21. Black Death (3)
It is true that more people are watching the Civil Empire preliminaries compared to last year.
However, not all of them were truly predicting victory.
We only expect victory, we do not expect it.
Even today, when the Civil Empire preliminaries were held, the public opinion of the community ‘Mbull’ was extremely poor in terms of winning percentage.
[What is Frank doing in the first game? ㅠㅠ]
[No matter where we play against Vietnam, we will be evenly matched, ㅅㅂ…]
[I heard they lost all of the scrimmages. Should I watch this?]
[I haven’t seen it in a while, but is Frank as strong as he used to be?]
[Just watch it without any expectations…]
[It’s crazy to cheer for the incoming shackles with the intention of winning lol]
There are a lot of people who actually play Civil Empire in Embul. As it is a gathered community, the win rate was predicted to be low.
The more I learned about this game, the less likely I was to win.
[Honestly, if you criticize them for losing to the Franks, you’re not even a real human lol]
[If you lose to the Franks, lol Spain and Rome deserve to win?]
[Wouldn’t Rome be better?]
[How can a knightly civilization win in the first place?]
Knights are typically archers. It is a civilization that is strong in long-distance attacks.
There is a problem with the compatibility of civilization itself.
But after the game started.
Little by little things began to change.
[It could be said that French kids are a bit old-fashioned]
[Oh. What is this haha]
[ㅁㅊ Are you fishing for this?? [Frank is an obsolete]
This is because Frank was showing a lot of lag in strategic decisions.
[No way is this supposed to win?? LOL]
[If they win this, it’s awesome]
[Yes~ Even if they win, the next game is Rome Espana~ LOL]
[If you look at power without considering compatibility, Frank is the best.]
[Are you saying these bastards are obsolete? ! ㅅㅂ Joseon wins!]
More and more hopeful posts are starting to come up.
Although they may speak a little harshly, aren’t they the ones who have been hoping for Joseon’s victory for the longest time?
They are people who have been consistently active in a community called Embul, where there are not many people, for a long time.
[Breaking News] Almond Panga enters enemy territory]
[Yes~ Not even 10 minutes since the game started, Frank is going crazy~ LOL]
[They say they lost the entire scrimmage!? They say they lost all scrims!? They say they lost the scrimmage!?]
[The honorable French perish like dogs! hahaha]
When Fanga and Almond entered the enemy camp, they were all extremely excited, as they were with a high understanding of the game.
This is because I fully understand how big a blow it is for two archers to be able to keep the enemy workers in check in the beginning.
Even in a game like a national competition where 200 soldiers are filled with physical monsters, every single one of these things is fatal.
[Oh shucks, is this really true??]
[Republic of Korea! ㅠㅠ]
[Please, please, please]
At this time, everyone was of one mind and one mind.
If even one archer goes in to check the gold mine, the production of royal knights will be delayed significantly.
If that happens, Joseon will be able to secure the capacity to advance to the third era first.
But─
[Ah, but the defense tower ㅡㅡ]
[Oh, what about the defense tower]
[ㅁㅊ The defense tower that was tricked into building this…]
There was a defense tower in the enemy camp.
[I clicked on royal knights?]
[Look at Frank’s judgment.]
[Who said he was obsolete? Judgment. He’s alive.]
Frank invested in gold mines and started producing royal knights, even if it meant giving up other resources.
From this point on, opinions were divided.
[Eh? Are you asking me to attack the defense tower????]
[What are you crazy?]
[Suicide commando lol]
[Still, I have to take a detour and go in. Even if I shoot while hitting the defense tower, I will kill five workers]
Attacking the defense tower is a too reckless order.
[Have you not seen Almond play? This is possible]
[Fact) Solo queue defense towers and national battle defense towers have different controls. The commander will directly control it]
[If you don’t do this, there is no point, it seems right to try even if you die]
Even if it is reckless, this is a path that will ultimately benefit you.
Since they all had sufficient strategic knowledge of the Civil Empire, it all made sense.
This would also be the case in a real war.
Some generals will stop this decision and some will urge it.
Ultimately, it is the general commander who makes the decision and takes responsibility.
‘If everything goes as planned, everyone will cheer. If not…’
Cookie, who was always busy playing with her hands, watched the battle unfold for a moment with a stern expression.
‘I’m in charge.’
In the field he was watching, Almond and Panga were gradually approaching the defense tower.
