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69 – That Lady Over There Sent This

69 – That Lady Over There Sent This

Maru seemed to rise ten times, but somehow the fall ended with just one.

— Pino: After pulling the special invitation, I feel drained…

Pino is a professional gamer for a large corporation, and no matter how much money he makes, there’s a limit to how much he can spend each month.

This is because, unless one is a machine, the amount of work a human can handle in a month is finite.

Still, including what he did on Maru’s stream, he received a whopping eleven million won in donations.

That alone was enough to earn everyone’s recognition.

— You worked hard…

— Now take a break, haha.

— You really spent a lot of money, haha.

— I didn’t really like you before, but I have to admit today, for real.

:: An anonymous donor has contributed 10,000 Clouds! ::

:: What do you mean take a break? Now I have to work extra to make up for it, haha. ::

— Hahaha.

— You are…

— That’s true, haha.

— I sold my future…

For today, I was a bit grateful to Pino.

Thanks to him, my ten million won could be used entirely for the Boss.

Caring for the first generation is caring for the Boss, so it wouldn’t matter if I spent it on Maru.

Still, I have to say that spending it on my Favorite feels the best.

— But will you react to a million won?

— Will you do it before the stream ends?

— If I were Majiya, I wouldn’t have prepared anything, haha.

— Why is that a fact?

So, even though no one asked me to, I decided to express my gratitude to Pino in my own way.

Just whatever came to mind.

“Thank you, thank you. Thank you for your donation, Pino~.”

It was an incredibly dry song.

It was just the birthday song I always sang when celebrating someone’s birthday, repurposed as a thank-you song for donations.

“Thank you, thank you. Thank you so much for the million won~.”

— What is this? Why does it sound familiar…

— Isn’t that the birthday song? Hahaha.

— Hahahahahaha, oh.

However, even such a song seemed to become an element that some couldn’t resist donating for.

– [Server] Majiya has received 1 million Clouds and ascended!

My body soared back into the sky before crashing back down to the ground.

:: Pino has donated 1,000,000 Clouds! ::

:: Please sing it one more time!! ::

— Good job, Pino!!

— The song was weird, but the voice was nice, right?

— King Ray is a god.

— One more time, one more time.

Since Maru let me pull a special invitation, I was thanking him for the donations that came in.

It wasn’t specifically a reaction for a million won donation.

I had no intention of doing it again from the start, so as soon as I revived, I muttered in a businesslike manner.

“Pino, the amount you donated will be used wisely for the business funds of Parallel and the content planning costs for our kids. And I don’t think this is the time to be watching the stream, so hurry up and get to work.”

— That’s too much.

— Hahahahaha.

— But you gave 2 million won!! Hahaha.

— That’s too much for Papa, haha.

— Hey, get back to work.

— Cut it right there, haha.

— Ah, he said he won’t do it twice, haha.

— Pino: Kieeek!!!

— Pino: I was going to work anyway, so don’t tease me!!!!!

“Is that so? That’s great. I have to work for the members anyway from now on. Shall we work hard together?”

— ?

— What are you talking about?

— Hey, just enjoy the server.

— Did I hear that correctly?

— This person is a workaholic;

Everyone was confused.

They were saying to just play the game.

But my purpose for joining the collaboration server was to support the members and promote.

It would be troublesome to forget that fundamental purpose.

“I see that they’re giving out starting packages for the move-in celebration. There are iron tools in there, so I’m planning to head underground right away. I need to dig and prepare a diamond set before the other members arrive.”

— Can’t you at least chat with other streamers before you go?

— I feel like someone has been trying to talk to me since earlier, haha.

— But when did so many people gather here? Haha.

And just as the viewers said, there were too many people around me right now.

Thinking that the scene from the Aime Wolf collaboration could be recreated, I wanted to rush underground.

Serena tried to hold me back.

Maru was also restless because he couldn’t talk to me, so how could I find time to talk to her?

Before the number of people surrounding me exceeded ten, I dashed away.

“I’m sorry, I’m busy right now. If possible, I’ll definitely come to greet you later.”

I ran to the exit of the tutorial area like someone fleeing from a monster.

— 1. Just dig a tunnel.

— As expected, Majiya is fast, haha.

— A getaway as fast as the stream ending speed, wow.

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In reality, when a donation of 1 million won bursts for a low-tier streamer and gets announced in the server-wide notifications, the impact isn’t that huge.

Even if they announce it, it only amplifies the effect if there are people who recognize it.

Since viewers are prohibited from mentioning other streamers in the chat…

If another streamer doesn’t mention it, the 1 million won invested by a fan of a low-tier streamer has almost no promotional effect.

