"Boneh um..."
Praised by Bai Luo, Egui Peng happily bounced and circled him, looking exactly like a cute little loli.
Egui Peng's curiosity about the new world was simply unstoppable.
There would naturally be no danger.
This was the edge of the forest, close to a human village, where Bai Luo usually lived nearby, so he was very familiar with it.
What he was truly concerned about was the little one's complete disregard for the dirt and grass on the ground.
In just this short while, Egui Peng had already gotten herself quite dirty.
"Boneh~ Boneh~ (Demon Lord Seed, Demon Lord Seed, Peng Peng wants to be a Demon Lord Seed)"
The little one had no idea what a Demon Lord Seed was.
But since Bai Luo said a Demon Lord Seed was powerful, it must be true.
"If Peng Peng wants to become a Demon Lord Seed, she must first master her newly acquired power."
Bai Luo felt that this place was far enough from the village, so he found an open space and said, "Come, unleash the skills you've mastered, and then get used to the changes in your body."
"Boneh!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Egui Peng immediately began her practice.
Egui Peng has the potential to grow into a Demon Lord Seed.
But this does not mean that every Pokémon has Egui Peng's potential.
To gain the recognition of the Cardinal World and be endowed with magic essence, they must first be converted into dependents by Bai Luo.
And the upper limit of dependents Bai Luo can have is closely related to the strength of his Capturer Unique Skill.
Currently, Bai Luo can only contract with a maximum of 3 dependents.
The scarce slots made Bai Luo hesitant to easily capture Pokémon.
It could be said that the poor little one from Kitakami, 'Egui Peng', was the easiest legendary Pokémon for Bai Luo to acquire that he could think of.
According to Bai Luo's understanding, only Second level god, First level god, and Mythical Pokémon possessed the potential to grow into a Demon Lord Seed.
"Every contract slot is incredibly precious."
It's not that Bai Luo hadn't thought about capturing more Pokémon.
After all, even the weakest Pokémon, if brought to the Cardinal World, could still be trained into decent combat power.
Unfortunately, given Bai Luo's current situation, even if he had more dependent slots, he wouldn't be able to protect weak Pokémon as they grew.
"I'll just have to wait until later to go to the Pokémon World and capture Gardevoir..."
If asked about Bai Luo's favorite Pokémon, Gardevoir would certainly have a place.
However, reality was cruel, and Bai Luo could only tearfully abandon his Psychic Queen.
"Boneh!"
"Boneh boneh!"
Completely unaware that Bai Luo was eyeing what he didn't have, Egui Peng was waving her thorn vine stick, performing various Pokémon moves.
Hmm, they can't be called Pokémon moves now.
After the transformation of magic essence and rules, all the Pokémon moves Egui Peng mastered had been converted into 'general skills'.
Because the moves are no longer simply released by the elemental energy within the Pokémon's body, but are now driven by magic power, they can also be seen as a certain type of special magic—Pokémon magic.
"Peng Peng feels so much stronger."
Egui Peng looked at the large tree she had broken with a single strike, and comparing Kitakami with this place, she said, "My strength has increased several times, and my stamina has also improved a lot."
"It's not just a simple few times."
Bai Luo gently stroked the little one's head and explained, "The physical rules of the two worlds are different."
"The Pokémon World belongs to a low-magic chaotic world."
The Cardinal World is even higher than high concentration; it's considered a super-concentration chaotic world.
According to the simplest calculation, for every increase in concentration level, an individual's performance will increase by one tier.
Like Egui Peng now, she can smash a large tree with one strike in the Cardinal World and receive a D-rank evaluation.
A single blow capable of breaking a giant tree is equivalent to D-Rank, which is generally universal across most worlds.
At high concentrations, this blow would rise from D-Rank to C-Rank.
If this were the Pokémon World, after Egui Peng returned, facing beings like Groudon and Rayquaza, she might only need to lift her hand to knock them out of battle.
"Peng Peng doesn't quite understand, but it sounds very powerful!"
Egui Peng looked bewildered yet impressed; she wasn't very smart, but since Bai Luo said she had become stronger, it must be true.
For her only good friend in hundreds of years, now her family, Egui Peng had absolute trust in Bai Luo.
"Try to adapt to your newly acquired power as soon as possible."
Bai Luo looked into the depths of the forest: "To find a suitable location to build a new home, we'll probably have to travel quite a distance."
He had already decided to leave the human village and develop in the Jura Great Forest.
Possessing the abilities of Leader and Capturer, Bai Luo decided to emulate Rimuru's path and turn this ownerless forest into his own territory!
"Peng Peng is super strong."
Egui Peng held her thorn vine stick high and said happily, "Don't worry, you can leave the work of building a new home to Peng Peng!"
"Woah~~"
Seeing Egui Peng's confident and adorable appearance, Bai Luo didn't wait for her to react and directly picked her up from behind.
"There are many powerful magical beasts in the forest, you know."
"Peng Peng isn't scared!"
Bai Luo lifted Egui Peng high, and after her initial panic, the little one was now curiously looking at the Jura Great Forest before them.
'Bai Luo, Peng Peng will protect him!'
Pokémon Trainers, Pokémon, travel, battles—Egui Peng had only seen these things on people who traveled to Kitakami in the past.
And now, Peng Peng also had her own Trainer and was about to start an adventure!
"Whoosh~ Whoosh~"
With Egui Peng's protection, Bai Luo didn't have to worry about the threat of monsters.
Thus, Bai Luo left the village where he had lived since childhood and entered the Jura Great Forest.
Along the way, the two encountered many magical beasts that emitted dangerous auras.
Fortunately, their strength was not great; facing Egui Peng, who was B-Rank but whose combat power was enough to contend with A-Rank magical beasts, almost none could last a single move.
These magical beasts all turned into Egui Peng's experience points (magic essence), becoming the nourishment for her to grow stronger.
"Thump thump thump!!"
Suddenly, Bai Luo, who was exploring forward in the forest, felt the ground beneath his feet shake: "Something big is coming, Peng Peng!"
"Boni?!"
Without Bai Luo needing to say more, Egui Peng had already summoned her thorn vine stick and stood in front of him.
"Roar!!"
Soon, a dark figure nearly 4 meters tall, like a wall, appeared before the two of them.
It was a black giant bear exuding a brutal aura.
Its arms and legs were covered with tough bristles, and black energy faintly flowed over its body; a pair of blood-red eyes were currently fixed on Egui Peng and Bai Luo behind her.
Clearly, this guy was coming for them.
Most monsters in the forest have extremely strong senses of smell and hearing.
And two obvious targets like Bai Luo and Egui Peng couldn't escape the magical beast's perception at all.