At night, I log in as usual.

I had planned to go to Hawk Valley for the night, but now that I have a quest, I'm heading to the Sandwall Desert.

First, I take Lily and Love Fire to the town of Nefer to gather information.

Then suddenly I heard something bad.

"...Between you and me, I heard that Konatz village was attacked by these guys and the village was burned to the ground.

Is that true?

'Ah...I heard from my fellow caravans. First off, I'm pretty sure.

I've heard that they can attack caravans, but I didn't expect them to burn a village. But I don't think they'd burn it for no reason. Shall we go? And I'm curious about the famous coconut.

Thanks. I'll just color in the bad news.

Heh... you know what I'm talking about. Brother. Every time.

Now, shall we follow the desert compass to the village of Konatz? The members are Lily, Love Fire, Noah, Hix, and Sinsu.

'Lily, please don't use your powers.

'I know~. Takt.

Then it's fine. We encountered a lot of light bodies on our way to Conut Village. Identify.

Wil-O-Wisp Lv 17
Summoned Monster Target Active

The Wil-O-Wisp and the others deploy a magic circle all at once. Then a red laser comes. A heat lance!

Dive and duck!

We all swoop down at once, ducking the heat lance, and I take aim at the Wil-O-Wisp.

'Shining!'

You could have taken down a Wil-O-Wisp, but I took blitz damage. You've got some nasty skills.

Then Lily attacks the Willowisp with her big swing, which is her specialty, and the Willowispers disappear. Then Lily takes blitz damage, but Lily is stone-faced.

'Huh?　Does it hurt?

Checking her status, Lily didn't take any damage. The Holy Dragon's Blessing is a skill that prevents status disorders. It doesn't prevent skill damage. So it's the Star's Blessing that is suspicious.

Therefore, the Willowisp was to be defeated by Lily.

''That's it!

Love Fire warns that Lily is going to annihilate the Wil-O-Wisp.

'Tact brother!　Up!

What?

We suddenly get a direct hit of fire. Shit!　You're the guy whose annihilation is triggered!

I look up and see an enemy with a pumpkin head, a cloak, and a lantern in his hand.

Jack-o-lantern Lv 35.
Summoned Monster Target Active

Kabokaboo!

You son of a b*tc*... you're laughing at a pumpkin!

The Shining!

Cabo!

My Shining and the flames from the jack-o'-lantern's lantern collide. Chit! Evenly matched!

Cabo!

When the jack-o-lantern waves the lantern, multiple fireballs float in the sky and come flying.

"Waterwall!

I'll block it with a wall of water. He's a joke, but he's strong. But I'm not gonna play in a magic match!

"Rune magic!

Just when I think I've used my rune magic and sealed it, the jack-o'-lantern disappears as an illusion. That was an illusion!

I heard a metallic sound behind me.

The love fire was stopping the knife held by the jack-o-lantern.

'I won't let you!'

Hmm...

Jack-o-lanterns duck as Noah attacks in the shadows.

'Abominable fire!　Flash!

Love Fire fires a flash with an abomination of fire in it, but it is ducked by an illusion. Then the jack-o'-lantern appears in front of me, laughing.

''I've escaped...''

Hmm.

No, thank you. Thank you, Love Fire, Noah. Thanks to you, I now know how to attack the illusion.

What?

I'm going to stock up on Shining with delayed magic. Now I'm ready.

"Koi Fire, tell me which way he'll appear.

Perhaps it's because of that guy's skills, but I don't feel any sign of him. Love Fire is the one to rely on here.

''Ha, yes!

I hold my wand on the jack-o-lantern. It's a lot different than before!

"Shining!

Cabo!

Shining and Jack-o-lantern's flames collide with the increased power of the continuous chanting. This time I push, but here Lily slashes at the Jack Orangutan.

''Yaaaah!''

But the jack-o'-lantern stops his magic and disappears in a vision. Unexpectedly, though, it comes.

'Brother Tact!　Right!

I hold my wand to my right.

"Release!

The Shining was released and hit the jack-o'-lantern with the knife. Bingo. The love fire had stopped the jack-o-lantern's attack earlier. So the moment he attacked, the jack-o-lantern had become real.

Thinking back, Spica had also ducked with the illusion before attacking. I've never used an illusion while attacking. In other words, Illusion is a skill that can't be used while attacking. And when I saw that he ducked Noah's attack, I saw that there was a time lag between attacking and being able to use the illusion. It's a mystery whether Lily knew that and attacked him.

''Ka, kabo...''

The jack-o-lantern disappears in a vision. I'll be back... but now that the story is known, I leave the rest to the love fire.

But the jack-o'-lantern did something I didn't expect. It wasn't me he was after, it was Lily. That's not a wise choice.

'Huh!　Yah!

Kabraaaaah!

Sure enough, Lily's prediction of danger detected the jack-o-lantern's attack, and Lily's counter hit the jack-o-lantern. He was blasted in a straight line to the ground, and the impact of the collision sent a cloud of dust up in the air.

'That was dead.'

I guess.

I'm... sure.

