＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

□ Past

“Override the Sword” Fortesura.

It wasn't long after the service started that the duel ranker, later known by those two names, started < Infinite Dendrogram >.

The reason I started is not a big deal.

We were talking about it in every media outlet, so I just started. One reason would be to quit your job and have had extra time.

Logged in, he was amazed at everything the world of < Infinite Dendrogram > complained about to his five senses.

At that time he thought, 'Reality, is so real that it cannot be said by the word'.

When he logged in and arrived in Althea, the king's capital, he remained unhatched, but walked north of the king's capital with his legs.

He was a casual stroll through that forest called < Noz Forest >, but someone screamed in his ear inadvertently.

Rushing out to that scream with a conditional reflex, what he saw was a young woman with a drug cage and a wolf about to attack a woman.

The wolf, whose name [Tealwolf] appeared overhead, stripped his fangs and jumped toward the woman.

"Huh!"

It was the sword of Fortesura that inhibited its fangs when it tried to eat biting meat.

The behavior was an aggressive decision.

'She's in danger as it is,' her body was moving when she thought so.

This is the game, it's not real, such consciousness had disappeared from behind his brain at that time.

There was just a sense of crisis that a woman might die, and the action was the result.

Then, Fortesla defeated [Tealwolf] while wearing it down.

[Tealwolf] is the lowest level monster suitable for beginners to hunt, but stronger than Fortesura, who isn't even on the job at level 0. I was just lucky to get rid of it.

"So, are you okay?

When the worn out Fortesura sat down exhausted, a woman who was being attacked by a wolf called out worryingly.

"Oh. You..."

And so in an attempt to return the word, Fortesla remembered that this is < Infinite Dendrogram >... in the game.

Fortesla almost thought that the other person was NPC.

However,

"Shh, I'll make medicine soon! Leave it to me! I am still a [pharmacist] apprentice!

I couldn't help but think that she was a character in the game when she saw her injury, looked worried, and was trying so hard to make medication...

"It may stain a bit, but it will work right away......!

That's what she says, pushing a cloth stained with medicine on Fortesura's wound. Fortesura, whose pain was off, never stained her wound, but she felt the smell of poking the nose of the medicine. And the scent of flowers drifting from her.

Fortesla and she exchange words as they are drugged and bandaged.

"I'm sorry, I'm still an apprentice, so I can't make drugs that will heal my wounds soon..."

"I'm fine. It's healing."

Fortesura made sure that the HP of the simplified status at the edge of her vision was recovering slightly and showed it to her as well.

Relieved to see how HP would recover, she noticed the Fortesura name labeled there.

"Good... Um, is that Mr. Fortesla?

…… Oh. Right. "

I wasn't used to the player name yet, but Fortesla immediately remembered it was her name and replied so.

"Mr. Fortesla. Um, thanks for your help!

"Thanks for the pills this way....... uh"

Trying to thank her, I realized I still didn't know her name.

She was also relieved to realize that she had not yet named herself.

"Shh, excuse me! I am Erica. [Pharmacist] Erica Lansley."

"Right. Thank you, Erica. I'm Four, not Fortesura."

That's how they gave their names.

It's the beginning of him and her.

It was the beginning of Tian with the Master.

◇ ◆ ◇

□ ■ - Around

He was intact while being attacked by a mythical < UBM > trump card and numerous Tian's full body [Gloria].

The battle between the Babylonian Fighters and Gloria, led by Fortesura, which revealed the secret of its invincibility, has been intense since its inception.

"Sharka!! Keep it down!!"

"Roger!!"

Sub-owner [super-granting magician] Sharka responds to Fortesla's decree.

"Come, Rahm!!"

Sharka's crest emits light and a huge amount of mud overflows from its interior.

The mud flowing out quickly becomes a giant human shape of more than fifty metres in length, standing in front of [Gloria].

The name of the mud giant is [Guardian Muddy Rahm]. He became the sub-owner of < Babylonian Combat Regiment > and ranked sixth in the crusade. [Super Granting Artist] Sharka's.

"BO, BO, BO"

Mud giant Rahm was less than half the size of [Gloria], but he still specializes in [Gloria] regardless.

