Chapter 10
"Phew...."
The hollow feeling that came rushing in once the stream ended.
"Ahem...."
The men nearby must have been watching what happened, because they put their phones into their back pockets and turned their heads as though they hadn't seen anything.
'Sigh..... How is this S-Rank.....'
I can guarantee that even if this information were made public, nobody would want it. Besides, it was already bound, so even if someone killed me, they couldn't take it.
"Heh heh... If I come across a useful women's secret manual later, I'll recommend it to you, so don't be too disappointed..."
"Aaaaaaaargh!!!!"
Unable to contain the anger boiling inside me, I screamed loudly before running home.
"Heh heh...."
*
Meanwhile, as Lee Do-hee was running home, posts related to Choi Tae-soo began appearing on an online community.
[Tower-Climbing Support Gallery]
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★Title : Is Choi Tae-soo really a sex offender?
Content : A total of 15 trials.
All five women dragged things all the way to the Supreme Court, and he was found 'not guilty' in every single one.
Looking at only that, you might think Choi Tae-soo used some dirty trick....
But as a matter of common sense, even high-ranking politicians and conglomerate chairmen are helpless when they go to court. How could a mere Awakener manipulate the judges? Where the hell did this conspiracy theory come from?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Even more strangely, he only used inexperienced public defenders with short careers.... Normally, if you wanted to overturn a trial through power, wouldn't you hire an elite lawyer who used to be a judge?
And if you read the verdict from the Supreme Court trial three months ago, the judgment says:
{Considering that the defendant's physical contact with the victim occurred while she was also consenting to it, that it is difficult to conclude that the defendant had sexual intent, and that the victim did not immediately express refusal or discomfort after the contact and instead behaved as though she were encouraging it, the facts alleged in this case do not establish a crime. Therefore, under Article 325 of the Criminal Procedure Act, the defendant is found not guilty}
That's what it says.
The funny thing is, the judgments for the other four women are all exactly the sameㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
They all consented and rubbed against him, then reported him.....
People who still don't believe it won't believe it, but... judge for yourselves....
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Comments :
- Wow, is this for real?
- Fuck, he was persecuted for being a man
- Why didn't the media report a single thing from Choi Tae-soo's side...?
- What? I didn't even know he was found not guilty in court
└ Author : I thought he'd been found guilty in every case until todayㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ Seriously, everyone thought they were all guiltyㅋㅋ
- Lee Do-hee just saved a man's life....
└ Seeing that bitch's stream probably extended his lifespan, so she saved the equivalent of at least tens of thousands of livesㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Wow... When I saw only the CCTV footage released by the media, I thought he was obviously guilty because he was rubbing her thigh like crazy;;
- What good does that do? Everyone's already left Choi Tae-soo's training center....ㅠㅠ
- It's a fucking crime to be born a man!!
- Seriously, this is fucking awful
- This is cyberbullying on an unprecedented scale;;
- Nageohan
- Yeah, this is the kind of thing that should go to Ascensionㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Tae-soo, I'm sorry... I suspected you too;;
└ But at the time, everyone said it was 100% obviousㅋㅋ
- Wow... How did the media deceive everyone like this?
└ You think the media did it? It was probably the women's groups and the politicians who suck up to them...
- This buried Lee Do-hee's S-Rank training manualㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ S-Rank? What the fuck is that?
└ A secret manual exclusively for whores that can only be used during sex...ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ Ahㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ Fuck, who would use that;;
└ Fuck, how can a secret manual like that even existㅋㅋㅋㅋ
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***
Nothing much happened from the third day onward.
After downing 300 million won worth of elixirs delivered in a single day and showing off her status window, she surrendered after irritated viewers bombarded her with sexual compliments, then returned to the training center, worked out like mad until evening, came home, cooked herself a simple meal, and ended the stream.
There was nothing particularly newsworthy, and although the number of viewers who had surged because of the incident fell considerably since it was now a calm training-and-chatting stream, many people watched her every move, felt that she was sincere about the Tower, and began supporting her.
She didn't know it, but Lee Do-hee had gained her own solid core of fans.
It was the moment true, devoted fans who genuinely wanted Lee Do-hee to climb the Tower well—and receive plenty of donations—began appearing little by little.
*
One week later.
Lee Do-hee had once again returned after working herself to death at the training center.
"Haa..... Even though I feel tired, this energetic body feels really strange."
- ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- So what are you going to do?
- She really did work herself to deathㅋㅋ
There were about 5,000 viewers.
Honestly, it was impressive that this many people were watching her do nothing but train like a brute.
Of course, her usual outfit had been copied from sexy female streamers, so it also helped keep her viewer count up no matter what she did.
And today was a somewhat important day.
"With stats like these, it should probably be enough. I'm going up to Floor 2 tomorrow."
Stats gained through exercise were almost limitless, but it was a matter of efficiency.
The enemies wouldn't wait ten or a hundred years for me. If I had truly terrible luck, they might even die while raiding higher floors among themselves before I had the chance to take revenge.
So it was important to move as quickly as possible. Of course, within a reasonably safe range.
- Kyaaa
- She's finally going up
- Good, good
- It is about the right time
"So~ today, I'm going to study."
