I Reincarnated Into a Vending Machine

Jidou Hanbaiki ni Umarekawatta ore wa Meikyuu o Samayou
Author: Hiru k.u.ma
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With Mishael as the vanguard, a little distance behind him is me being carried by Ramis, the two of us. And there"s also Mikene with us. The rest of the Big Eaters Brigade and Hyurumi are left to keep watch over the boar-wagon.

I can"t tell you what will be waiting for us in the end, but when I see the faces that have become grim, even an idiot can tell that it"s not some trifling opponent that"s waiting.

"Hakkon, when it comes to that, I"m counting on you."

"Welcome"

Actually, I also wanted to leave Ramis behind, but there"s no way that Mishael can carry me off, na. Since it"s become like this I"ll at least protect her with all of my strength, but exactly what kind of opponent is lying in wait for us?

"Ramis. The number of men are five. As expected, it seems they"re aiming for Mishael."

With his nose and ears twitching, Mikene made that a.s.sertion. So when the distance became closer, he can tell with just smell, huh? Even though the opponents forms are seen clearly through this kind of method, to be able to accurately confirm the number of people is difficult.

"The three in front are considerably skilled. The remaining two are magic, probably something like a four-elements, Divine Blessing user, I"d imagine."

Mishael"s expression and tone have become manly. It"s like a switch got flipped.

"Could it be that Mishael is reading their auras?"

"Yes, although it"s only a little bit."

Being able to read auras seems like it comes in handy. Although it can"t match up to the usefulness of me who is a vending machine. It would be funny if he had Divine Blessings and functions as well as the ability to detect auras, though.

Right then, the problem starts from here. Mikene has also been told the effectiveness of so I think he won"t go too far away from me, but in case it happens I bet he"ll manage since his escape speed is fast.

It"s just, I don"t think Mishael will obediently let himself be protected by me. He seems to be holding a serious secret, but it might be revealed in this time"s incident.

In front of the party that proceeded with firm steps, five men"s forms appeared.

One has a knife wound on his cheek, wrapped up in an atmosphere of an obviously long-serving soldier. That"s very leader-ish, na. Three are clad in heavy armor that"s steel blue, full-body armor with a s.h.i.+eld and mace.

The other two are carrying two-handed staffs with large, crystal-like stones stuck to their tips, wearing hoods covering their eyes with a stereotypical magic user feel to them.

The three vanguards" equipment is a getup that I didn"t catch sight of in Seiryu Lake. There"s the fact that it was a level with high humidity so it wouldn"t suit metal armor, but there aren"t many hunters that would use a mace as their main weapon; yet unusually, all three of these vanguards have maces.

"Mishael-sama, isn"t it? I have come forth for your life."

"As I thought, that is how it is. Whose men are you?"

"You should be aware of it even without me saying so."

"That isn"t false."

Although it might be imprudent of me, this conversation has quite the mood. It"s like watching a period-drama. However, my true feelings are that, rather than me figuring it out from observing on the side, I"d like a detailed explanation.

"By the way, is that beastman and … girl your comrades?"

Although it was only a moment, the eyes of the warrior with the knife scar stopped on me. Unable to understand it he immediately made a decision to stop thinking about it.

"They aren"t my comrades. They have only taken the same commission together with me. I don"t mind if you"re aiming for me, but I will not forgive you if you lay a hand on these two people and box."

Was that calculated? At Mishael"s declaration, Ramis" expression softened. Delighted that I was included as well, I bet.

"I see. If you will obediently offer your head for us to take, we shall swear not to touch them."

It"s a rottenly suspicious statement from the bottom of his heart. I have never seen a precedent where someone who said he won"t lay a hand on someone didn"t lay a hand on him. Once Mishael"s in their hands, not wanting the news to be leaked out they"ll kill the witnesses too; it"s the cliche of all cliches.

"And if I believe that?"

"You"re free to make whatever conclusion you wish. Now then, Mishael-sama, what will you do?"

"I"ve made up my mind. You also won"t harm the girls if I defeat you b.a.s.t.a.r.ds!"

He"s the perfect Hero-sama alright. It"s because his appearance is good that he looks like that. If it was a statement made by a vending machine, you"d laugh through your nose and that"s it.

Well, I should probably stop having fun being an onlooker here. I have to concentrate so I can deploy whenever I have to.

"How splendid of you. Harboring such n.o.ble feelings in your chest, why don"t you die a n.o.ble death in the wastelands?"

The opponents entered their battle stances. Having taken his strength with my body, I know of Mishael"s destructive power, but even if you say his attack power towers above the rest, whether or not he can win in personal battle is something else entirely.

If it"s Ramis" destructive power, although it can overwhelm Leader Keryoil, if there was a time they had to go at it, it would be a simple matter to keep her strength sealed up. With Leader saying something like, "It"s the first battle I had to counter strength completely with technique," I bet.

