"Yo! Rin!"
"Are you here to take a quest, Rin!"
"Ogerpon, good morning."
"Poniii!"
Rin and Ogerpon greeted everyone as they walked to the quest board where requests were posted.
After yesterday's events, everyone here had accepted Rin and Ogerpon.
"Rin-san, are you here to accept a request?"
"Ah."
Rin looked at Luna who had come before him. "Do you have any recommendations?"
"For new Adventurers, how about this one? Subjugation of Giant Toads."
Subjugation of Giant Toads.
Yes, it was those frogs that Aqua and Kazuma chose to subjugate at the beginning of the anime, and then almost got eaten by.
"Okay."
Rin nodded, then, following Miss Luna's instructions, accepted this request.
The god-slaying giant toads that repeatedly swallowed the Water Goddess Aqua alive.
Let me see what you're made of.
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"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Thus, on the emerald green grassy slope, Rin and Ogerpon stood high up, looking at the many giant toads hopping in the distance.
Every year during this period, the toads would enter their breeding season, and then large numbers of toads would run rampant in the surrounding areas, causing great trouble for the residents near the town.
"Appraisal!"
Rin did not immediately make a move but used his Appraisal skill on these giant toads.
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[Giant Toad]
Level: 5
Specific Attributes: Omitted
Innate Abilities: Slippery Body (Damage Reduction), Delicious Meat
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"Strange innate abilities."
Rin didn't know how to complain about the Delicious Meat setting. "But the level is only 5, so it doesn't seem very strong."
Rather than saying the giant frogs weren't strong.
It's more like Kazuma and Aqua in the original work were incredibly weak.
"Ogerpon, remember the precautions I told you."
"We'll use these giant frogs here to conduct an experiment on strength control."
"And then…"
After Rin finished speaking, he began to look around. "Hmm, take out that big blue guy over there for me."
"Pon? (That one?)"
"Yes, that's the one!"
Rin pointed at a certain blue giant frog that was flirting with two other giant frogs, one pink and one yellow. "With two on its arms, so arrogant, I've tolerated it for a long time!"
"Get it!!"
"Poniii!!"
Ogerpon accepted the command and leaped out without the slightest hesitation.
Her speed was very fast. In the blink of an eye, she had rushed from the hillside to the hopping blue toad.
"Croak?"
The blue toad seemed to notice something approaching.
It lowered its head, its nearly ten-meter-tall body appearing like a mountain of flesh in front of Ogerpon.
Unlike the bewildered blue toad, Ogerpon wouldn't wait for it to react. She immediately conjured her Ivy Cudgel and struck towards its abdomen.
"Boom!"
As the Ivy Cudgel stick swung, blue fluorescent light, like a storm, scattered, causing the surrounding air and ground to twist and shatter in an instant.
A deafening roar, like dozens of bombs exploding simultaneously, and that terrifying explosive force, surged into the blue toad's body before it even knew what was happening.
"Croak?"
"Pfft!"
Amidst the painful croaking, the giant toad's body burst open like a balloon.
The next moment, the toad's shredded flesh and blood mixed together, enveloping Ogerpon's entire body, then dyed the surrounding cracked earth a vibrant red color.
But that wasn't the end.
Along with Ogerpon's strike, the surging wind pressure that followed instantly crushed the hill beneath the giant frog's feet.
Also crushed were the rather innocent pink giant frog and yellow giant frog.
The three giant frogs didn't even have time to react before they followed their lover.
"I…"
Rin stared blankly at the scene before him, immediately taking a sharp breath.
He hadn't expected Ogerpon's first move in this world to unleash such terrifying destructive power.
Equally stunned was Ogerpon herself, who had caused all of this.
"Pon…"
The little one felt sticky all over, and looking at the giant toad, it had become a pile of shredded meat.
This scene sent shivers down the spines of both Rin and the little one.
Ogerpon's strike was no different from pricking a water-filled balloon with a needle.
"Ogerpon, are you alright?"
Rin quickly ran to Ogerpon's side. He summoned water elements and began to wash the blood off the little one's body.
("Ogerpon isn't hurt.")
("It's just, is this okay?")
Ogerpon was a bit worried that she had ruined Rin's experiment. She also hadn't expected the toad, despite its size, to be so fragile.
This was unavoidable.
Ogerpon, a B-rank in the Cardinal World, could already display A-rank destructive power in the Konosuba world.
What is the concept of Special A-Rank?
In the original work, Benimaru, Shuna, and others, after receiving their names, evolved from B-rank Ogre to A-rank Kijin.
When fighting the Orc army, Shuna could effortlessly cleave a chasm hundreds of meters deep with a single downward strike.
Benimaru, even more so, could casually unleash a Black Flame Prison, slaughtering hundreds of Orcs.
With similar performance, it was perfectly normal for Ogerpon to explode a Level 5 giant toad with one strike, along with the small hill beneath its feet.
And this was with Ogerpon holding back her strength.
Otherwise, at full power, she could probably shatter a mountain hundreds of meters tall into dust.
"Special A-Rank monster, truly terrifying!"
After seeing Ogerpon's performance, Rin no longer dared to let her casually make a move in the Konosuba world.
He took out his skill card and found that the experience value on it had increased by 2 points.
Through this, Rin confirmed one thing.
That is, the experience points from monsters defeated by Ogerpon would also be counted towards Rin.
It makes sense. After all, a Summoner couldn't possibly let their summoned beast half-kill the enemy and then step in to deliver the finishing blow, right?
"Ogerpon, you rest for a bit."
Rin had Ogerpon cover for him, then stretched his body and began to choose his opponent.
The quest requirement for subjugating giant toads was to defeat 5 of them.
Of course, the more of this quest, the better.
Rin had no desire to waste time on such a low-level quest. What he truly wanted to do was calculate the conversion ratio between Konosuba experience points and Cardinal magicules.
(To be continued.)