＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

□ ■ Northwest Kingdom of Alter · Forest

……

Shortly after Marie headed for Hikaru's destruction, Luke and the others continued to defend themselves against the snipers.

Among them, only Taller is strangely turning his neck to explore the surrounding signs.

Taller?

Nooo, ruuuuuuuu. Am I to the north?

"The enemy's movements and Kasumi's detection should do so. You can see that from Taller, right?

Hmm. I can feel the magic playing in the north. But ruuuuuu "

Taller slams his mouth against Luke's ear as he shoots at Liz.

─ I've been watched. I didn't feel it in the tombmark labyrinth. It's a sign of gaze and fierceness. "

…………

Luke thinks about the meaning of the word.

I mention that I didn't feel it in the Labyrinth, so it's not an “immortal” Igoronac.

If you say the fierce, it's not [Blaster Eye].

And if there is no leak in the detection of the Kasumi, there is no Master besides Death Period and Igoronac of "Immortality”.

(Surveillance from outside detection range?

I have an idea of what I can do.

A typical example of peeking would be Zodiac of [King of Light].

However, his character must be on Ray's escort in King's Landing.

But if you're not looking beyond Tykioku's detection range... you're not going to be detected.

Tian? The Empire's Tian forces are watching this battle?

That's what I thought, but I didn't think of it.

The Empire's Tian power has almost been destroyed in the Civil War.

The only survivors of the Emperor and Special Envoy Corps, General No, are the quarantine facilities at the border with the Ultimates.

I also thought of the existence of a Tian Elemental Modifier who appeared during the King's City terrorist attack, but if there is one, it will take time to detect Taikyokus.

There was also news that the former [superpilot] of the Imperial Guard had died in a terrorist attack in Cardina the other day.

Whether or not there is a force that does not exist face-to-face - and that Taller clearly declares to be a fierce force - it still doesn't fall into my heart.

(Surveillance only without intervention. If I had that kind of power, would I use it to monitor this place?

I do not doubt Taller's words, but I do not know who the watcher is.

Luke had too little information to decipher.

"... I'll leave it now. Marie-san stopped the enemy from checking and Kasumi and Fuji-no-san checked this out. Focus on your defenses until you do both."

I understand.

So Tarler faded and hid.

This is to take magic and disable it when I set it up with magical ambushes, [gems] and [steel cracks] equipped with [cylinders] from somewhere.

(If Marie-san can stop us, then...)

So Luke waited for the moment while guarding the enclosure.

They can't keep sniping intact.

Luke and Io are gradually getting hurt.

Still, Luke and the others waited for that moment...

He saw a huge light spreading north... and saw the end of the battle between Marie and Hikaru.

─ Ready, Done

And I heard the words that were told by both Kasumi and Fuji-non at the same time.

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■ [Red Crystal Shatterer] cockpit

- That's a lie.

Michi sat on the cockpit of [Red Crystal] and murmured about what happened at that moment.

He was the one who dealt with Mockmoclen, so he knew Hikaru's exit sooner than anyone else.

Beyond Hikaru's magic bullets, Hikaru can come back.

Mitch's thoughts exhale several words in confusion.

It seemed fragmented, but now it showed what was at stake.

Hikaru has become Desperate, but unlike Melo, he will definitely come back here.

No shock, no grief yet.

Hikaru also split the remaining half of the magic into each party member before taking this tactic.

Therefore, it is possible to move the [Red Crystal] for a while, and the small metastasis can be used several times.

The two people on the ground can operate without any problems.

But it's not forever. Considering the move to the safety zone, there is little time for magic.

It remains unchanged that Kasumi must still be destroyed, but he has lost his decisive hikaru and has become restricted in his future actions.

(What do I do...! We will retrieve the two men on the ground, make a run for it with all our might, and leave it to other imperial forces!? However, in the battle on the plains, nearby imperial forces have been destroyed...! We're the only ones around!

The battle between Alberto and Murdoch on the plains is over, and even a few surviving kingdom forces, including the wolf cherry blossoms, are on their way. We won't get far.

(If you get close to the ground, you can also eat the magic left by that Reis....!

Even if they choose to behave, the situation is a blur to them.

The worst part is that we can't retrieve the two of Vito and Large who are on the ground... and let them die.

Now that has fallen, the destruction of the Death Period may come true with the Verdrion F Vito keeps.

