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Episode Eight: The Lion and the Dragon, Part One

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"The Kingdom's < super > is approaching [Gloria]"

"Well, finally, Nah."

'Oh. I'm not even going to stop it, but I really need to fix my future schedule when I get to the King's Capital. Well, maybe it's better to be a kanflux agent if not one of the countries'

'The point is, either way is fine, right? Javawok'

"Exactly, number three (Queen). But only the case that a new super doesn't arise is troublesome"

"Trouble, huh? Hung, it depends if you're in trouble. Shall we see? The power of the kingdom they blindfold."

"Oh."

"Most, however strong The Glory Select.E.R...... [Tripolar Dragon Gloria] won't be stopped though"

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□ ■ Kingdom of Alter ·

Northwest of Wangdu, Novest Canyon is a less accessible area.

If you are traveling from the doomed city of Kreimil to Wangdu, you will also head south once to Wangdu from Wes Haido.

Why bother making roundabouts? The reason for this is that there are several cracks running on the ground, each extremely huge: one kilometer wide, several kilometers long and hundreds of meters deep.

It is also said that this topography did not arise naturally, but was a wound (...) caused by the wars that occurred at the end of the previous period of civilization.

Either way, in this area, where huge ground breaks have been contiguous, it takes a lot of work to bridge around. In addition, there was a risk of being destroyed by monsters at a higher level than in the surrounding areas.

It was therefore chosen to turn to other relatively safe paths, and this < Novest Canyon > was not used for traffic, but as a habitat for monsters.

But even in a land where no man can pass, there are those who pass.

Destroying the castle city of Kreimil, [Gloria] heading for the king's capital did not detour like a human being, but was aiming for the king's capital while going straight through the Novest Canyon.

[Gloria] moves on to the bottom of a huge crack deep enough to hide her giant.

That footprint is definite. After a full day of repair, all the wounds were blocked and the heart was regenerating.

Wings and tails remained lost, but [Gloria] was aiming for the King's Capital as he slowly walked through the bottom of the Crack of the Canyon, wiping out the creatures of the Canyon in The Endangered Realm.

Neither the terrain nor the nesting monsters inhibit the advancement of [Gloria], a being that transcends the limits of the organism.

Therefore, if we were to inhibit [Gloria], it would surely be… just beyond the limits as well.

"... you're here"

Feeling the signs of [Gloria] walking at the bottom of the crack as if he were a king, the person- [Superfighter] Figaro vomits alone.

"Oh, this looks really strong"

Figaro, who produces solo attackers in the Tomb Labyrinth, has witnessed < UBM > many times in depth.

I have also encountered and defeated < UBM > several times similar to the mythological class.

Among them, the strongest opponent would have been the mythical class, [Dragon King Dragfin], who was randomly roaming the dragon's realm.

But even Figaro, accustomed to seeing the powerful < UBM > that way, the slowly looming pressure of [Gloria] was more broken than ever felt. [Dragon Destroyer King] was no exaggeration to say that he was the natural enemy of every creature... but still inferior to the impending superdemon dragon.

I could better understand the power of what I felt in the five bodies than I could see in the video.

My battle power difference was historical.

When challenging an opponent like this alone is ridiculous... even Figaro, a combat maniac, understands.

But still,

"Still... I'll do it alone first"

Figaro fights alone.

That was also his flaw, but only this time, even without it, he would have fought alone.

In addition, Figaro has sealed one of his own methods of warfare.

Figaro's "Super Embrio" passive skill "Dance of Life" strengthens your gear in proportion to your combat time.

Therefore, Figaro should have been able to fight in his favor by filling some of my battle differences if he had done some fighting and warming up beforehand if he was going to challenge the showdown.

But Figaro didn't want it... he didn't choose it.

Fight alone and don't fly ahead of time.

That's because, for one thing, this battle is for him - a duel (...) against Fortesla (...).

Figaro and Fortesla were running up the duel rankings at the same time.

Victory, defeat, overtake, overtake...... were good enemies of each other.

They were also best friends through a duel. It was a friendship of battle that only arose among those competing on the same mound, unlike the friendship with Shu, who was also his best friend.

But Figaro's victory over Tom Cat, the dueling champion at the time, made the two unable to fight in a duel betting the rankings. Because only two places could be challenged by the dueling champion, and Fortesla was incompatible with Tom Cat and could not rise to second place.

But Figaro thought Fortesla would come up sooner or later.

