LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 55
Chapter 55
『「You have purchased”Decent Battle Sense」（E, Lv.1）.』
『「You have purchased”Quite Sharp Throwing Technique」（D, Lv.1）.』
“As expected, as expected, splurging was the answer!”
Jeonghyeon’s voice was filled with excitement.
Until now, it was commonplace for him to manage with only around 10 points at most.
As a result, there were many times when he felt regret after buying various things with just a few refreshes.
But what Jeonghyeon was holding now was a whopping 35 coins.
Moreover, the biggest profit could be said to be separate.
『「Minor Physical Enhancement”has been upgraded to”Physical Enhancement」（D, Lv.1.）』
The Physical Enhancement trait, which he had no expectations for, had risen to D-rank.
It could be said that it cost quite a bit, as he had used 23 coins up to that point, but at least for Jeonghyeon, it was a tremendous profit that he didn’t regret at all.
The Physical Enhancement trait is literally a trait that increases the overall physical stats of the body.
It was even more welcome news than other traits because it also applied to Jeonghyeon’s lacking strength.
As a bonus, he also purchased the F-rank 「Storable Slot Expansion Ticket」.
It wasn’t something he needed right away, but he thought he would use it someday.
‘I think I’ll need a lot of storage slots later if I want to use magic.’
Even after all that, there were 12 coins left.
It was like the mindset of whether a glass is half full or half empty.
Is this all after spending 23 coins?
Or, is this all with 12 coins left?
‘Of course, it’s the latter!’
It was a question that Jeonghyeon didn’t even need to ask.
Especially since the coins he spent weren’t completely wasted.
Even if there’s no visible effect, the coins used for refreshing and traits are steadily accumulated as proficiency experience in the 「Trait Shop」.
Therefore, Jeonghyeon felt relieved about using the remaining 12 coins.
“Now, it’s fine even if nothing useful comes out. Refresh!”
The list is refreshed as soon as Jeonghyeon gives the command.
As if it had heard Jeonghyeon’s command, no particularly useful traits appeared.
Jeonghyeon was scanning the five lines just in case, when something suddenly came to mind.
‘Come to think of it, where has the ajusshi next door gone?’
Jeonghyeon, who had been excited until now, had raised his voice quite a few times without realizing it, so it would have been natural for him to react.
But for some reason, the next door was quiet.
‘I think it’s been quite a while……’
Jeonghyeon felt a little sorry for forgetting about him because he had been so busy hunting.
Did he move?
But such worries were only momentary.
Jeonghyeon began to focus on the Trait Shop again.
If something special had happened, he would have known, and if he had simply left the one-room village, it would be a good thing.
It meant that it wasn’t something Jeonghyeon had to worry about.
“Refresh. ……Oh?”
The moment he refreshed after putting the ajusshi next door out of his mind,
Jeonghyeon’s eyes widened.
“As expected, ajusshi is the goddess of luck!”
A copper-colored border appeared in the shop list for the second time.
And unlike before, its contents were exactly what Jeonghyeon needed most.
「Equipable Slot Expansion Ticket」（C）, 4C
Just thinking about it, the ajusshi next door was able to provide a C-rank Equipable Slot Expansion Ticket.
Just what kind of being is the ajusshi next door?
Anyway, there was no need to hesitate since it appeared on the list.
Equipable slots were always good.
『「You have purchased”Equipable Slot Expansion Ticket」（C）.』
Equipable slots have been expanded from 5 to 6.』
“This is truly amazing, amazing.”
It was amazing in a good way.
When he first purchased the expansion ticket, he was worried that a high-grade expansion ticket he didn’t need would appear, or that it would appear after he filtered out the traits he needed.
Fortunately, that hadn’t happened yet.
It was to the point where he wondered if the order in which the slot expansion tickets appeared was according to their grade.
Jeonghyeon, who was thinking this, suddenly felt a chill down his spine and shook his head vigorously.
‘If I think like this, an S-rank expansion ticket will appear next!’
As the saying goes,”speak of the devil,”it’s better not to even think about it in this case.
Based on his experience so far, expansion tickets weren’t stored and were applied immediately.
He didn’t want to cry tears of blood later, forced to spend 7 coins.
Anyway, Jeonghyeon had one empty trait slot.
Jeonghyeon’s brow furrowed.
There were 4 coins left.
And there was 1 trait in the storage slot.
‘Should I…… equip the Movement Speed?’
It was certainly C-rank, so it would be better to equip something rather than leave the slot empty.
But it was also true that he felt a bit regretful.
“For now…… well, I have 4 coins left.”
Theoretically, it was enough to refresh once and buy one more E-rank trait.
The best thing that could happen now would be for a Blunt Weapon Skill trait to appear.
“Ugh…… I should have bought one when the Blunt Weapon Skill appeared.”
Of course, it goes without saying, but even when he spent 35 coins this time, several Blunt Weapon Skill traits had passed by.
If it had been even D-rank, he would have bought one, but with no empty slots, he felt it was a waste to buy an E or F-rank, so he skipped it, but who knew it would come back to bite him like this.
But this was just hindsight.
If he had recklessly bought a Blunt Weapon Skill trait and didn’t have enough coins to buy the C-rank expansion ticket this time?
Or if he didn’t even have enough coins to refresh up to this point?
It would have been a useless regret.
In the end, he had no choice but to bet everything on the remaining refresh chance.
“Refresh.”
However, despite Jeonghyeon’s desperate wish, Blunt Weapon Skill didn’t appear on the list.
Furthermore, not a single common weapon skill trait appeared.
“R, refresh! Argh!”
