Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 289
94. Vanguard (2)
A few days before the start of the China match.
Heechul called Sanghyun aside.
‘me?’
It was strange that Sanghyeon asked to meet separately without any agenda.
As expected, he just left.
When he knocked on Heechul’s room door and entered, Heechul greeted him warmly.
“uh. sit down. for a moment. “You should at least drink some tea.”
When we first met, there was quite a bit of awkwardness between us, but soon we started talking comfortably.
─Tak.
Heechul served tea in a small cup provided in the hotel and handed it to him.
A warm energy enveloped Sanghyun’s hand.
“I called you because I had something to tell you.”
“ah.”
Sanghyeon nodded but internally tilted his head.
This is because he thought there was no way he would have a strategy meeting with himself with his assistant commanders.
So what on earth is this thing that we’re going to talk about as soon as we get back?
“Ah… first of all…”
Surprisingly, Cookie began the story with small talk that didn’t sound very meaningful.
It wasn’t without fun. For Sanghyun, it was also his first time listening to his story closely, so time passed in vain as we talked about various things.
Then, before I knew it, a story like this came out.
“I was always afraid to tell my story. But Sanghyun, you already did everything. So…”
Heechul decided to film a video about his current situation if he wins.
At this, Sanghyeon started talking, saying all he could think of, perhaps because it reminded him of the NANT game.
Only then did the main point come out.
“It’s too late, but now to get to the point, I think the time has come.”
“Main subject…?”
Sanghyun seemed like he couldn’t believe that he was finally getting to the point.
Heechul is a very blunt person when necessary.
However, considering the length of the introduction, it was not an easy topic to bring up.
“Sanghyun, I feel that the time has come for you to become a complete leader.”
“…!?”
Sanghyun’s eyes grew as wide as when he heard the main story.
In fact, the leader position almost always belonged to Fang Er.
This was especially true when Heechul took the lead.
Because of his style, if the leader doesn’t know the basic concepts of war, the game won’t run properly.
Even if it wasn’t Panga, it was right for someone like Carrot to do it.
‘Is my resourcefulness already at that level?’
Sang-hyeon even began to have ridiculous delusions.
“When you first came. “Actually, I was very worried.”
Heechul is finally revealing his true feelings.
“I’m afraid I won’t be able to do it?”
Heechul laughs at those words.
“I never thought I couldn’t do it. “In fact, it’s the opposite.”
“?”
“Because you’re so good at it.”
“!”
It was like that. A national competition team is an organization of 200 people working toward one goal.
However, if the head of the organization suddenly reorganizes everything around the new person because he or she is so outstanding, trust between organizations will be destroyed.
“Actually, it should have been done from the beginning.”
When Chi-seung and Hee-cheol first brought Almond in, they planned to raise him as the next leader.
However, it didn’t work because the other members knew that he was being raised as a leader.
Heechul is finally revealing this slightly uncomfortable truth.
It was a burden I had to bear almost alone, without telling anyone.
In fact, this was a natural thing for a leader to do.
And now he can let go of this burden a little.
Because as he said, the time has come.
“Now all the players recognize you and beyond that, they rely on you.”
The trend had continued in the past, but after the Japan game, all players completely trusted Sanghyun.
His skills, personality, fighting spirit, everything.
Heechul had been waiting for this moment.
He thought that this time might not come within this year, but Sanghyun performed better than expected and won the trust of the players.
He is respected here not simply because he is good at the game, but as someone who once had aspirations of making the national team.
Even if we pretend not to, in fact, everyone is learning his mental training method mindset.
He is already not just an ace player with 100% combat power, but a major pillar of the national competition team.
Just like Heechul did in the past.
“So—”
Heechul’s head, which had been lowered for a moment, rises.
His eyes were earnest.
Those eyes make you want to ask for something big.
“You must be a true leader. “At least in this competition.”
* * *
And so the match against China began, and before we knew it, it was game two.
“What!? A troop of mounted archers! “You survived!?”
The mounted archers, who had been lost in the maze, began to regain their balance.
“Not only that, but I can also shoot a bow! “Let’s find the archer unit!”
They even hunt down archer units and inflict damage on them.
Burbubbubbuk!
The arrows fired all at once hit the archers.
body arms head etc. Arrows that hit mercilessly without regard for any circumstances.
“No, I’m shooting while running! “The hit rate!!”
Compared to the Chinese archer unit’s failure to properly hit the mounted archers for a long time, it was an incredible hit rate.
This was, as expected, a notable difference between players from bow civilizations and players from non-bow civilizations.
“In fact, the only weakness of the Chinese team is that there are few players skilled in using long-range weapons!? But that too! That’s according to Chinese standards! “Those people guess well too!!”
“you’re right!? Now just horse archers! “I’m so excited about moving!?”
“I was definitely confused! In an instant! “It’s completely changed!”
* * *
When first attacked, most people thought that the mounted archers could not fight properly.
