The End of Life's melee attacks are mainly slashes using long claws. They look large and humanoid, so the claws may not seem very strong, but the claws of the end of the world are stronger than Daryl's heavy armor from the treasure chest. And yet, even if you thrust it against the large shield, it still bounces around without breaking, and then it slips and dodges.


''Huh!''


　With just a tracing slash on his arm protected by heavy armor, Daryl was flung wide and backed away. This attack, which is tough to prevent, was difficult to handle, and Bittman still seemed to be struggling with it. That's why this time they brought Daryl, who has the highest VIT in the infinite circle, rather than technology, with them.

　And at the point when the large shield is displaced, Daryl's eyes meet with Naraku's. Then he felt an uncomfortable feeling in the center of his body, in his stomach.

　Daryl was petrified after making eye contact with the magical eye of petrification that the Narrowing Edge possessed. However, this was not enough to kill him. Immediately Daryl looked away and the petrification process stopped.

　When Aldoret Crow experimented, the petrification commonly begins to progress from the center of the body. And if the third minute is right, the petrification has completely progressed and is treated as death. However, the body becomes difficult to move in one minute, and then progresses until you can't move in two minutes, so in effect, two minutes is the time limit.


"Daryl, did you petrify?
Yes!
Give me a shout if you have trouble moving and I'll fix it.


　Tsutomu, who had been observing Daryl and the end of his life, said that over the loudspeaker, and was layering an insurance barrier on his own body. The stacking of barriers that he had also done during the Mount Golem battle. This is because by keeping it in the early stages of the game, when there is plenty of time to spare, it may come into play at the end of the game.

　That's why I won't grant skills to Diniel, who doesn't feel the need for support yet, and I won't cure Daryl's petrified state anytime soon either. While it's important to provide perfect support and healing to all PT members, it's also a necessary quality for a healer to be able to take hate into account when dealing with a difficult opponent. Especially at the end of the game, excessive support recovery will earn you extra hate and make it harder on your tank.

　As Tsutomu floated on the fly and looked at the situation, Narashige raised his hands as if praying to the heavens with a shout after releasing Daryl with his claws. At the point where he heard that voice, Tsutomu moved in the sky above and gave instructions.


'Whole attack three, Leleia right from there. Daryl is in a defensive stance. Hannah, stay with me.


　Contrary to the figure of Naraku's praying to the heavens, black spots like hair begin to grow all at once from the ground rather than from the sky. Since they had practiced evading the entire attack beforehand, Leleia, who was near the Narated Ends, followed Tsutomu's instructions, and Diniel, who was sniping from a distance, was also quick to respond. However, Daryl was right after being blown up by the Narated End's attack, so he couldn't evade in time.


''Da, Daryl, are you alright!
No problem.


　While answering Hannah's question in an impatient voice without looking back, Tsutomu checked the black spot below and Daryl's position and pointed his staff at her. Daryl then kicked the ground and floated in the air with his fly, his head facing down and his large shield at the ready.


'Heel.'


　At the moment Tsutomu uttered the name of the skill, jet black needles were shot out of the black spot on the ground all at once. The needles struck the large shield that Daryl is holding downward, and countless hard sounds resounded as they struck the legs and other parts of the body that were protruding. As it is, the black needles fired in rapid succession sent it flying into the sky.

　However, the heavy armor that Daryl wears does not allow the needle to pass through, and his own VIT is high enough to protect his head, so he did not receive any serious injuries. Besides, the heels were set up to match Daryl's rear as he was blown up into the sky, so the pain of the bruises had already disappeared.


''Combat Cry!''


　A red fighting spirit, uncolored and sharpened like a spear, was released and stabbed into the end of the world. Then the end of the world spread out its skeleton-like wings and soared into the sky and attacked Daryl.

　I'm not very good at aerial combat, so Daryl was prepared to get hit by a bullet, so he turned his face down and headed for the ground, catching his five finger claws in the heavy armor, but he landed on the ground and rolled forward to escape the impact. He quickly looked back up into the sky as he was heeled from behind, but that's where his eyes met again, and he quickly dropped his gaze as he felt the petrification going on.


'Rain Arrow,'


　Then, aiming at the end of the world, Diniel fired a single arrow from the ground as it gained momentum from the air. Then the arrow spreads out just above the end of the world, and it rains down like rain. Rain Arrows are more DPS efficient if you hit the base of the arrow before it diffuses, but she did it naturally.


'Sylph, I'll need your help.
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　As soon as the rain of arrows rained down to crush the end of the world, and fell to the ground, Leleia moved to glide across the ground with the help of the wind spirit, the sylph, and the wind force. She swung her wind-clad fine sword and chopped it up as she ran up from under her feet.


''Oops........oh, is this still not good enough?''


