Chapter 4 [Unveiled Identity]
Two weeks have passed since then.
I've been visiting the cave every two or three days, bringing food for the three slimes plus the fungus. Slimes still eat anything, so there's never a shortage of food for them. The lizard remains carnivorous, preferring raw meat from larger animals like beef or pork over sausages or fish. The creature resembling a pond skater, while not as versatile as the slime, seems to have an omnivorous diet, eating various meats such as beef, pork, and chicken, as well as sausages and fish. It also accepts vegetables, making it budget-friendly. The fungus-like entity, as per my internet research on Earth's slime molds, consumes oats, but here it seems to eat meats and vegetables without extending its mycelium toward highly flavored items like pickles or salted meats.
They are indeed different from Earthly creatures. It would be great if I could identify their species...
"Appraisal! Just kidding..."
[Individual Name] None
[Species] Faker Skink
A common skink mutated due to consuming food from another world. Since the base species doesn't grow large, its body remains small. However, it gained powerful magic abilities by absorbing a significant amount of magical essence from the food of the other world.
[Status] Dungeon Monster
[Level] 1
[Skills] Enhanced Physical Abilities, Fire Magic
Whoa... Whoa...
Wait, let's calm down.
Skink is a type of lizard, right? I remember the Japanese skink was a type of skink. Common means ordinary, so a Common Skink would be an ordinary lizard in this world. Faker means a cheat or swindler, I think. So, if I approached thinking it was just an ordinary lizard, it turned out to be a small monster...
"Foods from another world," does that refer to sausages and raw meat? Just ordinary items I bought at the supermarket. And they contain a significant amount of magical essence...
... If Earth's food inherently contains a significant amount of magical essence, then Earthly creatures might also possess magic. Unless that's the case, the accumulation of magical essence in the form of distortion or misalignment between worlds occurred when moving from Earth to the cave in another world or when Earth's food was redefined as entities in the other world. It seems reasonable to think of it this way...
Certainly, this distortion should be affecting me, someone who frequently traverses between worlds. The ability to use the Appraisal skill is likely a result of this influence. Could it be that I've always been able to use it since birth?...
What about the others? Let's quickly appraise them.
[No individual name]
[Species] Faker Slime
A slime mutated due to consuming food from another world. Since the base species doesn't grow large, its body remains small. However, it gained powerful magic abilities by absorbing a significant amount of magical essence from the food of the other world.
[Status] Dungeon Monster
[Level] 2
[Skills] Enhanced Physical Abilities, Physical Attack Nullification, Dissolution, Absorption, Water Magic
This one is a bit higher level. Maybe it's because it has been eating various Earthly foods since it came to the apartment.
[No individual name]
[Species] Faker Slayer
A slayer mutated due to consuming food from another world. Since the base species doesn't grow large, its body remains small. However, it gained powerful magic abilities by absorbing a significant amount of magical essence from the food of the other world.
[Status] Dungeon Monster
[Level] 1
[Skills] Enhanced Physical Abilities, Earth Magic, Wood Magic
Slayer, if I remember correctly, refers to pill bugs or woodlice.
[No individual name]
[Species] Faker Fungus
A fungus mutated due to consuming food from another world. It gained powerful magic abilities by absorbing a significant amount of magical essence from the food of the other world. It can extend mycelium widely to communicate with other fungi and plants, constructing a perception network through them. Due to its growth, it can practically expand its size without limits.
[Status] Dungeon Monster
[Level] 1
[Unique Skill] Mycelium Network
[Skills] Earth Magic, Wood Magic
Fungus refers to molds or mushrooms.
Honestly, I feel like I've really messed up...
Now, let's appraise myself and face the consequences.
[Individual Name] Nagayuki Karasumaru
[Species] Human? Dungeon Core? Dungeon Master?
An otherworlder who moved to this world through the shock of interdimensional travel, coincidentally fused with a Dungeon Core. Since the fused Dungeon Core was still immature, the skills obtained were few. However, as a result of the subsequent interdimensional travels accumulating tremendous distortions in the body, it gained an extraordinary amount of magical power. However, at present, it does not possess magic skills related to the release of magic, thus restricting the use of magical power.
[Status] Dungeon Freak
[Level] 2
[Unique Skill] "Broken Dungeon" Level 1
Can set up dungeons within a radius of ten meters from itself. The size of the dungeon that can be set up depends on the level. Additionally, it can instantly move within dungeons it sets up. By setting up a dungeon gate between dungeons it created, it can freely move between dungeons. The internal structure of the dungeon can be arbitrarily changed.
[Skills] Understanding of Foreign Languages, Appraisal
I see...