CHAPTER 8: WHO'S ALMOND? (3)

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The Kingdom Age?forum (KAF) boasted considerable traffic with users who all knew each other. Activity on the forum equaled that of popular games despite them having fewer users.

Most forum posts consisted of random things regarding the game rather than tips and tricks because of the game's age. However, these random posts also kept KAF quite interesting.

A big-time streamer named Acorn Jelly often browsed the KAF for interesting posts. He looked for his name as he scrolled, but everyone constantly mentioned another user today.

“Almond?”

The word Almond could be found everywhere.

[Almond is the real deal]

[Almond or peanuts or whatever. He’s fucking insane!]

[He’s streaming right now. Come and see.]

Acorn Jelly couldn’t believe another streamer would be stupid enough to stream Kingdom Age.?He liked the game, but moved on to different ones because of its low popularity.

Acorn Jelly clicked on one of the posts with mixed excitement and empathy. The video’s thumbnail showed Almond carrying a bow.

“A bow? Is he doing a bow challenge?”
He felt baffled before even watching it.

Sigh. Another crazy one.”

A small smile formed on his face as he said this. Finding someone similar to him made him excited. He clicked on the video and the smile on his face immediately disappeared. The first scene hit him like a truck.

“What?”

The player named Almond instantly killed the elite boss Burka with an arrow through the head as the horse-riding bandit mission began.

“What… what is this?”

It happened so fast that Acorn Jelly had to rewatch it.

Swoosh!

Burka couldn’t react to the arrow flying toward him.

Thud!

The elite boss died just like that.

“This is impossible.”

Of course, everyone knew a headshot meant instant death. However, specific criteria had to be met for that to occur. Almond had just done it too easily and instantly killed the elite boss Burka.

He didn’t do it with just a simple headshot though.

“Could it be… a perfect shot?”

Perfect shot, a mechanic one level above a normal headshot.

In Kingdom Age, hitting a vital point led to instant death. However, elite mobs or bosses usually didn't die from this. Their vital spot had to be hit with a perfect shot to instantly kill them. Not many knew about this hidden mechanic and users barely mentioned it even in a community full of experienced players. Acorn Jelly never mentioned it either because the mechanic had never been achieved!
Simply put, it would be insanely difficult. It had to be the first arrow shot and with a full charge to achieve a perfect shot. It also had to be shot quickly within a 1.5 second threshold.

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