＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

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[Geist] fifty-eight, belonging to the Second Armored Battalion of the Empire, waited on the outer edge of the junction away from his brother and a group of priests.

Unlike combined magic and heavenly punishment, which have some freedom at the firing point, this is a procedure to avoid involving the brothers and priests in shelling where firing points and ballistics are restricted. Even if it doesn't hit the bullet, my eardrum can break if I stay by without measures. Not to mention that all [Geist] who entered the war here have been converted into long-range artillery gear, and the explosions during shelling are more intense than usual.

The Second Armored Battalion crew, including the Mechanical Battalion Commander, have been waiting in the car for nearly two hours since they were told [Gloria] was approaching.

But I still don't see [Gloria] on the horizon.

"... are you sure you want to come here?

"I'm talking about not changing course. But the target is also a creature. I don't know what kind of whim you're going to have... and worst of all, you could get turned around right behind you."

That's what the captain in the car seat replied to the driver's question in the car.

Behind him is the cray mill.

"What do you do when you do?

"After confirming the evacuation of the residents, it's an attack. I have permission to use this tiger child within the kingdom, but I want to avoid artillery shelling involving the Kramer and the residents."

Even though the captain said so, he thought, 'At the time he reached him, not one of the inhabitants of the Kremyr would survive by the bond of death,' but he did not speak.

"Nevertheless, I didn't think you were going to have a real fight in the kingdom. Was that also < SUBM >... Why are we talking about monsters that are stronger than the mythology class..."

The young driver seemed afraid and dissatisfied with fighting for his life outside the Empire, but the great captain had thought of something different than him.

"Don't say that. Protecting this country will protect Drife in the future"

"What do you mean?

"Rumor has it. They're planning a marriage between the next Crown Prince and the First Princess of the Kingdom."

That is a rumor whispered inside the Empire.

Marriage has been talked about between the two countries for decades.

At the time, it was not convenient for both countries and there was a history of being postponed until the next generation.

But now seen as the next emperor, Prince Gustav has a first son, Halon, whose halon is believed to be the next prince if Prince Gustav takes office. Or, to fly one, he himself could have been king of kings. (Note that the previous King had not decided on a formal successor, so there is currently no Crown Prince)

The Crown Prince or the King and the First Princess. There's nothing wrong with it as a character.

"If so, will this be a drife in the future?"

"Or maybe it'll be Alter. But either way. The kingdom is rich. Becoming one country will also improve the food situation of drife"

"The number of starving deaths continues to increase in Cold Village..."

Due to an unexplained felony, the Empire's food self-sufficiency is on the way down.

It still holds up with imports from foreign countries now... but the future of the Empire remains bleak as it is.

"Oh. So now we have to protect this country for the future."

"Understood."

That's how they keep waiting, keeping their morale.

When that was fifteen more minutes later,

'Confirm [Gloria] to the horizon! Walking ashore!

Communication from the scouts arrived in the vehicle.

"Are you here…, prepare to attack each car"

"Prepare to attack each car!

Copy that! Prepare each car for attack!

Communicating the instructions of the battalion leader, fifty-eight [Geist] turns the turret and adjusts the angle of the shell.

In addition,

"[Ultra-heavy shell] - Loading begins."

The strongest weapon in their possession also went into preparation for use.

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From across the horizon, [Tripolar Dragon Gloria] emerged.

He walks on the ground moving his head, which is the edge of what is regarded as a triple neck dragon.

The head of one corner to the right had three eyes, each of which seemed to be moving in pieces to explore the surroundings.

The head of the two corners on the left gleams through the ground with its monocular glow.

However, the three-horned neck in the center... was closing his eyes as if sleeping.

The body, covered with a golden scale, is slowly approaching the claiming mill as it carves claw marks on the ground with its limbs.

Around it, the grass that was thriving on the earth by the junction withers to death.

If you approach the lake, a monster in the water dies instantly and floats on the water. They become dust of light from what is past resuscitable time and float the flesh pieces of the drop to the surface of the water. Both monsters and aquatic plants died, too many of them, and the lake instantly changed color.

