＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

■ Commercial city Cortana/Mayoral residence

[Pluto] Benetnache noticed an underground anomaly when he entered the mayor's residence after completing negotiations with [the shooting down king] AR I. CA.

He is a skill of his own, and he sees both soul and resentment.

It is a vision that is not blocked by material walls, and he still sees the soul underground.

That is why I could understand the souls of nearly two hundred people present underground mourning.

"My friend, what's wrong?

Aragorn, who broke indoors as he forcefully smashed the exterior walls and hallway walls, asks Benetnache, who stopped his leg.

In contrast, Benetnache shook his head quietly.

"... sucks"

Shortly after I told him to throw up uncommonly for him, the mayor's mansion rocked.

Then he breaks through the floor and huge white arms grow in front of them one after the other.

The arms grow successively from the basement, with a total of six white arms piercing the floor of the mansion.

Six arms gradually break down the mayor's mansion.

Besides, the mayor's mansion is intolerable and collapses.

"Friends, get in!

"... oh"

Benetnache jumped inside Aragorn's ribs and Aragorn escaped to the garden grinding down the walls and columns of the collapsing mayoral residence.

While doing so, the mayor's residence collapses completely.

…………

The life and death of the servant who remained inside was evident even if it was not Benetnache, who sees the soul.

"They're coming from below!

Shortly after Aragorn's warning voice, the six arms that destroyed the mayor's residence moved to pull up the body ahead of them, and eventually the whole thing would be exposed.

It was a maggot with human hands and feet.

On maggots that are more gigantic than pure dragons, six great arms grow, and human feet grow countless times to support giants.

All of it is made of a collection of tiny maggots.

It's too vague, and if you're weak, you lose your sanity just by looking at it.

Benetnache understood what a monster appeared from underground.

"My friend, this is..."

"You should see that the sealed UBM was released."

'Quite a giant, but were you pushing this in? A maggot chunk is something that contained something ugly...'

To Aragorn's words, Benetnache shakes his head.

"No, this body... is a living person"

What do you mean?

Benetnache has not seen the moment when the body of the present [De Wermis] is formed.

But he sees his soul.

The human soul is also taken in by maggots that make up the whole body.

Persepone was explaining to Hugo the relationship between soul, mind and flesh with the analogy of ice, liquid and vessel.

The main eye of that story was mainly the effect on the soul and flesh of boiled resentment, but there are still other cases.

It is the effect of the flesh on the soul and mind.

It also has a negative effect on the soul and the spirit if it can be put into a different and different flesh than the original flesh.

Like pouring liquor into a vessel of lead, the mind and soul are contaminated by the flesh.

Now [De Welmis] was in exactly that state.

They are still alive while being replaced by maggots.

Though he should have died, his soul continues to be imprisoned in the flesh, alive but therefore unable to dissolve and even disappear into resentment.

A more fearful end than the undead was the body of [De Welmis].

'It's still not enough. For eternity, there is still not enough strength and number'

[De Welmis], made of human maggots, uttered those words.

Then grab the dead maid's body, caught in the collapse of the mayor's residence when [De Welmis] emerged, with one of the six hands.

Then I crushed the body to squeeze it in my hand.

The corpse, which damaged the whole body with fractures, trauma and visceral rupture, soon afterwards the wound of the whole body… the malignant cells turn into maggots and are taken into the hands of [De Welmis].

That's how just a little bit [De Welmis] grew up.

"... my friend, this one is"

"At the time the mayor's“ feet ”grew up, I was wondering... Whether you plant eggs in the mayor or exercise your abilities from inside the beads, there's no way you can get the fallopian tube out, which is part of your body. But that wasn't biologically created..."

"Skills of Existential Perversion... were you perverting the very flesh of that artifact into maggots,"

"... Perhaps being healthy also stems from its ability.... something called Maggot Therapy exists over there, but this is too..."

Too, ugly.

But that's not just about appearance and ecology for Benetnache.

The problem is that the soul is being taken in.

A degenerate cell lives as a maggot, and hence his soul is also imprisoned.

