Hunters Keep Coming To My House - Chapter 64

Chapter 64

“Uwaaa!”

With a scream, Cha Jae-joon disappeared from his original position in an instant.

Simultaneously.

[<No Unauthorized Entry Allowed!> has been activated to expel the intruder ‘Cha Jae-joon’

and succeeded!]

[<No Unauthorized Entry Allowed!> activated for the first time.

Also, successfully expelled a significantly stronger opponent.

Proficiency greatly increases!

0% ? 30%]

The system window with this information appeared before my eyes.

I blinked my eyes and tried to understand what had just happened.

‘…It’s great that I succeeded and my proficiency has increased so much, but it’s kind of surprising.’

So where did Cha Jae-joon go…?

I had thought he might at least fly out of the front door. Like in an animation, the front door would creak open, and the intruder would fly away in motion.

But… Cha Jae-joon disappeared in the blink of an eye, and the front door remained firmly closed.

That meant Cha Jae-joon had teleported from that spot. The skill effect was certainly clear…

I had countless thoughts, wondering if he had moved to a strange place.

‘What if it’s an SS-level dungeon?’ to ‘Oh no, he’s the owner of the sword, could he have died?’ 

My thoughts endlessly swelled.

That’s when…

Kyuung!

Arvani, who had been observing the messy living room that had turned into chaos under the table and returned to normal, rushed to the front door.

Then he kicked the door and scratched it with his paw.

“…Why? Did something happen outside? Is Jae-joon outside by any chance?”

Kyu!

Arvani scratched the door more intensely as if to say that he couldn’t mistake Jae-joon’s presence.

He played with Jae-joon the most beside me.

Fortunately, contrary to my excessive imagination, it seemed Jae-joon was chased out of the front door.

Relieved, I opened the front door. As I did, on the other side, Jae-joon stood with a vacant expression.

I sighed deeply, relieved to see that all his limbs were intact. Meanwhile, Arvani hopped towards Jae-joon.

I followed Arvani’s steps.

“Mr. Jae-joon, are you okay?”

“It was a strange experience. A hole appeared under my feet for a moment, and then I fell here.”

“Ah.”

Could this happen too?

Nodding in a deep understanding of his experience, I sympathized with him. It’s disconcerting when caught off guard in a relaxed state, especially in the dark.

I quickly opened the door and invited him into my home. This way, since I had given permission, he wouldn’t be considered an intruder anymore.

Still looking dazed, Cha Jae-joon passed through the door and lifted Arvani, who was swinging his head on his legs. Then, he regained his lost spirit by affectionately petting Arvani.

“Were you very surprised?”

“I was more surprised than when I died.”

“…That much?”

“Still, I was less surprised than when Ms. Yeon-oh suddenly disappeared!”

“Hahaha, nice joke.”

This guy has quite the wit.

Although he looked at me for a moment with an expression that said, ‘This isn’t a joke,’ he pretended not to notice. Then, he brought up another topic.

“So, what should we do now? Now that we know the skill works, are we finally going to get rid of cockroaches?”

“Um, there’s still something left to do.”

“What do you mean? Is there something I can help with?”

“Unfortunately, no.”

After lightly shrugging my shoulders, I whispered gently to him.

“Mr. Jae-joon, we need to have that strange experience a few more times.”

At least until the proficiency of <No Unauthorized Entry Allowed!> is over 50%.

I took Arvani from the rigid arms of Jae-joon. From now on, it was a matter of repeating the same process.

For the next 30 minutes, an uncountable number of skill uses continued. Now, Jae-joon had become accustomed to the sensation of the ground disappearing beneath his feet, and I had achieved the desired goal.

[<No Unauthorized Entry Allowed!> activated.

Now, no one can intrude without fear!

Proficiency increases!

48% ? 53%]

In a short period, I had used my mana power excessively, causing my hands and feet to tremble. However, the laughter involuntarily bubbled up as I realized I had achieved my goal.

“Hehe…. Now, the preparations are almost complete….”

The only thing left was to enhance the vacuum to the 6th level. If I could accomplish this, the project to annihilate Mr. Roach would be able to run towards its conclusion. Really… I’ve done so much just to complete one quest. If all of this is part of the system’s design, it would be truly chilling.

