Awakened as a Money-Spending Genius Enhancer - Chapter 29

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Episode 29

Chapter 29. This is Just Like a Hotel Vacation

Lucky’s Body Slam continued!

“?!”

Unable to resist the force, Kang Hoon pushed his body into the shallow cave and lay down.

Then the cold subsided considerably.

“Oh. The sand is warm.”

Following that, Lucky covered Kang Hoon’s body with his own.

“Whoa!”

Contrary to his expectation that it would be cold.

Lucky’s fur was soft and cozy.

He had hidden the Cold Aura he’d been emitting during the day.

“You were blowing cold wind on purpose?”

What a clever Lucky.

Kang Hoon muttered to himself while stroking the creature’s head.

It was a habitual mutter.

Lucky’s purple eyes sparkled as he perked up his ears.

It seemed he had gained a friend who would listen to his muttering.

It was quite a strange feeling.

‘Is this why people raise companion dogs?’

Once they had settled into a good spot.

Hunger came rushing in belatedly.

Remembering the Dungeon Emergency Food he’d brought in his pocket, he rummaged around.

He tore open one package.

It was food in the form of an Energy Bar with compressed protein and carbohydrates.

Chomp.

He took a bite first, then offered it to Lucky.

But Lucky didn’t eat it.

Instead, he licked Kang Hoon’s chin.

“Whoa! Your tongue is still cold though.”

Laughing thanks to Lucky, Kang Hoon filled his stomach with the emergency food.

With his body warmed up and his belly full.

He could finally see the stars.

There were many stars completely covering the navy blue sky.

Their colors and brightness were unusual.

He could even see strange constellations he’d never seen on Earth.

The alien scenery reminded him that this place was inside a Dungeon.

‘How do you sleep outdoors?’

Unlike his daytime worries, drowsiness naturally crept in as his body grew tired.

“Yaaawn….”

Kang Hoon embraced Lucky with both arms.

He closed his eyes like that and fell asleep using the sand as his bed.

* * *

The next day was no different.

Lucky continued guiding, and Kang Hoon trusted him and walked.

Walk, rest.

Walk, rest.

Walk again.

A day that passed helplessly with just that.

The sun was slowly setting.

He was wondering where to spend the second night.

‘It would be nice if there were rocks to block the wind like yesterday.’

As Kang Hoon was having such thoughts.

Lucky barked loudly in front of him. Woof! Woof!

“Huh?”

In the distance.

He saw a color he hadn’t seen in two whole days.

“Green! It’s green!”

Its identity was a single lush tree.

And next to it, wasn’t there a blue Oasis spread out!

“Wow, Lucky! You really found water!”

Energy naturally surged with joy.

He kicked the sandy beach and ran with vigor.

He was excited at the prospect of quenching his thirst with Oasis water.

But the tree was strange.

Was it because he was running?

Somehow the tree seemed to be swaying.

Was wind blowing only there?

No.

The tree was ‘moving’!

“Aaaaah!?”

Everyone must have experienced swaying curtains or clothes hanging on walls looking like ghosts.

‘Usually those things are just my imagination, right!’

The clump of vegetation that had been stuck in the Oasis before his eyes.

The ‘tree’ that suddenly raised its head.

Its true identity was a Monster that looked like a ‘tree’.

─It was a golem!

“Eeek!”

Cracked brown bark.

Through the gaps, he could see tree ring-shaped pupils.

Those pitch-black eyeballs were looking straight at Kang Hoon!

Grooooooar─!

Soon the golem stood upright on two feet.

Its height was tremendously tall.

Enough to crane Kang Hoon’s neck.

The distance was too close to run away!

Kang Hoon harbored a precarious hope.

Maybe.

‘Like the World Tree in 【Lord of the Bracelet】, it might turn out to be a good Monster?’

Groooooooooar─!!

Not a chance!