But it's not already a person... if time goes on like this, even the soul and spirit will be able to accomplish it with maggots.

In fact, the mayor's soul that Benettonache saw earlier was starting to deviate a little from people's.

Now because of the fusion with the [De Welmis] body, the speed of transformation is also increasing.

That's the biggest reason Benettonache threw up saying 'worst'.

Because the mourning of the soul mourned that he could not even die as a person and that his soul would transform into something that was not even a person.

"-" Deadly Exploded ""

Benetnache did not take into account the already lifeless mayoral residence.

Using the resentment accumulated by the mayor's work as fuel, detonate Deadly Explode, the depths of the [high-ranking psychic].

The blast detonated from the most resentful underground - the flames that erupted swallowed all the remains of the mayor's mansion on the ground.

With a blast, even the trees of the garden are swept away, while the great firepillars rise to heaven.

Its firepower, heightened by accumulated resentment, is comparable to that of the True Fire True Light Blast Dragon Hegemony once used by [Corpse Immortal] Xunyu.

But...

"Friends."

"... I can see it because I can see it"

Even if his whole body was burned by the firepower of Deadly Explode, [De Welmis] 's giant was alive and well.

The flame of resentment, which could have burned out whether it was a pure dragon with strong resistance to fire, could not, however, incinerate a mass of maggots.

Although I [carbide] the majority of my body, the black carbide maggots are immediately white... they are replaced by new maggots and repaired without any problems.

That is the inherent skill of [De Welmis], the primary horror of Enlightenment Rebirth.

"Enabling Rebirth" replaces malignant cells with maggots, which are splinters.

That means that you can also fully recover your wounds, a collection of maggots, by replacing them all with healthy maggots.

"Really... why is < UBM > throwing away common sense like this..."

"Absolutely."

"... although I think Aragorn in his lifetime was also approximate"

Still more than carbide...... no trace (...) Only the amount of maggots burned down is decreasing in volume, and that's the only damage [De Welmis] took.

But that's... less than 10% of the total.

"Friends, in a row... you couldn't use it"

"Now that I've burned all the resentment I've been accumulating in the mayor's mansion..."

Deadly Explode is the magic of converting resentment into firepower.

Therefore, it can only be used once in one resentment accumulation.

[The Great Necromancer] Like Maize [The Grievance Crystal] But unless you're making it, that's an out of the question substitute from the Benettonache that goes around erasing the resentment buildup. I can't even have it with me.

'But the only way to defeat it is to leave scars but no marks.... this threat, unlimited mythological proximity'

"You mean the top ancient legend... Doesn't that make you stronger than Aragorn?

"I should have been in the same area. But let's be clear, the incompatibility sucks and I can't win. '

"... I can't seem to help it if I slash it."

Aragorn said words that calmly analyzed his power of war, and Benetnache was convinced of the words.

While they had such a conversation, the < Master > gathers to see the firepillar that stood up at the mayor's residence and was in Cortana.

They recognized their opponent as < UBM > under the name [Demon Maggots Reborn De Welmis] floating over the head of a giant maggot and began to move for a crusade.

Some of them pointed surprise weapons at Aragorn's appearance, but soon realized it was the undead taken by < Master > and headed to [De Welmis].

'... Hmm, there's not much to come together for a city this size'

"Persephone's story says [Murder Princess] Emily ran around in a bazaar... so I think a lot of people went out to deal with you and became desperate"

"Is that the same daughter named Klan as that burglar? Then you won't be able to fathom most of them.

"... although I don't want to think you're as horrible as Rascal"

While they are talking, they will also launch a focused attack on [De Welmis].

[De Welmis] does not have any kind of defense or resistance.

The magic of flying, the slaughter unleashed, the dreaded state anomaly strikes [De Welmis] and ensures its effect,

Could it be - all of that will be restored.

Magically burnt bodies are restored just like Deadly Exploded.

Slashing only cracked a collection of maggots, and maggots broken in blade orbit quickly regenerated.

And maggots aggravated by state abnormalities are immediately replaced with new maggots.

