How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 25

Extra’s Way of Living – 25 (25/344)

Episode 25

30. Troubles Always Come (5)

First floor.

The five who stormed onto the first floor immediately launched their attack.

“……Let’s go.”

The two in front swung their axes and hammers, bringing them down on the shop door.

Crack!

The wooden door shattered and collapsed.

“Khehehet. Easy.”

A shop like this is nothing.

All they have to do is smash everything and then burn it all down at the end.

“Hahaha! I can’t wait to kick that damn guy’s face in!”

One of the gang members in charge of the attack twisted his mouth into a grin.

He was one of the low-ranking members who had been thoroughly humiliated by Aileen during the day.

He volunteered for this attack on purpose.

Gritting his teeth, he was determined to trample that spirit caster’s face.

“You sure were loud during the day.”

The boss’s order was just to bring him in.

There were no instructions not to do anything in the process.

He was biding his time for that moment.

A strange thing happened.

Red lines seemed to be drawn on the floor, ceiling, and walls, creating bizarre patterns.

“W-What?! What is this weird stuff!”

He shouted without realizing it.

They didn’t even realize that this was a magic circle [a geometric pattern used to channel magical energy].

The moment the magic circle flashed.

Keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

A terrible noise echoed throughout the shop.

“Uwaaaaaaaagh?!”

“W-What?! Keueugh?!”

“My… my ears! My ears are falling off!”

In reality, their ears weren’t falling off, but it was so terrible that it felt like they were.

The sound soon stopped, but its impact left them deafened, unable to distinguish other sounds.

“Damn it! That damn spirit caster!”

It’s a trap.

“Find him! He must be somewhere nearby!”

“That bastard!”

The gang members quickly drew their weapons and looked around.

But their heads ached, and they felt dizzy.

Because of their deafened ears, they were a little slow to notice.

From the furniture inside the shop, from within the gaps, figures jumped out and ambushed the gang members.

Aileen’s hired mercenaries were lying in ambush.

The mercenaries Haron and Luxter didn’t miss the opportunity and pounced.

“This is the end! You bastards!”

The mercenary Haron swung his large mace.

The guy who got hit in the temple rolled away as if he had been flung, and then went limp.

He had been hit properly.

A gang member who was startled and tried to attack Haron was immediately killed when Luxter’s short spear pierced his neck.

Two men were taken down in an instant by the surprise attack.

“You sons of bitches!”

The remaining three gang members hurriedly blocked their attacks.

But because they had been caught off guard, there was no way they could properly respond.

“You bastards, from the start! Was this your plan from the beginning!”

It was as good as luring them in from the start.

The gang members, who belatedly realized this fact, burst into anger, but it was already too late.

* * *

The situation on the second floor was not much different.

“Find him! You must find him!”

Delt, a member of the Black Snake gang, shouted while covering his ears.

“Find him no matter what!”

They kicked open every door with the force of breaking it down, trying to find Aileen.

Just him, they just needed to secure him.

That was the top priority.

As they frantically rolled their eyes.

Roll, roll, roll.

A marble the size of a fist rolled from across the hallway.

“Ugh?! N-No way.”

As soon as the gang members saw it, their faces turned blue, and they trembled.

It was because of the fear engraved by the noise.

The marble glowed red, and this time it spewed flames.

The flames soon spread throughout the hallway.

“Is that guy… is that spirit caster crazy?!”

That guy must be insane.

They had to desperately run to shake off the fiercely rising flames.

But the gang members didn’t realize.

That the flames were fake.

* * *

After sound, sight.

A continuous combo of means that the opponent would hate!

“Kyaa~ That’s really burning well.”

I admired the effect as I activated the magic tool that spewed fire and rolled it away.

‘Well, if I know they’re coming, it’s not hard to respond.’

The retaliation was obvious.

Since guests are coming in the middle of the night, how can I neglect to treat them?

We finished all the preparations and divided our forces to ambush them.

