Awakened as a Money-Spending Genius Enhancer - Chapter 96
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Episode 96
Chapter 96. When Did You Recruit Slaves?
Chewing thoughtfully.
After a spicy and savory bite, holding the spoon in his mouth.
Kang Hoon said with an embarrassed expression.
“Should I really be living this comfortably…?”
【Cleaning dishes is also prohibited, Master. Please leave it as is. I will take care of it myself.】
Alba was happy.
He had been prepared to rot as scrap for thousands of years, but finally he had work to do!
This master of his kept trying to steal his work at every opportunity.
Not a chance.
He would polish away even the scratches on the spoon in the metal bowl!
The organic beings didn’t seem to understand, but for a golem, that was the joy of life.
* * *
A world overflowing with secrets.
Among them, big secrets cannot be hidden for long.
After Seo Mi-do was the first to obtain the information.
While she was moving behind the scenes─
Rumors slowly began to spread that Enhancement Specialist Park Kang-hoon had brought a golem out of a dungeon.
While the world was shocked.
Park Kang-hoon made no official statements whatsoever for two days.
The quieter he remained, the more frantic the media became.
And the news was in an uproar.
[“Pioneer” Park Kang-hoon Returns Safely, “Kang Hoon Shop” Resumes Business!]
[The Much-Anticipated 『Premium Enhancement Items』 Appear!! The Enhancer is… Park Kang-hoon!!]
[Level 22 Dungeon Items… Break Guild Sales Records?!]
[Will Pure Guild Maintain Their Ranking?]
[World’s Only Enhancement Specialist Tamed a Dungeon-Produced Golem?! Is It True?]
While news filled with all sorts of sensational headlines poured out.
The public applauded Park Kang-hoon’s safe return.
But they didn’t believe the news about him taming a ‘golem’.
And for good reason.
“Even for that Enhancement Specialist, isn’t this going too far?”
Don’t famous people always have exaggerated rumors following them?
“That’s nonsense.”
“How could anyone drag a monster out of a Gate?”
However.
[Exclusive Coverage! Hunter Park Kang-hoon’s Dungeon Return Video, Secretly Obtained!!]
Kang Hoon’s return video secretly recorded by Hunter Paparazzi began spreading across the internet.
The rumors became established fact.
With the news quickly spreading to internet broadcasters and even tabloid channels.
The Hunter Community was turned completely upside down!
[Crazy, an Enhancement Specialist who’s not even a Magical Engineer brought out a dungeon golem? This nationalism is so excessive I might get indigestion; seriously amazing]
└ What the hell is “amazing”? You mean “wonderful,” you idiot
[World’s best. The world’s best Magical Engineer is also Korean. World’s strongest. The world’s best Kang-hoon Hyung is also Korean. Is this real?]
└ Why is Kang-hoon Hyung just called Kang-hoon Hyung?
└ I thought it was going to be a power-up hahahahaha
└ It’s fine anyway since Kang-hoon Hyung is the only Enhancement Specialist, so Enhancement Specialist = Kang-hoon Hyung are synonymous
[Ah~~~ Kang-hoon Hyung, I’m the younger brother you lost 40 years ago]
└ Park Kang-hoon isn’t even 40 years old
└ Get lost, he’s my hyung!
└ You get lost too, he’s my hyung!!
[But the Vitality Merchant hasn’t actually admitted to bringing a golem yet, right? Why won’t he say anything???]
└ If it were me, I’d brag about it right away..
└ Is the Vitality Merchant the same as you?
While everyone was anxiously waiting for Park Kang-hoon’s new updates.
The Enhancement Specialist who hadn’t shown any movement for 48 hours straight.
Park Kang-hoon finally opened his mouth!
[Vitality Merchant is broadcasting!!!!!!!!!]
Community users who had been waiting only for his news came rushing in droves.
└ Of course lol how could they resist bragging about their golem? lol
└ Damn, I want to see the dungeon-produced golem too!!!
└ What what???
└ Can I get the link? haha
And so, ding!
A blue YouTube link was quickly posted.
Hurriedly, click, click!
With rapid clicks, users flocked through the link and the viewer count was about to explode instantly!
