After dinner and a bath, it's time for the battle! Log into the game.

Let's start with the food. High cooking buffs with a title, I'll make it.

The dish I made was a classic cooking challenge using ground beef. That's it!

Cream stewed hamburgers: rare 6 dishes Quality C-
Effect: 60% recovery of satiety, 2 hours muscle strength (large), 2 hours magic power (large)
A beef hamburger cooked down in a cream sauce with lots of vegetables.

I'm looking smug, but I don't have any breadcrumbs or red wine to remove the smell yet, so this dish isn't finished. Still, the effect and the results are pretty good. The result....

Slack.

Lily and her friends are having a hard time at the counter. It doesn't matter if you're a fish person like Aeon or a vegetable person like Setia, the situation is the same.

And the players are no exception.

''What about our portion?''

'There can't be... how many of my summonses do you think are out there?'

And a gluttonous one at that! Well, if I had used the beef I delivered to the Adventurer's Guild, I might have had some left over...

'Delicious~!

There's no way it's going to stay...or so I thought when I saw how much Lily and the others were eating.

Then I made the vegetable juice that I promised Setia I'd make.

Carrot and Tomato Vegetable Drink: rare 3 Cooking Quality E-
Effect: Restore 10% of fullness and increase magic power for 1 hour (medium)
Carrot and tomato vegetable drink.

I went out of my way to create it with a juicer from the Battleship cafeteria. I tasted it and drank it, but it wasn't much different from reality. I didn't have time to make it, so it was completely skimpy, but Setia was still happy to drink it.

As I was giving it to Grey and the others, suddenly the Hawkman knights who had been alerted to the skies above Freetia announced an enemy attack. The zombies shouldn't be in sight yet!

"Enemy attack!　There's a horde of monsters closing in on us from the Deep Red Wilderness area!

The timing is obviously odd... and the name of an entity we'll never forget goes up.

'At the head of the pack we see Skull Ortros!　It's closing in on Freetia at tremendous speed!

There were also other skull elephants confirmed, but the biggest challenge would be Skull Ortros.

Tact.

Gow.

Lilly and Gray look at me. Yeah, I know. Skull Ortolos is what we get!

We are going to finish off the Skull Ortros.

Are you guys going to be able to handle this by yourselves?

Mr. Lewin and the others know that we've lost once.

''It's okay. This time we're fighting outside.

If you come out of the small cave with a sawtooth, I'll gladly beat you all to a pulp.

''You all need to take out the Skull Elephant first. That one's probably the trickiest, you know.

Mel, Lewin-san agrees.

'Sure, if they rushed the city walls, the walls might break down. Or rather, don't think that's what they're trying to do.'

''I'm sure... then we'll take down the Skull Elephant first for now!

The players are going to make their own moves. I'll leave the command to Ruin. Freetia's knights will probably join us, but I've learned from the bulletin board that the experience of the monsters we kill is not reflected in our experience.

So I'll have to kill them all by myself. That's why I call Luke and his friends.

'What is it?　Mr. Takuto. Well, I don't think he's going to ask us to fight Skull Ortros.

'How could you say that?　That's what we got.

And, of course!

But I want everyone to kill at least two skull-elephants.

The summoners froze.

'Impossible, impossible, impossible!

We've got to bring everyone together, okay?　What if you can't do that much? Besides, you didn't become a third evolution after all in the fight against Sand Ant, did you?

Ugh.

In fact, even in that battle, Luke and the others hadn't become the third evolution. In a way, today is their last chance. So I hope you'll do your best.

Well then, shall we go to meet our nemesis?

I get on Hicks and hold my spear. I'll ask Princess Sarah on the castle wall to do me a favor.

''It's Skull-Orthros, can you leave it to us?

'What?　I don't mind that, but it's a pretty strong opponent.

I know. He's already beaten us once. That's why we want to finish him off.

I see... that makes sense. But Skullorthros is a beast that can go beyond the city walls. If you come close to us, we will have to attack.

I won't let you get close. I won't let you get anywhere near it.

He went with Lily and the others to defeat Skull Ortoloth.

We catch Skull Ortolos visually. First, a greeting from me!

Pile bunker!

A pile bunker hits one of the two Skull Ortolos between the eyes of the face. But it's still hard as ever. But it succeeded in distracting Skull Ortolos.

While Skull Ortolos fires a barrage of fireballs, Hix ducks everything and gets some distance from Skull Ortolos. So I summon Legion once again. I challenge them with Lily, Ion, Setia, Love Fire, Ix, Nowa, Livina, Lian, Bran, Mir, Iyuki, Gray, Toratetsu, Konoha, Chess, Byakuya, Gale, Yuu Fang, Kurotetsu, Sabik, Rikyu, Puyosuke, Locomoco, Airy, Foxko, Luna, Hix, Stra, and Dian.

Black Iron provokes and Skull-Orthros comes towards us. This guy is definitely a formidable foe, challenging these members without fear. That's why we won't show any mercy either.

The Skull Ortolos is going to use fire breathers on us. That won't work against us now!

"Puyosuke!

Puyosuke's shape transforms and becomes a wall. Fire attacks don't work on Puyosuke. And Puyosuke also has a provocation effect.

Skull Orthros will try to bite Puyosuke, but physical attacks won't work on him either. The evolved Puyosuke is a natural enemy of Galum and Skull Ortolos.

But apparently Skull Ortolos is not only fire-attributed. A purple magic circle is generated. Dark magic or... you think they'll let it happen?

