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81 – Momo Needs a Manager

81 – Momo Needs a Manager

It wasn’t powerful enough to kill with a single hit, but if Dohee hadn’t dodged the consecutive attacks, she would have been on her way to the afterlife.

That cursed magic sword—just like when Rupko’s party got wiped out—the damage was insane.

The only reason Rupko could withstand three hits was due to the enhancement of his armor.

Dohee and Iona, who focused solely on offense, would definitely die if they took more than two hits.

But the most painful part was the mental strain.

Dohee had never seen anyone who could scare a person as much as Majiya.

Truly, she was a fitting candidate for the Demon King.

It wasn’t just a 0.02% chance that had popped up in the gacha; one could believe that Wik-eo had manipulated the odds for optimal selection.

“Are you okay?”

Iona rushed over with concern, but Dohee blocked her path.

“Don’t come! If you do, we’ll both get hit. We need to keep our distance!”

“… Okay!”

As soon as she heard that, Iona moved in the opposite direction of Dohee, flanking Majiya. Without any signals, everyone seemed to have agreed on their positions.

While everyone unleashed their attacks at once, they had arranged themselves in an optimal formation to avoid hitting each other.

The mages, who could draw magic circles on the ground to attack, were positioned at the back.

The archers, who had to avoid hitting their allies, were in the middle.

A small number of warriors clung tightly to Majiya, forming a defensive line.

From now on, what mattered was how faithfully each person performed their role.

The warriors had to desperately block Majiya’s movements while chugging potions and holding up their shields.

The archers needed to ensure they shot at least one arrow into her head every second.

The mages had to hit with their strongest skills without fail.

Majiya’s health was only 250 due to debuffs.

However, the Serena Potion would not be interrupted even if she was staggered by hits.

If she drank the potion for three seconds, her health would be fully restored the moment the potion disappeared.

They had to deal 250 damage within those three seconds to win.

Excluding the damage from the warriors, whose main duty was to block,

The four archers needed to hit her head with two arrows each for a total of 80.

The six mages, after a five-second casting, would contribute 180.

Only if everyone hit their marks with precision would they deal 260 damage and secure a one-hit kill.

Once the three-second countdown began, not a single mistake could be tolerated.

If it weren’t for the 95% damage reduction from the Demon King’s armor and the Serena Potion, the damage calculations wouldn’t be so tight.

Without the Serena Potion, it would have been too easy for a final boss.

Wik-eo hadn’t allowed the potions for no reason.

However, if everyone could perform their roles well enough to break through, news of a clear would have already reached them from the parties that had challenged before.

Majiya was a cunning Demon King, capable of covering the entire fourth floor with mental attack traps.

As expected.

As soon as the raid party formed their positions, she spoke.

“Everyone, it seems you are underestimating me.”

“Wait! Majiya! Just a moment!”

“Your tricks won’t work, Boss.”

“No, I have something to say. Delaying will only be disadvantageous for us!”

“… That’s true. I’ll listen.”

Time was indeed ticking away.

Only 2 minutes and 30 seconds remained.

If Majiya wasn’t defeated within that time, this raid would fail.

The Demon King in black armor placed her hands on the lower part of the sword’s hilt, holding it upright.

She appeared completely at ease.

… It was because Majiya was inside that body.

However, the party’s formation remained intact.

If they could just catch the right timing—.

[Chokorrit, chokorrit, kamakko, softly teasing in my mouth~]

But Majiya couldn’t hold back and played another voice.

It was the third installment of Momo’s ultimate charm.

They needed to catch the timing, but Majiya’s ongoing mental attacks were igniting a fire in Dohee’s heart.

“Hey! Damn it. If you had this ability, you should have shown it earlier?!”

“Surprises are better when they’re unexpected. The reality of the meeting was prepared just for you, after all.”

“… How many more do you have?”

“Seven?”

Dohee was taken aback.

No, had she really done that many charm lines in the first place?

She might have, but it was a long time ago.

In other words, it was something she had done back in the early days of her broadcasts, so she couldn’t even recall it now.

“Hey. You said you barely held back from wanting to hit me when I was being cute. Why do you have so many saved up?!”

“How could I not save clips of something you might never do again?”

“…”

“Isn’t that right? You haven’t done any charms in three years.”

“I didn’t… feel like it. And this is a huge black history for me!”

“I know. I know. But… it’s a pity, as a long-time fan.”

Dohee’s chat room was buzzing with Majiya’s words.

— Right, Dohee hasn’t done any charms since teaming up with Mugeon…

— Oh, after that time when she cursed like crazy, lol.

— She tried to change her image from then on, so it was awkward, lol.

— Still, I miss it.

— For real, lol.

— If Majiya hadn’t mentioned it, I might have completely forgotten.

— As expected, Mong Mong’s grandma is different, lol.

