Chapter 210: 38th Floor: Justifiable Public Shaming
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 210: 38th Floor: Justifiable Public Shaming
[The winner is Team 3]
“Hah…”
As I stared up at the sky, drenched in blood, my body began to heal and I was transported to the waiting room.
Shwoong~~!
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Shwoong!
“Woooooah!!!”
“Yeah, that’s it!!!”
The moment I arrived in the waiting room, Lee Woo-sik and Dotamuk, who had died and revived before me, threw their arms around me from both sides, cheering wildly.
Squeeze.
“Kyaa!? W-Wait a minute…!”
I was instantly surrounded by two burly adult men.
“Just let us hug you!”
“Waaaaah!! All hail Do-hee!! This is our Guild Master, everyone!!”
In the midst of it all, I thought I felt Dotamuk’s hand groping my ass, but I was still high on the dopamine rush from the victory. I didn’t think much of it and cheered along with them.
“Y-Yeah! You see that? Huh?”
Dotamuk had been pretending to be sulky about being abandoned, planning to demand Lee Do-hee’s pussy as compensation. But the final battle had been so intense that he’d forgotten all about it and was now celebrating with pure joy.
Lee Woo-sik was the same. He had wanted to brag about how well he’d held his own against the Ohsung Guild Master’s disciple, but Lee Do-hee had pulled off something even more incredible at the end. Still, he was thrilled.
“That’s our Do-hee!”
“Giant guilds, down!!! Baek Do-hyeon, come on out! Oh Kang-mu, come on out! You red lizard bitch, you come out too!!!!”
They lifted my arms into the air, their joy pure and unadulterated. I wondered if this was what it felt like when our country won the World Cup finals.
“You crazy… Hehehe!!”
It felt like Dotamuk was really pushing his luck with his words, but… well, for now, I guess it was okay, right?
Unable to contain their excitement, they lifted me up and tossed me in the air, expressing their elation with their entire bodies. Of course, I was touched here and there in the process, but by now, I was used to it.
In fact, I might even like it.
“You worked hard too, man.”
Meanwhile, Ilbon-do, who had been summoned with me, wore a slightly dissatisfied expression.
“Hmph… If only my blade had been a little sharper… A pity.”
He was lamenting his inability to overcome Kwon Han-jun after he had transformed into a Dullahan at the end.
“You did more than enough. Look at their items. Was that even fair?”
Most of their gear consisted of items with flashy active skills, but the base stats they provided must have been insane as well. Ilbon-do had played his part perfectly.
And then there were the viewers.
The high-profile matchup had drawn a massive audience not just from Korea, but from the US and other countries as well.
They, too, were completely electrified after watching Lee Do-hee pull off a last-second comeback.
[Live Viewers: 2,559,392]
Over 2.5 million people!
The hype about a summit battle between the future generations had drawn them all to my stream.
It also helped that the giant guilds and other participants weren't streaming.
“Alright, everyone, let’s hear you cheer!”
The viewers had all thought it was over when I was caught in that binding spell.
To make matters worse, my opponents had cheated by equipping gear and items from top-tier Awakeners on the 80th floor. And I had managed to turn the tables on them with pure skill!
- Damn!!
- This is Lee Do-hee?
- She is Korean!!
- Giant guilds down down down
- WoW!!
- Fucking big dick
- wtf holy shii—!
- Upvote if you think the giant guilds lost pathetically lololol
- Wow… how do you lose while wearing 80th-floor gear?
- Bro that’s actually insane af.
- Fuck, they would’ve won if they just stood still and spammed skills.
- 她长得太顶了吧！(She's so fucking hot!)
- Upvote for Baek Do-hyeon, who must be crying right now lololol
- مباراة مو طبيعية أبداً، شي خرافي! (An unbelievable match! It’s legendary!)
- Whoa… what are those guys gonna do now? Are they just gonna disappear without a trace? lol
- This is Lee Do-hee, you bastards!
- Ain’t no way, fr fr!
- She’s literally a god, no cap!
- 她简直就是神，真的！(She’s a god, for real!)
