＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

□■Winter Orb - South

Even after the [Fusanshen] was liberated by the remote detonation of the lion face, the battle between Kusuwa and the lion face continued.

Xuanyu tried to turn back when she sensed something was happening in the Winter Orb, but now the lion face was holding back Xuanyu's movement without missing out.

However, it is not up to you to decide on the battle, and it is not up to you to increase your own risk.

In a nutshell, the lion side was focused on buying time against Kubu.

(If you're on a business trip to me, you're doing something awkward.)

Winter Orbs, Laputa, or both.

In any case, I was struggling with the lion face here, and I didn't feel comfortable with Kubu.

(The lion side prioritizes not being defeated. However, if you've been fighting for a long time, some things will be visible.)

The lion face uses supersonic maneuvering like an AGI superjob.

At the same time, it also handles [Vibration Magician] magic such as the Vibration Knife and [Sky Boom].

Many of the physically brilliant superjobs, such as Str, AGI, and end, have a very limited use of subjob magic skills. The exception was [Corpse Dissipation Immortal], which had excellent durability as an undead.

There was also the iron rule that Job Skills could only be used for things that were compatible with the main job.

In that case, the lion who performs supersonic maneuvers while being a magician would raise his stats like Kubu.

No, the story is simpler.

(In the superjob, I thought it was a desktop nonsense...... this is the magic warrior (...) build.)

Jobs are compatible with each other's skills.

However, the status (...) does not change in order to change the main job.

Therefore, if you put a magic position as the main and a superior physical position as the sub, you can create an all-powerful magic warrior (...).

(AGI-type superjob in the sub, mainly Vibration Technician ...... superjob? If that's the case, be honest.

Superjobs are one in a generation. Not even someone who can find the conditions for a superjob is rare.

The reason for the low Magic Fighter build is that it is a weak performance (...) that is not within the range of senior positions.

Superjobs are rare to obtain in the first place, and even if they are taken, there is the difficulty of stretching different systems.

If you can get superjobs of a completely different lineage, you'll only get a lot of enthusiasm, luck, and information about the terms and conditions of multiple superjobs.

(And the sub...... is a system specializing in concealment.)

He remembered the odorless corpses piled up in the clinic.

From there, it became clear that the type of job that hid the trail... was a secret or secret detective lineage.

(Even if you rely on attacks other than superjobs, it's a similar type to Despiri's Glasun.)

Marie's [Outstanding Shadow] was a super-classic with excellent covert abilities and AGI, but her attack power was low.

Marie made up for it with her own Embrio, but even the Lion Face was made up for with a vibrating knife and Shirat's technique that slashed if touched.

The more we analyze it, the more we can see that we have increased our fighting power by putting together a variety of elements.

On the other hand, Suwa had already finished his analysis.

In terms of analytical power, Kubu was the top ranking among the [super].

If you buy her some time, the plating will come off.

(...... you can see the bottom as well)

As Xuanyu thought, the lion's body gradually began to lack refinement during the battle.

Compared to the beginning of the battle, the movement was considerably slower.

(Specs were clearly dropped after being shot in a siege. Was it a bad hit?)

Was it a wound from the siege, or was it a matter of health and concentration?

Compared to the Undead Xuyu, it was obvious that she was inferior to him in endurance... but I didn't think Xuyu had that much to do with it.

(Otherwise, the type that consumes resources continuously during battle... it also has the disadvantage of being degraded by bullets.)

If I fought like this, Kumihizu would win.

Even so, the opponent still had hidden cards...... Power and Space Transcendence Attacks that evaded Xuanyu's Special Attacks.

"... well..."

But even then, Suwa was starting to read it to some extent.

(The spatial transcendence attack that was unleashed from the inside of the siege earlier. Is that a hint.....)

When the Conductor was hit, there was no warning, and it was also an incident behind Suwa.

However, it was clearly confirmed by the attack aimed at Kuba.

Like Tenaga Ashinaga, the knife didn't slash its neck across space.

