I Found Tiny Dungeon That Can Only Produce Metal Slime
CH 80
Chapter 80: Additional Weight
「Well, the break is over! Let’s start the examination again.」
Thus, Yuuma repeated the same physical strength measurement again in accordance with Aisha’s instruction. The measurement ended around thirty minutes later as she got all the data she needed.
「How’s the result?」
Aisha replied to the president’s question with a satisfied smirk on her face.
「Physical strength rose by 8%, Agility by 6%, and stamina by 5%.」
「The heck, it’s even less than I expected. The silver magic ore from before raising his ability by around 10% right?」
「Nope, this is already good enough, Kotaro. This result had proven my previous hypothesis.」
「What hypothesis?」
The president frowned as he asked.
「It’s well known that magic ore strengthens physical strength, but there’s no details about how much it strengthens one’s body. There’s two controversy in this regard, one insisting on 『Multiplication』, the other insisting on 『Addition』.」
「Addition? Multiplication?」
Hearing Yuuma unintentionally mutter those questions, Aisha then started to explain with a beaming smile on her face.
「Just as I’ve told you before, this physical strength reinforcement is another type of “Magic”. That ability will be invoked passively inside the dungeon. Oops, Yuuma-kun has invoked it even above the ground.」
Aisha continued on as she let out a chuckle.
「Now it comes to the calculation method of physical reinforcement. It’s been a debate among many researchers whether the increase is by “Percentage” or by “Plus α”. No one know the answer of this problem yet.」
「I see now.」
「But Yuuma-kun! Thanks to you I might just get the data I need to know to find the answer!!」
「Eh, me?」
Yuuma was quite bewildered when the topic suddenly shifted to him.
「I knew from the current measurement that there’s a chance for the effect of the magic ore to be weakened after the first use. Do you know why that happen, Yuuma-kun?」
「Eh? Even if you ask me that question…」
Yuuma was racking his brain trying to find the answer alas, it was futile.
「It’s actually a simple addition problem when consuming the same type of magic ore. For example, supposing that your base strength is 100, the increase of 10% will raise your base strength to 110. If you consume the same magic ore for the second time, the result will be 121 but this is the result of using 110 as the base for the second one. Now if we’re using addition, it should be 10% plus 10%, meaning 20% added together to base strength of 100, resulting in 120. In short, the difference came out when there’s two different results, 120 and 121. Now we come to my conclusion. I think the increase rate for base strength in case it’s the same type of magic ore is multiplication of base strength added up(1st case), for the different type of magic ore, it’s multiplication for each(2nd case). Do you understand now?」
「… Nope, it’s too hard for me.」
Yuuma replied that while looking at the day after tomorrow, the president on the other hand was looking at the scenery outside of the window, clearly not interested in this topic.
「In short, thanks to you that I can finally get the data to prove my thesis, and publish it.」
「Aah… I’m happy to be able to contribute.」
Yuuma, who felt his brain was about to be fried due to the stream of unknown jargon gave such a perfunctory reply.
「Well enough about difficult topics. Yuuma-kun, there’s something that I’ve been wondering about.」
「What is it?」
「Please wait a minute.」
Aisha ignored the bewildered Yuuma and brought a weight scale from inside his room. A smile bloomed on her face as she placed the weight scale right in front of Yuuma
「Can I measure your weight?」
「S-Sure.」
Yuuma stepped on the weight scale. The result came out immediately on the screen.
「61.2 kg…」
Aisha recorded the result in her notebook.
「Next, use your “Metallization”.」
「O-Okay.」
Though Yuuma had no idea what Aisha trying to do, he invoked his 『Metallization』, and used 『Liquid Metal Transformation』 to transform even further.
Aisha letting out a voice of admiration upon seeing his grim looking transformed figure.
「As expected, I can feel the pressure when looking at you from this distance. Then try to measure your weight again in that form.」
「Yes…」
Yuuma stepped on the scale in his metal armor state.
「Uhm, I see… 83 kg huh.」
「Eh?」
The president almost couldn’t believe his ears hearing Aisha’s remark.
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「83 kg, are you telling me that his weight is… Increasing?」
「Yes. Yuuma-kun’s body after he equipped his metal armor looked one size bigger after all. That’s why I’m wondering if it’s affecting his weight too.」
「What’s the meaning of this? Are you telling me that “Magic Ore” can do something like that?」
The president asked Aisha while looking at Yuuma.
「No, it’s normally impossible. Yes, normally, that’s it.」
After saying such a profound remark, Aisha nodded on her own while muttering 「I see now, so that’s the case’.]
「Well then――」
Aisha looked at the president, there was a sharp glint in her eyes.
「Today is the promised week. Kotaro, let me hear the result of your training. Can Yuuma-kun dive until the 56th floor and secure around 20 magic ore?」
Hearing that question, the president extinguished the cigarettes in his hand with his portable ashtray, and puffed the smoke outside of the window.
「Well, the one week training period is too short for a seeker to get that much abilities, I’s even considering the option of refusing your request but…」
「Turned out the result is outside of your expectation, right?」
Aisha asked with a huge grin on her face.
「I can guarantee that the current Yuuma-kun can easily accomplish that request.」
「It’s decided!」
Aisha looked at Yuuma.
「Tomorrow, we’re going to dive into the 56th floor to get 20 bloody ore. Let’s set an additional goal to dive even further down if we have leeway to do so. Is that fine with you?」
「Understood!」
「Ain’t have any other choice but to do that eh!」
Aisha nodded in satisfaction hearing Yuuma and the president’s reply.
And then come, the next day――
The three of Yuuma, the president, and Aisha stood in the 56th floor of the 『Black Dungeon』.
