＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

□ [Saint Knight] Ray Sterling

"Huhahahahahahahaha! I've been waiting for you!“ Unyielding ”tu!!"

It was the audible voice and the audible tension that unleashed the laughter that greeted us at the conference venue.

The Lord of that voice is the great red-haired man who royally rose on the road leading to the venue of the harmonious meeting, … [General Demon] Logan Godhardt.

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"Huhuhuhuhu, from what I've seen, your level is only up about two junior positions, plus you haven't even done a lot of gear updates! But I'm not! I was reborn, and I was so empowered that I could say I was separate from that day!

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"... hmm? But Embrio's costume is changing! So you've evolved to advanced! But with that amount of power, you can't beat me!

... This guy is surprisingly remarkable.

By the way, as he says, Nemesis has evolved into an advanced and slightly changed the clothes he wears in his maiden state.

However, the change in appearance is to such an extent that the volume of clothing has increased, and the appearance of the person has not changed at all.

I remember Nemesis himself having a little trouble with that.

"I kept waiting for the day to clear up the stigma I suffered because of you and Franklin! Come on! Revenge match! Take you down here and prove my strength this time..."

"stfu"

"Give me your position and your TPO"

[General Demon], who pointed at me, tried to state the words further, and someone approached him from behind grabbed his neck.

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[Demon General] 's neck is narrow so that it can be tightened with all its might, and he can't even speak.

It was... a woman I once saw when I reunited with my brother in Gideon.

He is holding that palm seal with his right hand, strangling [General Demon] with his left hand.

... No, it's not. My brother already told me.

They are the [Beast King]. [Beast King] It's Behemot and his maiden, Leviathan.

"... I've seen it since I found out. Now you know exactly what I mean. That's the same kind."

That's what Nemesis, who was next to me, said and saw Leviathan.

Maiden reached < Super Embrio >, similar to Kaguya, Senior Dependent.

When I first saw it, I probably even used equipment or skills like covering up who I was.

The intimidation that comes from her now is not what it was then.

If Caguya is the like of a giant moon that overwhelms this one, Leviathan is such an incarnation of violence that it might even crush the stars of heaven.

That's what makes me so grown up at the critical point...... that's the impression.

Zitli and sweat seep through the inside of your palm because of tension.

… is this one of the three strongest in < Infinite Dendrogram >, “the strongest in physics"?

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and [Demon General] is tapping Leviathan's hand.

Its face was purple and it was about to wake up a thianose.

"Oh. Is that the limit already? You have weaker muscles than I thought."

That being said, she took her hand off [General Demon] 's neck.

Dropped on the ground, [Demon General] stares at Leviathan and the [Beast King] in his arms, letting him breathe out.

"[Beast, King]! You guys......!

"You are here as an escort. If it's a personal snowflake, you just have to be somewhere unrelated to the pageant."

"What!?"

When [the Demon General] raised his blue muscle to the word, angry, and "instantly equipped" his own sword.

"If you can't give me any more TPO - I'll pick and drop the chicken and neck next time?

At a rate like comma dropping, Leviathan's hand was grabbing [the Demon General] 's neck again.

There was no doubt that [the Demon General] would behead a thousand times so that his thin fingers would pick flowers.

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"Did you understand?

To that final confirmation, [General Demon] had to nod.

"... damn!

[General Demon] didn't even look back on this one as it was, he left somewhere.

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As far as I can tell, [the Demon General] is the subject's method of warfare by summons, and the strength of the cross range is not high.

But still, even the difference was so clear.

I'm sure that's more [Demon General] than low...... I can clearly guess that [Beast King] is too expensive (...).

"I showed you the ugly part. Welcome, kingdoms. Her Royal Highness Claudia entrusted me with your welcome, Leviathan, and my Behemott."

So Leviathan turned to us and bowed his head.

"The pageant is two hours away. We have a room for you, so please wait there for the start of the meeting. I'll show you now."

"... yeah, please"

A little nervousness can also be seen in the Azrites in welcoming and guiding them with the maximum force of the Empire.

Are you putting pressure on the kingdom side, or is there another reason?

"By the way, where is [Ra's God]?

"I don't know."

That's what Tom asked Leviathan, but she just said that back with no hesitation.

