Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 66
24. Became a spear soldier in the game (3)
There is a word that is not really used in RTS games.
These are the words that all the dying spearmen lying on the ground are saying as if they had made a promise.
“Ugh… I’m so lucky, Shiba…”
“The commander drawing is a mess… Ugh…”
Unlucky.
This word is not really used in other RTS games.
Commonly used in Civil Empire.
And no one denies that.
According to the law of large numbers, it is undeniable that if your skills are good, your rank will rise. It’s definitely a game with a lot of variables due to luck.
From the mercenary’s point of view, either the commander was not skilled, or the unit was selected to be sacrificed from the beginning.
From the commander’s point of view, this is a case where a mercenary is trolling. You’re just wasting money.
Moreover, the more beginners they are, the cheaper they are, so they are often called for the purpose of sacrificing them.
The gaming experience for beginners is nothing short of hell.
This is why it couldn’t be popular.
‘Even the Korean civilization has a bad balance…’
In addition, it is said that the Korean civilization has a very bad balance in the civilization war.
Currently, it is ‘melee’ mode where you fight wearing any weapon or armor regardless of civilization.
In a civilization battle, you can only wear items from the selected civilization and gain special abilities for each civilization.
There are many people saying that Korea is not very good.
If Korea is not good, why not try another civilization? You could say that.
If you think about national competition, that is not possible.
There, you can only play in the country you belong to, and this content is actually the reason for playing Civil Empire.
Korean users who are at a disadvantage here have no choice but to leave one by one.
‘Anyway, can we get there?’
I can’t believe I’m even thinking about a national competition on a topic that almost died in vain right from the start.
Almond laughed at his own bewilderment.
“Whoa. “You lived too?”
Someone next to me shakes off the dirt, stands up, and speaks to me.
It was wackjassey. She also survived.
“You’re lucky. “It tastes like this.”
You’re lucky.
Here, I guess it’s lucky that half the team gets killed right from the start.
Anyway, it’s a good thing she survived. Because there is someone to ask questions to.
“I heard that spearmen are a counter to cavalry. “What on earth does this mean?”
I am asking this question because, based on what I just experienced, there is absolutely no way to fight if you collide from the front.
“counter? Ah, that’s because the spear itself deals bonus damage to the cavalry, and structurally, if you just stick it out, the cavalry will attack you.”
“Oh…”
If you listen to it, it seems like it’s a real counter.
“But you don’t know why you lost, right? “That compatibility is only when the price is the same.”
price?
Almond looks down at his outfit after hearing those words.
A shabby leather armor and a cheap spear that doesn’t seem to be any better than the one used in zombie school.
On the other hand, the other person looked very dressed up.
“If you think about their weapons and armor, the price will be five times higher.”
The woman shrugs her shoulders calmly.
“I guess the commander doesn’t have high expectations from us, right? “It was just arranged to kill time.”
The woman then points to the command above.
[Track and attack the cavalry that is destroying the outpost.]
“Look. “They just tell us all to die.”
The commander should know best that there is no fighting with that cavalry. Telling us to fight again without any special reinforcements means telling us to die.
That was the mission in the first place.
-It’s a waste of time.
-Wow…
-This is war.
Due to the nature of this game, Almond is just one unit in the overall war.
He was never the main character.
In Civil Empire, this premise had to be kept in mind at all times.
‘hmm. ‘Do I really have to die?’
Almond thought as he looked back at the enemy cavalry.
They are trampling on us and setting fire to our forward posts. The soldier training center is also burning.
If that place disappeared, additional military support could not be expected.
‘What should I do?’
Almond looks around.
I didn’t want to be killed like my colleagues before.
If this is going to be the case, why was there a 1 gold bonus per cavalry unit?
Aren’t you just a fraud?
As I was thinking about things like this, I felt a sense of shame.
I’m going to steal even one more gold from this commander.
‘Bonus… I’ll take it.’
If you just turn around in front of the bonus, Asung Sangsaman’s 5 years of experience will cry. Well, that’s right.
