BMN Chapter 31 (Patreon)

Chapter 31: Destroyer

"Please guide me, Lady Ogerpon."

The first to step forward was Benimaru, the young chief of the Ogres. He held a katana, his burly frame of nearly 2.5 meters standing before Ogerpon like a small mountain.

However, despite the massive size difference, it was Benimaru who was truly nervous, not Ogerpon.

"Just one?"

Pon-Pon tilted her head, and her playful, dazed expression immediately won the affection of countless Ogres.

My Pon-Pon is so cute, Bai Luo thought.

Bai Luo, along with the Red Ogre Chief and Hakurou, had moved to a high vantage point at the edge of the arena. From here, they could watch the battle between Ogerpon and the Ogres more clearly.

"I want to know just how wide the gap is between myself and a true A-rank!"

"A-rank?"

Hearing Benimaru's words, Ogerpon tilted her head again.

But Pon-Pon isn't A-rank.

Her magicule level was A-rank, yes, but her true combat power was solidly in the Special A-rank tier. If Benimaru was using Ogerpon as a benchmark for an A-rank Majin, he was probably in for a rude awakening.

"Please, grant me your guidance!"

Still unaware that he had underestimated Ogerpon's true strength, Benimaru raised his katana, assuming a middle-guard stance.

"Alright. Then, as you wish..."

Ogerpon looked up, the green Ivy Cudgel spinning in her hand as if it were weightless.

A-rank or not, it didn't matter. Ogerpon's only goal was to get the experience points from Benimaru.

"Are you ready?"

"Rea—"

Swish!

However, almost at the exact moment Benimaru's word left his lips, the young Ogre chief's pupils contracted violently.

The next moment, Ogerpon's figure vanished from before Benimaru's eyes without any warning.

Fast!

So fast that among all the Ogres in the village, only Hakurou managed to catch a faint shadow of Ogerpon's movement.

"What?"

By the time Benimaru reacted, he only felt a monstrous force—like a mountain crashing down—coming from the front.

The burly, red-haired Ogre instinctively tried to raise his sword to block, but Ogerpon's Ivy Cudgel was a step ahead, stopping right in front of his face.

BOOM!!!

Before Benimaru could recover from the shock, he was met with the fierce wind pressure generated by Ogerpon's club.

The crowd only saw Benimaru being sent flying, crashing through several wooden houses before disappearing at the end of the street.

"This..."

For a moment, all the Ogres were stunned. The entire arena fell silent, as if they hadn't yet recovered from Ogerpon's seemingly ordinary strike.

What happened?

They had only seen Ogerpon suddenly disappear, then suddenly reappear. Then their young chief was sent flying backward like a meteor before losing consciousness.

High-speed movement?

No!

The elderly Ogre standing beside Bai Luo was startled by his own guess. Was that a spatial leap? She has mastered such a skill?

But what about that monstrous force wrapped around the club?

Hakurou was rich in combat experience. In the original work, he had been able to discern the source of Rimuru's skills from just a brief encounter. But this time, Hakurou had to admit he couldn't understand it.

"Young Chief!!!"

Finally, some of the Ogres realized what had happened. They scrambled anxiously toward the direction Benimaru had been sent flying.

After some searching, they finally pulled the unconscious Benimaru from the ruins.

"Young Chief? Young Chief, are you alright? Young Chief?!!"

Fortunately, the village had an experienced physician. He came forward to check on Benimaru's condition and found that he had simply fainted, with no serious injuries.

"He's just unconscious," the physician said. "Most of the Young Chief's injuries are superficial. With our Ogre tribe's recovery ability, he'll be healed soon."

"Phew~~"

Hearing the physician's diagnosis, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

After the panic subsided, what welled up in the hearts of the Ogres was reverence for Ogerpon's power and awe for her effortless technique.

"So strong!"

"Lady Ogerpon is not only powerful, but her control over her strength has reached such a level!"

"Incredible. This is the first time I've seen anyone other than the old master achieve something like this."

The old master the Ogres spoke of was, of course, Hakurou. However, even Hakurou would have found it difficult to execute such a skillful move that injured but did not kill. It involved too many technical aspects that an ordinary person couldn't even imagine.

What Hakurou didn't know was that this was a martial art from the world of KonoSuba, transformed by the rules of the Cardinal World into a completely new job system.

Before this, no similar skills existed in the Cardinal World. It was no exaggeration to say that in terms of martial arts proficiency, Ogerpon already stood at the pinnacle of the Cardinal World. Only a very few grandmaster-level humans could compare.

Hakurou's swordsmanship was close to the grandmaster level. Unfortunately, he was too old, and his spirit was willing, but his flesh was weak.

"Don't worry, Pon-Pon held back."

Bai Luo said, "Bring him over."

For such destruction to result in only minor injuries for Benimaru, it was clear that Ogerpon had shown mercy.

Soon, the unconscious Benimaru was brought before Bai Luo.

"Heal!"

Bai Luo raised his hand, and golden magical power sprinkled down. Benimaru's injuries immediately began to recover at a visible rate.

This miraculous scene once again drew gasps of amazement from the Ogres.

"His injuries are healed. He should wake up in a little while."

After healing Benimaru, Bai Luo looked at Hakurou and asked, "With your experience, old master, can you see the mystery behind Pon-Pon's strike just now?"

"This old one is dull-witted."

Hakurou shook his head and sighed, "I was unable to grasp the subtlety of the Oni Princess's move. I must ask Mr. Bai Luo to enlighten me."

The old man didn't voice his guess. He had initially thought Ogerpon had used some kind of spatial leap skill to instantly cross dozens of meters and appear before Benimaru.

But soon, Hakurou overturned this theory. It wasn't a spatial teleport. Ogerpon's method of movement was beyond Hakurou's comprehension—a bizarre technique he had never even conceived of.

"It's destruction."

Bai Luo didn't make things difficult for Hakurou and explained the mystery of Ogerpon's strike to the two of them. "Pon-Pon possesses the power to destroy anything she touches."

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