Chapter 279: Wagyu hunting and the challenge of the dark summoner<hr>
    At night, I go to the Yellow Ossa Grasnds to hunt Wagyu. If I don''t kill this guy, I won''t be able to move on. So the members are Ix, Nowa, Sephone Konoha and Darley.
    That''s how we''re going to finish it off!
    First, I need to make the first move.
    Ix, Nowa, and Konoha will be searching for the enemy. I''ll hold Scarlet Ring and stand by.
    After a while, Ix spots them.
    "Master. We found a small enemy. It''s probably a Wagyu"
    "Well done! Ix! Konoha, cover me from the air. Nowa and Sephone, you take my shadow...and Nowa, block their movement if you can. Ix, take aim with the gun and Sephone, attack"
    "...N"
    "Leave it to me!"
    "I understand the mission. Master"
    They all nodded and I headed over under Ix''s direction and found Wagyu! It hasn''t noticed me yet! I got it!
    "Teleport!"
    With Darley and Ix, I teleported between the grass and the Wagyu, where the Wagyu would have fled to.
    And I sh through it with my Scarlet Ring. But the response was strange...it felt like I was cutting steel. What the hell is this?
    Of course, the Wagyu is still alive and it burns under the effects of Scarlet Ring as it runs away. Wait, wait, wait! Leave the meat!
    Konoha stands in the direction of its escape and uses feather throwing at it, but it runs away without a care in the world.
    "Hoo!"
    Konoha uses his ice ws to mp down on Wagyu''s head, ready to throw it away.
    "...Shadow Binding!"
    Nowa was in time thanks to Konoha''s time. I thought there was a match with this, but it was still trying to escape.
    It''s as if it''s trying to tell us that it can''t be easily eaten.
    "Leave it to Mistress! I''ll suck it up"
    Sephone bites the Wagyu. Then Sephone rolls around.
    "It''s so hard! My teeth! My mistress''s teeth!"
    It''s an enemy I couldn''t cut with my scarlet ring. I''m sure you know what happens when you bite, but I gave the order. It''s my fault for not stopping her.
    "Sephone, try debuffing it with dark magic"
    "Uu...ok, okay..."
    I''m going to try some abnormal condition magic, but it won''t work. It''s too tough...it''s no use. It takes time, but I''m doing damage. I alternated between Bottomless Swamp and Nowa''s Shadow Binding to buy some time and managed to finish it off by beating it into a pulp.
    I wanted to use the flight magic I had seen in the duel, so I mainly used wind magic. Then came the level-up, which felt unusual. This is the same phenomenon as with the sheep.
    There''s a lot of experience with the ones that run away fast and are hard to kill. So I''d like to hunt them, including leveling up, but how do I stabilize them?
    "Master. Couldn''t Lily-oneesama''s hammer have done the trick?"
    "I don''t know. It''s a hard enemy, so I think it would work. It''s just that it''s not mineral, so I doubt physical destruction would be effective"
    "That makes sense"
    It seems that physical destruction is a skill that works on minerals. It won''t work on the living, so it won''t be effective.
    "I guess we''ll have to stop them from moving and keep attacking them..."
    I''m not sure if I should choose a snake or a spider. But if they run away, there''s nothing I can do...what should I do? Ah, there was the stun gun with Ix''s weapon. If that''s the case, it won''t be able to escape and I feel like I''m going to go.
    At any rate, I''ll dismantle it.
    <b>Beef Ribs: Rarity 5 Ingredient Item Quality C+</b>
    <b>The meat around the ribs of a cow. Also known as kalbi. Compared to the middle rib, it has more lean meat, making it the best meat for barbeque.</b>
    I got ribs! We did it! This is...that. It means I can get all kinds of parts! And I guess sirloin, ribeye and filet are very rare.
    But fortunately for us, the size of the meat was the same as usual. I was relieved to see that it was the same as normal.
    After that, our search for Wagyu ended without showing up. It seems that the road to sirloin is quite tough.
    When I returned to Liebling, I found everyone and Takuma in some kind of dispute. Apparently, they were arguing about me.
    "I''m back. What''s wrong?"
    I asked and they all looked ufortable. What is it? I''ve never had such a bad feeling about anything.
    Then Lily breaks the mood.
    "The Dark Summoner is fighting with Lily and the others!?"
    "Lily-chan!!"
    Mel presses down on Lily''s mouth. I see...that should be a problem.
    "I want to hear your story"
    "N, Not good"
    "Mel...it''s only a matter of time before the other person has targeted me, right?"
    "Th, That''s true, but..."
    Mel and the others must know that if I fight those guys, it will be a rey of Arthur''s battle.
    "Takuto! Lily will fight! She''ll never lose!"
    Lily is getting really motivated. I was briefed by everyone.
    First of all, the dark summoners have been using the summoned beasts they stole from the event...Rook''s Orc, Aroma''s Angel, etc, tomit repeated PKs.
    Then, when they were using them on the bulletin board, the dark summoners wrote that if they wanted their precious summoned beasts back, they would have to beat them in a duel or PK.
    I asked at the Beastmaster''s Guild and they said that''s true...but for that to happen, the summoner or summoned beast has to defeat the dark summoner. If the dark summoner is defeated by PK, the summoner can never be a dark summoner again. They say this despena doesn''t ur in duel"
    I see...so there''s a risk there too. Alma speaks regretfully instead of Rook.
    "It''s probably because they know that...they refused to fight us again and wrote to Takuto and Lily to fight them...they don''t care about our summoned beasts"
    They wanted to get their own summoned beasts back by themselves...if it were me, I would have done that.
    "So do we know anything about the duel?"
    "The location is the Reich Empire''s Colosseum. The rules are almost the same but the use of magic swords is prohibited"
    "They''re getting carried away, but they''re going to forbid the use of magic swords...that''sme"
    And the ce of the duel is the Colosseum...
