Over The Infinite

-1-

He reached the boss on the top floor and failed three times.

At first it was blown up without the art of exchange, then it was blown up with resistance, and at the end it failed to take measures, still blown up. I've just been flown.

The Storm Formation is too vicious. Even though it doesn't do much damage, it is sublimated to unruly performance combined with stage characteristics.

However, the opponent's behavioral patterns and countermeasures have been somewhat consolidated in previous battles. It was huge that Yuki was fighting ahead of time.

This battle is all determined by the action immediately after it begins. If Yuki gets used to it, she can stop Skull Bishop next time. If we can stop him, we can fight in the heart of Storm Formation.

I think I can handle it next time.

When I saw the candlestick in the waiting room, one of the two that had stopped at the second gate was shorter.... This is Gaul.

I was glad that I was able to make a proper breakthrough, but the fact that I'm not here must have been flown to the other stage.

Then it will inevitably be Moyette to be flown here, but it doesn't seem to be moving forward yet.

Even if Gaul is affected by the breakthrough, it's a little hard to wait.

I'm worried about Sargess, who's ahead of me, and I think I'll be able to break through next time.

The sarges already seemed to have broken through the Fourth Gate, and the candles were extremely short.

I don't know if it will be an immediate final battle with a fourth gate breakthrough, but this should be hurried.

"I'll leave you a note of the attack I wrote so far for Moyer."

"Doesn't this place reset every time you use it?

I don't know about the water, but the rope is refilled every time.

"I stayed when I didn't make it to the time limit and forgot my water container, so I guess it's okay.

... you should do whatever you can. If it was Moyer, I'd feel like I could break through alone. "

"Right. We don't need any more notes."

All the information gathered here is stained with the head and body. I think I can go even meditating on my eyes to some extent.

Even if it's a slight possibility, you should leave it behind if it's going to help the guy who comes later.

The challenge begins again.

[Between the spires] I'm used to breaking through the lower layers.

As Yuki first said, the wind that blows here is now like a breeze. It doesn't interfere with movement. Just run through it and it's over.

Medium boss Skull Pi Shop is no problem, it takes two people to kill instantly.

Hit the first shot before activation with the "Boost Dash" that Yuki envisages as a storm control on the top floor, and combine my skills in a way that I will continue to do, and it will not be long before I use magic.

The upper layers that were the problem. It's an ultra-high difficulty action game going through the storm, but this is also slowly shrinking in time.

The move, which started over with a reopening, stabbing a sword in the wall and getting in shape, has turned out to be a result of shrinking time. In some cases, the hook of the rope may be pierced intact.

Yuki looked frightened, but I don't think you can do better. That sense of balance is a little unusual. It won't be time for a wall run or anything.

"Can't you get on top of this Clear Hand?

Ask Yuki, who cleverly pierces the pick with the hands of Clear Hand.

If you can ride it, it's going to be a scaffold, and you're going to be able to lift it up and fly away. I want you to give me a ride, too, if you can.

"You can use it for a flash of scaffolding, but you're not strong enough. Maybe someday I'll be able to.

It's too light to be stirred by this strong wind, and it's too specialized to be that convenient. "

Sounds convenient to me no doubt, but sounds like a lot of constraints.

Indeed, we have not been able to attack through the wind of the "Storm Formation" in previous battles with the Ghost Knight. I didn't know because I couldn't see it, but was it flown away somewhere?

And now he's just one step ahead of the top floor, and all he has to do is take down the boss.

I'm just hanging on the pick, so I may have a story to say one step ahead, but that's close.

I have quite a bit of time this time. Much better compared to the situation where my first try was only for a minute.

"Let's go."

Yuki nods at my words.

It's hanging on the wall of the tower now, but the battle starts when it's up.

After the battle begins, the division of the battle is how close you will be to activating the Ghost Knight's "Storm Formation".

If you make it to activation, Yuki approaches you with a Boost Dash and stops the magic of Scarbishop.

"5, 4, 3, 2, 1... GO!!

The two of us timing each other and go up to the square at the same time.

Identify the Summoning Point of the Ghost Knight at the same time as landing and start moving. Most of the appearances will be on the other side of the square.

At the same time as the appearance of the Ghost Knight, Skull Bishop on his shoulder begins to activate his skills.

But at an unprecedented and exquisite time, Yuki rushes up to the ghost knight's body and approaches Skull Bishop.

The person did not make it, but the hands that preceded him in Clear Hand reached Skullbishop and the activation was cancelled successfully.

"Huh!! Huh!!

Yuki climbs off to her shoulders and kicks Skulbishop off the tower.

A light hanging voice, but its power is enough to bounce off a bone. All right, that's impossible to recover.

After that, if we kill the Ghost Knight within the time limit, we win.

The characteristics of "Storm Formation" are grasped. That's the same as the eye of a typhoon, and if it's near the user, it won't be affected by the move.

Keep approaching and tap into our firepower.

- Action Skill: Strike Smash

A big sword blow to the foot like a jump in.

