Chapter 113
Chapter 113
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 113
Chapter Title: Elephant. Giant Centipede. Chameleon
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"Status window!"
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ [Stealth] Reduces presence. [Price: 10 million won] [Concealment] Become semi-transparent. [Price: 1 billion won] "Damn it."
Skills ranged from the hundred-thousand-won tier all the way up to units I'd never even seen before in my life.
Even after digging through for a good long while and picking out the useful ones, I only had one option left.
The shop had never lied to me once. If it was priced like that, it had to be good, no question.
The problem was that the effect wasn't overwhelmingly amazing right from the start.
[Remaining Funds: 240.2 million won] Limited funds left.
Ding! Ding!...
Light burst forth.
The glow that should have faded kept piling up from the consecutive purchases, getting so bright it stung my eyes.
⚔ STATUS ⚔ Hermes' Sneakers Lv.1 ▷ Lv.5 Ding!!
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ <Hermes' Sneakers meet the conditions> <Sprouting wings> The glow condensed into a small point, and a pair of sneakers materialized right in front of me.
Sneakers with a small wing emblem etched on the sides.
The difference from Lily's sneakers was that these reflected my tastes. Mine had wing patterns engraved, while Lily's had actual tiny wings attached.
At my age, it was a relief I didn't have to wear sneakers with actual wings.
⚔ STATUS ⚔ ● Faint divinity resides within ○ Divinity is accumulating ○ Wings are sprouting ◈ Fresh Breeze ◈ Gale Equipment level rises with repeated purchases [Owner: Han Ga-eul (Heavenly Peach)] [Remaining Funds: 92 million won] "Oho."
Snow-white sneakers, just like Baekseol's fur.
Slipping my feet in, they adjusted perfectly for comfort.
—Whiiiiiing
Suddenly, wind rushed in.
Lifting my foot lightly and pressing down on empty air, pale green wind gathered at my toes.
Lily had said she stepped on clouds with these.
Putting a bit more force in, the wind condensed like stairs, pulling my body up.
This must be Fresh Breeze.
"What about Gale?"
Stamping the ground, the wind split before me, carving a path.
Taking one more step, the world blurred.
⚡ SKILL ACTIVATED ⚡ <Gale> —Paaang!!
"Gaaah!"
My body rocketed forward with explosive acceleration before plummeting straight down.
—Thud!
"Guh."
Landing on my back, my whole body throbbed.
Lying on the ground staring at the sky, I could see the rooftop room where I'd been standing up above.
"Holy shit, these wind-chopping sneakers are insane."
There was a reason Lily kept calling it 'splitting the wind.'
The moment acceleration kicked in, it felt like heavy shackles binding my body snapped free.
Like gravity had vanished. And as payback, my body felt heavy again.
—Click, click.
Breathing life back into my wind-extinguished cigarette, it puffed smoke once more.
"Hoo— Huh?"
What I thought was cigarette smoke clumping up turned into a cotton ball tumbling down from the air.
Focusing my left eye, the slowed world let me see it clearly.
Some creature thinking it was a flying squirrel, limbs splayed wide in freefall.
Poof.
"Baekseol! You scared me! What if you jump from that high?"
Squish squish squish.
Catching her under the armpits, she smooshed my cheeks.
"What now?"
"Scared!"
"Sorry, the wind-split sneakers brain-farted on me. My bad."
"Careful!"
"Got it, I'll be careful. Let's head in."
"Yeah!"
As I picked up Baekseol to go inside, I sensed someone nearby.
This cramped, rundown studio neighborhood barely had foot traffic, but right then, an old lady passing by shook her head at the sight of me.
"Tsk tsk, end times, end times."
To her, I must've looked like a pink-haired girl lying down smoking, then catching a rabbit falling from the sky and heading home—a total lunatic.
"Hmph, why the attitude?"
Mood soured.
Squiiiish.
"Fine, let's go in."
"Yeah."
"Illness arises when delusions shake the natural mind, damn it."
"Master."
"Ongnya, let's go up. Namu Amida Butsu, Namu Amida Butsu."
Carrying Baekseol inside, viewers welcomed us.
💬 Comments — ⚔️ Host, what's up? "Why?"
— ⚔️ Host's voice came through super loud — ⚔️ Fr, host's voice made Baekseol vanish lol "Fell off the roof."
— ⚔️ ??? — ⚔️ What the hell lol "Nah, I split the wind and fell off the roof? Baekseol got spooked and jumped down to me, so I caught her and came back up."
— ⚔️ Were you smoking cigs outside or doing coke?? — ⚔️ Lmaoooo — ⚔️ Lol splitting wind I'd hidden things from viewers before, but never lied.
I always dealt straight with them, but all I got back was ridicule.
"Playing with Baekseol, gonna go smoke."
