After wrapping things up in the Cardinal World, Rin brought Ogerpon back to the Konosuba World once more.

The reason for returning was to convert the newly acquired 100,000 units of magicules into several million experience points.

"One million experience should be enough to raise my level to 100."

Rin didn't know what the level cap was in the original novel's version of this world.

But in this real Konosuba World, the highest level an adventurer could reach was Level 100.

There was a hard cap for adventurers.

And reaching Level 100 was theoretically possible.

As for whether anyone had actually hit that ceiling...

When Rin asked Luna before, her answer was, "I've never heard of anyone hitting the limit."

So, unsurprisingly, Rin was about to become the one and only full-level adventurer in the Konosuba World.

[Experience Value Conversion Successful]

Rin looked at the magicules that hadn't decreased at all and the several million experience points that appeared out of thin air on his character card.

Without hesitation, he started leveling up.

The next moment, a massive amount of experience points were consumed, and in exchange, Rin gained an enormous amount of skill points.

This was the real reason he returned to the Konosuba World!

That's right, skill points!

Rin was planning to max out every skill he had learned.

"Explosion Magic? Add points!"

"Martial Artist job skills? Add points!"

"Resurrection? Add points, add points!"

Rin had far more skill points than he'd imagined.

As mentioned earlier, the skill points an adventurer gained when leveling up were tied to the job's class.

Meaning, the earlier one obtained an advanced job, the more skill points they'd have upon reaching the max level.

But Rin was even more absurd than that.

His situation was similar to Aqua's. This time, when he returned to the Konosuba World again, even though his level and attributes hadn't changed...

He still received a massive amount of skill points, granted by the rules of this world.

If Aqua was a goddess descending into this world, then Rin was a Demon Lord from another world!

"Huff~"

It took nearly fifteen minutes, but Rin finally maxed out all the skills he'd selected.

Even so, he still had plenty of skill points left.

"Whatever, I'll just hold onto them for now."

"Maybe I'll get the chance to copy more skills later."

Rin wasn't the type to hoard skill points.

The Konosuba World was only one of many. He had a sea of stars ahead of him, so there was no need to be stingy here.

Even if he missed out on some rare skills later, Rin wouldn't feel regret.

"But... I don't feel like I got much stronger."

He clenched his fist, quietly sensing the changes in his body.

"Maybe because I'm already too strong."

An A-rank upper-tier Monster, combined with the attribute boost from Magicules Solidification...

The stat increases from reaching Level 100 in Konosuba probably didn't even make up one percent of Rin's true attributes.

"Rin, you seem a little stronger than before."

"You noticed?"

"Mm."

Ogerpon gestured with her finger, "About this much."

"..."

Rin shrugged.

Ogerpon's descriptions were as abstract as always.

Luckily, he was used to it by now.

"Let me get used to it for a bit."

Rin treated this trip back to the Konosuba World as a mini vacation.

Here, he wasn't going to flaunt his overpowering strength.

"Let's see what Level 100 stats are like."

Rin used Appraisal on the adventurers he passed on the road, and used their data to build a new attribute system.

In the Konosuba World, each adventurer had different limits to their attributes.

Take Intelligence, for example.

When something like [Intelligence: 10 (max)] showed up, it meant that no matter how much that adventurer leveled up, their Intelligence would never increase again.

Because for that adventurer's potential, 10 was the maximum possible.

This was why, in the original series, Kazuma felt so frustrated seeing Aqua's maxed-out stats, yet her Intelligence was so low.

'So basically, no matter how much this person levels up, her Intelligence won't go up?'

Aqua's Intelligence was low and could never improve.

As expected of Aqua. The useless goddess lived up to her title.

Back to Rin.

All of Rin's attributes had reached the Konosuba World's limits without exception.

Not his personal limits, but the system's limit.

In numeric terms, that was 999.

This was the conclusion Rin reached after analyzing the data of all adventurers in Axel using his magicules perception.

Even Wiz, the secluded Lich, had max attributes that only hovered around 800.

Of course, Rin's strength, agility, and vitality couldn't be measured with a mere 999.

His true stats had long since exceeded the Konosuba system's framework.

"But in this world, it's best to keep power within the allowed range."

In other words, keep all visible stats at 999. As long as Rin didn't exceed that boundary, the world's will wouldn't reject him.

"Ogerpon, same goes for you."

Rin shared this upper limit with her. "Keep your strength within 999, got it?"

"Mm-hmm!"

Ogerpon nodded obediently.

"Oh, right, Rin."

Ogerpon tugged at his sleeve and asked, "Now that our level's gone up and we've used our skill points, are we heading back?"

To avoid causing a stir, Ogerpon had returned to her Spirit Space form.

She didn't mind it.

In fact, that form was more comfortable than her human girl form.

"No need to rush."

Rin gently patted her head with a smile. "You've worked hard helping the Ogre Tribe build up their infrastructure."

"Ogerpon doesn't mind hard work!"

"I know, I know."

He gently stroked her head again. "But you still need to rest."

"Don't you think this world is great for relaxing and taking it easy?"

Rin originally came to level up and assign his points.

Now that his goal was complete, he could have returned immediately.

But he didn't want to.

"We'll stay here for a couple of days and properly enjoy ourselves."

Ogerpon immediately agreed to his proposal.

She really liked the Konosuba World.

There was delicious food, the people at the guild were kind, and they all played with her.

The little one loved this world's warm atmosphere.

"Come on, let's stop by the guild first!"

Rin wasn't short on money. Now that he was max level, there was even less need to accept quests.

The Konosuba World was like a resort for Rin now.

No scheming, no life-and-death battles.

Just a bunch of ridiculous adventurers and a useless goddess dragged down to earth by mortals.

"Huff! Huff~"

"What, haven't you eaten? Hurry up and carry the stuff!"

While walking along the road, Rin and Ogerpon passed by a spot where some people were taking a break.

They instinctively looked toward the noise.

A young man in a white short-sleeved shirt and green sweatpants was sweating like crazy, struggling to keep up with a group of shirtless strongmen.

"This really is..."

Rin paused instinctively. "A famous scene."

"What's wrong, Rin?"

Ogerpon followed his gaze and noticed Kazuma Satō. "Is there something up with that young man? Why are you looking at him like that?"

"Do you know him, Rin?"

"No."

Rin replied, "This is my first time seeing him."

"But I know of him."

Just as he was talking, Ogerpon pointed at a blue-haired girl sitting on a wall, laying bricks with cement. "That one! I think she's..."

Ogerpon remembered!

She was the girl who called herself a goddess when they first crossed over!

Ogerpon didn't really understand what a goddess was.

But judging by the title, it sounded super powerful.

So why was someone like that laying bricks here?

Was she also here to take a break like Ogerpon?

(To be continued.)

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