My Refrigerator Turned Into A Dungeon

AtlatlAll the sprouted plant-type monsters have been successfully tamed by the old man.This means five red vampire ginsengs and one apple spirit have become his tamed mon

Atlatl

All the sprouted plant-type monsters have been successfully tamed by the old man.

This means five red vampire ginsengs and one apple spirit have become his tamed monsters. It feels a little regrettable, but well, I think this is fine as it is.

We can’t stay here forever, and it’d be worrying if only Tarou, the dungeon-ability dog, was protecting the old man. So if the apple spirits can also guard him, that’s a relief. Even if they’ve just sprouted, they were originally ace-class and boss-class monsters—once they grow, goblins will be nothing to them.

Besides, even if we tamed them, they’d just end up feeling cramped.

In that case, it’s better for them to grow freely under the sunlight in this lush place. After all, Serai-san’s grandpa is a pro at raising such crops. I’m sure he’ll take good care of them.

…

And today, we’re patrolling the basin in a light van.

We’re checking houses and fields left empty due to evacuation, making sure monsters haven’t wrecked them. Oh, and we unloaded the heavy pelts we had in the car earlier.

"Got it."

But when we pulled over and checked, the mountain goblin was already gone.

"Huh…? I definitely saw it, though?"

"Yeah, I’m not doubting you. Goblins adapted to mountain life probably move fast."

"True. Oh, there’s something on that slope too. Is that also a goblin?"

"Oh, yeah. About five of them…?"

On a different mountain slope from where Serai-san spotted the goblin, Nina-san found some wandering goblins.

"Hmm, but they’re far. Over 100 meters, I’d guess… Egetsu-san, can’t you make a gun or something with your salt skills??"

"Whoa, don’t ask for the impossible, Serai-san…"

Yeah, I could maybe make a kickboard, but a gun’s pushing it.

I could mimic the look of a revolver, but I have no clue how the cylinder rotates after pulling the trigger. So blowback-style pistols? Even more clueless.

Dreamy as it sounds, how do magic or skills that let you create anything just by imagining it even work?

I mean, you can conjure stuff beyond your own knowledge or understanding just from a vague idea, right? Even professional engineers have to draft blueprints and calculate load-bearing specs when making something.

Take guns—you need not just gunpowder but also high-strength, ultra-precise metal parts.

If anything goes and you can just whip stuff up, I’d make a beam rifle that can sink a spaceship in one shot.

Yeah, and it’d have to go DeoDeoDeo… while charging before going Bohiiiiin!!

But if all that info gets dumped into the user’s brain via some skill… that’s kinda terrifying.

I mean, who’s even handling all those tedious updates and patches?

So if you rely too much on shady skills like that, you might get infected by a virus hidden in the data, brainwashed without realizing it, and turned into a perfect human weapon.

That’s what happens when stuff pops into your head beyond your own knowledge, y’know?

"What’s wrong, Egetsu-san? You’re making a serious face."

Whoops, if I keep thinking like this, that yokai-like granny will say my back’s covered in soot again. Alright, time to switch gears and show off my own long-range attack.

"Ah, it’s nothing. Watch—I’ll show you an attack that can reach even from this distance."

"Ehhh!? You have an attack that can hit from this far!?"

What’s with that over-the-top infomercial reaction, Serai-san?

Ahem. "Well, just watch. …Skill [Salt]—Generate! Cluster Salt Javelin & Salt Atlatl!"

Let me explain. The Cluster Salt Javelin is a nearly 2-meter throwing spear with five grooves, each holding another spear—so one throw equals six attacks.

And the atlatl? It’s a tool that extends throwing range.

Imagine a plastic shoehorn or a back scratcher. You hook the spear’s base onto the notch and throw, using leverage and centrifugal force to boost distance.

Admittedly, it’s a pretty niche item.

But even the Aztec god Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli used it to hurl spears at the sun god Tonatiuh—a weapon with divine pedigree.

"Alright, here goes… Hngh!!"

I throw the spear with all my strength, and the wind howls as it spirals.

My current strength is 668. Yeah, call it seventy times human power. The spear flies straight, and before impact, the five mounted spears break free from their mucus bindings, spreading out to strike the goblin group.

"Gyah!?"

"Gugh!"

Two spears pierce goblins, pinning them to the slope. The others miss, but the impact scares the remaining goblins, who shriek and flee into the mountains.

"Hmm… Well, not bad for no practice."

"Seriously… Egetsu-san, that’s cheating!"

"Yeah, that’s just unfair…"

Huh? Why the complaints?

You wanted ranged attacks, so I delivered. This is just ingenuity—no cheats here!