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[Six Guilds’ Apology]

“To the citizens of the Republic of Korea,

The Six Guilds Alliance feels a deep sense of responsibility and offers our sincere apologies for causing concern to so many people due to the series of recent events.

This matter was not merely an individual’s deviation, but a serious issue that betrayed the trust of both awakeners and the public, and we do not take that responsibility lightly.

However, please do not worry.

The Six Guilds will thoroughly re-examine and reflect on this matter, and promise the following measures to prevent such incidents from recurring:

– Unilateral termination of provisional contracts with awakeners will no longer occur.

– We are quickly preparing a compensation plan for civilian victims, and specific details will be disclosed later.

– Perpetrators of past incidents will be thoroughly investigated and held accountable.

– We promise fair contribution distribution to current awakeners.

Through this incident, the Six Guilds have once again realized that the reason for our existence is not ‘authority’ but ‘responsibility.’

We will strive to become an organization that awakeners and citizens can trust through more transparent and responsible management. Furthermore, we will fulfill our duty as a shield and pillar protecting the Republic of Korea.

We once again deeply apologize to everyone who has been disappointed by this incident.

September 2, 2028

The Six Guilds Alliance”

Surprisingly,

The Six Guilds cleanly acknowledge their mistakes in this incident and take a step back.

In particular, they acknowledge their wrongdoing regarding the provisional contract issue that the public demanded, and show a willingness to work hard to prevent recurrence.

The “Provisional Contract Unfair Termination Prohibition Act” is also quickly passed in the political arena.

– ??? Is this really happening?

– Wow

– Freedom prevails!!!

– This is democracy! This is South Korea!!!

Of course, the outcome was not satisfactory to all members of the public.

– They are the criminals, but why are they identifying the perpetrators? lol So funny.

– They’re probably just trying to save the executives and cut off the tail, damn it.

– There’s no compensation for awakeners who haven’t received their contributions yet. Can’t they just change their minds after a year?

– What about the ones who already left after being forcibly terminated? How are you going to compensate for that? That’s not something that can be solved with money.

– The content about not charging penalty fees to those who left is missing, damn it lol

– What about the ones who already died as meat shields…?

There were still several unsatisfactory points, but the majority of the public was relieved.

‘Ah, at least they listen when we stand up…’

It was a moment when the fire that had once burned something began to calm down a little.

***

After the official statement was released, a secret alliance meeting room of the six major guilds.

Six people are sitting in a dark cave, their faces hidden by robes.

The cave is lit by classic candlelight, and two large men, two ordinary-looking men, and two women are sitting around a round table.

“The timing was bad. It’s okay, let’s use this opportunity to rebrand our image. They’re all going to be slaves next year anyway, right? It’s good to go with a good image in the meantime. Voluntary slaves. How great is that?”

The man who appears to be the leader.

A man with white, curly hair slightly sticking out, speaks calmly.

“Instead, we may need to do things a little more discreetly in the future. Who would have thought there would be a fearless bitch who would stand against us…”

A man with a deep voice continues his words.

“So, how should we deal with that bitch?”

“The name was… Lee Do-hee?”

“We have to kill her!!”

– Bang!!

Someone clenches their fist and slams the round table, standing up.

“Our grand plan has gone up in smoke because of that bitch!!! We’ve been preparing for years!! My money…! Ugh!!! It’s not enough to tear her apart and kill her!!”

A large man screams and thrashes around like crazy.

“Calm down and sit down. Killing her now will only fuel the public’s anger that we’ve worked so hard to calm down. Let’s do what we always do.”

“Always…?”

“Tarnish her reputation and get the stupid public to throw stones at her. Watching a once globally acclaimed promising talent fall to the bottom is going to be a very fun national sport. It also diverts attention.”

“Oh…?”

The man with white hair laughs wildly and spews out a sinister plan.

“Hehehe… she was a pretty woman, wasn’t she? It would be nice to turn her into a slut. Turn her into a whore who only seeks pleasure with male prostitutes and aphrodisiacs, and throw her to the public. She’s doing a broadcast, so it would be nice to turn on the broadcast and use her as a public sex toy. A spot near the top entrance or the 10th floor village would be perfect. And when she’s completely out of her mind and the interest wanes…”

“Wanes…?”