Whatever you do, recover immediately to full health.

And whoever has the Nursing will notice.

Repeating these regenerations, [De Welmis] 's SP has not even reduced fine dust.

That's the second horror of Enlightened Rebirth.

Exercising skills without SP consumption - on the contrary, it also has the continuous recovery effect of SP.

No matter how repetitive the regeneration, [De Welmis] has no fatigue.

Instead, if fatigued and maligned, it is immediately replaced by a new maggot.

Whatever happens, stay healthy forever.

There is nothing wrong with defense or lack of resistance.

If it gets worse, it just replaces it.

"HP as determined by volume like slime. In addition, infinite continuous playback...... no reincarnation (...) '

"Speaking of which, speaking of Persephone, I hear [Murder Princess] Emily was a user of serial resuscitation.... I wish you would have fought [De Welmis] against me here"

"... it's called a hell of a painting"

The agitation spreads even among the masters on [De Welmis], who receive and recover from all attacks.

Some of them used special skills comparable to or more powerful than the earlier Deadly Explode... but even that was fully recovered to show.

After taking those attacks, [De Welmis] turns to offense.

The arms of the six men growing from the maggots' bodies turn their hands around in pieces.

"Offensive Magic Parallel Activation. Start shooting '

What was unleashed was countless attack magic.

Thunder strikes, flames, ice cubes, wind blades, earth spears, light strips pouring into the surrounding masters.

It's all magic that the owners of the bodies replaced by maggots had, and it's preliminary as magic, mostly because they were slaves and vagabonds.

The power is the lowest, and the high but skilled shooting performance has only the effect of scratching a loose wound.

But that's fine.

- Plunder wounds are enough.

"Heh! There's nothing wrong with this level of damage!

"Apparently, you specialize in health and repair. You don't look weak right now, but if you keep pushing it like this, sooner or later,...?

I was fighting, but I notice strange discomfort unexpectedly.

Something small feels rash on my skin, like itching somewhere in my body.

the area where they communicate that feeling...... ascertain the area damaged by the earlier magic attack,

- I saw countless maggots there.

"Uhhhhhhhhhhh!?"

Screaming tree spirits around.

But it wasn't impossible, it was a sight off the regular track.

The maggots eat the meat around them with a very small mouth... soon after that it will turn into maggots as well.

"Holy shit! Crush, crush!

They crush maggots crawling around their bodies.

Or some burned in flames.

But the crushed and burned maggots are soon reincarnated into new maggots.

In addition, if the act wounds itself - it also becomes maggots.

That is the third and greatest horror of Enlightenment Rebirth.

All scratches sustained by organisms within a radius of 300 meters (...) can be replaced with maggots.

The indelible maggots echo the screams of fear and disgust.

Whenever he falls, or hits somewhere and injures himself, that wound becomes a maggot.

"All my wounds are on new maggots. All other people's wounds are also maggots. Wouldn't the total amount be reduced just to hurt you, and would the opponent you fought replace you one by one? '

The battle isn't about keeping the front either.

There is no pain in < master > that is turning off the pain, but there is certainly only the feeling of maggots crawling around their bodies.

That in no way diminishes, spreading the print to one's own body at a time.

Once the damage is done, the target's body will be permanently eroded by maggots as long as it is within the scope of Enabling Rebirth.

Someone used the self-harm system on seizures, but that's not to blame either.

'Friends better not be attacked. Keep me as a shield. And don't hang up Necro Effects.

"I know."

It's a stubborn Aragorn, but it doesn't mean it won't take any damage.

The area of damage suffered had been slightly replaced by maggots, but those maggots had died instantly.

That's one of the buff skills of the necromancer lineage, by Necro Effects.

The effect of imparting a microscopic contact instant death status is to instantly kill maggots that occur on Aragorn's body surface.

It only works on weak opponents, but if you deal with this maggot, there's no problem.

"... Speaking of which, Aragorn the bone itself is fine, right?

