Chapter 18: The Wealthy Woman Spends 200 Million Premium Points Just to Summon Himeko
[Ding!]
[Recharge successful! Obtained 12,960 [Oneiric Shards].]
Watching Asta easily recharge at the highest tier of 64800 without blinking left her colleagues completely astounded.
This process repeated several times:
[Ding!]
[Ding!]
"Why can't we recharge this much at once? It's so annoying," Asta grumbled slightly.
Nearby, someone took out a calculator and began tallying up Asta's spending.
Moments later, their hands shaking, they revealed the total result on the calculator to Asta. "Station Head, please stop! Don't recharge anymore!"
"You've already surpassed 200 million!"
"Oh."
"My hand is getting tired too; let's call it quits for now."
Asta glanced at the calculator before cheerfully opening the teleportation interface.
A 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 useful."
"Thank you, Station Head!"
Before long, news of Asta spending 200 million Premium Points spread like wildfire through various group chats.
In the [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 actually planning to spend more but stopped because her hand got tired in the middle of it."
"Is she using public funds for personal gains after getting too hooked on gacha? How else could she afford such amounts?!"
"I just looked up Asta's background, and it mentions something about [Inherited Family Business]."
"Could Miss Astria be the daughter of a significant CEO?"
"Forget about pushing for the Lady of the Herta; I'd definitely want to 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 in front of a screen broadcasting live updates from the space station.
The current feed focused on Asta's card-drawing process.
As they saw the Starexpanse balance displayed in the top right corner, every researcher felt their mouths go dry.
"That's more than I have in my bank account!"
"This is great; now we can watch this with glee."
"Our Station Head is that wealthy?"
"Is she planning to drain the entire pool?"
"I wonder if there are any other Five-Star Limited characters besides Himeko..."
Without wasting time on small talk, Asta jumped straight into drawing cards.
Her focus was solely on obtaining Himeko from the gacha pool!
In her first ten draws, she got Dan Heng—a satisfactory addition that provided +1 Eidolon.
The second batch yielded March 7th's Light Cone, "[Day One: The Rest of My Life]." After a quick examination, Asta equipped it to March 7th without hesitation.
She continued drawing.
"This is taking a bit long."
"Huh? There's a skip function in the top-right corner."
Asta quickly skipped through the animations, her eyes locked on Himeko.
For her third tenfold draw, she ended up with the Destruction Light Cone—[Woof! Walk Time!].
Seeing that cover art, Asta burst into laughter.
"Even Pepé made it into the game?"
"You developers really know your audience!"
"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, there was little excitement. However, Natasha caught some attention.
"A new four-star character? I wonder how strong she is."
"Not from our space station; could they be another Xianzhou character?"
If it were anyone else, pulling such an unfamiliar new character would have sparked a thorough investigation. 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 character with Physical attributes but didn't delve any deeper.
The next ten-roll would be her fiftieth draw—the guaranteed five-star threshold!
This certainly meant she would get a five-star character! And it could likely 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.
On the display, a man wearing black-rimmed glasses extended one hand while holding a cane crafted from dark red and black gold in the other.
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 but him."
"He looks quite ordinary; what makes him worthy of being a five-star character in the game?"
"I wonder what his abilities are? What's his ultimate ability like?"
Seeing that her beginner pool guarantee wasn't Himeko, Asta didn't feel disappointed at all.
In fact, she seemed rather pleased.
With a smile, Asta addressed the crowd, "Don't underestimate Senior Welt—he's incredibly discreet yet a highly trustworthy ally."
"However, I won't rush to show off Mr. Welt's abilities right now; you will eventually get him yourselves."
"I'd rather focus on drawing Miss Himeko first."
Upon hearing this, nearby players couldn't help but silently admire Asta's dedication.
For the sake of Miss Himeko, she truly goes all out—it's heartbreaking!
Thanks to Asta's remarks, the players at the space station finally learned something new:
Aside from Himeko, there was another five-star character named Mr. Welt.
Hopefully, this character is reasonably powerful. Otherwise, anyone who draws him without Asta's financial resources might have to restart their game in tears.