I May Be a Virtual Youtuber, but I Still Go to Work

Pino’s donation had launched me into the air ten times, just like Maru. But surprisingly, I only suffered a single fall.
— Pino: Now that we got the special invite...
— Pino: I feel drained…
No matter how much money he made as a corporate-level rigger, even Pino had a limit to how much he could spend per month. After all, a human wasn’t a machine—there were only so many projects he could take on in a month.

Still, after donating 1.1 million won in total, including his contributions to Maru’s stream, he had more than earned everyone's respect.
— Respect, man…
— Time to rest, lol.
— Bro actually spent a fortune.
— Never liked him much, but I gotta admit, today he’s the MVP.
:: Anonymous has donated 10,000 Clouds! ::
:: Rest? Nah, now he has to take on extra gigs to make up for it. LOL. ::

— LMAO.
— You…
— It’s true tho.
— Sold his future for this…
Even I felt a little grateful toward Pino today.
Because of him, my own 10 million won was still untouched—I could use it for the CEO instead.

Of course, supporting Maru was the same as supporting the CEO, so technically, it didn’t matter where I spent it.
But spending money on my Oshi just felt so much better.
— Are we getting a reaction for the million-won donation?
— Gonna do it before stream ends?
— If I were Magia, I wouldn’t have anything prepared. LOL.
— Why is that actually true?

Nobody asked me to do this, but I figured I should at least acknowledge Pino’s efforts.
So I did it my way.
"Thank you, thank you. Thank you for your donation, Pino~."

It was the driest song imaginable.
I had simply taken the Happy Birthday melody and repurposed it into a donation appreciation song.
"Thank you, thank you. 1 million won, thank you so much~."

— Wait, why does this sound familiar...?
— Is this the Happy Birthday song?!
— LMAO, what the hell.
But apparently, even that was enough to trigger someone into another massive donation.
[SERVER] Magia has received 1,000,000 Clouds and has ASCENDED!
I was launched skyward again, only to crash straight into the ground.
:: Pino has donated 1,000,000 Clouds! ::
:: Sing it ONE MORE TIME!! ::

— Good job, Pino!!
— The song was weird, but the voice was nice, huh?
— King-tier performance.
— One more time! One more time!
I had only sung that stupid song because Pino’s donations had helped Maru get the special invitation.
It wasn’t some dedicated million-won reaction.

Since I had no intention of repeating it, I coldly responded the moment I respawned.
"Pino, your generous donation will be used for Parallel’s business operations and our members’ content projects. Also, shouldn’t you be working right now? Stop watching the stream and go get stuff done."
— Harsh.
— LOL.
— He donated 2 million won!! At least say something nice!!
— That’s rough, buddy.
— "Hey, P.C., get back to work."
— Instant rejection, lmao.
— She really won’t sing it again, huh?

— Pino: KIEEEEEK!!!
— Pino: I WAS GONNA WORK ANYWAY, SO STOP JUDGING ME!!!!!
"Oh? That’s great news. I need to start working for the members too, so let’s both work hard."
— ???
— Work? What?
— Dude, just play the game.
— Did I hear that right?
— This guy’s addicted to working.

Everyone was telling me to relax, saying I should just enjoy the game.
But I was here to support the members and promote them.
Forgetting that fundamental purpose would be a mistake.

"Looks like we get a starter package for joining. There are iron tools in here, so I’ll head underground right away. Gotta mine enough diamonds before the others arrive."
— Maybe talk to some other streamers first?
— There’s literally someone trying to talk to you, lol.
— Wait, when did so many people gather around?
The crowd had suddenly grown massive.

I realized that if I didn’t leave now, this could turn into another ‘I’m Wolf’ collab situation.
Serena was trying to hold me back, but I didn’t even have time to talk to Maru properly—how was I supposed to chat with her?
I had to escape before I got completely surrounded.

"Sorry, I’m busy right now. I’ll come say hi later if I can."
I bolted out of the tutorial zone like a man being chased by monsters.
— 1. Dig a tunnel and escape.
— Classic Magia.
— Faster than her stream shutdown speed, lol.