In truth, I didn't need to study. Most monster encyclopedias were already stored in my head and body, and I could predict the next attacks of certain monsters just by watching the slightest movement of their muscles.
But wouldn't it look suspicious if someone only now starting to climb the Tower knew all of that?
Of course, I could take the attitude of, 'If I'm suspicious, what can you do about it?' But you never knew what might happen.
The boyfriend controversy that followed female streamers around like a curse. If I went around acting as though I had experienced everything, rumors might spread that I secretly had a high-ranking Awakener boyfriend.
I'd heard in the MuTube video with over ten million views, 'The 33 Things Female Streamers Absolutely Must Do to Receive Lots of Donations,' that female streamers had to stay clear of boyfriend rumors if they didn't want their donations to dry up, so there was no reason to take the difficult path when the easy one was available.
Besides, new information might have emerged over the past five years, and I might have forgotten about monsters I hadn't seen often, so there was no harm in studying.
- Studying is importantㅇㅇ
- Seriously, good thinking
- I was worried someone wouldn't teach you this anyway
- Good, good
- You're dumb, can you cram all this in one day?
See? The viewers are reacting well.... I felt a little guilty, but I would do my best to read everything as a refresher.
"I'm smart! Ahem.... Well, it's all listed at the Awakener Association. If I search for monsters that can appear during combat on Floor 2...."
Information on lower-level monsters had been made available long ago. It hadn't originally existed either, but I was the one who suggested creating it.
Information on higher-level monsters was still monopolized by guilds in some cases, but most monster information had been released.
"Hmm..... Let's skip their ecology and just read the things to watch out for in combat."
The first thing I saw was a slime.
"It says the strategy is to destroy its core with a sharp weapon. If you lose your weapon, the slime's core is weak enough to crush with both hands by pressing down with your thumbnails.... This one looks easy."
- Slimes are a piece of cakeㅋㅋ
- Just don't panic
- Do slimes have sex too?
- Make sure you read the precautions
- Ban the sex-crazed freaks
"Er.... Strange jokes will get you kicked out. As for the precautions, beware of individuals that climb onto your head and induce suffocation. They're slow, so if you look like you're about to be surrounded, run away and fight them... Hmm, okay."
I already knew all of this.
After that came ratmen, skeletons, kobolds, imps, and various other monsters, but I knew everything about them too, and I had even created some of them with my former companions.
"Next up is.... A famous one. Goblins."
- Ah, goblinsㅋㅋㅋ
- You really have to be careful with goblins
- If goblins catch you, you're seriously fucked
"The ones that appear on Floor 2 are definitely cave goblins. The precautions say.... They use traps and poisoned darts.... A cave goblin's poisoned dart causes slight paralysis in a tiny area for a short time, and after being hit once, you're completely immune to it, so it's not a particularly threatening weapon."
"However, getting caught in a trap is often fatal, and you have to watch out for hobgoblins, which appear intermittently.... Hmm hmm..."
Higher up, you would encounter goblin kings, goblin swordmasters, and goblin archmages. Compared to them, cave goblins felt like primitive tribesmen.
If you were struck by a civilized goblin's poison arrow, you wouldn't merely be paralyzed for a while. Your flesh would rot away, and you'd have to purify it or cut off the affected area.
- The difficulty does go up when goblins appear.
- Be careful too, Do-hee
- The traps are the biggest problem with goblins
- ㄴㄴ The fact that hobgoblins appear sometimes is what's really fucking annoying
- Seriously, goblin caves have way too many variables, so the difficulty is insanely high. Apparently, the rewards are great too
Then,
[Ding~]
[Dottaemeok donated 10,000 won]
Do-hee, I'll tell you some really important information. Cave goblin poisoned darts actually only work properly on women, and being hit by one causes paralysis for about two hours. You really need to be careful.
“Hmm?”
What was that supposed to mean all of a sudden?
The poison of those primitive, pathetic goblins was actually deadly? And only to women?
“Is that for real?”
I didn't really believe it, but since new information could have been discovered during the five years I was gone, I asked just in case....
- What kind of bullshit is that?
- ㄴㄴㄴㄴ He's probably just a troll spreading lies
- Is it true?
- Don't believe himㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Ahㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Tsk, look at that idiot begging for attention
- As ifㅋㅋ
"Hmm... Everyone, don't swear at him too much, and, um.... Dottaemeok? Sheesh, even your username... Anyway, is there any evidence for what you're saying?"
In fact, I knew better than anyone that it was bullshit. But I'd been reading strategy guides nonstop for over an hour, and it was incredibly boring. What fun it was that a villain like this had appeared all by himself!
"Do you have any evidence?"
I temporarily gave him manager privileges and froze the chat window.
Dottaemeok : Goblins have no females, so they use females of other species as a means of reproduction.
"I know that too."
Dottaemeok : That's why the poisoned darts have that effect. Once they evolve beyond primitive tribal goblins, they no longer need to rely on that effect, but a poisoned dart coated with a mixture of feces and semen by a primitive goblin can incapacitate a female of any species exactly once. They have to reproduce, you see. Once they capture and tie one down, they can keep reproducing with her, so there's no need for the dart to work twice anyway.