“What are you doing. Commander’s orders are absolute. There may be a penalty if you break it.”
chuck.
The woman takes the lead, putting on a helmet that wasn’t there before, which she didn’t know where she picked it up from.
Almond urgently grabbed her hand.
“…what?”
The woman looks back with a puzzled face.
“Is there any other way?”
“I heard there is a penalty?”
“Let’s do it a little differently.”
“What and how?”
chuck. chuck. chuck.
Meanwhile, our surviving spearmen were already moving towards the cavalry.
“What are you two doing? Don’t date, fight!”
“It’s a sacrifice anyway. Let’s just charge in, catch at least one guy and finish it!”
They also know that they will die, so they head to the place pointed out by the commander.
“What are you doing. Let go. “Can’t you hear them?”
“ah.”
Almond ignores her words and speaks as if he realized something.
“Those fallen spears over there. Pick it up and follow me.”
A sudden command.
Although Almond was just repeating her zombie school habits, she couldn’t help but feel quite bad.
‘What are we going to do? ‘This bastard.’
Did you seem easy-going because you were kind?
A wackjassey that makes me think of all sorts of things.
Still, I couldn’t reject it right away.
‘Blood stains…?’
It’s because of the blood stains on Almond’s window.
‘what. ‘Did you stab the trooper?’
First appearance.
The cavalry that I encountered for the first time.
It must have been the first time for everything.
The enemy cavalry was a high-quality troop whose price was up to five times higher.
A fully armed force equivalent to that of the Royal Knights.
Even though spearmen receive bonus damage from cavalry, they
must not pierce their armor in order to be judged to be able to inflict damage to them with such a cheap spear.
You have to stab the seams that the armor doesn’t protect.
In the brief moment when a horse and a spear collide, piercing the seam with a spear is… almost impossible no matter how much of a game it is.
The quickest way is to just bring an expensive spear.
But how did he stab him?
‘It must be a coincidence.’
That’s what she decided.
And I decided to speak firmly.
Commands between soldiers are prohibited. The only superior is the commander.
“…go away. “What is this, an order?”
After she shook off her hand.
Ready to attack. I plan to charge after the cavalry as ordered by the commander.
At that moment, the head of one of the spearmen who had charged in front was rolled.
This is the person who earlier suggested killing at least one cavalryman.
It was a moment when I could clearly see with my own eyes that if I ran, I would die.
My footsteps suddenly stop.
She glanced at Almond again.
Her eyes scan the almonds closely.
‘Hmm…’
she decided.
I decided to change my mind.
“hey.”
“…?”
“Tell me what you’re thinking. “I’ll go with you.”
* * *
On and on.
A boy who gulps down as much candy as he can.
His sugar-coated, bare mouth muttered.
When you’re stressed, there’s nothing better than sugar.
“What are you doing?”
I ordered an attack, but there are two spearmen acting strangely.
While everyone else is charging in a straight line, just the two of them are turning around and heading far away.
Is there some kind of strategy?
“I don’t have a strategy. “Aren’t these worth 1 gold?”
They may have their own strategies, but their rank is C rank.
Among mercenaries, he is a wandering mercenary.
Fortunately, he is not a veteran mercenary.
Moreover, if you look closely, one of you is a woman.
I can’t see the commander’s ID, so I don’t know what country she is from, but she is a Westerner with red hair.
The man running with me is Asian.
Both of them have smooth faces, so it looks like they are on the run from love.
Tsk tsk.
“This is why I explained that people in the know should not play this game.”
The boy, ‘That’s my dinner table’, who is quite an experienced commander for his age, has seen quite a few cases like this.
Since this is a game played by people, there are times when two people get into eye contact and start shooting each other.
Although it is absurd for someone who is more than serious about this game.
“This is war. War! uh? “Why is there no tension like this, C-ranks?”
Even though he said that, he didn’t bother to stop them.
I had no intention of doing so.
Combat command actually accounts for only 40% of a commander’s job.
