＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

□ Wangdu Althea

The night I withheld the harmony conference the day after tomorrow. The requested escorts were thoughtful.

They are divided into two main groups.

Tomorrow morning, the group leaves Wang Capital with Ultimia and the First Knights and heads to escort her to the border where the reconciliation conference takes place.

This group has a relatively large number of spare time for reasons such as real holidays.

The other group is a group that travels to the border zone in advance.

This one can attend the pageant itself, but they are not on the right schedule on the move and are in the field beforehand. They are to rendezvous in villages around the border, etc.

"Okay! Let's go to another house, Riser!

"Bishmall. I swallow too much. Tomorrow there will be an outbound escort '

The Kingdom's dueling ranker sixth, Masked Riser, and seventh, Bishmal, have also been asked to escort them, a group that accompanies Ultimia.

By the end of the day he had moved from Gideon, a hometown, to Wangdu, to indulge and pioneer (mainly by Bishmar) the lesser-coming Wangdu liquor store.

Bishmall walks downtown with Riser's shoulder in his arms.

"Ha-ha-ha! Nah, I'll have your helmose mounted in a sidecar again. Wake me up if anything happens on the road."

"I'll leave you to it..."

To Bishmal's words, Riser sighed in his mask.

Thought he was a troubled guy, but Riser didn't reject the proposal.

That may be because for Riser, Bishmal has been a long-time opponent of each other long enough to compete in a duel and say the other.

"Speaking of which, have you heard? Ray's guy clans up and ranks."

"You heard it a week ago."

"That's the number two clan ranking, too! That's awesome!

"Right."

"... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Riser"

Clan ranked second. That means a little something special to Riser.

Because now he deposits the status of sub-owner < Babylonian Combat Regiment >, but it was the second ranking clan in the kingdom that was once located.

The owner, [Sword King] Fortesla, did not return, and the whereabouts of [Super Granting Artist] Sharka, who deposited the subowner's status and clan with him, are unknown.

Many left because of the loss of both their home base and their hometown in the [Tripolar Dragon Gloria] incident, and now only enough people remain to be counted with their fingers on both hands.

It has also fallen long ago from the clan rankings.

'Fine. If one day the owners come back, the Babylonian Fighters will go for it. All I can do is leave my clan until then, compete as a duel ranker, and defend my kingdom. "

"Riser......"

It was because of so much that I lost in that [Gloria] incident that I had a further thought that Riser would have to protect me.

That's why I'm escorting you to the next pageant.

"Was Bishmal the one who didn't join Ray's clan?

"Oh, I'm not even a clan."

That's what Bishmal replied to Riser's question.

And I didn't put it in my mouth, but I also thought, "If you're going into the clan, I've decided to go in the clan."

"But Ray, who was just starting out Rookie, is also a ranker"

"It would be the fruit of his connections and his morality."

"Maybe. And then, not just Ray... but Cashmere, too.... He knocked that Tom down, didn't he?

'... right'

Duel Ranking # 2...... [Cat God] Tom Cat was like a wall to them that could never be crossed.

In a duel that becomes an individual combat-type competition, Tom Cat has the properties of a proliferative division that can be described as almost invincible.

He has long stood as a duel ranking wall since the inception of the < Infinite Dendrogram > service.

The Risers were surprised when Figaro, the current dueling king, defeated that Tom, and rejoiced at the same time.

That's something we can cross.

They want us to try and win someday.

But even after Figaro crossed that wall, Tom Cat for them continued to reign as an insurmountable wall.

Once before cashmere and wolf cherry blossoms came to the kingdom, before Juliet or Chelsea ran up the rankings, … and a time after [Sword King] Fortesla left. Riser and Bishmal continued to challenge Tom as he competed for the third place seat.

Still, they couldn't get past Tom.

That's how the duel ranker's face changed while they stepped foot.

Cashmere, a genius of knife extraction and regarded as the fastest in the kingdom.

Juliette wins a super position and uses advanced three-dimensional combat with a sense of nature.

Wolf cherry blossoms slaughtering enemies with a blow special built up in the heavens and the earth, the land of Shura.

Over time, there were more walls that could not be crossed before sixth place (Riser) and seventh place (Bishmal).

Or even more time, I might be outrun by other rankers, starting with Chelsea.

…………

The two walk side by side silently for just a little while.

Maybe that's because... I felt the change around me just a little faster.

"It's been a long time since we started Dendro."

Bishmal looked up at the sky and groaned so as to miss something.

'Right. When I come and go with real life, the feeling of time is fuzzy about how much...'

Riser also responds to that grunt again and gets intrigued by the old story.

"... Bishmal hasn't changed at all since we met."

"That's who you've been cool with for a long time. It was more handmade than it is now."

'Cause old gear was made out of people's hands. I didn't grow that much in production, so I asked Tian's craftsmen to do it.... Well, the feature heroes themselves weren't as pervasive as they are now, so it was difficult to imprint images. I can only thank them for creating that gear in such a situation'

The artisanal handmade specialty hero suit that Riser wore had been upgraded several times.

Some of the early ones remained handcrafted, as Bishmal put it.

The equipment for those special hero motifs is also easier to make now than it used to be.

This is also due to Tian's well-known "what it means" in the theatre of the Hero Club and the increased level of production positions in the Master.

Only a limited number of people order such equipment.

"No, you're not wearing that gear (...) right now. (HELMOSE) covered you."

Helmose is Riser's Embrio.

It was originally a large bike type, but in the course of evolution, hero suits also emerged.

"What happened to that gear?

"How many minutes have you been tortured?" The next time it breaks, it's impossible to repair. "

"Oh. That's no body. Think of it as a souvenir and take care of it."