First, when the guys broke in, the magic circle made a sound, and while the enemy was confused, we decided to take them down.

Combat must already be taking place on the first floor.

And currently, on the second floor, I am tormenting the guys using magic tools.

I have to use what I bought!

“……But, shopkeeper? Is it really okay to set the shop on fire?”

Emel, who was in charge of the second floor with me, muttered, a little startled.

Because setting fire to your own shop is an unprecedented idea.

She also gave me a look as if she thought I was some kind of lunatic at first.

“It’s okay. Those flames are fake anyway.”

It’s just a flashy-looking flame.

Originally, it seems to be a fire used to drive beasts during hunting.

In reality, it can’t even burn a blade of grass.

Even so, fire is something that creatures instinctively fear.

It’s enough to use as a trap.

“If you don’t know the truth, you’ll even mistake it for being really hot for a moment.”

You can’t underestimate a mistake.

In fact, the guys are on the verge of losing their minds.

It’s just as I was aiming for.

“This is what you guys advised, right? Catch the enemy off guard. This is it, right?”

“……Isn’t that a little wrong? We didn’t mean it that way? Mullen will cry if he hears that? He really cries.”

“Who cares.”

There’s no need to miss this opportunity.

Taking advantage of the gap, we moved using the fire as a screen.

I approached the guys as it is and used another tool.

I took out a net.

This is also a magic tool.

It is said that if it touches the body, it will automatically tighten and the opponent will not be able to move.

When I threw the net, the guy who was covered in it struggled and fell.

Unexpectedly, it wrapped around his neck, and he fainted.

‘Good for you.’

I immediately aimed for the guy’s neck and struck down with my sword.

‘That’s one down.’

While I was taking down one person.

Screams were heard nearby, and the sound of someone collapsing was heard in succession.

The bodies of two masked men are lying on the ground.

With daggers stuck in their foreheads and necks, respectively.

Emel must have done it.

“……Wow, no joke.”

Indeed, you can’t ignore the skills of an active mercenary.

‘Three down… then is it the remaining two.’

I want to take them all down with surprise attacks, but the fire is fading as the magic tool’s effect is running out.

The figures of the remaining two enemies came into view.

Only then did the guys realize that this fire was a bluff, and they began to grind their teeth.

……Geez, that’s brutal.

“Ah, shopkeeper? Do you have anything else? I’d appreciate it if you could use more if you have any.”

“Unfortunately, I don’t. Other tools are expensive, so I didn’t have enough budget.”

“That’s so sad.”

Time and budget are always the enemies of mankind.

From now on, I have to defeat the enemy at my discretion.

I summoned about ten of Undine’s water arrows into the air.

“Well, let’s work hard together and take them down.”

There’s no reason for me to hide alone.

It’s much more helpful for survival to fight together.

“Then I’ll support you too. Please, Emel.”

I immediately went on the attack.

There’s no reason to concede the first attack to the enemy.

First, I fired water arrows as a check, and the two enemies tried to dodge by widening the distance.

‘They both dodge right away.’

Among them, one guy’s movements are unusual.

He is a gang member named Delt.

He’s an extra, but he seems to have some skill.

“Where do you think you’re going!”

While I was checking, Emel took advantage of the gap and jumped in to attack the relatively slow-moving gang member.

It’s textbook to take out the weak guy first.

“You bitch!! I’ll cut you into pieces!”

The targeted gang member shouted and struck down with his sword.

Emel crossed two daggers and blocked the enemy’s descending sword by wedging it between the blades.

Then she let go of one in her hand and dropped it.

It wasn’t dropped by accident.

As it is, Emel, with only one remaining, slipped the enemy’s sword as if sliding it off, and kicked up the dropped dagger with her toe.

Thwack!

The enemy’s head suddenly soared high with a spray of blood.

It was pierced through the jaw by the dagger that was kicked up.

I was surprised to see it.

‘What was that?!’

Can skilled mercenaries also perform such tricks?