[Probably, the [Beast King] is picking you up and guiding you because he's wary of [Ra's God], Bear]

[Huh?]

[Whatever until the advance darkness strikes the escort here, you won't be able to clean it up. Even the Empire should want to proceed until the signing of the Treaty of Reconciliation. Bear. I don't think you tolerate imitations like you do here, Bear.]

... I see. Is it the same thing that threatened [the Demon General] with letting him out?

When that happens, does the Empire also intend to facilitate the Reconciliation Conference?

[... Or maybe we're talking about being wary before we lure you into a fateful trap.]

... I hope not.

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As discussed last night, Senior Moonshadow and members of the Moonshadow Meeting, along with Tom's own wishes, went to the perimeter of the venue to be vigilant and accompanied by Azrite for the rest of his face.

Even during the pageant, this face will be escorted by Azrites and civilians.

We are led by [Beast King] and Leviathan to walk in the venue of the pageant.

The venue for the pageant was created after the Imperial Palace examined the conference.

But unlike a temporary building in real life, it looks like a pretty solid floor.

According to Azrite, it looks exactly like the floor I saw in the Imperial capital.

My brother's guess was that 'there is probably an Embrio on the imperial side who gets to build, and he copied and created the structure from an existing building, or its drawings'.

We have Franklin to make monsters, so we can do it in the building.

The number of Imperial < masters > is greater than that of the kingdom, which also means that it can often be done on its own.

Even though they lined up in < super > numbers, the kingdom would still be at a disadvantage if it came to war.

"Please wait until the start time here"

The room guided by Leviathan was like a luxury hotel suite as seen in the photo. VIP room to keep the VIP waiting, I guess.

As Leviathan put us through the room, he turned his back and left.

On leaving, [the Beast King], held by Leviathan, was looking at Ji and his brother... but ended up leaving without saying anything.

"... Marie, are there any traps in the room?

"Mmm, I don't. No traps, no bugs, nothing... nothing so unnaturally set up."

If Marie says so, a covert lineage super who specializes in hiding, and finding hidden things, I guess nothing is really set up.

"There's no such thing as a trap. But if the Master shoots in his special skills from the outside, the Buddha will burn."

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"I don't care if you look like that. Do it. Because our faithful will keep an eye out properly outside."

That's what Senior Fukusan is laughing at Kerakera.

"Ma, there are more of them over there, and it might be Akan if only the faithful did it. You can count on us, so don't worry."

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What does that mean?

Are you saying that because the effect of Kaguya's Lunar Exclusion Conclusion is extremely effective in multi-person versus multi-person combat?

"So, Luke, have you ever noticed watching their faces, Bear?

"[General Demon] to Mr. Ray, [Beast King] and Leviathan were turning their wars to your brother. But I still don't know any more. But at least it doesn't seem like [General Demon] has a plan."

"... Bear, given its previous causes, is likely to be a reaction without a trap in the Empire"

Indeed.

"So, Ray. The bear you saw in the Nursing Break?

Typically, the status of a higher-level opponent gets harder to see in Nursing.

I get to level five, which is the skill level cap for [scouts], but it should still be easier to be resisted if you're dealing with someone far above my level.

That's what would almost be invisible if you had Cover-up at the lowest level.

But this time they both looked easy. Neither is hidden as if.

"Oh.... something [General Demon] only had about 500 levels"

"Bear where he's swinging back after losing to you?... Bad Timed Guy Bear '

My brother said that a little unfortunately and somehow saw Senior Fukusan.

"How was [Beast King], Bear? Unlike when I was in Gideon, I didn't even seem to be wearing Cover-up gear."

"Oh, I saw that too. But..."

In a way, the result of [Beast King] is stranger than [Demon General].

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Behemott

Occupation: [Beast King]

Level: 1156 (Total Level: 1656)

HP: 108060

MP: 3350

SP: 48980

STR: 10050

AGI: 15315

END: 9980

DEX: 1502

LUC: 125

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Levels are awesome.

Enough to arm myself with my brother, who was top notch as far as I can tell.

But the status is different.

It is overwhelmingly inferior in its total value, although it is in a more general and higher status than its brother, who specializes in STR.

This is a status with little status correction, possibly by Embrio.