“Aaaah, it’s not 【Lord of the Bracelet】 but a 【Don’t Rot Together】 tree!”

Kang Hoon had no time to escape.

A golem swinging its arms made of thick wooden pillars with a ‘whoooosh’ sound.

“Aaaah! Ar, arrows! I need to shoot arrows…!”

The bow, his only weapon he brought along.

Even that was still slung across his back.

Though he instinctively knew it was already too late─

It was the moment he frantically tried to grab his bow.

Kweeeak!!

The golem let out a tearing scream.

“!?”

Kicking off the sandy ground.

Lucky shot up like an arrow.

‘Too fast!’

He couldn’t even properly see it with his eyes!

As soon as Kang Hoon saw the white creature’s silhouette, he realized.

Until now, it had deliberately held back its speed.

Moving like a slowpoke on purpose.

───It was instantaneous.

Sinking its teeth into what seemed to be the golem’s neck.

Kragagagagak!

Twisting the massive wooden pillar while moving like it was sliding.

Guooooooo…!

At the golem’s scream, the desert sand shook!

The more it did,

– Kyaooo!

Lucky’s attacks became even more chilling and fierce!

‘Cold Aura’ is poison to plants.

The golem’s leaves were instantly damaged and fell to the ground.

The flailing golem’s arms were thick and large.

But they were too slow compared to Lucky.

Rather,

Those thick wooden arms.

─Lucky used them as a platform for its second attack!

Papababat!

Kicking off the wooden arm with its hind legs.

Whoosh!

Just as it seemed to leap high into the sky.

– Krrrrrung!

It bit and tore at the golem’s half-torn neck!

“…”

A bout closer to hunting than fighting.

The suddenly started confrontation.

Kuuuung!

─Ended with the massive golem crashing into the sand.

“Lucky… You’re unfamiliar? You’re really damn strong?”

Lucky climbed on top of the dead golem.

It bit a branch that seemed to be a hand in its mouth.

And made an ‘arrung’ sound while shaking its head.

“Even teabagging? You really knew how to fight.”

Half bewildered, half pleased, he laughed briefly.

“Then…”

Kang Hoon put down his bow and quiver.

He also took off all his dirty clothes and shoes.

And charged toward the oasis.

“A shower after two days!”

– Woof, woof!

Excited Lucky followed Kang Hoon.

Splash!

Perhaps because he jumped in with the creature overflowing with Cold Aura.

The blue oasis was clear, cool, and pristine!

“Uha! Cold! Hahaha! So refreshing!”

– Woof! Woof! Woof!

Thus, life at the oasis began.

* * *

The wooden golem was an excellent hideout!

With Lucky’s help, he propped up the fallen golem to sit upright.

That completed the house construction.

The lush hair, no, the foliage became the roof.

The drooping arms were sturdy pillars.

The thick body was the wall.

“An oasis view cabin. In a dungeon, this would be a Han River View Apartment.”

Then he noticed the root system stretching out in all directions.

“Hmm. They say there’s no material as solid as golem.”

To Kang Hoon, an Enhancement Specialist, all of it was material.

“Since it’s come to this… should I try making something?”

It started with a small pocket knife.

More than any magic item.

A pocket knife that was just an ordinary object was more useful.

“Enhancement, enhancement.”

Of course, that’s because he could enhance it up to +2.

[Fake MacGyver Knife +2]: A multi-function pocket knife. Named after the 1980s American TV drama 【MacGyver】, its official name is Swiss Army Knife. However, this MacGyver knife is a knockoff model of a famous brand and has nothing to do with Switzerland. It was promoted to Rare Grade through enhancement. * [Cutting Power Increased 35%] * [Completion Rate Increased 25% During Crafting]

“Ooooh!”

Considering the possibility of destruction, he planned to safely enhance it only twice.

But in exactly two tries.

The option he wanted appeared.

“Cutting power and completion rate increase. That’s good?”

Kang Hoon entered a delightful crafting time.

