＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

□ ■ PAST - Earth and Kunikuniku

One of the memories that "he" - conveniently referred to as "he" - remembers vividly was the appearance of two women talking in front of themselves who had just woken up from sleep.

"Thanks! Thank you so much! Thanks to you, I was able to escape that dark, inhumane criminal association!

The young woman who spoke excitedly - conveniently "his" "mother" - was very excited and spoke that way in tears, holding both hands of the other woman.

"It was worth asking for when I heard rumors of awesome arms with birds and numbers in their names... I mean, that was more awesome than rumors!? How did you break the building pressure with your bare hands!? No, I think it was the best hand to crush a bunch of unmanned weapons!? But I can't do it normally!?

The 'mother' tension may also be mixed with the fear of seeing 'incomprehensible paranormal phenomena'.

Behind both of them was a high-rise building unlike any other in the mountains... with its fruits.

For some reason, the building, which had been crushed from the middle, was burning with black smoke raised.

The other woman, the executor, was talking with forgiveness for her 'mother'.

"Huh? The commission? I know! I get a lot of money from the German government in exile. Hehe! Now we can do research with freedom and a budget blast! He didn't have to die."

That's what the smiling 'mother' said, holding 'him' back.

However, his overheld arm was shaking with a pull less than a few seconds later.

"... Ugh, hard for lack of exercise. This kid shouldn't even have ten kilos..."

Worried about the 'mother' who was likely to drop 'him' in jeopardy, the woman kept 'him' from the arms of 'mother'.

"Huh, thanks. I already said that if you two got out of the corner and let them die as falls in my hands, you'd be too scared..."

'Mother' said something less laughable as she wiped the sweat off her forehead with the back of her hand.

In response to such 'mother' words, the woman holding 'him' instead of 'mother' looked down at 'him' with a strange look.

"Huh? Yeah, yeah. This girl is alive. It looks a little different, though. Yeah, it's not the same as the traditional information organization used by countries and big companies. This child is the next generation... or a complete new species.... Well, I made it. I don't understand how this kid was born either."

'Mother' grinned bitterly as she stroked the surface of 'his' body in the woman's arms.

"It may sound weird, but hey. This kid probably has a soul (...). This is what it looks like."

The woman seemed surprised by the words of 'mother'.

"Yeah? That scientists aren't unscientific? No, my soul exists. But it's not a spiritual story. Human thoughts are electrical signals in the brain, but some thoughts do not arise solely from interaction with the outside world. Like some inhumane scholar from the last century raised several pairs of twins exactly the same, but there was a difference. Create differences that cannot occur solely in the surrounding environment. The still unobservable phenomena that arise during the exchange of information are called souls for convenience. Well, it's like data that fits in an invisible hidden folder."

The woman was listening with a snort as to whether she understood the 'mother' words that could be spoken quickly.

"Traditional models don't have it. If we educate individuals on the same basis, even questions that don't have a definite answer will only have the same answer. But this kid isn't. Even with the same education, they gave different answers than other individuals. They said it was a bug or a mistake, but I decided it wasn't. She's not unusual, she's special."

That's how I laugh as I stroke 'him' again.

Now it wasn't a bitter smile... it was a merciful smile.

"That's why I wanted to escape the Order trying to dispose of this child, and I asked for it.... I didn't think I was gonna make it until I smashed it."

The woman also replies with a bitter smile to the words of 'Mother', whose face is slightly drawn.

"Come on. Let's get this kid to the ship he's hiding... Huh? This kid's name? I have a nickname. Alberto."

Thus, 'Mother' called 'Him' … Alberto's name.

"But hey, you think it's a little too simple. My dead brother's name, though.... No, I'm not that age yet. Um, I could get out of the corner, and I'll think of a full name."

That's what I said, 'Mother' stares at 'Him' jizzily.

"King...... or something? Yeah, wow. I think it's perfect for this girl. Oh, black so black is good too! Alberto Black King!..................... Huh? You said there was a monster in Japan with that name? Then let's make it German! I'm going to be German!

As such, 'Mother' fingered 'Him' bishly,

"Alberto! From today on your name is Alberto Schwartzkaiser!

I still didn't have enough emotion in 'him' to dispute the naming sense of 'Mother', and I thought, 'If it's King's compatibility, isn't it Kanich', but I didn't have to tell you because 'Mother' seemed happy.

Thus the name became the official name of 'he'.

He will continue to use Alberto Schwartzkaiser's name after this.

- Even in different stages.

◇ ◆ ◇

□ ■ Central Arena

[Superfighter] Figaro and [Destroyed King] Alberto Schwartzkaiser.

They are both < super > and fierce duels... but that's not all they have in common.

These two are… both record holders (record holders).

Kingdom and Cardina respectively - are the most rewarding winners of weapons.

Versatile with enhanced equipment by Col Leonis, Figaro has slaughtered numerous < UBM > handed out to management AI in the search for solos in the Tomb Mark Labyrinth.

