Awakened as a Money-Spending Genius Enhancer - Chapter 44

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Episode 44

Chapter 44. I Thought It Was a Mob;

Crazy attention seekers.

‘Huntreamers’ connected that skill directly to their YouTube channels.

They started using it for money-making broadcasts!

‘I heard there are Hunters who risk their lives broadcasting to make money. I guess I’m seeing all those people here.’

Come to think of it.

An event dungeon where you don’t actually die even if you ‘die’ is perfect for broadcasting.

Maximum safety secured while drawing aggro.

Showing the ‘Hunter world’ to the general public who’ll never enter a dungeon in their lives…

And most importantly.

They can make money.

‘Hmm… I’d prefer not to be filmed.’

Big brother, big sister, boss, madam!

The ‘Huntreamer’ was looking for all kinds of ‘honorable people’.

Kang Hoon quietly stepped out of his field of vision.

Just then, a System Message lit up before his eyes.

【 Defense Event has begun! Defense Quest: Protect the Tower! Failure Conditions: Destruction of the Tower and Death of Hunters 】

Gulp.

As he swallowed dry saliva while scanning the status window.

An even more welcome message flashed up.

【 However, in Defense Event Dungeons, death results in ejection, with no actual harm to human life. 】

Waaaah!

All around, 100 Hunters simultaneously let out cheers.

“They said there’s no risk of dying, and it’s really true!”

The faces swinging their fists at the air in joy were young.

“That probably means it’s that much harder to clear.”

“How many do you think will survive to the end?”

“Whoever it is, damn good rewards are guaranteed, right!”

“Wooooh! Today I’m taking it home!”

No sooner had they steeled their resolve with excited voices.

Footsteps began reverberating from all directions.

Even without looking, the vibrations were enough to feel it.

The horde of monsters surging from beyond the wooden palisade!

“Alright. Let’s go, Lucky!”

The tall wooden palisade.

Kang Hoon instinctively moved toward it.

* * *

Huntreamer, ‘Harullara’.

His nickname came from ‘heaven’ in his catchphrase, ‘I’ll broadcast until I go to heaven!’

There are generally prejudices attached to ‘Huntreamers’.

Their awakening abilities are mediocre,

Their will to protect the world is weak,

And only pretty boys who are slippery do it.

Those prejudices.

They’re all true!

“Woooooh! Big brothers, thank you for the donation missions! Oh! 100,000 won if I survive until 10 people remain!? This, this, I’ll put strength in my soles and hold out!!”

Speaking of ‘Harullara’, he’s the slipperiest of the slippery.

He only goes to low-level dungeons with little threat to life.

And instead of fighting like he should, he’s busy broadcasting.

So he has no opportunity to accumulate experience.

Well, it’s actually better for him not to level up.

Going to low-level event dungeons like this is good for safe broadcasting.

“But surviving to 10th place. That seems like too high a wall for me, Harullara? Where should I hide?”

Harullara scratched the back of his head while pondering.

In front of his eyes, instead of a status window for combat, a real-time streaming chat window was displayed.

[Not even thinking about fighting lol]

[That’s what makes you Harullara]

[Mission fee could be 1 million won? You won’t clear it anyway]

While checking the hot chat window reactions, Harullara devised a strategy.

Its name: ‘Parasite Master Plan’.

The more he draws other Hunters’ scorn.

The more entertaining the broadcast becomes.

“I’ll hide behind others as much as possible and survive like a parasite!”

Now was the timing for familiar reactions like ‘bus rider’, ‘bug!’, ‘lololol’ to fly in.

But the chat window was strange.

[What’s that thing?]

[?]

[What’s behind you?]

[Is that a mob????]

[?]

[?]

[?]

Huh?

At the sudden festival of question marks (?), Harullara also looked behind him.

And immediately switched his streaming to ‘first-person view’!

His field of vision.

Brilliant white fur filled the live streaming screen.

Its identity was,

[I thought it was a mob;]

Large enough to believe it was a boss-level monster.

