Awakened as a Money-Spending Genius Enhancer - Chapter 42
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Episode 42
Chapter 42. [Park Kang-hoon’s House +5]
[Park Kang-hoon’s House +5]: Han River View Apartment Building 101, Unit 1802. A dream house containing the aspirations of Park Kang-hoon, who was an unpopular illustrator, and his success story as an Enhancement Specialist. It has evolved to Epic grade through enhancement. * [Additional 5% bonus to Head of Household’s occupational traits] * [15% increase in fatigue recovery rate when residing] * [Homing Instinct]: The Head of Household can return home at any time. * When casting [Homing Instinct] trait, bidirectional teleport to the previous casting location is possible.
The contents were incredible!
“Wh, what!?”
Kang Hoon’s ‘house’.
This space itself had transformed into an Epic grade item.
There was even a completely new option line added.
And even that was an amazing option that supplemented
the existing overpowered trait [Homing Instinct]!
“Te, teleport is bidirectional and unlimited?! But the trait conditions are still ‘none’? That means…”
Unlimited times without restriction,
if Kang Hoon wanted, from anywhere to home,
and again from home to anywhere.
He could move back and forth.
Even from dungeons.
“Uh, uhaha, uhahahaha! I didn’t expect it to become this good…!”
What makes dungeons difficult?
It’s because you can’t know the gimmicks!
Like how a Level 1 Dungeon that seemed short and simple turned into a 30-day survival type.
Dungeons are truly ever-changing spaces.
You could analyze patterns and create statistics.
But you can’t be one hundred percent certain that the same gimmick will appear again.
That’s the scary thing about dungeons.
Low-level dungeons might be manageable to adapt to their fickle changes.
But even professional Hunters can’t let their guard down in high-level dungeons.
A prime example is the first meeting with Seri and Ji-seong.
The Park Siblings had awakened since childhood and done countless team missions.
They were A-grade with plenty of experience.
But when they encountered a mutated Poison Dungeon, Ji-seong almost died.
But now.
To be able to enter a dungeon and then return home
after fully understanding the ‘gimmicks’.
If he could prepare everything he needed at ‘home’ and then return to the dungeon in progress?
…Would there be any dungeon in this world that couldn’t be conquered?
Gulp.
An insane conclusion emerged.
“Amazing.”
Park Kang-hoon’s house.
This house itself had become,
“Freaking amazing!”
The most amazing house in the world!
“Wuhahaha! Crazy, this is crazy! I’m so glad I didn’t sell this house!”
Rolling around!
While rolling on the floor and being absorbed in joy alone for a moment.
A large white mass entered Kang Hoon’s vision.
A Spirit Dog lying on the floor following Kang Hoon and wagging its tail.
It was Lucky.
“Lucky! Good, I’ll ride this momentum and enhance you too!”
To keep last night’s promise, Kang Hoon began accumulating failure counts again.
It didn’t take very long this time.
Because there were plenty of miscellaneous items that had unnecessarily been enhanced to +3.
【 Success probability is 30%. Do you want to proceed? 】
With just the pure ‘Enhancement’ skill.
The path to +4 enhancement is long and arduous.
Thanks to the merciless success probability(?), Kang Hoon quickly reached 10 cumulative failures and.
“Lucky, let’s go!”
He raised the [Hammer of Success and Failure].
The target was the summoning tool that called forth Spirit Dog Lucky!
[Dog Whistle +4]!
“Enhancement!”
Clang-!
Now he could tell just from the sound.
‘This enhancement is going to turn out incredibly well!’
Claang-!
Sure enough, sparks flew up before Kang Hoon’s eyes!
Just like when creating a ‘Rare’ grade item.
Sparks that flew up from [Dog Whistle +4].
If there was something unusual, it was that the light sparkled in purple.
“Uh, what!? This effect is… could it be!”
Claaaang-!!
“?!”
Sure enough.
[Dog Whistle +5]: A whistle made for training companion dogs. It’s said to produce sounds that dog hearing responds to, but there’s no real difference from ordinary whistles. However, this dog whistle possesses special abilities through enhancement and has evolved into a Unique item. * [When possessed, canine species favorability increases by 30%] * [When used, canine species loyalty increases by 15%] * [When used, summons a Spirit Dog.]
A new grade clearly embedded in the ‘Information Value’.
“…’Unique’!?”
Normal, Rare, Epic, and Unique.
Unique grade means ‘distinctive’ and ‘one of a kind’.
It meant it had been reborn as a higher grade!
However.
The appearance of [Dog Whistle +5] remained the same.
What’s important in ‘summoning’ isn’t the summoning tool but
──the spirit summoned by it.
The moment he turned his head to check Lucky, who had become a ‘Unique’ grade summoned spirit.
“Gasp!”
Kang Hoon sat down as if falling backward from where he stood.
“…Lucky?”
A large, pure white mass completely blocking an entire door as it sat.
Its appearance had changed so much that even Kang Hoon could barely recognize it.
Not only had its body become larger than a horse,
but the aura emanating from it was completely that of a predator.
Like a being that appears in legends and myths!
Still,
– Woof?
Those gentle, innocent eyes.
Front paws with transparent claws that sparkled like crystals.
And the tail wagging busily left and right proved it was ‘Lucky’.
“….”
– …!
Lucky lifted his paw, which had grown as large as his body, and seemed to examine it.
– Wooong~!
He placed both front paws on the carpet and stretched greatly.
Even his tail, which had been spewing thin ice, stretched out straight.
– Pant pant!
He was gradually returning to his original size!
‘Is he a dog, a wolf, or a spirit dog?’