There were many times when directing production was more important.
Production and command refers to producing workers, mining resources, building troop posts using those resources, and training troops.
In short, in a real war, it is like being in charge of ‘supply’. It costs money to use soldiers, and it costs wood and stone to build buildings and walls.
The commander’s job is to increase this cycle as quickly as possible and select a large number of high-quality troops.
Commanding those soldiers can be said to be the next task.
“There are no trees.”
So the boy turned the screen back to the production part. All the trees near the base have disappeared. A new camp had to be set up.
Snap!
After ordering a few workers, the camp is built in an instant.
“Gold is…”
Gold is the most important resource for using mercenaries.
The gold mine was doing well, but…
“Ah. ah. Check… Ah!”
A surprise check of the enemy archer unit arrived. From afar, he continued to gnaw away at the workers with his bow.
“I took out all the crazy defensive troops!”
In the end, he completely forgot about the two spearmen who were running away from love.
* * *
Phew.
Almond let out a low breath and hid behind a bush.
Jessie – I decided to just call her that from now on – also followed along, panting.
“It really takes a long time.”
In order to approach without being noticed by the cavalry, we had to go back a long way.
The two carefully placed the spears they had brought on the floor.
‘There are thirty spears.’
I couldn’t have brought this much on my own.
At least it was worth doing with Jessie’s help.
Almond turned his gaze towards the cavalrymen destroying the guard post.
The fire at the guard post is already burning brightly.
[Infantry Training Post]
[Health 23%]
If it were real, it would be in a state where nothing could be done, but since it’s a game, it might be possible to fix it again with a few workers.
If only we could defeat the cavalry now.
chuck.
Almond held a spear over his shoulder.
I took a breath.
Then he exhaled and threw it with all his might.
“Whoa!”
Whoa!
The spear flew in a parabola.
Jessie just watched from the side and said, ‘You’re really doing this…’ and didn’t seem to be very impressed.
──Whoa!
The moment when a flying spear stuck in the neck of a cavalryman.
“!?”
Her eyes widened in surprise.
The cavalryman with the spear stuck in his neck slipped off his horse as if he had originally been dead.
thud.
[Cavalry Kill +1]
This message appeared in Almond’s vision.
It’s dead.
“…oh.”
Almond muttered, “This works,” and raised the next spear again.
“oh? Is it over? “What is this…”
Jesse was dumbfounded by that nonchalant response.
“You just killed a cavalry worth up to 5 gold with one hit!? “How did you do it?!”
“…what’s the matter? I told you in advance. “What should I do?”
Almond answered her with a puzzled look.
This is because I explained earlier that they hide in the bushes and throw spears to kill as many cavalrymen as possible.
Why are you surprised?
“That’s right! Who do you think would actually do that! “You can catch a fully armed cavalry by throwing a spear from afar!”
Spearmen have bonus damage to cavalry, so no matter how much the difference in equipment is, it is not impossible to receive an instant death as long as you hit the neck. But killing someone with a spear like this on this street is a different story.
If play like this happens, no one will pick high-quality cavalry. You can capture cavalry with 5 gold invested with a 1 gold spearman. Who picks?
It is something that is so difficult to happen.
This is the result that requires a combination of divine accuracy, power distribution, and luck.
“Did you think it wouldn’t work…?”
On such a topic, Almond asks why he thought it wouldn’t work. Looking at his expression, it seemed like he was regretting having underestimated his skills.
‘Why are you upset?’
Jessie is dumbfounded and retorts.
“of course! You think other spearmen haven’t tried something like that!? “If something like this happens, it will destroy the economy!”
It was natural to think that I would fail. There is a price difference, and she must have experienced it too.
It’s not like I don’t understand almonds.
‘What? Then…’
But then Almond has this question.
“…Then why did you follow me?”
Why did you follow an operation that seemed likely to fail?
Jesse shrugs his shoulders as if asking why he is asking such an obvious question.
“Just because you look cute.”
“?”
At that moment, the chat window exploded.
