MSGE 13

Chapter 13

[Yamyeong 909 +2](1)

The complexion of the collapsed man is terribly bad.

Even from a distance, he looks bluish to Kang Hoon’s eyes.

It seems he was poisoned by something while exploring inside the Gate.

‘…I take back thinking I was envious of skill effects.’

Being a Hunter is indeed a dangerous profession.

You could lose your life like that at any moment.

For Kang Hoon, it was like watching a fire across the river.

Just as he was thinking that and sighing.

“Huuuung! No, please! Sob sob, don’t die, Ji-seong!”

A female Hunter with disheveled long hair began wailing.

Listening to that sound made his heart feel heavy and bitter.

“Please!”

Then,

“Don’t die and leave me alone!”

Her desperate cry rang out.

Watching quietly, it seemed they weren’t just ordinary colleagues.

Either lovers or family.

They were undoubtedly irreplaceable to each other.

“…”

Just then.

A random fact popped into Kang Hoon’s mind.

“I… didn’t do any enhancement today.”

Today, the number of enhancements he could use was 10 times.

10 times.

This might be the number of chances to save a person!

“Hangover remedy that’s good for the liver!”

Suddenly.

The canned drink he had rummaged through earlier came to mind.

Rushing to the beverage refrigerator, Kang Hoon grabbed the most memorable can!

The status window doesn’t tell him.

Because he knows the hidden ability he discovered himself.

It’s ‘Superstition’!

People’s general superstitions about that object.

That determines the enhancement options.

‘That means, perhaps…!’

The moment his finger touched the can.

The ‘information value’ of the object entered his mind!

[Yamyeong 909]: A hangover remedy containing Yamyeong concentrate. The B-grade aesthetic design is bizarre, but the contents are good for the body.

As cold as the information value’s judgment.

The design of the 119ml can was utterly bizarre.

But this wasn’t the time to worry about such trivial matters!

Hurriedly, Kang Hoon grabbed whatever Yamyeong 909 he could get his hands on.

And quickly!

He ran out of the convenience store shouting.

“I’ll pay you later!!”

At Kang Hoon’s shout,

“Th-thief!”

The part-timer dropped his mobile phone and screamed.

Ignoring the part-timer who was cursing at him.

“Huff, huff!”

Kang Hoon ran so fast his knees hurt.

While speaking to the can in his hand.

“Enhancement, enhancement!”

Without hesitation.

He immediately used the skill twice.

On all five beverage cans clutched in his hand!

It was the moment he created five +2 items at once.

Even if just one would do.

Praying that an option to save that dying Hunter would appear.

And.

Ping-!

“Ugh!”

His vision, no. His head felt like it was spinning!

Claaang-!!

The sound of hammering on red-hot metal overlapped.

Becoming one great resonance!

Was it because he overdid it?

His vision momentarily went pitch black.

Did he faint?

No.

Golden sparks flew across his darkened vision.

Clang-!

It felt like his arms had multiplied to ten.

If a bodhisattva with a thousand arms is called Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara.

Right now Kang Hoon was the Ten-Armed Blacksmith.

And gripping hammers in all those hands.

He struck down with conviction!

Clang-!

Drip.

A drop of sweat fell.

From the recoil of exertion,

Whoosh!

Kang Hoon’s head unconsciously jerked upward.

“Gasp!”

The moment he opened his eyes wide at the strange sensation.

The brilliant sparks,

The heat of boiling glass and iron,

The heavy hammer were nowhere to be seen.

Just five canned drinks clutched in his hands!

“Options.”

Shaking his head slightly, Kang Hoon concentrated his mind.

The object he examined like that.

No. The information value of a ‘magic item’.

[Yamyeong 909 +2]: A hangover remedy containing Yamyeong concentrate. The B-grade design looks bizarre, but the contents are good for the body. It looks ordinary on the outside, but through enhancement, it has gained the abilities of a potion! * [Instant hangover relief] * [Reduces intoxication when consumed before alcohol intake]

“Damn it!”

This won’t do.

A completely unhelpful option had appeared!

He roughly shoved the failed product into his pocket.

Next!

* [Increases stamina by 10% for 12 hours when consumed] * [Instantly recovers 35% of accumulated fatigue when consumed]

Wow, what? That’s an incredibly good option?!

But it’s not needed right now.

“Next!”

Click, click.

His steps toward the sports field were hurried.

Feeling the can sloshing in his pocket, Kang Hoon checked the options of [Yamyeong 909 +2], and

“Tsk, this isn’t it either. Next!”

He checked again.

Just as his once-full palm was emptying, it happened.

[Yamyeong 909 +2]: A hangover remedy containing Yamyeong concentrate. The B-grade design looks bizarre, but the contents are good for the body. It looks ordinary on the outside, but through enhancement, it has gained the abilities of a potion! * [When consumed, helps expel toxins from the body to the outside.] * [Poison resistance status +10]

Just looking at the options, it was perfect.

A true detox potion!

Exactly what Kang Hoon wanted right now, the option needed for that hunter who had collapsed from poison in the distance!

The problem was.

‘Will this really… work!?’

This was his first time enhancing food rather than objects.

Even with secondhand trading, wasn’t it the same?

Buying and selling goods versus buying and selling food products was a world of difference!

If he messed up, he could be arrested for violating food safety laws.

Someone could die!

But there was no time to think.

The male hunter, who had gotten much closer, also seemed to have no room for hesitation.