“Cut off her limbs! and just leave her alive.”

“Oh…”

“Hehehe… We’ll make her an immortal onahole and have the contract awakeners use this bitch. It will satisfy their desires and at the same time make them realize. That this is what happens if you mess with us.”

The man with the white hair casually spews out a chilling plan.

“Of course, we have to keep her consciousness fully awake. We’ll forcibly inject dirty food mixed with semen into her mouth, and when the contract awakeners get tired of this bitch, we’ll use her for human and monster crossbreeding experiments. Hehehe…”

Words that would only come out of some shady anonymous community are coming out of the mouth of the leader of Korea’s giant guild.

“…….Sounds good?”

“Hehe, I should try her first too.”

“Oh my, men are like that… Can I use her in advance too?”

“I’ll do the limb cutting myself. She’s a bitch who seems to have a very good scream.”

“Leave the behind-the-scenes work to me.”

The other guild leaders seem to be enjoying and agreeing with this crazy plan.

“How beautiful will it be!! How delicious and sweet will her desperate emotions be as she writhes and cries out to be saved with a body left like a bug!!!”

The white-haired man’s mouth is hooked to his ears, and he drools. His eyes turn white, his hands tremble, and he makes a face full of joy.

“Crazy bastard… He’s starting to freak out again. Stop it and make a plan.”

When the middle-aged man stops him, his eyes return to normal.

“Ahem… Ah, of course it’s impossible to do it now, that time is perfect. When we attack the 18th floor, let’s infiltrate the random matching at that time. For preparation, the Black Curtain Guild should use criminals without identities, how about that, is it possible?”

“Of course.”

“Then what floor is that bitch on now? I think I heard it was on the 10th floor.”

“At most, she’s probably between the 11th and 13th floors? That’s a very difficult place.”

“Oh, you can find out everything just by searching on the internet, uncles~ Let’s see… Huh?”

The youngest woman takes out her phone and searches.

But right after the search, her eyes widen as if she saw something shocking.

“What’s wrong?”

“Ah… It says she already broke through the 20th floor?”

“Huh???”

“What??????”

For a moment, silence passes.

“Wait, in a week… she passed all those hellish sections? Read it again!!!”

This is an absurd record.

‘Surely, that’s where it took us all over two months…?’

“Th-That’s…. right?”

Her trembling eyes and the eyes of the guild leaders at the round table intersect.

“Ah…..”

“Ahem.”

“Oops.”

“Damn it.”

“Oh… what do we do?”

Their faces are losing their composure and are being crumpled mercilessly.

***

About a week ago.

Lee Do-hee, who made a bombshell declaration, turns on her broadcast at 9 a.m.

[Lee Do-hee’s broadcast has started: I will prove it.]

In fact, I declared so confidently yesterday, and wrote today’s title like this, but

‘What should I do…?’

Can I really get to the 79th floor within 10 months?

Considering entering and clearing, I have to enter at least a month in advance, so it’s actually 9 months.

‘I’m screwed…’

If I’m unlucky, it can take over a month on one floor.

The Tower doesn’t just have trials where you kill monsters with force.

There are also very deep and time-consuming trials such as escort missions, collecting money, traveling, collecting artifacts, and destroying or protecting a country.

‘Ah… I don’t know. Let’s just go for it!!’

But if I show a shrinking figure here, the people who barely stood up will turn their backs on me again and return to where they were.

I have to give confidence to the people who believe in me and stood up.

– Do-hee, is this real?

– Are you really going to clear the 79th floor?

– Time to prove it, Lee Do-hee!!

– Our direction depends on you.

– Are you that talented?

– How did such a person become the hope of Korea?

[Number of viewers: 65,724]

Look at this.

There’s already a truckload of people in the chat room who are watching me with their arms crossed.

‘There’s no turning back.’

“Yes!! I will do it!!”

– I don’t believe it.

– No matter how I look at it, you’re just perfect as an adult video performer

– People who think they’re screwed, thumbs up lol

– Damn, can I only see the bed ending where you become a sex toy for the giant guilds?