"Ugh!!

- Skill Chain.

- Skill Chain.

- Skill Chain: Maximum Power Slash

This is followed by 3 straight hits with skill combinations.

The stiffness will be terrible after the move, but the wind of "Storm Formation" will not reach this position.

The attack on Yuki is also scattered because of her rampage over her body and whether her attention is going that way.

Both Hulbert's tweezers and stepping off in agony can be spared because of the dull motion. The iron ball at the first gate is more scary.

Besides, the giant has become an enemy and has not been able to cope with the battle at close range. I know it's a skull bishop for that, but he's already off-site.

Yuki will not be shaken down by that degree of movement either. In this strong wind, he hooks on the ghost knight's armor and repeatedly attacks as he skilfully follows the rope.

It's a move similar to when you once dealt with the Grand Golem, but with a different degree of practice.

I don't know if that's due to training or this trial, but I could tell it was obviously growing.

All right, I can keep folding like this.

"Whoa!!

But the moment I thought so, I took an unexpected blow from the crossing and was blown away.

A shooting attack that is not powerful but generates a strong knockback.

This is a skill that Scarbishop used in his last challenge...... But Yuki kicked him down.

When he was blown off quite a distance and then rushed to look in the direction of the attack, he saw a skull bishop floating in the air.

That bastard can fly!!

"First off! Tuna!!

A ghost knight ignored Yuki's attack and entered the "storm formation" setup.

Yuki's right. It's really bad. Move under his feet before activation!!

Run to approach the Ghost Knight in the midst of strong winds.

Given the timing of "The Storm Formation," it's really critical, but this will make it...

No, shit, Skull Bishop's the free hand.

If he stays like this, he gets caught up in The Storm Formation, but that's unlikely to bother him.

In addition to the Storm Formation, if I eat his shooting magic, I will be blown off the scene at once.

When I panicked and looked at Skull Bishop, his aim was directed at Yuki, not me.

"Yuki!!

Scream, but it's too late. The attack unleashed on Yuki in an unstable position hit him and his body was blown as-is.

The Ghost Knight is just before the "Storm Formation" was activated. If you stay like this, Yuki will be flown off-site and retaliated.

I won't let that happen.

Yuki's direction of flight is somewhat uneven, but on this side. He rushes to change direction and runs to retrieve the flown Yuki.

"Wow!!

The range of the "storm formation," but managed to recover the flying Yuki. Similar to the schematic one day when I fought a lizard old man.

It's small and light to be surprised when you hold it like this. I wonder what would happen if I were to eat something like this.

"Yuki!! Hang the hook on him!

Reacting to my voice, Yuki immediately throws a hooked rope at the ghost knight.

Speaking of boulders, or somehow, Yuki hooked up to the gap in the ghost knight's armor in one shot, ready for the lifeline.

Moreover, the "Clear Hand" left at the foot of the Ghost Knight supports the rope. Nice.

It seems that Clear Hand, which only weighs a hand's share, will not work when easily stirred by strong winds, but it doesn't matter if it's in the middle of the typhoon's eye. I can still handle this.

- Action Skill.

A storm that blows due to the "storm formation" activated shortly afterwards.

In addition to the original strong winds and heavy rains, a tornado stained storm from the side hits us.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!

With Yuki in his arms, he pierces his sword on the ground and resists the wind.

If it stays like this, it can't even come close. Jiri is poor, but he deploys his weapon and shield in "Instant Costume" and uses himself as a hammer.

This won't blow you away easily. It would be a headwind, but they won't let you fly easily.

With the weight of the < Grand Golem Hand >, it would have been perfect, but that would have been nasty. I can manage to cut through with what I have now.

In the breezy wind, the two of us proceed to follow the rope.

Skulbishop took a direct hit of "The Storm Formation" and flew somewhere in the storm. You won't be able to recover from the boulders.

Neither can the Ghost Knight, unlike Mr. Asha, move in the long, stiff hours of The Storm Formation. I conveyed Yuki's hanging rope and managed to get to where I could reach her in a little while.

Throw Yuki in the eye of the typhoon ahead. With "Phantom," I would be in a storm, but I can afford to throw one light Yuki away.

"Hey, be a little more polite!!

"Ugh, just attack!

We're still in the storm zone. Get moving.

- Action Skill.

Yuki's skill cleaves the ghost knight's armor. A skill I don't know, but he remembered it at some point.

Apparently, that skill, with its metal-cleaving properties, adds countless slaughters to the ghost knight's armor with two small swords in both hands and a "three" sword deployed in Clear Hand.

... Soon you will be in the five-knife stream.

MP consumption sounds harsh, but if you don't think about duration, you're right. I guess it also has the effect of "Fountain of Magic" that I remember before the trial began.

I got into the eye of a typhoon, too. All I have to do is slap him into the attack.

I got this fight.

... Actually, I didn't get it or something, because that's not the flag.

Defeating the Ghost Knight opens the way to the gate of the Third Gate.

