Awakened as a Money-Spending Genius Enhancer - Chapter 75
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Episode 75
Chapter 75. This Could Be Considered Auto-Hunting, Right?
“Alright.”
As if finishing a great resolution.
Taking a step toward the swarming Ant Soldiers.
Geon Mi-na raised her [Black Whale Shield +3].
“New trait… I’ll try casting it.”
And she shouted.
“[Trick Performance]! I’ll sweep them all awaaaay!!”
With a cry as massive as her huge chest.
The jet-black [Black Whale Shield +3] soared into the sky again.
The moment it was easily lifted by her thick arms, the shield looked quite light.
Kuuuung───!!
But the resonance as it struck the ground was heavy!
Tremendous strength and weight. Speed driving straight down.
From the shock these three elements delivered, vibrations seemed to spread out from her as the center.
The sand beach became an ocean in an instant.
Every grain of sand.
All of them like water droplets.
Becoming waves!
───Swoooooosh!!
In an instant, spreading out in a circle, waves of sand!
“Huh. That’s more incredible than I thought?”
Even Kang Hoon, the very person who enhanced the shield, was flustered.
“…Just how strong is she?!”
The muscle talent stolen from the Korea Sports Council.
Created by Geon Mi-na’s maximum output power!
Bright yellow waves of sand!
Starting from her thigh height,
rising up to the height of an average adult’s head,
and finally as if it would swallow even houses.
Growing endlessly larger as it began to spread out!
In those waves, all the Ant Soldiers in the vicinity were swept up.
Keu, keukeukeuk, keukeu-!
Kadeuk! Kadeuk!!
Kagagagak!!
Their means of communication.
Letting out grinding screams,
they tried transmitting emergency signals.
──The new trait, [Trick Performance].
What was its content?
‘Taunts all monsters touched by the giant wave.’
In other words.
There wasn’t a single Ant Soldier who would listen to emergency signals.
Due to the waves that pushed them to the wall’s edge, all the Ant Soldiers in this area had lost their reason.
Kadeudeudeudeudeudeuk─!!
“!!”
“Th-they’re coming!”
Raising their six legs sharply.
Opening their hideous mouths wide.
They began charging madly toward Geon Mi-na!
“Ugh, uwaah! So disgusting!!”
The swarm of black ants came rushing in waves, forming mountains.
It looked like boiling black water.
The instinctive revulsion that arose from such a dense and jagged sight was brief.
“Wow! She draws aggro so well!!”
The team members were amazed at her qualifications as a tank – ‘aggro’.
“Am-amazing. She drew aggro without missing a single one!”
“One skill can do this much?!”
While Lee Cheol and Lee Hye-won clasped hands and jumped around in amazement.
Kang Hoon also nodded with a smile!
‘As expected of Mi-na. I can see the qualities of an 《Emperor Tank》, can’t I?’
Unfortunately, she couldn’t become a gaming friend.
─But a real-life dungeon party seems more fun!
There was one more thing that Kang Hoon’s ‘Enhancement’ had changed.
“Uwaaaaaaaaaak!!”
“…?”
The composed and calm 《Emperor Tank》, Geon Mi-na.
Her thick and solid thread of reason,
‘Snap’.
Had broken.
“The best! My shield! Our Black Shield!! You’re the best, my baby~!! Well done~!!”
Shouting at the top of her lungs.
“Die! Die! Die, you ant bastards!!”
…She began smashing the charging Ant Soldiers!
“Ge-Geon Mi-na…”
“…Did she even give her shield a name?”
“With that level of rage, it’s like a war morale booster.”
“Did ants eat away at our tank’s house or something?”
“Ah, that must be it.”
Peak excitement. Surging dopamine!
As the excited Geon Mi-na began rampaging.
The Ant Soldiers, already driven mad by the 500% taunt effect.
Kadeudeudeuk!
Kaek! Kadeuk! Kadeudeudeuk!!
Reached an even more uncontrollable state.
They only poured out chaotic shrieks.
Unable to communicate with each other.
Forgetting strategy and command, they were busy charging recklessly!
“Good! Those guys’ eyes have all turned red!!”
“I think they were originally red though?”