These guys are troublesome too, but the biggest problem is with the two magic-user-like people who pulled back to the rear. It"s common sense in games that swordsmen are weak to magic-users, but I wonder if that applies to this other world as well?

Whichever the case, I don"t have any obligations to obediently wait like this.

I form change in the . The instant she saw this form the lightbulb went off in her head, and Ramis, while carrying me, grabbed hold of the nozzle.

Since she had a lot of practice on how to use it with the Flaming Rook Head Demons, she won"t have any trouble handling it. Readying it at her waist, she set her finger on the lever.

"Mishael, leave your back to me!"

Ramis jumped in without waiting for the other"s reply. Mikene also followed along, fl.u.s.tered. Surprise attacks are scary, so I"ve already setup .

"What is with that blue? You guys, clean them up first."

The two magic-user like guys pointed their staffs here. Right now, I just thought of it, but… will it block even magic? It doesn"t just block physical attacks but also fire and heat so I think it should be okay. E, will it be okay!?

Without a care for me who"s inner thoughts were like that, from the tips of the staffs, fireb.a.l.l.s and rock pebbles came to attack us like rain blown sideways.

Ramis, with complete trust in me, thrusts her head into the downpour of fire and rocks. They crashed into "s semitransparent walls, but every single one of them was reflected without being permitted to penetrate through.

Alright, looks like magic-ish stuff is also blocked. Ramis, it"s fine to go as wild as you want.

The enemies are terrified as Ramis, with the steel box that is me upon her back, thrusts towards them with something like magic that is not magic. They retreat in a state as if their legs are going to give out.

"Commence the hosing!"

When the distance had been reduced to 3 meters, high-pressured water sprays out from the tip of the nozzle.

"What is this, a Divine Blessing that manipulates water-!?"

It"s not with enough force that it would do anything other than hurt a bit when hit, but obstructing their vision and getting in the way is more than enough. Furthermore, I switched it from water to the carwash"s shampoo mode. In place of water, bubbles sprayed out, covering our opponents" bodies.

"Buwa-, wh,what the, I can"t see! My eyes-!"

Well yeah, it hurts when detergent gets in your eyes. They"re trying to act violently while covered in bubbles, but aside from the fact that the soaked robes sticking to their bodies makes it hard to move, the detergents make their bodies slip splendidly and they fall.

"A, it looks kind of fun!"

It doesn"t look like anything but a water gun one-sidedly trampling the opponents, but I guess it could be fun. Mikene is enviously watching you, you know.

The opponents also try to counterattack, but blocks all of, so it"s one-sided trampling - or like, isn"t this bullying?

"What have you done, you b.a.s.t.a.r.ds!"

The one yelling at me is the leader-ish man with the knife scare, huh? Even though the situation over there is three versus one, Mishael is enduring his opponents" attacks. Even to an amateur"s eyes the attackers" movements have finesse; you can also see the cleverness of their sword techniques.

Even though they"re getting impatient as things aren"t going their way, knowing that the rear-guard"s movements have been sealed they get more fl.u.s.tered and it disturbs their movements.

This time I"m was.h.i.+ng off the bubbles with Rinse Mode, but it mixes with the sand and so they fall with mud-smeared appearances. Even though they weren"t hit with a direct blow, their breathing has become faint.

Mikene darts amongst the opponents that have been reduced to this state, wrapping their hands together skillfully with rope. And that"s not all; he wraps cloth around their mouths and eyes as well.

"If you can"t see you can"t activate magic or Divine Blessings the way you want to, ne. There"s also Divine Blessings that require words to activate, and it interferes with contacting their comrades."

Mikene seems used to dealing with these types of opponents, so he quite skillfully rendered them powerless.

"Mishael! We"ve defeated these ones!"

Ramis yelled the information over, disrupting the enemies" concentration; they"re movements become clearly distracted. Mishael doesn"t overlook this gap and, when he swings his greatsword three times, at that instant they collapse and fall to their knees on the ground.

"Thank you very much. If you hadn"t lent a hand, it might have gotten dangerous. I am grateful."

To Mishael, who bowed his head deeply, Ramis responded lightly with, "It"s fine-, it"s fine-."Mikene walked over to the three people who were cut down with rope in hand; he examined their pulses and pupils but shook his head.

Killed, huh? The opponents came to kill so, in self-defense, it was the obvious action to take. Even though I can understand that with my head, that my heart is disturbed even a little is proof that I have come from living in peaceful j.a.pan.

"The two over there have been made powerless, haven"t they? So they can be questioned… you"ve aided me greatly."

There was no warmth from the pupils of his eyes; a cold light dwelt in them.

I hadn"t felt anything when Ramis killed monsters, but to him only I feel a little fear; I"m too egotistic. This is another world; if just this much disturbs me I won"t be able to survive.

Thanks to my lifestyle in Seiryu Lake being too comfortable, my outlook might have become too naive. Here, once again, I might have to harden my heart.

I have bought a new keyboard for faster typing with everyone"s generosity.