Even media reporters, monster research scholars, and mechanical engineering experts.
What they witnessed as soon as they all gathered simultaneously was─
“Starting the drawing broadcast~!”
…Once again, a simple drawing broadcast that had suddenly begun.
“Today’s drawing will be a battle scene between a regular Tyrannosaurus and a +6 enhanced rooster!”
[,,,,,,,Is he really crazy?]
The Hunter Community is hot today as well.
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Whether the world is shocked and turned upside down or not.
Park Kang-hoon walks his own path.
On his path, there is only peace, enhancement.
And.
…No matter what others say, there would only be hobby broadcasts where he endlessly draws for nine hours straight.
“Pretty easy, right?”
To that.
[Arghhhh not drawing, show us the Golem!!]
[He’s going “pretty easy” lolololol]
The viewers trapped in the chat window were on the verge of exploding from frustration.
[He wouldn’t even show us Lucky, and now even the Golem]
[Vitality Merchant, oh Vitality Merchant…,,,.]
[How much do I have to beg?]
Just as resentful chats were popping up like mushrooms after rain.
– Master. Here’s your honey water.
On the streaming screen that was broadcasting from Kang Hoon’s perspective, smoothly.
There was a hand extending a mug!
[?]
[Who?]
[What? What master?]
[Kang-hoon Hyung,, did you get a slave???]
[When did you recruit a slave? Why didn’t you tell me?]
[? There seems to be some pervert hiding here..]
While the chat window was in chaos.
“Ah, thank you.”
Kang Hoon casually received the warm cup.
“Did we have honey in our refrigerator at home?”
– Yes, Master. It is estimated to have been purchased 1 year and 9 months ago. However, since ‘honey’ has no expiration date, I have confirmed there would be no problem consuming it.
“Ooh… I’ll drink it well.”
In Kang Hoon’s field of vision, very briefly, like a passing curtain.
Two hands politely clasped together in front were revealed!
None other than Alba’s hands!
[Ooooooooh!!!!!!!!]
[Golem?!?!! Golem???!?!?!]
[That’s a Golem!?!?!]
Thanks to the +2 enhancement, Alba’s actions as well as voice output device had become much more natural.
Just hearing the voice alone, they couldn’t even dream it was a ‘Golem’.
[Wooooah this is insane]
[Please show us the Golem!!!!]
[Finallyyyyyy]
The excited viewers were heating up, shouting “Finally”!
It was exactly that moment!!
[But Hunter-nim. Aren’t you buying Common Skills?]
A single line of chat caught Kang Hoon’s eye.
“Hmm?”
Originally, when everyone is saying the same thing, if one person alone says something different, it stands out.
“Common Skills?”
Kang Hoon reacted to that.
On the screen, instead of the mysterious Golem Alba, once again only the broadcast chat window and drawing program filled the view.
[Are you kidding]
[Are you joking]
[Why are you talking about something else1!!!]
The single viewer who diverted Kang Hoon’s attention.
It was only natural that criticism poured out against them.
[Damn it]
[Teamwork is fucking terrible]
[I waited 9 hours to see the Golem!]
Some viewers who had been on the Hunter Community for a long time even recognized that nickname.
[Enhancement Failure Prayer Totem that bastard]
[That guy seems like the one who always posts links to Enhancement Specialist drawing broadcasts]
Whether others cursed or not.
As Park Kang-hoon’s number 1 fan who appointed himself as the drawing broadcast publicity ambassador, the user nicknamed ‘Enhancement Failure Prayer Totem’ said.
[Yeah you have lots of money, so why don’t you sweep up all the Common Skills?]
He wasn’t exactly sane either, stubbornly continuing what he had to say.
However.
The content of that chat was quite useful.
‘Hmm.’
Nod nod.
Crossing his arms, Kang Hoon also agreed.
“Now that you mention it, that’s true.”
Common Skills.
Literally, skills that any Hunter can obtain ‘commonly’ regardless of their profession.
The Streaming Skill he was currently using was also one of those Common Skills.
However, other Common Skills besides this weren’t free.
The reason Kang Hoon hadn’t paid attention to that market until now was also because of the ‘price’.
‘I heard in the basic Hunter Center lectures that they’re extremely expensive.’
