I finish my meal and log into the game. I walk into the Colosseum, focus my nerves in the waiting room, and ask my mind the question.

What have the Dark Summoners done to me?
You tried to take them away from me.

Can you forgive me?
It's absolutely unacceptable.

Then what do we do?
If you've forgotten what happens if you mess with Lily and the others, I'll tell you again!

Yes! Tell him. Tell him again!
Let him know what happens when he crosses my scales!


The time comes and I enter with Lily.

'Are you the little girl Samonar?'

My brother, I'm telling you, this guy is nothing to sneeze at.

My brother? Are these guys brothers? Well, it doesn't matter. Me and Lily step forward.

'We're supposed to take turns fighting. Which one do we start with?

You got me. "Heh-heh-heh.

So it's your brother as usual to start out with... or is this the guy who nominated Lily, given that face and the fact that he first ran for office. From the looks of it, it looks like he still challenged Lily simply because he wanted her.

The referee explains the rules. The rules of that duel aren't the rules specified by the dark summoner, but the same rules as last time.

''Nah!　What does that mean?　That's not the rule we gave you!

'I don't know what you're talking about. That's all I have to explain.

The referees go through the dark summoner's words. It looks like he was connected to the Reich Empire, after all. But now it's a stiff battle.

"If these rules are followed, there's no need for me to use Lily. I'm sorry, but I'll have to replace Lily.

I summon Ix in place of Lily.

'What?　You!　You're going to break your promise!

Yeah. Why should I have to deal with a promise that you won't keep?

Huh...

Then the referee is instructed to summon the dark summoner. According to the rules, if you don't have an opponent in a tag team battle, you lose.

'Jeez, you're good!　I could have killed you by force!　Come on!　Hi Oak!

I'm sure Luke was right. This is the one that defeated Luke?

''Mr. Tact...I'm sure he'll use my high orc...and if he does, please take it down without holding back.

Before the match, Luke and Aroma ask me to do a favor for them.

I take out my scarlet ring.

'Let's do it. Ix.

Yes, Master. Master.

Game one.

The High Orcs in a runaway state charge at us.

Ix fires a stunnet gun and the high orc is bound. He's flailing about, perhaps because of his runaway state, blitzing.

A dark summoner takes aim at Iksu while he's out of control.

You want Ix that badly. But Iks is not easy to take now. After all, she's linked to me.

"Get it?

With his hands full, he might have seen his chance, but Ix's tail laser gun pierced the dark summoner's face. The groin fell under the category of malicious action, and more importantly, he didn't want Ix to take aim at him.

'Teleportation.'

The head of the dark summoner is cut off from behind. The end. Skewering his chest, the searing heat of the Scarlet Ring burns the Dark Summoner to death.

The referee calls for the end of the match.

Then the runaway High Orcs are released from their runaway state, and when they fall to the spot, they return to the summoning stone and return to Luke, who was in the audience. Luke was crying and happy.

Furthermore, the summoning stones that that guy had taken from him went back to the summoner who was in the audience and the summoner who wasn't there, one after another. Words of thanks can be heard from all over the Colosseum.

Some of them are uncomfortable with it.

'Shut up... shut up!　Small fry!

The dark summoner's brother gets a warning from the referee for yelling at the audience.

'If you're going to warn me, get rid of the deaf audience!　Get out of the way!　Traitor!

The dark summoner pushes the referees away and takes his anger out on me.

'You. Don't think you're going to die an easy death.

I could say the same thing.

Snickering at me, the dark summoner's brother takes out an unknown gauntlet from his inventory. After all, the metal doesn't cover my hands, but it has a hand that comes out of it.

'If you think you're the only one special, you're wrong.

What do you mean, of course?　Don't bother telling me that. Just summon it up and get on with it.

The dark summoner's face is filled with killing intent. The Dark Summoner equips his gauntlets and summons the Angel of Aroma.

'Come on!　Fallen Angel!

Aaaaah!

I was summoned by an angel that was not the Angel of Aroma I had seen before. Her skin had turned brown, and her angelic rings and wings had turned black. From this appearance and the name Fallen Angel, this angel could be...

A fallen angel.

'Yes!　We let it run amok over and over again, and before you know it, it's evolved!

This is unexpected.

"That's all right, Master. Your orders.

I'm counting on you.

"Disable the fallen angel with everything you've got. Or worse, you can get him.

"Yes, Master.

I'm sorry Aroma, but it doesn't look like this is an opponent that can be taken too seriously.

The referee called for the match to begin and the fight began.

