Do-hee’s sudden message left Magia confused.
But from the CEO’s perspective, this was not a situation that could be ignored.
Being the first-ever hidden boss on the server was one thing.
Being the only dungeon boss RP player was another.
Magia got those roles fair and square—it was just good luck.
But then Movgun poured fuel onto the fire with his roleplay antics, and now the viewer count had exploded past 50,000.
Even Do-hee rarely saw numbers this high unless it was a concert or a special event.
And if you fail to meet the expectations of an audience this massive?
It’s game over.
Not literally, but figuratively—as in, the entire fandom would riot.
To the point where even the managers wouldn’t be able to control the fallout.
So, what were the 50,000+ viewers here for?
And if Magia kept the six-panel layout as it was?
Parallel’s PR team would get flamed into oblivion.
People would start saying they were too blinded by self-promotion or that they had completely lost touch with their audience.
So this was the best move for now.
At least while Magia was still playing the role of the Demon King.
📩 [Gia Manager]: Is this good now?
📩 [Me]: Yes, perfect!
📩 [Gia Manager]: But won’t this mess with Parallel’s new viewers...?
📩 [Me]: It’s fine.
📩 [Me]: We’ve already pulled in more than enough.
📩 [Me]: You see it too, right? I’m at 20,000, and Maru’s at 13,000. The usual ratio is way off.
📩 [Gia Manager]: That’s... true.
📩 [Me]: Just go with it.
📩 [Me]: Also, why not give a guided tour of the Demon King’s Castle?
📩 [Me]: Show where everything is, what’s in each section, etc.
📩 [Me]: You’ve been farming way too much lately anyway. This is a nice change of pace, right?
📩 [Gia Manager]: ?
📩 [Gia Manager]: I’m not tired of farming, though.
📩 [Me]: Just say you are.
📩 [Gia Manager]: Wow. I’m soooo tired of it.
There was a bit of resistance, but ultimately, Magia listened and adjusted the stream layout.
A very obedient employee, really.
Because right after that, she started giving a full-on guided tour of the Demon King’s Castle.
📢 [Magia]: Before the castle officially opens at 10 PM, I’ll give you all a little preview. I think it’d be great if more people came to challenge it—Wicker would appreciate that too.
A Demon King personally advertising their own castle raid—hilarious.
But at its core, this was just Magia’s way of drawing players in.
It was more of a viral marketing strategy than anything else.
The more challengers, the more money, the more Serena Potions she could drink.
And that was the real goal.
***
10 PM – The First Opening of the Demon King’s Castle.
Right on time.
As promised, the first raid party to challenge the dungeon was Lupko’s group.
If this were just about money, it wouldn’t be this popular.
But there were too many rewards tied to getting the first clear:
📩 [Whisper] Wicker: I’m sorry to put this responsibility on you, but I’d really appreciate it if you gave this your all!
📩 [Whisper] Wicker: The Skeletal Knight debuff limits you to 25% HP, right? That’s why we allowed potions—it’s still a brutal fight! You got this! ^^b
So, of course, I’d give it my absolute best.
I wasn’t great at RP, so I’d just talk normally.
But if I accepted this role, I’d play it properly.
And most importantly—
Lapitz Potions.
They were the best.
📢 “Alright, let’s watch how the first party does.”
The Demon King’s Castle was pretty advanced—sitting on the throne in the Audience Hall let me enter spectator mode to watch challengers in real-time.
I didn’t even do anything special—just sat down.
But because the game automatically adjusted my pose, and I had set my screen to show myself in third-person, the audience was impressed by how dramatic it looked.
— That slouched posture is kinda badass.
— It’s such a contrast from her usual style... lol
— That armor looks way too terrifying lmao.
— Classic trope: a cute girl inside a ridiculously strong suit of armor.
— Except in Wicker Town, it’s just a literal skeleton lmao.
Lupko’s party was stacked—they had endgame gear and +10 enhancements, so they breezed through the first floor.
The horde of mobs tried to swarm them, but they deliberately pulled all the aggro and wiped them out with AoE magic and alchemic firebombs—a perfectly cinematic strategy.
On the second-floor maze, they got a little lost, but they still reached the third floor with 18 minutes to spare.
The third floor had three boss rooms before Movgun’s chamber.
And thanks to the Wicker Server’s custom gear and enhancements, their damage was insane.
📢 [Movgun]: Halt! You go no further!
