BAMN: Chapter 73/74

Chapter 73: Vassal Contract

"It's a perfect closed loop!"

Rin asked: "What about the last one? What kind of ability is World Avatar?"

As Rin's words fell, a beautiful figure appeared before him, precisely in the image of Violet Evergarden from his memories.

"Thanks to the magicules you bestowed, I am able to accompany you in this form."

"Additionally, this body can return magicules to you."

At this point, Violet seemed to worry that Rin hadn't understood and explained: "Returning magicules does not mean my regression."

"After the magicules are returned, this body will collapse."

"But this is only temporary," Violet said, "With the passage of time, I can absorb magicules from the Cardinal World until this body reaches its maximum magicules storage capacity."

"Eh?"

Hearing this, Rin inexplicably had a sense of déjà vu: "Isn't this—like..."

"Yes, it's just like the Storm Dragon within Rimuru."

As a World's Spirit born from Rin's origin, Violet possessed all the knowledge her Creator mastered, which naturally included the anime and novels Rin had watched.

"You can think of this portion of magicules as a recoverable reserve."

Violet: "It will take roughly half a month to complete the replenishment from 0 to 200,000."

"So that means..."

"Yes."

Violet: "This means you can receive an additional 200,000 magicules from me every month."

"..."

Just from the information Violet revealed, Rin could think of several ways to use this magicules.

For example, taking it out for naming monsters.

Or, in combat, having Violet fuse with him to use their combined magicules.

"Is 200,000 the limit?"

"No."

Violet shook her head slightly: "Both the upper limit and the recovery speed are only for the current stage."

"Limited by my strength, my World Avatar cannot yet compare to the infinite magicules of Dragon Kind."

The magicules recovery speed of the Cardinal World's Dragon Kind is practically a bug.

In the original work, Rimuru named 200,000 Orc Clan members at once and only needed to rest for a period before recovering to his peak.

That was 200,000! Even if the dilution ratio between high-level and low-level magicules was very high, it would be impossible to complete the naming of 200,000 Orc Clan members.

To put it bluntly, even if each Orc Clan member only consumed 1,000 magicules, that would be a massive expenditure of 200 million!

What is the concept of 200 million magicules?

Even late-game Rimuru, after fusing with two Dragon Kind, barely reached this level.

How could a mere Demon Lord Seed-level Rimuru possess so much magicules?

Other than the Storm Dragon, Rin thought of nothing else.

"Rimuru has the Storm Dragon, and I have Violet!"

Although they cannot compare for now, Violet will continue to grow, and that is the power of the World Avatar ability.

"Will consuming this magicules have any negative effects on you, Violet?"

"No, it will not."

Violet would not fall into slumber because 200,000 magicules was depleted, at most, she would lose the ability to manifest an avatar.

In any case, Violet could recover in at most half a month.

"Actually, as long as the magicules consumed each time does not exceed half, the avatar can live normally."

"That's good."

Rin naturally hoped that Violet would live with him like a real person.

If he directly consumed the magicules every time it became available, wouldn't Violet never be able to condense a physical form?

Rin would never do such a thing.

"This magicules must be used for naming."

Rin was not someone who liked to do unprofitable business, naming was an investment.

Only if there was a profit would naming have meaning.

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[Itoshi Rin]

[Race: Dragonoid]

[Level: Special A Demon Lord Seed (Disaster Class)]

[Magicules: 205,000EP (Cannot add Violet's 200,000, because those originally belong to Rin)]

[Profession: Mage]

[General Skills: Life Magic, Healing Magic, Elemental Magic, Pokémon Magic, etc.]

[Intrinsic Skills: Adaptability, All-Profession Mastery, etc.]

[Extra Skills: Dragon Eye, Explosion Magic, Soul Summoning, Human-Soul Fusion, Demon Lord Seed's Aura]

[Unique Skills: Void Gate [Broken], World's Spirit, Convergence, Capturer, Duplicator, Spirit Controller]

[Special Skills: Magicules Solidification (inheritable), Stardust Manipulation (non-inheritable), Ten Rings of God (non-inheritable), Magic Dragon Transformation (non-inheritable)]

[Exclusive Skill: Twin Martial Souls]

[Bonded Vassal: Violet]

[Vassals: Ogerpon, Snow Empress, Ice Empress, Benimaru, Shuna, Shion, Souei (7/24)]

[Vassal Clan: (0/3)]

[Marked Worlds: Pokémon World (Anchorable), Konosuba World (Anchorable), Soul Land Universe (Locked)]

...

"The attributes are getting more luxurious."

Rin turned his attention to the magicules column: "205,000 magicules."

"When one's magicules exceeds 200,000, they can obtain the title of Demon Lord."

"In the original work, Clayman, Carrion, and Queen Frey generally had around 300,000 to 400,000 magicules."

In other words, the current Rin already possessed strength comparable to the bottom three of the Ten Great Demon Lords.

"This doesn't even account for the Direwolves."

Rin had no intention of letting these Direwolves go.

Direwolves possessed the characteristic of 'whole is individual', that is, naming one of them was equivalent to naming all individuals simultaneously.

Of course, this naming method certainly differed from normal individual naming.

Just the magicules consumption alone was much less than normal naming.

Here, it must be explained the difference between Rin's newly acquired Unique Skill, "Convergence," and "Leader."

"Unique Skill: Convergence" would not increase the proportion of magicules that followers of different ranks could provide.

Followers provided 1-3%, named monsters 15%, and dependents 50%.

The original proportions remained the same, unchanged by the skill upgrade.

However, between the originally vast gap of named monsters and dependents, "Unique Skill: Convergence" once again provided a new rank.

Kinsmen!

Intermediate between named monsters and dependents, they could provide Rin with a 30% feedback of total magicules.

