HELL MODE: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing (ヘルモード ～やり込み好きのゲーマーは廃設定の異世界で無双する～ はじまりの召喚士)

ALLEN SPILLS THE BEANS

How can I get out of this? Gotta think fast!

Help me out, Sucker!

Awesome! That did some damage!

I never tested it to be sure, but I was right about these guys having an energy drain attack!

I'm weaker after losing so many of my summons and their buffs,

but that's not a problem if I can just cripple this thing instead!

Fido! Sucker!

YOU HAVE DEFEATED 1 ALBAHERON.

YOU HAVE GAINED 100 EXP.

Oh, man...

I WOOOOON!

I beat my first monster!

This is giving me a rush beyond words!

An albaheron?!

Look what I got!

How did you manage that?!

It happened to land nearby, so I took it by surprise!

That's mostly true.

You're amazing, Allen!

It's scawy!

Don't worry, Mash. It won't move or anything.

Hey. You've got a cut on your cheek. Are you hurt anywhere else?

The bleeding stopped already. I'm fine!

This is real impressive, kid. You took it down with your wooden sword and some rocks?

Yep!

Uh, I see some dog-like bite marks here.

Huh?!

Did you bite it, Allen?

Oh crap!

I-I'm not sure, I was fighting on pure instinct...

Chomp! Chomp! Chomp! Chomp! Chomp! Chomp!

Ow! Ow! Ow!

Oh, right.

Rodin. I'll bleed it out for ya.

Thanks. Please do.

Wow! That's one big lump.

Bet he got that while playing knights with Krena.

Gerda must be slow on his feet.

Hey, Allen.

Lend me a hand.

Albaherons weigh 60 kilos on average.

That drops to 20 kilos after you drain the blood and dry 'em out.

Only half of that is edible meat, though.

Their wings fetch a pretty penny, too.

I'm happy he's willing to teach me all this!

Though, we still gotta fork over most of it to the upper class.

Huh? The sixty percent tax even applies to wild monsters?

Yep.

They're nice enough to overlook smaller ones like E-rank horned rabbits.

But albaherons are D-rank.

What a bum deal.

One more thing.

Almost... got it!

This is a magic stone.

Oh yeah?

Magic stones from any monster above D-rank fall under the tax.

No biggie, though. They're worthless to us in the village anyways.

But listen!

A kid like you wouldn't be out there catching monsters if your dad hadn't gotten hurt so bad.

We can use that as leverage to negotiate a bigger cut with the chieftain.

Oh, I see.

I think I have an idea, Mister Gerda!

Whisper, whisper, whisper.

CHIEFTAIN'S RESIDENCE

So, there you have it.

Rodin's youngster stuck his little neck out to nab this monster.

Ah, I see! Wonderful!

Here's the deal.

Huh?

We'll fork over the entirety of its wings as tax.

But you don't mind us taking the rest, yeah?

Ah, I see. Wonder-fuh?

C'mon. That's not such a big deal, is it?

Wait, wait, wait!

That's a problem!

The baron has asked that we deliver even more meat this year, you see.

You understand what that means, right?

Huh? The baron did?

Is that why the chief was so insistent on having commoners join the hunt?

You drive a hard bargain.

Fine, we'll throw in the magic stone, too. How's that?

Huh? Just the wings and the magic stone?

Well, shucks! If only SOMEBODY hadn't asked the impossible of us.

Then maybe our resident hero, Rodin, wouldn't have gotten hurt so badly.

Now his poor family is on the verge of starving to death.

How can they survive the winter with four mouths to feed?

Oh! I'm so hungry!

It's making me dizzy...

Oh no, Allen! Hang in there!

Heavens me! Just WHO can we blame for this awful predicament?

Aw, all right! I get it!

I do owe a lot to Rodin for his work. I suppose you can have it.

Boom, baby! That's how we do it!

Thank you, chief!

Don't mention it...

So, in the future, we can keep the meat and just give you the wings and magic stones, right?

Huh?!

This is the real crux of the issue!

Come now, Allen!

It's not good to count your albaherons before they've hatched!

They're tough to get. Right, chief?

Way to sell him on it!

That's a good point.

I suppose you can keep the meat if you're lucky enough to wrangle another one. Do your best.

It's a done deal!

Ribbit. Ribbit. Ribbit. Ribbit. Ribbit. Ribbit.

Whoa! Two of them?!

Hopper! That's enough!

Ribbit. Ribbit. Ribbit.

Suck 'em dry!

Take this!

Give 'em the fangs, Fido!

Knock 'em down!

And make it double!

Woot! Now that's what I call a two for one!

Okay, everybody! Return!

I've been out hunting once every three days since beating that first one,

but this is the first time I didn't lose any summons!

Flawless victory, baby!

YOU HAVE DEFEATED

2 ALBAHERONS.

YOU HAVE GAINED 200 EXP.

Sweet.

YOUR EXP HAS REACHED

THE MAX OF 1000/1000.

Huh?

YOU HAVE GONE UP

TO LEVEL 2.

Show me that stat page!

ALLEN

6

SUMMONER

2

39

36

14

14

30

42

30

I recovered all my HP and MP after leveling up!

SUMMON (3), CREATE (3), FUSE (3)

EHHANCE (2), EXPANSION (2), DELETE

SWORD MASTERY (3), THROW (3)

0/2000

But my stat increases are only 60%

SKILL LEVELS

3

3

3

2

EXP

EXP

EXP

of the total they should be.

Guess I don't get the full benefits

SUMMONS AVAILABLE FOR CREATION:

FGH, BEASTS: FGH, BIRDS: FG, PLANTS: F

INSECTS F 2 COPIES, G 3 COPIES

BEASTS F 16 COPIES

BIRDS F 2 COPIES

PLANT F 7 COPIES

of the level up yet.

That's rough.

Well, whatever.

Yes! Hell yes! I did it!

HP HAS GONE UP BY 25

MP HAS GONE UP BY 40

ATTACK HAS GONE UP BY 14

ENDURANCE HAS GONE UP BY 14

AGILITY HAS GONE UP BY 26

INTELLIGENCE HAS GONE UP BY 40

LUCK HAS GONE UP BY 26

I leveled up!

Alright! Those are big gains!

Bring it in.

Six years after being reincarnated.

I've finally hit my first level up.

So this is what it's like to pass a "Trial of the Gods", huh?

Feels amazing.

It might be time that I let the fam in on the truth.

I'm home!

Oh, welcome back.

Whoa! You caught two of them today?!

Yep! I actually beat them at the same time. Pretty amazing, huh?

Huh? Wait a sec, Allen...

What is it?

Never mind. It's nothing.

Ah! I gotta go!

With today's hunt, I've met my goal of 10 monsters.

Once I dry the meat, we'll have enough to make it through winter!

The only thing left now is to trade for firewood!

Since there are a lot of albaherons around for migration season,

I could try to hit level three by hunting 20 more.

But that'll be hard to do before the end of the year.

Huh?

Ow!

See ya tomorrow!

So, you wanted to talk with us?