Awakened as a Money-Spending Genius Enhancer - Chapter 87
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Episode 87
Chapter 87. Master is Broken!!
A terrible sensation vibrating through Kang Hoon’s hand!
At first, he thought it was a cramp.
But.
“What, what is this?”
The tingling, unpleasant feeling passed through his hand.
Traveled up his wrist.
And vibrated all the way to his elbow!
“Ugh!”
It didn’t hurt.
It was just incredibly unpleasant.
Kang Hoon quickly pulled his hand away from the coffin.
And that wasn’t enough.
Tap tap tap!
As if he’d seen something he shouldn’t have, he even backed away far.
“What is this? This somehow… feels like bad vibes?”
Bad vibes!
In enhancement terms, it felt like ‘failure’ would pop up, and the tower he’d worked hard on would come crashing down!
“Is this really the Boss Room?”
At Kang Hoon’s question, the golems tilted their heads.
– There is no other exit besides this place.
Alba wouldn’t lie.
The command authority was perfectly inputted as ‘Park Kang-hoon.’
Same with the guidebook.
This was clearly the Boss Room mentioned there.
Even from a distance, it practically had ‘B.o.s.s R.o.o.m’ written on its forehead.
If that’s the case.
Everyone had been entering here and clearing it…
‘Why is my enhancer’s intuition saying no?’
Logically speaking, Kang Hoon’s intuition was probably wrong.
Not only the catalog but even the golems were guiding that there was nothing more to see in this dungeon.
Even just looking at the interior, it was quite magnificent, wasn’t it?
But.
“Something’s strange.”
Kang Hoon’s intuition kept moving in the opposite direction.
“Hmm. What is it… I keep getting this half-finished feeling?”
* * *
[Alba : Guardian Golem +1].
He is happy.
Though he’s a stone that can’t feel emotions.
At least he judges himself to be so.
From his state of rolling around on the cold ground in pieces, he was reborn.
Not only that, he met a new master.
‘Park Kang-hoon.’
A great being who accomplished incredible creation with his bare hands.
Master acknowledged the golem as his “Creation.”
[Creator’s Secretary Office (Lease)].
He registered him in that one unique spot.
Together with Master, he could leave this dungeon.
He could come and go from the outside world.
He could see night views.
He could even take showers.
Such a master, ‘Park Kang-hoon’ was a great being.
‘I will serve Master forever.’
The golem made such a resolution.
But.
This is terrible.
────‘Master is broken!!’
Even though dungeon clear was right in front of them.
‘Why!?’
Master was showing behavior that even the golem couldn’t understand.
His footsteps moved in the complete opposite direction, not toward the Boss Room.
Tilting his heavy head, the golem followed behind.
– …Master. That way is a dead end.
Even when he offered worried advice, Master wouldn’t listen.
‘What’s going on here?’
Before long, the dead end was revealed.
– This is the wrong path. Master. You need to back up and turn around.
The abruptly cut-off corridor.
Its end had the entire wall built in the form of a door.
Master, Park Kang-hoon, peered at the door and asked.
“Isn’t this a door too? Can’t we go in here?”
– Master. I’m sorry, but that door is just one of the common gimmicks in these ruins.
‘Gimmick.’
In other words, it was a trick meant to confuse hunters.
“Is it different from the wall I broke earlier?”
– Yes. In the memory data recorded within me, this wall is a fake door. It’s specified that you cannot go any further.
“Well, you did have some kind of map of this dungeon after all.”
That’s why, even if he didn’t know the identity of the secret room.
He could pick out load-bearing pillars from non-load-bearing ones.
“Yes. It won’t open.”
Fake doors absolutely never open.
Because the structure itself was made that way.
“Hmm… Is that so?”
– That’s right. Other humans have probably tried many times to break through this wall.
It was natural.
The walls Kang Hoon had broken were just plain walls with no door handle or keyhole at all.
Anyone would have thought that was just part of one of the pillars.
But.
This is blatantly a ‘door’.
Anyway, since the door shape is visible, countless Treasure Hunters must have attempted to conquer it.
They would have figured out all the basic ‘gimmicks’.
‘Right. The guide catalog also mentioned there are fake doors.’
Dungeon Manager Park Do-jin said the same thing.
‘He said it was nothing special. That many Hunters had already tried it. And as a result, it was revealed to be just a wall.’
Even.
Alba, who had been residing in the dungeon as scrap, also said the door was fake.
In front of such a door.
“So it’s a door that won’t open at all?”
Kang Hoon kept tilting his head in confusion.
‘Why is Master acting like this?’
With concern.
– That’s correct, Master.
Alba answered.
But.
“That’s strange.”
Alba’s master muttered something incomprehensible.
“It’s a path I can’t even take, so why is my ‘intuition’ reacting?”
– ?
“I really want to go this way though?”
Then.
Kang Hoon called up his status window.
“How much dungeon progress have we made so far?”
The passage leading to the Boss Room, the Pharaoh’s Coffin, was a single path.
Other than that, they hadn’t found any particularly hidden passages.
According to the guide catalog, the ‘Pharaoh’s Coffin’ is as small in scale as its boss is pathetic.
