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76 – I Just Got Lucky

76 – I Just Got Lucky

Here’s the English translation:

What happens when you donate 10 million won to the server.

— Like a myth, the story of you and me♪

Instead of the background music produced directly by the staff in the tutorial zone, original songs by Rapitz’s 1st and 2nd generation members are played alternately.

[sponsored by RAPITS]

Blatantly displaying this message that they received sponsorship from Rapitz on the way out.

The food scattered around the server, Wicker Bread, transforms into Rapitz Bread overnight.

Perhaps because of that, the atmosphere in the chat room has changed considerably.

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[All] [Ddagapde] Rupko: Thank you Rapitz everyone for the bread~

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[All] [Kkangkang] Serena: Rupko, do you still have a lot of debt?

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[All] [Ddagapde] Rupko: I’ll pay it back as I earn~

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[All] [Kkangkang] Serena: Oh my… poor thing

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[All] [Ddagapde] Rupko: By the way, Serena, do you have some money? I’ve become a credit delinquent so Skull Hunger doesn’t lend me money anymore

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[All] Iona: Did you get scammed at a casino or something?

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[All] [Ddagapde] Rupko: There’s this really evil place called Reinforcement Casino

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[All] Iona: Wow, you really were a sucker

It feels like the best promotion money can buy?

Compared to my unpaid efforts (well, not unpaid since I get a salary) in-game, they’ve done effective promotion with just one click.

From a company perspective, 10 million won is actually a laughable amount.

However, I didn’t feel particularly threatened.

It’s not like Rapitz’s songs are playing throughout the entire town, and the gap we’ve created won’t be closed immediately just because they spent 10 million won.

However, in the case of the boss, perhaps because of his position as CEO, he was thinking a little differently.

“Tomorrow I’ll have to discuss donating the same amount with the PR team leader and finance team leader.”

“Do you need 10 million won by any chance? Should I break another savings account?”

“Hey. Keep your money, don’t do that.”

“Actually, I don’t have any. I’ve already donated it all to you, boss.”

“What? When?!”

“Without you knowing~”

Grrrr.

A fist drill spews fire above my head.

“Urgh.”

In fact, when it comes to issues related to the company’s fund management, I always take an observer position.

After all, it’s the boss and the accounting director who ultimately decide the direction of the business.

I can casually throw in a word, but I can’t directly intervene.

And the boss’s opinion isn’t about outspending Rapitz to crush them, but just matching the same amount of money.

Since we’re virtual YouTuber groups enjoying the server together, it can be seen as meaning we’ll lift the log together.

If this were company vs company, it would be natural given each other’s image, but…

The fans didn’t seem to see it that way.

As soon as I turned on the broadcast, stories about Rapitz poured in.

— Wow, but they’re repaying Rapitz’s kindness like this

— It’s not really Rapitz’s fault though

— Getting pushed in broadcasts so immediately spending money to crush

— Hey, Parallel also promoted aggressively

— Isn’t this just give and take? ㅋㅋ

Seeing someone trying to start a fan war as soon as the broadcast started, I gave a warning first.

“Please refrain from speculative talk and comparisons about other broadcasters or groups. They’re just trying to promote their own groups.”

— For real

— No need to blow it up

— They both just did what they had to do ㅇㅇ

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

:: Just to remind everyone at this point, this person is the mad dog who ground up all the malicious ones in Momo’s broadcast, if you act up wrongly only you will be kicked out… ::

— He’s not a mad dog ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

— Whoa that wording is a bit harsh

— The mad dog is too cute

— Well those who got caught up in it did get banned one after another

— But are there still people who remember that time?

— I also started watching 1st gen after watching Momo’s broadcast, brings back memories

There might be some people who are really angry, but for now it’s mostly some trying to cause discord.

From the start, the relationship between members of both sides shown in actual broadcasts isn’t bad.

I regularly communicate with Serena, and

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[Whisper] [Kkangkang] Serena: Jia, I got a weapon blueprint this time too

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[Whisper] [Kkangkang] Serena: Come visit with materials once

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[Whisper] [Kkangkang] Serena: I’ll make you the strongest weapon again this time

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[Whisper] Me: Okay

Serena and Maru are known to be close friends, so they often walk around town together giggling.

