＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

□ ■ [Play Lost Dream Dreamland] - Internal

Ray and Cardinal A's death battle became a battle to cut themselves together.

Blood continues to flow from Ray's right arm, bleeding from somewhere in his body every time the Cardinal A blade is wielded.

Cardinal A is engraved with mythical metal whenever the photothermal axe is wielded, and instead of blood, molten pieces of metal are scattered around it.

…………

Zex watched both of them die.

Zex knows the background to this fight better than anyone else on this scene.

If you look at the shaping of the white axe, you can guess that the axe is [Alter] the thing on the edge.

And [Lazy Demon King], who made [Slal], guess from his skills [Evil Gods] Job at the brink.

Because the likeness of [Slal] is too similar to the power of [Evil God] to turn natural wood stones into monsters.

If we think of it in conjunction with the ability to absorb the dead resources of the [Runaway Demon King] that Zex once fought for, we can assume that the seven [Demon King] series septembers the skills and characteristics of the [Evil Gods] and performs specifically for each one.

Was it a prototype before I made a job called [Evil God] or vice versa?

If so, this can also be described as the battle between the subspecies of [Holy Sword King] and the subspecies of [Evil God].

It's a similarity to the battle hundreds of years ago. Ray and ZZZ fighting won't have a reason to know, but only Zex, who is a spectator, knows.

[Holy Sword King] is not as important to him as [Evil God], but it makes sense to gather information for later.

It can also be meaningful to other members who share information.

Even if not...... Ray himself is starting to attract interest.

Therefore, Zex is watching this battle.

But this is not the only battle Zex was watching.

Zex knows the view of his own head being transported to the candy, as well as that of the other splits.

It analyzes all of the multiple visual information that cannot be used if you are a regular person.

Zex's avatar is slimy all over the body, and there is no organ called the brain. Alternatively, the whole body is also the brain.

His ability to think is about to change from that of man because he spent a few years in such a body, or because he had qualities from the beginning.

'... Found'

And now I've found something with one of the sights he's grasping.

That's...... [Lazy Demon King] ZZZ.

In this dream, I am myself in Dreamland.

"Again, you were there"

I predicted that he would be somewhere in this dream to explain his skills and also to use his skills in this dream.

It was finally discovered by Zex's enemies who divided it.

Now ZZZ in the vision of the split used the same screen of clouds that I described to Ray and the Zexes, watching Ray and Cardinal A fight.

Keep looking jiggly, I'm concentrating on you.

Now, you can kill him.

I'm wrapping my whole body around Baku's clothes, but I don't know if that'll do the defense.

Something unwilling, because it can't exist in this Dreamland.

Even if you are willing and effective as an item of equipment... Zex can attack you just to remove that defense.

Scratching your sleeping neck (...) is easy.

(... wait a minute)

But Zex didn't execute the assassination at this point right now.

Because Ray intrigued me and I wanted to see more of his fight.

Until it was settled, ZZZ was sent forward at the beginning and end.

That is not a reasonable choice.

But if he seems to move rationally in the first place, he hasn't become a [criminal king] or anything like that, and he hasn't even fallen into “prison”.

It is a man named Zex Würfel who acts with or in search of his own mind (...).

He still made choices along those lines.

(But this is...)

Zex decided to wait, but I noticed one fact watching Ray and Cardinal A fight.

It's a change of motion.

Ray's movements have not changed. Waving the axe of light while paying attention to the opponent's attack, aiming to destroy it.

What changed was the movement of Cardinal A.

Obviously, there are more pulling movements.

Tentative first life, being close to the Golem... has lost its willingness to attack as if it were afraid of death.

It looks too powerful an axe to fear...

(... indeed. That's the most likely method of warfare)

Zex was nursing the tactics of Cardinal A... tactics that Ray could never deal with.

Ray will surely lose if he stays like this.

"... hey, owner"

That's when Gabella whispered to the Xex split beside her.

"What is it, Mr. Gabella?"

"Maybe, what..."

Gabella speaks of the doubts she has herself, not confident that she is afraid to make a mistake.

"He,... didn't buy time (...)?