　Leleia glanced at the adult with her hands on the ground, and she looked away, but she couldn't see that the decision wasn't off, and their eyes met for ten seconds. When he realized this, he turned his head to the side as far as he could, and the end of the line also cut his gaze from Leleia and headed down to Daryl.

　Then Leleia also felt an uncomfortable feeling in her abdomen, so she hooked her fingers over the chest of her innerwear and peeked at it, and saw that it was showing signs of petrification. When she touched the petrification that was progressing from her navel to a spherical shape, it was rough when she touched it, and it didn't seem to be her own body.


'Leleia, can you still move?'
No problem. I'll call out to you if it doesn't look good.
Nice to meet you.


　Tsutomu, who had been watching Leleia with a sideways glance, returns in a lighter tone and returns to observing Naraku and Daryl again. Narashina's eyes glow dimly when she makes eye contact with someone, so each of them are trying to figure out how many seconds it takes for their support skills to be effective as well.


(d*mn specs. It's tedious.)


　Whether it's the always-activated magic eye or the pale glow in your eyes, "Live Dungeon! Tsutomu doesn't disgustingly disrupt the management of seconds of support recovery, a specification that was not present in the When Tsutomu, who no longer measures the time at the same level as breathing, continues to support recovery and check the war situation, when he sees a preliminary movement for a general attack from above, he informs everyone of the type of attack and moves to a safe zone.

　Three of the five types of total attacks will fall from the sky, so there will be less time to avoid them if you are flying with a fly. However, the shouting, one of the preliminary movements, is ingrained in Tsutomu's ears, so he is able to grasp the types of general attacks before anyone else does. For this reason, Tsutomu is the only one who floats above the sky and avoids the entire attack while issuing instructions.

　Therefore, if they imitate Tsutomu's actions, they will not be attacked by the entire group. Then Tsutomu checked with Hannah, who was following behind him, and asked, "Is it time to go?


''Can we go now?''
It's been a long time coming!　I'm ready whenever you are!
'Then switch with Daryl. Don't use the Fist of Demonryu until instructed to do so. If you have to use it in a situation where you have to, you can use it, but if you've made the wrong decision.......
I know that. If I take another pay cut, I won't be able to survive.
Okay. Go ahead.
Hey!


　In order to earn hate, Hannah wore a Combat Cry on her body and plunged into the end of her life. From then on, she earned hate while using Count Buster, which increases in power with each combo, as her mainstay, and was replaced by Daryl in a few minutes.


''Daryl, turn around.


　After calling Daryl, who was sweating a little, into the air, Tsutomu called Daryl into the air and gave them all supportive recovery, he took off his heavy armor and rolled up his innerwear from the front to check the progress of petrification. Daryl's muscular belly, which had been eye-to-eye with Naraku for about forty seconds, was already petrified on most of its surface.


'Are you in pain?'
Not really.
How's it holding up so far?
'When I twist my body, it feels like my surface muscles are stiff. But at this level, I don't have that much of a problem.
Well, then, about 50 seconds is the line. Yes, I'm better.


　While applying and releasing the medic on Daryl, who was already pale white due to the petrification of his torso, Tsutomu concluded that about the petrification and slapped his back, which had returned to a healthy skin tone. Then he helped him put on the heavy armor while checking the status of the PT members again.


'I knew it, it looks like Hannah won't be able to catch up with the end of her life.
That's great.


　I've been following Hannah, who is taking the hate, with my eyes, but so far I haven't been able to keep up with her. It's difficult to follow Hannah's slow aerial maneuvers using both her blue wings and fly with her eyes if she's not used to it. Tsutomu also had a hard time following her movements when she got serious.

　He dodged a slash with his claws in between and delivered a kick to her face, and before she could see him, he had already moved behind her. When he tried to turn around again, he ducked underneath his feet and dealt blows with his equipped basket hand while moving in the direction of the hasten Tsutomu had set up.


'You're skipping too much,'


　Tsutomu complains to Hannah, who is at full force from the start, but sets the medic in the direction she's going and flies an additional heist at Leleia. Daryl watches the scene as he catches his breath and observes it as well.

　The early stand-up is a video of Aldoret Crow's actual battle and Tsutomu's "Live Dungeon! We haven't had any problems so far, as it's been boiled down to a practice made with the knowledge of Then Daryl took over early, as he saw that Hannah was tired from giving it her all, so she wasn't in a tight spot.


'You'll have to maintain some fitness next time. The real work is yet to come.
Oh, whoa...


　Hanna, who is being medicated while being given a reluctant look by Tsutomu, looked breathless, and managed to nod while flapping her blue wings with no effort.


　ooh.


"Everybody turn around and make a move on Daryl!　Don't look back if you have to make eye contact with the end of the world!　If it's in your line of sight, even on your side, you're dead!


