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71 – Skeleton Knight Magia (1)

71 – Skeleton Knight Magia (1)

Choi Young-ro, who had never used a fixed nickname in the gallery, had a personality that couldn’t settle in one place for long.

He would watch broadcasts that were interesting, focusing on the ones he found entertaining.

He had never become a fan of anyone or cheered for them.

Virtual YouTuber?

Oh, there’s something like that, it moves, looks like a game character, how interesting.

I guess they use a character instead of a cam, that kind of thing.

– Ppajijik493: Diligent lol, I should check it out tomorrow

So leaving this kind of comment was really just out of simple curiosity.

Majiya? Who’s that?

What kind of person is it that they’re being mentioned so much in the gallery?

But they say she doesn’t have a personal channel.

She uses an official channel, and the broadcast title is, of all things, Situation Room.

Young-ro, who had worked in the situation room, felt a strange military PTSD and decided to find out what kind of person she was.

Being a VTuber, well, you can tell from the moving avatar, but why do VTubers all have a basic setting attached to them? Taking Momo as an example, her setting is that she’s a constellation who came from a distant star because she was curious about Earth.

First, the appearance.

It’s quite modern.

However, wearing a suit, the symbol of an office lady, with a youthful face created quite an imbalance.

[Thank you for 10,000 Clouds. I’ll eat some Wicker bread and work hard again.]

[Thank you for 100,000 Clouds. Thanks to you, I got the increased mining enchantment. Thank you for contributing to securing funds for Parallel.]

[Thank you for 50,000 Clouds. Thank you for the increased mining efficiency buff. It will be a big help.]

But the dry and businesslike tone neatly neutralized the visual disharmony.

The faint dark circles under the character’s lower eyelids also contributed to this.

The slightly drooping eye corners that looked sleepy also added points to those characteristics.

After watching for about 5 minutes, the smell of an overworked member of society became apparent.

However, contrary to the cute character, it wasn’t just a gloomy feeling.

[Die. Die.]

[Headshot. Skull.]

[Oh. It’s a diamond.]

[Inventory’s full. Gotta go up.]

[Yawn…]

The habitual mumbling was pleasant to hear.

Unlike the deliberately stiff, businesslike tone, the comfortably uttered voice had the power to calm the listener.

Originally, no matter how attractive a character is, it’s difficult to captivate people if it’s just one-dimensional, but as this duality naturally emerged, Young-ro had a reason to keep watching the broadcast.

However, to say it was just an entertaining broadcast…

— How long are you going to mine minerals?

— Jia, I’m getting sleepy…

— Manager, I’m going to bed first

— See you tomorrow morning…

— Ugh, commuters need to sleep now ㅠㅠ

— Poor commuters lol I’m unemployed so I can watch the broadcast at home lol

— You’re just going to watch mining anyway lol

— That’s true?

Except for when donations came in, communication between the broadcaster and viewers wasn’t particularly free.

When the broadcaster didn’t speak and focused on mining, the viewers chatted among themselves.

It was a typical atmosphere of a broadcast where the streamer and viewers do their own thing, but there were so many people talking that it was hard to notice?

Just in case, Young-ro watched for about 10 minutes, but it was too calm even considering the late hour of 2 AM.

Even for a calm broadcast, this was something else.

When there was no talking, you could only hear the sound of mining minerals, puk puk puk, kang kang kang, like white noise.

Is this watching a streamer’s broadcast or just running an AI and writing an observation log?

[ (🔴Live) Wicker Town Season 2 – Parallel Situation Room Day 1 ] 👪3,052

#64Cubics #Parallel

So the viewer count, which had stabilized around 4,000 with a temporary boost from gallery buzz, gradually decreased to 3,000.

In the middle, about 3,000 people temporarily flocked when Momo went to sleep, but most of them either fled to Maru to avoid the vicious ant-shaking or left.

“… I’ll watch for 30 more minutes.”

Still, Young-ro had time and was relatively generous for a casual viewer.

Hoping for another scene like the big fight between streamers earlier.

He headed to the refrigerator to heat up the leftover chicken from dinner.

