It’s not that kind of malicious broadcast

Chapter 68 – She Was a Fairy

=Victory!=

A long game that lasted 40 minutes. The outcome, which had been 70% certain since 20 minutes ago, was now represented by the blue flag flying over the Red Team’s spire—

Viewers, who had been anxiously holding their breath out of fear that a surrender might come, now collectively poured out their joy.

『Thank Godㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ』

『Wow, I almost had a heart attack thinking they would surrender earlier』

『Thank God』

『Even snipers don’t want to hear the ocarina』

『Thank you to the heroes who blocked the filthy ocarina… Thank you…』

『They really gave their best in this game』

『No matter how I see it, the host seems to be the biggest troublemaker』

『First time I feel sorry for snipers, for real』

『You did great, heroesㅠㅠㅠ』

『We will not forget your sacrifices……』

Before they knew it, snipers were being praised as heroes. The public opinion was so solid that it could be believed that the snipers’ actions were to prevent the viewers from cursing them.

-ㅇㅇ has donated 1,000 won!-

【Where’s the broadcaster that threatens to throw their broadcast if they surrender, you crazy woman】

『LOL so true』

『Are you a sniper?』

『Who threatens with a knife not to surrender (really did)』

『Who threatens with an ocarina?』

『Crazy woman… crazy woman… crazy woman…』

Of course,

《The timing is, ambiguous. Shall we… spin it once more… no, maybe twice more?》

Lee Yena, still keeping her chat minimized, remained consistent in her responses.

*

As soon as the game ended, a flood of donations poured in as if they were waiting. She hadn’t known it was possible for donations to queue up.

The messages within the donations conveyed raw emotions. It felt like letters packed with words they desperately wanted to say.

At a glance, many of them were saying similar things.

Threatening… it wasn’t exactly a threat. It was more like a recommendation… even if exaggerated, a mild warning would be a more appropriate wording.

I’m aware that my skill is still a bit lacking…

… But calling it ‘filthy ocarina’ is too much. It’s hard to even recognize the original word ‘ocarina’.

Ocarina… it was horrifying to this extent for them.

Feeling a bit down but grateful for the new knowledge—knowledge that might be useful someday. Shrugging it off lightly, she spun the queue four more times.

With 3 more wins and 1 loss, when she checked the time, it was already 1 AM.

Personally, she thought it was a prime time for gaming, but unfortunately, it wasn’t a widely accepted opinion—and even for her, it was a bit of an ambiguous time.

From 1 AM to 5 AM, queuing at this rank usually means meeting the same players over and over, even without streaming. And now, for some reason, over 6,000 viewers were gathered in my broadcast like children following the fumigation truck—

Naturally, even in the queue I spun slightly before midnight, when quite a few people were still up, 9 out of the 10 players were viewers.

In other words, if I queue now at 1 AM… it’s likely that all 11 players will be viewers again.

While I don’t deny that viewer-participation team games can be quite fun… repeating it several times can be exhausting. KoK isn’t a game that easily allows for giving orders.

The minimap doesn’t provide much information, and while giving orders, I have to continue real-time engagements with enemies.

You can’t just call for a temporary truce while ordering.

If an opponent in front of me says such a thing, I’d be the first to rush in, shouting that I’ll offer a better end to the war than a truce, and stab them in the head with my sword.

Ignoring important orders while playing a team game… just didn’t sit well with me.

Even though it’s from a past life, having attempted to become a professional gamer with map control and order-giving skills as my weapons… it feels like a core part of my identity as a KoK gamer that I need to protect.

I could use tricks like covering the screen while queuing. But no one knows better than I do that such things won’t stop viewer participation.

Ultimately, it’s the tier and time that are the issues. At this tier, at this time… it’s inevitable.

In that case, rather.

“Shall we take a break for a bit?”

Just when Challenger came into sight with this victory. At this pace, even if I take a day off… there should be plenty of time to reach Challenger before the tournament registration deadline.

