Awakened as a Money-Spending Genius Enhancer - Chapter 68
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Episode 68
Chapter 68. [Shield of Solarion +6] (2)
“Next.”
Gently dusting off his hands in the air, Kang Hoon stood in front of No. 02.
And without hesitation, he placed both hands on the shield.
He cast his skill.
“Enhancement.”
Immediately.
【 Oops~! My wrist slipped~! There was one mistake~! 】
Psssss…
‘…This time there wasn’t even a hammering sound.’
Complete failure.
The massive and sturdy shield turned to powder and scattered on the floor.
“Phew…”
Again, Kang Hoon placed both hands on his waist and dusted them off.
“Next.”
And he went in front of shield No. 03 and placed his palms on it.
“Enhancement.”
As soon as he cast the enhancement.
A lukewarm breeze seemed to blow against his face.
───Clang!
Instead of a refreshing ‘clang’, wasn’t that the sound of a chamber pot breaking?
【 Oops~! My wrist slipped~! There was one mistake~! 】
The mocking old man’s voice echoing in his head was standard.
‘Damn. Can’t I change the failure notification sound?’
As soon as he thought that, a status window appeared before his eyes.
【 ‘Enhancement Specialist Who Enhances Well’. Job-specific characteristics cannot be changed. 】
Job-specific characteristics my ass.
”Oops~!’ is a job-specific characteristic? You’re mocking me!?’
Knowing it was useless to protest like that.
“Phew. Next!”
Kang Hoon dusted off both hands again and walked over the powder.
He placed his palms on shield No. 04.
“Enhancement.”
Then the area under his palms started tingling.
【 Oops~! My wrist slipped~! There was one mistake~! 】
Crack!
Psssss…
Unable to overcome the 5% barrier, it failed.
It turned to powder and scattered beneath Kang Hoon’s feet.
“Next.”
Once again, dusting off both hands in the air.
Kang Hoon walked steadily toward No. 05.
He placed both palms on it.
“Enhan…”
The moment he was about to cast his skill!
“Waaaaait-!!”
The General Manager shouted.
He shouted so loudly that he was coughing ‘kek kek’ and gasping for breath.
“Wait! Wait a moment! Please, please slow down…!”
When the top-level executive opened his mouth.
As if they had been waiting for just that, all the Apex Circle employees began pouring out words in unison.
“R-right now, items with incredible options are. Being destroyed one after another!”
“Why are you destroying everything so nonchalantly like that?!”
“That’s right! We haven’t even read No. 03’s options yet…!!”
“It’s such a waste!! Isn’t there another way?!”
The agents shouting until their white faces turned red.
They seemed to have become red people instead of white people.
“Another way.”
At that, Kang Hoon pondered deeply.
‘Unless I level up right now, honestly there’s nothing like that?’
The shock of 5 consecutive destructions must have been too strong.
Even the proud Chihuahua Secretary hurriedly poured out words.
“If there’s any method, we should try it! Before enhancing, you kept dusting off your hands! What exactly is that motion? Is it some kind of enhancement condition?”
At that, Kang Hoon scratched the back of his neck with an ‘ahem’.
And with clear, bright eyes, he answered.
“I was just shaking off the bad luck.”
“…?”
“?”
“?”
Wak wak! Wak wak!
The mouths that had been shouting all closed at once.
And they all began touching their translators in unison.
It must be a mistranslation due to item malfunction,
Surely that Enhancement Specialist didn’t really say ‘bad luck’. That’s what they seemed to believe.
However.
“This is the only method I know.”
Kang Hoon was serious.
“It’s called the prayer meta.”
“What… exactly does that mean?”
The Americans crowded around.
Over their shoulders, Seri and Ji-seong hung their heads low.
They were biting their lips and their shoulders were shaking as if holding back laughter.
‘Park Kang-hoon’s prayer meta’.
Because they knew what that meant.
“Now.”
In front of Apex Circle’s General Manager,
Kang Hoon raised both hands high in the air.
And while shaking his hands vigorously, he started jumping in place.
“Hoi! Hoiiit! Like this! Like this! Shake off the cursed hand energy! And pray to the sky for good options to appear!!”
“….”
“….”
In the vast workshop interior with bright white lighting.
Only the sound of Kang Hoon’s running shoes scraping against the smooth floor.
Squeak, squeak, tap! Tap-tap! Tap!
Echoed and reverberated throughout.
“Hoiii~!! Cursed hand energy, begone-!!”
Everyone who had been shouting ‘isn’t there another way’.
Were overwhelmed by something even more extreme than themselves. That clear-eyed madness.
They lost their words.
The General Manager stepped back helplessly.
“…I know Crafting Hunters are supposed to be eccentric, but…. I-is he mocking us?”
“No…, look at that expression. That Enhancement Specialist seems genuinely serious.”
Along with him, the secretary and crafters also hesitantly stepped back.
Crossing their arms and shaking their heads disapprovingly.
“Even so, how can someone do something like that?”
However.
Exactly 20 minutes later.
That defensive attitude was no longer visible.
Instead, they all raised their hands and waved them left and right while shouting:
“Cursed hand energy, begone! Begone!!”
