＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

North □■End City Winter Orb

In the city of Winter Orbs, no, two aliens ran over the city (...).

It was preceded by the lion. Jumping from a stone roof to a scaffolding, she heads out of town.

It was Xuanyu who was after them. While being careful not to hurt anyone, I stretched my limbs and followed the lion face.

Neither speed exceeds sound speed.

As mentioned above, Hayabusa considered the damage to the city.

The lion's surface could not move at supersonic speed... or it was increasing or decreasing (...).

"The sphere is taken away." Estimated enemy strength is equivalent to. We're tracking him now. Please tell Winter Orb as well. Besides, I'd better leave the ship if I can. I can't read the enemy's intentions. Put them in danger in this situation. "

Kusuwa briefly informed Gray of the situation with the Talisman of communication magic as she chased the lion face.

I can't help Gray in this pursuit.

By the city. It would be difficult to attack with a flying fortress laputa.

Roger that. Xuyu......

If I were you, I'd catch up with you later.

With Tenaga Asinaga, you can catch up to your defected laputa or reach out and climb it. Among the guards, Kubu could do it.

Therefore, she told me to leave it (...).

... I wish you good luck.

"Don't be alarmed." If my opponent showed me the cards, I might get even better. "

The robbery of the beads and the blatant lure to the swift feathers.

The purpose of the raid was to deal damage to Winter Orbs or Tsang Rong.

I don't know how, but I can't underestimate an enemy with that much skill.

I don't know his name or his job.

I couldn't read any information on the Lion's (Baron's) side that might have the effect of hindering [Discovery].

It doesn't seem to be a design perk, but it's quite made to order.

(But even if you don't know who you are, are you one of the < super > -class fighters in this country right now? That's not true.....)

There were several factions with the Super Class that Kunihane had in mind.

A clan composed exclusively of clans that bewitched the underworld.

Headquarters, led by the superior Mohikan Omega himself.

The legendary [Tenjin] is the commander-in-chief of Tian's Magic Order.

Gran Baloa's invading forces are now operating in the south.

And...... the Cardina itself.

(...... Due to the arrangement, I'm sure Cardina won't be able to help us.)

A [Letter of Commitment] is exchanged between the First Prince, who is acting as the Emperor, and the President of Cardina.

The condition of the Yellow River is the renunciation of ownership of the pearl.

Cardina's condition is that Laputa can move freely within Cardina.

The Laputa, a dangerous weapon, is authorized to travel over Cardina, unhindered by Laputa's escort of Tsang Rong and the others, and on the contrary, will accept any request for assistance.

That is the arrangement between the two countries.

(This time... is it a grey zone?)

The recovered pearls had not been returned to the Yellow River, and they had been taken away before Xuanyu could retrieve them.

The lion's surface was taken from the Winter Orb, and it was not hostile to the Yellow River.

Xuanyu was engaging with the escort Xuanyu because Xuanyu was chasing the lion who ran away with the beads. I could make a bitter excuse that the battle had nothing to do with the escort, and that I hadn't broken an arrangement...

However, my heart condition is close to the worst, and I don't know if I can say that I will not violate the [Pledge].

Even if I managed to circumvent the [Letter of Understanding], I still had the question of whether I would be able to put a finger on the relationship between Cardina and the Yellow River.

(It's easy to understand that if it wasn't for Cardina, it would be a crime committed by a bead-free criminal... but in that case, the current situation of provoking me and letting me chase me is not meaningful)

In the first place, even if it appears to be free, it sometimes moves according to the will of the country. The same was true of the Zetas that Xuwei had engaged in the previous attack on the King's capital.

In any case, the information that was visible from Kubu couldn't answer it.

We need to protect ourselves from those who do unpredictable things. Terrorism is absolutely to the disadvantage of the defense.

"Still..."

(...... if you don't know from the minute, I don't know, but I'll do what I have to do)

Even in this situation, the name "Xuyu" does not cut off his hand and his thoughts.

Xuanyu stood on her left arm while leaving the pursuit of the lion face to the stretch of her right arm and both legs.

Then, I aimed at the back of the escaping lion face and stretched my arm.

