How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 42

47. Deyar Dungeon (6)

…What should I do?

What the heck, I have no choice but to go for it.

I stopped hiding and started moving.

Geluk turns around, sensing my presence.

Finally caught.

“……You were in a place like that?”

A dumbfounded voice.

Well, the place I was hiding was above the Summoning Stone hanging from the ceiling.

“Originally, fluorescent lights hanging from the ceiling are always blind spots. Especially in the summer, they attract a lot of bugs, you know?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. Are you thinking of using that Summoning Stone as a shield?”

“Ah…… I’d like to try that too, though.”

The destruction of the Summoning Stone would also be quite a headache for that demon.

He has to keep guarding this place according to the contract.

But even if I destroy this, the situation won’t get any better.

Even if I destroy this now, it won’t make him go back right away.

“More than that, you’re first!”

I rushed towards him without hesitation.

I could see Geluk’s eyes widening in surprise.

I guess he didn’t expect me to come at him head-on now.

“Are you crazy!”

“I’m perfectly sane! Salamander! Sylph! Sprite!”

I summon three spirits and exert their power.

Fierce flames, violent winds, and lightning strike like a storm.

This is the most powerful attack I can unleash with spirit magic right now.

KWAHHHH!

The attack hit the side of the unguarded Geluk properly.

Just before I was thrown from the air by the aftershock and hit the floor, the wind rushed in and reduced the falling speed a little.

-Are you okay, Aileen?

“……Keuk. Thanks, Sylph. Thanks to you, my head didn’t break.”

After giving a short thank you to Sylph, I quickly moved my gaze to find his location again.

‘He couldn’t possibly be unscathed, right?’

Finally, the smoke cleared and his figure appeared.

As expected, he wasn’t dead or anything from just this attack.

But after scanning his figure, I could finally be sure.

‘As I thought…….’

My fist clenched on its own.

Geluk, staggering slightly in the air, has a shoulder that seems to be torn a little, bleeding.

‘As expected, my attacks do work on him!’

There is hope.

“Keuk! How dare you!”

Geluk, enraged by the fact that he was bleeding, unleashes a storm of magical energy.

Immediately activate Space Control.

Move behind him and pour fire and lightning once more.

“Keuk!”

Geluk hurriedly manipulates his magical energy to create a wall, blocking my attack.

He’s quite flustered.

Seeing that, my conviction grows deeper.

“……As expected, he is weaker than his original setting.”

Poor condition? Or is there another reason?

Well, I can roughly guess.

‘Come to think of it, there were various summoning methods.’

A simple summoning method.

A collective ritual to summon hundreds of demons.

Conversely, reverse summoning that sends humans to the Demon Realm, etc.

There are truly various methods.

I looked at the Summoning Stone hanging in the air.

‘Could it be that…… this is a method of summoning that restricts his power?’

It’s possible.

And I think I know the reason why.

The ones who created the dungeon are quite cautious.

‘What if that demon uses the summoning ritual in reverse to go to the surface?’

That would be a major disaster.

In the original story, there was a black magician who was hostile to the protagonist who caused a summoning that he couldn’t handle with his own abilities, and conversely, had his control stolen by the demon.

They probably considered the possibility of an accident that might happen.

No matter what, they wouldn’t want to cause trouble for their descendants.

‘More than anything, there’s no reason to create a dungeon if you only increase the difficulty.’

The purpose of the dungeon is not to eliminate all intruders, but a trial to test the ability to possess the stored treasures.

If the goal was to eliminate all intruders, there would be no reason to summon the lowest-ranking demon.

They would summon something stronger.

With the technology of those who built this place, they could summon even a Demon King-level being.

‘Then maybe it’s doable?’

If you remove prejudice, face the facts, and have courage, you can see a way out.

I can win.

“Have you given up, human?”

“No way~ I’ve just decided to change my mind.”

Let’s do it.

I activated Space Transition again, moving above his head again.

“Again with that! I’ve already seen that movement method!”

Geluk sneered and swung his arm, and black magical energy surged, chasing after me to knock me down.

“Another transition…… is bull[meaning: nonsense]!”

Let’s use Space Control in a different way.

Instead of using transition, I activated fixation under my feet, and kicked off the fixed space, changing direction in the air.

Geluk’s pupils trembled.

He probably thought I would use transition.

As evidence, the magical energy gathered in his other hand is pointing in a different direction.

‘He’s reading my movement patterns too…….’

He was planning to shoot me down as soon as I revealed myself by using transition again.

“Another trick!”

“What trick? I’m going to push through like this!”

I created a vortex of flames by creating Salamander’s flames and Sylph’s wind, and unleashed it at maximum output.

The flames swallowed him from head to toe.

“Tch! A pointless act!”

He pushed through the torrent of flames and ascended.

His skin is charred black, as if he had been burned.

It works after all.

Then I have to keep pushing with firepower.

This time, I used the abilities of Salamander and Gnome to enter the next attack.

Kugugugugung.

Strange sounds are heard from the ceiling, and dozens of flaming rock bullets pour down.

The burning rock bullets indiscriminately pound on his head.

Geluk bites his fangs, probably getting impatient as things don’t go his way.

“You little thing!”

He tries to defend against the rock chunks by unfolding his magical energy.

At that time, several stones hit his abdomen.

I moved some of the rocks with Space Control.

He staggers in the air, probably feeling some impact.

“I’ll keep pushing like this!”

Next is Sprite’s lightning.

As the waiting Sprite jumped up, lightning soared upwards, swallowing him.

“Keueueueuk!”

The hits are landing.

But…….

