＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

□ ■ Supply staging areas/adjacent areas

Twelve kilometres north of the supply stack, there was a bald mountain without trees.

It used to be a natural mountain where many plants flourished, but it has all died from the passage of a catastrophe called [Gloria].

One man was sitting in such a corner of Bald Mountain, in a gap between natural rocks.

He was an odd man.

He weaves a coat with a night sky pattern, holds a notebook and a pen in his hand, and writes something down.

(Seventeen dead. The rest of you are currently logged in...... eighty-two people. One of them is [Demon Cannon King] Herdine Rockzapper)

But it's not the outfit and the action that's odd.

He's - he's closing both eyes.

With both eyes closed, he thinks like he's visible and runs the pen to record.

In fact, I see it. Closed his eyelid so that his eyes can see the battle in the supply stack more than ten kilometres away...... no, it looks like it overlooks (...).

(to boulders, second-place clans are quick to recover)

He is the one who burned the warehouse.

He is the one who still hunts < Full Metal Wolves > with light.

He is the kingdom's strongest quasi far away.

He is, - [King of Light, King of Shine] Eph.

(Together, the supplies were baked. Now at least)

The reason he intervened was to watch the war.

In order to see the war for a long time, the Imperial Quasi thought they would come to sharpen those who were winning along the way.

In the first place, however, the total force is leaning towards the imperial side during the start-up phase.

And there will be more scenes (...) where the battle to sharpen the scissors is more promising than a one-sided game.

That's why Eph came to sharpen his battle power beforehand.

The imperial side has been at a disadvantage since the beginning of this rule...... burned supplies.

To fill the disadvantage of the number on the part of the kingdom with the disadvantage of the imperial supplies.

Also, because "groups fighting with depleted supplies" is not often seen in < Infinite Dendrogram > where there is an item box… it also covers such situations.

(Should there be a little less people given the balance)

It is not in vain to push < Master > into a death penalty before the war.

Already forty-eight hours before the start of the war.

Given the 30-fold acceleration, it's impossible to return if you die here.

The occurrence of vacancies would also trigger pre-positioned tactics.

That would be even worse if it were the total annihilation of the Empire's second-largest clan.

"Aerial alert, all personnel! His Enbrio is a group of spherical drones! They're gonna fly lasers from there! It also uses optical camouflage! Read your position with detection skills and wind attributes magic!

Drone… Remotely using the magic of [King of Light], Herdine is giving instructions to its members in the scenery seen from [Light Glow Exhibition Star Zodiac].

The instructions were accurate.

The [King of Light] M.O. I've been using so far. The Imperial Associates, who already have experience of being his victims, have grasped it and have crafted a way to deal with it.

[King of Light] also realized that when Zodiac began to be dropped a few things.

(Difference in information. If other rankers are grasped as well, the kingdom is still bad minutes. Gideon's ninjas are currently fully functional on information networks other than)

[Light King] recognises that if he wants to watch the war in a more balanced way, he should still shred it.

Release the laser from the remotely operated Zodiac and shoot one < master > to death.

But then when he set his aim with the other, the master changed his appearance.

That's Maggie, but not [Marshall II].

A new type of magic gear appeared and I tried to accept the laser.

Furthermore, it uses the fuselage as a shield to protect its companions from lasers as it is.

Other [high-altitude pilots] and [armoured pilots] also get into the new model, with more walls.

Unlike the dark green [Marshall II], the black armored fuselage group. It does not penetrate immediately when subjected to a laser with a pair of magic coatings applied to the armored surface, and serves as a wall (tank) function.

(That's the new version of the Triangle of Wisdom. If you are as rumored, even Crimson Sphere has specifications to withstand two or three shots. If we could deploy to other clans, we'd still be ready for war on the Imperial side)

[Marshall III] and a new aircraft also known as [Zerbar TypeB]. If it withstood Zodiac's normal laser, it could be said that it was at a powerful level even in battle with each other.

"He's a solo PK! This is in your favor as a force of war! Find the guy lurking around while intercepting the drone. '

Copy that!