"Uh... No, what are you talking about? It makes no sense that information this important has never come up before.... What's your source?"
I couldn't tell whether he was joking or serious. His words were also jumbled, making them difficult to understand. Was he a little dim?
'The person who wrote that only a tiny area is paralyzed when hit by a poisoned dart was a woman....'
She was one of the people who betrayed me, of course, but in my previous life, she was also one of the people who edited monster information with me. According to him, she had been thoroughly fucked by goblins, returned alive, pretended to be a pure virgin, omitted the information about goblin poisoned darts, and got married......
'No way.'
Dottaemeok : I'm conducting my own research on Floor 19. Goblin penises are even large enough to impregnate human women, so make sure you don't get repeatedly ejaculated inside and forcibly impregnated by goblins, Do-hee....
[Dottaemeok has been kicked out]
"Argh..... Get out, you bastard!!!"
'Conducting his own research,' my ass. At first, it sounded plausible enough that I let him continue, but the moment he started talking about pregnancy and ejaculating inside, I kicked him out.
Once I kicked out the troll and unfroze the chat window,
- That feels so much better~~
- He's seriously an idiot
- Get out, you bastard~~
- The Tower has existed for 15 years. How could nobody know that?
- Information) A woman wrote the information about cave goblin poisoned darts. She was perfectly fine even after being hit by one.
- Seriously, that guy's trolling is insane
- Someone like that needs to be hit by one himself
- Do you think information that important still wouldn't have spread? Sheeshㅋㅋ
- Did he build all that up just to sexually harass her?
- You could tell he was a troll just from his usernameㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
"Er.... Please don't use such harsh profanity. Even if what he said were true, I'd avoid or block the darts anyway. So whether it's true or not doesn't matter."
Still, thanks to him, my slight drowsiness had vanished, and I felt refreshed.
"Now then! Let's continue reading about the next monster~"
I lightly brushed off the troll's trivial remarks and moved on to the next monster.
After reading through information on orcs, lizardmen, and other monsters I already knew everything about, I ended the stream.
*
The main gate of the Seoul Tower.
It was the Tower, which I was returning to after nearly ten days.
"Status Window"
<Final Stats>
Strength : 10.5
Agility : 7
Defense : 16
Mana : 60
The time had finally come. I invested all my remaining stats into Agility to shore up my only weakness, and my other stats had been boosted considerably through exercise and elixirs.
With around 10 Strength, a man would be about as strong as an active middleweight-to-heavyweight combat-sports fighter. In human terms, that was essentially the pinnacle.
[Lee Do-hee is streaming : I'm going up to Floor 2 today]
When I started the stream, viewers came rushing in, apparently because I had announced my attempt at Floor 2.
Around 30,000 people were watching, waiting expectantly for me to climb the Tower.
'Right. I have 30,000 people behind me now.'
"Let's go to Floor 2!!!"
I confidently opened the Tower's main gate wide and entered.
I walked proudly in short pink dolphin shorts and a tank top that exposed my navel.
The gazes of countless people focused on me, but I didn't cower. I kept my chest out and continued forward with confidence.
"Wow.... Her breasts...."
No, I tucked my breasts in a little and continued forward!
Even though I'd only climbed to Floor 1, I had somehow become famous. Until I stepped onto the platform, countless people encouraged me and saw me off.
"Thank you. I'll definitely clear it and come back!!"
- Whoosh~!
Once I disappeared, the people who had been watching me began whispering quietly.
"By the way, why does she dress like that? Is that bitch an exhibitionist pervert?"
"Oh, she talked about that on her stream. What was it again?"
"Apparently she watched a MuTube video called 'The 33 Things Female Streamers Absolutely Must Do to Receive Lots of Donations.' Her viewers told her it was true, so she just believed them."
"It's good for us, isn't it?"
"But she definitely doesn't look at online communities and definitely doesn't have a boyfriend."
"Heh heh heh.... She has an unexpectedly innocent side!"
Without her knowing it, the men had attached a genuine-product(?) certificate to her.
*
『Welcome to the Tower』
『Before beginning the Floor 2 trial, please choose a weapon』
That reassuring voice.
When I looked around, racks holding all kinds of weapons rose around me against a white background.
There were nearly 40 types. Nothing was missing.
Greatswords, sword-and-shield sets, two-handed swords, spears, bows, sickles, staffs, axes, and every other weapon found on Earth had been gathered here.
- Ooh.... I've never seen this place before.
- Why didn't you train with a weapon?
- Sword and shield, no question
- Sword and shield for Floor 2
- Just use sword and shield on Floor 2, then find the weapon that suits you afterward.
Most of the chat recommended sword and shield.
'Hmm.... Sword and shield.....'
The weapon I would choose was......
『Would you like to complete your selection?』
A staff, of course.
- ?????
- This bitch never listens
- ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Crazy bitchㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Argh.....
- We told you to take sword and shield
- Stubborn as a fucking mule
A sturdy, heavy black wooden staff about 1.5 meters long fit snugly in both my hands.
"The grip feels good. Let's go."