What Kind Of Newbie Are You?! They Said That “Summoner” Is A Terrible Job, Yet They Call Her The Last Boss - Chapter 17

“…Come to think of it, Onee-chan, how is your MP doing?” Remma asked.

It was after the enemy’s first waves had been cleared out and there was a lull in the assault. Johann was making Inukoro collect Cyalium, so Remma asked it then.

“… You don’t use MP potions, do you?” Remma said. “… Or maybe, you’re MP min-maxing?”1

“Min-maxing?” Johann asked, tilting her head.

She didn’t understand Remma’s question. Incidentally, Johann hadn’t even once distributed the stat points she got from leveling up. It was not until much later that everyone would be astonished to learn this.

“… Summoned beasts use MP when called,” Remma said. “You need MP Recovery if you’re going to summon several times in a row.”

“Oh, so that’s what you meant?” Johann said. “Well then,” she said, taking a summoning stone out of her storage.

It was for one “Little Wizard” from Zecca’s starter set.

This summoned beast is an attack specialist with 3 skills. It can use the non-attribute magic attack “Beginner’s Magic Bullet”. Then, there’s also “Beginner’s Consecutive Magic Bullets” which fires a burst of three. Both Skills are easy to use directly, but since Johann usually uses “Black Flame”, they’ve never seen the light of day.

And what Johann wants to show off now is the 3rd Skill, “Mana Acceleration”. It’s a Skill that recovers 5 MP every 10 seconds.

“… I see,” Remma said. “But that’s not enough, right?”

“Eh, that’s enough, but…” Johann replied.

“…… Huh?”

“What?”

The conversation has split tracks.

“…Onee-chan, it’s because you’re firing a series of powerful summoned beast attack Skills, aren’t you?” Remma said.

“Ah, I see,” Johann said. “I finally understood what you were asking about, Remma. In other words, it’s like this, right? You’re firing off summoned beasts’ Skills, but where do you get all the MP for that?”

Remma nodded eagerly.

“To put it simply, my MP doesn’t decrease when I use summoned beast Skills through Dark Gene,”

“…… Huh?”

Little wonder she’s surprised.

“… No, wait, wait a moment, Onee-chan,” Remma said. “That’s too amazing to be possible.”

“It’s possible. The effect of Dark Gene isn’t a Skill that just allows you to use your summoned beasts’ Skills,” Johann said.

“…… What?”

“It activates the Skills of your summoned beasts,” Johann said. “In short, with Dark Gene, I don’t use MP until I use a Summoner-specific Skill. I’ll just use everyone else’s MP skills to activate any MP-using Skills. So, there’s no MP consumption on my part.”

“… I, I see,” Remma said. “It’s messy, but I get it… it’s not a Skill that just lets you use summoned beast Skills, it lets you activate all of their Skills.”

“That’s right. I’m still unsure how exactly to explain it,” Johann said.

“… I’m starting to lose my mind from what you said,” Remma said.

Remma has just touched one end of Johann’s nonsensical strength. And although Johann explains proudly, it is all second-hand from what Zecca has told her. If Zecca hadn’t questioned it, the newbie Johann wouldn’t have paid any attention to her MP consumption.

“And so you know, Remma-chan,” Johann said. “I don’t have to worry about my MP anymore, okay?”

“…… Huh?” Remma said.

Johann only uses MP when calling summoned beasts. If she lets the summoned beasts fight, her MP will recover on its own with Little Wizard’s “Mana Acceleration”. “Is that enough?” Remma thought, but Johann was ahead of her.

“Remember Meteor Bird?” Johann said.

“…Yeah…that firebird with the meteor-like armor,” Remma said.

“That’s the one,” Johann said. “That girl’s learned a new Skill. It’s called ‘Resting Wings.’”

Meteor Bird 2nd Skill: “Resting Wings”

By landing on the ground for 10 seconds, recover 50% of maximum HP and MP.

“…It’s a big risk for flying summons to land on the ground…but what will happen if Onee-chan uses it?”

“It’s not a persistent Skill, so it’s not always activated, but if I use it, I can recover just by standing on the ground normally,” Johann said.

“…The disadvantage isn’t a disadvantage anymore…” Remma muttered.

It’s just low risk, high return now.

“Combining 10 seconds of recovery with the invincibility after Guts is powerful!” Johann said.

“… I’m not interested in the rankings, but I honestly feel sorry for people who are going to have to fight you, Onee-chan,” Remma muttered.

And at that moment, the idols’ song changed, and the game announced the activation of a Hard Conditional Quest.

“There you are, you Giant Whale,” Johann said. “I’ll be your opponent!”

Johann summons Meteor Bird. When she flies high in the sky, she activates the 3rd Skill that’s just recently been unlocked, “Meteor Rain.” It’s a Skill that fires 5 fireballs from the sky. They destroy the crystal on the Giant Whale’s back. Meteor Bird and Johann cloned themselves with Multiply then flew higher up. Finally, they all used Final Meteor Impact and destroyed the Giant Whale.

Remma looked up at the situation in amazement.

“What kind of game is this anymore?” she may or may not have said.

And after destroying the Aircraft Carrier Giant Whale:

Johann received a message: “You have acquired a new Skill.”

“It’s been a while. I wonder what kind of Skill it is,” Johann said.

“… Maybe it’s a Unique Skill!” Remma said.

“Hmm, unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like it… but it’s a pretty strong Skill, huh?” Johann said.

“Fighting Spirit: Extreme”

Activates when the Weapon Slot is Empty. Doubles Strength and Magic for 3 minutes.

Acquisition Conditions

Defeat 1000 monsters without using weapons.

Johann’s armor set, Chaos Apocalypse, fills all the Equipment slots on the head, body, right hand, left hand, and legs. Hence, it was now possible to double her physical strength and magical power simply as she was. It was effectively doubling her DPS at no cost. It’s a scary story.

“… I occasionally see people fighting with their bare hands, but it seems they were fighting with this Skill. I understand now,” Remma said, nodding.

By the way, the gorilla costume that Remma wears is commonly known as “Gorilla Armor” and is a full-body set that specializes in defensive power, hence it satisfies the conditions for activating “Fighting Spirit: Extreme.” However, she has not learned it yet because she hasn’t killed nearly enough monsters. If Remma eventually acquires this Skill, she should be able to expect success as a Flex-Tank, switching between defense and offense as needed.

“Now then, since we have a good story for Zecca-chan when we meet up next, it’s time to go back,” Johann said.

“…Yeah. If you want it, it’s good,” Remma said.

“Stop it already,” Johann whined.

“… Ufufu, you’re funny, Onee-chan.”

(Did I get a bit closer to Remma-chan?) Johann thought. (I’m glad she asked to join… this is a lot of fun.)

The two left the Event Area while looking back on today’s fun battle.

Thus ended the Idol Stars Collaboration Event. Although she didn’t get the Unique Equipment, Johanndid get her friends Zecca and Remma, and learned another charm of VRMMOs.