Infinite Dendrogram: Volume 17 by Sakon Kaidou

Author:Sakon Kaidou [KAIDOU, SAKON]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2022-04-07T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven: A Hint

Paladin, Ray Starling

“So the answer is a date on the Gregorian calendar,” I said.

“Yep,” Alto nodded. “That seemed likely since it was eight digits, so this just confirms it.”

“Yeah.” Having found our first hint, we were now walking along the shore looking for more of them.

On the one hand, we had nowhere to hide out here...but on the other, neither did anyone approaching us. I looked around and didn’t see any place our potential ambushers could be lurking. There were some trees growing around a nearby river, but not enough to act as cover for anyone waiting to attack us. On top of that, Juliet was flying right above us, looking out for any potential threats. I told her that those AA beams made it dangerous, but she insisted that she could evade them now that she knew about them.

“...The hint we were given before we were transported here was ‘Don’t forget the name of this event,’ wasn’t it?” I said as I remembered the event’s name—The Anniversary.

“Yeah,” said Alto. “If that’s a hint, then I guess the answer might be...Dendro’s release date?”

“Perhaps there is a hint that reveals exactly which anniversary they are referring to,” said Nemesis. “We need to gather more.”

Right now, it felt like we only had one point of a polygon. We couldn’t know the true shape without getting a couple more points.

“Mine eyes bore witness to a guidestone pale as death—one that may yet deliver us to glory.”

“You found the next hint, huh?”

Juliet just landed and said, “I saw a stone that looked as white as the rocky area from earlier. I think it’s a hint.”

Flying really was useful for looking out for enemies and searching for hints. Maybe there were other hints that could only be seen while on the ground?

Anyway, Juliet led us to the place she’d spotted—a sandy beach in the event area’s south.

However, it had already been destroyed.

Patches of sand had been melted by some kind of heat attack, and the resulting glass was still warm.

It was clear that someone had fought here, and I had an idea who it might have been...

“...The Master with the anti-air attacks,” I said. This damage had probably been done by the very same person who’d shot down one Master right before my very eyes and had later brought down Juliet.

He, or maybe she...they’d probably fought here and been defeated. If they’d won, Juliet would’ve obviously been shot at again.

The fact that we could safely take to the sky now was good news for us.

“And the hint you mentioned is...over there?”

We drew closer to the sea, where there stood a large stone monument. On it, there was text, just like there had been in that rocky area.

“‘Each person’s answer may differ,’ huh?”

“Well, then it can’t be the release date!” said Alto. “Dendro came out at the same time worldwide.”

“The feast marking one’s first breath,” said Juliet.

“Yeah. Most people have different birthdays, so it may be that. The fact that plates with ‘2’

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