📢 [Lupko]: The hell? It’s just the white-collar criminal. Hey, bro, how about this—if I beat you, I don’t have to pay back the 500,000 WK I borrowed.
📢 [Movgun]: Who the hell is your bro?!
📢 [Lupko]: C’mon, drop the RP already.
📢 [Movgun]: Silence! I am the Demon King’s loyal vassal!
📢 [Lupko]: Okay, seriously, did he actually lose his mind? KILL HIM!
I had placed Movgun in this room purely to mess with him.
Some of the viewers figured it out, but Movgun himself didn’t even realize it.
📢 [Movgun]: KHAHAHA! I have slain a mage—wait, no, 10,000...!
— Bro, there are four of them.
— No, there are two.
— They have four heads.
— Dude’s actually acting like a loyal mutt lol.
— No thoughts, only devotion.
— Respect the RP commitment lmao.
Even though Movgun went all-in on his role, he wasn’t wearing Demon King’s Armor like I was.
And no matter how dedicated he was—he still got ganged up on and beaten down.
Still, the fact that he managed to take two people down using Cerberus’ shield skill was impressive.
📢 [Movgun]: Forgive me, my lord! Please... preserve your divine form!
— LMAOOOOO
— Dying is an art form.
— Dude said ‘preserve your form’ instead of ‘protect your body’ lmao.
— This is peak entertainment.
And once Movgun fell, the fourth floor awaited.
The Grand Hall—an entirely secret area, never before revealed.
I had deliberately hidden it from my own screen so viewers would have to see it on other streams.
And finally—
With five minutes left, the raid party kicked open the doors to the Audience Hall.
📢 [Raiders]: AAAAAAAAAHHHHH—!!
📢 [Raiders]: WHERE’S THE DEMON KING?!
📢 [Raiders]: SHOW YOURSELF!!!
And so, with Movgun defeated, what awaited the raiders was the fourth-floor banquet hall—a secret area that had never been revealed to the public.
I had deliberately kept it hidden from my own stream, making sure viewers would have to tune in elsewhere to see it.
I waited leisurely, letting time pass...
Until, with only five minutes left on the clock, the raiders, frustrated beyond reason, came crashing through the doors of the Audience Hall.
📢 [Raiders]: AAAAAAHHH—!
📢 [Raiders]: SHOW YOURSELF, DEMON KING!
📢 [Raiders]: THIS IS DRIVING ME CRAZY! WHERE ARE YOU?! COME OUT!!
📢 [Raiders]: DEMON KIIIIIING!!!
I had been lounging arrogantly on the throne.
But now, with a heavy clank, my massive armor collided with itself as I rose to my feet.
The Demon King’s Armor had doubled my size.
A long, black cape billowed behind me, carried by the gust of wind through the shattered windows.
— Do not raise your voices so recklessly.
— Crushing ants without breaking them... requires delicate control.
— Welcome... to my Gia Society.
— Don’t try to sound too edgy. It makes you look weak...
I had done nothing but step forward, yet the viewers were losing their minds, throwing out dramatic anime quotes left and right.
And honestly?
I got it.
Personally, I was more entertained when my boss got completely wrecked, but some people loved seeing streamers rise to the top, wielding overwhelming power and dominating the battlefield.
Right now, those hyped-up viewers were the ones completely immersed in the moment.
They wanted Demon King Magia to wipe the floor with the raiders.
To cut them down effortlessly, one by one.
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But...
There was one problem.
I had only ever fought monsters—never actual players.
Unlike NPC enemies, which were strictly melee or ranged, players could freely switch between bows, swords, and magic at will.
Even after watching Lupko’s party fight from the first floor, I still didn’t fully grasp PvP combat.
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So, for now...
I would just take the hits and learn as I go.
This was an unfamiliar fight, after all.
I grabbed a Serena Potion—combat preparations, complete.
I stood completely still.
Then, Lupko, the raid leader, shouted at the top of his lungs:
📢 [Lupko]: GIA!!! JUST BECAUSE I DIDN’T PAY YOU BACK DOESN’T MEAN YOU CAN LABEL ME AS A DELINQUENT!!!
I blinked.
“...You wrote that title yourself.”
📢 [Lupko]: SHUT UP, YOU VILLAIN!!!
📢 [Gia]: Since you got stronger using the money I lent you, how about you take off a piece of armor?
📢 [Lupko]: HA!!
