BMN Chapter 14 (Patreon)

Chapter 14: Ogerpon the Wingman, Reporting for Duty

"Next..."

Bai Luo turned his attention to the Martial Artist job's skill list. "Let's see which abilities suit my current needs."

The Martial Artist was a hybrid of physical and magical combat.

However, compared to pure ranged mages, a Martial Artist's magic served more for support and self-enhancement.

In this respect, it closely resembled the Magic Swordsmen often featured in Western fantasy novels.

"Enhancement-type passives take permanent effect once learned. These are excellent—I'll take them all."

"There's no need to invest in active abilities."

Bai Luo reasoned, "The lv1 skills I copied from others are already sufficient."

【Strength Enhancement lv1】: Increases base strength attribute by 15%
【Robust Physique lv1】: Increases maximum health by 15% and health recovery speed by 50%
【Agility lv1】: Increases base agility attribute by 15%

On the Martial Artist's skill roster, what appealed to Bai Luo were these abilities that could boost strength, health, agility, and recovery speed.

Most of these skills were tied to 'base attributes'.

Base attributes were what Bai Luo gained by leveling up in the KonoSuba world, with a maximum level of 100.

Of course, this was merely his level within the KonoSuba world.

However, Bai Luo would also travel to other realms and discover additional methods of converting magicules into physical strength.

According to his hypothesis, these skills could amplify not just KonoSuba's attribute values, but Bai Luo himself.

To illustrate simply, suppose the health gained at level 100 in KonoSuba was 10,000 points.

Even if Bai Luo maxed out the 【Robust Physique】 skill, it would at most increase his health by 1.5 times, reaching 25,000.

The same principle applied to other skills—there were certain limits.

However!

If these skills enhanced Bai Luo himself rather than the fixed 10,000 health points, then when he'd accumulated power from several worlds and raised his health to 1,000,000, a max-level endurance skill would provide an additional 1,500,000 boost.

This represented improvement beyond the KonoSuba job panel.

It was equivalent to a permanent effect on Bai Luo himself, rather than just enhancements to a level 100 character within the KonoSuba world.

"What am I hesitating for?"

Bai Luo decisively spent 9 skill points on endurance, raising it to 【Robust Physique lvMAX】.

"Whoa!"

"This sensation! Incredible..."

In that instant, Bai Luo could distinctly feel a surge of vibrant life force welling up within his body.

Not only that, but his body's recovery ability was dramatically enhanced.

In numerical terms, it represented a 150% increase in base health and a 500% boost in base recovery speed.

"What an intense way to improve a skill!"

Bai Luo experienced the power of the Robust Physique skill.

This was an exclusive ability of the advanced Martial Artist job. Other classes might possess similar skills, but there would definitely be differences in numerical bonuses.

Additionally, among the many skills he'd copied, one exclusive ability from a Guardian Knight gave Bai Luo tremendous excitement.

【Life Link lvMAX】: An exclusive skill of the Guardian Knight, allowing binding with a teammate to share health pools.

Equally simple and devastatingly effective.

Life Link—shared health.

The only drawback was that the health deduction was based on whichever party was attacked.

Between a Guardian Knight and a fragile mage, the former's defense was obviously superior.

But if the mage was attacked, both health pools would suffer greatly.

In other words, it was like adding a vulnerability to the Guardian Knight. By continuously attacking the fragile mage, one could bypass the Guardian Knight's armor and defense to deal direct damage.

Of course, the benefits were equally obvious.

It could protect companions, prevent accidents, and provide additional health reserves.

"It appears to add vulnerability to the Guardian Knight, but doesn't."

Mages typically positioned themselves in the back row and generally avoided harm.

The Guardian Knight at the front could benefit from the mage's extra health.

So as long as team coordination was sufficient, this skill could be considered god-tier.

As long as the front line held, the back row remained safe.

Even if accidents occurred, it could prevent the catastrophe of losing the main damage dealer instantly, increasing fault tolerance.

"Pon-Pon."

The first person Bai Luo considered for the Life Link skill was naturally his own Ogerpon.

Ogerpon was Bai Luo's dependent, so she automatically met the 'teammate' prerequisite.

After Bai Luo explained Life Link's effects to Ogerpon, the little one accepted without hesitation.

"This way, Pon-Pon can protect Bai Luo even better!"

Ogerpon's purpose was to protect Bai Luo. If anything happened to him, she would lose control.

Now, with this skill, Ogerpon didn't need to worry about anyone using underhanded tactics or sneak attacks on her trainer.

【Link complete, target: Familiar 'Ogerpon'】

Bai Luo opened his skill card and found that his health hadn't received a bonus.

Is it because the KonoSuba world's system can't detect Ogerpon's attributes?

Bai Luo considered this possibility, but he could clearly sense a new connection between himself and Ogerpon.

So the health sharing from the link did exist.

The method might simply differ from his expectations.

Bai Luo didn't dwell on these details.

Knowing that they could protect each other was enough.

"Um..."

A mage girl wearing a witch's hat and light clothing looked cautiously at Ogerpon beside Bai Luo. "Can I hold her?"

"Pon-Pon?"

"Poni!"

Ogerpon could clearly distinguish between others' goodwill and malice.

She didn't dislike the humans here.

They seemed to adore her.

"Poni poni!"

However, Ogerpon also had her own conditions.

"What did she say?"

The mage girl stood there timidly, both nervous and hopeful.

"Girls are fine, but men aren't allowed. They'll be attacked."

Bai Luo had no intention of letting rough men handle his little sweetheart.

"No problem!"

The mage girl immediately puffed out her chest confidently. "We'll protect this child and definitely won't let those smelly men get close!"

"Well, then there's no issue."

"Poni!!"

Ogerpon raised her small hands, and her adorable appearance instantly captured countless hearts.

"Yay!!"

Sure enough, the guild's female members had been watching Ogerpon for quite some time.

Seeing Bai Luo introduce her to them, they immediately gathered around.

In an instant, Ogerpon became the darling of all the female adventurers, receiving enthusiastic welcomes and abundant affection.

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