The King's Loyal Archer wrote:Bastion had always been inspired by the local archers in the Kingdom of Niles as a young'un. He would always practice his archery skills growing up. The lion was, and still is, very clumsy with his bow and arrows; dropping the arrow when he'd let go of the bowstring or let go both his bow and arrow at the same time. Sometimes Bastion would accidentally clip a friendly when he would go out to hunt with his fellow comrades.
Eventually, the archer improved his skills, gaining the attention of The King. The King then decided to host an archery event, hoping to draw in the lion. Of course, Bastion signed up hoping to win the big prize of the event: being The King's loyal archer. Oh the riches he would gain if he were to be by The King's side! Many other archers showed up at the event, a handful being superb at archery. Bastion wasn't intimidated, but he was ecstatic.
During the archery competition, Bastion was confident in his skills, too confident. He was too excited for the whole event; the lion clumsily dropped many arrows, resulting in several penalties as well as missing his target completely. He ended up being 5th in place. Disappointed, The King took the 1st place winner as his loyal archer. Bastion was clearly upset and cursed at himself. He decided that he would assassinate the loyal archer and those above Bastion's ranking from the event.
The lion waited for nightfall, watching the top four archers go to their homes. One by one, the lion lured them out with a knock as an arrow greeted their fate. The remaining archer was the one who made 1st place. Bastion left a note at their door, baiting the victim to meet The King in front of the castle doors. He waited in the
trees for the archer to appear near the front doors. Surprisingly, the victim fell for the trap. Bastion quickly wiped the victim out with a swift shot of his arrow. When Bastion realized that he had finished his assassination, he was happy to see that he didn't make a single mistake; maybe it was because he didn't need to think hard about his archery skills.
The next morning, The King had found out that his supposed loyal archer was found dead. He called forth one of his servants, asking them to bring the next winner from the roster of the archery event; alas, the servant revealed to The King that the second, third, and fourth place winners were also found dead. Flabbergasted, The King asked who the fifth place winner was. Bastion stepped forward from behind the servant and kneeled before The King. The King didn't think much of his appearance or how Bastion got inside, so he plainly announced Bastion as the loyal archer.
Bastion didn't think that it would be that easy, nor did he think that The King was that careless. But nonetheless, he was now the King's loyal archer.
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