"SHUEWOOOO -"

Just because you don't allow the presence of something raw around you, a single eye with two corners adds radiance.

[Gloria] walks wide on the earth that has withered and died.

…………

Unexpectedly, three eyeballs in one corner that were moving in pieces gaze at one point.

Shortly afterwards - countless arrows and ice blades poured down [Gloria] from the tip of that gaze.

That's a skill attack by the Babylonian Battlemen.

A long-range attack that weaves even Enbrio's Special Abilities hits [Gloria] 's entire body.

"Aim is the eyeball of the head! Don't try to take me down with this! Attracting him is paramount!

At the behest of the owner, Fortesla, the intensive fire of the Babylonian Fighters continues.

Then... No, even < UBM > will be able to sharpen HP.

But...

…… Owner! [Gloria] 's HP reduction, unacceptable!

That's what members who can use the highest level of "Nursing" they can take in senior positions told him in a voice that seeped through their impatience.

As he put it, with all this attack, [Gloria] 's HP has still not decreased.

On the contrary, even if a special skill hits an eyeball that seems obviously weak, it doesn't look as though it has.

"After all, do you have any defensive skills? But a complete defense shouldn't be possible..."

'Completely defend against any attack', something like that can't exist.

Therefore, it is Stonehenge that Defense Skills are defeated by the power per shot, or by the use of specific attributes.

And if the power per shot matters......

"Owner! Contact from Kingdom...... a series of attacks on the Tian side will begin!

"All right! Retreat as you continue the attack! Don't get involved!

We should be able to destroy them in the forthcoming joint Kingdom and Imperial operation.

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"Master Friguert! Twenty-six total brothers, ready to perform the procedure at any time!

"Uhm! My lead, overlap chanting and activation!

That's what Friguert, the oldest [sage], tells his disciples in [the Great Sage's] surviving imprisoned brother, an old man with a long white beard.

What they are about to exercise is combined magic.

A mystery that combines the magic of multiple people by means of specific chants and combined magic activation skills, increasing the number of people who participated, their magic content, and their power.

Combined magic, which requires extremely cynical timing and magic control, is unsuitable for < master > and is considered a technology that can be done because it is a long and magical trained tian.

And [The Great Sage] 's brothers were the highest group on the continent in combined magic.

"Let's superimpose our will on one"

"" "Let's superimpose our will on one" "

'Sue is land. Like rain, stain the earth with our magic. "

"" "Sue is land. Let our magic stain the earth like rain." "

"Now here we are, weaving the secret of our brother the Great Sage."

"" Now here we are, weaving the secret of our brother the Great Sage. ""

common chanting increases the power and fusion of magic,

"" "" "Unison Magic" - "Grand Holder"! "" "

Combined magic activation is declared.

Shortly afterwards, seven rock arms more than a hundred metres long emerged from the ground at the foot of [Gloria].

Seven rock arms instantly restrain [Gloria] and completely dampen its movements.

The strength of its rock arms and its undisturbed movement were proof that the combined magic was activated correctly and perfectly.

"Ha, ha... now! Priests of the state religion!

[Sage] Friguert tells a group of statesmen who line up nearby with the magic of loudness, letting them breathe out of the exercise of massive magic.

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The moment the voice arrived, they had already done what they should have done.

"- Heaven. It's just the incarnation of a heavenly punishment to determine the raw of all things."

Cardinal Berdin meditates, spinning his words together with his own hands.

That's not a chant for magic skills.

For the ritual, no more than prayer.

They've been praying for almost an hour already.

Now for this moment.

- There's a dead dragon here.

- If this man is evil.

- The reward of karma. "

Eventually that prayer reaches its pinnacle and a white glow emerges from the bodies of the priests in formation - chunks of their HP, MP and SP.

It is the crystal of their total power, and the glowing priest [passes out] with one and another.

Their brilliance eventually begins to be one in the air.

Eventually a white glow also emerges from Cardinal Beldin's body, and the glow that became a collection of light for all the priests who were on the spot flies over [Gloria] 's head.

And the assembled white glow itself… recites the last passage of the heavenly punishment ritual.

