＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

Frag.6F Her Choice

■ Vanderheim, Imperial Capital

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The day Gideon was springing up on the last day of the "tournament".

Behind the backs of a thriving kingdom, there was no different time in the Empire.

No, it doesn't make a difference.

An empire that dwindles in hunger just keeps dwindling in the same way.

But that also has nothing to do with the mansion where [the Demon General] Logan Godhardt lives.

His mansion, which is the Imperial < super >, has no trouble with food, nor with the money to buy it, which soared.

Rather, the budget is more luxurious these days than before.

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That's also because he's on the [alchemist's] path right now.

Alchemy, transformed into unusual efficiency by Rumpelstiltzchen, has given him endless wealth.

Many have converted to [Demon General] costs in a state of rare metal, but just redeeming a small amount has just overflowed his fortune.

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Still, he silently repeats his alchemy.

He sits in a working room chair and alchemizes the abject metal on the table into precious metal.

Once the Alchemy paragraph is completed, he will now transfer in the [Job Crystal].

Then take out the ingredients and start making something out of the auto by [recipe] and production skills.

It was like a palm-sized doll.

Recently, not only [alchemists], but also [puppeteers] of the production system have increased the level of jobs and skills.

Alchemy and doll production, he has been doing this since the dawn of Despena at the pageant.

That's because there's no Zeta who pulled him into this path… and < IF >.

In a sense, he does this all the time because her instruction, which can also be described as a teacher, was' Alchemy Repetition and Enhancement of Puppeteer-Related Skills'.

Conditions of transfer in the production system are often determined by the number of successful skills, the quantity or quality of the product.

Now he works for [Alchemist (Alchemist)], [Metallurgist "Metallurgical Alchemist"], and senior [High-Level Alchemist (High Alchemist)].

We had already met the depths of the [high-ranking alchemist], and although a small amount was available in a day, [mythical metal] was also available for alchemy.

In addition, the puppeteer system of the subs was filled with [puppeteer], [puppeteer (marionetter)], and [high-ranking puppeteer (high puppeteer)] with two lower and one senior positions. The Empire has plenty of jobs in the production system, so there is no trouble transferring jobs per se.

Above all, it achieves production-related job quests with abnormal efficiency, thus increasing the level easily.

"... finally, I'm back to my previous level."

He once disappeared the level of a job other than [Demon General] by resetting the job, but now he's back to the same level he was before he disappeared.

Although combat positions have been drastically reduced, combat power is not a ratio of the past.

But his face, repeating alchemy and doll production, was a Buddha top surface that seemed uninteresting.

(... what are you doing...)

He wanted to be barricaded in duels and wars.

I understand that production jobs are the best means of empowering people to do so.

However, the most recent battle…… died instantly before anything could be done by the moon night of Susan.

Zeta was supposed to arrange a crusade for me as a condition for joining. I can't do it either because I don't have Zeta at heart.

Or the lack of Zeta is the reason I'm upset.

(... will we continue with alchemy and dollmaking all the time)

Logan already trusts Zeta for his constant and accurate advice.

Zeta was also pointing out the cause of the painful defeat the other day. The defeat was due to Logan's loss.

I can also say that those experiences have made me remember the attitude of learning 'I guess I still need Zeta's teaching'.

That's why I'm hoping to meet again soon to discuss all of this...... we're not here.

The only thing I can do is repeat production in a moisturizing way.

Exhale and try to move the palm-sized doll you could.

I whine to myself as I look down at a doll that moves smoothly like a human being by skill.

"Ha... when are you coming back..."

"Now. I'm home now"

"Ugh!?

A deafening voice uttered against his whine - Logan leaned up to Zeta's response, flipping out of his chair and buttocking him.

"Long time no see, Logan. The level seems to have risen considerably as well. For this amount, there will be enough reserves."

"Oh man, well!!

I was too surprised to say anything, but I was trying to point Zeta at something.

"Duh, where have you been?!?

"… surplus bending. There was a lot going on."

To the words that finally came out, Zeta said so in sigh.

That seemed somehow very tired.

"Displacement. Speaking in turn, we were first flushed from the king's capital to the sea."

"... umi?