– You’re confirmed to be a sex slave for the giant guilds for life, dude.

– There’s a secret in the last stall of the giant guilds’ restroom!

‘Damn it… That can’t happen!’

The moment the flame of the protest movement goes out here, I’m done for. I could be kidnapped in some dark alley, or I could disappear while sleeping at home.

And as a woman, I’ll probably experience all kinds of humiliation.

As I get impatient, I end up blurting something out without realizing it.

“No!! I will show you. To the 20th floor in a week. I will break through in just one week!!!”

– ???

– Damn, now she’s just throwing out empty promises

– Do-hee, do you think people will believe that…?

– People who think Yoon Seong-hwan is screwed, thumbs up lol

– lol

Public sentiment is bad.

This won’t do.

‘A good idea……’

“If I can’t go up in a week….. Uh…..”

‘Think, my brain… There’s definitely a way…!!’

– Uh?

– Ugh?

– What is it?

“Penalty roulette! I’ll do it…..”

Penalty roulette is when viewers write down the penalties they want, spin the roulette, and perform the penalty that comes out randomly.

No matter how much I think about it, I have nothing to guarantee.

I suddenly remembered the penalty roulette that streamers do when they make a mistake or try to challenge something while studying internet broadcasting, so I just said that.

‘Is this not it? Ugh… I’m screwed…?’

But the opposite of what I expected happens.

– Wow, that’s it lol

– Is it real? If you lie, we’ll protest right in front of your house

– Wow, that’s it~!

– Great Do-hee

– Extreme

– Fan meeting, let’s go!!!!!!

– Extreme

– Rock

– Now~ Let’s go to the protest with a smile~

– It’s good whether you succeed or fail

– Will you succeed? lol

– Rock

– Finally, a fan meeting!

– Ugh, die, Korean men!

– Why do you want me to fail?

– Jackpot lol

“Eh…?”

‘What, why did public sentiment suddenly improve?’

I don’t know why, but isn’t it a good thing anyway?

Just in case giant guild assassins or their henchmen are waiting in the Tower after watching the broadcast, I’m skipping training today and running straight to the Tower.

***

The entrance of the Tower was spectacular.

“Lee Do-hee! Go through!”

“Let’s go, Lee Do-hee!!!”

“You are our hope!!”

“Lee Do-hee, fighting~~!!”

‘That person is the one who touched my chest and ran away back then…?’

Anyway, a lot of awakeners came out and were making a way for me to go.

Reporters who look like henchmen of the giant guilds try to break through, but fail to penetrate the wall of awakeners.

They came out to meet me to protect me.

“Thank you, everyone. I will definitely repay you!!!”

After exchanging warm words, I head to the neutral village on the 10th floor.

***

Neutral village.

It’s a village where people live in the neutral zone that exists every 10 floors, and most of them are awakeners, and there’s one person like a so-called NPC.

The role of the NPC is different for each village every 10 floors.

The NPC on the 10th floor just does one thing: Constellation Contract.

“Still, since I’ve come this far, I should show you the scenery once.”

The place I came out of is the portal in the central square of the village.

Looking around, the village with a mixture of medieval cities and modern buildings is intricately intertwined.

The buildings are like medieval brick houses, but there are utility poles and neon signboards, and when you go inside the house, it’s decorated with modern appliances.

“Oh oh… Lee Do-hee?”

“Do-hee, fighting!!”

I lightly wave to the onlookers who are looking at me enthusiastically and cheering for me, and go up to the top of the central cathedral.

Passing through a small village where houses are freely floating, you can see a vast plain to the distant horizon.

The plain is divided into colorful square areas with green and yellow grass.

And looking above the horizon, black mist is encircling this space from afar.

The 10th floor is not just the end of the neutral village.

Each 10th floor also has a special theme.

The theme of the 10th floor is the land of abundance.

‘What’s the point of climbing the Tower?’

‘Why does a country become stronger as the Tower floor gets higher?’

‘Why do you care about the Tower rankings by country?’

The answer to all these questions is here.

You can farm on the 10th floor of the Tower.

Land composed of the best climate and soil for farming.

That is the 10th floor of the Tower.