[Gloria] couldn't have missed the immense mud approaching herself, swinging her tail with four protrusions and immediately breaking Rahm into pieces.

But...

"BO"

Mud that flows more than the original...... No damage to Rahm with Physical Attack Disabled.

Even if [Gloria] is a great monster that transcends the mythical class, no damage can be done to the body of mud that invalidates the physical attack. Neither does the Endangered Realm, which causes organisms to die instantly, make sense.

That is, there is only one thing that can wipe out Rahm with [Gloria] 's bills.

Only a brace of extreme light that wiped out the Tians defending the crawmill.

But Rahm was called out to keep it from shooting (...).

"BO, BO, BO!!"

Rahm, meaty in [Gloria], returns his body to the mud and crawls up to the head of [Gloria].

The aim is a single corner of the head that emits extreme light.

Rahm instantly wrapped around its head,

"-" The Great Guardian of Hardness (Rahm) "!!"

Compress and harden your body with the proclamation of Sharka's Special Skills (...).

Rahm's special skill, which is hardening to hardness above mythical metal.

Usually only part of the mud is cured as a weapon, but now it was curing all of it.

――――

It's like a dog's mouth shackle, or a mask to captivity.

The head of one corner of [Gloria] cannot open the jaw, nor naturally can the brace be irradiated. Even [Gloria], who tries to shackle with its power but boasts tens of thousands of STRs, is not easy to destroy today's Rahm over mythical metal.

The total force of the sixth form was used to completely seal the braces of the extreme light.

"You got it under control!

"Yes. But I'm sorry. It seems impossible to break into your body. The area in your mouth has evaporated."

Closing the jaw prevented the firing, but the heat was preserved, and he could not enter the body from the mouth and knock it down from the inside.

"I don't mind. Focus on keeping it down."

"Okay. Turn the standalone buff to Rahm and use the overall buff sequentially."

[Ultra-Granting Artist] 's passive skill, One and All Enchant, allows Sharka to exercise the magic of a standalone buff and an overall buff at the same time.

It is also possible to turn the standalone endurance buff to Rahm to continue the seal and exercise the overall various status buffs on the clan members.

"... good"

Fortesura, who has received an overall buff, restarts the attack.

That attack is powerful and includes not only Sharka's buffs, but also self-enhancement through nailing.

The name of the skill Nailing has had since the beginning is Ower Chaser.

If the opponent's status exceeds itself, gain a skill level x 10% status correction for each status exceeded.

The current skill level, which is the sixth form, is six.

Thus, all but AGI, whose current Fortesla status beats [Gloria], had gained a significant 60% increase.

Together, Fortesura takes a further offensive to [Gloria], having gained superior status even as a superior position.

"Pretty defensive... but still use active skills to be thorough"

Fortesura squeaks so as she cuts into the tough scales of [Gloria].

Aside from him, the elites of the Babylonian Fighting Regiment, who raised their stats through Sharka's support, attack [Gloria] one after another.

"I can do it... the damage will be done!!"

"But watch your tail! That area is more aggressive than the legs and arms!

"I know, Riser!

Skilled masters, including Rankers, fight against [Gloria] without taking a step.

Brave and resolute, little by little [Gloria] 's body is also accumulating damage.

But its damage speed is... slow.

"Again, a few"

As the attack continues, Fortesura sees members of the clan who are within this conjunction.

That number, even combined with Fortesura and Rahm... was only twelve.

For two parties, only about 5% of the Babylonian Fighters who participated in this battlefield were able to enter the battle.

Fortesla already suspects that all participating members are above level 500 and that is the point at which the juncture will determine.

And the wall of level 500 is extremely high for Master.

Unless you are in a super position, you can only get there with those who kanst.

However, even those who once kansted often reset jobs one by one again and stretch new jobs if they are not satisfied with the build. It also makes sense to explore the conditions for moving to a super position.

The trend was particularly pronounced for the clan second and battle-based clan, the Babylonian Combat Regiment.

The majority of the members are in the middle of a reshake, and only the twelve mentioned earlier are in the process of being kansted.

