＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

□ ■ Vanderheim, Imperial Capital

The building had a different atmosphere than the rest in a sinking, airy empire.

The brilliant decorations smell of food and alcohol, and the whispers of men and women echo.

Entertainment, or even decadence, was in the facility.

Palace Nocturne. Formerly a shop run by a grand aristocrat, it is a complex entertainment facility to satisfy desires.

But when the great nobility disappeared in the civil war, it was taken over by the state and later lent to a certain clan.

Imperial 3rd Clan, -.

It's a clan of freedom to leave, no discipline, free movement.

For this reason, a clan in which many mercenaries participate in order to participate in the war.

In other words, "Clans for those who participated in the war on reward".

This is why we are doing our best in the Empire.

The cooks who used to serve the aristocrats cooked and provided the ingredients they bought in large quantities, and likewise worked at night.

This is the only place in the empire where entertainment and leisure have disappeared, and therefore the number of people who wish to enter < LotJ > is no less than the size of < Master >.

Located in third place would be because the second-place < Full Metal Wolves > members are more serious about quests from the country and crusading dangerous monsters.

But many members are convinced that "we are the strongest clan in the empire".

It is not the same as the Production Job Clan or Seriously.

The biggest reason for this is… although it will be in their owners as well.

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The dining room of < Palace Nocturne >, two men and one woman sat at a table along a wall far from the entrance.

"Heh. Heh. I'll make you understand. Print and distribute the rules on paper."

One person converses with strange language in one hand while looking through a desktop notebook on a communications machine.

But weirder hair than words...... man featuring mohikan and goggle-shaped sunglasses covering his eyes.

He is a sub-owner of this clan and a Mohican elite who strives to be one of the few clerks.

"Gali... Gori..."

Across the street from the elite, a woman sits.

He is chewing and eating something while wearing his hat deep in his eyes and hiding his mouth with his sleeves.

I can tell that the face is a woman from clothing that only peeks from under the hat but on the contrary has no body line hidden.

…………

And a man sitting next to a woman and being replaced by a back from her.

He also eats things he keeps silent on the tabletop.

But normally you wouldn't recognize that as food.

What the man was eating - was scarlet metal.

"So that's what I'm talking about. ……… Owner, it's easy to eat."

The elite who finished the correspondence calls out to the metal eater……… to the owner of < LotJ >.

"... I bought it because it was on the market. I thought it was a fake thing, but the bite is real. But it tastes like I just made it. They have an [alchemist] in the empire who can make it."

That's what he said as he analyzed the metal that was twisted - the mythological metal.

"Is it flavor..."

"Oh. Want some?

"I don't want to be a denture till this way, so don't hesitate."

The elite said no to the dishes offered.

You said it in earnest, the owner gets a little snug.

... Most of all, he looks like an adult man with a long and tight body, so even if he does, he's a little scared. Hairstyles that hide your right eye with stretched forehead and poorly eyed left eye go together...... I'm really scared.

It is an appropriately randomly set avatar, but a miraculous poor face.

But happy or unhappy or powerful enough to be a clan owner.

"Owner than that. Here, it is easy to get ranker information on the kingdom purchased from < DIN > on the clan budget"

That being said, the elite gave the owner a bunch of paper...... the same thing Herdyne was handing out elsewhere.

The owner rolls around the page looking through it.

After doing that for a few minutes or so, I utter the word after I think of something.

"Bears, lions, ravens, cats, ravens, wolves... why do kingdom rankers have so many ingredients?

Appearance, Job Name,,, Name.

Indeed, many of the kingdom's rankers were related to animals….

"Owner, I'm not gonna make it a regular ingredient. Mix it up, okay?

From the elite, the only ingredients that could be recognized as ingredients were ravioli and... critical and about a bear.

"Huh? It's not my country, but there must have been an area to eat anything with legs but chairs"

"... it's a black joke."

"Oh well, by the way, is Mohican an ingredient?

…………

"It's a joke."

"... it doesn't sound like a joke. I mean, they used to eat it once, right? Me."

"............... sorry, when was that?"

The owner tilts his neck like a child with a little laugh...... he is terribly scared because he looks.

The elite laughs in cold sweat too, thinking, "I don't know what else to do. This guy is".

The woman continued to eat without my involvement - the chewing of mythical metal.

"So, what kind of instructions do we give in the example Tri Flags?

"Free movement"

In response to an elite inquiry, the owner answered immediately.

As a clan owner, he was entrusted with operational instructions to the clan, but he spoke of an answer that could not even be called an operation.

"Or let's go gunning, shall we?"

"... Um, what's that?

