Beep! Beeeep! Tweet! Tweet! Beep! Beep! Tweet! Tweet! “Yaaaaay! Are we all having fun today? What item will come out next? The show isn’t over yet! And heeere it is! Bum Bum Badabum Bang Bang Cha Cha Cha!”
Why do they have to make a whole show out of it?!
“And baaaam!” The drumroll stopped, and a large round ball came out of the illuminated box.
Plop! Roll. Roll. Roll. Click!
Fire Dragon’s Hair Decoration “R”
A hair decoration made out of a scale of a Fire Dragon.
It’s slightly resistant to fire.
Defense: 1
Magic Defense: 2
Slightly Resistant: Fire
“We did iiiiiit!” Fresa and I yelled together.
“See, you guys are alike,” Grida said.
Fresa took her new item and put it in her hair, flashing a mischievous smile. “Heh, I get the trick now! Last coin, let’s gooo!”
All riiiiight! Come on! Luck is on our side right now! We’ve got a chance, Fresa! Gooooo!
Clink!
The drumroll started. Look, Grida! Doesn’t the performance from the box sound a bit different this time?
“Really? It sounds the same to me.”
The drumroll ended with a “Baaaam!”
Spring Cheese “N”
Every time you try to eat it, it springs from your grasp. You’ll never get to eat the cheese.
More of a joke item than a food item.
Irritation: 8
“Aaaaaack!” Fresa cried.
Noooooooooo!
“Eh heh, you two are funny,” Grida giggled.
Damn it! Okay, last resort. Grida, put in the queen!
“Huh?”
Put the queen ant’s corpse in the box!
“Huh, are you sure?!”
Of course I am! We can’t turn back now!
“Turn back to where?”
I don’t know, but that’s not the point! Just roll with it!
“Hmmm, but will she get us a gold coin all on her own?”
Those five bodyguard ants got us one. Wouldn’t you think the queen herself would be at least as valuable?
“Okay, here I go!”
Ding! Clack. Clack. Clack. Clack. Clack. Clink!
“Wow, the number on the box is really going down fast! It’s all the way to zero now!” cried Grida.
A single ant only decreased it by one, but the queen made it go down to zero! Good, just as I’d thought!
“F-Furutsu, the box is glowing!”
Huh? What’s going on?
Grida and I heard a fanfare play. “A rare life-form has been confirmed. A bonus coin will be produced.” A gold coin with a completely different design appeared in front of Fresa.
“Huh? A coin with a blue rim?” she said.
“Fresa-san, this coin is clearly different from the ones we’ve been using,” Datil said. The coin let off a weird shine and was decorated with a blue trim.
Maybe it increases our chances of rolling a rare item?
“Heh heh heh! Okay! Here I go!” Fresa said, snatching the coin. She posed for a second, and then inserted the coin into the box.
Clink!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Baboom! Baboom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Huh? This isn’t the normal sound effect.
Boom! Boom! Baboom! Thud! “Hup!” Baboom! Thud! Thud! Boom! Clack! Clack!
Is this the sound of a taiko drum? This does not fit with our setting!
Tweet! Tweet! Tweet! Baboom! Baboom! Boom! Boom! Thud! Thud! Baboom! Boom!
Sounds like a whole festival in there.
“Uhhh, testing, testing, 1, 2, 3!” Squeaaaak! “Agh, shut up! Testing! Testing!” Squeaaaak!
Adjust your mic! Maybe take it off speakerphone or something!
“Uh, ahem! Everyone, this is the highlight of the Hoard Lottery! It’s now time for a special lottery with the bonus coin! The bonus coin this time is the blue coin. You will be guaranteed an SR or better!”
Yessss! I knew it!
“First, I’d like to give a huge thanks to the queen ant, who helped us create this bonus coin. Round of applause, everyone!”
Why does this sound like one of those small town festivals? You sound like the mayor or something.
“Now, let’s start the...” Squeaaaak!
Your mic! Adjust your mic!
“Hoard Lottery!”
Do you not care anymore?!
Poof! Fwooooosh!
Ah, sounds like fireworks. But why?
Fwooosh! Kaboom!
The sky’s filled with fireworks! Woohoo! What’s with these effects?!
“Fresa-san, something’s falling from the sky!” Datil said.
“Huh?!” Fresa cried. “That’s...”
No wait, we’re in a room! There isn’t a sky here!
A large ball fell from the night sky, shining bright from the fireworks.
Plop! Roll. Roll. Roll. Click!
The ball opened up. “Bum Bum Bum Baaam! Congratulations! You’ve won item number 12240055919, SR, Perkunas’s Mantle!”
A maroon cloak, huh? It has a hood though, so it’s more like a poncho to me. Looks like we get a manual for this too. Let’s see...
✦ ✦ ✦
Perukunas’s Mantle “SR”
Protects the user from all lightning attacks. If someone touches the user with malicious intent, a lightning bolt will strike them down, its power relative to the amount of malice.
Defense: 188/188
Magical Defense: 1024/1024
Slightly Resistant: Fire
Resistant: Cold
Nullify: Lightning
Counterattack: Lightning
“Yaaaaaay! Datil, look! We got a good one!” Fresa cheered.
It’s not as good as Loga’s Leather Armor, but it’s pretty good!
“Glad to hear. Wait, huh? What are you doing?!” Datil yelled.
“Huh? I thought I’d try it on...”
Are you an idiot? Don’t strip right here! Why do you move so quickly?
“Argh! That’s what I’m talking about! Don’t do that outside, you hear?!” Datil turned around, his face red.
“Huuuh? Of course I won’t! That’d be so embarrassing!”
Dear Fresa, I don’t understand what qualifies as embarrassing for you. Sincerely, me.