＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

□ ■ Cardina Station

The border between Cardina and the Kingdom, the < Cruella Mountain Zone >, is sometimes also called by the unwillful name 'Robbery sites'.

Because there are trading routes, and prey filled with expensive items frequently passes.

This is not only true in the < Cruella Mountains >, but also in the border areas bordering the Yellow River and Legendary. (Except for drife during national traffic cut-off)

Half-sided, it is said that the country itself called Cardina is not suitable for ambush robbery.

Harsh desert environment to ambush.

Prey that moves vast tracts of land like dots.

Worm-based monsters that attack humans with developed sense of smell and vibration.

It's hard to wait for, find, or survive prey.

Therefore, if it's something somewhat head around, I don't do ambush robberies or anything in the desert of Cardina.

Travel to the border zone with other countries to ambush them.

Otherwise prey...... grab information about the caravans going to and from the desert and the sandy ships, set a target and raid.

Even today, such production was taking place in the corner of Cardina.

In the middle of a desert that stretched as far as I could see, a small sandy boat stopped as smoke erupted, and the merchants and sailors, who apparently were the crew, were seated with their hands behind their back. Hands and feet are tied together.

Around it there are many... large and small divided people surrounding it.

A small human being is a man in gear. All armed with firearms and machine spears, some of them wearing powered suits.

Large people are not people.

A battle machine wrapped in heavy armor, albeit man-made…, [Marshall II].

The group that attacked the sand boat all used Drife's gear.

"Lieutenant Colonel, we have received and completed the funds."

"Thank you."

Commander on black painted heavy duty custom [Marshall II]...... Lt. Col. Coates Berlin replied that to a report from his men.

Then turn to the burning sandship, switch on the speaker… speak for the victim.

"This time, I thank you for your cooperation with our legitimate government of Drife. We will one day defeat that tyrannical king, based on the money you have provided us with."

"Providing...! Aren't you guys just robbers...!?

The merchant, who raised his voice of condemnation, disappeared without a trace after receiving a black [Marshall II] shell.

The other victims who were around it also suffer major injuries.

"It's not a robbery. We are the true Drife, and the Drife soldier. Understand the honor of working with us."

It doesn't change how you put it, it's a robbery, and it doesn't concern Cardina's merchants, such as Drife's army, in the first place.

But if I were to say it, the shells would be released again.

They... Drife It has been proven that the thieves who call themselves legitimate governments do not care about the lives of the victims.

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Call yourself Dreiffe Orthodox Government.

If you speak of them in the end...... they are defeated.

Once, a civil war broke out on the edge of Drife's succession to the throne.

In that civil war, however, the rightful royal family had died at the start, except for the current king Reinhardt and his sister (although they were actually one person to go hand in hand).

However, Reinhardt was a weak category as a candidate for king.

Only the grand aristocracy on the buck was the Barbaros Border House, the mother's home, and all the other grand aristocracies became enemies.

And the hostile aristocrats oppose Reinhardt's succession to the king. He started the civil war, flagging a human being with the blood of the Royal Drife in the order of 'somewhat qualified' from within the clan.

Each parent's faction, a thousand Secret Service soldiers, hired with gold.

And a free sprendida of "evergreen trees" who succeeded in hiring only one person.

It was through its great power that Reinhardt and the Barbaros Border House were crushed.

The result ended with the victory of the Reinhardt faction.

A high-end supergenius, the King.

The [Beast King] of uncomparable great warfare, “the strongest of physics”.

Gifted Barbaros, a special agent who knew all about the powers and characteristics of the special agent.

Nobrome Vigoma, a politician who plotted the internal division of the great nobles behind him.

In addition, those in Shirai who were dissatisfied with the great aristocrats who were still imposing heavy taxes in the country as they proceeded to starve were also moving.

As much as possible, the great aristocracy was defeated.

But not all the losers die.

Those who showed their sincerity and became subordinates by inscribing them in [the contract], those who would be displaced to another country… or some who went down to the field and became thieves.

This Dreiffe Orthodox Government is the third.

They were formerly factions following the Grand Aristocrat Marquis of Erdona. It is a group made up of nobles who join the Marquis of Erdona, including Major General Erdona, the second son of the Marquis of Erdona, and his subordinates.