- Lee Do-hee is good at everything she does with her body!
The chat scrolled by in a blur, most of the reactions ecstatic.
Comments poured in not just in English, but in various other languages as well.
Buoyed by their energy, I decided to add a word of my own.
“Hehehe…! Gear carry, down!”
This much is fine, right?
- lolololol
- You crazy bitch lol
- Baek Do-hyeon is at your front door.
- The giant guilds must be so pissed right now.
- she's insane
But what if Baek Do-hyeon really does show up at my house?
Just as the dopamine started to wear off and I began to feel the danger of my situation, an incident occurred that would make keeping Lee Do-hee in check the last thing on anyone’s mind.
[The 81st Floor has been opened!?]
[Neutral Zone has expanded. Testimonies pour in.]
[Official) Interview with the Sword Saint's Guild.]
[81st Floor, conquered by the Sword Saint's Guild? Is this the fall of the giant guilds?]
The 81st floor had been climbed.
It was news of the Sword Saint's Guild, which had been quiet for so long, finally climbing to the 81st floor.
The news spread quickly to my stream as well.
- Huh?
- Whoa, it’s happening like this?
- Do-hee, they’re saying the 81st floor has been cleared.
- lolol what are the giant guilds doing?
- What? The Sword Saint's Guild cleared it?
- Fuck, they got beat on both fronts lol
- The Sword Saint did it!
“What? The 81st floor… the Sword Saint's Guild cleared it? Just now?”
What the. This means… they’ll be too busy climbing the Tower for a while, won’t they?
Naturally, the giant guilds would have to prepare to climb the Tower again to maintain their number one spot.
If our tournament was a competition for rising stars, that was the world’s greatest martial arts tournament. They wouldn’t have time to worry about me.
So… doesn’t that mean I can provoke them as much as I want?
How much stress had I endured because of those bastards? Besides, it was obvious this Trial had been designed to target me.
Yes, this was justifiable public shaming.
This was justice.
“Ahem… G-Giant guilds… t-tait!!!”
I shouted it out with immense satisfaction.
- You crazy bitch lololol
- Wow… the giant guilds lost here and there today lolol
- Taaaaaaaait!!
- She’s so excited lololol
- Look at her taunting them the second she sees an opening.
- Tait
- Taaaaaaaaait!!!
- Tait on both sides!!
- Fucking crazy lol
“B-Baek Do-hyeon, come out! Oh-panties-mu… no, Oh Kang-mu, come out!!!”
I remembered how much fun it was to tease Oh Kang-mu by calling him "Oh-panties-mu" back in the day, and the name slipped out before I knew it.
- lololol
- Uh oh, Baek Do-hyeon is really coming for you now.
- Just ask him to turn you into an onahole.
- Oh-panties-mu, you crazy bitch…
- How can a giant guild master’s name be Oh-panties-mu lolol
- A-Anyway, tait to Lee Do-hee!!!
- Just for today, I’ll shout it. Giant guilds, tait!!
It wasn’t just me.
Dotamuk and Lee Woo-sik, who had been watching from the side, joined in again.
“Giant guild shit-bugs, down!!”
“The giant guilds lost to an onahole and a toilet bowl!!”
“Hmm…? Wait, my name sounds weird when you put it next to that, Woo-sik…”
“And why am I just ‘an onahole’…?”
“Well… isn’t that more humiliating for them?”
“I-I guess so?”
“Exactly. Let’s all shout together. An onahole and a toilet beat the giant guilds!!!”
- Living for today lolol
- These guys are so high on dopamine they’re not thinking about the consequences.
- Onahole and Toilet are strong.
- Fucking lunatics lolol
- How do you lose to an onahole and a toilet?
- Dotamuk and Lee Do-hee, who got hit by stray bullets, take an L.
- Giant Guilds <<< Onahole, Toilet (Chan)
“You, get over here and say something too.”
Dotamuk dragged Ilbon-do over.
Ilbon-do looked like he couldn’t care less and was about to leave, but he offered one last comment before going.
“Carried by items. A bug is still a bug, no matter what expensive trinkets it wears.”