"I intend to."

The two of them used to walk blossoming in their old stories that way, but when they realized it, they were getting less crowded.

"All the while, you passed the downtown area. Go back."

"Shouldn't we go back to the inn and sleep today?

"No, no, the night of the King's Capital is coming up!

That's what I said. When you two turn back on your heels,

"It's Duel Ranker Masked Riser and Bishmal, right?

An unfamiliar voice was called from behind.

……

I didn't care much that the voice that called them was a forsaken one, but it was uncomfortable.

Yes, they were just about to turn their heels back and go back downtown.

If so,...... how did you get a voice from behind (...)?

To the brink, no doubt no one stood there.

When the two looked back to the Lord of Voices, there was a small boy figure there.

Both hands remain in their pockets, completely hidden.

Even though it is a light garment made of cloth, only both feet wear total metal boots.

And the biggest feature was the ear of the ravioli growing through the hat of the head.

(Raven ears... like wolf cherry blossoms)

It reminded me of an avatar with the physical characteristics of a wolf I knew, and I thought that the boy would also be an avatar of such a making.

At this time, somehow Riser had no idea the boy was Tian.

Even he doesn't know why.

If I insist, it's because I felt like I knew him very well.

Yes, as if Bishmal had spoken earlier......

"Oh, I knew it was Masked Riser and Bishmal!

Look at the two faces you turned around, the boy smiling.

To such a boy, Riser intuitively raised his guard.

(The Nursing Break,...?

When I looked at the boy and tried to "nurse" him - the boy's figure had disappeared.

Shortly after, three things happened at the same time.

"Risaah......!

Bishmal pushed the riser to fly,

"- Chip, it's a sturdy mask. I missed the cut."

Something hit Riser's mask with his tongue-beating voice,

- - Bishmal was bleeding out of his neck.

"Nah, to...!?"

Even Riser, a fierce warrior, could not grasp the situation in an instant.

However, I understood only that I had been attacked and immediately called my own < Embrio >... TYPE in the shape of a motorcycle: Helmose, Gear Arms.

At the moment of the call, he wraps up a hero suit, which is an accessory to Helmose.

"-" Blast (s), Flame (l) "

Bishmall also still has breath and attempts to turn that body into a flame by activating his Special Ability.

But...

"Oh. Fever or something, stop it because it's troublesome"

On that head - a boy came down (...).

The metal boots the boy wore - they were deformed into murder weapons.

It's like skate boots, like guillotine, boots but sharp blades.

By such a boot landing, Bishmal's brain weather had been broken before activating his skills.

Eventually, resuscitable time passes...... Bishmal becomes the dust of light.

A boy lands on the cobblestone and metal boots make a hard noise.

"Bishmal...!!"

"First, one"

When the boy shrugged so, Riser's understanding caught up with the tragedy that had happened in front of him.

'You are... who!

"It's a waste of time answering questions. I'm busy."

To whom of the risers what, the boy does not show how to answer.

But Riser recognized that he was undoubtedly an enemy.

(Enemy attack...! But the battle in the king's capital... no!

Fortunately, there are no people in the surrounding alley.

Now you don't have to involve people in battle.

At the same time, Riser thinks.

It's not like this boy who attacked us isn't going to attack anyone further.

Therefore, Riser decided to decide to compete here.

"-" The Storm Man Kicking Evil (Helmose) "!!"

Declare a Special Skill while Riser jumps to the sky.

At the same time, his < Embrio >, Helmose, also flies and integrates with him.

Immediately afterwards, the booster provided for Helmose accelerates the riser.

It outweighs his original speed, the subsonic speed, and makes him reach several times the speed of sound.

While accelerating, arc and invert in the air.

Its orbit - it aims to earth like a meteor.

"" Lizaaa...... kiwik......!! "

More releasing now are Riser trump cards, ultra-accelerated and ultra-enhanced kicks.

If hit, a blow that can be slaughtered whether it's a superior pure dragon or super position.

Literal Special Attacks, like the hero moves once dreamed of by Riser.

Hermouse's unique skills - the high name Riser Kick.

When Riser took the first shot at his maximum exercisable blow and failed to destroy the mysterious boy,

"...... ugh!?"

The boy's appearance - it wasn't on the ground anymore.

"Like bouncing (...). Kick (...) or something. Most importantly, it depends on the speed (...) and so on. It's just something you shouldn't compare to me, is it, Masked Riser?

Such a boy's voice was heard in the ear (...) of an accelerating riser.

"Huh!?"

"Bye, bye"

Riser got a gap in his suit...... scratched off the back of his knees on both legs.

The joint-breaking riser can no longer control the operation of the kick,

Defenseless his whole body remained the momentum of his special skills...... he was beaten to the cobblestone at supersonic speed.

At the point of fall, the cobblestone is submerged as if it were a crater, and in the vicinity, the cobblestone, which had been arranged neatly by impact, rises.

Whether the clash and shock transmitted an anomaly to the surroundings, the surrounding houses were lit and the residents turned on their faces with screams.

"…, ……………"

At the center of the crater made of cobblestones were the remains of a shattered scattered hermose and a riser that fell like a corpse.

A boy looked down at him like that from the edge of the crater,

"He's still alive... he's really sturdy. It's not just AGI, it's expensive thanks to the suit up to END. Is it a neither build? Well, now I'm toddled."

That's what I said - I threw a cylindrical bomb that reminded me of dynamite down and down into a lying riser.

That's how he walks out with Kurli on his back.

Shortly afterwards, when the sound of the explosion caused further screams from the surrounding house, … the boy's appearance was nowhere to be found.

To be continued