The Only Enhancer - Chapter 100

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Chapter 100
Chapter 100 – The Kraken (1)
Park Seung-gwang found it rather peculiar to see Min-jun so delighted at being offered North Korea, a land of no practical value.
At this point, wasn’t it useless?
That was the rational suspicion he harbored.
‘Could North Korea actually be hiding some treasure?’
Well, the profession of Enhancement Master was already shrouded in mystery, so who knew?
There was a possibility he’d discovered something through the mysterious power of Enhancement Mastery.
But Park Seung-gwang soon shook his head.
It was possible, but thinking that far was a leap in logic.
Perhaps Min-jun would be happy to receive such vast territory even if it was just abandoned land.
Though the probability was low.
Or perhaps…
‘He’s pleased because the land is teeming with monsters?’
The thought struck him, and he shook his head again.
No, that couldn’t be it.
He’d heard Min-jun was hunting monsters frantically, but that was because Germany was paying 500 million euros per monster. He must be hunting for profit.
What hunter would be pleased about an abundance of monsters for no reason?
At least, that’s what Park Seung-gwang thought.
Just as Park Seung-gwang tensed slightly, wondering if Min-jun might gradually extract what he wanted through this North Korean territory,
“So you’re saying you’ll give me all of North Korea’s land on the condition that I don’t emigrate to another country, plus some minor benefits?”
“…Yes, that’s correct.”
Tax exemptions and various benefits were hardly minor, but if offered to Min-jun now, they could be called as such.
As Park Seung-gwang answered and braced himself for whatever conditions might come next,
Min-jun nodded with a satisfied expression and replied.
“Excellent. Let’s proceed with the contract under those terms.”
“…Yes?”
“???”
“C-contract?”
“Yes. Wasn’t that why you came here?”
“…???”
“???”
They exchanged bewildered glances.
Park Seung-gwang was confused that no further conditions were being presented, while Min-jun was puzzled as to why they weren’t signing the contract.
Watching the two of them, Jung Ji-hwan stepped in to mediate.
After all, neither fully understood the other’s intentions.
Jung Ji-hwan’s intervention seemed entirely necessary.
“It appears the government representative expected Guild Master Min-jun to propose additional conditions, so you’re surprised he agreed so readily. And Team Leader Park Seung-gwang, you seem to have misunderstood that Guild Master Min-jun is quite satisfied with these terms.”
“…More conditions?”
“…Satisfied?”
They exchanged glances as if unable to comprehend one another, and it didn’t take Jung Ji-hwan long to explain the situation to them step by step.
‘…This can’t be real.’
He’d actually been pleased to receive North Korean territory!?
Park Seung-gwang had never imagined this young magnate would care for land.
Though Min-jun’s judgment differed greatly from Park Seung-gwang’s expectations, this was actually favorable.
After all, even the United States couldn’t offer territory with remaining infrastructure like North Korea’s devastated lands—such a thing was impossible.
The same applied to other nations.
Only Korea could present such terms.
The United States could offer barren wastelands, but unlike North Korea, they were truly desolate.
However, North Korea, though devastated, still retained the framework of its former cities—this had been observed via satellite.
After clearing out some monsters, one could potentially rebuild the city.
As this thought crystallized, Park Seung-gwang felt goosebumps erupt across his entire body.
‘Could it be?!?!?’
Was he planning to rebuild the city and construct his own metropolis?
If so, it was truly a terrifying ambition.
Park Seung-gwang swallowed hard and looked at Min-jun.
Yet the young man’s eyes gleamed brilliantly, presenting the appearance of an ordinary twenty-year-old youth.
As if he’d simply discovered something amusing.
Watching this, Park Seung-gwang saw through the facade.
On the surface, he appeared delighted at the prospect of hunting extensively, but beneath lay a mastermind of extraordinary cunning, plotting to rebuild a city and seize something immense.
Of course, this was Park Seung-gwang’s private assessment.
Once he returned to Korea, it would no longer remain his alone.
But for now, it was.
“Then let’s finalize the contract. If ownership of all North Korean territory is recognized as mine, I won’t immigrate to any other nation.”
Watching Min-jun speak with a sly smile, Park Seung-gwang trembled inwardly and nodded, drafting the documents.
After both Min-jun and Jung Ji-hwan meticulously verified everything and confirmed there were no loopholes, the contract was finalized.
Though the negotiation succeeded, Park Seung-gwang’s face had gone pale as if he’d witnessed something terrifying.
‘I wonder what the higher-ups will think of this.’
But there was no choice.
There would be objections, certainly, but absolute opposition was impossible.
To secure Min-jun, they had no choice but to cede North Korea.
Thus Park Seung-gwang returned to Korea.
Joyful, yet somehow melancholic, contract in hand.
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The waters between England and France—the English Channel and Dover Strait region.
Until recently, cargo ships had frequently traversed these waters, but that was no longer the case.
The remains of colossal cargo vessels drifted about, rendering the surrounding sea desolate.
And gliding leisurely between them was an enormous black shadow moving through the depths, circling the strait.
Even from the shadow alone, one could sense its extraordinary magnitude.
A size that even the largest cargo ships could not withstand.
The shadow, which appeared to be at least five kilometers in size, drifted through the water with sinister violet eyes gleaming.
