Chapter 44 : How can a post regenerate this quickly in a gallery with such a fast response time…!

The Lene Gallery, just looking at the titles makes me dizzy.

However, the surprising fact is that the s*ave… I mean, the gallery moderators are doing their job fairly well.

A fast post regeneration rate in a gallery with moderators? Incredible!

Of course, the moderator group was only down to 3 out of 5 members, but I didn’t want to blame the other 2 who weren’t present.

Yesterday’s stream was mostly a raid where all the gallery memebers, except for Lynel, participated in the Albion subjugation. Checking the gallery, I saw that Lynel was still active.

That means the moderators were probably also members of the Albion raid party.

So, they’re likely still asleep.

In that case, I think it’s impressive that the 3 moderators are up and managing the gallery.

The problem is that the 3 moderators are deleting problematic posts, but the rate at which new ones appear is much faster.

“What should I do…?”

Starting the stream without thinking doesn’t seem like a good idea.

If I start the stream now, I’m sure a whole new level of viewers will show up, and I, who already struggle with speaking, wouldn’t be able to handle it.

So, it’s probably best to leave a post saying I’ll start streaming at 6 as planned.

[Title: I’ll start streaming at 6]

[Posted by: Lene◇]

Please wait a little longer, everyone.

[Upvotes: 0 / Downvotes: 0]

After posting, I refreshed the page, and as expected, the views, upvotes, downvotes, and comments skyrocketed.

From comments like “Just start the stream already” to those criticizing me, asking if I’m really a man, or even suggesting I have a behind-the-scenes producer named NewD.

This is chaotic.

But since I can’t solve this alone, I have no choice but to ask for help.

And there’s only one person I can turn to in this situation.

I launch Miscode and click on the only name in my “friends” tab.

The name is… Tuni Summoning…!

[Inquisitor: Tuni, are you there?]

[Tuni: Ah, yes. I’ve heard about it, Lene.]

[Tuni: You just woke up, so you’re figuring things out, right?]

[Inquisitor: Yes.]

[Inquisitor: I don’t know what to do.]

[Tuni: I’d love to help, but honestly…]

[Tuni: I’m not very experienced in these kinds of situations…]

[Tuni: I don’t really know what to do either.]

[Tuni: I’d ask others, but I don’t really know any other streamers.]

[Tuni: Sorry.]

…I’m doomed?

Even my internet broadcasting mentor, Tuni, can’t help me.

For a moment, I felt like running away.

…No.

I shouldn’t have such weak thoughts.

I always wanted more viewers, right?

And now that this opportunity has come, I shouldn’t run away but embrace it.

It’s foolish to even think about running.

[Inquisitor: It’s okay.]

[Inquisitor: I’m sorry if I burdened you, Tuni.]

“Yeah. It’s been almost a month since I started streaming, and yet I still haven’t thought about doing anything on my own. I should stop just relying on others for help.

It’s time to handle things on my own now.

Sigh…

I take a deep breath and close my eyes, recalling memories from the past.

The first time I swung a Warhammer.

When I left the church to repent the heresy.

When I fought against three dragons, all at once.

When the king of the northern kingdom suddenly turned heretic and I had to fight with the knights.

There were countless hardships, and I overcame them all.

So, is this situation now harder than those past ones?

I know better than anyone else that it’s not.

[Lene]

[Let’s talk]

[Talk | 536 viewers | 00:00:10]

─Oh, you’re starting late. Ha ha.

Seriously, how could you turn off the stream there? You f***ing idiot.

─Let’s go clear up the controversy~ Let’s go clear up the controversy~ Let’s go clear up the controversy~

─Is it true you’re connected to the game’s production company?

─So, is this guy really a man?

─A guy using Bochen… Ha ha. Are you guys gay?

─Please, just shut up you crazy bastards.

Cancel that.

This is the biggest and worst crisis of my life.

It’s only been 10 seconds since I started the stream, and over 500 viewers have already tuned in. The chat is non-stop, and some are even spamming. It’s so overwhelming I can’t even read the messages.

Can I calm these people down and turn them into regular viewers for my stream?

And the viewers are still increasing in real-time.

Just imagining it makes my head spin.