Jeonghyeon unconsciously used up the remaining 2 coins, but
「Passable Archery」（F, Lv.1）
Of all things, an F-rank Archery trait appeared.
“It’s frustrating enough that I can’t buy it because I’m 1…… 1 coin short, but it’s even more frustrating because I don’t have a bow……”
Jeonghyeon threw himself onto the bed, punched it a few times, and then sat up.
“Sigh, well. Honestly, it would be unfair to say I didn’t gain anything from this reroll, right?”
Suddenly, he was seriously worried about his conscience as he was getting worked up over this.
Two traits were now just one step away from being upgraded, and one of them had actually been upgraded.
On top of that, he had expanded an equipable slot.
“Let’s see.”
『「Trait Shop」（Lv.3）
Coins required for next level: 21
Equipable Traits / Storable Traits: 1 / 6
Trait Probability: F 40%, E 30%, D 18%, C 7%, B 4%, A 0.7%, S 0.3%』
The 70 coins required for Level 4, which seemed endlessly far away,
had become a realistic number of 21 coins thanks to this storm-like spending spree.
It would be foolish to leave the slot he had worked so hard to expand empty.
At this point, it felt like something was forcing Jeonghyeon to accept something.
His gaze fixed on one spot.
「Excellent Movement Speed」（C, Lv.1）
Movement Speed.
Was it truly playing the role of a poisoned chalice?
Equipping Movement Speed itself wasn’t a problem.
Well, it was C-rank, and it would be better to equip something rather than leave the slot empty for now.
However,
‘It’s the most frustrating thing to have to go through Adaptation Syndrome for something like this!’
It was simply that he hated the Adaptation Syndrome that seemed to tear his body apart every time he equipped a new trait.
Moreover, how much more painful would the C-rank Adaptation Syndrome be?
But in the end, Jeonghyeon, who seemed to be in a staring contest with the trait, closed his eyes tightly.
『「Equipping”Excellent Movement Speed」（C, Lv.1）.
High-rank trait. Prepare for pain.』
The system even gave him a warning message, unlike before, as if to say it was a high-rank trait.
“I don’t need to know that!”
Jeonghyeon shouted in frustration, then his body trembled as if he was about to faint, and he collapsed.
But his body, which had become drastically stronger through hunting and this recent shopping spree, annoyingly prevented Jeonghyeon from easily losing consciousness.
In the end, he had to endure the immense pain, unable to even scream, while remaining conscious for a while.
Several system windows seemed to pop up in front of his eyes, but he didn’t have the time to read them.
‘I, I, I━ If I can’t get from Seoul to Busan in 2 hours, I’ll really kill you!’
Jeonghyeon’s consciousness gradually faded as he vented his endless anger towards the Movement Speed trait.
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Here, there is someone who initially awakened with an F-rank but later re-awakened with a C-rank.
Her name is ‘Ha Yunseo.’
When Yunseo’s re-awakening became known, there were quite a few articles about it on internet portal news sites, and more than anything, her own active presence on ‘MyTV’ gave her a considerable level of recognition.
“Hunter Ha Yunseo, how did you feel when you re-awakened?”
‘CraneTV,’ which invites and interviews unique or famous Hunters every week.
Crane, the interviewer and a B-rank Hunter himself, asked Yunseo a question.
Ha Yunseo looked up for a moment, contemplating, then smiled brightly and began to answer.
“Many people say that re-awakening is a good thing, and on top of that, you’ve hit the jackpot with your rank, like winning the lottery, but……”
Both of them laughed.
Yunseo playfully shuddered and continued.
“Actually, the first thing you feel when you re-awaken is Adaptation Syndrome. They say it gets worse the higher your rank, and I’m one of the people who experienced it firsthand.”
“Ah, Adaptation Syndrome. That’s really crazy.”
“Well, since you’re a B-rank Hunter, Crane, it might seem like I’m exaggerating.”
“No way.”
After exchanging a few words with Crane, Yunseo bowed towards the camera and spoke in a solemn tone.
“For your information, C-rank Adaptation Syndrome, it hurts like hell.”
Compared to the many extraordinary stories on ‘MyTV’ as a whole, it was an unremarkable video.
And the comments on the video were mostly similar in tone.
━ I wish I could re-awaken even if it hurts!
━ Show-off Yunseo ㄷㄷㄷ
━ If you’re lucky enough to…… re-awaken…… you should be grateful…… Of course, I’m grateful that you…… hunt hard for people…… but I wish you would…… think more about your attitude as a Hunter rather than…… broadcasting…… In that sense, I…… wasn’t that impressed……
But what if Jeonghyeon, who had just woken up from bed, saw these comments himself?
He was confident.
He was confident that he would find them wherever they were and do whatever it took.
In Jeonghyeon’s personal opinion, this couldn’t even be called pain anymore.
It was to the point where he could see the River Styx just from the pain alone, so how could it simply be called pain?
Jeonghyeon sat up, supporting his still aching back with his hand.
“Ugh, I don’t think it’ll be all that great when I get an S-rank later……”
Jeonghyeon was still frustrated that he had gone through all this just to equip a single Movement Speed trait.
To balance things out, the price of Movement Speed should be reduced by 1 coin for each grade, and the Adaptation Syndrome should be removed.
“Hoo…… I think something popped up before I collapsed. What was it?”
He definitely had that memory.
He couldn’t read the contents because of the pain, but a notification window had definitely popped up when he equipped the Movement Speed trait.
“Congratulations on obtaining the Movement Speed trait! If it’s something like this, I’ll really kill you……”
As he gritted his teeth in unresolved frustration and opened the notification window again, his hand stopped abruptly.
“Wh…… what is this?”
The contents of the notification window were something Jeonghyeon had never even dreamed of.