“Hooooo!!!”
“Poom poom poom poom~~~!”
“Tait from the front, tait from the back~~~!”
It was a full-blown festival.
The consequences… my future self will figure something out. Yup, yup…
For now, let’s just enjoy the party.
*
Meanwhile, a little before the Sword Saint's Guild’s 81st-floor announcement.
Right after the match had ended.
There was a place that was the complete opposite of Lee Do-hee’s festive waiting room…
“……”
“Sigh.”
“Ahem, may I be excused…?”
“No, why are you even hesitating?”
It was the giant guilds’ general command center.
Since Baek Do-hyeon had been the operator, and it was his disciple who had made the final mistake, no one could easily blame him.
Nevertheless, the atmosphere was incredibly tense.
“Ha… hahaha…”
Baek Do-hyeon let out a hollow laugh and took off his headset.
“Aah…”
Whose fault was it?
His disciple, who hesitated because he was afraid to die?
Kwon Han-jun, who was supposed to be preparing for his revival but was just spacing out and laughing?
Or the regular operators who had let this situation happen?
Or perhaps…
Is it that bitch’s fault?
Lee Do-hee’s face flashed through his mind, but unfortunately for him, something was about to happen that would make her the least of his worries.
BANG!!
Someone burst through the doors of the secret base’s operating room.
“Sir Baek Do-hyeon, this is no time for this. We have a huge problem!!”
“What is it?”
“You’re… an executive from the Golden Dawn Society?”
The giant guild masters were momentarily taken aback. But that wasn’t the issue.
“The Sword Saint… has succeeded in climbing to the 81st floor!”
“Huh?”
“What did you say?”
Does misfortune always come in pairs?
The Sword Saint had been silent since their 80th-floor challenge.
All sorts of rumors had circulated—that they had all died, or that they had suffered heavy losses and were delayed in clearing the floor.
After that, just as they were fading from public memory, they had quietly continued their Tower climb without informing the giant guilds or the media.
One might ask what the big deal was about losing just one floor, but it was more than a matter of honor.
First, there was the ownership of the neutral zone, which expanded or offered various benefits with each floor climbed. A significant portion of that ownership was given to the guild that cleared the floor first.
What the giant guilds should have obtained would now go to the Sword Saint's Guild.
And now, people no longer had to wait for the giant guilds. As seen in the revolution sparked by Lee Do-hee, if there was an alternative to the giant guilds, there was no reason to follow them.
Of course, they were currently cultivating a somewhat benevolent public image, so it was unlikely that protests would break out again. But they might lose the benefits they secretly extorted from politicians and corporations, or at least have to be more cautious.
“Hah… this is a headache in more ways than one.”
As it happened, one of the monitors in the situation room was broadcasting Lee Do-hee’s stream. On it, the innocent-looking Lee Do-hee was jumping up and down in celebration, her chest bouncing.
[Baek Do-hyeon, come out! Oh-panties-mu, come out!]
[Giant guilds, tait~~~!!]
[Tait to an onahole and a toilet~~~!]
Someone had left the speaker volume on, and their words reached Baek Do-hyeon’s ears.
“Fuck, turn that off now!!!”
“S-Sorry…!”
Not yet… Right, enjoy it while you can.
She was just a big-breasted woman who would be finished with a single blast of his blue flame. If she became any more of a nuisance, he could get rid of her at any time.
This child’s play wasn’t the problem right now. The very foundation of the giant guilds’ power could be shaken.
“Prepare to climb to the 81st floor. We must not, under any circumstances, give up the lead. Everyone, wrap things up and focus on that.”
The other guild masters nodded as if they had expected it.
However, Oh Kang-mu alone had a slight frown on his face, seemingly lost in thought.
Is he that upset that his disciple failed to perform and died instantly?
They agreed to formally prepare and meet later, and everyone began to clear out of the situation room.
There was still the 3rd and 4th place match, but they figured if their team lost that too, they weren’t even human. They left without a worry.
A short while later.
The Ohsung Guild Master, Oh Kang-mu, was left alone, staring blankly.
He continued to watch Lee Do-hee on the muted screen.
