"Hoo...."

A wave of emptiness hit the moment the stream ended.

"Ahem...."

Maybe the guys around me had seen the whole thing too. They slipped their phones into their back pockets and turned their heads away like nothing had happened.

'Haa... How the hell is this S-rank...'

I swear, even if this information got out, no one would want it. Besides, it's already bound, so even if you kill me, you can't take it.

"Hahaha... If anything useful for female awakening manuals comes in later, I'll recommend it to you, so don't be too disappointed."

"UAAAAAAH!!!!"

Unable to contain the rage boiling inside, I let out a loud scream and sprinted home.

"Hahaha...."

​

At the same time as Lee Dohee was running home, posts related to Choi Taesoo started popping up on an online community.

[Climbing the Tower Support Gallery]

★Title: Is Choi Taesoo really a sex offender?

Content: He's had a total of 15 trials.

Five women dragged it all the way to the Supreme Court, and every single case ended in 'Not Guilty.'

At first glance, it might seem like Choi Taesoo used some dirty tricks....

But seriously, how could an ordinary awakened one control judges when even high-ranking politicians and corporate executives struggle in court? What kind of conspiracy theory is this? lol

Strangely enough, all of his lawyers were short-term public defenders... Don’t powerful people usually hire elite lawyers, preferably former judges, to overturn trials?

And if you read the Supreme Court verdict from three months ago:

{Regarding the defendant's physical contact, it was determined that the victim had consented to it, it was difficult to conclude there was sexual intent from the defendant, and the victim neither immediately objected nor expressed discomfort but instead appeared to reciprocate. Thus, under Criminal Procedure Act Article 325, due to a lack of evidence, the defendant is found not guilty.}

This is the funny part: all four other women’s rulings said the same thing lol

They all agreed and rubbed up on him, then filed complaints...

Some people still won’t believe it, but hey... up to you.

Comments:

• Wow, is this real?

• F

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  , he got screwed for being a man.

• Why didn’t the media report any of Taesoo’s side?

• What the hell? I didn’t even know he was found not guilty.

└ Poster: I also thought he was guilty until today lol

└ For real, everyone probably assumed he was found guilty

• Lee Dohee saved a life....

└ Watch her stream and you gain years of life, she’s saved tens of thousands easy lol

• Damn... Based on that CCTV, it looked like he was groping thighs, I thought it was obvious

• Doesn’t matter anymore, everyone already left Taesoo’s training center... 😭

• Being born a man is a sin, fuuuck!!

• Seriously, this is some bullsh*t

• This is top-tier cyberbullying;;

• Yeah, this guy deserves to ascend lol

• Taesoo, I’m sorry... I doubted you too...

└ But back then everyone was 100% sure it was real lol

• Wow... How did the media pull this off?

└ You think it was the media? Probably the women’s groups and their puppet politicians...

• This whole thing buried Lee Dohee’s S-rank training manual lol

└ S-rank? The hell is it?

└ It’s a whore-only secret manual for sex... lol

└ Ahahahahahaha

└ Who the hell would use that shit

└ How does something like that even exist lol

​

From Day 3 onward, nothing much happened.

She chugged down 300 million won worth of elixirs delivered in a day, showed off her stats, got bombarded with exaggerated praise from annoyed viewers, returned to the training center, trained like crazy until evening, came home, made a simple meal, and ended her stream.

There wasn't anything particularly noteworthy, and while the viewer count dropped since it was mostly chill training and chatting, a good number of people started rooting for her sincerely after watching how she acted.

Though she didn’t realize it, Dohee had built her own solid fanbase.

People who genuinely hoped she would climb the Tower and succeed, and who wanted to support her.

​

A week later.

Today too, Lee Dohee had gotten beaten to hell at the training center.

"Haa... My body feels both tired and full of energy, it’s such a weird feeling."

• LOLLLLL

• So what now?

• You really did get beat up bad lol

Viewers: around 5,000.

Honestly, just training like a maniac without doing anything flashy and still holding this many viewers is impressive.

Of course, her outfit—inspired by sexy camgirls—helps keep viewership stable no matter what.

And today was an important day.

"With stats like this, I should be ready. I’ll be heading to the second floor tomorrow."

Stats from physical training can increase endlessly, but the real issue is efficiency.

Enemies don’t wait 10 or 100 years for you. If you’re unlucky, they might all die on upper floors before you can get revenge.

So moving fast matters. Within reasonable limits, of course.

• Woohoo

• Finally going up

• Good good

• Seems like perfect timing

"So~ today I'll be studying."

