I Found Tiny Dungeon That Can Only Produce Metal Slime

Chapter 83: Limiter

Yuuma kept fighting the crowd of valis till he defeated twenty of them.

「Anyhow, we defeated twenty of them. What are we going to do next? I can defeat more of them if you want to get more bloody ores from them.」

Aisha shook her head hearing Yuuma’s question.

「No, that’ll be enough. With this, we got a total of 23 bloody ores. We don’t need more than this.」

「Why though? It’ll be much better if we have more of it right?」

The president returned with the retrieved magic ores. Aisha was smiling lightly as she heard the president’s question.

「Think carefully. Bloody ore’s ability can’t be used without 『Metallization』. The duration of Yuuma-kun’s 『Metallization』 is five minutes, for grand total of one hour and ten minutes per day. In this regard, the bloody ore gave power up and shortened his Metallization ability to a total of three minutes in normal state. Eating twenty three of them would prolong the effect of bloody ore for one hour and nine minutes. It’s barely reached the limit time for 『Metallization』.」

「A~h, you’re right.」

「Though the time for bloody ore’s effect got shortened when he increased the output, this is just to be on the safe side. Yuuma-kun’s safety is our absolute priority after all.」

Hearing that, Yuuma couldn’t help but nod in understanding too. Surely, most of his opponents would die if he could use his “Super Strength” almost the entire time he transformed.

Their party decided to descend even further down.

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Black Dungeon, 70th floor――

「Oioioi, are you kidding me… That thing really did exist!」

Standing before them was a giant, rock golem that they had never seen before.

Yuuma and co could only look at them from the shade of rock with a dumbfounded look on their face.

「Yup, like hell I can fight that thing.」

Yuuma grumbled and the president nodded in agreement. But, it was only huge in size, its movement itself was really slow. Slipping right under its feet to go to the lower floor was possible.

Maybe because they had already dived into such a deep floor, and facing such a huge obstacle they had the choice to go back to the surface.

In the end, the final decision was left to Aisha. Aisha crossed her arms, her eyes shut close as she pondered about the option, and then, she opened her eyes a while later after making a decision.

「Okay! Beat that golem.」

「「HAH!?」」

Her answer was the non existant third choice. Both Yuuma and the president went frigid after hearing such an unexpected decision.

「This is the first time I saw such a splendid rock golem. And “Ash Brown” one on top of that. It might have dropped “Silver Magic Ore”. Bigger than previous one on top of that!」

Hearing that, Yuuma started to ask himself if the woman before him was good in the head.

The opponent this time was a rock giant around ten meters tall after all. He wouldn’t be able to win against such a foe even with bloody ore.

「That’s asking too much, Aisha-san. A monster of that class can only be defeated by the Explorer with powerful magic.」

「Indeed! What if something happened to Yuuma? We either ignored it and went down to the lower floor, or goes back to the surface.」

Despite the duo’s opposition, Aisha waited for a while before giving her opinion.

「It’ll be alright. You have what it takes to beat that kind of monster.」

「Eh!? Do I really have that kind of power?」

Aisha tapped Yuuma’s shoulder as she smiled.

「Listen to me, Yuuma-kun. Humans have this so-called “Physical Limiter”.」

「Physical Limiter?」

「Yes, as the saying goes, 『A Great Power During Dangerous Situation』.」

Hearing that, the president suddenly cut in.

「Hey, don’t screw with me, do you think I’m going to allow Yuuma to fight such a monster!?」

「I’m not joking here. In the first place 『A Great Power During Dangerous Situation』 has already been proved by science. When humans unleashed their full potential, they can unleash five to ten times their average strength.」

「T-Ten times!?」

「Yeah, but unleashing such power will break their body. Similar to how the bloody ore works. That’s why our brain put limit on our physical body.」

Aisha smiled as she continued on.

「But the same can’t be said for your body, Yuuma-kun. Your metal body can withstand the effect of bloody ore. In short, there’s no problem even if you release the physical limiter of your body in your transformed form.」

Yuuma gasped upon hearing that. It was true that his body wouldn’t break during 『Metallization』.

「Yuuma-kun. You in the future can tap into a power closer to bloody ore without having to rely on them. That just how awesome your 『Metallization』 ability is.」

「But still… What should I do to remove my limiter?」

「The problem lies in your mind. All you need to do is trust your abilities. And the other main problem is related to our living environment.」

「Our living environment?」

「Yes, humans can exhibit a power beyond their limit once they’re backed into the corner. That’s why, Yuuma-kun, try to defeat them without relying on your pickel.」

「Eh?」

「Oi, that’s going too far…」

The president tried to stop her with worrying look on his face but――

「Then can you think of the other way to remove his limiter, Kotaro?」

「L-Like hell I can think of something like that… I mean, fighting against a golem with hands is suicidal!」

Aisha turned her face away from the president, apparently sulking.

「Let me ask you then, Yuuma-kun. Are you willing to try this method? You can escape if the situation gets dangerous. No need to worry since the opponent is a slow-moving golem. Personally, I think you can become even stronger by doing this but then…」

Yuuma was pondering for a while. He might become even stronger if he could remove his limiter.

And 『Strength』 was an absolute requirement for a successful seeker.

“Aisha simply wants to do research but, getting myself involved in her seemingly crazy research doesn’t seem too bad either” Thought Yuuma as he looked at Aisha.

「I understand. Let’s try then. Yoshaaa!」