Chapter 70:The Lady Over There Sent Me (2)

A few hours before Majia spread all of her wealth in the entire server chat, in the tutorial area,  

Maru chased after Majia, who was running away into the wild field, but he couldn’t catch up in the end.  

Clearly, the seasoned player should have been Maru, so why was the distance between them increasing?  

While chasing hard, Maru fell into a valley that appeared suddenly, and after that, the name tag that was barely visible completely disappeared.  

“Ugh, why is she so fast…”  

ᅳLOLOLOLOL  

– Maru, are you really a seasoned player?  

– Just like in Im Wolf, your movement is different.  

At least you’re good at escaping, haha.  

– You’re different in a bad way too, Maru, haha.  

For Maru, who wanted to do a mother-daughter RP, this was a sad situation.  

It wasn’t that she really wanted to become a mother or anything.  

But using the server’s unique qualities and the fact that she had been invited, Maru thought she might be able to create a fun scene and get a little closer to Jia.  

But with Jia running away like that, there was nothing Maru could do.  

“Ugh, it was my chance to become a mom…”  

-?  

– You didn’t give anything, though.  

– Like mother, like daughter, haha.  

– Even though you didn’t give anything, you can at least make her work first, haha.  

“No, guys. Obviously, I can’t give anything right now… I’ve only been here for 30 minutes. But still, huh? Can’t I say something like ‘Thank you, Mother, for your precious support!’ with the special invitation ticket? I think it’s fine.”  

:: Anonymous Donor donated 10,000 Clouds! ::  

:: Maru, this is no time to be messing around, quickly mine and gather some funds. Otherwise, you’ll get eaten by Majia later! ::  

– Haha.  

– It seems like she’s already been eaten, haha.  

– I’m inheriting the throne, mother.  

“What… what are you talking about? That’s not possible! But still, we have that ‘kizuna’ formed through the invitation ticket, right?”  

Kizuna is a term from Japan, and it’s commonly used in the VTuber industry.  

It refers to a bond that, although formed temporarily, is stronger than most relationships.  

The connection between Maru and Jia, temporarily formed through the special invitation ticket in the server, is also part of that kizuna.  

That’s why Maru was confident.  

No matter how hard Majia worked to earn money or how much she relied on Majia, Maru was determined to be recognized as the mother.  

But wait, Maru. Isn’t there something you’re forgetting?  

She has her circle of fans who love her(?) a lot.  

How could they just leave Maru, who went into the tunnel after greeting the server’s starting members to earn money?  

In the pitch-black cave, an unexpected fan meeting was about to begin.  

:: :: Anonymous Donor donated 100,000 Clouds! :: ::  

:: :: Guys, welcome the guest! :: ::  

– [System] Due to the 100,000 Cloud donation, 5 monsters are randomly summoned.  

“Ahhh!!”  

:: :: Anonymous Donor donated 500,000 Clouds!  

:: :: Irasshaimase―!! :: ::  

– [System] Due to the 500,000 Cloud donation, 10 monsters are randomly summoned.  

“No, this is crazy. Stop! Stop summoning! Crazy, crazy everyone! Stop! Aaaah!”  

Screaming as she was bombarded from all sides by monster attacks, Maru soon collapsed.  

[Death]  

It had been only five minutes since she entered the underground.  

She had Inventory Protection, but it was a rare item that only appeared once in a while with a donation of around 500,000 won.  

Maru had 25 of them in her inventory, but even though she was a seasoned player, she wasn’t someone who could take down 10 monsters at once with just a set of iron armor.  

She was just a veteran because she’d been playing the game for a long time, but her skills and physical abilities were so poor that even her fans, the Dongguri, called her a ‘disaster.’  

Naturally, her Inventory Protection was quickly used up, but at least Maru’s wallet was getting fuller. Still, for Maru, who was crazy about 64 Cubics, the in-game currency was more valuable than real money right now  and in just 2 hours, it all disappeared.  

“…Yaaah!!!”  

