BMN Chapter 33 (Patreon)

Chapter 33: Dragonkind

"Ah!!"

The moment the evolution began, the vast magicules stored within Bai Luo's body erupted into a frenzy. The next moment, unimaginable, excruciating pain shot through Bai Luo's entire body, forcing a pained cry from his lips.

"Bai Luo!!"

Ogerpon was startled. The girl wanted to rush forward to check on him, but a voice in her heart told her not to disturb Bai Luo. This was all a normal phenomenon—a metamorphosis that belonged to Bai Luo alone.

Bai Luo was not a pure-blooded human or Majin; he was a hybrid of the two. This violent reaction was the very symbol of his monster bloodline awakening!

【Commencing bloodline appraisal...】

Before this, Bai Luo had never known what his Majin bloodline was. It wasn't until this moment, as the Voice of the World echoed, that his Majin bloodline was truly activated.

【Appraisal complete. Pseudo-Dragonkind bloodline activated.】
【Acquired exclusive skill: Stardust Control.】
【Evolution successful. Individual 'Bai Luo' has acquired the race 'Dragonoid (Pseudo)'.】
【Skill 'Appraisal' has been sublimated, advancing to the Extra Skill 'Dragon Eye'.】
【...】

As the physical pain subsided, a series of notifications from the Voice of the World echoed in Bai Luo's mind, bombarding him with an information explosion just as he had recovered. Only this time, Bai Luo didn't feel discomfort; instead, he was incredibly excited.

Stardust Control!

It's actually Stardust Control!!

And Dragonoid. Bai Luo had never imagined that the part of the Majin bloodline hidden within his body would be Dragonkind—and from the Star Dragon King, the ceiling of the Cardinal World!

It was important to know that in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, 'Dragonoid' was not a race, but referred to a single, unique individual: Milim, one of the three most ancient Demon Lords. 

Milim was the daughter of the Star Dragon King and the human Lucia. She inherited her father's infinite magicules and Dragonkind bloodline, thus becoming the one and only 'Dragonoid.'

Yet now, the Voice of the World had also bestowed the race 'Dragonoid' upon Bai Luo. A Pseudo-Dragonoid was still a Dragonoid!

But... after the initial surprise, Bai Luo couldn't help but wonder, Where did the Dragonkind bloodline in my original body come from?

First, Milim could be ruled out. Milim was just a little loli—she couldn't have children with a human.

After ruling out the possibility of natural reproduction, Bai Luo could only think of one other explanation: 'magicule contamination.'

In the original work, after the Storm Dragon Veldora's magicules leaked out, the Storm Megalodon was born. This showed that powerful magicules themselves could give birth to independent life forms, so it was understandable that they could also contaminate an existing being, granting it a portion of their power.

"In other words, an ancestor of this body was once eroded by the magicules of the Star Dragon King, or Milim, and then they were lucky enough to survive and passed this magicule factor down through their bloodline."

However, considering the uniqueness of Milim as a Dragonoid, Bai Luo figured that none of his ancestors had probably ever truly awakened this power. This perfectly matched his predecessor's memories of his ancestors all being ordinary people.

"Because the rank of the Star Dragon King's bloodline is too high, the ancestors of my original body who were contaminated by his magicules were simply unable to awaken this power."

Bai Luo thought, "Then why did I awaken the Star Dragon King's power?"

Reflecting on his own uniqueness, Bai Luo thought of one possibility: the Out-of-Spec talent, 【Traveler】.

The power to travel to other worlds was the key to activating his Dragonkind bloodline. The faint Dragonkind bloodline, combined with the world-traveling ability of 【Traveler】 and the magicules of the Cardinal World—the combination of these three factors was what made such a miracle possible.

Yes, although there was a 'Pseudo' attached to Dragonoid, according to Bai Luo's estimation, he would probably need to become a Demon Lord Seed, or even a fully awakened True Demon Lord, to remove that 'Pseudo' tag.

"But it doesn't matter—it's just a matter of time anyway. Obtaining the Dragonoid bloodline is equivalent to unlocking an evolutionary path with an extremely high ceiling. Most importantly, I've obtained the ability 'Stardust Control' ahead of schedule."

……

Even having read the original novel, Bai Luo's understanding of stardust was still very limited.

