Season 2: Chapter 68. Special Mission (2)

Season 2: Chapter 68. Special Mission (2)

"The way you play this game sucks!"

The knight fighting Almond collapsed with a backhanded compliment after being pierced by ten spears.

— Ten spear ending lol

— Extreme praise lol

— Haha

The dishonorable fight angered the opponent, but Almond didn't take it too seriously.

"I wonder what great compliment he gave for it to be translated like this," he muttered to himself and moved toward where Jessie was fighting.

— Is this also the translation's fault? lol

— Almond now has a universal excuse lol! It’s the translation's fault lol

— lol, so this is how praise gets translated!?

Almond resumed his spear-throwing stance and aimed toward where Jessie and the knight fiercely fought.

"Huff."

Almond slowly held his breath and steadied himself. A single mistake could mean hitting Jessie instead.

Whoosh!

He threw the spear straight and true as he exhaled. The spear flew accurately like a trained hawk.

Thwack!

It tore through the knight's neck, who staggered and fell from the horse. He died like that.

"Wow. I survived!" Jessie happily exclaimed and waved to Almond.

However, Almond was busy calculating.

"Four gold?"

Now that he dealt with four cavalrymen, that meant he made four gold.

"I've earned a lot."

The mercenary fee was three gold and the reward now surpassed that salary. The value of gold wasn't clear, but earning more in bonuses than the original salary was undoubtedly good. However, there was a catch.

'There’s no more enemy cavalry here.'

While battling those two cavalrymen, the enemy's main cavalry force already devastated the outpost and advanced toward their base.

The odds of winning the game now heavily leaned against them.

"Are we going to lose this game?" Almond didn’t know much about the game and asked the viewers.

— Is that what’s happening?

— Look at the top bar to know

— Top right!

"Ah. This one."

He looked at the top right and saw a window displaying indicators. After opening it, he saw the score.

[Resource Score: -162]

[Military Score: -93]

[Occupation Score: -102]

'As expected...'

Nothing was in their favor. Even the summary read: [Current Situation: Very Unfavorable].

— ???

— What?

— A traitor! He'll get banned, lol

— Is this Murica?!

— #*%(@

"...?"

The chat suddenly became weird. Almond felt puzzled and looked toward Jessie. She was taking off her top.

This momentarily startled him, but he quickly realized she wasn't trying to sabotage his stream by undressing.

"Let's wear this."

Zip.

Jessie showed him the armor worn by the knights.

'Wearing enemy armor, huh.'

It sounded like a good idea.

[Commander]

[You guys are awesome. Let’s infiltrate the enemy base]

Just then, their commander issued them an order.

***

There was a saying in Civil Empire. A commander with great tactics won battles, but a commander with great wisdom won wars.

"Trying to get the commander's attention."

She was waving to the commander.

"He's not watching right now."

"He might be."

Jessie always acted quite amiable in front of him.

— Total Chad;

— So different from the rigid nut guy!

— Super likable lol

Ping!

A ping appeared somewhere as if responding to their words. A beam of light shone down in the distance.

[This is the final destination.]

[Take some shields and as many spears as you can. Fighting while throwing spears might be better.]

The commander, having assigned them a special mission, intended to directly lead this operation.

"Wow, our commander seems serious about this. I'm glad I joined up," Jessie made a light joke.

Almond chuckled and followed the orders. He gathered as many spears as he could and followed the path marked by the commander.

Along the way, Almond asked Jessie a question.

"Won't the enemies mistake us as one of them since we’re wearing this armor?"

"No, they won't."

Jessie pointed to her head.

"Don’t you see the red mark above our heads?"

Right, the game clearly marked them as enemies.

"Oh... then why wear this?"

"It's just to increase our defense."

That made sense.

Another ping appeared as they continued walking.

Ping. Ping.

[This way.]

'The forest?'

The commander directed them toward a forest path where trees obscured them and the cavalry couldn’t access, only infantry.

[Move as stealthily as possible. I’ll illuminate your path.]

'What's the plan...?'

The inexperienced Almond couldn't grasp what the commander intended.

Jessie noticed Almond's skeptical look and added, "The commander won't sacrifice us needlessly since he's watching from above. Just follow the instructions."

That sounded reasonable. Almond followed diligently, hoping they wouldn’t just delay the inevitable.

***

Some time passed as they walked through the forest.

Ping!

A red beam of light shone down and a ping resounded ominously.

[Warning!]

Almond and Jessie stopped in surprise.

[Ahead is a wooden defense tower. There's no way around it. You'll have to pass it using shields.]

The reason for taking shields became clear. Upon closer inspection, they saw a well-camouflaged wooden tower.

[Wooden Defense Tower]

Its name only appeared when they recognized it.

Almond asked for clarification even though its function could be inferred from its name, "A wooden defense tower? What's that?"

"It’s literally a defense tower. Archers go inside to shoot arrows from above..."

Almond paused at the mention of archers.

"Archers?"

"Yes. Don't worry. They don't shoot well. They're usually filled with NPC workers."

Jessie mistakenly thought Almond was afraid because archers countered spear soldiers. She didn't know what he was really thinking.

"Then... there are bows inside?"

"Obviously."

"Wow..."

After a moment of admiration, Almond made a suggestion.

"Let's go inside the defense tower."