36. Declaration of War

8 PM.

Having spent some time organizing my thoughts and materials, I started my broadcast considerably later than usual.

[Lee Do-hee-nim has started broadcasting: 101 Reasons Why Joining Giant Guilds Will Fuck You Over]

"Phew, hello everyone."

- Doha

- That fucking apocalyptic broadcast title tho OMG

- Wow.... what's going on?

- Dohee-yah what's with the title? lol

- Are you really sniping giant guilds? For real?

- Dohee-yah I'm scared...

- I support Lee Do-hee-nim!

As expected, viewers showed all sorts of reactions.

They know too.

That giant guilds are shitty, but Korea can't survive without them anymore.

They instinctively understand that any Korean citizen has no choice but to kneel before them.

- Dohee-yah... you shouldn't touch giant guilds

- Ah...

- Protect Doheeㅠ

- Is this because of those reporter bastards?

- What kind of resolution did you make overnight?

- Fuck, are giant guilds that strong?

- They're fucking powerful;;

Giant guilds.

They're guilds composed of a coalition of six guilds.

'Oseong Guild' - the most successful guild backed by global conglomerate 'Oseong Group'.

'White Night Society' - healers and clergy who swallowed up doctors and pharmaceutical companies.

'Red Magic Tower' - centered around mages.

'Steel Alliance' - mainly warriors, fighters, tanks and other sweaty men.

'Black Veil' - thieves, archers, and assassin-type Awakened.

And finally 'Golden Dawn Society' - coordinating them from behind and deeply involved in Korean politics.

What I realized while investigating these bastards:

'They fight among themselves yet unite.'

Whether sharing some common goal or fighting over interests, they swarm together like hornets when challenged.

Be it new small guilds, individual Awakened, or politicians - they unite.

I initially considered divide-and-conquer tactics but found no openings.

'Weakness reveals openings.'

It's no exaggeration to say they've swallowed Korea whole.

Hence no need to fight each other - their domains differ slightly, with plenty to go around without monopolizing.

But what if their foothold in Korea shrinks?

If their Korean pie shrinks, they might fight over it.

So first we must shrink the total pie of the six giant guilds.

This is the first step.

This won't end with just clearing Choi Tae-soo's name.

"Yes! So many viewers already."

Sunday evening.

Peak streaming hours combined with recent scandals brought even more viewers.

[Current viewers: 112,322]

- What's with the title?

- With these numbers, time to shoot porn?

- Serious Dohee after so long

- Today's outfit is normal

"First, remember that bulletin board I made? The Fake News board. Let's check it."

Remember? Similar things happened before.

After clearing Floor 3, despite my world-first SS-rank achievement, many fake articles spread, prompting this board.

Though I hadn't maintained it, my fans kept posting and debunking articles themselves.

- Honestly reporters crossed the line yesterday

- For real taking pants-down photos?

- Let's educate them~~!

[Fake News Bulletin Board]

YBN: [Shocking - World's First SSS Reward Obtained Through Prostitution?]

No need to read - pure fabrication, shocking it made portal site headlines.

Even photoshopped their hand out to make it look like I got caught exposing myself outdoors.

"First this one. Easy debunk - Status Window!"

Opening Status Window > Lewd Power details shows everything.

"Sigh... Didn't think I'd show this again. See?"

[Prostitution Experience: 0 times]

Every sexual experience recorded here like history.

- Nobody believes this lol

- We don't, but some normies believe articles

- Wow... debunked so easily

- Status Window doesn't lie, instant clearance

If this was just about debunking, I wouldn't have started.

"Now! Who wrote this?"

- lolololol

- Let's sue~

- Counterattack!!

- This is grounds for defamation lawsuit

Clicking the link reveals reporter info.

[YBN Reporter Oh So-young]

A short-haired woman with light brown hair in a neat photo.

"Reporter Oh So-young!! Wow, you... took pants-off photos yesterday morning? Let's see what you normally do?"

Of course I already know her deal. This is public execution.

