Housekeeper in the dungeon

Episode 44

At least I could use the weapons in Kang jin-hyeon’s inventory!

“My inventory is empty!

Aside from the A-ranked fungus eradication liquid, Hee Na’s inventory window was empty!

…… At that moment, an idea flashed through her mind.

“Fungus Eradication Fluid!

Yes, she had the fungicide. She remembered a piece of knowledge she had picked up somewhere.

“I heard that mushrooms are a type of fungus.

If that was the case, maybe the fungus eradication liquid would work on those mushroom spores.

Besides, this was a Class B dungeon. The fungicide was ranked higher at Class A, so he could only hope it would work either way.

“I don’t know, it’s a toss-up!”

Hee-na pulled out a Grade A Fungus Eradicator from her inventory window.

At the same time, a black shadow fell over her head. It was a large palm made up of a collection of spores.

“Please, Luck Stat, do it!”

Hee-Na sprayed the fungicide into the air, hoping that her luck stat, now at 65, would work.

Chit!

With a foul odor, the fungicide spread through the tightly packed spores.

And then something amazing happened.

“That’s it! That’s it!”

Hee-Na let out a cheer of joy.

The spray melted away like snow, right where it touched.

Chick, chick, chick, chick!

Encouraged and confident, Hee-Na began spraying the fungicide in all directions. The smell was strong, but at least she wasn’t dying.

“It’s alive, it’s alive!”

The black clusters of spores soon dissolved and disappeared. The mushrooms continued to spew spores, but their tactics were ineffective in the face of the Class A fungicide.

Hee-na staggered toward the giant King oyster mushroom, spraying it with the slimy spray. She didn’t forget to drag Kang jin-hyeon with her.

The sleeping bag wrapped around him was still intact after being dragged all over the place. It was indeed an A-grade sleeping bag.

‘You said the gate will open after defeating the boss monster…….’

Hee-na began to relentlessly spray the fungicide on the giant mushroom, which was like a beautiful tree.

The mushroom was so large that it felt like she was breaking stones with an egg, but she wanted to kill it thoroughly and get rid of it.

“Die, you bastard!”

How many times did she spray it?

Finally, the giant mushroom began to shrivel up.

Fu shu shu shu shu…….

The King oyster mushroom made the sound of a deflating balloon and melted from the base.

Then the smaller mushrooms around it began to wither as well. The mushrooms were connected by their roots and were one body.

That’s when a system notification popped up.

The dungeon boss, the Great Mushroom, was completely dead.

With that, the gate to the outside began to open somewhere in the dungeon, and Hee-Na was congratulated by the system.

‘You were lucky enough to defeat a monster of a rank that you could never defeat with your abilities…….’

She was a little confused as to whether it was a compliment or an insult, but the fact that she had survived was all that mattered.

“I survived!”

Hee-Na squirmed in her seat. The floor was damp. But that didn’t matter to Hee-Na, who was drowning.

As she sat down, she could see Kang jin-hyeon’s calm face, asleep through all the chaos. Hee-Na smiled wryly.

“How much of the ‘cozy bed’ worked?

He was sleeping so well, that she wasn’t even angry. After all, she was the one who put him to bed like this.

“Ah……. I can’t get up.”

HeeNa sat up and checked her system notifications again.

When she looked closely, she saw the words ‘Epic Reward’. She wasn’t sure what it meant, but it sounded like an incredibly good reward.

A shiver ran down her spine, but she was more curious about the Epic Reward.

Hee-Na staggered to her feet and searched near the Great Mushroom. She was looking for the gems and items the monster had left behind when it died.

“Here it is!”

She found a shiny gem in the mushroom’s crushed remains.

“It’s big.

The gem was about the size of a baby’s fist and seemed reasonably valuable. Of course, it was much inferior to the one Kang jin-hyeon had given her earlier.

“But I caught it, so it’s mine.

Hee-na tucked the gem into her inventory window.

It was the first gemstone she’d ever owned that came from a monster she’d killed. It had cost her her life. Of course, I didn’t want to ever have a gem like this again.

Next to the gem was a red box. The box was too clean to have come from inside a dirty mushroom, so she realized it was an “Epic Reward” from the system.

When Hunters captured monsters, they would sometimes drop special reward items besides magic stones.

“One of them is an ‘Epic Reward’.

Hee-Na’s eyes widened as she swallowed hard and opened the red box. It contained an unimaginable item.

“This is……!”

Hee-na stared at the box for a few seconds, unable to speak.

She even shook her head for a moment, confused as to whether she was dreaming or in real life. She even put her finger on the box to see if it was real.

A few moments passed, and Hee-Na’s face slowly contorted. Then she threw the box away.

It was an uncharacteristically emotional reaction.

“What the hell!”

An ‘Epic Reward’ item popped out of the red box with a bang.

It was a rolled-up piece of newspaper.

Hee-na recalled the item description window that popped up when she touched the newspaper in the box.

*Additional feature: You can hide the grade of this item depending on your situation.

“This thing is triple S rated?

Hee-Na laughed in disbelief.

Even though she was a dark cloud in the Awakened Realm, she knew a bit of common knowledge.

There were only five SSS-grade items in the world. At least, that’s what was officially known.

And now, the sixth SSS-grade item had appeared before her.

In the form of a newspaper!

“There’s nothing good about it except the grade!”

Hee-Na bent down and picked up the wad of newspapers, and the system popped up a congratulatory notification.

She didn’t know if it was a congratulation or a warning. She thought about it every time, but the system’s notifications were strangely condescending.

“What the hell am I supposed to do with this?”

Hee-Na exasperatedly grabbed the stack of newspapers and shook them.

“What the hell, is this a good thing or a bad thing?

The thought of a systemic failure energized her.

“Anyway, it’s SSS-grade…….”

It was an embarrassing item to talk about, but it was SSS-grade. I also realized that I could sell it for scrap paper later if I didn’t have any money, which made me feel a little better.

I picked up the gemstone and Epic reward and trudged over to Kang jin-hyeon, but something hard caught under my foot.

“Oh, my God!”

Her legs were still weak from the chase with the mushroom spores, and Hee-Na immediately fell to the ground. Her palms were raw and her knees ached.

Her stomach was rumbling and hungry, thanks to the use of her Appetite skill. Hee-na felt a little nervous in this state.

“Mr. Ai. Have you gained any weight today?”

Hee-na purposely grumbled in a loud voice and rubbed her hands together.

She glanced at the spot where she had fallen and saw that something was half-buried. The color and shape didn’t look like a rock.

I had a feeling something wasn’t right. My 65 Luck stat whispered in my ear that I should check it out.

“What is this?”

I squinted and ran my finger over it, and to my surprise, a status window popped up. It was an item.

“A seed?”

I dug my hand into the ground and pulled out a convex, tetrahedral-shaped, dark brown seed. It was a little too big to be a seed. It tasted like a ripe tangerine.

“What should I do? Should I throw it away?

Hee-na thought about throwing it away but then stopped. She remembered her brother.

“Maybe he can sprout it? He’s in the farmer class.’

Hee-won was proud of her small garden these days. It seemed like it would be fun to sprout and grow these seeds.

It was better to let them have fun growing these mysterious seeds than to have them wake up and go out and try to make money again.

“What else is there to grow but the worst, inedible grass?”

Hee-Na put the seed in her inventory.

“I picked it up in the dungeon,” she said, “so it wouldn’t hurt to have something to embarrass him with.

“By the way, have the seeds from the last time you used a spatial shard still not sprouted?