Aaaaah!

The fallen angel screams and produces a jet black spear and throws it at me. I dodge with room to spare, but I hear an explosion from behind me. It seems to have pierced the wall and exploded. From the sound, it's quite powerful.

'Aaaaah!

He creates the spear again, but before he can throw it, Ix sets it up. He shoots the energy gun and the fallen angel goes up in the sky to dodge.

Ix chases after the fallen angel while shooting the energy gun. The fallen angel throws the spear, dodging the energy gun, but Ix dodges.

'Energy ring, deploy.'

As Ix deploys his energy ring, the fallen angel also throws a jet black ring. They collide with each other, but the energy ring is flicked off due to the runaway nature of the ring. Ix dodges the flying jet black rings and manipulates the energy ring at the same time.

The fallen angel uses his spear to deal with the energy rings that keep chasing him, but Ix also shoots the energy gun. He drives the fallen angel into a corner.

The Fallen Angel willfully tries to engage in close combat. He closes the distance while receiving the energy gun. Ix readies his energy sword and intercepts it.

The energy sword and the jet-black spear collide, but Ix has an accident.

"Energy danger zone. Power down.

The Fallen Angel didn't miss Ix's gap as his energy was gone and his power was down.

Flicking off the energy sword, the fallen angel kicks Iks off. Then he creates a huge jet black spear.

''Aaaaah!

The fallen angel throws a huge jet black spear at the falling Ix.

'Energy battery, connect. Magical power restored. Reflector, deploy.

The energy battery restores his magic power and deploys the reflector on the back of his hand.

The giant jet-black spear and the transparent magic shield collide, and the reflector bounces the giant jet-black spear back at the fallen angel.

The attack that I thought I had completely finished off is bounced back, the fallen angel doesn't dodge and the spear hits him. A huge explosion occurs.

Ix blows his thrusters and gains altitude. He passes the battered fallen angel, catches the bounced energy sword and holds it up.

'Energy Sword, maximum power!'

A huge blade of energy is generated on the energy sword.

'It's over.'

The fallen angel was slashed by the maximum output blade of the energy sword and returned to the summoning stone.

'Mission accomplished. Master.

The battle between Ix and the fallen angel ended with Ix winning.

We didn't move against each other. We can't fight with the huge exploding spears and beams flying around. If you get hit and die, that's the end of it.

'Looks like I've won,'

Hm. You're such a useless little fish!

The dark summoner throws away the summons and stomps on it.

I'm not convinced that this is allowed and crotch attacks aren't allowed. I'll protest to the management later.

''Well, fine. It's just a matter of me beating you!''

The dark summoner disappears. I hold the Scarlet Ring up and defend against the dark summoner's attack.

I continue to push back and slash at him. But he defends with his gauntlet and comes at me again.

I back up and kick the Dark Summoner's punches and slash at him again with the Scarlet Ring.

The Dark Summoner tries to protect my neck, but I slash my stomach against it.

''Huh!　Yuck!

The dark summoner comes at me again, burning, and strikes again. I'm going to catch it and try to stop it, but the moment I do, smoke shoots out of the gauntlet and I feel a sharp pain in my eyes.

"Ora!

I'm going to get kicked away. That's suicide damage...it worked like a stone. But more than the damage, I can't open my eyes. That gauntlet... is a dark weapon. I've got a blunder.

"Hahahaha!　Hey, hey!　What's going on?　Open your eyes and see what happens.　Hmm?　Say something!

I take a deep breath and stand up. I'd forgotten...this feeling.

'You think you've won by blinding me?　That's a pretty sweet idea. You guys aren't cut out for the blackout job.

"Puh. Hahahahaha!　Hurry!　Can't you say something a little more sane?!

The dark summoner strikes at me. I brush it off and slash my stomach. A sound and a presence tells me where this guy is, the attack.

'What?　You!　Ugh!

The dark summoner tries to hit me from behind with a shrinkage, but I read it and my elbow strike explodes. Shrinkage is a walking technique. It looks like I'm moving at a moment's notice, but in reality I'm just moving at high speed. Then it's possible to counter by reading the course he's moving on.

And moreover, this guy's simple thinking makes it easy to predict.

And this counter takes more damage than normal and the dark summoner falls down. The elbow strike came in with the high-speed movement. It's only natural.

'I'm not going to chase you down. What's up?　Are you groggy?

'What?　You're a b*tc*!

The dark summoner pulls a poisoned key claw out of his gauntlet and tries to slash it, but I take it and play it, flush it and slash it in reverse. I know it's a dark weapon and I can generally tell by the sound.

