Chapter 4: The Tower's Trial: 1st Floor
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 4: The Tower's Trial: 1st Floor
[Tower Climbing Support Gallery]
[Title: Check out the trait of the new female streamer who awakened today lmaooo]
[Content]:
(A gif screenshot of Lee Do-hee’s status window)
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[Comments]:
- How can a person's trait be Onahole? lolololol
- Whaaaat lolololol
- What’s a mana jug?
└ What do you think? It’s a baby’s milk jug lol
└ You need one that big so the baby doesn’t starve.
- Is this for real? Isn’t this photoshopped? lololol
- Fuck, she’s too valuable a talent to die on the 1st floor lolol
- But isn’t that trait actually insane?
└ The agility minus is a bit concerning, but I’ve never seen a trait with such ridiculously high percentage stats.
└ Stat-wise, it’s good… but it must be humiliating lolol
└ Fr, if that were me, I’d jump off a bridge lolol
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It wasn’t just here.
The anons who had been watching since she started her stream scurried to every corner of the internet, diligently spreading the word that she was an onahole(?).
- Won’t she sue for that?
└ What’s the problem with calling an onahole an onahole?
└ Fact)
As she was mentioned in all sorts of places—gaming communities, streaming communities, and more—the search volume for her name exploded in an instant.
Some people were worried, but since her trait actually was Onahole, it created an awkward, tragicomic situation where no one could really say anything.
And so, the people who had been cross-posting everywhere and those who saw their posts all flocked back to Lee Do-hee’s stream…
“I-It doesn’t look bad, the outfit, right?”
- Her voice cracking is fucking hilarious lol
- You can see the panic on her face.
- lolololol
- Onahole bitch.
- onahole hi
- Is it true the streamer here is an onahole?
- Fact)
- lolololol
- lolol
- Hello, Ms. Onahole.
- The guy who wanted to share her really did it.
- How can a trait name be lolololol
- Fucking my onahole at home so hard right now lol
- Is this the room of the great Onahole?
The chat, which she had painstakingly brought under control, collapsed in an instant under the weight of the people drawn in by the community trolls.
“B-Be quiet!!”
- lolololololololololol
- lololol
- The mask comes right off. What a venomous bitch.
- onahole hi
- Already jacking off to the onahole.
“No, this is a g-good thing. Anyone can see it’s a cheat trait!”
Fuck, why did a trait like this have to be mine…
The chaotic chat showed no signs of calming down.
This is strange. Did I not set up the admin settings properly? Or does the system not consider this severe sexual harassment?
In truth, she had indeed written a rule in the admin settings to ban users for severe sexual harassment and profanity.
However, in her flustered state, she had forgotten to click “Apply.”
Of course, the viewers who had watched her type it out in real-time while slow mode was on had been under a placebo effect, believing the rules were active. For a brief moment, they had actually kept the chat clean.
“Haa… Just wait. I’ll prove it.”
She couldn’t let these malicious anons drag her around any longer.
Perhaps due to the -50% agility, her body felt incredibly sluggish, but she would trust in her defense stat and her experience.
And looking at the numbers alone, it really was a good trait.
It might not be as good as her trait from her past life, but wasn’t this close to hitting the jackpot?
- What, you’re going?
- You didn’t set up your admin settings right;;
- Hey, show us your tits before you die.
“Ugh… All of you, just shut up and watch. I’m going to clear the 1st floor!"
She would rather clear the 1st floor and get out of here than be sexually harassed by these toxic trolls.
- Wow… her ass is pretty firm, huh? lololol
- fr lol
- I told you to show us your tits, dammit.
- Makes me wanna spank that ass from behind.
- I bet that bitch didn’t click confirm after setting up the admin rules earlier lololol
- Fuck, no wonder no one was getting banned lolol
- Dumb bitch lol
- Seriously wanna fuck her from behind so bad, fuck.
- Ah, fuck, I came inside the onahole.
- You crazy bastards lololol
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[Tower Climbing Support Gallery]
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[Title: But what the hell comes out on the 1st floor that makes so many people die?]
[Content]: The survival rate is almost exactly 50%, is that for real? What the hell comes out?
[Comments]:
- Nothing special. You just have to dodge the stuff flying at you.
└ [OP]: If that’s all, why do so many people die?
└ Because you die if you get hit, you idiot;;
- There are lots of videos of the 1st floor, go look them up.
- The fact is, even the cream of the crop from famous academies and guilds have a 30% death rate.