They won’t be able to see each other yet.
* * *
The think tank team also gathered in front of the monitor and gulped nervously.
In particular, the expression on the face of Kim Chi-seung, the Kimchi Warrior who personally scouted Almond, was a sight to behold.
“Please do it…!”
The reason he scouted Almond.
Although there were numerous other super plays, the scene where the defense tower was neutralized accounted for more than half of the stakes.
Aiming power and concentration sufficient to snipe and shoot the archer inside the defense tower.
Even the courage to make such a decision on the spot in an instant.
Almond had to be seen as the archer unit’s joker card.
Of course, the feeling of the defense tower in a national war and a basic war is very different…
“You practiced. please!”
widely!
Chiseung puts his hands together.
Think tank friends next door.
“Ugh! Jebaal!”
“Do it!”
Water dumplings and gopsphere also offer prayers. The planned strategy has already been laid out. All they can do is pray.
Closing his eyes, Chiseung thinks back to his practice days.
‘The success rate during practice was 75%.’
The probability of Almond hitting the archers inside the enemy defense tower with a single shot was 75%.
This was, of course, the probability of hitting the archer’s head and completely incapacitating him.
The probability of getting it right was over 97%.
This means that everything is acceptable unless it is an extreme situation.
‘The panger has a 98% chance of hitting the target’
The archer troop leader panger had a higher chance of hitting than the almond if he aimed for the body rather than the head.
However, the probability of hitting the head at once was very small.
‘It was below 20%…’
Even that will go down much more if there are variables in the situation.
Considering that it is a real battle, it will go down even further.
‘So it’s better! ‘The torso!’
But it was okay.
Wouldn’t it be okay to aim for the torso?
The archers inside the basic defense tower are actually workers.
Since they are unarmed, two shots to the torso will kill them.
There is no need to aim for the head.
The probability that Almond and Panga will land both feet in the body at the same time is over 90%.
Even taking into account that it is an actual battle, it would be 85%.
‘Shoot him in the torso!’
Chiseung thought.
If two people target one person’s torso at the same time, Cookie’s strategy had a win rate of at least 85%.
It is the right decision.
But what if their signs get mixed up and both aim for the head?
What if there is more than one worker in the defense tower?
What judgment will they make?
Should we aim for the heads of different soldiers and kill them quickly? Or should we play it safe and aim for the torso one by one?
There were too many variables.
“In the end… the results will show in the end. Only the results will be shown….”
All these traces of worry and training will eventually appear as results.
If you succeed, you will be applauded; if you fail, you will be criticized.
Even though the process was exactly the same.
[Royal Knights – 23%]
The production of royal knights is now 23% complete.
[Basic archers – 91%]
Almost all of France’s basic archers have been released.
* * *
[Attack]
Peeing!
After an attack ping is received.
Separate messages were given to almonds and panthers.
[This is a defense tower strategy. As fast as you practiced. [There is no time.]
In actual combat, there were not many cases where the general commander sent a message directly like this.
This only happens if it is a really important operation.
‘The starting point is different.’
Almond caught his breath as he ran.
The goal is to set a tempo that allows you to hold your breath and shoot your bow at any time.
“It’s a long-distance sniper. “I’m confident!”
Pangar shouts from the side to cheer up the mood.
It’s been a while since we started running on the field just the two of us. It has become too quiet.
It was not good for the surroundings to be too quiet during moments of tension.
You may lose control of your mind as thoughts eat other thoughts and excrete other thoughts.
Maybe Almond was an ace even in archery, where he excelled at concentration.
It would be difficult for a panfish that has trained its mind through fishing to simply endure it.
We are now in a situation where we can capture the Franks, who were difficult to capture through Joseon, with our own hands.
You’re probably just barely able to concentrate.
Because of this, Almond also helped out in a rare situation like this.
“I tried sniping a while ago.”
I’m talking about hitman.
I don’t know if it will actually help though.
If shooting at the longest distance is its weak point, it’s almonds.
I said this to tell you not to worry.
“How should I shoot?”
Pange’s expression slowly hardens and he asks.
As the fog clears in the distance, the silhouette of a defense tower begins to appear.
“If there is only one enemy, aim for the torso. “If there is more than one, each person aims for the head.”
“Okay, good. “I remember it exactly.”
