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"If Unique Skills were categorized, Duplicator should be considered a high-level Unique Skill, just like Predator."
"And Leader and Capturer, which have developmental potential, would be considered mid-level Unique Skills."
Don't let the flaws of Leader and Capturer fool you. They are far more powerful than the Reincarnators summoned in the original work.
I remember that in the original work, there were three people summoned from other worlds.
Shougo's Berserker, Kirara's Bewilder, and Kyoya's Severer.
In Rin's opinion, the Unique Skills of those three couldn't compare to Leader and Capturer.
Those types of Unique Skills are more like power-type abilities. They offer considerable combat power the moment they're acquired.
However, the drawbacks of Berserker, Bewilder, and Severer are also obvious: they lack staying power.
In Rin's view, the true potential of Unique Skills should manifest after reaching Special A-Rank.
Just like his Leader and Capturer.
Even after becoming a Demon Lord Seed, Rin could continue strengthening himself through these two Unique Skills.
"According to this classification, Ogerpon's Destroyer is actually a low-level Unique Skill."
Rin pondered, then opened his current status panel.
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[Itoshi Rin]
[Race: Dragonoid (Pseudo)]
[Existence Value: A-Rank (18060 EP)]
[Class: Mage]
[General Skills: Life Magic, Healing Magic, Elemental Magic, Pokémon Magic, etc.]
[Intrinsic Skills: Adaptability, All-Profession Mastery]
[Extra Skills: Dragon Eye, Explosion Magic]
[Unique Skills: Traveler [Broken-level], Leader, Capturer, Duplicator]
[Special Skills: Magicules Solidification, Star Particle Manipulation]
[Dependents: Ogerpon (1 / 12)]
[Marked Worlds: Pokémon World, Konosuba World]
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The types of skills, arranged from low to high in terms of strength and rarity, are Common Skills, Extra Skills, and Unique Skills.
Special Skills are an exception. They can't be measured by strength alone and can't be replicated by others.
Furthermore, Extra Skills are also called Supplemental or EX Skills.
Intrinsic Skills are mostly passive abilities or racial traits.
"Over 18,000 magicules, and the number of subordinate slots has increased from the original 6 to 12."
"Three at C-rank, six at B-rank, and now that I've broken through to A-rank, the total subordinate slots have reached 12."
Rin's original plan had been to visit other worlds to find subordinates, like Ogerpon.
"The increase in slots is faster than I expected."
Rin thought to himself, "In that case, maybe there's no need to cling to other worlds."
"The Cardinal World also has plenty of individuals worth cultivating."
For example, Shuna, Shion, Benimaru, and Souei from the Ogre Clan—in the original, they all had the aptitude to awaken Ultimate Skills.
Among them, Souei's future magicules exceeded 1.2 million. And Shion and Benimaru, once equipped with their exclusive weapons, could even break through 5 million.
Leaving Shuna aside, the combined magicules of just Shion, Benimaru, and Souei already reached 11.2 million.
With a 50% feedback rate, if Rin made all four his subordinates, he would eventually receive at least 6 million magicules in return.
So allocating four subordinate slots to them wasn't a loss at all, it was a massive gain.
"I'll use half of the subordinate slots to cultivate talented followers within the Cardinal World."
Rin didn't forget the remaining 250+ Ogre Clan members either. "Even if I can't develop them into subordinates, as long as they're followers, Leader can still draw power from them."
Subordinates: 50%
Naming: 15%
Followers: Depending on loyalty, they provide 1% to 3% of their magicules.
Excluding the B-Rank children among the Ogre Clan, the remaining 200+ individuals had an average of around 6500 magicules.
Even calculating at the minimum of 1%, that's 65 x 200 = nearly 13,000 magicules.
If luck was good and the Ogre Clan genuinely submitted, it could be up to 40,000.
"However, meeting the conditions for subjugation definitely isn't that simple."
While Leader's ability to gather the power of all beings is a bug-level ability, it's not without limitations.
At the very least, someone simply saying, 'I pledge allegiance to you,' wouldn't be enough to be registered as a follower.
To establish a magicule link, there must be genuine and sincere submission.
The Ogre Clan worships strength, but worship isn't the same as allegiance.
"Is there a way to quickly gain the loyalty of the Ogres?"
"That's right!"
Soon, Rin thought of a solution. "Naming!"
Yes, Naming!
That was Rin's chosen method—the most direct and simplest way to earn the loyalty of the Ogre Clan.
Rin currently had 18,000 magicules.
Excluding the untouchable 10,000 threshold, he had 8,000 left for Naming.
Currently, the strongest among the Ogre Clan were Rin and the Red Ogre Leader.
Their magicules were higher than the others, reaching 9000 and 8500 respectively.
This meant Rin only needed to use 2500 magicules to name them both.
"Once their magicules reach 10,000, Benimaru and the Red Ogre Leader can evolve into Kijin."
"And since the one bestowing the name receives 15% magicule feedback, I can get at least 3000 magicules back from them."
"So this isn't just not a loss, it's actually a net gain of 500."
In other words, for Ogre Clan members whose magicules exceeded 8500, Rin wouldn't lose anything by Naming them.
"Rin, your aura suddenly got a lot stronger!"
"Mm."
Rin smiled. "Thanks to you, Ogerpon, I was able to evolve."
"Now I'm an evolved monster, just like you, Ogerpon."
Ogerpon was even happier about Rin's evolution than her own strength increase. That alone made her beam with joy.
"Ogerpon, go bring me uh..."
Rin had originally wanted to say Benimaru's name, but then remembered—they didn't have names yet.
Helpless, he could only describe the appearances of Shuna, Shion, Benimaru, and Souei, then asked Ogerpon to bring them over.
"Ogerpon will go now!"
As soon as the little girl received the task, she bounced out.
"Slow down. Don't trip!"
"I won't! Ogerpon's not a fool!"
Ogerpon turned her head and stuck out her tongue. "Only a fool would trip on flat ground!"
After saying that, she didn't slow down at all, she ran even faster.
"This girl..."
Watching Ogerpon's playful attitude, Rin couldn't help but smile.
She was always so cheerful and full of energy. Even Rin felt lighter just being near her.
(To be continued.)
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