If she's watching, she'll feel the shame I felt yesterday.

"Well... what do we have?"

[Oseong Guild Announces New Raid Strategy]

[Oseong Guild - The Only True Top Guild]

[World's First SS-Rank Lee Do-hee - Illegal Porn Distributor!?]

[Breast-Enlarged Female Awakened's True Identity?]

[Oseong Guild's True Potential]

[Oseong Guild Master Han Seung-yun Marries Oseong Group Heiress!?]

[Japan Trembles Before Oseong Guild Master Han Yong-woon]

"What's this? Wow~ At this point she's basically Oseong Guild staff?"

Whether she's officially an honorary member or not, clearly she's paid by them.

And not just me.

Looking at older articles...

[Yoon Seong-hwan Caught in Secret Meeting With Bar Girl!!]

[Rising Star Yoon Seong-hwan Suspected of Tax Evasion!?]

Targeting others like Yoon Seong-hwan too.

"Yoon Seong-hwan... joined Oseong Guild. No negative articles since."

No evidence?

"Here's evidence. They kindly confessed via email - take down articles if I join."

Showing viewers the PantheonTV account email.

- Wow... truly vile

- How can they be so brazen? Disgusting

- Oseong Guild ordered this? OMG

- Giant Guilds (Using reporters for sexual assault/fake articles)

- So fucking embarrassing how is this #1 guild

- Sigh... Korea's giant guilds' true faces are shameful

- They do this openly?

"Did you think I wouldn't sue just because I stayed quiet after being sexually harassed?"

- Could it be?

- King-tier response incoming

- Need to get fucked hard to wake up lol

"Yes. I'll sue for defamation and sexual assault. You know same-sex assault counts, right?"

Not doing it now - later through agency or guild. No time for personal lawsuits.

But at least truth will be revealed.

- Wow...

- Suddenly realistic

- Really doing it?

- Feels like cold water splashed...

- Dohee-yah our sexual harassment is okay... right?

"Of course viewers can shitpost in chats or communities. Only suing 'giant guild flunky reporters' spreading lies."

- Flunky reporters lololol

- Too obvious

- Now that I think, rising stars were noisy until joining giant guilds...

- Truly terrifying. Chilling...

- Can keep sexually harassing, sweet lol

How confident must they be to attack rising stars with recorded articles?

No worthy opponents, so individual Awakened despairingly choose giant guilds.

Not just this reporter.

White Night Society, Red Magic Tower, Steel Alliance, Black Veil, Golden Dawn Society.

Exposing all prepared reporters in execution parade.

Daily research made this easy.

- Wow;; Fuck giant guild bastards make me sick

- More terrifying they don't even hide it

- Didn't know it was this bad. Thought they were human but beasts

- Devastating and horrific...

- Literally makes me sick fucking disgusting;;

But cursing giant guilds here is meaningless.

What good is powerless citizens' anger? Can't boycott Oseong products or refuse White Night medical services.

The real issue is elsewhere.

How to reduce their power.

"I exposed this not for petty fabrications."

- This is petty?

- Fuck what else is there?

- You prepared in advance Dohee-yah

- Tall guy related?

- This is petty...?

"All Korean Awakened! Listen carefully!"

The key is Awakened.

"Never, NEVER join giant guilds!! If already joined, leave now regardless of penalties."

This was my warning in past life too.

Joining giant guilds stunts growth, even for top talents.

"Why you shouldn't join - explaining giant guild structures you don't know."

- Wow really came prepared

- Tall guy.....ㅠ

- Dohee must have her reasons...

- Finally revealing it?

- Wow... someone who could say this existed...

- Giant guild structures...?

Understanding giant guilds requires knowing the Constellation system.

Two types: Superior and Inferior Constellations.

Difference lies in granting power to make sub-contracts with other Awakened.

Sub-contracts - contracts linking other Awakened to Constellations through primary contractors.

Like multi-level marketing or subcontracting.

All giant guild masters contracted Superior Constellations with this power.