With a loud yell, Lupko fired the first arrow, officially starting the battle.
The speed was insane—much faster than a fireball, making it virtually impossible to parry.
The arrow struck me directly in the head.
Earlier, I had seen that fully enhanced, buffed, and enchanted headshots were easily dealing 200+ damage.
But thanks to my 95% damage reduction, the number that popped up was just 10.
It was literally nothing more than a tickle.
With the Skeletal Knight debuff, my max HP was only 250, so if Lupko’s strongest shot only did this much, then... yeah.
📢 [Lupko]: WHAT THE HELL, YOUR DEFENSE IS INSANE?!
Despite his shock, Lupko kept firing.
His party members also started moving—
That’s just how PvP works.
If it weren’t for this one item in my hand, I would’ve been dead within four minutes.
— Wait, how is she still drinking that?! You’re not supposed to use items while getting hit.
— It’s a gacha item, so it ignores that restriction lol.
— She just keeps chugging Serena Potions lmao.
— Wait, it gives super armor while drinking?!
— Damn, 1,500 of those is insane.
Lupko, sensing something was wrong, raised his hand and shouted:
📢 [Lupko]: WAIT, STOP! HOLD YOUR FIRE! SOMETHING’S OFF. IS SHE INVINCIBLE?!
📢 [Teammate]: What are you talking about? She’s taking damage.
📢 [Teammate]: Yeah, Lupko, you saw the numbers yourself.
📢 [Lupko]: THEN WHY ISN’T SHE DYING?! I’VE HIT HER MORE THAN TWENTY TIMES!!
Dozens of sword strikes had scraped my armor.
Dozens of fireballs and ice shards had slammed into me.
I had even been peppered with arrows until my black armor looked like a damn porcupine.
And yet...
I was completely fine.
Just standing there, chugging potions.
Lupko, utterly baffled, asked me directly:
📢 [Lupko]: Wait, Gia... Are you actually drinking potions?! Can a boss even do that?!
I responded in my usual flat, business-like tone.
I had already said this before, but I wasn’t good at roleplaying.
📢 [Gia]: Lapitz Potions... are the best.
Lupko, still skeptical, fired another arrow.
I drank another Serena Potion.
And in the exact same tone, just a little more detached—
📢 [Gia]: Lapitz Potions... are the best.
I kept drinking, kept stepping forward.
And before I knew it, I was standing right in front of Lupko.
Everyone else had backed away as I approached.
But he hadn’t moved.
Lupko looked me in the eye and asked:
📢 [Lupko]: How many Serena Potions do you have?
📢 [Gia]: One thousand five—
I hadn’t even finished speaking before Lupko whipped around and screamed at his teammates.
📢 [Lupko]: YOU IDIOTS!! HOW DARE YOU ATTACK THE DEMON KING!!!
Betrayal.
Completely out of nowhere.
His party members were stunned.
But the most baffled person was Ronze, the other main DPS.
📢 [Ronze]: Bro... are you SERIOUSLY betraying us right now?!
📢 [Lupko]: I’M SORRY, RONZE. But I still have an unpaid debt to Gia. Our alliance... ends here.
📢 [Ronze]: What—?! Calm down! You can’t just betray us before the real fight even starts!!
📢 [Lupko]: How the hell are we supposed to win against someone with 1,500 potions?! I’d rather join the Demon King.
📢 [Ronze]: YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.
I finally unsheathed my sword, which I had been carrying on my back the whole time.
A sinister red aura flowed along the blade, forming a web-like pattern.
It dripped as if it were a liquid, but before hitting the ground, it burst into flames and vanished.
The deep black armor and the glowing red demonic sword radiated pure, murderous intent.
Lupko, upon seeing it, immediately started sucking up.
📢 [Lupko]: Damn. I’ve never seen a weapon this incredible... Demon King! Please, with that blade, destroy these wretched—
Slam!
I cut him off by slamming my sword into him.
Lupko was sent flying, his HP instantly halved.
Completely shocked, he muttered to himself:
📢 [Lupko]: Wait. But... I was on your side...
I calmly walked over and brought my sword down on him again.
📢 [Lupko]: AAH—WAIT! STOP! I’M DYING! THE DEMON KING’S FAITHFUL SERVANT IS ABOUT TO PERISH—ACK.
Wham.
A third strike.
And just like that—Lupko was down.
Not because of the money he owed me.
But because I didn’t like how he kept calling me Gia.