└ Yeah, the stats are skewed high because of women and civilians. If you train professionally for about a year, the survival rate is close to 70%.
└ Isn’t that still low…?
- This is what the 1st floor tests: Can you remain calm and move precisely even when faced with this level of pain? If you can’t, it means you won’t be able to climb any higher anyway. There’s a reason the first 10 floors are called the tutorial.
└ [OP]: Thanks.
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『The Tower's Trial will now begin.』
With the familiar voice, her body was transported to a new space.
She was in a straight corridor, about three meters wide. It felt like being inside a massive cave, but a faint light emanated from the walls, so visibility wasn't an issue.
“Hoo…”
It had begun.
After fifteen years, she had returned to the 1st floor.
She had been here once before, but the Tower didn't always present the same trial. Even on the same floor, only the general concept was similar; the difficulty and mechanics varied slightly.
That was why the Tower was a place where one must always be cautious.
Especially on the lower floors, unexpected or sudden disasters occurred frequently.
- Thud… Thud…
Maintaining tension throughout her body, she raised her hands to waist level and slowly took a step forward.
I don’t know what will jump out.
- Onaholeonaholeonahole
- Please please
- Wow, look at that ass lol
- Open up donations while I’m still asking nicely.
“Aish, what the.”
The chat window she had forgotten to close in her haste to escape flickered in front of her to the right.
“I will accept donations after I finish the trial. And I’ll be turning off the chat…”
A very brief opening.
The moment she waved her hand to close the chat window.
A single moment of carelessness, where she briefly forgot that the Tower’s trial had already begun.
SWOOSH—!
Ah.
She heard the sound of an arrow flying from behind.
This is…
I can’t…
She tried to turn, but her reaction was too slow, and the reduced agility made her movements sluggish.
Ah…
- THWACK!!
“Keuk!!?”
The sharp arrowhead pierced through her thin pants and underwear in one go, embedding itself in her anus.
Not content with just tearing the entrance of her anus, the long arrow angled upwards, penetrating deep into her intestines, piercing the end of her large intestine and beyond.
“Kuaaaaaaaahk!!!”
It was the first time this body had experienced such violent pain.
Unlike her past life, where she was loaded with pain resistance, this was the body of a pure human. Her entire body stiffened as if electrocuted, and her vision flashed white.
She almost collapsed but managed to endure with immense mental fortitude, trying her best to take deep breaths in a half-crouched posture.
“Heup…!”
Crazy, why an arrow in the back of all things…
There was an unwritten rule that you were guaranteed to be hit by the first projectile on the 1st floor, so the standard strategy was to always sacrifice a non-vital area like an arm or a shoulder.
But getting hit in the ass by an arrow from behind was a pattern she had never seen or even heard of before.
Every time she tried to move, the arrow lodged deep inside her intestines kept her from moving, as if she were paralyzed.
However, the Tower’s trial was just beginning.
Through her narrowed vision, she could see more arrows flying toward her.
“Aaaahk!!”
Enduring the gut-wrenching pain, she ducked her upper body to the lower right to dodge.
The next arrow came immediately.
- Thwack!
This time, she raised her left arm and forcefully blocked it.
“Keub!”
The arrow stuck in her arm dangled loosely.
The next arrow.
And the one after that.
And the one after that, too.
With arrows flying at her almost every second, she either dodged with minimal movement or used non-fatal parts of her body to shield her head and heart.
The time required to pass the 1st floor trial was three minutes.
But not even twenty seconds had passed before her entire body was covered in blood, arrows dangling from her flesh.
- Thwack, thwack, thwack!
“Keok, Kuaak!!! Aahk!”
[Time Remaining: 2 minutes 35 seconds]
Ah…
Thighs, calves, forearms, shoulders.
And the arrow lodged deep in her ass, buried in her organs.
The pain resonating from all over her body made her wish she could just lose consciousness.
Can I… endure this…?
Just like the blood draining from her body, her courage and will began to seep away.
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[Tower Climbing Support Gallery]
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[Title: Fuck, a new girl is dying on the 1st floor…]
[Content]: I mean, a woman is taking on the challenge, so why is the difficulty like this? Are the Tower admins insane?
It was honestly too hard to watch, so I left.
I used to just feel sorry when I saw guys die sometimes, but watching a pretty girl die so helplessly in real-time is making my hands and feet tremble, fuck.
[Comments]:
- I was watching too, felt so bad for her I had to leave…
- fr, if it had been a normal trial, she might have passed?