This is a ready attack to be intercepted and to have his claws broken again.

Even if you take the risk of missing nails, you must look at the opponent's hand.

Since it was a counter to his Special Ability beforehand, Xuanyu did not directly look at the moment when the opponent broke his claw.

Therefore, you must first confirm the opponent's means of attack.

(At the time of slashing the wall with such a blade, it was the work of that knife.... but what reason did you use to kill him?)

Is that Karambit knife an Embrio, a bonus weapon, or something else? Containment attack to see it through.

In contrast, the lion face instantly turned back to match the extension of the prosthesis...

――――

A nail that tried to reach itself --- pressed its right fist against its "wrist" (...), and shifted its orbit downward (...).

Ahh!

The connecting part of the nail on the blade and the point where there is no cut surface are cut off.

Then, the moment the prosthetic hand of Kunyu strokes the movement, she pushes the Karambit knife that was in her left hand into her extended arm.

It was a vivid, flowing movement.

"... hey, hey, cum"

Xuanyu pulled back her left arm, which had slowed down.

Complete amputation was avoided, but the damage in the current offensive and defensive operations, which were contained, was greater than planned.

But... there was something Xuanyu got as well.

The first is the movement of the opponent.

I used my weapon to sharpen the target's movement and close the distance.

Although it was a coincidence that martial arts with such a movement, Kubu knew one thing.

(Isn't that Shirat (...)?)

Shirat.

In real life, it originated in Southeast Asia. It has many derivatives and is a traditional martial arts, including weaponry.

It is a martial arts that has become a topic of discussion in movies, etc., and has gradually gained worldwide popularity.

(Was there such a line at the time when the merchandise was Karambit? but....)

However, Shirat is a martial arts technique that should not exist as a job in Infinite Dendrogram.

At least I had never heard of the Yellow River or the Kingdom.

(If you're going to use something that's not here.....)

"But if the technology used by the lion face is Shirat..."

(--Real technique (...))

A person who is more proficient in martial arts than the original, will be wielding it with the status of "Infinite Dendrogram"... estimated superjob.

It was like [Destruction King (Shu)] who knew about Suwa.

(...... Can't all the guys in martial arts imitate this kind of thing? After all, I still have to choose Junior High as a martial arts match....)

Someday, Xuwa had another taste of the feeling of watching Shu's struggle in Gideon over the video.

However, Shirat was not the only one who was concerned.

(This attack was successfully attacked, but the current power was lower than when I was hit with my nails.) There's still something going on. And that Calambit.....)

The opponent's Karambit knife itself was also a secret.

The information seen in the [Appraisal Eye] using the [Symbol] was written on...... Karambit's material (...).

([Carbide: Calambit]. The material is carbide mythological metal (......)

A material that is said to have further compressed rare and tough Mythic Metals with Earth Attribute Magic to increase their strength.

If you build a weapon like that, you can hurt Tenaga Ashinaga.

Simply because it's outperforming as a weapon.

However, I've heard of this material by name, but I've never seen it before.

Too few people can make super mythical metals... there's only one that can be mass-produced.

(This material is famous for [Earth God] Fatum......)

He has two names for "the strongest magic," and is an expert in local attribute magic.

The [Carbide Artifact] refines mythical metals into compression, making it one of his four magic spells.

Where does the lion face belong... to deal with such things?

(Is it finally black...?)

Of course, it was also possible that the lion side could only get and use weapons derived from Fatum.

However, it seemed more likely that the lion face was a spinner with Cardina's chairman, just like Fatum's.

(That sounds good, what is Cardina aiming for?)

If it was a kind of dark battle with Winter Orbs, it was not a good idea to involve the Yellow River.

In addition, Xuwei was escorting the royal family, and the pearls were to be returned from Winter Orbs to the Yellow River. This is like selling a quarrel against a country.

(I didn't know because I decided to return it just now. "I didn't know I belonged to the Yellow River." That's why I'm imitating you....... I see.)

I was in the middle of a lure in its advanced form.

The previous interception in Sirat was clearly faster than the current escape.

