Infinite Dendrogram SP: Volume 2 (eBook)

Sakon Kaidou (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
250 Seiten
J-Novel Club (Verlag)
978-1-7183-1546-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Abyss Shellder continues to terrorize the South Sea-invincible, inexhaustible, irregular. It seems as though nothing can stop it...but Infinite Dendrogram is not a world of absolutes. Knowledge is power, but sheer, overwhelming strength is power too. With enough of both, even the Corpse Stronghold can be toppled. The stars of the Southern Cross align, marking this fearsome creature, and the fate they foretell is clear: Its demise is nigh.

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Conjunction

South Sea, Seventh Seabed Excavation Fort

Surrounded by a horizon of nothing but an azure sea, there stood a lone gray structure.

Seen from the sky, it appeared to be nothing but a tiny dot within the vast ocean of blue, but it was actually a large facility the size of a military base. On the outside, it was strongly reminiscent of an offshore oil extraction platform, but while those structures were meant to draw fossil fuels to the surface from below, this one’s purpose was exactly the opposite.

It was an elevator facility meant to take things down to the ruins on the seafloor.

A certain amount of Granvaloa’s science and technology had been excavated from pre-ancient ruins like these, and this structure that resembled an oil rig was an elevator meant to connect the undersea ruins with the people on the surface.

And now, in the building’s wharf, there was a lone man.

He had a split-colored haircut in black and red, an intense face full of virility, and a muscled build that was obvious even beneath his clothes—currently a uniform with a naval coat thrown over his shoulders. On some people, this apparel would have looked like cosplay, but the aura—the very presence—of this man made it clear that this was the garb of a true warrior.

An unlit cigarette in his mouth, he glared at the sea below. It seemed that he was waiting for something, and perhaps growing irritated at the prolonged delay.

In his hands, he held a chain extending down into the water, as though he were lowering an anchor.

After some time spent staring at the sea—and at the ripples in the water’s surface—he brought his left hand up to the cigarette in his mouth and lit it with just a flick of his finger.

He then took one long draw on the cigarette...

“K H O O O O O O O!”

...before a bizarre monstrosity burst out of the ocean and attacked him.

At first glance, the creature looked like a flying fish the size of a megalodon, but in place of gliding fins, it had the wings of a seabird. Clearly this was no natural animal.

The man then spotted the name above it—“Abyss Albatross Shark.”

The monster was one of the “Abyss” Mocks that were currently ravaging the South Sea.

“...One,” the man muttered, cigarette still in his mouth, as he pulled up the chain he held in his right hand. His strong arms dragged it from the water at immense speed, quickly revealing the thing at the end.

It wasn’t an anchor, but what appeared to be a pot large enough to contain a person.

The metallic bronze vessel carried its momentum from surfacing to strike the Abyss Albatross Shark directly in its lower jaw.

The impact knocked the monster upward slightly, but it quickly flapped its wings to correct its course, determined to try and eat the man again.

One might think the man would take another swing with his pot on a chain—but instead, he just removed the lit cigarette from his mouth and flicked it.

Leaving a trail of smoke, it flew toward the Abyss Albatross Shark, gently brushed it...

...and a massive explosion ensued.

Still in mid-flight, the Abyss Albatross Shark shattered into countless pieces, burned up, and dissolved into bits of light.

The shock wave passed the man by like it was nothing more than the caress of a gentle breeze.

He then shifted his gaze back to the sea.

“Two.” A moment later, a pillar of water shot up, and something from below landed on the wharf.

This one was a relatively small chimera that looked like a mix of a fish and a gorilla, and its name was “Abyss Scale Kong.”

“G H O G H O G H O...!” The apelike Abyss Scale Kong roused itself by pounding its scaly chest before leaping toward the man.

“Tch... There’ll probably be more.” The man clicked his tongue before swinging the chain and using the pot at the end like a flail.

With speed and power that would easily obliterate a human being, the weapon flew straight at the Abyss Scale Kong.

“G H U G H O G H O!” However, the monster managed to catch it.

Flexing the muscles on both its arms, it firmly grasped the pot at the end of the chain, exuding a feeling of pride at its victory.

The man, however, only gave it a cold gaze—the sort a professional would give an amateur who failed to even realize they had already lost the match.