— ⚔️ You just smoked "Wind knocked it out when I fell off the roof."
— ⚔️ Lol go ahead — ⚔️ Don't leave Baekseol "Ongnya."
I stroked Baekseol's fluffy fur once and headed back to the rooftop patio.
—Click, click.
"Hoo—."
Ding!
[Stealth] Reduces presence. [Price: 10 million won] The silver lining was having about 90 million left, but the issue was how many times I'd need to buy Stealth to make it useful.
Most skills I'd bought so far hadn't shone much at level 1. Usually needed three or four upgrades for explosive growth.
This one was probably the same.
Ding!
A flick of my finger vaporized 20 million won.
[Elephant-Class Stealth Lv.1] Presence: Presence fades slightly [Price: 20 million won] "...?"
First time hearing elephants were good at stealth.
As always, the curt, unfriendly description needed no interpretation.
I took a cautious step forward.
—Boom!
The rooftop nearly caved in from the noise.
"This is bullshit. That's 'slightly faded' on elephant terms?"
Ding!
[Giant Centipede-Class Stealth Lv.2] Presence: Presence reduced Mimicry: Blend with surroundings when still [Price: 40 million won] Still, it was a skill, and the effect was real enough.
Down from elephant to giant centipede in just two buys—major progress.
Moving my hand once more.
Ding!
[Chameleon-Class Stealth Lv.3] Presence: Presence drastically reduced Mimicry: Blend with surroundings when still Camouflage ○ Blend with surroundings while moving ○ Ultraviolet penetration ○ Infrared penetration [Price: 80 million won] [Remaining Funds: 22 million won] "Phew, good thing."
Every time I leveled swimming and ate fish, it creeped me out, but thank god bugs didn't start tasting good.
The next level's price was already skyrocketing, but this was satisfying enough.
"Not bad."
Stubbing out the barely smoked cig, I headed back inside to find Baekseol rolling around the toy ball I'd bought her, showing off tricks.
— Cha-ching! ⭐ Top Comment — Red Parade donated 1,000,000 won Lol buy Baekseol some treats Tap tap
— ⚔️ Cute overload — Cha-ching! — Wasabi Bean Powder donated 10,000 won Buy host some quit-smoking gum Watching from behind, it seemed like she understood some things.
If a familiar word popped up, she'd tap her front paws; unknowns got a head tilt.
Her little noggin was adorable.
Anyway, time to test the skill on Baekseol, who had better hearing than me.
I crept up slowly, sneakily.
— ⚔️ Huh? Host's here — ⚔️ Baekseol behind you host Twitch.
Baekseol's ears perked, she turned toward me, and hopped into my arms.
"My fluffy puff, having fun?"
"Excited!"
Her ears twitching meant she'd caught on.
Baekseol's hearing far outstripped my skill-enhanced ears.
Still, closing the distance this much was plenty satisfying.
"Lemme see."
I opened settings and checked the donation list.
"Why's Baekseol making more than me?"
— ⚔️ Lmaoooo — ⚔️ Baekseol's reactions are god-tier "Reactions?"
Baekseol dancing wildly, balancing on the ball like a pro.
"No way I can beat that."
— ⚔️ Lol yeah true — Cha-ching! — Ariel Earth donated 10,000 won Kyuu "Kyuu?"
— ⚔️ Pffft so cute — ⚔️ Lmaoooo — ⚔️ Host's cute too "Argh, it was so out of left field I just read it."
— ⚔️ Kyuu boss!! — ⚔️ That's our Kyuu — ⚔️ Finally earning your looks Always like this.
Either I teased the viewers, or they roasted me.
"Ugh, whatever, brats. Gonna eat."
— ⚔️ What ya eating? "Haven't picked a menu, got recs?"
— ⚔️ Ramen go — ⚔️ Chicken obv — ⚔️ Mixed sashimi "Sashimi? You know I don't do raw. That's just a chogochujang launcher."
— ⚔️ Lmaoooooooo — ⚔️ Baby tastebuds More sashimi fans than I thought.
Mention sashimi, chat explodes.
"Same as broccoli—a chogochujang launcher."
— ⚔️ Lol we know where you live but Baekseol carries — ⚔️ Oof that scratches "Guess I'll just order a burger and clog my arteries."
— ⚔️ Then why ask "Shut up before I make kimchi miso burgers."
— ⚔️ Fuck Jesus — ⚔️ Even for host that's crossing the line Scrolling the delivery app, tons of tasty stuff popped up.
From Korean classics to the mala tang kids these days go nuts for.
"Oh right. Gonna pop to China real quick."
— ⚔️ ????? — ⚔️ Saying it like a next-door stroll?? — ⚔️ Knock first pls ◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ [Side Story]
"Baekseol, gotta do my prayers?"
"Yay!"
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