In addition, the job configuration in the party can never be said to be good either. For among the twelve there is only one priestly lineage.

Since there was Sharka, a superior position in the conferring artistic lineage who obtained support, the damage could be contained.

If you want [Gloria] to be complete with your opponent, you have to align the Kansted < Master > with dozens of people. That was also why the previous Rankers were defeated.

Otherwise, we will need someone with more flying power than Kanst, like a super position.

(... I see. This guy is thorough...... is that the kind of deal)

Within the fight, Fortesura has been able to grasp the concept of [Gloria].

Fortesla has fought < UBM > many times as an individual with excellent martial arts skills and as the owner of the < Babylonian Combat Regiment >.

He knows that < UBM > has a large number of so-called design concepts.

For example, it plays extensively unless it crushes weaknesses.

Or, when an organism dies around it, it absorbs and enhances its vitality < UBM >.

Alternatively, they attack unilaterally from there by forming themselves in a favorable position.

As such, < UBM > with some concept occupies the majority.

And Fortesla had already guessed the concept of [Gloria].

(This guy specializes in sorting (...))

Numerous powers shown so far.

The line of instant death is to sort out those who are not level enough.

Invalidation of attacks from outside the boundaries, in order not to let those with insufficient levels prevail.

The brace of light cannot escape by the time the light specifies the illumination range and then switches to a mode that is lethal… to sort those inferior to speed and judgment.

All are powers reserved solely for sorting and cutting off the less powerful.

(... if you say it looks good on you, it would look good on you)

If you look at this [Tripolar Dragon Gloria] crusade as the end content of a traditional MMORPG… it's a very logical place to be if you see it as a high-difficulty reid battle.

A presence that repeats battles, identifies characteristics and weaknesses, behavioral patterns, and is crusaded sooner or later by those who are ready or have the power to jump through.

Indeed, I can say a completed (...) boss monster.

"But I don't have time to repeat it!

Already, irrevocable and devastating damage has occurred to Tian.

If we keep losing this before, the kingdom will perish even if we don't die.

Not to mention that they, the Babylonian Fighters, will no longer be allowed to defeat once to protect the last wall of Kremil.

"Here, we decide the battle!

"" "Respond!!" "

A member of the Babylonian Combat Regiment responds to Fortesla's words.

"There's a chance."

Only the Brace of Status and Light is a threat to the Absolute Death.

The brace of light was sealed with rahm.

And once hit, the status, including immediate death STR, is:

"On your own, you just have to avoid it!!"

Here we are, starting with the dueling third-place Fortesura, who have had many battles.

With Sharka's AGI buffs, she continues to dodge tails and nails like a wild storm with its status and experience.

"STR and END in [Gloria] is a threat, but AGI is sophisticated and subsonic. If you keep paying attention to the attack site, there's no reason to keep dodging it."

Enemy strong enough to take lethal damage once you make a mistake.

But such a training ground is not the first time for Fortesura, a good enemy of [superfighters].

Although it was a crossroads, not a single member of the Babylonian Combat Regiment is missing, and the battle is underway against [Gloria].

The issue of MP and SP consumption in long-term warfare is managed to be preserved with supporting skills from less than Kanst members who cannot be put into the juncture. It's a cycle of fighting with all your might, and with less MP and SP, traveling to the edge of the junction for support.

If we continue like this, we have enough to win.

When < Babylonian Combat Regiment > began to think so,

"Huh!"

Attacks from unintentional directions pierced [Gloria] one after the other.

That attack, which causes damage to the body surface, is clearly from within the conjunction, and those who made it... are not the Babylonian Combatants.

"Captain! It's a party or clan I was watching around! And they..."

"Have you figured out the tactics and come to take advantage of the fisherman?"

It was multiple parties, and clans that showed up.

They are all more fierce than Kanst and have attacked [Gloria] with us first.

Some of them activate ranged attacks regardless of other masters and are involved. Or those attacking from behind for other masters.

Members of the < Combat Regiment > outside the Order were trying to stop it, but the response has been delayed as to whether it was accidental at first.

"Earn Damage! Whatever it takes, we're gonna be MVPs!