But today, Kang Hoon’s wallet had a different thickness than in the past.
“Hmm. Well, it’s about time I started buying other skills too.”
Excited by Kang Hoon’s response, ‘Enhancement Failure Prayer Totem’ quickly typed in the chat.
[Rankers basically have tons of common skills as standard ㅠ. You’d probably benefit a lot from getting more of them now, hyung.]
For him, it was advice sent in a hurry with even typos due to the excitement of receiving a response from his favorite Hunter, Kang Hoon.
“Thanks for the information!”
Kang Hoon expressed his gratitude plainly.
Additionally.
“…But, ‘Enhancement Failure Prayer Totem’ sir. Why is your nickname like that? I’m scared it might appear in my dreams.”
…After throwing out a comment that made the otaku’s heart flutter.
Kang Hoon ended the broadcast.
[Nooo that’s not what I meant hyung]
[No, no, hyung, that’s not what I meant]
[Serves you right~]
[Serves you right~]
[I’m scared it might appear in my dreams. lol I’m scared it might appear in my dreams. lol I’m scared it might appear in my dreams. lol I’m scared it might appear in my dreams. lol]
[Yeah okay lololol]
The viewers criticized him for being clueless─
But originally, calling out someone’s nickname directly is a reward in the otaku industry.
For Park Kang-hoon otaku ‘Enhancement Failure Prayer Totem’, it was a heart-pounding moment.
[Hyung..ㅠㅠ]
Separate from what was happening beyond the monitor.
“Phew!”
After nine hours of drawing work, Kang Hoon stretched long.
“But where do you buy common skills?”
And he decided to request consultation from the top experts of the closest guild, Cheongjeong!
* * *
Indeed, Cheongjeong’s top experts!
Two A-rank Hunters immediately departed and rang Kang Hoon’s home intercom!
“Coming, I’m going.”
What entered Kang Hoon’s eyes as he ran to the intercom screen was.
A plastic bag printed with ‘Jonggajip Chicken’.
– Hyeeeong~~! We brought chicken~~!
Of course.
The top experts Kang Hoon knew were Ji-seong and Seri.
“Ooh! Looking at it this way, the silhouette really does look human. If you put clothes on, I wouldn’t be able to tell just from the body.”
As if he’d gotten used to it, Ji-seong greeted Alba.
“Good doggy~! You’ve gotten white again already?”
Seri was busy admiring Lucky’s fluffy fur.
Sitting around the living room with the welcome Park siblings, Kang Hoon brought up the main topic while tearing into an even more welcome chicken leg.
“Common skills!”
Gulping down cola instead of alcohol, Ji-seong said.
“Most Hunters acquire and learn ‘Skill Books’ from dungeons. They sometimes come out of reward boxes.”
“Huh?! If you get them from boxes, they’re free, right?”
His eyes lit up briefly at the welcome news.
Kang Hoon soon became puzzled.
“But I’ve never received one? Did I not meet some condition or something?”
System notifications that others couldn’t get even if they risked their lives.
Having earned two ‘Achievements’ in such a short period─
What did I not do enough of?
Kang Hoon was reflecting.
‘What is this guy saying right now?’
At that, Ji-seong was seized by a strange feeling.
To awaken with superhuman abilities, show superhuman Hunter-level performance, and then say something like this.
Normally, people would curse saying ‘What am I lacking!’ and it still wouldn’t be enough.
Moreover.
“…No, it’s more like… Common skill books come from Copper grade or Steel Silver grade boxes.”
“…Aha?”
The reason Kang Hoon had never obtained common skill books was the complete opposite of what Kang Hoon expected.
Unlike other beginner Hunters, Kang Hoon’s performance had been too excellent!
As a result.
Kang Hoon had never once received a low-grade reward box.
…How could a great person who had only received Diamond grade boxes twice get the lowest Copper or Steel grades?
“Ahem! Well, there’s no guarantee that what I want will come out of my boxes anyway. Most people usually buy them with money.”
At Ji-seong’s following explanation.
“Hm? What I want doesn’t come out of my boxes?”
Kang Hoon became puzzled once again.
“Everything I’ve gotten so far has been exactly what I needed though?”
“…”
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