Its movements were not those of a creature hunting for prey.
Only the leisurely confidence of a predator surveying its domain for something amusing.
Gurrrrrrrrrr!
As air bubbles rose, a vast expanse of ocean churned as if boiling, and the creature, apparently finding it tedious, lifted one of its massive limbs and swung it with tremendous force.
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A power that could split the world itself, cleaving the sea in an instant.
It was merely the force of swinging a limb—no ability invoked, no technique employed.
The mana detected in that moment far surpassed even Entrebite or the Lion Mantis.
The creature’s eyes blazed with that immense power, and its destination was not England, but France.
Likely because it sensed more lifeforms concentrated on the continental side.
This colossal octopus, with its massive tentacles, was heading toward the continent.
Its destination was Le Havre, a port city in France.
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After Park Seung-gwang left, Min-jun asked Jung Ji-hwan a question.
“I heard the British Prime Minister also requested a meeting?”
“Yes.”
“Even though I mentioned I was on vacation, was it an urgent enough matter to warrant calling me back?”
Min-jun asked genuinely, though he already had a sense of the answer.
He knew well that if Jung Ji-hwan could refuse something, he would refuse it without hesitation.
And indeed, that was the case.
Jung Ji-hwan nodded and spoke.
“It was a more serious matter than I initially thought. More importantly, it’s the kind of story I thought you would find interesting, so I contacted you urgently.”
“Something I’d find interesting? Oh! Don’t tell me—?”
“Yes. It appears an unusual monster has emerged.”
Min-jun’s eyes lit up at those words, and Jung Ji-hwan, having anticipated this reaction, showed him the materials that had been prepared in advance and sent by the British Prime Minister’s office.
Upon seeing the massive octopus tentacle depicted there, his eyes widened considerably.
It resembled something that would only appear in mythology.
As Min-jun examined it intently,
Jung Ji-hwan provided an explanation.
“It’s a colossal monster that has established territory between the English Channel and the Dover Strait. Based on estimates, its size is at least five kilometers, with some speculation reaching up to ten kilometers.”
“Hmm, that’s certainly an enormous size.”
“Yes, which is why they’ve apparently given it the nickname ‘Kraken,’ after the mythical monster.”
“What about the mana measurement?”
“Under normal circumstances, it exceeded Entrebite’s readings, and when they measured the mana output during an attack, it slightly surpassed the unmeasurable threshold, according to their report.”
Upon hearing this, Min-jun paused to consider.
With numbers like these….
“It’s estimated to have exceeded Disaster Level 6.”
“That’s my assessment as well.”
Even Entrebite was a monster that surpassed Disaster Level 5, yet this creature’s mana output even at rest exceeded Entrebite’s, and during attacks it was unmeasurable?
All current mana measurement devices for monsters are designed to easily measure Disaster Level 5.
And exceeding the readings of such measurement devices is a simple matter.
It means we must acknowledge the existence of a Disaster Level 6.
And that means!
“We can obtain a complete evolution sphere and an innate Level 6 enhanced item without enhancement.”
Min-jun said so with a grin.
To be honest, obtaining just this was worth hunting it down.
But that alone doesn’t make for good business.
Jung Ji-hwan thought the same way, so he handed Min-jun the organized data and showed it to him.
First was the amount proposed by England.
2 billion pounds.
In Korean won, that came to approximately 3.5 trillion.
Of course, this wasn’t the end.
3.5 trillion won isn’t a small sum.
But asking someone to fight the first Disaster Level 6 for only that is absurd.
Above all, England’s situation is rather urgent, isn’t it?
It’s manageable for now, but if cargo ships keep getting cut off, England will starve.
So in addition to this, England proposed dispatching one of their awakened individuals.
They couldn’t reveal details yet, but they claimed this person possessed a special trait similar to enhancement mastery.
The fact that England was willing to dispatch such an awakened individual showed they were sacrificing quite a lot.
Well, there wasn’t much they could offer Min-jun anyway.
Even if they gave enhancement items, Min-jun was the only being in the world capable of enhancement.
They judged it impossible to persuade Min-jun with Level 6 enhanced items when he distributed them to all Guild members as if they were nothing.
So England proposed sending an awakened individual instead.
They judged that he, who was building a Guild, would still have an appetite for talent.
“Hmm. That sounds good?”
“England’s true intention is probably to plant a spy in the Guild, but that won’t work on Min-jun, sir.”
“Right, because I have a contract skill.”
“From England’s perspective, whether the spy works or not probably doesn’t matter. I doubt their trait will be superior to enhancement mastery anyway.”
I smiled at Jung Ji-hwan’s words.
He was probably right.
But there was one thing Jung Ji-hwan didn’t know.
I could enhance traits.
‘What kind of trait will it be this time?’
A unique trait like alchemy.
What would happen if I enhanced such a trait?
Of course, with a lifetime contract as the condition.
I thought of this new talent and smiled.
Though I’d enhance Jung Ji-hwan first before the dispatched one.
But before that, I’d need to enhance him and help him reach Level 6.
There was still something I needed to do.
“Then shall we prepare for the hunt?”
Min-jun said this as he retrieved his primary items.
Each one bore the violet hue that marked them as +6 enhancement level.
Now it was time to elevate all these precious pieces to +7.

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