True utility in an isekai party is rarely about the combat output and more about how a character manages the protagonist's psychological baggage. Comparing a YPS-2 physical tank to a YPS-4 authority strategist renders traditional power scaling irrelevant; the two operate on entirely different planes of influence. Instead, the meaningful metric is how they weaponize submission. Darkness transforms the role of the protector into a personal reward system, using her Crusader training to absorb physical trauma that satisfies her masochistic urges. Her high Bonds score reflects a genuine, if skewed, commitment to her nobility and her teammates. In contrast, Demiurge weaponizes submission as a tool of statecraft. He does not seek pain; he seeks the perfect execution of Ainz Ooal Gown’s perceived will. While he operates as the Demon Emperor Jaldabaoth to dismantle nations, his agency is a mirror of his master's imagined competence. The divergence here is that Darkness finds liberation in her lack of ego, whereas Demiurge’s ego is entirely subsumed by a programmed directive. One is a shield that loves the blow, the other is a blade that loves the hand holding it. This reveals a fundamental split in the genre: power can be a means of personal indulgence or a mechanism of systemic control. Darkness represents the isekai trend of subverting tropes for comedic character study, while Demiurge represents the use of subordinates to externalize a protagonist's internal anxieties about leadership.