＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

□ [Saint Knight] Ray Sterling

What Nemesis calls the third form.

Needless to say, it's about the evolution of Nemesis himself.

So after evolving into a black flag axe spear in the fight against [Gardranda], it was accomplished after a period of less than a month.

Nevertheless... when I fell asleep and woke up, it was evolving, which is so hard to comment on.

Certainly, like the second form, the evolution of too dramatic and too critical a timing is a thought.

But at the very least, as Babi at Luke's was, would it have been nice to evolve after the battle, or something?

Thanks to you, I overlooked the moment of evolution as much as I could... but I overslept.

but i asked seniors that evolution is not uncommon while sleeping.

It takes time to process for the evolution of the side, and when it is completed during the sleep of the Master, it seems to do so naturally.

The evolution to the second form took a moment, but it also meant that some evolution was not.

So, this kind of evolution "often seems to happen when the energy of experience and growth is accumulating enough, but you are unable to determine the style of the next evolution".

I see. Delaying Luke for two forms. Experience and energy for evolution would have accumulated.

And by evolutionary I mean... you can assume that the style and the doings that you couldn't decide on have been fixed.

Now, the second evolution... will there be ghosts or snakes?

... I know it's because of your mind, but I think the right hand [armor] says "stop wearing ghosts".

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After breakfast, we decided to run a third form test outdoors.

The weather is sunny. A pleasant breeze and a great test day.

The place, by the way, is within the vast grounds of the Sizima family.

I asked Farica for breakfast with me, and she was happy to give me permission to use the premises.

"Don't dig too much lawn or anything," he said, "so let's be careful there.

Even after Mr. Sijima is gone, he's taking care of Mr. Sijima and his rider Gringham so he can come back whenever he wants.

"Ready?

"Umm."

Nemesis today is the first form of great sword. deform from here to a third form.

It should be noted that there are seniors around and Louis, who seem to be visiting something interesting. Looks like Mr. Farica has work to do and is indoors.

"Nemesis, Third Form"

Form Shift - []

"Hmm?"

I couldn't hear the voice that was supposed to tell me the name of the form, even the noise ran for some reason.

"Nemesis, I can't believe it right now... Whoa!

The deformation was completed shortly after Nemesis was distracted for a moment by what he said, and I was a little out of balance.

"This is..."

In my hand is the appearance of a nemesis that has become a third form.

The figure was different from the previous two forms, the Great Sword and the Axe Spear.

It's... a circle huge enough to cover myself up (...).

- A large circular shield (...).

"... what an unexpected evolution you've come to while you're asleep"

"I agree with that myself."

Big sword, axe spear and come, shield.

I'll take the handle on the back of the shield (just in the shape of a ") and move it a little bit.

Yeah, I knew it was a different colour than any previous weapon. It's completely different from weapons with patterns like the Great Sword or the Axe Spear.

According to what my predecessors said earlier, was the evolution in bedtime "often if you are unable to determine the style of the next evolution"?

After a moment, he may have been shielded by yesterday's senior battle.

Or did you decide in previous battles that you "need a sustained defense, not a" counter absorption "multiplexed defense"?

"... well, as far as I'm concerned, I can't get my hands on it (...). I would have liked measures against distance."

"Though I agree."

I remember a workout I went to a while ago.

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I was going to do a mock fight with someone who was free, and Marie said, "Wouldn't you like to train a little unusual, too? I said," I invited you.

Changed, but simulated warfare was also carried out in a variety of different variations. He fights Mr. Figaro and Mr. Riser in a battlefield dedicated to riding combat, or against Juliette and Chelsea in a battlefield strewn with water like a pool.

Since those wide variety of simulations continued after Franklin's incident, the number of deaths in the junction would have exceeded a hundred.

"Like what?"

"Experience you can't accumulate in mock warfare. It's a special training for fighting long-range opponents."

When I heard that, I thought, "I see."

Experience gained in mock warfare is acquired as my power, including the skill of counters who responded to the opponent's attack - what can later be called a contact immediate reaction reaction to wolf cherry blossoms. It's a form of technology and experience that wasn't enough was buried.

But naturally that's only what's in the battle that started face-to-face. Naturally because we are fighting to activate a bond for mock warfare.

That makes the experience really biased, Marie says.

So Marie imposed on me a workout outside the juncture that "attacks Marie unilaterally from invisible distance to undead".

"Of course you can fight back," he said, so I challenged him with a temper.

The result was nothing.

You can intercept or defend.

But I couldn't fight back at all.

I couldn't return a single blow against Marie, who could attack from a long distance beyond my reach and outpaced me with speed on silver.

Fighting Marie in the arena mock was a shock, for what was a little better.

As a result, Me and Nemesis found Ranged Attacks to be a fatal weakness.

To be more precise... I didn't have the means to defeat "the one who stays out of my reach". Marie knew that, and I guess she did that workout to make her check with herself.