Usually, people watch streams when they want to take a break, play with the streamer, or listen to it like a radio.

‘Who is this person I’ve never heard of that received 1 million won?’ It’s not easy to even open the search bar.

And this wasn’t much different for Majiya.

Among the 20 starting members of the Wicker Server, about a third knew her name, but that didn’t mean that those viewers would flow over to Majiya.

Rather, because they knew Majiya.

They would rather wait for the streamer they usually watch to meet Majiya than actively seek out her stream.

So, even with Pino’s lethal 2 million won donation, Majiya’s viewership only increased by about 200, and that number was gradually decreasing.

After all, she was just digging the ground from the start, and it’s unlikely that the viewers would find this kind of stream entertaining.

‘Isn’t this someone who wasn’t on the starting member list?’ Even if they were curious and flowed in, there was no reason to stay, so soon only those who genuinely wanted to see Majiya remained.

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Cheon Do-hee predicted that Majiya’s viewership would be between one thousand and two thousand.

It was right around that average.

Still, these viewers were as solid as reinforced concrete, remaining in the stream despite it being very calm.

“Oh. Another diamond has appeared.”

— No way, haha, why is it coming out so well?

— Wow, that’s amazing.

— It’s on, it’s on.

— It’s rotting, haha.

More than anything, the things Majiya habitually muttered throughout the stream were like a few drops of rain falling on parched land for these viewers.

Oh no, here we go again.

I knew you would do that. Let’s die first.

Bang. Bang bang.

Headshot.

Just listening to this babble made Majiya’s concrete feel joyful.

— Ah, that’s so cute.

— This taste is different from when you’re doing a review stream, haha.

— When you’re businesslike, it’s honestly too stiff…

— Soft and squishy, haha.

More than anything, when it comes to Majiya, it’s something.

It’s headshots.

Whenever she encounters a monster underground, she never retreats and just slices them down.

That was also enjoyable to watch.

:: An anonymous donor has contributed 10,000 Clouds! ::

:: But why is she fighting so well? Did she practice? ::

“Thank you for the Clouds. I practiced to support the kids. I can gather about 50 diamonds in an hour, even if it’s not a speedrun. If the enchantments are good, I can gather 300.”

— That’s really fast.

— No, she just catches the mobs really well.

— How can you do what Maru couldn’t do in four years of 64 Cubics in just a few days?

— Majiya is just a headshot monster, haha.

Of course, catching monsters well is something that anyone with decent physical skills or experience in 64 Cubics can do.

But if this continues, it’s bound to get loose.

Majiya’s playstyle of not dying and holding on since earlier has been continuously injecting tension into the viewers.

— But why has she been drinking zombie meat and skeleton water since earlier?

— Probably a newbie issue.

— Her health is really unstable, haha.

— Isn’t it enough as long as she doesn’t die?

— Was it a newbie issue? I thought she was just doing it on purpose.

— On purpose???

Even seasoned players wouldn’t do what Majiya was doing.

Most monsters in 64 Cubics don’t make noise until they get close.

In a situation where you die with just one hit?

Wouldn’t it be better to go up to the surface once, gather food and water, and prepare recovery methods?

But Majiya has just been a mole since earlier.

Digging. Catching monsters. Filling her hunger with zombie meat. Quenching her thirst with skeleton water. Continuously losing health due to eating rotten food.

Even if she had spun the Gacha Coin to at least get an inventory save token, it would have been different.

Since earlier, she has only been dryly thanking for donations and hasn’t spun the Gacha at all.

She needs to prepare everything and spin the Gacha to provide a starting base for the members.

More than anything, she believed that it would only make sense for Momo or the members to invite each other into the new RP formed from the invitation rather than her getting involved (like parent-child, etc.).

So she was planning to spin the Gacha only when all the invitation tokens were prepared by around the fourth day…

Without an inventory save token, the moment she dies, she loses all her items.

So for the viewers, it was nerve-wracking.

Moreover, due to API integration, sometimes monsters spawn around Majiya with a donation of 100,000 won.

If you suddenly hear a clattering sound behind you and turn around, there’s a skeleton right in front of you.

If you hear a groan and turn to the side, there’s a zombie right in front of you.

Even while the viewers are surprised, Majiya calmly took them down.

Every attack was a headshot.

I thought she was just good at headshots with a gun, but it seemed like she was born to be a master at breaking skulls.

She sliced through with a diamond sword as if it were nothing.

Then, when the only ranged attacker among the monsters that spawn underground, a witch, pops up, a crisis would arise once in a while…

How on earth does she hear the sound of fireballs flying from behind her?