And the higher you go up the Tower, the more the black mist at the end of the 10th floor gradually clears, and the more land you can farm.

It’s not just land where you can farm.

‘The crops grow very quickly… And with the highest quality.’

For example, if it takes 100 days for a potato to grow on regular land, it takes 20 days here.

The growth time is shortened by an average of 5 times, and you don’t have to worry about soil depletion and can plant it right away.

Surprisingly, Korea has long been a food exporting country because of this Tower.

There’s no need for fertilizer or pesticides.

Researchers speculate that the mana of the Tower and the water, soil, and air containing the mana greatly benefit the growth of plants here.

And this is where the people who gave up on the Tower, the so-called Tower-abandoners, live the most.

It’s more comfortable than other floors and there’s plenty of space, so even if you just farm while watching Lee Do-hee’s broadcast, you can earn an average of 6 to 7 million won per month.

It’s not for nothing that Tower-abandoners have a lot of money.

“Should we just look around this much? I have a lot to do. I have to make a constellation contract and get weapons that can be used from the 10th floor. Um… I have so much to do…?”

– Is that the ease of a person who has a lot to do?

– I think she’s just given up halfway lol

– It’s good for us

“Guys, let’s start the timer after the 11th floor, okay?”

– lol

– Sure, you can’t break it anyway

– Uh uh, sure sure

– Do whatever you want, Do-hee^^

‘Damn it…’

“I’ll go meet that NPC first.”

– NPC?

– Are you calling our Terry noona an NPC right now?

– Do you want to go to hell?

– Uh huh, Do-hee, you’re calling someone more innocent than you right now…

“Ah.. I understand. I’ll go meet Terry noona.”

I come down from the cathedral and enter through the main gate.

– Squeak… Squeak…

With the sound of the old wooden door opening, a woman sitting in the front row below the stage in the distance praying can be seen.

Her name is Terry.

The light that touches the transparent glass window falls from the sky, reminiscent of receiving a divine revelation.

‘It’s been a while, but she’s still sacred…’

Long blonde hair and blue eyes.

A woman with slightly drooping eyes and flawless features.

It’s a pity that she’s a one-time Tower NPC.

“You’ve come. Awakener.”

A quiet and refined woman’s voice.

Even though she’s wearing a nun’s habit that covers her whole body, the slightly visible outline of her body makes her body stand out more.

The medium of the 10th floor constellation contract and the nun of absolute defense.

She’s a crazy bitch who smiled and blocked it even when I gathered all my strength and attacked her in the past.

– Squeak… Squeak…

The sound of rusty wood is heard every time I move.

Finally, I stand in front of her and talk.

“I came to make a constellation contract.”

“Please sit next to me and hold my hand.”

I stick my butt next to her, hold her white, soft hand, and interlock my fingers.

A warm hand. And butt.

‘Her butt is big after all…’

Her plump and soft butt, almost the same size as mine, feels pleasantly on my butt through the thin clothes.

– Wow… She doesn’t say anything when a woman sits next to her

– ?? Does she usually say something?

– If a man does that, she tells him to move away as if looking at a bug. If he doesn’t move away, she just pushes him away lol

– Damn lol

– No, men can’t even interlock their fingers!!

– That bitch is more expensive than Do-hee

– By the way, there are people who died from sexually harassing that bitch, so you guys be careful too

“I will summon the constellations…”

Sister Terry’s blue eyes shine brightly.

Intense light pours out and is embroidered on the platform.

Like projecting the universe, the beautiful lights from her eyes move here and there in the air.

‘I feel like I’m watching a hologram.’

And now slowly…

“….?”

‘Usually, the voice of the constellation should be heard around this time…?’

– ?

– What is it?

– The constellations must be impressed by this bitch’s achievements?

– Aren’t they jerking off first instead of being impressed?

– lol

– Why isn’t there a response?

“Excuse me…?”

10 seconds.

20 seconds.

30 seconds.

No matter how long I wait, there’s no response.

And a cold voice comes from the side.

“Awakener. You deceived me.”

“Yes…?”

The nun’s eyes return to normal eyes.

“You have already made a contract with a constellation.”

“Huh…?”

Something’s wrong.