"Which way, our clan only has a minimum framework. You can't act like a full-metal Wolves. Flag defenses and coordinated base attacks should not be left to me. Then all you have to do is focus on reducing the number of heads in their respective kingdoms. Do whatever you want with a party or solo, not on a clan basis."

It is a collection of visitors who wanted more places to be in the war than the original, and many have different playing styles.

I thought we should sharpen enemy power in a state where we can maximize each performance rather than putting it all together if so.

"Your Majesty is in charge of the proper movement. The Herdines and their group will do it. As always, our clan just needs to move around for the rewards presented"

"... is that right? What's the owner gonna do?

"Eat (...) the rankers and quasi that were on the list earlier. I'm also concerned about the taste of < super >, but I want to avoid exiting along the way."

That being said, the owner threw the mythical metal in his hand into his mouth as if he were going to eat even peanuts, chewing it up and swallowing it.

"... I've been eating this for a while now, but I don't feel nutritious enough. Calorically, not resourcefully."

"Then we'll eat something better. I don't know what the Palace is for. I can grip anything with rice balls, right?

"I can eat anything else, so regular food is a priority for members and Tian staff. And it just tastes good to me..."

When owners and elites are also bickering separately about the war,

"You're the [King of Eaters" King of Eaters] Kata Lucan Euangelion?

The person who stood in front of their table asked the owner so.

"Kata or the owner is fine. It'll be a long time, won't it?

Owner...... Kata doesn't look like she moved and responds to the questioner.

The questioner is a woman with glasses, wearing a thick coat that is not uncommon in the Empire.

"No, I'll just let you call me you. I'm not willing to be close enough to call my name, and soon I won't be the owner anyway"

The woman returned the provocative words.

"You, the member who came in recently... it's only Mr. Mater, isn't it? What's wrong with you?"

"I asked. Here's the only rule."

Questioner...... Mater pushes up her glasses and continues her words with a grin.

"If I take you down, I can be a clan owner."

"Oh, well."

< LotJ >, rules from the time of establishment.

The owner of this clan, where the elephants gather, should be served by the strongest.

Therefore, the rule is set that 'whoever defeats the owner will be the owner'.

An unexpected pussy battle where there is also a one-on-one, proclamation of initiation after articulating the challenge.

This has resulted in the owner being replaced many times before.

Because of the compatibility differences, some challenged those who defeated themselves when they were defeated and regained their owner's seat again.

But it's not working anymore now.

The seat has been immovable since Kata, the current owner, took office, and eventually no one has challenged her.

Except for newbies who don't know why they stopped trying.

"Top clan owners. There's going to be a heap of benefits... you'll give it to me, right?

"Okay. Let's fight. Everybody, get ready."

Kata responds comfortably to Mater's provocative remarks and speaks to her surroundings.

Then those who were eating in the dining room began to lean tables and chairs against the wall.

"Shh! Long time no see!

"Stop eating the guy who's eating! Oh, my God!

Members continue to work somewhere fun, scary, and mixed with odd advice.

Kata herself gets up from her chair looking somewhere candy, and the woman who was carrying him on her back is also put on and up.

"Owner"

"What?

"Don't eat anything extra, do you?

"Yeah. I know."

That's how Kata and Mater face each other in the open space in the dining room.

If you look closely, numerous repair tracks are noticeable on the dining room floor.

I guess it has been broken and fixed, even if it has been used in such applications many times before.

"The rules are one-on-one. No additional members, no attacks on other members. Also, [Brooch] and recovery items are forbidden, and the reward weapon is Ali"

"I know. But... what are you going to do?

Mater was more concerned about Kata than about confirming the rules.

Because Kata still had... a woman leaning on her who hid her mouth.

"It's supposed to be one-on-one, right?

"Oh. Never mind. Because my needs are mine."

"... I see. Is that the rumored Needs Heg?"

Kata's < Embrio >, the owner of < LotJ >, is only known by the name [Needs Heg].

However, it has not been determined how far the capability characteristics belong to Embrio and from where they are due to super positions.

It is a matching build that remains in.

([King of Eaters], a super position to gain EXP from HP drain and material predation by biological predation. In addition, I hear there are pinpoint enhancements to teeth, jaws, and digestive organs......)

Mattel reconfirms his hand as he flies the Nursing to Kata.

In front of her eyes, the need had already vanished itself.

(That Needs Heg is probably Maiden. But perhaps a territory of non-entity rule derivations from the scarcity of post-deformation information. Looking at the battle record that's going around the outside, is it stat-enhanced? Or because he was chewing up mythical grade metal, even though it was enhanced, Needs Heg also features enhanced predatory abilities? If you consider Maiden's Giant Killing, are you ignoring the bite-limited intensity? The ability to win the tournament.)