The AGI of the lion face was high, and the escape legs were slowing down.

Don't pull Xuanyu away, who can't be pursued in the city with all his might.

Including being intercepted by a Special Skill, they know the power of Xuwa (...).

(The aim of the lion is not the pearl itself. Inviting me to feed on the beads)

If I knew that, would I have the option of "not chasing"?

... no, Xuanyu had no choice but to go after her.

I can't leave the beads I took before my eyes.

And there were only Xuanyu who could follow him.

Very few of them were able to maneuver at supersonic speed with this type of escort. The lions will flee and hide while we bring down the rest of them from the Rapunzel.

Then, even though I knew that the target was my hanging, I had no choice but to move.

Even if the opponent was a phantom who was familiar with his tactics.

The landscape switched as he ran.

Over the city walls that would eventually become boundaries, from the stone city of white and gray... to the sea of sand.

The great desert stretches south of Winter Orb.

The lion's surface jumped over the city walls and accelerated, now running through the desert like a dot.

Shamisen is this far, right?

Since Xuanyu also crossed the city wall, she could thrust her rough, golden limbs into the desert at full speed without having to consider her surroundings.

And when they reach supersonic maneuvering speed, they leave the Winter Orbs behind and run to the horizon.

(I separated myself from the laputa and the winter orb. This is what he's after, after all.)

But I don't mind.

If the lion plane and Suwa are separated from each other, it will also lead to the danger of the lion plane being separated.

Even if they had the same amount of strength, they could still hold out with their guards, including Gray.

Above all, the Yellow River Duel ranked first in Laputa...... [Dragon Emperor] Azure Dragon.

(I may leave it to the guard, but no one can defeat Zhang in a proper fight.)

Gray and Tsang Rong. There was trust in them to know what they were capable of.

Even for Hsunwa, who fought against the lions, the desert was the place to be.

(Away from the Winter Orbs, this place is much easier to fight than the rest of the city.)

"Because..."

This place won't cause any damage to the city!!

There is no need to worry about the surrounding damage or the release of < UBM > due to the damage to the beads.

Let the magic shine, but nothing can spread into the desert.

Kill the liberated before they get to the city.

On the unimpeded battlefield, Xuanyu unlocked a magical attack.

Along with stretching both arms, countless [symbols] attached to the arms shine.

After a moment, heat rays are irradiated in all directions.

Thermal lines, which are easy to avoid because they are linear in nature, also form a photothermal network that fills the space by accompanying the intricately stretched and serpentine tenaga.

…………

Unlike a physical attack, a thermal flutter that you can't use your own technology.

The lion's face stops running with the pearl in its pocket and starts to focus on evading.

However, this did not constitute a complete evasion, and hot lines swept through the feet and flanks.

However, the thermal incineration only left a slight scorch mark on the Taoism.

"Fire and heat resistant equipment! Ha! Was there a countermeasure over here?!"

The Taoist clothing that covered the skin of the whole body was made of fire-resistant monster material, greatly attenuating the power of the fire attribute magic that Kunyu was good at.

There was no longer any doubt. This is an assassin who was sent in with a focus on Xuanyu.

She has the ability to evade the sudden death of her Special Ability, physically attacking with her abilities, and responding to the versatility of Xuanyu with her gear.

If that's the case, it's as much as Xuanyu's hand (...).

On the side of the lion that stopped the escaping leg, both arms of Xuanyu were approaching as she scattered the heat rays.

The lion face concentrated on the movement of both arms rather than dodging the heat, and the approaching arms were staggered with calambits.

At that moment, Karambit began to hear a "gin" and a disturbing sound.

The sound of the desert, which had nothing to hide from its surroundings, reached the ears of Xuanyu.

If you look through the enhanced vision with the aid of Symbol , it seems that the blade of the Karambit is vibrating at an ultra-high speed.

(That's not Karambit's gear skill. Laser Blade Reinforcement Skill

Perhaps the difference in power between the clinic and the earlier one is whether or not you have that skill.

An attack strengthening skill that beats Carbide Artifact as a weapon. With Calambit now, we will immediately cut off Tenaga Ashinaga.

