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Season 2: Chapter 68. Special Mission (2)

    <h4>Season 2: Chapter 68. Special Mission (2)</h4>


    "The way you y this game sucks!"


    The knight fighting Almond copsed with a backhandedpliment after being pierced by ten spears.


    <i>— Ten spear ending lol</i>


    <i>— Extreme praise lol</i>


    <i>— Haha</i>


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


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


    <i>— Is this also the trantion''s fault? lol</i>


    <i>— Almond now has a universal excuse lol! It’s the trantion''s fault lol</i>


    <i>— lol, so this is how praise gets tranted!?</i>


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


    <i>"Huff."</i>


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


    <i>Whoosh!</i>


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


    <i>Thwack!</i>


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


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


    However, Almond was busy calcting.


    "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 sry. The value of gold wasn''t clear, but earning more in bonuses than the original sry was undoubtedly good. However, there was a catch.


    <i>''There’s no more enemy cavalry here.''</i>


    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.


    <i>— Is that what’s happening?</i>


    <i>— Look at the top bar to know</i>


    <i>— Top right!</i>


    "<i>Ah.</i> This one."


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


    <i>[Resource Score: -162]</i>


    <i>[Military Score: -93]</i>


    <i>[upation Score: -102]</i>


    <i>''As expected...''</i>


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


    <i>— ???</i>


    <i>— What?</i>


    <i>— A traitor! He''ll get banned, lol</i>


    <i>— Is this Murica?!</i>


    <i>— #*%(@</i>


    "...?"


    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."


    <i>Zip.</i>


    Jessie showed him the armor worn by the knights.


    <i>''Wearing enemy armor, huh.''</i>


    It sounded like a good idea.


    <i>[Commander]</i>


    <i>[You guys are awesome. Let’s infiltrate the enemy base]</i>


    Just then, theirmander issued them an order.


    ***


    There was a saying in <i>Civil Empire</i>. Amander with great tactics won battles, but amander with great wisdom won wars.


    What was the difference between tactics and wisdom? Tactics referred to the art of battle strategy and maneuvers.


    A wise person wouldn’t necessarily y better chess than a tactically skilled person. However, a wise person could persuade a chess yer to work for them. Such people who managed others well and knew how to build beneficial rtionships could be considered wise.


    In <i>Civil Empire</i>, this referred to those who could discern the true abilities of soldiers. This was no easy feat because one couldn’t simply interview each of the two hundred diverse yers from around the world. Assessing their skills andmanding them correctly was a challenge.


    It was almost impossible for a single person to perfectly do. They could only hope to get closer with practice.


    "But..."


    Sometimes, such situations urred. Not recognizing such talent was foolish. A genius stood out among the manymon spear soldiers and the cavalry defense operation where everyone was expendable.


    "Sometimes luck turns like this."


    Some people called it luck. Commander MyDinner felt like he hit the jackpot. Two basic spear soldiers that cost one gold took down what seemed like four full-armor knights worth at least fifteen gold each. If this wasn’t a jackpot, then what was?


    "This is it."


    <i>Crack!</i>


    He crunched and swallowed the candy in his mouth.


    "Going full doping."


    He ate more sugar to bring his focus to the max.


    "This is the chance for aeback."


    To him, this was an opportunity sent by the gods and his only hope to overturn the unfavorable situation.


    <i>[Resource Score: -182]</i>


    <i>[Military Score: -103]</i>


    <i>[upation Score: -132]</i>


    He wasn’t winning in any area. The enemy cavalry even breached their main base. Even if he directed all his resources and workers toward defense, it was uncertain if they could hold off the attack. Even if they did, it was unclear if they could still win.


    There was only one way out. Reduce the enemy''s worker count. This would decrease the opponent’s resource flow and eventually hinder their ability to replenish troops. Then, there would be a future after defense.


    "Please... let this work!"


    MyDinner prayed with his hands together, hoping the two spear soldiers he assigned a special mission would sessfully decimate the enemy workers. He hoped he had correctly recognized such talent.


    <i>[Special Mission]</i>


    <i>Objective: Infiltrate the enemy lines and annihte the workers!</i>


    <i>Advance Payment: 3 gold</i>


    <i>Reward: 1 gold per worker eliminated</i>


    <i>Completion Bonus: 7 gold</i>


    Commander MyDinner issued an order with a substantial reward. This was notmon. Such extra gold was usually reserved for missions that could change the game. Themander considered Almond and Jessie pivotal to the game''s oue.


    <i>— Oh, does themander know how to y? lol</i>


    <i>— Recognizing talent.</i>


    <i>— Themander must be high-rank.</i>


    Some viewers started looking up themander''s rank as his orders became more proactive.


    "Is there a ranking?"


    <i>— Yes.</i>


    <i>— Within the top 1000 in the country.</i>


    <i>— Wow.</i>


    <i>— Is that good?</i>


    <i>— CF,e out and exin.</i>


    <i>[CivilFan has donated 10,000 won!]</i>


    <i>[There aren''t manymanders in Korea... Being in the top 1000 isn''t that high. Maybe diamond in terms of LIL?]</i>


    "Thank you, Mr. CF."


    <i>— CF?</i>


    <i>— What is it? Another ad?</i>


    <i>— lol</i>


    <i>— Almond saving time!</i>


    Viewers had fun with the wordy as Almond thought to himself,<i> ''It fits surprisingly well.''</i>


    <i>Click. Click.</i>


    Like Jessie, Almond stole the enemy''s armor and also wore it. The armor felt surprisingly flexible, almost like a T-shirt, which was probably a game mechanic.


    <i>''But it''s heavy.''</i>


    The game showed no mercy in simting the weight of the te armor.


    <i>Koong...</i>


    The weight pressing down on his shoulders was palpably transmitted. Even moving a foot felt significantly heavier.


    "I''m ready," Almond said to Jessie after fully donning the armor.


    She waved her hands in the air.


    "What are you doing?" Almond asked her.


    "Trying to get themander''s attention."


    She was waving to themander.


    "He''s not watching right now."


    "He might be."


    Jessie always acted quite amiable in front of him.


    <i>— Total Chad;</i>


    <i>— So different from the rigid nut guy!</i>


    <i>— Super likable lol</i>


    <i>Ping!</i>


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


    <i>[This is the final destination.]</i>


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


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


    "Wow, ourmander seems serious about this. I''m d 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 themander.


    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.


    <i>Ping. Ping.</i>


    <i>[This way.]</i>


    <i>''The forest?''</i>


    Themander directed them toward a forest path where trees obscured them and the cavalry couldn’t ess, only infantry.


    <i>[Move as stealthily as possible. I’ll illuminate your path.]</i>


    <i>''What''s the n...?''</i>


    The inexperienced Almond couldn''t grasp what themander intended.


    Jessie noticed Almond''s skeptical look and added, "Themander 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 dy the inevitable.


    ***


    Some time passed as they walked through the forest.


    <i>Ping!</i>


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


    <i>[Warning!]</i>


    Almond and Jessie stopped in surprise.


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


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


    <i>[Wooden Defense Tower]</i>


    Its name only appeared when they recognized it.


    Almond asked for rification 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."
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