Only the slashing (...) was beyond space.

It looks similar, completely different.

(Confirm it or not)

Xuanyu scatters a large number of talismans from inside her sleeve and spreads them widely with her Wind Attribute Magic.

At hundreds of meters in radius, the Talisman of Xuyu fell in the wind.

…………

Look for points around which the lion can evacuate in an unrelenting massive expansion of the cost of the feathers.

However, the amount of the talisman has filled the escape point, and there is no place to completely evade it.

Hah!

Xuanyu smiled and detonated the tokens at once.

It was a lower-level fire attribute magic that focused on numbers rather than power.

A chain of explosions spreads across the surrounding area at a density that cannot be avoided, and a blast of wind winds up the sand of the desert.

......

As for the indiscriminate omni-directional blast involving Hida herself, the lion was also inevitably hit by evasive actions.

However, fire-resistant equipment does not burn in low-grade flames, and it is also resistant to explosion pressure due to its strength as equipment.

This is far from a fatal blow.

"But..."

”-Thank you for reaching out (Tenaga)”

Against a dull lion, Kubu activates his Special Ability again.

With the opposite hand, I aimed at the lion face in the middle of the flame and aimed at its heart.

A special skill from Wide Range Magic, a metamorphosis of the combo used in the previous battle against Figaro.

…………

However, the lion didn't move even if it didn't dodge.

The lion instantly activated some kind of skill.....

The sand rolled up on the right side of the two-metal lion face (......) moved.

At the same time, the sand falling on the surface of the lion starts slipping through its body (...).

(─ Shit.)

”-Trample feet (Ashinaga)?”

At that moment, Xuwei's Special Ability slid the impact point of the Special Ability to the right of Nimetel, not to the lion's side.

The right hand, which transcends space with its special skills, penetrates the empty space.

At the same time, there was a large hole in the abdomen of the lion face.

It was like my body was pierced by a prosthetic hand that I hadn't even touched.

"............"

While spitting blood from the inside of the lion's face, the lion's face pokes its knee.

"Ha. I see."

In response to that and the hand that was transmitted from the prosthetic hand, Kusuwa realized that it was as she had guessed.

"When I was in the clinic that I couldn't see, I was using my skills (...) to evade when [Fury Sensing] or [Danger Sensing] reacted." If you don't understand the seeds, you won't be able to hit it without an annihilating attack, right? "

(That's two meters. When they attacked us from the inside of the siege earlier, it was longer (...). Did they do so with minimal evasion, or does the range change according to the "range of movement")

While keeping a distance from the lion face, Kunihane talks, and at the same time considers more detailed answers from the current attack and defense and the previous memories.

In order to make it decisive, I will first tell you clearly in words.

"What you were using was a skill of flirting with the hit test (...)"

Hit Determination... a concept that is a prerequisite for melee games and shooters.

Computer Graphics… a process that allows game drawings to determine contact or collision with other drawings.

Of course, in reality, contact between substances does not have to be processed into a program. It is the substance that makes sense, and the games that have made progress also include this process at the time of the underlying program.

And naturally, the same goes for Infinite Dendrogram, which is extremely close to reality.

However, the lion side was interfering with it.

Were you trying to isolate yourself from the real thing?

While the skill is active, any attack passes through the lion face.

Conversely, if the knife hit judgment at the time of the attack is shifted to the enemy side, it will be established as a spatial transcendent attack.

It was the power that dodged Xuanyu's Special Ability and cut off the Conductor's head.

However, Suwa understood it.

"It's a troublesome skill, but if you know the seeds... it was a bad place to lure me out instead of saying" Na "

Wide-area bombing is not just about stopping people for a special event.

I scattered sand to expose the tricks of the lion face.

If I show my Special Ability again, I think the Lion side will show me how to dodge it, and then I can grab the details of the ability and take it down.

...... uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu......

The lion was squatting and spitting blood while Sukehu spoke.