However, instead of the unpleasant feeling characteristic of monsters, it emanated even a sacred aura,

“It’s, it’s a Spirit Dog!”

It was Kang Hoon’s Spirit Dog, Lucky.

“Wh, whoa, what is that? Brothers, can you see that!? How, how can such a huge summon be in an Under Level 10 Dungeon?!”

An ordinary-looking man – Park Kang-hoon was running ahead, and the Spirit Dog followed behind him.

One step, two steps.

Each time its snow-white paws struck the ground, its size seemed to double, and soon it became as massive as a bear!

[Whoa]

[Wow]

[Really huge]

The moment of stunned observation was brief.

Harullara quickly delivered his commentary.

“That, that size looks like Unique Class!? What is this? Brothers! Was there a Hunter commanding such a cool summon at this level?!”

Enthusiastic reactions filled the Chat Window.

At that, Harullara hurriedly ran to chase after the Spirit Dog.

The Spirit Dog was incredibly white, emitting light like fragments of thin ice.

Its majesty was so magnificent it even looked sacred.

[Holy moly]

He had to capture even a little of that sight in his vision!

Only then could he broadcast it on his Streaming screen!

[Wow]

[Wooow]

[Woah…]

[Wow crazy]

The Chat Window reactions were also slow.

But condensed admiration was rising up.

To get close and try an interview, Harullara ran while panting.

However, his small broadcasting ambition was quickly shattered.

The Spirit Dog, which had grown larger than most cars, seemed to slip its head under its master’s arm.

Whoosh!

It carried him on its back and leaped into the sky!

“Wh, whoa!”

Then with tremendous jumping power, it instantly disappeared over the 5-meter high Wooden Palisade.

[Wow]

[Wooooow]

[Control crazy;;]

[What was that just now?]

[Is Summoner such a cool profession?]

Looking up at the high Wooden Palisade with regret was brief.

Harullara belatedly came to his senses and felt the vibrations of Monsters pressing in from all around.

Thump, thump, thump.

The entire ground of the map was shaking in real time.

“-Al, alright! Then for now, me too! I’m going to fight too, brothers!”

Various jokes came and went toward such Harullara.

[Better hide quickly]

[What’s a noob swordsman gonna fight lolololol]

[Probably going to hide and leech]

Even in the midst of that.

There was some helpful advice.

[That Hunter commanding the Spirit Dog earlier. Definitely a master. You should absolutely follow that Hunter. In Defense Dungeons, securing High Ground is important. You need to go up on the Wooden Palisade to fight or hide, and when the palisade collapses you need to escape following the masters. Since you can’t Jump 5 meters like the Spirit Dog, you need to find a Ladder or Stairs to climb up quickly first.]

[?]

[Too long]

[Chat Window fucking packed;]

[Ah using the Chat Window alone;]

The majority reaction was for the advice-giver to shut up.

However.

Harullara gladly accepted the meddlesome subscriber’s advice.

“I’m going up too, onto the Wooden Palisade!”

And he started running frantically.

Looking for a foothold that could serve as a running start.

* * *

“Wow, it’s high!”

Looking down below the palisade, Kang Hoon exclaimed in admiration.

Perhaps because he was mounted on Lucky’s now-reliable back.

The top of the Wooden Palisade felt incredibly high.

Kang Hoon’s vision was also very clearly open.

The problem was the Monsters swarming from far beyond the palisade.

He hadn’t hoped for very cute Monsters like Slimes or nymphs.

Still, he had wished for opponents with manageable appearances, at least not dirty ones.

Kweeeeeek!

Monsters charging while making pig-slaughtering sounds.

From them wafted a stench he had never smelled before.

‘Is this what corpse smell is like?’

An accurate comparison.

Because they were literally living corpses.

“Aaaah, they’re Zombies!”

Rumble rumble rumble!

Pouring forth in such numbers that even the distant Horizon wasn’t visible.

There was no point in even trying to count them.

Just the number visible was easily over a thousand.

If you combined all those pressing in from all directions?

It might reach ten thousand.

