Ch.27Salary Thief (5)

# When the Blood Tower forum server crashed.

From their perspective, it was simply a case of the Blood Tower forum server they had been using just fine suddenly crashing.

Users who had turned on their MagicPads to browse the forum because they had nothing better to do weren’t about to just turn them off again just because the server crashed.

They naturally migrated from the Blood Tower forum to the Aether Tower forum, where they discovered what was happening between the Blood Tower Master and Eterna.

[Is the Blood Tower Master actually acquainted with Eterna?]

Whether it’s the permanent ban incident with Eterna or uploading photos of Midir…

These seem like things that only friends would do to each other

Maybe the two have actually been friends since long ago…

Comments:

– These Blood-poor bastards have finally lost it…

ㄴ Then try to refute it

ㄴㄴ Does that make any sense? lol If that were true, what about the previous and the one before previous Blood Tower Masters? lol

ㄴㄴㄴ How would I know?

– Honestly, even if they’re not friends, it can only be explained by them having some kind of personal connection

ㄴ Looking at other Magic Tower Masters, they rarely have private conversations with Eterna, but she never showed herself on the forum until now when it involved the Blood Tower Master? There must be something there

– Maybe someone stole Eterna’s account? Or maybe the Blood Tower Master begged her to pretend to be friends and paid her friend fees??

ㄴ This guy is for real…

ㄴ Unbelievably deranged…

ㄴ You crazy bastard, say something that makes sense

“They probably became friends,” or “Even if they’re not exactly friends, they must have some kind of personal connection.”

“Or maybe they’ve been close friends since much further in the past,” and so on.

The Aether Tower forum was filled with all kinds of speculative theories about the situation without a single piece of evidence.

It was quite surprising considering that until very recently, they had been busy tearing each other apart to establish the hierarchy between Magic Towers.

Of course…

[Click like if you want to “love” Midir lololol]

(Image of Midir looking up with teary eyes.jpg)

Nononononononooooo lolololol

Comments:

– Huk… Heuk… Huk lol Nooooo lol No… No… Kheuh… Kek…

ㄴ Teacher, please hold your breath for 365 days…

ㄴ This is kind of disgusting…

– Why is Midir so cute… I know I shouldn’t feel this way… but she’s so hot lolololololol

ㄴ You’re gay…

– Wow, usually looking up makes people less attractive, but she’s so beautiful…

ㄴ Looks like she has to look up because of the height difference, but it suits her so well…

ㄴㄴ Agreed, agreed

– These used to pop up occasionally before, but it seems to have gotten worse…

Not all the posts were wholesome discussions.

From the moment photos showing sides of Midir that had never been seen before were revealed, this situation was inevitable.

And this was just the tip of the iceberg.

Among them, there were quite a few who posted things too inappropriate to mention.

Of course, the most serious ones were deleted immediately, but there were very few who would engage in such severe sexual harassment toward an Arch-Mage who held the position of Blood Tower Master.

At most, it was just those who had gone too far and lost all sense of restraint.

However, while these kinds of posts on the Aether Tower would normally be deleted by administrators like other Magic Tower Masters or professional moderators designated by the Aether Tower itself…

[Please show some restraint…] – AetherTowerForever(Administrator)

With users from every Magic Tower posting just one message each, we suddenly have tens of thousands of posts…

Including the Magic Tower Masters, we should have about 10 administrators, but unfortunately, the Tower Masters and Eterna are too busy to moderate, so it’s essentially just the three of us managing everything…

Feel free to post, but please follow the guidelines ㅠㅠ

Unfortunately, there weren’t many administrators.

With just three people, it was impossible to find and delete problematic posts among the countless messages being posted by the many mages flooding the Aether Tower forum.

It was only natural that there were only three administrators since this was the Aether Tower, which belonged to Eterna.

But what had happened now?

The ownership of the Aether Tower had been transferred to Midir Tepes, the master of the Blood Magic Tower.

The Aether Tower was no longer the Aether Tower they knew.

With the sudden increase in trolls, there was no way the Aether Tower being managed by just three people could remain intact.

On the verge of going crazy from all the trolling posts flooding the forum, the administrator posted a message as a last resort, trying to appeal to the users’ conscience.

However, there was no way the forum users would listen, as they were already in a frenzy after being hit by a series of shocking revelations.

– Sad but nothing can be done

– Keep working hard lol

– Hang in there, gays lol

– You chose to be Aether Tower forum administrators, so endure it with grit and determination.

Most of the comments showed that they understood the administrator’s sadness but had no intention of sympathizing.

Stirring up trouble by jumping on the current hot topic was much more enjoyable than sympathizing with the administrator’s pain.

Some even mocked them, saying they volunteered to be administrators so they should endure it with grit and determination.

The administrator had a realization.

‘The Magical Kingdom is doomed…!!’

It had become a world where the respect, consideration, and care between neighbors had disappeared.

The debate about whether forum users could call each other neighbors was a trivial matter.

After all, they were using the same forum.

But what could be done about these potential troublemakers who had no interest in normalizing the forum and only thought about fueling the flames?

The administrator was able to find a very simple answer.

Pain originates from the brain.

Then the solution was also simple.

“Nope, not doing it~ Absolutely not~”

Destroy the brain!

“Puhahah…”

In other words, give up thinking and go with the flow of the times to continue enjoying the forum.

That was the best action the administrator could take in this situation…

* * *

“…”

I stared blankly at the Aether Tower forum.

I could accept becoming the top administrator.

Well, honestly, I still don’t understand why they handed over this top administrator position to me… but they said they’d pay me, so I went along with it.

Still, as the nominal owner of the Aether Tower, I thought it would be strange if I didn’t become an administrator, so I was given administrator privileges.

I was just playing a little prank.

But…

[Initiation ceremony.jpg] – Eterna(Administrator)

“This, this woman…”

When did she take this picture?

It was a photo of me from when I had reluctantly acted cute after she promised to pay me 10 times more if I called her “unni” and acted cute.

‘After all the effort I’ve put into maintaining my image…!!’

Of course, one photo wouldn’t completely ruin my image.

It wasn’t directly revealed that I had acted cute, and it was just a photo of me looking up with a wistful expression.

I could guess that Eterna, that woman, had probably considered that much before posting it.

But…

‘The forum…’

The forum had turned into a complete mess.

To the point where even the administrators had given up.

And with the upload of a very cute photo of me, the topic had shifted again, and the forum was filled with discussions about me.

That would have been fine if it ended there, but most of the posts about me were either calling me cute or speculating about my true personality.

Just from that one photo, there were many posts guessing that despite my outward prickliness and charisma, I actually had a very cute personality.

I couldn’t understand why there was so much to talk about just because one photo was revealed.

‘This isn’t what I wanted!!’

The posts that appeared on the Blood Tower forum were what I had wanted most.

Posts praising me.

I would smile when I saw posts from Blood Mages expressing their excitement that I had finally started working.

I had swallowed my pride and done those things to Eterna just to see my children happy.

And now… for it to turn out like this…

‘…No.’

I shouldn’t let my desire for revenge sway me here.

I shook my head.

Right now, raising awareness about the Blood Tower and spreading buzz about the Greatest Magic Tower Tournament was the priority.

After contemplating for a while, I made up my mind and posted.

[I’ll be pushing down all topics above this.] – SuperGeniusTruePrettyBloodMage(Top Administrator)

Pushing down topics.

That was the best I could do.