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Everyone started to act quickly. It's quite a big responsibility since if the blackout job finds out, it will ruin the mission and the opponent will be able to escape or make a counterattack. But everyone cooperated. That includes Nostra-san, who came to Freetia on the way yesterday.

Other than that, Sababan-san and the rest of the verification group and Hikage and the others have also agreed to help us. I'd like to thank them...I'm not used to information warfare, you know.

Then Luke sent me a text and the duel was set for Sunday night due to the convenience of the dark summoners. My opponents were two of the dark summoners in the tournament. Instead of taking on both of them at the same time, they designated a series of fights.

I think it's a countermeasure against Lily's dragonization, but the fact that they bothered to give me the time of day is proof that they don't doubt their victory. I heard from Saber Can that such a post was confirmed on the Darkness Job board.

According to Sabayon, the verification team is hiding to get information about the job. So he's a spy. The information came from the spy. There's no doubt about it.

Let's show those so sure of victory that there is no such thing as a victory. But first, the bio-ethanol was completed, so let's evaluate it.

Bioethanol: Rare Level 5 Material Item Quality D+

A fuel that can be made by fermenting certain vegetables. It can be used as fuel for small boats and other engines.

I actually forgot about it and Kiki told me about it...thank goodness it doesn't seem to degrade or anything.

I've never seen a car before, so I guess it's used for ship engines. And so on... I feel like the Reich Empire or Weinleaf is going to make a tank one day.

We have to negotiate with the Reich Empire, so we head to Fretia Castle.

''I hear you want to negotiate with the Reich Empire, are you serious?''

Princess Sara asks me what's going on, and I tell her. Then Princess Sara understands.

''I see... using a person who has fallen into the darkness is something the Reich Empire might consider. But what kind of negotiations do you plan to do?

'I think the Reichs are really interested in Ix, so I'm going to negotiate with them on Ix.

'You don't mean you're going to hand Mr. Ix over to the Reichswehr?

'You wouldn't do that...Ix is my summoner, you know?

I'm shocked that they thought I was someone who would do that.

'Yeah, well... then what?'

I talk to Princess Sarah.

''I see... then the Reich Empire will have no choice but to fold.

But I still felt I had to talk to Fretia about this negotiation.

'It's the right decision...I'm not making this decision on my own, so I'll let my father make it for me.

I understand.

I told King Gran all about it and received permission to negotiate on conditions. The condition is, of course, that I must give Freetia the same information as the Reich Empire. This condition would be obvious. Ix's information is that dangerous.

I originally didn't want to hand over the information to any country either, because that's the truth. We have to be careful about what happens next. The only thing I want to do is to avoid war.

I asked for the negotiations with the Reich Empire, and they were to take place at noon the next day. This is because I want to convince the dark summoners to the last minute. If I act early, they might notice me. It would be best to aim for the last minute.

After that, I'll head to the dwarven village. The reason for this is to procure materials for Ix's weapons and magic stones to summon. I have a lot of money, so I'm going to strengthen Ix all at once.

After the shopping is done, I summon the first one, but I fail. d*mn... it's hard to summon a Lesser Ogre. I guess that's how strong they are... but it's a shame.

I head to the battleship and immediately make a weapon for Ix. I make a mid-range search radar, headgear, wing unit, stunnet gun, energy ring, and tail energy laser.

Mid-Range Searching Radar: Ex Machina's Exclusive Weapon

Armed with ears that allow you to search for enemies at mid-range.

Armed with additional searching skills.

Head Gear: Ex Machina Exclusive Weapon, Weight 5

Armed with additional night vision, falconry and shooting skills.

Wing Unit: Ex Machina Exclusive Weapon, Weight 10

Armed with additional flight skills.

When flying, it consumes magic power.

Stannet Gun: Ex Machina exclusive weapon, weight 10.

A weapon that shoots out a net of flowing electric shocks.

If caught in the net with electric shocks flowing, it causes paralysis and restraint.

Energy Ring: Ex Machina Weapon, Weight 5

A ring-shaped weapon that moves freely in the sky.

Adds throwing control skills.

Tail Energy Laser: Ex Machina exclusive weapon.

A weapon with an energy laser on the tail of the wire.

An armament that adds continuous shooting skills.

Horrible money flew...I guess this is what it means to grow an Ex Machina. Well, it's money I'll spend at some point. It's hard to gather that much material just by dismantling and mining.

And Ix has a lot of skills on her! I still need a medium-range search radar, headgear and a wing unit.

I chose the stunnet gun because it looks like it could be used for wagyu hunting. Energy rings and tail energy lasers are a total hobby!

There's something romantic about a weapon that flies through the air. The tail energy laser was chosen as a means of attack other than hand-held weapons.

I quickly put in the materials, made the weapon, and Ix updated the equipment.

''Oh!　That's cool!

'Master. That is not a compliment in response to a woman. I demand a redo.

That's for sure. But Ix with his mechanical wings, headgear, rings on his shoulders, and a sword and gun in each hand is definitely cool.

I don't regret spending a lot of money on it!

But they asked for a do-over, so let's start over.

'You're getting pretty. Ix.

The tail in particular looked great.

'After all, Master likes tails...I'll report to Lily and the others.

Hey, wait a minute. I knew it! I knew it! Huh! Sheesh. I'm still using the link skill.

But now that I think about it, I feel like he's carefully brushing the tails of the love fire and Japanese foxes... no, that was at the request of the love fire and others. So maybe... it shouldn't be...

When you can't say never, I may be out of luck.

I've updated my equipment and I'm going to take it out for a test drive. Then the mid-range search radar takes effect immediately.

Mid-range spotting radar is responding. There's a progenitor bird in the right sky. Master.

Do you now know who the enemy is?

It's on the radar.

You're right. I thought it would only increase the distance, but this is a pleasant miscalculation.

”The proto-bird is a good enemy. Can it fly?　Ix.

No problem. Master.

Then let's go with Ix's first aerial battle.

I'll ride Hicks and summon Lily, Aeon and Bran, just in case. Then we'll all watch the battle. Ix will put on his headgear, aim at the enemy, and fly.

It's frustrating, but he's faster than we are.

Yeah. But it's going to take a lot of magic to fly, so it's going to be tough to fly for a long time.

Checking Ix's status, his magic power is gradually decreasing. I wonder if it's okay... then Ix shifts to the combat system.

''Enemy, range. ''Energy ring, deploying.''

The energy ring was removed from Ix's shoulder and flew to the primordial bird at Ix's direction.

''It really does look like my celestial ring, doesn't it?''

Yeah.

But the difference is proven by the clear results. The First Ancestor Bird easily dodges the approaching energy ring upwards. However, when Ix signals with his hand, the dodged energy ring stops and flies at the first bird that escaped on top of it.

Completely unexpectedly, the progenitor bird was unable to escape and was cut off by the energy ring and crashed down.

In the end, he only used the energy ring, but that's how strong the energy ring is.

Then Ix comes over here and gets on the back of me.