The slime saw something in the corner of the cave.

Shiny yet brown at some points.

A breastplate.

Made of grey and shiny stuff.

So it went up to it.

And ate it.

It smelled like blood

Blood came from food.

It tasted like blood.

But less tasty...

Though it couldn't taste...

It would be more correct to say its instincts don't like it.

At least not as much as blood.

[Devour] activated...

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Skill learned [Iron Crust]

The slime used [Iron Crust].

The outside layer of slime...

Turned into iron.

The slime tried to use this skill on its core.

To protect its major weakness.

And surprisingly it worked.

It felt twisty.

Like it was spinning.

Like it was falling.

Skill [Iron Crust] has merged with monster core.

Trait {Advanced Core} gained (Currently Iron Core).

{Advanced Core}: You are able to absorb strong skills and materials into your core strengthening it.

Next to the breast plate was a weird thing.

It tasted like animal skins.

[Basic Knowledge] has evolved into [Knowledge].

Looked like a ruined animal skin.

Leather it's knowledge called it

In it were light grey rectangles.

With black...

Symbols?

Scribbles?

The scribbles were incomprehensible.

What does incomprehensible mean?

No...

They were..

Letters!

The letters as it's knowledge called it.

The rectangles themselves were pages.

Made of parchment.

The letters made words.

The words made sentences.

The sentences made paragraphs.

The paragraphs made chapters.

The chapters made books.

Books made libraries.

It thinks?

Or is it knows?

But this didn't matter.

It already ate the book.

It felt smarter.

It WAS smarter.

Wait...

He was thinking all that...

For THREE HOURS...

STRAIGHT!

The slime felt not so smart anymore...

*giggles*

The slime was angry.

And The Voice had something to annoy him with...