…………

Zex was heartily impressed by Gabella's questioning.

And he grew up enough to notice on his own, he said.

'What is it for?

"Ray (he) is fighting because Despena when he is defeated in his dreams..."

Gabella looks at Ray fighting so hard, she gives the answer to her own question… saying why Ray can never deal with Cardinal A's tactics.

"Despena's terms, there's more, right?

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□ ■ South-end and border mountain forests of the Kingdom of Alter

……

Aprile immediately guessed the change in movement of the relative Cardinal A.

Changes in shape have occurred several times in advance.

The blade on his left arm broke, his left arm crushed, and the blade on his tail crushed.

The attack on Aprile didn't go through, but it broke on its own.

It is the result of destruction in dreams, but it also changed from right after it to movement.

It is not just a movement that takes into account broken areas.

While relative to Aprile, there are signs that consciousness is poised elsewhere.

In the first place, you don't inherently need an eye or anything [Slal].

As Mithril's [thral], which seemed like a bushy clay worker, sensed enemies without an eye or nose, Cardinal A doesn't necessarily match its facial orientation and vision either.

Aprile, a battle-like brilliant ballplayer of war, perceives the signs and anticipates the opponent's movements.

Zex, Gabella, Candy, or Aprile himself. Stand ready to deal with Cardinal A attacks no matter who they target.

"Gi......"

And Cardinal A moved out,

I ejected the remaining head blade at supersonic speed - cutting silver legs in the air.

……

……

A blow like a Spetsnaz knife.

Scarlet blades flying through the universe at sonic speeds poked the unexpected of the brilliant Jade Man and the brilliant Jade Horse.

Regardless, Aprile and Silver were also on guard.

But there was also no misthrilled mass around to burst like a first hand, and obviously silver was out of time, so I couldn't handle that hidden weapon.

Also, sheltering Ray, who had suffered many wounds in the battle in his dreams as well as Cardinal A, and his inability to make intense moves would be one factor that could not be avoided in an aggressive manner.

Due to a mythical metal blade that could not be avoided, Silver was cut off both of his left legs. Silver, which runs through the universe by creating scaffolding in the air, rather than a simple ability to fly, can no longer fly if it loses its legs.

out of balance and falling to the ground.

…………

Still, Silver was corrupt in using the "wind hoof" feature to create air cushions and reduce fall damage to the rays.

Thanks to that, Ray is still alive, without becoming a death penalty.

But because of the loss of the legs, Silver can't move any more and inevitably Ray can't move either.

"GiGiGi......"

Cardinal A moves toward them, immobile.

Yes, targeting (...) has already changed.

He was after the body of Zex, the mighty enemy, and the april that protects it, but now he's stubbornly after Silver.

I mean... Ray's body while he's asleep.

That's the answer Zex and Gabella led in their dreams.

The point is, it's the same way we dealt with Zex until recently.

If you are a strong enemy, a constant tactic of killing an irresistible sleeping flesh.

Cardinal A abandoned winning in his dreams over Ray, who gained overwhelming offense.

Cardinal A himself decided that he deserved the threat, but therefore chose to kill his flesh in a reality in which he was invincible.

The battle of dreams only ended up buying time for Cardinal A.

Regardless, there is a time limit for The Kingdom of Nightmares… there is still more than five minutes left, but the time it takes for Cardinal A to kill Ray's body is far shorter than that.

You can no longer even escape because you are crushing your manoeuvrability with a blow you accidentally took.

…………

I also think of Aprile.

For Aprile, who was previously in the role of VIP escort when she was civilized, such a round-up choice was a daily tea meal, and her ability to compute was a clear analysis of the situation.

The results of the analysis were directly linked to the two choices: 'Help Silver, his brother, and his Lord' or 'Protect his own lords'.

Now Cardinal A is after Ray, but its actually doesn't have to be Ray.

The Zexes and their current Ray positions are apart, and if Aprile moves to protect Silver and Ray, Cardinal A will be after someone of the three Zexes at that moment.

Aprile is an unknown piece of information, but the Nightmare Kingdom nevertheless stretches its effectiveness time.