Meanwhile, the broadcast’s chat became noisy.

It was because of a single message Wicker sent as an announcement.

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[Server] As there is a user who is about halfway to achieving the first hidden achievement, we provide a hint about the achievement.

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[Server] Zombie play, combat

People from other broadcasts might not understand what this means.

But for those watching Majiya’s broadcast, it was an unmistakable hint.

— Craaazy lol

— Wow, did the server’s first hidden achievement pop up?

A little later, Young-ro, who had heated up the chicken, was puzzled by the suddenly exploding number of chats.

“What’s this? Did something happen?”

Since Majiya, the streamer, didn’t show much reaction, the only way to find out was to scroll up through the countless accumulated chats.

— Isn’t this definitely Majiya?

— If it’s zombies and combat, it’s Majiya lol

— For real lol

— Makes sense since she kept fighting in a state that was practically a corpse

— Can’t someone count how many mobs she killed? Wouldn’t it unlock at around 500?

— She already killed 250?

— Yeah, she’s been living underground since the server opened, so it should be about that much

— A monster slayer who’s undead, you know

And at the same time, checking the server chat.

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[All] Movgun: Damn, who is it

–
[All] Ronze: It’s me, bro

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[All] Movgun: Liar-

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[All] Kamik: It’s me

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[All] Rupko: It’s me

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[All] Movgun: You guys, I wanted to share the dungeon I found

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[All] Maru: This is why quick-witted Mugeon is

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[All] Movgun: No, no lol

Young-ro quickly grasped the situation.

There was someone on the verge of achieving a hidden achievement.

A notice went out in advance so that the person in question could notice early, and other users could congratulate and form relationships based on the hidden job.

While no one had a clue, only Majiya’s chat was buzzing.

It wasn’t a long time, but Young-ro had watched the broadcast, so he knew.

How bizarre Majiya’s work style was.

Mining ore while in a half-dead state, drinking only zombie meat and skeleton water?

This is crazy stuff that even hardcore players don’t do.

So there seemed to be no one close to achieving this hidden achievement except Majiya.

“Only those who left because they got bored are pitiful now.”

The server opened today, and already a hidden job is within reach.

This is not an easy feat.

It’s like becoming Kim Jeong-ho and traveling the entire map to draw the Daedongyeojido, then finding a space that makes you say, ‘This looks artificial?’

Or like now, achieving a hidden achievement whose conditions are unknown.

This is exactly what a hidden job is – something that can only be obtained by achieving hidden achievements in the field or creating new items based on those materials.

These jobs had a definite impact on the server’s economy or power rankings, separate from primary jobs that directly procure materials in the field and secondary jobs that create new items based on those materials.

To give a simple example, let’s say there’s a hidden job called ‘Hero’, and this hero can use a special ability that deals powerful damage as a finishing move.

Then the user who became a hero would explode in popularity as a party member people want to go to dungeons with.

Since the server system itself is designed so that the areas of each job and the items that can be obtained in special areas like dungeons don’t overlap, alchemists or blacksmiths might offer to share rewards by providing potions or equipment.

As various situations came to mind, Young-ro naturally became more expectant.

“The situation suddenly got interesting.”

Still, Majiya was busy digging the ground, regardless of whether such notices appeared or not.

As if that story wasn’t about her.

— Please refrain from cuckoo-ing

— For real

— Don’t cuckoo, I warned you, I’ll find you all and peck you

— This is going to be crazy when it’s revealed tomorrow lol

The viewers are already on the eve of the party.

They were saying that tomorrow everyone will know about Majiya’s amazing achievement, already more excited than Majiya herself.

“Hmm. I should keep it on the side.”

So Young-ro and others who were considering whether to leave or not started putting Majiya on their split screens for their own situation rooms.

It’s at the level of checking the status on a small screen, even if not watching in real-time.

Even though people were told not to cuckoo, as the news spread, the declining viewership started to reverse slightly after some time.

Four hours later.

[The situation room will close along with the server at 6 AM. The situation room will reopen when the server opens again every day, so please look forward to the activities of Boss and Maru tomorrow, Dora who joined late today, and Rain and Komari who will join soon. Thank you for today.

