BMN Chapter 34 (Patreon)

Chapter 34: Skill Potential

"If we were to categorize Unique Skills, 【Learner】 would be like 【Predator】—a high-tier Unique Skill."

"Skills like 【Leader】 and 【Catcher】, which have developmental potential, would count as mid-tier Unique Skills."

Don't be fooled by the apparent flaws in 【Leader】 and 【Catcher】—they were far superior to the skills possessed by the otherworlders summoned in the original story.

He recalled that in the original work, three people had been summoned from another world: Shogo with his 【Berserker】, Kirara with her 【Bewilder】, and Kyo-ya with his 【Severer】. 

In Bai Luo's opinion, their three Unique Skills couldn't compare to 【Leader】 and 【Catcher】.

That category of Unique Skill was more combat-focused, granting considerable power the moment it was acquired. However, the weaknesses of 【Berserker】, 【Bewilder】, and 【Severer】 were also obvious: they lacked long-term growth potential.

In Bai Luo's view, Unique Skills truly began to shine after breaking through to Special A-rank.

Take his 【Leader】 and 【Catcher】, for example. Even after becoming a Demon Lord, Bai Luo could still rely on these two Unique Skills to continuously strengthen himself.

"By this classification, Pon-Pon's 【Destroyer】 is actually a low-tier Unique Skill."

Bai Luo mused, then opened his current status panel.

【Bai Luo】

Race: Dragonoid (Pseudo)
Rank: A-rank High-tier Majin (18,060 EP)
Job: Mage
General Skills: Lifestyle Magic, Healing Magic, Elemental Magic, Pokémon Magic, etc.

Inherent Skills: Adaptability, All-Job Mastery
Extra Skills: Dragon Eye, Explosion Magic
Unique Skills: Traveler 【Out-of-Spec】, Leader, Catcher, Learner
Special Skills: Magicule Solidification, Stardust Control
Dependents: Ogerpon (1/12)
Marked Worlds: Pokémon World, KonoSuba World

Skills were ranked by strength and rarity from low to high: General Skills, Extra Skills, and Unique Skills. Special Skills were an exception, as they couldn't be measured simply by strength, nor could they be copied by others.

Furthermore, Extra Skills were also known as Additional Skills or EX Skills, while Inherent Skills were mostly passive abilities or racial traits.

"Over 18,000 magicules, and my dependent slots have increased from the original 6 to the current 12."

"C-rank had 3, B-rank had 6, and now that I've broken through to A-rank, I have as many as 12 dependent slots."

Bai Luo's original plan was to travel to other worlds to find dependents, just like with Ogerpon. However, the increase in slots was faster than he'd imagined.

"In that case, it seems I don't need to be so fixated on other worlds. The Cardinal World also has quite a few potential candidates worth making into dependents."

For example, among the Ogres, Shuna, Shion, Benimaru, and Souei all possessed the aptitude to awaken Ultimate Skills in the original work.

Among them, Souei's future magicule value exceeded 1.2 million, while Shion and Benimaru, when equipped with their exclusive weapons, could break through 5 million. Not even counting Shuna, the combined magicule total of just Shion, Benimaru, and Souei reached a staggering 11.2 million.

Based on a 50% feedback rate, if Bai Luo took the four of them as dependents, he could expect feedback of at least 6 million magicules in the future. Therefore, allocating four dependent slots to them wouldn't be a loss at all—in fact, it would be hugely profitable.

"From now on, I'll use half of my dependent slots to cultivate talented followers from the Cardinal World."

Bai Luo didn't forget about the remaining 250-plus Ogres. "Even if I can't make them dependents, as long as they're followers, 【Leader】 can draw a portion of their power."

Dependents provided 50% feedback, Naming provided 15%, and ordinary followers, depending on their loyalty, would feed back between 1% and 3% of their magicules.

Excluding the B-ranked children among the Ogres, the remaining 200-plus members had an average magicule count of around 6,500. Even calculating at the lowest 1%, that was 65 × 200—nearly 13,000 magicules. If he was lucky and the Ogres truly submitted, that could reach 40,000.

"However, meeting the conditions for subjugation surely isn't that simple."

Although 【Leader】's ability to harness the power of the masses was incredibly useful, it wasn't without limits. At the very least, someone couldn't just say "I pledge allegiance to you" and be automatically judged as a follower.

To establish a magicule link, there had to be sincere submission first.

The Ogres revered the strong, but reverence didn't necessarily mean recognition.

"Is there a way to quickly gain the loyalty of monsters?"

"That's it!" Soon, Bai Luo thought of a solution: "Naming!"

Yes, Naming! This was the most direct and simplest way for Bai Luo to gain the Ogres' loyalty.

Bai Luo currently had 18,000 magicules. Setting aside the 10,000 threshold that couldn't be touched, he had only 8,000 magicules available for Naming.

Right now, the strongest among the Ogres were Hakurou and the Red Ogre Chief, with magicule values of 9,000 and 8,500, respectively. This meant Bai Luo only needed to spend 2,500 magicules to bestow names upon both of them.

"Once their magicules reach 10,000, Hakurou and the Red Ogre Chief can evolve into Kijin. And according to the rule that the Namer receives 15% of their magicules, I can get at least 3,000 magicules back from them."

"So not only is this deal not a loss, but I actually net a profit of 500."

In other words, for any Ogre with a magicule value over 8,500, Bai Luo could bestow a name without any loss.

"Bai Luo, your aura... it suddenly became so much stronger!"

"Mm." Bai Luo smiled. "It's all thanks to you, Pon-Pon, that I could evolve successfully. The current me is just like you—a high-tier Majin."

Ogerpon was delighted about Bai Luo's evolution, even more so than when she herself had grown stronger.

"Pon-Pon, go get me Beni—uh..." Bai Luo had been about to say "Benimaru," but then remembered they didn't have names yet.

Left with no choice, Bai Luo described the appearances of Shuna, Shion, Benimaru, and Souei before asking Ogerpon to fetch them.

"Pon-Pon will go right now!" The little girl accepted the order and skipped away happily.

"Slow down, be careful not to fall!"

"I won't! Pon-Pon isn't a dummy!" Ogerpon turned back and stuck out her tongue. "Only dummies trip on flat ground!"

With that, the girl didn't slow down but ran even faster.

"This girl..." Watching Ogerpon's playful figure, Bai Luo couldn't help but smile.

His little sweetheart was always so lively and cheerful, and her mood was infectious. Indeed, no matter when, just being with Ogerpon made his mood inexplicably better.

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