Awakened as a Money-Spending Genius Enhancer - Chapter 47
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Episode 47
Chapter 47. [Defense Dungeon’s Concrete Wall +3]
Clang-!
His forearms immediately tensed up,
his shoulders hardened with strength,
his fists naturally clenched.
Claaang-!!
With just the second strike.
Orange sparks flew up from beneath his hands.
The spark effects felt intensely hot, matching the large scale.
The hot wind that rushed toward his face felt like holding a bonfire right in front of him.
“Kugh!”
Like hammering against lava.
His face grew hot from the mirage-like heat.
But then.
Claaaang-!!
The moment he finished the third hammering.
Whoosh!
Cool wind immediately swept over Kang Hoon’s entire body.
– Hek!
The wind was cold enough to instantly cool the surging heat.
Kang Hoon shivered and trembled.
“Whoa, that’s cold!”
As he looked up.
He saw Lucky, who had blown a ‘whoosh’ of breath on him.
Lucky, with his pink tongue sticking out, seemed to perfectly understand his master’s skill.
To blow cool breath at the hottest, most sweltering moment.
– Hek hek!
Looking at Lucky who seemed to be smiling.
Kang Hoon also grinned.
“It’s a success!”
Scratching the fur on Lucky’s neck, Kang Hoon looked around.
Lucky also looked around with his gentle, sparkling eyes.
The stone wall enhanced to +3.
Had now transformed into a concrete fortress wall.
Its height had increased tremendously, reaching 10 meters.
Even the giant zombies seemed confused, only hovering around the fortress wall.
Thud, thud!
Even when the giant zombies headbutted with their fists and heads.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The concrete fortress wall didn’t budge at all!
More importantly, there was an added option.
[Defense Dungeon’s Concrete Wall +3]: A very strong concrete wall of the Defense Dungeon. Though it appeared large in scale, it was originally a shabby wooden palisade, but through enhancement it became a concrete wall and grew very powerful. When a desperate moment approaches, it was enhanced with the goal of protecting the tower. It has also evolved to Rare grade. * [Durability recovery rate 1% per second] * [Electric Fly Swatter]: When monsters pass over the concrete wall, an electric defense barrier is generated
A trait!
A trait had been added!
“Electric Fly Swatter…? What’s this?”
The name seemed somewhat shabby at first glance, but the effect was solid.
The first gargoyle flew in triumphantly with spread wings.
The moment it tried to pass over the concrete wall while evading the mage’s attack.
Bzzzzt!
Electrocuted, it became paralyzed in midair as if its body had seized up!
– Keeek!
Taking advantage of the confused gargoyle’s pause.
“Fire!”
The archer’s arrow and the mage’s fireball hit the gargoyle.
Pathetically easily, the large gargoyle was defeated.
Strangely, the creature that died in midair bounced three times while falling.
Bzzt!
Bzzt!
Bzzzzzt!
Making sounds as it bounced!
As if even corpses couldn’t cross inside the concrete wall.
Thwong-! Bzzzzzzt!!
Each time the gargoyle’s corpse bounced, electricity seemed to flow, flash!
The ‘defense barrier’ that was invisible to the naked eye momentarily revealed itself.
“Wh-what is that?!”
“The sky! There’s a defense barrier in the sky too!”
“Wa, waaah!”
As if sensing the possibility of Quest success.
The Hunters were filled with joy.
Each gripping their weapons anew.
Even the young mage who had been terrified began shouting ‘Fighting!’
“Everyone…! Now’s our chance! Attack! Let’s attack!”
“Uaaaah!”
Gargoyles were intermediate monsters with low appearance probability in low-level dungeons.
For Hunters below level 10, opportunities to defeat them and absorb experience points were rare.
Just like right now.
“Come, sweet experience points!!”
The cheers of Hunters filled with motivation echoed throughout the dungeon.
* * *
Even if I fail at enhancement, no one would know.
That’s what Kang Hoon had thought.
But actually, he was wrong.
If Kang Hoon had failed the +3 enhancement.
4,000 people would have witnessed that live broadcast.
Through the perspective of Huntreamer Harullara.
“Th-that Hunter. What exactly is his identity?”
