Chapter 22 of Season 1 of The Genius Archer's Streaming

8. Assassination Mission (4)

All the soldiers guarding the castle had disappeared.

Now it was time to enter the interior.

"I'm going in."

As he pushed open the door to the corridor and stepped inside, the lord of the castle was waiting, just like a scene from a movie.

"…I thought it was a surprise attack, but you were waiting here all along."

Almond muttered without much thought.

- Hahaha

- Really, hahaha

- Cinematic direction hahaha

- GearSoft hahaha

- Hahaha

But it seemed to scratch the itch for the gamers. The fact that he had never played such a game before actually helped him give an objective evaluation.

'Is this lord the boss?'

I thought the lord would be a fat, corrupt official.

He was wearing black armor that covered his entire body, more like a knight than a lord.

He had an aura that made it seem like he could attack at any moment.

Sure enough.

Clang!

A massive sword was embedded in front of Almond.

A brutal sword that could shatter bones with a mere graze. No, it was more like a blunt weapon disguised as a sword.

"Are you alone?"

The lord asked while still sitting in his chair.

He showed no signs of fatigue after throwing that massive sword.

'He must be the boss.'

Without a word, Almond drew his bowstring.

"!"

Only then did he realize.

'…Where do I hit?'

There was no place to shoot an arrow.

The black armor the lord was wearing.

It was a massive chunk of iron.

A pitch-black shield that thoroughly covered his entire body.

No matter how skilled an archer he was, he couldn't pierce iron with an arrow.

- Why isn't he shooting?

- There's no place to shoot.

- ?????

- Oh…

- Shouldn't he use a crossbow?

- Yeah, it probably won't work with a bow.

Gulp.

Almond's Adam's apple bobbed.

Tension flowed through his nerves once more.

'It won't work.'

He could feel it.

There was no way to pierce that black armor in front of him.

He rolled his eyes.

In this situation, shouldn't he look for another method? Is there some kind of trick?

"Wow…"

Clank. Clank.

But instead of a trick, an unpleasant metallic sound echoed, and three more knights appeared.

They were armed like the lord. Although their armor was different, from Almond's perspective, there was no place to shoot.

- Wow…

- What do we do?

- Is this the end for Almond?

- This is going to be tough.

- It seems like he needs to hit them with a blunt weapon.

Blunt weapon?

Almond was momentarily puzzled. Now that he thought about it, the lord had thrown a sword that was essentially a blunt weapon.

But he shook his head.

Using an unfamiliar weapon in this situation wouldn't help.

He decided to fight with his familiar bow and think about it if he died.

'Let's observe.'

Every game has a solution.

He hadn't played many games, but isn't this a basic rule? Kingdom should be the same.

If the game couldn't be played with a bow, they shouldn't have made it an option.

He rolled his eyes and alternated his gaze between the lord and the three knights.

They were slowly but steadily approaching him.

Thud. Thud.

The sight of the black-armored figures walking with massive swords was terrifying.

- Oh…

- Dang

- So scary.

- Should he run first?

- Maybe it's good to die once.

- Just shoot at anything!!!

The viewers seemed more tense than Almond.

Almond was also tense, but once he focused, he didn't feel any tension or fear.

His eyes were rapidly observing the four armors…

"!"

He noticed something.

The difference between the lord's helmet and the knights' helmets.

'A ring.'

Creak.

He finally drew his bowstring.

At that moment.

"Haah!"

One of the knights, who had been approaching relatively politely, charged with a battle cry.

Almond, still drawing his bowstring, leaped to the side.

"!?"

Thud!

The knight's sword shattered the marble floor, and Almond's arrow flew from the right.

The arrow hit the helmet. Specifically, it hit the ring at the top of the helmet, where the decorative crest was attached.

Clang!!

A loud metallic sound echoed, and something amazing happened.

"…Huh?"

The arrow, caught on the ring, pushed forward, and the helmet was pulled off by the force.

- Wow!

- Damn, that's possible?

- He took off the helmet!?

- It came off.

- If you shoot an arrow hard enough, it could generate that much force.

- Hahaha

- It's like in a manga where a sword only tears off someone's clothes.

- He did it!

- Wow! He's insane!

The knight's helmet fell to the ground with a loud noise. It had scratched his face as it was roughly pulled off, and the exposed face was swollen and red.

"Nice."

Almond quickly rolled again and took off the helmets of the other two knights.

Bang! Bang!

Like a basketball player shooting while falling backward, he threw his body around and shot arrows.

- Fade away shot…

- Is Almond really going crazy now?

- Hey! Is he not human?

Clang!

Both arrows took off the helmets of the remaining knights.

- But what about the lord? He's different.

- I don't know.

The lord couldn't be dealt with the same way.

Moreover, these knights weren't just standing there.

"Die!"

Whoosh!

A massive sword swung over where Almond's head had been.

He rolled again and shot an arrow.

Bang!

The arrow hit the knight's head, and he fell.

Thud.

The next two knights attacked simultaneously, but the distance had already widened.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two quick shots followed.

Squeak…

Unable to resist the momentum of their charge, the corpses slid to Almond's feet.

Arrows were embedded in the same spot on their heads.

- If you only look at this, the bow is overpowered hahaha

- This is what a bow is!

- Kyaah!

