New Wood!

The next day he will grind the Metal out of the Wure soaked and burnt Ore and continue making Bars.

While Elias was occupied with thinking, his Island Slimes came out and fed on the grasses and they seeped back into the Sand. 

Next was Metal Slime Monster which came out, Elias tried feeding it the Metal that he Improved with Wand but it refused.

This told Elias that there was something unnatural with using Wand to improve the Metals, but he had no choice.

He wondered if, maybe, it was because he was using the Wand that he did not receive any notification of reward.

He dismissed that, what he wanted now was to equip himself with weapons and armour, only then he would have peace of mind!

With that in mind, he slept.

The Metal Slime Monster rolled around until it reached the place of the explosion that happened days ago. Attracted by an aroma, it rolled on the place that was black scorched Sand and took them in its body.

After it half cleaned the scorched Sand, it rolled where Elias had packed the debris of the explosion and harvested the largest chunk of metal scrap into itself.

Seconds later, its corrosive inside began digesting the scorched Sand until it became part of its body, then the metal scrap began to bubble, meaning it was too digesting, however, its body began to vibrate as if it was going to explode… but it didn't.

Gradually, its body began to reduce in size and density, also its level was falling until it receded to Grade 3 from Grade 4.

By the time it was Grade 2, its body stopped vibrating and at the centre of its jelly body was a Black and Silver Metal, merging. 

It had used its Grade and Level Energy to digest and assimilate with the Outer Sand explosion byproduct to improve its Potential. And now Grade 4 might not be its limit. 

Its body seeped into the Sand to stabilize itself.

Metal Slime wasn't the only one that came out whenever Elias was asleep or working, the fragile crocodile came out too from the Sand and looked around.

It was easy for it as it had acquired the ability to shift Sand. 

It usually searched for something specific which was the White Sand. And it will gobble the little that appeared, normally four or five grains.

Today, during the day it sensed that the White Sand and something else had appeared, it came out, making sure not to drag Elias's attention and it looked for them.

Since Elias was working with blindness and he wasn't using Omni-view he didn't see a thing.

The Crocodile found six White Sand and one Black Sparkling Grain. It gobbled them all and swarmed down using its Sand manipulation. But the moment it reached the wet section of the deep Sand where it made a little cave, its body swelled up.

Its transparent skin was rapidly tainted with Black Molten Substance. At the same time, on one part, the White Sand dissolved in it, trying to convert it to something harmless to the Crocodile.

Thanks to the fact that it had eaten and digested many White Grains which made its body a bit resistant, it would have exploded. But that doesn't mean it was out of danger yet.

White Sand was improved by Graced Sand which was why it has that property.

Ever since Elias made Royal Ram hair and Abinci Grass into a paste, its intelligence had increased and it realized it can digest even none flesh food.

Using its new founding intelligence it came to understand that it can identify things that it can eat. For that reason, it discovered that White Sand made its body capable of digesting and assimilating the remnant of the Royal Ram Hair it had eaten.

Yet, till now, the White Hair of the Royal Ram was not completely digested and assimilated into its body. Due to that, there was no hunger in it, but also its digestive capability improved drastically over the day, preventing it from feeling uneasy.

In other words, its body kept evolving and adjusting to suit what it was digesting.

And due to countless beasts it ate and didn't assimilate due to them being inferior to what it needed, It had enough energy and nutrients to support its digestion.

But, adding the Outer Sand Grain it took, everything went haywire and its body was on the barge of complete collapse. Only prevented by dissolved White Sand.

At that moment it received a memory of how Metal Slime tackled the problem even though what it ate wasn't the same but a by-product of Outer Sand mixed with metals and other materials of the explosion.

The Island help out its Denizen!

Having epiphany, it tapped into its Grade and Level Energy and concentrated them on digestion and assimilation of the Grain.

The Grade energy that gave overall improvement to the body began to be exhausted as it aided digestion and assimilation. While also protecting the vulnerable portion of the crocodile body.

In a few minutes, with the aid of the White Sand, the Black Grain that melted into molten Black substance was suppressed and its body stopped breaking apart.

Whether it will overcome the burden depends on itself.

Elias stood and stretched his limbs with a tired moan and turned to walk away when he tripped and fell.

Feeling around and he grabbed the thing responsible.

It was a Log of about 140cm and a thickness of 20cm. Elias smelt it, and it didn't seem to be Wure Wood. So, he activated the Omni-view, the Wood seemed straight and its colour was deep ash in colour.

His head stung as he concentrated to see the colour, so he stopped. He can now see the colours of things if he focused enough, but he kinda thinks it was his brain making that up!

Elias's first instinct was to appraise it using Wand.

[New Type Of Wood]

[This type of wood hasn't appeared on this Island before. There is much to be discovered from it]

"Haha. I shouldn't have asked." Elia's infuriating laugh reverberated around the Island.

He grabbed his Saw and began cutting it!

Grrrrr

Grrrrr

Grrrrr

It was like two rough metals were grinding against each other, with Omni-view he checked the top of the Log, it didn't have much of a scratch, as for the Saw, there were some depressions on its Saw teeth!

"It's stronger than my Steel!" He didn't know whether to feel happy or not!