Logan said, "Was there a river that leads from the king's capital to the sea? You didn't, did you? 'I questioned it, but decided to go on and ask.

"Nomination arrangements. How many minutes, this is the person who arranged the nomination? You can't even log back in to the savepoint because you were also out of the Empire's books before the Wang du raid. We took a break on the way to the sea and reached Chiora."

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Logan thought, 'Why are you being flushed all the time?' but he still doesn't go in.

"Problem. Plus, there was a little trouble in real life...... specifically the power generation facility was failing and endangering my life. We were desperate to repair it and have just brought it back together safely."

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Logan said, '... Huh? What kind of extreme environment do you live in?' I thought, 'but I still don't get into it.

"Return. After that, I returned to the Imperial Capital far away from being found because I was in the nomination arrangements. We placed the report in the King's office and then snuck up next to Logan."

"Though you won't have to sneak up there!?

Finally got into it.

"Concentration. I looked next door for about an hour because I seemed to be concentrating on the work"

"You're too long!?

"Praise. Anyway, you seemed to be following my instructions with a kitten. I'm impressed."

"... eh"

Suddenly praised, Logan blushed and stuck in words.

"Technology. Conditional (...) Rare Skills of the Puppeteer Pedigree, Did You Mastery?

Some skills require special conditions for mastery.

[Saint Knight] 's "Holy Another Silver Light" is at its head, but the puppeteer lineage also has it.

It's a skill that can be Logan's lifeline, just like an army of alchemy demons.

"... not yet. But the degree of achievement of the conditions is 90%. I think I'll remember by the end of the week."

"Fine. Then you're going to make it."

"In time?"

I heard that Logan was leaving the Empire at any rate from Zeta, so I thought that was it.

But it seemed different.

"Description. First, the plan for the future has changed slightly"

"Weren't we headed to heaven and earth?

"Affirmative. Yeah. I should have. Looks like the owners made it out of jail."

Owner of [IF >, [King of Crimes] Zex Würfel's escape from “prison”.

Logan is surprised by a major incident for Tian and the Master.

The only person I didn't know about was Logan, who hadn't contacted me via email.

"Delay. But an unscheduled rescheduling occurred. Although the owner succeeded in breaking out of jail, he said he became engaged with the [Lazy Demon King] of Legendary and could not go the prescribed route. As a result, there will be a delay of about a month in reaching heaven and earth. And, of course, join us."

"... are you all right?

Logan also knows about the [Demon King] of Legendary.

Or I admired the title [Demon King] a bit and was looking into it. Logan's avatar is a brave look, but [Demon King] finds it cool too. Around there is elementary school.

Either way, under such circumstances Logan knows Legendary's [Demon King] and the degree of danger of the Sinner Alliance < Designia > to which it belongs.

If < IF > is a group of bad people who do not choose means for each purpose, < Designia > is a group of lunatics who do not understand the purpose and means.

Logan was worried about setting things up with those people, but Zeta, who talks to him, has a cool face.

... Although it didn't look like Logan because he was in a mummy state.

"No problem. You won't have to worry. I only have one daughter I'm worried about, but I have an owner."

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"Response. Whatever, due to delays on the part of the owner, you don't need to leave the empire immediately. And there's a little more to do."

"What's that?

"Report. Earlier, I made a report to the King. This is the closing of the recent King's Capital raid. So there should be a war soon."

Movements between the two countries had stopped more than three weeks after the peace conference and the Wang du raid.

But that means it's finally going to reboot.

"Suggestion. So...... I would like Logan to join the War"

"... Huh? But weren't you supposed to leave the empire before the war?

Logan's true affiliation has moved to.

Now you no longer have to get an economic backup, you no longer have to belong to the Empire to fight and reduce costs.

... I almost wanted to get revenge on Ray Sterling and Saito Moon Night when I defeated myself, but now I think I can put it behind me because I will be strengthened enough to put the time aside.

"Change. It's a reschedule. … it's just my personal circumstance, to tell the truth"

Zeta honestly said that to Logan, who raised his doubts.

"Zeta's?