- Come, Judgment Pillar, the Pillar of Heavenly Punishment

A column of ultra-photo light encloses the entire body of [Gloria] for each rock arm that restrains it.

[Gloria] is exposed to enormous amounts of heat, and the rock arms melt in the aftermath, becoming lava to bury [Gloria] alive.

All I can think about in common sense is the end of burning to death there or steaming to suffocate... but that doesn't necessarily mean [Gloria] dies.

Therefore, as a final stuffing - the weapon of the Imperial Army Second Armored Battalion stabs Todome.

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"Battalion Captain! Confirm full restraint of [Gloria]!

"Ok...... [super heavy shell], ready to fire!!"

In response to the words of the battalion captain, the turret that had been assembled by [the mechanic] roares in the formation of the second armored battalion.

Its turret, precisely the shells released from it, is the biggest trump card in this [Gloria] crusade - [super heavy shells].

It is inherently one of four superweapons, [the Four Prohibited Artillery Bullets], unleashed by the Imperial symbol [Throne Life Emperstand].

What we have here is a warhead and a replica turret dedicated to it (...).

Current technology fails to reproduce the parts of the [Emperstand], with a range of less than one hundredth of the original. In addition, a substitute that once fired, damage is assured.

But no matter if the cannon is a replica, the shells it unleashes are real.

Yes, - the power of a weapon that compresses and extinguishes a kilometer radius by supergravity is the same.

Combined magic and heavenly punishment rituals are fabric stones to stop [Gloria] from moving.

This [super heavy shell] is the trump card of the kingdom and empire.

"Has it been 100 years since you've used it in action?"

"How many minutes?"

The [Four Prohibited Artillery Bullets] of the [Emperstand] only exist the number of bullets made in the civilized era of the previous period, and the number is now less than ten for the four species combined.

For this reason, even for the Empire, there is an extremely great hesitation to use. It has never been used for war and has only ever been used in mythical crusades and so on, which have been fierce in imperial territory.

Regardless, there is a consideration for the use of [super heavy artillery shells] in this crusade.

It's about defeating [Gloria], in itself.

The kingdom dines, and the empire stabs Todome. It is unclear whether he will be the commanding captain or the gunner who pulls the trigger, but now the Empire can earn < SUBM > Perks Armor.

To keep the kingdom from damaging its own country, the Empire acquires powerful privileged weapons, as a result of the convergence of the two interests.

"Turret...... 80% Energy Fill!

"I only have one shot. Don't take it off."

"Copy that! I'll shoot you with my life on the line!

[Technician] adjusting the turret, and while the captain and the gunman were in conversation, there was also a change in [Gloria] on the horizon.

"... after all, isn't he dead"

A solidified lava moved... Three necks emerged from the inside breaking through the lava.

Whether under the heavenly punishment of ultra-high fever or buried alive by lava, [Gloria] is not damaging its life.

After all, the captain is breathtaking about [Gloria] 's vitality, wondering if he can't be stopped without [super heavy artillery shells].

Yes, 'this is the only way,' when the battalion leader looked to [Gloria] with determination,

"Energy fill, 120%!

[Technician] announces the ready for launch,

"Wow! [Super heavy shell], fire!!"

"[Ultra-heavy artillery shells]... Fire!!"

With the declaration - a pitch-black sphere is ejected from the replica turret.

At the same time, the impact of the firing smashes and scatters the shell, but the black sphere flies to [Gloria], which moves in the lava at first sight,

- - Landing.

After a moment, the space around [Gloria] distorts.

The heavens and the earth are distorted, torn apart, so that they are sucked into a single point and disappear.

Even the light in that range is swallowed up, and all that is there is is a space that looks like a true sphere of pitch black.

The end due to supergravity, limited to a single kilometer radius, causes everything inside to compress out.

[Gloria] is also imprisoned in an overweight hell without being able to leak one scream.

Eventually, when it seemed short and a long time had come to an end and the pitch-black sphere had disappeared.

There...... I didn't see [Gloria].

It was extinguished by [super-heavy artillery shells]... there was no question.

To be continued