“Oh God! Please-eease!!!”
* * *
It melted away before their eyes in just 20 minutes.
Becoming tiny powder particles too small to grasp.
Whoooosh… blown away and disappeared in the cold wind that swept through.
If even just one had succeeded in enhancement and survived.
────A shield worth 150 billion!
“N-no-o-o-o-o-o….”
Biting his handkerchief, the General Manager groaned.
Beside him, Victor Chan’s secretary was counting on his fingers.
“One, two, three….”
As if he couldn’t believe it, he counted the remaining shields before his eyes.
But it was essentially unnecessary work.
“O-one, two, thre-e-e….”
Exactly three shields remained.
A number even a kindergartener could count.
Just 20 minutes.
In that short time, as soon as they touched the Enhancement Specialist’s hands, twenty-four [Solarion’s Shield +5] were destroyed.
Monetary value that disappeared like melting snow in all directions.
That was also a problem if you could call it one.
But for the world’s number one guild, how could ‘money’ be the issue?
The real problem was that each of those items had precious options.
No. It would be correct to say ‘had’.
“Stop killing them-m-m-m-m-!”
Poor items that instantly became past tense.
“Oh God! Please stop taking them away-y-y!”
Everyone who had been glaring at Kang Hoon with crooked eyes finally had their mentals shattered.
“Hoi-! Hoiii-t-!!”
They started jumping in place until their glasses went crooked!
In addition to glasses, neckties, and hair parted 1:9 (naturally the 9-side area).
Until everything was disheveled and tangled in a mess!
“Cursed hand energy begone~! Begone-e-e-t~!!”
“Please God─! Please─!!”
“Please! Please let it succeed!!”
Cheongjeong and Apex Circle. Everyone without exception shouted.
“Disaster of fingertips! Cursed hand demon, begone!! Hand skill, return──!!”
Two nationalities.
One wish.
Truly a unity of East and West!
Standing tall like a cult leader at their center, the Enhancement Specialist.
Kang Hoon also shook his hands and jumped.
“Come, energy of success!”
Finally.
After shaking off the ‘cursed energy’ for a long while.
────Smack!!
Kang Hoon’s two palms stuck to shield number 25!
“Enhancement!!”
A resounding shout!
Everyone’s gaze focused on one place, solely on Kang Hoon’s palms.
And the moment they locked onto his flashing eyes!
‘Please!’
Apex Circle’s General Manager prayed to the heavens.
Please stop this torture and save the shield!
【 Oops~! My wrist slipped~! There was one little mistake~! 】
…Not a chance!
Pshhhhhhhh….
The magnificently glowing [Solarion’s Shield +5] scattered as yellow dust.
“Kyaa-a-a-a-a-k-!!”
“NOooooo…!!”
Those with shattered mentals also collapsed, starting from their knees.
Only two shields remained!
The General Manager and all staff members were in a state suspected of arrhythmia.
Their hearts weren’t just pounding but churning, causing motion sickness.
“Production Team! Did you bring the emergency kit!?”
“Yes, Manager! Of course!”
“Bring out the [Holy Water of Purification]! Let’s wash the Enhancement Specialist’s hands! The cursed energy must still be clinging to them!”
The eccentric madness Kang Hoon had shown.
As if that madness was contagious, the Americans seemed even more captivated than the Cheongjeong staff.
They hurriedly brought out the Priest Hunter’s [Holy Water of Purification] and even washed Kang Hoon’s hands.
“Isn’t this an expensive item?”
Kang Hoon asked as the [Holy Water of Purification] poured generously over his hands.
The answer that came back was indeed convincing.
“No matter how expensive it is, could it be more expensive than the twenty-five [Solarion’s Shield +5] that have been destroyed so far?”
“That’s true.”
With both hands feeling cool, refreshed, and clean.
Kang Hoon looked left and right at the two remaining shields.
And walked steadily to the right.
Passing by No. 26, which was next in line, heading toward No. 27, which was last in order.
‘This one draws me more.’
After letting out a light ‘whoo’ breath.
He closed both eyes and heightened his ‘sense’.
While everyone was preparing to do the ‘begone bad luck’ dance once more in the tension.
“Enhancement.”
“!?”
──Suddenly skill casting!
The murmuring around him, surprised screams, even groaning sounds.
The noise that reached Kang Hoon’s ears instantly disappeared far away.
Instead, a different energy rushed in.
Hot heat that instantly warmed from under his chin to his cheeks.
Instead of human murmuring, the pleasant breath of the blacksmith shop.
Like the gentle breathing of a sleeping baby,
The sound of bellows.
‘This shield… it’s alive and breathing!’
The energy of metal touching his palm.
That cold, hard shell peeled away.
The hotly heated warmth became body temperature,
The bellows sound became breathing.
‘Right. Right.’
The energy dwelling in the naked metal.
It seemed to speak to Kang Hoon by itself.
Smoothly.
Placing both palms on the massive shield wasn’t enough.
Spreading both arms, Kang Hoon leaned his entire body against it.
And raised his invisible arm high.
To strike down with a hammer filled with strength and conviction.
Kaaaang──!!
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