　After experiencing five different types of Narure's overall attacks in the early game, he had gotten used to not making eye contact with Narure's entirety, enough to be able to settle with enough petrification to not interfere with his movements. Tsutomu shouted that when he saw the purple qi coming out behind Narure's back.

''Live dungeon!'' Then this attack was what was known as Petrification's Magic Eye, which creates a ki that resembles a giant purple eye. If you make eye contact with it, your petrification will progress in an instant and you will die instantly, a terrifying attack.

　However, in this world, even if you make eye contact with the Narrow Gap, the petrification will progress, and it will also move without a care in the world even after the purple magic eye is released. Even now, the mature end of the world is still attacking the PT members who have their backs to the opened purple eye, looking into it as they approach Daryl.

　With the Purple Magic Eye in place and unable to see behind them, the situation where they had to fight with the Naraku no Hinkaku is quite disadvantageous. Although the effect time of the Purple Magic Eye is short, ten seconds after the eye is opened, but the situation of instant death if you see it is tense.


''Whole attack 4!


　On top of that, they sometimes attack as a whole, so it's difficult to avoid them if you don't know exactly what their range is. You'll never be able to see in the direction of the purple magic eye, and if you make too much eye contact with the Naraku, you'll become petrified and unable to move. Even if the attacker is hit by a ranged attack, the attacker can be seriously injured and even the healer can be killed instantly, so you will have to survive if you don't get through all three.

　However, in order to get through this situation, Tsutomu and his PT members have been practicing to avoid all attacks for the past two weeks. Besides, the PT members, who had begun to get used to avoiding the entire attack dozens of times before coming this far, were able to grasp and move out of the range of the entire attack without looking in the direction of the purple magic eye and the end of the world.


''It's scary!''
I'm more scared of you than you are of me.


　Among them, Hanna was the only one who was able to meditate and move with Tsutomu's hand, but as a result, she was also able to surpass the pattern that Aldrete Crow had been struggling with before reaching the middle of the game. It was unfortunate that the purple magic eye was overlaid with an entire attack, but it was great that we were able to get through the worst pattern with some petrification progression.


(From here on out, it's an unknown. Please, don't act like you don't know what you're doing.)


　But that's as far as I was able to prep for Aldoret Crow's actual battle. Tsutomu is "Live Dungeon! knowledge of the end of the world, but the monsters in this world sometimes have unknown behaviors and specifications. As such, they must be carefully insured, and there is no room for a single mistake.


''Medic.''


　Check the progress of the petrification while watching the eyes of the Narrowing Edge, mainly Daryl and Hannah. The three of them, mainly Leleia, who are occasionally glimpsed near the mature end of the world, will release the petrification to the extent that it does not become difficult to move. Although it could always be made to heal completely, Tsutomu had made it a priority to create an insurance barrier.


''~~!


　That, and anyone who was caught in a state of silence that made them blind and unable to speak, needed to be cured immediately. Therefore, those who saw the entire attack from above and thought they were going to be hit by black smoke were sent a medic beforehand, and were cured of their silent state within seconds.

　The person in question, Tsutomu, was going to use the countermeasures Stephanie was taking when he was in a state of silence, but so far, he had never been hit. The location of the black smoke is completely random, but even so, Tsutomu's intuition is keen, as he has defeated hundreds of the mature ones. As a result of moving according to his senses, he hadn't been in a state of silence yet.

　However, the situation in the PT got worse with each successive combination of the purple magic eye and the overall attack, and in the midst of it all, Daryl was hit in succession, causing the situation to almost collapse.


''Hah!''


　But when Daryl was in a tight spot, Leleia, who was nearby, created an opening by frightening the adult end of the world with her spirit magic using the sylph. Then, after Diniel let out a strong sound of string tension, the arrow he released shot out precisely through the eyes of the mature end of the world.


''Yaaaaaah!


　Although the eyes of the end of the world can be destroyed, they have the ability to regenerate eventually. But even so, he knows a lot about his own magical eye, and the end of the world is unusually wary of the eye. But even in the midst of that, Diniel shot out the eyes of the mature ones. Following that, Hannah hit one attack after another to take out the hate and keep the adult end away from Daryl.


''Oh, thank you!''
No need to thank me. Have a potion.


　Leleia opened the potion bottle and handed it to Daryl, who was unlucky enough to get hit by the entire attack in succession, and headed over with Sylph to cover Hannah. And Tsutomu, who has an Undine peeking out of his right pocket, went all the way down from the sky while sending multiple medic to Daryl.


'Honestly, that was just bad luck in terms of location. Thanks to Leleia, we'll switch it up.


　When you have an entire attack in addition to your own attack, there are situations where it is impossible to avoid. For that reason, Tsutomu, who called out to Daryl with an air of naturalness, lightly tapped his shoulder to encourage him.

　It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for. In terms of points, it would be a good standing to say one hundred and twenty points. Because of the high risk of the avoidance tank, when it works, it works extremely well.

