"Destruction?!"
Hakurou's pupils contracted. He instantly thought of something. "Could it be? In the path of that blow just now, she destroyed both the air and space?"
"So that's how it is…"
Seeing Rin smile without saying a word, Hakurou beside him was secretly alarmed, his hand stroking his beard trembling slightly.
Ogerpon's spatial movement, rather than being a spatial skill, was more like a variation of Destroyer.
By shattering space, she executed an incredibly violent instantaneous leap.
This process was even faster than ordinary spatial teleportation based on coordinates and was nearly impossible to interfere with or interrupt.
Of course, physically traversing shattered space would undoubtedly cause immense damage.
No one would dare to cross space in such a manner—except for Ogerpon, whose physical durability was absurd and whose recovery ability was basically a bug.
"How reckless…"
Hakurou's mouth twitched slightly as he thought to himself that Ogerpon's actions were way too outrageous.
"Then, what about the power that was wrapped around the Ivy Cudgel just now?"
"Oh, that."
Rin said, "Besides her pure super strength, which is already ridiculous, she probably used Destroyer to pulverize everything in her path."
After Ogerpon evolved, the depth of her Unique Skill, Destroyer, increased.
If the previous Destroyer could only destroy things Ogerpon could see or touch...
Then now, she could forcibly destroy phenomena like air resistance, gravity, light, and sound, depending on what she needed.
"A violence that shatters space, a strike that breaks the rules."
If Ogerpon hadn't held back and that Ivy Cudgel had landed square on Benimaru's head, Hakurou and the Red Ogre Leader couldn't even imagine the consequences.
A headshot would be the least of it.
Even the village behind Benimaru might've been leveled by the shockwave stirred up by the Ivy Cudgel.
Shuna and Souei, who had watched Benimaru's duel with Ogerpon, had expected Benimaru to lose, but to fail to withstand even a single move was far beyond anything they had anticipated.
And Ogerpon had held back.
Cough! Cough, cough, cough, cough~
Rin's healing magic was outrageously effective. Benimaru quickly regained consciousness.
He first sat up in a daze. Then the memory of Ogerpon's strike flashed through his mind, making his heart seize up.
It wasn't until Souei called out to him from the side that Benimaru snapped out of it.
"Thank you for your guidance, Lady Ogerpon!"
Benimaru bowed deeply to Ogerpon.
He was completely convinced. Humbled by Ogerpon's overwhelming strength.
Moreover, Benimaru was certain that Ogerpon's strength wasn't simply A-Rank.
A-Rank was only her magicule level. The actual combat power she unleashed far surpassed that, very likely touching the realm of legendary Calamity-Class (Special A-Rank).
"Want to go again?"
"Anyone's fine, no matter how many."
Ogerpon rested the Ivy Cudgel on her shoulder and looked around, issuing a challenge to the entire Ogre Clan.
"Don't worry about getting hurt. Ogerpon won't kill anyone."
There was something else Rin didn't say aloud.
Even if someone really did have an accident, he could resurrect them.
Resurrection Magic was a high-tier spell from the Konosuba World's Arch Priest.
Of course, Rin's resurrection magic wasn't as absurd as Aqua's.
His resurrection spell had strict limitations.
First, the deceased's body had to be relatively intact. It couldn't be missing more than 30 percent.
Next, the time since death couldn't exceed 5 minutes.
However, that 5-minute rule wasn't absolute.
It mainly depended on the condition of the soul.
If the soul could be preserved, and Rin had a way to reconstruct the body, then resurrection would be incredibly easy.
"Mhm mhm, I'll hold back."
Ogerpon showed a brilliantly pure smile.
Pokémon naturally loved to battle, and even after becoming a monster, Ogerpon hadn't lost that instinct.
So, for the next three days, Ogerpon—under the pretext of checking everyone's strength, beat up all 250 Ogre Clan members in the village, children included.
Of course, she was measured.
When it came to the little Ogre kids, Ogerpon mostly just played with them. Even when she sent them flying, she dialed back her power.
Although Benimaru had been defeated, he wasn't one to give up on challenging her.
This time, he brought backup—Souei, Shuna, and about ten other Ogre Clan elites.
Naturally, the result was inevitable.
In the face of overwhelming power, numbers were meaningless.
Whether it was one person, ten, or even a hundred Ogres charging at her, they couldn't even touch Ogerpon.
It was only Hakurou and the Red Ogre Leader who managed to give her the slightest sense of engagement.
Hakurou's swordplay was eerily sharp, appearing and disappearing like a ghost.
But Ogerpon's senses were too monstrous. Once she activated Grassy Terrain, she could lock onto enemies using the natural elements themselves.
The Red Ogre Leader had tremendous strength and a durable body.
Unfortunately, he ran into Ogerpon, who possessed the Destroyer skill.
The Ivy Cudgel, empowered by Destroyer, just brushing it could maim, and taking a direct hit meant instant death.
Hakurou's sword merely grazed the Ivy Cudgel and shattered into a pile of iron dust.
The Red Ogre Leader had it worse.
His arm, after being touched by the Ivy Cudgel, exploded into a mist of blood, and half of his body was nearly turned to mush.
Fortunately, Rin's healing magic saved him and restored him completely.
This fight made the entire Ogre Clan realize how terrifying Ogerpon's power truly was.
A-Rank magicules, Special A-Rank combat power.
Ogerpon earned the complete respect and admiration of the Ogre Clan through her battle feats, even gaining the title of the strongest among them.
"Rin, Ogerpon feels like she got stronger again!"
"Yeah."
Inside the wooden house, Rin had erected a soundproof barrier. He gently patted Ogerpon's head, who had transformed into a young girl form, and praised her,
"250 Ogre Clan members, with the weakest being B-Rank, and the strongest being B+ Rank."
On average, each Ogre Clan member provided Ogerpon about 80 magicules.
Her total magicule count had risen from 12,000 to 33,000.
"All thanks to you, Ogerpon. I can finally break through to A-Rank."
Leader allowed Rin to receive 50% of his subordinate's existence value. With the 1,500 magicules he originally had, his total reached 18,000, far exceeding the standard for A-Rank monsters.
[Detected individual 'Itoshi Rin' has met evolution conditions. Evolve?]
The Voice of the World had already sounded in Rin's mind when Ogerpon was only halfway through her battles.
But Rin didn't choose to evolve immediately.
He waited until now, when Ogerpon had reached her strongest state, to evolve.
"Ogerpon won't let anyone disturb Rin!"
Ogerpon said as she cast another magic barrier outside Rin's silence barrier, one that blocked magicule fluctuations to make sure no one would notice the disturbance caused by his evolution.
"Then I'll leave it to you, Ogerpon."
Looking at Ogerpon standing guard with her Ivy Cudgel in hand, Rin silently chanted in his heart.
"Evolve!"
(To be continued.)
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