Alberto has acquired resistance and ability to acquire Special Effects Attacks by Septemberthrion, and has crusaded many < UBM > in Cardina that were made difficult by the special nature of attack and survival.

Together, they can be natural enemies of all enemies, so even the peculiar individuals have continued to be buried.

What the two of you hold is the result. A bunch of perk weapons that I've adjusted to them.

A duel waged by those two is nothing more than an exhibition of martial arts.

The weapon Figaro first took possession of - a short gun (...).

Something he doesn't normally use and can't be the main wepon.

But that's why Figaro got this short gun in his first hand.

Alberto has a minimum of seven Revive abilities, each gaining Resistance and… Attack.

It is therefore the end of the repeated resurrection that is the strongest alberto, and it is only when it is relative to it that we have to wave the strongest trump card - [Gloria alpha].

Conversely, in the initial state, resistance other than light attributes and slashing needs to be filled with weapons inferior to the force of war.

That's why Figaro chose a short gun.

…………

Alberto also sets up his weapon while watching Figaro move.

The weapon he equipped is also a firearm, but unlike Figaro's short gun.

That was a pair of cannons.

A cannon the size of the giant Alberto himself is lowered one gate at a time on both arms.

But that cannon is not two, but one.

A serpent-like cable was stretched from the tail, connecting the two gates together.

Maybe, like a two-headed snake.

Alberto's Beginner - Epic Benefit Armor [Sweeping Snake Fire Firelix].

pulling the trigger. At the same time, a tyrol and a small fire peeked behind the two cannon openings,

- Two muscles of flamethrowing penetrated three of the junctions originally in the arena.

The audience murmured at the frivolously torn junction, but was reassured that the junction of the stage still remained between the two pieces and the integra.

Convinced at the same time. If there is a firepower that can easily break the line, I am also convinced that I hesitated to use it….

But that's too soon to be convinced.

This from Alberto is a novice.

……

Figaro had interrupted the firing of a short gun and avoided the powerful flamethrowing that he had witnessed.

But Alberto's eyes caught sight of Figaro avoiding him.

Alberto swirls the [Firelix] cannon body by body. Flamethrowing licks the stage like chasing Figaro, and the junction is mutilated into two letters (...).

Assuming it takes place in the middle of an army of monsters, this is enough firepower to annihilate it.

(Probably Epic.... Ray, is this the kind of perk weapon that specializes in firepower? Well, that's a bit of a special category there)

While avoiding swirling flames, Figaro discusses [Firelix].

It's a flame of power close to the depths of superiority, but the fact that you can keep letting that go is less draining.

I wonder if this continuous radiation is possible because it simplifies the function... I still felt like I didn't have enough resources.

But......

(No, it seems his perks weapons are special too)

Looking at Alberto using [Firelix], Figaro realizes one thing.

(- no safety to the user (...))

- Alberto's body was inflamed (...) by the heat leaking out of [Firelix].

Originally, equipment skills naturally reduce recoil to the user so that the Purgatory Flame of the [Armor] is harmless to the user (if not even in the wrong direction of firing).

However, such controls and safety measures consume resources and also blunt the power itself.

[Firelix] doesn't have that.

In addition to releasing a terrible flame, the flame-emitting cannon had also been heated to ultra-high temperatures.

Instead of exerting power while suppressing MP consumption on the user… burn the user to death.

It can even be described as a flawed reward weapon for the end of the fall.

- Unless the user is Alberto.

"-" Alpha Star "

Alberto, who was on fire, returns to his original appearance in an instant.

On the contrary, it doesn't look like it's burning up anymore even though it's heated to ultra-high temperatures.

The reason for this... needless to say.

(… Gain resistance. I see, can it be activated even with self-inflicted damage)

Once activated by Bishmal's sult, he gained resistance to heat, this time by the flames of his own perks.

Alberto's < Super Embrio >, the properties of the Septentrion are learning and overcoming.

The set of skills that begin with Alpha Star is an event that has a large percentage as the most imminent factor Alberto has suffered by the time he is dying… most likely gaining resistance to what has done more damage.

Therefore, skills can be activated if you are dying even from self-inflicted injuries.

Most importantly, in this case, it makes no sense to acquire an effective attack method for the damage source.

The subject is Alberto himself… TYPE: Alberto's body, which is the body, is not made (...) with the normal human body.

Therefore, an effective means of attacking Figaro cannot be gained in this first skill use… it is not a big problem.

Instead, [Firelix] is now available for no-risk use.

◇ ◆

After the first resurrection, those watching the duel felt as if Alberto's flamethrowing had gained even more momentum.

In practice, however, there is no change in the fire itself.

It radiates at all costs from the beginning.

What has changed is… the temperature in the junction (...).

Extensively, the flame and the flame that [Firelix] kept releasing.

That had already led to temperatures in the junction reaching hundreds of degrees.

The boundaries of the arena have not been vacuumed because gas influxes from the outside are carried out, but this is not an environment where ordinary people can already survive.

The relative Figaro can still be normal because he has switched and enhanced one of the rings to a heat-resistant gear.

