＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

□ ■ Northwest Alter Kingdom

Battle of the Babylonian Battle Corps and the King of Eaters.

The Babylonian Battle Group shattered half of Kata's body and inflicted fatal wounds after heavy fighting.

That was the end of the first battle in the land.

But....

◇

"Mr. Riser, are you okay with your wounds?

Oh, I drank potion and I got scratched. The bleeding has stopped. "

Care for Riser as Lang sat down on the ground.

Riser is not lowering his hips because of exhaustion.

His legs are chewed to pieces, so he can't stand.

During the last offensive with Kata, Riser broke the brain and heart in his mouth.

But Kata is also one of the Empire's most powerful men.

Riser's legs were crushed in an instant of attack and defense, even though it did not lead to predation.

That's why he's still stuck with the fatal wounds he caused.

It doesn't matter if it moves anymore. Excuse me, could you give me a lift to Hippoglyph? This foot makes it difficult to drive a Hellmose. "

"Mr. Riser...."

He tried his best in a dead fight, and even if his legs were broken, he would still rush underneath his fellow fighters on other battlefields.

Lang is no stranger to that.

In the Babylonian Battle Corps, he was the slightest injured, and he was going to do the same.

"... are you all still fighting?"

While they were fighting, huge jade clouds appeared ahead of them, and even unusual lightning broke out.

It is not hard to imagine that it was caused by the fierce battle between the kingdom and the empire.

They'll be fine. But I've never been more helpful. That's why I'm going. "

"... yes!

Riser said so and slapped Lang on the shoulder, and Lang responded with a smile.

Lang summoned the Knight of Love Hippoglyph... and noticed a trivial thing.

"Still, he's the owner of the clan, and he really came here alone. There was nothing in the Yokohama."

Lang murmured when he saw the body of only the lower body lying on the ground.

[Eater King] Kata is the owner of the third clan of the Empire. There should be a lot of constituents, but he was alone on this battlefield.

LotJ is the reception destination for those who originally wanted to participate in the war for rewards. Each is acting independently to earn the reward offered by the Empire. That was the case in the last war. Instead of collaborating with the clan, it could be a party... or a private party. "

If this was the diagram of VS LotJ, none of them would have won.

Because Kata acted alone, we were able to win with the cooperation of the three of us.

But there may be others on the battlefield I'm heading for...!

Riser suddenly cut the words and sharpened the expression behind the mask.

"Mr. Riser?

"Lang... how long has it been... since I defeated him?"

"I've been treating my feet for about four or five minutes... ah!?

Therefore, Lang also noticed the most unusual phenomenon on the spot.

[Eater King] Needless to say, Kata.

It's the Master, so if you die, the body will disappear.

--Five minutes later, it still remains.

Signage shows zero HP.

Speaking of the degree of corpse damage, it should be dusty in an instant.

Even if the brain is destroyed and the [Dead Soldier] is incapacitated, it will disappear in about a minute.

Five minutes is abnormal.

Ugh!

Riser aggressively threw [Gem] from the item box... [Gem] from "Whitefield", a superior meaning of Ice Attribute Magic, at Kata's body.

To freeze the corpse and seal off any action that might occur.

But the body was waiting for it (...).

― ― I reached out from the cross section of Kata's body and grabbed Gem .

No, I didn't grab it.

It was eaten with the mouth that came out of my hand (...).

Undoubtedly, the ability of the [Eater King] Kata.

But that arm... is slightly thinner and white than his.

The thin arm chews [Gem] with a chewing sound called gorigori.

And...

…………

Zuri... crawled out of the cross section of the body.

It's not the King of Eaters.

A strangless woman\ 36528;... crawled out of Kata's body.

Riser knew who it was.

([King of Eater] Kata's,!

His maiden, who had not appeared and was only exercising his abilities.

But the sight was unusual.

As long as it is a rule type, it will not expose the entity like that.

If so...

(Arms, no, you kept the Guardian in your body!?

That's Kata's Needs Heg.

TYPE: Maiden with Fusion Guardian.

He is a Guardian who fuses with the Master on a daily basis.

The reason the body remained was because it was alive.

Kata herself lost all of her primary organs and HP, but her need-head heart and brain fused with him kept his lower body alive.

There were two lives in Kata's body, and that's why there were bodies left.

It wasn't enough to wipe out Kata's heart and brain, but it was also necessary to crush the heart and brain of the fused need-head.

If this was a duel, Risers would have won when Kata's HP had reached zero.

