God... Minerva, you are so annoying, I know, you can be very helpful and instruct me well, you even saved my life in some way, if it wasn't for you, I would still be dead, but still, I feel like you are teasing me for some reason... you even said that I look cute with a dick.

...

Whatever, I have more important things to deal with than worrying about your behavior.

Before I go out searching monsters, I will take a bath in this small lake. Although I don't get physically tired, reincarnating in a parallel world and having to deal with a new life is really stressful, I need to relax.

As soon as I put my feet in the water, I feel all the impurity going away, since the moment I reincarnated, I have been walking around naked, my feet got too dirty, in my home country on Earth, we used to take baths often, this is one of the best sensations.

Something is very odd, the water of this lake gives me a lot of pleasure, it is very different from what I felt bathing on Earth.

I know that this body doesn't need sleep, but I would love if I could feel the sensation of being able to sleep, this lake is very comfortable, and the fact that I don't need to breathe allows me to stay at the bottom of the lake without worrying.

[This is possible.]

Ah, Minerva. I forgot about you, what do you mean about 'This is possible'?

[You can cast the magic, this magic forces everything and everyone to sleep, even beings that don't need sleep, although you resist the magic, you can 'configure' your own Resistances and create exceptions, it's the same logic as alcohol, you resist the effects of Poison, but you can create exceptions, such as any poison except alcohol, so, you can configure your resistances to resist except when casted by yourself and confirmed by me.]

Oh... THIS IS FANTASTIC. Thanks! Really thanks!! This reminds me that I should use on my powers, I really want to know what my powers are, but bath comes first.

Thank you Minerva, I'm going to take a quick nap, can you protect my body while I sleep?

[Of course.]

Alright! Here I go.

As I cast the magic, I feel my consciousness fading, my body is becoming immobile and calm, it's as if my heart is warming up and relaxing, although I don't have a heart...

I-I g-guess I'm f-finally going to—

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Huhmm...

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My consciousness is coming back, I guess I'm waking up.

This was one of the best naps I have ever had, I feel like my mind was cleaned and renewed.

[Good morning, sleepyhead. How are you feeling?]

Good morning, I am feeling very well, better than ever, how long have I been sleeping for? Thirty minutes?

[Five days.]

You must be kidding, right? Minerva, YOU MUST BE KIDDING, RIGHT??

[No. You didn't configured your , you would have been asleep forever if the monsters hadn't approached, since few minutes ago, they started to approach and come here, then your woke you up.]

MONSTERS? LIKE, REAL MONSTERS? THEY ARE HERE? OH MY GOD, Minerva, what should I do?

[You need to level up, so go fight them, and I will give you tips on what to do, but first of all, you should check your Skills.]

Oh, right, my skills. Sure, I need to check it, I almost forgot.

Skills: Fire Ball LV 3; Lightning Bolt LV 1; Analyze LV 5; Charm LV 1; Wind Slash LV 3; Water Ball LV 3; Danger Sense LV 1; Earth Wall LV 1, Teleportation LV 1; Sand Spear LV 2; Life Detect LV 5, MP Recovery LV Max

Resistances: Fire Resistance LV 5; Soul Resistance LV 2; High Temperatures Resistance LV 5; Low Temperatures Resistance LV 5; Mind Control Resistance LV 2; Disease Resistance LV Max; Fear Resistance LV 2; Pain Resistance LV Max

Attached Skills: Wisdom Goddess {Minerva}; Envy; Adaptive; Biased

I see... I have a lot of interesting skills, I can understand some of these skills due to the name alone, but I still don't understand some of these skills, I would like to understand what Charm, Envy and Biased are. And I also would like to understand the difference between Skills and Attached Skills.

[Normal Skills can be obtained by any method, be it training, studying magic, or defeating enemies, there are many ways, but Attached Skills are different, these skills are set in your Core, Attached Skills usually cannot be copied, stolen or destroyed by other people.]

Now that I think about it, what exactly is the Core?

[The Core is the Source, the Root, the Genesis, the Information, the Concept of something, everything has a Core, as the Core is what makes up the very existence and reality. You only exists because your Core does. Attached Skills are set in your Core.]

Uh... I didn't expect this to get more confusing than it already is, but hey, thanks I guess, anyways, I will ignore all of this stuff regarding the Core or whatever, we have to deal with the monsters first.

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I walked through the cave paying attention to the sounds, the cave is very quiet so any sound causes a gigantic echo.

*Splash Splash Splash*

I hear the sound of something bouncing coming towards me.

Of course, a Slime, these kind of creatures usually are not dangerous, but since a specific Light Novel regarding a story of a dude who was killed and reincarnated as a Slime was released, the idea of slimes being weak have changed, well, at least for me.

let me check it STATS.

