＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

□ Ray Sterling

"Hiku, hiku..."

I was walking inside the Tomb Labyrinth with a nemesis that sobbed like a curse weapon in one hand.

Since then, I've added twelve [zombies] and thirty [skeletons] to complete five monsters called [Horned Spirit].

That achievement also raises the level by 2 to 7. HP also rode 1000 large platforms.

"Rotten Nik... Uji..."

Fighting [Zombie] appeared to show the look of a splatter movie, galloping Nemesis's sanity.

If there is salvation, [zombies] have had more experience than [skeletons], and there is a better chance of encountering [skeletons] than [zombies].

Above all, it helps to disappear without leaving anything but a drop item if you knock it down.

Otherwise, Nemesis and my gear would have looked terrible with flesh pieces and fluid.

"Ugh, I don't think your lord has a hobby for abuse..."

"I didn't do it with a hobby. I just needed it."

'... oddly enough, I think there was a lot of full swing?

"Never mind."

The body structure is brittle because it is undead, and it is flashly shattered by the blow.

It looks like a splatter, but the Big Sword Full Swing is an effective offense.

There was also a bit of refreshment like foreign gay.

Incidentally, the screams of the nemesis were so louder that shattered pieces of meat would stick to them than the groans of [zombies].

I got used to that on the way too and it was BGM.

I might have gotten a little high like the zombie gay protagonist.

"Hey, you used half of the [gems] I had for [Spirit] monsters in the fight earlier."

[Zombies] and [Skeletons] don't care on their own.

But [Spirit] didn't either.

[Spirit] is a monster like a ghost or a human soul.

Features include that physical attacks do not work at all.

In addition, they use attacks that reduce MP and SP, not HP, and grant state anomalies.

That was the worst match for me.

I haven't mastered attack magic skills, so I have no hands or legs.

I can't even double the amount of MP or SP that could go through the Spirit.

It's possible, by the way, because we haven't been able to demonstrate it yet.

Besides, I have Vengeance, because of Nemesis's unique skills, there was no information on the offensive site. Relevance is generally true.

At the time I saw the information on the wiki that [Spirit] would appear in this Tomb Labyrinth, I knew that the measures were mandatory.

So I bought the counter-item before I got here.

[Spirit] Disposable Attack Magic items are common in other games. A classic one where the spear of light of the Holy Attribute attacks the opponent when used.

[Spirit] has an effect On the surface, [Spirit] in this hierarchy can be defeated in one shot.

This little crystal-shaped item called [Gem ‐ "White Trans"] was sold at the store for about 1000 lil apiece.

I bought about ten, though it might be expensive considering it was 10,000 yen for a single attack.

I bought a [permit] just before, so maybe my sense of money was off.

"Well..."

I used five [Gems] in my quest so far. Half the rest.

If you think about your return itinerary, it's time to turn back.

But......

"I wonder how much it's going to cost in the drop so far."

That's the problem.

I don't intend to pay until [permit] minutes, but I want to earn [gem] minutes.

Otherwise I'll be tough to continue and level up here. Because even the sale of [full body armor] will not go away one day.

But [zombies] and [skeletons] drop drop items, but they don't really drop things that are likely to sell.

I'm talking about worn out clothes and bone shards and what they're used for.

I would say that even the weapon items I was using as promises for the undead...... but [zombies] and [skeletons] in this hierarchy just wear clothes and don't have weapons, so I can't.

If this is an animal-based monster, I'll leave a drop item that looks like it could be sold with fur and fangs... well, I can't help it.

"Let's just go a little further. We haven't even discovered the next level yet."

In the process, you might even find it in a chest.

Even though it's a dungeon, I haven't seen anything like it before.

Copy that.... Master by the way '

"What?"

'Cause when you get home, you'll polish it like you promised.'

"Yes, sir."

They still don't feel good about disappearing undead body fluids and flesh pieces.

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Five minutes after we decided to continue our search, we found it.

It's the same design staircase I used to get down to this hierarchy from the ground.

I guess that leads to the second tier.

"If you have this, will the ground floor end here"

"Where's the boss?"

"They're arranged every five levels."

The appearance of the Labyrinth is one set on five levels.

The first to fifth basement floors are the nests of the undead, and they have undead bosses positioned at the end of the line.

They say the boss will emerge randomly from a few boss candidates.

Defeating the boss will open the way to the sixth floor, from the sixth floor it will be a nest of plant monsters, and after that it will be repeated.

By the way, the type and intensity of monsters that appear in the wind: beastly monsters on the eleventh to fifteenth floors and ghostly monsters on the sixteenth to twentieth floors change.

The information on the offensive site was described up to the forty-fifth floor, but that seems to be a hierarchy of dragons.

Forty-five hierarchical bosses are called untouched areas because they are so powerful and devoid of breakers.

Says he hasn't stepped on it, but to be exact, he hasn't attacked the operator of the offensive site or any of the humans who are writing on the wiki.