However, there is still a problem with uptime. Even if it works best, Destruction is the limit, and if we don't find a way to escape when the kingdom's follow-on forces arrive, they die.

If you think about it, you won't make it to the ground in time if you don't start to rise at the moment... but there is Tarler, the natural enemy of the magically powered.

[PT member dead]

[Resuscitation time elapsed]

[Logged out due to Despenalties]

"... eh? Ah, eh? Hey, hey, Mitch. Now Hikaru....."

And a little later than I witnessed, the small one who received the announcement of the death of the party member called out to him with a small, trembling voice.

"Well, what do I do...!?

"............"

There's no way to answer that.

Because he doesn't know what to do.

"--Both of you. Leave us alone."

--Therefore, the answer came from Large, who was on the ground.

Keep running with [Red Crystal (Rose)]. Even the nearest Imperial stronghold can be further north... or underground in the Border Mountains, where the kingdoms are not allowed by law. The rabbits, the horns, just the two of them escape... and rendezvous with Hikaru, who will return after the war. "

[Red Crystal Shatterer], which also functions as an underground underground base.

The interior also contains habitat and food to hide in the ground for a long period of time.

Without Hikaru, the activity time after this is limited, but if you just wait, you can endure for more than a week.

Large used [Red Crystal] as a kind of shelter and instructed him to endure Hikaru's return.

"But then, you two...!

Never mind! We'll crush them!

Vito's voice controlled his hesitation.

We haven't lost yet! When you get hit, you lose! So get the fuck out of here!

It was a rough tone, but it was a word to spare friends to protect.

"Oh, Vito's right. Besides, I'm not pessimistic yet. I still have a chance of winning. I told you. We win, we protect, and all three come back safely. So I'm going to say goodbye for now."

"Oniichan...!

That's how Large told her to push her back to brave her friends and sister.

"... okay."

After receiving their will, Michi decides to withdraw from the scene.

Be prepared for a moment or an eternal goodbye with your friends.

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But at this point, their thoughts were fixed in one form.

This is based on the premise that 'Vito and Large are in danger'.

― ― Demon King will not miss such a gap in his mind.

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"[Red Crystal], move north while maintaining depth...?

When Michi, who decided to say goodbye to his friend, said so to [Red Crystal], something strange entered his vision unexpectedly.

Mitch thought that Sole was kind of an illusion.

Because Sole was somehow similar to what appeared on the Mockmockery Monitor.

One of the walls that make up the Death Period enclosure, [Balloon Golem Troops].

The balloon-shaped sole that resembles the Summon Monster is not in the monitor.

--It was in the cockpit of [red crystal].

"This is..."

The moment Mitch tried to say something about Sole.

― ― The sole exploded (…) and spread destruction inside the sealed cockpit.

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□ ■ Northwest Kingdom of Alter · Forest

"... uhh, yeah... first time..."

Inside the enclosure, Kasumi was carefully manipulating her < Embryo > while she was nervous.

Her < Embryo >, which was in the form of a basin, has now changed its shape round and round.

It was a plan view, and it was always unfolding the sphere over the basin as if it were a stereoscopic image.

At the center of the sphere is a symbol indicating her, and at the bottom of the sphere is a symbol indicating Mitsuki and Small... two < Embryos >.

Three-dimensional stereoscopic view, including up to height.

That is the Taikyokuzu, the embryo of Kasumi.

This is the form of using the special skill, "Vientiane Play Board (Taikoku)".

Taikyokus was active in the [Apis Idea] battle in the King's City Terror, and because of its tactically powerful character of detection ability, it has a high tactical ability for both the Kingdom and the Empire.

Relying on or being feared as a radar, it was one of the most notable fights in the current Tri Flags, with the exception of super positions.

However, there is another function of Tykioku's.

The functions hidden behind it while those responsible for Death Period tactics dare to publicize their performance as radars.

It's... a transfer of Summon Monsters.

Like the change ring, she is also metastatic.

And "Magic Board" is a skill dedicated to the exercise of metastasis.

Determination of more accurate three-dimensional transfer coordinates. Above all, by injecting magic into the Taikyokuz during special skill development, continuous transfer without cool time is possible within the range of the injected magic.

He said, "This looks like a unit arrangement for a tower defense game," but as you can see, the actual application is... extremely aggressive.