Name: Gunny

Race: Slime

LV: 1

Attack: 3

Defense: 3

HP: 5/5

MP: 20/20

Speed: 5

Hmm, it seems to be a weak foe, at least going by the status, let's check it abilities.

I casted in the Slime, as I expected, it has some weird abilities.

Skills: Water Slash LV 1; Regeneration; Mimic; Absorption; Clone

Resistances: High Temperatures Resistance LV 1; Low Temperatures Resistance LV 1; Pain Resistance LV Max

Attached Skills: Dimensional Stomach

Oh my... I definitely wanted these skills... it could make my life way easier, Mimic seems to be the ability of shapeshifting...

But it seems to be something specific to his species, which makes it impossible to gain these abilities no matter what happens... life is unfair. This cavern sucks.

Whatever. I will try to kill this Slime to try to level up.

I casted my Sand Spear and aimed at the Slime.

The Spear went through his body and the strong winds made the Slime explode into many tiny pieces, each piece is smaller than an ant.

Haha, I guess I wo—

*Fluuuuuuuush*

The Slime has regenerated. The several pieces that were blown away have became one single entity again.

Oof.

Minerva, what should I do?

[You can steal it Skills and Resistances, including the Attached ones.]

WAIT... WHAT? I thought you have said that Attached Skills are in the Core or something, making it impossible to be copied or stolen.

[This would normally be the case, but your Attached Skill allows you to steal your opponents' abilities and resistances, including Attached Skills and even biological and natural aspects of the species.]

...Isn't it a bit overpowered? Well, let's try it.

I casted this overpowered Skill in the Slime.

[You have acquired all of the Slime's abilities and resistances.]

Uh... Is that all? I thought the fight against my first enemy would be more interesting and destructive, life sucks.

Wait, so if I gained all of that Slime's abilities, does it means that I can regenerate even if someone blows me away into several tiny pieces?

[Correct.]

That's actually very useful, thanks Minerva.

Now, that the Slime cannot regenerate, as I stole even its biological abilities such as Regeneration, Mimic and Absorption, the Slime is not a dangerous enemy anymore.

I speed up my movements and destroyed him with one kick, that was quite funny because I looked like a soccer player kicking the ball.

Sadly, the Slime was so weak that it didn't even helped me to level up, but at least I got some weird and cool abilities.

''Rest in peace, dear friend.'' I spoke to the Slime corpse. ''even though you were weak, you were my first enemy and gave me amazing abilities, I will keep you forever in my .'' I absorbed the Slime.

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After absorbing the Slime, I returned to the lake I slept in a while ago.

I became very connected to this place, Minerva said that the reason I became so connected to this lake is because by the standards of this world, I am considered a monster, and monsters usually dominate a specific territory and feel connected to it.

this is a very interesting mechanic, normally I would be depressed if someone said I was a monster, but I've gotten used to my new life, to be honest, I feel much better in this new life than on Earth.

So Minerva, I have some questions, what exactly is the Charm Skill and the Biased Skill?

[The Charm Skill is an ability that that seduces your targets, it works regardless of the gender or even species. If the Charm Skill have enough levels, the effects could be similar to brainwashing your targets, turning them into complete slaves. The Biased Skill is a different case, I don't have enough information about this skill, all I discovered is that this Skill was given by something really strong.]

That's too lewd... but I think it might be useful for a pervert like me, not that I would abuse of it anyways. I have morals, you know.

Also, your explanations of the Biased Skill really scared me, what do you mean about something really strong?

[Not enough informations to answer your question.]

Ugh... that's beyond creepy, I thought you had all answers to all my questions.

Anyways, let's ignore it for now, wasting our time trying to solve what the hell the Biased Skill is would just disturb my new life.

Also, Minerva, I know I am in a dungeon called Mystic Cavern, but where exactly are we?

[This dungeon is located in a land ruled by the Leatten Kingdom.]

I see. Well, let's let the Leatten Kingdom to another time, I still want to level up and become strong, but I will sleep again in this lake. Minerva, please don't let me sleep for several days again, I just want to take a quick nap, okay?

[Understood. But before going to sleep, you should protect this place.]

Yeah I think so, but how should I do it?

[You can sense mana flowing everywhere, right?]

Yes.

[Well, you also have the capacity to control the mana flow, you must be unaware of it as you are new in this world, but all creatures hava some Aura flowing, if you concentrate, you can control the flow of mana from your body and hide your presence, some monsters can sense Aura, if you hide your mana flow, you can make sure they don't find you while you sleep. Although it would be nice if they found you, because you could level up, but if you want to avoid monsters finding this lake and destroying the place, do what I am telling you to do.]

Oh, yeah, that's a good idea, now that you mention it, I can indeed sense mana flowing everywhere, this world is a masterpiece, yeah, I want to protect this lake, as this is MY TERRITORY, a Territory of a Monster, Me, Luzia. Thanks Minerva. I will sleep, see you later.

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