Simultaneously.

‘It’s going to be annoying.’

Because it would be like playing in the palm of their hand. At this point, I found myself curious about the system administrator. When I checked Arvani’s status window before, I sensed the presence of the administrator, but I was too busy with my own life to pay proper attention.

‘Once I clear the Blue Dragon’s quest, I should look into the administrator.’

For some reason, it seemed like I might encounter a real estate agent in the process of investigating the system administrator. He wasn’t just a suspicious character.

If that guy was the administrator, it wouldn’t be easy for him to let my purchased house slip through the gate.

Having organized my thoughts and plans, I nodded towards Cha Jae-joon.

“Now that we’ve achieved all the goals, let’s go inside, Mr. Jae-joon.”

“Ah, is it finally done? A bit regrettable… It felt like riding an amusement park ride, so it was fun.”

“…Want to try it again?”

“I feel like I might vomit now, so I’d appreciate it if you could do it next time.”

“Alright then.”

Jae-joon laughed coolly, raising his thumb. With a joking remark about how he would rely on me again next time, he walked with me into the house.

As we entered the house, Ellie Kim, who had been resting, warmly welcomed us.

“Welcome back!”

“Did you rest well?”

“Yes! I’m completely refreshed now!”

“That’s good, Ellie. I needed your mana power right on time.”

“Oh….”

Ignoring the fact that Ellie Kim’s expression hardened in an instant, I connected her mana power and mine with <What’s Yours is Mine! What’s Mine is Yours! (A)>. Having experienced it once, Ellie Kim willingly offered her mana power.

Satisfied, I winked at her and quickly moved to where the vacuum was located.

“Now that it’s reinforced up to the 3rd level… well, this should be quick.”

It’s common knowledge that reinforcement becomes more difficult as you go up in levels. However, I had the skill <Upgrade Anything> that raised the success rate to 66.66%.

Unfortunately, this skill only increased the probability related to upgrades, so it couldn’t be used in cases where failure was due to lack of proficiency.

“Well, at least I can use it for item reinforcement.”

I was content with that. If it increased everything by 66.66%, it wouldn’t be a scam.

Of course, the feeling of going through hardships couldn’t be erased, so I shouted without thinking while looking at the vacuum.

“<Upgrade>, <Reinforce>!”

It had been a while since I reinforced something, so the skill felt a bit unfamiliar. Nevertheless, this time, the preparation went very smoothly, and the desired result came out.

[“Vacuum” reinforcement to +6 is successful!]

[You can now use the benefits of the vacuum’s 6th stage reinforcement!

Additionally, you can check the final benefits of the 10th stage reinforcement.]

For a moment, I was tempted to go all the way to the 10th stage, but… driven by the desire to defeat Mr. Roach as soon as possible, I decided to anticipate what would come next.

With the newly strengthened vacuum in hand, I moved toward Cha Jae-joon and Ellie Kim.

“Alright, everyone. The moment we’ve been waiting for has arrived.”

It was time to annihilate M. Roach. With a villainous smile, I began the final preparations.

Firstly, I designated the living room as the place to contain the pests. I specified only ‘pests’ as things the vacuum could suck up. The ability to suck up anything meant I could set it up to only suck up one thing at a time.

However, sucking everything up while they were still alive… was quite inconvenient. So, I decided to create a vacuum state, kill everything, and then suck up only the pest corpses to get rid of them.

Now, all that remained was to prepare for the final step. That was…

“If any of you don’t want to witness hundreds of cockroaches with your own eyes, it’s time to leave.”

“Holy…”

“…”

Jae-joon had already left the house, clearly indicating how terrifying the cockroach was. Even Ellie Kim, despite being herself, found it too repulsive and quickly exited.

To be prepared for any unforeseen accidents, I meticulously secured the curtains in the living room and, with a vacuum in hand, stepped outside.

“Now, if I install this, everything will be finished.”

I inserted the vacuum into the slightly open window and sealed the remaining gaps with tape. The preparations were now perfect.

The only thing left was… to use the skill.

Wishing for success, I confidently pressed the option to confine the pests using the skill.

Simultaneously, I activated the vacuum.