What Kind Of Newbie Are You?! They Said That “Summoner” Is A Terrible Job, Yet They Call Her The Last Boss - Chapter 34

“I got here a plan that will surely make us both a lot of money, y’hear? Won’t you join me, Maou-han?”

In response to Kon’s invitation, Zecca said, “It’s definitely a scam! All the money you have will be stolen!” in protest. However, Johann didn’t think that Kon was such a bad person, so she decided to go along with the proposal.

When the two of them left the Dungeon of Ice, they got on Meteor Bird and returned to the fortified city.

“Speaking of which, have you already killed your own summoned beast, Maou-han?” Kon said as they were before the entrance.

“Wha-What are you talking about!? There’s no reason to do that!” Johann cried vehemently.

“What? Better if y’all do it,” Kon said.

It seems that new Skills can be obtained by reducing the HP of your summoned beast to 0. But Johann says she can’t do that.

“No, no, even if it t’weren’t a game, y’all have got lots of summoned beasts, you know?” Kon said.

Johann opens her storage. “I can’t… imagine killing your summoned beast yourself… you, I feel sorry for you!”

She takes out her Dark Elf.

“There’s no way I could do something so cruel to you!” Johann said.

“Y’all words and actions don’t match,” Kon said. “Y’all are taking out the summoning stone so smooth-like.”

Johann calls her summoned beast while a little embarrassed by Kon’s barb. “Summoned beast call—Dark Elf!!”

A well-styled, blonde, brown-skinned dark elf emerges from the geometric magic circle. Her clothes looked like those of a fantasy village girl, and the vulgarity of the Event had disappeared.

“Oh, she’s the ones from that erotic event,” Kon said.” I’ve got one too right here.”

“I got her at the Treasure Event last time,” Johann said.

“Did they re-release it, then?” Kon said. “Heard it was banned and started a fire before. Ah, well, never you mind that. Now then, go kill this gal, ya’ll.”

“Mm,” Johann said. “I really don’t want to do something like this…”

“Skill ‘Fighting Spirit: Extreme’ has been Activated. Strength and Magic Stats have Doubled.”

“Skill ‘Flower of Life’ has been Activated. Magic Stat has been Tripled.”

“Y’all are getting really into it… that’s overkill, yeah?” Kon said.

“Don’t move, okay? Yes, stay still—BLACK FLAME!” Johann yelled.

A black flame with tremendous firepower attacks the dark elf. With a somewhat resigned look, the dark elf disappears in the blaze.

No one knows why Johann attacked her dark elf to such an extent. During the day, there was an incident where Kei’s work was not finished due to a big mistake made by her junior while she was working, but that shouldn’t have anything to do with that.

“You’ve Learned a new Skill.”

“Damned Charge”

Destroys the summoned beast you control to recover HP and MP.

Acquisition Conditions

Reduce the HP of your summoned beasts to 0.

“Hey, I really did get a new Skill!” Johann said.

“I don’t use it much, though,” Kon said. “Still, better than nuthin’. Come on, let’s go, y’all.”

With that, Kon led them to a facility called the Bank.

The Bank is a place where you can store your items and gold. The Death Penalty in GOO… When you die after your HP hits 0, the price is only half of your currently held money, which is more lenient compared to other VR games.

But it’s still pretty painful, so most players keep their money here.

Also, since personal item storage is infinite, it seems that bank storage is not necessary, but if you keep everything in your personal item storage, you will have a hard time finding something when it matters. There are many players who don’t want to sell but keep items that are a nuisance to keep lugging around.

However, Kon’s aim was not such a basic usage.

Although Johann knew of its existence, she had never used a bank until now, but Kon told her, “You can do anything, so please deposit a little bit”, and she put in the material items she didn’t use and a large amount of gold she got from battle with the Pirate King.

“This ain’t even some backdoor trick,” Kon said. “You can only hold up to 10 summoning stones, right?”

“Yeah, that’s right,” Johann said.

“But if you deposit things in the bank when you get the 11th one, you’ll be able to transfer it here,” Kon said.

“Oh, is that so?” Johann said.

The item limit only works for your personal storage. If you make full use of the bank, you can practically collect an infinite number of summoning stones.

“But, what’s the point of that?” Johann asked.

No matter how many you collect, you can only bring up to 10 of each type. Moreover, she didn’t think there was any point in having a lot of Intermediate or Advanced summoned beasts, if the Summoners don’t have the materials to unlock their Skills.

“What’s the point? There’s no point,” Kon said. “All I want to say is that there is such a system. As for my proposal… I know you got a lot of money from the Pirate King Raid, right?”

