Chapter 55

After finishing the Platinum upgrade, there was nothing specifically scheduled next.

Originally, I had planned to do the New Dle Park around the coming Saturday or Sunday, but due to Yena’s circumstances, it got postponed to next week.

The selection of the team leader and team is set for March 7th, which is about a week away.

Time passed, and a few more days went by.

I spent time holding meetings with the editing team to activate NewTube and hunting bosses for class change quests.

Before I knew it, I reached level 45.

I had caught three additional bosses, and today’s date is March 3rd. The first video announcing the start of LilTube is about to go live.

─I’m so nervous right now. I wonder how many people will watch.

Through the Discord voice chat, I could hear Hyayan Gaeul breathing in and out.

There were many things to worry about, especially the copyright issues related to LilTube and Lily’s videos, which turned out to be more complicated than I thought.

Since Yena is part of an MCN within Nutri Company, there weren’t many issues with copyright. The problem was me.

Even if Yena’s copyright issues were handled, I wasn’t affiliated with the MCN, so there was no reason for them to handle my side.

In the end, considering how famous and established Yena is, it was decided to handle my side as well.

‘If you need anything else, just let me know anytime. If more problems arise, you can just join the company. After all, since Deoen is part of Nutri, things related to Deoen move really fast.’

I appreciated Yena’s help, but I decided to take my time with the company issues.

Since it’s still the starting phase, I don’t really need to rush.

─Already 470,000 subscribers… and the video hasn’t even been uploaded yet.

─It actually went up by another 10,000 in the meantime!

Both Battery and Apple Flavor are looking forward to it as well.

I too felt a wave of anticipation as I watched the screen, which was ready for the premiere.

Just like Twitch, you can chat in real-time and send donations.

The real-time viewer count is 54,000.

Considering this is the inaugural opening of NewTube, that’s an astonishing number of viewers.

Even at this moment, donations are pouring in, starting from 1,000 won, like crazy.

─If it succeeds, we’ll have to build a tower of chicken.

“Don’t you eat anything else besides chicken?”

─I just like chicken.

So it is.

I’ll send a few chicken gifticons today.

“What about others? I can send whatever you want to eat.”

I don’t know how well it will go, but since everyone has worked hard, I can definitely send them something they want.

─I want pizza.

─…Seafood?

Battery wants pizza… Apple Flavor wants…

“Seafood? What are you talking about?”

─Oh, something like crustaceans… nothing too expensive. Um… yeah…

“Not that. Hmm. Yes…

Crustaceans… Should I just send it as crabs?

Money isn’t a problem, so just send it at a reasonable price, right?

-0:59.

The countdown begins.

The screen painted with various colors changes every time the central number gradually decreases.

[Oh]

[Let’s go!]

[Oh]

[What? Starting with 500,000 subscribers, hahahaha]

[50 seconds]

[49]

[49]

[Wow]

[This is insane ㄷㄷ]

[Editing is insane, unbelievable ㄷㄷ]

[Huhㄷㄷㄷ]

[47]

[Not out yet]

The chat window is much livelier than before.

It feels completely different from Twitch.

Should I say it’s a bit more gentle?

Occasionally, there’s some trolling or spam, but the manager is swiftly taking care of that.

The sound of counting down also resonates from the Discord voice chat.

Of course, this high tension is naturally White Autumn.

[5!]

[4!]

[5!]

[321]

[2]

[Start]

[Oh mighty Akarat, save me with eternal light, oh mighty Akarat]

[1]

─Oh. It begins.

“Oh.”

The first video of LilTube starts.

The first video, as expected, is a short 10-minute video themed around my first meeting with Yena.

Since a skilled person made it, it was much more fun and immersive compared to other videos I’d seen about me.

This is on par with Yena’s NewTube quality.

The chat window’s reactions aren’t bad, and as the video wraps up, donations start pouring into the chat.

“…?”

It’s not just a quick flow.

Since NewTube doesn’t impose donation restrictions unlike real-time broadcasts, it’s almost pouring in as if it’s a flood.

It started coming in at a speed that almost matched the chat.

Among them, donations exceeding a million won weren’t rare.

─Boss, the donations are insane!

“…This seems a bit serious.”

Even though the video finished, donations keep coming in.

It seems like they plan to keep sending until the chat window closes.

Isn’t it supposed to close after the video finishes?

Why is it still open?

─…I think there’s a backlog?

“Excuse me?”

─Normally, donations and the chat window should close after the video ends, but it seems like the donations sent in advance continue to pop up.

“Is this so?”

─Yeah.

A wave of donations is pouring in like crazy.

There were even donations from presumed foreigners.

Now that I think about it, I heard something about having over ten subtitles.