"Rune magic!

The magic is sealed and Skull Ortolos glares at me. Oooh, are you mad at me, by any chance? But they can't attack, can they? And you think you can afford to stare me down?

Skull Ortolos is frightened as a black iron-esque rocket punch explodes. It's just a big one that doesn't get blown up. But now it's a dead end.

Sabik, who had been moving through the ground, appears and tightens his grip on Skull Ortros. Furthermore, Sutra joins in from above, with Diane also joining in, perfectly restraining his body and biting him.

Skar-Orthros still tries to resist with his front legs, but Gray and the others also bite his legs, completely blocking his movements. The heavenly blessing of Locomoco's heavenly blessing is activated around Skull Ortolos, so it's very effective.

'Err...Mr. Tact?　I'm afraid we're out of time...

Ion says so. That's a fair question. But there's a good reason for summoning them. First of all, this is a group battle, or raid battle. It seems that the amount of experience gained by everyone who defeats a monster will be distributed. In other words, it seems that the more summoned beasts you have, the more money you get for the summoner.

That means I was losing a lot of money in the battle against the fast town of Drauglebeast. So there's no need to refrain from doing so this time. Besides.

You can raise your skills as much as you want with Skull Ortros now, right?

They are all immensely disappointed. Ix, Noah and Livina say.

'Quicksilver. Master.

Hmm. Easy is important.

I love it when you're being so f*cking ridiculous with your tactics.

Thanks for understanding. So we all raise our skill levels with long range attacks, I'm close to 30 levels, I'm going to focus on fire magic and water magic, and everyone else is going to focus on the water attribute. Setia has been given a water-attribute magic bow to use in order to get Arrow Rain.

But even in this state, Skull-Orthros is amazing for a bad fight. The fierce fire is launched and Gray and the others are about to be burned, but Locomoco and Airy's blessing prevents this. If they didn't recover in time, I refreshed them and Bran took charge of their recovery.

Recognizing this, he turns his head to me with force and shoots a roar, but Puyosuke guards. If the roar is a shockwave, this won't work against Puyosuke, who has shock absorption.

Skull-Orthros' biggest loss was fighting us with an evolved Puyosuke. If Puyosuke hadn't evolved, we'd have had to use Aqua Wall to prevent it or Setia's water spirit summoning.

The stoppage was still left to Lily and Grey.

''Light Wave!''

Gaaaah!

With a wave of light and a direct hit from the shockwave, Skull-Orthros was defeated. Oh, it looks like this thing can be dismantled. Let's dismantle it just in case.

Darkness Stone: Rare Level 6 Material Item Quality D+
A stone that possesses the dark attribute. It is used to make weapons and magical stones.

This is the one on top of the dark stone. It's a good buy. Now, we're going to call Mr. Ruin.

This is Takht. "This is Takht." "Skull Ortolos is down.

'I think I was wrong about the one-sided bullying, but... good job. I'll tell you what, I have some unproven enemies. Can you take care of them?

What's your name?

"I am Skarlinokelos and Skaldir.

Deer is a word that's also used for cute, etc., but in this case I'm guessing it means an animal.

'A rhino and a deer?'

''Yes. Skarlinokelos is so hard that neither magic nor arrows are effective, and even heavy warriors couldn't stop it. Dire doesn't seem to be able to use his provocation skills, and he's also very fast.''

All right. I'll go finish it.

I decided to split my forces.

'Lily, Noah, Bran, Mir, Toratetsu, Black Iron, Sabik, Locomoco, Puyosuke, Airy, Luna, Stra, and Dian to finish off Skarlinokelos.

I got it, Tact!

Hmm. I'll keep you busy.

''Then I'll deal with the ghosts that come in the way. Kurotetsu-san and Puyosuke-san, I'll need you to guard Locomoco-san and Luna-san.

Black Iron and Puyosuke nodded at Bran's instructions. Then Mir adds.

'I'll stall for time at the pit, too. Toratetsu-san, Sabik-san, Airy-san, Stra-san, and Dian-san, you and sister Lily will take care of Skulllinokelos.

Gow.

SHAH!

Oh, what?

Lily, the quintessential Lily, realizes that her position has completely collapsed. But commanding is tough for Lily, who fights on intuition.

'Ta, tact~!

'Yes, yes. They're undead and hard enemies. Lily, you're the one who's going to be pulling everyone along, right?

'Uh-huh!　I got it, Tact!　Everyone, let's go!

Lilly cheerfully made her way to Skarlinokelos. Aeon seemed anxious at the sight of her.

''Da, will it be alright?　Mr. Takut.

We've got a good follow-up, and we can leave the fighting to Lily. We'll take out the fast-footed Scardier. Aeon and Setia will ride in Liqueur, and me and I will ride in Hicks. Hicks and Iks will be riding with me and Iks. Love Fire, Grey, you'll be escorting Rian along with Foxx.

'Yes!　Don't worry about singing!　Liane.

Thank you. Koibito-chan. Good luck with Grey and the others.

I think Love Fire is a really good kid. Grey and the others don't look bad to their guards either. They're all really good.

''The enemy is fast. Iyuki, Konoha, Chess and Yuu Fang. Your wind-snow, feather throwing, and icy bracelets are the key. Stop the Skaldir from moving.

I'll take care of it!

Ho!

Gow!

'Livina and Gail follow me and Byakuya follow Aeon and the others. Let's go!

"Oh!

We went to our respective prey.