Vorpal Rabbit and Fortress Uncle

Episode 167 "The Last Machine"

"I see. You've made something strange again..."

Letty, sitting on the floor looking down at me with a sharp glance, relieved her expression when she explained the details of the DAF.

"It was pretty good, wasn't it?

"I didn't praise you."

"Ugh, yes...."

When I show my face that you forgave me a little, my expression returns to its original state immediately.

Repair your legs and extend your posture.

"But are there many simultaneous drone operations? It's easy to say with your mouth, but isn't it hard to actually try?

Astra opened her mouth when she was listening.

Nimma, who was next door, also nodded to his opinion as a person who was familiar with [machine operation] skills.

"Well, that's tough. But it's mostly sequence-controlled, and this time, it barely moved except for the Sniper."

Only three Snipers managed to defeat the big pig.

It did not move violently from the spot, but only set the target and pulled the trigger based on the information from [Observer].

"Hey, Reggie, can I have a look at the drone program source?

Nimma, who was tingling because her curiosity couldn't be suppressed, stepped forward and said.

The program source literally describes a program to control the behavior of a drone.

Programs can be purchased in a general purpose plugin such as the NPC shop, but they can also be filled in by themselves to operate specialized machines.

The capacity of the program source that can be written to each machine is determined, and the amount that can be handled is proportional to the skill level.

"It's fine. Come on."

I will take out the data cartridge with the program source of the [Sniper] and give it to you.

As soon as Nilma receives it gently, she uses the technique called "Information Browsing Source Inspection".

Then a blue background window appeared in front of him, showing all the behavior of the "Sniper" in white letters.

"This is...."

At a glance at the program source, Nirma said nothing.

Astra, who had no mechanical skills other than his, leaned his neck so that he did not know what his reaction meant.

"No, why is Letty unresponsive?"

But even Letty, who was supposed to have worked on the Machine Operation skill before me, didn't seem to have moved in particular, so I accidentally put in a penetration.

"Because Letty only uses calves. In fact, you don't even remember" Information Disclosure. "

"Yeah... They only used mechanical cows in their default state."

In astonishment, she sharpens her lips slightly.

"I mean, for Letty, it's convenient enough just for the calves."

"More than that, Reggie! This...."

Nilma sneaks in, blocking Letty's words.

I stumbled back and pushed his shoulder forward.

But he keeps on talking without care.

"This isn't going to work on its own."

"Oh, you got it."

I answered Nilma's point by nodding honestly.

Brilliantly correctly, he scratched his soft chestnut hair with an expression that pushed regret forward rather than joy.

"You understand, don't you? Who the hell do you think I am? - May I see the source of the Observer and the Guardian?

Oh, that's good.

Hand over two additional data cartridges.

Nilma opens three windows and reads them at a fierce speed.

He immediately raised his face and turned his gentle gaze towards me.

"One more thing. ― ― And the leader.

"Did you get a name?"

Surprised at his unusual deciphering speed, I offer the last cartridge.

After reading the sauce, Nimma finally regained her calm and had a faint smile on her mouth.

"... I've thought about it."

Well, thank you. It was easy to say, so it took a lot of time to implement. "

It was about time for the discontent around the abandoned area to explode.

Reading the air, Nilma answers.

"You've distributed computing power across four types of machines, improving your overall capabilities. For the three drones - (...) move (...) the armor (...) or (...) the (...) p (...) b (...) g (...) la (...) m (...) or (...) recorded (...) y (...).

Everything else was just being processed by the "leader" of a stationary machine (asset) specializing only in the capacity of the data cartridge. "

Nirma's commentary is held in silence by the surroundings.

Letty and the others tilted their necks and raised a question mark over their heads.

"Er, is that...?

"All three drone heads on the battlefield were in this hut. That's why the drone had plenty of room to equip itself against the boss."

As I say, I'll take out the leader I just cleaned up and put him on the floor.

"Asset Installation"

Together with the activation of the technique, it was a black metal enclosure that appeared on the floor.

There are three giant monoliths on my back that squeeze through a narrow hut.

I knew it would be this big.

"Baltazar oversees the coordination functions of Merchior equipped with reception equipment, Caspar equipped with transmission equipment, and three machines. When I packed the arithmetic function, it became such a figure and weight.

Thanks to this, we need to cut down on the amount of building materials and cut our luggage before we can carry them around properly. "

We have to control the movement of at least 15 drones, and even if we eliminate all physical equipment and specialize in compute processing functions, the size has grown.

In theory, these three machines can move up to a maximum of 30 DAFs in hexagonal configuration.

"< Machine operation >, < Trap > and < Camp >... Is that a combination of three skills?"

"Well, if you take a step back, it will be. In fact, by simply using" Machine Assembly "," Asset Installation "and" Machine Operation ", the skill is only in the drone operation requirements."

"Ugh, it's complicated and I don't even know what to say...."

Luna, who was sitting on the sofa and listening, turned her eyes.

The neighboring tart also smiled bitterly as he didn't know much about this side.

"Even though running costs and initial costs require huge bits, I wanted to hire a boss who can seal it off by himself because of the overwhelming benefits...."

Nimma said with a difficult face.

"Make your Machine Operation, Trap, and Camp skills level 70 or higher, weigh 600 points or more, have enough tents to put three, and run them if you're sane enough to keep dozens of k bits melting at a time."

"It's not impossible to align them, but the operation difficulty is a bit different. It's like switching between three different games in a genre, one controller at the same time, instantly."

Nirma said that she was fed up with reading the source and understood the actual feeling of operation.

"I'm not that clever. In the first place, why play in the game?"

"It's like a mini-game. This is gonna be fun."

"In the meantime, I hope you don't mind. There are a few people who would like to try it if they put the information on the bulletin board.

I don't think anyone with such a crazy mind would do that, but he has everything he wants to say with the inventor of DAF in front of him.

In fact, I can't operate properly unless I concentrate on the level where my head hurts, so I can't continue for that long.

The DAF is just a collection of men's dreams packed with romance.

"Hmm. Dozens of k-bits per shot, huh?"

Gow, the cold air whirled into the room.

I screamed little by little in the back of my throat, shaking my face towards her.

"After all, I need to hear more about it....."

Hieh

It was when Letty slowly approached me, hunted by the wall, and his fingertips tried to touch his neck.

"Commander, everyone! Amatumara is here!

Eyes rushing through the door pointed out and shouted.

The snow burst out of the hut in a hurry.

Aiming for the projected location of the marker, a ray of light was coming from the sky.