Honestly, I don’t need to study. I already have most of the monster index memorized in my head and even stored in my body. I can predict some monsters' next moves just from the slightest muscle twitch.

But if someone just starting the Tower knows everything, wouldn’t that be suspicious?

Sure, I could play it off like "What can you even do about it if I’m suspicious?" but still, it's better to be cautious.

Like how female streamers always have to dodge boyfriend rumors. If I act like I’ve been through everything before, someone might start gossiping that I have some high-ranking awakened boyfriend feeding me intel.

I saw a 10-million-view YouTube video titled "33 Things Female Streamers Must Do To Maximize Donations" and one point was to always be squeaky clean from boyfriend rumors.

No need to make life harder.

Besides, some info might've changed in the past 5 years. And I might have forgotten a few things about monsters I didn’t fight often. So there’s no harm in reviewing.

• Studying is important fr

• For real, good call

• I was hoping someone would teach her this

• Nice nice

• But you're dumb, can you cram it all in one day?

See? The viewers like it... sort of. My conscience stings a bit, but I’ll give it my best like it’s review time.

"I’m smart! Ahem... Okay, if you go to the Awakened Association and search monsters on Floor 2..."

Basic info on low-rank monsters is already public. Actually, this wasn’t even available before, but I pushed for it.

High-rank monsters are still often monopolized by guilds, but general monster info is mostly out there.

"Hmm... Let's skip ecology and just read combat tips."

First up: Slime.

"To beat them, you just destroy the core with something sharp. Even if you drop your weapon, you can crush it with your thumbs. Looks easy."

• Slimes are easy af lol

• Just don’t panic and you’re fine

• Do slimes do sex too?

• Make sure to read all the warnings

• Ban the sex joke guy pls

"Uhh... Weird comments get you banned. Anyway, warnings say to watch out for ones that climb on your head and try to suffocate you. They’re slow, so if you're surrounded, run away and regroup. Got it."

I already know all this.

Next up: Ratmen, skeletons, kobolds, imps... all familiar.

Some of the entries, I even helped write back in the day with my former teammates.

"Next... Ah, a famous one. Goblins."

• Ah, goblins lol

• Gotta be careful with those

• If a goblin catches you, you're screwed

"Only cave goblins appear on Floor 2. Warnings say they use traps and poisoned darts. The darts cause brief paralysis in a small area, but once you get hit, you become immune. Not a major threat. However, getting caught in a trap can be fatal, and sometimes hobgoblins appear... got it."

Higher floors have Goblin Kings, Goblin Swordmasters, Goblin Grand Mages. Compared to those, cave goblins are like primitive tribes.

The poison from a civilized goblin's arrow can cause necrosis, and you might need purification or even amputation.

• Goblins do raise the difficulty

• Be careful, Dohee

• Traps are the biggest issue

• Nah, it’s the rare hobgoblin that ruins everything

• Yeah, goblin caves are full of wildcards, but the rewards are big too

Then,

[Beep~]

[Dotta-meok has donated 10,000 won]

Dohee, here’s a really important tip. Cave goblin poison darts only work on females. If hit, you get paralyzed for about two hours. Be very careful.

"Huh?"

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

That weak poison is actually deadly? And only to women?

"Is that for real?"

Honestly, it sounds fake. But since I’ve been gone for 5 years, maybe something new came up...

• What kind of BS is that

• Nah nah nah that guy's trolling

• Is it true?

• Don’t believe that lol

• Ahahaha

• Lmao that idiot just wants attention

• Like hell that’s true lol

"Hmm... Don’t be too harsh, everyone. Mr... Dot...ta-meok? Wow, that name... Anyway, do you have proof for that claim?"

Honestly, I know it's BS better than anyone. But after an hour of reading dry guides, having a troll pop up is kinda entertaining.

"Any proof?"

I give him temporary mod status and freeze the chat.

dotta-meok: Goblins don’t have females, so they use other species’ females to reproduce.

"Yeah, I know that."

dotta-meok: That’s why their darts work like that. Once they evolve beyond primitive, they don’t need it, but primitive goblins coat their darts with a mix of excrement and semen, making them able to immobilize females just once—that’s all they need to reproduce. Tie them up, and it’s over. They can keep breeding after that.

"Uh... what? If that were true, how come no one's ever mentioned it? Where’s your source?"

Is he joking or serious? It’s all over the place and barely coherent. Maybe he’s just a bit off?

'But the info I read did say the dart only paralyzes a small area... and it was written by a woman I knew...'

