Ranker’s Return

Chapter 882

Hyeonu left Phinis and headed straight to the East Continent. It was only a matter of tearing the return amulet, so it didn’t take long. However, Hyeonu didn’t immediately move to the front line of the East Continent. Hyeonu headed for another place.

“Hello, everyone. I am Alley Leader.” He turned on the live stream and greeted the viewers.

-Hi hi.

-Where is this place?

-Isn’t there something familiar?

-I’m certain that it is indoors.

-Why is it so noisy around him?

The moment the live stream started, the viewers complained about the noise pouring in. It was an environment that was rarely felt in Hyeonu’s live stream, so the intensity of their complaints was even greater.

“Please wait a moment. In addition, the noise is unavoidable. I’m not a good-for-nothing. I can’t go around telling everyone else to be quiet, right?”

Hyeonu shook his head and asked the viewers for their understanding. At the same time, he moved his hand to change the title of the live stream.

[Return to the battle of destruction, the day my wallet disappears.]

The wallet disappeared. In Arena, this meant consuming gold.

-Is it enhancement?

-He is spending money on content after such a long time.

-He is spending money every week. He gives away items.

-Ah, that’s true.

-By the way, enhancement is really hard. The probability is crap.

-The verification has been completed since no one has reached +12 except for Alley Leader.

It was only then that the viewers realized why Hyeonu’s surroundings were so noisy. The best gambling house in Arena, the Buncheonru—he was in its workshop.

“That’s right. Today’s content is enhancement. I will challenge the miracle of +12 once again.”

Hyeonu’s streaming content today was about enhancement. It was the first live stream since he showed it on a live stream shortly after the enhancement update.

‘I wasn’t doing enhancement because it was a waste of money…’

It wasn’t just on his live stream. The content of enhancement wasn’t used at all, except when enhancing the Mysterious Sky Sword at the beginning. There was only one reason why Hyeonu didn’t do the enhancement. It was because gold was precious.

There was no other reason. He didn’t know when he would change the items, so he thought it was pointless to enhance his equipment.

‘Now I have to do it.’

However, it was different now. The Empty Dragon set he was wearing now was worth spending the gold on. It had an item rating of epic. The only rating higher than this was legendary.

‘I have to do only one today.’

He wasn’t going to enhance all his items today. Hyeonu had to prepare his heart and start in earnest. Today, he was going to pour gold into only one item.

‘The Guardian’s Spear comes first, but…’

In the end, he would have to finish all the enhancements. Increasing his specs in other words would be more and more difficult.

-What item will he enhance today?

-The weapon is already +12, so… armor?

-If it is armor, then it is a real battle of destruction.

-How many rounds of +12 will it be? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Is it a donation event today? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

The viewers’ attention was focused on how much gold Hyeonu would consume. It was why no streamer had reached +12, a feat that Hyeonu had shown. Naturally, the consensus of the viewers was that Hyeonu wouldn’t succeed this time either. In addition, the viewers who didn’t know Hyeonu’s thoughts naturally expected him to enhance his armor.

“No, today I am going to enhance a weapon, not armor,” Hyeonu dismissed the viewers’ speculations. Armor was content for later. The thing urgently needed now was the Guardian’s Spear.

‘It is because I have to beat the god tribe with this…’

“This is the weapon I will be enhancing today.”

Hyeonu pretended to put his hand in the inventory while actually injecting magic power into the ring. The ring that was imbued with Hyeonu’s magic power turned into a spear. Yet in the eyes of the viewers, it looked more like he had taken the spear out of the inventory instead of the ring turning into a spear.

-A spear?

-Why suddenly enhance a spear?

-Is there so much gold left?

-Even if he has gold left, would he be enhancing weapons he doesn’t use?

-Is there a reason for this when Alley Leader wasn’t a merchant?

When the viewers saw the spear, question marks appeared in their minds. Even if he found a better weapon, it shouldn’t be a spear. Hyeonu’s weapon wasn’t a spear; it was a sword.

-He can just convert the form.

-Isn’t that better even if it costs some money?

-I’m sure he got all the skills in that direction…

-Is it a gift? However, there is no one around him who uses a spear for it to be used as a gift.

-Isn’t it just Teika? Yet do those two have enough of a relationship to give to Teika?

No matter how hard the viewers thought about it, they couldn’t find the reason for Hyeonu enhancing the spear.

“I will use this spear. It isn’t a gift.”

-Do you want to change weapons?

-Abandoning the +12 sword to use the spear as a weapon?

-This doesn’t seem right?

-Isn’t that single-edged sword the best one known right now? Was the attack power 8,000?

-It was roughly around that much? So this spear has much better basic stats than the sword…

“It isn’t better. It is just around the same. I just have to use it temporarily because of a quest, so I am enhancing it,” Hyeonu answered without hiding anything. Of course, he didn’t mention the specs of the items. He was just honest about the reason for using the spear.

-A quest? It seems to be a quest to hunt with that spear.

-I admit it if that is the case.

-He said it is similar to the sword originally used, so it will be useful later if it is enhanced.

-Still, I heard it is rare to get a quest with a weapon…

-It isn’t about receiving quests from a weapon, but sometimes, there are certain quests to kill monsters under certain conditions.

The viewers nodded at Hyeonu’s answer. There was no reason to say anything else. They thought the enhancement Hyeonu was going to show today was more important. To be precise, they were interested in the gold disappearing due to enhancement.

“Then let’s get started. The enhancement battle of destruction.”

Hyeonu stood in front of the enhancement capsule.

[Please add the item to enhance.]