    Rekka responses to my words.
    "If they win and you get more disappointed, they want a magic sword as a reward"
    "Hee...indeed"
    It''ll give me the risk of losing Lily and the magic sword. The other side has the risk of losing the dark summoner job and the release of the summoned beast that was stolen.
    "I understand. I''ll take it"
    "That''s Takuto!"
    Lily is delighted and Ruin-san confirms it.
    "...It''s okay, isn''t it?"
    "Yes. Aroma fought for the summoned beasts, but I can''t run away and I''m not going to keep quiet after they picked a fight"
    Aroma is surprised. Aroma should have given up. And yet he fought. Why? I guess because he saw that the summoned beasts were being booed by the other yers and wanted to do something about it.
    The result was a loss, but I want to thank Aroma for his action. So I want to respond to his courage.
    I said to Mel, who was in pain.
    "I''m sorry for worrying you, but you know I don''t fight battles I can''t win"
    "Haa~...Takuto-kun is surprisingly stubborn...I understand. But you have to promise me one thing"
    "What is it?"
    "If you lose, you have to quit this game"
    Everyone was surprised. Mel is so worried about me. Then I have my answer.
    "Okay. I promise"
    And so the duel between me and the dark summoners was decided.
    And I decided to tell everyone about my hypothesis for this duel.<hr>
    <b><i>Name Takuto Love Summoner Lv5</i></b>
    Vitality 70
    Magic Power 139
    Strength 60
    Defense 40
    Agility 60
    Dexterity 102
    <b><i>Skills</i></b>
    Fighting Lv9
    Kicking Lv16
    Staff Lv22
    One-handed Sword Lv23
    Spear Lv15
    Katana Lv7
    Throwing Lv7
    High-Speed Chanting Lv27
    Summoning Magic Lv31
    Seal Magic Lv13
    Horsemanship Lv21Lv22
    Alchemy Lv20
    Mining Lv20
    Logging Lv33
    Dismantling Lv36Lv37
    Appraisal Lv23Lv24
    Identification Lv30
    Wind Magic Lv26Lv27
    me Magic Lv1
    Earth Magic Lv24
    Sea Magic Lv1
    Dark Magic Lv22Lv24
    Sacred Magic Lv8
    Lightning Magic Lv24Lv25
    Explosion Magic Lv26
    Wood Magic Lv24Lv25
    Ice Magic Lv25Lv26
    Space-time Magic Lv39
    Underwater Action Lv5
    Reading Lv12
    Cooking Lv35
    Feeding Lv8
    Fishing Lv18
    Synchro Lv15
    Cooperation Lv4<hr>
    <b><i>Name Ix Ex Machina Lv37Lv39</i></b>
    Vitality 6971
    Magic Power 6971
    Strength 5456
    Defense 5456
    Agility 5456
    Dexterity 5456
    <b><i>Skills</i></b>
    Machina Armament Lv14Lv15
    Analysis Lv5
    Detection Lv14Lv15
    Conversion Lv4
    Link Lv7
    Magic Recharge Lv5<hr>
    <b><i>Name Nowa Dragonewt Obsession Lv5Lv7</i></b>
    Vitality 6061
    Magic Power 108114
    Strength 4546
    Defense 40
    Agility 5254
    Dexterity 98102
    <b><i>Skills</i></b>
    Shadow Maniption Lv11
    Flight Lv4
    Curse Strike Lv4
    Shadow Detection Lv8Lv9
    Shadow Movement Lv4Lv5
    Shadow Hiding Lv10Lv12
    Shadow Binding Lv11Lv13
    Shadow Summoning Lv4
    Sign Istion Lv7Lv8
    Mimicry Lv5
    Night Vision Lv16Lv17
    Evil Eye Lv4
    Dark Wave Motion Lv1
    Dragon Technique Lv3
    Dragonification Lv4
    Evil Dragon Blessing Lv2Lv3<hr>
    <b><i>Name Konoha Snow Owl Lv11Lv13</i></b>
    Vitality 52
    Magic Power 7379
    Strength 5254
    Defense 38
    Agility 5559
    Dexterity 7278
    <b><i>Skills</i></b>
    Surprise Attack Lv20Lv21
    Flying Lv30Lv31
    Ice w Lv13Lv14
    Feather Throwing Lv15Lv16
    Night Vision Lv18Lv19
    Sign Istion Lv12Lv14
    Wind Magic Lv20
    Water Magic Lv15
    Ice Magic Lv26
    Ice de Lv10
    Cold Resistance Lv2<hr>
    <b><i>Name Sephone Vampire Lv6Lv11</i></b>
    Vitality 2025
    Magic Power 2530
    Strength 1518
    Defense 1213
    Agility 1214
    Dexterity 2530
    <b><i>Skills</i></b>
    Bloodsucking Lv10
    Night Vision Lv12Lv14
    Shadow Hiding Lv10Lv12
    Shadow Summoning Lv10
    Stealth Lv10Lv12
    Darkness Magic Lv2Lv4
    Night Immortality Lv10<hr>
    <b><i>Name Darley Red Hare Lv8Lv10</i></b>
    Vitality 4546
    Magic Power 4448
    Strength 4950
    Defense 30
    Agility 114120
    Dexterity 72
    <b><i>Skills</i></b>
    Kicking Lv6
    Rush Lv12
    Raging mes Lv7
    me Maniption Lv8Lv10
    Riding Lv23Lv24
    Dash Lv17Lv18
    Strengthen Horsemanship Lv20Lv21
    Rengeki Lv4
    Willpower Lv6Lv7
    Fighting Spirit Lv6Lv7
    Transfer Lv4Lv5
    Red Horse Blessing Lv4Lv5