Not enough to be called “physically strongest”.

So much so that I thought they were showing false status, like Marie once did.

But...

"The fear of [the Beast King] isn't the level or the status of the person, is it?

'Oh. [The Beast King] sucks because there's that Leviathan'

"... Gardner (...), Beast Warrior Theory (...)"

The strongest Theory I've ever heard from seniors and taught in preparation for a reconciliation conference.

Used to be the strongest build in < Infinite Dendrogram >, crushed by the birth of [Beast King] Behemott.

“Physics is the strongest."

'I told you before I got here, if it was a fight, I'd do it with them.... at least now I'm the only one who can deal with it. If this is the night, I have a hand in using this female fox trump card. "

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Night… is the only condition for activating Kaguya's Special Skills?

Depending on the time zone, can Senior Susan fight that [Beast King]?

"Chairman. Speaking of which, the details of your special skills weren't even in the database of the Moon Sessions..."

"Haha, Bee. Oh, my God. Top Secret Yashi. A must-have for keeping.... I used it and lost because it was about the bear there. This real cheeto."

"Not the in-laws you could have told me, bear."

Speaking of which, has Mr. Figaro ever been decriminalized by Senior Susan before? I have also heard that my brother then fought Senior Suzu and destroyed him.

"Ma, the best pattern in doing that and... was that Mr. Laylay was here, Bear."

"... no, do the worst. I don't want to be killed with a scroll."

When my brother brought up the subject of Mr. Raleigh, Senior Susan looked sincerely disgusted.

Although Mr. Laylay became a member of < Death Period > at one time, he is not attending because his plans are not right this time either.

Plus, I don't know anything about her fighting style, her build. Strongly speaking, it's a hobby to serve a garment.

"Hey, brother. Is Mr. Raleigh that amazing?

If they tell you to name one opponent you don't want to fight in the kingdom, it's a bad bear enough for everyone to name Mr. Ray.... Oh, yeah. It's not amazing (...), it's not strong (...), it's bad (...) '

... how much.

"Make sure you hear more from him or eat it yourself, bear."

"... I want to forgive the latter"

As far as listening, it's going to be definitely not even Roku.

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It has been an hour since I was put through to the VIP room and there is about an hour left before the start of the harmonious meeting.

Azrite and the civilians have no trouble checking their preparation or staging.

He also communicates with the Kingdom to confirm whether there are any urgent requirements.

Such a fold, the VIP room door was knocked from the outside.

"... alone, right"

Marie looked around the door and said so.

One person would not be [the Beast King] and Leviathan.

Then who is it?

"May I come in?

That was an unfamiliar voice.

But Azrite didn't seem to, and after a slightly surprised look, she replied, "I don't mind."

"Excuse me."

In doing so, she came in looking like a princess, no matter how she rolled her golden hair.

I'm sure he's about the same age as Azrite.

"Ultimia! Long time no see!

"Right... Claudia"

Now we're surprised by Azrite's response.

Your Highness Claudia, that was because it was the name of the negotiating partner at this harmonious meeting.

It was astonishing that only such a person would come to the kingdom side alone.

However, those of Azrite stood up from her chair and responded with a handshake against her like that.

But...

"Really...... long time no see!

"Yikes...!?"

His Highness Claudia suddenly embraced Azrite.

I thought for a moment about what we should do for a sudden action...

"Enough already! It's been a really long time! After your return to the kingdom, you can only interact with me by letter...! I can't do that anymore after the war..."

"... you haven't healed your hugging habits for a long time, Claudia"

As if she were a child, Her Highness Claudia was holding herself to Azrite with tears in her eyes.

Azrite's also looked accustomed to her like that, gently slapping her back to do so to her little one.

Between the two of us, there seemed to be some unknown time.

"... ah! Oh, I'm sorry!

All the while, His Highness Claudia moved away from Pa Azrite.

"Before the pageant, I've been meaning to say hello to Ultimia... When I saw Ultimia's face, I was so impressed..."

That's what she said, blushing in embarrassment.

"I don't mind.... because I'm honestly glad to be reunited with you, my best friend."

"Ultimia... Oh, thank you"

To Azrite's words, she thanked him so with a smile that seemed heartily happy.

