Traveler's world-hopping is mainly divided into two types: one is going to worlds already visited, and the other is opening a new world's passage.
The Pokémon World was the first world Rin traversed, and so far, the only one.
For this traversal, Rin made ample preparations.
He spent half a month arming himself as much as possible before daring to open the door to a new world.
For his first traversal, Rin landed in the Sinnoh region.
At that time, he was penniless and could only exchange the Cardinal World's ores he had prepared in advance with the residents of the local town.
Fortunately, the first world Rin traversed was the Pokémon World.
As is well known, most people in the Pokémon World are warm, hospitable, and simple-minded.
This made Rin's process of acquiring travel funds quite smooth.
With money, Rin began to plan his itinerary.
The duration of the otherworldly gate opened by the Traveler's ability is not fixed. For example, the Pokémon World could only be maintained for a short seven days.
After that, he would be forcibly sent back to the Cardinal World.
Then he would have to wait seven days for the cooldown before he could open it again.
Within seven days, the easiest and most cost-effective legendary Pokémon Rin could think of to capture was Ogerpon.
Ogerpon's battle capabilities in the game are very strong, and her various mechanics are very powerful.
Furthermore, she has a gentle personality.
Although a bit mischievous, her nature is kind, and she fears loneliness, longing for closeness with others.
'Close proximity, low difficulty.'
'Other Pokémon still need to be trained, and I might not even encounter them.'
Only Ogerpon, once her location is clear, can be approached.
Having made up his mind, Rin immediately bought a train ticket to Kitakami.
Rin's luck was truly good.
He still remembered that day when he climbed Mount Oni and, in an empty cave, saw that pitiful, lonely figure clutching a jade-green mask.
No matter what Rin's initial thoughts were,
At that moment, Rin genuinely wanted to give her a warm home.
"Hello there, Ogerpon."
Thus, after some interaction and communication, Rin successfully gained Ogerpon's favor and helped her retrieve her lost mask. "Do you want to come with me and see the outside world?"
What Kitakami villains.
Rin used this super Cardinal World body to show them what true strength was!
Yes, he didn't need Pokémon at all.
Alone, with just his fists, Rin single-handedly swept through the entire Kitakami!
Of course, Rin didn't actually harm anyone.
At most, he destroyed the shrine where the masks were enshrined and gave Momowarou a powerful skull-crushing blow.
All in all, Rin's trip to the Pokémon World was very successful.
He took Ogerpon with him and also gained the abilities of Energy Cube Creation and Spirit Space, which are defined as 'magic' in the Cardinal World.
As the name suggests, Energy Cube Creation allows Rin to transform fruits into Energy Cubes of various flavors.
After the world's transformation, Energy Cubes are not only suitable for Ogerpon but can also be consumed by ordinary people.
Their nature is more like the compressed biscuits from Rin's previous life, condensing a large amount of nutrition into a small cube.
As for Spirit Space, it was the result of the world's voice analyzing the Poké Ball after Rin returned with it.
The Poké Ball disappeared, replaced by a personal space that Rin possessed, capable of storing his dependents.
These were all the benefits Rin gained from the Pokémon World using his Traveler ability.
"It's time to leave."
Rin turned around and glanced at the distant village, with little reluctance in his eyes.
This land belonged to the Falmuth Kingdom.
Having read the original novel, Rin knew how deplorable this country was.
The nobles levied exorbitant taxes, lived lives of extravagance and debauchery, and cared nothing for the lives of ordinary people.
Furthermore, the humans here had an extreme aversion to monsters, which naturally included mixed-blood demons like Rin.
Rin's race, mixed-blood demon, refers to the offspring of demons and humans.
However, perhaps because the era was too ancient, the demon bloodline within Rin was too diluted.
Before awakening his memories, he had not displayed any characteristics different from ordinary humans.
But even so, Rin's life in the village was still difficult.
The idea that monsters are evil was deeply ingrained in Falmuth, and mixed-blood demons like Rin were also discriminated against by the people.
This kind of life continued until a month ago.
On that day, Rin suddenly awakened his memories from his previous life and then heard the world's voice.
The world's voice bestowed upon Rin the Unique Skills.
And besides the extraordinary Traveler, Capturer allowed Rin to acquire dependents through contracts.
This Unique Skill is somewhat similar to the 'Beast Tamer' profession, only more convenient and powerful.
As for Leader...
It has a complementary relationship with Capturer.
Whenever Rin gains a dependent, the latter's existence value will, to a certain extent, feed back to Rin, increasing his existence value.
Similarly, as Rin's existence value increases, his dependents will also benefit.
The so-called existence value is a special definition within the Tensura worldview.
Existence value is somewhat like combat power, but it is not entirely linked to strength. Rather, it affects the individual's total magicules and the rank they possess.
Like Ogerpon, after she came to the Cardinal World, she was automatically granted the Unique Skills of Destroyer and Growth by the world's voice.
She also gained the energy system collectively known as magicules.
If it were the original Ogerpon, even if she were a legendary Pokémon from Scarlet and Violet, mastering various Pokémon moves, in the Cardinal World, at most she would only receive a D-rank evaluation.
However, because of Rin's Capturer Unique Skill.
A master-servant relationship was established between Ogerpon and Rin.
This allowed her to be recognized by this world upon returning to the Cardinal World.
Ogerpon could also see her own status panel, and she pointed to a certain attribute and asked, ("Is it this thing called magicules?")
"Yes, it is."
Rin praised, "Ogerpon is amazing. She has 6500 magicules, which already meets the B-rank standard in the Cardinal World."
("B-rank?")
Ogerpon asked in confusion, ("What about Rin?")
"As for me,"
Rin looked at his 3500 magicules and said, "Probably C-rank."
In this world, apart from ordinary animals, races harmful to humans are collectively referred to as 'monsters'.
Among them, highly intelligent races are 'demons', and human-shaped monsters with powerful strength are 'demon people'.
Based on the danger level of these monsters, a simple classification system has been freely combined for them:
"Special S (Calamity Level): A level that a single nation cannot handle. Humanity must unite various nations to deal with it, concerning the survival of humanity.
S (Disaster Level): A level that can be handled by deploying the combat power of a major nation.
Special A (Catastrophe Level): Possesses a danger level capable of threatening an entire nation.
A (Hazard Level): A level where cities will suffer severe damage.
B: Black Spiders, Great Ogre Clan, etc., individuals capable of destroying a village.
C: Lizardmen, Pegasi, etc., slightly stronger than professional soldiers who have undergone combat training.
D: Orc Clan, etc., where 3 to 4 ordinary adults facing them also risk their lives.
E: Goblins, etc., slightly weaker than ordinary adults, always appearing in groups.
F: No combat power."
According to the calculation of existence value and magicules amount, the current Ogerpon is roughly comparable to a B-rank Great Ogre Clan, possessing the powerful destructive ability to single-handedly slaughter a village of several hundred people.
If combined with her Destroyer Unique Skill and the Growth ability that can continue to make her stronger, Ogerpon's actual combat power and potential would be even higher.
In short, one sentence...
Rin gently patted Ogerpon's head and happily said, "My Ogerpon has the potential to be a Demon Lord!"
(To be continued.)