< Full Metal Wolves > has already recovered from total confusion and has also fought back.

Their < Embrio > and [Zerbar] machine gun blasts also increase the frequency of Zodiac shooting down.

…………

Now [King of Light] is just looking at it with optical magic, and he's not listening.

But what they were saying was generally speculative.

"Solo...... is it"

I smile as I speak to my voice, not my thoughts.

"Thanks (...)"

The words that followed...... were unexplained gratitude.

"I'm so glad you read that. Deal with my M.O. He thinks it's possible to repel or destroy me. I mean..."

He deepens his grin......

"- Being able to cover reactions in the face of unexpected circumstances (...)"

- Mouth the fun, like an audience waiting for a spectacle show.

"Usually, I work solo. I haven't taken apart who I am, and I can cover it better by myself."

That's the PK [King of Light].

A delightful prisoner who makes a case in disgrace and observes it as such… No, the interviewer (...).

But......

"But today is special - I have a guest."

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■ Drife Imperial Effective Dominant Area/Lunings Territory - Supply Collection Area

…………

The first thing I noticed about that discomfort was Herdyne.

He is the owner of the clan and knows all the members he belongs to.

That's why I noticed.

- At some point the number of people is decreasing.

I wasn't shot through by a laser.

Suddenly, he's gone.

Disappear in front of someone...... not die.

In the gap I took my eyes off, when I left the group... I would be gone.

For example, after jumping into the shadows of [Marshall III] or into the darkness of the walls to avoid laser rays… it becomes invisible as it is.

As it melts in the darkness of the night.

Still before his eyes, one member disappeared behind [Marshall III] 's feet.

"... ugh!?

Was it motivated by what Herdyne noticed?

of space, the color changes.

That is not due to an incredible phenomenon.

Zodiac's laser struck out the mechanism that hit the switchboard in the supply stack.

The magic that was being supplied is interrupted and the lighting of the facility drops all at once.

Except for the warehouse that leaves the flames... which fell into the dark night at the same time.

Shortly afterwards, Herdine's feet sank into the ground as if he had fallen water.

It was awkward.

Shoot Fenrill off with an empty cannon (...) and jump up and off the ground with that recoil.

Fly up into the air and land on the roof of the warehouse illuminated by flaming lights.

"Hih, dragged in......!?

"... Owner!

But there are never many who were able to escape.

Most of the members, including the trusted sub-owners, are on the ground... sinking into the darkness that was the ground.

You can't even fight [Marshall III] like a giant, not just a person, just sink.

Some people scratch algae trying to escape somehow.

But some were shot through by lasers from the air and desperate,

Some were... dragged into darkness by a hand stretched out of darkness.

"... Moonshadow, huh!? He's working with [King of Light]... no!?

Herdyne thinks so for a moment and realizes it's different (...).

Herdyne knows that the shadow of the Moon Shadow moves is Hand.

That's not a hand, even if it's a hand.

- Tentacles (...).

Tentacles similar to the octopus. A form that feels repellent, depending on real nationality.

Countless tentacles emerging from the darkness are attacking < Full Metal Wolves >.

No, this is not darkness in the first place.

The space, which should have been darkness, had only... degenerated into a starchy surface (...).

Tentacles stretched from the water sink the next victim.

It's like melting even your soul... on a black starched water bottom.

It was like losing my sanity.

"What happened, I'm here!

Herdyne screams.

Since that was the existence of incomprehensibility...... was not (...).

It's stunning, because Herdyne knew the existence that made it possible.

"Why here...... [Demon King (...)]!?

[Demon King] of.

Three criminals trampled the Legendary Dungeons.

[Lazy Demon King (Lord Akedia)] ZZZ.

[Raging Demon King (Lord Gras)] Dis satis factory.

It is the third person alongside them who is going to be fierce here right now.

- [Jealous Demon King "Lord Invidia"] Zee.

She brought nightmares ahead of the war.

".................. ugh!