'That supposedly replaces the damaged or diseased area. I guess it can't work on bones that don't have any disease. I'm not rotten. "

"... That doesn't seem like a zombie. Also, the damaged area in Aragorn has been replaced. … or may be substituted without meat or bone if it is an organism,"

From the emergence of [De Welmis], Benetnache and Aragorn calmly continue their analysis and conversation.

Their spirits will not be shaken, neither will their surroundings be panicked.

That's not how they... at least the spirit of Benetnache is human apart.

I'm simply getting used to these hellish fights.

"Well, I'm getting resentment again... there"

Benetnache, who still uses the Kannon Soul Eye, finds the soul of the [De Welmis] body in a collective and humbling soul.

At the same time concentrate the resentment generated by the souls imprisoned by [De Welmis] and by the current attacks on one point with the skills of [Pluto],

"-" Deadly Exploded ""

- [De Welmis] burned the main body of [De Welmis] without a trace.

Burned down a large book of rice, [De Welmis] stopped the movement,

"Did you do it?

"... I don't think so."

After a moment, it was starting to work.

The body is the main body and not the core.

Even if the original body was burned down, the collective of [De Welmis] is the body now.

If we don't get rid of all of that, there's no victory.

"They don't exist like cores. My soul continues to be there."

"I mean, no matter what, you can't defeat that whole body without destroying it? It's a story of broken bones. '

"............... Is that a joke?

To the words of the systemic skeleton dragon (Aragorn), Benetnache inquired with a serious face.

"Huang Long... I'm also convinced that the [Dragon Emperor] of the previous generation sealed it without defeating it. If we're gonna deal with that, it's easier to seal it than to take it down."

That's what Benetnache said, but he was also thinking of another possibility.

(Or rather than defeat it... save it in a bead and use it as a weapon if you liberate it in hostile countries, though you may have thought.... I guess he was winning at the point where he could seal it)

It is only ironic that it is being freed in a large city in a potential hostile country as a result of it being stolen at the hands of others.

"Even dragons that I know seem to be able to deal with that are the King of Tenryu and [the Dragon King of annihilation] who once disappeared.... and I heard rumors of the wind. It would be about [Gloria] '

All of them are the most powerful dragons of all, above the mythical class, and obtaining the extermination of a wide area.

There will be nothing in this room that can exert so much firepower.

But...

"So, what do we do?

"... I will if I have to burn it down"

Benettonache had the technique.

"Happiness or unhappiness... now we have more firepower than Deadly Explode."

"... that one (...)"

"We just have to rendezvous with Persepone to do that, and we need evacuation and understanding around. If you use it, this city of Cortana is not safe either. … is it up to you to negotiate with her"

Benettonache remembered the pale < Maggie > he had fought until the last minute and felt a little anxious.

However, as Cardina, we should not be able to leave this situation unattended, and we thought that it would not swallow the Benetnache proposal, which could deal with this situation at the earliest opportunity.

"You have to keep that < UBM > here to evacuate and buy time"

"Let's play my part... but if my friend leaves the side, Necro Effects will run out and I'll be eaten by maggots gradually."

"Right. So if you put a stop...... it has to be something that never (...) hurts (...)"

That being said, Benettonache picks what is from the inside of his clothes.

"So I can leave the stopping to... about him"

"Oh man, will you end up using it"

It was almost used in the fight against AR-I CA.

Strange shaped pendant, like the lower body of a gargoyle.

"I have saved up to 6 million MP after looking at the fold since my last use... I should be able to move for 30 minutes"

"... as usual, he's a fuel-efficient guy"

"But it's worth it, and there are things only he can do.... well."

Benettonache holds the pendant and puts it before himself.

And he declares.

"Wake up -" A Thousand Standing on the Ground. "

Immediately afterwards, the pendant glowed.

◇ ◆

[De Welmis] thought it was' going well ', repeating the magic attack on and the replacement of wounds with maggots by' Enlivened Rebirth '.

Little by little, the volume of [De Welmis] continues to expand.

This is due to the effects of skills other than Enabling Rebirth. We are transferring subdivisions that fall outside the scope of the Enabling Rebirth effect to the collective.