That's what turned him into a thief when he ran off to Cardina holding his gear.

At the time of his departure, he had fled more than twenty [Marshall II] aircraft that had been delivered to the military.

That is how they are working robbers in Cardina, saying, 'Sooner or later they will defeat the tyrannical king'.

For the record, King Reinhardt's support within the Reich, which took measures against hunger and made some improvements as a result of the invasion of the kingdom, is high and will never be welcomed back into the country.

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(As information suggests, it's a lot of money. Major General Erdona will be satisfied as well)

Lieutenant Colonel Berlin giggles when he drifts through the list of incoming supplies (looted goods) given to him by his men.

In Infinite Dendrogram, where item boxes are used for transport, even smaller ships often have more supplies than larger ships in real life. Their damaged ships were of that kind as well.

(I should also state the use of the budget. Maintenance for the moment, and additional purchases of [Marshall II] that were sidelined from the Empire?... No, some hands hire assassins with this money and raid that king like they once did. Now I'm not going to use the fallen guys by the name of Super, etc.)

Remembering the “evergreen tree” Splendida once employed by his own faction, Lieutenant Colonel Berlin clenches his teeth.

(Ayamatsu, while keeping the advance from the Marquis of Erdona, [the Beast King] even wounded me in the end...)

In the Civil War, Splendida fought against [the Beast King]... but not a single serious injury has been inflicted to defeat him.

I was just stopping [the Beast King] while the Secret Service raided the King.

To put it the other way around - I mean, I dealt with [the Beast King], who got serious about my friend's crisis, and I bought some time without even getting killed.

However, it is underrated within the Dreiffe Orthodox Government, including Lieutenant Colonel Berlin, for the failure of the raid operation itself.

(Assassin to the King.... something you can't get in touch with [Reaper]? If the legend says so, I don't know about that [king]...)

"Lieutenant Colonel"

'............... what's up?

Lieutenant Colonel Berlin said no... or was too immersed in his dreams, but returned to reality with a voice from his men.

"What will we do with these people?

These people are the victims on the sand boat.

Lieutenant Colonel Berlin won't even have to ask, he snorted like he said.

'Our activities must not yet become a daily trend. Let's keep their contribution only in our hearts'

In other words, 'all witnesses are killed'.

'If you kill me, you might even rise to the level. It's their last dedication.'

Copy that, sir.

Immediately understand Lieutenant Colonel Berlin's instructions, and the soldiers surrounding the victim point the gun at them.

Some of them are even smiling.

'Don't waste your bullets. Those who remove it will reduce their food rations by three days'

Those who were laughing at the words also concentrate, setting a goal for each of the victims.

Lieutenant Colonel Berlin's black [Marshall II] raises his right hand.

When you wave it down, the bullets are fired simultaneously.

The victims screamed and tried to escape, but it was also irresistible because their hands and feet were tied.

And mercilessly, my right hand tries to be waved down -.

"- Enemy shadow confirmed in enemy range!

Such communications came in from [scouts] that were hitting perimeter alerts.

"An enemy shadow? Where'd it come from?

"On the northern horizon...... fast! This guy's got 130 meters per second! We'll be here in three or five seconds!

"All hands ready to intercept!

At the behest of Lieutenant Colonel Berlin, the soldiers remove the gunpoint from the victim and take a vigilant stance towards the north.

In particular, nine [Marshall II] aircraft will build defensive lines immediately.

In doing so, I also saw enemy shadows approaching their eyes.

But - I didn't understand.

'What... what's that?

Lieutenant Colonel Berlin initially thought it was a high-speed sand boarding.

Cardina's guard or a group of detected anomalies are imminent.

But it was never a ship.

It's a - red and white dragon.

A dragon color-coded into two colors, red and white, was slipping the terrestrial sleigh at a subsonic speed (...).

The silhouette had a long neck and tail, but no Tenryu wings.

Then if it is a ground dragon, it is not.

That's... in the first place.

(In the dragon...... not!

It wasn't a dragon - it was a machine mimicking a dragon.

It had a body formed of metal and had a single eye with a built-in sensor on its head.