The difference between the two seemed to have been opened by Figaro's becoming, but Figaro himself did not.

Fortesura said that she and I are still living together.

He also grows further while he defends his throne and brushes his arms.

Soon there will be a day beyond Tom Cat to battle himself and the Dueling King.

Figaro believed that and... the two of us actually swore each other an oath.

But I don't visit that day anymore, when the two of them can cross spears directly.

Fortesura, because what supported his heart was mourned with that fortified city.

Because Figaro also knows he's not coming back into this world anymore...

Therefore, this will be - their last duel.

"Shall we? [Gloria] (Fortesla)"

Eventually, when [Gloria] showed up, Figaro said so.

Figaro does not see [Gloria] in front of him as an enemy.

I just... recognized him as the target of a duel competition (...).

Like a dueling competition (Time Attack) competing for time to crusade, through [Gloria] … I watched his good enemy.

"Let's get started. Your track record is defeated, so no Time Attack is recorded. There are wings, tails and heart, and the destruction of the right eye, as evaluation points. So I'm going up there to beat you."

It's time attackers who decide to win or lose a dueling competition for a monster crusade, but even if they lose along the way, they add up.

And if you want to travel over a Fortesla that even destroyed your heart, there's only one thing you should destroy.

"- Crushing the Core"

Declare the destruction of the highest scoring area in a dueling competition for monsters with a core.

And Figaro had set his aim on one of [Gloria] 's three necks from the beginning.

That's a one-corner neck.

A neck that emits a brace of light heat and boasts the strongest offense that has devastated an absolute line of defense.

That means that for as long as this neck exists, [Gloria] will continue to unleash a brace that boasts a special power. In addition, for each damage taken, the launch port increases and the gap disappears.

[Gloria] Before the other two necks if you think about the offense, the neck you absolutely have to knock down.

Therefore Figaro's aim at the neck of a single corner is also a tactical reason why this neck must be defeated first...... not (...).

…………

Figaro looks into the right eye of the neck of a single corner.

There, on a heavily decided scar, the melted mythical metal - what was originally a great sword - is sticking like a sore lid.

That is the proof left that Fortesla fought through this neck against him.

This neck is the neck that Fortesla tried to defeat, the neck that defeated Fortesla.

Other than that, there is no reason for Figaro to target the neck of a single horn, so Figaro fights to pour out his whole spirit and drop the neck of a single horn.

- Shall we do it?

So Figaro put a spear on his right hand,

"Flululululu......"

[Gloria], who admitted to the appearance of his enemy, arose his body and stood on the earth with two limbs,

- Let the game begin.

"-FLUUUSSSSHHEEAAA!!"

The battle between [Superfighter] Figaro and [Tripolar Dragon Gloria] began when that single-horned jaw was opened and the light illuminated.

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Some of the < canyon > melted by the braces unleashed by [Gloria], the effect of which caused a cliff collapse.

The roar also echoed outside the Novest Canyon.

"... here we go"

It was the man on the giant battleship - [Destroyer] Shu Sterling - who murmured so much as he heard the sound.

I kept Baldor, a battleship-type < Super Embrio >, waiting outside, just sitting quietly in it and waiting.

"I can't really help it, but, uh...?

Thirty-four human beings were gathered around the Baldor.

It is the # 1 ranking of the Kingdom clan, a total of 34 members of level 500 or more mobilized by the [Lunar Party] for this [Gloria] crusade.

Included among them are naturally the owner, [Pope] Susan Lunar Night, and the sub-owner, [King of Assassination] Tsukishiro Yongshiro.

"Oh. Rather, don't ever go in there until his battle is over, Bear."

"Solo is suicidal. It's no bother to mess with me."

Shu, moon and night, and Figaro. Each of the three top lankers in this kingdom gathered individually, but only here, in the thought of Novest Canyon.

The earliest of these was Figaro, who jumped into the crack of the < canyon > on his own to fight [Gloria] with a solo.

Then it was Shu who arrived only marginally.

He was Figaro's best friend and had some idea of what Figaro meant when he headed alone… what he thought would come to the fight.

So all he can do... is not interrupt Figaro's battle.

That's why the last moon and night we arrived... were also responsible for holding back.

Regardless, there was no reason for the moon and night to hear that, and they were trying to keep pushing forward.

But it was swallowed by a deal.

"So, bear, no. I'll check, but if that infirm nobleman drops a corner, we'll be next. Yeah, right?

"Oh, that's good bear"

That's the order of the crusade.

