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70 – The Lady Over There Sent This

70 – The Lady Over There Sent This

A few hours before Majiya scattered all her possessions across the server’s global chat, in the tutorial area.

Maru chased after Majiya’s fleeing figure into the wild field, but ultimately couldn’t keep up.

Clearly, the seasoned player was Maru, so why was the distance between them only growing?

After a sudden fall in a valley while desperately trying to catch up, even the name tag that had been barely visible disappeared completely.

“Ugh, why is she so fast….”

— Hahahaha

— Maru, are you really a seasoned player?

— Just like when you were a wolf, your movement is something else.

— You’re really good at running away, haha.

— Maru is also exceptional, but in a bad way, haha.

For Maru, who wanted to do mother-daughter RP, this was a sad situation.

It wasn’t that she genuinely wanted to become a mother or anything.

Using the server’s uniqueness and the fact that she was invited, she thought it would be a fun scene to create and a chance to get closer to Jia.

But with Majiya running away like that, there was nothing she could do.

“Ugh. It was my chance to be a mom.”

— ?

— You haven’t given anything, though?

— That boss and that idol, wow.

— You haven’t given anything, but let’s make her work first, haha.

“No, guys. Of course, I can’t give anything right now…. I’ve only been here for 30 minutes. But still, um? With your precious donations, I came in using a special invite. Isn’t it reasonable to at least say thank you, Mother~? I think so.”

:: An anonymous sponsor donated 10,000 Clouds! ::

:: Maru, this isn’t the time to be doing this, hurry up and mine for funds. Otherwise, you’ll get eaten by Majiya later. ::

— For real, haha.

— I think you’ve already been eaten, haha.

— I’m currently inheriting the throne, Mother.

“What, what are you talking about? That can’t be! We have a connection formed through the invite, um? There’s that Kizuna!”

Kizuna is a term that originated in Japan, but it’s commonly used in the virtual YouTuber industry.

It refers to a bond that, while temporary, is stronger than most relationships.

The relationship between Maru and Jia, formed temporarily through the special invite, is also part of that Kizuna.

That’s why Maru felt confident.

No matter how hard Majiya worked to earn money, or how much she relied on Majiya, she was determined to be recognized as a mother.

But Maru, isn’t there something you’re forgetting?

She had a bunch of Round Faces who loved her (?).

How could they just let Maru, who entered the server to earn money, finish a simple greeting with the starting members and then disappear into the tunnels?

In the pitch-black cave.

An unexpected fan meeting was about to begin.

:: :: An anonymous sponsor donated 100,000 Clouds! :: ::

:: :: Hey guys, welcome the guests~ :: ::

– [System] 5 monsters will be randomly summoned due to the 100,000 Clouds donation.

“Ahhh!”

:: :: An anonymous sponsor donated 500,000 Clouds! :: ::

:: :: Welcome—!! :: ::

– [System] 10 monsters will be randomly summoned due to the 500,000 Clouds donation.

“No, stop it! Stop summoning! Crazy! You guys, stop! Ahhh!”

As Maru screamed at the barrage of monsters flying at her, she soon collapsed.

[Death]

It had only been 5 minutes since she came down underground.

She had an inventory protection right.

But this was a rare item that would only come out once for a donation of about 500,000 won.

Maru had 25 of them in her inventory, but even though she was a seasoned player, she wasn’t someone who could take down 10 monsters at a time with just a set of iron gear.

Literally, she was just a seasoned player because she had played the game for a long time; her gaming skills and physical abilities were so poor that even among the Round Faces who recognized her as a seasoned player, she was called a ‘disaster.’

Naturally, the inventory protection right was quickly consumed—her wallet was getting thicker, but to Maru, who was obsessed with 64 Cubics, the in-game currency was more valuable than money— and it all disappeared in just 2 hours.

“… Yaaaah!!!!”

— Ugh.

— My ears.

— Hahahahaha.

— How come you can’t catch even one, haha.