Slipping off in hover driving under the sun, the red and white armor draws a pattern of stripes in the way of light.

If you were familiar with the art and history of civilization in earlier periods, you might have thought of the name of the Brilliant Jade Dragon.

Lieutenant Colonel Berlin is one of them.

But it wasn't even a brilliant Jade Dragon.

Much smaller than the brilliant Jade Dragon passed down to the literature. To a greater extent than their driven man-made magic gear.

"Commander, is that...!?

'Don't let me fool you! Appraisal Eye works! Not a brilliant jade dragon! Not even an embrio or a monster! I'm just a kind of magic gear, too!

It's not even man-made.

Lieutenant Colonel Berlin guessed that perhaps the exterior of the tank type ([Geist]) resembled a dragon and was custom made for fast travel.

'Then it's better for us to have the latest custom! There's also a number of advantages! Intercept!'

Copy that!

That's how they intercept the impending presumption 'just look at the tank type'.

Ten seconds to contact.

But earlier than that, gunfire is fired from the [Marshall II] of the nine planes and from the heavy-duty custom of Lieutenant Colonel Berlin.

All gunpowder firearms.

Whoever uses it will not change its power, but on the contrary, it will show full firepower no matter when.

And this intensive fire of fire, one or two of the ships, is crushed and surplus.

For all that artillery fire, 'just look at the tank type' is......

"- Avoid all bullets. If you screw it up, you'll be penalized later."

"- Yikes!? Your husband Doesu!

Such a voice was heard from the speakers - and at the same time avoided all of their artillery fire.

"Nah!?

Even while they are stunned, they continue to attack.

Still doesn't hit it.

Keep dodging on paper as if you are seeing ballistics.

It was like this Cardina artist.

"Alright! I can show you around, sir! After all, it's easy to avoid gunpowder formulas that don't bend like magic formulas!

'Right. But the guy who just walked by is a melee bomb. "

"To?"

Shortly after those words, heavily loaded custom unleashed shells exploded in the rear, and several fragments swept away the red and white armor.

"That's a penalty."

"Geez!? Well, if it's laminated ancient Epic (this kid's) metal armor (armor), it's not damaging! Take a big look. Yo! Or forgive me with an eclectic penalty!

"... you, you're not willing to make that a penalty"

It's an exchange that weakens the listening side, but we can't afford to weaken the opposing military.

Dodging numerous artillery fires, not even close range bursts are seen to be damaged.

Without a doubt, it can't be 'just look at me' or something.

"This!!

One [Marshall II] stands in front of the approaching red and white dragon and hangs to knock out the [SRW04 Battle Hammer] of a melee weapon for armor crushing.

against that interception. The red and white dragon

"Deal with it."

"Icer!" "Shell Charge" Isu!

Leave the path unchanged - spray the barnier on the back a step harder.

Moments later, the red and white dragon turned - into a giant shell (shell).

Instantly break through the speed of sound with a forceful vernier injection to beat the armor made of layers of ancient legendary metal (Adamantite) to the [Marshall II] in front of you.

Weapons for armor crushing were crushed in reverse, and [Marshall II] blew out a thousand cuts per contents (pilot).

"Alright! There's one plane first, sir!... Your husband?

'With a sudden acceleration, my lungs... crumbled. My breath...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

'You say that firmly even though your breath is constant!?

While the words are exchanged, the red and white dragon makes a rapid turn while maintaining ultra-fast hover driving.

Turn to the remaining [Marshall II],

"Eh! I bump into it to salvage the stigma (...)! Rush Missile!

'... the words are wrong... you don't seem to, in your case. Oh, take off the most superior command plane.'

What emerged from the back of the red and white dragon was a missile silo that counted sixteen.

From there, one shot at a time, the missiles are fired.

Sixteen launched missiles rise to a certain altitude before turning the spear tip to the ground - plummeting at ultrasonic speeds.

And the missile pierced eight aircraft [Marshall II] two times at a time, piercing the armor and blowing a blast into the interior.

After burning down the pilot and the internal mechanism, eight [Marshall II] planes collapsed.

"Now it's Hanamaru, my lord!