I wondered where I could get a passage from the rooftop, a staircase leading down.

"You're out at this point when you're critical."

Says an experienced person.

This seems to be going on quite a bit down there, and they need to move quickly.

Plus, there are three aisles. Perhaps Sargess lost one because of the advance. That's only one person per entry restriction, he said.

For a moment, I thought I might break down the wall from the outside of the tower and get in, but maybe it wouldn't be that easy. Near the aisle, it seems to work like it's gaining strength or something.

I don't think Yuki has tried it, and it could actually not be physically connected.

"We still have a lot of room, but let's hurry"

"Oh. Well, I'll see you at the Fourth Gate"

Split with Yuki and enter the private passage.

Beyond that was a descending staircase, quite a distance away. If it's really critical, this staircase will be interrupted by a collapse.... Terrible story.

But I can afford a few minutes this time. Running down the stairs for a while, I saw a familiar gate.

I don't know when I'd be caught in a collapse and the floor would disappear, so I ran straight into the gate.

Now there's only one gateway left until Lotte.

-2-

[During Fourth Gate Threat]

Is the waiting room at the fourth gate intended for all eight people? It was built more widely than ever.

Eight entrances in a horizontal space. A pedestal is provided that fits something beside it.

Yuki jumped in a few seconds late for me. Looks like we made it.

I can see from the experience of retiring right in front of the gate once, or rather panicked.

"I was in a lot of a hurry because I heard a collapse from down there."

Don't rush.

"Is this the waiting room at gate four? You're a little different than I thought."

"... oh"

Did Sargess use it, one seems to have dead features, but there are eight gates available for the trials.

The pedestal in front of it, as Lotte said first, will probably use the key, the "Self-Destruction" ring.

... I mean, this is probably going to be a personal fight.

I see a description of the trial with Yuki, but the contents are not clear enough.

It only says that it is a challenge alone and a test that crosses the walls of the challenger's mind.

The waiting time limit is the same 30 minutes as for the second gate.

You can afford it pretty much because you've been chased by time before.

However, if you don't use the keys by then, they'll force you to treat you like a retard.

They don't put the keys down and start right away, so we take the wheel off our necks and install it on the pedestal.

We also bid farewell here to the function of Self-Destruction. I feel uncomfortable around my neck because I've been wearing it, but it's not a shame.

The mental ring came back even after a thousand cuts per arm with it equipped on his finger, but during that time the function had disappeared.

I guess I won't lose this circle the same way, but I was right to put it around my neck, as Lotte said, because there were as many occasions when I was dead that I couldn't use "Self-Destruction".

"Looks like Sargess is already out."

As the candlestick candle indicates, there is no sign of Sargess in the waiting room.

I mean, does that mean he's already following Lotte?

Other than that, there is no change in candlestick. Our share of the candles just got shorter.

"You don't have time for that.... Have you noticed anything?

Let's keep it hydrated.

"The fourth gate doesn't take that long for some people, and even if you break through, it doesn't seem like the final battle will begin soon."

It means he didn't die in the final battle when Sargess's candles didn't disappear, which is no longer the Zero Breakroom.

Then it's not strange to assume that there's a waiting room in front of the final door, and it's there now.

"Is it from Sargess's offensive time that it won't take long?

"Well, it hasn't taken 10 hours."

He broke through the third gate hours before Yuki and I joined him. It hasn't been that long since.

I tried more than a dozen times at the third gate, but it hasn't been 10 hours since I used it in full. Most of it ended without being able to recover.

I don't know if [during a threat] and difficulty can make a difference between people, but it's a guide that some people can attack in a matter of hours.

There's a bit of a problem with using Sargess as a reference, so it's just a guide.

"For once, this confirms our promotion to D-status."

"... don't do that"

... I forgot. So far is the promotion exam...... That's the difficulty of kidding and wanting to hit me.

Admittedly, it was meaningful for the future, but not as challenging as any other adventurer would try. The hurdles are too high.

Shall we go get some extra bonuses later?

That's the real deal for us in the first place.

Spend up to a full standby time and dive the gate.

In the meantime, there was no one here but us. Yuki, who just joined us, says goodbye again.

This trial, after all, has only been attacked by one or two of us. Is the third trial of the other one working hard for four?

The stage of the Fourth Gate is a simple stone room like the one we used in our training.

It doesn't look like there's any special gimmicks available either.

There was just one deacon standing there, seen at the entrance. The one who gave me the Ring of Self-Destruction.

"You mean you're the guy at the Fourth Gate?

"You can say yes, but you can also say no"

What are you talking about?... Will we start talking about philosophy or something?

I don't want to ask you a Zen question.

"Uh, can you explain?

"Yes, this is [during a threat]. It will be a test of the challenger's deep psychology to fight against what he feels most threatened"

"You mean you're my threat? This is the second time I've seen you."

Or have we met in the past? You think it was actually a lodging enemy?

... You don't think you're who Oak General is?