The dark summoner moves away and a paralyzing needle shoots out of his gauntlet. I bounce all of those paralysis needles back and one paralysis needle hits the dark summoner.

I keep my distance and then jump. It's also simple. I can tell when to launch it by the sound. The problem is the speed, but it's saved just like a normal arrow.

''Gu!　What the hell kind of cheating is going on here?　You cheetah!

Of course I wasn't cheating.

For me, blind combat was an everyday occurrence. Being blind is the state in which you can sense the most presence. I loved this training.

But I loved this training. I would visualize in my mind all the signs and sounds of the enemy, his appearance and movements. I would read my opponent's thoughts, reflect them in my mental image, and drive him into a corner.

Now that I think about it, I may have been training it like a game. That old man was so disgusted with me.

''Seigo... the blind are stronger than the blind... if I may say so myself, what is going on?

I don't know what you're talking about.

Well, let's get this over with. Setting up my scarlet ring.

Stop?

You want me to stop?　What did you do to that summoner who begged you to help him?　It doesn't seem reasonable to save yourself from being the only one...flash!

The paralyzed dark summoner's head flies off and pierces his chest, the dark summoner disappears and the summoner remains.

''The match is over!　Winner, Summoner's Tact, Ixpure!

There was a cheer. And then the summons is returned to the summoners. And then comes the long overdue Info.

'The level of the occupation summoner has been increased. You have gained 2 status points.''
Vocational Summoner's level has been increased. You have gained 1 skill point.
'You have reached level 10 of your fighting skill. Martial skill [Body blow] acquired.

Defeating these guys and leveling up... it's subtle. I've set all my status points to magic. My remaining skill points are now at 65 pts.

And one more time, the info comes.

'You have defeated a dark summoner player. You have obtained the title 'Liberator of Summoned Beasts'.

Title: "Liberator of Summoned Beasts
Effect: Suicide attack on a dark summoner and increased sensitivity from the summoner.
A title given to a professional summoner who has defeated a dark summoner.

Come to think of it, I had 'PKK' and 'Unharmed Champion' as titles. So now you can do even more damage to the dark summoner.

I can feel Ix coming down.

''Quicksilver. Master.''

Ix?　Sorry. I'm blind.

Strangely enough, I can see the words of the info. Then Ix takes my hand and puts it on his own head.

'Go ahead.'

'Ah... well done. Ix.

'Yes, sir. Master has done a great job. Now we just need to finish up.

Right. I'll leave the rest to the others.

I went back to the waiting room with Ix pulling my hand back.

Name Takuto, Summoner of Affection Lv5 -> Lv6

Life force 70 to 72.
Magic power 139 to 144
Strength 60
Defensive Strength 40
Agility 60
Dexterity value 102 to 104.

skill

Fighting lv9 -> lv10 Kicking lv16 Cane lv22 One-handed sword lv23 -> lv24 Spear lv17 Sword lv7 -> lv8　
Throwing Lv 7 High Speed Chanting Lv 29 Summoning Magic Lv 31 Summoning Magic Lv 15 Sealing Magic Lv 28 Rider Lv 28　
Alchemy Lv 20 Mining Lv 20 Logging Lv 33 Logging Lv 37 Dismantling Lv 24 Appraisal Lv 24　
Discrimination lv30 Wind magic lv28 Fire magic lv1 Earth magic lv25 Sea magic lv1　
Dark magic Lv 26, Sacred magic Lv 9, Lightning magic Lv 29, Explosive magic Lv 26, Wood magic Lv 25.　
Ice magic lv 26, space-time magic lv 39, underwater action lv 8, reading lv 13, cooking lv 35.　
Feeding Lv 8 Fishing Lv 18 Synchronization Lv 15 Linking Lv 4

Name Ix Ex Machina Lv 40 -> Lv 41

Life force 72 to 73.
Magic power 72 to 73.
Strength 72 to 73.
Defensive value 72 to 73.
Agility 72 to 73.
Dexterity value 72 to 73.

skill

Flight Lv6→Lv8 Man-armor Lv18→Lv20 Night vision Lv4 Eagle's eye Lv5→Lv6 Shooting Lv5→Lv8
Analysis Lv5 Searching Lv17 Throwing operation Lv2 -> Lv5 Continuous shooting Lv4 -> Lv6 Reflex Lv2 -> Lv3 Conversion Lv5　
Link Lv8→Lv10 Magic charge Lv6→Lv7