A fine fellow to take on a natural enemy, of all people. Find the fallen jack-o-lantern and dismantle it.

Charcoal: Rare Level 5 Material Quality C-
Charcoal used to make a fire. Also used for cooking, heating and blacksmithing.

Flaming Stone: Rare Level 5 Material Quality C-.
A stone that reacts to fire and burns up. If you make a mistake in mixing it, it can be a disaster, so be careful.

Flaming stone is probably a bomb material. I had a terrible regret about the charcoal. I saw a shichirin and a charcoal stove for sale at Elixir Lapis, but I went through with it. Could the heating apparatus be a kotatsu? I'm sure it wasn't in the elixir lapis... but it could have been somewhere else.

We entered the valley from the desert. Apparently there is a Konatz village at this point.

But it doesn't seem to let us get out of the canyon in one piece.

"Tact!

There's something coming from the right wall!

I raised my hicks to avoid the attack. Coming out of the canyon wall was a huge drill. That drill transforms and becomes a mole. I identify the enemy.

Drimor?
?　?　?

Now the transformation, I want to see it again...did I miss it? I thought the drill was broken in half and then it turned into a mole.

The mole has a drill nose and drill fingers on his hands.

'Mog!'

It's going to transform again. Yeah, it's still a drill all of a sudden. Then it's still a drill, but it's coming towards you.

Hicks uses a lightning breath, but regardless, it's coming towards you. Love Fire warns you as it rises again and flees.

''Tact brother!　Side!

What! A spiky iron ball breaks through the wall, and I can't avoid it, and I get blasted with the whole hix.

"Change!

The love fire turned into a hairball and prevented me from hitting the wall. I can do this for change. It helped, but it worked... identifying the enemy.

Ankylosaurus?
?　?　?　

Ankylosaur's tail strike...

Hicks, you okay?

Pi...

That sounds pretty tough. I took a completely unexpected attack. I don't blame you.

"Take it easy and get some rest...

Tact!　Watch out!

Me, the drill flies at my eyes. Then Lily gets the drill.

'Mmmm!　Yah!

Lily popped the drill. It hits the wall, but apparently no damage occurs during the drill.

Then the ankylosaurus starts wagging its tail. Drimor points his finger at me. I get ready for wall magic, but Lily warns me.

'Tact!　No walls!　Koibito!　Noah!　Twirl around, please!

'Yes!　Lilly Sis!

I'll take care of it.

Ankylosaurus sent a spiky iron ball of a tail flying. Lily caught it and popped it.

Drimor sent a finger drill flying. A drill missile! Love Fire uses his spiritual power to change the course of the drill missile, and Nowa flips the rest with his shadow.

From what Lily said, it sounds like the attack can't be blocked by the wall. Alright. I take out my scarlet ring.

Lily takes care of the ankylosauros. Sinsu, you'll be supporting Lily.

Okay!　Takt!

Now, me, Koi Fire and Noah will take care of Dorimor. The key is Nowa.

"...Nowa, Nowa, we'll seal it and then teleport it away. You'll seal the drill's transformation. Koibibi will take care of him until then.

Hmm.

'I understand!　I'm going!

I block the martial arts and skills with my rune arts and rune skills. Seeing this, Love Fire slashes at me, but it transforms into a drill. I knew that skill was an attack skill...I teleport to move.

It doesn't falter when I attack. As I was pondering what to do, Noah set to work on Dorimor, who was still in drill form and not moving.

'Dragon technique, Dragon Absolute!

Drimor's life force and magic power are reduced by the effects of Dragon Absolute.

Attack magic and weapon attacks don't work, but these things do. So that's why. After all, poison and other state disorders were effective.

Drimor irresistibly transformed and aimed at Noah.

I'm not going to be able to tell the difference. Nii, love fire. Please.

Oh. A flash!

"The Devil's Fire!　I'm going to kill you!

Me and my love fire martial arts skills to finish off Dorimor. Now, Lilly...

Hi!　Mmm!　Ta!

He was waving his estorations to match the tail of Ankylosaurus. It looks like he's getting some kind of special training. Sinsu, noticing that we were watching, raises his hand.

It looks like it's up to him.

''Well, what should we do?　Takuto Onion.

If you interrupt the training, you're in trouble.

Noah just doesn't want to fight.

'I'll make him stop. If Estoracion breaks, we're in for a scolding course with Setia and Hephaistos. Hephaistos will cry.　And I don't know what's going to happen to Setia, either.

And I'm stopping!

Hmm...

Of all of us, I think Setia is the one I'm most afraid of if I piss her off.

Since we're going to do this, we're going to recover Hix. Then I'll block the attack with a rune art and rune skill on the ankylosaurus.

''Oh, that?''

Lily is scowling as the attack ends.

'...Evil eye!

Firestorm!

Ankylosaurus rises into the sky with a love fire firestorm.

'Explosions!'

The ankylosaur explodes in the sky above. Then Hix put on a whirlwind and hit the body, knocking the ankylosauros to the ground, and the ankylosauros was defeated. And finally, the level up info came.