Kasumi's skill increases in proportion to distance, but does not consider altitude or location.

Even if it were deep underground.

Even if it's the cockpit of an underground tank.

Know the location and send in if there is enough MP.

Even if it's a Summon Monster of the Suicide Bomb type.

As if the raid were a revelation, Des Periods sent a bomb to the resting place of Igoronac, the "Immortal.”

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■ [Red Crystal Shatterer] cockpit

"Is that...?!?

Boommung. A Summon Monster specializing in suicide bombing named [Balloon Golem Explosive] exploded with a cockpit of [Red Crystal] sent in.

It's not a gate attack, it's not a dig up, it's a suicide bomb transfer to the enemy hub.

Luke's tactics, like the revelation of what happened in the Gravemark Labyrinth... inflicted serious damage on Igoronak members of the "Immortal”.

The explosion in the confined space was deadly for non-combatant Mitsu-chi and Small, causing [Brooch] to be damaged in one blow.

"Confirm the explosion inside the cockpit. Airtightness in the aircraft, no abnormalities. However, there is a temporary error in the system. Melt-type underground navigation (rose breaker), unavailable. Recovery in 260 seconds. Normal navigation, possible"

(Metastatic attack!? That way too...!?

Mitch knew what he was doing.

This is what Death Period was trying to do inside the enclosure.

But from his point of view, I don't even know whether it was Kasumi or Fujinomoto.

"[Red Crystal], random maneuvers!

However, since there is no medium like a small change ring, it was expected that the other party was transferring by specifying the coordinates of the peers with a pinpoint.

So I try to move Red Crystal to avoid the next bullet.

Copy that.

Although the inside of the cockpit had been exploded, [Red Crystal] was still functioning underground underground capability at this depth.

Its robustness outweighed that of a glittering horse...

"--Error. The geology around the plane has changed rapidly. Hardness, greatly increased. Movement inhibition"

The type of rock that exceeded the underground capability of [Red Crystal] should not have been at this depth.

It was possible to explore the underground formation as one of its functions, and it was also here because there was no problem with emergency movement.

But the environment is changing dramatically.

"... combined magic (...), you activated it!

Now he can understand what caused it.

Eight magical formations linked inside the enclosure, combined magic that feared it might be exercised.

The magic team was in the same danger as predicted in advance, except for the use (...).

Release due to melting of surrounding bedrock...... error. Melt-type underground navigation mode, not usable. Recovery in 230 seconds. "

And the trick to escape this situation... wasn't there for them now.

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□ ■ Northwest Kingdom of Alter · Forest

"Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Stars. All magical factions are in good working order! Combination Magic," Immovable Earth "Maintained!

Fuji-non says this to check and inform the state while seeing the eight magical formations around him working.

The eight magical formations that bear the name of the star still calculate and maintain the combined magic associated with her as they rotate around her like a celestial theory.

An alien sky map (Arma Guest) .

A skill that further develops the ability of Arma Guests to copy magic.

It's not a simple copy, but it's a magical knitting of its own... in other words, a magician AI.

Therefore, she builds magic in the form that Fuji-non wants, and together with herself, she exercises combined magic with nine powers... which are also fully connected.

Of course, all of the magic consumption of Arma Guests comes from Fuji... she's not as good as Hikaru, but the MP correction is high.

It was possible to use the combined magic once or twice on this occasion, even in a super position.

What she is doing now is increasing the material hardness due to the magic of land attributes.

Fuji-non exercises a geisha that is close to what Jijin once did to NDW underground in Gideon.

"I couldn't do it until I crushed it! It's too far away, and the opponent is hard, so no! Kasumi, please!

"Uh-huh!

Fuji-no-Taka. Destruction and Destruction by these two [Brooches] were the measures taken by Death Period to defeat the small people hiding in the ground.

However, unlike Kasumi, who can certainly send a bomb to the opponent, Fujino's magic cannot be defeated depending on the opponent's strength.

In that case, Fuji-non will focus on restraint and decide on a match with the second bombing by Kasumi.

"For the second time, yes, I have to..."

Kasumi... was preparing to re-summon Boommun when he returned to Summon State for a second bombing.

Magic filling of the Magic Board has already been completed. Once you have re-summoned, you can decide on a match.

However, unlike the plan to defeat Fujinomoto and Kasumi, in this case... there will be a time lag until the second bombing.

