Building a Monster Nation From Zero in Another World

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As the sun set, the afterglow sprinkled over the rural village, golden light intertwining with the fresh green of the rice paddies, forming a peaceful and harmonious picture.

Smoke from the wooden houses curled upward, blending into the gradually darkening sky, as if it were the most natural connection between heaven and earth.

"Poniii~ Pon-yo!"

The girl in the straw hat rolled up her pant legs, stepped into the wet rice paddies, and bent down to plant the rice seedlings into the mud.

Ogerpon hummed a tune no one understood while releasing a green Grassy Terrain from her body, using Grass-type magicules to nourish the fields and seedlings, helping them grow stronger.

Beside her, sturdy Ogre Clan members systematically planted rice seedlings.

The cultivated land was not only for rice seedlings but also for vegetables and fruits.

The Cardinal World also had various crops, including those unique to other worlds and plant seeds from Earth.

Due to the existence of skills, creating crops, altering genes, and cultivating varieties were far simpler than on Earth.

This made the biodiversity of the Cardinal World far more comprehensive than described in the original work.

In front of the wooden house, a small river flowed gently, its clear water sound harmonizing with the sounds of farming in the distant fields, creating a tranquil pastoral life.

This stream, about four to five meters wide, was specially dug by Benimaru and his people.

The Ogre Clan had planted many cherry and peach trees along the riverbank. When the wind blew, pink and white petals fell like flying snow, truly transforming the village into a paradise within the Great Jura Forest.

"How does it feel?"

Rin sat by the river, holding a fishing rod, leisurely waiting for a fish to bite.

"Very good, I like this world."

Snow Empress stood behind Rin, glancing at Ice Empress, who was playing with the Ogre Clan children not far away. "It's been a long time since I've seen Ice Empress this happy."

Ice Empress seemed aloof, but in reality, she had a bit of a child's temperament, much like Ogerpon.

Ogerpon was a good child, and not long after meeting Ice Empress, the two became inseparable.

Oh, and Shion should be added too.

The three of them were like mischievous tomboys, often led by Shion to wreak havoc on the brainless magic beasts in the forest.

Of course, this was a good thing.

Magic beasts are inexhaustible.

As long as there are magicules in this world, if one batch of magic beasts is killed, new ones will quickly be born.

Unlike Soul Beasts, magic beasts in the Cardinal World are no different from resources.

Monsters hunt magic beasts, and human adventurers also hunt magic beasts.

Magic beasts: When can we stand up?!

Unfortunately, magic beasts cannot stand up.

Because magic beasts lack the essential thing for evolution: a soul.

The reason Rin doesn't subdue magic beasts is precisely because they lack souls. They cannot provide magicules to Rin.

"I've been learning management from Miss Shuna recently."

Snow Empress positioned herself as Rin's assistant.

And to be a good assistant, both wisdom and strength are indispensable.

She disliked being subservient but was unwilling to leave Rin, which is why she chose the position of assistant.

Moreover, having seen a new world, if she couldn't continue to grow stronger, wouldn't it be a waste of Rin's good intentions?

Snow Empress would never easily let go of this hard-won opportunity.

"Also, Hakurou is very powerful. His swordsmanship has greatly benefited me."

After returning to the Cardinal World, Snow Empress began to establish her prestige.

The first thing she did, just like Ogerpon, was to subdue the entire Ogre Clan, including Benimaru, Shion, and other subordinates of Rin.

Under Rin's command, no one was Snow Empress's opponent except for Ogerpon and Ice Empress.

Even Ogerpon, when facing Snow Empress's fully unleashed Snow Empress form, had to avoid her sharp edge and rely on delaying tactics to wear her down.

However, Snow Empress would not give Ogerpon such an opportunity at all.

Perhaps at first, Snow Empress didn't understand Ogerpon's abilities and suffered quite a bit.

But after that, in the battles between Snow Empress and Ogerpon, the latter never gained an advantage again.

Rin could only say that the Unique Skill of Sword Saint truly brought too much help to Snow Empress.

"And Ogerpon, she's been making rapid progress recently."

Half a month had passed since returning to the Cardinal World.

During this half-month, the Ogre Clan village had been thriving, and the clan members who were out on mercenary quests had also returned.

And the return of new members naturally brought more magicules to Rin.

Ogerpon's Growth was still Rin's most important means of acquiring magicules, without a doubt.

However, now that Ogerpon had reached A-Rank, to gain experience points, her opponents had to be B-Rank or higher.

In the entire Great Jura Forest, B-Rank magic beasts were already scarce, and most of them were still in the labyrinth sealing the Storm Dragon.

Rin temporarily did not plan to deal with the Storm Dragon.

The Dragonoid race made Rin prepare for low-key development, trying his best not to be discovered by those Dragon Kind.

This decision significantly slowed down Ogerpon's experience harvesting efficiency.

In half a month, Ogerpon's magicules barely reached 48,000.

Rin's magicules, however, due to Ogerpon's recent advancement, officially broke through the 90,000 mark, entering the realm of A-Rank pinnacle.

"Let's go, Snow Empress."

Rin put his things into his spatial storage and then called out to Snow Empress. "Let's start today's training."

"Mm."

Snow Empress quickly followed. She would train Rin's combat abilities every day, helping him familiarize himself with various powers.

Rin's magicules were vast, and their value was also very high.

However, Rin was truly not excellent in the combination of various skills and on-the-spot improvisation.

Despite possessing such immense power, Rin only displayed less than 5% of it.

Of course, Snow Empress could see that Rin was not bad at fighting.

Rin definitely had combat talent.

The only thing Rin lacked was experience.

Soon after, Rin and Snow Empress returned to their wooden house.

The two did not go to the arena specially built by the village.

Because it wasn't necessary.

With a spiritual world like the Soul Spirit Space, they could completely conduct consciousness simulations.

"Huh?"

Ice Empress, who was about to go play with Ogerpon not far away, suddenly stopped. "It's starting again?"

"Perfect, let me see master's progress."

Ice Empress split a wisp of her mind, letting it control her body to walk towards the field area, while more of her energy was focused on the battle within the Soul Spirit Space.

Shion and others took the same action as her.

Except for Ice Empress and Snow Empress, who were permanently stationed outside, other subordinates, as long as they received Rin's permission, could enter the consciousness space in their soul spirit form.

Such a good combat stage was not only for Rin. Other subordinates also liked to request duels for practical sparring.

Over time, a combat power ranking was even created among the subordinates.

Among the seven subordinates, Snow Empress undoubtedly had the best record.

Next was Ogerpon.

Shion and Ice Empress had similar records.

Basically, if they lost one day, they could win it back the next.

Benimaru, due to his Unique Skill being more military-oriented, was a step behind the two women.

Souei and Shuna, one specialized in assassination and the other was a priest, simply could not defeat those combat fanatics head-on.

(To be continued.)

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