02 - Le Roi Est Mort... | Sequence 4 of AC Unity AC Unity Guide
Last update: 17 April 2019
Another assassination. This time, your target is the King of Beggars. The man is hiding in the sewers, so you have to find him first.
In this mission, you have a distraction opportunity and an assistance opportunity. Especially the latter will be useful, because there is a lot of guards in the district. Most roofs are empty, but it's really easy to find enemies on the ground.
Distraction means you'll have to sabotage chimneys. Use the Eagle Vision to find them. After you do it, there will be much less visibility in the sewers, which will help you escape.
Assistance opportunity requires fighting. You have to help the beggars defeat a group of bandits. The beggars will become your allies and they'll fight the extremists.
Regardless of your decision, you have to find an entrance to the sewers. It's located in the green zone, in the back of the building. You'll see an icon of stairs on the map.
Climb down, kill the guards and use the entrance. For a full synchronization, you have to perform three air assassinations before you enter the sewers. It shouldn't be hard since there's a lot of enemies on the ground.
The sewers are basically a long corridor. There are no intersections, so keep going forward. If you see a wall, go back and take another path. You'll encounter several groups of enemies on your way, but they should not cause you any trouble.
You'll encounter La Touche, but he'll run away. Meeting him means that the King is close.
When you reach the throne room, use your Eagle Vision and take a look around. You'll see that the King is not on his throne. Instead, he's standing on a platform on the left. On the opposite side of the room, on a platform, there is a sniper. There are around five enemies on the ground.
There are several methods to get rid of the King. You can storm inside and kill everyone. You can use cherry bombs, get rid of most enemies with a gun/crossbow and kill the rest with a sword. You can attract some enemies, kill them outside of the throne room, then go back and kill the rest. You can also ignore the people on the ground, climb up to the sniper, kill him and get to the King. If you shoot him, he'll fall down and wait, you have to finish him with the hidden blade.
After you kill the King, run where the game tells you. If you have covered the chimneys, there will be a lot of smoke in the corridors. You can use it to escape faster or killing the enemies quietly.
Reach the designated place and slide. After a cut scene, the mission will be completed.
For a full synchronization, perform two kills with the Phantom Blade during the escape. Really easy.
For completing the task you'll get 3 sync points and officer pistols.
If you still haven't visited Cafe de Theatre, you'll have to after killing the King of Beggars. You have to get inside, talk to the owner and take money from the chest. If you have already done it, the game will tell you to report to the Council. Doing it unlocks the next sequence.