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79 – The Demon King’s Castle is Home to Evil (1)

79 – The Demon King’s Castle is Home to Evil (1)

… — Rapitz (VTuber) Gallery — …

[MJY Why is that person acting like that]

What is this? A signal for changing jobs?

[Comments]

— Rapitz835: No way lol

— Rapitz732: From what I hear from the other gallery, she’s just single-mindedly loyal to Parallel lol. Probably not that

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Rapitz919 (OP): Then what is it lol

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Rapitz732: I don’t know either

— Rapitz671: How would we know what’s in the mind of a malicious sniper lol

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Rapitz919 (OP): Are all snipers usually like this?

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Rapitz671: Probably

… — — — — — — — — — …

… — Rapitz (VTuber) Gallery — …

[Wow but PRL were you guys the only ones drinking this sweet nectar?]

I felt it a bit when making equipment with Serena

But this time it really hits hard

It’s just freaking candy-dissolved water

Holy shit it’s so sweet, tasty mmm lol

[Comments]

— Rapitz702: The kids don’t know what to do now lol

— Rapitz126: It’s a festival, a festival

— Rapitz252: Serena is on the verge of tears now lol

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Rapitz351: Wow crazy, 15k viewers? D D

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Rapitz511: Everyone rushed over because it’s Serena Potion, nice… — — — — — — — — — …

It wasn’t just Rapitz affiliated VTubers.

The entire Rapitz fandom was going crazy over the sweet nectar pouring in.

Especially the 2nd generation.

They debuted later than the 1st gen who averaged 4-5k viewers, so they usually averaged 2-3k.

Even with the Wicker Town boost, they were around 4k at most.

But today, after Majiya started muttering about liking Lapiz Potion, Serena hit 15k.

Other members who debuted with Serena naturally reached around 6k.

Considering the trickle-down effect to 1st gen too, 15k was an amazing number.

That’s because Iona, the top 1st gen big sister, currently had 15k live viewers.

But they couldn’t just be grateful, since the one doing this promotion happened to be Majiya.

Whether there was some ulterior motive or not.

It was a strange situation if they didn’t look into it.

Ding dong, ding dong.

[From: Momo]

Momo’s Talk Code message came in as if on cue.

“Everyone, I need to take a call for a moment.”

Iona immediately muted her mic going to the stream and entered the voice chat room.

[Ah, Iona. Can you hear me?]

“Yes, I can hear you well.”

[So. Jia constantly muttering about Lapiz Potion right now. We didn’t tell her to do that. It seems she’s just really into her Demon King role.

It looks like a lot of viewers are flocking to Rapitz, so I wanted to contact you to avoid any misunderstandings.]

Momo wasn’t lying.

After all, she doesn’t fully know Majiya’s true intentions either.

Just when you think you’ve figured her out, Majiya tends to surprise you with something unexpected.

She figures this is just another one of those times.

Plus, Serena Potion really does have good effects.

However, Momo knows Rapitz is uncomfortable with the “Parallel fail = Rapitz bread” meme, so she could guess that Majiya might be doing this to try to make up for that.

After all, if left alone, it would lead to a guild cup, which would just be tiring for herself, Seungyeon, and the chat managers.

That guess was quite accurate, as other galleries were suspecting “Isn’t this some high-level trolling?”, while the Rapitz gallery was just in a festive mood.

The affiliated VTubers were happy about the unexpected influx of viewers.

Even if it came from Majiya, an employee of Parallel.

Even if there was some trolling mixed in, what did it matter?

After all, Majiya was the one who helped struggling Serena the most.

Anyone who saw Serena throughout this server would know that.

So even the Parallel people don’t think much of it for now.

… — Parallel (VTuber) Gallery — …

[Here we go again]

What is she obsessed with this time lol

[Comments]

— Parallel934: I don’t know it’s just funny from the perspective of the one being targeted lol

— Parallel732: Majiya likes random potion random potion potion select potion select, L PC LPC L PC LPC

— Parallel241: You really surprise me every time, Majiya lol

— Parallel820: Is it broken because there are too many viewers now?

– Parallel363: Well, even Majiya would have a hard time with the weight of 50k viewers lol

… — — — — — — — — — …

Maybe she really was surprised by having 50,000 viewers.

Dohee has no choice but to say Majiya was just being Majiya.

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[Well, she’s been friendly with Serena throughout this server and they’ve been helping each other out. So she might be doing some promotion while she has free time… But as I said before, she’s most likely just enjoying going wild as the Demon King.

If this causes any problems, I’ll take responsibility later.]

“…”

However, Iona finds this hard to believe.

They’re competitors after all.

She was very active in promoting Parallel from the beginning too.

Helping Serena could be explained by their connection from the past I’m Wolf collab.

But there’s no reason to help all of Rapitz, right?

Rapitz even initiated a chicken game.

Wouldn’t it be normal for Majiya, as an employee, to have at least some negative feelings?

“Doesn’t Jia like Momo and the Parallel 1st gen the most?”

[That’s right.]

