Genius Archer's Streaming Season 1 Episode 12
5. Mission Impossible (2)
100,000 won for taking out the boss in one hit.
This mission was, in fact, an impossible one.
-But how do you one-shot the boss? Even headshots don't work.
-Burka died though?
-Burka could just be an elite mob.
Even among the viewers who had witnessed Almond's exploits, the majority opinion was that this mission looked a bit difficult.
-It's a safe asset. That one ㅋㅋㅋ
-Poor Almondㅎ Look at that expression like he knows nothing.
-Almond doesn't know almond-thing. Baby.
-Ah-ah-ga shipㅋㅋㅋ
-Ah-ah-gaㅋㅋㅋ
From calling the 100,000 won invested in the mission a safe asset, to feeling sorry for Almond.
However, Sanghyeon was overflowing with fighting spirit.
Regardless of whether a headshot could actually kill the boss or not, just having a mission attached put him in a good mood.
"Thank you, 'Ruby Sword'-nim. I'll definitely try to claim that 100,000 won!"
Sanghyeon emphasized Ruby Sword's name as he delivered his thanks and determination.
'Thank goodness the 100,000 won mission popped.'
Whether this was an impossible mission or not, Sanghyeon felt gratitude to Ruby Sword worth more than 100,000 won.
It's commonly called a 'pacer.'
When someone puts up a large sponsorship amount upfront, the psychological barrier for those who sponsor afterward suddenly drops significantly.
Ruby Sword had played that role perfectly.
[Fried Eggplant-nim sponsored '2,000 won'.]
[Fighting!]
For the first time, a simple chat-type sponsorship appeared—not for the streamer or a mission, but just casual conversation.
'Nice.'
Sanghyeon knew this was a good sign. If missions were good for stream progression, this kind of casual sponsorship was the most ideal for revenue.
"Thank you, Fried Eggplant-nim. I'll do my best!"
He waved his hand and answered diligently, not forgetting to mention the name.
-The person's name is Fried Eggplantㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Ugh…….
-Are you ignoring eggplant? It's so delicious when deep-fried.
-Put a mosaic over the name at least.
Even if other mischievous viewers teased his nickname a bit, Fried Eggplant would feel good.
Because through sponsoring, their presence was having an impact on this stream.
All that attention and response certainly made it worth more than 2,000 won.
[Oregano-nim sponsored '1,000 won'.]
[Show me the Oregeno play!]
Oregeno meant Legend. Exactly why it came to be called that, even Sanghyeon didn't know. But he roughly understood the meaning, so he could respond.
"Thank you, Oregano-nim. Oregeno play…… I'll try my best."
The game hadn't even started yet, and already two sponsorships had come in.
'Is it really going this well?'
Sanghyeon's heart was pounding.
Someone might say he was making a fuss over mere pennies, but with sponsorships, it was more important that they popped naturally and melted into the stream than the amount itself.
Ten 1,000 won sponsorships were far better than one 10,000 won sponsorship.
Right now, Sanghyeon's stream seemed to be progressing in that direction. At least in Sanghyeon's head.
Ding.
[Mission: Bandit Boss One-Shot Cut]
[110,000 won]
[I'll add 10,000 won too!]
The mission fund rose to 110,000 won, and now the game began in earnest.
Flash.
A white flash burst out, and he was summoned in the middle of a lush forest. A girl with bright blonde hair, contrasting with that verdant feast of greenery, approached.
"Thank you so much."
It was the noble lady who had nearly been attacked by the bandits before. She was delivering her thanks in person.
It seemed this character named Emilia was the heroine. Or one of the heroines, at least.
[1. It's nothing. It's a mercenary's job.]
[2. If you're grateful, show it through compensation. That's what a mercenary wants.]
The choices appeared.
Though many in the chat were shouting '2222,' Sanghyeon knew that actually picking such a choice would make the stream difficult to progress.
He safely picked option 1.
"It's nothing. It's a mercenary's job."
At Almond's answer, Emilia smiled brightly, saying, "Still, thank you so much."
-Kya.
-She's king-pretty.
-She's pretty~!
As expected, no viewers complained even when he picked option 1.
"My lady."
At that moment, Roman interjected.
"Based on interrogating the prisoners, there's a risk that this entire mountain range is positioned with that bandit group. We're planning to send a special strike force to subjugate and wipe out the bandits entirely. What do you think?"
