I Reincarnated Into a Vending Machine Chapter 109

Published at 14th of July 2023 09:06:01 AM

All-Out War

“The enemies aren’t showing up, ne.”
 

Mikene tilted his head.

The two from the Big Eaters Brigade are in the front in order to search for signs of the enemy quickly, but there has been no opportunity to make use of their ability as of yet.

Their ears are flicking and noses are sniffing, but we have yet to encounter an enemy even once since we entered the center pathway.

“This, is it because our enemies also sensed us? This might get a tad troublesome.”

“Leader. Do you mean the enemy is gathering forces and lying in wait?”

“Well, we should probably think that way. If there ain’t even a single monster appearing here or there, doesn’t it mean that idea is right?”
 

Hearing Leader Keryoil and Vice-Leader Felmina’s conversation, the faces of the brigade members became – – not tense at all.
 

“Weaklings are weaklings even if they’re packed together, huh? You think so too, right White?”
 

“That’s right, Red. We’ll have Vice-Leader’s magic wipe them out in one go.”
 

“It’s fun when you can hit something just by pointing the arrow in the right direction and shooting -ssu.”
 

“I will be preoccupied with healing, so do your best, everyone.”
 

Rather than underestimating their opponents, this is probably their natural state. Since their allies are so reliable.
 

“Hakkon-shishou. Allow me to lead the way.”

Recently, Mishael seems to have evolved into a new ikemen disciple mode. Or rather, he’s been behaving as a disciple in his ikemen state, so even though I haven’t done anything, his impression of me has been rising arbitrarily.

If a well-known hunter with a good reputation reveres a vending machine as his master, that is sure to be eye-catching.

Well, the only worry would be that an outsider just sees it as Mishael paying his respects to a metal box and lower his reputation.
 

“It will be nice if we find the commander, ne. If we do, then we can end this without abandoning the Beginning Level’s community. Let’s do our best, Hakkon.”
 

“U n.”
 

Ramis is as energetic and lively as always. She doesn’t seem agitated at all.

In the past, just facing a single frogman-demon made her tense … … she’s grown.

I’ve been watching over her from her back this entire time, so I can’t help but be glad that her body and mind have grown suddenly. However I’m also a little sad, because it feels like one day she won’t need me anymore if she keeps growing like this.
 

“I don’t mind if you guys keep going at it all peaceful-like, but let’s go a bit further. Hang on, be quiet.”
 

At Leader’s warning, the conversations the chatting brigade members were having stopped immediately. With such serious expressions that you wouldn’t think they were the same people frolicking about just now, their atmospheres changed completely.

The speed with which they switchover like this might be part of the reason the Fools of Whimsy Brigade are called a top class hunter team.

We proceeded in an arc formation, but it’s downhill here too. The ground is bare rock and thus hard, without a single footprint left behind.

Glancing towards Hevoy, he’s making a slightly dissatisfied expression while watching the ground. This person is unshakeable.
 

“The enemies are lying in wait at the bend up ahead. Ah-, Mishael was able to detect their presence, na. Also, Mikene, Shote, can you tell how many there are from smell and sound?”
 

“The number of enemies? They’re too packed together that their presences are all mixed up … … it seems that it would be better to be prepared for at least a hundred.”
 

“The stench of green-demons is too much so I can’t tell by smell. Also, I can’t hear a single voice or chattering.”
 

“That’s right. Other than breathing, there’s no noise.”
 

“So that’s how it is. It seems like there isn’t anything at the corridor’s exit, but we have to consider that there are individuals that can hide their presences. Well then, it’s unlikely that we’ll get done in even if we charge straight ahead, so are Mishael and I enough for the front guard?”

“I have no problem with it.”

Despite the fact there are a hundred enemies at the least, Mishael and Leader aren’t the least bit timid.

The most nervous of all the members here seems to be Ramis … no, it’s me, huh?

I might have been unintentionally overthinking this and that and all sorts of things in order to ignore my nervousness. Alright, let’s calm down. I’ll concentrate so that I’ll have the awareness to erect in case the enemies come with a surprise attack.

I can’t do anything before my comrades go leaping forward…… but is there really nothing? Spreading kerosene will just be an obstacle to my companions who are going to plunge forward right now, so rejected.

It’s a hill with an incline so it’s possible to roll something down it, but releasing cans and bottles in this situation would just be a hindrance to my companions’ movements and have no effect on the enemies.

