Iris's calculations turned out to be inaccurate. Saito continued to sleep for 5 whole days to completely recover the magic in his body. The miscalculation occurred because Iris didn't think constructing the body would mean that the amount of magic wielded by the hero would also add to his reserves.
As he groggily woke up, he touched his face and thought 'Oh damn… I am so hungry.' He suddenly heard Iris's voice.
[Congratulations, master. You have finally recovered after 5 days.] After hearing Iris's voice, he remembered everything that happened.
Saito was shocked when he heard that he was out for 5 days 'Didn't you say it would only take me 2 days to recover my magic? Why was I unconscious for 5 days then?'
[I apologize, master. I miscalculated that. After gaining the human's body, I didn't think that you would also take up his magic. This human had quite the reserves for magic. It was about One-Twentieth of the Great Demon King Zoldron.]
Saito sucked a breath of cold air 'Just one-twentieth? No wonder he lost to the Great Demon King.'
[Combining master's magic with the hero's magic. Your magic is about One-tenth of the Great Demon King Zoldron.] Iris finished giving its analysis about his magic power.
Saito nodded his head and wondered, 'Did I receive any skills? List out my skills for me.'
[Very well. You received many skills from this body. The only skill you had before was Swallow. It's a high-tier skill that is superior to most of the skills in this world. This skill allows you to swallow anything after being weakened to a certain extent or is a corpse. You will gain the abilities of what you swallow.]
[The swallow skill also lets you store some certain objects like the healing herbs or ores in your body at a separate place managed by me. And the other skill that you received due to me is Appraisal. I can analyze anything for you as long as it's possible.]
[You possess Physical Enhancement Skills. It has the potential to make your body two times stronger. You can concentrate a certain part of the body and make it super-concentrated, making your strength reach up to 5 times your regular strength.]
[You have the passive skill: Strong Physique. As this body was constructed by swallowing and analyzing a hero, it is very strong compared to the regular humans.]
[You have the active skill Fire Manipulation. With this, you can control the fire as you like from your thoughts. The more power you place in the Fire, the stronger the fire would be.]
[You have the skill Healing Aura. You can cast a healing aura onto an ally and save him from dying. The more the magic power is put into the spell, the quicker you will heal.]
[Passive Skill Quick Regeneration: Your regeneration speed is 10 times that of a normal human. However, if you lose a part of your body, you would not recover it. For that, you would need the skill Ultra Regeneration.]
[These are all the skills for now.]
Saito was pretty happy with his skillset and thought 'Pretty good. I didn't think that I would also receive all these amazing skills after constructing my body. Now, maybe I should also take up his clothes. It wouldn't be a good idea to walk around naked.'
As the hero's body had completely disintegrated. His blue colored clothes and armor were left behind for Saito which fit him perfectly. He stared at the name tag and saw the name of the hero 'Hero Axel. Axel was the name, huh.'
Saito spoke out loud, "Since I have been reborn into this world because of your body, I will live out as you and continue your life."
He cupped his hand and it seemed like he was praying, "Grudges from the previous world, now that I am dead in that world and have been reborn here, I hope you all let go of me while I let go of my grudges."
After saying that, he looked around and remembered that he was hungry, "Ahh…Dammit! I am so hungry. Iris, find something for me to eat."
[Analyzing this cave. Analysis complete. Master, I have found several organisms you can swallow and sate your hunger.] Iris was quick in answering back to Saito's orders.
'Lead me to them. I don't think I will be able to walk around after much longer.' Iris started to give out instructions to a Poisonous Green Snake.
The was very large in size. It was releasing a terrifying amount of aura. Saito closed his eyes as he stepped back 'This is so intimidating. But the Demon King was much more intimidating. I can do this. I can beat this snake.'
He stepped forwards with a newfound determination and thought 'Fire Manipulation.' He didn't really have any idea of how much power he should use in the skill, so he ended up using a lot of magic.
The Fire continued to spin around the Snake as it formed a small concentrated tornado. He continued to use this skill until the Snake was burned to death.
Saito stared at the body of the Snake and said, "Iris, use swallow!" He extended his hand towards the Snake; his body released a strong among of magic power which held the snake and returned back to Saito.
[Master can turn into Poisonous Green Snake now. However, that would consume your magic power, so I recommend only doing this in a fight.]
[Master has acquired the skill, poisonous breath. Your breath can turn extremely poisonous if you so wish for it. No poison stronger than Poisonous Green Snake's poison would be able to harm you.]
Saito nodded his head after hearing all this and said, "Alright, now lead me to other beasts. I am still hungry."
He continued to move around and swallowed all kinds of beasts. A silkworm spider gave him the skill to use spider webs from his wrists. The webs were very strong, almost as strong as steel. If he didn't have Fire manipulation and successfully burned them, he may have lost his life there.
A water snake provided him the skill to breathe underwater and also the skill known as Water Manipulation. After killing a bat, he received the passive skill Night vision.
This routine continued for a month. He also found a secret place within the cave where there were a lot of Shiny Crystals. If pulled out and placed together, they would definitely form a small mountain.
[Master, these Crystals contain a strong energy. It will be beneficial for Master to take them since master will be able to recover his lost magic and use these crystals to form weapons.]
Saito was shocked to see so many crystals and know about their usage. He wondered 'Why didn't that Demon King take these crystals if they are so useful?'
[The demons cannot absorb this pure energy since it is harmful to their body. At least that's what I could analyze from that Demon King's body.]
Saito nodded in agreement and soon commanded Iris to swallow them all.
Iris did as it was commanded and placed them in an inventory which was in another dimension. This dimension was actually a wormhole within Saito's current body.
After taking on even more monsters, his physique was greatly enhanced, but he didn't feel much of a change in his magic power.
These beasts didn't possess much magic power while their physique had been too much superior to the human whose body Saito was using right now.
As Saito fought the monsters along the way, he finally found the exit. It was a large opening ahead of him from where the sun rays entered the cave.
The crystals in the cave were illuminated due to this ray of light.
Saito was very excited to see the sunlight again 'Finally, I can leave this goddamn cave. I was getting tired of darkness.'
Saito was pretty excited to leave the cave. It was very dark inside the cave, even with his night vision, he didn't want to live there. Besides, even though his hunger was sated, he wanted some diversity in his food.
"Let's goooo!" He loudly cheered when he was finally out of the cave. Fortunately, nobody seemed to hear his cheer, and the place was back to its tranquil state.
Saito stared at the green forest in front of his eyes. He stepped inside the forest and continued to walk around. The air was incredibly fresh, and it was even refreshing to walk around in the forest.
Walking around the forest was a completely different experience for Saito. Even in his previous life, he had never taken a walk in the forest. He was enjoying the close connection to nature here.
Soon, he came across a dark-colored wolf that seemed to be roaming around. Saito believed that this wolf was searching for food. It stared at Saito and was immediately hostile as it sensed a very strange and strong aura coming from Saito.
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