— Good work

— Java java~

— Java~

— I thought the hidden would come out today, but

— But looking at the speed, it seems like it might come out tomorrow

— Still, I was happy with the broadcast life today lol

— How is the money already 150,000 won ㄷㄷ

— I guess it’s because she’s only gaining without any losses?

— We’ll be able to invite one more person tomorrow, good

[ (🔴Live) Wicker Town Season 2 – Parallel Situation Room Day 1 ] 👪3,652

The number of viewers just before the broadcast ended was 3,652.

The trend wasn’t linear, but clearly, the number of people watching Majiya was increasing.

That news reached Dohee’s ears when she arrived at work the next day.

Hong Seok-jae, the head of the PR team, was very excited, as if he had caught a good scoop.

“I thought about it a bit yesterday. About Jia’s broadcast. Why don’t we just make it an outright situation room?”

“By making it a situation room… You mean we should only show the members’ screens?”

“No, no. There are people who came to watch Jia’s broadcast, so we can’t do that. Let’s adjust the frame so that the Boss and other members’ broadcasts appear above and below the virtual avatar in the center… Yes, adjust it like Shorts and attach it to both sides of the main screen.”

“Hmm.”

“Put four screens on both sides like that, and put the most interesting situation on top in a large size. And put Jia’s screen below that. It will look small, of course. But Jia has been doing nothing but labor since yesterday, so I don’t think it matters much if it’s small.

Above Majiya’s screen, that is, on the large screen, we can pull up the member that Jia finds interesting to watch. Jia is an expert in that area, right?

You can see six screens at once, which seems good for increasing inflow to the members. What do you think? It’s also faithful to the role of a situation room, following the broadcast title.”

Cheon Do-hee nodded in agreement with Team Leader Oh’s words.

Actually, Majiya had been doing this kind of split-screen viewing for over three years, so if you just give her the direction, she’ll arrange the screen composition in the way she finds most comfortable.

‘There were 3,500 viewers at the end of yesterday’s broadcast…’

That means about 700 people, in addition to those who came to watch Majiya, were watching until 6 AM.

Since she’s likely to live underground for a while to save money, it seemed good to split the screen of the official channel as Team Leader Oh suggested for now.

Then some of the casual viewers waiting on Majiya’s broadcast would flow to the members.

Because many people are still watching Majiya’s broadcast out of ‘curiosity’ rather than entertainment.

So at 5 PM.

When she was about to tell Majiya, who came to work 2 hours later than usual to run the situation room, about this fact…

“Boss. There’s something I want to do.”

Majiya said the exact same thing as Team Leader Oh when she arrived at work.

After hearing the whole story, Cheon Do-hee chuckled and asked Majiya.

“How did you come up with such an idea?”

“I noticed the viewers steadily decreasing but then increasing again. Seeing the numbers maintain, I thought it would be good to show the members’ screens for promotion.”

“… Weren’t you busy mining ore?”

“I watched the chat and Maru’s screen while mining. I couldn’t focus and watch everything like usual. But I roughly checked everything.”

Cheon Do-hee clicked her tongue.

“Okay. Do that when you turn on the situation room today. For now, today it will be me, Maru, and Dora, these three people.”

“No. Rain will be added too.”

“Rain?”

“Yes, I earned 150,000 WK yesterday. I can invite her within today. I’ve already told Rain to prepare.”

“You earn money really fast. How much mining are you doing…”

“Aren’t I an expert in this kind of simple labor?”

“Alright. Rain will handle her own schedule adjustment. If you have any questions about promotion, ask Team Leader Oh Seok-jae now while he’s free.”

“I already asked on my way here.”

It was very Majiya-like.

There’s no corner of the company she doesn’t poke around in.

“Okay. Go prepare for the broadcast. Good work today too.”

“Yes.”

At 8 PM.

Young-ro, who came to the situation room 2 hours late, couldn’t help but laugh when he saw the screen composition.

“It’s really a situation room…”

It wasn’t just him; everyone who came had the same reaction.