— Can’t you play without a diamond set? Hahaha.

— And you call yourself a seasoned player, haha.

It was indeed a bit unfair.

In the early to mid-game using iron gear, it’s rare to fight while dragging dozens of monsters.

However, Maru, despite everything, was a seasoned player, and even when she personally integrated APIs and played 64 Cubics, she often faced this kind of unfairness.

‘If you’re a seasoned player, you should be able to do this!’ The viewers’ unfair expectations kept piling up, and she often ended up losing all her items, screaming and crying.

That was the usual 64 Cubics WWE match in Maru’s room.

So today, another WWE match ended here.

Having just died without an inventory protection right and losing all her items, including the iron set given at the start of the server, she was now truly starting from scratch.

“Ugh… Huh… Seriously. This time… Ugh… Ugh. In the server… server. Let’s… let’s… sniff. First place. Money. Rich….”

— Speak up, haha.

— Don’t cry, just say it straight, who did this to you?

“Those Round Faces….”

— Hahahahaha.

— Crying on.

— Hahaha.

But it wasn’t a complete fresh start.

At least, the Wicker Bread that would quench her thirst and hunger was still overflowing in her mailbox.

:: An anonymous sponsor donated 10,000 Clouds! ::

:: Alright, let’s try again from now on. ::

:: An anonymous sponsor donated 10,000 Clouds! ::

:: Machuping! It’s the starting village!! ::

:: An anonymous sponsor donated 10,000 Clouds! ::

:: Isn’t it great, right Toge-ping? ::

:: An anonymous sponsor donated 10,000 Clouds! ::

:: Ping-ping-puri~ ::

To give out the cookies, she had to hold back her usual fun 1,000 won punch.

The viewers had laughed enough until now, so they generously donated 10,000.

“Ugh… Ugh… Ugh….”

— Hahahahaha.

— Meanwhile, she’s eating well, haha.

— If you don’t want to starve to death, you have to eat, what can you do, haha.

As she stacked the coins one by one, Maru prepared to stand up again.

All her tools had completely disappeared, but it was okay.

Even if she started over now, she thought she could get ahead of those coming in with invites.

Just then, as Maru was about to head back to the wild field.

– [Global] Majiya: I’ll give 10,000 WK to the first five miners who come to me within 2 minutes.

Everyone was surprised by Majiya’s sudden chat.

— ?

— Did you already earn 50,000?

— What?

— What, haha.

Though it was prohibited, there were cuckoos who ignored the ban and, prepared for a block, shared news from other rooms, saying that Ronje, who was running the fastest, had gathered 20,000 won.

Digging near the surface, copper and coal piled up, selling them was a kind of low-cost strategy.

Using a system that wouldn’t let prices drop below 1 WK no matter how much the market fell, it was a grinding play that the management didn’t block.

In 2 hours, he had mined over 10,000 blocks of coal and copper.

Isn’t it right to acknowledge that?

But 50,000 WK, which was more than double what Ronje was ahead of.

That was enough to astonish everyone.

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[Global] Movgun: What?

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[Global] Serena: I’m going!!

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[Global] Momo: ?

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[Global] Ronze: Wow, I can’t hold back.

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[Global] Kamik: What’s this disaster Jia money, wow.

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[Global] Merisha: Wait, have you already gathered that much money??

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[Global] Rupko: Get out of the way, that’s mine!

The server chat was in chaos.

Unlike Ronje, who openly earned money from the start with grinding, most people spent a lot of time trying out different jobs or exploring the village.

For those people, 10,000 WK?

There was absolutely no reason to refuse.

:: An anonymous sponsor donated 10,000 Clouds! ::

:: Maru, what are you doing? Hurry and hit the return scroll!! ::

— For real.

— Hurry up, crazy.

— You have to go get that 10,000 WK!!

“Ah. Oh!”

Maru hurriedly typed in the chat and pressed the return scroll.

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[Global] Maru: No, I want to get the disaster Jia money too!!!!!!

