Awakened as a Money-Spending Genius Enhancer - Chapter 83

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Episode 83

 

Chapter 83. Alph… Go

 

Alph… go.

 

No. ‘Alba’s’ data download didn’t even take a minute.

 

Shortly after.

 

Red light burst forth from ‘Alba’s’ mana circuits.

 

The guy quietly looked down at his own hands.

 

As if he were a being born for the first time.

 

And then.

 

– Master.

 

A low, deep voice resonated.

 

“Huh?”

 

Startled, Kang Hoon looked around left and right.

 

Then he asked Lucky, who was sitting upright.

 

“L-Lucky. Was that sound from you?”

 

Then.

 

– Hmph!

 

Lucky snorted. As if to say what kind of nonsense was that.

 

“Ah, it wasn’t you?”

 

For a moment he thought something like from 【Iron Alchemist】 had happened. But it wasn’t, which was fortunate(?).

 

“Then…”

 

Slowly raising his head, Kang Hoon looked at ‘Alba’ again.

 

And then.

 

– Master, it’s me.

 

‘Alba’ spoke!

 

“Whoa! You, you could talk?!”

 

– Yes, Master. Reporting update. Some of my ability restrictions have been lifted. Both computational speed and combat abilities have been upgraded simultaneously.

 

“Ability restrictions? You had those on you?”

 

– Yes, Master. Currently estimated remaining restriction functions are approximately 80%.

 

“What? Then…”

 

That means the abilities he’s using now are only at 20% level!

 

Even that destructive power that shattered cliffs in one blow.

 

That was power downgraded from what it is now.

 

‘Then how much more amazing is the real ability?’

 

If all the remaining restriction functions were completely lifted.

 

This guy would be able to use 100% of his power.

 

‘By then, he might almost become a tactical weapon!’

 

Gulp.

 

Saliva naturally went down from anticipation.

 

“Will more options appear? Ah, you’re not an ‘item’ though. Will skills or something be newly unlocked?”

 

He wanted to know.

 

Curiosity was tempting him!

 

At times like this, there’s one method Kang Hoon can use.

 

‘Enhancement’.

 

Isn’t he already at +1 enhancement grade?

 

If he enhanced continuously to +2, +3.

 

Couldn’t he unlock even the locked abilities?

 

After deliberating, Kang Hoon placed his hand on ‘Alba’.

 

And immediately shouted.

 

“Enhancement!”

 

Now a sound more refreshing and pleasant to hear than any song in the world.

 

Hoping for the metallic ‘clang!’ sound to ring out loudly!

 

───And!

【 Conditions not met, enhancement impossible. 】

“Gah!”

 

The status window blocked Kang Hoon’s path.

 

“Conditions? What conditions?!”

 

Until now, enhancement never had such things.

 

There were still ‘impossible’ reasons that Kang Hoon hadn’t seen.

 

With a bewildered and somewhat unfair feeling, Kang Hoon grumbled.

 

“What conditions? Even Lucky was enhanced right away?”

 

Maybe it’s a bug?

 

He tried shouting again.

 

“Enhancement!”

 

However.

【 Conditions not met, enhancement impossible. 】

He only received the same rejection twice.

 

There were no bugs in the status window.

 

“Why is it impossible? It’s a golem I made through ‘Enhancement’?”

 

This time it wasn’t just simple complaining.

 

It was the sound of serious contemplation, crossing his arms to figure out the reason.

 

“…Don’t tell me. Is it because back then it was a ‘fragment’ and not a ‘golem’?”

 

Thinking about it, in Lucky’s case.

 

Kang Hoon doesn’t directly enhance Lucky the spirit dog.

 

It was enhancing the summoning tool that calls Lucky, the [Dog Whistle].

 

In other words, Kang Hoon’s enhancements always targeted ‘objects’.

 

But Alba, who went from being an ‘object’ fragment to becoming a ‘golem’, is now an artificial life form.

 

Thinking that way, it made sense.

