How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 73

Extra’s Honey-Licking Life – Episode 73 (73/344)

Episode 81: The Start of Business Begins on the Streets (7)

The enemy seemed to be staring right at me before pulling out a hidden weapon and charging.

Immediately, I activated Space Control – Expansion.

I took out my sword, which I had stored inside my [inventory space], and brandished it to keep him in check.

The sudden appearance of the sword from thin air startled him, and he quickly retreated.

But only once.

Once he realizes my swordsmanship is terrible, he’ll try to push in without hesitation.

“Hmph.”

As expected, he chuckled lightly and immediately tried to close the distance without hesitation.

‘Close combat is annoying….’

I try to create as much distance as possible while blocking his relentless attacks, but he doesn’t easily give me space.

If I lose my rhythm even a little, the trajectory of the sword waving in front of my eyes becomes erratic.

“Get away!”

I try to spread heated sand everywhere to prevent him from approaching, but he doesn’t care whether his body gets burned or not.

‘He’s determined… to jump in like that without hesitation?’

He’s desperate too.

Knowing that my main tactic is mid-range using spirit magic and various abilities, he’s trying to stick close no matter what.

‘Should I bind and seal him with the magic sword’s power? …But he’ll probably escape before I can catch him.’

Above all, the speed of that sword is threatening.

Closing the distance to the activation range of the magic sword is a gamble.

‘Then.’

As I was thinking about the next useful countermeasure.

“This is the end!”

He aims for the gap in my thoughts and extends his sword.

The blade leaves a blue afterimage as it approaches right in front of my Adam’s apple.

‘I got him.’

I smirk and use my ability towards the center of his extended sword.

I could deflect it with a fixed position, but if it’s him, he’ll react and counterattack.

If so.

I just need to destroy the means to respond.

Before the tip of the sword touches my neck.

It was sucked into the crimson space that unfolded in front of it.

It dug in like deep mud without a sound of being sucked in.

“Kugh!”

Only then did he realize and grit his teeth as if he knew he was in trouble.

But it was too late.

‘Insert the object with space expansion, bind it as it is with a fixed position, and cut it off firmly with transfer.’

While accurately drawing that process in my head, I execute one of the applications I recently came up with.

What was completed like that.

“Severance.”

A temporary break in the space itself, a defense using that power.

Space Control – Severance.

Clang!

His sword broke.

The sword, which was wrapped in sturdy aura and exerted strength beyond ordinary steel, was cut in half in vain.

Because of that, a gap was forcibly created.

The moment the sword breaks, his center of gravity is thrown off, and he staggers.

“What?!”

He’s in shock, probably not expecting his sword to break in the air like that.

Of course, he’ll have a spare sword.

But.

“Too late.”

A sharp stone spear springs up from the floor, piercing his entire body.

And a lightning bolt spewed out by my spirit magic swallowed him, his eyes wide with shock.

* * *

After dealing with the attackers, I ran straight to Lowell’s trading company without looking back.

I killed all those who charged at me, so there’s no more danger, but you never know.

I want to search through the spoils or investigate, but it’s too dark.

Because of the commotion, mercenaries staying at the inn and nearby citizens will flock here, so let’s avoid it for now.

In times like these, it’s safer to jump into Pileros Trading Company because there are many eyes watching.

I rushed in and explained the situation to the merchant on night duty.

Soon, Lowell heard the news and rushed over.

“E, Eilon-ssi! Is that true!”

Why is he yelling so loudly in the middle of the night?

I’m not deaf, and I’m not running away even if you don’t call me?

No, I have nowhere to go right now!

If you don’t let me sleep here tonight, I’ll be homeless.

“……Was it really an attack?”

“Well, it’s certain that they came looking for me.”

I explained the whole story first.

“That was really dangerous… An assassination guild. You’ve gotten yourself into something truly pathetic again.”

After listening to the explanation, Lowell said with a cold sweat.

“……I, I never thought they would resort to such tactics. I didn’t think Kalluon Trading Company would be so foolish.”

He said he thought they would only resort to threats or minor interference at best.

The reason he warned me in the first place was so that I would be prepared for that, not that he thought something like today would happen.

“But was it really an assassination guild that attacked? Not ordinary mercenaries?”

That wouldn’t be the case.

The mercenary guild doesn’t accept these kinds of requests.

You can give money to individual mercenaries and ask them for somewhat minor threats, but this crossed their line.

“From the way they use aura to the equipment they’re wearing, even in the dark, it was quite elaborate. They probably hired a particularly dangerous group from the assassination guild.”

“Wait! Eilon-ssi, were you safe against those guys?”

“Don’t worry. I killed all those who charged at me. They won’t come after me again. Well, I can take care of it if they come.”

“That’s not what I’m worried about… No, never mind.”

Lowell shook his head repeatedly as if he had a headache.

“Certainly, Kalluon Trading Company hasn’t had a good reputation for a while. I’ve heard rumors, but I didn’t think they would be this extreme. I don’t know what made him so foolish.”

“Anyway, let’s take today’s incident as an opportunity to be careful in the future.”

“Yes. It’s a relief that the workshop location wasn’t exposed. We need to tighten security even more.”

