＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

□ About one knight

One of the Kingsguard Knights' [Holy Knights], Theodore Lindos, is rumored to hate.

Not to be comfortable with the kingdom's affairs, nor to hide them.

Some aristocrats slap their pussies with smaller vessels, etc., compared to Liliana Grandria, who, while losing her father by the Master, still stands on a concerted route with the Master.

Some people try to be in tune with him like that, but it's fundamentally wrong.

He doesn't hate the Master.

He hates himself.

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Once a kingdom, he was a knight with whom he defended his country.

Among them, the Kingsguard Knights, made up of [the Holy Knights], were the need for defence and synonymous with those who defended the country.

That's why Theodore admired it from an early age, continued his training and became a [Holy Knight].

But when he became [the Holy Knight], the situation in the world had changed dramatically.

Major changes in the balance of power due to the increase in.

Presence of the Knights to deploy and crusade a monster as mighty as they were defeating in a decisive death.

The situation in a world that changes dramatically.

One of the things he hated the most... is his weakness.

Theodore had no talent.

It's not a metaphor, it's not an issue that can be overridden by effort.

Because he was getting there as early as he could.

One senior position and three lower positions, total level 250.

That's him at the moment...... his end point.

Theodore can only (...) level up to that point.

Unlike < master >, Tian has clear talent limits… different levels of limits for each individual.

Though he could have been [the Holy Knight], that's where his talents ran out.

He wasn't convinced at first that his talent was all he had.

The kingdom continues to grow.

At the same time, there are more criminals like Zex Würfel who tried to kidnap the princess.

As a protector of the kingdom, you have to be strong but you can't stop here.

He made an effort to seep blood... but that doesn't change the upper limit of the level either.

It took time to acknowledge its own limitations, but he accepts it and makes another effort.

If inferior in pure local power, the composition of junior positions was also changed in an attempt to gain another power by gaining generic skills.

In the process he also gained [Holy Knight] 's "Another Silver Light" and "Grand Cross".

In addition, several people have mastered the technique of simultaneously releasing Grand Cross.

That is how the time has come for his true worth to be questioned.

It's a war against the Empire.

For the first time since he became a knight...... no, too inexperienced an external war for a knight in the kingdom.

Still, he aroused himself to defend the kingdom and the king.

The knight's power is the sword of the kingdom, and the knight's body is the shield of the kingdom.

With the words taught in his learning as a knight in his heart, he stood on the battlefield.

And in the war against the Empire...... he did nothing to help.

He had been severely injured within the early days in a battle with a legion of demons and had been evacuated out of his mind.

And he could neither defend the king, nor accompany the assault of the death of the venerable Knights chiefs, nor defend the backs of his colleagues.

When he woke up in the church of the king's capital, it was all over.

Thus, the Knights of Kingsguard, where he was by the war, suffered so much as to say devastation.

Even surviving knights, many have quit knighthood.

He knew that he would have learned more about his helplessness than being exposed to a hind finger... he knew.

Because he was also one of those people who tried to quit the knight because of his powerlessness, his lack of talent.

No matter how hard he tried to devote himself to his country, he was hopeless that in this body he would be a burden to other knights as long as he was there.

He, like the other knights, was in the process of quitting the knight.

After two weeks as it were, he would have quit his knight and returned to his parents' Viscount house to inherit the territory.

For a few days waiting for that time, he was on a policing mission in the castle with fewer people.

The day after he withheld his resignation, he stopped at the Royal Castle's indoor rose garden.

It was a coincidence, or maybe he thought he would never see it again after quitting the knight and tried to burn it in his eyes.

"... is this place the same?"

He remembered when he guarded the King and the Princesses' Tea Party as part of the Kingsguard Knights, whining so much at the same view of the Rose Garden as he did at the time.

Even after the king's death, did the gardener do his own work, and all the roses in the garden were bright and shaped.

Or maybe after this, even if the kingdom perishes, the rose garden will continue to change the Lord and remain.

When I thought about it that way...... Theodore learned a sense of pain that punctured his heart.

The pain was caused by the future expectation that the kingdom would surely perish and by its own current state of affairs, in which it was about to quit its knight.

"... so what can I do"

Even if I stay in the Knights, I can't do anything to myself without talent and power.

That's why he desperately told his own mind that quitting was the right thing to do.

That's how, as I repeatedly asked myself, I heard things coming from the entrance to the Rose Garden.

In the footsteps of someone walking in, he hid himself aggressively.

He doesn't even know why he hid.

