Awakened as a Money-Spending Genius Enhancer - Chapter 46

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Episode 46

Chapter 46. [Defense Dungeon’s Wooden Fence +1]

– Kyauuung!

While repeatedly freezing, shattering, hitting, and smashing the zombies in front of him with Lucky’s abilities.

Kang Hoon quickly surveyed the area around the wooden palisade.

Of all things, it was an open-type map exposed in all directions.

The tower positioned at the center of the map.

And the wooden palisade surrounding that tower was also a large circle.

It was a situation where they’d be attacked from every angle at 360 degrees.

No matter how strong Lucky was.

He couldn’t defend all directions of an area the size of a large sports field.

‘If I block here, there will be breached, and if I block there, this place will be breached.’

In the end, defending with force alone was impossible.

“Tsk, it would be nice if the other Hunters could hold out, but… this is just too helpless, isn’t it?”

If the direction where Kang Hoon and Lucky were was in this state.

The opposite side must already be on the verge of complete collapse.

“Is there no way?”

At that moment.

The thought of ‘home’ came to Kang Hoon’s mind.

For a homebody, thinking of home when going out was natural.

Especially during such crowded and difficult outings.

However, the key point of why Kang Hoon thought of ‘home’ now was different.

Kang Hoon’s ‘home’ was an ‘enhanced’ home.

“Ah!”

At the same time,

a brilliant idea flashed through his mind!

“I don’t know if this is possible, but… Lucky! Let’s go up on the wooden palisade! Quickly!”

At Kang Hoon’s instruction, Lucky kicked off the ground.

Lucky’s massive footprints created thin ice sheets like skating rinks.

Keu, keueeek!

It froze the ankles of all nearby zombies.

The top of the wooden palisade they returned to was,

─a hellish chaos zone.

“Brothers, the zombies are smarter than me… I bid you farewell in advance.”

Right in front of Lucky’s nose.

He witnessed Huntreamer.

Harullara in crisis of being devoured by zombies.

Because he had to see this even at such a time.

“To think he’s still broadcasting even at a time like this… Well, can’t be helped. Let’s help him.”

One swing of Lucky’s front paw.

Swaeeaek!

It split the red zombie’s head open.

That alone was enough to extend his life.

“Are you alright?”

He only asked out of courtesy.

“…Th, thank you! Thanks to you, I’m alive! You’re my lifesaver! Are, are you a Summoner?! Is this Spirit Dog Unique grade?!”

Seemingly moved, Harullara approached Kang Hoon and chattered endlessly.

An attention-seeking chatterbox.

Kang Hoon’s social skills were woefully inadequate to deal with him.

Moreover, it was annoying.

‘Did I save him for nothing?’

With slight regret.

Kang Hoon stepped down in front of him.

And focused only on the wooden palisade beneath his feet.

The ‘reward boxes’ given upon completing dungeon quests were magic items.

He couldn’t even read their options properly, and enhancement was impossible.

On the other hand, the ‘Wood Golem’ he met in the survival-type dungeon was ordinary material.

He could read its information value completely.

He could craft with it and enhance it too.

So he thought about it.

‘Isn’t the ‘wooden palisade’ of the Defense Dungeon also an ordinary object?’

If so, wouldn’t enhancement be possible!

Whatever others might be chattering about.

Letting all the surrounding noise go in one ear and out the other.

Kang Hoon looked at the information value of the ‘wooden palisade’ that appeared before his eyes.

[Defense Dungeon’s Wooden Fence]: A shabby wooden palisade of the Defense Dungeon. Though it looks large in scale, its substance is pathetic. When a desperate moment approaches, it was made for the purpose of being smashed by monsters.

‘Wait, it was originally made to be smashed?’

Setting aside the somewhat infuriating content.

“Hmm. This seems doable?”

This wooden palisade.

It seemed quite possible to enhance!

Kneeling on one knee and placing his palm on the wooden palisade.

Kang Hoon focused solely on this tattered wooden palisade.

The palisade itself.