Realistically, even if a small streamer got a 100-million-won donation and their name was announced server-wide, it didn’t necessarily have a huge impact.
Even if their name popped up, people still needed a reason to care.
And since mentioning other streamers in chat was prohibited, the donation’s effect depended entirely on whether bigger streamers chose to acknowledge it.

Most viewers were watching their usual streamers while treating other streams like background noise or radio shows.
They weren’t about to search up some random name just because they saw it on the screen.
And in that regard, I wasn’t much different.

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Sure, about one-third of the Wicker Town starting members knew who I was.
But that didn’t mean their audience would suddenly flock to my stream.

If anything, since they already knew me, they would just wait for me to show up on their favorite streamer’s channel instead.
So despite Pino’s 2-million-won nuke, my viewer count barely increased by 200 people.
And even that number started dropping.

Which made sense.
After all, my stream was just me digging.
There was no reason for random newcomers to stick around.

In the end, only the people who genuinely wanted to watch me remained.
(🔴 Live) Wicker Town Season 2 - Parallel Monitoring Room, Day 1
👪 Viewers: 1,752
#64Cubics #Parallel

Momo had predicted somewhere between 1,000 and 2,000 viewers for me.
I had landed right in the middle.
But those who remained were as solid as reinforced concrete—they stayed no matter what, even as I kept up my mind-numbing grind.

"Oh. Another diamond."
— Bro, what the hell?!
— Insanely lucky.
— She’s built different.
— I’m getting jealous.
More than anything, my habitual mumbling was the only entertainment these viewers got.

Even the smallest remarks became rare drops in a dry desert.
"Oh, here we go again."
"I knew you’d do that. Time to die."
"Shotgun. Bang, bang."
"Headshot."
The Magia Concrete Crew was utterly delighted just listening to her murmuring.

— Damn, she’s so cute.
— Different vibe from when she does review streams, lol.
— She’s way too stiff in business mode…
— So soft and squishy here.
More than anything, when you thought of Magia, you thought of headshots.
Whenever she encountered monsters underground, she never retreated—she just cut them down instantly.

And watching that was incredibly satisfying.
:: Anonymous has donated 10,000 Clouds! ::
:: Why are you so good at fighting? Did you practice? ::
"Thank you for the 10,000 Clouds. I practiced so I could support the others. I’m not speedrunning, but I can gather about 50 diamonds per hour. If my enchantments are good, I can get up to 300."

— That’s crazy fast.
— She’s actually cracked at fighting, lol.
— Maru played 64Cubics for four years and never got that good. How did she master it in a few days?
— Magia is just a headshot machine.
Of course, being good at killing monsters was expected from any skilled player or someone with solid mechanics.
It could get repetitive after a while.

But her playstyle—barely surviving on a sliver of health—kept viewers on edge the entire time.
— Wait, why does she keep eating zombie meat and drinking skull water?
— Probably a newbie mistake.
— Watching this is stressing me out. LOL.
— Hey, if she’s not dead, it’s fine, right?
— Wait, it was a mistake? I thought she was doing it on purpose.
— On purpose???
Even experienced players wouldn’t pull this kind of stunt.

Most monsters in 64Cubics didn’t make any noise until they got really close.
One hit was enough to kill her, so staying underground instead of healing up on the surface was insanely risky.
Yet Magia had turned into a mole.

She dug tunnels.
She fought monsters.
She ate zombie meat to stay full.
She drank skull water to quench her thirst.
Her health constantly drained from the rotten food, leaving her permanently on the verge of death.
If she had used her in-game currency to buy an inventory protection ticket, that would’ve made sense.
But she hadn’t even bothered spinning the gacha.

Instead, she just gave her dry, monotone thank-you messages and moved on.
She was deliberately holding off on rolling gacha for at least four days so the other members could invite each other instead of her.
She didn’t want to be forced into an RP dynamic (like parent-child roles) through the special invitation system.

But without an inventory protection ticket, she would lose all her items if she died.
So for viewers, watching this was like a horror movie.
Especially with API donations triggering monster spawns.

A rattle from behind?
A skeleton was right in her face.
A groan from the side?
A zombie was right next to her.
While viewers panicked, Magia calmly cut them all down.
She never missed a headshot.