Coincidentally, Maru chose chef as her second job advancement, and since food made by chefs often has options like ‘equipment quality improvement effect’, they were inseparable.

So the next day, when the boss donated 10 million won to the Wicker server and received some rewards, I thought this would end smoothly enough.

“They agreed to exchange the Wicker Coins given for donations into Parallel Coins. And they said they’ll put up four large posters of our kids in the square.”

The reason they didn’t play our kids’ songs separately seems to be because Gacha Coins are more valuable than bread, and we’ve already done aggressive promotion and even held a mini-concert separately.

Wicker, being a veteran broadcaster with considerable experience, seems to have found an appropriate compromise.

Our boss didn’t have any complaints either.

However, the next day, another change came to the town.

A huge tower built by the 8 Rapitz members who bought land on one side of the users’ house plots was completed.

Like hanging a long advertisement board on a Gangnam building, posters of the four 2nd generation members were hung in four directions.

It was visible from afar compared to our kids’ posters erected in the square.

“… They said they spent another 10 million won.”

“Wow.”

“Is this the time to be impressed?”

“Well, but. They’re our seniors in the industry, right? I don’t think it’s shameful to be behind in capital.”

“We’re not that far behind…? Can’t be helped. Let’s do another 10 million too.”

But people always pass through the square when they come to town.

The exposure of the posters Rapitz hung on their tower and our kids’ square posters was similar, I’d say.

“Wait, wait.”

Above all, I roughly knew why Rapitz had made this sudden move.

When I looked at the Ppajijik gallery yesterday, there were a lot of posts like this:

… ─ — Ppajijik Gallery ─ ─ — …

[???: Ah shit, Rapitz again?]

No, damn it, these Gacha Coins are crap.

Every time I roll, only Rapitz comes out.

— Gasp

— Gasp

So I’m really happy about it! Yeah!

Hunger thirst yeah? Fills you up— nicely yeah?

Bread is Rapitz bread after all, kids.

Eat a lot.

— Detecting hell is Rupko’s style ㅋㅋ

— For real ㅋㅋ

But look, guys.

Honestly, it’s because the Parallel Coins are crap.

I think they’ve lowered the probability too much.

— What

— Are you saying Parallel is crap now?

You bastard!

When did I say that!!

The coin name is Parallel Coin and that’s different!!

Just the GOAT of VTubers.

Parallel who hands out disaster relief funds. Always grateful.

…… (blowing smoke) Ah shit but when am I gonna pay back Jia.

(Source: Yesterday’s Rupko broadcast)

[Comments]

— Ppajijik002: Suddenly starting hell defense while rolling Gacha ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

— Ppajijik485: To summarize, Parallel fail = Rapitz bread?

– Ppajijik020: Tsk tsk

— Ppajijik852: Honestly Rapitz picked the fight first

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Ppajijik990: No, Majiya picked it first by aggressively promoting

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Ppajijik025: Are you saying Majiya who went around the whole server throwing money did something wrong?

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🟦Ppajijik04: Hey hey hey

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🟦Ppajijik04: That’s enough

… ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ …

Although Rupko is a bit of a funny person, he’s still a major company with 1 million subscribers.

He got through the crisis in a cheerful way, but.

The Rapitz side might have felt a bit upset seeing this.

The idea that if you roll Parallel Coins and get a fail, it’s Rapitz bread.

It’s a bit, you know.

Of course, neither our boss nor their boss would have intended this situation.

When I showed him this post, the boss was also surprised.

“No. I didn’t intend this.”

“From my perspective, if we spend another 10 million won here, it might look like we’re picking a fight and asking for war. It’s still WWE, but since the troublemakers are just waiting to start a fight, I think it’s better to calm down for now.”

“Hmm…. Okay. Thanks for letting me know.”

“Rather than that, how about preparing more thoroughly for the kids’ concert? I’m earning most of the money anyway.”

“… That’s an undeniable fact.”

Fortunately, as the boss stopped additional investment, the chicken game seemed to end here.

However, I thought it would be good to show at least minimal showmanship that we had no bad intentions.

If we could somehow remove that ‘Parallel fail = Rapitz bread’ image that Rupko had created, it would be quickly resolved.

If I leave it alone and the fans’ quarrel grows, well, it’s not like I haven’t experienced such things once or twice, I can just ban, ban, ban with a blank face.