“Enhancement.”

The ‘Enhancement’ skill he cast like that.

Clang-!

As soon as he heard the first hammering sound, Kang Hoon had an intuition.

This ‘enhancement’ would be successful.

Following that.

Clang-!

Forging continued without hesitation!

Claaang-!!

Since it was +1 enhancement, 100% success was natural.

‘The important thing is how much this wooden palisade changes as a result.’

Kang Hoon’s premonition was right on target.

“Wh, whoooa!?”

Not only Harullara right in front of him.

The nearby Hunters all began murmuring in unison.

“Wh, what?!”

“The map changed!”

“What is this? What happened?”

“Good, durability recovery.”

It was only natural that the wood that had been shattered, broken, and bent was completely restored.

The structure of the wooden palisade had also changed.

Its height increased by 2 more meters!

The zombies that had barely managed to climb up were knocked far down.

Moreover.

The pillars that had been on the verge of collapse transformed into solid iron.

Through ‘enhancement’, even the quality of the materials had changed.

[Defense Dungeon’s Wooden Fence +1]: A sturdy wooden fence of the Defense Dungeon. Though the fence looked large in scale but was pathetic in substance, it has become sturdy through enhancement. When a desperate moment approaches, it was enhanced with the goal of protecting the tower. * [Durability recovery rate per second 0.5%]

The wooden fence that had been made ‘to be destroyed’.

Now it had changed to serve the purpose of ‘protection’.

It even gained a self-durability recovery rate option.

‘Though that number is minimal…’

In various ways, it seemed Kang Hoon’s wishes were reflected to some degree.

“Hmm. It’s too early to feel relieved with just this.”

A durability recovery rate of 0.5%.

This option could vary greatly depending on the total durability value.

If the total durability became tremendously high?

The 0.5% figure would also become impossible to ignore.

The floor had become solid without shaking compared to before.

Thwack!

Placing his palm on the wooden fence once again.

Kang Hoon closed his eyes.

“Enhancement!”

Clang-!

Clang-!!

Claang-!!

+2 enhancement also had a 100% probability.

Success itself wasn’t a problem.

What mattered were the options.

“Woaaah! Woaaaaah!!”

“Wow! Wha, what?!”

Before Kang Hoon could properly read the information value.

“The wooden fence! The wooden fence turned to stone!”

The surrounding Hunters were making even more of a commotion.

“A, amazing! How did you do this without even enhancement scrolls…! What exactly are you doing right now?”

Instead of a microphone, Harullara held out his sword handle, requesting an interview.

Leaving the distracted man alone.

Kang Hoon checked the wooden fence beneath his feet.

[Defense Dungeon’s Stone Wall +2]: A very sturdy stone wall of the Defense Dungeon. Though it was a wooden fence that looked large in scale but was pathetic in substance, it became very sturdy by turning into a stone wall through enhancement. When a desperate moment approaches, it was enhanced with the goal of protecting the tower. * [Durability recovery rate per second 1%]

The wooden fence-, no!

The enhancement effect of the ‘stone wall’ was tremendous!

‘By becoming a stone wall, the durability itself increased ridiculously. Plus the recovery rate is 1% per second!’

The number 1 might seem low at first glance.

But it was actually an incredible figure.

1% recovery per second, 100% recovery in 100 seconds.

If they just defended for 100 seconds?

It meant the stone wall itself would be completely restored.

Whoosh.

Raising his head, Kang Hoon looked out at the stone wall beyond the distant tower.

The opposite side visible in the distance had also changed into a ‘stone wall’.

‘That means…’

The entire ‘wooden fence’ existing in this map had been enhanced to +2!

“Wow… the efficiency compared to the area is insane?”

This was the first time he had enhanced such a large scale all at once!

With pride and satisfaction.

Kang Hoon couldn’t help but smile.

However.

What followed was habitual curiosity.

‘I’m curious what would happen if I enhanced it to +3…’

Stroking his chin, Kang Hoon fell into contemplation.

From +3 enhancement, the success probability was 50%.