Everyone seemed to want more charm.

Meanwhile, the raid time was down to 1 minute and 30 seconds.

Majiya seemed to realize that and asked first.

“Aren’t you going to attack?”

“We will. Mages, prepare to cast!”

It would take 5 seconds to prepare.

Just before the casting finished, the archers’ arrows would fly.

But would Majiya, who had faced such an onslaught of attacks, be caught off guard this time?

There had been several trial and error moments, and during the previous third party, there had been truly dangerous moments.

“It’s already too late.”

Gulp.

As she inflicted a mental attack on Momo, Majiya was drinking a potion.

However, the warriors who needed to hold her back were gamers lacking the physicality of Maru.

In that brief moment, they couldn’t decide to lower their shields and strike.

A potion bottle filled with yellow liquid, resembling banana milk, vanished in an instant.

Momo noticed it too late, but it was already too late.

“Wait, that’s the Invincibility Potion….”

Majiya began to glow with a golden light.

In that state, she drank another potion.

This time, it was a Berserk Potion lasting 10 seconds.

As soon as the invincibility effect ended, red sparks began to swirl around her black armor.

Whoosh!

As the magic sword swung, the warriors who had been holding their shields up were pushed back.

Thanks to the Berserk Potion, even their guard began to be nullified.

Now, Majiya, glowing red, held a white potion in her hand.

As long as the red spark effect didn’t disappear, she was immune to stagger, so it was pointless for the warriors and archers to try to hold her back now.

The arrows that flew were merely bouncing off, dealing no damage.

“I’ll just disappear for a bit. Yap.”

Majiya completely vanished from sight.

Though it lasted only 2 seconds, it was an invisibility potion that was impossible to detect.

Dora saw that and chuckled.

The potions Majiya was now drinking were all ones she had given as gifts.

“Oh no. I gave her 100 invisibility potions~.”

Dohee shouted.

“Why are you saying that now…?!”

As her agitated reaction showed, the moment Majiya consumed the invisibility potion, the raid was doomed.

The potion effects had no cooldown, so she could keep drinking invisibility potions and escape until the raid time was over.

But was Majiya someone who enjoyed dragging things out like that?

No.

She was currently deeply immersed in her role as the Demon King.

“Unprotected.”

“Fxxk!”

With a thud, Rain was sent flying back, crashing into the wall.

“This side too.”

“Ahhh!”

This time, it was Komari who flew away.

Everyone looked around in shock, but even following the sounds, it was hard to pinpoint their locations.

One by one, the mages casting spells and the archers holding their positions were all sent crashing into the walls.

Even if they recovered health from potions, their formation was completely shattered.

With only about a minute left, they were in a state where the raid was impossible.

Swoosh.

As the invisibility effect wore off, Majiya was suddenly in front of Dohee.

She looked down at Dohee with her towering height.

“You didn’t think I would let you off, did you?”

Of course not.

Once Majiya took on a responsibility, she became someone worthy of that weight.

Now that she bore the responsibility of being the Demon King, her primary goal was to crush those who had invaded.

So Dohee had never expected Majiya to go easy on her.

“I’ll save seven charms for later. You can use them when you come back for another raid.”

However, she hadn’t given up on the thought of defeating Majiya.

Give up after being pushed this far?

Not a chance.

She couldn’t forget Majiya’s broadcasting style.

No matter how many times she was beaten by a villain, she would rise again and ultimately win, and that person was Cheon Dohee, also known as Momo, the Virtual Youtuber.

“Everyone, prepare to cast again.”

Dohee pulled back her bowstring.

“The Demon King won’t go easy on the Boss.”

Even though Majiya was right in front of her, it didn’t matter.

Her mental state had taken a hit, but.

Dohee, a six-year veteran broadcaster, would never falter this much.

Just then, Rain, who had completed about half of the casting, shouted.

“Boss! Time! Oh really, time!”

It would take a few more seconds to launch the magic.

Majiya raised her sword high to blow away Dohee, who stood before her.

Dohee squeezed her eyes shut.

In the lower right corner of her broadcast, the white wolf beastman also closed his eyes.

With her eyes closed, Dohee tightened her vocal cords.

Just as Majiya had hidden her ultimate skill until the meeting reality.

Dohee also hadn’t used the special skill limited to Majiya yet.

“Chia-yam~. I really like you…!”

In that moment, Majiya’s arm froze.

The avatar displayed on the official Parallel broadcast also froze, her eyes wide open in shock.

It wasn’t just Majiya.

Everyone who had drawn their bows couldn’t let go of their strings.

The embarrassment wasn’t solely Momo’s burden.

… However, the casting of the mages was about to finish.

Only Iona, who had already suffered pain on the fourth floor, had developed a resistance to embarrassment, maintaining her composure as she shouted.

“Fire!!”