– Ugh  

– My ears  

– LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL  

– How do you never manage to catch them all, LOL  

Can’t play the game without a diamond set? LOLOLOL  

– And you call yourself a veteran LMAO  

It’s kind of unfair.  

In the early to mid game, using an iron set and fighting against dozens of monsters is pretty rare.  

However, Maru was still considered a veteran, so she often got teased like this by viewers when linking her API or doing 64 Cubics.  

The constant teasing of “If you’re a seasoned player, you should be able to do this!” would often leave her losing all her items, screaming and crying.  

That’s just another typical 64 Cubics WWE match in Maru’s stream.  

So, today, yet another WWE match ended here.  

After dying without Inventory Protection, losing all her items, and even the iron set provided when she joined the server, Maru was now starting completely from scratch.  

“Hee… huu… really. This time… sii… sssigh. I will… in the server… server. Okay… well… first place. Money. Rich…”  

– Speak properly, haha.  

– Come on, stop crying and speak clearly. Who said that?  

“Dongguri, you bastards………….”  

ᅳLOLOLOLOLOLOL  

– Bastard on  

ᅳLOLOLOL  

But it wasn’t a completely fresh start.  

At least, the wicker bread to quench her thirst and hunger was still overflowing in her mailbox.  

:: Anonymous Donor donated 10,000 Clouds! ::  

:: Okay, let’s start again from here ::  

:: Anonymous Donor donated 10,000 Clouds! ::  

:: Machu Ping! It’s the starting village!! ::  

:: Anonymous Donor donated 10,000 Clouds! ::  

:: Feels good, right? Togeping? ::  

:: Anonymous Donor donated 10,000 Clouds! ::  

:: Pingpingpoori~ ::  

If she was going to get the Cubs, she had to resist the urge to make her usual funny little jokes with just one thousand won.  

The viewers had laughed enough up to now, so they gave her a break and donated 10,000 won instead.

“Cii… Ciiing… Cii…”

ᅳLOLOLOLOL

Meanwhile, they’re eating bread well LOLOL

– If you don’t want to starve to death, you have to eat, what can you do LMAO

While stacking coins one by one, Maru was getting ready to stand up again.

The tools were completely gone, but it was okay.

Even if I start from here, I can stay ahead of those who come in with the invitation ticket, that’s what I thought.

Just when Maru was about to head back to the wild field.

-[All] Majia: I’ll give 10,000 WK to the first five people who come to the miner within 2 minutes.

Everyone was surprised by Majia’s sudden chat.

-?

– Did you already earn 50,000?

– What

– What the ᄏᄏᄏᄏ

Although it had been forbidden, there were cuckoos who ignored the ban and, prepared for the block, shared news from other rooms. They said that the fastest player right now, Ronze, had already gathered 20,000.

By mining copper and coal that came in piles near the surface, it was a kind of strategy of selling in bulk.

Even if the prices dropped, the system prevented it from going below 1WK, so it was a manual grind that the admins didn’t block.

In just 2 hours, he had mined over 10,000 blocks of coal and copper.

Shouldn’t this be acknowledged?

But to have earned 50,000 WK, more than double Ronze’s progress, was enough to shock everyone.

– [All] Movgun: What

– [All] Serena: I’m going!!

– [All] Momo: ?

– [All] Ronze: Wow, can’t stand it

– [All] Kamik: What’s going on with this disaster? ᄃᄃ

– [All] Merisha: No, did you already earn that much money??

– [All] Loopco: F*ck it, it’s all mine, move asideeeeeee

The server chat was in chaos.

Unlike Ronze, who had openly earned money through grinding from the start, most people had spent quite a bit of time trying out different professions or exploring the town.

For those people, 10,000 WK?

There was absolutely no reason to refuse.

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

:: Maru, what are you doing? Quickly use the return scroll!! ::

– 20

– Hurry up, you crazy

– Gotta go get 10,000 WK!!

“A. Oh!”

Maru hurriedly typed a message and pressed the return scroll.

-[All] Maru: No, I want to get the disaster gold too!!!!!!

