Bab 18: Chapter 18: The Wealthy Woman Spends 200 Million Premium Points Just to Summon Himeko
[Ding!]
[Recharge successful! Obtained 12,960 [Oneiric Shards].]
Witnessing Asta effortlessly recharge at the highest tier of 648 without batting an eyelid left her colleagues utterly astounded.
This process repeated several times:
[Ding!]
[Ding!]
"Why can't we recharge this amount multiple times at once? It's quite bothersome," Asta lamented with slight dissatisfaction.
Someone nearby had already taken out a calculator to tally up Asta's spending.
Moments later, their hands trembling, they displayed the calculator's total in front of Asta.
"Station Head, please stop! Don't recharge anymore!"
"You've surpassed 200 million already!"
"Oh."
"My hand is getting a bit sore too; let's call it quits for now."
Asta glanced at the calculator and then cheerfully opened the teleportation interface.
The staff member filming with their phone nearby cautiously asked, "Um, Station Head, could I live-stream your teleportation process to our colleagues at the space station?"
"Sure, if you think it'll be helpful."
"Thank you, Station Head!"
In no time, the news of Asta spending 200 million Premium Points spread rapidly through various group chats.
[Lady of the Herta Fan Club] group chat:
"No way! 200 million? She's so young; where did she get that kind of money?"
"I heard Asta was even planning to spend more but stopped because her hand got tired midway."
"Is she using public funds for personal gain after getting too hooked on gacha? Otherwise, how could she afford such amounts?!"
"I just checked the game's introduction about Asta, and there's a keyword called [Inherited Family Business]."
"Could Miss Astria be the daughter of some major company's CEO?"
"Forget pushing the Lady of the Herta, I'd definitely cozy up to this wealthy benefactor instead!"
"My biggest rival now is Pepe!"
"Notification: You have been removed from the group chat."
In the Master Control Zone, a crowd of researchers gathered before a screen broadcasting live news from the space station.
The current feed showcased Asta's card-drawing process.
As they watched the Starexpanse balance displayed in the top right corner, all the researchers felt their mouths go dry.
"That's more than my bank account has!"
"Nice, nice, now we can watch to our heart's content."
"Is our Station Head that wealthy?"
"She's aiming to drain the entire pool, isn't she?"
"I wonder if there are any other Five-Star Limited characters besides Himeko..."
Asta wasted no time with chatter and immediately began drawing cards.
Her focus wasn't on the stream effect; it was solely on obtaining Himeko from the gacha pool!
With her first ten draws, she obtained Dan Heng—a welcome addition of +1 Eidolon.
The second batch yielded March 7th's Light Cone, "[Day One: The Rest of My Life]." After briefly examining it, Asta equipped it for March 7th without hesitation.
She continued drawing.
"This is a bit slow."
"Huh? There's a skip function in the top-right corner."
Asta immediately skipped through the animation, her eyes fixed solely on Himeko.
The third tenfold draw:
Destruction Light Cone—[Woof! Walk Time!]
Seeing this cover art, Asta burst out laughing.
"Even Pepé made it into the game?"
"You developers really know your stuff!"
"I'll definitely keep this Light Cone; it'll make a fantastic collectible."
In the fourth tenfold draw, she obtained [Sushang] and [Natasha].
Since Little Gui Zi had already drawn Sushang earlier, it didn't cause much excitement. However, Natasha caught some attention.
"A new four-star character? Wonder how strong they are."
"Not from our space station, could they be another Xianzhou character?"
If it were anyone else, drawing such an unfamiliar new character would prompt thorough research. It might just turn out to be a powerful four-star addition.
But for Asta at that moment, only Himeko mattered.
She merely noted that Natasha was an Abundance Fate, with Physical attributes, and didn't delve deeper.
Because...
The next ten-roll would be her fiftieth draw—the guaranteed five-star threshold!
It assuredly meant obtaining a five-star character!
And it could very well be Miss Himeko herself.
"Shaa!"
Amidst a burst of golden light, a five-star symbol appeared on the screen.
However, it wasn't the Erudition emblem.
Instead, it bore the mark of Nihility.
In the display,
a man wearing black-rimmed glasses extended one hand, while his other held a cane crafted from dark red and black gold.
Red lightning crackled around him.
[Welt (New), Imaginary Attribute, Five Stars, Nihility]
"It's a new five-star character!"
"That's...that's not the guy from the Astral Express crew, right?"
"True, Welt is the only remaining member who hasn't become playable yet. It wouldn't make sense for everyone else to be available except for him."
"He looks quite ordinary; what makes him worthy of being a five-star character in the game?"
"I wonder what abilities he has? What's his ultimate ability like?"
Seeing that her beginner pool guarantee wasn't Himeko, Asta wasn't disappointed at all.
In fact, she seemed rather pleased.
Asta smiled and explained to the crowd, "Don't underestimate Senior Welt—he's incredibly discreet yet a highly trustworthy friend."
"However, for now, I won't rush to demonstrate Mr. Welt's abilities; you'll eventually obtain him yourselves anyway."
"I'd rather focus on drawing Miss Himeko first."
Upon hearing this, nearby players couldn't help but silently marvel at Asta's dedication.
For Miss Himeko, she truly goes all out—heartbreaking!
Thanks to Asta's probing, though, the space station players finally learned something new:
Apart from Himeko, there was another five-star character named Mr. Welt.
Hopefully, this character is reasonably powerful. Otherwise, if someone draws him without Asta's financial prowess, they might have no choice but to tearfully restart their game.
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