CH 60

「What is this 『Metal Slime』 you’re talking about?」

Aisha asked curiously. Yuuma then went on to explain about the monster, about the item drop which is magic ore, and about the dungeon which had suddenly vanished more than half years ago.

「… I see. The rumored metal slime really does exist huh. I see now…」

Aisha nodded delightfully.

「So, can you use the 『Metallization』ability that you acquire from the magic ore right now?」

「Yes, no problem.」

「Alright, you can show it to us then.」

「Understood.」

Yuuma then stood up from his chair and focused on his mind to activate the 『Metallization』. The next moment, his body from the tip of his hair all the way down to his feet transformed into a black steel.

「AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! THIS 『METALLIZATION』 ABILITY IS REALLY AWESOME!!」

Surprised by the transformation brought by the ability, Aisha started touching Yuuma’s metallized body with an entranced look on her face. The president who directly stood up behind her was staring dumbfoundedly at Yuuma.

「I see, this body is as tough as steel and yet elastic at the same time. I’ve been researching the 『Black Dungeon』 for so long and yet this is the first time I see a magic ore which caused such drastic transformation.」

Five minutes later, Aisha was still touching Yuuma’s body which had already returned to normal with the same enthusiasm as before.

「I see now… So, have you encountered any other type of monsters in that dungeon?」

「There’s only metal slime but, some variants with different color does appear.」

「Variant with different colors? What does that mean?」

「As I keep defeating the metal slimes, the metal slime with different color appeared, 『Gold』, 『Red』, 『Blue』, 『Yellow』, and 『Green』 in turn of their appearance.」

「I see, they does sounds like variant indeed.」

Aisha then continued to take a note upon Yuuma’s explanation in the memo in her hands.

「And what makes them different from the normal one is basically their color. Oh yeah. They’re really tough nut, and because of that color difference the ability acquired from their “Magic Ore” is different too.」

「The ability of their magic ore is different!?」

Seeing Aisha’s hand stopped writing in the middle as she brought her face closer to him, Yuuma continued his story.

「The red one gave me 『Fire Resistance』. The blue, yellow, and green each gave me water, thunder, and maybe wind resistance respectively.」

「Element Resistance huh…」

Aisha then stands up and walks back and forth as she mulls something. She seems to be thinking about something important.

「I see… then the reason why magic hardly works on the monster of 『Black Dungeon』… Is because of their resistance. Since that’s the case―― Mumblemumblemumble.」

「Ano, excuse me!」

Aisha only snapped out of her own world when Yuuma called out to her.

「Alright, back to the topic. The first thing I thought of what I should use to defeat the “Variant” slime was also through using some kind of fire and thunder based attack. And it did, it really worked on the monster of the 『Black Dungeon』 like it did on the monster of the 『White Dungeon』. But it doesn’t work that well for some of them because they have the elemental resistance. Well, that might be one of the reasons why they’re keeping their distance before attacking.」

「But… If what you say is correct, then some monster does have resistance. Truly interesting.」

「A-Ah yes…」

「So, what about the effect given by the magic ore from the 『Golden Slime』?」

「Well, I’m not really sure but the effect seems to be making the drop rate in 『Black Dungeon』100%.」

「Huh?」

「Yes, the effect is allowing me to get every magic ore dropped from the other colored monsters in the 『Black Dungeon』 that I defeated…」

「Uhm? Eh? Eh? What are you talking about right now? Magic ore…」

「Yes!」

「１００％ drop rate?」

「Yes!」

「Are you serious?」

「I am.」

Aisha looked up at the ceiling for a moment and started walking in a circle. Yuuma and the president, who had no idea what she was thinking about, were equally puzzled.

Aisha suddenly stopped walking, rapidly approached Yuuma, and then grabbed his shoulder.

She brought her face closer, looking at Yuuma with a dead serious face.

「ReallyReallyReallyReallyReally, Are you serious about the 100% drop rate!?」

「Y-Y-Y-Yes, I’m serious.」

Aisha’s current state had truly scared the sh*t out of Yuuma.

「Kukuku… If that’s the truth, there will be tremendous progress in the research about the 『Black Dungeon』. Truly the supreme ability in this world. The drop rate of magic ore is slightly lower than magic gem after all. a 100% drop rate is just like a dream comes true. Well, we can confirm about that later on. Right, Yuuma-kun?」

「Eh? Yes.」

Although Aisha said herself that it was a supreme ability, for Yuuma, it was just the skill to get worthless magic ore.

「Is that all variant of metal slime you see in that dungeon?」

「Nope, the last monster that appeared before the dungeon disappeared was a huge metal slime. It should be the boss because it’s super strong and I barely managed to beat it.」

「A huge metal slime? Is it just because of the size?」

「Nope, it can change form too. That’s how I feel from the ability of its magic ore.」

「Magic ore that can change form… Can you show it to me?」

「Understood.」

Yuuma invoked 『Metallization』 again, and then followed by 『Liquid Metal Transformation』, he transformed himself into the figure of a gelatinous, gray coloured metal slime.

He didn’t forget to add a few feelers to his body.

「Like this」 Said Yuuma as he turned around, only to see both the president and Aisha stare at him with a gaped mouth.