Awakened as a Money-Spending Genius Enhancer - Chapter 108

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

Episode 108

 

Chapter 108. [Frontline Defense Terrain 012 Land Document +2]

 

Even though I accomplished it with my own hands, I can hardly believe it.

 

And for good reason…

 

Isn’t this absolutely insane efficiency?

 

What if I install 100 defense facilities?

 

──It would be the same as having all 100 enhanced.

 

“Ha. No way…, what is this.”

 

It’s absurd.

 

Absurdly good!

 

“Quickly, quickly share it with me too! What’s it like that you’re acting this way?”

 

Toward Seo Mi-do whose eyes had turned red with curiosity, Kang Hoon said.

 

“26.7 billion. I think it can be worth the money.”

 

And he touched his index finger to the status window, then lightly flicked it to share the ‘Information Value’.

 

Seo Mi-do jumped up and down in place with joy!

 

“Kyaaah! As expected! I knew it would work! Hehe, my prediction was right!”

 

Though it’s a bit scary watching her jump around with those long mechanical arms…

 

Kang Hoon was also amazed and bewildered.

 

“Well, of course the effect disappears once you leave this area.”

 

“Still! At least within this land, you’re like Lu Bu, right?!”

 

Not just room Lu Bu, but land Lu Bu!

 

“I’m not quite Lu Bu yet…”

 

Even as he scratched his jaw saying that, Kang Hoon prepared for the second enhancement.

 

Unlike before, he now had confidence.

 

He crouched down and placed the ‘Land Document’ on the ‘ground’.

 

Out of habit, he brushed off the air with quick motions.

 

Then overlapped both hands on the land document and muttered.

 

“Now─ let’s see? How many more enhancements until I truly become ‘Lu Bu’.”

 

Just like that.

 

He closed both eyes and focused on the entire vast area called ‘land’.

 

Every grain of dirt, every rolling pebble.

 

He couldn’t let his concentration be stolen by such small things.

 

Just as when he enhanced the space called [Park Kang-hoon’s House]─

 

A larger, more comprehensive ‘concept’.

 

──Look at the forest, not the trees.

 

“Ah, wait! Let me prepare for the earthquake first…!”

 

Seo Mi-do cried out urgently, but it was impossible to break the concentration of an enhancer already captivated by the ‘land’.

 

──────”Enhancement!”

 

And then.

 

Claaaaaang!

 

The refreshing metallic sound rang out as if it had been waiting!

 

And Kang Hoon couldn’t help but be surprised.

 

This was enhancement he’d been using daily like eating since his awakening.

 

A +2 enhancement that was always as easy as breathing.

 

‘But what is this heat?!’

 

It felt like fire had been lit beneath his two palms overlapped on the land document.

 

“!!”

 

It felt like his flesh was burning, his bones melting, his wrists heating up!

 

‘Just from a +2 enhancement, it gets this hot?!’

 

Enhancement of the massive category called ‘land’, something he’d never attempted before.

 

Perhaps with his current level, this was a difficult target, an enhancement he couldn’t accomplish.

 

However.

 

The anxiety didn’t hold Kang Hoon for long.

 

‘It’s okay! I can endure it…!’

 

Kang Hoon was certain of it.

 

No, not just that he could endure it.

 

‘…It’s enjoyable!’

 

The ‘land’ defiantly emitting heat, the act of taming it.

 

This challenge was simply, purely.

 

──Fun!

 

──────────Claaaang!!

 

Yes, Kang Hoon was ‘one who enjoys’.

 

For the sole reason of enjoyment, purely for preference, following only the aesthetic sense of finding something beautiful.

 

A mad art student who had bet his entire life on phantom-like dreams.

 

That temperament had ultimately placed him on the path of an ‘enhancer’.

 

As he always had, he would simply walk the path laid before him.

 

No detours, no U-turns, only honest forward progress.

 

That mad temperament kept him alive today.

 

Made him feel,

 

Kuung, kuung, kuung!

 

The massive resonance of the ‘land’! Along with its defiant heartbeat.

 

Park Kang-hoon. That he too was vividly alive!

 

Like handling a fierce horse, gripping and wielding the reins.

 

Time flowing persistently amid an extraordinary battle of wills!

 

While Kang Hoon remained calm.

 

Seo Mi-do watching him was not so composed.

 

‘Th-this is strange…! For it to take this long?!’

 

The energy of the land was ominous, and the effects were too violent!

 

Even she, a mage, could feel the ‘land’s’ rejection on her skin.

 

How much pain must Park Kang-hoon, an enhancer, be experiencing?

 

With an anxious heart, Seo Mi-do opened her lips.

 

‘It’s okay if it’s delayed, so let’s stop today’s experiment and wait for the next opportunity…’

 

Just as she was about to say that.

 

“?”

 

Seo Mi-do saw it.

 

The expression of a young man to whom worldly common sense didn’t apply.

 

“…Is he, smiling?”

 

With sharp eyes wide open, she watched blankly.

 

Chuckle.

 

Park Kang-hoon was smiling.

 

While the land was massive and furious.

 

He was relatively small, merely human.

 

Unlike her, busy trying not to fall amid the heat flowers blooming in all directions.

 

Park Kang-hoon entrusted his body to the massive flow.

 

He saw what she couldn’t see, felt what she couldn’t feel.

 

──That the pain was the fever and growing pains this ‘land’ was suffering.

 

Just as glass endures 1500℃ and transforms beautifully.

