How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 57

Episode 57

63. Subjugation of the Black Magician’s Workshop (8)

Fortunately, pinpointing the location where his black magic is concentrated isn’t difficult.

Mana circulates through the blood vessels of living beings.

Therefore, the heart, through which all blood passes at least once, is bound to have the highest concentration.

Especially the heart where a mana circle is formed is even more obvious.

‘The problem is… even I can barely endure it in here.’

My head is starting to throb.

It’s the influence of the dense black magic.

I naturally have no resistance to black magic.

I activated the mana resistance gauntlet to block the influence even a little, but it won’t last long.

‘I’ll finish it before that.’

I focused my strength, staring at the solid, wall-like area.

Because it’s firmly blocked by his esophagus, I have to break through here to reach the heart.

Thanks to the ability’s correction, it’s reasonably effective, so it’s worth trying.

Let’s make a path.

“Undine, Sylph. I need a water pressure sword.”

Then, water and wind swirl around my hand, beginning to take shape.

Undine’s power sprays water out in a long stream, and the wind wraps around it, accelerating it further.

Maximizing the acceleration to recreate a water pressure cutter.

“Hmph!”

I swung it and shot it out.

The unique sensation of cutting through flesh and the spurting bodily fluids fly everywhere, opening a gap.

I emerged without hesitation.

The thrashing sounds become even more violent.

Yeah, it must hurt.

Because I tore through his esophagus alive.

‘I need to hurry….’

Fortunately, I quickly found his heart.

“Wow….”

Upon spotting it, I couldn’t help but exclaim with a slightly disgusted sigh.

I don’t know magic.

I know almost nothing about black magic, let alone general magic.

I only know a few names of spells that magicians use in the original work.

“This is incredibly messed up, isn’t it?”

It’s such a mess that even I can tell.

Dark purple black magic swirls madly.

Honestly, I can’t even tell if it’s drawing a circle or a polygon.

‘Fortunately, it won’t be difficult to break that.’

If it’s that unstable, just hitting it with minor attacks should be enough to cause an impact.

‘…The problem is the backlash after that.’

It’s not like I don’t know what will happen if that goes berserk.

Still, I gritted my teeth and steeled myself.

Without hesitation, I summoned the spirits and unleashed their power.

“Go!”

If you throw a stone at something that’s already unstable, it’s bound to go completely awry.

What happens if you insert a piece of metal into a rotating gear?

The answer is it breaks.

The moment my spirit magic touched it and was swept away by the black magic,

The circle in front of me lost its balance and completely exploded.

It became even darker.

Black magic covers everything.

“Aaaaaaaaaaagh!”

I was swept away by the torrent.

Even though I exerted the mana resistance gauntlet’s ability to the fullest and mobilized all possible defenses, it felt like my whole body was being crushed.

With my sense of direction completely messed up, I was pushed somewhere and thrown into the air.

“…Outside?!”

It seems I was thrown out as his chest burst from the backlash.

That’s a relief.

Escape was a worrying problem, in fact.

‘The problem is landing! Damn it! I flew almost to the ceiling.’

I can’t stand the thought of dying from a meaningless fall!

However, I can’t summon the spirits well.

Damn… my sense of controlling mana is temporarily disrupted by being swept away by black magic.

…I think I’m really in trouble?

Should I try a breakfall [a technique to reduce the impact of a fall]? If I try hard, maybe I can do it somehow?

Fortunately, the fall soon stopped.

Someone grabbed my neck tightly.

It was Cruse who caught me.

“Oh? Nice catch!”

After catching me, she sighed as if she was in trouble.

“You’re busy, Spirit Master. Being eaten, being thrown away. Did you have fun?”

“…Honestly, I don’t want to do this twice.”

“If you’re going to do this, please tell me in advance. It’s difficult for me to respond to everything.”

“Well, let’s just say I trusted in Cruse’s abilities.”

I smiled and brushed it off.

After landing on the ground, I took my sword that she had recovered.

“But what about the giant? I still don’t understand the situation.”

“Fortunately, it went as you intended. Thanks to the circle rupturing, the circulation of black magic has noticeably weakened.”

Following the direction Cruse was looking, I saw the giant barely raising his body, his chest completely blown open.

He’s still moving.

“…Is that thing still alive even like that? Usually, they die, right?”

“He has a tenacious life force. Certainly, there seems to be a legend in the literature that old giants would thrash around and fight according to their instincts for half a day even after their heads were cut off.”

I’m glad those guys are extinct. I don’t want to encounter them in this era.

“If he’s not dead, we just need to finish him off. Isn’t that right!”

Only then did the mercenaries, who had confirmed my safety, answer by raising their weapons upon hearing my words.

“Let’s finish it.”

At the moment we decided to end it.

The giant also started to charge, forcibly ignoring the burst wound.

-Oooooooo!

A cry that seemed to be filled with anger for some reason.

However, there’s none of the heavy pressure from before.

His still enormous size and ridiculous strength are threatening, but.

That’s all.

It’s no longer enough.

The giant throws a punch, but the punch is blocked by Soland’s axe.

“Haaaaaaaat! You damn giant!”

He grits his teeth and endures.

That’s possible because of his stubbornness, but also because he received several buffs from Cruse.