It turned out she wasn’t just a god with guns—she was a headshot master by nature.
Even with a diamond sword, she sliced through enemies like a machine.
The only time she ever struggled was when witches appeared.

They were the only ranged monsters underground, and they threw fireballs.
But somehow, she always knew when a fireball was coming.
Her parries with the shield were flawless.

:: Anonymous has donated 1,000 Clouds! ::
:: Damn, she’s playing 64Cubics like it’s a Souls game. ::
— LMAO, so true.
— Does her background in battle royale games carry over here too?
— That parry was sick, though.
— You could put that fireball deflect in a highlight reel. LOL.
The funniest part?

She wasn’t even trying to impress anyone.
All Magia cared about was money and items.
Since this server had tons of unique features, she had no prior experience with, her best skill was the one thing Maru had taught her—mining.

So she thought, “If I’m gonna mine, I need to do it as efficiently as possible.”
And that’s how she ended up surviving on zombie meat and skull water.
Her mining speed was insane.

In just two and a half hours, her inventory was completely full.
She had:
Five stacks of diamonds.
Eight stacks of rubies and sapphires (which sold for half the price of diamonds).
So much iron and copper that she needed to compress them into ingots just to make space.
— Finally heading back up?
— Your inventory’s full. You gotta go. LOL.
— This is gonna crash the market.

Like in most servers, raw materials were always bought by NPC shops but had a dynamic pricing system to prevent inflation.
Prices changed every ten minutes.
Even if Magia didn’t sell her diamonds, unloading all her other ores would cause the market to tank for at least an hour.

For other players trying to mine for early-game money, this would completely screw them over.
But Magia had an excuse.
She was new to the server and was only playing to support the members.

Her concrete fanbase saw this as an opportunity.
If big-name streamers like Movgun or Ronze saw her crashing the market, they would call her out.
That would trigger a WWE-style argument, and in the process, Magia would get even more exposure.

Viewers, hiding their evil intentions, all typed in unison:
— Time to get rich, boys.
— We’re making bank.
— Is this the first major ore sale?
— Ronze sold some copper and coal, but nothing big yet.
— Gotta sell before prices drop!
— Just sell the diamonds too for quick cash.
Magia casually sold everything except the diamonds.

Her total earnings?
50,000 WK.
For reference, a regular invitation ticket (not the special one) cost 200,000 WK and took an experienced player one to two days to grind for.

She had maximized her profits at the perfect time.
Viewers expected her to immediately go back underground.
Momo and Maru were busy growing their own channels.

Dora, the next expected invitee, wouldn’t be online for hours.
And there were no new special invitations yet.
The optimal strategy was to mine more while waiting for the market to reset.

But Magia didn’t do that.
- [GLOBAL] Magia: First five people to reach the miner NPC in the next two minutes get 10,000 WK each.
The chat exploded.

— ?
— ????
— WHAT???
— Are you insane?
— Pino: (stunned emoji)
— That’s two hours of grinding money!!!
— ???
— Magia, you don’t have to be like Pino.
The server chat also blew up.
- [GLOBAL] Movgun: What.
- [GLOBAL] Serena: I’M COMING!!
- [GLOBAL] Momo: ???
- [GLOBAL] Ronze: HOLY SHIT, CAN’T MISS THIS.
- [GLOBAL] Kamik: Disaster Relief Funds? WTF.
- [GLOBAL] Maru: NOOO, I WANT THE MONEY TOO!!!!!!

Let’s not forget.
Magia joined the server for promotional purposes.
She wasn’t a 64Cubics newbie—she had watched an ungodly amount of streams.

She knew selling ores would crash the market.
She could’ve hoarded the money for the company.
But she bore the weight of the official Parallel brand.

So she avoided doing anything that would make her unlikable.
- [GLOBAL] Movgun: But if you give it all away, what will you live on?
Of the 22 people online, 15 responded.

Magia grinned and typed again.
- [GLOBAL] Magia: Maru was too embarrassed to do it, so I’m giving it out for her.
- [GLOBAL] Magia: Use it well.