Yeah. Given the situation, let’s rest a bit and aim for a time with more players. As I made that decision and declared it—

-ㅇㅇ has donated 1,000 won!-

【Not the hot longevity record, right? Please, tell me it’s not that. I think I’ll go mad for real】

-ㅇㅇ has donated 1,000 won!-

【Hot Long Live Record, hot Long Live Record, hot Long Live Record, hot Long Live Record, hot Long Live Record】

-ㅇㅇ has donated 1,000 won!-

【Teacher, I’ve watched the replay five times, chewing over every word, memorizing every line, over and over. Please, save me, I feel like I can’t breathe】

-ㅇㅇ has donated 1,000 won!-

【I said don’t do the hot longevity record!!! Just give it to us live!!!】

There was an extremely intense reaction to a light announcement.

… That’s quite an overreaction.

It’s impossible that all 6,000 viewers have finished reviewing. There were originally around 1,000 viewers.

Oh. So, assuming all the original viewers returned, there are now about 5,000 potential rogue broadcasters—

“Hmm… if you don’t want to review, how about self-study? It’s been a while since we did self-study.”

A self-study broadcast might not be a bad idea.

-ㅇㅇ has donated 1,000 won!-

【Please, don’t do this, teacher】

-ㅇㅇ has donated 1,000 won!-

【For those new viewers who don’t know what self-study is, grab your torches and search first】

… There is a bit of pushback.

“The effects of previewing, reviewing, and self-study are well-documented. They’re often mentioned in top student interviews every year.”

The results weren’t that good last time, but with a significantly larger number of viewers now, it might be different.

Hmm…

What should I do?

Les Miserab has donated 1,000 won!-

【Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men!】

– WeWillNotBeSlaves has donated 1,000 won!-

【All we have to lose is the forced broadcast, what we have to gain is the greatsword knight. Rise up! Shoulder to shoulder and seize it!】

While contemplating, various 1-star reviews continued to resound through donations. They seem to be having fun.

It made me briefly wonder whether it would be interesting if there was a feature where delivery reviews could be played as audio to the restaurant owner.

If it’s a paid review, it might be okay. A voice review that plays if you pay 30% of the food price might work. But… now is not the time for unnecessary thoughts.

Most of the small dots moving in the minimized chat window were turning red. This means more people are spamming fire emojis than actually chatting.

… Should I conduct a poll?

You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink. I learned from the last self-study broadcast that understanding the public sentiment is crucial. I must not repeat the same mistake.

Even though I don’t like giving voting rights to just anyone…

“We need to take a break. It’s difficult to keep queuing like this… How about a vote for review, self-study, playing music, or drinking?”

After setting up the vote, about 3 minutes later. The results were both welcoming and bewildering.

『Review 4%』

『Self-Study 11%』

『Playing Music 1%』

『Drinking 84%』

With two options ending in ‘-study’ and one option ending in ‘-drinking’, the latter seemed a bit lonely, so I included it impulsively.

… And it won first place.

… I was planning to do a performance and then move on to the next choice regardless of which one won…

Hmm…

Not a bad choice… I guess?

*

Lee Yena often drank on broadcast. Even without explicitly stating she was drinking, it was an open secret that whenever a drinking sound was heard, it was most likely alcohol.

Thus, viewers weren’t surprised by various sounds anymore. Occasionally, new viewers would wonder about the sounds, but after listening for about 5 minutes, they’d figure it out.

For instance,

A slightly higher-pitched laugh compared to usual,

The sound of something being poured,

Followed by the gulping sound,

And the sound of breathing out as if exhaling the smell of alcohol, followed by coughing.

The viewers had adapted to the broadcaster regularly drinking, so it was public knowledge that Lee Yena knew her limits.

However,

“So, what I mean is… let me start from the beginning again… Is there any misunderstanding… There might be some misunderstanding… I think… hehe.”

『No one misunderstood, please stop』

『Who gave her alcohol again?』

『Is she doing this on purpose?』

For various reasons, Lee Yena, who had stayed up late to broadcast, was more tired than usual—

And in such a tired state, she got drunk easily on the same amount of alcohol.

“So, to summarize, the national anthem at events… such ritual acts are important. Why do they first teach you posture in the military… Ah, did I mention this before? Did I talk about it?”

『You mentioned it about 17 times, teacher』

『Mom, you smell like alcohol』

『Even high school girls who’ve completed military service don’t talk about the military this much』

『Please, go to sleep』

– Les Miserab has donated 1,000 won!-

【Press F if you miss the hot longevity record】

“F!”

It was a spring day.

TL’s Corner:

I had a chuckle…