Therefore, even if the wounded and maggot-encroached Master escapes the range, the created split will definitely return to [De Welmis].

If you think of it as a theory of ordinary organisms, you give priority to the diffusion of seeds, and maggots that erode the body of < master > may be right to spread the print one by one without retrieving it.

But that's not right for [De Welmis].

The supremacy of [De Welmis] is to transform other organisms into splits, increase splits, and assemble with them to live forever.

It was only natural for [De Welmis] to recover it, as substitutions would not work on the splits that came outside the scope of the "Enabling Rebirth" of the collective and would remain intact if wounded to death.

But it is a mistake for humans to cheaply rejoice in their thoughts and directions "if maggots do not diffuse," "if we destroy all the collectives, we can defeat them" and so on.

Because, with the enlargement of the collective, the scope of the effects of "Enabling Rebirth" has also expanded slightly.

300 meters of the reference value up to the size of the body originally planned.

But if we are going to be more gigantic than that, we will continue to expand even to the range of effects.

That's a slow enlargement, but if we keep gathering more splits like this... we don't know how far that will expand.

Or there's a horror that even the country could swallow.

"Low number......"

[De Welmis] was looking for meat to replace with maggots.

Fear of maggots and lack of hand strikes have reduced the number of [Master] around [De Welmis].

That wasn't very hard for [De Welmis].

I will not be glad to see fewer people together raw.

Therefore, [De Welmis] was pleased to see what appeared next.

'... this is'

It was a huge shadow.

[De Welmis] was sensibly able to understand that it had strong powers.

At the same time, 'such a giant would welcome it as many splits', he said.

From those two thoughts [De Welmis] made an immediate magical attack.

Intensive fire caused by countless attack magic.

It is difficult to be intact as a result of this, and if it is slightly wounded, the substitution by "Enabling Rebirth" begins there.

No matter how huge the opponent is, there's no way he can escape that power.

…………

That's why [De Welmis] learned to question it.

He said he unleashed countless attacks, but there's no sign that his abilities were activated against it that stands in front of him.

I mean, it doesn't even have one of those loot wounds.

'... who are you?

I won't answer that.

In the first place, there's no mouth for that.

No eyes, no ears, not even a head.

No arms, no torso, not even the heart's heart.

And it stands with two legs and a giant tail.

Lower body made of unknown metal that emits a radiance similar to silver.

It was - a monster statue (gargoyle) that boasted a giant 50 meters on its lower body alone.

――――――

The statue of the devil roars.

It's not by mouth, it's by a swinging long tail.

The tail vibrates at super high speeds, thereby stirring ambient air.

He said he didn't even have eyes, but it pulverized the six arms that were stretched precisely toward him - with a flash of tail.

Six arms are crushed more finely in an instant than a grain of sand.

It was completely crushed by super vibration, performed by the Devil's statue's offensive defensive skill called Hyper Vibration.

……

[De Welmis] is alert to that attack, reconfiguring the six arms as well as executing the intensive fire of attack magic again.

But that doesn't scratch a single demon statue.

Countless Magic Attacks were all powerless by the Magic Attack Complete Resistance skill that the Demon Statue possessed.

Then, unlike the tail, attack the unvibrated leg with six arms.

But the attack… has not been able to inflict any damage by the pure defense and damage subtraction skills of the Demon Statue.

The demon statue was powerless of all attacks of [De Welmis].

'What the hell... what the fuck?

…………

I have no mouth to answer to a demon statue that has only a lower body.

But whoever sees it will know the power of it, even through words and so forth.

A body formed of supermetal (Superior Metal) that also surpasses mythical metals.

Offensive defense skills that easily crush ancient Epic attacks.

And the tremendous intimidation it has on itself, which also surpasses [De Welmis].

That is what was once called by the super weapon acquired by [Pluto] Benetnache.

Make it the strongest gargoyle in < Infinite Dendrogram >... first < SUBM >.

[A Thousand Greatest Ones] - It's that half body.

To be continued