In contrast.

The number of Hunters participating in the Defense Dungeon was exactly 100.

“This… Is it even possible to win?”

At least these zombies have clear weaknesses.

Since they die when you smash their heads.

Still, the threat from their sheer numbers is tremendous.

To get the success reward, not only do I need to survive.

I also have to protect the tower.

If either one falls, the entire event fails.

Moreover.

Kuweeeek!

…Shouldn’t normal zombies be limping slowly with stiff legs as they approach?

“Korea patch is complete.”

Are these ones that died recently and haven’t even gone through rigor mortis yet?

‘Their joints seem more flexible than mine?’

What kind of zombies are this fast!?

Kururururu… Kreoooook!

The zombie horde that reached right in front of the wooden palisade in an instant.

Looking down at that dark procession.

Kang Hoon took a deep breath.

There’s no hope if I just stay still like this anyway.

“It’s a 【World War Z】 situation!”

Even if they have to step on the zombies in front, the following zombies will definitely climb over the wooden palisade.

If that happens, experience points, rewards, everything will be finished.

But!

Kang Hoon has his Spirit Dog that evolved to Unique grade.

He has Lucky, doesn’t he.

“Right. Let’s go, Lucky! I’m counting on you!”

With a body several times larger and an imposing presence.

Kang Hoon staked his fate.

He decided to trust Lucky’s power and fight.

“Let’s go!”

As if it had been waiting only for Kang Hoon’s signal.

Lucky leaped down from the wooden palisade.

“Huh, what!?”

“Where is that Hunter going?!”

“What, suicide? Is he trolling.”

With Lucky’s large body catching attention, many Hunters who had climbed up the wooden palisade following Kang Hoon were there.

‘Should I get some help?’

Leaving behind those who had approached with such thoughts.

Lucky, carrying Kang Hoon, willingly descended below the wooden palisade.

He charged toward the zombies that had approached right in front.

Opening his mouth wide and roaring.

– Kyauuuuung!

When Lucky howled like he was howling.

Cold aura spewed out of his mouth.

Cold aura that shot out rapidly along with white smoke.

Its end was blade-like icicles!

Papapapat!

The zombies near the cold aura instantly had their joints and necks freeze, hardening completely,

Keheok!

Eoeoook!

The zombies that followed had their heads torn by the flying icicles, collapsing instantly.

The zombies’ numbers were no longer an advantage.

As the zombies that rushed in again collided with the zombies hit by the cold aura earlier.

Krheoeoook!?

It ended up shattering them instead.

Chaeng, chaeng, chaenggeulang!

Wareureureuru!

“Yeah! Frozen zombie destruction…! Our Lucky is the best! Good boy!”

At Kang Hoon’s excited shout,

– Kyauuuung!

Lucky also seemed pleased.

He blew away the head of an additional charging zombie with his front paw.

“Let’s go! Show them the power of Unique!”

Like that, as Kang Hoon petted Lucky’s large back of the head and shouted.

“Heek, hek…”

There was Huntreamer who had barely managed to climb up the wooden palisade.

It was Harullara.

“That… what is that? The zombies aren’t reaching just that spot?”

In his view as he lay with his belly against the wooden palisade, he could see Kang Hoon and Lucky.

While everywhere was darkly covered by zombies that swarmed like ants.

Within about a 10-meter radius of Kang Hoon and Lucky was clearly empty, with the ground visible.

A bewildering situation.

Harullara rubbed his eyes and looked again.

“That Hunter… is he really below level 10?”

The magic-type Hunter standing next to Harullara muttered as if dumbfounded.

“Wo, wow, he’s sweeping away the zombies all by himself!?”

Harullara quickly grasped the situation.

When he observed properly, it wasn’t that zombies weren’t approaching Kang Hoon.

Every single one that charged was frozen by cold aura and torn by front paw attacks, disappearing instantly!

– Kyauuuuung!!

The giant Spirit Dog’s resounding cry.

“!”

At that, even Harullara’s forearms got goosebumps!

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