“Then isn’t there no reason to help our members too? We’re competitors after all…”

This question could potentially offend Momo.

But Iona couldn’t help but ask.

She just couldn’t understand Majiya that much.

The Majiya that Momo knows is truly dedicated to making Parallel #1.

She wishes day and night for Parallel to become the top VTuber group in Korea.

… But even with such dreams, Majiya never thought about climbing to the top by trampling on others.

She believed Parallel could reach the top without resorting to such tactics.

Because there’s the Boss.

And there are the best entertainers carefully selected by the Boss.

She believed it was possible if they and the staff supporting them worked hard.

Above all, Majiya sees all VTubers as potential favorites.

Regardless of nationality or company.

Why else would she have helped Serena, who was struggling as a young breadwinner with Merisha?

It was because seeing her reminded her of the 1st gen members striving without a boss.

[At least the Jia I know likes all VTubers. Of course, she has her preferences so there are favorites and non-favorites among them. But if they’re a VTuber, they easily fall within Majiya’s boundary. That’s why she helped Serena.]

“But still…”

[Just because they’re competitor VTubers, does that mean we have to attack and slander them? Isn’t that more abnormal?]

“…”

Iona was too embarrassed to say anything.

She didn’t think Majiya was trying to mess with them.

But she at least didn’t think she would help with good intentions.

“I’m sorry. I asked an inappropriate question.”

[No, it’s okay. I probably would have asked the same thing. Because even I don’t know what Jia is thinking sometimes. But at least it’s not because she hates Rapitz. The reason is as I explained earlier.]

Iona’s already red face was burning hot.

[If you’re still curious, would you like to join us in attacking the Demon King’s Castle later?]

“Huh? Is that really necessary?”

[If we go together, you’ll see. Whether Jia really only favors our members. Or if she just likes all VTubers.]

There will inevitably be differences in treatment.

Majiya is someone with a strong sense of belonging, and sincerely wants Parallel to do well.

But in situations like now where she can hit VTubers (normally not physically of course), she doesn’t hold back.

She’ll probably try to prank everyone.

That’s who Majiya is – Momo’s former toxic simp.

She never holds back when an opportunity comes.

[I’m certain. Jia will mess with us all equally. She’s such a toxic VTuber simp that she loves seeing us get pranked. I’ll probably get it the worst though…]

Iona pondered.

Whether it was right to accept this alliance or not.

The company might warn her the moment she accepts.

It could be risky, asking why she teamed up with a competitor.

But she was curious.

Iona really wanted to see with her own eyes and ears if Majiya would truly prank everyone equally.

If her thoughts were really wrong, she wanted to prove it through this and reflect properly.

“Alright. We thought 8 people wasn’t enough anyway. Let’s team up.”

[The Parallel-Rapitz alliance is coming next time.]

“Really?”

[Yes. The two joined hands.]

The news that Parallel and Rapitz formed an allied attack team was soon delivered to me as well.

Mugeon, who was voluntarily managing the Demon King’s Castle attack reservation list without being asked, informed me that they were coming next time.

I couldn’t hide my excitement.

So I turned off the screen first, without persuading the viewers or anything.

— Ah

— What’s this

— No don’t

— My eyes!

“Just a minute. I have something prepared separately to show when the VTubers arrive.”

The Demon King’s Castle operates for 30 minutes every hour, and gives 30 minutes to change the monster placement and internal structure of floors 3-4.

This 3-4 floor layout could be saved as a preset.

64 Cubics is truly an amazing game.

I hear it started as a 3D programming tool during development, and now I can see why.

Anyway, I loaded the layout in 1 minute and turned the screen back on, but Mugeon went to the 4th floor, saw what was displayed there, and couldn’t hide his shock.

[No wonder people go crazy after passing the 4th floor…]

“What you just saw is VTuber-exclusive. And I didn’t mention it, but there’s more in the audience chamber too.”

[Then what was it when Rupko and other streamers came earlier?]

“For that, I just gathered all the black history videos I know of everyone currently on the server and played them.”

A representative example would be when Rupko was doing Baseball Manager and a Korean player card with bad in-game stats came out, so he immediately started cursing. But it got back to him so he apologized with his head down.

They patched things up afterwards and it ended as a funny incident, even doing content together.

But still, it’s undoubtedly a black history for Rupko.

So of course he’d be flustered seeing it.

[Why on earth are you doing such evil things, Demon King?]

Well, the reason is nothing special.

It’s so people will attack more aggressively.

The more aggressive they are, the easier my health will be depleted.

And the more my health is depleted, the more chances I’ll have to drink Serena Potion.

For that to happen, the users attacking me need to show clear hostility and attack more actively.

Let’s not forget.

My goal from the beginning today was just one thing.

Lapiz Potion is really the best.

‘…I wonder if everyone will be able to pass the 4th floor in time.’

The 4th floor exhibition prepared for the VTubers features all kinds of black history videos, mainly their debut streams.

Will they all be able to pass through well?

Well, if they can’t pass, I’ll just gulp down the entrance fee.

Author’s Note (Afterword)

The next part will be uploaded at 12!