“Yes……” Johann said.

“Why don’t y’all use it to buy all the summoning stones?” Kon asked.

“Bu-Buying up…?” Johann asked.

“”

“Yeah. Hoardin’ it all,” Kon said, grinning.

“I’m a newbie, so I don’t really understand, but that would be a problem for other summoners…”

“Problem?” Kon said. “Don’t worry about that. Say, Maou-han. Do y’all know how many Summoners are currently loggin’ into GOO regularly?”

“Umm…” Johann mumbles.

She searches her memories. When he participated in the ranking event, his rank was around 100,000, so I’ll try to imagine from there.

“Is it about 1000 people?” Johann asked.

“10 folks, y’all,” Kon said.

“So few…!” Johann cried.

“Besides, when it comes to players who can get results in Events, even if we include you, Maou-han, there are only 3 players.

At that moment, Johann did not miss the slight sadness on Kon’s face.

“That’s why, even if we buy it all up, no one will be bothered. Rather, I’ll buy off the stuff growin’ mushrooms in their storages, they’ll they thank me, it’s a good deed,” Kon said.

“But it’s not a good deed, is it?”

“Of course. Money makin’ is. Accordin’ to the information I got…”

By Kon’s account, it seems that a system will soon be added that will greatly increase the demand for summoning stones. It seems that she wants to collect a large amount of summoning stones by taking advantage of the situation where players are having money problems with the Dungeon of Ice, while strategies are still immature or nonexistent.

Johann knew that Kon’s information was credible. Even at her last Event, she knew about the Transcoders beforehand.

But before all that, Johann declined her proposal.

“But it’s not good after all,” Johann said.

“No, y’all say?” Kon said.

“Because, after being condescending and buying it at a low price, and when the situation changes later and the demand rises, you’re going to sell it at a higher price then, right?” Johann said.

“I don’t think that’s the talkin’ of a workin’ adult. Well, this is different,” Kon said. “That’s just the economy, y’all.”

“I came here because I wanted to forget about all that,” Johann said.

“But y’all need more money, don’t you? Y’all know that, right?” Kon said.

“Uu…” Johann moaned.

With the profit from the Pirate King Raid, Johann currently has about 200 million gold. However, the gold required to strengthen Chaos Apocalypse with Transcoders is 250 million gold, and a skilled production-specialization player is also required.

If Kon’s story is true and this strategy goes well, strengthening her armor will be easier, and it may even help to strengthen Zecca and Remma, too.

“B-But, I can’t… something doesn’t feel right,” Johann said.

“Ah, geeze, y’all are so serious. I like that about y’all too. But think about it,” Kon said, gently approaching and whispering in her ear.

Just like a devil on her shoulder.

“There were 100,000 players who logged in during the Virtumon Collaboration Event,” Kon said.

“So, what about that?” Johann asked.

“Hinadora was mailed out as a login bonus, yeah?” Kon said. “In other words, at least 100,000 Hinadoras sleepin’ in this world right now… yeah?”

“…!!!!!!!!???”

Johann swallowed hard.

“But, y’all know? There are only 10 summoners who can summon Hinadora-chan and give it affection,” Kon said. “Don’t y’all think it’s a pitiful story? Hinadoras cryin’ ‘mokyuu, mokyuu’ while feelin’ lonely in the storage, stuck there all the time.”

“…Hinadora… not summoned by anyone… how pitiful…” Johann said, tears running down her cheeks.

“It’s a pity, ain’t it?” Kon said. “So why don’t we help ‘em? I think the Hinadoras will be happier if we do that.”

“I think so, too. Lend me a hand, Kon-san!” Johann said. “I’ll save all the Hinadora that are just sprouting mushrooms in peoples’ storages!”

Kon frantically hides her ever-widening smirk. This proposal was specifically for Johann. Kon thought that if Johann created a guild, Kon would definitely want to join.

But, there was also anxiety.

If Johann is satisfied with the current situation and prioritizes the relationship between Zecca and Remma, why would she create a guild? That’s what Kon is worried about.

Despite her relaxed attitude, Kon is in a panic. This is a sales pitch, so to speak. She can help her this much. This is her chance to prove it directly to Johann. That’s why Kon desperately hides her joy at having Johann tag a long like this. It’s not yet her time to laugh.

“It’s settled, then, y’all!” Kon said.

“Yeah, let’s go to the market right away!” Johann said.

Thus began Johann and Kon’s “Hinadora Rescue Operation”…not the “Summoning Stone Buying Operation”.