"You can crush the rest of them together! Shoot me wide range attack skills!

I can't force that action either. Everyone gathered on this front line for the < SUBM > reward weapon.

Basically, other than ourselves... or ourselves, we are the ones who get in the way.

"Problems prior to the establishment of the cooperation system,"

Fortesura muttered so with a bitter face as she trumpeted those who had attacked from behind with a counter-attack.

We've got more fighting power in our sights, but we're working on each other...... we're in a hurry for MVP to pull our legs.

That is making the battle more difficult for the Babylonian Fighters, who were working together in the clan.

"... Rave and Azaki, the shields, will turn to the escort of Sharka. If he becomes a death penalty, Rahm disappears."

"" Roger!

Fortesla gives instructions to the two members to protect Sharka, who is the key to this battle.

If he were gone, he would unseal a single corner, and < Master > here would be swept away with a brace of light.

"Fortunately during misfortune, is the amount of damage itself increasing"

[Gloria] has taken an extraordinary amount of damage than when he was fighting only in the Babylonian Combat Regiment.

If it stays this way, the formula is expensive to be able to sharpen even if it stays a riot.

But...

……

Fortesla noticed.

It is not a sealed single corner, nor a twin corner that stretches the boundaries.

The neck of the three corners in the center, which has remained silent until now.

That's slowly - to the fact that my eyes are starting to open.

"... ugh!

At that moment, a strange sensation runs on Fortesla's spine.

Is it because you are a fierce warrior, or because of Maiden's identity with the world?

What he felt was... unusual chills.

It was a chill that something terrible was about to happen.

"... Nay"

'I know, Captain. We have to take that down quickly. "

Fortesura and nailing are intuitive.

I'm sure this [Gloria] choice of a long fight... will not make sense.

[Gloria] imposes strength on the enemy by sorting in the first place, but makes the jilli-poor battle of long and depleted wars… unacceptable to triumph by numbers and quantities.

There is something.

A gimmick that denies a long battle is planted in this monster.

The only way to keep it from showing off... is to defeat it once and for all.

Fortesla thought so.

"... Use Special Skills"

"Ok. Atashi, it's all I can do!

"Oh, please"

With a long sword nailing in one hand, Fortesla walks.

scratch the countless attacks that are unleashed from [Master] to [Gloria] and flesh to [Gloria] again.

But disputed by the explosion magic smoke - a tail with four protrusions of [Gloria] swung around involving Fortesura as he roared.

Fortesura leaps and dodges its tail - but the nailing was still in the trajectory of the tail attack.

Its tail, the greatest attack for [Gloria], sealed with braces, supersedes the endurance of nailing, the sixth form < Embrio >.

So at the moment of contact - the nailing was smashed and scattered.

But...

"Give it...!

'I've been waiting for you!

Fortesura smiled at the warrior,

crushed nailing laughed,

"" - "Who fulfills the exceedance (nailing)"!! "

At the same time, the two declare their skills.

Momentarily, the dazzling light extends from the broken blade tip, and the blade that should have been lost is reconstituted as a blade of light.

Fortesura points that blade at the tail of [Gloria] and declares his skills.

"Over Edge!!"

Moments, the blade of nailing light stretches and becomes longer than the diameter of a giant [Gloria].

Fortesura pushed the blade to the tail of [Gloria] as it went around the universe - cutting its tail as lightly as a lie.

――!?

[Gloria] 's defense was strong enough to finally pass the damage using active skills.

Needless to say, it exceeded that easily, and is the effect of Nailing's special skills.

"He who fulfills the exceedance (nailing)".

It's a nailing special skill that triggers your own destruction (...).

For ten minutes after destruction, the destroyed blade is reconstituted by light.

At the same time, put your defense of what destroyed you on offense, your offense on defense, and your AGI on your own AGI (...), a special skill for backlash.

In other words, while this skill is active, Fortesla gains Attack that always breaks the opponent's Defense, Defense that always prevents the opponent from attacking, and Speed that always exceeds the opponent's Speed.

It's a short-term showdown, but it's the strongest blade that can surely surpass your opponent if you're one-on-one.