Kinsmen targets needed to be personally selected and bound by Rin.

(To be continued.)

Chapter 74: The Backdoor

The Kinsmen limit was 3.

This meant that the current Rin could only have a maximum of 3 monster races as his Kinsmen.

As for where Kinsmen came from...

First, Kinsmen must be related to dependents.

In other words, only monsters of the same race as dependents could be transformed into Kinsmen by Rin.

"So…"

Rin pondered his dependents: "Only the Ogre race meets this requirement?"

Shaking his head, Rin temporarily put aside that question and focused his attention on the Direwolf Clan before him.

"Subjugation, or death?"

Rin looked at the Direwolf Leader, who had been obediently prostrating on the ground since earlier.

"Woof!"

Feeling Rin's gaze, the Direwolf Leader instantly cowered, even speaking with a trembling voice, "I, I am willing to submit to you, great Demon Lord!"

The oppressive aura from that instant was undoubtedly a pressure far exceeding that of a monster.

And a being more terrifying than a superior monster, the only thing the Direwolf Leader could think of was a Demon Lord!

As mentioned before, the Cardinal World did not have a clear distinction between a Demon Lord Seed and a True Demon Lord.

In the eyes of most, Demon Lord was merely a title, not a power level.

This issue even existed within the Ten Great Demon Lords themselves.

The bottom three, Clayman, Carrion, and Queen Frey, also did not know the gap between themselves and the other Demon Lords.

Demon Lord Seed and True Demon Lord.

True Demon Lord, and True Demon Lord who has obtained Ultimate Skill.

The power gap between these three was so vast that calling it an overwhelming difference would not be an exaggeration.

So, even though Rin was called a Demon Lord by the Direwolf Leader, he was actually in the weakest tier.

"Let's forget about the title of Demon Lord for now; I don't have any intention of becoming a Demon Lord just yet."

Claiming to be a Demon Lord could very likely trigger a Demon Lord's Banquet.

Other Demon Lords might not care, but Clayman, that troublemaker, would definitely jump out and cause trouble.

Although Rin was not afraid, he also did not want such trouble.

Anyway, with Rin's speed of growth, he would eventually be able to crush him, so there was no need to rush.

"Yes."

The Direwolf Leader did not know Rin's thoughts.

"Bring all your kin over."

"Yes!"

The Direwolf Leader dared not disobey and immediately let out a long howl, summoning its kin.

Soon, nearly 500 Direwolves had gathered before Rin.

Direwolves were massive, almost a meter tall just standing, truly large wolves.

"Submit to me, and you shall be my subjects."

In the original work, Rimuru killed the Direwolf Leader, and its son Ranga was still willing to follow Rimuru.

In contrast, Rin had no conflict with the Direwolf Clan.

"Select the eighteen most outstanding Direwolves from your clan, I shall bestow names upon you."

"!!!"

Rin's words utterly shocked the Direwolf Leader.

It looked at Rin in disbelief, somewhat doubting if it had misheard: "You, you mean, you want to name us?"

"What?"

Rin joked, "You don't want it?"

"No!"

"You, thank you for your grace."

The Direwolf Leader trembled with excitement: "We, the Direwolf Clan, shall pledge our lives to follow you, generation after generation, upholding your authority!"

As the Direwolf Leader's voice fell, all the Direwolves behind it knelt one after another.

They offered their loyalty to their great and generous master.

"Also, Goblins."

Rin did not forget the weak Goblins: "Select 100 people, I will bestow names upon you."

"Rea, really?"

Hearing that Rin was even willing to bestow names upon weak Goblins like them, the Goblins were incredibly moved, and many female Goblins even shed tears.

"Oh, what a benevolent master."

"Even though we are so weak, you are willing to protect us."

Originally, the old Goblin village chief felt that being able to take refuge under Rin's command and receive his protection was already a great blessing.

But who would have thought that their Goblin race would have such luck to encounter such a master?

"Come up and line up…"

Rin waved his hand, signaling the old village chief to bring 100 Goblins forward.

"You stay too."

The old village chief was about to leave but was stopped by Rin: "At your age, if you don't get a name, you probably won't live much longer."

"From now on, you shall be called Rigurd, and serve me as the Leader of the Goblin race."

These words once again moved the old village chief to tears.

Rin even felt that even if he gave the command to 'commit suicide,' Rigurd would not hesitate to take his own life on the spot.

As for Rigurd's name issue.

At this time, the monster Gelmud had not yet arrived at the Goblin village, nor had he named Rigurd's eldest son.

"As for you, the elder brother is Rigur, and the younger brother is Rigord."

"And you all…"

For the Goblins' naming, aside from the first father and two sons, Rin was quite casual: "Gobta, Gobuna, Gobwa…"

The naming process was quick, Rin glanced at the consumed magicules, which had decreased by about 60,000.

Rin's magicules was 200,000+, and after deducting 60,000, it had fallen below 200,000.

However, the status of a Demon Lord Seed would not disappear.

In fact, even if Rin exhausted all his magicules, he would still be a Demon Lord Seed.

Demon Lord Seed was the Cardinal World's recognition of a monster, meaning you had the qualification to challenge the True Demon Lord realm.

"100,000 was consumed, and 40,000 was fed back from the Goblins, so only 60,000 magicules was reduced."

Logically, to raise an E-rank Goblin to the level of a C-rank Hobgoblin, at least 2,000 magicules would be consumed.

For 100 Goblins, that would be 200,000.

However, Rin had connections, Violet helped him get a backdoor deal, directly halving the cost to 100,000 magicules.

Rin secretly gave Violet a thumbs up.

[Magicules: 205,000 → 145,000]

After finishing the Goblin naming, the Direwolves also selected their kin eligible for names…

(To be continued.)