"In that case, have them be mindful."
"Keep their sizes in check in the village to avoid causing damage."
"It's already been arranged."
Damien didn't need to worry about such matters; the Snow Empress had already taken care of them.
'As expected of my future Tempest steward.'
Damien had little to add. Anything he could think of, the Snow Empress and Violet would have already considered.
He didn't need to handle management tasks.
What he truly needed to focus on was how to utilize this vast pool of magicules.
"Snow Empress, inform everyone that I'll be naming them."
With 3 million magicules, minus the 100,000 needed to sustain Violet and the 990,000 for his own strength, the remaining 2 million were surplus.
Without breaking through to S-rank to awaken as a True Demon Lord, his magicules couldn't undergo a qualitative change.
If these magicules weren't spent quickly, Violet's daily magicule recovery would be stalled.
No recovery meant waste... a losing proposition.
Even with 3 million magicules, Damien was still fixated on the 200,000 magicules Violet could provide every half month.
'Invest! I must invest heavily!!'
2 million magicules used for naming equated to 4 million with Violet's discount.
Once again, he thanked Violet's 50% off deal, effectively doubling his assets.
"Am I living off Violet's generosity?"
The thought crossed his mind, but Damien brushed it aside. "Generosity or not, being able to benefit from it is the real skill!"
Others might want such benefits but have no access to them.
"I'm coming too!"
Seeing the Snow Empress leave, Shion hurriedly followed, leaving Shuna to stay by Damien's side.
As for Violet, she preferred residing in Damien's soul, quietly observing everything around her.
Additionally, Violet periodically connected to the world's core.
She monitored the Cardinal World's information, keeping tabs on potential threats to Damien.
"What is Lord Damien planning to do?"
Shuna helped Damien dress, then voiced her curiosity.
"Naming."
"Hm?"
Shuna paused, then realized what he meant, her face lighting up with disbelief. "You mean…?"
"I plan to make everyone named monsters."
"This!!"
Shuna was stunned by Damien's decision. "But that will consume a massive amount of your magicules, and…"
"Don't worry, Shuna."
Damien gently patted her head, smiling calmly. "My Leader skill has evolved, allowing me to designate a monster race as my Familia."
"And I've chosen the Ogres."
Once the Ogre were selected as Familia, Damien could gain 30% of their magicules from those not already Familiars, like Shuna or Benimaru.
Compared to the previous 15%, this was double the return.
"But to make the Ogre a Familia, they must first become named monsters."
This was critical and the reason Damien planned to name everyone.
"What about the goblins?"
"That's the interesting part."
Damien grinned. "Goblins are a monster race descended from fire spirites that degenerated into this current form."
"The Ogre are the same."
"In other words, Goblins and Ogres can be considered part of the same race."
"Oh…"
Shuna nearly protested that goblins couldn't possibly be distant kin to the Ogre.
But this was Lord Damien's judgment, so it had to be correct.
"Of course, if it were just goblins, my Leader skill couldn't merge them with the Ogre into one race."
"But!"
Damien continued, "Hobgoblins are different."
Hobgoblins were C-rank, while Ogre were B-rank... just one tier apart.
In the original story, Gobwa evolved from a weak goblin to a Goblena (female hobgoblin), then to Ogre, Kijin, and finally Oni.
This clearly showed a defined evolution path from goblin to Kijin.
Damien had consulted Violet, who confirmed this.
"As long as all goblins evolve into hobgoblins…"
"I can incorporate them into the Ogres." Damien said. "Then, they'll all become my Familia!"
Damien had three Familia slots.
The Ogre were his strongest followers at the moment.
Strengthening their bond with him could only bring benefits.
"So, this naming won't just avoid losses... it might even yield a huge profit?"
Shuna and the other Familiars were Damien's most trusted confidants, incapable of betraying him.
However, secrets like the magicule gains from Leader were kept from others.
This wasn't deceit but a ruler's need to maintain an air of mystery.
"The Goblins has over 8,000 members. With an average of 300 magicules, evolving them to C-rank hobgoblins would require at least 2,700 magicules each."
Shuna noted, "That's no small number."
8,000 × 2,700 equaled a staggering 21.6 million magicules.
Even with Violet's 50% discount, that was 10.8 million... a massive expense.
No ordinary person could afford that, but Damien had a plan.
He could start by naming the Ogres.
"If we name the Ogre first, there are about 250 unnamed Ogre left."
250 individuals, averaging 6,000 magicules.
Evolving them required 4,000 magicules each, totaling 1 million.
With the discount, that was just 500,000.
That was manageable... Damien could cover it in one go.
Then, the 270 Ogres with over 10,000 magicules each, as Familia, would provide 30% of their magicules.
That amounted to 8.1 million magicules.
Adding Damien's existing 1.5 million, he'd have 9.6 million.
With 9.6 million magicules for naming, doubled to 19.2 million with the discount, he wouldn't need to name all 8,000 goblins at once.
He could name 4,000 first, then integrate them into the Familia system as hobgoblins.
"Precise magicule expenditure and returns calculated."
Violet's voice echoed in Damien and Shuna's minds. "Naming the Ogres consumes 500,000 actual magicules and yields 8.1 million."
"Naming the goblins requires 10.8 million actual magicules and yields 7.2 million."
"Final calculation: net gain of 4 million magicules!"
"…"
A 4 million magicule profit, plus Damien's existing 3 million, brought his total to 7 million.
Not only did his magicule count not decrease... it more than doubled.
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