Therefore, the issue was whether or not Cookie would help.
Whether or not they would complete their mission was not the issue.
It was the same for Yubi.
His gaze remained on the Joseon main force, not the mounted archers.
In Liu Bei’s eyes, those horse archers were already dead. There were even people who were so embarrassed by the change of formation that they even fell down, and even if they didn’t, they ended up in a dead end, surrounded by spearmen, and died miserably.
Some people accidentally jumped into a place where there were countless pointed spears and ended up being skewered.
In this situation, Cookie’s next response was much more important in the larger context of the war than the survival of the mounted archer unit.
This was clearly the right decision.
But—
‘What is it?’
──Bubble bobble!
The number of Chinese archers suddenly decreased.
The number of soldiers in each class was displayed on the commander’s screen, so it was immediately clear by number.
[Archers 43 → 31]
12 people died in an instant.
This was already a tightly organized archer unit, so each and every number was fatal.
What on earth happened?
The archer unit is located in the most important part of the maze.
It was a formation to protect the long-distance fire of the archers and move forward slowly to break up the enemy’s charge.
The core archer unit was hit.
He could not help but look in the direction of the mounted archers.
“!”
Yubi’s eyes widened.
‘Is this the unit from before?’
It’s clearly the same unit, but it feels unfamiliar.
It feels like I’m looking at a completely different unit.
Just a moment ago, they looked like a ragtag group of people, but now they are truly an elite unit.
Liu Bei rolled his eyes to find the cause.
And one thing caught his eye.
‘Spearhead….’
The leader who runs the fastest and most accurately.
[Almond]
It was an almond.
He is leading his troops from the forefront, waving his blue uniform.
‘The moment Lee came to the front, the atmosphere completely changed.’
There were cases like this in real wars as well.
Even if a platoon of the same ability performs the same mission through the same process, the combat power of the military is completely different depending on who takes the lead and who receives orders.
So, in China’s ancient history, although strategic strategists were valued, military generals who took the lead were also highly regarded since ancient times.
War is a series of anxiety and fear between life and death.
In the meantime, if you can follow the back of a trustworthy general who confidently leads the way, the energy flowing through your body will change.
A general like this can completely turn a war around just by standing in front and entrusting his troops with his back.
‘The author…?’
Yuvi didn’t think it was an almond.
Although he was someone who was watching, it was not because of this ability.
It was hard to believe.
But now it is unfolding before our eyes.
chuck!
A troop of mounted archers running leisurely through a maze, turning their horses in unison to the signal of the vanguard.
Their eyes were only fixed on the vanguard’s back.
Shut up! Shut up!
We are running at full speed through this minefield filled with ridiculous variables.
This is impossible without fanatic belief.
Everyone is bound to hesitate and hesitate. In that gap, the infantry, spearmen, are tightened.
The core psychological warfare of this formation is that the moment of hesitation ultimately causes the infantry to catch up with the cavalry.
But they have faith.
If Almond makes it through, there is a way.
They believe so. There is not even a 1% doubt.
I was creating a path without faith that was close to that certainty.
This is what happens when they run together even though there is no path in reality.
chuck!
Almond, the vanguard, pulls the bowstring once again.
Only then do the unit members take their eyes off his back and turn their heads towards the target.
Even this process is fast and perfect like a machine.
Balance held with two feet Horizontal pulling demonstration Targeting that is fixed in response to the horse’s movement.
And then,
without a single tremor, the release was as if a ghost had passed by.
──Paaaaang!
It seems foolish to expect an arrow fired like this to miss.
“Waaaaaa!!”
A loud roar rings out.
Even Yubi’s whole body feels numb.
Not to mention the soldiers down there.
[Archers 31 → 12]
The archers virtually lost their strength.
With these numbers, it was difficult to play a proper role in a 200 vs. 200 fight.
The mounted archers carried out their mission without fail.
Liu Bei lowered his head for a moment.
‘If this happens…’
It was clearly his turn to continue the offensive.
Like Omok, once you start making moves to continue the offensive, the opponent has to block and continues to drag you around with your tactics.
You end up in a state where you only have to think about countermeasures to what the other person pays and you can’t pay anything yourself.
With the current lineup, Liu Bei should definitely have gone on the offensive.
So I just had to wait to see how Cookie responded.
‘….’
The cookie didn’t move at all.
All of Joseon’s units were still in their positions.
Had they given up on the mounted archers in the first place?
‘no.’
Liu Bei felt it instinctively.
This wasn’t a choice that threw them off to make a safe choice.
The feeling I felt when I made eye contact with Cookie after the first game.
Phew…!
The energy that felt like I was being sucked in.
‘I believed it.’
Cookie believed that the mounted archers would overcome that situation and would do even better.
Yuvi closed his eyes tightly.
In the end, it was he who had to come up with a response here.
He puts the next words on the board with a devastated feeling.
chin.
The black rock landed on the board.
[Guan Yu]
