Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon

On the outside, a rectangular steel box.

Hidden within is a human soul!

In a world of wonder, I go to and fro on the back of my partner Lammis!

Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon

I am Boxxo! Hello there!

That means "yes"!

Leave this to me.

Was Hevee's strength that superhuman?

I knew he had Blessing of Might, but I guess he's been holding back quite a bit.

Whatever happened to him being against telling lies?

A-Are you some monster?

Is a clergyman supposed to murder people?!

I am a mere human before I'm a clergyman.

I-I'm sorry!

I'll stop being bad!

S-So just spare my life!

The gods say, death is serene, and it comes to everyone impartially.

But there is one point on which I beg to differ.

W-Wait!

I'll pay you any amount!

Death must not be impartial when it comes to scumbags.

And all the women you want, so—

Don't think you can make such a fool of me and get away with it!

You guys are finished.

Blizzard in the Desert

This must be the stratum lord!

The ogre stratum lord said to dwell on the top floor of the Desert Pillar?

You're all finished.

Now wake up, Dual Ogre!

Mealtime?

Mealtime.

Feel free to eat them, monster.

Hey! Stop!

I'm your—

I will not yield my prey.

Hey you!

Don't steal from us!

Right back at you. I staked my claim on him first.

F-ight t-igh-m.

Yeah!

I'll deal with him!

Be careful!

I promised you I'd help!

I appreciate it.

Let's hurry up and take down this monster!

With Master Boxxo and everyone here, we won't have any problem!

Meat! Meat! Can we eat?

I want the thighs and entrails!

Time for this stratum's final showdown!

You underestimate humans too—

No way! Run, everybo—

Uh-oh! Barrier time!

Points decreased by 2,222.

Huh?!

When I only lost a thousand points when that monstrous Eight-Legged Crocodile rammed me?!

You won't smash us.

Why didn't that take it down?!

Too bad. Too bad. Too bad.

If those attacks keep hitting me, I'll be scrap in no time!

This is beyond us. Let us retreat!

Not a good plan!

Come to think of it, this is the first time we've fought a stratum lord head-on!

Until now, we've exploited their weak points!

And being under the Netherlord's command might have made them weaker than usual!

Form change!

This way!

Let's split!

Don't run away!

As if that would make anyone stop running!

Hey, Boxxo! There's a lot of loud noise behind us!

You might win an extra item!

Damn! What should I do?!

Think! Water, ice, flames...

Lots of food!

Meat! Meat!

Wha?

I-It's eating monsters!

Oh, I get it. They're really hungry.

Their empty stomach must outweigh their anger!

In that case!

Umai Barbecue Sauce

I'll give 'em my personal fave, authentic barbecue sauce!

Umai Barbecue Sauce

What's that?

It smells yummy!

It is good!

That's the authentic stuff for you!

This should buy us a little time!

Sorry. I should have told you more about the stratum lord in advance.

What are we supposed to do against an opponent like that?

Normally, I'd respond with a carefree, "Hello there," but I don't know either.

I was a burden instead of being useful.

I'm sorry, Master Boxxo.

And I became angrier than I should have.

I apologize for exposing everyone to danger.

T-igh-m to p-l-a-n.

He's right. Apologizing to one another will not improve the situation.

Let us think on what to do about that ogre.

We have two options.

We run away from here, or we defeat it.

It's too strong an opponent.

I think we should consider running.

Are you sure? We left Tashtay behind.

Chances are, he's already dead, or the Dual Ogre will eat him.

Even that skull ring didn't have it under control.

The ring can only handle simple commands.

When it comes to a stratum lord,

signaling it to attack is probably the most one can hope for.

Tashtay's skull ring.

The Dual Ogre wouldn't take command if it ate that, would it?

I'm sure that's...

not necessarily impossible.

In that case, the stratum lord would suddenly be in control of some monsters.

If it were to go attack the village...

I guess maybe we'd best take it down here and now.

What do you think, Master Boxxo?

Would you mind not leaving a decision like that up to me, Mishuel?

Um, guys, exactly what are you hoping for from a vending machine?

But I guess I can't talk like that!

O-er-s a-b-i-l-i-t-ease.

You want information first, huh?

It has two heads.

The right is male, the left, female.

They seem to disagree on things sometimes, but they basically get along.

Its body is harder than steel, and you've seen its power.

It probably tops even Lammis, in terms of raw strength.

My attacks are one thing,

but can't attacks by Mishuel and Lammis penetrate something as strong as steel?

Let's also discuss the Dual Ogre's blessings.

I think you'll agree it has Blessing of Might?

Yeah, that power was off the charts.

And the problematic one is Hardening.

That makes it way tougher all around.

That would be why my attack didn't work.

Blessing of Might and Hardening.

It's simple, but that's what makes it so unmanageable.

We maybe could have worked something out, if the captain were here.

Yes, the Blessing of Eye-Breach.

No use wishing for what we don't have.

We'll have to work with what we've got.

True.

Also...

I hear it's a big eater and a heavy drinker.

Huh, that sounds a lot like Japanese ogres.

There are old tales about attacking them after you get them drunk.

Drunk? Alcohol!

I can offer it limitless alcohol!

Okay!

Ogre Killer

Ogre Killer

Bakufu Dance

This is...

booze?

There's so much of it.

Do we get that thing to drink this?

How?

Good point.

Maybe they'll drink if a pretty girl pours for them.

We have no idea what an ogre would find beautiful.

Hmm, what if it were a pretty ogre?

Where would we find one?

Can it be an ogre hallucination?

I've had several encounters with ogres, so it's not out of the question.

I don't know how to speak their language, though.

I can teach you a smattering, at least.

I don't know if it'll work or not, but we might as well try.

Hello there.

Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon

Boxxo.

A rock ogre monster.

But it's actually Hevee, with an illusion cast on him.

And on his back is myself, transformed into a children's vending machine.

Thirty 2L plastic bottles.

All the water inside's been replaced with various alcoholic drinks.

Well, here goes.

If you decide it's dangerous, come right back.

Please be careful.

Who're you?

What's a rock ogre doing here?

That's ogre-speak we learned from Hulemy.

It's an affirmation.

What's that?

Water?

Now, get rid of the strings and caps!

This scent!

It's booze?

It's true, they do like to drink!

But it wouldn't hurt to slow down!

Gimme this one, too!

That's good!

I've never had a drink that tastes like this!

More! More!

I was just feeling thirsty, too!

What a thoughtful rock ogre.

Is there enough?!

But those two last bottles are the strongest!

I feel nice and sleepy.

What a waste. Let's drink more.

It worked!

Looks like a drunk ogre isn't going to wake up easily.