──His face was already purple!

“Ex-excuse me!”

In his urgency, as he rushed straight forward,

A thick arm suddenly blocked Kang Hoon’s charge.

“Step back! No entry except for authorized personnel!”

The restraint from a staff member who appeared to be a security guard.

Kang Hoon made a ‘kek’ sound and stepped back.

An embarrassing moment when his chest collided with an arm like a wooden beam.

Normally, he would have said ‘yes’ and tucked his tail between his legs.

Shouting while pushing into an incident scene crowded with dozens of people.

For the homebody Kang Hoon, this was impossible.

But today was different.

“I-I’m a Hunter! I’m an Enhancement Specialist!!”

When he shouted loudly,

“Really?”

The staff member hesitated and lowered his arm.

Before he could even ask for ID,

Kang Hoon raised his arm high.

In his hand, the gentle smile of the bald uncle printed on the Yamyeong 909 can gleamed!

“It’s a potion with detoxification abilities!”

There was much more he wanted to add.

It’s real so please believe me, just let him try it once, it doesn’t look like you have any other options anyway-! And so on.

But before he could say anything,

“A potion!?”

A clear voice captured everyone’s attention.

“Bring him over, right now!!”

At the sharp command, the staff member quickly stepped aside.

Only then could Kang Hoon see.

While holding the male hunter who had already turned purple,

A female hunter sitting collapsed.

She was looking up at Kang Hoon with cat-like large eyes.

Her cheeks, stained with blood and scratches, were wet with tear tracks.

There was no time to hesitate.

Kang Hoon quickly ran toward her.

Almost sliding on his knees, he sat down on the grass field with a swoosh.

“Here it is!”

He held out the precious detox potion with both hands.

However, the reaction was different from what Kang Hoon expected.

“…?”

The woman had been looking up at Kang Hoon with large eyes filled with hope.

But as soon as she saw the ‘detox potion’ Kang Hoon offered, her face contorted with anger.

An expression as if she was about to shout ‘Are you kidding me?’ and smash Kang Hoon’s head.

Kang Hoon flinched at this.

‘Oh no!’

It was natural.

The ‘detox potion’ Kang Hoon handed over looked like just a can of Yamyeong 909 on the outside.

“It’s r-real! You can call an Appraiser to verify! No, wait! Just make him drink it first!”

At Kang Hoon’s confident words,

The woman looked bewildered as she received the [Yamyeong 909 +2].

A suspicious, no.

Rather, an excessively ordinary canned drink.

Could she really give this to someone dying?

Her eyes trembled with conflict, but only briefly.

“It’s do or die anyway!”

“….”

Where did this courage come from?

Kang Hoon spoke to her like he was nagging, even though she was a professional Hunter.

“If you don’t make him drink this now?! It’s death, or death!!”

“…!”

As soon as the words fell,

Pop, hiss!

The woman opened the can.

Then she grabbed the unconscious male hunter’s jaw.

Forcing his mouth open with strong force, she began pouring [Yamyeong 909 +2] down his throat.

“Cough, cough….”

The dying hunter’s throat bobbed as he gulped down the potion.

And then.

“!?”

“…What is this smell?!”

“Ugh, urgh!”

Something unexpected happened.

Suddenly, a terrible stench so strong it hurt their noses began to spread!

The tremendous foul odor was emanating from the male hunter’s body.

He had suddenly started sweating a black, foul-smelling substance!

‘What the hell?’

Everyone’s gaze fixed on Kang Hoon.

‘What’s with this shit smell?’

…their expressions seemed to ask.

A moment like the nightmare of all the world’s MBTI capital I’s, introverts, and shut-ins.

Drip.

Feeling a drop of cold sweat fall down his spine.

Kang Hoon opened his mouth.

And recited the options of [Yamyeong 909 +2] exactly as they were.

“…This detox potion helps expel toxins from the body when consumed! That foul smell coming out now, no, I mean. That black sweat is the toxins!”

Then the staff hurriedly brought wet towels.

Frantically, they wiped down the hunter’s body.

After wiping away the blackish sweat.

His face and hands were surprisingly clean.

The purple pallor that had sickened him was nowhere to be found.

His expression was also peaceful!

Just like someone sleeping!

“Oh, ohhh!!”

“His complexion! His complexion is back!”

“To think a person’s color could change so dramatically in an instant…! It’s like washing a contaminated cloth!”

The amazed reactions of the people.

Even more intense was the female hunter’s response.

“Amazing…. I’ve never heard of a potion like this.”

Then she stared up at Kang Hoon intently.

She had been glaring at the Yamyeong 909 can like she wanted to tear it apart.

But her moved expression was like a baby kitten.

‘Like Puss in Boots from 【Shrek】.’

Tremendously focused attention.

Standing at the center of attention, he felt like he should say something more.

Kang Hoon cleared his throat.

“Also, you gain basic poison resistance stats. The value increases by 10, but at minimum you won’t be fatally affected by the same poison again.”

Then the female hunter moved her arms widely.

‘Huh, what?’

As if she was about to jump up and embrace Kang Hoon!

“Ugh….”

…She probably would have.

If only the man who had expelled all the poison hadn’t woken up.

“Ji, Ji-seong? Ji-seong! Are you conscious?!”

The female hunter immediately pulled the man’s now pale head into her arms.

Then the man groaned and said.

“Noona… where is this…? Heaven?”

…As if?