Some people may be hiding information as advantages even if they know after the forty-sixth floor.

Well, I can't help thinking about a place I can't go right now.

Let's go home here for today.

But this dungeon, with just the right amount of experience, is still costly.

If the level rises, we also need to go to the lower tier.

Then [Gem] one might not be able to defeat the [Spirit] in the lower tier, which could result in spending.

I wonder what's wrong......

"Master"

When I was thinking, Nemesis called out.

That was a cautionary voice.

"What's up?

"Somebody's coming up the stairs."

I'm told, turn your attention to the stairs.

Clarifying his ears, a footstep called Katsunkatun echoes from under the stairs.

They say monsters can't move the hierarchy, so this would be a player.

Apparently, other players who came to explore the dungeon are about to return.

But inexplicably, there is one footstep.

If raising the level at a lower level is not the goal, like me, but the quest for a dungeon, it seems like we're partying.

When in doubt, the footsteps, which were heard as katsunkatsung, stopped inadvertently.

- The next moment, something stretched from downstairs.

That was terrible speed.

I could only detect it approaching because of the distance from downstairs.

It was right in front of me when I realized it.

It came at an incredible rate. It was clearly an attack on me.

"" Counter Absorption "!"

When Nemesis and I finished saying the skill name, it was crashing against the deployed wall of light.

It was a chain.

A pyramid-type projection connected to the tip, which is still unprotected and intimidating, and gives me a hunch that without the Counter Absorption wall, it would have crushed my head with a single blow.

"This, power...!

Nemesis raises his voice to bitterness.

I didn't even react like this when I prevented a blow from demidragworms and bullet monsters.

I mean, this blow is beyond those......!

'This, that's it, ha...!

Little by little in the wall of light that has prevented all attacks so far......,

"Huh!"

Shortly before the wall broke, the chain rolled back downstairs.

And what it means is,

The second shot is coming! Get ready! '

Preliminary motion to the next attack.

Feel it, bouncing backwards aggressively to distance.

But what do we do?

I have one more Counter Absorption stock, but only one more.

If you prevent the next attack, there will be no later.

What to do......!

…… ……

But the next attack didn't come even when I was standing.

There were no signs of chains flying from the side of the stairs, instead the footsteps up the earlier stairs began to be heard again.

'Master... Which way?

I understand the meaning of the Nemesis inquiry.

Run away with your back right away or face to face with someone coming up.

As far as I can tell by the blow now, the power difference with the opponent is historical and hopeless.

I think it makes more difference than that PK who swore one day revenge.

I don't want to have to fight if I can.

However, the possibility of chains flying again the moment you turn your back crosses the back of your brain and you can't move with it in place.

Then let's not run away.

It doesn't work either way if you're lost.

Betting is one thing.

When the opponent shows up, deactivate the next attack and multiply the damage for two rounds.

I don't know if I'm going to hit it or if I can defeat it with that blow, but that's all I have.

Nemesis seems to have decided to be ready again, too, to fit in with me.

And the footsteps from downstairs got louder...... the person showed up.

He's a young man, and he seems a few years older than me.

The face is neat but the eyes are thin, a yarn commonly referred to.

As the biggest feature, the young man was doing it without being odd.

He's wearing lightweight metal armor just like the [Liot] series I'm wearing, while he's wearing a "for some reason" on his lower body.

The feet are wearing metal greaves, with three earlier chains in each hand, a ring fitted to all fingers and a hat with feathers on the head.

It is extremely feather-woven to wear a pale long coat from its shoulders.

One by one, it's not weird, but when I look at the overall coordination, I can only say it's weird.

It's a common feeling in games that if I had chosen something with good performance to wear, it would have looked weird.

The only reason I thought the performance was good was because each one of them was so great that I could see it in the eyes of the amateur.

That strange person glanced at me,

"... I knew it was a person"

I say and sigh.

And

"I thought it was a random pop boss monster and attacked! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

"... Huh?

He broke his body into letters and apologized to me.

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Me and the strange dresser were supposed to talk in a room with stairs.

Nemesis is also untransforming.

By the way, the room is safe with the monster avoidance junction items that the person placed.

Talk to me. Okay, but this guy doesn't seem to be a PK or anything.

That didn't seem to be a lie, and I remembered the impression from tone and attitude that he seemed "somehow a good person".

So, why did someone like that attack me?

"I mean, you mistake me for a monster,"

"Yeah, because this dungeon, sometimes there's a boss out there who has no context.... I'm so sorry"

Apparently he noticed signs of watching himself as he came up from downstairs.

When I looked up, there was a silhouette that turned backlit, and people didn't see it, so I attacked them on the condition, he said.

... because my right hand is tangled with a black sword mode nemesis from around my shoulder. That could happen with silhouettes.

"Are there even boss monsters out there on the ground floor?

"Random pop increases the odds the deeper the hierarchy, but where it's shallow, the odds aren't zero."

... information on the offensive site, he missed it once again following the admission of [the Holy Knight].

