God-Tier Enhancement: My Upgrades Never Fail-Chapter 84: Episode 16 _ Sow Beans, Get Beans. Feed Gold, Get Gold(5)

Chapter 84: Episode 16 _ Sow Beans, Get Beans. Feed Gold, Get Gold(5)

8.

The egg shuddered as it broke.

Satisfaction? Joy? Satiety?

Whatever it was, one thing was clear: a definite change had begun!

Han Simin’s body trembled as well.

“This dog-like...”

’Crazy! Shit! Damn it!’

Every curse word he knew popped out of his mouth.

It couldn’t be helped.

Yes, he admitted he had lost his mind for a moment. Intoxicated by the fact that a change was occurring, and fearing that he might not bring about the desired hatching even after spending all the money, it was true that he had acted impulsively.

It was true, but!

“...It ended up eating all of that.”

Who knew it would eat all the gold coins?

If it had a conscience, he thought it would stop after eating some.

“......”

The only gold rolling on the floor was a single coin.

A 100 gold coins.

Considering that his entire fortune was 10,100 gold coins, it had taken a whopping 10,000 gold coins to break the egg!

“I don’t know which bastard made this, but I hope he gets struck by lightning and dies.”

He muttered while looking at the sky.

A sense of despondency washed over him, but cursing like this was all he could do.

’That bitch, BetaGo.’

’If the day comes when I go to Goggle Inc., I will definitely kick BetaGo’s main body at least once.’

“Phew.”

Still, it eventually hatched.

The egg, glowing with crimson light, split into thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of pieces and fell away, revealing the interior it had guarded so tightly to the whole world.

What’s done is done; let’s take what needs to be taken.

Han Simin’s eyes shone.

It was a life form worth a whopping 10,000 gold coins, $1.2 million.

Whatever it was, he would work it to the bone until he broke even.

Did it feel that gaze?

He could feel the small creature thrusting its sparkling eyes through the broken egg and flinched noticeably.

“Don’t worry. I won’t eat you.”

Two gazes meet.

He forced the corners of his mouth up and answered kindly.

’Absolutely, I won’t eat you. Yep.’

’No matter how much money I make and want to try living luxuriously, a $1.2 million meal is a bit much.’

He reached out toward the egg.

And lifted the creature inside.

“Chirp...”

The creature in Han Simin’s hand looked around with anxious eyes and let out a faint cry.

A supreme sound that would tug at anyone’s heartstrings and stimulate their cuteness receptors!

Its appearance was the size of a baby bird, with fine golden feathers shining brilliantly, showing off its cuteness to the fullest.

A visual that made you want to protect and hug it!

“Shut up.”

“...Tweet.”

However, it was a beauty that didn’t work on Han Simin.

For him, what mattered was efficiency and utility!

He immediately went into a background check.

[+15 Golden Hatchling]

Grade: Epic Legendary

Level: 1

Stats: Strength (1), Agility (1), Magic Power (1)

Skills:

Gold Growth (SS), Gold Buff (SS), Gold Support (SS)

“...What is this?”

Meager information.

But skills that were by no means meager.

For a moment, he looked at the small bird he was holding.

The fellow still rubbing its face against his arm with sparkling eyes.

“Hey, what are you?”

“Peep?”

“Are you really a dragon?”

“Peep!”

’Is it saying yes or no?’

’What kind of $1.2 million monster can’t even communicate with its owner?’

He was dumbfounded, but he didn’t treat it roughly like before.

The level and stats might look useless, inferior even to a passing rabbit at a glance, but the fact that it was a Hatchling and possessed three SS-rank skills that looked somewhat impressive allowed Han Simin to smell the scent of money.

’Right, still, it’s a monster I invested $1.2 million to bring out, so it must be useful somewhere.’

’Who would dare, and how could anyone hatch a Gold Dragon’s young?’

’Even the Emperor of the Empire might have found it impossible.’

’10,000 gold coins is easy to say, but when you don’t know the exact standard, there’s the burden of having to pour it in endlessly. Also, anyone with a normal mind wouldn’t have even thought of feeding gold coins to an egg.’

So he had to know.

The three skills this guy had.

Ways to utilize these skills that all had ’Gold coins’ attached to them and gave off a strong scent of money.

That wasn’t very difficult.

Because he could easily find out by pressing the skill information on the floating hologram.

[Gold Growth (SS): Passive]

Description: The young of the great Gold Dragon. Nutrients are required to grow!

Effect: Absorbing gold coins increases level and stats.

[Gold Buff (SS): Passive]

Description: The great Gold Dragon excels in magic more than anyone on the continent. Can equip buffs for the owner.

Effect: Absorbing gold coins allows the application of desired buffs.

[Gold Support (SS): Active]

Description: The great Gold Dragon is the master of magic! Casts powerful magic for the owner.

Effect: Absorbing gold coins casts magic proportional to the gold coins.

His expectations, which had pierced the sky, crashed down to the inner core.

“What the...”

He was so flabbergasted he couldn’t even speak.

’Did they slap an SS-rank on this and call it a skill?’

’This wasn’t the kind of money scent I was looking for!’

“Tweet...”

The Golden Hatchling also shrank its neck at the unusual atmosphere.

An appearance cute beyond measure!

To Han Simin, however, it was nothing more than the whining of a useless brat.

His hand went limp, releasing the hatchling.

His grip loosened completely, and the creature tumbled to the floor.

"Chirp?"

The hatchling flapped its golden wings.

It rubbed its head against Simin’s leg, attempting to act cute, but Simin remained merciless.

"You useless little thing."

’What good is being a Gold Dragon hatchling?’

The only thing it knew how to do was gobble up gold.

If he followed his heart, he would have thrown it out immediately. Dragging this thing around would only result in a future where he poured endless gold into those three locked skills.