The sand is mixed in with the blood that flows out of the open hole in my body.

"... ah. I see." The sand that was slipping through my body while I was fumbling with the hit judgment, once my skill was removed, I stayed inside my body. "

It may have been forcibly removed by a bullet, but the lion's share of the damage from skill recoil is significant.

A strange grain of sand is mixed with meat and blood.

I can't help you anymore. It seemed like it was a more critical move than Xuanyu had expected.

"... nh?"

However, Xuanyu wondered.

(Wasn't he aware of this weakness?)

In this result, it would have been better to focus on avoiding the skill without using it yet, or to use it on an attack before being hit.

(...... even if you can take me down...)

Even though it was a spatial transcendence attack that made it a special trump card, the lion's skill level was lower than hers.

Unlike Shirat's combat tricks, he was unfamiliar with them.

After acquiring this skill, Suwa wondered if the day was shallow.

... anyway, we're at the end of the game.

"Come on. What are you up to before Despena?" Then, let's take care of the expensive equipment without hitting it. "

Xuanyu notified her as she turned her prosthetic hand toward the lion face.

I thought it was unlikely to spit out a conspiracy to target Raputa and Winter Orbs, but now that the opponent has almost lost combat power, it was a chance to learn.

If you can't, just kill him and head for Winter Orbs.

"...... uuu......"

The lion on his knees groaned and looked up at Kusuwa...

--- (Call) ---

A glove covering his right hand - the inside of it shone.

([Jewel]! Tame monster!)

Just like Sukehane used violent thunder in this fight, she also had a lion face.

"Did you prepare such a thing just in case you lost your fighting ability?" Xu Yu would appear as a monster.

"But..."

"... what?"

The monster (...) wasn't called from the [Jewel] by the lion face.

"... ah?... eh?"

It was a girl dressed in simple clothes.

You can see how trembling and frightened you are without even uttering a word.

I didn't seem to understand my situation at all.

…………

"... ah!?"

The lion grabbed the girl's arm and placed the girl in front of her.

"... Temae"

It was clear that it was a human shield against Xuanyu.

Gain more time by using Tian's Girl as a shield when your defeat becomes more intense.

Buy yourself some time, and the more good you are, the more effective you are.

"Tsk...!"

Although Rapunzel is a player, she is classified as a good person.

Therefore, this shield was effective.

(...... I should have thought about it from my modus operandi. I don't care about pretending, I don't choose the means. It was even lower than I imagined. but.....)

Xuanyu stopped her and looked at the lion face and the girl.

I could also see black smoke rising from the winter orbs.

(If we take too much time here, we'll be out.)

Rapunzel is a righteous person.

However, he also has a spirit of being able to fight coldly and calmly.

I only took care of the hostage's life to the extent that I could afford to take care of him. If I were to be defeated, the lives of Elizabeth and many of the Winter Orbs' inhabitants would be at stake, except for this girl.

Therefore, the balance is not kept in equilibrium for a long time.

"...... uu......"

Did you perceive that?

The lion face... grabbed the girl's arm early,

... ahhh!

He threw it at Xuanyu (...).

The girl's arm is already bent in an unexpected direction by the impact thrown at her.

"Tsk...!"

Xuanyu reached out to catch the girl.

I never let my gaze out of the lion's eye.

Because in the gap that occurred in the motion to catch the girl, it was judged that the lion face, which was no longer a body that could escape, was a hungry figure for the final offensive.

Therefore, concentrate on being able to cope with the attack of the lion face...

(Speaking of which...)

In the midst of his concentration, within the sense that time was stretched, Xuanyu suddenly wondered.

I suddenly noticed something that should have nothing to do with it now.

It's the lion's side's possessions (...).

When he fled the clinic, the lion was showing off his beads to Suwa.

It wasn't a recovery bead. Other types of beads.

So, what kind of bead was that?

― ― ― ―

The answer was indicated by the change of the girl (...).

The girl who was thrown into the air lost her limbs.

