＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

□ Wangdu Althea Adventurer Alliance Front [Holy Knight] Ray Sterling

When you order a quest and get out of the Adventurer Alliance,

I'll take care of the transportation to Gideon.

That's what Luke said, with his right hand up.

So I finally realized.

On the back of Luke's left hand is a crest that stores Embrio, just like me.

By contrast, there is something like a thin jewel stuck in the back of your right hand.

"What's that?

"I said [Jewel], and there's a monster inside that I tamed. I got paid for my model job."

That's how Luke explains it.

That was also the answer to what I've been wondering since I saw Luke's skills.

[Woman] Luke's skills included "Enhancement of Witch Demons" and "Enhancement of Women's Slavery". This means that such things exist on the system.

So I'm curious about the treatment of the monsters I've tamed and the slaves I've bought.

We players go back to real life.

In the meantime, I wonder what the monsters and slaves of my subordination are doing.

If a player puts a monster or slave in a cage or something and retires the game as it is...... it's just too tragic to imagine.

Those answers were the gems that fit into Luke's right hand back.

This gem - [Jewel] seems to be the biological version of the bag type item box that we usually use.

It looks like you can store in that one organism you own, such as a Tamed Monster or a purchased slave.

And they can also set the time of the organism inside to not pass while it's being stored.

It can also be stored when logging out and is a specification that will automatically be released if the player fails to log in for two months in real time or six months in this time.

I see. Otherwise it would be difficult to hold monsters, slaves and other subordinations in this real world.

Well, they need to prepare a meal, etc., or a break from [Jewel], but that's a must have value in holding the distribution.

By the way, they can do it by turning on the time lapse during jewel storage or also setting it to log out while it's open.

Apparently it depends on people because of the trouble they can have while opening up.

"So, there's already a monster in there," he said.

"Yes, my client, Mr. Grantien, told me to choose from a few rewards, but he chose this kid because he also had some Demon Enhancement skills for me."

Basically, [Woman] seems to have less combat power himself, so it would be the right choice to increase his power with a monster.

"Then I'll show you. - Marilyn.

"VAMOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

When Luke utters the wording, the [Jewel] on his right hand emits light and a monster called Marilyn emerges from the inside.

But......

"... Marilyn?

Whether it is appropriate to call that monster Marilyn would be debatable.

If you want to be brief about that monster, it's the trickeratops that pull the carriage.

Huge bodies are covered in heavy crusts, and backs and shoulders are like armor.

And extremely, the tuna of the head emits a sense of intimidation that seems to crush the walls as well.

I don't know how you saw it. It looks stronger than we are now.

I think I can compete well with that [Demi Dragworm]. I might rather win.

"This is Marilyn from [Triple Punch Angle Subdragon (Trihorn Demi Dragon)]. I got the dragon car in Omake."

Demi Dragon is that level after all. Strong race name.

This is the reward... well, isn't it harder and stranger than the quest I did?

I also have difficulty: it's like being a [Holy Knight] in the reward of five quests.

"Why Marilyn?

"I'm a girl, so the famous actress made me name it"

Right. Is it a girl? Then there's no choice.

... Although it is unclear what Marilyn Monroe thinks in the shadow of the grass leaves.

"Hey, it's spectacular. But if it's this strong, it's going to overcapacity subordination."

"" Subordinate Capacity?

Me and Luke align their voices.

"Oh, well, then I'll explain the area a little bit."

That said, Marie took something like a sketchbook out of the item box and started explaining it to us as she painted.

Why do you have a sketchbook...... [reporter] So?

"Firstly, there are six parties in this < Infinite Dendrogram >. If anyone at the party has Troop Command skills, there will be more caps, but let's put this behind us now."

Marie shows me and Luke and Marie's deformed SD illustrations in the sketchbook. It captures characteristics and is oddly good.

"In our case, this fills the three of us first. Now, there are three empty frames, but you can also put Tame Monster or Gardner here, not NPC."

Next to our illustration, I'm going to add Babi and Marilyn from SD.

"The downside to putting people into a party and fighting like this is oppressing party boundaries."

"If I let you into a party, can I also make you fight without letting you in?

"Yes, you can also not count to a party member and not to a party as part of the owner's fighting power. So that's the subordinate capacity you're going to need."

Now I'm going to draw Babi and Marilyn in a tree under Luke's illustration.

"The first thing I will explain from the benefits is naturally not to oppress the party boundaries. That and half of the experience that was supposed to get a monster is going to get into the owner, not the monster, right? The other half goes into the monster."

"Ho."

"The downside, or limitation, is that you will need subordinate capacity. Look at the additional items on the status screen."

That's what they say. Me and Luke will look at the auxiliary screen on the status screen.

There was also a display about what Marie called subordinate capacity.

Subordinate Capacity 0/50

"This is it?

"Yeah, up to that capacity, you can use monsters in battle. The capacity varies from individual to individual, but if you're a monster, it's basically calculated at the 'Race Strength x Level'. For example, [Little Goblin] would consume 1 capacity per level."

So now I'm a level one [Little Goblin] and I can serve up to fifty people?

No, a lot, but subtle. It's going to blow up in one range attack.

"My capacity is 500, so it's 500."

Do you have ten times as much capacity as I do?

"[Woman] also belongs to the subordinate demon lineage if we break it up, so it's also more capacity. I think Ray is a little higher than the average in senior positions because he needs to deal with horsemanship in the chivalry system."

I see, horseman. I guess I should get it sometime.