"Haah."

But they say you can’t help but love your own child, even if they are detestable.

No matter how much he disliked it, how could he throw away a brat that cost him $1.2 million to hatch?

"I’ll keep you for now."

"Cheep!"

He scooped up the bird—which was merely the size of a fist despite bearing the name of a hatchling—and placed it on his shoulder.

"There must be a use for you somewhere."

After all, the old saying went that even dog poop could be used for medicine.

With a heavy sigh, he ended the broadcast.

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—WTF. Is it over?

—Yep, looks like it. We saw what hatched, at least.

—F*ck, charging $100 right at the end? That’s a dirty way to do business.

—Lol, but I bet more than half the people paid it.

—I was curious, what else could I do? Sh*t. Cutting it off there? You, cliffhanger devil. Tremble tremble

—But did anyone see what that tiny bird was?

—I dunno. Just looked like a fancy bird?

—He said it ate 10,000 gold. And all that came out was a fancy bird?

—I thought at least a dragon would come out.

—Didn’t the Streamer say it was a dragon?

—The Streamer isn’t in his right mind right now, so he probably just wants to believe that. What kind of dragon is that small?

—True. Even though I paid $100, I feel kinda satisfied. If a real dragon had come out, I would have been jealous as hell.

—If it were a dragon, even 10,000 gold wouldn’t be a waste. Who gets to carry a dragon around while playing Fantastic World?

—Seriously, if it was a dragon, even $1.2 million wouldn’t be a waste. The problem is not having that money.

Even though the entrance fee had been changed to $100, the four thousand or so players who entered the broadcast lingered, chatting in the afterglow.

Despite the word "dragon" coming directly from Han Simin’s mouth, the atmosphere was one of disbelief.

The cute golden bird was simply too small, and its appearance was far removed from what people considered a dragon.

And so, Han Simin’s broadcast concluded, spreading the rumor that the bird hatched from the egg was a useless creature that had gobbled up $1.2 million.

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9.

Han Simin, having earned $500,000 from the previous box-opening broadcast and $600,000 from this egg-hatching broadcast, could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"That’s a hell of a lot of income for a side hustle."

As the saying goes, many drops make a flood. From the perspective of paying the $20 entrance fee, it might seem insufficient; from the payer’s perspective, it might seem expensive. However, once it was recognized as valuable and people flocked to it, it generated tremendous revenue.

Furthermore, the replay was set to paid access. Since capturing the broadcast screen was impossible, one had to pay to watch it. It was no exaggeration to say he was the user benefiting the most from the Fantastic World channel system.

Thanks to that, he was able to buy gold again from the sellers who arrived late, although the available quantity had dropped significantly from the beginning.

"Seven thousand gold..."

If not for the income from the broadcast, he might have hesitated to buy it.

His liquid assets, which had been at $6.1 million, had dropped to $4.9 million, and buying this would bring them down to $4.1 million. However, since his funds had technically increased to $5.2 million thanks to the broadcast revenue, he could purchase the gold without a burden.

And then, he took the gamble.

"I guess I’m just not meant to save money."

He chastised himself.

He knew himself better than anyone, yet he couldn’t stop himself.

What could he do?

It was all to make a living, but at the same time, it was a game played for fun. No matter how much money one made, if it wasn’t fun, the game instantly became work.

It wasn’t like he played for three or four hours a day; he played while sleeping only three or four hours. If that became work?

It would be utterly terrible.

Making this excuse, he began gambling again on the bird squeaking on his shoulder.

"Here. Chow down."

"Scree!"

A 100-gold coin.

It didn’t feel awkward anymore. It was as if a standard had been set that he basically had to feed this guy at least this much.

The gold disappeared into its mouth.

[You have acquired Gold Points (100).]

A hologram appeared.

Since he had already diligently checked and learned what everything meant, he didn’t hesitate to open the middle option of the hatchling’s three skills.

Gold Buff!

The skill that was at least somewhat helpful to Han Simin. Though, in the end, everything could only be raised through his money.

"What should I raise first?"

Countless buff skills appeared.

It was an excellent system where investing points to raise stats applied them to the owner as a passive ability. If it weren’t a system that had cost Han Simin $1.2 million to access, he would have invested gold with a happy heart.

"First..."

Naturally, his eyes went to the Experience Buff first.

Shackles! An unbreakable seal! The unique and most fatal flaw of the Legendary class!

If he could reduce that 550% penalty by even half, wouldn’t he be able to jump back into the ranking competition with renewed vigor? Just looking at his stats now, he had already far surpassed the number one ranker.

He found the Experience Buff skill with high expectations. Since there was almost nothing missing from the list, finding it wasn’t difficult.

However...

[Experience Buff Lv1: 100 GP]

- Acquired Experience +1%

"..."

He had obtained an experience artifact that others couldn’t get even with money, and now he even had a chance to acquire a permanent buff skill.

But why was the taste so bitter?

His hesitating finger soon moved elsewhere.

’If 1% is 100 gold, then 100% is 10,000 gold...’

Assuming the cost remains fixed at 100 gold per 1%, to reduce the penalty by 200% would cost $2.4 million. To remove the entire 550% and start the game like a normal person...

’By that point, I wouldn’t be a normal person.’

Instead of spending that much money on a game, he would destroy the capsule and enjoy a relaxed life with what remained.

"Phew."

Instead, he discovered a substitute that would fulfill the dream he couldn’t achieve.

[Taming Monster Experience Buff Lv1: 100 GP]

- Taming Monster Acquired Experience +1%

[Taming Monster Attack Power Buff Lv1: 100 GP]

- Taming Monster Attack Power +1%

Besides these, numerous other buffs existed. Truly a Gold Dragon. His bitter touch roamed over the buffs.

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