Her skill at parrying with her shield was an art.

:: An anonymous donor has contributed 1,000 Clouds! ::

:: No, what kind of soul-like play is this in 64 Cubics? ::

— For real, haha.

— Does the experience from Battle Call influence this too? Haha.

— Wow, but the reaction was amazing.

— That just now, blocking the fireball, could be used in a mad movie, haha.

The funny thing is, Majiya didn’t intend for people to be amazed at her skills in this situation.

Money and items.

Those two were the only goals Majiya had in mind.

What is Majiya best at in this special server with many modes and content she has never experienced?

It was just mining ores she learned from Maru.

So she thought she should mine as many ores as quickly as possible.

That’s how this bizarre behavior of enduring with zombie meat and skeleton water started.

In fact, the speed at which she gathered ores was absurdly fast, filling her inventory in just about two and a half hours.

After all, the starting package included iron tools.

Thanks to the viewers consistently donating 50,000 won to give her buffs that help with mining.

Five sets of diamonds. Eight sets each of rubies and sapphires, which sell for about half the price of diamonds.

Iron and copper had become so abundant that unless she made them into compressed ingots, there wouldn’t be any inventory space left.

— Wow, are you finally going up?

— Your inventory is full, you should go, haha.

— The mineral prices are going to crash right away, haha.

Most servers are like that.

In the wild (referring to the vanilla mode without separate modes), the materials that can be obtained are always bought at the shop, but the prices change in real-time to prevent inflation.

You can think of it as changing prices roughly every ten minutes.

Even if diamonds are not sold for the members, if she sells all the other ores she has mined, it would probably take at least an hour for the prices to recover.

This could be seen as an act that might harm others who are mining ores to secure early funds…

But Majiya was new to the server, and she had the invincible shield of having sold them for the sake of supporting the members.

To Majiya, who saw the concrete that had cracked, this was an opportunity.

Whether it’s Mugeon or Ronje, the moment a famous streamer raises their voice saying, “Who created the price window!” Majiya would be dragged out.

And the WWE that starts from there would further highlight Majiya’s presence.

The viewers, hiding their sinister intentions, all speak in unison.

— Alright, let’s make a fortune!

— I’m going to be rich!

— But is selling minerals the first in the server?

— Ronje sold copper and coal, but nothing else yet, yeah.

— You should sell now for a huge profit.

— Let’s clear everything out while the prices are high, go go go!

— Should we sell the diamonds first to secure funds?

Thus, Majiya sold all the ores except for diamonds without any suspicion.

The money earned was 50,000 WK in in-game currency.

The general invitation token, which a seasoned player earns in a day or two, costs 200,000 WK, so she really made a good haul when the prices were high.

Now the viewers expected Majiya to go back underground right away.

Momo and Maru were busy growing while streaming.

Dora, who was scheduled for the next invitation, said she would come in a few hours due to personal commitments.

Since there was no new special invitation token coming from Momo or Maru, it was standard to go back underground to secure more funds and wait for the mineral prices to recover.

… However, Majiya didn’t do that.

– [All] Majiya: I will give 10,000 WK to the first five miners who come to me within two minutes.

At those words from Majiya, the chat exploded with excitement.

— ?

— ????

— What are you talking about?

— Are you crazy?

— Pino: (What the hell)

— No way, that’s the money I earned after two hours of hard work!!!

— ??

— No, Jia doesn’t need to do this like Pino;

The server chat was heated for a different reason.

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[All] Movgun: What?

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[All] Serena: I’m going!

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[All] Momo: ?

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[All] Ronze: Wow, I can’t hold back.

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[All] Kamik: What’s this disaster Jia money? Whoa.

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[All] Merisha: Did you already gather that much money??

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[All] Rupko: Get out of my way, it’s all mine!!!

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[All] Maru: No, I want to receive the disaster Jia money too!!!!!!!!

Let’s not forget.

Majiya came to the server for promotional purposes.

And the viewers were mistaken.

Majiya hadn’t played 64 Cubics, but she was a seasoned viewer who had seen enough streams to be bored.

There’s no way she didn’t know that selling minerals would crash the prices.

In a way, she could have sacrificed others to earn money desperately for the company.

But Majiya was shouldering the weight of the official.

So she didn’t want to do anything that could make her seem unlikable.

– [All] Movgun: But if you give it away like this, what will Jia do to survive?

Fifteen out of the twenty-two people currently connected to the server responded.

Majiya smiled slyly and typed in the chat again.

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[All] Majiya: Maru said he was embarrassed, so I’m sharing it on his behalf.

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

A word from the author (Author’s note)

This was sent by the lady over there who is crying~