Mark Server Finale: The Demon King's Adorable Last Stand
The final battle against the Demon King, who had brought nothing but shock and terror. The terrifying Demon King launches a powerful strike.
The final strike force is helplessly overwhelmed by the Demon King's ruthless attack.
. . .
The grim resolve they had felt before the audience chamber is nowhere to be found. Instead, everyone watches the Demon King with warm uncle (and auntie) smiles, as if enjoying a daughter's adorable antics. Then Rusty appears.
“Alright~. This battle goes to the Allied Forces~!”
“Yes. It was agreed upon with the Demon King's side from the beginning. If the Allied Forces simply enter the audience chamber, they win.”
Rusty glances at the Allied Forces with half-lidded eyes.
“Then shall we proceed with the battle against KuroNyang?”
KuroNyang, who had been looking back and forth between the Allied Forces and Rusty with wide, sparkling eyes, suddenly startles.
The Allied Forces tremble, their faces showing they're desperately holding something back.
Cute. Cute. Cute. Cute.
“Pfft. Yes. Then I'll announce the Allied Forces as the victors with that understanding?”
The Allied Forces (and the Demon King?) answer with bright smiles, since winning is winning.
< Allied Forces vs Demon King's Army. The winner of the final battle between the Demon King's Army and the Allied Forces is the Allied Forces! Congratulations to all Allied Forces members~! >
< We also respect the demon players who showed wonderful fighting spirit despite the unfavorable situation. You all did great. >
< Now then, everyone enjoy the afterparty today, take tomorrow off, and we'll hold the final concert the day after tomorrow. >
< Thank you all~!! >
Smiles spread across the faces of the players who have already respawned in the open field in front of the Demon King's Castle.
The demon players, though defeated, feel refreshed.
While everyone laughs and chats, the “Final Strike Force” and the “Demon King” walk out from inside the Demon King's Castle.
At someone's shout, the players' eyes light up upon spotting the “Final Strike Force and the heroes of the reversal” along with the “Demon King.”
The players who rush forward… don't head toward the “Final Strike Force and the heroes of the reversal, the protagonists of this war” who are wearing proud, triumphant expressions. Instead, they run past them toward KuroNyang, who had taken a step back with a smile.
KuroNyang panics, unsure what to do with the people surrounding her and cheering.
The “long one” watches the Demon King flaunting her loser vibes and the cheering crowd, feeling awkward.
Shrinking back, they huddle together in a corner like a rock band that accidentally showed up at an idol fansign event. (Not my personal experience. Really. *sob*……T_T)
Rusty approaches them.
“Why are today's protagonists sulking in the corner like this? lol”
The group welcomes Rusty.
“Pfft. I saw it from the side too, and the way you guys were treated was really funny.”
After laughing together for a while, Rusty gently pushes them toward the crowd.
“Even so, you're still the protagonists, so go enjoy yourselves. Talk about the battle together too.”
Encouraged, they hesitantly approach the others, and soon the crowd spots them and welcomes them with loud cheers and laughter.
“That's more like it. A festival should be fun for everyone….. Right?”
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Rusty's Minecraft participation server became a huge topic across multiple communities. As explained before, there weren't any large-scale servers run by streamers at the moment. At first, people watched without high expectations, but as they kept watching, they realized it had just as much content as any well-known server. Of course, since it was a participation server, there weren't many streamers, so it was hard for viewers to enjoy multiple perspectives. However, some viewers who fell for Rusty's persuasion and others with their own ambitions started streaming, broadcasting fun scenes, and the enjoyment gradually took over the communities. Once clippers noticed the buzz and began editing and uploading highlights to YouTube, the topic grew even bigger.
The flames of this buzz exploded with the “Continental War,” then raged even more fiercely with the demonization of the three continents and the appearance of demons, reaching its peak during the great war in the Demon Realm following the grand cutscene.
Because Rusty's participation server became such a hot potato, existing Minecraft-focused streamers either switched to other games or, if they had joined the participation server from the start, kept streaming Minecraft. As a result, Rusty's server completely took over Pazijik's “Minecraft category,” with cumulative viewers reaching a staggering 600,000.
In this situation, even mid-to-large corporate streamers with solid core audiences lost some viewers. Smaller streamers with tiny audiences scrambled to keep their numbers up by pulling out every trick they had.
Damn…. I should've joined Rusty's server earlier…. Why did I hesitate….
Meanwhile, the viewers who left other streamers flocked to Rusty's stream, the streamers participating in her server, or the new streamers who started broadcasting after joining the participation server. Eventually—
“Aaaaaah~~~. Why did it go up again~. Go watch someone else~~!!”
“Ehe~. This stream doesn't accept monetary transactions. If you want to send donations, find a way to send them for free.”
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“Huh? You caught me? lololololol”