Anyway, thanks to that, there is now only one enemy left.

The enemy seemed to consider her a greater threat than me, so he immediately turned around and swung his long sword at Emel.

Emel’s face suddenly hardened as she tried to confront him.

Her movements stopped unnaturally.

“Ah, damn it…….”

The guy she had just taken down was grabbing her ankle.

He hadn’t quite stopped breathing.

The guy soon went limp, but it was already too late.

The swung sword flew in as her movement was hindered.

“Ah, I made a mistake…… Ugh?!”

Emel urgently went into defense with the vambrace [a piece of armor protecting the forearm] on her arm, but she couldn’t do anything about the power.

She is small, so she can’t handle it.

She was sent flying back and crashed into the wall.

The impact must have been considerable.

She couldn’t get up right away.

It seems like I can’t just watch like this.

‘One person, even I can do something about it.’

I immediately fired Sprite’s lightning.

If it’s a rapidly extending lightning strike, he won’t be able to avoid it.

However.

“A spirit? It’s as I’ve heard.”

The moment I ordered Sprite, Delt kicked his leg as if kicking it away and kicked the body of his colleague who was rolling nearby.

It’s a method without camaraderie, but it’s effective as a response method.

The lightning was perfectly blocked by the kicked body.

He even read that I was going to attack and acted one beat earlier.

‘There’s such a method?!’

While I was momentarily넋을 잃은 [넋을 잃은 means ‘넋을 잃은’], the guy started rushing towards me.

There is no hesitation in that judgment.

The guy swung his sword horizontally as it is.

As I hurriedly rolled to the side, the guy’s sword barely grazed my cheek.

“Ugh?!”

……It’s hot.

It felt like heat was rising from the wound.

‘If I make even a small mistake, it’s dangerous…….’

That guy Delt probably has the combat power of a B-rank mercenary.

“……You’re being annoying. Give up on being dragged away unharmed, spirit caster.”

The guy muttered as if declaring the end and raised his sword.

He’s about to take away an arm or a leg.

With my clumsy legs, I can’t keep up with that guy’s movements.

I cleanly admitted only that.

‘……Then I have to use everything I can.’

From spirit magic to everything else!

“Undine!”

Seven water arrows appeared above the guy’s head and fell.

“Hmph! Sloppy!”

The guy tried to knock down the arrows by swinging his sword.

He must have seen through that the attack speed is slow.

‘But if it’s slow, there’s a way to do it.’

I hid my expression and 까닥ed [까닥ed means ‘flicked’] my hand.

Just like I practiced.

The water arrow disappeared in an instant.

“What?! Keueugh!”

In the moment of shock, the water arrows were already stuck in the guy’s body without exception, including his shoulders and legs.

Red blood diluted with water flowed down.

“H-How on earth…….”

He won’t understand.

Because it’s just moving Undine’s water arrows with space control.

It is impossible for the guy’s combat power to respond to an attack that pierces beyond space.

This is a new usage I learned after being pointed out the disadvantages of the way I used to fire water arrows.

“Isn’t it amazing?”

“Tricks like that! No way! Spirit casteraaaa!”

The guy shouted and charged.

He’s about to stab me even if he dies.

‘Well, then I just have to avoid it.’

Without hesitation, I used translocation and moved behind the guy.

Direct movement consumes a lot of mana, but it doesn’t matter.

It’s the end anyway.

I picked up one of the swords that had fallen around me with translocation and stabbed it into the guy’s back.

It was pierced through so easily.

“Keuheok! Cowa…… Keuheok…….”

I couldn’t hear properly what he was trying to say, buried in the guy’s vomiting, but I felt like I knew it for some reason.

“Cowardly?”

I smiled and took my hand off the sword and let the current flow.

Jijijijit!

The guy convulsed and soon collapsed.

“You know it well, so you don’t have to say it again. I originally like being a bit cowardly.”

Rather, in this industry, that word is a compliment.