"Next..."
Rin focused his attention on the Martial Artist's skill tree. "Let's see which skills are suitable for me right now."
The Martial Artist occupation belongs to the magic-and-physical training type.
However, compared to a pure ranged mage, a Martial Artist's magic is more often used for support and self-enhancement.
This is quite similar to the spellblades often seen in Western fantasy novels.
"Passive enhancement skills, once learned, are permanently effective. These are good, I'll take them."
"There's no need to add these active skills."
Rin thought to himself. "The lv1 skills copied from others are already enough."
[Strength Enhancement lv1]: Basic strength attribute increased by 15%.
[Robust Physique lv1]: Max HP increased by 15%, HP recovery speed increased by 50%.
[Agility lv1]: Gains a 15% increase in basic agility attribute.
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Among the Martial Artist's skill tree, what Rin favored were these skills that could increase strength, HP, agility, and recovery speed.
Most of these skills are related to basic attributes.
And basic attributes are obtained by Rin through Konosuba's level-ups, which can reach a maximum of level 100.
Of course, this is only Konosuba's level.
However, Rin will also travel to other worlds to gain more methods of converting magicules into physical strength.
According to Rin's guess, the amplification these skills provide is not just for Konosuba's attribute values, but for Rin himself.
To give a simple example, if the HP gained at Konosuba level 100 is assumed to be 10,000 points.
Then even if Rin maxes out the [Robust Physique] skill, at most it will only increase HP by 1.5 times, reaching 25,000.
Other skills follow the same principle. There is a certain limit.
But!
What if these skills strengthen Rin himself, rather than just the fixed 10,000 HP?
Then, when Rin accumulates through several worlds and increases his vitality to 1 million, the maxed-out stamina skill will bring an additional 1.5 million increase.
This is an improvement beyond Konosuba's professional panel.
It's equivalent to a permanent effect on Rin himself, rather than simply a level 100 character obtained in Konosuba.
"What is there to hesitate about?"
Rin decisively put 9 skill points into Stamina, raising it to [Robust Physique lvMAX].
"This feeling! It's quite something."
At this moment, Rin could clearly feel the surging vitality emerging within his body.
Not only that, Rin's body's recovery ability was also greatly enhanced.
Described in data, it increased basic HP by 150% and basic recovery speed by 500%.
"What an overbearing skill enhancement method!"
Rin clearly felt the power of the Robust Physique skill.
This is an exclusive skill of the superior occupation Martial Artist. Other occupations might have similar ones, but there are certainly differences in numerical bonuses.
Besides that, among the many copied skills, there was one from the Paladin's exclusive skills that gave Rin a huge surprise.
[Life Link lvMAX]: The Paladin's exclusive skill, can bind a teammate, allowing both parties to share HP.
Equally simple and effective.
Life Link, shared HP.
The only drawback is that the method of HP deduction is based on the party that takes the damage.
Between a Paladin and a squishy mage, the former's defense is obviously higher.
But if the mage is attacked, the HP pool will greatly decrease.
In other words, this is like adding a weakness to the Paladin. By continuously attacking the squishy mage, one can bypass the Paladin's armor and defense, dealing direct damage to him.
Of course, the benefits are also obvious.
That is, it can protect companions, prevent accidents, and gain extra HP.
"It seems to add a weakness to the Paladin, but it's not actually the case."
Mages are always in the back, and under normal circumstances, they won't take damage at all.
The Paladin, who is at the front, can instead gain the mage's HP bonus.
So as long as the team's synergy is high enough, this skill can be called a divine skill.
If the front line doesn't fall, the back line won't take damage.
Even if an accident occurs, it can avoid the predicament of losing the main damage dealer all at once, improving the fault tolerance rate.
For the Life Link skill, the first person Rin thought of was naturally his Ogerpon.
Ogerpon, as Rin's subordinate, naturally met the prerequisite of being a teammate.
So, after Rin told Ogerpon about the effect of Life Link, the little one unhesitatingly chose to accept.
("This way, Ogerpon can protect Rin even better!")
Ogerpon was already meant to protect Rin. If Rin had an accident, Ogerpon would definitely go crazy.
Now it's good. With this skill, Ogerpon doesn't have to worry about anyone being dishonorable and ambushing her trainer.
[Link complete, target: Familiar 'Ogerpon']
Rin opened the skill card and found that his health had not received any additional bonus.
Is it because the Konosuba system can't detect Ogerpon's attributes?
Rin thought of this possibility, but he could also clearly feel a certain connection between himself and Ogerpon.
So the health sharing brought by the link existed.
It's just that the method might be a little different from what Rin knew.
Rin didn't delve into these details.
As long as he knew they could protect each other, that was enough.
"Um..."
A mage girl wearing a witch's hat and dressed lightly cautiously looked at Ogerpon beside Rin. "Can I hug her?"
"Pon?"
"Poniii!"
Ogerpon could clearly distinguish between people's good intentions and ill will.
She didn't dislike the humans here.
Because they seemed to like her very much.
"Poniii poniii!"
However, Ogerpon also had her own requirements.
"What did she say?"
The mage girl stood there timidly, both nervous and expectant.
"Girls can, but men can't. They'll be attacked."
Rin didn't want his little darling to be touched by those rough men.
"No problem!"
The mage girl immediately patted her chest and guaranteed, "We'll protect this child well, and we definitely won't let those stinky men get close!"
"Hmm, then there's no problem."
"Poniii!!"
Ogerpon raised her small hand, her adorable appearance instantly captivating countless girls.
"Ah!!"
As expected, the girls in the Adventurers' Guild had been paying attention to Ogerpon for a long time.
Seeing Rin introduce Ogerpon to them at this moment, they immediately gathered around.
For a time, Ogerpon became the beloved pet of all female adventurers, receiving a warm welcome and affection.
(To be continued.)