‘It still doesn’t become a finishing blow…….’

It didn’t seem to end easily.

He has an amazing amount of stamina.

Is it because he is a demon, even if he is weak?

My mana is also nearing its limit.

At this pace, I won’t last even 3 more minutes.

‘I have no choice but to push it all at once while I can!’

In the meantime, I unleashed lightning again, but this time he moved his wings greatly and avoided it.

“Then I’ll make it so you can’t avoid it!”

While being conscious of his surroundings, I activated my ability, unleashing Space Fixation to bind his torso.

Geluk’s movements stopped abruptly.

“Keuk! It won’t last long even if you do that!”

“I know.”

It’s enough if he stops for a moment.

“I’ve been annoyed by you flying around since earlier! Isn’t that right, Undine!”

-I can hit him!

Undine summoned a large amount of water.

The summoned water wriggled like a snake, coiling around him as if to surround him, and soon became a large water droplet that was more than enough to cover him.

It became a great fish tank.

“How does it feel to be a fish in a fish tank?”

“……Don’t tell me you thought a demon would drown like a human?”

“Even if you don’t drown, you’ll either be electrocuted or explode.”

“……?!”

“Like this.”

As I gestured, three lightning orbs floated in the air, and the lightning soon struck the water droplet directly.

And I covered my eyes with my arms in preparation for the flash.

Pazzuzuzuzuz!

The violently discharging flash exploded, and the water tank that had trapped him literally exploded.

The moisture rapidly vaporized and exploded due to absorbing a large amount of current.

An attack that aimed for both electrocution and explosive power.

‘The problem is, it’s going to be a headache if he endures even this…….’

Then I have no choice but to figure out how to escape.

Soon, the steam caused by the steam explosion cleared, and a black object fell to the floor.

Was he thrown out by the recoil?

There is also the possibility of the worst case scenario.

I watched the situation while preparing for the next action.

Should I hit him again before he gets up? Or should I prepare for defense first?

A change occurred while I was contemplating.

At first, I thought he was getting up again.

“……Tch, is it all done.”

He clicked his tongue and muttered as if it was a pity.

Soon, Geluk’s skin began to crumble, and it turned to ashes and collapsed.

It collapsed to the point where I couldn’t recognize its shape, and soon only a pile of gray ashes remained.

“Is he dead?”

To be precise, he no longer has the power to stay on the ground.

The durability given by the summoning ritual has reached its limit.

“……Seriously, at least turn on the blinker [turn signal] when you die.”

You almost made me nervous.

I let out a sigh of relief.

As expected, this dungeon was set up to be at a level that could be defeated by someone with at least Expert-level abilities.

‘That being said, surely another one won’t pop out here, right?’

In scenarios related to dungeon攻略 [dungeon conquering], second bosses, third bosses, and even 2nd forms and 3rd forms appeared frequently.

That wouldn’t happen here, would it?

I looked up at the Summoning Stone suspiciously, but fortunately, that situation didn’t seem to be happening.

The light of the Summoning Stone flickered and gradually lost its power.

Pajik.

In the end, it crumbled.

‘The Summoning Stone no longer needs to function.’

It’s as if it’s acknowledging that I’ve攻略 [conquered] this dungeon.

I looked around again.

“Huh?”

My gaze happened to turn to the ashes of the demon from earlier.

At that moment, the ashes crumbled down, and something black shone inside.

“Huh? ……Could it be?”

A possibility flashed through my mind.

I hurriedly ran to the ashes, frantically clearing them away with my hands, and picked up the object that was revealed inside.

A black ore.

“N-No way…… a demon’s essence…….”

A demon’s essence.

It is a stone-like object that concentrates the power of a demon, and it is a material that can be obtained with a very small probability.

This is because demons disappear as soon as they are defeated, as they did just now, so they rarely remain.

That’s why it’s so precious.

If used as a medicine, it can be used to create high-level elixirs, and it can also be used as an additive material for weapons and armor.

‘More than anything, you can’t get a demon’s essence even if you want to.’

No country tolerates demon summoning.

Summoning demons is usually done only by evil guys like black magicians.

No one would be crazy enough to summon demons that would turn the entire kingdom into an enemy.

At best, you can only obtain the essence when you defeat the demons that they summon when subjugating black magicians.

Even then, most of it is monopolized by the church or the nobles of the kingdom, so you cannot purchase it through ordinary means.

‘I was lucky…….’

The demon’s essence is an unexpected gain.

I put the essence carefully in my bag.

Let’s keep it safe. Because it’s precious.

It’s also difficult to process this, but that’s not an urgent problem.

‘It seems like I’ve already gotten all the rewards…….’

This essence alone is worth more than enough to cover all the costs I invested.

I’m really glad I came here!

What’s even more amazing is that I haven’t even gotten the real reward yet~.

‘Now~ shall we get the real reward?’

I dusted off my hands and looked back at the door.

The deepest part of this dungeon, beyond that door where the reward is sleeping.

* * *

Treasure is the reason for the existence of a dungeon!

Isn’t a dungeon without treasure like chocolate without mint?

Oh? When I put it this way, it seems like it’s okay without it?

Just kidding.

“According to the original story, there should be an artifact beyond this that gives you abilities, right?”

Galdenz definitely gained his ability here.

I recalled the original story to see what kind of ability he had gained.

‘It was definitely a power that even Sylvester was nervous about, saying it was a powerful ability.’

However, the ability became a MacGuffin [a plot device] because he died before he could even show it off!

‘Well, let’s get it first.’

I hurried to the room where the reward was.

Another door that is tightly closed inside.

This is the place.