With Lupko suddenly knocked out in three hits, it became the signal to resume the battle.
📢 [Raiders]: H-HOLD ON, DON’T JUST STAND THERE! FIGHT BACK!
📢 [Raiders]: ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ ATTACK!!
But...
This time, it was completely different.
📢 [Gia]: Lapitz Potions... are the best.
Now that I understood how the raiders fought, I wasn't just standing still anymore.
More importantly, Lupko—the biggest damage dealer—was already dead.
So I targeted the next strongest attacker—Ronze.
Whenever my HP dropped, I drank a Serena Potion.
If the enemy tried to keep their distance, I fired sword beams at them.
The speed of the beams was similar to arrows.
It felt like firing a slow-moving bullet.
And well... guns?
I loved them.
Battle Colosseum was my favorite game, after all.
Whenever an enemy, on the verge of death, drank a Serena Potion, I made sure to repeat the same phrase:
📢 "Lapitz Potions... are the best."
As for the rest of the battle—
There was nothing more to say.
I tanked every melee attack, healed with Serena Potions, and took out the ranged attackers one by one using sword beams.
They fell helplessly, one after another.
As long as I could drink a Serena Potion within its three-second cooldown, I couldn’t die.
Unless someone figured out a strategy—I was literally invincible.
And so, invincible, I kept repeating the same words.
📢 "Lapitz Potions... for charging."
📢 "Lapitz Potions... for defense."
📢 "Lapitz Potions... for parrying."
📢 "Lapitz Potions... are the best."
— ENOUGH! STOP SAYING IT!!
— I SWEAR, I’M GETTING PTSD.
— Chat is turning into a cult.
— Lapitz Potions, LET’S GOOOOO!!!
— Potions are Lapitz~ Potions are Lapitz~
— Did Lapitz sponsor this stream or what? LMAO
— Lapitz Potions are great~ Just like a devoted wife~
— Why is a Parallel employee hyping Lapitz so much?!
— Did she get a secret mission or something?!
— ??? : Agent M, mission complete.
— What the hell happened while I was gone?!
***
The news quickly reached Eona, a first-generation VTuber of Lapitz.
The messenger?
Ronze.
The same Ronze who had raided the Demon King's Castle twice...
...and had gotten completely wrecked both times.
📢 [Ronze]: Eona, did you... uh... make some kind of secret deal with Magia?
📢 [Eona]: ...Excuse me? What deal?
📢 [Ronze]: She kept drinking Serena Potions the entire fight... and kept repeating that Lapitz Potions are the best. I thought maybe... you had a sponsorship contract or something.
There was no secret deal.
No promotional agreement.
In fact—
Eona had always viewed Magia as a competitor, someone who might steal Lapitz's market share.
So why the hell would Magia advertise for them?!
But she couldn’t dismiss this as a joke.
The explosion of interest was too real.
Just by repeating the name enough times, viewers had flooded in—
The proof?
Her viewer count skyrocketed.
Her chat had completely lost its mind.
— Wait, what’s happening?
— Lapitz Potions... are the best.
— Chat is turning into a zombie horde LMAO.
— Lapitz Potions... are broken as hell.
— Lapitz Potions... are the best.
— Where the hell are all these people coming from??
— Lapitz Potions... totally OP.
— Lapitz Potions... are the best.
— Lapitz Potions... are seriously amazing.
If Eona was shocked, then Serena was terrified.
Because if Magia was Lapitz’s accidental PR machine—
Serena Potions were the reason Magia was unkillable.
And so, Serena’s personal stream chat was even worse.
📩 [Whisper] [KangKang] Serena: SENPAI SENPAI SENPAI!!!
📩 [Whisper] [KangKang] Serena: WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY!!!
📩 [Whisper] [KangKang] Serena: EVERYONE IN CHAT IS REPEATING THE SAME THING!!! 😭😭😭
📩 [Whisper] [KangKang] Serena: WHAT DO I DO?! 😭😭😭
Serena’s viewer count had skyrocketed past 15,000.
A personal record.
And yet—
The entire chat was just...
Screaming about Serena Potions.
— Serena Potions... are broken!
— S-rena Potions... are the best.
— Serena Potions are literally cheating.
— Serena Potions... are the best.
— Serena Potions... are completely OP.
When humans encounter something they can't understand...
They feel fear.
And right now—
Eona was afraid.
📢 [Eona]: ...What the hell is happening?