I feel sorry for Seungyeon who works as a chat manager and monitoring staff instead of me.

Although she’s doing a good job, Seungyeon is still a newbie.

If both sides suddenly start fighting seriously, she’ll surely be flustered.

So what to do.

The method is simple.

Use the Gacha Coins that have accumulated from donations received over the past week.

[ Parallel Coins x 2,435 ]

Originally, since Rapitz bread was only used to fill hunger and thirst, it became a very common item as the number of residents increased and more people received donations.

In fact, if I roll Gacha with 2,400 coins, I’ll get about 12,000 bread, right?

Of course, if left as is, the value of the bread would decrease and consequently the brand value could also decrease, so when Wicker changed from Wicker bread to Rapitz bread, he added one effect…

It was that if you combine nine breads into one, a potion with the names of Rapitz members would be created.

For example, Serena’s potion, well known for healing, instantly recovers all health when consumed.

This was the most popular recovery item for people hunting in dungeons.

They preserved the significance of the alchemist job by requiring going through an alchemist to create potions.

So every time people’s health drops while getting hit during hunting, they gulp down Serena’s potion, and people would realize.

It’s good to make and eat Rapitz bread potions, right?

Isn’t Serena’s potion really good for mindless hunting?

Why did Rupko curse like that, they’d think.

So, starting the 8th day situation room.

I turned on the broadcast in the square with the members’ posters as background.

From the start, when I showed the number of coins in the mailbox, viewers were shocked.

— What’s with the number of coins ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

— Did we donate that much?

— No, most of it is Pino’s

— Oh, it’s Pino’s?

— If Pino did that much he’d be dried up already

— Pino didn’t do that much ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

— Oh but when did Wicker Coins change to Parallel Coins ㅋㅋ

With the Gacha probabilities provided by the staff stuck on the left side of the screen.

Since opening 10 at a time is boring.

I divided them into bundles of 100 each.

— — — Parallel Coin Gacha — — —

50% – 10 Rapitz Bread
25% – 1 Town Return Scroll
10% – 1 Title Change Ticket
7% – 1 Skin Exchange Ticket
5% – 1 Enhancement Level Drop Prevention Ticket
2% – 1 Inventory Save Ticket
0.55% – 1 [3-star Guaranteed] Random Mount Exchange Ticket
0.33% – 1 Special Skin Set Selection Ticket
0.1% – Special Invitation Ticket
0.02% – ???

— — —— — —— — —— — —— — —

While I was preparing like that, viewers seemed to be discussing something, so I looked and:

— Come to think of it, when does that question mark appear

— No one’s gotten it yet, right?

— From what’s been leaked, it’s supposed to be a residence permit for a castle in the north or something, is that right?

— Castle?

— What?

I saw the item with a 0.02% chance of appearing, marked with a question mark at the very end.

Was there something like a castle?

I always just look at the ground when I come to town.

But when I raised my head and looked north, I could see something like a castle buried in snow.

I’m not sure if it can be used in that state.

— In the end you have to open it to know but no one’s gotten it ㅋㅋ

— The probability is too low from the start ㅋㅋ

— You basically have to spend 5000 for it to come out ㅋㅋ

— It won’t come out ㅋㅋ

As the viewers said, there’s no way an item that no one has gotten yet would suddenly come to me.

Anyway, for today’s main goal of twelve thousand Rapitz bread, 100 at a time.

I started rolling the Gacha briskly.

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[ Rapitz Bread x10 ]
[ Town Return Scroll x1 ]
[ Skin Exchange Ticket x1 ]
[ Rapitz Bread x10 ]
[ Special Skin Set Selection Ticket x1 ]

— Wow, Special ㅋㅋ

— Wow this came out

— 0.33% is possible to come out ㅋㅋ good good

— What? Unlike the boss, your luck seems really good?

A Special Skin with 0.33% probability coming out right away after opening just a few.

The goal was bread, but from this point on, something seemed off.

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[ Enhancement Level Drop Prevention Ticket x1 ]
[ Rapitz Bread x10 ]
[ [3-star Guaranteed] Random Mount Exchange Ticket 1 ]
[ Title Change Ticket x1 ]

— ?

— What’s going on

— They rigged it here!!!