“Sir… is there anything you need?”
Only a skeleton crew of operators remained in the situation room.
One of them, unable to tell him to leave, cautiously asked if he needed anything.
“Hmm… No, it’s just that I feel like I’ve seen that somewhere before.”
“Uh, seen what, sir?”
But the Ohsung Guild Master was not one to care about the opinion of a mere guild member. He just muttered strange things to himself.
“That thing the bitch used… to break through Silence’s Void Silence. That black spear.”
“Ah… yes, it was an incredible technique. It looks like the same one she used on the 17th floor, but it’s still unclear how she uses it.”
“No, that’s not it… I feel like I’ve seen it before… Why can’t I remember?”
The Ohsung Guild Master, Oh Kang-mu.
He stood there for a long time, tilting his head and pacing, before finally leaving the situation room.
Strange. I’m sure I know it, so why can’t I remember? And I’ve heard Oh-panties-mu somewhere before, too…?
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“Ahem, shouldn’t we stop now and focus on the next match?”
As we were excitedly communicating with the chat and engaging in our justifiable public shaming, Ilbon-do spoke up.
“Oh, you’re right. Did I get too carried away?”
“Come to think of it, we haven’t prepared at all.”
Dotamuk and Lee Woo-sik snapped back to their senses.
The semi-final match was currently underway.
America’s number one, Damian’s party, was fighting against a party that looked to be from China.
Everyone wore worried expressions, but I was different.
“Hmm? Oh, that? Why bother preparing?”
“What? But they’re not easy opponents.”
“Indeed. A tiger uses its full strength even when hunting a rabbit.”
“Do you have some hidden ace up your sleeve?”
There was a reason for my confidence.
Look at the screen.
Damian Oswald, like Zeus the god of thunder, threw a bolt of lightning from his hand, and his opponent collapsed.
One of his party members was a water-attribute mage.
Another was a tank to buy time.
And one was a healer.
There was no need to worry about water magic. I could just absorb it all.
In that case… the only attack left is throwing lightning, right?
“You guys haven’t been watching my streams closely, have you?”
“Huh?”
“Here, read this trait carefully. What does it say?”
[SSS-rank Ellie's Magnetic Core]
A magnetic core containing the condensation of Ellie's powers. Ellie's data is preserved within.
◇ Strength, Agility +30
◇ Defense +50
◇ Divine Power +1000%
◇ All Divine Power Consumption -20%
◇ [Hacking Resistance], [Electronic Warfare Resistance], [Brainwashing Resistance], [Spatial Cut Resistance], [Iron Heart]
◇ Electrical Resistance + 20000
◇ <Hacking Lv.80>, <Summon Machine Legion Lv.55>
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The legacy Ellie left me.
Hmm… I didn’t realize it, but I had Spatial Cut Resistance too? Is that why only my hand disappeared when I grabbed that void spear?
My defense stat was lower than before, but I felt like I was tanking hits better. It must have been because of the resistance.
I didn’t know why this user-unfriendly Tower didn’t display these things as numerical values, but resistance usually had an effect of around 30-70%. Why such a wide range? Apparently, it varied from person to person.
It seemed they used this kind of notation when the effect changed organically based on various factors like constitution, attributes, and affinities.
It could just be a bug, though…
Anyway, that wasn’t the important part.
“Can’t you see? Electrical Resistance: 20,000. A whole 20,000!”
Twenty thousand.
Even with my defense close to 3,000, I was fine even when submerged in the magma of a flame giant.
The resistance value felt like it was added to my existing defense, meaning that when I get hit by his lightning, I’ll be taking it with a defense of nearly 23,000.
It’ll probably… tickle, won’t it?
“Huh?”
“Wait, then what about us?”
Just then, Damian coolly roasted the Chinese Awakeners.
The match ended, and without a moment’s rest, the finals began.
“Well… I guess you’ll have to survive on your own this time?”
“Oh, for fuck’s sake!”
“Kuaaaargh, I don’t want to die!!”
“……”
Regardless of their wishes, we were immediately transported to the finals venue.
Shwoong!!