What main task?
Of course, it was to find new worlds!
The development in the Cardinal World wouldn't see any major disturbances in the short term.
In Rin's view, the Kingdom of Falmuth's invasion was just a group of soul delivery men.
With Artoria present, Rin didn't need to worry at all.
"This wave should yield at least five awakening slots."
Fifty thousand elite human soldiers. With Artoria and Justeaze working together, most of Rin's subordinates who were close to awakening would be able to complete their transformation.
"After that, there's also the Puppet Kingdom, which Snow Empress is handling."
Conquering the Puppet Kingdom would yield another large batch of souls.
Although monster souls were much lower in quality compared to human souls, they made up for it in sheer numbers.
Rin estimated that this campaign could provide at least another five awakening slots.
"In that case, that'll be ten awakening slots."
With that in mind, Rin no longer needed to focus on soul collection while searching for new worlds. He could prioritize other things.
Some might think that continuing to slaughter wretched worlds would let him gather more souls.
But the problem was, if there weren't enough people with awakening potential, what good was it to hoard an abundance of soul energy?
"If there are no suitable candidates to awaken, then those souls become meaningless."
Velzard tilted her head and asked curiously, "But at our level, isn't it difficult to achieve any further breakthroughs?"
In her opinion, the best outcome from Rin exploring new worlds would be to harvest lives and obtain souls.
If he got lucky, maybe he'd even come back with a few Unique Skills.
The benefits of Unique Skills weren't at all inferior to Ultimate Skills. They were truly beautiful data objects.
"Not just that."
Rin thought of something and added, "We might even be able to acquire Ultimate Skills from the new worlds."
"Acquire Ultimate Skills?"
Velzard could no longer remain composed. "You mean Ultimate Skills? Really?"
Even after becoming a Dragon God, Ultimate Skills were still incredibly precious to her.
Each Ultimate Skill represented a piece of world sovereignty.
If that kind of power could be obtained…
Then wouldn't it mean Rin could help monsters break through their soul limit and gain strength far beyond their potential?
"It's not necessarily impossible."
Rin said, "The key is whether we can find a suitable world."
There were so many worlds out there, the possibilities were endless.
Who could say Rin wouldn't find one where Ultimate Skills could be harvested?
"Interesting..."
"A world where Ultimate Skills are born," Velzard licked her lips. "That's truly exciting!"
"I won't disappoint you."
As he said that, Rin connected his consciousness with Violet. "Violet, begin the search. This time, the target is Ultimate Skills."
[Beginning search...]
Violet synchronized with Rin's Void God and started a new round of world exploration.
"Mm, that's good enough."
Rin wasn't in a hurry. He had plenty of time and no pressure.
Among the villains in Tensura, the only ones Rin truly paid attention to were Demon Lord Feldway, Guy, and Rudra, who was controlled by Michael.
However, with Rin's current strength, combined with his existing plan…
If he could capture the second True Dragon sister, the Scorch Dragon, and bring her to his side, freeing her from manipulation and making her an ally...
Then with four Dragon Gods standing together, the Cardinal World would truly be unrivaled.
Guy? Feldway? They'd be completely irrelevant.
Rin could take his time adapting to his power while raising his subordinates.
At the same time, he could use the Void God to capture and merge Otherworlds, expanding the Cardinal World's territory.
The Konosuba World was just the beginning.
Rin didn't plan to move the entire Konosuba World into the Cardinal World. A single passage was enough.
Once Konosuba's adventurers cleared the dungeon, they could freely come and go between their world and Rin's.
At that time, whether they chose to join the Monster Nation and become part of Rin's people...
Or just explore Rin's backyard however they wanted, it would all be fine.
Even though the Konosuba people were... a little unhinged...
Their personalities weren't bad. Truly evil individuals were rare among them.
"By the way, discovered any new Otherworlds lately?"
Velzard asked. "Konosuba was honestly a bit hard to describe."
Not that she disliked it...
The Konosuba people were rather interesting.
Although they often left Velzard speechless, they constantly brought her all kinds of fun, warming the heart of this aloof Frost Dragon God.
"Violet?"
Rin didn't check in real-time. He had left the search process entirely to Violet.
[Number of new worlds discovered: 3.]
[Among them, number of Otherworlds: 2. Number of new Law Universes: 1.]
"Three, huh?"
That was the power of Void God.
Not only could it search for specific worlds, it could also conduct parallel searches for different targets.
Of course, computing power was limited.
Just like now, Violet had allocated 50% of her processing to searching for worlds with the potential to generate Ultimate Skills.
Of the remaining half, 25% was used to search for new Law Universes that could further enhance Void God's capabilities.
The last 25% was focused on exploring Otherworlds.
In just a few days, Violet had already discovered several viable targets.
"What kind are they?"
Velzard immediately perked up and asked for details.
[According to observation, the first world contains a large number of ancient gods.]
[Their powers are extremely strong.]
However, this group of gods wasn't like traditional deities who looked down upon mortals.
Instead, they descended to the lower world and established a massive city in the mortal realm.
They then formed Familias, allowing their children to enter dungeons and explore.
"DanMachi?"
"Are you talking about DanMachi?"
"Violet, what you're describing sounds just like DanMachi!"
Rin quickly pulled up the memory Violet had shared. "It really is DanMachi!"
"DanMachi?"
Cough.
Rin said, "It's a world I casually observed before. I know some bits about it, but not the details."
He only had a general understanding of DanMachi.
Like the female lead having an absurdly good figure and a childlike face. The male lead being a timid white-haired rabbit. A blonde Sword Princess. And a certain goddess with a very revealing outfit.
Rin hadn't watched it deeply and didn't know much else.
(To be continued.)