"No, I'm like a subspecies of Doppelgenger that use the features here to transform you into someone you feel threatened. Once the transformation is complete, the trial begins."

I see. When the opponent is transformed into an enemy that he feels threatened to fight.

"Question before that, okay?

"Go ahead."

"Extremely powerful man when he says he's a threat... well, I don't even think it's going to be a battle if something comes up, Mr. Sword Blade"

"Rest assured. To some extent it is reproducible, but if you are extremely incapacitated, your abilities deteriorate.

However, similar skills can be used, and conversely, even those with lower abilities are subject to transformation, which takes some correction. "

By and large, you mean a certain strength no matter what comes out.

Overcoming bad consciousness is the main test.

"Is this a one-shot battle?

"No, I can't do Self-Destruction, but Zero Blake stays put. If you die, it's over, but if you lose all your HP, you'll go back to the waiting room.

The final gateway in the back...... only one battle against Master Leezelotte. It's the rule of the end when you die. "

It is as I said at the beginning. There's just no more self-destruct insurance here.

Whatever the skewer or lava, there's no better chance of instant death if it's a people-to-people match. It would be quicker to lose all HP.

"Is there a restriction or something on the subject you transform? You know, you can only be human."

"No, if you're strong enough, is it about to be something bigger than this hall? Minotaur or Dragon, but no problem."

So you ignore the mass.

This place is huge, so there won't be one that hangs on that restriction. A skull giant or even a ghost knight.

"Well, that's my last question. If we take you down and move on, then the final battle against Lotte doesn't start right away, does it?

"Yes, there is a waiting room in the back just like this one, so please negotiate with Master Liezelotte about the starting conditions"

"... negotiation?

Aren't there strictly rules?

"If you look back at the trials you've had so far, you'll see, this is not a half-breed difficulty. It is not envisaged that they will all break through in the first place.

Whether you are the subject of Leezelotte's interest in getting there or falling off somewhere will change the terms.

I went missing one first, but I guess I did negotiate something that hasn't died yet. … for example, wait until you arrive. "

It's my standard.

This trial was made to suit Yuki.

"Is it time?"

"Oh, that's good."

Put up your weapons and I'll be in combat position, too.

Now, who is my threat?

Strong enemies who have fought so far pass their heads.

If I were you right now, I wouldn't have a problem with Mr. Brief or Cat Ears. The lizard old man is going to be able to handle it if he gets serious.

Mr. Asha and Mr. Sword Blade. When the top line comes out, I don't feel I can win even if it degrades.... I see, I'm definitely not comfortable with that.

Perhaps the hardest part of the interpersonal battle is < Arc Saber > 's < Dark Knight > Riharito.

I don't feel competing because of that state anomaly specific trait, not because of its simple combat ability.

Light gathers around the butler, and a magic formation appears beneath his feet.

"Bye."

- - Action Skill "Metamorphose"

The deacon's body emits light as his skills are activated, and the room is wrapped in light.

And when that luminescence subsided, I was standing right in front of me...

... unchanged was the butler's grandfather.

"Hehe, I don't know how you look, but this is the threat lurking in your deep consciousness"

…………

Huh? What are you talking about?

"Come on, I'll go relentlessly. Even so, you won't be hearing my words or anything anymore.

Saah! Don't look past this threat!!

"Hey Kola, jizz. I hear you."

"... what?

You failed to activate your skills?

But activation of the skill itself is output as a system message.

"Uh, does it look a little unusual?

"He's still the butler's grandfather."

"Then, stupid. I don't think so..."

I don't care what you say. So, should I take this grandpa down?

I don't really feel threatened.

"Okay, let's go then"

"Hold on, hold on! Give me another chance!!

Even though it felt so skulky, I suddenly had an ugly attitude. I feel a little sorry for you.

"... Fine, do it right"

"Yes.... Um?

Come here. What is this weakness?

"Okay, I'll be there."

"Oh, wow."

- - Action Skill "Metamorphose"

Once again, the butler's grandfather shines, but he still doesn't look the same.

I feel transformed in person.

"Okay, now it's time"

"I haven't changed."

"Oh, yeah!?

It's my dialogue. Why is this happening? Is this grandpa bugging you?

"No, no, no, no, no. I'm a threat to you myself."

"Hey."

Instead of a threat, I don't know who you are in the first place. I've only seen you twice.

"Or I'll take care of you myself."

Grandpa takes the fight plan. Fighting in a suit takes the image of a Sargess, but it's not that great.

Doesn't look strong at all.

"For once, I want to ask you, how strong are you?

"It's roughly the same as the miscellaneous fish on the 30th floor of the infinite corridor."

…………

He's not even the boss, he's just a clutterfish.

There was a terrible tragedy.

I was trained in that hell of a drill and the trials I've had so far. The infinite corridor, on the 30th floor, is no match for boulders.

It's much weaker than the first Skull Drake that came out. No, below that... you mean much weaker than the Grand Golem.

My run-down grandfather crawled to the floor, and I can't move anymore.