He then rubbed his gloved fingers together. It was the same motion that had lit the cigarette, but this time, it created a small ball of flame—a basic fire spell—which quickly flew toward the Abyss Scale Kong.

Though the man’s gloves were custom-made equipment, they were not terribly special. All they did was channel simple fire spells like this one. The only thing that differentiated these gloves from others like them was that this pair had been crafted to prioritize speed over power.

Seeing just how weak the attack was, the Abyss Scale Kong chuckled and simply let it land, confident it would easily withstand the flames.

The ball of fire soon touched the chimera...

...and like the Abyss Albatross Shark only minutes before, it, too, exploded into pieces.

This most certainly wasn’t caused by the power of the fireball—that spell was weak even for low-rank magic.

The explosion had actually come from the Abyss Scale Kong itself—or, to be more precise, the pot that it had touched.

This seemingly plain object was actually an Embryo, and it possessed a skill that could turn any liquid it touched into a lethal explosive. And since most creatures were composed largely of water, they turned into living bombs at even the slightest physical contact.

This Embryo that transformed its enemies into moving fuel canisters was called Great Flame Brewer, Abura-Sumashi... And though it bore the name of a rather unassuming Japanese yokai, it was actually one of the deadliest Embryos in existence.

“Three, four... I see Miro’s still no good at precise movements.”

A moment after he said that, pillars of water shot up into the sky as two more chimeras the size of the Abyss Scale Kong attempted a two-pronged attack against him.

“Guess there’s more of them than usual today too. Form shift.”

The man didn’t even bother to look at their names this time. He just gave his Embryo one simple order.

In response, the pot split neatly in half and flew onto the man’s arms like a pair of bracers.

“G H O O O O O!”

“K H O K H E E E E E!”

Dodging the chimera attacks by a hair’s breadth, he threw a punch at each of them while simultaneously activating the fire magic in his gloves.

The next moment, both creatures detonated, scattering their pieces to the wind.

“I swear, she better not let any more of these past,” he said as he watched the monsters turn to motes of light.

With these two down, he had effortlessly defeated four chimeras. However, this wasn’t because they were weak opponents. These monsters had stats and skills that would put them solidly in the Dragon tier, if not High-Dragon.

The reason they’d been reduced to mere firecrackers was that the man was simply that strong.

He was the Master sent to protect the Seventh Seafloor Excavation Fort—an important Granvaloan base.

He was a Superior, and the strongest man in Granvaloa.

Nicknamed the “Human Bomb,” this man was the Great Admiral, Antimicrobic Soy Sauce.

“Those Mocks sure do like attacking this place, though.” Since he’d accepted this mission, he’d already defeated dozens of such chimeras. He had a higher Mock kill count than even those who were out there actively hunting Abyss Shellder itself.

He had pondered why that could be, but had yet to come up with an answer. Were they attracted to the ruins? Or was it because he was here? It was a true mystery.

“It hasn’t been long since this place was found so we still haven’t fully explored it yet. There are areas behind bulkheads we can’t open... But it’s pretty damn clear this isn’t where the Mocks are coming from. Why are they so interested in it?”

Granvaloa believed that the Abyss series of monsters had been created in an as-yet-undiscovered Eighth Seafloor Excavation Fort and the Great Admiral suspected that the Seventh might have some direct connection to it.

And if not... Is there something here that keeps attracting those chimeras...? Something they just can’t ignore? he wondered, but realized that he would never get an answer until they explored the areas of the ruin they had yet to access.

Suddenly, the water next to the wharf rippled with great intensity.

“Mr. Anti! I cleared the water!”

And with those words, clearly coming from a speaker, a massive head peeked from the sea.

It was the head of a steel golem—no, a giant robot. Based on the head alone, it must have stood at least a hundred metels tall.

A humanoid construct, equipped with large aquatic motors on its back... This, too, was an Embryo—a Superior Embryo known as All-Battle-Ready, Vodyanoy.

“I think I did a really good job in...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.12.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Infinite Dendrogram SP
• Illustrationen: Eri Kuroda
• Übersetzer: Andrew Hodgson
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Schlagworte: Adventure • Fantasy • Future • Light Novel • Sci-fi • vrmmo
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-1546-5 / 1718315465
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-1546-4 / 9781718315464