A body that was just confusing enough to wonder.
“Wow…! That’s amazing! You can even control your size!? As expected, Unique grade is really different! Lucky! You must have become incredibly strong too!?”
Lucky approached the admiring Kang Hoon with a waddle and licked his chin.
His attitude remained unchanged – still like a puppy.
“As I thought, amazing things happen inside the house! This shut-in lifestyle is absolutely the best!”
Thinking this and cheering was only momentary.
“Ugh, I can’t stand it. I want to see how strong he’s become, quickly!”
Kang Hoon hurriedly ran to the living room.
And picked up his mobile phone that was plugged into the charger next to the sofa!
Unlike before.
Kang Hoon no longer kept happy events to himself.
He wanted to share this amazing achievement!
As quickly as possible!
With his colleagues at Cheongjeong!
This was behavior he had never done until just a few months ago.
“Uhahahaha! Now, I really need to enter a dungeon to try out our house’s special trait and test how strong Lucky has become!”
The first person who came to mind was Seri, the older sister of the siblings.
If she didn’t answer the phone, he would call Ji-seong, the younger brother.
Or he was thinking of calling Cheong Jeong-kwon.
The ringtone sounded once.
Ring ring ring-.
As soon as it started ringing.
– Hello, Kang Hoon!?
Seri answered with a clear, bright voice.
She answered the phone too quickly!
Moreover.
Before Kang Hoon could say “Oh, yes, hello”.
– How did you know to call first?
Seri asked a strange question.
“What? Huh? What am I supposed to know?”
After being puzzled for a moment.
Kang Hoon first shared his achievement, the most joyful news.
“Seri! I discovered a new way to use my skill! My house, I mean. I actually enhanced this house! Thanks to [Hammer of Success and Failure], I enhanced it to +5 and it became Epic grade. Plus, a unique trait appeared! And just now ‘Lucky’ too-!”
Kang Hoon suddenly called and poured out what he had to say.
He was, in Ji-seong’s words, a ‘mad Enhancement Specialist’.
Usually he was so quiet he barely spoke.
He was a taciturn Kang Hoon who only answered when asked.
In his one-sided outpouring of words, the excitement characteristic of an otaku was evident.
He was truly nothing if not an enhancement otaku.
Nevertheless, Seri engaged in the conversation without any resistance.
Rather, at the words ‘Epic grade’, she rejoiced with an even more excited voice than Kang Hoon.
To such a her, Kang Hoon recited the [Homing Instinct] trait in full.
From beyond the mobile phone, Seri shouted with a much louder voice.
– That’s freaking awesome!!
“Right? It’s freaking cool, isn’t it!?”
Uhahahaha!
Toward Kang Hoon who was laughing with a raised voice.
Seri spoke, unable to hide her challenging spirit.
– Kang Hoon! That trait!! Let’s go experiment with it right now!
“We should go experiment, of course! Uh, but… right now? Where should we go to experiment right now?”
– Wasn’t that why you called?
Both became bewildered, only asking questions for a moment.
– Haah~!
With a voice half sigh, half laughter.
Seri said.
– Kang Hoon. Look down from the living room window!
Only then did Kang Hoon turn his head to look at the large window in the living room.
When he approached and looked down, he could see the blue Han River as usual.
“Huh?”
No.
It wasn’t the same as usual.
The center of the Han River was,
Pop.
Literally popped open!
“What is that?”
It looked as if a sinkhole had opened in the center of the river!
– Kang Hoon, what’s the point of living in a Han River View Apartment if you don’t even notice the Gate that opened in the Han River!?
“A Gate!?”
At those words, he narrowed his eyes and looked carefully.
The sinkhole in the center of the Han River, no.
A status window about the ‘Gate’ appeared before his eyes!
【 A Defense Dungeon has been created! A special dungeon for Hunters level 10 and below 】
– Do you see the boats next to it? Those are Hunters making a fuss about entering right away! Kang Hoon, hurry up and go too!
“Wait, what is this?”
At the question he asked while blinking, Seri let out an “Ah” of realization.
Following that, he could hear a barely audible quiet muttering.
– Right, this guy is S-rank but still a newbie…
“….”
Soon.
Seri began explaining as a kind senior.
– A special dungeon means a special event dungeon! In event dungeons, you don’t die even if you’re hit by monsters or gimmicks!
“What!?”
– Even if you die inside the dungeon, you just get ejected! You can still gain experience and items! It’s truly perfect for Kang Hoon…!
“Jackpot dungeon!!”
– That’s right!
Sometimes dungeons like this suddenly open up, Seri continued her explanation.
– Among them, Defense Dungeons are very useful for gaining experience. If you endure well, it means you can level up several times more than a regular dungeon in one go!
Being able to level up all at once.
Just when I was feeling frustrated because of level restrictions and skill casting limits.
This is exactly the dungeon Kang Hoon needs!
‘And it even opened right in front of our house?’
Like fate,
it feels like an opportunity given by heaven.
On the other hand.
It also feels strangely like someone’s plan tailored specifically for me.
– Taking first place would be the icing on the cake, but since this is Kang Hoon’s first time with this kind of dungeon, don’t push yourself too hard…
Whatever the case.
This isn’t the time to be spacing out.
“Seri, I’m going to hang up now.”
– What?
Hurriedly changing his clothes, Kang Hoon said.
“I’m about to enter the dungeon now, so I’m hanging up.”
Putting the [Dog Whistle +5] around his neck, he rushed toward the entrance.
“Let’s go, Lucky!”
Three days of staying holed up is enough.
It’s time to go to the dungeon.
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