"As expected of Snow Empress."

Rin marveled at Snow Empress's excellence. "What is Nature?"

"A skill that converts magicules into existing matter."

This skill was somewhat similar to Rimuru's Analyze and Create, yet it also had certain differences.

The biggest difference was that Snow Empress's creations were not mere transformations of form, but closer to creation from nothing.

For example, Rimuru would consume minerals and herbs, then directly create weapons and potions.

Snow Empress could do similar things.

Not only that, but she could also use magicules to create various minerals and plants.

As Snow Empress gained further control over Nature, she could even synthesize life, such as monsters and magical beasts.

"Isn't that like being a Creator?"

"There are differences."

Snow Empress shook her head slightly. "This skill cannot create souls."

When used to create life, plants were best, followed by ordinary animals with low intelligence such as pigs, dogs, cattle, and sheep.

If creating monsters, the monster's soul must come from an external source, and the monster's potential would depend on the strength of the infused soul.

In the Cardinal World, potential and aptitude were primarily determined by soul strength.

The stronger the soul, the higher the upper limit of skills it could bear.

"I see."

Rin praised, "That's still very impressive. With you here, Snow Empress, we will never lack resources again."

Magicules equaled resources, and resources could be used for development.

No wonder it was called Nature.

Snow Empress alone could support Rin's entire family, and the future looked promising.

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[Itoshi Rin]

[Race: Dragonoid (Pseudo)]

[Level: A-Rank High-Tier (87,000EP)]

[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, Soul Summoning, Human-Soul Fusion]

[Unique Skills: Traveler [Broken], Leader, Capturer, Duplicator, Spirit Controller (Can transform dependents into Soul Spirits and gain a Soul Spirit Space)]

[Special Skills: Magicules Solidification (Inheritable), Star Particle Manipulation (Non-Inheritable), Ten Rings of God (Non-Inheritable)]

[Exclusive Skills: Twin Martial Souls (Possesses Snow Empress and Ice Empress Martial Souls, can possess or directly summon them)]

[Dependents: Ogerpon, Snow Empress, Ice Empress (3/6), Benimaru, Shuna, Shion, Souei (4/6)]

[Marked Worlds: Pokémon World (Cooling Down), Konosuba World (Cooling Down), Soul Land Universe (Sealed)]

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"Spirit Controller, a new Unique Skill."

Rin was very happy to have gained another new Unique Skill.

Spirit Controller allowed dependents to accompany him in Soul Spirit (Martial Soul) form and live in the Soul Spirit Space.

Rin originally had a similar space.

But the Spirit Space and the Soul Spirit Space had fundamental differences.

The Soul Spirit Space was based on mental power. Here, Rin could directly materialize anything, making the dependents inside very comfortable.

The Spirit Space could store matter and physical bodies, but it was too narrow inside, with almost nothing.

"I wonder if these two skills can be fused together."

If so, the combination of matter and consciousness would truly create a portable mini-world.

However, this task was quite difficult, and Rin had no idea how to approach it.

As for the Soul Land Universe being sealed and inaccessible, Rin was not surprised.

Tang San was, after all, the Enforcer God of the Divine Realm in Soul Land. His power was immense, capable of triggering world rules to be wary, which Rin found very reasonable.

Rin expressed indifference to this.

Soul Land was currently in the Peerless Tang Sect era, and no matter how much Tang San trained, he would only reach a certain level.

Rin's speed of becoming stronger was beyond Tang San's imagination.

When he could forcibly break the seal of the Soul Land Universe, Rin would naturally seek out Tang San to have a good talk about today's events.

At the same time, east of the Great Jura Forest, an ancient castle sat atop a cliff.

"The plan failed."

"Failed, failed~"

Laplace, the Wonder Pierrot, reported the latest intelligence from the forest.

Beside him, a little girl named Tear raised her hands, spinning around and giggling as she repeated Laplace's words.

"Hmph."

Footman grumbled, "Those insects indeed couldn't amount to anything."

"They were just a batch of failed modifications, we didn't have much expectation, did we?"

At the head of the table sat a tall man.

He had silver-white hair, red pupils, two golden streaks on his forehead, and a sinister smile curling at the corners of his mouth, making him appear exceptionally demonic.

This person was Clayman, one of the Ten Demon Lord, known as the Marionette Master.

He was also the mastermind behind the Insect Magic Beast chaos in the forest.

"However, having the plan destroyed by someone is quite displeasing."

Clayman looked at Laplace and asked, "Did you find out who did it?"

"A newly appeared fellow, seems to be called Itoshi Rin."

"Itoshi Rin?"

Clayman swirled the red wine glass in his hand, then indifferently took a sip. "Never heard of him, probably just some small fry who crawled out of a corner."

"Don't be careless, Clayman."

Laplace's expression was somewhat serious. "That guy is very strange. Not only did he defeat your modified insects, but he also subdued the Ogre Clan in the forest."

"He was actually able to subdue that Ogre Clan?"

Tia clapped her hands. "So amazing!"

"Ogre Clan?"

Clayman remained disdainful. "Just a bunch of muscle-brained simpletons."

A mere B-Rank Ogre Clan, and only a meager 300 of them, Clayman didn't even put them in his eyes.

"I will have Gelmud notify the Orc Clan to advance towards the Ogre Clan's village."

In Clayman's view, the Orc Lord, who had already reached Special A-Rank, was fully capable of sweeping through everything in the Great Jura Forest.

"The Orc Lord?"

"That guy gives off a terrifying feeling."

"With the Orc Lord, the new guy who just emerged will soon be eliminated, right?"

"How pitiful. Just gained control of the Ogre Clan's power, and now he's about to die."

In the clowns' eyes, a mere Ogre Clan village, what power did it have to stop the Orc Lord's advance?

"Then we will continue to monitor that forest, Clayman."

"Ah, I leave it to you."

Watching the clowns leave, Clayman drained the wine in his hand.

Clayman could not personally intervene in the matter of the Great Jura Forest.

That forest was the Storm Dragon's territory.

Other Demon Lords would not rashly enter unless necessary.

According to Clayman's plan, he would send the Majin Gelmud to name the monsters in the forest, thereby gradually encroaching upon the Storm Dragon's territory through this hierarchical relationship.

What Clayman did not expect was that among the Orc Clan, an Orc Lord, rarely seen for hundreds of years, had appeared.

The Orc Lord possessed the power to devour all things and could rapidly increase his magicules by continuously feeding.

If the Orc Lord could become a Demon Lord Seed...

Then, with him, the power of two Demon Lord Seeds would completely surpass the other existences.

Yes, at this time, Clayman had no idea how enormous the gap between a Demon Lord Seed and a True Demon Lord truly was.

In Clayman's view, even the ancient Demon Lord Guy and Milim...

Even if these two were stronger than him, they wouldn't be much stronger.

If one Demon Lord Seed couldn't win, what about two?

Two against one, could they still not secure a place among the Ten Demon Lords?

"A newcomer who appeared out of nowhere..."

Standing up, Clayman walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, then looked at his reflection, and smiled sinisterly. "Cherish this brief period of beauty. Soon, you will know the cruelty of this world..."

(To be continued.)