At the same time, a magic circle was drawn beneath Majiya.

A diagram of overlapping light burst forth with brilliant radiance, boom!

Magic, mixed with all elements, exploded from the ground.

Seizing that moment, everyone except Momo released their arrows.

Majiya’s remaining health was 40.

The archers only needed to shoot one more arrow each.

But if Majiya pressed the potion button and fled, she would fully recover in 3 seconds.

And the warriors still hadn’t managed to stick to Majiya.

If things continued like this, Majiya would escape, and her health would be fully restored.

But Momo’s bowstring was still drawn.

Her cute voice and mouth were still intact.

“Chia-nun, will you be my manager for life~?”

Momo’s rolling tongue and three arrows flew toward Jia.

Finally, Momo released the bowstring she had been holding.

Clang!

The flying arrow struck Majiya’s head perfectly, completely draining her health bar.

Clunk, crash!

– [****Server] Rapitz’s raid party has defeated the Demon King for the first time!

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… ─ — Ppajijik Gallery ─ ─ — …

★[Official) Momo♡Jia]

★[Will you be my lifelong manager?]

★[Chia-chia-nun~]

[This post is really dizzying]

★[Will you? Will you? Will you?]

★[I like you♡]

★[Now who will do the official broadcast?]

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Momo’s gallery, as well as the fan cafe, the Parallel fan cafe, and even the memories of all the fans who participated in the server, etched the worst black history.

But they had defeated the Demon King.

And it was the first time on the server.

Even so, Dohee voluntarily returned all the rewards she received.

In a way, it was a proper mess she had caused, so she returned the rewards to Wik-eo in front of everyone, saying she would accept them later when they cleared it with a regular raid.

In fact, everyone had been friendly towards Dohee, who had brought them great fun before.

Thanks to the members who had gone with her also voluntarily returning their rewards, those playing on the server and the viewers watching were busy praising Momo.

–
[Server] [Demon King Army Executive] Movgun: Chia-yam~♡

–
[Server] [Credit Defaulter] Rupko: So cute~♡ ♡

–
[Server] [Clear Water] KraeMang: It’s been a while since I’ve seen you cute ^^

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[Server] [Landlord] Ronze: Sister, fighting! Hehehe;

… The direction of those praises was the problem, as they were teasing her.

“Haah. I must be crazy…”

Iona, who had become quite close to Dohee, comforted her.

“In a way, you really used Jia’s role as Momo’s villainous simp to your advantage. It was a brilliant strategy. Honestly, I don’t think I could have used that method in that situation.”

“Don’t ever use it. I don’t want to create another black history.”

“Hahaha…”

But if the same situation arose again, Dohee would probably attempt the charm without hesitation.

After becoming the Boss, she had been overwhelmed and concerned about her image, avoiding it for various reasons.

But she was still a broadcaster.

If she didn’t take care of those who had made her their Favorite, who else would she take care of?

Moreover, Majiya had said, as a long-time fan of Dohee.

She had waited for three years but hadn’t seen her.

The fact that she, who had been thoroughly acting as the Demon King, suddenly stopped was likely because she was glad to see Dohee’s charm after three long years.

And Dohee’s self-sacrifice had completely inspired Iona.

Although Batchu Batchu had pushed into the industry with massive capital and now held the number one position,

Dohee was a senior in the Virtual Youtuber industry.

Until a few years ago, many Virtual Youtubers had nurtured their dreams by watching Momo and her close friend Taro.

Though Iona’s role model was Taro,

She also knew well what kind of person Momo was.

She was a wonderful person.

When the opportunity arose, she didn’t care if her image was shattered.

Born to be a broadcaster.

Moreover, the effect of the shaking bridge couldn’t be ignored.

The camaraderie formed by overcoming adversity pushed Iona to take the next step.

“Just in case, Momo.”

“Yes.”

“How about preparing a duet song for our last day concert? I’ll persuade the company.”

“… A duet song?”

“Yes. We’re close with Serena and Maru, right? Wouldn’t it be nice for the two of us to sing together? The atmosphere is good on both sides’ fandoms right now.”

There was a clear sense of rivalry between the two companies.

But when it came to defeating the Demon King, they were united, and it was Dohee who proposed the alliance and created the opportunity for the final blow.

In any case, it was Parallel that first reached out to Rapitz.

Then, at least in this situation, wouldn’t it be okay for Rapitz to reach out first in return?

Even if the company was cautious, if Iona pushed actively, they could somehow proceed.

Perhaps realizing that Iona was pushing herself quite a bit,

Dohee answered without hesitation.

“Sure. Let’s do that.”

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A word from the author (Author’s note)

I was a bit late drawing this to thank you for 10,000 early subscriptions…!

Thank you so much for loving Jia!!! ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

(Additional) Oh, and another chapter will be uploaded shortly after midnight!!