 

“To enhance a life form, conditions are needed.”

 

He also remembered the apartment security guard’s ‘Information Value’ he saw before.

 

“…If I really become able to enhance people, will conditions be needed then too?”

 

─Wait. Come to think of it.

 

Back then his ‘level’ was too low to even attempt enhancement.

 

But now such warning windows don’t appear.

 

In other words, if conditions are met.

 

Enhancement seems possible even at the current level!

 

Thinking about it made him feel good again.

 

While Kang Hoon was nodding to himself.

 

Thoom─!

 

Something sudden happened.

 

Alph… no, Alba knelt on one knee and sat down as if surrendering!

 

“Wh-what?! What’s wrong?!”

 

And with his head deeply bowed, he speaks as if pleading.

 

– When that ‘Alba’s intelligence and performance modules were at scrap metal level, the only one who performed rescue and restoration was Master.

 

Rescue and restoration.

 

Putting it that way makes it sound rather grand and embarrassing.

 

It seems he’s mistaken that Kang Hoon was disappointed because ‘Enhancement’ didn’t work!

 

– Therefore, I, ‘Alba,’ declare that I will devote myself as Master’s support unit. I will prove to Master that this ‘Alba’ has permanent usefulness to you.

 

“Permanent, what?! Is it because of the name? I didn’t name you that to use you as a part-timer… Well, you’re actually a full-time employee…”

 

Hearing this grand oath of loyalty, Kang Hoon was flustered.

 

After rambling for a moment, trying to clear up the misunderstanding—

 

He finally gathered himself and asked this.

 

“You’ll carry out any order I give, right?”

 

– That is correct, Master.

 

“Anything at all?”

 

– Please command me to do anything.

 

Humbly clasping his hands together, Alba bowed his head deeply.

 

The one newly called ‘Alba.’

 

He was a monster from the Magic World, and one who inherited the legacy of the ancient giants from the mythical age.

 

Though he had once become scrap and rolled around on the ground, he was reborn in the hands of an Enhancement Specialist.

 

Whatever command might come.

 

He was prepared to grind his body to dust to carry it out.

 

To him, Kang Hoon gave his first command.

 

“…Well then. From now on, go wash yourself.”

 

While watching stone dust fall steadily at the guy’s feet.

 

“Every speck of dust on your body, clean it all off.”

 

– …?

 

Puzzled.

 

Alba tilted his stone head.

 

Thud, thud?

 

While dropping thousand-year-old dust.

 

* * *

 

Dungeon mission status?

 

Diligently in progress.

 

——Today marks the second day.

 

In the meantime, Kang Hoon is probably the only Hunter who eats squid stir-fried pork, pork kimchi stew, two bowls of white rice topped with fried eggs for breakfast.

 

After sleeping comfortably in his warm and cozy Seoul home.

 

And finishing a hot shower.

 

He filled his stomach heartily.

 

And once again, he stood in the kitchen.

 

“Hmm, I’ll put lots of ketchup on Lucky’s fried egg, and sprinkle pepper on Alba’s fried egg.”

 

– This ‘Alba’ is ultimately Master’s support module and can use any protein source as an energy source. Basically, I operate on solar power.

 

– Woof!

 

Such were the responses from the Golem and Spirit Dog.

 

Both beings, in fact, don’t need human food.

 

But they don’t refuse it either.

 

When he actually set plates down on the dining table, they quickly took their seats.

 

‘Right. There’s no way they’d dislike warm, delicious food.’

 

Breakfast is important.

 

Until now, Kang Hoon often skipped meals, but now it’s different.

 

Lucky and Alba are now teammates working together, aren’t they?

 

He wants to feed them well.

 

“Still, you can taste flavors and have preferences, right? You have to eat deliciously to work happily.”

 

Then.

 

– We will eat well.

 

– Kyawung!

 

Lucky and Alba’s heads plunge into their plates!

 

“Uhaha!”