As for [Gloria], the data left by the Babylonian Combat Regiment gives some idea of its nature.

In the wind: a single angle that releases the brace, a double angle that stretches the line of death, and a triple angle that enhances the status as HP drops.

Of these, the first thing you have to drop is a single corner that widens the range of Special Attacks for each wound.

So if you say which one should be dropped second, that is naturally a triple angle that will be enhanced with the drop in HP. There is no reason to leave the ability to be strong enough to be wounded until the end.

And if you lose one corner and three corners, only two corners will remain later that will not work for the owner of a level above Kanst.

What this means is that if you take down one corner and three corners, the two corners are the same. Because [Gloria] will only gradually become weaker if the neck of enhancement due to HP decline is eliminated.

Also, [Gloria] is a monster with a high probability of having a core in each of the three necks, and the destruction of the core is a big part of the selection of the MVP if it is a normal < UBM >.

In one of the [Moby Dick Twin] cases that appeared in Gran Baroa the other day, < SUBM > has been found to offer multiple reward weapons.

If [Gloria] is expected to have a core for each head, a reward weapon may occur for each core.

In other words, depending on the order, you can earn two MVP feats.

Airborne theory on the desk due to few precedents, but not unlikely.

The moon and night were aiming for it and were looking to crusade two and three corners.

But one corner stands to fulfill it.

Crusading a corner that randomly shoots a special brace is extremely risky. That's even more than challenging in a mass battle, like the Lunar Party.

So Shu's promise to meet Moon and Night is to give way to the order of defeating two and three corners after defeating one corner.

If Figaro does his best by knocking down one corner, the moon and night will challenge him next.

If Figaro does his best without defeating a single corner, Shu will do his best to defeat a single corner and then give way to the moon and night.

Figaro and Shu, the two of us who specialize in combat can take one of our necks. We also thought that the formula was high, and drank this condition.

"But if that brain muscle prince attacks one corner or two corners or something, you don't have to?

'That's not true. He's gonna fight a corner. "

Schu, who knows the relationship between Figaro and Fortesura, who was leading [Gloria] 's… < Babylonian Combat Regiment >, neither did the shards doubt it.

Because I knew who my own friend was.

"Rather, what if he worries about losing all three of his necks alone as it is, Bear?

"That's not it. Do it. If I could, I'd be human."

'Certainly not a human undertaking, Bear.... but it is.'

affirming the words of the moon and night,

He's the strongest man in the kingdom, isn't he?

Shu uttered a word he believed in the power of his best friend.

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Figaro and [Gloria] 's battle was opened by a special brace from the opening.

[Gloria] had an "extinct junction" to determine the organism at the level, or was also excellent at measuring the level of the subject.

I had thus grasped that the Figaro in front of me had a higher level than any other organism that had ever been relative since it was cast into the kingdom.

In addition, I also feel signs of perks martial arts, the fruit of numerous enormous resources from the things Figaro wears….

Even if [Gloria] did, he was an adversary for whom no reason existed to contain his power.

- "OVERDRIVE"

A single angle emits red light, wielding Tian's elite braces of maximum output that wiped out the city of Kremyr.

The inevitable light rumbles along with the neck that will.

But...

"I know that"

Figaro avoids the ultimate chaos.

Run around at supersonic speeds and flesh to [Gloria], beside the light, which will be the end of a roll if you touch it.

Figaro's thoughts - no, judgments in combat instincts, not thoughts, are like this:

That brace is the speed of light.

No matter how fast the light is Figaro, there is no way to avoid them.

But the neck that wields it... it's a subsonic stop.

I wouldn't hit it if I were a hypersonic myself, as long as I cut off my neck movement.

In the stretched physical sensory time of supersonic manoeuvre, you can just push along avoiding the impending light chaos at the subsonic speed (...).

He says it's over if you touch him, but he just made that decision in a corner of his head, and he's pushing on to [Gloria] without getting lost in anything.

That was the fighting sense and intuition that a man named [Superfighter] Figaro - in real life, was not shown because of his illness.

Eventually, when the [Gloria] brace received the limit time for continuous irradiation,

"First, for the first time. ――■■■■■ ■ ■ ■

Figaro whined about something while throwing the spear he had at [Gloria].

Its spears are legendary privileged weapons and perform well as equipment.

But [Gloria] is not afraid of it. Whatever skills were available, I knew it wasn't enough to inflict deadly damage on me.

