Battle With The Archers 6: Fallen Archer's Vow
(Published on 5. July 2021, 08:56 by Playmaker6174)
- I suppose that you’re going to finish the job, right? [Hector takes a breath as Riego is approaching him]
+ You bastard... [Riego throws the crossbow out and looks at Hector angrily]
- Apparently you haven't learned anything from that event huh? Very disappointing there. I gave you time to reconsider again and make your best choice for your own future but instead you disregarded it, came back here with that filthy desire and decided to leave that nasty tattoo on each of us? My friend, you know how much is that hug worth there? Five slashes, and this spot still hasn't recovered yet. You should have thanked me right there, if not so then you wouldn't have seen that gorgeous face one last time, that's the one gift to show you that I still have empathy for...
+ Empathy? After you left me all alone from the moment I failed to save multiple innocent people and even our former "father"? Everyone in this land was mocking me so much I didn't even have courage to face it. You know how hard it is to stand up as a hero who promised to fix things up but still got backlashed so many times? I lost two fingers for that, yet my homeland still showed some warm love for me because they owed me so much. And then I realized not all everyone hated me, there's that girl Lena who always showed some cares and warm talks to me during hard times, in fact I've never seen such person would give me good advices like that. I've always fought for her, up till the golden time of this land here I've always hoped that I would eventually be alright and have a chance to compensate for the past. But it didn't last long.
*Riego takes out the necklace and pulls out his old sword*
+ Well blood surely has smeared it. I don't care what you think right now but at least I'll give you a chance to finish our story and give me the best reason not to do something out of control like this. For real.
- But you're already too far now, what hope will you get after this? It's a shame that my best friend I'd like to trust the most has actually chosen back to being a hunter. You don't understand the feeling I'm having at the moment as a justice enforcer, you don't know how much burden I have gone through over the time, you don't know the feeling of sacrificing your loved one, you don't know the meaning of time, you don't know the consequences when death is coming. We don't own time buddy, I know how the pain feels and I don't want anybody to get hurt like me here because I'm a human. You know how sad Lena was when me and her found out you still haven't given up your own ego even before the major battle, she's just wanting you to be a better person, not follow that glorified past. She did talk to me so many times and force me to promise: always protect you at all cost no matter what happens, even if she's in danger. But now she's dead, you've chosen your path and I've failed to do the promise, not only that our team is broken. Worthless efforts.
+ *laugh* I can't believe it. So you're saying her death is my fault? Don't tell me you're so desperate to save your own name and give me some sort of "family lessons". I know how much effort you've spent to build your own name and other members too, but not much for me because I'm the most different person in this castle. They (David, Julian and others) always made fun of me and you seemed to not show any sign of good advices for me, all because of "I'm forced to do things under the law", just so hatred. And this man here pushed me away and accused me of being the man behind the infamous incident. I lost everything from that, then her not so long after. Also you've never shown up in her funeral and given me the best advice, not even once. What kind of friend is that?
- (I’m sorry Lena...) So we're really doing this right? Good lord, may my sanity be harden for this. As far as I know, your heart is stained just like that bloody sword. Come here, face me and show me your desire.
+ With pleasure, "my highness".
This is the 6th puzzle of my Battle With The Archers collection, it's pretty crazy when it comes to setting and considering how much information is required for the puzzle.
Also check out the previous puzzles from the collection and I'm sure you'll have good times :}
Rules: Normal Sudoku rules apply. In addition, digits along an arrow must sum to the digit in the circle cell attached to that arrow. Digits along an arrow can repeat if allowed by other rules.
Puzzle:
Good luck and have fun solving!
Solution code: Row 5 and column 8, 18 digits long (no space)
Comments
on 9. August 2023, 16:40 by GeorgeTheToad2
6 down 34 to go. Hard but rewarding.
on 8. November 2021, 23:49 by DVFrank
That was very hard but also very rewarding! :^)
on 25. August 2021, 20:20 by Piatato
Great puzzle once again! Looking forward to the all the rest! :-)
on 10. July 2021, 04:59 by tallcat
Another excellent construction - but I definitely found this one tricky.
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Thank you for enjoying the puzzle! I did find this puzzle mostly trickier than the rest because even with the setting there's no easy way to construct good arrows that combine with the setup, but then I utilized the logics from previous parts and decided to set that one specific arrow. Luckily it still somewhat became incredible :)
on 8. July 2021, 20:56 by SudokuExplorer
Incredible puzzle, yet again! I've really enjoyed the logic in this arrow series of yours :-)
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Thank you so much! I'm really happy that you've had a good time with my series so far :)
on 7. July 2021, 12:40 by abed hawila
Very clever construction, I enjoyed solving it, thank you!
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Thank you so much! I'm happy that you enjoyed the puzzle :)
on 6. July 2021, 04:44 by polar
Wonderful! Thank you :)
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Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed this treat :)
on 5. July 2021, 10:15 by cdwg2000
Very nice and smooth!
