I Found Tiny Dungeon That Can Only Produce Metal Slime

Chapter 91: Clash

「Aisha, do you really think that Yuuma can defeat that monster?」

「… It’ll be a tough fight. Even with 『Liquid Metal Transformation』, he would reach his limit.」

「Why do you think so? We’re talking about Yuuma, he has a great amount of magical power ain’t cha? With such vast reserve, he should be able to use liquid metal like drinking water right!?」

Aisha squinted her gaze and shook her head.

「It isn’t that simple. In the first place, transforming mana into mass itself is already an outrageous ability. The one-kilogram addition to his weight itself must’ve consumed an outrageous amount of mana. As for how much mana Yuuma has to consume in order to increase his weight, the amount is still unknown…」

「No way… But, there should be mana in the air! If he use that mana――」

「It’s not like he can become stronger just because there’s mana!! You should have known about that!!」

Kanzaki was at a loss for words hearing Aisha’s rebuttal.

He knew that having mana wasn’t equal to being specialized in battle.

「In terms of the mana index alone, Yuuma should be much higher than the Chimera. But, the strength between monster and human couldn’t merely be compared with the mana index alone. Mana is just one side of strength after all.」

Aisha was right, a monster whose flesh was far tougher than human was an existence from another dimension.

There was a huge difference between the two sides’ basic stats. But――

「If it’s Yuuma, he can pull it off! I have faith in him!!」

Kanzaki and Aisha stared at the front, the red and white mist now enveloped the tense atmosphere, a sign that a great battle was about to begin.

In that eerie silence, the mist started fading.

As if it became a sign of the battle, Yuuma made the first move. Bright glowing red lines running on his skin as he invoked his bloody ore’s ‶Super Strength″.

――Let’s go all out from the beginning!

Then the glow becomes brighter and brighter. Consciously releasing his muscle limiter could increase the strength of his Super Strength up to 15 times. And double that due to the effect of the enhancement-type magic ore.

He skipped past the ground between him and arrived nearby the Chimera in an instant, leaving a brilliant red streak akin to red lightning behind, and stopped below the Chimera’s leg. He then put all his momentum into a jump, leaping more than ten meters toward the monster’s head.

Yuuma raised his pickel, but the Chimera seemed to sense him and responded by moving a bit.

「Eh!?」

One of the chimera’s legs moved so fast and pierced into Yuuma’s abdomen.

That leg failed to pierce Yuuma’s metallic body but it kept pushing him and sent Yuuma flying till he crashed against the rock wall.

The cloud of dust rose along with a thunderous sound.

「Yuuma!」

Kanzaki’s face paled seeing the attack that betrayed common sense.

When the Chimera returned its leg back to its previous size, Yuuma, who was buried inside the rock wall, fell down slowly.

「Dammit!」

Aisha quickly grabbed Kanzaki’s sleeve when the latter tried to run toward Yuuma.

「Stop it, you idiot! You’re just going to become a burden for Yuuma.」

「You think I can just watch him fighting on his own!」

「Just wait… And look carefully.」

When Kanzaki turned around following Aisha’s pointed finger, he saw the fallen Yuuma had already stood on his feet and picked up his pickel again.

「 Belief in Yuuma, aren’t you the one who said those words?」

「… Dammit!」

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Kanzaki grabbed the hexagonal staff in his hand.

He felt really angry, and frustrated since he couldn’t do anything to help his employee.

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「Wow, never expected that guy could use that kind of attack… Alas, it won’t work on me anymore!」

Yuuma rushed into another sprint. As if predicting that, the Chimera had also used its stretching leg to attack Yuuma. It wasn’t just one leg this time, dozens of them came at once.

It came down like the rain of a spear from above.

The tip of the legs was akin to an extremely sharp spear. And it came down at Yuuma with a speed surpassing 300 km/hrs. And dozens of them came down at once.

Normally, it would be a hopeless situation for a normal Explorer, but he’s not in that category and the current Yuuma was really calm and composed.

――The heck, why are they moving so slowly?

He slipped through the rain of spears with ease and sliced off a few of them with his gauntlet sword.

His sword easily sliced off the leg of the chimera.

――So my body really is harder. Then I could win this fight!

He pulverized several legs that pierced the ground with the pickel in his right hand.

He ran along the ground at breakneck speed and arrived instantly before the chimera. He swung his pickel upward, aiming for the giant monster’s belly.

That blow tore the monster’s abdomen along with a thunderous sound, he then swung his pickel again.

The snake’s body was covered by a hard scale but it was akin to a piece of paper for Yuuma. Perhaps because it finally felt the pain, the Chimera changed its tactic.

It unleashed the thorns that were growing from the body to stab at Yuuma.

「Ooh! That is kinda similar to a liquid metal transformation’s thorn strike. Does it have the same ability?」

The Chimera could use its thorns and legs to attack. And the total number was around a few hundred.

Nevertheless――

「IT WON’T WORK ON MEEE!!」

He parried the attacks with his left gauntlet sword thanks to his increased reaction speed. Some of the thorns managed to breach Yuuma’s defense, alas they got repelled by his steel armor.

No matter how powerful the attack was, it couldn’t penetrate Yuuma’s metalized body.

「UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!」

The red-coloured lines on Yuuma’s body shone even brighter.

And then, the ground beneath his feet exploded as he jumped upward. He poured even more 『Liquid Metal』 on his pickel, creating an even bigger hammer.

The steel hammer swung downward, and crushed Chimera’s head.

A loud sound reverberated in the floor. Yuuma kept hitting the chimera’s head dozens of times from above its head.

The Chimera fell down slowly as Yuuma raised a roar. And then a lot of clouds of dust rose in the air.