Herdyne doesn't know.

Why are [the King of Light] and [the Jealous Demon King] joining hands?

Why are we attacking the Empire here and now?

He has no idea.

There's only one thing I can tell...

"... even if the target is the [Demon King] of Super!

That you can't leave.

Instead of supplies as it is, every base is destroyed.

Reconstruction is difficult, given the grace period leading up to the war.

Complete defeat here affects the movement of the entire empire… even the odds of winning.

That's why Herdine can't retreat.

Whatever it is we're dealing with, throw our lives at it, but we do our job.

If you're a fighter, besides yourself, you've got company to leave to you.

Thoughts are different, but some guys (Kata) think they're most reliable if they're on their side.

Now is the time for me to do all I can... Herdyne has made up her mind.

"Fell! Maximum output!

"Yesser"

Upon Herdyne's instruction, Fenrill turns into a maximum attack form… train cannon.

Take maximum pitch angle while cracking the roof of the warehouse with your own weight, aiming at the starchy water surface that replaced the ground.

[Jealous Demon King] I can't see who I am, so I can't choose to be a target by Demon Bullet Archer... I don't mind.

I have what I see (...).

(Aim, the body of that tentacle)

If some of them are already visible, they can be selected as targets.

Either way, shooting out your tentacles won't kill you.

But Herdyne knows the characteristics of her skills.

"Demon Bullet Archer" is not a "hit anywhere" skill, but a deadly area such as the head and torso is the top priority to target. Aiming there, the shells are guided.

The guiding effect expires when you come into contact with the target, but if you don't touch it the other way around, the shell flies for it.

And Fenrill's special skill is… Maximum artillery fire in total disregard of defense and defense skills.

In an attempt to wall those tentacles to avoid a lethal site, I shoot through all of them and erase the lethal area at the end of the ray.

(This surface and that tentacle, probably a hybrid). A Guardian kind of complex territory. Probably close to an environmentally friendly < UBM >. Then kill the Lord of the Tentacles...!

At that time, it is unclear what will happen to this starchy surface.

Will it disappear and something inside will be drained?

Or will what is taken in back to the ground be crushed?

Either way, I don't mind.

If the former, the members return, and if the latter, [Jealous Demon King] dies as well.

Whichever way the outcome of the bet rolls, it turns better than not pulling the trigger.

That's why Herdine is not lost.

"-" Twilight Fang (Fenrill) "!

- Special skill is released with the decision.

Inspired by a wolf who bit down the Lord God of Nordic mythology, Fenrir.

Her shells, which devour every defense and take her life, water the starch.

pronounced huge ripples, the shells thrust under the water

- I won't.

As the waters, which should have swallowed many until then, refused that intrusion... did not let even the tip of the shell sink in.

But with the tremendous kinetic energy emitted by Dusk Fang and the power of the Demon Bullet Archer to track the target, the shell still goes under the water.

Strange mesh of water and shells.

How long does it last, a few seconds, a few dozen seconds?

Still, the shells don't sink.

To that fact, Herdyne is stunned.

(What do you mean...!? Fenrill can penetrate defensive skills. If this is the kind of barrier, it can be easily broken......! Then this is…)

Not a defensive skill.

The water is not a wall.

That must have been - the law (...).

"... Huh! Is it the same as [Mad King] 's sandal phone!

Herdyne realizes the answer. Sandalphone's "Heavenly Dead Realm", which applies special laws of movement only to "Biology and Equipment," the like.

This surface is [Jealous Demon King] 's < Super Embrio > space… Likewise only 'creatures and equipment' can enter.

No shells released from the outside, no magic (laser).

To the inside, I can't move (...).

"... you mean we have to fight inside!

Or it would be close to [Gloria] as well.

You can't even hurt them if you don't get into their area of competence.

Terrible trick.

But Herdyne derived it only once from the data he had collected so far and his combat experience.

That is an indication of his strength.

Maybe he could reward this [Demon King] with one arrow after World War II.

But - not now.

"Fell!...... Huh!