— What is this…

— lololololololol

— Crazy multi-view lololol

— Will this split into 6 when all the members come in?

— It’s dizzying even with just 4 now lol

Yesterday, Majiya’s screen was tucked away small in one corner.

Today, Majiya’s screen itself was split into several parts, so you had to watch it on a large screen or allocate your entire second monitor.

If someone had a favorite they watched separately, they would have backed off here.

Wondering if they needed to invest that much in Majiya’s broadcast.

However, people like Young-ro, who were hooked because of the hidden achievement yesterday, stand at a crossroads of choice here.

Do I watch this situation room broadcast?

Or do I go find somewhere else?

‘… I am curious about the hidden job.’

But you have to keep watching to be able to write on the gallery the fastest.

That speed difference can determine whether you make it to the top posts or not.

In the end, Young-ro, a collector of top posts, chose to join Majiya’s situation room.

Thinking, when else would I watch if not today?

Moreover, Majiya had just turned on the sound for the screen she had allocated at the top center, the same size as her own.

As if to say, I’ll just be mining, so watch this if you’re bored.

[Stop. Stop it. Hey you guys. Waaah…! I’m scared. Zombies are scary. Waaah…!]

Watching Dora being chased by a horde of zombies while crying, Majiya muttered.

[Are 64 Cubics zombies that scary? Dora is playing a horror game by herself.]

— No lol

— Not at all lol

— It’s just really annoying lol Don’t want to hear that kkeueoek sound

— Honestly it’s more bothersome than scary

:: Anonymous donor has donated 10,000 Clouds! ::

:: But sometimes when they suddenly pop out from behind, it can be really startling ::

[Thank you for 10,000 Clouds. I guess people who don’t like jump scares would feel that way.]

— The manager probably wouldn’t be startled

— Ah, it’s not scary if you have a weapon in your hand lol

— Honestly, I find it scary…

Young-ro noticed a clear difference from yesterday’s broadcast.

“… She’s talking much more frequently today?”

Yesterday, she only mumbled a little when diamonds or monsters appeared.

Today, as if a blockage had suddenly cleared, the frequency of her chattering had more than doubled compared to yesterday.

For Young-ro, who was watching for the first time, it was an incomprehensible phenomenon.

But the current broadcast environment itself was similar to when Majiya did review broadcasts.

At that time, she held a script for the presentation, and now she was mindlessly digging caves and killing monsters, that was the only difference.

Majiya is originally talkative when watching members’ broadcasts with someone.

Thanks to that, people who heard about the hidden-related news that had spread came to watch, were captivated by the bizarre screen composition, and started to stay, laughing along with Majiya’s endless chatter about the members and broadcast curation.

[ (🔴Live) Wicker Town Season 2 – Parallel Situation Room Day 2 ] 👪4,001

#64Cubics #Parallel

Finally, at 9 PM.

During the golden time of internet broadcasting, Majiya’s viewer count surpassed 4,000,

And at the same time, the announcement that people had been waiting for so eagerly rang out across the entire server.

–
[System] Hidden Achievement Unlocked Hunt 500 monsters with 25% or less HP

–
[Server] Majiya has achieved the first hidden achievement!

— It’s here ahhhhh

— OMG

— Crazy lol

— Is it here? Is the hidden here?

— Kyaaaaaaa Server first lol

— Really! Majiya! Majiya! Majiya!

Already Wicker Town Day 2.

Yesterday’s grand melee and all sorts of other juicy bits had been dominating the related communities, driving up the level of interest.

The emergence of a hidden class was a huge deal, capable of shaking up the entire server’s flow, wasn’t it?

There was no way someone like Youngro would miss out on an opportunity for a top post like this.

The news spread rapidly through the related communities.

👪5,722

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👪8,451

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👪12,301

The Situation room began to overflow.

[ (🔴Live) Wicker Town Season 2 – Parallel Situation room Day 2 ] 👪18,823

A Word from the Author (Author’s Note)

The last month of 2024!

The weather is getting colder, so everyone be careful not to catch a cold!

Let’s fight on this month too!!!