“Let’s sweep them away quickly!”
Led by Geon Mi-na, all team members gathered together.
Even Kang Min-su, who had been standing apart, hurried over and gripped his spear properly.
That’s when it happened.
– Kyaooooooo!
A good dog that suppressed its hunting excitement and waited patiently for its master to finish enhancing.
Lucky roared and leaped forward.
Lucky was furious at the Ant Soldier’s trickery.
Previously, the ants had scattered individually outside the attack radius.
But now they were completely gathered in one place!
“!”
Jumping over the mountain of Ant Soldiers, Lucky actually leaped out in the complete opposite direction from Kang Hoon’s group.
“Huh, huh? Why is Lucky acting like that?”
“It, it looks like it’s trying to attack us right now?!”
Flustered Lee Hye-won stammered.
Just as she said, Lucky had an angry expression with its nose bridge completely wrinkled.
It took an attack stance toward none other than Kang Hoon’s group.
However.
Only Kang Hoon, the beast’s master, understood its intention.
That’s why he shouted.
“Emperor Tank! Raise your shield!”
“Em, Emperor?!”
Geon Mi-na was momentarily flustered by the unexpected title.
But even so, she raised her massive shield and blocked the front of all team members!
Kang Hoon quickly gathered the colleagues who had stuck out beyond the shield.
It was the moment when everyone had gathered under Geon Mi-na’s protection.
And.
– Kyaooooooo!!
Lucky’s cry, so loud it made the map vibrate.
Simultaneously.
The fierce cold aura it shot forth came rushing toward them.
The icy breath soon became a tornado embedded with blades.
“Why, why is the Spirit Dog attacking us?!”
Kang Min-su was equally flustered.
He had already lost the top Dealer position to the Spirit Dog.
If the Spirit Dog went on a rampage?
─He had no way to control it.
However.
“It’s not attacking us.”
The wise supporter Lee Cheol’s analysis was different.
Boom! Bang! Booooom─!!
Attacks pouring down endlessly like bombardment.
At the same time, while looking at the status window visible only to his eyes as a supporter.
Lee Cheol was amazed.
“This can’t be….”
The status window flickering and changing constantly.
Inside it, numbers he had never seen before were appearing.
Thanks to applying all his buff skills to Park Kang-hoon’s Spirit Dog, Lucky.
【 Kill Assist: 483 times. New single mission record! 】 【 Kill Assist: 831 times. New single mission record! 】 【 Kill Assist: 1,320 times. New single mission record! 】
At a completely different, insane speed from before.
The Ant Soldiers gathered in front of the shield.
483 of them, no, 831 of them.
…No! 1,320 of them had been defeated!
“This is the first time my buff skills have been this effective!”
Kragagagagagak!!
The shield shaking from the endlessly surging Ant Soldiers and Lucky’s sweeping attacks.
Even so, Geon Mi-na never backed down and held firm steadily.
“Everyone! Stand close behind me.”
“We’ll do that without you telling us!!”
Thanks to that, while practically hugging Geon Mi-na’s waist.
A strange scene was created with everyone clinging together like baby birds.
Though the sight itself was peculiar─
The defensive formation’s effect was tremendous!
And for good reason.
Before long, the nature of the noise changed.
Scritch! Scraaatch!
Scratch, scratch, scratch.
The Ant Soldiers all began clawing at the shield in unison.
At this point.
Rather than rushing forward saying ‘I’ll kill you,’ it seemed like they were pleading ‘Could you please let me hide behind there too?’
“Is this… a level 20 dungeon party?”
Blink, blink.
Blinking her eyes, Lee Hye-won muttered.
With both arms tightly hugging Geon Mi-na’s sturdy waist.
Beyond there was Lucky completely annihilating the monsters.
Right beside them was Park Kang-hoon leisurely crossing his arms.
“Um… this mission…. Weren’t we unnecessary?”
Following the question that proud Kang Min-su couldn’t bring himself to voice.
“Lucky…. Just, just how many levels can it go unmatched?”
Lee Hye-won’s admiration was pure.
At that, Kang Hoon, its master, smiled broadly.
It was the first time he smiled throughout the entire mission.
