Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 20

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 20
8. The Assassination Mission (2)
Department Manager Oh’s eyes widened in disbelief.
‘Assassinate the lord?’
He too was a devoted Kingdom Age player who had logged countless hours into the game.
Yet he had never encountered such a reckless quest.
‘With shield and spear, perhaps….’
Shield and spear represented the most stable build in Kingdom Age. If one maxed out their proficiency and equipment quality to the absolute limit, it might fall within the realm of possibility.
‘But the bow… it’s almost exclusively for ranged interception or assassination.’
Infiltrating a castle and assassinating the lord with a bow was nearly impossible.
First, there was the guard system to contend with.
If any sound was made when killing someone, the signal would immediately alert all the guards.
So if two guards were patrolling together, one would have to kill them simultaneously, avoid them entirely, or eliminate them one by one in complete silence.
‘And that lord….’
The lord in question, Tallorant, had the absolute worst compatibility with Almond.
‘There’s no way he can kill him with arrows….’
Even if Almond somehow managed to evade all those guards and intercept the lord.
Almond couldn’t kill Lord Tallorant.
It was because of the armor he always wore. That black plate mail was far heavier and more densely woven than any other knight’s.
‘If he actually clears this with just a bow….’
If he truly captured such a lord using only the bow?
Department Manager Oh could make a compelling case to his superiors. This person was guaranteed star potential.
He should secure a promotional contract in advance.
‘I could even argue that he’s material for stardom.’
Department Manager Oh had taken a liking to Almond.
His image was clean, and his skills were excellent. But that alone wouldn’t make him a star.
Becoming a star required adding a touch of magic on top of that foundation.
And now, Almond on the screen made his choice.

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“As I thought. I knew you would accept.”
Emilia flashes a radiant smile.
That alone was enough to convince me that my choice had been the right one—her beauty was simply that captivating.
-Choice 1 was correct.
-Who cares about life? As long as Emilia smiles at us lol
-Let’s go die~!
-lmao
The viewers seemed to share Almond’s sentiment.
The reaction was overwhelmingly positive. They were genuinely curious to see how Almond would clear this mission.
-I’m actually curious how Almond will do this.
-How? He’ll just get destroyed lol
-Is this an influx? Almond doesn’t die anyway? He only dies during donation reactions.
-lol donate 100k and he dies instantly lol
Of course, there were those who predicted his failure.
Actually, most of them did.
-No matter what, infiltrating a castle and killing the lord is impossible, right?
-Yeah, no way.
-Anyone who’s actually done a siege knows how hard this is. These must be new players lol
-Probably people who’ve never even played Kingdom Age.
-Ugh, Kingdom veterans! Stop the backseat gaming!
The reason was the difficulty of Kingdom Age itself—particularly the siege warfare content for conquering castles, which was said to rival actual warfare in difficulty.
Not only did you have to climb the castle walls one by one, but the enemy AI wasn’t stupid either, so the moment you were spotted, countless soldiers would swarm you.
Some even said that infiltrating a castle was harder than crossing the DMZ in real life.
-Defecting across the DMZ is easier.
Of course, these assessments were exaggerated, but they conveyed just how difficult it was.
Almond certainly anticipated that it would be challenging.
‘It’ll be tough, no doubt. Infiltrating a castle alone and killing the lord—just hearing it sounds overwhelming.’
Yet the reason I accepted was simple.
‘That’s exactly what I need to do to stand out.’
I had staked everything on this broadcast. If I was going to back down now, I never should have started in the first place.
‘My body is incredibly well-conditioned now. I might actually be able to pull this off.’
Thanks to training and optimization, I felt almost like I was flying.
My condition was at its absolute peak.
In this state, nothing seemed impossible.
‘A castle isn’t that big, really.’
I had my own source of confidence—aside from my physical abilities, that is.
Medieval castles weren’t actually that grand, and the number of defenders wasn’t particularly large either.
“A medieval castle usually has at most fifty defenders, right? I think I can manage it.”
I expressed my confidence accordingly.
-Hahahahaha
-Almond: 50 to 1 is child’s play.
-A medieval castle is basically just a big mansion lol
Almond shifted his gaze away from the chat.
‘Still though…’
His eyes came to rest on Lady Emilia’s gaze.
‘What possible reason could she have to ask someone to kill?’
Emilia—despite being merely a game character—didn’t seem like the type to harbor hatred toward anyone or desire to inflict harm. Yet here she was assigning such a dangerous task. I couldn’t help but be curious.
Then the screen went dark.
A cutscene began again.
Almond, now beyond Sanghyeon’s control, questions Lady Emilia.
“Lady Emilia. What did the lord of that castle do wrong?”
“….”
Emilia gazed at Almond in silence for a moment.
“Almond. Mercenaries don’t ask for reasons.”
“….”
So she wouldn’t explain?
Just as I thought that, Emilia turned her gaze back down the hill and opened her mouth.
“…They’ve essentially turned the vassals into slaves.”
“…?”
“Not merely tenant farmers—they’re actually selling the vassals to slave traders. Even children and women.”
“But the territory couldn’t be run that way.”
“No, that’s precisely why they do it. They lend money at exorbitant interest rates, make them repay endlessly, and eventually turn their very bodies into slaves.”
“Will the problem be solved if the lord dies?”
“…Our house will take control.”
“Then why not engage in open warfare instead….”
“We lack justification. I believe this explanation should suffice for you. The compensation will be more than generous.”
After saying this much,
the scene shifted again.