"I don't know if that's careless. I can't believe you're here all by yourself, a surrogate for this harmonious meeting and the only royal family except the King."

"Oh, don't worry!

That's what His Highness Claudia said.

"Because I'm sure the wishes of the empire and kingdom go hand in hand. There's no way you're gonna ruin things at this pageant!

Eh, I strained my chest.

To that statement, the air flowed indoors that made it difficult to react.

Last night [Ra's God] just made things rough earlier, so if they say that to his face, everyone wants to laugh bitterly.

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But only one person has a slightly different expression.

It's Luke.

He was somehow staring at His Highness Claudia's face... and sweating cold (...).

"That one! Now I'll just say hello! Let's continue our private conversation after the meeting! I'll see you later!

Leaving that behind, His Highness Claudia left like a storm.

I approached Luke and whispered as most people in the room dropped that back off with an indescribable face.

"Luke. Something unusual happened?

"... no. What can I say?"

"Something, was there a lie in her statement?

"There isn't. She didn't lie or lie. Oh, she said. That would also be certain from the lack of reaction to other people's" verdicts of authenticity ". … but"

Luke said this as he wiped the sweat flowing down his cheek.

"From time to time, she didn't look human to me."

"... what is that?

"I can't see the inside, even though I keep looking at that surface. I've never seen anyone like that before."

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Luke excels at deciphering human thought and personality for some reason.

That's who Luke says he is.

To Her Royal Highness Claudia...... and I had a slight chill in the pageant that she and Azrite would be negotiating.

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An hour after that, nothing happened.

The harmonious meeting also began on time.

Azrite and His Highness Claudia will not give an earlier private greeting, but a public greeting and start of the Conference of Reconciliation.

So, shortly after the harmony meeting, the chills we had fell.

"In the negotiations, let us first present the desired landing place for both sides. We can't end this without knowing where we're looking for each other."

It was at the call of His Highness Claudia, who gave the materials prepared by the two countries to the other, the moment when mutual terms and concessions were presented.

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I had a hard time leaking words.

That, I guess.

If we look at what we've presented to each other, it's natural to think so.

The first condition on the part of the Kingdom, as we confirmed last night, is' the commonalisation of nomination arrangements' for the prevention of terrorism by the future Empire.

With the amendments resulting from last night's consultation, he also mentions, as a supplementary rule, the prevention of unjust crimes and the prohibition of requests aimed at the other State since the signing of the Convention.

In contrast, the concession on the imperial side says this.

"Harmonisation of arrangements for the nomination of kingdoms and empires",.

As if the kingdom had known to cite it as a demand,

Besides, that's not all.

The second condition on the part of the Kingdom is' payment of compensation to the survivors of the war casualties incurred as a result of the aggression '.

The second concession on the part of the Empire was' the payment of condolences to war survivors on the part of the Kingdom '.

The first concession on the part of the Kingdom is' Renunciation of the former Lunnings territory '.

The first condition on the part of the Empire is' the acquisition of the former Lunnings territory '.

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It's like, a mirror copy.

It doesn't have to be rubbed together, it is so meshing that there are no more terms and demands on each other.

The terms of the kingdom were leaking?

Impossible. I just made the final adjustments on the road last night... and a contract containing a confidentiality clause was also used for this escort request. There is no possibility of leakage from the kingdom.

So someone was sneaking in?

That, too, is impossible. It is difficult to sneak in and steal information while Marie, who is [shadowy], or Senior Tsukishi, who is [assassination king], is on the lookout.

For example, the possibility of remaining….

The Imperial side had read through these terms and concessions as a result of pure thought (...).

"Good! After all, the wishes of both countries go hand in hand (...)! You didn't even have to imprint it together!

That's what His Highness Claudia says and laughs at Nico, but the mood on the side of the kingdom is not the other way around.

Civilians are visibly wolfish about unexpected events.

But Azrite was different.

"Hey, Claudia."

"What could it be?

"You're right, the aspirations of the two countries are in many ways the same. But......"

Azrite said so, pointing to a point in the material on the Imperial side.

"Just one place (...), different (...)"

Ahead of what Azrite pointed at - the only thing that wasn't a mirror copy.

There was a second condition (...) on the part of the Empire.

What was written as the second condition is -.

To be continued