"... what was that?"

What has happened when we have come so far to seriousness?

This is no different than a panda.

"Hey, Cora."

I'll poke my immobile grandfather with a pussy and a sword.

"Ouch, it hurts! I'm against violence. Because it's elder abuse."

"No, I don't.... Are you sure you want to clear the fourth gate already?

"Which way, which way. Proceed."

Warp gates appeared.

... It would have been easier if it had all been like this.

"Weird... then you have no one to feel threatened."

"Is that why? Mr. Asha, Mr. Sword Blade, and Dammus are full of threats."

"... then there must be another reason.... system deficiencies? Oh, please, I don't mind coming through."

Head through the worn old butler's side to the gate.

Here it is: 'You fool!!' And if you come up with an unintentional strike, it's going to put you in annihilation mode, but nothing happened and you went into the gate.

... What the hell was the Fourth Gate?

Sort of. It was a terrible gate, but there's a lotte ahead.

It will be a real death fight from here on out.

-3-

The last waiting room had a space of the same size as in front of the Fourth Gate.

However, one gate instead of eight. And in front of it was a man in a suit tied to a chair. … is Sargess.

"... what the hell is he doing"

You're tied up in a chair and you're playing it all alone? I can't say it's not because it's about him.

While you waited for me, I was having an SM with Mr. Lotte or something. I think I'll be fine.

... what a horrible guy you are not uncomfortable with that image.

"Welcome to the deepest part of the Castle of Blood"

A lotte-like voice echoes in the room. I don't see him in person, so is he a speaker or something?

I might as well do the "Tales of Reading" that you said first.

"Lotte."

'Yes. That was surprisingly quick. Especially since I can't believe you're coming through the Fourth Gate so fast.'

I think I can hear you. Conversation established.

Lotte doesn't know about the tragedy at Gate IV, or she thought I'd easily broken through the threat.

... I'm not going to make any corrections.

"You've been watching this far?

'No. I was just waiting. If anyone gets to that waiting room, they'll know. "

There was a flaw in the Fourth Gate, so you should take a good look.

"Earlier, the Fourth Gate grandfather told me to negotiate with you."

'Right. I'm not very interested, except for your brother, so I'm going to have to ask Mr. Sarjes to wait for me first. "

I see Sargess tied to a chair, but she doesn't even notice me.

What the hell is going on with this guy?

"The truth is, we're starting fights sequentially from people who've been through the Fourth Gate, and that doesn't taste good, does it?

So I decided that Mr. Sargess could wait until your brother arrived. "

"... Conditions?

You ever get tied to a chair?

'It's boring to just wait. That's why I asked him to suffer the same pain that the other challengers were experiencing while I waited.

Everything that happened, including "Self-Destruction," until your brother arrived, all the time. "

…………

I see, instead of waiting, you carry all the pain for the remaining seven? The first time I broke through, I treated him badly.

... I guess this looks like a quid pro quo act for Lotte to believe in his people. That's touching to think about.

I'm sure Sargess also conjured up a gripping mood when she made this suggestion.

But it just seems like a reward to this guy. He has a trance look on his face without even noticing me.

Other than Sargess, it's going to be a tough experience, but you're saying Lotte didn't envisage such a joker either?

"So your brother is here, and let's set the rules for the start of the battle."

"You mean the posterior rule?

That's a lot of rule setting for the last time.

... because I make it my standard?

'Actually, other than your brother, I was expecting there to be only two of us left: we fought together in a rookie fight.

So this situation where everyone breaks through the Second Gate and more than half are challenging the Fourth Gate is unscheduled. More than I expected. I think it would be a great pleasure. "

Half...... besides me and Yuki, has anyone been here since then?

When you see it on a candlestick hung on the wall, two of them are certainly challenging the Fourth Gate.

"So when these guys get here, they start fighting, that's what we're gonna talk about?

For example, four combined with Sargess.

It's much easier than being told to start fighting like this.

'That's okay, but that's half for the four of us, right?... I wonder how many of your brothers you think will come later'

How many...

When he said that and looked at the candlestick again, the situation has changed dramatically, even though it should have been earlier that he challenged the Fourth Gate.

Whether Gaul influenced you, or if there was another factor, it looks like Moyer made it through the second gate.

Just now, but the Fourth Gate also had another more challenger.

They're all on their way here for sure.

"... all of them"

'... heh. I think it would be awesome to experience the trials so far and be able to say all that. But I don't think so.

Someone will never fall off or we can't get this far. Especially the Fourth Gate isn't that sweet.

... What is it about putting too much time aside, and let's set a time limit.... I don't know what 3 hours per person is from here '

"You mean every time one of us comes, we're late to start fighting you?

'Yes, so if no one comes as they are now, the battle starts in six hours. Isn't that enough prep time?

I'm sure those guys will come. Coming but... how about time.

I haven't experienced the difficulty of the Fourth Gate with my skin, but Yuki would be breaking through within six hours.