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Awoooooo…!
The howl of wolves and a massive moon.
The bright spring hillside had vanished without a trace.
Almond had somehow arrived at the darkened hours of night.
Boom.
A colossal text appeared with such a sound.
[Assassinate Lord Tallorant!]
A mission had been assigned.
‘So this is where it truly begins.’
Whoosh.
I concealed myself calmly within the cornfield.
Then I whispered, asking the viewers a question.
“Does what I say count as being detected?”
It was a question about whether muttering during an ambush would alert the in-game characters.
-I’m not sure~
-Why don’t you try muttering~
-Does it work?
-You can change that in settings lol
-That’s adjustable in settings
So it was adjustable.
I deliberated for a moment.
‘But realism is what matters in this game.’
I decided to proceed as is.
“I’ll just go ahead.”
Whoosh.
I sank into the darkness and whispered. After that, I never made a single sound.
Crunch. Crunch.
My footsteps were precise, as if I were a truly trained assassin.
This was a characteristic that couldn’t be found in my previous self.
-Ooh…
-That movement is unusual.
-Is he more than just a good archer?
-Seems like the optimization made a difference.
-Dotorimuk said Almond’s focus suddenly went off the charts.
The viewers attributed the cause to natural talent or optimization.
But I knew it stemmed from what I’d done before entering the Capsule today.
‘The training program is better than I expected.’
Having diligently engaged with the training program installed in the Capsule for a full three hours, my movements in this virtual world had improved considerably.
Thus, I successfully approached a section of the castle wall where sentries were nearly absent.
Thud.
I leaned my body against the dark wall and let out a sigh.
“Phew.”
The next problem was how to climb up without being detected.
My gaze drifted upward.
Flicker.
Two torches patrolled along the Castle Wall above.
Gulp.
I swallowed hard.
Now that I was close, the tension was real. I had no idea where or how to begin.
First, I’d need to deal with those two up there.
‘Two of them…’
Currently, two soldiers were visible in my field of vision.
‘If one dies, the other will definitely raise an alarm…’
I had to take them out simultaneously, or eliminate them both without either knowing.
Ding.
[Hunsoo donated 1,000 won.]
[You need to go one at a time and assassinate them. Silence and kill.]
A donation came in at just the right moment.
-Hunsoo, please restrain yourself
-Come on, King!
-How does Almond do close combat?
Close combat?
I wasn’t confident about that.
‘I can’t get close.’
Honestly, I wasn’t confident in dealing with those two using anything other than my bow.
‘I prefer using the bow.’
But if I used the bow, once one was hit, the other would see it.
I was pondering the dilemma.
‘Ah.’
I carefully drew out an arrow and whispered to the viewers.
“I think I can kill them both simultaneously with arrows.”
At my declaration, all the viewers filled the chat with question marks.
-?
-??
-?
-Wait, are you going to fire two arrows at the same time like in the movies?
-…?
-Lol no way
-That doesn’t work here. That’s movie stuff, this is the Kingdom!
After all, by their common sense, it was impossible to kill two Sentries simultaneously with arrows.
Almond’s thoughts were different.
‘I can do it.’
Creak….
My bowstring began to draw back.
-Wait, he’s actually shooting?
Hahaha, 50 to 1 odds!
-They’re all going to swarm him.
-Is this Almond’s first death?
-If they notice he shot one person, the rest will scream!
All manner of worry and mockery flooded the chat.
But I focused every ounce of my attention on the bow. The chat window had long since vanished from my vision.
‘First, the one on the left. I’ll draw the parabola as wide as possible… make it land late.’
Reciting my strategy, I swiftly angled the bow upward.
I didn’t aim for long.
Whoosh!
The arrow shot upward in an instant.
Immediately, I nocked another arrow to the string.
‘Time it so the left arrow falls, then shoot the one on the right as straight as possible.’
Creak…!
This time, the arrow drew back with tremendous force.
“Huu.”
I released a breath to set the timing.
Twang!
The arrow shot forth with enormous power, cleaving through the night air.
And two arrows pierced through flesh.
Thud!
The soldier on the left and the soldier on the right collapsed in perfect simultaneity.
Timing without a single margin of error.
-Huh, how at the same time?!
-How is this even possible???
I had utilized the timing created by the difference in angles.
The first shot was fired at a steep angle to land slowly, while the second was fired at nearly a straight angle to land quickly.
In the end, I had eliminated both of them simultaneously with the bow, just as I’d said.
Only then did the viewers understand the situation.
-Wooooooow!
-That’s insane.
-Wtf… he’s a monster.
Is this even possible? lol
and lol
-Almond! Is he a god! Almond! Is he a god!
-Mom, when I grow up, I want to be Almond!
The chat erupted in cheers, and with viewership now climbing toward 1,400 concurrent viewers, donations began pouring in steadily.
[Rubisword donated ‘10,000 won’.]
[Wow]
[Doratman donated ‘1,000 won’.]
[Mom, when I grow up, I want to be Almond! Mom, when I grow up, I want to be Almond!]
[Yangyang donated ‘3,000 won’.]
[Even the production team probably didn’t expect this to happen lol]

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Department Manager Oh sat watching Almond’s broadcast with a dazed expression.
‘I… I really didn’t see this coming.’
Though not part of the production team, as a department manager at the Game Distribution Company, he’d grown sick of watching games.
Especially Kingdom—a game he held particular affection for—he’d seen countless players.
But…
‘I’ve never seen anyone like him.’
There was no one like Almond.
Department Manager Oh quietly picked up his phone.
“Hey. The person I’m about to send you in a message. Sign him no matter what. And set up a meeting for tomorrow.”

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