Basically, even if only Koreans watch my Twitch stream, foreigners can also see my videos through the NewTube algorithm.”

My chair broadcast could be watched by foreigners through the NewTube algorithm, even if only Koreans tuned in.

“…This is a big deal.”

Donations are pouring in like rain.

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“Hi hi~ Brothers, come on in~”

[Yehwa~]

[? Oh?]

[Yehwa~]

[What, is this a sitting broadcast?]

[No battle?]

[It’s a sync room.]

[Yehwa~]

[Yena, it’s been a while since we had a solo broadcast ㅋㅋ]

[Are you not collaborating with Lily?]

[I want to see Lily.]

[I heard Lily got a donation bomb today ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[Don’t mention Taz.]

[Is Lily a girl?]

“Hey now, brothers, don’t argue in the chat window. As long as we don’t mention Lady Lily too much, it’s all good~”

Yena, who started the broadcast in the sync room, waved her hand at the camera.

The reason for starting in the sync room wasn’t just because Lily left, but also to do a few online content pieces.

In reality, 20% of Deoen streamers are doing these kinds of seated broadcasts, reminiscent of past cam shows.

[Holy moly, Wakamoli donated 8,800 won.]

─Did you see Lady Lily hit 50,000 live viewers today?

I know that well.

It’s impossible not to know.

Yena was one of the key supporters of LilyTube and was even present at the first LilyTube upload.

She did contribute, but it quickly got lost in the storm of donations.

“Oh~ I saw that. Lady Lily is a total star. No kidding, I donated 300,000 won and it disappeared in less than a second.”

[For real, lol]

[The donations burst like crazy, hahahaha]

[Lily makes me jealous…]

[At least thousands came in today, for real]

[It was two hours ago, but there are already 1.5 million views, lolololol insane]

[A lot of Yankees came through too]

[It was legendary]

[Lily is a god! Lily is a god! Lily is a god!]

“But it’s really amazing. I mean, is that even possible?”

Honestly, I had no doubts about Lady Lily’s views or subscriptions since she is so famous and hits the algorithm perfectly.

I rather thought the numbers were low.

Deoen is a game played a lot around the world, and videos related to Lady Lily are spread globally.

But that donation deluge… No, the donation storm really left me confused upon reflection.

Donations poured in like chat messages, and even right after the video ended, it maintained that pace for about 10 minutes.

[Yes, it’s really for real, lol]

[Yena-dang-dang donated 60,600 won.]

─For real, lol

[That’s just crazy, haha]

It was long, haha.

[For real, haha.]

[I wish I could live a day as Lily…]

[The sinful woman, Lily…]

[Yena won’t back down either, haha.]

[?]

[??]

[So what are we doing today?]

[Hmm.]

“Thank you for the support, Yena Oppa! So today, what are we doing? Ta-da!”

She pulled out a giant board from her inventory.

In reality, it would be huge and heavy, complicated to make and carry around.

‘That’s why I don’t do this in reality but in Deoen.’

I always feel that Deoen is really an unfair space.

[Oh?]

[Oh.]

[What’s up?]

[Siege War team selection?]

[Isn’t that what Black and Freytion did?]

[Sounds fun.]

[Yena and Lily are on the same team.]

“That’s right. I borrowed what Black was doing~ The content we’ll do today is mock Siege War team division. Everyone, applaud!”

[Clap clap.]

[Is there no guest?]

[Lily, come out.]

[Lily.]

“It’s not fun alone.”

“Lady Lily is busy, so she can’t come. But I brought someone else instead~”

The chat window is flooded with guesses from rankers to pros.

But they’re all wrong.

If they knew, they would be shocked.

Yena’s hand, next to the desk, holds up something small.

A small thing that is floating, clearly visible on the camera.

“Let go. Human.”

“Hehe. I brought this person here with great difficulty.”

“Let go. Human.”

“Oh ho, the middle school brat has a lot to say. You’ll get scolded by your older sister.”

“Older sister, my foot. Just make sure to take care of the streaming fee.”

With spiky black hair and a fierce violet gaze containing an alien aura.

Rank score: 1128 points. Rank battle position: 138.

A user with the infamous penalty known as ‘Darkness’.

And…

[It’s the Devil.]

[The Devil is cute.]

[Hahahahahahaha.]

[Penalty – You will catch middle school syndrome. (Actually in middle school.)]

[So cute, haha.]

[Legendary.]

[Middle school syndrome, hahahaha.]

[Leo vs. Devil, it’s a lineup that makes my heart tighten…]

[Is this a mock kindergarten?]

[This mock siege war is totally packed, hahahahaha.]

The youngest participant in the mock Siege War.

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