Even so...... can the rest of the members arrive within 9 hours? Damn, the Fourth Gate was like that, which is the opposite of what I expected.

"... what about the guy who arrived after that"

"You can join us when you arrive."

Then... no, but if you can stretch...

"The breadth of time taken in the trials to this point is too great. Maybe a little bit more."

"I don't want to wait that long more than your brother has arrived."

"... what about conditionality?"

Watch Sargess tied to her chair while she pretends to ask how she feels.

If this guy waited on the condition that I would come, there would be no reason not to go through.

'I don't mind. Shall we make it the same condition as Mr Sarjes there?

Your brother suffers the same pain. Then you can have four hours per person. "

Me too? Share the kind of pain this guy gets with this look? I guess it's never impossible, but I'd like you to give me a break.

... If Lotte doesn't know what's going on with this guy, can she be well guided?

"Hey, Sargess. Are you awake?

"... Oh, are you a leader? Early arrival…"

... If it looks like this, you might not have had to hurry.

"If I take the same terms as this, I can take four hours per person?

'The pain can be dispersed between us. That way you can do the pain in half. I wonder if it will be 1/3 when the other one comes.

Of course, if you can't stand it, you can stop waiting there. That moment standby time is over and you enter into battle with me.

... I think it's nice to share the pain your buddies are in. "

"Become!! Stop it! If only I could take it, it wouldn't be a problem!

Nice one, Mr. Sarjes. You fool Lotte with that imminent act.

'I don't care if I'm alone, but the pain doesn't disperse. You will continue to suffer the pain you have suffered so far.

Imagine that. Imagine the damage you've taken in the trial so far, the death you experience virtually in Self Destruction.

It's never easy to be skewered, melted, gutted, torn apart, for one person.

... Your buddy says this, but your brother doesn't abandon his buddy, does he?

"Oh, well, this guy alone"

'............... that?

I'm not abandoning you. I'll give you a hand here. 'Cause this guy's got a little gutsy pose.

If you let Yuki in for 12 hours, you can afford quite a bit. At least two people have arrived at the Fourth Gate, and if it breaks through, it will extend further.

I haven't slept much so far, so you can put it to sleep.

'Huh... wait a minute. Are you going to push me to one?! You've got at least eight hours left for six. "

"Damn...... I can't help it. Leader, leave this to me."

"Oh, it's very painful, but I'll leave it to you. I asked for it."

Thumbs up and sends signals to each other.

"Uh-huh."

Lotte doesn't know about Sargess, does she?

I can't believe this guy's sexuality helps here. Exactly what Win-Win has to do with it. I had a great buddy.

'Wow, okay.... then I'll see you after the time runs out'

Are we done? Next time, we'll kill each other for real.

"Uh... lotte"

'... what is it?

"We've come this far as promised. You kept me waiting."

'Hehe, I've been waiting.... then in a few hours'

It's been a long time, but we did get there.

The silence came when something like the communication that was connected to Lotte was broken...

"Ohhhh!!

…………

The silence did not come.

Someone may have suffered intense damage or "self-destructed".

As far as Sargess is concerned, is it just virtual pain, the same as "Self Destruction," or no trauma seems.

That... I wonder if I'll have to spend the next few hours listening to this guy whisper.

... you can't sleep.

"I see, so in that situation..."

Explain the situation so far to Yuki, who has broken through the fourth gate.

There's a Sargess tied to a chair in front of us.

Shut up, so I got gag balls and blindfolds from this guy's "Item Box," earplugs, masks, and then a nose hook out to gear him up.

It's a terrible picture, but the noise has eased a lot, so there's not much of a problem. He was also a little happy while wearing it.

"I'm talking about someone else coming to the Fourth Gate, but you, you know who this is?

If you look at the candlestick candle, you don't know who it is because you don't have enough information.

"You're Philos and Tilia with the erasure method.

I don't know why it's two, not four, but I wonder if that's how the Third Gate worked. "

Well, depending on the content of the trial, is it possible?

"I was alone when I got here. Another one on the way."

"Well, maybe you can't get out without one person at a time, or that's the rule.

In our case, the boss knocked it down and split the road, but there's a gate for one on the way. "

Is it a mechanism that gradually reduces the number of people? I don't know about that.

I don't have much time left. I came to the fourth gate because of this. I don't know what they look like with the mighty enemies they draw in their deep psyche, but I want them in time.

"You took a while, too. What was he like?

It's been almost 8 hours already. We got an extension, but we still have four hours left.

Actually, if we hadn't negotiated, we would have already started the fight.

When this guy gets to this point, I wonder what he was dealing with.

"Mr. Asha."

Super high hurdles.

"I wonder why you're not Mr. Sword Blade because you've never had a good time with him."

You mean you don't recognize it as a proper threat?

Then I can snort that strong Asha will come out of the fight we fought.

"That was a good win. Were you weakened after all?

I've been trying to strengthen it with training ever since, and it's kind of like having one of those monster opponents.