- How does an arrow get stuck in her ass like that? Other people were just dodging stones…
- It’s amazing she’s still alive lol
└ [OP]: She’s still holding on?
└ Yup.
└ [OP]: How?
└ Her trait had 100% defense, right? She’s just stubbornly tanking the hits with her forearms.
- It makes me realize again just how cruel this is.
- fr, she got unlucky and drew the hell-mode difficulty;;
- Who cares if some whore dies for acting up?
└ You’re not human…
- In the first place, even people who go through years of training more intense than special forces at professional academies only have about a 70% survival rate. How is an untrained woman supposed to survive? I honestly expected her to die the moment she went in.
└ But she’s surviving?
└ ??????
- Why is this real lol
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“Ugh!”
She raised her arm to protect her heart.
- Swiiish!!
She did her best to predict and dodge the arrows flying at her head.
Though her cheek and ear had been grazed by arrows several times, leaving bloody trails, all that mattered was not dying.
Endure…
The blood streaming down her body formed a puddle at her feet.
- Thwack!
“Keuk!”
She ignored the arrow aimed at her leg.
Because of the arrow that had penetrated deep inside her, she couldn't move easily, fearing that any sudden movement might shred her organs completely.
[Time Remaining: 1 minute 30 seconds]
Once the halfway point passed, arrows began flying two at a time.
Fuck…
She cursed inwardly as the difficulty ramped up just as she was getting used to it.
Why is this happening to me…
She knew the difficulty was somewhat random within a given theme, but wasn't this deviation too extreme?
The targets were her legs and head.
Still, what I have to do remains the same.
- Thwack!
As before, she sacrificed her leg and tilted her head to dodge.
Is it thanks to the defense stat?
Normally, her flesh and muscles would have been torn to shreds, making it impossible to even stand, but the arrows hitting her limbs weren't penetrating too deeply.
If it weren't for the arrow lodged deep in her rear, this would have been an easy trial to clear.
- Swish!
Almost two arrows per second.
“Keueuk, keup!!”
Screaming, she raised her pincushion-like forearms to protect her vital spots.
Endure…!
Simply blocking with her arms wasn't a perfect solution.
It was impossible to cover every angle with just her arms, and the muscles in her arms could be destroyed, causing her to lose her strength.
Fortunately, she was holding on thanks to her defense stat, but she could feel the strength draining from her arms.
Just a little more!
- Swiiish!!! Swish!
Chest, stomach.
For an ordinary person, predicting where an arrow, visible only as a distant dot, would land is nearly impossible. But while my body may be gone, my experience is not.
For me, accurately predicting the trajectory of an arrow flying from hundreds of meters away was a simple task.
“Kuaaaahk!!!”
She forced her arm, which had become a pincushion, up to block…
Huh?
But there are times when you can't block even if you know it's coming.
Suddenly, her arm wouldn't rise. A nerve or muscle must have been severed somewhere.
- Thwack!!
She blocked the arrow flying toward her stomach, but her chest…
- THUUUUNK!!!
“Keeeeuuuup!!!”
An arrow pierced through her breast.
But thankfully, whether due to her defense stat or the cushion of her large chest, it stopped before reaching her heart.
This isn’t good…
[Time Remaining: 38 seconds]
The pain was one thing, but now she couldn't block arrows aimed above her chest.
And if she moved her torso recklessly, her insides felt like they would turn into a complete mush. It was already hard enough; if the wound opened up any further, she might actually die on her feet.
“Damn it, I don’t know anymore!”
She threw herself sideways onto the floor, into the gooey puddle of her own blood.
Then, she curled her body like a shrimp, lifting only her head.
“Keuuuk…! Bring it on!! Fuck!!!”
In this position, she didn't have to raise her arms, and as long as she could predict the direction of the arrows, she could block them with minimal movement.
- Thwack-thwack!!
“Kuaaaaaaaahk!!!”
The downside was that she would be hit by 100% of the incoming arrows, but getting hit in her already-mangled arms and legs was better than dying.
And the arrowheads and shafts already embedded in her body were surprisingly helpful in blocking new arrows. Of course, if she was unlucky, they would just get driven in deeper.
She could feel her flesh tearing, but it couldn't be helped. She had to endure it with sheer willpower…
Still, if it just continues like this…
[Time Remaining: 10 seconds]
Huh?
The moment she thought it was almost over.
Hundreds of arrows, enough to fill the entire space, flew toward her all at once.
“Damn it…!”