The moment when the creature he had enhanced was recognized.
Kang Hoon said in a good mood.
“I’d say this counts as auto-hunting, wouldn’t you?”
Auto-hunting.
Even Lee Hye-won, who didn’t know idle RPG games, deeply empathized with those words.
“Yes. It’s scary how good….”
Kang Hoon’s level was 15.
He had already participated in a dungeon 5 levels above his own.
And yet this level of performance!
“Too… too amazing.”
Lee Cheol added his admiration.
“Summoned creature stats should be somewhat limited according to the Hunter’s stat limits. Then just how high are the Enhancer’s limits….”
Even Kang Min-su, who had become quiet from embarrassment, spoke up.
It was pure admiration unconsciously uttered at the unbelievable performance.
As if to put an exclamation point on that, Geon Mi-na shouted.
“This is the most enjoyable tanking I’ve ever done!!”
At the four people’s heartfelt reactions, Kang Hoon became somewhat embarrassed.
‘I just enhanced it like usual.’
You’re too kind. He tried to deflect while saying that.
But the admiration was just beginning.
【 Kill Assist: 2,240 times. New single mission record! 】
“Ant Soldiers… we killed two thousand of them?”
As another status window appeared, Lee Cheol began to relay the information.
“T-two thousaaand?!”
* * *
‘There’s no retreat!’
With that momentum, the Ant Soldiers had rushed in like madmen.
From the first checkpoint, their numbers had been excessively high.
Whether it was because we killed them all, or what.
Creeeeak!
Pushing through the door vigorously to the next checkpoint.
Creeeeak~!
And to the checkpoint after that.
“…This isn’t even like an empty house.”
There were no gatekeepers.
– Kyauuung?
Even Lucky tilted his head in confusion.
Pap-pap-pap-pap-pak! Pap-pap-pak!
He was digging at the innocent sand beach with his front paws.
The Hunters also carefully surveyed their surroundings, deep in thought.
“Mi-na unnie. Have you ever seen a case like this?”
Lee Hye-won asked.
“No. This is my first time too. A state with no gatekeepers at all. I’ve never even read about it in records.”
“Hmm. According to Lee Cheol’s status window, Lucky has already killed 2,240 of them, right? Maybe there are no Ant Soldiers left in this dungeon?”
“─I hope that’s the case.”
Interrupting their conversation, Lee Cheol spoke.
“Considering their habits, there must be forces left to protect the Ant Queen.”
“Ah…”
“The Ant Queen’s room, that is, the Boss Room is where the real fight begins.”
“Ha! The real fight…”
“Hieek, even before this, it would have been tough without our Black Shield!”
Geon Mi-na’s [Black Whale Shield +3].
Lee Hye-won was calling that magnificent equipment by its newly learned nickname,
‘Black Shield,’ quite naturally.
“…”
While feeling embarrassed about it, Geon Mi-na nodded in agreement.
“Thanks to the Enhancement Specialist, we were able to massacre them easily.”
While saying this, pat pat.
She patted Lucky’s white back.
“Lucky. I think I’ll have muscle pain tomorrow from blocking your attacks.”
– Hek!
Lucky puffed out his chest proudly.
At times like this, his characteristic ‘hek hek’ breathing sounded just like laughter.
Soon after.
“As much as we owe the Enhancement Specialist, now we need to show our strength!”
Led by Lee Hye-won, everyone was burning with motivation.
Being greatly indebted to Kang Hoon and Lucky, gratitude was natural.
They wanted to fulfill their role as party members.
That’s the heart of a Hunter!
Not only Geon Mi-na, the Tank.
“I’ll do my best too!”
Even Lee Cheol, the supporter, felt this way.
──Especially.
“…Kugh.”
Kang Min-su, who had almost had his dealer position stolen.
His burden was the greatest.
Five steps away from the group.
Gritting his teeth, Kang Min-su watched Park Kang-hoon’s reactions.
‘Just what… are the Enhancement Specialist’s priorities?’
But no matter how much he looked, and looked again.
A man with suspiciously clear eyes.
He couldn’t read Park Kang-hoon’s inner thoughts at all.
‘What the hell is he thinking about?’
“…”
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