time.
All the remaining forces Rome had gathered were already arriving at Joseon’s main forces.
Despite arriving late in the third age, the troop count was substantial.
While Joseon invested in militia and crossbow upgrades, Rome had gone all-in on troop production.
“Rome is now demonstrating that explosive third-age unit production!?”
The resources from the multi they had secured earlier, combined with Rome’s production capacity as Priests began mass-producing in the third age, were beginning to show their true power.
“Yes, that’s right. When Priests cast their buff, weapon production speed itself increases, so recovery is strong. This all seems to stem from Anto’s secret multi earlier.”
Despite reaching the third age late, Rome’s main force was only slightly smaller than Joseon’s defensive forces.
With continued production, they would eventually match.
“He just doesn’t get caught! Anto! Even while being harassed in the second age! Using that window for a multi was truly huge!”
This snowball started rolling the moment Anto’s expansion was completed first.
“Joseon actually has quite substantial defensive forces, you see? Honestly… no matter how good Rome’s infantry formations are! I can’t predict what will happen! The Joseon Archers have completely infiltrated the position!”
“From Rome’s perspective, the main base worker casualties are… something they have to completely accept! Because Rome brought siege weapons here! They’ll want to see this through to the end! No matter how well the Gakgung soldiers fight, they can’t destroy buildings! And on top of that! Joseon just completed their expansion!”
Joseon is now in a vulnerable state with their expansion just completed.
“Anto, this timing…! It’s incredibly sharp, isn’t it?”
“Ah! That’s right! The Gakgung soldiers who went in were supposed to buy time for the expansion to activate!? But Anto didn’t match that rhythm at all!!”
Anto, as if he understood, headed straight for the main base.
There were all the Barbarian Soldiers, the Priest, and even some Workers included.
“And with the Workers constructing barracks and forges there! He’s essentially creating a supply line to continuously replenish troops!?”
“Is this almost an all-in rush!?”
Joseon noticed the movement and defensive forces gathered.
The infiltrated Joseon Archers began firing their bows.
“But! Joseon! Now they’re attacking!?”
“It’s fifty-fifty!? Rome’s Workers are evacuating but! They’re falling behind!”
“Catastrophic worker massacre!!”
Boom boom boom!
Crash!
In an instant, the Workers are swept away.
-Catastrophic lol
-That’s insane lol
-That’s too much;
“Rome’s main base! The Workers are being slaughtered!”
“If this continues, Rome is basically finished!?”
Rome’s main base lumber-harvesting Workers are starting to run out.
The Workers hurriedly evacuate into buildings.
Some Workers even flee in a line to the expansion.
“While this is happening!”
Meanwhile, at Joseon’s main base.
“Rome is pushing forward!”
Rome’s infantry formation begins climbing the hill.
“Joseon attacks from behind, picking off Workers precisely! Rome just pushes forward like a bulldozer!”
“Yes! The characteristics of these two civilizations are showing very clearly! Who is right! Which style is correct! We say there’s no wrong answer to such things! But in this battle! In war, one side must be right!”
Archers appear on top of Joseon’s fortress.
Countless arrows are fired at the Roman forces climbing the hillside.
“That’s right! Someone has to be wrong! That’s war!”
All Roman soldiers begin running with their shields raised.
Thud! Thud!
Countless Joseon arrows rain down on their shields, sparking like fire.
“W-We’re pushing through!?”
“Aaaaaaaaa!”
Boom!
The Roman Siege Engine batters against the Joseon gate.
Countless Infantry Soldiers set fire to the gate.
Several Soldiers fall, pierced by arrows without number.
Whoosh!
The gate gradually catches flame.

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