"Old Knowledge. In fact, I met an old acquaintance in Chiora... and he asked me to do one quest. For the sake of its performance, the forces of war on the part of the kingdom are in the way. In order to attract, reduce, and increase the success rate of the Quest… Could you join us in the War?

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Logan has been instructed by Zeta many times before, but this is not an instruction.

from Zeta, a teacher… 'Please'.

"I'm talking about reducing the kingdom's power and attracting it."

Logan said that Zeta's "Please,"

"- You can destroy all the kingdoms, right?

- Of course.

I agreed comfortably and smiled believing in my power like he once did.

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Thus, the situation moves.

Zeta's 'favor' will strike the kingdom with an army of demons that has been strengthened beyond comparison to what was once the case in War.

What Zeta intends to exchange behind it... neither the kingdom nor the empire knew yet.

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■ King's Office

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In the King's office, Claudia was looking at a bunch of papers.

That's a report sent by Zeta who sent us to the Kingdu raid and finally returned today.

It's a hunk of confidentiality, so I guess she brought it this far herself.

But we're not face-to-face.

It looks like Claudia was placed on the desk just before she entered the office.

Is it for some sort of vigilance or some other reason that we don't meet face to face?

Whatever it is, it is definitely a report containing the pre-meeting codes and is at Zeta's disposal.

In the first place, it's about her, the [Bandit King], who can sneak into the office within this [Emperstand].

"Two thirds, huh?"

Claudia...... Reinhardt, the persona responsible for the plot in her, grumbled so after reading the report from Zeta.

Two-thirds is the degree to which the Wang du raid achieved its purpose.

Reinhardt had three purposes when he entrusted Zeta with the raid on the King's Capital.

The first is the linkage with the Conference on Reconciliation.

terrorism and the kidnapping of princesses themselves to coincide with the signing of the treaty.

If you succeed in concluding, use the kidnapped princess as a bargaining material.

If we fail to conclude, we will serve our purpose by bringing the cessation of terrorism to the battle state of the winner's total takeover as bait.

In the end, after failing to conclude, the battle itself has been painfully divided, and the kidnapping has failed, so this has failed.

The second is the fabric of War.

After the breakdown of the plan at the Conference of Reconciliation, a decision hit drags the kingdom into what will be the last battle with the kingdom.

This was a success.

I can execute Plan C thanks to Zeta completing the work she entrusted to me.

Reinhardt's planned... can be executed soon.

And the third is broiled (...).

In a way, this was of paramount importance.

It was more important to the high end whether this aim could be achieved than to bring it to the < war > than to achieve the aim at the harmony conference......

Once, on the day of the Wang du raid… Zeta gave the following instructions to the alterer:

'Directive. [Regina Apis Idea] orders destruction throughout the city. In addition, the other three raided the Royal Castle. Attack the suspicious while destroying the castle. I don't care about the life or death of the target.'

This instruction is a Reinhardt instruction, almost intact.

Terrorist attacks were carried out not only on the royal castle where dignitaries gathered, but on all the king's capital, in order to broil it out.

I tried to broil it out - lurking in the King's Capital [Evil God].

As a high-end, Claudia Reinhardt Drife knew the existence of [evil gods] and the activation of the < end > that could happen ahead.

And I thought that if there was a modern [evil god], it would be the king's capital on top of the Tomb Labyrinth. At least, I'm pretty sure it's somewhere in the kingdom.

The fact that this is the case was inferred from the difference between the information given to the Archetype System and the time of occurrence of the Tomb Labyrinth.

That is why, in order to ascertain who would use the automatic interception by the safety of the [evil gods] in times of crisis, the entire Wang capital was forced to mount an attack. Even if there was some danger, I couldn't do anything without making sure first.

In addition, Gideon and Calcherathan, where the incident occurred before the Wang du raid, were also large cities of the kingdom, so they were candidates where [evil gods] were located. She was also exploring whether there were any signs of [evil gods] in the case she made under her supervision.

Location of [Evil God]. Because that's what Claudia thinks, 'What this world needs'.

"Zeta encounters someone she thinks is [the evil god]. You also have information about your appearance."

"Oh, but there's no point in appearance information."

'... you're right'

Regardless of the sightings of what appears to be [evil gods], appearance makes no sense.