But now that I’ve started the stream, I can’t just run away.

What do I do? Seriously?

If only the chat would slow down a little…

“…Ah.”

Oh, right.

If you’re streaming, say something.

─Let’s go to hell~ Let’s go to hell~ Let’s go to hell~

Then I remembered there was a feature for this.

I quickly accessed the settings for the stream and activated the feature.

[Follower-only chat is now enabled.]

(Only users who follow the channel can participate.)

Follower-only chat.

In simple terms, if you don’t follow my channel, you can’t chat.

And to be able to chat, you need to have followed for at least a week.

Most of the viewers, who will soon number over 1,000, probably came because of the Albion raid yesterday.

So, no matter how quickly they followed, the follow time will be less than a day.

This is better.

Wasn’t it just a low-level stream yesterday? Now it’s a professional one?

─Please manage the gallery a bit too, not just the stream.

─It’s so satisfying seeing those spammers not being able to say anything, ha ha.

And just as expected, once I activated the follower-only chat feature, the chat window became completely clean in an instant.

It’s surprisingly comforting to only see the usual names.

“Uh, um… Hello, everyone. I’ve had to limit the chat because it was getting too chaotic, so I hope you understand…”

It’s strange to begin with.

This is my broadcast channel. In other words, it’s my home.

They barged in and started messing things up—why should I have to run away from that?

I just need to kick them out.

=‘ᄋᄋ’ donated 1000 won.

Came here to help increase viewers and then immediately gets kicked out, ha ha. Don’t you wanna escape from being a low-level streamer?

But as though mocking my thoughts, donations started pouring in.

There’s a loophole where if you donate, you can still spam, even if you don’t follow…

Wait, is this really a loophole?

After all, I’m making money, so isn’t that a gain for me?

=‘ᄋᄋ’ donated 1000 won.

Your voice is so sexy, ha ha.

=‘ᄋᄋ’ donated 1000 won.

That guy using Bochen is acting all expensive, kind of annoying, but here’s an upvote, ha ha ha.

=‘ᄋᄋ’ donated 1000 won.

F***ing idiot, tell me the Albion pattern.

.. I think I made a wrong assumption.

If these donations keep coming in, I won’t be able to do anything.

…Well, there’s another way.

I immediately went to the broadcast settings and raised the minimum donation amount to 10,000 won.

Then, the donations suddenly stopped.

It seems like 1,000 won is easy to spend, but 10,000 won isn’t.

I’m not entirely happy about it, but for now, let’s leave it like this.

“Everyone. I know you have a lot of questions, and I understand that, but if things keep going like this, we won’t get anywhere… So, I’d appreciate it if you could calm down a little…”

Before long, the viewer count surpassed 1,000.

Thanks to the measures I put in place, no additional issues arose, but in the end, staying like this won’t solve anything…

So, I wrote a message in the bottom-right corner of the screen.

[0 / 1,000,000]

“Everyone, do you see the number I’ve written here…? From now on, if you donate and ask me something, I’ll answer. You’ll have up to 100 chances to ask questions…”

─Looks like he’s setting up to collect money like this, ha ha ha.

—??? : You’re streaming to make money, give me money (actually said that).

“Of course, if you cross the line, I’ll ban you immediately. The money you donate will be used for my personal desires…”

And even after my announcement, the donation alerts didn’t ring.

…Did I make a mistake?

For a moment, I thought that.

=‘What drops from Albion?’ donated 10,000 won.

What drops from Albion?

[10,000 / 1,000,000]

“Uh… After finishing the raid, I was so tired that I went to bed without checking, so I don’t know yet.”

With one person’s question starting it.

=‘What’s the Albion pattern, tell me ᄉᄇ’ donated 10,000 won.

I’m in a hurry.

[20,000 / 1,000,000]

“I’ll tell you about that in a bit. Explaining everything would take too long…”

Donations started pouring in.

This really works.

=‘ᄋᄋ’ donated 10,000 won.

Why did you pick that concept?

[30,000 / 1,000,000]

“…What concept?”

─Is this person really asking because they don’t know?

─If you’re seriously asking what this concept is, then upvote, ha ha.

It’s not a concept, I’m a ‘real’ inquisitor, ᄋᄋ.