But.
【 ‘Twilight Ancient Ruins’ Current Progress: 71% 】
──Aren’t there too many areas I haven’t seen yet?
“There’s still 29% of the whole thing left?”
One thing was certain – that wouldn’t be the ‘Pharaoh’s Coffin’.
“In such a vast dungeon, 29% would be quite a large space. What could it be?”
Toward such Kang Hoon, Alba shook his head for the first time.
– Master. Searching all Hunters’ record history. After calculating efficiency and feasibility, proceeding to the ‘Pharaoh’s Coffin’ is advisable.
That was correct.
At the same time.
It was something said without knowing Kang Hoon well.
“Then the completion would be lacking.”
Back when he was taking cheap freelance work.
Even when drawing a single illustration for web novel inserts or covers.
Whether it was a famous work or an unknown rookie’s piece.
Whether the freelance fee was dirt cheap or had risen somewhat.
Whether others thought this level was roughly adequate or not.
Kang Hoon had worked meticulously and diligently, even staying up all night.
Even if his skills were lacking.
When it came to quality,
───there was no such thing as ‘compromise’.
Such Kang Hoon would have seemed slow and inefficient to others.
To the efficiency-calculating golem.
To Alba’s eyes, he just looked broken.
“Lucky. Can you try breaking this door?”
That command also sounded strange.
As Alba watched.
– Kyaung!
At his master’s command, the white Spirit Dog moved.
‘Lucky’.
The creature began attacking the ‘gimmick’ as if it had been waiting.
Kwang!
Using the weight of its massive body and acceleration.
It leaped from afar and repeatedly rammed its torso!
Kwaang! Kwaang!!
But a ‘gimmick’ is just a ‘gimmick’.
It only raised dust and didn’t budge an inch.
– Kyarrrrrung!
As if angered, Lucky extended its crystal-sharp claws.
And.
Kiiiiiiiiiii─────ik!
It began scratching, trying to tear off the ‘gimmick’ with its claws!
“Ugh!”
– …!!
A noise even the golem found hard to bear!
Even so.
“…Not even a scratch.”
The door remained the same as before.
Soon, Lucky opened its mouth wide.
And cast its ‘special attack’.
Along with powerful cold aura, it spewed sharp ice swords!
– !!
Icicles shot like arrows!
At that, even the golem looked at the door with a ‘maybe’.
It had been common knowledge that this wouldn’t open.
But perhaps it might be pushed open just a little!
– !!!!
───However.
Thud thud thud.
Thud thud….
The icicles didn’t even stick to the door and just fell down.
– Piuuuuuu….
Lucky’s once-brave momentum was deflated.
At its dejected appearance, Alba shook his head.
– There’s no need to blame yourself. It was useless anyway.
Then, as if to show off, with his own powerful stone fist.
Kwang!! Kwang!!
He struck the door.
Even though it was a fist that could turn thick granite walls to powder.
This time too, not a single scratch appears.
Soon clasping his hands behind his back, Alba politely advised.
– Opening this door is beyond even all of our combined strength. No Hunter has ever succeeded. This is just a ‘gimmick’ to begin with.
At that moment─
“Wait a moment.”
Against the door that didn’t budge even under the Spirit Dog’s attack, what Kang Hoon did was.
Knock knock, knock knock!
…just a simple knock.
– ?
Alba stopped in confusion.
Besides him, the other Golems also just stared blankly at each other’s faces.
No one could understand why their Master was acting like this.
Among them, only Lucky remained calm.
– Pant pant pant!
Only Lucky wagged his tail and smiled.
This clever dog knew.
───That when his eccentric master put his ‘hands’ on something, something interesting would happen!
“Let’s see.”
As expected.
While knocking and placing his hand on the door.
What Kang Hoon examined was the Status Window that appeared before his eyes.
– !!
As his ‘Creation’, a being registered in the Status Window category.
The Golem could also see its contents!
[Unopenable Door]: One of the gimmicks existing in the ‘Twilight Ancient Ruins’ Dungeon. Though it has a handle attached, it’s merely decorative. It cannot be opened by pushing, pulling, or dragging.
“Wow, even the ‘Information Value’ just says it’s all decoration and a gimmick? Well, everyone must have already examined it with Appraisal Scrolls.”
Humans may lie, but the Status Window doesn’t lie.
Wasn’t that the truth everyone knew?
– Master… Let’s go back now.
But then, something unexpected happened.
Instead of sighing and turning around─
Slap!
Kang Hoon pressed both palms against the door.
And then.
“Enhancement!”
Clang, clang, claaang!!
He suddenly started casting his Enhancement Skill!?
– …Master!?
Before the greatly flustered Golem could grasp the situation.
Following that,
“Enhancement!”
Clang, clang, claaang!!
A second time.
Kang Hoon unleashed his skill against the door that wouldn’t even open!
All the Golems hesitated at this.
Golems are.
─Beings that move for the benefit of their command authority.
Right now, in his view, Kang Hoon was taking a loss!
– Master! Your precious skill is being wasted!
Despite Alba’s attempts to stop him.
“Enhancement!”
A third time.
Clang, clang, claa─────ang!!
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