That's right, the legendary spear known as [Dragon Ringing Spear Drag Song] had the ability to crush objects with vibrating waves, but not enough to be given an effective hit against [Gloria].

Therefore, [Gloria] even had a laugh at the moment when that spear touched the long neck of a single corner,

- Shortly afterwards, I didn't even understand the moment my neck was half-decided (...).

"Go, a...?

The thickness of the neck becomes half and the head of a single corner leans forward.

My neck leans forward so much that it may fall straight to the ground.

But when the three eyes of a single corner admit to the approaching figure of Figaro, [Gloria] wakes up his head like a hack and throws up a brace of interception.

Figaro dodges it, while [instantly equipping] with a new weapon - a throwing axe in his hand.

Scratching the raging of light, Figaro dares to throw again, wielding an anecdotal weapon named [Whirlstorm Axe Full Goal].

The ultra-fast, spinning axe wraps around the stormy wind during the throw, flying into the neck of [Gloria] in orbit distorted by an ellipse.

Nor would that weapon have been a performance that would have otherwise given [Gloria] a deadly blow.

But [Gloria] has already learned that the energy and power he feels are not commensurate.

"FLUUUUUSSSHEEEAAAAAA!!"

Shortly afterwards, he showered a bunch of light from a single-horned jaw to the [whirling storm axe] approaching his neck.

In its light, [Whirlstorm Axe] evaporates and vanishes from the world.

At that moment - wreak so many digit air disturbances that it rocks the giant of [Gloria].

Benefits of wind Pushed by the last huge wind pressure released by the weapon, [Gloria] steps on the bump.

That's how I fell apart. Ahead,

"-" Deciding Rotating Dragon Fang (Drag Spiral) "

Figaro was fleshy to the feet of [Gloria] in the clearance where [Gloria] 's consciousness turned toward [Cyclone Storm Axe].

Push the horse spear (Lance) in your hand toward Gloria's left heel with the declaration.

Its spear name is [Dragon Spear Drag Spiral].

An ancient legendary Dragon King once crusaded by Figaro, [Dragon King Drag Spiral] 's Benefit Armor.

The only effect of that skill, Deciding Rotating Dragon Tooth, is - object penetration.

The drill tip wears a [Gloria] scale that should be strong.

Rotated its tip and bounced off the meat, crushing the bone - breaking its left hindlimb.

"- FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!"

[Gloria] 's body, which so carelessly lost one of her limbs, falls.

At that moment the word that followed one of [Gloria's] heads would have been "impossible".

[Gloria] has an instinctive knowledge of < UBM > and privileged weapons.

Assuming the original UBM rank, you can't possibly inflict this much damage on yourself.

Even if it's the power of the user, the calculations are not right.

Then the enemy will have a strange function.

That instinct (judgment) is correct.

Figaro has already cut a trump card in this battle that fills the power gap between the two.

I'll pay you a huge price, a trump card of swords of all blades.

…………

At the moment of falling to the ground, [Gloria] realizes.

An enemy spear that broke one of his own limbs.

That it is... shattered (...).

[Gloria] had no, < SUBM > had an understanding of what it was.

That's a shell out, he said.

Perks Concepts, souls and resources embedded in weapons.

All of that, there's nothing left but a shell out.

It's just a wreck that has also ended up undesirable for automatic repair.

That's as if - you've used up all of your perks arsenals for the blow you just took.

"... ugh."

At the same time, Figaro, the user, also rocks its body.

In previous battles, Figaro has never taken any damage from [Gloria].

"I knew...... that hurt (...)"

Even so, Figaro's entire body is burned as if he had suffered a burn.

That damage is unlikely with a [Gloria] brace of light that doesn't leak heat outside the light.

If you look closely, there are no traumas.

All the burns were coming from the inside of my body.

It's as if the blood that orbits your body has turned into flames... that burn.

Crushed scattered perks martial arts and severe burns.

That's the price of Figaro's trump card.

"Thirty seconds have passed. Based on the remaining HP cap...... two more times"

The pain is the same as being broiled in flames from the inside out to him who doesn't use a set to erase the pain.

Still, there's no way to cower at him.

Severely injured, in pain, while losing his weapon - still Figaro stares at one corner with a sense of war in both eyes.

- This is the second time.

And he repeats the declaration of the sword of the blades.

That proclamation is the name of his life in this world.

That's...

"Burn, my soul."

- It was his < Super Embrio > name, inspired by a star named the heart of a lion (Cor Leonis).

To be continued