Since Fang’er was the leader of the archer unit in the first place, he knew exactly the direction of the order.
Nevertheless, I ask one more time. Why?
It may have been that he was checking the condition of the almonds, but in reality, his intention was to relieve tension by saying this.
For example, the two did not mention the importance of this operation.
If you knew how important this is, the burden would increase.
“see. Slowly.”
[Attack]
As the silhouette of the defense tower was revealed, the true nature of the attack ping was clearly visible.
The speed of the two gradually decreased.
Jerk. Jerk.
The sound of footsteps on the field began to echo more and more intermittently.
Panga, who has better eyesight, takes a slight lead and looks into the defense tower.
It is not visible from the general commander’s perspective how many enemy troops are inside.
This is an on-site judgment.
‘…Just one person.’
Fang Er thought to himself.
I hope there is only one enemy.
I honestly wasn’t confident about hitting the head.
I am confident in long-distance attacks, but not confident in precision strikes.
You might say they are the same thing, but having an excellent sense of distance and having excellent breathing control and concentration are different things.
Slowly, the enemy’s silhouette appears.
The pupil of the panther gets bigger.
The enemy reflected in his eyes….
‘One person!’
chuck.
He raises his finger toward the almond.
Almond nods and comes to the same row as the panfish.
There is definitely only one enemy.
“One person is a body.”
Almond slowly catches his breath. Slower and slower. Almost like sleeping.
Eventually, he retains only a little air.
Kiririk….
The bowstring was already being pulled on its own. A movement that occurs within the same beat as breathing.
Ugh…!
[Focus]
Focus, the bow faction of Joseon.
The longer you aim, the more tension the bow has.
In other words, range, projectile speed, and damage all increase.
‘Not here.’
However, Almond’s bow is aimed at the floor, not the tower.
It’s just a protest.
That is, even if you maximize the concentration faction, you will not be able to shoot longer than the defense tower range with a shortbow.
You have to run nearby and shoot.
“When attacking a defense tower, use concentration in advance. “Shoo while running into the range by surprise.”
This is what I heard over and over again during practice.
This is something I have actually practiced countless times in practice.
“Run when I give you the signal for three.”
Almonds are now leading.
It was always like that when attacking defense towers.
Panga nods. He, too, had his bow fully loaded and was raising the concentration faction to its maximum.
“20 steps. “Let’s just run 20 steps.”
Panga roughly measures the distance and says. Almond nods.
He knows it well because he has a good sense of distance.
“one.”
Almond stares intently at the defense tower.
If any other variables arose, we had to deal with them.
Still the same.
“two.”
Suddenly, a worker inside the defense tower looks this way.
The commander must have discovered us.
This didn’t matter.
It’s AI anyway. The way you move is fixed.
There are still no variables.
‘Goes.’
Almond lets out his pent-up breath and shouts.
“three!”
Ta——Ah!
The two begin to run quickly.
The urgent heartbeat, the sound of heavy breathing, and the sound of screaming in the cracking fields.
From above, it looked like two mountain animals were running across the field.
“20 steps!”
If you run too much, you may end up overshooting your target point.
Panga once again calls out 20 steps.
“20 steps.”
Almond regains consciousness and checks his position after 20 steps.
‘I saw.’
Piyung!
Immediately the enemy’s arrow was fired.
As expected, the response is quick, as if the commander is directly controlling it.
‘left side.’
Almond flipped his body to the right and attacked.
Sigh!
An arrow from a defense tower stuck in the field.
I missed it.
Now is the opportunity while you are reloading.
chuck.
Almond’s bow now targets the enemy.
Kiiiiing…!
[Concentration]
The concentration faction has accumulated to the maximum.
The heads of the enemies are visible beyond the tightly drawn protests.
But─
‘Huh? Enemies…?’
this. There are two enemies.
When was it put in?
If this is the case, how will the judgment be made?
Hair like you practiced? Or as you said, with the body?
If it’s a torso, who is it?
His bow’s aim wavers back and forth.
“Fuck you! head! I’m on the right!”
A sound made by a pangar like a scream.
Chew the almonds one more time.
‘Head.Left.’
The aim was achieved for a split second, and soon his right hand calmly let go.
Paaaaang…!
The bowstring trembles and shakes due to the maximum tension.
Sigh—
Now the arrow gains its power and cuts through the air.
The arrows of the panther next to it were also flying.
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