But this isn't a duel.

…………

The Needs Heg usually exposes his face hidden in his hat and sleeve.

But those eyes were terribly reprehensible.

It was like, "Do it faster."

When the Risers noticed the anomaly in the body and went into some form of attack, it was time to take it and turn it over to the healing resources. That delay slowed down the start of Needs Heg's action. Fortunately, in misfortune.

But now that I've had Gem and recovered with that resource, Needlehead crawled out of Kata's body.

Then he grabs the remaining burning mythical metal and preys on it with his hands hidden behind his mouth. You said you were more embarrassed to be exposed to predators than naked.

Lang!

"Ha, yes!

But there's no way you can just overlook it.

The victory at the expense of Riser's legs and Bishmar is about to be overshadowed.

They moved to prevent such a bad result.

Riser jumps onto the Hell Mouse with his stubborn feet to fully open the handle, and Lang also attempts to redeploy the Halley.

--The white wall is blocking it.

It's a wall of meat.

Needs The left arm of the head turns into a white, giant flesh-wall - a huge left arm that prevents intervention.

Huge mouths line the surface of your arms, preying on everything you touch, whether air or the ground.

(This is a partial change in Maiden... Guardian body!?

Lang realizes that this is due to the characteristics of the category.

Some Mayden's < Embryo > can transform only a part of Mayden's body into another shape, like Nemesis turns his arm into a sword.

The Needs Heg was like that... but his left arm was too big (...).

The size inferred from the left arm is comparable to leviathan and [Gloria].

(No way... you've been fighting like a maiden before!?

And Riser notices.

The [Eater King] Kata, who fought ready to die... actually limited the function of the < Embryo >.

Now, the surface area of the mouth visible on the left arm alone exceeds the total area of the mouth that was forming into the flesh of Kata just now.

But, dare I say... the [Eater King] I was serious about earlier.

--In human form (...), I meant it.

The reason he kept fighting in that way was because of his own policies....

"It's been a long time... it's been tough"

At the same time as you hear voices from beyond the white meat wall, the meat wall disappears like a wave.

Beyond the disappearing meat wall was a cat.

His upper body was naked because his equipment burned out, and his left arm, with a needs head grown from his back, was tied around his neck like a muffler.

But neither of them has a scratch already.

Full recovery was complete.

…………

The results of their decisive battle were wiped out.

No, not to mention... the situation is worse now that the other party's bottom line is known.

"To tell you the truth, your battle meant something."

But... Kata said something to comfort the risers.

"My recovery depends on the predation of resources. My own item, which is a means of restoring stability... I've burned everything I brought and ate it... I can't get a steady recovery anymore. Money blew billions... Ah, I knew you didn't prioritize flavor and burn a lot of things...."

Looking down at his own items, which had become ashes in the flames of Bishmar, Kata said so with a sad face. I may even cry a little. Close to a child who flipped his lunch on an excursion.

A need-head growing from his back was stroking his head from behind, comforting him, and he looked at Risers with his accusations again.

It was a communal scene in some cases... but the opposing risers were far from it.

Because it is not difficult to imagine that the cat that has lost its own food is the next "thing to eat".

Critical attack defense with target dispersion with Bishmar.

The opponent has an unknown giant Guardian body.

The odds of winning are endlessly low.

…………

Still, Riser stood with her broken feet.

Believe that a minute and a second here will change the fate of those who are ahead of them.

Lang was ready to martyr Riser too.

And...

"Well then... I'm going home."

--Kata turned her heel and turned her back on the risers.

"... what?

"I lost this time. Nothing will happen during this war, but when the war is over, let's play a duel. He's on fire, too."

Well, what are you going to do!?

Riser couldn't help but ask Kata, who was overwhelmed and trying to leave without seeing Risers.

"That's why we're out of food. I have to go home and replenish it... honestly, I'm tired. You know what? You're thrown into a dark place with nothing but a broken mind. Mentally annoying. I'm hungry and want to eat something delicious. I'm leaving."

…………

With a truly tired face, Kata said so.

Instead of the avatar's health, the player who moves is running out of mental strength.

It seemed like he was serious about going home, and he had no intention of attacking Luke and the others who had gone further.

Bye bye then.

Kata waved her hand and Needs Heg still had a grudge, but she waved her hand to match the Master.

Then, at a terrible pace... the Empire's most powerful quasi... left this battlefield.

"... let's move on for now"

"... I understand."

After a brief face-to-face meeting, Riser moved to meet Luke and the others.

To be continued