As for the initial 1000 eris, the Adventurers' Guild directly wrote it off as a small change.
However, Rin paid another 1000 eris for Ogerpon's Appraisal.
"Eh?"
"Appraisal for this little one?"
Luna was a bit puzzled, but since Rin wanted to spend the money, she couldn't stop him.
She first handed two cards to Rin and Ogerpon, then explained the essence of Adventurers to them.
"Please look here on the card, isn't there a section called Level?"
Luna: "As you both know, all kinds of things in this world have souls hidden within them."
"No matter what kind of existence, as long as it consumes or kills a creature, that is, terminates some life activity, it can absorb a part of that existence's soul memory, which is collectively referred to as experience points."
"These experience points, generally speaking, cannot be seen by the naked eye," Luna said, "but as long as an Adventurer holds such a card, the experience points they absorb will be displayed on it, and the corresponding level will also appear."
"This is the standard of an Adventurer's strength, and how many targets they have defeated will also be recorded here."
"And as experience points accumulate, all kinds of creatures will suddenly grow rapidly one day. This is what is called a high-strength leap in level."
Simply put, as long as you raise your level, you can gain various benefits, such as obtaining skill points to learn new skills, as well as attribute enhancements and so on.
Rin glanced at his card and found that the attribute values on it were very different from the Cardinal World system he knew.
Well, since there was no reference, Rin didn't quite understand it.
As for Ogerpon, after she touched the card, there was no reaction on the card. It remained blank.
"Huh?"
"Is the card broken?"
Luna felt very confused. She initially thought there was a problem with the card.
But even after changing the card, it was still blank.
Logically speaking, such a situation should never occur.
Even if it was just a summoned creature, or even an otherworldly visitor, they would be appraised for their soul value due to the rules of the other world, and then displayed through the card.
However, Ogerpon's situation clearly exceeded Luna's cognitive scope.
"How strange, I, I've never encountered anything like this."
"This child, who exactly is she?"
Ogerpon is not a creature of the Konosuba world. She is basically an outsider.
To put it in more understandable terms, Ogerpon is surrounded by the laws of the Cardinal World.
This prevents the rules of the Konosuba World from penetrating this protective layer to peek at Ogerpon's information, only treating her as Rin's accessory, an existence considered one with him.
It is precisely for this reason that once Ogerpon unleashes her power, the Konosuba World will implicate Rin and expel them both.
"Perhaps it's because this child is my familiar."
"Even, even if it's a familiar, the card should still…"
Luna mumbled a few words softly, and as it involved Rin's privacy, she didn't delve deeper. "May I see your card, sir?"
"Mm, here you go."
Luna took the card Rin handed her and, sure enough, found the Familiar annotation in his attribute panel.
Ogerpon was not recognized, but Rin was considered one of their own in the eyes of the Konosuba World.
Through Rin, the Konosuba World easily determined Ogerpon to be his familiar.
The Ogerpon familiar noted in the attribute panel was the best evidence!
"It seems this little one is a very remarkable familiar."
Luna didn't delve into it. Prying into others' privacy was unethical.
As a Guild receptionist, Luna was well aware of the principle that speaking too much leads to mistakes and becoming too familiar too quickly leads to trouble.
"Next, please fill in items such as height, weight, age, and physical characteristics on this document."
Next, with Luna's help, Rin filled in all the required information.
"Alright, that's it."
"Now, please touch this stone tablet. This way, you can learn the parameters of your various abilities.."
Luna: "After that, please choose the profession you desire based on the values."
"Is it finally starting?"
The two things Rin most anticipated after transmigrating to the Konosuba World were Aqua's cheat ability and the job system here.
Although he already had the Duplicator with the ability to copy skills, Rin still had a relative yearning for professions.
Because professions could bring attribute increases.
The Cardinal World had given Rin magicules, and the Duplicator had allowed him to acquire skills.
But magicules only affected existence value.
It had little relation to an individual's strength, speed, and other attributes.
Apart from physiological armor and skin, the demons of the Cardinal World relied on various passive traits. There was no setting where higher levels meant more abnormal physical strength.
