Awakened as a Money-Spending Genius Enhancer - Chapter 79
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Episode 79
Chapter 79. I Trust You!!
“Phew! You scared me!”
Kang Hoon patted his chest in relief.
Fortunately, the reward item seemed to have been applied properly.
“Yeah! Open it, that secretary office thing or whatever!”
Immediately, the status window spoke to him.
【 「Creation」 Category: No one has moved into the Creator’s Secretary Office (Lease). 】
“?”
The status window emitting bright light was even cheerful.
A new category had been created there.
But there was still nothing.
“…So, there’s something separate that needs to move in there? Look around properly. Is there really nothing?”
【 「Creation」 Category: No one has moved into the Creator’s Secretary Office (Lease). 】
“No way! This is clearly a Platinum grade reward… You’re telling me they only gave me the case and not the contents? That can’t be! Look properly!”
【 「Creation」 Category: No one has moved into the Creator’s Secretary Office (Lease). 】
I’ve been scammed…
Kang Hoon squeezed his eyes shut.
Whether he fell into despair empty-handed or not.
The status window changed quickly and busily.
【 Experience settlement. Level up! 】
As if there was a long way to go, a familiar bar appeared before Kang Hoon’s eyes.
The blue liquid XP starting from level 15.
Even while blankly watching the rapidly rising liquid.
Kang Hoon couldn’t easily escape from his sense of loss.
“Hey… What is this secretary office thing. Until now you gave me items I could use right away. How is this different from giving me just the wrapper without the hamburger?”
Right in front of grumbling Kang Hoon,
Ding!
【 LV. 16 Enhancement Specialist 】
XP instantly filling the horizontally stretched bar.
Ding!
【 LV. 17 Enhancement Specialist 】
Even after leveling up two stages in quick succession, the blue liquid continued to rise without stopping.
“I guess I should be grateful that my level is rising well at least.”
Crossing his arms, Kang Hoon narrowed his eyes.
“Well, leveling up is natural since Lucky took down 2,000 of them.”
Kang Hoon was complaining to the status window.
However.
Ding!
【 LV. 18 Enhancement Specialist 】
“…Oh. I reached 18 from clearing one dungeon?”
Ding!
【 LV. 19 Enhancement Specialist 】
“Uh…, I’m right in front of the dreaded level 20 wall?”
‘The dreaded level 20 wall’.
His fellow Hunters had said that.
That’s what they called the section from level 19 to level 20.
Even if you have some talent as a Hunter─
It’s a difficult section to pass without outstanding advantages worth noting.
But.
The experience bar right in front of him hadn’t disappeared yet.
As if walking step by step.
One space at a time.
The XP liquid steadily extending forward didn’t stop either.
“?”
Ding!
【 LV. 20 Enhancement Specialist 】
“…They said it was the dreaded level 20 wall. It hasn’t even been 5 seconds?”
He reached level 20 in an instant.
Without giving him time to rejoice, the XP liquid continued to rise.
As if there was a predetermined destination to reach, naturally.
As if that destination was level 21.
Tap tap tap.
It painted the empty spaces blue.
Soon.
──Ding!
【 LV. 21 Enhancement Specialist 】
Without even having time to adapt to level 20, he had become level 21.
“W-wait a minute.”
At this point, rather than happy, he felt bewildered.
“How high is this going to go?”
Levels are supposed to become harder to raise the higher they get.
The term “dreaded level 20” was coined for that reason.
Level 21 is even harder to reach.
Level 22 is too high a mountain to conquer in a single dungeon run.
But.
Ding!
A refreshing notification sound tore through that limit.
【 LV. 22 Enhancement Specialist 】
…This doesn’t make sense.
This was Kang Hoon who had bravely raised his level by 5 to come to a level 20 dungeon.
However, he could never return to the dungeon he had just escaped from.
He had gone way past the level restriction.
“All at once… I went up 7 whole levels.”
Even after reaching the new experience bar for level 22.
Glug glug. Splash, splash~!
There was still leftover XP liquid.
“Isn’t leveling supposed to get harder the higher you go?”
But Kang Hoon’s case was different.
“By being more active in higher level dungeons… I leveled up even easier!”
Since he had even earned a contribution title.
That influence seemed to have played a major role!
“Wow…”
He couldn’t get his bearings.
In bewilderment, all the settlement calculations ended.
Only then did the surrounding scenery come back into view.
He could feel the presence of his teammates waiting for Kang Hoon’s settlement to finish behind him.
‘Oh no.’
He couldn’t feel completely at ease just being happy.
It was because of the contribution title.
Kang Min-su who defeated the boss, Geon Mi-na who drew aggro.
Even Lee Cheol who had buffed Lucky to enable the 2,000 kills.
They all had reason to expect the 1st place contribution title.
‘It feels like I swept everything up.’
Having unintentionally monopolized the title, he felt sorry for no reason.
Rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly, Kang Hoon slowly turned around.
That’s when it happened.
“Ah! You’ve finally finished checking your settlement!”
Lee Hye-won, who had used light magic to create lighting on her palm.
She shouted with a face just as bright.
“Thank you, Hunter Park Kang-hoon!!”
“Thank you!!”
All four teammates bowed deeply!
Weren’t they bending at the waist in greeting?
“Huh, huuuh?!”
Kang Hoon’s eyes widened in bewilderment.
Showing him the tops of their heads, as if competing to see who could bow deeper.
The teammates were practically prostrating themselves.
“Hunter Park Kang-hoon! Thanks to you, I broke through the infamous level 20 wall!!”
