Reincarnated as a chicken

Into the Tyrant

I was led towards the deepest recesses of the cave, where the chief's "throne room" was. He wasn't what I was expecting from a Hob-goblin. From manga that I've read, goblins were savages that just killed without regard for their surroundings. As long as they were satisfied, they didn't care. Although weak, they were numerous and used that fact to their advantage. Hob-goblins, although not as numerous as goblins, weren't exempt from this fact. In fact, they rarely associated with goblins, so this was weird.

Sitting in front of me, was the Hob-goblin chief, who I presumed to be the most violent goblin in this village, drinking a bowl of slime. Apparently slime was like a delicacy to these goblins. I had also been offered one but was cautious about it. I then took a sip of it and surprisingly, I acquired some skills and resistances.

[Due to the unique skill [Evolver] you have acquired the following skills]

[You have acquired the skill [Predator]]

[You have acquired the skill [Slime body]]

[You have acquired the skill [Pain nullification]]

[You have acquired the skill [Heat resistance]]

[You have acquired the skill [Assimilation]]

I wondered what a slime was doing with such skills, but apparently they weren't intelligent enough to actually utilize the skills. The skill [Predator] allowed me to steal status points from creatures I consumed. About 20% of their stats, I could add to one of mine.

[Slime Body] allowed my body to become slimy and all gelatinous-like. I was sort of see-through at the same time things should have been able to move through my body. [Pain Nullification] just came by to make my life smooth running or so I thought, till I found out it simply wouldn't let my stats be affected by the pain. I would still feel the pain. [Pain Resistance] was there for me to lessen the feeling. That was sort of dumb though. [Heat Resistance] needed no description, so I was left with [Assimilation]. Truly a most dangerous skill. It allowed me to completely understand the functioning of anything I consumed. In essence, I would understand the basic working of something I ate or understand the fundamentals being something whatever I ate could do.

Basically, I would be the world's best vet if I ate every animal that existed. Or if I ate a human mage, I would be able to understand how his magic worked. The problem was if I would be able to utilize some of this information.

Slimes really had insanely powerful skills. Luckily they had no intelligence and just ate all day long.

The other goblins who came along with the chief had also settled in another portion in the cave. Apparently they were supposed to be using this place but since the chief said I was an important guest, they had to relocate. I could feel them insulting me and throwing curses at my name.

Barely my second week reincarnation and I was already hated by a race.

The chief dropped his bowl to the ground and was looking at me seriously. It was just the two of us in this room. I had no idea why he was treating a bird with this much respect. It were almost as if he saw me as an equal. Could it be because I was Minerva's friend? Yeah, it must've been.

"First of all, I'd like to reintroduce myself. My name is Gorm, chief of the village of Ooo. I would like to apologize on the behalf of the young one who attacked you earlier on. He is a bit hot-headed so please go easy on him."

'Ah... his speech is so good. How?'

I ended up tilting my head in confusion. My antenna was bouncing up and down weirdly as I inspected his body. According to the data he was eight years old. In goblin years, he was as old as a seventy year old man or so I would assume.