So when I found out, it was what I and Nemesis thought.

I hope the next evolution has ranged attacks.

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So, when we actually evolved, it was a good shield to say the opposite.

Some shame both me and Nemesis remember.

But that would be luxury.

No more evolutionary delays, which were the price of the first evolution, and it's just a shame that we haven't evolved in a long time.

"So Nemesis, what is this form of skill like?

You can use Counter Absorption.

Hmm, it's a shield, and it's fair. It's a little out of line with my guess just now.

"Has this evolution increased the stock?

'That's not true. But I think it's getting more sturdy than ever. Something like a five-fold.'

I see, simple calculations can tolerate up to 300,000 damage, which is medium to large.

Because my brother's punch won't cut me.

... Kick is going to crack me up though.

"So, what are your other skills?

Counter Absorption is a sub-skill in one way or another.

I think this third form also has some kind of main skill, as the Great Sword has "Vengeance is on Me"......

"I don't know."

..................... don't know?

"I don't know, what do you mean?

I don't know. It's not like there isn't. but I don't know '

What the hell.

I'll call the menu and check the section.

Then there,

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■ ■ ■ ■

"Holding Skills"

· Counter Absorption LV3

■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■: (currently being analyzed)

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"... what the hell?"

Both form names and unique skill names are typed.

Besides, the effect is still being analyzed.

"Hey, nemesis. I was just telling you about the murder report."

'This is it. Evolution has fulfilled, some new powers. But that's what I still don't understand myself (...)'

"... is there such a pattern"

I don't know why that happened...... well, I have an idea.

Probably that system from the first evolution.

Not only has that effect delayed evolution, but it must have had some effect on this shield, which is the next evolution.

If you look closely, the third form is often different from the previous forms and shapes.

First of all, that black aura isn't out. In the Great Sword, he was entangled in my arm, and in the Axe Spear, there was no aura at all that was erupting like a flag.

As it stands, it's just a shield.

In addition, the colors are not monochromatic.

Five isomorphic curves are drawn at equal intervals, with a silver rather than black pattern on the surface portion of the shield. There has never been anything like this in its previous form.

Including what Nemesis himself cannot grasp, this third form is separate from the Black Great Sword or the Black Flag Axe Spear.

"This, it says in the analysis, when will it be over?

"It's a day, and I hope it's over... etc. Speaking of this analysis in the sense of the Lord, I was given a single document in a language that I had never seen or heard, 'Translating and reading because I have a dictionary. The dictionary itself explains words in English, not Japanese.' It's a feeling like that. '

... What's your homework?

But, well, then we'll find out in a few days, even if it's too late.

Then I think we can figure it out...

"Even if you haven't finished analyzing it, you might find out if you use it correctly, right?

Senior Beasley told me that.

"What do you mean?

"Someone I know had the same post-evolutionary skills waiting to be analyzed, but the analysis was speeding up as I tried everything. At the end of the day, he said that the skills analyzed were in line with one of those attempts."

"Are you saying that doing something close to moving your skills might speed up your analysis?"

In terms of the nemesis analogy earlier, would the behavior that matches be like 'Japanese translation example sentence'?

Whatever, if you decide so.

'Hey, Ray. Lord, what are you willing to do? Wowwwwwwwwwwwwww!?'

I threw (...) the circular shield nemesis as much as I wanted.

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"Big fool! Big fool!

"Sorry, that was bad on the boulder..."

The nemesis I threw... I occasionally buried it in the fields that were ahead of me.

And I'm cursing together when I eat a drop kick from a nemesis that's back in its human form with mud all over it.

"Why did you throw it!? Why did you suddenly wake up to Captain America!?"

"If it affected you from your senior shield, I wonder if throwing it has anything to do with it,"

Seniors also threw shields and defeated several < K&R > members.

Besides, the defense system has Counter Absorption, so I don't think it's in the main.

Plus I want a long-range attack.

Then I still have to throw......

"Too short-circuited. Wow!! Why don't we at least talk about it and then throw it to the safe ones!?"

"Sorry, that's really reflective..."

I threw it at the one with no people and there was a field...

"Uh, let's just, uh, polish it"

Even the human form is muddy right now.

... if you polish it in weapon form, it'll be beautiful, right, this?

"Be careful and polish it!

I immediately held the nemesis in the form of a circular shield with my left handed prosthetic hand and took the care supplies out of the item box and started polishing them.

"You're familiar"

"After fighting the undead, they always ask for it."

So it's something I'm used to.

"You're a little envious. My Embrio is a development system in the territory, so I won't even touch it."

"Oh, speaking of which, Senior < Embrio > looked like a territory,"

Hmm, so all the members of the CID are similar to the territory?

"Your hands are stopping."

"Yes, sir."

That's how I spent about twenty minutes politely polishing my nemesis.

To be continued