They use this to give good stats to newbies below Floor 10 via sub-contracts.

Sounds beneficial? Reality isn't.

Signing sub-contracts equals lifelong slave branding.

Main reason: Guild masters can unilaterally terminate contracts anytime. Doesn't kill you.

But lose all sub-contract related skills/traits.

Like me losing <SSS Holy Onahole Body> and <SS Lewd Dohee's Divine Power>. Termination means losing most abilities.

Thus you become guild master's slave to avoid losing power.

'Truly vicious method.'

What do they do with this?

Contribution manipulation.

Like my forced 7:3 split with Yoon Seong-gi on Floor 8, guild masters and core members take 10:0 splits.

False promises of promotion through training push them into traps. They comply knowing it's wrong - refusal means ruin.

Higher floors mean more Constellation-linked traits, harder to escape.

Guilds force members to choose traits that bind them to Constellations.

'Just this once' thinking leads to inescapable quagmire.

This is Korea's giant guild system.

New talents become meat shields and contribution slaves.

"Cruel, right? But truth. Why no new high-rank Awakened in Korea! Why Korea falls behind!!"

My voice rises angrily.

This is sincere.

Betrayal angers me, but their easy exploitation of new Awakened enrages more.

"Because of giant guild atrocities. By time you realize, you're already dead."

My perverted achievements let me gather people, but where could others expose this?

Streams? Dead viewership streams?

Complicit police/prosecutors?

Troll-filled communities?

Politicians are on their side.

Only acquaintances to tell, but that endangers them.

They become suicidal slaves clinging to past glory.

But the biggest issue isn't this.

[Rugia donated 10,000 won]

So what? Korea collapses without six guilds! If Seoul burns because next floor isn't cleared, you taking responsibility?

This donation hits the core issue.

Nobody can replace them.

Never been exposes before? Of course there's righteous people.

But masses know guilds' shitty deeds yet ignore them.

'I'm not victimized.'

'No choice.'

'I'm not perpetrator...'

'Need giant guilds.'

'Just one or two...'

'Unfairness exists everywhere.'

Self-brainwashing makes them ignore victims.

But I'm different.

I have confidence.

Courage.

Willpower.

And 'ability' to do it.

"Yes. I'll take responsibility. Floor 78? Fucking couldn't clear it... Cleared 2 months ago, 10 months left?"

[Current viewers: 215,567]

And hundreds of thousands watching me.

- No way....

- Uh...?

- Holy fuck;;

My lips curl in a smirk.

Not arrogance - confidence.

I rise from my chair.

Clenching my fist high, shouting powerfully.

"Floor 79! I'll clear it!!!"

- Bzzzt...

Purple mana briefly flares from my clenched fist.

- This real...?

- Holy fuck;;

- lolololol bullshit~~

- "Fucking couldn't clear" got me lol

- Maybe possible for Dohee...?

- Declaring war on giant guilds... dopamine overload

- Real?

- Hnnng Divine Power Pouch...

- If someone can do this, who needs giant guilds

- Dohee-yah you've truly gone mad

- Crazy bitch... truly crazy...

- Chills...

"Someone must do this. Fellow Awakened. How long will you grovel under giant guild tyranny!!!"

Emotions surge from deep within.

"It's not too late. All Awakened - quit giant guilds. Stop being their slaves. You were brilliant rising stars!"

So angry.

Giant guilds' vested interests stalled Korea's development.

How can we progress when new Awakened become mass-produced guild puppets?

"Resist!! Struggle!! Decide your own fate!"

Despair.

Rage.

Hope.

And thirst for freedom!

Humanity's primal instincts must erupt.

Shouting with wide-open eyes:

"Fellow citizens. We no longer need giant guilds leaching off Korea. I'll do it!!!

"I, Lee Do-hee!! Will make Korea great again!!!!"

Make Korea Great Again.

The first speech to restore order.

A mere Floor 10 Awakened discussing Korea's future.

'Well, giant guild bastards, what will you do now?'