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[System] Returning to Wicker Town.

Shuru-rung.

With the sound of the wind flowing, the respawn point in Wicker Town was truly chaotic.

[Ugh, ugh. Stop hitting me, ugh!]

[Guys, please give me 10,000 won. You all came here an hour before me!]

[Get away! Give it back!]

In general, mindless PK is strictly prohibited in such collaboration servers.

Since users are friendly with each other, dying and killing each other is fine, and the viewers can watch and laugh, so it doesn’t matter.

However, killing unrelated people and stealing their items can lead to permanent bans through user reports to the management.

But in this situation, it was possible to do a little punching, which only slightly reduces health, meaning a bit of roughhousing.

Everyone was aware that it was a chaotic situation.

So no one was dying.

They were all grabbing, hitting, and pushing each other in a frenzy.

Realizing that it was impossible to make a straight path with her keen sense, Maru managed to draw a semicircle to the side, and fortunately, no one chased after her.

Thanks to that, Maru was in first place.

[Hello.]

As soon as she saw Jia greeting her warmly, Maru felt her tears welling up again.

“Jiaaa…!”

— What is this, haha.

— You’re really lucky today, haha.

— LOL.

“I’ve had so many things happen….”

Seeing Maru in her bare state, Jia chuckled.

[Yeah, it shows.]

“Yeah, so. Thank you for the 10,000. I’ll use it well. I can buy tools with that. Hehe.”

[Huh? 10,000?]

“Yeah? 10,000!”

Majiya’s character, now squared off in 64 Cubics, shook her head.

[You can’t.]

“What? Why?!”

[Look at the chat.]

Only then did Maru notice the chat she hadn’t seen while passing through the chaotic square….

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[Global] Majiya: I’m giving this instead of Maru because she’s embarrassed.

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[Global] Majiya: Please use it for something good.

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[Global] Ronze: Maru wants it too, you know.

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[Global] Majiya: She must have forgotten that she entrusted it to me to share because she’s a fool.

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[Global] Ronze: Oh.

For some reason, Majiya’s 50,000 won had become a gift she was giving.

Plus, the title of fool.

… Why?

[When people come, get ready to show off next to me.]

“Ah. No. I need that 10,000 right now.”

[If you want to show off, then do it. It’s all for your own good.]

“Ugh.”

— What is this, haha.

— Hahaha.

— Maru, when are you getting that 50,000 won? Haha.

:: An anonymous sponsor donated 10,000 Clouds! ::

:: No way, Maru has a lot of money, haha. The money won’t be lost, so you can summon monsters again later, haha. ::

“No, guys, what are you talking about? I’m broke! Can’t you see? 0 WK!”

More than anything, what Majiya was saying sounded just like the situation the viewers had predicted earlier.

— But what Majiya says sounds just like something a mom would say.

— For real, haha.

— It’s all for your own good, you idiot!!!

— Listen to your mom…

— You’ve been eaten, you’ve been eaten, haha.

— Moms are people too!

“Ah. No? I’m the mom, okay? Right, Jia? I invited you to the server, so I’m the mom, right?”

Majiya had no intention of immersing herself in RP in the first place.

In this server, she was just Majiya, the representative of Parallel.

After all, it was a large server where she had to extract content and YouTube clips through chemistry with various streamers.

She thought that if Maru was just doing RP with her, it wouldn’t help.

The manager who participated in the server for labor and promotion was cold….

[Hey, people are coming. Quickly show off next to me.]

“No. No. I invited you. I’m the mom….”

[Hurry.]

“Ugh, ugh. Fine….”

— Mom.

— From now on, Mom is Majiya.

:: An anonymous sponsor donated 10,000 Clouds! ::

:: What a cute mom… I’m jealous, Maru!!!! ::

— ?

— For a moment, I thought it was Pino;

When such large collaboration servers are held, not everyone can watch the broadcast from start to finish.

So instead of watching the broadcast continuously, many people focus on finding short, funny clips of 1 to 3 minutes in the community.