"Subordinate Capacity increases with increased levels and [Subordinate Demon (Tamer)] 's" Subordinate Extension "skills. [Woman] also has such skills. But mastery conditions are subordinate monsters and slave warfare, so I think you'll be able to master them in time."

Luke is nodding Hmm.

I was convinced by the explanation so far.

If you can't get a monster out without oppressing the party boundaries, [the exorcist] will have less basic combat power than any other position, except for the monsters you serve, making it hard to organize a party.

But it would be a job that is no better than, or even surpasses, any other position to serve a monster included in "his own power” in capacity.

"What if we overcapacity?

"There will be limits to your abilities, and no experience will come in"

Well, that's a pretty big downside.

"So I have a problem, this Marilyn is not enough for your capacity 500, is she? It's also expensive for Yalong to say," One junior party on its own. "

... Well, you will.

Even I would definitely choose the former if asked to choose between five hundred [Little Goblins] and that [Demi Dragworm] of Level 1.

There is so much difference between the two.

"Oh, I'm late, but the advantage of getting into a party is that it doesn't consume capacity."

I see.

Polarity, you can party with yourself and five strong monsters.

... Let's not do that because I'm a little lonely.

"So as for this party organization, let's break the boundaries of the number of parties to Marilyn. This time it's a small number of people with extra boundaries."

"Hey! The question is, what's the cost of Babi?

"TYPE: The cost of < Embrio >, including Gardner, is uniform, right? Otherwise, anyone who has evolved into Gardner will have to become an obedient demon, because even his own Embrio will not be able to handle it fully."

That's right.

"Well, we've talked a long time, but let's get back to talking about going to Gideon. If you get in Marilyn's dragon car, you'll get to Gideon the day after tomorrow."

"Then do we dissolve here today and leave tomorrow morning? Are you both okay with your plans?

What I plan to say here is a real story.

Today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow and three days, in real life, it will crumble for an entire day.

"It's okay. I don't have any plans today or tomorrow."

"I'm okay, too. Because I'm unemployed now."

... Should I laugh back at this?

◇

The next day, we were on our way to Gideon, rocked by Marilyn's towing dragon car.

The road is wide enough to allow Marilyn to pass in two rows. I was worried that Marilyn would block the way.

And surprisingly, Marilyn walks fast. They carry dragon cars at the same speed on ramps and so on, so much so that they associate 4WD off-road cars.

This will make it to Gideon smoothly.

Well, I don't go non-stop because I crusade monsters that pop up every now and then.

The monsters that appear on this < Sauda Mountain Road > are mainly bird-based and beast-based monsters.

Since it is also one of the novice hunting grounds, it does not come as a herd with numerous monsters, but at the same time it is precise and about three.

Destroying each of them with me, Luke, and Babi is the current course of battle.

By the way, Marie is sipping tea from the dragon car saying, "Good luck with that."

... No, yeah. I'm sorry I didn't hear about the situation.

The job of [reporter] is not a combat position in the first place.

[Reporter] 's distinctive skill is "Pens are stronger than swords," and its effects are as follows:

"Pen is stronger than sword":

Gain experience by watching party members fight.

Party members are given the same amount of experience.

Passive skills.

* [Reporter] Only the system can be activated.

* Cannot perform combat acts while activating skills.

* This passive skill cannot be turned off.

In short, [reporters] seem to be jobs that increase the overall experience of the party, but are close to figurines that are completely useless in terms of combat.

EXP bonuses are appreciated.

It's a kind of novice hunting ground, so it's not a problem just for us.

He's more experienced than us, so he advises us a lot, and the information on the monsters is accurate.

But something, something... well, okay.

"The pen is stronger than the sword, so I thought it was a skill to cut everything with a pen."

"No, because the word didn't originally mean it in that physical sense."

In this world, some pens are stronger than swords.

◇

The journey is going well.

Marie's XP bonus is working, and me and Luke are getting better levels. I got to level 16 and Luke got to 27.

The battle is also turning in balance. Monsters in this level band won't have a struggle.

It should be noted that only once on the mountain road did a bear monster stop us from going.

It looked like a boss monster on this mountain road, but Marilyn was pissed off when the road was blocked and knocked down shortly after we got our hands on it.

Luke was collecting the drop item but it was [box], so as you can guess, the bear was a boss monster.

By the way, boss monsters, that's just what they say about monsters dropping a type of drop item whose contents are called random [boxes], and there are many of the same types.

Drop items are delicious, but basically boss monsters need to be careful because they have the highest fighting power in their habitat.

This time they knocked me down lightly though.

By the way, they say that boss monsters build ecosystems of the same species, but on the contrary, some monsters have only one kind in this world.

It's called the UBM Unique Boss Monster.

Apparently it's not uncommon to have special powers without exception, and even advanced parties have the power to destroy them easily.

It seems that sometimes there is only one kind and it is not early to encounter it.

◇

Through Mountain Road, where there was an up-down, the flat road continues this time.

Marie says this plain is named Nex Plains. Go straight from here to the road and you'll reach Gideon.

Naturally there are monsters in the Plains, and their strength is one or two steps higher than that of the monsters on the Mountain Road. But we're leveling up, too, so we can handle it.

In addition, from time to time more than four monsters appeared, but in that case Marilyn was responding. Needless to say, the result.

I got to the level again, and when we all thought it was a smooth journey, we found it at the end of the road.

Several carriages that look like pedestrians.

And it was a herd of more than a hundred armed little ghosts (goblins) in the midst of an attack on a carriage.

To be continued