Murdoch Martinez

**Murdoch Martinez** is a Master currently associated with the Dryfe Imperium.

## Appearance

Murdoch usually dresses in military apparel, and is stated to look like an untidy soldier. He has a habit of smoking cigarettes

## Personality

Murdoch is a military aficionado, with a great love for anything military related.

Since his youth, Murdoch has dreamed of challenging something together with friends and achieving it, but his wish has not come true. After becoming a Superior, Murdoch decided to change the way he behaved, by acting as a veteran soldier in order to obtain friends.

## History

During his younger days, Murdoch won a FPS (first person shooter) solo tournament and a RC car grand prix.

Murdoch began playing *Infinite Dendrogram* to fulfill his dream of playing together with his friends, but due to the nature of his Embryo he was often kicked out from parties. He then became a solo player and raised his job level and strengthened his Embryo in hopes of its evolved form allowing him to team up with people, but four months after starting the game, his Embryo became a generator when it evolved into a high rank Embryo and abandoned its tank form, shocking Murdoch greatly.

He once again tried to join various parties but was kicked out due to his Embryo's abilities being unsuitable for fighting in co-op. Sometime after that, he found a tank in a certain ruin from the pre-ancient civilization and after restoring it, named it Thor Hammer. Murdoch's ability as a solo player increased again after this, and other Masters approached him to start a party, however it failed due to the difference in strength between them. After that, he became the King of Chariots and later his Embryo evolved into a Superior Embryo and gained its ultimate skill. However, after seeing this skill and mistakenly realizing what it said about himself, Murdoch despaired and thought about quitting the game, but he was attacked by Sudden Funeral for the Ignorant Soul, Shigusu, a Mythical UBM that was famous in the areas around the borders of the Huang He Empire, and decided to continue playing if he managed to defeat it.

After his success, Murdoch decided to change his approach at the game by creating a character setting of being an approachable veteran soldier to gain friends, and completing quests in various countries in hopes of being scouted by a major country and becoming friends with other Superiors.

At some point after the first war with the Kingdom of Altar, Murdoch was scouted by the Dryfe Imperium and joined them, with the condition that he be given the rank of Colonel in their army.

## Abilities

### Job

**King of Chariots** (車騎王): A Superior Job of the Pilot grouping from the eastern part of the continent. It specializes in riding horse drawn chariots, (though mechanical tanks are also applicable).

* **Riding Level EX** (騎乗 レベルEX): A passive skill that strengthens the vehicle that the user is riding.
* **Invincible Tank** (無敵戦車): The King of Chariot's ultimate skill. A passive skill that greatly increases the strength and attack power of a tank that the user is currently riding. Although it's a single target skill, it could also be applied to 9 other unmanned tanks of Radio Battalion because they are powered by Thor itself and their systems are linked to Thor Hammer and thus counted as secondary armament of Thor Hammer.

### Embryo

**Thunder God's Container, Thor** (雷神器 トール): A Form VII Type: Advance Embryo that can generate, store and transmit electricity. It takes the form of a ring shaped generator that can fit in the palm of Murdoch's hand. Thor can generate a certain amount of electricity per day at no cost. As a Superior Embryo, it is capable of supplying enough electricity to power a large city. Both wired and wireless transmission of electricity is possible, though the transmitted energy is greatly attentuated when transmitted wirelessly. It is also possible to transmit energy wirelessly into opponents, causing the energy to go directly inside their bodies. When Thor was a low rank Embryo, it was a Type Chariot Embryo that took the form of a tankette, similar in size to the Carro Veloce CV-35. Thor lost access to this form permanently after evolving into a high rank Embryo.

* **Electric Barrier**: A skill that creates an electrical barrier around Murdoch. This skill does not affect Murdoch or his items and can be used in both offense and defense, however fine control is impossible, making it difficult to use in party battles.
* **Thunder God's Afterglow - Thor** (雷神の残照トール): Thor's ultimate skill. An active skill that converts Thor's stored Resources into a program that, after installing it into the target, allows for a certain degree of automation.
	+ **Rail Jump** (電磁縮地レイル・ジャンプ): A program that allows Murdoch to copy the effects of **Rail Jump** on himself in order to move at supersonic speeds. Unlike the **Rail Jump** used by Thor Hammer, this can used repeatedly without any cooldown.
	+ **Auto-Avoidance**: A program that allows Murdoch to automatically evade any attack with the use of **Rail Jump**.

## Trivia

* His item boxes are made to be specifically resistant against electricity.