This ultra-high temperature environment, Figaro, was experienced in a scorching area that also existed like a trap deep in the Tomb Labyrinth. Therefore, we were able to respond immediately from the equipment in hand.

(You're a good tactician on boulders...)

On the contrary, however, one of Figaro's gear frames… it was also used to combat the environment by reducing the number and specifying one of the frames (...).

Plus, I don't know what would happen if even this ring took a direct hit from [Firerix].

Thus, Figaro moved on to the counterattack.

Flip the flame like a double snake into the air and dodge it - point the short gun in your right hand at Alberto.

The short gun was not made of metal.

Calcareous with a pattern like a snake's scale. Looks like a snake crawling between rocks.

You will also be able to visualize its original appearance.

Figaro's First Hand - Epic Martial Arts [Fallen Fossil Marble Drop].

The end of a small, viper shaped < UBM > that was once frightened by the Seeker of the Gravemark Labyrinth as an unseen fear.

The bullet fired by Figaro while avoiding the flames heads straight for Alberto.

But Alberto, who had seen the moment and the direction of the muzzle, evaporated the bullet in the air with the flame of [Firelix].

A slightly moved flaming serpent licks a bullet through the universe,

But - slip through quietly.

…………

The former [Marble Drop] has approached its target while penetrating the walls and floors of the Tomb Labyrinth and has been terminated with deadly fangs.

Therefore, the first effect of the released bullet is to slip through everything that is lifeless.

Even super hot flames like the dark attribute magic don't pass by willingly.

The lime-colored bullet thrust into Alberto - the landing.

Then, a second effect is activated.

From where it landed, Alberto's body degenerates into a lime color.

Yes, the conversion to stone of the substance that constitutes the hit object - that is, [petrification].

Originally, resists are possible by HP and END.

But it was Figaro who just released this gun.

The bullet of stone poison, enhanced by him, instantly eroded Alberto's entire body.

Alberto, who has not yet had resistance to [petrification]... turns to stone without the art of doing so.

…………

Before long, Alberto had his whole body [petrified] and was completely sealed in motion.

At the same time… the shell of the [Firelix], with its Albert-shaped stone statue, is also fixed.

"Sick!

Figaro switches gear while approaching Alberto.

The equipment in hand is… [Gloria alpha].

The blade is arguably the strongest of a number of perks weapons.

But it's not [petrified] Alberto that cuts it off.

Figaro used that sword flash to break - [Firelix] 's double shell.

- Immediately afterwards, the firepower in the shell is released and exploded.

Already Figaro jumps backwards, but Alberto, [petrified] and unable to move, can neither retreat nor defend himself.

Any resistance to heat, the explosive pressure hit the [petrified] body... Alberto smashed and scattered.

"... Well"

Figaro reduced the damage of the explosion to a ravage wound with a heat-resistant ring and his own identity.

When the flames were out, [Firelix] was also able to disappear from his sight.

Neither does Alberto find a fragment large enough (...) to tell that so.

Alberto must be standing in the abyss of death again now.

…………

Figaro also thinks' or '.

An abnormal state of [petrification] that can seal all of the movement.

But Figaro usually doesn't use this perk weapon.

Although a fatal state anomaly if hit, Figaro has several easier and more powerful deadly means than hitting a bullet.

Above all, in a state anomaly that is directly connected to death but not death itself, the tempo to settlement is inferior by a few steps.

Still, this time it was used for one purpose: to fill the resistance with a method far from the fate.

The other one...... for confirmation.

[Petrified] state where you won't be able to move and use your skills.

Regardless of the "Last Stand," I was wondering if the Enhanced Recovery Skill would be inactivatable.

I first chose [Marble Drop] to make sure of it.

The result is…….

"… Beta Star (Merak) *"

A declaration of skills was made from the void, and skills were activated without problems.

Fine fragments gather and Alberto's body forms instantly.

"... I see"

I'm sorry, I didn't think so.

Whether Bishmal was evaporating his head or Catherine Vajra was [fascinated], Alberto was back.

Regardless of whether this made him inactive or not, Alberto could be sure that he would be resurrected.

Or maybe there's a trick to using this skill as well, but Figaro thinks it's not for him.

Fortunately, it is he who is indispensable to the means of destruction.

'You just have to knock it down six or seven more times,' he said... and thought extremely simply.

…………

On both hands of the fully revived Alberto are running bees and shockwaves.

Same thing as the first resurrection in the Battle of Bishmar. Perhaps an additional weapon to inflict serious damage to the inside of an organ.

But in this phase, if Alberto fights in the original style of using privileged weapons rather than saying…, then the means of attacking the human body doesn't make much sense.

Whatever monster has special resistance, because if you're a human, it's faster to push it off with the firepower of his original perk weapon.

Thus, Alberto has already chosen an arm that will turn into a disappeared [Firelix].

Figaro also deals with [Gloria alpha] and [Marble Drop] and acquires the weapons that follow.

The battle between the two is just over the first round.

But if you dare... at this point the winning and losing balance was leaning heavily towards Alberto.

To be continued