In the morning, the basement level of the Nihonium dungeon.
　I used Repetition to kill every zombie I encountered.

　I used my last lap spell (Repetition) to instantly kill the zombies I'd defeated so far, and collected the seeds I'd dropped in the pouch immediately.
　I was able to boost my abilities in about half the time it took me before.

　Just to be sure, I went out and checked on the Now Board.

---1/2---
Level: 1/1
HP SS
MP S
Power SS
Strength S
Intelligence F
Spirit F
Speed S
Dexterous F
Luck F
--------- ...

　The power was also up to SS properly.

　　　　　☆

　Arsenic Dungeon, first basement floor.
　As soon as I entered, I ran into Emily.

　When Emily found me, she looked surprised and came running in a hurry, carrying a hammer.

What is it?　It's rare for Yoda-san to come to a dungeon other than Nihonium before noon.
I'm getting stronger--

　I glanced around and answered without using the word SS.
　It's a secret among my friends that I can be an A or better, an S.

　The highest human ability in this world is an A. A is the best for both combat status and drop rate.
　I heard about it from Emily at first, and afterwards I confirmed it with various people, but it's a common sense that's too obvious to be wrong.

　I thought it was best not to tell anyone that I'm going up to S - now SS, so I decided to blur the subject in this normally adventurous Arsenic dungeon with adventurers.

　Most of the adventurers around me are using Emily's hammer, and I'm glancing at them as Emily runs towards me now that I've shown up.
　Most of them are fans of Emily and other adventurers like that.
　I can't say anything more careless than usual.

'You're up?　It's early, it usually takes me the whole morning.
The repetition and the porch helped me get up there faster than usual. I'm up there faster than usual. So I'm here to test the waters.
I see!

　Emily nodded widely and agreed.

　Arsenic Dungeon, a special dungeon in a way.
　The monsters in this dungeon are all rock-type monsters.
　They are extremely hard and the means of defeating them are limited, but because of that, they don't attack you from the other side at all.

　This is a hammer user's paradise, just like Emily's.

　Not only Emily, but other adventurers - men and women, young and old - are all power-hungry types, and they keep on splitting rocks here.
　It's the perfect place to test your strength.

''Can I follow Yoda-san in his test of strength?
Yeah, sure.
Thank you!

　Emily was as happy as a child who had been bought a toy.
　Although she is a child at 130 centimeters in height, the sight of her jumping around carrying a giant hammer would make even a grown man look very pale.

　I stood with Emily in front of a monster.
　A huge rock. It has a face in the middle, consisting of an eye and a mouth.
　It's the monster in Dantelok, Arsenic's underground level.

　Even though I stood right in front of it, it didn't attack me, so I picked my jaw and thought slowly.

'Well, what should I do?'
What do you want me to do?
I could do that before.

　After confirming that there were still danteloks around, he threw a random punch.
　The trajectory was like hitting a child with a genkotsu, but rather seriously.

　Crack. Dantelok cracked and dropped the dandelion.

'I can do it like this, so I'll have to change my methods a bit to see how much power I've gained.
I see. Can it be shattered?
Shattered?
Yes, sir!
...... Hmmm, let's give it a try.

　I picked my chin and thought for a moment, then headed to the next Dantelok with Emily.
　I still stood in front of Dantelok, who didn't move or attack, but only looked at me with a guillotine.
　I took one deep breath and then released a rush of punches.

　It's like something you've seen in a comic book, a star or a world, as I showered Dantelok with a rush of punches.
　There was a lot of waste and loss in the unfamiliar way, but the result was still twenty seconds of punching.

'It's amazing!　The rock is shattered. It's as if it's turned to sand.

　Emily is jumping up and down again.
　Just before Dante Rock turned into a drop item, it literally shattered in my rush.

'Hmmm, I don't really get it. It could have been done a long time ago if I'd said I could have done this too.
I'll ask.
I'm looking for something.
"So, yes, it's true. ......

　Emily crossed her arms and twisted her neck, too.
　I came here, but I couldn't figure it out now.
　I've always been an S and higher than any adventurer in this world, this time I'm an SS even higher than that. I guess it's hard to verify ...... I don't have a choice.

　I stood in front of the next Dante Rock with Emily, and I thought about it, sticking my cheek to it.

　It pettishly and twang.
　Good thing it's a monster that doesn't attack at all, I think as I tease it appropriately.

'What a squishy tomato!　How about crushing it?
It was onomatopoeic, too, and it ended up being a big deal-- tomatoes?
Yes?
...... Okay, that sounds good.
Are they tomatoes?
'No, not the tomatoes, but look at .......'

　I faced Dante Rock again.
　I put out my hands and grab both sides of Dante Rock.
　And then - I put some effort into it.

　While holding the sides, I put my two thumbs into the air in a way that pushes them in from directly above.
　Then - pekki.

　With a slight sound, the rock cracked in half.

''Wow!　They're like oranges now.
Yeah.

　As an excited Emily said, that was exactly what I did now, like peeling an orange.
　I put my thumb in the butt of the oranges and split one of the oranges, connected by a tuft and a cluster, into two hemispheres.
　That's what he did with the rock.

'That's the way I see it, Yoda, I hadn't thought of it.
I got the idea from Emily's tomatoes. Yeah, I don't know if I could do this before.

　I picked up the dropped dandelion and threw it into Emily's magic cart and stood in front of the next Dante Rock.
　In the same way, he cracked the dantelock in the same way he cracked the oranges.

''I cracked it again.''
'Yeah, I can feel the power lifted a little bit now. Thanks Emily.
'I didn't do anything, Mr. Yoda came up with something amazing on his own.

　Emily smiling.
　Suddenly, she clapped her hands with a look on her face as she thought of something.

'What's up?'
What about that one?
Huh?
Yes, sir, it's a steel slime.
...... Oh.

　　　　　★

　Terdungeon, 8th floor underground.
　The place I came to with Emily was crawling with metallic-bodied slime.

　This is ...... worth a try.
　The first time I defeated this guy, I finally managed to defeat him using metal fatigue, which was followed by freezing and flaming bullets.
　If we're going to test our strength, I'd say this is more than just a rock.

Then let's do it.
Fight!　It is!

　Emily's cheering sent me out to face a steel slime.

　It targeted me and flew at me.
　That's a lot of momentum, and a metal body.
　It's a pretty formidable monster that could do about as much damage as an iron ball if it was hit properly.

　I caught it, stopped it with my outstretched hand, and grabbed it tightly.

　I grabbed it back with both hands, grabbed the rampaging steel slime tightly, and pressed both thumbs against its head.

　--Pekin.

　With a light metallic sound, the steel slime is similarly split into oranges.

'That's great!　Yoda is amazing!

　As Emily cheered, I grabbed more steel slime that flew by and cracked it into a mandarin orange.
　Seeing the cracked metal body of the slime, I finally felt that my power had become SS.