Rin could only seek this kind of power in other worlds.
And his first stop was the Konosuba professions!
"Your muscular strength, vitality, magic power, flexibility, and agility are all very good."
Luna recommended, "With such attributes, you can directly choose those advanced professions."
The basic attributes brought by a C-rank in the Cardinal World were considered elite in the Konosuba World.
The advanced professions Luna mentioned referred to things like Crusader, Sword Master, Arch Priest, Arch Wizard, and so on.
Rin didn't make a direct choice but carefully asked Luna about information regarding these advanced professions.
Luna, as expected of a professional counter receptionist, patiently and meticulously told Rin the pros, cons, and characteristics of each profession.
"Are you sure you want to become a Martial Artist?"
Luna: "Begging your pardon, but among physical professions, a Martial Artist's defense is inferior to a Crusader's, and their attack is not as good as a Sword Master's."
"Yes."
Rin's final choice was a physical melee profession called Martial Artist.
The reason for this choice was that the attributes a Martial Artist could improve with each level-up were precisely what Rin needed most at the moment.
HP, strength, agility, flexibility…
While a Martial Artist's every improvement was not as good as other advanced professions, it excelled in balance.
In Rin's plan, he could increase his existence value through Ogerpon and other dependents, thereby continuously increasing his magicules.
Just now, when activating the skill card, Rin noticed something.
Every Adventurer, when first changing professions, would accumulate a certain amount of initial experience points.
After all, a person living to adulthood couldn't have never gained experience.
For example, Aqua in the original work had accumulated a large number of skill points when she first became an Adventurer.
The reason for this was that Aqua herself was already very high-level.
Just like Rin now, his stored experience points were over 30,000, roughly 10 times his existence value.
And using magicules to increase the level in the Konosuba World would not make the magicules in Rin's body disappear.
The magic power originally brought by the magicules remained unchanged. Instead, it was as if an extra set of attributes and skills appeared out of thin air, stacking on top of the Cardinal World's attribute panel.
Additionally, the Konosuba World's experience point system was different from traditional online games.
The information obtained from Luna indicated that to reach level 100, approximately 1 million experience points were needed.
Of course, while the maximum level was fixed, due to each person's starting point, choices made, profession, skills learned, and growth potential being different, the gap between two level 100 individuals could be even greater than the difference between a human and a dog.
Leader increases magicules, magicules convert to experience points, which are then used to increase the Martial Artist profession level and gain attributes.
And those skill points can all be used on the most cost-effective skills.
The skills Rin obtained through his copy ability all started at level 1. To improve them, he could only use skill points.
Hmm, these are the rules of the Konosuba World.
I just don't know what changes will occur when I bring these skills back.
However, these things weren't very relevant to Rin. He didn't choose the copy ability for the sake of Konosuba skills anyway.
The Duplicator's true potential should lie in the worlds Rin would travel to in the future.
Copying special abilities from different worlds and making them his own—that was the correct way to utilize the Duplicator.
"Now, please keep your skill card safe, then carefully choose the skills you wish to learn. If you want to take on quests, you can pick the ones you like from the bulletin board."
"Mm, thank you, Miss Luna."
In this short time, Rin had already become familiar with Luna.
Rin left the counter with Ogerpon, took out his skill card, and began to look at the various skills a Martial Artist possessed.
"Before adding points, I'll copy all the skills I can."
Thinking this, Rin chose a long table, ordered some food, and while eating with Ogerpon, he used his Appraisal skill to observe the Adventurers in the hall.
[Defense] [Steal] [Haste] [Cross Slash] [One-Handed Sword Mastery] [Basic Magic]...
Various skills, although mostly low-level, also included Superior Magic skills that required a large number of skill points to learn.
The only pity was that this was just Konosuba's beginner village, and adventurer levels were generally not high...
"Huh?"
Suddenly, Rin noticed a figure in the guild, and he stared at the character panel displayed before him:
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[Name: Yunyun]
Occupation: Arch Mage
Skills Mastered: Superior Magic, Intermediate Magic, Teleportation, High-Speed Chanting, Multiple Casting, Mana Amplification...