"... it should have been a full-armed warhead when I serviced it, but why is it a full-armed incendiary warhead?

'Huh? You wanted to make it more lethal, so you replaced it with me, didn't you?

"... the loot has turned into an irreparable crap."

"Ah."

"Penalties"

"It's muddy -!?

Such comedy twisted interactions flow from the speakers, but Lieutenant Colonel Berlin's mood to hear it is far from comedy.

And the power that his subordinates had accumulated was instantly returned to ashes.

The identity and motive of the opponent are unknown.

It remains unknown, and we are about to lose everything.

Therefore, there is only one kind of word he releases.

"You... who are you! For what purpose...!

Who? What. Who the other person was, for what, the psychology other than hearing it had disappeared.

In contrast, the red and white dragon......

"The purpose of this [Third Nix] test is"

Lightly, that's what I said.

"Test......?

"There's not a lot of environment in this cardina where you can fight against people and against monsters, but you can fight against Magingear. So I just chose the Dreiffe Orthodox Government, which rarely runs Magingear in this Cardina, to practice with them."

Indeed, there can be no such thing as a thief collectively operating < Maggie > other than the Dreiffe Orthodox government when it comes to spreading cardinas.

But then it's like...

'Didn't you know we were going to attack this merchant ship?

I knew it. - 'Cause I'm the one who gave you the information to put on your net.'

The route of the sandy ship they got. A red and white dragon - [Third Nix] pilot said it was his own offer, too.

"Become...!? then, stupid......!

'I don't lie. But to add, I didn't leak and involve unrelated merchant ship information. I own that merchant ship, and the crew is our power.

'What...?

The moment Lieutenant Colonel Berlin questioned him, there was a scream from among the infantry.

If you look, the infantry is being fought back one by one by the victims.

But is that really an earlier victim?

The fright that was on his face has disappeared like a lie, the ropes of his hands and feet that were supposed to have restrained them have been cut a thousand times, and their appearance has turned into something else.

The hands and feet of those who had been involved in the shelling earlier and whose hands and feet had been severed a thousand times are growing.

But their hands and feet aren't people's anymore in the first place.

He is stabbing the infantry one after the other with his sword's long, stretched nails.

Its entire body was also man-shaped, but it had ended up like a Lizardman who had grown scales all over his body.

"Hey, what... are you a monster...!?

"[Lacerta (Lizard) Idea]. It's our soldiers. This guy's test is classified. He could only use a hard-mouthed modifier."

The infantrymen will be sacrificed one after the other, even while such an answer is given.

The gunpowder firearms they use - fixed power uniforms do not penetrate the epidermis of [Lacerta Idea] and are unilaterally hunted.

"I'll clean up over there. You're all that's left, Commander. '

"Gu, no, gu!!

To that word, to this situation, Lieutenant Colonel Berlin loses his word with anger.

I was set up from the start to test that fuselage.

And I got hooked up real good.

The result was a feather to lose everything.

"Ki, you, what are you... our lofty purpose ooh!!

Lieutenant Colonel Berlin's heavy-duty custom grabs a special soldier outfit - an anecdotal reward weapon [melting axe meltdown] - that was mounted on his back in both hands.

Its Gear Skill - Activates Physical Defense Disabled and Heat Granted.

At the same time, blow the vernier on the back and legs fully open and dare to storm along with the full weight of the heavy-duty custom.

A blow in [Melting Axe], if hit, would also melt in laminated ancient legendary metal armor, which would be a fatal blow.

…………

But there's no way to panic to the man sitting in the cockpit of [Sardonics].

Just a quiet look over the monitor at the looming heavy-duty custom,

"Makina. Final Test '

"Icer!"

I just gave instructions to the pilot who sat in the back seat of the double-seated cockpit.

Testing Melee White Soldier Mode (...) Hajime!

Immediately after those words, the settlement was reached.

A clash between metals sounded two or three times in the desert,

- The black fuselage fell over the sand and settled.

From both hands, the [melting axe] in hand is recovered and lost to the management AI.

Like no more evidence, indicating the death of the passenger.

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[Rakerta Idea] had been preparing to withdraw after destroying the soldiers who called themselves the Dreiffe Orthodox Government.