Mattel goes further in his thinking.

She wants to participate in the final day… the “tournament" of the kingdom that ended without answering.

The prize for the second day was defensive ignorance.

(Preys on all things with a cross range bite and uses it to recover and level up. I see, a powerful build. The level of super positions is also... 1000over)

Super positions with no cap on leveling, but only a limited number of people have been able to reach over 1000 areas.

That is limited to those who, like the [criminal king] of the widespread extermination type, have an unusual means of gaining experience. This [King Eater] Kata will be the latter.

(But you can't beat me)

Grasping Kata's hand, Mater grins with certainty of her victory.

"Well, we already know each other, but it's the rules, shall we call each other names? I'm [King Eater] Kata."

"Yeah. I'm Mater."

And she spread her hands,

"- [Puppet Princess" Marionette Princess "]"

- Immediately after Mater told him his own job, countless bullets were fired from the dining room ceiling.

What was sneaking on the ceiling were countless dolls carrying firearms.

The mirrored body reflected the surrounding view and had completely erased that sign until the battle was launched.

――――

Countless bullets fired in unintentional form, but Kata dodges.

As if it were a cat's carnivore, it fleshed to Mater with a supersonic step that showed its own leg strength - eaten by its throat.

"As you read," Bad Eating "!"

But his jaw, which bites even the mythical metal, doesn't scratch one on Mater's thin neck.

(Skills of the Puppet Master System, "Dummy Doll")

That was due to Mater's active passive skills.

(Skill of transferring some of the damage to the doll you own...... [Puppet Princess] is Skill Level EX! Damage transfer rate is 100%!

Still inside the coat, the mythical metal doll that replaced the damage is shattered.

But until all of that is shattered and scattered... she won't get any damage.

(With funding from them (...) and material provision, the number of damage transfer dolls is 1000! Make it HP and over 30 million! Unless I cut the doll, it won't hurt or scratch me! And [King Eater] has no HP recovery if he can't prey!

Given the breakage pace, I'll have a few more minutes.

By then, you just have to kill Kata, who can't recover.

…………

You're supposed to eat a thousand cuts in one blow, but that's not achievable.

There was no rush for Kata about it.

But when I tried to move that body while eating it...

"I won't let you get away with it!

From the inside of Mater's coat, countless arms made of scarlet metal grow.

That resembled mythological metal, but was a duller shade than that.

Those arms captured Kata's hands, feet and torso, as well as holding Kata's jaw up and down, which had eaten at Mater's throat - securing her mouth so that she could not let go.

"It's a compressed super hard mythical metal arm! Whatever the jaw of intensity ignorance, it's not something that can be torn with a simple status!

It is also material provided by those who have materials.

It's the best material she can get right now, and its binding...... not even [Destroyer King] can get out of it in life.

In fact, even with Kata's help, the arm did not move (loose).

That's the unattainable embrace of death to escape.

Now Kata is completely fixed.

"It's over!

With Kata's neck on, a new doll was ejected from her coat.

That's a three-day moon-shaped guillotine doll.

The blade is also an ultra-hard mythical metal, and its offensive power is awesome,

- The neck of Kata, classified as an END-type super position, was easily severed.

With a bite on Mater's neck, Kata's head breaks up with her torso.

"I'm sorry to hear that. Eating my meat will heal that wound, but no more. [M] I'll hold you till you're Despena so you can't eat anything."

HP drain from predation is powerful.

But if you seal it up, you're just a flesh-bomb superior.

I guess he has defeated numerous challengers with defensive ignorance and resilience, but Mater laughed with his nose that if measures were taken, it would be enough to win.

(It's amazing that I can take care of it. Now, when I become the owner of < LotJ >, I will contact those people from real life and give them instructions for the future...)

- Gali, Gori.

- Gorilli, Gokun.

"... Huh?

That was noisy enough to interrupt Mater's thinking.

Obvious, chewing noise.

The sound of chewing through hard stuff and swallowing it.

(Hey, huh? No, I'm fine! My neck, it's safe!

There is no damage to my body.

Even if severed, the jaw is still eating up, and the doll is able to replace the damage on her shoulder.

Then what is the sound now?

When Mater, who was devoured by her neck and had limited vision, still managed to lower her gaze.

"................................. Huh?

What got in my eye - it was obviously an arm with a thousand chopped marks.

(............... why?

Immediately after she thinks so, a shadow plugs in to cover her vision.

I moved my eyeballs over there...... she looked at me.

That's Kata's arm freed from the arm.