In this case, there are two important things.

In order not to escape to Red Crystal , the fuji-non must maintain restraint.

And...

─ Let me do it!

--How to protect Kasumi from those who do not protect their companions.

Large and Vito's [Yi type] is attacking.

We are alert to Taller's absorption, stopping long-range snipers, and doing a special attack to stop a second metabolic bombardment without pretending to do so.

Large's [Attached Idiot] is not a sniper gun, but a shorter barrel of firearms... Hikaru's shotgun is expanded to the size of [Attached Idiot].

The bullets loaded inside are magic bullets.

Except for Hikaru, however, it is not a tracked magic bullet with a risk of suicide bombing, but a magic bullet with purely increased firepower.

It is a magic bullet that explodes close to the red and black of Alcan Shell and immediately after it touches the target.

As with the tracking Magic Bullets, they could be disabled if they hit the location where Taller is equipped, but Large attacks without shaking.

Kasumi swipes his fingers aggressively and makes a short transition so that the balloons forming the enclosure form a triple wall.

The blast bombs that were fired will crush the Balunds one after the other, but Luke and Marilyn will break when they destroy the third, and they won't reach the Kasumi and the others.

Meanwhile, Vito remotely manipulates the Type from the opposite direction of Large to launch a similar attack.....

This is the rest of it.

It came into contact with a Taller that appeared through the ground and was robbed of its inner magic and stopped functioning.

Shit! Move it, you little shit!

Vito was about to activate the Veldrion F entrusted to him by Hikaru while his remotely operated Idiot was disabled.

However, the aircraft fitted with Hikaru's magic-filled unit starts up its function little by little with the operating sound, just like when the PC starts up.

Vito is very anxious about the slowness of the action in the contentious situation, but the Verdrion F is not activated yet.

"... set it up!

Large!

I couldn't wait for it, so Large approached me without Luke and the others.

Taller is now on the other side and thinks he has time to get closer and finish.

Whether he was disabled and killed afterwards, he was moving to protect his sister and friends who were trapped in the basement.

"I won't let you!

And he that standeth up also seeketh to protect his friend.

Io stood in front of Large with an ultra-heavy weapon.

"--Mode, Crush!

As she screams, Io's Goryn turns into a different form.

It is a huge single-bladed, large sword-shaped super heavy weapon.

But the blade was as thick as an iron plate, as if it were a bow of a ship.

It is like the weapon that Musashi Miyamoto, the swordsman who wrote the Olympic book that inspired Gorin, broke Kojiro Sasaki.

Whoa!

Looking at the change in Ao's weapon, Large doesn't stop.

It is assumed that the power of Assault Musketeer and the performance of Attached Type IX are combined to compare the Kasumi in the enclosure.

Even if I was attacked, I would surpass Brooch , and even if I died in a subsequent pursuit, I would have killed the most dangerous enemy in order to protect my sister and friends.

But it's... the same with her standing up.

Io also stood in front of Large to protect his friends.

"─ Take care of the Goryn!!"

― ― And at the same time as the declaration of the Special Skill, Io also stepped in.

The back of a large single-bladed sword opens and countless rocket nozzles unfold.

A massive blasting blade collides with Large wearing a powered suit.

Deadly blade.

But because it's deadly, I can endure it.

Large thinks so.

However, there was no indication that Brooch would disable the attack.

――

Ultra Heavy Weapon Arms, Gorin, specializing in attack performance.

The name of the Special Skill, "Keeping an eye on all the sky", is one of the Buddhist words that what shapes man is a "sky" without substance.

This is the word that leads to the teaching that everything in the world is' empty '.

It's unclear how the attack-specific Embryo interpreted and named it.

― ― Gorin's Special Abilities are the Nullification of Block Abilities, including Brooch .

"Laaaaaaa!!

――――

As if there was nothing to hinder it, the large single-bladed sword severed Large from each powered suit.

[Brooch] does not puncture due to the disabling of, Large falls to the ground while being desperate.

"Boommung, let's go...!

In the process - Kasumi performs a second metastasis.

The swipe sends Boommun back to the cockpit of [Red Crystal].

Soon afterwards, the two reactions underground were extinguished.

At the same time, Large's body disappears into dust of light.

That's the end of it.

The “immortal” Igoronac party was destroyed by Death Period.

... leave me alone.

To be continued