What main job?
Of course, it was searching for new worlds!
The development on the Central World side wouldn't see any major upheavals in the short term.
In Damien's view, Falmuth's invasion was just a bunch of souls delivered right to his doorstep!
With Artoria there, Damien didn't need to worry at all.
"This wave should net me at least five awakening slots."
Fifty thousand elite humans... with Artoria and Justeaze working together, nearly all of Damien's subordinates who could awaken would complete their evolution.
"After that, there's the Jistav handled by Velzard."
Conquering the Puppet Nation of Jistav would yield a considerable number of souls as well.
Though the quality of monster souls was much lower compared to humans, they made up for it in sheer quantity.
Damien estimated that this operation could easily secure another five awakening slots.
"That makes ten in total."
In that case, when Damien searched for new worlds next, he shouldn't focus on souls, but on other things.
Some might think that continuing to slaughter in disgusting worlds could harvest even more souls.
But the issue was, if there weren't enough people with awakening potential, what use were those excess souls in Damien's hands?
"Without suitable talents for awakening, souls don't serve much purpose."
Velzard asked curiously, "But at our level, gaining further improvements probably won't be easy."
In her view, Damien's exploration of new worlds would yield the best results from reaping lives and acquiring souls.
If luck was on his side, he might even bring back a few unique skills.
The benefits of unique skills were in no way inferior to ultimate ones... truly overflowing with potential.
"Not just that."
Damien thought of something and said, "Perhaps we can acquire ultimate skills from new worlds."
"Acquire ultimate skills?"
Hearing Damien's words, Velzard couldn't sit still. "Is that really possible? We're talking about ultimate skills here!"
Even as a Dragon God, ultimate power remained an extremely precious force to Velzard.
Each ultimate skill represented a share of world sovereignty.
If even such power could be obtained...
Wouldn't that mean Damien could shatter the soul limits for monsters, granting them strength beyond their potential?
"It's not impossible."
Damien said, "The key is finding a suitable world."
With so many worlds out there, the possibilities were endless.
Who could say for sure that Damien wouldn't find a world where ultimate skills could be harvested?
"Intriguing..."
"A world that can give birth to ultimate skills," Velzard licked her lips. "That sounds exciting!"
"I won't disappoint you."
After saying that, Damien linked his consciousness with Violet. "Violet, start the search. This time, the target is ultimate skills!"
[Commencing search...]
Violet synchronized with Damien's God of the Void and initiated a new round of world scanning.
"Hm, that should do it."
There was plenty of time anyway, so Damien wasn't under much pressure.
Among the antagonists in Tensura, the ones Damien might take seriously were perhaps Feldway, and Guy, followed by Rudra controlled by Michael.
However, with Damien's current strength, plus his original plans...
If he could capture Velgrynd the Scorching Dragon, release her from control, and turn her to his side...
Then, uniting the power of the four Dragon Gods would make the Cardinal World truly invincible.
Guy, Feldway... they'd all be nothing more than pushovers!
Damien could take his time adapting to his own power, helping his subordinates improve.
Meanwhile, using the God of the Void to capture compatible otherworlds and expand the Central World's scale.
The Konosuba world was just the beginning.
Damien had no intention of fully relocating the entire Konosuba world; a single passage was enough.
Once the adventurers from Konosuba cleared the labyrinth, they could come to the Central World.
At that point, whether they joined the Monster Kingdom and became Damien's people...
Or freely explored this backyard belonging to Damien, it was all fine.
The people from Konosuba, though their brains were a bit quirky in one way or another...
Were generally decent in character, with few truly evil at heart.
"By the way, have there been any new otherworld discoveries lately?"
"The Konosuba side is really hard to describe."
It wasn't that she was tired of it...
The Konosuba people were quite entertaining.
Though they often left Velzard speechless, they always brought her various amusements, even infusing this Frost Dragon God with a touch of humanity.
"Violet?"
Damien didn't monitor in real-time; he left the search work to Violet.
"Number of new worlds discovered: 3!"
"Among them, 2 otherworlds and 1 new universe."
"Three, huh?"
That was the great thing about the God of the Void.
It could not only search for specific worlds but also scan for multiple targets in parallel.
Of course, computational power was limited.
Like now, Violet had allocated 50% of her processing to searching for universes where ultimate power could be acquired.
The remaining 50% was split: half for worlds with entirely new laws that could enhance the God of the Void's strength.
The last portion was for exploring otherworlds.
In just these few days, Violet had uncovered numerous targets.
"What are they like?"
Velzard immediately grew interested and quickly asked for details.
"Based on observations, the first world contains a large number of ancient gods."
"Their power is immensely strong."
However, these gods were remarkably unserious about their duties.
They didn't loftily oversee the mortal realm from above; instead, they descended to the world below and built a massive city there.
Then, they developed familia, letting the children in their familia explore the dungeon.
"DanMachi?"
"Is it DanMachi?"
"Violet, the way you're describing it sounds a lot like DanMachi!"
Damien immediately absorbed the memories shared by Violet. "As expected, it really is DanMachi!"
"DanMachi?"
"Ahem."
Damien said, "It's a world I occasionally observed before. I know some information about it, but not much."
Regarding DanMachi's content, Damien didn't know a lot... just the general outline.
For example, the heroine was a particularly well-endowed girl with a youthful face, the protagonist was a timid white-haired bunny, there was a golden-haired sword princess, and a goddess dressed in very provocative attire.
Beyond that, Damien wasn't too clear; he hadn't watched the work in detail.
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