442. New power




 I make my way down the Nifonium dungeon smoothly.

 The latter half of the monster has a special way of defeating it, but I've already conquered it and I know how to defeat it all.
 I followed it up with restraining bullets and accelerated bullets so that Yuki could take it down.

 Every time I beat one of them, Yuki's costume and abilities increase by one type.
 And then the ninth floor of Nihonium's basement.

 The last dragon zombie was made to be defeated by Yuki after pouring a time drop on it.

 After defeating it, Yuki stared at her palm.
 It's a reaction that hadn't been seen on the eighth level so far.

''What's going on?''
'Well, it didn't change anything. Did I do something wrong?
Didn't change anything?
'Yes, when I've defeated monsters before, I get a fanfare in my head that says, 'Oh, here comes a new power.'

 It's like a level-up sound.

That wasn't there just this time.
'That's odd. Are you sure it's not increasing?
Yes, there are nine kinds.
'Well, ...... hmm? Nine kinds?
Yes, nine kinds.
...... What was it like to be the first, unique monster?
Wait a minute.

 Yuki said, and then changed his form, once via his slime form.

'Here it is,'
I think he has the ability to go to ......
S is the lucky one.

 Yuki answered without using the portable now board.

 'I've checked my abilities once, I seem to have a good grasp of them.

''I get it. It was my luck that I was the last one to raise it.''

 It reminds me of something that happened a while ago, shortly before I actually met Nihonium.

 I defeated a dragon zombie and got an E for luck.
 So I got to the front of the genie's room and found out that I couldn't proceed to the next one unless I had all abilities SS.

 Everything else was already SS, and I gave my last luck in the Dragon Zombie lap.

 And the first ability I got when Yuki turned into a unique monster was luck.

 It coincides with the ability I got from killing monsters with Nifonium and the last ability I gave him when he turned into a unique monster with my wave motion.
 It can't be a coincidence, can it?

 Well, whatever it is.

I guess that means we now have nine different ones.
Really?
I think so.
'I see. ......'

 Yuki smiled slightly happily.

'Well, if that's the case, we don't need to be here anymore. Let's go back.
Yes, sir.

 We turned back.
 Since I didn't need Yuki to take it down already, I decided to take down the monster on the way home.
 I'll take it to the ground floor where the transfer gate is.

 I met a dragon zombie right away, the count is 99, but I defeated it quickly with a repetition.

'Ah.'

 The missing dragon zombie, a staircase leading to the bottom appears.
 Seeing this, Yuki wondered.

''Wasn't this dungeon up to the ninth floor?''
'Normally, yes. Down here is the path that leads to the spirit chamber, and it's an exception.
So it is.
......
What are you doing here, Dad?
Let's go down there.
'......? Yes.

 Yuki is curious, but doesn't argue with me.
 Yuki and Vanadium hold hands and go down the stairs together.

 A strange room that is both nostalgic and eerie.

 A five-meter square cube, a block of pulsating, rotting flesh.

 The creepy objects were there, completely unchanged from before.

'What is this?'
Aren't you scared?

 Somehow I heard it.

'Yes. 'Because you feel the same way as I do.'
I see.

 My sense is that this is a frightening and creepy object, but from Yuki, the Unique Monster (、、、、、), it's not like that because it's a kindred spirit.

 Vanadium, a spirit, is also poking at the pulsating, vascular-like area rather amusingly.

'So, what are you going to do about it, Dad?
Here's the Now Board. Let's check it out.
I understand.

 As I did in the past, Yuki used the Now Board to measure his abilities.
 But nothing happened.

'I'll have to do it?'

 I mumbled that and used the Now board to measure my abilities.

 After the combat surface shows all SS, the mass melts down and a monster is revealed.

 A dragon zombie on the count of 9.

'Here it is. Hang a time drop on it, try to take it down.
I understand.

 Just like I did on the upper floor earlier, I multiplied the drops of time and had Yuki defeat the dragon zombies.
 Then a three-necked dog with an "8" count appears this time.

 It's the same as when I went to meet Nihonium.

 I wanted to give Yuki a shot at this as a dungeon attack.
 Unlike me, Yuki has no magic or guns.

"Same as before, I'll split his head in half.
Yes!

 Instead, I can make my power an S so I can stop it and take it down.

 I fire a tracking round and hit myself with a W-acceleration round to stop time.
 Just before the tracking rounds hit, I fire the rounds themselves and part the other two heads even further.

 The heads are blown off with a single blow.

 He knocks them down one after another.

 Count 7, Electric Mummy.
 Count 6, Poison Zombie.
 Count 5, Red Skeleton.
 Count 4, Special Mummy.
 Count 3, Mummy.
 Count 2, Zombie.
 Count one, skeletons.

 When they were all defeated - the entrance did not appear.
 Yuki's body blurred and glowed faintly for a moment, but that was it.
 The stairs did not appear.

 No, not the stairs, for now.
 The important thing is--.

What do you think? Do you have new powers?
Well, there's no ......
No?
Yes ......

 Yuki looks up at me in disappointment.

 Did I do something wrong? Or do you have to devise something to move it by Yuki's measurements or is it nothing?

 With that in mind, I somehow measure my abilities again.

HP-SS.
MP-SS
Power--SSS
Strength-SS
Intelligence-SS
Spirit-SS
Speed-SS
Dexterous-SS
Luck--SS

What?

 The hunk of meat was still intact, but I couldn't believe my eyes at the status on display.