　Daryl, on the other hand, is at the mercy of the whip-like claws of the end of his life, and is not able to avoid the entire attack. However, even Bittman is the same, so he can score about 60 points. However, Daryl himself was aware of this large difference, and it seemed to Tsutomu that he was slowly losing confidence in his movements.

　The receiving tank, coupled with its high VIT, is able to take on a whole lot more monster attacks than an ordinary person, but no matter how sturdy its body is, it can't help if its heart is broken. Besides, he had been broken by a mounted golem before, so there was a part of him that was cautious about it.

　However, Daryl smiled at such Tsutomu with a two-fingered smile.


''It's okay!　Sure, Hannah and Leleia are awesome, but I'll do what I can do!
What, you didn't need to encourage him?
...but I was almost crushed with apologies.
'I don't know about Leia and Diniel, but I don't care about Hannah. And I can recover as much support as I want, so don't worry if you keep getting hit. We'll all break through the ninety levels together. So for now, just rest until Hannah gets tired.
Yes!


　Thinking that it was unnecessary, Tsutomu went up into the sky again and continued to give instructions to the entire group and recover support. After that, the combination of the Naraku installation magic eye and the overall attack continued, but it was difficult to avoid all of them, so at least the petrification was inevitable.


''My aim is off, I want you to heal me.
Yes, sir.


　He thought that petrification could be disarmed later until it accumulated for fifty seconds, but Diniel didn't like the slightest shift in physical sensation caused by petrification. Tsutomu also disarmed it because he didn't want the petrification to delay his movement with the overall attack even slightly due to his low AGI, so he was thinking about the endgame, which he would be able to do soon, while medicating her to avoid being petrified at all times as well.


(There would be more new overall attacks from the endgame, and more weapons and restraint attacks. I'll have to avoid them while I'm surprised...)


　As I was looking at the situation of the battle while thinking about this, the movement of the mature one suddenly stopped with a snap. It is like a string puppet that has lost its manipulator and is lying face down.


"...all hands on deck!　I've never seen this move before!


　That move was also made on the God's Table, in "Live Dungeon! But he'd never seen it before, so Tsutomu immediately went on alert. And then he observes the end of the world thoroughly so as not to miss his every move as he rises as if suspended by wires.

　Then, a thin light starts to leak out from the end of the world, and at the end, a tremendous amount of white light is emitted from the mouth and eyes.


''Yaaaaaah!''
What?


　At the same time as that cry, Hannah, who was resting near Tsutomu, let out a cry of surprise. Her skin quickly turned gray, and when Tsutomu turned around, she was completely petrified.


'Medic!'


　Surprised by the event, Tsutomu quickly released his medic, but Hannah's petrification showed no signs of healing. Then his face cracked with a pissy crack, and the lifeless stone statue collapsed, leaving only his equipment behind.

　Quickly checking the situation around them, I found that Daryl and Leleia had already turned into silent stone statues as well. Only Diniel, who was near Leleia, was safe and looked surprised at her sudden transformation into a stone statue. And Tsutomu was not petrified either.

　The Narutei floating in the pitch-black sky curled up and didn't move as it had appeared, perhaps as a reaction to the attack when the light subsided. But such things would not help. To be taken by an unknown attack and take three people with it, it was completely unexpected.


(..........Screw you. What was that attack!　All three of you melted at once!　First time killers are a good place to start, dammit!


　Tsutomu was poisoned by the unreasonableness of the attack, which he had never seen from Naraku, and immediately made a calculation to start counting down the seconds of resuscitation time to rebuild. And when he saw that the end of the world that had stopped in the sky began to move, he sped up his thinking and instructed Diniel, who was being targeted.


''Diniel!　Buy me some time!　Rebuild!


　Diniel, who had a divine look on his face at Tsutomu's voice, turned his bow upwards, albeit slightly. However, he quickly lowered it and sighed a single sigh, and began to put the bow he had finally finished adjusting into his magic bag, as well as the equipment of the white cloth that he had put away in his magic bag.

　Tsutomu, who sensed her emotions with this action, involuntarily turned into a desperate form and shouted.


''Dinielle!　It's not over yet!
No, I can't.
'Not impossible!　I'll make it up!
You're wasting time and equipment. We should pack up our gear as soon as possible. He's got a barrier and you can collect them.


　Diniel, whose eyes were no longer as unmotivated as they had been in the Clan House, quickly finished putting his equipment into his magic bag. Then he turned away from Tsutomu, who was trying to persuade him, and stared at the end of his life, coming towards him from the sky.


''Good night.''


　At the end of those words, Diniel was slashed by the claws of a mature man and his body was cut into three equal parts, and the blood that flew from the momentum of the slash stuck to Tsutomu's cheek. The blood shimmered like sandy gold and turned into particles of light and disappeared.