– [System] Returning to Wicker Town.

Shururung.

With the sound of the wind blowing, Maru arrived at the respawn point in Wicker Town, and it was utter chaos.

[Ah, ah. Ah. Stop hitting me, ah!]

[Please give up your 10,000, you guys came here an hour before me!]

[Kyaaak, get away! Let go!]

In most collaboration servers like this, mindless PK (Player Killing) is strictly prohibited.  

If users are close to each other and die or kill each other, it’s fine because viewers can laugh along with it.  

But killing random people and stealing their items can lead to a permanent ban through user reports to the management team.  

However, in situations like this, it’s fine to engage in some light punching, or minor scuffles, where health is just slightly reduced.  

Since everyone was aware that the situation was chaotic.  

No one was dying, but everyone was grabbing, hitting, and pushing each other in chaos.  

Maru, realizing with perfect timing that a straight path wasn’t possible, luckily managed to curve to the side and no one chased after him.  

Thanks to that, Maru came in first place.  

[Hello.]  

As soon as Maru saw Jia greeting him happily, tears almost welled up in his eyes again.  

“Jiaaa……!”  

This is ridiculous, LMAO  

– Seriously, today is my lucky day LOLOLOL  

“I’ve been through so much today….”  

When Jia saw Maru in his bare state, she burst out laughing.  

[Yeah, I can see that.]  

“Yep, yep. So, thank you for the 10,000. I’ll use it well. I can buy tools with it. Hehe.”  

[Huh? 10,000?]  

“Huh? 10,000!”  

Inside the 64 cubic space, Majia’s character, looking all boxy, tilted its head.  

[You can’t.]  

“What? Why?!”  

[Look at the chat.]  

Only then did Maru check the chat that he had missed while passing through the chaotic plaza…  

[All] Majia: I’m giving this instead because Maru is too shy to accept it himself.  

・[All] Majia: Please use it wisely.  

– [All] Ronze: Maru wants it too, you know?  

– [All] Majia: He probably forgot that I told him to share it with you, because he’s silly.  

– [All] Ronze: Hi  

For some reason, Majia’s 50,000 was now turned into a gift that Maru was receiving.  

Along with the silly title.  

…Why?  

[When people come, get ready to show off.]  

“Ah. No. I need 10,000 right now.”  

[If you want to show off, go ahead. It’s all for your benefit.]  

“Ugh.”  

ᅳ What is this, LOLOLOL  

ᅳLMAOO  

– When did Maru get 50,000? LOL  

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

:: Wow, Maru has a lot of money LOL Since money can’t be lost, maybe we can summon more monsters later LMAO ::  

“Guys, what are you talking about? I’m broke! Don’t you see? OWK!”  

What’s more, what Majia was saying sounded just like the situation the viewers had predicted earlier.

– But what Majia is saying really sounds like something a mom would say.  

– HAHAHHAA  

– It’s all for your own good, you little brat!!!  

– I told you to listen to your mom…  

– Got him, got him LOL  

– Mom is a person too, you know!  

“Ah. No! I’m the mom here, right? Right, Jia? I invited you to the server, so I’m the mom, right?”  

Majia wasn’t really into RP (roleplay) in the first place.  

In this server, she was just the representative of the Parallel group itself.  

After all, it was a large server where she had to get the right chemistry with various streamers and extract content for YouTube.  

If Maru kept doing RP with her, would that really help? She didn’t think so.  

The manager, who joined the server for labor and promotion, was cold…  

[Hey, people are coming. Quickly, show off from the side.]  

“No. No. I mean, I invited you, so I’m the mom…”  

[Hurry up.]  

“Ugh, ugh. Okay….”  

– Mom?  

– From now on, Mom is Majia.  

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

:: Such a cute mom… I’m jealous, Maru!!!! ::  

-?  

– For a second, I thought it was Pino;

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When large-scale collaboration servers like this are run, not everyone can watch the entire broadcast from start to finish.  

So, instead of watching the whole stream, many people focus on finding short, 1-3 minute funny clips in the community.  