“Everything lying around here is material!”

The material that ranks #1 in product count on Corn Market.com.

Since golem wood was scattered everywhere.

“Let’s see. Should I start by making a harpoon to catch fish?”

Chop! Chop chop!

Since becoming an Enhancement Specialist, he had only used the ‘Enhancement’ skill.

He had never made anything with his own hands.

It’s been more than 20 years since I last folded colored paper.

How much more so for wood carving?

But it’s fascinating.

Snap! Thunk!

Selecting and breaking off tree branches,

Shak! Shak shak!

Carving the bark into a harpoon shape.

Sha sha sha shak! Sha sha sha shak!

Sharpening the pointed tip by rotating it like sharpening a pencil.

Somehow, there was no obstruction in that action.

It was simply enjoyable.

The very act of creating something with my fingertips.

And on top of that, the Enhancement Skill!

“Enhancement, Enhancement!”

With two uses of the skill, the freshly crafted wooden harpoon becomes a magic item.

Fitting the conventional notion of a ‘harpoon.’

It gained the options ‘Fish Attraction 15%’ and ‘Penetration Power 25%’.

“I can’t stop here!”

Following that, Kang Hoon gathered tree trunks.

Using the ‘Increased Completion’ option, cutting them with the MacGyver knife.

He also made a net to gather fish.

And.

“Enhancement, Enhancement!”

With two enhancements, he obtained the ‘Fish Attraction 30%’ option!

“Tonight’s dinner will be fish soup.”

Joking like that, he set up the fishing net over the oasis.

The performance of the 2-enhanced ‘Attraction’ option was tremendous.

Plump, well-fed fish began gathering inside the fishing net.

“Wow.”

His meal worries had disappeared too!

Kang Hoon made a hammock.

It was truly a strange thing.

He had never even seen a hammock being made, let alone crafted one himself.

Yet his hands moved skillfully without hesitation.

‘Is this also one of the awakening effects? It’s like blueprints are automatically drawn in my head!’

Was making something directly always this fun?

Well, Kang Hoon had always liked ‘creating things’ from the beginning.

He had started drawing for the same reason.

…Though he had spent his whole life working to specifications others demanded.

It was unavoidable for making a living.

“Making what I want to make seems a hundred times more fun.”

The hand holding the MacGyver knife was stiff.

There were scrape marks on his finger joints, and his thumb was swollen.

That fatigue somehow felt good.

The hammock he had created like that,

“Enhancement. Enhancement.”

He enhanced twice.

Immediately, it gained the options ‘Increased Fatigue Recovery’ and ‘Muscle Pain Relief’.

“Not bad, right?”

He hung the decent-looking hammock in the center of the dead golem, no, the wooden cabin.

“It’s like a hotel vacation.”

Waiting for fish to be caught automatically.

A life of lounging around in a hammock!

* * *

The next day, Lucky was hovering around the hammock.

Envious of Kang Hoon using the hammock, he tried to imitate humans and climb onto the hammock.

However, the hammock was made to fit Kang Hoon’s body.

It was too small for Lucky and wobbled precariously.

Thud!

While trying to lie down showing his belly.

Lucky ended up getting wrapped up and rolled in the hammock.

– Whine! Whimper!

Seeing Lucky trapped like a Vienna sausage, Kang Hoon laughed for a long time.

“Is this what they call digital detox?”

Daily life is enjoyable!

Living is fun.

His mind was completely at ease.

It’s this fun and comfortable, yet only one day has passed outside.

Isn’t this totally awesome?

“One day in reality, but 30 days in the dungeon… I can use 30 days’ worth of Enhancement Skill too!?”

Kang Hoon’s Enhancement Skill daily limit is 20 times.

He can use 20 times per day, multiplied by 30 within the same real time!

Truly a miraculous calculation.

‘When I need more crafting time, couldn’t I choose to come to a survival-type dungeon?’

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