Or maybe I didn't want anyone to see me trying to justify escaping.

Soon after he hid, one figure approached the table placed in the rose garden.

Sit straight in the equipped chair and start looking at the planted roses.

The person who sees the rose... was also the one who found out for him.

(Is that... Your Highness Elizabeth?

Elizabeth S. Alter, daughter of the late king and second princess of the kingdom.

She was just by herself, walking through the rose garden.

No one beside her, but acting alone is not uncommon for her to be a mistress.

However, Theodore knows that she looks very flamboyant when she does.

Wrong but like now...... not a dark, sunken face.

(… should I speak up here)

Due to his natural seriousness, Theodore thought about whether he should appear before Elizabeth after himself.

But it was stopped by a change in Elizabeth's expression.

The moment she watched the rose... zero a grain of tears.

Theodore knows what the Rose Garden of the Royal Castle is for.

It is a place for royalty to drink tea with those close to him, and for Elizabeth it is a place of memories with her family… with her father.

So the reason she saw the rose and spilled tears...... needless to say.

"Ugh... gusu..."

As if the wrap had been cut with a grain of tears, Elizabeth continues to zero the unstoppable tears.

When Theodore is unable to move to the appearance of Elizabeth, who weeps...

"Elizabeth."

From the entrance to the Rose Garden, such a voice was called.

The Lord of the Voice is Teresia C. Alter, sister of Elizabeth and third princess.

It's just unusual for me as a girlfriend...... now I don't have a foot replacement monster.

She could see with her own feet that she was searching for her missing sister.

"Gusu, Terezia..."

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Teresia, who had come to pick up Elizabeth, soon noticed the tears flowing down her sister's cheek.

And changed his expression slightly.

Theresia is a girl who has few emotional expressions because of her native illness and has the impression of being a doll somewhere.

It's just that even she... there was something shaky about her sister crying in memory of her father.

Theresia then approached Elizabeth,

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Without saying anything, I embraced Elizabeth.

The face was close to faceless... but there was a glimmer of tears on her cheeks.

Elizabeth was crying with a hug too...... polo.

They are both young children who have just lost their fathers.

There's only time to weep... there's time.

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Seeing the sight...... Sir Lindos left the Rose Garden from the entrance opposite to those who came in and out of Theresias so that they could not find him.

Walk in the hallway silently for a moment, away from the rose garden.

And after walking to a place where no one was... I slammed my forehead against a stone wall.

Blunt pain runs, blood runs out of my forehead, but I still couldn't stop being angry at myself.

Yes, anger.

"What is it that a man who couldn't protect those children's hearts is trying to protect only his own...!

Anger at himself occupied Sir Lindos' heart.

And he... took immediate action.

First, he withdrew the resignation he was applying for.

I quit because of my weakness.

More than ever, I kept looking for what I could do.

Then after Gideon's case, he doesn't change.

Knowing my limitations, while acknowledging my limitations, I still said there must be something I could do... keep running.

That's how he... to this day.

Wangdu raids.

The time has come to ask if we can defend the kingdom, as we once did, and if we can defend their hearts… again.

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□ ■ Royal castle - the deepest hall on the ground floor

More than ten minutes have passed since the attack on the main entrance by [Ignis Idea].

One or two Kingsguard knights, including Theodore, guarded the hall at the bottom of the first floor portion of the castle.

The hall is located behind the main road passage, further behind the hall is a staircase to the basement and a thick mythical metal gate that closes it.

Down the basement stairs is an emergency evacuation area.

Thus the hall where they are was what could be called the final line of defense.

"Sir Lindos! The Raspburn Master who broke in through the main gate...... [Flaming King] 's invasion will not stop!

"Right..."

Information on intruders from the main entrance has also been passed on to the entire Royal Castle, and knights and guards have begun a defensive battle using Royal Castle equipment.

But the move was not a good one.

"Defense equipment in the castle, we're cutting 30% occupancy!

"I was wondering if this was due to a shortage of personnel due to previous incidents..."

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Following reports from his men, Theodore looks bitter.

The Royal Castle has countless defensive equipment designed at the time of its founding, in addition to many tricks added by [the Great Sage].

However, they are now… in an unusable state.

Destruction of internal magic wiring by one of the intruders is one of the reasons, but the biggest reason is lack of personnel.

The countless installations planted in the royal castle, especially the functions designed by the [Great Sage], are assumed to be operated by those involved in magic.

However, the magic experts in the royal castle… [The Great Sage] 's brothers are devastated by the [Gloria] raid a year and a while ago.

