I Found Tiny Dungeon That Can Only Produce Metal Slime

Chapter 77: Confirmation of The Current State

「Hahahaha… Amazing.」

Yuuma couldn’t help but mutter out such words. He was really happy to see that the power of his attack was beyond his imagination, and quite frightful at the same time.

After that, they kept destroying the dungeon’s wall to test his power.

But then, the effect of his power ended in just one minute instead of three minutes.

「So that’s really the case…」

「What do you mean by “That’s really the case”?」 asked the president who happened to overhear Aisha’s mumbling.

Aisha instructed Yuuma to repeat the same thing as before, completely ignoring the president’s question.

Thus start, the third vandalizing act of Yuuma to the dungeon by destroying its wall with his enhanced 『Super Strength』 .

In this test, Yuuma’s ability ceased after one minute too.

「What’s the meaning of this, Aisha?」

Hearing the president’s question, Aisha pondered for a while before a grin appeared on her face.

「It might be possible to regulate the “Output” of the power.」

「Output of what?」 Asked the president with a frown.

「When invoking the bloody ore, Yuuma’s base abilities increased by five times. That goes for his reaction speed too. But, when he increased the output even further, which showed by the brilliance of the red lines on his body, his abilities were enhanced even further. Considering the fact that the activation time got shortened to a third of the normal, let’s say that his abilities are enhanced by three times in addition to the five times. Since there’s no accurate measurement, his abilities should be increased by fifteen times of the his base abilities in his second stage of enhancement.」

「F-Fifteen times!?」

The president was really shocked since that kind of enhancement was simply crossing the limit of humanity.

「Surely, no normal human body can handle that kind of output.」

「Well then, we’ve already used up the activation time of bloody ore for today. Let’s move on to the next test, Yuuma-kun!!」

「Y-Yes.」

「If my memories serve me right, you’re using some sort of thorn to attack the Valis from yesterday, right? Tell me more about it?」

「Ah, that’s actually–」

Yuuma explained to the president and Aisha about the combat tactic of the giant metal slime that he met a long time ago.

「I see… So its body created countless thorns and became something like a sea urchin when its defense mechanism activated… Or should I say, porcupine.」

Aisha was smiling delightfully as she spoke.

「It’s truly interesting, Yuuma-kun. Can you to show me that again?」

「… Sure.」

Yuuma crouched on the ground and imagined a sea urchin or porcupine in his head, and then opened his eyes.

That moment, countless thorns grew at once from his shoulder, back, and head.

Aisha raised a voice of admiration as she looked at that spectacle.

「Wonderful! With the conjuring speed of these thorns, you can actually skewer any kind of monster that is charging at you. This is truly a killing move-like counter skill!」

「Ah, yeah, maybe.」

「The thorn’s thinnes increased its’ penetration power even further. But it might not be enough to give a fatal wound to a bigger monster, or humongous monster… In that situation… hmmm hmmm.」

Aisha was walking in a circle while muttering something on her own. She was already lost in her own world.

「Uhm, excuse me…」

「Uhm, ah, sorry, Yuuma-kun. Let’s set a goal for you after this.」

「A goal?」

Yuuma anxiously asked Aisha who said such thing with ease――

「Let’s dive into the 56th floor again to harvest another batch of bloody ore. The number we need this time should be twenty.」

「Hah!? Twenty? What in the hell was that for!!?」

And just as expected, even the president was pissed off after hearing Aisha’s remark.

「To capture an even deeper floor of course. We can defeat normal monster much easily if we have that much bloody ore, right?」

「DON’T SCREW WITH ME!! HAVE YOU ALREADY FORGOTTEN WHAT HAPPENED TO US YESTERDAY!?」

「Pipe down already, Kotaro. I understand more than you two as I’m the weakest one among us.」

「Then why did you suddenly tel us to get another twenty of that magic ore in that god forsaken floor that almost killed all of us!?」

「That’s why we need proper preparation this time. We won’t do such reckless driving anymore, we will return in piece this time.」

「What are you going to do then!?」

Aisha ignored the enraged president and patted Yuuma’s shoulder with an impish smile on her face.

「First, let’s understand our current situation. We ran out of explosives, and Yuuma-kun dropped his pickel too. In exchange, we got two additional bloody ore and another way to utilize Yuuma-kun’s abilities.」

「That’s why I ask you what are we going to do?」

The president asked with a rather irritated voice.

「I mean, the rest is depending on your skill, Kotaro.」

「Eh!? Me? Why is my name coming out of nowhere!?」

「I need you to train Yuuma-kun in the next one week. Train him to the point that he can beat the Valis in the 56th floor with ease.」

「Just one week?」

「Yes. My contract with D-Minor is only for one month after all. And it ended exactly one week later. That’s why I want to let him to show a result before that.」

「That ain’t gonna be that easy! Like hell he can become that strong in just one week!!」

「He can.」

Aisha was smiling fearlessly as she spoke.

「Think carefully. The bloody ore’s ability is literally a “Physical Reinforcement Magic” that raised his base strength. Meaning that Yuuma can become even more powerful simply by raising his physical strength. Not to mention that we’re currently in the 『Black Dungeon』.」

「That’s why I asked you “Why me”?」

「Seriously, you can’t even understand such simple matter.」 Said Aisha, heaved a deep sigh of amazement upon seeing the president asked with a sour look on his face.

「This place is a literal haven to get the magic ore that enhances physical abilities. Even if the effects of each of them are insignificant, by consuming a lot of them, and combining with Yuuma-kun’s physical abilities, the result is simply unfathomable. And I don’t have to worry about his combat prowess either since there’s a muscle brain like you who can teach him martial arts while looking out for him as his senior.」

「Who’s 『Muscle Brain』!!」

「Fufufu… Well, if I see that the improvement after one week is below my expectation, I won’t force you to do the impossible either. That’s pretty good condition, right?」

「Uh… Well, that’s a good condition indeed bu-」

「Then it’s deal!」

Though he got the feeling that he had been dancing around on Aisha’s palm, the schedule for the next week had already been decided, it’ll be hell’s training with the president.