Even so, Xuanyu did not stop her hand and stretched her arms.

Kill (Sha)!!

…………

The lion was silent and waved its blade at the impending golden claw.

"---" Awakening, Thunderstorm! "

--a red lightning bolt jumped out of his right arm and covered his line of sight.

[Lightning Elemental] Rare species, solid name "Thunderstorm".

It was a tame monster owned by Hayabusa, and it was also used against Figaro in that [Super Clash].

Because of the danger of losing, I didn't use it in battles other than the duel. I only used it in the duel in the first place, but... that doesn't mean I can't use it (...).

……

The lion face turned its palm toward the elemental red lightning, not the calambit.

Sky Boom

― ― The air was distorted by the roar, and the elemental body, which was supposed to be composed of electricity, was cut a thousand times.

Because the remaining HP had reached the danger level set to [Jewel], the worn-out thunder returned to [Jewel] automatically.

However, the Thunderbolt had already... finished one job besides blindfolding.

"... ah...!"

While being intercepted by the lion face, the thunderstorm was touching the lion face (...).

As a result, the body of the lion was electrocuted, which produced rigidity for a very short time.

This is the opportunity that Xuanyu created for her.

The two arms of Kusuwa swirl around the lion face that stopped her movement.

It was as if the lion was trapped in a golden cage.

Immediately afterwards, the [Symbol] attached to both arms cast a magic spell on the inside of the cage - towards the lion's side.

That wasn't just the fire attribute magic that [Corpse Dissipation Immortal] was good at.

The magic of other attributes, such as ice, wind, and thunder, was also rough.

Indeed, Corpse Dissipation Immortal was a superjob with fire attribute magic as its secret.

But that doesn't mean I can't use other skills... other Attribute Attack Magic.

If it was a Job that went through the Taoist system from the beginning, [Symbol], it could be handled as a junior-level magic.

Of course, the power will be greatly inferior to the fire attribute magic, but the important thing now is that the lion face's Taoism equipment is fire-resistant and heat-resistant (...).

It wasn't as if it was full of equipment with high attribute defenses, but in the eyes of Kumui, the lion face's Taoism was not in that area.

In other words, all other attributes deal the same amount of damage.

I don't know about meta-equipment... there's a limit to how many of them I can equip?

When I dealt with the hand that was the master of Kubane, it wasn't the only hand that Kubane had.

Rather, there were a lot of other attribute magic cards that I didn't normally show, like the raging thunder and the other attribute magic I used this time.

It's impossible to equip all of them with meta-equipment.

Instant Equipment and Momentary Equipment are also available to change equipment instantly.

It's like a figaro that can expand and strengthen the number of equipment, such as one that can handle all situations with meta equipment.

Can you beat the immortal with the number of cards (...)?

The [Corpse Dissolving Immortal] laughed and repeatedly hit his [Talisman].

The lion is also trying to evade inside the cage, but there is still no place to escape, so you can hear a lot of hits.

(...... If I were Figaro, I would do something about this. Even with real technology, he's not as bad as Figaro.)

The lion was in the class, but Figaro probably outperformed it in terms of technology and stats.

Therefore, there is nothing to be wary of in Figaro.

Although he didn't let go of his vigilance, he felt the murderous intent.

As soon as she reported the imminent danger to herself and her sensing skills, she stretched her legs at a high speed and slid her body backwards.

Immediately after that, something struck me that I couldn't see where Kusuwa's neck was.

It was a spatial transcendence attack that hit the head of the guide in the clinic.

Ahh!

At the same time, Xuanyu untied her arms and pulled them back to her hand.

The reason why the siege was lifted was because of the intuition that 'both arms will be torn apart at this time'.

Correctly, I witnessed the lion wielding the calambit from the gap that could be dissolved.

If I had been a moment late, either arm would have been amputated.

…………

The surface of the lion also took some damage to its body, and the wound was not shallow.

Still, it was far from fatal.

The beads that seemed to be in my pocket weren't destroyed either.

(Well......)

It was said that Xuanyu finally returned a point in the attack and defense.

Considering the damage and consumption of Tenaga and Asinaga, it is still unfavorable.