"Glad I didn't run into you in the middle of a level increase"

"Level up? Why are you here again? A total of 7... Beginner hunting grounds are better and easier while the level is low, right? You don't have to buy [permits] because you're like [Holy Knight]."

... I bought it, but hey.

And you see my level?

"Don't you know? Novice hunting grounds can't be used for terrorism right now."

"Terrorism?"

"Yes, there's been a PK terrorist attack targeting beginners, since three days ago in < Infinite Dendrogram > time"

"... I hadn't noticed because I've been diving this way for five days"

I didn't even check the internet, that's what people said.

"What have you been doing in this Tomb Labyrinth for five days?!?"

"A little marathon, I guess. Dive as far as you can in the solo and come back."

I'm doing something like playing Yakikomi.

Gear and an earlier attack. I know, but he seems to be a pretty high level guy.

"How many floors did you have to go this time?

And when I asked him about it,

"I could have gotten to the 48th floor. Only the first floor is a record update from last time."

The young man in front of him spoke of an improbable number of floors.

"... Huh?

The fierce on the offensive site partied to reach the forty-fifth basement.

Were you alone in the untouched realm that even the fierce on that offensive site couldn't reach and returned alive?

"The Lord..."

"Ah, my name is Figaro. Nice to meet you."

"I'm Ray Sterling, this is my nemesis from Embrio,... Ah!

Figaro, I can't remember the name for the first moment... I remembered it while I was introducing myself.

Figaro.

[Superfighter (Over Gladiator)] Figaro.

That... was the name of the Alter Kingdom Duel Rankings, Top Ranker.

"Ranker's, is that Mr. Figaro?

"Yeah, I use the arena a lot."

"Arena?

"Yes, the arena. There is one place in almost every country, but this country is in Gideon, the dueling city. Matches in the arena don't die when they're dead, and prizes are awarded by the entry of guests. It's fun."

"Die but not die?

"There's a bond and that's how it works. That's why they're easily entertained as betting matches. There are other attractions, and it's a vibrant city, so I suggest you take a trip once."

Even if the country is in danger of annihilation, where people's greed is based, it seems to be moving without problems.

"Because Gideon is as soon as he crosses the mountain south of the king's capital... Oh, but is he? The fact that novice hunting grounds cannot be used in terrorism means that they are also sealed off? The only reason people can't come from Wang Du... is because you're in trouble"

Mr. Figaro said that and thought about it for a moment before

"Okay. Then we'll figure it out"

I said.

"I also apologize for attacking you by mistake earlier. I'll take care of the PK in the south."

"What do you mean, something?

"............... Negotiations?

I think there was a question mark behind the words.

"Maybe you should be able to use it from around tomorrow, then level it up and come to the dueling city. I'm probably in this dungeon."

"Uh, yes."

"All right, let's get going then. Oh, I'll give you this."

Mr. Figaro took a small stone out of his bag.

That's similar [gem] to what I was using, but the colors are different and the magic inside seems different.

"Because it contains the magic of escape from a dungeon called Escape Gate. I think we should just level up here today and go home."

"Uh, okay?

"Fine. This is also part of my apology. If I accidentally had you desperate for a beginner, you would have been involved in my ticket."

"Thank you"

I really appreciate it. With this, I can be hunting to the limit today without thinking about my way home.

I knew this guy seemed like a good guy.

"Nevertheless, Ray, you and Nemesis are nice"

"My attack, you've endured it."

"Yeah, but that's kind of the skill."

"It's not damage. It wasn't broken when I came up."

Wasn't it broken?

I wonder what that means.

"I prefer those who can't break it. I like it. I'd like to try a fight in the arena when your level rises."

"Right."

If Mr. Figaro is right, the arena shouldn't have a death penalty, and then I'd like to fight it because I'm also purely interested in the strengths of the top rankers.

"Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. I'll clean it for later fun."

"Cleaning?

That said, Mr. Figaro stood up.

"See you later"

"Yes, thank you [Gem]"

Mr. Figaro waved with a laugh at Nico and left the room.

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"[Superfighter] Figaro, huh? What an unexpected person."

"Right. When I talked to my brother, I thought he was more bigoted."

The only reason I refused to participate in the war was because I was "not interested in cluttered battles".

That sounds kind of great to hear, but given Mr. Figaro's personality, there must have been some reason.

"Okay, so we'll do it, too? Mr. Figaro gave me some [gems] to get out of here, and I'm gonna do a tocoton."

"Yes, because compared to the previous blow, there's nothing to be afraid of, such as undead."

Apparently, the fear is temporarily paralyzed in one of your earlier cases.

Then it's just fine.

I can move on at more pace than I just did.

Until just now, I was reluctant to nemesis.

Let's not hesitate to open the splatter completely anymore.

"Then it's hunting again!

"Come with Don!

◇

A few hours later, I was going to brush my sobbing nemesis without returning from the Great Sword until dawn.

To be continued