He called to his own < Embrio > and tried to jump into that surface in portable cannon mode.

But that won't happen.

Because the arrows of light were piercing her in train cannon mode.

"Ma, S... Sumi, Ma..."

Arrows of light emitted at the speed of light from the mountains twelve kilometres north.

[King of Light] Strike, "Stories Drawn in Heaven (Zodiac)/Archer (Sagittarius)".

One of twelve Special Skills in the name of Zodiac.

The blow, which excelled in range and penetration, pierced Fenrill, who was defenseless after his special skill was fired... destroyed.

"Fell......!

Herdine gives a sad voice as she watches Fenrill be turned into a particle of light and returned to her own crest.

Only then did the Twilight Fang, which coincided with the surface of the water, disappear.

There is no change on the water surface.

Ripples can already disappear, something quiet.

Members trapped on the water, too, are already all sunk under the water.

Even my < Embrio > disappeared, and Herdyne was the only one left.

"Ugh, heh. hahaha '

But as it replaces it...... he has an unfamiliar laugh in the space.

Its source is… water surface.

But it was a laugh from the other side of the water, as if from several mouths.

"What's wrong? I wonder what's wrong?

That was a clear mockery of Herdyne.

'You got it wrong! You got it wrong!

The girl's voice is a wooden spirit.

Already, no one remains in this facility except Herdyne.

Only when, my tentacles dragged everyone but him in.

[Demon King], who killed all the Empire's second-largest clans, looks like he's having fun.

'But that's funny! That was hilarious! Usually, I deal with HENTAI all the time, so it was so genuine, fun, cool and funny!

Her usual opponent of the fight...... Compared to the Legendary No. 1 clan, < Full Metal Wolves > was a fun opponent to deal with, she said.

That's a praiseless word from those who say it.

"But, but..."

But suddenly the laughter disappeared from her words...

"Even if it's a god killing fang (Fenrill) -"

against Herdyne, the loser,

It won't reach the starch of the sea.

- Like a proclamation from God. That's what she said.

I know the laws of all things, but let's see.

"Goodbye. Goodbye."

Thus, [Demon King] bids farewell to a pleasant opponent.

"Not yet!

Herdyne still doesn't give up, trying to jump a magical firearm into the water with one hand.

Even if you're one, let them still fight.

But I hadn't given up on him... a laser burst from all around shot out.

Zodiac, who had lost his shooter, assembled and released a laser to kill one of him.

".................. a"

Nor could the defense of the military coat, which conferred resistance, hold up to a vast amount of firepower.

Even over the defense, his whole body is pierced, and the dying herdine sinks to the bottom of the water.

Sinking he tries to be crushed by the giant tentacles that nest in the sea of starch......

"... ugh, owner!

In the meantime, I felt like I listened to the subowner I heard lost in the bubble noise in the water.

"To Happiness (Loizo), Return (Bull) ……!"

And Herdine feels an uncertain floating sensation in her sinking body......

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"Hmm? Hmm? Weird. Weird. Less experience for defeating a super position? Maybe less? '

"Jeez. Good luck today"

"Ah! Brother! Hey, brother! Is this a good idea? Are you all right? '

"Yeah. Jee. It was very good. It's been good coverage."

'Yes! That would have been great! Very good!

"So much so that I thought I should have moved a little bit more too."

'It's okay, it's okay! Your brother is weaker than me, so I'm stronger and I work harder!

"Right. Well, I'm going to watch the game. Jee..."

'I'm not a ranker and I can't stay, so I'm going home. I'm going home. "

"Okay. Thanks for today."

'It's okay, it's okay! Bye, brother! Now it's time for you to come visit Legendary!

"Yeah. Sure. Looking forward to it."

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That's how two days before the war began...... one outpost was settled.

Outpost.

Winner, Alter Kingdom.

The destruction of the Imperial Supply Depository.

Loss of imperial supplies.

Imperial 2nd Clan < Full Metal Wolves >, 90% Loss of War Power (...).

To be continued