If it failed?

This massive stone wall would be completely destroyed, turning to powder and scattering.

Then this dungeon would be over too.

‘If I fail here, all the remaining Hunters and everything would be ruined.’

Unfortunately, he couldn’t use the [Hammer of Success and Failure] in this situation.

Because he hadn’t accumulated the required number of failures.

‘Everyone could die from my one attempt.’

On the other hand.

A devil wearing a badge of curiosity whispered in Kang Hoon’s ear.

Wasn’t this wooden fence something that would have collapsed long ago if not for Kang Hoon’s ‘enhancement’ skill?

Even if Kang Hoon’s enhancement failed and the wooden fence was destroyed as it was, so what?

There was no Hunter who could figure out the cause.

‘Hmm. Nobody would know anyway.’

Besides, he had a good feeling.

Somehow it seemed like it would go well.

Without any basis, he just had that intuition.

An enhancer’s instinct, perhaps?

‘Strange. I had this kind of intuition before too.’

It was like that when he rejected the scouting offer from the United States.

‘I felt some kind of ominous energy then.’

In contrast, now he felt good energy.

An enhancer’s intuition.

He wanted to test how accurate it was, to experiment with his luck.

Gulp!

Unable to overcome his curiosity, Kang Hoon stealthily placed his hand on the wooden fence, no. The solid floor that had now become a stone wall.

Touch.

It was a stone wall so well enhanced that it felt too precious to destroy.

Even the red zombies kept slipping, unable to climb up.

“…”

Turning his head, Kang Hoon looked toward the distant horizon.

While the Hunters were admiring and feeling relieved by the existence of the stone wall.

Another hole was being pierced in the sky.

From within it, the third phase.

New zombies began pouring out.

“They’re, they’re coming again!”

“What is it this time? Are there just more zombies added?”

Murmur murmur.

While the attention of nearby Hunters was focused in that direction, an archer with exceptional eyesight screamed ‘Kyak!’

“G-Gargoyles! They have wings!”

“Huh? Gargoyles? That can’t be!”

Soon, not just those with nearsightedness or farsightedness.

Even ordinary Hunters with vision below 0.5 could identify what they were.

Even if they couldn’t see whether the monsters rushing from afar had wings on their backs or not.

They could clearly see them flying through the sky like a swarm of bees.

“Crazy! It’s real! Something’s really flying this way!”

“Wait. Gargoyles aren’t even beginner monsters! Why are they appearing in an Under Level 10 Dungeon?”

“If that’s the case, the stone wall is useless!”

While the novice Hunters fell into despair and panicked.

“Try setting up a defense magic circle!”

“It’s useless! They’re flying too high!”

“Shoot arrows, quickly! We need to take them down before they get close!”

The ranged Hunters began forming formations to defend against the sky.

“Draw your swords!”

“If you just stand there dazed, we’ll all die!”

“We’ll take care of the ones climbing up!”

The melee Hunters also enthusiastically brandished their weapons.

“Intermediate monsters appearing—something’s wrong!”

While the Hunters were busy panicking.

Kang Hoon looked at the stone wall beneath his palms, and then at Lucky, who remained calm beside him.

The demonic form with gray wings.

Whether the gargoyles flew to pierce through the sky above the stone wall or not.

Lucky’s obedient purple eyes remained fixed on Kang Hoon.

“Lucky. Do you trust me?”

Footsteps going back and forth in all directions.

The screams of falling Hunters.

Amidst the roars of zombies.

Lucky looked only at Kang Hoon with a calm aura and a beaming smile.

It felt as if only the spirit dog and Kang Hoon were in their workshop together.

Though Lucky couldn’t speak.

Kang Hoon could feel it.

“Right.”

So he answered alone.

“I trust myself too.”

Therefore.

He pressed both hands against the stone wall again with a ‘crack’ sound.

“We’re going to be wiped out anyway if we just stay still like this… Alright. Let’s do this!”

For some reason, it feels good!

“Enhancement!!”

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