And the clips these people end up watching the most are usually those where many people on the server are involved in a big incident at once.  

The reason is simple.  

Viewers, who have been following various streamers, come to the platform that supported the server launch, Bbajik’s gallery, and write posts.  

They do this not only to share fun moments with everyone, but also because they want to have a different perspective on their own streamer’s coverage.  

So, when Majia called over more than half of the starting members to the village with 50,000 WK, related posts flooded the gallery almost to the point of spamming.  

…— — — Bbajik Gallery — — — …  

[Shit, lololololololololol]  

[That was so funny, lolololol]  

★[The ugly and pathetic battle between pro gamers and former pro gamers]  

[Self-reliance, self-improvement [ᄃ]]  

[What are these guys doing? Lolol]  

[Lololol, feels like watching a mall or event grand opening]  

[What’s this, a giant blocking the path? He’s holding off five people by himself, lololol]  

★[(Victory in the (dog)fight) Winner 5 people.list(celebration)]  

… — — — — — — — — — …  

Bbajik Gallery isn’t just a space for fans watching the twenty or so streamers invited to the Wicker server.  

By chance, several large streamers with substantial fanbases participated as starting members.  

Moreover, since it was the first day of the server, even fans who hadn’t yet seen their favorite streamers join were paying attention, so posts related to the Wicker server took up a large portion of the gallery for a long time.  

Naturally, as the drama kept unfolding, the truth behind Maru’s 50,000-won incident slowly began to come to light.  

It wasn’t Maru’s money.  

Then whose money was it?

… — — Bbajik Gallery — — — …  

[Wait, so it wasn’t Maru’s money, it was Majia’s?]  

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.  

[50,000 won in two hours is really crazy, lolol]  

[Can someone summarize? Was it Maru? Majia? How did they make the money?]  

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[(Urgent) Does anyone know Majia well?]  

… — — — — — — — — — …  

Naturally, the frequency of mentions of Majia in the gallery increased.  

Everyone was curious about how she made that much money in just two hours.  

But those who watched Majia’s stream knew.  

She spent the entire two hours underground, completely ignoring communication, roleplay, and content.  

That’s something that would be absolutely impossible for an ordinary person, especially a streamer who joined the server with other goals in mind.  

In other words, the question “How can I make money like Majia?” is fundamentally flawed.  

Streamers shouldn’t do that.  

Wouldn’t all the viewers leave?  

… — — Bbajik Gallery — — — …  

[Anyone wondering how Majia made her money, look at this]  

Did you see it?  

If you’ve seen it, go.  

If you try to do the same thing in your own main server, your stream’s gonna get wrecked, lolol

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Just kidding, I’ll let you know about EU lolol  

First, as soon as it starts, go underground.  

Zombie meat/skeleton water (restores hunger/thirst but keeps causing health ticks, so you only eat this rotten food when it’s really urgent).  

Just survive for 2 hours on low health with only that.  

Then, you can easily make 50,000 won lolol  

Now, do you understand why it’s crazy?  

[Comments]  

– Bbajik031: Wait, you survived for 2 hours underground on low health?  

Bbajik090: How did you even do that? Lolol  

– Bbajik124: How did you even watch that?  

Bbajik824 (original poster): It’s actually refreshing killing mobs.  

– Bbajik884: Wait, how didn’t the stream crash? Lolol  

– Bbajik941: Didn’t you get any big donations like 100,000 or 500,000 won?  

Bbajik824 (original poster): Lol, the viewers didn’t donate at all.  

Bbajik824 (original poster): But the donations weren’t small either, around 10,000 to 50,000 won kept coming in. Lolol  

Bbajik941: Must’ve really kept the viewers in check.  

– Bbajik493: So, how long is this person gonna keep streaming?  

Bbajik824 (original poster): Probably until the server closes.  

Bbajik493: Lol, when are you streaming tomorrow?  

Bbajik824 (original poster): Probably around the server open time.  

Bbajik493: That’s dedication, lolol. I’ll have to watch tomorrow.  

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