First, the concept of stardust. To put it simply, stardust was high-density magicules that had undergone extreme compression. Just as matter is composed of atoms and molecules, magicules also have their basic unit: the 'spiriton.'

Previously, Bai Luo had some doubts about magicule values. For example, 9,999 magicules and 10,000 magicules—the difference was only 1 point, so why were the former B-rank and the latter A-rank?

It was known that an A-rank monster with 10,000 magicules could easily crush a B-rank monster with 9,999 magicules. So was the 1-point difference really that significant? Shouldn't a breakthrough from B-rank to A-rank result in an instantaneous surge of magicules, several or even dozens of times over?

Now, however, Bai Luo was beginning to understand. This seemingly 1-point difference was, in fact, a complete qualitative change.

If magicules below 10,000 were based on spiritons as the fundamental unit, then what seemed like 9,999 magicules could actually be broken down into 99.99 million spiritons.

In contrast, when a monster broke through to A-rank, their magicules would become a single, unified whole. The basic unit of an A-rank was no longer the spiriton, but simply the magicule. 10,000 magicules were just 10,000 magicules—inseparable. Unless the A-rank monster itself willed it, outsiders could not break it down and separate it from the perspective of spiritons.

This miraculous change greatly increased the weight of an A-rank monster in the Cardinal World. It was no exaggeration to say that if an A-rank and a sub-A-rank being were to collide, the latter would be instantly shattered into pieces.

Of course, the level of control an A-rank possessed was also beyond what a B-rank could imagine. They could turn 1 unit of magicules into millions of spiritons and then perform incredibly fine-tuned control, thereby achieving effects far beyond what they could in their B-rank stage.

This was what was meant by active separation by an A-rank monster. Thus, others couldn't hurt you, but you could better control yourself. With this addition and subtraction, the watershed known as A-rank was formed.

"Perhaps this is the difference between General Skills, Inherent Skills, and Unique Skills. Only Special A-rank monsters possess Unique Skills..."

Bai Luo mused, "Conversely, a reincarnator who possesses a Unique Skill from the start, as long as they develop properly, will sooner or later reach Special A-rank."

A Unique Skill was likely the product of refined magicules—only after being recognized by the Voice of the World was it given the name of a Unique Skill.

"In other words, the journey from A-rank to Special A-rank is actually a process of finding one's path. Once you find your own path, you can be promoted to Special A-rank and earn the title of Demon Lord Seed."

Bai Luo had more or less figured out the entire evolutionary process from monster to Demon Lord. "I now have four Unique Skills: 【Traveler】, 【Leader】, 【Catcher】, and 【Learner】."

Among them, 【Catcher】 and 【Leader】, taken individually, were not particularly powerful skills. At least, they were in no way comparable to Rimuru's almost omnipotent 【Predator】. 

Taken alone, 【Catcher】 could contract with individuals with potential, then wait for them to become stronger, and then have the Voice of the World make a reverse judgment to allow oneself to reach a higher realm. The result of this process seemed wonderful, but the difficulty was extremely high, because 【Catcher】 itself had little to no combat power. It would be very easy to be killed off while still weak.

Unless the Catcher had the status of a noble, lord, or some other high-ranking individual who could make people willingly serve them, this ability really had no future.

In comparison, 【Leader】 was a bit easier. Theoretically, anyone willing to follow the Leader could provide a portion of their magicules to the Leader. However, the magicules provided by such followers would definitely not reach the terrifying 50% that Ogerpon provided—each person could provide at most 3% of their magicules.

How many subordinates would Bai Luo have to accumulate to gather enough magicules for him to break through to a Demon Lord Seed? "Without ten or twenty years, it would be impossible to develop such a massive force, right?"

Fortunately, Bai Luo's 【Leader】 and 【Catcher】 could complement each other. When the two were combined, Bai Luo felt their effect was not at all inferior to Rimuru's 【Predator】.

As for 【Traveler】, because of its Out-of-Spec nature, its upper limit was immeasurable, so it was set aside for now.

Finally, 【Learner】. Bai Luo felt it was not much weaker than Rimuru's 【Predator】. Continuously copying abilities, strengthening oneself—such an ability, in any isekai light novel, would be a bona fide cheat skill.

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