Reborn as the Last Mimic

Calder Voss knew exactly what a condemned dungeon was worth. That knowledge got him murdered. He awakens inside Greymarrow Dungeon as a [Lesser Wooden Mimic — Level 1]. Mimics have officially been extinct for more than a century, Greymarrow’s dungeon core is dying, and the Adventurers’ Guild will return in thirty days to demolish the dungeon and harvest its heart. Calder’s only advantage is [Claim Property]. By completely consuming a nonliving object or crystallized monster core, he can permanently learn one of its properties: a sword’s sharpness, a shield’s reinforcement, a potion’s regeneration, or a key’s ward passage. But every choice has a cost. The original item is destroyed. Calder begins with only three active property slots, and incompatible patterns can deform his body—or drive him temporarily feral. He cannot overpower the Guild. He will have to outthink them. Using the appraisal expertise that once made him valuable, Calder must turn discarded salvage into earned evolution, restore Greymarrow’s ruined chambers, and protect the injured monsters abandoned inside. But the deeper he repairs the dungeon, the clearer the truth becomes: Calder’s murder, the extermination of mimics, and the Guild’s condemned dungeons are all connected. Greymarrow’s dying core has only one request: Do not let them take my heart. The Guild has thirty days to claim the dungeon. Calder has thirty days to make it fight back. Intelligent weak-to-strong progression, monster evolution, dungeon restoration, crafting, strategic victories, mystery, and found family. No harem. No forced romance. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Reborn as the Last Mimic — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