The overwhelmed Dealer, Kang Min-su, shouted.
“I can’t believe it… no, I believe in Hunter Park Kang-hoon!! But this situation… ha, to think I could level up this much!!”
Geon Mi-na standing beside him was the same.
“Just enhancing Black Ddong was already a favor! And I leveled up too. Thank you so much!”
Not to be outdone, Lee Cheol spoke with tears in his eyes.
“I believe in you, Hunter Park Kang-hoon!”
As he chanted like giving a speech.
“I believe!!”
“I believe!!”
“I believe!!”
The three others followed suit and shouted!
“Uh, uuum…”
His worry about them being disappointed that he monopolized the contribution title instantly vanished!
The problem was another worry that sprouted in its place.
‘This is bad!’
It would take two hours to get back to Seoul from this Gate in Chungbuk Damyang.
In other words.
He’d have to be surrounded by these crazy high-energy teammates for two hours!
‘Surely they won’t keep this energy for the full two hours?’
However.
“Let’s go, Hunter Park Kang-hoon!! From now on, we’ll escort you!!”
“We’ll escort you!!”
…’Surely’ had always betrayed Kang Hoon.
* * *
For two hours, Kang Hoon was trapped helplessly.
Where?
In his social teammates’ ‘worship prison’!
It truly was nothing short of terrible imprisonment(?)…
Park Kang-hoon, a homebody youth who preferred being alone.
For him, a voluntary outsider, the attention of four people for two hours.
And their sincere worship baptism was too much of a shock.
“You were really so cool!”
“You’re our lifesaver! Our Hunter career savior!!”
“Hunter Park Kang-hoon, can I call you hyung?”
“Hyung! Want to go on a clear celebration MT with us?!”
“Let’s go to the beach, for swimming!”
…In the end.
Kang Hoon chose to get off midway!
At a rest stop they stopped at along the way,
“Something urgent came up. I’ll head out first.”
Making up an excuse, he cast [Homing Instinct] alone.
He teleported straight home.
“Wo, woooooow!”
“Really amazing. To think you can even use such skills!!”
Because of that, next time they met he’d probably get bombarded with questions about the [Homing Instinct] trait.
“Uaaaah…”
Thud!
Diving onto his bed as soon as he got home.
Kang Hoon made a resolution.
“Next time I’m just going solo…”
He would never go with teammates again.
That damn dungeon! Go alone and clear it alone! he said.
By Kang Hoon’s side.
– Kyuuuuuuung….
Lucky, who had passed out from two hours of intense petting, also agreed.
* * *
Cheongjeong’s Dungeon Manager, Park Do-jin.
Kang Hoon visited his office for the second time.
To get recommendations for new dungeons to gain experience, especially places good for going alone.
Park Do-jin welcomed Kang Hoon with a beaming smile.
“I heard you achieved amazing records in the last team battle? Magnificent!”
Since there were four team members, there were four mouths to spread the word.
Originally, most Hunters who charge into dungeons and beat up monsters are extroverted.
It’s only natural.
Where else would all that energy come from?
Kang Hoon’s achievement had spread like wildfire.
Even more so.
Tanks with tanks, Dealers with dealers, Healers and supporters with their own groups.
Every professional group was in an uproar.
Even the flies caught in the fruit fly trap in the corner of the break room knew about it.
To this, Kang Hoon shook his head.
“I’ll pass on that topic. I’m completely drained from all that extrovert energy.”
Knowing Kang Hoon’s personality, Park Do-jin chuckled.
“I’m sure you would be. I could tell from the guild war.”
The last guild war.
Wasn’t it Kang Hoon who provided full set equipment to all his teammates heading to [Slime’s Poison Swamp]?
Even the top-ranked guild ‘Taecho’ would drool over—
An incredible trait.
He provided [Ten Thousand Poison Immunity].
Yet Park Kang-hoon coolly went home!
And then declined the dinner invitation from his returning teammates.
All of them had essentially become
‘World’s Best Kang Hoon Religion.’
His devoted followers.
But Kang Hoon had said, ‘Just watching the news interview briefly was tiring.’
‘What an interesting personality.’
He’s clearly born with more star quality than anyone.
Yet he doesn’t like being in the spotlight.
Quite different from today’s young Hunters.
‘That’s probably why Guild Master Cheong Jeong-kwon volunteered to be his shield.’
The entire Cheongjeong guild was protecting Kang Hoon’s image rights, of course.
They were carefully guarding his privacy.
Well, he didn’t have any scandalous private life to begin with.
‘It’s a good virtue for surviving long in this flashy Hunter world. The problem is most people find it hard to maintain.’
Nodding, Park Do-jin pulled out a catalog.
“You came looking for dungeons suitable for solo play, right?”
“Hm?! Yes, that’s right. How did you know?”
“Hehehehe! I had it prepared just in case!”
Living for dungeons and dying for dungeons.
That’s Dungeon Manager Park Do-jin.
Customized dungeon recommendations are always enjoyable.
Especially when finding the perfect dungeon for a special Hunter like Park Kang-hoon!
At times like this, the joy is tenfold!
Proudly puffing out his chest, Park Do-jin exclaimed.
“Look here! Behold! Level 20 and under dungeons perfect! For! Hunter Park Kang-hoon!!”
But then.
“…Hmm.”
Kang Hoon’s reaction was strange.
He looked down at the catalog with a troubled expression, then said this.
“I can’t go to level 20 and under places anymore.”
“What?”
“I’ve become level 22. Isn’t there anywhere I can enter at my current level?”
“But, but surely… you were level 15 before departure?!”
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