Whether we hire personnel from the field or those who were under nobility, we cannot increase them with a simple background check to be a requirement for Royal Castle defense equipment, and we are still understaffed.

The shortage of personnel is similar, even if it is a magic free feature.

As a result, the defense equipment is dysfunctional during the Royal Castle raid.

There are too many people to defend the royal castle.

That was painfully clear to them, too.

"What about His Highness?

"Yes, a call from the Marquis of Findle on the same road says he's safely moving to the back of the evacuation section"

"Right."

Elizabeth and Tsanron, in addition to Migliane, were evacuated to the evacuation section at the end of the stairs protected by Theodore and the others.

Six Kingsguard knights of the escort and the samurai, as well as the Marquis of Findle, who is the head of the intelligence department and familiar with the tricks, are on his way to move the magic tricks of the evacuation compartment.

"... So, any word from Sir Grandlia?

"Not yet... not yet"

But there's no sign of Liliana and Theresia among them.

Originally, it would have been Liliana's role to command the Kingsguard Knights on this occasion.

But when we evacuated Elizabeth and the others, Teresia didn't come back with her seat removed.

Theodore was therefore entrusted with the command of the Kingsguard Knights, and Liliana headed for the search for Theresia in small numbers.

(If you commanded the troops, you would have decided I was better)

One of the junior positions acquired by Theodore is [Commander (Leader)], a job that slightly increases the status of members in the party.

of the Knights in some way, and as much as possible as the power of the kingdom, it is a choice that strengthens the power of his chosen companion without talent.

[Commander (Commander)], who was originally a senior position, would prevail in scope and intensity, but he could only take one senior position, and he couldn't do that either.

Still, he does what he can.

"What is the current position of [Flaming King]?

First floor, south hallway two.

"The magic wiring near it should still have been alive. Besides, there is a quarantine junction facility in hallway two that can be activated even if it is not a magic job. Contact the guards nearby and quarantine corridor two."

"Copy that!"

My men fly the communications magic, and the guards they communicate with execute Theodore's instructions.

Decades later, the reward of isolation success reaches them.

"It's a success! Successful isolation of [Flame King] within the conjunction!

"Right."

Nodding at that voice of his men, Theodore, unlike him, was not at ease.

(It's like melting down that front door. Perhaps we won't be able to keep the quarantine junction left by [the Great Sage] for long)

Long and ten minutes, Theodore had estimated so.

"Nevertheless, Sir Lindos, you were very familiar with the wiring and equipment"

"... all you can do without talent is pack your knowledge. You should also be familiar with the facilities and exits that you can know within your authority."

"Oh, I see."

"Besides, it's quick to feel safe. I'm buying time by activating the junction facility now, but it would be only a matter of time before it's broken from the front. In addition, the magic path is disconnected. That quarantine junction could be activated, but many other compartment junctions are in dysfunction. Including the surveillance network. Besides, His Highness Teresia hasn't escaped into the evacuation section yet. So far, we don't know what we're doing."

"Protecting this gate, which leads to the underground, until the safety of His Highness is assured..."

"Exactly"

Nodding at his subordinates' responses, Theodore said so......

The only way to get that line of sight to the final line of defense... now we're headed for a shuttered passage.

"Sir Lindos?

My men look at Theodore strangely, but Theodore's expression is harsh.

"... box (...) is moving. But not fast. It's not a getaway move. If..."

Shortly after Theodore squealed like that,

"Hush... hush... hush"

I hear such a creepy noise like breathing, laughing...

- The shutter that was blocking the passage dissolved.

"Become ⁉"

"Stand up! Enemy attack!

Several, including Theodore, stood up as they voiced caution and weapons as several of their men swung up to the melting barricade.

That's how they focus their gaze on what was a barricade, diving into that barricade and something emerges from behind the aisle.

It was a giant close to three meters… it was hard to see with humans.

"Hush... Hush... Oh, you have a gate that looks sturdy. Is this clam? Or... is it a hassle because we only have weak talent?

It was like a monster mixing spiders and people.

It's like removing four legs from a human giant spider and instead twisting a person's hands and feet into a human shape with an alignment...... such a disgusting feeling.

"Who is it?"

When Theodore does what toward a spider human via humanities, the spider human cleverly bows his head and greets him just a little.

"The name of the eagle is [King of Venom, the Raging Poison King] Allo Urmil. He was once a member of Death's lead assassination group, Reaper's Thumb. But now, you should name La Crima and one of the supporting members who will follow < IF >, [Alanea Idea]. '

The spider monster who he is… [Alanea Idea] replied softly.

