Chapter 279: Wagyu hunting and the challenge of the dark summoner

Chapter 279: Wagyu hunting and the challenge of the dark summoner

At night, I go to the Yellow Ossa Grasslands 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 slash 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 claws to clamp 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 net 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.

Beef Ribs: Rarity 5 Ingredient Item Quality C+

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.

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 uncomfortable. 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 replay 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, to commit repeated PKs.

Then, when they were accusing 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 become a dark summoner again. They say this despena doesn't occur 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's lame"

And the place 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.

Defense 40

Agility 5254

Dexterity 98102

Skills

Shadow Manipulation Lv11

Flight Lv4

Curse Strike Lv4

Shadow Detection Lv8Lv9

Shadow Movement Lv4Lv5

Shadow Hiding Lv10Lv12

Shadow Binding Lv11Lv13

Shadow Summoning Lv4

Sign Isolation Lv7Lv8

Mimicry Lv5

Night Vision Lv16Lv17

Evil Eye Lv4

Dark Wave Motion Lv1

Dragon Technique Lv3

Dragonification Lv4

Evil Dragon Blessing Lv2Lv3

Name Konoha Snow Owl Lv11Lv13

Vitality 52

Magic Power 7379

Strength 5254

Defense 38

Agility 5559

Dexterity 7278

Skills

Surprise Attack Lv20Lv21

Flying Lv30Lv31

Ice Claw Lv13Lv14

Feather Throwing Lv15Lv16

Night Vision Lv18Lv19

Sign Isolation Lv12Lv14

Wind Magic Lv20

Water Magic Lv15

Ice Magic Lv26

Ice Blade Lv10

Cold Resistance Lv2

Name Sephone Vampire Lv6Lv11

Vitality 2025

Magic Power 2530

Strength 1518

Defense 1213

Agility 1214

Dexterity 2530

Skills

Bloodsucking Lv10

Night Vision Lv12Lv14

Shadow Hiding Lv10Lv12

Shadow Summoning Lv10

Stealth Lv10Lv12

Darkness Magic Lv2Lv4

Night Immortality Lv10

Name Darley Red Hare Lv8Lv10

Vitality 4546

Magic Power 4448

Strength 4950

Defense 30

Agility 114120

Dexterity 72

Skills

Kicking Lv6

Rush Lv12

Raging Flames Lv7

Flame Manipulation Lv8Lv10

Riding Lv23Lv24

Dash Lv17Lv18

Strengthen Horsemanship Lv20Lv21

Rengeki Lv4

Willpower Lv6Lv7

Fighting Spirit Lv6Lv7

Transfer Lv4Lv5

Red Horse Blessing Lv4Lv5