I also think it’s fortunate in that regard.

I’d rather they attack me than set fire to the workshop.

“Then, about the next problem.”

I want to repay you right away, but it’s still too early.

There’s no reason to spend time going around and fighting them one by one.

Let’s just hold a grudge for now and wait for the next opportunity.

Anyway, from the point of view of the assassination guild, who aimed for an attack but were instead annihilated, they wouldn’t continue to accept this request if they were sane.

They have a habit of being cautious.

‘I have to settle it, though.’

But I’m not going to let it slide.

I’ll just take the opportunity to clean it up someday.

I have other urgent matters right now.

Because the priority is set.

“By the way, I don’t have a place to stay anymore, so I’d like to ask you for that first.”

“Come to think of it, you said you burned it down?”

“I only burned down the room I was staying in. I didn’t burn down the inn?”

Anyway, I can’t keep staying at that inn, and if I find another inn, they’ll probably attack again.

Let’s just ask them to hide me this time.

Let’s ask them to pay for my accommodation and give me food.

I’m going to freeload!

“Please leave that to us.”

Lowell readily agreed to cooperate.

We wanted to discuss the next problem.

“Then the problem is….”

Just as I was about to say that.

Thud!

A sound of something falling from outside was heard, followed by murmuring.

“……Surely not again?”

I dealt with all the guys who attacked me at the time without leaving any behind.

Then is it reinforcements?

‘……First, back off.’

As I waved my hand and showed him appropriately, he noticed and retreated behind the table.

That young man doesn’t have the skills to fight.

It’s better to step aside into the corner.

‘Huh? It doesn’t seem like a battle has broken out.’

It would have been much more chaotic if it had.

Still, just in case, I leaned my back against the wall next to the front door, prepared, and peeked out to check the situation outside.

“……What’s going on?”

“Well, the thing is, a magician suddenly came and said he knew you….”

“Yes?”

A magician?

Only after hearing the guard’s words, who was speaking in a reluctant tone, did I realize!

Come to think of it, I had an appointment!

“W, wait a minute! That person is not an enemy.”

That person is an ally, an ally!

More than that, I don’t know why everyone is so nervous about why she came?

“Anyway, let that person in. Geez! If you’re coming, send someone to contact me in advance….”

After shouting at the mercenaries to step back, I was about to greet her.

I froze.

“I knew you’d be here, Eilon.”

Kruse casually found this place and approached without any concern.

As expected, it was her who came to find me now.

In the first place, she said she would come when she was done with her business, so I thought it was about time.

Even if it wasn’t, I wanted to learn magic as soon as possible in this situation.

I want to give her a proper welcome, but.

Regardless of my happiness, I couldn’t help but ask this first.

I couldn’t take my eyes off Kruse’s back.

“Eilon?”

“What is that, Kruse-ssi?”

I pointed to the corpses piled up behind her.

There are at least ten or more corpses piled up.

That’s the cause of the commotion.

Kruse tilted her head for a moment and pondered.

“……Should I call it a gift?”

“That’s the most terrible gift in the world!”

Why does it remind me of the story I heard at my old company about a senior whose cat brought her bug corpses every day?

Maybe it’s a joke.

“So, leaving that terrible joke aside, what is that?”

Kruse, who frowned slightly as if she didn’t like my analogy of a terrible joke, told me the identity of the corpse as if it were nothing.

“……They’re guests who had business with you, Eilon.”

“Guests?”

“These guys were watching the place you were staying in on the outskirts of the city.”

As Kruse shook her staff appropriately, something like a cylinder rolled out from among the corpses.

“It’s a magic tool for seeing long distances [telescope].”

“Yes. It’s not rare, but it’s not something that everyone carries around. I thought it was suspicious, so I talked to them… and they attacked me.”

“I see. I can imagine.”

I understand now.

They must have been accomplices with the guys who attacked earlier.

It seems they were the ones who were watching the movements here, separate from the attack team.

But it seems that Kruse, who happened to arrive, caught them because of the magic tool they had.

I need to learn magic after all.

Seeing this makes me even more desperate.

“That must have been tough… Huh? Wait? So, Kruse-ssi, how long have you been here?”

As if she knew the situation, she naturally got rid of them.

Even if they attacked first, wouldn’t she just kill them right away?

I found that strange.

“Actually, I arrived around the afternoon. Originally, I was thinking of visiting you when the sun rose tomorrow, but I felt your mana. I knew right away that you were fighting someone.”

“……You didn’t think about helping me then?”

“Oh my? You were enough on your own, weren’t you?”

Her standards are surprisingly strict.

Well, if you think about it differently, it sounds like she would have intervened if it seemed dangerous.

In fact, seeing that she dealt with people I didn’t even sense, it seems she didn’t just watch.

‘More than that, I still have a long way to go….’

I couldn’t figure out how to deal with the people watching from afar.

I was prepared from the moment I was targeted, but it was really fortunate that she helped me.

That’s really lucky.

So, the lucky magician is tilting her head now.

“But what are those? No, before that, Eilon, what were you doing?”

“……You’re asking that so quickly. No, did you deal with them without even knowing who they were?”