Throughout the time Kang Hoon used his ‘Enhancement’ skill three times.
Harullara streamed that scene through his own field of vision.
As if completely absorbed in the act of enhancement.
Kang Hoon seemed to have completely forgotten about Harullara’s existence.
The 4,000 viewers watching the stream of the attention-seeker Harullara.
To them, Kang Hoon’s appearance of not caring about the broadcast at all felt rather charming.
As expected, the chat window’s reaction was enthusiastic.
[Wow,,, he doesn’t seem like a Hunter who should be at this level]
[He’s not on Harullara’s level, is he?]
[What?? He looks handsome after seeing his abilities]
[Did his face get enhanced too]
[The puppy is cute]
Among the countless chats.
A viewer who recognized Kang Hoon’s identity also appeared.
[Vitality merchant!]
[It’s the vitality merchant!!!!!]
Vitality + merchant.
It was a combination of words he had never thought of before.
“Huh? What merchant?”
Compared to the bewildered Harullara, the viewers’ reaction was boisterous.
It seemed rumors had spread to other Internet Communities as well.
The viewer count had surpassed 5,000 at this point.
[Harullara, don’t you watch the news??]
[There’s that famous person who sells vitality bracelets!!!]
[I think his job was Enhancement Specialist?]
“Enhancement Specialist?”
Reading through the pouring chats frantically.
Harullara was amazed.
“So shouting ‘Enhancement’, and even changing the map’s wooden palisade into concrete walls, all of this was that Hunter’s skill?”
He was just one person among the 100 Hunters who entered the Event Dungeon.
“You’re saying he can perform at that level all by himself!?”
The entire situation had been turned upside down by just that Hunter’s skill alone.
It wasn’t simply that the Quest difficulty had decreased and the success rate had increased.
A dungeon filled with blood and screams from fellow Hunters.
The atmosphere felt on-site was very direct and intense.
Bone-chilling.
Blood-boiling.
“One person alone… can accomplish this much?”
And that wasn’t all.
Just by filming the ‘Enhancement Specialist’ Park Kang-hoon, Harullara’s streaming broke through its highest viewer count.
The chat window was in turmoil.
[Whoa. That person is a new S-rank!!!!!]
[No wonder. I thought there was no way gargoyles would appear]
[Did the dungeon bug out because his stats are too high?]
While there were viewers making reasonable speculations.
[He must still be under level 10;;;]
[Under level 10 and he’s that good?]
[So what? He’ll probably level up when he gets out of this dungeon anyway?]
[His level will probably shoot up to Harullara’s level.]
There were also plenty of viewers praising his skills.
[The puppy is cute]
Viewers mindlessly fawning over the Spirit Dog were a bonus.
Running through dungeons, drawing aggro, trying to extract content.
That was Huntreamer Harullara who had been running until now.
However, there was nothing he could do in front of the wall of ‘talent’.
The ‘Enhancement’ skill.
To think that just that one thing could draw this much attention.
Kang Hoon and Harullara.
Between them lay a wall no less formidable than the concrete wall placed in this dungeon.
‘I knew that even among awakened ones, skills vary drastically. But this is too extreme.’
Feeling relative deprivation, Harullara let out a bitter laugh.
“Hah… Ha! Hahahaha!”
Even so, he maintained his streamer spirit.
His eyes continuously followed Kang Hoon without rest.
“Lucky!”
After calling the Spirit Dog’s name like that,
“Shall we go have some more fun? Let’s go!”
Park Kang-hoon leaping onto the back of the white dog.
His appearance of advancing into battle without hesitation.
* * *
【 Congratulations on succeeding in the Defense Dungeon Quest! 】
At the end of the long battle.
As soon as he escaped outside the Gate.
What greeted Kang Hoon was a status window message!
“Whoa. This pops up right away.”
The Event Dungeon that had been wide open in the center of the Han River disappeared upon success.
Since the Event Dungeon itself was a one-time thing, the Gate entrance was also lost as a one-time occurrence.
Thanks to that, the Hunters who escaped from the dungeon were soaking wet.
It was because they were suddenly spat out in the center of the Han River.