Hyeonu saw the message that appeared from the capsule and put the spear in his hand into the capsule.

“It has been a long time since I’ve done enhancement. So… even though the item rating is the same, if the equipment is better… will the cost go up?” A thought suddenly came to Hyeonu’s mind. In the case of enhancement in normal games, the better the item, the more expensive it would be to enhance.

-Uh… Not really.

-If the rating is the same, the enhancement cost is still the same.

-This is why low-level items aren’t good to enhance.

-Then again, enhanced items are expensive.

-The cost of enhancement is so expensive in the first place that there is no way for it to go higher.

The viewers gave cold answers to Hyeonu’s question.

“Is the cost of enhancement fixed? I’m glad…”

Hyeonu sighed with relief. The cost of enhancement didn’t rise no matter how good the item was. It was good news.

‘I’m really not sure if this is a good thing or not…’

To be precise, it was more correct to say it was fortune among misfortune rather than good news. Anyone who saw the message window that appeared in front of Hyeonu would think so.

[The type of item has been distinguished.

[Weapon: A spear.]

[Measuring the item rating.]

[Rating: Epic.]

[Measuring the enhancement figure.]

[Enhancement figure: +0.]

[The cost for enhancement has been set.]

[Enhancement cost: 800 gold coins.]

“It is still the same. 800 gold from the start… It is an absurd amount.”

Hyeonu’s fists trembled. It was because he clenched his fists too tightly.

-Lol ㅋㅋ 800 gold for +1 enhancement ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-The start is 800 gold. Then is it 1,000 gold and 1,200 gold ㅋㅋㅋ

-In Korean won, it starts at 1 million won ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-That is why he isn’t enhancing low-level equipment. The unique rating alone starts from 400 gold and rises by 100 gold.

Words about real money came out. The viewers smiled happily at the shocking cost of the enhancement that hadn’t been seen in a long time. In any case, it didn’t matter to them whether a cost of 800 or 8,000 gold came out. It wasn’t their money, so they just watched happily.

‘Nothing will change if I hesitate.’

Hyeonu took a deep breath and pressed the enhancement button that floated in front of the capsule.

[Add the gold.]

Hyeonu took out 800 gold and added it to the capsule as instructed. Exciting music started playing from the capsule. The capsule’s screen showed a dwarf pounding on a spear with a hammer. Above it, numbers were slowly rising.

[0%… 10%… 50%… 100%.]

[The enhancement has succeeded!]

[The enhancement figure has increased.]

[The current enhancement figure is +1.]

[Check the item.]

The first enhancement was a success. The start was very neat.

“Come ooooon!” Hyeonu roared the moment he saw the message of success. It was a sigh of relief that 1 million won hadn’t flown away.

-Wow, there is a good start.

-The probability for epic items is no joke from the start.

-He is lucky.

-Didn’t he fail twice in the past?

-In any case, it is only good at the start. We can watch with ease.

The viewers were surprised by Hyeonu’s success. Aside from Hyeonu, there were now quite a few people who had epic items. They all turned on the live stream to challenge enhancement. Through that, there was some sense of the data. In the case of epic items, the probability of successfully enhancing it at the start was less than 50%.

“I will go again. I should go when I have the momentum.”

[The type of item has been distinguished.

[Weapon: A spear.]

[Measuring the item rating.]

[Rating: Epic.]

[Measuring the enhancement figure.]

[Enhancement figure: +1.]

[The cost for enhancement has been set.]

[Enhancement cost: 1,000 gold coins.]

“I will put 1,000 gold here right away.”

Hyeonu didn’t hesitate. He immediately took the gold out of his inventory.

[Add the gold.]

Hyeonu put the gold he had taken out beforehand into the capsule. The intense beat of the music disturbed Hyeonu’s ears. Hyeonu screamed as he gave himself to the music.

“Let’s gooo!!! +2 let’s go!!!”

The hammering of the dwarves that carried Hyeonu’s wishes began.

[0%… 10%… 50%… 100%.]

[The enhancement has succeeded!]

[The enhancement figure has increased.]

[The current enhancement figure is +2.]

[Check the item.]

“That’s it! A success!!”

Hyeonu was only up to +2, but he rejoiced as if he had succeeded with +12. The cost of enhancement was expensive, so he couldn’t help making a loud noise.

-Wow, does this make sense?

-Isn’t this almost like a son?

-Alley Leader is the son of Quency.

-It is really Quency’s son. Reaching +2 at once.

The viewers responded like they couldn’t believe it. No, they really didn’t want to believe it. They didn’t want to admit that Hyeonu was good even at enhancement. The last +12 was successful due to an enhancement stone.

“Everyone, even if you say this, I am a lucky person. Stop being jealous.”

Hyeonu smiled and reached out to do the next enhancement. However, the smile didn’t last long.

[0%… 10%… 50%… 100%.]

[The enhancement has succeeded!]

[The enhancement figure has increased.]

[The current enhancement figure is +7.]

[Check the item.]

[0%… 10%… 50%… 100%.]

[The enhancement has failed!]

[The enhancement figure has decreased.]

[The enhancement figure is zero.]

[0%… 10%… 50%… 100%.]

[The enhancement has succeeded!]

[The enhancement figure has increased.]

[The current enhancement figure is +9.]

[Check the item.]

[0%… 10%… 50%… 100%.]

[The enhancement has failed!]

[The enhancement figure has decreased.]

[The enhancement figure is zero.]

He couldn’t cross +10 and continued to travel between 0 and +9 like a rollercoaster.

“Please, let’s gooo!” Hyeonu shouted in a hoarse voice as he put gold coins into the capsule.

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