Demonic Pornstar System novel Chapter 715

Chapter 715: Brewing Problems

Seven days after the massacre...

The holographic display cast the guild hall in pale blue light.

Magnus stood at the head of the long table with his arms folded, watching three faces float above the communication artifact like ghosts he hadn’t invited. Director Hale of the northern logistics subsidiary, who ran supply chains for half the eastern seaboard and looked like a man who hadn’t smiled since the turn of the century. Vice Director Osei from the financial arm, whose dark eyes tracked numbers the way predators tracked wounded prey. And Councilwoman Fenn, who oversaw New Dawn’s institutional partnerships and had the unfortunate habit of speaking her mind.

None of them were happy.

"The testimony has been viewed forty-one million times," Councilwoman Fenn said, as though Magnus might not have noticed. "Those two girls named New Dawn by name. They described a coordinated campaign between our guild and Ashbound to suppress a rookie team’s advancement. The phrase ’institutional collusion’ is trending on three major platforms."

"I’m aware," Magnus said.

"The sponsors are asking questions," Director Hale added. His tone was measured, respectful, and carried the specific weight of a man who understood that the person he was addressing could kill him with one hand but who also understood that money had its own kind of power. "Aegis Defense pulled their quarterly review forward by two weeks. Vanguard Athletics hasn’t returned calls. These aren’t small accounts, Guild Leader."

Magnus’s gaze didn’t waver. "Sponsors get nervous when cameras point at them. They’ll settle once the noise dies."

"Will it die?" Osei asked.

The question hung between them. Osei’s expression was neutral, his voice carefully calibrated to land just below the threshold of challenge. He wasn’t questioning Magnus directly. He was asking the room, and the room happened to contain Magnus.

"The testimony is a PR stunt," Magnus said, and his voice carried the low, measured authority that had built New Dawn into the third-largest guild organization in the United States. "Two disgruntled fighters broke their contracts, went on camera with a sob story, and made accusations they can’t substantiate. The Association will review the claims, find nothing actionable on our end, and the public will move on to the next outrage. They always do."

Fenn’s mouth thinned. She didn’t argue, but she didn’t nod either.

"If I may, Guild Leader," Hale said. "The competition standings are also a concern."

Magnus waited.

Hale produced a secondary display with a gesture, and the numbers materialized beside his floating head. Blue text on blue light, cold and precise.

Rookie Track Competition Standings, Day 25.

1st — Iron Halo: 128,040

2nd — Runewoven: 125,990

3rd — Silver Talon: 97,000

4th — Ashbound: 72,360

5th — New Dawn: 68,180

Magnus looked at the numbers. His expression did not change.

"We were first for 18 days straight," Osei observed. A fact placed on the table like a document that needed signing. "We are now fifth, sixty thousand behind the leader, and losing ground daily."

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