The soft skin is also exhausted into a rock mass.

The girl turned into a monster... no, she goes back (...).

"--OAAA--"

It was temporarily replaced by a bead of humanization (...) The name is [Explode Rock].

This elemental monster is particularly feared in the mining industry.

OAAAAAAAAA!!

Reacting to the impact of the fracture and its own crisis, the monster returns to its original form and demonstrates its original function while grasping the close range of the Xuwa that was trying to catch it.

- That is, suicide bombing.

Explosive skill of [Explode Rock] for uncontrolled, indiscriminate, and self-consumption of all resources.

It's a power that far surpasses the power of the advanced cultivators.

The blast melted the sand and raised the smoke, and the blast rained the sand again.

◇◆

…………

The lion, who knew what was going to happen, jumped backwards with all the force that remained and escaped the area of damage caused by the explosion.

On the other hand, Kubu had no time to evade the nearby and unexpected attack.

I don't think I'm going to die from this, but I'm going to get seriously injured and cause a lot of trouble for the rest of the fight.

And the lion used the hand that he had, and fulfilled his duty.

─ ─ He was a cunning man until the end.

- It was supposed to be.

... ah?

A golden prosthetic arm stretched out from the blazing flame pierced the chest of the lion.

The lion side that had used up its last power had neither the power to cut it off nor the ability to evade it.

”... haa...”

The lion's face spits an unparalleled amount of blood and dyes the face and taoism red.

Without removing his gaze from that pattern, Kusuke stepped out from the midst of the flames.

"It was still warmer than the water bomb (...)"

But that outfit is not your usual zombie outfit.

It clearly has the appearance of being called "fireproof clothes".

It was a heat-resistant and explosion-resistant gear that was switched with [Instant Attachment] at the moment of the explosion.

From the beginning, Xuyu was well equipped with fire resistance equipment because she handled the fire attribute herself.

However, based on the experience of fighting the Zetas in the Imperial Castle, we also prepared equipment that was more heat-resistant and explosion-resistant. To deal with the water blast, which is the trump card, one day when we fight Zeta again.

Style is the same as Figaro who broke himself before the Zeta.

The experience of two defeats minimized the damage of a fatal suicide bombing at close range.

This one will be confiscated.

At the same time that he pulled back the prosthetic arm that penetrated the lion face, Xuyu retrieved the beads that had been destroyed by his nostalgia...... the humanized beads.

It wasn't a recovery bead that was supposed to be recovered.

However, I thought it would be better if the adversary kept holding on to me and used my hands like this.

(But this is the opposite of Figaro. Dong-dong, you're getting weaker.

There was no shadow on the surface of the lion that crossed with Kunnu at first, and his movements were weak.

Of course, it would be great to be fatally injured, but that was not the only reason why Kunihane was injured, and he said, "Is it true that the performance of bullets will be degraded? 'I thought.

………………

This time, the completely defeated lion face collapses into the sand with a recoil pulled out of its prosthesis.

The face of the lion that covered her face fell off the beaten track.

Until now, the hidden real face was revealed.

…………

Lion face, a powerful person who meshed with diverse strengths and plotted against Kusuma.

The face hidden underneath... "

"... who is this...?"

It was the color of a young man who was completely unknown to Xuanyu.

I remembered the appearance of the famous [Master], but there was no corresponding person.

Rather, young people's facial features and brown skin are common features of Cardina's Tian.

But that doesn't end the question.

The [Discovery], which was activated when the lion that was blocking a skill fell off, raised a bigger question.

The name and level of the lion's surface were clearly visible in the current [Discovery] of Xuyu.

Wellington

Occupation: -

Level: 0

"...... What do you mean, Da?"

The lion face was judged to be a magic warrior build by Kubu.

That is the biggest contradiction that (...) is not in the (...) job.

Xuanyu thought, "Did you replace her somewhere?" She looked around... but it wasn't.