It was a sign that the quest was about to begin.
Thinking logically, it was an absurd overreach. Given the mercenary company's skills shown earlier, even going all together wouldn't be enough, yet they were splitting forces to subjugate them.
-If it wasn't for Almond just now, the guy who almost got wiped out is saying he'll hit the bossㅋㅋㅋ
-Ahㅋㅋㅋ
-Roman is the best in Kingdom. Don't hate on him.
-Best in Kingdom my ass, that's inflated.
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
The chat also knew it was a funny development, but since they were all gamers who liked the game Kingdom anyway, they just passed it off as game logic.
"Alright. If you can do that, I would only be grateful. Should we prepare camp here?"
"The defense unit staying here will handle that."
"Yes. I'll help too."
Emilia didn't seem like a typical noble lady. Normally, stepping back and focusing on giving orders was a noble's role. Her willingness to take the lead was impressive.
-Kya. Emilia's personality is great too.
-So good. I actually boot up Kingdom because of Emiliaㅋㅋ
-Incel virgins…… Kingdom is all about Rojenita.
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Rojenita is pretty amazing though~
'There are others besides Emilia.'
Sanghyeon observed the chat and noticed there was another heroine.
It was a common composition in male-oriented open-world games. Just as it always was in the classic Witcher series.
"Now. Let's move out."
Clack clack. Clack clack.
Roman and Almond rode off, leaving Emilia and the defense unit behind.
The force was about 20 men.
[Subjugate the bandit boss!]
As the mission loomed large, a brief cutscene appeared.
Swish.
A scene of pushing through dark brush.
The strike force had all dismounted by now, with only a large moon dimly illuminating the enemy camp.
At the vanguard was Roman. He quietly raised his fist. A signal to halt the approach. Then he spoke in a whisper.
"We'll get as close as possible, then strike them all at once from behind."
The strike force aside from Almond nodded.
They spread out widely in a fan formation. Almond also moved to his position on his own.
"Hoo……."
Almond's breath rose in white puffs. Sanghyeon wasn't sure if it was his own breath or Almond's.
'More tense direction than I expected.'
He couldn't look down on it just because it was a game. The realism of a full-dive game was literally reality itself.
Shring!
At that moment, Roman's sword flashed in the moonlight as it was drawn.
"Chargeeee!!!"
Along with a roar like a wild beast, the mercenary company's banners shot up from all directions.
It was a tactic to make their numbers appear as large as possible and confuse the enemy.
"Uwaaaah!"
"Waaaah!"
Almond also shouted at the top of his lungs and drew his bow.
'One cut right away.'
Twang!
"Kuhak!"
One of the sentries upfront immediately became a corpse from Almond's arrow.
-Kya~!
-Wow……. I can't even see what's what.
In the darkness, torches flew back and forth, leaving afterimages in the eyes. On top of that, all the shouting would make one's head spin. But it wasn't enough to disturb Sanghyeon's concentration.
Twang!
His arrow perfectly intercepted another enemy.
Twang! Twang! Twang!
His shooting speed grew faster and faster.
[Skill: High-Speed Rapid Fire. Activated!]
The skill had been developed.
It was a game that emphasized realism, but convenience skills like this were still developed.
Each weapon had a few convenient skills.
For the bow, High-Speed Rapid Fire was that skill.
Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!
The rapidly fired arrows each and every one pierced through the opponents' heads.
-Crazy…….
-There's actually a guy who hits every shot with High-Speed Rapid Fire.
-The skill already developed?
-Insane.
However, High-Speed Rapid Fire was one of the reasons the bow was called trash. First of all, the activation condition required 3 consecutive headshots. This condition alone was a barrier to entry.
But the bigger problem was that even if you managed to activate it, it was meaningless. The speed became so fast that aiming was impossible.
However, Sanghyeon alone was an exception to that.
-Insane!
-Woooah!
-Is he planning to kill them all himself?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-???: This isn't how you're supposed to play this……
Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh!
Even as arrows flew at inhuman speeds, they all hit precisely as headshots.
-Inhuman.
-Crazy bastard……
This was an achievement surprising even to Sanghyeon himself.
'Wait, is this possible?'
Naturally, it was impossible in reality. In reality, he'd never shot a bow at such speed. Naturally, he'd never hit anything at that speed either.