And the clips that these people see most often are the large incidents involving many people in the server.

The reason is simple.

Because viewers who were watching various streamers come to the platform that supported the server opening, Ppajijik’s gallery, to write posts.

It’s also to share fun scenes with everyone.

At the same time, the purpose of trying to get their own streamers’ broadcasts was significant.

So when Majiya called more than half of the starting members to the village with her 50,000 WK, related posts flooded the gallery almost to the point of being overwhelming.

… ─ — Ppajijik Gallery ─ ─ — …

[What the hell, hahahaha.]

[I laughed so hard, haha.]

★[A disgusting and petty battle between a pro gamer and a former pro gamer]

[Jagangducheon, wow.]

[What are these guys doing, haha.]

[Hahaha, it’s like watching a shopping mall or event opening run.]

[What about Mugeon, is he a giant blocking the way? He’s holding five people by himself, haha.]

★[(Dog) Fight Winners List (Celebration)]

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The Ppajijik gallery isn’t just a space for fans watching the twenty or so streamers invited to the Wicker server.

In fact, many large streamers with considerable fanbases participated as starting members.

Moreover, since it was the first day of the server, attention was also drawn to the fandoms whose streamers hadn’t yet participated, so the time that Wicker server-related posts occupied the gallery was quite long.

Naturally, as the bait rolled and rolled, the truth about Maru’s 50,000 won incident gradually came to light.

It wasn’t Maru’s money.

Then whose money was it?

… ─ — Ppajijik Gallery ─ ─ — …

[So in the end, it’s not Maru’s money, but Majiya’s?]

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[50,000 won in two hours is really insane, wow.]

[Can someone summarize what happened, Maru? Majiya? How did you earn it?]

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[(Urgent) Is there anyone who knows Majiya well?]

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Naturally, the frequency of mentioning Majiya in the gallery increased.

People were curious about how she earned that much money in just two hours.

However, those who watched Majiya’s broadcast knew.

She had spent the entire two hours solely in the tunnels, giving up communication, RP, and content.

That was something ordinary people, especially streamers who entered the server aiming for various things, could never do.

In other words, the question of ‘how can I earn money like Majiya’ was fundamentally flawed.

Streamers shouldn’t do that.

Wouldn’t all the viewers drop out?

… ─ — Ppajijik Gallery ─ ─ — …

[If you’re curious about how Majiya earned her money, look here.]

Did you see it?

If you did, go.

If you do the same thing in your main base, your broadcast will be a mess, okay?

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Just kidding, I’ll let you know, haha.

First of all, as soon as you start, forget about communication and dive underground.

Zombie meat/skeleton water (restores hunger/thirst but continuously ticks down health, so you only eat this rotten food in emergencies).

Just survive for two hours on this, and you can easily earn 50,000 won.

Do you understand why it would be a mess?

[Comments]

— Ppajijik031: ? You survived for two hours underground with barely any health left?

– Ppajijik090: How did you even do that, haha.

— Ppajijik124: How could you watch that without getting frustrated?

– Ppajijik824 (author): Killing monsters is really refreshing.

— Ppajijik884: How did the broadcast not get messed up? Haha.

— Ppajijik941: Didn’t you get a single donation of 100,000 or 500,000?

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Ppajijik824 (author): Yeah, the viewers didn’t donate at all.

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Ppajijik824 (author): But that doesn’t mean the donations were small; they kept coming in from 10,000 to 50,000 won, haha.

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Ppajijik941: Looks like you really kept the viewers in line, wow.

— Ppajijik493: So how long is this person going to keep broadcasting?

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Ppajijik824 (author): Probably until the server closes.

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Ppajijik493: Oh, when are you streaming tomorrow?

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Ppajijik824 (Author): Probably at the server open time.

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Ppajijik493: Diligent, lol. Gotta check it out tomorrow.

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Author’s Note (Author’s Afterword)

See you at midnight~