However, more than each other's wear and tear, the current attack and defense had given Kubuyu a lot of information.

(Unlike mine (...)

First of all, the opponent's spatial transcendence attack was due to a different mechanism than Kubu.

At the moment of the current attack, there was no attack in front of Xuanyu......).

Not only does the tip of that Karambit knife warp, but it feels like just the energy of the attack (...) has passed through it.

It was clearly different from Tenaga Ashinaga, who dived his prosthetic leg into the warp gate.

(Besides, did he say "Sky Boom"?)

On the verge of scattering the thunderstorm, the lion side had indeed declared its skill name.

And that's Job's magic skill (...), which Kuba also knows.

Advanced Magic Job [Vibration Magician (Shockmancer)].

Specializes in vibration and shock waves, and includes both heavenly and earthly attributes as major attributes.

The [Sky Boom] that knocked down the thunderstorm was the ultra-sonic shockwave.

(Vibration and shock of [Vibrator]. It is easy to understand. It also applies high-speed vibration to the knife and is used as a kind of high-frequency blade. You're going to get cut.)

At this point, Suwa understood the style of the lion face.

An avant-garde skill that's compatible with magic skills, or a magician with the same level of mobility as an avant-garde skill.

Or a simpler (...) answer.

In any case, the lion's surface is a versatile powerful person, which is reinforced by the ability of the spatial system.

In short... it's the same type (......) as Xuanyu.

(Relatively durable me and agile guy. As expected, I didn't think the Job or Embrio might be that different. how many cards are in each other's hands.....)

Then, Xuanyu thought about the cards they had...

"... ahn?"

One thing I noticed was that there was a big mistake in the lion's behavior.

Considering the cards you already see (...), if you don't reveal them, you're not acting strangely.

…………

The lion face was visibly wounded by Kubu's magic.

The toughness of Xuanyu would have stained his defenses so far.

It could be a long battle.

"Then why...?"

(Why... don't you use recovery beads (......?))

Do you not use it even though you have a powerful recovery method with no consumption at hand?

Whether you defeat Kubu or buy yourself some kind of time, it shouldn't be a negative thing to heal yourself.

Xuanyu questioned the irrational behavior of the lion face...

"...... Mamaka"

... I noticed the fallacy of my own ingrained thoughts.

When I encountered it in that clinic, the lion had a pearl in its hand.

I kept it on my fingers when I fled, and it was only after I started a full-scale battle in this desert.

Without a doubt, the lion face has a pearl.

That pearl was the same that I had seen some of the Quick Feathers, so I couldn't misunderstand it.

It is exactly the same as the prize that Tsang Rong carried...... "Tournament". It's a real pearl.

What that means is that no matter what the contents are, the appearance of the beads (...) will not change (...).

That is an inherently impossible premise.

That's why until now, Xuanyu hadn't noticed any reading errors.

That is the fallout of thought.

You--you don't have a recovery bead?

The lion face --- hadn't taken the beads of the Winter Orb (......).

It wasn't the beads of recovery that were shown to Xuanyu (......).

Another bead (...) brought into the city by the lion face in advance.

If the opponent was a Cardina spinner using the [Carbide Artifact]... it was no surprise that Cardina had already recovered the beads.

This is not even a "gray zone" battle that occurs after robbing a pearl before it was transferred to the Yellow River.

Showing off his original beads (......), Xuanyu was deliberately misidentified by his actions, and was voluntarily tracking the lion face for irrelevant beads.

There is no doubt that the [pledge] will not work.

And the pearl of recovery itself is still in that clinic... in the city.

[...... Fuu]

Having noticed this, the lion face exhaled and put his hand into his nostrils.

It wasn't the beads that the lion brought into the city that were taken out of his nostalgia in such an atmosphere as "this far" or "it's about time".

There is a small antenna, which is similar in shape to a communication device, but there is neither a reception port (speaker) nor a transmission port (microphone).

It just has one button on it.

It was like a bomb detonator.

"Teme-"

It's Show Time

When the lion pressed the button shortly after stopping, Kusuwa heard something shattering.

To be continued