 

After passing through one stage, it becomes even harder.

 

──It will become stronger!

 

And.

 

“Let’s go…!”

 

Finally, Kang Hoon grasped the reins of an angry horse─ or more precisely, the massive blacksmith hammer.

 

Together with the giant in the vision that emanated tremendous energy.

 

As if he wouldn’t leave a single bubble or gap.

 

He strikes down with all his might!

 

Kaaaaaaang──────!!

 

“…Huff, huff!”

 

It worked!

 

‘+2 Enhancement, it’s a success…!’

 

The moment he felt relief, Kang Hoon’s entire body was glowing red-hot from the earth’s heat.

 

Just as the heat rising to his head became unbearable and his energy was about to drain from his feet.

 

– Kyao!

 

A cool breeze blew from Kang Hoon’s hands,

 

– Kyauuung~!

 

Sweeping over not just his face but washing through his mind all at once.

 

“Haa…! Lucky.”

 

Chuckling softly, Kang Hoon leaned his head against good Lucky’s body.

 

Lucky also supported Kang Hoon’s face with his forehead, pleasantly emitting cool Cold Aura.

 

“Thank you. My mind is completely clear now.”

 

Into his instantly cleared mind, ‘Information Value’ naturally flowed in.

 

Unlike before, he didn’t need to strain to see it.

 

The land was inviting him first, as if asking him to look─

[Frontline Defense Terrain 012 Land Document +2] : This is the land document for serial number 012 near the Imjin River, at the border line between South Korea and North Korea. Though ghouls appear during the day and werebears at night, it has excellent defense and combat victory rates, giving it value as property. * [All defense facilities capabilities in terrain 012 increased by 45%] * [Combat power of unit members active in terrain 012 increased by 3%]

“Hm?”

 

…But what’s this about?

 

“The new option value is… only 3%?”

 

It was the most difficult enhancement he’d ever done, and it was ‘land’ that had fiercely resisted.

 

After going through such major growing pains, shouldn’t it have grown significantly?

 

But the numbers are lower than expected.

 

“+2 Enhancement giving only 3% is a first… What’s going on?”

 

Even enhancing the Germanium Jade Bracelet gave at least a 15% option increase.

 

Just looking at the numbers, it’s honestly a disappointing increase rate.

 

However.

 

“‘Combat Power’.”

 

It’s a term he’s never seen in options before.

 

“…Isn’t that too broad an expression?”

 

Moreover, unlike ‘defense facilities’ which apply to terrain features and items.

 

‘Unit members’.

 

An option that applies to people.

 

It’s even more puzzling.

 

Even with the same option, there’s a world of difference between it appearing on weapons versus on people.

 

Without realizing it.

 

Kang Hoon was previewing ‘when enhancing people’─

 

‘…Come to think of it, I’ve seen the Security Guard’s Information Value before.’

 

If his level increases later and he becomes able to enhance people too?

 

Could the options he’d see then have effects like this?

 

Gulp.

 

Thinking about it that way, the ‘Combat Power increase 3%’ option no longer seems modest.

 

“Status Window. What exactly does this mean? Show me.”

 

As if it had been waiting for that command, a blue message quickly appeared.

【 Combat Power: Overall ability for engaging in combat. 】 【 Combat Power increase 3%: All combat-related status increases by 3%, and it also affects mental strength. 】

“Wh, what?!”

 

If all status increases, then 3% is definitely not low.

 

──Rather, it’s too high!

 

“W-wait. All of them increase by 3%?! Then what happens if a combat Hunter with incredibly high status comes?”

 

Of course, a Hunter of that level would never work as a ‘unit member’.

 

But hypothetically speaking?

 

The 3% figure.

 

For ordinary E or F-rank unit members, it might only be a +1 status increase.

 

But for A-rank Serina and Ji-seong, or the mage Seo Mi-do right in front of him, it could be +5 to +10.

 

And for legendary Hunters who dominate the world?

 

───All status +20.

 

‘It might even be more than that!’

 

Without wearing equipment or taking potions.

 

Just by belonging to this land.

 

…This insane effect of all combat-related status increasing occurs.

 

“…Isn’t this crazy?”

 

Unable to believe what he was seeing, Kang Hoon quickly shared the ‘Information Value’ with Seo Mi-do.

 

Just as he was about to get her objective and rational judgment.

 

Seo Mi-do said the exact same thing.

 

“…Isn’t this crazy?”

 

Standing there bewildered, they looked at each other’s faces.

 

“What on earth did you do?! I never even expected something this incredible!”

 

“…What am I supposed to do when you say that, Seo Mi-do?”

 

An unimaginably tremendous option had appeared.

 

As if dizzy, Seo Mi-do leaned her body completely back.

 

With her four mechanical arms firmly supporting her.

 

She sat on one of the four arms and held her forehead.

 

“Wait. Let me organize my thoughts.”

 

“Please do.”

 

“…Okay. I’m done organizing.”

 

“Already?”

 

“Yes. There’s nothing to think about for long. If the ‘concept’ works… Kang Hoon’s Enhancement Skill is invincible and unlimited. You’d beat all Hunters and then some.”

 

Then she corrected herself.

 

“No. You’d have all Hunters in your hands and then some.”

 

“What?”

 

What is she talking about now?

 

Hunters aren’t objects that can be acquired or animals to be raised.

 

How could Kang Hoon individually ‘have in his hands’ those unique and prideful Hunters?

 

‘…?’

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————