It is [evil god] who spits unseen falsehoods and turns inorganic objects and organisms into alien families.

No wonder I can change my appearance if I care about it.

Alternatively, it is possible that the administrator is helping.

So it's not Zeta's witnessed appearance that matters... that there is a supposed [evil god] in the king's capital (...) itself.

And confirmed.

Resistance to foreign body (Zeta) ambushes intact.

The ability to replace Zeta's alteration with a different form... family member.

Modern [evil gods] are... lurking in the Wang capital.

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With Zeta's trick, Plan C.

Yes, Tri-Flags can.

And it also has a (...) arithmetic to kill [evil god].

The situation... is in order.

"... Phew"

Exhale one, be prepared (...) Claudia speaks out.

"I will now speak to myself."

Claudia muttered so in a room with nothing but her and Reinhardt inside her.

As if there were anyone who would listen to it.

"- Administrators (...)"

The person she talks to... admin.

Somewhere in this world, the administrator who runs the world… speaks to herself on the assumption that she is listening.

It was only natural for her to assume that she was being watched.

A high-end girlfriend who can convey many of the knowledge of this world, but had no information on some matters, starting with windows.

They must have been followed, and that applies to me as well.

The fact brought her to the idea that she was also under their control.

If you are an important person, you should be watched.

Or some of the other important figures may have the means to mislead their surveillance, but Hate and Claudia don't have that technique.

She grasps the difference between high-end information and the existence of administrators in her own brains, not even understanding who they are and how they work.

Strongly speaking, from the anecdotes of erasure that remain everywhere, there is a degree of speculation that multiple bodies may exist.

That's why Claudia is often unable to communicate her intentions to others.

Because if I told him accurately, that would be the result of touching the reverse scale, and there was a concern that the person I told him might be erased.

Much could not be told to Ultimia for this, nor to the previous king of the kingdom. Or if you run out of words... you might not have had to start the last war.

But it's already over and she talks to the administrator… for the future.

Or while that is their inverse scale and even considering the possibility of taking her life.

"I know you're protecting [the Evil God]."

Claudia is now half convinced that administrators are providing [evil gods] protection.

Because [Evil God] 's awakening is too slow.

In light of the high end knowledge, [Evil Gods] safety hoops will come off with leveling due to resource absorption from the world and will always make a case.

By doing so, the [evil god] intensifies and awakens as he rolls down the hill.

Moreover, it tended to be so fast that [evil gods] were strengthened over the generations.

But there are still no [evil gods] buds.

Modern [evil gods] were protected from doing so, and they thought it was the administrator who could do so.

"But you who are foreign objects will only be able to buy time to awaken. A troublesome existence that you can't even want to end. Different?

Claudia says so with speculation.

That's true, admin... the management AI is only buying time to keep [evil gods] from waking up until their purpose is achieved.

Even during the Wang du raid, Humpty was about to bury the [evil god] in the suicide bombing of [the Flaming King].

Read the thoughts of such an admin,

"I could kill you."

Claudia cut to the chase.

"What we're going to talk about is the procedure for me to kill [the evil god]. If you thought this was an impossible and reckless plan and would only promote the growth of [evil gods], you can stop it. I don't want that either. … I can't fight the admin (you)."

It is out of the question to grow the [evil god] without even being able to finish it.

And Claudia doesn't have enough power to resist administrators.

That's why we check in advance.

"If you see it as a possibility in my calculation... I'll leave you alone."

If she decides that her plan can kill [the evil god]... seek to see it through.

"If you see it as impossible... drop my neck"

If the plan is futile and only puts the world at risk... kill it here, she says.

"My plan is"

That's how she began to talk about the procedure of [evil god] annihilation, which she considered the only way to do it herself, toward a deserted space.

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"... that's all."

In about two minutes, she finished talking about her plan.

The plan itself is not complicated.

Instead, it can't be complicated. The more you bite the elements, the stronger your fear of being prevented by [evil gods].

That's why her plan is... terribly simple.

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She waited for the hour to wait for the verdict.

Eventually when about three minutes passed and it seemed like her explanation was just solitary.

- Potri and something fell on the floor of the office.

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Claudia looks down at it with her connected neck.