'Oh. The reason I named you is simple. Because they all die here. Hushuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu......'

Same sound again.

From where I'm shaking my body, apparently it's a laugh, not a breathing sound.

That means he's laughing and saying he's going to kill all the Kingsguard knights in this room.

'Hehe, but this information is huge. It could be a big deal just to get away and pass on the information, right?

That said, [Alanea] pointed to the passage he had come to.

"Raw hatred... but if it is like cowardly retreat to the strength of the enemy, it is not left in the Knights of today"

To [Alanea], who advises him to flee, Theodore said so resolutely.

And that's true.

To the fear of the enemy, to his own helplessness, he is fleeing after that war if he is to escape.

Therefore, their expression told the story that there were no fugitives in the Kingsguard Knights who are here now.

"That's a shame."

[Alanea] shakes his head slowly with sincere regret.

"- I was set to die first from cowardice."

When [Alarnair] said so, purple liquid poured in as he made a bumpy noise from behind the passage he pointed at.

"... poison"

'Yeah, because it's [the Vicious King]. Hushuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu......'

Emphasizing his name as a superior position, [Alanea] once again shrugged.

"But instead of the 500 level, half of it is finally a vulnerable group. The shield of the kingdom seems very thin. As a weasel, I have to do two jobs, so I don't want to waste much time. '

"Two jobs, you say?

"Yeah, I'm busy with eagles."

When Theodore heard the words back, [Alanea] began to talk to Perla about what would make him happy.

"One is the destruction of this castle."

Theodore is not surprised by the information.

Because he was definitely the same kind of opponent as [the Flaming King] that he transformed into alien at the main entrance.

The other is the assassination of the Second Princess.

But the words that followed were that Theodore was also about to lose his peace.

"... why target His Highness?

As the other Kingsguard knights turned their anger words and blades, Theodore questioned [Alanea] as they tried to behave calmly.

The voice was turning slightly upside down with anger.

"To tell the truth, the eagle is a human resource given to La Crima by [Reaper]. When I was once under [Reaper], I also taught lower tissue. [Reaper's pinky finger (...)], was also the lowest group under [Reaper], which gathered the particularly remarkable talentless."

……

The Theodores did not know, but it was once a group of assassins commissioned by the Marquis of Borozel to target Elizabeth's life and destroyed by Super Kill (Marie).

"They say that the < Reaper's Little Finger > ruined the Second Princess's assassination. As a mentor, I was mindless. I thought I'd replace them and kill them. '

As effortless as' Let's keep the trash dumped instead ', [Alanea] declared Elizabeth's assassination.

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What do you say? If you tell me where the Second Princess is, I will miss the lives of everyone here for a moment. Now it's true, isn't it?

Those in the Kingsguard Knights with the True and False Judgment also confirmed that it was not a lie.

Theodore shuts up about such [Alanea] suggestions.

And

"Well, then let's say. - I refuse."

Resolutely, reject.

The enemy is a monster of talent.

A super-professional masterpiece in a world where the strength of human beings (tians) is confirmed in the job.

In addition, it is further enhanced by the modification surgery performed by Super Embrio.

It seems silly to compare character to Theodore, who could only have one senior position.

Even if the Kingsguard Knights on this occasion are totaled, there won't be a single chance of winning.

Theodore's decision is undoubtedly a decision that will bring everyone on this scene to death.

Still, he chooses, they choose to refuse.

"Our power..."

"" "- Sword of the Kingdom" "

The knights set up their swords,

"We are..."

"" "- Shield of the Kingdom" "

And the knights lifted up their shields before themselves,

"Kingsguard Knights...... Battle Begins"

"" Sir Yesser ""

I unleashed my will for [Alanea].

Their will is one.

No one is cowardly.

Their name is...... Kingsguard Knights.

Those who were synonymous with those who defended the kingdom.

"Hush...... do you scratch your feet? That's good, too. Vulnerable, good prey. Hushhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh '

Pleasantly, [Alanea] laughs as he moves the spider's mouth.

'But be careful. My fierce poison is more vicious than those < UBM > there. One or two of your hands and feet, will make it melt easily (...). Most importantly, this body is much stronger than it was when it was Reaper's thumb. Just to be clear, it's not gonna be a battle, is it?

That's just a fact, blackmail.

But none of those who cower at the blackmail.

Let's go.

"" "Response" "

He does not retreat.

They don't retreat.

And the Kingsguard Knights... began the battle of death against a powerful enemy of different digits.

To be continued