Even so, it’s still a close call.

It’s truly reckless, but he did it.

“Not a chance!”

As Soland raised his axe upwards, the giant’s fist bounced off.

Kooong!

The impact made him falter slightly.

“How about that!”

He shouted, greatly excited.

The giant tried to rush in again to shake off the obstructing mercenaries, but.

“Where do you think you’re going!”

More than ten fireballs and lightning bolts that I shot out were sucked into his wound.

-Oooooaaaaaa!

He screams in pain.

“Not yet!”

I push him further.

I fill the giant’s chest, the wide-open wound, with Undine’s water.

After filling it, I poured in lightning as much as possible and detonated it.

Kukwang!

The giant’s massive body was thrown back by the force of the explosion and slammed into the wall.

‘…Tch, he’s incredibly tough.’

Still, he’s still alive.

Even though his chest is almost a hole, carved out to the point that there’s not even a piece of his heart left, he’s still active.

Isn’t that no longer a normal living creature?

‘I need more firepower.’

Not an attack that will make him suffer, but a sufficient blow to completely burn away his tenacious body.

And the only one who can do that right now is this person.

“…It’s ready!”

Finally, I heard Cruse’s shout that the preparation was complete.

Overwhelming mana boils up and gradually begins to radiate heat.

“Pour it on! Flare Tempest!”

A giant circle of fire blooms in front of the giant.

The circle splits.

From two to three, and finally to five!

The storm of explosive heat pouring from the five muzzles relentlessly poured towards the giant.

As it is, he is gradually reduced to ashes and ground away.

-Kwoaaaaaaa!

As if struggling, he flails his hands and feet, trying to escape from the explosive heat.

“Ugh… mana….”

Cruse grits her teeth, trying to push him further.

She is also exhausted.

But if he gets out like that, there’s no way to stop him.

I watched the situation and stepped forward.

“I’ll have to push him a little.”

I say that, but I don’t have much strength left either.

So there’s only one thing I can do.

“Stop popping out and just die quietly!”

I flew the last spirit’s fireball I could muster towards the giant’s head.

A fireball of insignificant, ordinary power exploded on his forehead.

-Kuooh?!

As it was, the giant screamed and was swallowed by the vortex of fire, turning into ashes.

This is the end.

‘It’s too early for you to come out yet. So shut up quietly.’

* * *

Even after confirming the giant’s silence, only a quiet sense of silence flowed through the area.

Even after defeating the enemy, it takes some time for the tension and excitement to subside.

After catching my breath for about a minute while quietly staring at his corpse, I barely managed to speak.

“We defeated him.”

“This time, it’s definitely over, right?”

“If something else pops out again, how about we just run away then?”

“…I kind of agree with that.”

Each of them tried to ignore the fatigue of their hardship by blurting out complaints.

Everyone was exhausted, without exception.

Enjoying the joy of victory is only possible when you have the strength and energy.

“Let’s catch our breath first.”

As if agreeing with Soland’s words, everyone immediately sat down on the spot and had to take a breather.

What will happen then?

I caught my breath and checked the results.

No other messages appear after that.

Something is different from before.

‘For now, it seems like we defeated him.’

The results don’t appear with a pop! like usual.

Come to think of it, he was treated as an episode boss.

I can’t help it, but since I killed him, it’s natural that the reaction will be different from before.

‘What’s going to happen?’

I did it, but I can’t gauge it.

Leaving aside the true meaning of the influence thingy, what will happen to the story of Volume 9 that will happen someday?

At this rate, the Chimera incident in Volume 9 won’t happen.

Not to mention that the giant won’t appear either.

‘I don’t know.’

I’ll have to see and deal with this directly when the time comes.

The good thing is that the episode is not a big framework for the original story’s progress itself.

I think I can somehow gloss over it.

If it’s really bad, I’ll have to think of a way to smooth things over somehow.

For now, it seems like the results haven’t come out yet, so let’s check this again later.

I closed the window and got up with a heave!

The tension is gradually easing, so shall we do the next thing?

“Airlin? What are you trying to do?”

“Ah, there’s something I want to check out a little.”

I replied to the puzzled party and approached the giant’s corpse.

For some reason, the burned giant’s corpse became a viscous liquid as soon as it died, and then turned into clay.

“As expected… the shape isn’t properly preserved. Wow, it’s so slimy, I feel like I’m going to throw up. Magic is scary.”

“It’s not because of my magic that it’s like this.”

Cruse added as if to avoid misunderstanding.

“Because he’s an existence recreated by that black magician. Naturally, he’s an existence that goes against the natural order, so his power will inevitably collapse when it runs out.”

“That’s true, but it’s a bit of a waste.”

It’s a giant, no less.

Even an extinct existence.

Even if it’s a corpse, if you salvage it and sell it, you’ll make a lot of money.

Leaving aside its effectiveness as a material, scholars would be crazy about it.

Tsk, it’s a bit of a waste.

Besides, the giant is not a monster.

There’s no way there would be a magic stone.

It’s a shame that there’s no loot after all that hardship.

“I wish there was even a little something to salvage.”

Half resigned, I looked all over the object that used to be the giant’s corpse.

“Huh?”