Grandpa said the butler would be limited in ability, but if I had to put Mr. Asha in front of him, I would likely butt in.

"Yeah, it was pretty weak. It's adjusted to the strength of what we can beat. I didn't even use Meteor Surge.

Plus, it feels like the hurdles are going up with bad feelings about the opponent, the image of a strong enemy or something like that. "

"Still about as strong as you are, aren't you?

"I imitated the tuna."

"... mine?

Sargess has a hand in purging.

I can get naked here, so it's going to be pretty powerful.

"If it's the same at the start, you just need to be strong during that fight"

…………

I don't think that's what I can do for you.... you mean you can't break through without being able to do that?

Exactly a trial. About too legitimate compared to so far.

"What about Tuna?

"I... don't know."

"What's that?"

'Cause you can't help but figure it out. The only person I beat up was Doppelgenger's grandfather's body.

I don't fully reproduce Yuki as far as I can hear her talking about it, so it doesn't look like she's too strong to be copied.

... Hooked up with system restrictions? So, like, a dammus or something?

But I've never met that guy. I don't even know how strong it is.

And time passes without anyone coming.

"Sargess, it's time. Look, unhook your nose or something..."

"Oh... oh yes, Yuki was here at some point too"

You didn't even notice Yuki. How intoxicating.

I don't have much time left. It is time to reinforce the serial components lost in the Fourth Gate and in this waiting room.

After all, no one has appeared here since Yuki.

I could confirm that Gowen had broken through the third gate, but no one had broken through the fourth.

But we've come this far. After that, you can wait while you fight.

Instead, we have no problem defeating them alone.

Then, it's very, very distressing, but they have to be given the title < loser >. I believe you're coming, though.

"I know it hurts, but it's time to stand up, Sargess."

"Shh, excuse me. It's getting bigger."

"I think you should just die like that."

Time also passes while Yuki and Sarjes talk about assholes. I don't have five minutes left.

They also disappeared the sharing of Sargess's pain.

"No one can cut the Doll Marionette's magic line, but I can't help it."

Looks like Moyer had a special knife in place before the trial started, but it's still the third gate. I'm not even going to make it.

I don't know if Philos has mastered "surgical amputation," but I don't know if he'll make it either.

The fact that he has been eating a stall at the Fourth Gate for quite some time indicates that his "threat" is difficult.

We have to do something about Doll Marionette from the front.

I have one concern.

"What the fuck?"

"Until now, it was a test to know what you will need as an adventurer ahead.

But at the end of the day, I don't know if I'll just end up fighting for nothing. "

…………

If you ask me, yeah. You'd be right to think there's something.

I can't imagine what the problem is, but even the gates that have fallen out so far remain the same. Let's just keep our minds open when we have something.

"One later. I'll ask you one last time, are you hungry?

"... oh, I don't know how many conditions, but I barely ate from the third gate"

The conditions for activation of The Hunger Stormbeast are not only hungry, but the conditions should be cleared as far as possible.

It was a little dry to adjust the time for the last time. It is a critical line of strength.

I also thought about getting Yuki some food without this, but I can't help it. With or without that trump card, the war situation should change dramatically.

I wanted to be able to win without having to rely on that stuff if I could, but it wouldn't be such a sweet fight.

Insurance should be kept.

And that time came, with no additional members showing up.

-4-

We were transferred to a castle hall somewhere. It's a place to call a king's sight.

In addition to the luxurious red tone conditioning, it is decorated with bone objects. Do you want to call it the castle of the demon king?

It would be a sight that the average person would want to escape, but so far they've caught a scatter eye. I'm not nervous in this atmosphere anymore.

And on the front throne, the look I've been waiting for. There was one red-haired girl sitting in a pitch-black dress.

... You kept me waiting, my sister character.

"Welcome, challengers. This is the deepest part of the Castle of Blood,

Stand up and greet with an elegant stand-up dance.

With a large sickle that emerged from somewhere, the black wing spread on its back. This must be his battle form.

The figure does look like it belongs to an age-appropriate girl, but the sign of standing up is a monster.

It's like when we talked about it one day, the impression that it fell out somewhere doesn't look like it. It is the style of the queen who reigns as the bosses of the monsters.

But you don't need to be pressured. You must not be an enemy you can never defeat.

This guy can't have prepared a trial with a 0% chance of winning. Anyway, this guy wants to be a test for adventurers himself, so that's a good line to trust.

The wall far behind the throne where she was sitting is decorated with giant candlesticks.

The eight candlesticks on that candlestick are identical to the lights of our lives that have stared so far.

There are only three of us standing here, but they don't disappear as one. In this hard trial, no one chose the path of shedding.

"Let's talk a little bit about the rules before the fight."

"I appreciate more time."

That's all, there's more chance the other guy will come.

"Did you still think someone else was coming? As far as I'm concerned, it's like," I knew this was happening. "

"I know what's going on."

"Standing here now are the first members I expected.

It's a bit unexpected that others are still staying and continuing their challenge, but that's where it stops. They still don't have enough influence on your brother's... Watanabe Tsunami "

What are you talking about, this guy?