'The level of the occupational summoner has been increased. You have gained 2 status points.''
Vocational Summoner's level has been increased. You have gained 1 skill point.
'Your sword skill level has reached 15. I have acquired the sword skill [Nukata].
'Hicks has reached level 20. You are ready to evolve.
'Sinsu's level has reached 20. You can evolve.''

Now I have 6 pts left of skill points, and I've turned all the status points into magic.

Then Lily complains.

''Ahhhh!　Lily's enemies~?　It's terrible. Everyone~

It's taking too long. Look at Est-Oration. If you destroy the Estoorations, Hephaistos will cry and you'll get a course of plenty of scolding from Setia. Lily.

'What?　...Oh.

Lily looks at Estoracion and her blood boils. He said he'd take good care of it, and this is what he's doing. Lily could see how much it would piss her off.

"Oh, thank you... guys.

I was impressed with Lily's seriousness in thanking me. Then let's do some evolution.

Name Takuto, Summoner of Amity Lv9 -> Lv10

Vitality 76 to 78.
Magic power 202 to 207.
Strength 60 to 62.
Defensive Strength 40
Agility 60
Dexterity value 120 to 123

skill

Fighting lv15 Kicking lv20 Staff lv27 One-handed sword lv30 Spear lv19 Sword lv14 to lv15　
Throwing Lv 9 High Speed Chanting Lv 37 Summoning Magic Lv 34 -> Lv 35 Sealing Magic Lv 23 -> Lv 24 Rider Lv 31 -> Lv 32　
Alchemy Lv 20 Mining Lv 28 Logging Lv 33 Dismantling Lv 39 -> Lv 40 Appraisal Lv 30 -> Lv 31 Identification Lv 35 -> Lv 36　
Rapid Magic Lv 2 Fire Magic Lv 3 Earth Magic Lv 2 Sea Magic Lv 4 Dark Magic Lv 2 -> Lv 3 Sacred Magic Lv 10　
Lightning magic Lv 31 Explosion magic Lv 28 -> Lv 29 Wood magic Lv 26 -> Lv 27 Ice magic Lv 29 Space-time magic Lv 40　
獣魔魔法Lv2　遅延魔法Lv2→Lv3　連続詠唱Lv3→Lv4　水中行動Lv12　俊足Lv4
読書Lv14　料理Lv38　餌付けLv8　釣りLv20　シンクロLv16　連携Lv7

名前　リリー　ドラゴニュート・クーラLv22→Lv23

生命力　92
魔力　　96→98
筋力　　193→197
防御力　65
俊敏性　78→80
器用値　72→74

スキル

光拳Lv10　飛行Lv25→Lv26　片手剣Lv35→Lv37　大剣Lv30→Lv32　危険予知Lv2→Lv4
鎚Lv13　連撃Lv13→Lv14　錬気Lv30→Lv31　光魔法Lv6　光波動Lv8　竜技Lv12　
竜化Lv6　ドラゴンブレスLv3　聖竜の加護Lv5

名前　恋火　シュラインビーストLv18→Lv19

生命力　81
魔力　　110→112
筋力　　113→116
防御力　50
俊敏性　132→135
器用値　82

スキル

刀Lv24　二刀流Lv1　風刃Lv10　炎魔法Lv12　邪炎Lv16　忌火Lv23　
気配察知Lv24→Lv25　危険予知Lv26→Lv27　霊力Lv6→Lv7　幻術Lv2　神道魔術Lv6　
見切りLv9　俊足Lv10　妖術Lv4→Lv5　血醒Lv9　料理Lv18　神降ろしLv1　
獣化Lv3

名前　ノワ　ドラゴニュート・オブセッションLv18→Lv19

生命力　66
魔力　　141→144
筋力　　50
防御力　42
俊敏性　60
器用値　118→120

スキル

影操作Lv13→Lv14　飛行Lv7　呪撃Lv4　影探知Lv10　影移動Lv6　
影潜伏Lv16→Lv17　影縛りLv15→Lv16　影召喚Lv4　気配遮断Lv9　
擬態Lv5　暗視Lv20→Lv21　邪眼Lv7→Lv8　闇波動Lv2　暗黒魔法Lv2　
竜技Lv4→Lv5　竜化Lv4　邪竜の加護Lv5

名前　ヒクス　レッサーグリフォンLv18→Lv20

生命力　76→80
魔力　　94→98
筋力　　126→130
防御力　50→52
俊敏性　138→140
器用値　68→70

スキル
飛翔Lv30→Lv31　鉤爪Lv10→Lv11　騎乗Lv21→Lv22　旋風Lv18→Lv19　防風Lv10　
風刃Lv9　疾風Lv17　残像Lv14　風魔法Lv14　雷魔法Lv14　
雷ブレスLv10　威光Lv4　騎手強化Lv18→Lv19

名前　シンス　インプLv17→Lv20

生命力　32→36
魔力　　58→62
筋力　　30→36
防御力　24→26
俊敏性　58→64
器用値　36→40

スキル

飛行Lv12→Lv14　吸血Lv7　夜目Lv9→Lv10　気配遮断Lv9　潜伏Lv5　
闇魔法Lv9→Lv11　呪いLv1