A method that’s effective on the enemies waiting ahead, that will harass monsters packed tightly together. It will be enough to slow the movements of our enemies and make it difficult to move. A method to make it difficult to move, huh?

Rank 2’s function list has something that seems like it may work here. Let’s change into this from the two times in my life that I’ve accompanied my friends to play pachinko.

Recently every pachinko machine has one installed next to it, but the one I went to in the past was a pretty old shop, so it was the type where you had to go over to get it yourself.

The top portion of the old, indigo blue body had ‘Automatic Ball Exchanger’ written in large red letters.

A little lower than dead center, there’s a projection that feels like the spout of a tea kettle that’s been blunted; that’s where you place the box the balls will go into, and if you push up, it’s designed so the balls will flow out.

“Eh, Hakkon, what are you doing?”

It seems that Ramis noticed since my weight changed. Everyone gathered around me, that’s smaller with a more retro feeling, staring at me curiously.

“It’s another strange form, na. What is it?”

“There’s definitely going to be some delicious snacks or food coming out from here -ssu.”

The two from the Big Eaters Brigade also reacted to Shui’s wishes. You’re correct that stuff comes out from there, but unfortunately, it’s not food.

“Get ‘er aw ay.”

I actually want to say, ‘back up’ or ‘separate from there’, but Ramis’ dialect is in use, so the meaning will still make sense.

It seems like they understood properly, and everyone backed away from me.

It’s doable with this steep of a hill, I suppose. If I release the pachinko balls in one go, they’ll roll down the slope with a lot of force. The point conversion to balls is unusually cheap, so how about sending a thousand or so rolling down?

“Hakkon-shishou, what are these metal balls!?”

I’m not sure how to explain it. It’s not just Mishael, it seems everyone has that question, and their faces come closer.

“mo ve”

“fa ll down”
 

Ah, they have furrows between their brows. So that didn’t communicate well, huh?

“Um, if they move the balls will get in their way and they’ll fall down?”

“Co rr ect”

Completely correct, Ramis. You get a First Grade Rank in the Hakkon Interpretation Test.

“There’s monsters screaming from the clearing, weird yells and the sounds of falling.”

Mikene’s ears can hear the chaos in the clearing. So my prediction went well, I guess.

“Alright, Hakkon set the table. We should go ahead too.”

“Roger!”

Returning to the original vending machine, I let Ramis lift me on her back again. Sorry for this, every time.

Confirming that there weren’t any pachinko balls underfoot, everyone sprinted down the corridor and leapt out into the clearing.

In it was a space that could fit a baseball stadium with ease, the ground the same hard stone as the corridor. If it was sand or soil the pachinko balls would have probably stopped immediately, but surprisingly, they’d rolled far away, and I didn’t see a single one near the entrance.

As expected, there were several dozen green-demons lying nearby in wait, but they either got tripped up on the pachinko balls, were too wary of the unknown balls and were desperately clearing away the pachinko balls with the clubs in their hands.

“Brilliantly done, Hakkon.”

Seeing Leader and the others rushing in to attack the monsters that were distracted by worrying about the pachinko balls under their feet, I erased the pachinko balls nearby. It won’t be cool if my companions fell with this.

The fallen enemies were mercilessly pierced through with Shui’s arrows and Vice-Leader Felmina’s magic, defeated without any resistance.

The enemies near the entrance were wiped out in the blink of an eye, but the problem starts from here.

There is a herd of monsters covering over half the clearing. You can tell there are well over a hundred without even counting.

It wasn’t just green demons and big-green demons, there were even bigger green demons and those with bow and arrow in hand, as well as staffs like Vice-leader carries.
 

“They’re really here. Bow-green demons, general-green demons, and magic-green demons are all lined up.”

Leader looked with a bitter expression, ruminating over the names of the monsters.

Since this level’s monsters are mostly green demons, it seems like other monsters are also part of the green demon species. It’s a little uncomfortable calling them by different names just because they use a bow or magic.

However, the general-green demon is similar to the king-frogman demon on Clear Lake Level, so they’re the opponents to watch out for, aside from the Level Ruler. And just within my scope of vision, I can see five of them.

“But with this lineup, it seems there’s no doubt there’s a commander.”
 

At Leader’s confident mutter, everyone nodded in sync.

Just by the numbers, it will be a frantic battle. I’ll have to be aware of Ramis of course, but also the movements of the Fools of Whimsy and Big Eaters Brigade, as well as Mishael, so that I can lend a hand in a dangerous instance.

Chapter end