 

The start of a day that’s hard to believe is during a dungeon mission.

 

It’s so early in the morning that sunlight hasn’t even entered through the window yet, but Kang Hoon was satisfied.

 

When doing illustration work, all-nighters were routine.

 

Deadlines were set,

 

And he just couldn’t compromise on quality…

 

He drew throughout the long dawn hours.

 

Until it was time for the publishing company employees to come to work.

 

Even drawing like that—

 

‘I was upset that my drawings didn’t come out as uniquely striking as those talented kids these days.’

 

Since becoming a Hunter, he fights purely for himself and draws only for himself.

 

Even so, his nature remains the same.

 

That diligent personality from when he did illustration freelance work and side jobs.

 

So he’s been waking up at dawn to even prepare meals for these guys.

 

“Living like this will probably make my body healthier.”

 

Chuckle.

 

Laughter comes naturally.

 

“Uhaha~! Shall we go again now? To clear the dungeon!”

 

Lucky and Alba came to stand beside Kang Hoon.

 

And.

 

Stretch.

 

Stretch!

 

——Each extended their fluffy front paw and stone hand, didn’t they?

 

“…Huh?”

 

…Since we confirmed that Companion Teleport works well, we don’t need to hold hands anymore.

 

The two (?) kids staring intently at Kang Hoon with bright, sparkling eyes.

 

Their gaze seems to say not to leave them behind.

 

Was the meal he made earlier really that delicious?

 

“Alright. Well. Let’s go holding hands.”

 

So he just took their hands.

 

And shouted.

 

“[Homing Instinct]!”

 

The immediately activated ‘trait’ returned Kang Hoon to his previous teleport point.

 

The starting point of the ‘Twilight Ancient Ruins’!

 

“Ooh!”

 

Looking around.

 

Kang Hoon surveyed all directions.

 

“Is this really the same… dungeon I was progressing through?”

 

Usually—

 

When a Hunter exits, the dungeon resets according to dungeon rules.

 

That’s why when leaving behind a dead comrade, tragedies occur where the body can never be found again.

 

Seeing this, people call it by this name.

 

『The Iron Law』.

 

Once something is reset, it never comes back twice.

 

A term to commemorate what has disappeared.

 

…But this.

 

“It’s here, it’s here! The marks where Alba punched! Even the undead I crushed while testing!”

 

This dungeon is definitely the same dungeon from yesterday.

 

Alba also nodded, proving that this was the ‘hometown’ where he had stayed for thousands of years.

 

Even if you exit using [Homing Instinct].

 

It became certain that the dungeon doesn’t reset!

 

This is an incredible trait that any Hunter would envy!

 

In that case─

 

“This is totally an ‘Anywhere Door’!”

 

The cartoon from his childhood, 【Doraemon】, naturally came to mind.

 

“Kahahaha! Just where exactly is the limit of my Enhancement Ability?!”

 

He even delivered a line that a cartoon protagonist… no, more accurately, a villain would say.

 

When you’re alone, what can’t you say?

 

At times like this, you should feel proud to your heart’s content and show off!

 

“Hehe!”

 

Kang Hoon’s life motto remains unchanged.

 

─’You should laugh when there’s something to laugh about’.

 

You need to know how to laugh and enjoy to build up strength.

 

With that strength, you endure cheerfully until the end.

 

So let’s laugh!

 

Since he gained unexpected good fortune─

 

Rather than needlessly reconsidering and analyzing, for now he should know how to laugh happily!!

 

“Uhahahahaha!”

 

Such Kang Hoon.

 

– ….

 

Staring blankly.

 

The golem watched him with curiosity as if finding him fascinating.

 

On the other hand, Lucky had long grown accustomed to his master who talks to himself a lot.

 

With a calm attitude, he snorted toward the golem.

 

– Kyaung.

 

Since his job is an Enhancer? If you watch? A bit? His head seems strange? But?

 

As if saying you’ll adapt quickly too──

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