In the first place, I didn't come this far to be alone.... Never.

I'm here in the lava with Gaul's body, which popped out as a candlestick. Even that tower attacked Yuki hand in hand.

I came this far braved by the fact that the candlestick lights wouldn't go out. I can stay here because I know everyone won't give up.

Someone just gave up and I wouldn't be standing here.

... On the contrary, what a trivial impact I have had on everyone.

I've been exposed to pity in this trial.

"... the other way around. I'm standing here under everyone's influence."

"Your brother better understand what it's like to have an impact around you.

The only people who could get this far, the only ones who could stand until the end, are the highly influenced ones. "

Sure, I'm here now because I'm a rookie, but that won't matter.

"You're the one who's got something wrong?

"Really? But as a matter of fact, there are only three of us standing here."

"Not now.... even those guys will come later.

'Cause that candle is our survival, isn't it? It disappeared as one. "

It's not just not gone. I'm watching you move on so far.

Even Moya, who had been standing still, moved on. Even Gaul, who I left behind, came out right by himself.

Some of them are still fighting at Gate IV. I'm almost there.

It's okay, I'm sure those guys are coming. Treating losers is not the kind of thing they can tolerate.... No, such a punitive game is trivial.

None of us can stop giving up when we know our people are fighting first.

"... that's amazing. When your brother says, he's kind of really going to get here."

"How late can you be? Okay, but we all hate super-dozen losers."

What I felt in that training was not a mistake. It was terrible, but that's all for sure.

"Ha, right.... challengers who really hate to lose.... Then we have to hold on until the others arrive"

"I have to apologize when I'm done before I get here."

Then it's a huge loser call. Whether you've given up or not, the punishment game is valid.

... so just get this far.

"Shall we start the trials then? … This is the Fifth Gate [Throne of Crimson Red]

The three of you here are just fine because you have them in your previous life. You have prepared a trial that will only last a lifetime. "

... I knew there was something there.

Countless magic formations unfold around us.

It was countless papet dolls that were called from there. Death doll manipulated in Lotte's Doll Marionette.

Dolls of all sizes and sizes appeared in rows, from the smaller ones to the puppy-sized ones to the giant ones like Skull Giant.... you mean manipulate all of this?

Its formation, which is centered around Lotte, is truly an army.

"Past life, reincarnation, circle, whatever you call it, but there are people in this world who have those previous memories of themselves.

Those people are really tied to the causes and consequences of the past. Especially the cause of death is intense and is incorporated into the cause and effect of the person in a way that is carved into the soul "

A cause of death in a previous life engraved on your soul?

"Accidental death, sickness, suicide, other killings, whatever, but it makes it easier to trace those fates. Often the same death occurs.

Many people spend time irrespective, but that can be a fatal weakness in combat.

But for this labyrinth city adventurer, death is just an obstacle, a hurdle to overcome. … so it is the fifth gateway to overcome this "

... my cause of death?

The moment I thought about it, I felt my whole body tense. What, the kind of fear that boils from the bottom of this body?

My soul is screaming that it should not be opened. I'm raising the alarm that it's dangerous to wake it up.

Stop it, that's something nasty...

"Come on, this is my last trial."

- Action Magic.

When Lotte activated her mysterious skills, her black temper covered our bodies.

"Guaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

What the hell is this?

A black temper is not a physical pain. It's not that simple. It's an intolerable pain that rips even the soul, the root of existence.

Such pain struck my left half.

When I look at two people on both sides in a consciousness that is still about to disappear, both of them are eroded by black temper, giving them a look of agony.

Yuki mainly gathers countless black sphere tempers in the torso area and is covered in a dark temper that makes her invisible to Sarjes.

No way, is this a reproduction of death in a previous life?

Then I know that Yuki's illness and death and Sarjes' torture and death will be the areas that are overshadowed.

Then what am I? Why is the left half trapped in death?

Damn, I'm not responding even if I'm in pain. I can't move. Left half...... especially the whole left arm doesn't move.

"Yuki! Sarjes!!

"Well, I guess I'm the lightest."

Yuki returns it with a blue look, but it doesn't look okay at all. I think I'm going to fall again.

The cause of his death in his previous life was sickness and death. The innumerable spirits unfolding in the torso will mean that each organ is damaged.

"This is... bad,"

Sarjes knelt down, showing an indelible look of agony from a gap in black temper.

... You're kidding. Sure, it's not just physical pain, but at this level, you can't stand this far?

No, the experience associated with this guy's death is a misdigit. Its general impatience is far more intense and disastrous than ours.

If the intensity of this temper is the standard of pain, how much more pain does this guy feel than we do?

When Lotte waves the sickle in its hand, a large group of doles begin to move to be manipulated.

... you want me to fight in this situation?

"That is the pain that those with previous lives should overcome.... fight it, challengers.

And show me how to dye this castle in crimson and scratch my feet so I can break through the trials. "