Until he used this High-Speed Rapid Fire, Sanghyeon had actually been more confident in real-life archery, as long as his arm was fine.
'Crazy…….'
But experiencing the speed enhanced by the skill and the disregard for physical laws due to game logic firsthand through his body, he felt a catharsis incomparable to reality.
Solely through the concentration in his mind, he could shoot the bow, and at the speed of thought, he could aim it.
Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!
The state of oneness of subject and object. It felt as if the bow and body had become one.
"Kuheok……!"
"Uwah!"
The bandits fell one after another like primitives being mowed down by modern firearms.
Amidst it all, Sanghyeon, with insane concentration, drove arrows into the exact center of every forehead.
Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!
It was a state of selfless immersion where even Sanghyeon himself didn't know what he was doing.
-No way, even for High-Speed Rapid Fire, this fast?
-That can't be right.
-High-Speed Rapid Fire just becomes as fast as you can control it.
This rapid fire speed was also possible because Sanghyeon's concentration was among the best in the world.
[Skill Ended]
The 10-second rapid fire ended, and there were no bandits left.
And then Sanghyeon said something that would make any player's blood vessels burst if they heard it.
"Everyone. The bow in Kingdom is actually better than I expected?"
-That's only good for you.
-Almond Antouanette…….
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋshiㅋㅋㅋ
-There are so many streamers who gave up on the bow challenge……
All sorts of curses, envy, and scolding flooded the chat.
[Shiny Slime-nim sponsored '1,000 won'.]
[Deceiver…….]
[Fried Eggplant-nim sponsored '1,000 won'.]
[Is this really your first time?]
[Thirty-Year-Virgin-nim sponsored '1,000 won'.]
[Please say you don't have a girlfriend.]
"Everyone, thanks for the donations. Thirty-Year-Virgin-nim. I don't have a girlfriend. Don't worry. Thank you, Shiny Slime-nim. Fried Eggplant-nim sponsoring again! Thank you."
Sanghyeon smiled broadly even as he gave his thanks.
The smile came naturally.
'This is really fun.'
Not simply because of the money, but because he was feeling the true fun of this full-dive virtual reality game.
Combined with all the praise, who wouldn't feel good?
"Almond. You're truly remarkable?! At this level, isn't this the Empire's highest tier!"
Even that picky veteran Roman was always like an angel to Sanghyeon.
-Something must be wrong with Roman's algorithm.
-Why does that guy talk like that?
-What the heck ㅋㅋㅋ
-New viewers are so shocked ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
New viewers were always quick to be surprised by how Roman treated Sanghyeon.
[Shiny Slime-nim sponsored '5,000 won'.]
[Huh? But why is it already over? What about the boss?]
"Uh……?"
Sanghyeon also realized his mistake. He was supposed to catch the boss, so why was it already wrapping up?
It was then.
"Captain! There's a body here that appears to be the leader!"
A soldier lifted up the bandit leader's corpse.
Right in the center of his forehead, a single arrow was embedded.
-Huh?
-????
-Fuck……
-Oh, Malfoy…… shut up please.
-No way.
-Ridiculous!
The chat couldn't hide their surprise.
There were even many who outright denied reality.
-Nah, there's no way it was a one-shot headshotㅋㅋ
-Bosses can't be headshot.
-He probably took like five headshots. Definitely not one shot.
Their reasoning wasn't baseless. Among Kingdom players, there was a saying: 'Bosses don't die from a single headshot.' They used that as their basis.
-But how did the boss die without even being visibleㅋㅋㅋ That's impressive though.
-Still, if it wasn't a one-shot kill, isn't the mission void?
-Fr…….
-It was an impossible mission from the start.
However, such reasoning crumbled by the concept of the Perfect Shot, which had only been circulating as rumor. And through the testimony of quite an authoritative figure at that.
[Acorn Jelly-nim sponsored '100,000 won'.]
[It was definitely a one-shot kill. Perfect Shot is one-shot even on bosses!]
The mention of the Perfect Shot, whose very existence was debated, along with the sponsorship from Acorn Jelly, who had rumors of a collab floating around.
On this day, the chat completely exploded.
-Where does that even existㅋㅋㅋ
-That guy still believes that.
-Sigh, just give it up already, Acorn Jelly…….
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋPerfect Shot is real!
-Perfect Squad assemble!!
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