— What does this make the boss ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

— ??? : Can’t you just draw that special invitation ticket?

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And soon the signs became reality.

It was when I had rolled about 1,500.

[ Demon King’s Privilege ]

— ?

— ??

— Huh?

— What is it

— ?

— What’s that

— King?

— ?

— What is that

While everyone was busy putting question marks, suddenly a whisper came in.

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[Whisper] Wicker: No way…

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[Whisper] Wicker: Jia, you really must have some luck ㅋㅋ

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[Whisper] Wicker: You just broke through the 0.02% probability;

— What?

— Ah ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

— Oh, is that the special item?

— Demon King’s Privilege?

— What is it?

Soon Wicker teleported in front of me and explained.

[Do you see that castle in the north of the town?]

It was that huge castle the viewers had told me about earlier.

It looked impossible to move in because it was buried in snow, but…

Could it be possible to enter there?

[If you use this, you can use that as your personal space. You’ll probably be surprised when you go in.]

Just as Wicker said that, the server seemed to lag a bit.

Suddenly, light flashed from the castle and the snow melted away.

As the thick snow covering it disappeared, a black fortress was revealed.

Soft lighting was placed along the edges of the building, and somehow misty smoke flowed around it, looking like a Demon King’s castle straight out of fantasy.

— Whoooooa

— Crazy ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

— Insane

— Is that our house now?

— LOL wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

— This is crazy ㅋㅋ

— Crazy crazy ㅋㅋ

— Wow ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[Isn’t it cool? If no one acquires it by tomorrow, we were planning to forcibly open it and operate it, then hand it over when an owner appears.]

“Ah I see…”

[By the way, the person who becomes the Demon King is given the authority to place monsters and decorate the castle like a dungeon.

The stronger the monsters you place, the more money it costs, but once you place them, they revive every time you receive guests, so there’s no additional cost.]

“A dungeon?”

[Yes. You become the Demon King, and become the boss of the dungeon. The dungeon created this way becomes the most difficult but most rewarding dungeon on the server.]

“I guess there’s a reward for me too if I stop people entering the dungeon.”

[You know well. If the users win, they get ten times the entrance fee, and if you win, you get all the entrance fee. The entrance fee per person is 100,000 WK, so it shouldn’t be lacking.]

I’m to become the boss.

It was a system you’d only see in RP servers where you create and enjoy a whole new character, almost like a life server.

“But even if I become the boss, won’t I die quite easily since people’s specs aren’t that different?”

[For that, there’s separate equipment given when you’re the boss.]

Soon Wicker laid out the equipment.

It was full plate armor with red decorations beautifully embedded in jet-black plate.

The Demon King’s armor has -95% damage taken, and the demon sword fires a sword energy every time you swing it.

Even someone wearing armor with -80% damage taken that I was wearing before would die in three hits from the sword energy.

It’s too strong, way too strong.

[Of course, you can only wear that equipment when you’re the boss.]

“It absolutely has to be that way…”

I don’t know why these situations are all converging on me within the server.

A Skeleton Knight wasn’t enough, now it’s the Demon King?

Why does this stuff keep falling into my lap?

I wish it would fall into the Boss’s or the members’ laps instead!

— Demon King Magia, lol.

— Oh, bony hero…

— From Skeleton Knight to Demon King, lol.

— De(mon)gia, lol.

— Heavenly Magia, lol.

It’s even evolving my nickname again because of it.

I never thought I’d hear that nickname again here, after hearing it so many times since I was a kid.

But this was an opportunity for me.

“Hey, is it okay to drink something like Serena Potion while in Demon King form?”

Wik-eo hesitated at my words before answering.

[Yes. That’s an item Jia acquired through sponsorship, so it should be fine, right?]

Instead of quietly hunting and chugging Serena Potion.

Showing the people who came to clear the dungeon something like an immortal Demon King would help improve the image of Lapitz Bread.

The people who came will fall and ask me.

Why don’t you die?

Then I can just repeat it.

Lapiz Potion, it’s the best.

Lapiz Potion, it’s the best.

Author’s Note

I’m sure everyone was surprised by the martial law yesterday.

I was also surprised, so I was a little late writing…

I’m glad it calmed down.

All sorts of things happen…

ps. I’m definitely not making excuses for being late!