Various guild staff who had gathered by boat rescued the Hunters, and some Hunters escaped by swimming.
In Kang Hoon’s case, there was no worry.
It was thanks to the dutiful dog, Lucky.
– Hek!
Lucky immediately carried Kang Hoon on his back and began swimming.
He started blowing his breath heavily onto the river surface.
– Kyauuuuung!
Then an ice sheet that you’d only see in the dead of winter formed over the river water.
As Kang Hoon stepped onto it, Lucky circled around and froze the river water several times.
“Ugh, so cold!”
“Excuse me.”
Several Hunters who couldn’t board the boat followed Kang Hoon onto the ice sheet.
Starting with one, then two.
“Then I’ll join too.”
“Sorry. Excuse me.”
Before long, Hunters had gathered in a crowd around Lucky and Kang Hoon.
Status window messages flashed before each of their eyes.
【 Starting Dungeon Clear Settlement! 】
Lucky pressed close against his back.
Using that warm fur as a blanket.
Kang Hoon also checked his status window.
Wasn’t this a Defense Dungeon that was supposed to be good for gathering experience points!
‘Lucky and I performed quite well together, so I hope my level goes up a bit!’
It would be perfect if several levels shot up like before.
After all, the daily skill casting limit was frustrating.
‘I can cast Enhancement Skills 5 more times per level.’
Even just 2 more levels would mean 10 additional casts, wouldn’t it?
Then things would definitely improve from these restrictions.
【 Achievement unlocked! Reached 1st place in monster kills in Defense Dungeon! 】
“Oh… Ooh!”
It was Kang Hoon’s summoned creature, Lucky.
Kills made by a summoned creature would naturally be the Summoner’s Achievement.
Considering the number of zombies Lucky killed, it was natural for the kill count to be high.
“Still, 1st place out of 100 people is unexpected?”
The influence of [Defense Dungeon’s Concrete Wall +3] that Kang Hoon enhanced must have been significant too.
The [Electric Fly Swatter] trait.
That trait had shocked all the gargoyles that came charging.
When entering dungeon missions as a team.
When multiple Hunters simultaneously attack and kill a monster.
That kill becomes an Achievement for all participants who dealt ‘damage’.
In other words.
The ‘kills’ of all gargoyles that appeared in the Defense Dungeon were counted as Kang Hoon’s Achievement!
“Wow!”
Before he could even be happy about this unexpected Achievement.
Status windows popped up one after another.
【 Title! 】
Flash!
【 Crafted a Rare Item. 】
It was a natural title.
The ‘wooden palisade’ that Kang Hoon enhanced had ultimately evolved to ‘Rare’ grade.
This was all thanks to having the courage to attempt +3 enhancement.
“Good thing my intuition was right.”
Following that.
Flash!
【 Achieved 1st place in monster kill count. 】
Flash!
【 Achieved 1st place in contribution. 】
1st place in contribution too!
This was also an unexpected title.
But it wasn’t strange or odd.
‘Monster kill count’ and ‘contribution’ might seem similar at first glance.
But when you think about it, they’re different categories.
For example, a large guild in China.
Once formed a massive team of over 200 people.
The goal was to clear an ultra-high level dungeon.
It was to complete a barrier on the Great Wall of China.
They succeeded in clearing it after a difficult battle.
But the peculiar thing happened afterward.
It wasn’t the Dealer who killed the final boss in one strike.
But the Healer who treated that Dealer’s injuries received the ‘1st place contribution’ title!
The calculation was that without the Healer’s treatment, the Dealer wouldn’t have been able to kill the boss.
That’s how ‘contribution’ is earned.
Kang Hoon’s case was the same.
The situation looked different, but the scoring method was identical.
Instead of ‘healing’, he did ‘enhancement’.
He helped everyone so that all other Hunters could survive and complete the mission.
As a result, he was 1st in monster kill count too.
His contribution for Quest completion also ranked 1st!
【 Result of achieving a total of three Achievements! 】
Two 1st place titles!
What grade box would come out this time?
Full of anticipation, Kang Hoon stretched out both hands in advance.
【 Experience point settlement. Level up! 】
Skipping the box reward, the level up began instead?
“…What? Where did my box go?”
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