That way, you can wait for Ray to bleed to death in stretched time.

As long as Aprile tries to protect Ray, Cardinal A can accomplish the killing for which it is intended when it is brought into this form.

Aprile calculated all the events in sight and estimated that someone's death was inevitable.

And Aprile has nothing but to give priority to 'protecting his lords'.

The Rays had no chance of winning, they were already packed.

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□ ■ [Play Lost Dream Dreamland] - Internal

Unexpectedly, Ray felt uncomfortable with his right shoulder.

Even though he says the Cardinal A attack in front of him hasn't been hit, the shock is being transmitted to his right shoulder as if he had been bruised.

"... I see"

Ray quickly understands that that is the damage he has taken in real life.

I had more doubts about the change in movement of Cardinal A than I had before. I didn't need time to guess that the reason was to buy time to kill my real self.

But even so, nothing changes for Ray.

All Ray in his dreams should do is do his best in this fight, beyond not being able to wake up from his dreams unless he defeats Cardinal A. in front of him.

Fight in the visible world rather than the fear of being killed from the invisible world.

"Ow, ow, ow."

"Huh!"

Wave the shining axe and pack the distance from Cardinal A.

The nemesis of the right arm supports and positions the body that is about to be flushed by an axe that swings only with the left arm.

Keep moving forward without losing your posture and don't allow Cardinal A to retreat trying to get distance in order to buy time.

"… GI"

Cardinal A is also in a hurry to advance the unbreakable ray without retreating.

But there is no longer a battle.

Silver's mobility has already been taken away in reality.

With a few more seconds, Ray can kill.

Then you can earn those few dozen seconds with all your hands.

"Gi......!

It was used as a hand by a head injection blade (a hidden weapon) that severed Silver's leg in reality.

Point and eject the blade of your head toward Ray, who tried to pack the distance.

Ray painstakingly dodges a potentially deadly surprise blow with his instincts.

But his posture collapsed dramatically.

……

Ray thought the pursuit of Cardinal A was coming and focused on the axe on his left arm to cope with it.

But the pursuit I anticipated will not come.

On the contrary, the distance from Cardinal A. is open.

Cardinal A was turning his back...... taking a distance.

With the full strength of his AGI, he rushes off to the other side of the dream path.

Good if you hit it.

Even if you don't hit it, the moment you try to avoid it and fall ill, clear the distance all at once.

It was a blow fired from the beginning in that calculation.

Even if you're disfigured, the danger of counterattack won't go away as long as there's an axe in Ray's hand.

But if you take the distance... given my speed difference, I can't keep up with Ray anymore.

Even if you use a first-hand laser, if you have a distance, you can look at the direction of the cannon and avoid it.

Cardinal A in his dreams considered winning odds and certainty, and was thorough in his escape from time.

There may have been calculations, as [slur], both biological and non-biological.

But it was - the biggest bad hand.

"Nemesis, stop with half (...)"

Form Shift - [Shooting Wheel]

In response to Ray's call, Nemesis responds with no time.

The shape of the nemesis fixed to the right hand turns into a third form β… Meteor windmill.

At the same time, as the windmill increases its speed, it starts to spin.

But it seemed like pointless behavior.

Meteor windmills are a form that specializes in long-range tracking counters… The Return Beyond the Stars.

However, Cardinal A, which is not eligible for damage counters due to its [slur] or Dreamland properties, cannot be eligible for homing.

Therefore, it cannot be the art of defeating a distanced cardinal A.

That was supposed to happen.

But for one thing, the shape of meteor windmills today is different than usual.

When changing from another figure of the third form, the Black Circle Shield, to a meteor windmill, the shield opens like a flower, like a star, and becomes a windmill.

But now, although the pattern is only stretched - the black circle shield was not open.

It's like he's deformed.

…………

Ray looks to Cardinal A on the other side to ground a meteor windmill on its way to a dream path.

The next moment, Ray's body disappeared from the spot.

"... Huh?

"Phew..."

Gabella, who was watching the battle, lost sight of Ray, and Zex... cut it out and laughed.

"GI?"