Next to it, [Sardonics] took a descending position, and the two crew members were discussing it beside him.

"Your husband! How do you feel about the match?

A woman in an eyelid and maid's clothes - that's what Makina asks the man who was a passenger - as she shakes the left arm of the muggled machine with a bump.

The gray fashion suit and gangsta - the hat man - [Vessel God] Rascal the Black Onyx answers that question with a sigh of breath.

"It's good to spray vernier, but it's loading the crew tight. I'm not a sturdy avatar like Emily or Zex. Add or subtract."

"This is still a shock-absorbing sheet that I cared about. Is it because the total weight of this child is heavy after all! Or the weight of my love!

"Right. Drop 90% if you love."

"Terrible!?... Oh, but 10% is ok."

"As I hear from you, what's your obedience to maneuvering?

"It's batch goo. What, my maneuver doesn't make any noise!

Techniques of machine operation in this < Infinite Dendrogram > are mostly covered by Piloting, a semi-sensitive skill.

"Piloting" numerically demonstrates the performance of the machine, as well as staining the head, hands and feet with even "how do I move the machine" and other manipulations.

Therefore, in real life, even ordinary people can manipulate combat weapons as they wish.

However, there are also those who carry out superhuman manoeuvres beyond the area of skill level 10 of "Manoeuvre", of which this makina is one.

"Still, the output is pretty good. That power reactor you brought, 'You still don't tell me, do you?' or whatever form I incorporated it as it was because I missed it... but what was it after all?

"Hooff, you still can't seem to care less! This power furnace is the super special power furnace I had the blueprint for! The identity of the super, super secret, super great power reactor... I don't know what to do. Shall we keep it a secret yet? But if your husband says so..."

"I found a desert isoginchuk nest on my way here, and I said it was just right to dispose of the ponchos..."

"Yes! The power furnace of [Red Stripe Onion (Third Nix)] is the power furnace of the Brilliant Jade Dragon!

Makina immediately revealed her answer to the threat, 'If we don't talk now, we'll throw it in the sea of tentacles, you pompous piece of shit'.

"Brilliant Jade Dragon?

"Yes, originally for the Brilliant Jade Dragon. Even so, it's downsizing and cost cutting for mass production."

"Degraded?

"No. Stability is incredibly high. In the first place, a brilliant Jade Dragon was abnormal in the energy it needed to fly a giant aircraft at supersonic speeds like an idiot, or loaded with overly destructive main soldiers. Without it, you can move three machines with one power reactor. Besides, all five models developed have different types of main uniforms, so the cost is already terrible. Flagman Ahoy, right?"

Makina beats the producers to bitterness about the superweapons of former earlier civilizations.

"So this mass-produced power reactor is designed with a premise energy requirement that does not use supersonic flight or major soldier outfits. In the course of the research, they said that the earthdragon-type power reactor and so on, the original was the Tenrylon-type."

"I see. Was it convenient for the design of the cruise shelling form to have been a wingless dragon"

"No, it's my hobby I designed"

".................. so how does your performance as a power furnace differ from the original?

'No way is this remarkable, fucking conspicuous red and white armor your hobby is the only reason,' Rascal asked the spec, thinking inside.

"Size is one tenth of the original, but so is the cost. And yet the output will show up to a fifth. I suppose as a part, you could say superior, right?

"Right."

"This is enough for a size aircraft to use less than tactical weapons. Plus, it's loaded with two units for the main unit power in the abdomen and two units for the soldier outfit in the back! It's a double! Double!"

"... so how much did you estimate the combat power of me and the guy you boarded?

"Isn't it about a personal combat type? Of course,“ strongest ”is out."

"I see. That's enough power to add and subtract."

"Yes!"

Rascal's weapons of possession, including Tetra Gramaton, are often too large and unhelpful to turn around.

If so, even if inferior in total fire power, that's why this aircraft had a use.

"Okay. Take a knack for your next job, too. On an example ship (...), Emily and Zhang should also move"

"Icer.... Oh, excuse me. Was that the name of the ship?

…………

Rascal answers as he sighs at his own partner's pompous condition.

"- [The Eltram]. Now we'll have all the beads there."

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