She betrayed me once though, but back in my past life, she helped edit these monster entries. If this guy’s right, then she got totally wrecked by a goblin, came back acting like a pure virgin, left out the poison info, and even got married...

'Nah, no way.'

dotta-meok: I'm currently conducting independent research on Floor 19. In fact, the goblin's penis is so big and massive that it can impregnate a human woman, so Ms. Dohee should be careful not to be forcibly ejaculated into and get pregnant....

[dotta-meok has been banned]

"Agh... Get out, you bastard!!!"

"Independent research" my ass. It sounded somewhat plausible at first, so I listened, but the moment he started spouting crap about pregnancy and ejaculation, I banned him immediately.

After booting the troll and unfreezing the chat,

• That was refreshing~~

• What an idiot, for real

• Get out, you bastard~~

• The Tower's been around for 15 years, you think no one would've known that by now?

• FYI: The info on the cave goblin's poison dart was written by a woman. She was totally fine even after getting hit.

• That dude's bait game is strong lol

• Someone like that needs to get hit themselves to learn

• If it was that important, don’t you think it would've spread already? Jeez smh

• Did he build that whole thing just to sexually harass her?

• Just look at the username. Obvious troll lol

"Um... Please don’t go too hard with the insults. Even if what he said were true, I’m going to dodge or block the poison darts anyway. So in the end, it doesn’t matter if it's true or not."

Still, thanks to that guy, the drowsiness I felt was instantly gone.

"Alright! Then~ let's move on to the next monster~"

I brush off the troll's nonsense and continue on.

After reading through the familiar info on orcs, lizardmen, and the like, I wrap up the stream.

​

At the main gate of the Seoul Tower.

Back again for the first time in almost ten days.

"Status Window."

Strength: 10.5

Agility: 7

Defense: 16

Mana: 60

It was finally time. I had dumped all my leftover points into Agility to patch my only weak spot, and with training and elixirs, my other stats had been significantly boosted too.

A Strength stat of 10 is about the level of a middle-to-heavyweight professional fighter for men. Pretty much the peak of human capability.

[Lee Dohee is live: Climbing to Floor 2 today]

As soon as the stream went live, viewers poured in, probably because I said I’d be climbing Floor 2 today.

About 30,000 people were watching me scale the Tower.

'Yeah, I’ve got 30,000 people behind me now.'

"Let’s go to Floor 2!!!"

With confidence, I swung the Tower’s front gate open wide.

Wearing short pink dolphin shorts and a cropped tank top that showed off my belly, I strutted in.

Countless eyes turned toward me, but I didn’t flinch and held my head high.

"Whoa... her chest..."

Okay, fine, maybe I pushed my chest out a bit too much.

Even though I had only cleared Floor 1, somehow I had already become kind of a celebrity. Before I even stepped onto the platform, many people cheered me on.

"Thank you. I’ll definitely clear it and come back!!"

Whoosh~!

​

The moment she disappeared, the people who’d been watching started murmuring.

"Why is she dressed like that? Is she some kind of exhibitionist pervert?"

"Oh, she explained that on stream. What was it again?"

"Apparently she watched that YouTube video '33 Things Female Streamers Must Do to Maximize Donations.' The viewers bought it, so she just rolled with it."

"Works for us, doesn’t it?"

"Still, looks like she really doesn’t check forums or have a boyfriend."

"Hehehe... Surprisingly innocent, huh!"

Unbeknownst to her, she had just received the male viewers’ 'certified authentic product' stamp.

​

『Welcome to the Tower』

『Before your Floor 2 trial, please select your weapon』

That calming voice.

As I looked around, a white background surrounded me, and rows of weapon stands appeared all around.

There were almost 40 types. Nothing was missing.

Greatswords, sword-and-shield, two-handed swords, spears, bows, scythes, staves, axes—you name it, it was there.

• Oooh... never seen this place before

• But why didn’t she train with weapons?

• Sword-and-shield is a must

• Floor 2 is all about sword-and-shield

• Just use sword-and-shield for now and switch later if you want

Most of the chat was recommending sword-and-shield.

'Hmm... sword-and-shield, huh...'

But the weapon I chose was...

『Would you like to confirm your selection?』

A staff.

• ?????

• This b*tch doesn’t listen again

• LOLLLLLLLLL

• Crazy chick lol

• Come on.....

• I said take sword-and-shield

• Stubborn as f

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A 1.5-meter-long solid black wooden staff settled into my hands.

"It’s got a good grip. Let’s do this."