「Well, the break is over! Let’s start the examination again.」
Thus, Yuuma repeated the same physical strength measurement again in accordance with Aisha’s instruction. The measurement ended around thirty minutes later as she got all the data she needed.
「How’s the result?」
Aisha replied to the president’s question with a satisfied smirk on her face.
「Physical strength rose by 8%, Agility by 6%, and stamina by 5%.」
「The heck, it’s even less than I expected. The silver magic ore from before raising his ability by around 10% right?」
「Nope, this is already good enough, Kotaro. This result had proven my previous hypothesis.」
「What hypothesis?」
The president frowned as he asked.
「It’s well known that magic ore strengthens physical strength, but there’s no details about how much it strengthens one’s body. There’s two controversy in this regard, one insisting on 『Multiplication』, the other insisting on 『Addition』.」
「Addition? Multiplication?」
Hearing Yuuma unintentionally mutter those questions, Aisha then started to explain with a beaming smile on her face.
「Just as I’ve told you before, this physical strength reinforcement is another type of “Magic”. That ability will be invoked passively inside the dungeon. Oops, Yuuma-kun has invoked it even above the ground.」
Aisha continued on as she let out a chuckle.
「Now it comes to the calculation method of physical reinforcement. It’s been a debate among many researchers whether the increase is by “Percentage” or by “Plus α”. No one know the answer of this problem yet.」
「I see now.」
「But Yuuma-kun! Thanks to you I might just get the data I need to know to find the answer!!」
「Eh, me?」
Yuuma was quite bewildered when the topic suddenly shifted to him.
「I knew from the current measurement that there’s a chance for the effect of the magic ore to be weakened after the first use. Do you know why that happen, Yuuma-kun?」
「Eh? Even if you ask me that question…」
Yuuma was racking his brain trying to find the answer alas, it was futile.
「It’s actually a simple addition problem when consuming the same type of magic ore. For example, supposing that your base strength is 100, the increase of 10% will raise your base strength to 110. If you consume the same magic ore for the second time, the result will be 121 but this is the result of using 110 as the base for the second one. Now if we’re using addition, it should be 10% plus 10%, meaning 20% added together to base strength of 100, resulting in 120. In short, the difference came out when there’s two different results, 120 and 121. Now we come to my conclusion. I think the increase rate for base strength in case it’s the same type of magic ore is multiplication of base strength added up(1st case), for the different type of magic ore, it’s multiplication for each(2nd case). Do you understand now?」
「… Nope, it’s too hard for me.」
Yuuma replied that while looking at the day after tomorrow, the president on the other hand was looking at the scenery outside of the window, clearly not interested in this topic.
「In short, thanks to you that I can finally get the data to prove my thesis, and publish it.」
「Aah… I’m happy to be able to contribute.」
Yuuma, who felt his brain was about to be fried due to the stream of unknown jargon gave such a perfunctory reply.
「Well enough about difficult topics. Yuuma-kun, there’s something that I’ve been wondering about.」
「What is it?」
「Please wait a minute.」
Aisha ignored the bewildered Yuuma and brought a weight scale from inside his room. A smile bloomed on her face as she placed the weight scale right in front of Yuuma
「Can I measure your weight?」
「S-Sure.」
Yuuma stepped on the weight scale. The result came out immediately on the screen.
「61.2 kg…」
Aisha recorded the result in her notebook.
「Next, use your “Metallization”.」
「O-Okay.」
Though Yuuma had no idea what Aisha trying to do, he invoked his 『Metallization』, and used 『Liquid Metal Transformation』 to transform even further.
Aisha letting out a voice of admiration upon seeing his grim looking transformed figure.
「As expected, I can feel the pressure when looking at you from this distance. Then try to measure your weight again in that form.」
「Yes…」
Yuuma stepped on the scale in his metal armor state.
「Uhm, I see… 83 kg huh.」
「Eh?」
The president almost couldn’t believe his ears hearing Aisha’s remark.
""
「83 kg, are you telling me that his weight is… Increasing?」
「Yes. Yuuma-kun’s body after he equipped his metal armor looked one size bigger after all. That’s why I’m wondering if it’s affecting his weight too.」
「What’s the meaning of this? Are you telling me that “Magic Ore” can do something like that?」
The president asked Aisha while looking at Yuuma.
「No, it’s normally impossible. Yes, normally, that’s it.」
After saying such a profound remark, Aisha nodded on her own while muttering 「I see now, so that’s the case’.]
「Well then――」
Aisha looked at the president, there was a sharp glint in her eyes.
「Today is the promised week. Kotaro, let me hear the result of your training. Can Yuuma-kun dive until the 56th floor and secure around 20 magic ore?」
Hearing that question, the president extinguished the cigarettes in his hand with his portable ashtray, and puffed the smoke outside of the window.
「Well, the one week training period is too short for a seeker to get that much abilities, I’s even considering the option of refusing your request but…」
「Turned out the result is outside of your expectation, right?」
Aisha asked with a huge grin on her face.
「I can guarantee that the current Yuuma-kun can easily accomplish that request.」
「It’s decided!」
Aisha looked at Yuuma.
「Tomorrow, we’re going to dive into the 56th floor to get 20 bloody ore. Let’s set an additional goal to dive even further down if we have leeway to do so. Is that fine with you?」
「Understood!」
「Ain’t have any other choice but to do that eh!」
Aisha nodded in satisfaction hearing Yuuma and the president’s reply.
And then come, the next day――
The three of Yuuma, the president, and Aisha stood in the 56th floor of the 『Black Dungeon』.