- Now the lord!

Only then did the lord stand up.

"Quite impressive."

Almond didn't respond.

'Time is running out.'

He needed to confirm if his plan was correct. He had only 10 seconds.

Whoosh…

A blue light flashed in his eyes.

[Skill: Rapid Fire. Activated!]

The three knights earlier were to activate this skill.

It was possible because he had taken out all of them with headshots.

- Oh!

- That's it! He had this!

- But how…?

Snap!

Sanghyun stabbed all the arrows in his quiver into the ground.

"You can't kill me with arrows."

As he said this, the lord stood up and began to walk with a heavy thud.

- He's saying arrows won't work hahaha

- Why did he take the bow challenge? hahaha

- NPC Official: Don't take the bow challenge.

At this point, few people predicted Almond's victory.

Even with Rapid Fire, how could he defeat someone who had no place for an arrow to penetrate?

No one could see the 'path.'

'I see it.'

Sanghyun repeated to himself, nocked an arrow, and carefully adjusted his breathing.

Inhale.

The moment his breath stopped.

The first arrow was fired.

Bang!

The arrow hit the slowly approaching lord.

However…

Clang!

It was deflected with a loud noise.

"Can't you understand? That won't work."

Although the force of the arrow made him pause for a moment.

The lord resumed his steps.

"I'll turn you to dust when I get there. How dare you make my castle a mess…"

Clang!!

But before he could take another step, an arrow flew and hit him.

"?! "

It was the same spot.

Not just the same spot.

It hit the exact same point on a one-dimensional coordinate, with no millimeter of error.

The impossible accuracy continued.

Clang!

Clang!

Clang!

"What… What kind of brute force is this…"

Almond had about 50 arrows on the ground. About 30% were used up instantly, all hitting the lord's heart, dead center.

"Does this change anything!!"

The lord shouted and tried to charge.

Almond was unfazed.

With the same focus as when he shot the first arrow, he nocked the next one, drew, and released.

The arrow sliced through the air.

Clang!

It hit the same point again.

Now it was a repetition.

Nocking, drawing, and releasing the arrow, leaving a trail, quickly, and repeatedly.

Bang! Bang!

Continuously.

Countless arrows sliced through the air.

All of them hit the same point.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The armor sparked as if it were being welded by the arrowheads.

- Insane…

- What kind of accuracy…

- Do it, Almond! Do it, Almond! Do it, Almond!

Creak…

When he nocked the last arrow.

Almond had a feeling.

'It's over.'

Clang!!!

The lord's armor shattered with a loud noise.

"!"

The lord's expression was one of shock.

But it didn't last long.

Thud!

The arrow that followed immediately after cleanly pierced his heart.

- Almond! Almond! Almond! Almond!

- Mom, I want to be Almond when I grow up! Mom, I want to be Almond when I grow up! Mom, I want to be…

- Cut the bug! Cut the bug! Cut the bug! Cut the bug! Cut the bug!

- He did it!

- Hahaha, that's amazing, really.

- Brother, I can't breathe!

- Literally heart attack hahaha

- Lord heart attack hahaha

…The chat was in chaos, and several people had to be banned. Donations also flooded in like a wave.

[Arrowhead donated '1,000 won'.]

[I'll hit one spot.]

[GaoGaiGor donated '5,000 won'.]

[My drill! The sky… Oh, that's not it?]

[ManShin donated '1,000 won'.]

[You have the qualifications to be my blood brother!]

[This is how donated '10,000 won'.]

[How many times do you have to hit the same spot to break the armor…?]

Seeing the flood of donations and chats, Almond took a deep breath.

'I did it again.'

The morning capsule training and the afternoon castle infiltration quest.

It was a tiring day.

But the thrill of completing the quest sent a rush of energy through his veins.

He answered the viewers who had donated with an energetic voice.

"Thank you, Arrowhead. GaoGai… Goranlagen, anyway, thank you. Thank you, ManShin. What's a blood brother? I haven't counted, but it seems to break after about 40 hits. Thank you."

The smooth flow of donation reaction messages made him seem quite professional.

- Oh.

- Almond has improved hahaha

- He's not going to shoot arrows at his head again, right?

- Just not doing that is a huge improvement hahaha

- Ahmong is no longer a child.

Almond had clearly improved. At least when it came to small donations.

"Now, let's go see Lady Emilia's surprised face… Huh?"

Bam! Brr~

Almond was stunned by the loud trumpet sound and the donation that appeared.

[SeoJia donated a whopping '300,000 won'.]

[Wow, that's amazing!]

This was the first time a donation over 100,000 won had appeared, excluding the collaboration with Dotorimuk.

Especially since the 100,000 won was also from Dotorimuk… This was practically his first high-value donation.

- Oh, please, Malfoy.

- Dang.

- A 100,000 won donation is already a big deal. 300,000 won, what will he do? hahaha

- He'll go crazy hahaha

- Will he do a backflip or something? hahaha

- Wasn't SeoJia the one who appeared in the Dotorimuk stream and said Almond was handsome?

- The life of a silver spoon…

- What will he do with 300,000 won…?

- Insane, why is a donation guaranteed? hahaha

- Absolutely don't do a donation! Absolutely don't do a donation!

The viewers were already worried about what crazy reaction Almond would show.