"SHUOOOOEEEAAAAAA!?"

To the shock of losing his own tail, [Gloria] gives a voice of suffering for the first time.

But Fortesla doesn't stop.

Run up [Gloria] 's back, carrying a blade of light back to its original size.

Reaching the base of [Gloria] 's wings, Fortesla activates the Righteousness of the Swordsman System Superior Position [Sword King].

"-" Sword Avalanche "!!"

It's the knot of the sword.

A super-speed continuous sword that cuts off everything around itself by means of a blade.

Such a super sword move that it breaks in the middle of a move if it's a fragile sword.

But the nailing that turned into a blade of light stood up to the exercise of that skill.

And Sword Avalanche had cut off two wings that grew on [Gloria] 's back, causing even greater damage to his back, which was a big hole.

It had also destroyed [Gloria] 's heart from the back side.

……………………

[Gloria], crushed by major life engines, rocks its giant.

Members of the Babylonian Combat Regiment - those who belong to the Duel Ranker - will not miss the swing.

At this moment, he fires a blow of his own full strength.

"Heavenly Thunder Dust Bow (Indra)" Ahhh! "

"" Senjukan Nonbosatsu, "" Thousand Hand Luohan Severe Shock Fist ""

"The Storm Man Kicking Evil (Helmose)"... "Riserkiwick"!! "

An arrow compressing the thundercloud pierces [Gloria] with a thousand hands of continuous fists and a supersonic spiral kick.

Did you see that as an opportunity for everyone around you to focus their attacks on [Gloria]?

Moment after moment, so much fire that it exceeded the earlier heavenly punishment ritual struck out [Gloria] 's entire body.

Fortesura runs down [Gloria] 's back to avoid being caught up in that attack.

Because the recoil of Sword Avalanche prevented my arm from moving for about a minute and I couldn't chase it.

"Captain! Are you all right!

"I have no problem. As soon as the recoil falls out, we'll be back on offense."

That's what Fortesla replied to the members of the < Babylonian Combat Regiment > who came running over.

"... Again, haven't you decided yet?

"Oh, I'm crushing my heart and performing, but that's all. It would still be core type. Maybe one of the three heads, or everything, is his core."

Normally, if you get your heart crushed, the organism will be out of breath.

But sometimes it's not.

If there is another core that directs vital life institutions, the heart will only be one of the guts.

And [Gloria] 's core is each of the three heads, Fortesura guessed.

"... recoil fell out. I'm gonna drop my neck."

"Take care....?

One of the members who tried to drop Fortesla off blinked.

That's for the light in your eyes.

It's like sunlight or flashlight lights in your eyes. I feel the glare.

- My head disappeared shortly after.

!?

With its sight in sight, Fortesura looks toward [Gloria].

The moment I saw the stuff there, what Fortesla imagined was the kind of mirror ball that was in an old club.

It - illuminates (...) light from all over your body (...), is what [Gloria] looks like.

Since when?

The attack of transformed the scar on [Gloria] 's entire body like a toothless mouth, emitting light from all of it.

If you look at the head of a single corner, it's still under Rahm's restraint there... but the single corner stretched from between restraints was red emitting light.

Like when you evaporated the Tians.

…… This! "

Fortesura is convinced that this was the identity of the chills he felt.

[Gloria], who increased the opening of the brace of light all over her body, twisted herself intact - squeezing away the surrounding < Master >.

The braces from the open firing openings all over your body seem to have a short range, but that doesn't matter if you're around.

withstand with [brooch] only for a moment, and breathlessly with irradiation that continues afterwards.

Like a joke, the < master > who had turned to the offense until the brink is exhausted.

That includes not only the < Master > within the Order, but also members of the < Babylonian Combat Regiment > less than Kanst, who were thorough in distance support beside the Order.

Fortesura herself had avoided that raging of light with her own AGI and exceptional manoeuvre.

But...

"……!! Sharka!!"

"Owner, I'm sorry -"

By the raging of light, Sharka, the sub-owner of < Babylonian Combat Regiment > and Rahm's < Master >, evaporated into the light.

"BO.................."