- However, a huge mouth (...) is formed in the palm.

It's not just the palms.

On the arms, on the shoulders, on the feet, on the torso… several jaws were formed all over the body, eating and chopping all of the arms that were holding the whole body down.

And after flattening the arm, which is supposed to be harder than mythical metal - all the mouths will kill to her.

"Hih......!?

Contrary to when she was restrained with an arm, she can be hugged.

A mouth made all over Kata's body devours her whole body.

- Dollar breakage speed accelerates tens of times.

"No, don't! Don't... don't...!?

You manipulate guillotine dolls and firearm dolls to expose them to attack on Kata's back, but Kata never stops preying.

Whether his hands and feet are severed or his back hived, his whole body mouth tries to eat Mater.

Eventually, when the doll inside her coat ran out......

Kata started preying on her meat.

"Hey, no, no, no, no, no... oh, no...!?

The more meat you eat, the more your neck connects, your hands and feet connect, and your back wounds heal.

Kata preys on holding Mater all over her body.

Its volume shrinks only by the amount of material eaten, eventually......

"... Welcome"

What was Mater disappeared after becoming a death penalty.

Kata held (and ate) her until she became Despena.

As I say this is the embrace of death (...).

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After the battle, the dining room was in deplorable condition.

Not only because of the cluttered attack of Mater, which went semi-frequent on the way, and the destruction of the interior of the dining room......

Those who did not heed the earlier warnings and were about to turn the owner's battle into a dish of booze... because they were vomiting all over the house.

The tragic sight, the screaming of Mater and the smell in her drifting contents were too much to make her nauseous.

This is why there are no more challengers to Kata.

Because Kata is' strong enough not to know how to die '.

And... from "I don't want to die that way," is.

Gear is eaten if it is not a privileged weapon, even if it removes the feeling of being eaten.

It's a fight that's too risky.

"... it's annoying, owner"

An elite offers Kata water and a towel.

The complexion is getting a little worse, but I've known her for a long time, so she still bears it.

"Thank you. Oh, save Mr. Mater from the members"

"... well, it's easy to think you're getting out of the person, but why again?

There are quite a few members whose challenge to Kata is traumatizing and quitting.

This is a particularly bad case, so the elite thought it would happen first, but this is the first case in which they ordered the removal from Kata's.

When asked why, Kata...

"The flavour of the ingredients was a bit like [Godgod (Fatum)] ingredients"

I used my taste as a basis for judgment.

"What is [the god of the earth]... of?

"I know because I ate in the previous war. I was forced to compress and make the ingredients with enormous magic, flavors like. Either you bought it, or you were offered it, because it's a sign of a spinner from Cardina either way. Strike your hand before it becomes like the previous war. I need a letter to the other clans."

Determining Mater to be a spy for Cardina, Kata gave instructions.

Terribly...... thats the right answer.

Mater was one of the associates who wanted to compete in the kingdom's "tournament," because he was a scout for Cardina just before.

And they were turned as such as spies to the Empire.

"... that's easy to understand."

"Unlike [Runaway Demon King (Dis.)], I eat with a proper taste. Throwing everything in like that guy is processing (...), not eating"

He named one of the [Demon Kings] who could be awed in Legendary… a similarly non-acquaintance.

"... but, owner, aren't you stronger than a lousy one after all?

The ravaged material is quasi.

That was also a fierce man with quite a bit of gear.

If you're a quasi-supervisor, you'll be losing without cutting off your replacement doll.

She was so preyed upon, weeping like a baby.

Obviously, it was isolated among the quasi.

"Come on? The comparison between the quasi top tier and the bottom tier is often said, but I don't know what it is above or below in the first place. There are a lot of compatibility matches. Hmm. Thanks, Needs."

A needy heg that reappeared sometime from the side to the side offered Kata a a napkin.

He wiped the fragments of mythical metal that were attached to his face and body with it.

"Besides, I'm losing to Herdyne and [King of Light] too... and the Chrono guy skipped my neck and got away with it... Damaged to lose?

Kata has admitted defeat herself, saying that she has lost to the outrageous type and that she has lost to the AGI type.

But that's why the members of < LotJ >, starting with the elite, are convinced.

In the Imperial Quasi, no one goes to this man's right in cross-range combat.

Or even “physics is the strongest" [Beast King] has an arrow... just the power to reward one tooth (...).

"Nevertheless, I knew super positions would taste better..."

Imperial proximity's strongest quasi.

Clan third and crusade second - Kata Lucan Euangelion.

"- I'm looking forward to the kingdom's super position (ingredients)."

- He was also one of the < masters > who reinforced his intentions for war.

To be continued