The Battle Queen Came Back with Her Husbands (Joanna) novel Chapter 38

Chapter 38 Do I Look Like A Pushover?

Chapter 38 Do I Look Like A Pushover?

“Yeah, I know.”

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Joanna understood these were the unspoken rules. Although Grace seemed to be sticking up for her, that kind of demand didn’t really held water.

Besides, she wasn’t here to stomp noobs. She just wanted to record a dungeon clear, which required her to solo the boss and collect the resources afterward.

She had stepped in now just to speed things up. Otherwise, were they really going to spend three days on this?

Joanna said, “There are about 6,000 more spiders in the waiting area. Let’s push forward and clear them out.”

“Sounds good! Joanna, if your summoned beast gets hurt, I’ll heal him. I’ve got your back.”

Grace thumped her chest confidently.

Seeing that Joanna wasn’t making a fuss about the entry ticket situation, Marcus was happy to have the team go on the offensive.

“Alright, stay behind me. The waiting area is complicated. We need to cross the train tracks to the other side, then hold position at the ticket gates and clear out the spiders inside.”

“Got it!”

They knew the layout well. The trip went smoothly without incident, and they reached the ticket gates to continue killing

monsters.

With Nighthowl’s powerful damage output, the monsters were cleared quickly. Dungeon progress hit 60%.

The boss alone accounted for the remaining 40%.

Marcus kept glancing at Nighthowl, then finally settled his gaze on Joanna.

“Looks like we hit the jackpot teaming up with you. How about we try the boss? With your beast’s damage output, we should be able to take her down,” Marcus said.

Grace and the others immediately perked up.

“Yeah, let’s do it!”

“What do you think, Joanna?” Derek asked.

This time, Joanna frowned.

“That’s not what we agreed on. Didn’t you say no boss?”

“That was because we were short on damage output before. But now we’ve got you. What do you say? Wanna give it a shot?”

Marcus said.

Joanna’s expression turned cold.

“Marcus, do I look like someone who takes a bad deal? You charged 50,000 to carry us through the dungeon and said we’d only

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clear mobs. rstepped up and saved us time. That was my choice, and I’m not going to nickel and dime you over ticket money. But if I’m the one leading the boss fight, shouldn’t you be paying me? The going rate outside is 500,000 I’ll cut you a deal at 400,000. After we clear the dungeon, you can loot the place. Sound fair?”

Marcus and his team’s faces stiffened.

Grace and the others dropped their smiles too, sensing something was off

Victor said irritably. “Killing the boss is no big deal. Why are you being so petty about it, Joanna? Just knock it out real quick.”

“So if I do it, you owe me a favor. But if I don’t, suddenly I owe you one? Just because I didn’t let you take advantage of me?”

Joanna’s eyes turned icy.

“You should leave. We agreed to only clear mobs, not fight the boss. The mobs are done. The carry is over.”

Marcus was furious. Hearing Joanna’s words, he didn’t feel like she had a point. Instead, he felt the indignant rage of someone who had been called out.

“Listen here, Ms. S–rank Summoner. If I’m not mistaken, you’re here to record a dungeon clear. You need to beat the boss to get credit for it. If you won’t fight, I’m the party leader. I can kick you from the team, and you’ll be automatically teleported out of the dungeon. That’s 100,000 Starcoins down the drain.”

That was a blatant threat.

Now Joanna was genuinely angry.

She didn’t bother looking at Marcus. Instead, her gaze locked onto Grace and the others.

“What about you guys? You want to stay? Leech off this boss kill?”

Grace felt those cold eyes on her and shivered instantly.

“N–no, I’m good. I only paid 50,000 Starcoins. The XP from the mobs is plenty for me. I’d rather leave. I’m scared the boss will bite me to death.”

Derek said, “It’s only been an hour. That already saved me a ton of time. I’ll head out and find another team.”

Grace had made her stance clear and continued speaking up for Joanna, turning to Marcus. “You guys are being way too shady. You said from the start it was mobs only. Now that the mobs are done, you want to claim the boss too? And you’re threatening Joanna? That’s a really ugly look.”

Marcus’s friendly smile twisted into something sinister.

They had targeted these Grade 12 students precisely because high schoolers were naive. These kids still hadn’t realized they’d been scammed.

And did people who scammed others have strong moral compasses?

Of course not.

So how could they possibly let this opportunity slip? Spider Lady had a chance to drop Silver–tier gear. Sure, it was only a 10%

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chance, but that was way higher than the minuscule odds at Desolate Castle.

A single piece of Silver–tier gear was worth millions.

Besides, so what if they screwed these kids over? The Space Alliance was massive, Pull one scam, teleport to another parallel world, and disappear into the vastness of space. These brats would never find them. So what if she had S–rank talent?