Shortly afterwards, Rahm, who was restraining the head of a single corner, also disappeared - first realizing that the largest firing port was free.

Yes, there's the biggest launch point that reaches the crawmill, not the launch point that sweeps away close range.

By erasing most of the surrounding masters, [Gloria] stops irradiation from the entire body.

Instead, a shining, single-horned neck opened its big mouth - aiming it at the claiming mill.

"... not yet!!"

At the moment, the ultrasonic manoeuvre causes Fortesla to run up to the neck of a single corner.

And now he jumps on the neck of a single corner trying to release his braces exactly to the claiming mill,

"Sword Avalanche!!"

With his righteousness, he crushes his head.

A serial slaughter that involves everything like an avalanche.

When I cut and crushed the face cover that had covered my head, broke my right lid, chopped off its eyeballs, and eventually tried to crush the core at the end of my skull,

- The blade of nailing light broke.

……!?

'No, no...!

I couldn't believe it, either Fortesla or nailing it.

Until now, the same opponent has not been thoroughly bladed during Special Ability activation, except for one opponent (...).

But in reality, the blade broke when it reached the bone.

Whether it's bone, [Gloria] 's defense should be over it.

If that's possible......

"This guy has a status of (...) up and (...)...!"

Fortesura understands.

There are only two patterns in which the Attack of a Nailing that activates a Special Ability can be broken into the opponent's Defense.

Has any special defense worked, not status?

Or - your opponent's stats are higher than when you activated and photographed the Special Ability.

Fighting Figaro more than once, Fortesla understood that because of Figaro's Embrio properties, which are enhanced by battle time proportions, she had lost during Special Ability activation.

…………

Since when?

A third neck that has so far remained silent.

Triangled neck lid - fully open.

Its three-horned neck looked boring, watching Fortesura standing over its single-horned neck.

If [Gloria] specializes in sorting.

A bond of sorting the weak and a brace of extreme light sorting the blunt-footed and the slow judged.

And I was wondering if you have a third ability to sort the strong among the strong (...).

"Not yet...!

Still, Fortesura rises and sets up her sword.

Even if the blade (nailing) is crushed or the opponent's strength is increasing, Fortesla will not stop the attack.

himself may not be a true strong man capable of going beyond the third sorting of [Gloria].

But even if you're not a true strong man... there's something you want to protect with that sword.

[Gloria] 's braces of light will soon be released.

In that case, the crawmill will perish.

Erica, Fortesura's wife, also...... dies.

He, Maiden's master, could not have tolerated it.

"Let me do it, it's something. Ooh, ooh, ooh!"

Even as the crushed nailing disappears, it continues to be "instantly equipped" with a mythical metal sword, a spare weapon.

Even if its blade crumbles, it strikes [Gloria] by knocking it over and over.

If the core has to be crushed, the palm holding the pattern will be bloody painted, and if the bone is crushed, he won't stop.

But [Gloria] won't stop either.

Gradually, the corners glow and the light overflows in your mouth.

And - the white light that extinguishes everything stretched out to the creammill.

"Huh!! Elli... -"

Even at Fortesura's feet, the head wound turned into a firing mouth.

And Fortesura - swallowed by the raging light.

Nothing can stand in the light.

Even the great sword of mythological metal melts to become the liquid that descends on Gloria's face,

Fortesla, and everything he tried to protect,

... just disappeared into the light.

◆ ◇

Since the battle with [Gloria], two hours have passed.

But there are no more castle forts or cities left in the place.

It was just... an inappropriate chunk of rock.

Exposed to braces, everything evaporates... where only the foundations of the city have remained clean.

Everything that was on the battlefield evaporated.

The only thing left on the battlefield trail is [Gloria] 's own chopped wings.

The damage of the battle was not enough in the word immense.

Brother of the Great Sage of the Kingdom of Alter, a total of twenty-seven.

Patriarchal clergy of the Kingdom of Alter, totaling 675.

Drife 2nd Mechanical Battalion, 360 total.

, a total of 395.

Kremyl, absolute defensive line - wiped out.

- Collapse.

Survivor - Unable to confirm.

That was the result of the battle at Kremyr.

To be continued