Not only was this Wellinga's body pierced by Tenaga Ashinaga, but the wounds from the previous series of magic attacks remained.

It's not someone else.

Without a doubt, this Wellington is the lion that has been fighting Hayabusa.

…………

Feeling a cold run on his spine, Xuanyu rolled up her lion face sleeves and took off the gloves that covered her left hand.

There is no sigil there (...).

The lion face was Tian (...), not Master.

"......"

There was something like a bracelet attached to the left wrist of the young man, and when I looked at it using the [Appraisal Eye] effect, it was displayed as [Virtual Hit Box].

Even from his name, he would have the ability to shake the judgment of Kuba's guess.

(Not Embrio, but the skill of perk and weaponry... You mean Tian with the perks of combat skills? Then why did you use Shirat? No, you can't have a status in the first place...!)

Questions and answers that arose in the battle.

And some upset about killing Tian.

No matter how Xuanyu was, she was in a state of confusion that she could not escape in this situation.

"... ah, ahh..."

At that time, the lion face...... Wellin moaned and moved.

The bleeding progressed and even his limbs could no longer move properly, but he moved his neck slightly and looked at Xuanyu, the only human that could be seen around him.

And then, she turned to Xuanyu with her faint eyes mixed with sand and a sulky expression...

"... I... (...)... who am I? (...)...?"

I mumbled and stopped breathing.

His body will never disappear into the dust of light.

--At the same time, Hayabusa was ambushed.

I was able to react to it because it was Kubu.

However, due to the agitation of the immediately preceding event, evasion is slightly delayed, and the neck is torn and blood spurts out.

It was as if he had been waiting for the moment when he was distracted by the death of the lion face.

"Chi...!"

Without holding back the wound on his neck, Xuanyu immediately fought back.

I didn't see it when I searched for signs, but it appeared in my own space at the same time as the ambush.

Wields fingernails against enemies as if their ability to vanish after an attack had lost its effect.

When counterattacking, the enemy uses a vibrating knife (...) to cut off the golden claw.

Then, more ambushes were launched on the swift feathers that turned into counterattacks.

Four slashes (...) tore his body apart, bleeding,...... cut off his left prosthetic arm.

In an instant, Xuanyu was driven into a dilemma.

"... what the hell! This is...!"

Xuanyu jumped back with her prosthetic leg stretched, but four assailants moved to follow her.

The four who set up the pursuit were all armed with vibrating knives.

--I was wearing a lion face (...).

They have slightly different physique and flesh, the same outfit, the same weapon.

And surrounding her with the same movement.

The lion faces were dressed up by the lion faces (Wellin) at the beginning of the battle...... the movement of those who Kunihane judged to be the prowess of the < super > class.

(Doppelganger skill...! No, it's not like that...!)

The first enemy to ambush him... stood in front of the pursuing Xuanyu's eyes... the fifth lion.

He bent over to the side of the deceased Wellin,

--Benefits The bracelet of the armament was reattached to my wrist (...).

That's impossible.

If Tian dies, Tian's perk arsenal will be collected.

Someone cannot take over after death, and others cannot use it while alive.

The only exceptions are the gacha and the Divine Construction Dungeon, which you can acquire after being recovered.

(Even if I die, it won't be recovered and I can use it as it is... That's like.....)

It was as if the dead man and the lions now here were judged to be the same person (...).

(These guys...!)

Tian can fight magic warrior builds without a job, including superjobs.

Using a martial arts technique that is only realistic, Tian is able to perform the same movement in multiple people.

Perk armor used to spin between Tian.

And the word Wellin is Tian's terminal word.

One of the ugly facts they pointed out led to Kusuwa.

"You! You overwrote yourself to Tian (......).....!"

"...... Fu......"

The fifth lion, equipped with a special weapon, laughed at her shout.

Then he joined the circle of pursuit, and the five lions surrounded him.

Everyone holds up their weapons and utters identical words in their hearts.

It's Show Time

-- "The nightmare is coming."

To be continued