Cardinal A notices the sound of something approaching from behind him at high speed,

Ray and I approached right behind ourselves... our eyes met.

"Gi...!?"

Cardinal A is stunned.

This enemy should not have had the speed to this point.

But the consternation increases when you look at Ray's hands and feet.

Ray was... on a meteor windmill (...).

The shield portion of the tip of the meteor windmill pattern, which is originally rotated in an open state, continues to rotate without opening.

Regardless, you can't fly meteors in that state.

However, even if it remains closed, the rotation, which is a preliminary operation of "Retribution Beyond the Stars", is executed.

It changes the rotation of 60 seconds to the speed as the wheel, and packs the distance with something like an electric wheelbarrow.

Pack the distance from the escaped Cardinal A, as a vehicle.

"How dare you come up with such a song (...)"

"It's a change of mind.... I had an idea."

Ray came up with this hand aggressively because of today's battle at the Tournament.

A bike-type lang that showed bike-stunt-like cursive disease.

In that battle, the idea of 'fast movement with curved wheels' arose in the rays.

That led me to come up with the odd idea of 'traveling fast on a meteor windmill in the skill activation preparation phase' in this earthen pit.

"You're impotent."

'... well, that sounds like Ray too'

It wasn't a no-risk.

There was no wonder that the wounded right arm had been cut a thousand times by the recoil of the movement, but that it was like a pull around the city and died of damage.

But Ray was the first and last attempt to get him on a meteor windmill.

The end of Ray's ray edge was in his behavior.

"I'll decide next......! Turn up the output whenever you can!

"Accepted."

On a meteor windmill that increases a little bit over time, Ray complains to the axe, and the axe responds to it again.

"- Output Rise (Rise to Power). Photothermal (Ten Procents)"

It further increases the light emitted by the axe.

That is limited to light attributes, but a 10% output that is theoretically a limit value that can be exerted.

The light in the contact area is absorbed by the [black wrap], but the increased light heat burns Ray's face and body with the light leaking out of the axe even if it is not directly touched.

Still, Ray didn't let go of the axe, just looking at the shrinking distance between him and Cardinal A.

…………

Cardinal A darkens the agitation to the distance it packs and the heat it can destroy itself in one blow.

But at the same time, I was convinced of the victory.

Before I could be caught up in my dreams, I reached Ray, where reality cardinal A sleeps.

Silver's last stretched paper-like "wind hoof" barrier has just been broken.

The lead is in Cardinal A.

In five seconds, the dream cardinal A will be tailored with an axe of catching up Ray.

But it won't take three seconds to kill Ray in real life.

With the difference in touch, Cardinal A can win.

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"GiGiGi!"

…………

Reality Cardinal A shook the right blade down to Ray.

Silver is trying to shelter Ray, but Cardinal A's slaughter is also not something he can shelter with it.

So, the ending is no longer confirmed.

Cardinal A himself, as well as Aprile and Silver in reality, compute its end from all the circumstances that you can see.

The arithmetic is correct. The factors that overshadow that end are nowhere to be seen in the situation.

So in the end...

Thus the end - is overshadowed by unseen things (...).

At the moment of the settlement, the position of Ray's body, which should have been ahead of Cardinal A swinging the blade down, was uneven (...).

"…………………… GI?

The blade of Reality Cardinal A cuts the sky.

Ray and Silver are moving out of the blade's range of attack, as if moved by an invisible thing.

Therefore, there was nothing in the orbit of the blade that Cardinal A shook down.

There shouldn't have been anything...... dust of light (...) scattered around.

It's as if I slashed and terminated the invisible thing (...) instead of Ray.

As if the invisible thing had taken the place of Ray.

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"Gi......?

Cardinal A of dreams and reality in its incomprehensible sight forgets me only for a moment.

And after only about two seconds, the distance between Ray and Cardinal A is zero in my dreams.

Moment after moment, without being chased through in a meteor windmill...... Cardinal A was torso and head amputated by a shining axe.

The scarlet [slur] created with mythical metal smashed and scattered what he had screwed up in his last offense and what he had overlooked... without understanding or sensing.

To be continued