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"Superior Magic?"
Konosuba's magic system is different from the commonly perceived fireballs, healing spells, and wind blades.
The [Superior Magic] skill requires 30 skill points and the Arch Mage, a superior occupation.
After learning Superior Magic, an Arch Mage can freely record various powerful destructive spells.
Increasing the skill level of Superior Magic will also increase the power of the corresponding advanced magic.
In short, it's a one-trick pony.
A magician doesn't need to know dozens or hundreds of spells. Instead, they activate a Superior Magic skill and then specialize in practicing certain powerful spells.
This is not a game world. For the same fireball spell, how many you cast, when, and from what angle you cast them all depend on the adventurer themselves.
And such a mechanism was perfect for Rin!
No Arch Mage occupation?
Doesn't matter!
So, Rin didn't hesitate at all and directly copied all the skills Yunyun currently possessed, leaving none behind.
"By the way, since Yunyun is here, what about Megumin?"
Rin wouldn't forget the most powerful Explosion Magic in all of Konosuba.
Soon, Rin found a certain chuunibyo Crimson Demon.
[Duplicator: Copying started... Copying complete!]
Rin gave himself a mental thumbs-up, thinking that this Crossing was truly a huge gain.
More than a dozen occupations, over 100 skills.
Rin even found a fellow adventurer who had switched to a Martial Artist among the crowd and copied all of the Martial Artist's skills, saving him a large number of skill points.
As expected of Konosuba's beginner village, it's full of talent!
The new occupation Martial Artist and the method of converting magicules into experience points to improve basic attributes.
And the Duplicator's Unique Skill, which is a bug.
"Next, let me think about which skills to level up?"
"Over 30,000 experience points, after full conversion, can get me to level 15."
Martial Artist is a superior occupation. In addition to the basic 15 skill points, each level up grants an additional 2 skill points.
Basic occupations have no bonus, intermediate occupations get 1 extra point, and superior occupations get 2 extra points.
This way, the gap between adventurers becomes apparent.
"45 skill points, to be used for skill leveling..."
The number of times different skills can be leveled is limited and will be displayed in the form of lv1, lv2, etc.
When a skill reaches max level, it will display MAX, meaning it has reached its limit and cannot be leveled further.
"Skill points are limited. It's best to use them where they count most."
Rin scanned the skills he already possessed. Excluding non-levelable passive skills, his attention was mainly focused on those skills that provided percentage amplification.
For example, the magic-type [High-Speed Chanting].
[High-Speed Chanting lv1]: Reduces casting time by 10%.
A simple description, but very effective!
It doesn't increase casting speed; instead, it reduces casting time.
A spell that originally took 10 seconds to cast could be shortened to 9 seconds after acquiring this skill.
If it could be raised to lv10, it would be instant cast!
"This skill must be leveled."
Similar to [High-Speed Chanting] was [Multiple Casting].
[Multiple Casting lv1]: Can cast two spells simultaneously.
Raising it to lv2 allows casting 3 spells simultaneously.
Upon seeing this skill, Rin could already imagine the scene of casting hundreds of fireballs at once after combining Chain Fireball (Intermediate Magic) with Multiple Casting.
"So far, things have gone very smoothly."
Rin had no intention of interfering with the Konosuba plot. He needed to grow quickly, and Konosuba's life was too comfortable.
This place was more suitable for Rin to replenish supplies rather than to improve his strength.
You say there are wild monsters to fight in Konosuba?
Rin's answer was — not enough!
The number of wild monsters in Konosuba was too small.
In this world, consuming food that provides a lot of experience points is the best way to level up.
Hunting monsters is more about solving problems and handling requests from people who come to submit quests.
What's more, even if the level is raised to 100, that's only 1 million experience points.
Converted to magicules, it's about 100,000, or even lower.
How exactly it converts will only be determined after Rin fights monsters and levels up in Konosuba, then returns to the Cardinal World.
(To be continued.)