Skeleton Knight Mazia (2)

The Pazizik Gallery was in full swing.

The two pinned posts perfectly captured the current mood of the Pazizik viewers.

One side was curious about what effects the newly revealed hidden class would have and how it might influence the server.

The other side was dying to know exactly who Mazia was.

Each group showed a clear difference in their expectations, but the synergy created by these two curiosities was precisely what had driven the current viewer count on Mazia's stream.

Of course, if you don't row when the wave comes, that sudden spike of interest tends to fade just as quickly. Had Mazia's broadcast been the same as yesterday, most of the new viewers would have left within an hour, and the remaining audience would have settled back down around the four-thousand mark.

— Why does the stream screen look like this?

— What the hell is this lol

— Underground office challenger? lmao

— Show us the hidden class already

But today's screen was split into six panels. The large central section was even divided top and bottom, and because the sizes were identical, it was impossible to tell which side was the actual owner of the channel.

The people who had flowed in first let out a chuckle at the sight. They'd seen three-way, six-way, or nine-way splits with the host's own cam or gameplay before, but this was the first time they'd seen someone arrange other people's streams like Shorts and scatter them across the entire screen.

— Is the top one Mazia-nim?

— No no

— Bottom

— It's the bottom one

— Top one

— When are you showing the hidden?

— Top?

— Bottom I said

— The whole neighborhood's troublemakers showed up lol

— Top bottom top top bottom

— -tl-

— Top is Mazia and bottom is Dora

— Okay got it perfectly

— Show us the Skeleton Knight

Their curiosity soon revealed itself through the viewers' cheerful reactions. Naturally, this only increased the chaos and congestion of the broadcast. In the end, cleaning up this kind of mess was the streamer’s job. Floaters often decided whether to stay or leave based on how the streamer handled situations like this. It was the first major fork in the road that separated the small streamers who successfully retained new viewers from those who didn't.

In other words, everyone was waiting for just one line from Mazia to sort this out.

— But why isn't she saying anything?

— Looks nervous lol

— H?dden show us

Under the tense atmosphere, Mazia, who had been staring blankly at the chat, finally opened her mouth.

— ?

— Uhh

— No way

— Protect your head

— Hidden!!!!!!

— I don't wanna get my head cracked

— Wait we didn't give permission lol

— Who do you think you are!!

— What is this lol

— Aren't you demonstrating the hidden class?

— She's doing whatever she wants lmao

A normal employee would have forgotten what video went with what title in a situation like this, but Mazia immediately played Parallel's first-anniversary new song music video. It was a joint track completed through the members' painstaking effort, filled with cool choreography and song. She had chosen to start with a preemptive strike.

Rather than giving complicated explanations about concepts, characters, or names, showing was better than telling. The advice from marketing team leader Oh Seok-jae—that simply showing one video, especially the most recent and best one, would be enough—shone brightly here.

— eee

— Now show us the hidden already

— Show the Skeleton Knight

— If you keep doing ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠this, we might have to send you to rock bottom?

— We're gonna burn you

— ?

— No way lol

— Aaaargh lol

— Rock

— When is the Skeleton Knight coming out?

— Now

I know you all came here because you're curious about the hidden class or about me. But please wait just five minutes. Fifteen minutes. No, thirty minutes.

The member introductions flowed as naturally as water…

— ?

— ??

— She's insane

— Is the Skeleton Knight coming out now?

— You still have more to say…?

Realizing this couldn't continue, people began sending donations to try and change the subject somehow.

— lolololol

— Mazia the shameless lol

— Yeah she's obviously a VTuber~

— She just hasn't done a debut stream yet lmao

— Show us the hidden already

By that point, Mazia had become a shameless VTuber who was just role-playing as an employee. If this wasn't the mark of a professional streamer, what was? Honestly, her broadcasting sense was enough to crush most small-time streamers. It made you wonder if they'd hired a real-life streamer as a VTuber just for promotion.

Even though twenty thousand viewers were yanking her around in every direction, she didn't stop mining for even a second while introducing the members. She kept hunting monsters the entire time.

— Stop

— You crazy bitch lol

— What lol

— Why is that your ultimate move lol

— ?

— ??

— …

— Don't ignore us lol

— Wow that's too much

— For real lol

— Look at her sneak in the promo even now

— Aaaargh lol

— She's talking about herself lmao

— The way she dodges is hilarious

— eee

— Let's watch

— Yeah let's do that lol

— No but when are you showing the Skeleton Knight?

Yet the promotion that was supposed to last five minutes had already reached the forty-minute mark. The floaters who had come specifically to see the Skeleton Knight were slowly trickling out, and the viewer count had dropped to fifteen thousand. Still, Mazia had a clear determination that even if every last viewer left and only three thousand remained, she would do her job.

If I keep showing interesting clips, what are you going to do about it? That was exactly her mindset.

Even as the chat descended into complete chaos, there were still people who watched and laughed at the clips Mazia shared in between, so her passionate promotion showed no signs of stopping.

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— Me

— lololololololol

— When are you showing the hidden class omg

— Hidden (┬┬﹏┬┬) Hidden (┬┬﹏┬┬) Hidden (┬┬﹏┬┬) Hidden (┬┬﹏┬┬) Hidden (┬┬﹏┬┬) Hidden (┬┬﹏┬┬) Hidden (┬┬﹏┬┬) Hidden (┬┬﹏┬┬) Hidden (┬┬﹏┬┬) Hidden (┬┬﹏┬┬) Hidden (┬┬﹏┬┬) Hidden (┬┬﹏┬┬)

— This is fun lol

— SKELETON KNIGHT SKELETON KNIGHT SKELETON KNIGHT SKELETON KNIGHT SKELETON KNIGHT SKELETON KNIGHT SKELETON KNIGHT SKELETON KNIGHT SKELETON KNIGHT SKELETON KNIGHT SKELETON KNIGHT SKELETON KNIGHT SKELETON KNIGHT SKELETON KNIGHT SKELETON KNIGHT SKELETON KNIGHT SKELETON KNIGHT SKELETON KNIGHT

— Aaaargh kick out the bastards who only came for the Skeleton Knight!!

— Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck

— Show the Skeleton Knight!!!

— Don't the inflow bastards have anything else to say besides Skeleton Knight lol

— You're laughing right now?! You're laughing right now?! You're laughing right now?! You're laughing right now?! You're laughing right now?! You're laughing right now?! You're ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠laughing right now?! You're laughing right now?! You're laughing right now?!

— You really know a lot of funny clips lololol

— Aaaargh!! Aka!! Murasaki!! Aaaargh!! Aka!! Murasaki!! Aaaargh!! Aka!! Murasaki!! Aaaargh!! Aka!! Murasaki!! Aaaargh!! Aka!! Murasaki!! Aaaargh!! Aka!! Murasaki!!

— Krrraaaagh hurry up

The broadcast atmosphere was on the verge of exploding. It wouldn't have been strange if it had completely imploded. Normalizing the situation fell to Pino.

Along with the 100,000-cloud donation, five monsters were summoned. Three were zombies, one was a skeleton, and the last was a witch. It was an intermediate monster that threw long-range fireballs and was classified as a living creature. The Skeleton Knight's effect granted 50% additional damage against living hostile monsters. While the other monsters took two or three hits, the witch died in a single blow despite being an intermediate monster.

Even while explaining the members' videos that were still playing, Mazia lightly parried the incoming fireball, charged at the witch, and accurately sliced off its head.

— Oh

— The damage lol

— Nice lol

It was a familiar sight to those who had been watching since yesterday. But to the flood of new viewers, Mazia's combat was incredibly fascinating. Every swing of her sword sent heads flying…

— She kills them so cleanly

— But how does she land headshots so well lol

— What the hell is that aim whoa

Her HP had been at a sliver the entire time. While running around at a precarious distance where the swarming monsters could almost touch her, the diamond sword she swung always reached the monsters first with its superior reach.

— Wait, isn't she recovering HP at all?

— I thought the sliver HP thing was a joke but she's actually doing it for real lol

— This person is crazy lol

She somehow knew about the fireballs flying from behind and parried them. Not only that, she deflected them at angles that hit the monsters instead. It was physical gameplay so impressive that even the 64Cubics veterans who loved giving advice after playing for years were left in awe.

— Kyaa

— Her combat power is insane lol

— Forget the living creature bonus damage, she just fights ridiculously well holy shit lol

After cleanly slicing through a total of fifty monsters, Mazia had proven that she qualified to change into the hidden class called Skeleton Knight.

However, combat was merely a very natural part of her extremely ordinary work of clearing out monsters that interfered with her mining, which she did to support the others. Even while taking down the waves of mobs, Mazia had been thinking the whole time.

It would be such a waste to end the promotion like this. There are still so many charms of the kids that I haven't shown yet.

But when she saw that the viewers who had been leaving while she passionately promoted them with long-winded explanations started increasing again as she coolly slaughtered monsters, Mazia's thoughts changed a little.

Maybe it was a bit much for the people who came to see the Skeleton Knight.

Floaters were floaters in their own way. Showing things randomly like how about this? only worked when the other party already had plenty of goodwill toward the promotion. For example, the floaters who had come to the pre-festival with interest in Parallel and VTubers.

In the end, promotion was more effective the more people saw it, and more effective the more interest the other party had in the subject being promoted. Naturally, Mazia recalled the advice she had heard from marketing team leader Oh that morning.

"This is a bit of an advanced technique. Since Jia-ppang is still a beginner, just listen for now. There will come a time later when you'll go 'Ah, so this is what you meant.'"

"Yes."

"Alright. Suppose I promoted a certain product. The reactions will split into two. 'Wow, what a great product' and 'Hmm, so what?' The former is already done. That person will likely buy if you just match their mood well. But what about the latter? Should you just let them go?"

"I'm not sure."

"For the latter, you have to seduce them. You need to capture their heart first. No matter how uninterested they are in the product, if someone they like recommends it, most people will think, 'If I have some spare money, maybe I'll try it once.'"

In other words, stubbornly sticking to the existing promotion style was fine, but changing the method could maximize the promotional effect while maintaining the viewer count for a longer time.

Conveniently, Mazia was on a large server together with the members. Although her main purpose was support, it wouldn't be bad to gather together and show something if the opportunity arose.

We'll just mine together.

Maru was consistently getting donations of over 100,000 won. Dora had just joined today and had been busy running away from monsters the whole time. If Mazia followed beside them, mining and taking out the monsters for them?

She could maintain the interest of people who came for the Skeleton Knight while also showing the members' cute sides.

But both Dora and Maru were currently busy with their own mining and growth. To forcibly drag them out from underground and gather them together, she needed some kind of excuse.

The moment she thought that, what caught Mazia's eye was the diamonds that had been piling up in her inventory since yesterday. Because of the lack of space, she had compressed them into a ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠9:1 ratio, and there were two sets. In terms of regular diamonds, that was a whopping 1,152. Unlike regular diamonds that fluctuated in price as they were frequently traded with miners, these maintained an almost average market price, so selling them would easily bring in 70,000 WK. Since there were two people, splitting it would give 35,000 WK each. Considering how crazy people had gone over 10,000 WK yesterday, it was a tempting amount.

I sent the proposal.

The speed at which the hedgehog who had been sulking over not receiving 10,000 won yesterday calmed down was instantaneous.