How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 203

“…Are you serious?”

“They will definitely try to chase you. So, I plan to use that opportunity to eliminate them once and for all.”

There’s a reason I haven’t chased after that woman, even knowing she’s alive.

I was waiting for her to plan a counterattack.

The moment she shows any sign of action and lets her guard down, I will cut off her escape route.

That’s why it’s crucial for her to obsess and attack.

If I miss this chance, things will get a bit troublesome later on.

“I intend to cut off any lingering attachments they might have, ensuring they can’t interfere with you. So, for that reason as well, you need to escape.”

I continued confidently.

“I promise you, I will ensure your escape. So, I hope you will trust and follow me.”

Calmly. Not humbly, but matter-of-factly.

That’s how I proposed to them.

Elmeroth simply stood with his hands behind his back, remaining silent.

The decision isn’t his to make.

It belongs to the other races themselves.

“…What the heck, should we just follow what Aileon says?”

The one who voiced his opinion was the beast-man, Zillon.

“We’ve only been receiving help from both Elmeroth and Aileon, haven’t we? What the heck, we should follow them until the end.”

“…Well, it’s embarrassing to say, but we have no choice.”

“What, aren’t they telling us to do so?”

“I was getting tired of this place anyway.”

The beast-men began to agree one by one, and there were no objections.

“Then, I’ll take that as agreement.”

“Yes. We will immediately start preparing for evacuation as Aileon says. However.”

I thought they had agreed, but Dires seemed to have something else to say.

“We will accompany Aileon when he fights.”

“…You should be guiding the evacuation. What do you mean, fight?”

“Excluding those personnel. Me, Zillon, and a few others will assist Aileon.”

“It could be dangerous, you know?”

As if there was nothing to ask, those who volunteered to accompany me didn’t even bat an eye, as if they were prepared.

“…I can’t help it. Then, let’s do that. …Well, I was thinking that I was short-handed anyway. I was a little worried about how to deal with all the city residents.”

It was decided.

“Then, from now on, let’s start preparing immediately.”

The goal is to get everyone out of here safely.

And.

To punish the mastermind who is plotting this cruel plan using them.

Those are the two goals.

It’s okay. I can achieve both without any problems.

“The ones launching the counterattack aren’t them. It’s us.”

Well, specifically, it’s me.

* * *

Asilla handed over the magic tome, leaving some useful things in my head before leaving.

Like the secret passage, and something else.

“With the acquisition of the magic tome, all the guardians operating within the relic tower have ceased their activities.”

After briefly visiting the upper floor, I tapped the few guardians I brought down with my fist.

Originally, they were the reliable gatekeepers who protected this place for tens of thousands of years.

But now, they are so docile that they don’t even budge.

If they were operating properly, they would be magical weapons that would be difficult for me to handle, but if they don’t move, there’s nothing to fear.

“Thanks to that, I was able to transport them safely.”

I was able to obtain them intact without any effort.

The total number is unknown, but I roughly found ten.

“This… Could it be Aileon? Are you planning to use these guys?”

Elmeroth, who was admiringly examining its body, noticed my intentions and widened his eyes.

That’s right.

We can use these.

“Even if they are brainwashed, most of the enemies are just ordinary mercenaries or soldiers. So, if we deploy things that they can’t handle, we can exert sufficient deterrence.”

“But aren’t they stopped?”

“They aren’t exactly broken. They stopped because the magic power supplied from the magic tome was cut off when I obtained it.”

Therefore, repairs will be relatively easy.

“I would like Elmeroth to modify these so that we can use them.”

If we can use them, they will be reliable allies.

“Hmm… Let’s take a look first.”

Elmeroth, who answered vaguely, was already subtly examining it.

He even recklessly opened the armor of the body and looked inside.

Incessant exclamations echoed from the inside.

“…I’ve been thinking this for a while, but the designer of this place seems to have tremendous knowledge and insight.”

“Is it that much?”

“If that person were alive, I wouldn’t get tired of talking to him for years.”

His curiosity as an engineer was stimulated, and he couldn’t control himself.

“It’s a pity that you can’t hear that opinion.”

“What did you say?”

“No. It’s nothing.”

“…Anyway, as you said, they are just stopped, so we can definitely use them.”

“Also, I found a few more warehouses, so there are enough materials to equip them with the equipment they can use.”

It might be a bit of a waste, but if we save it, we won’t be able to save the people we need to save.

“Indeed, it’s not bad. But…”

Elmeroth seemed to welcome my suggestion, but his expression clouded over.

“We don’t have enough manpower.”

Even if he is an excellent engineer, he only has one body and two hands.

“There’s not enough time just to maintain those guys. I can’t even finish half of that.”

“I know.”

Of course, I know his difficulties.

“But don’t we have plenty of manpower?”

“…Hmm.”

My and Elmeroth’s gazes turned to the other races.

Our thoughts coincided.

“Are you saying to teach them the technology? Is that what you want to say now?”

“What the heck, what can’t we do? Fortunately, their aptitude won’t be bad.”

They have good stamina, and above all, they must be desperate right now.

Even if complex technology is impossible, they won’t be too bad to use.

“Can you do it?”

Elmeroth asks.

“I will do my best.”

“What the heck, what can’t we do.”

“Even though I look like this, I used to work in a blacksmith in the place where I lived before.”

And the other races also readily stepped forward to help.

“Okay. Then let’s start right away. But don’t even dream of resting.”

Elmeroth spoke seriously to them and immediately started working.

* * *

We started moving quickly.

Everyone must move busily in the shortest amount of time to carry out what I have instructed.

Because we have to check the equipment and secure and inspect the ‘means’ to confront them.

In addition, I must also be fully prepared.

‘First of all, I need to be able to use the magic I obtained to some extent….’

I pulled out the theory of the magic I obtained from my head and recognized it.

It’s complicated.

If I had tried to learn this normally, would I have been able to properly understand even 10% of it in my entire life?

In that respect, it’s like I learned this secret technique by eating it raw.

Forcibly stuffing it into my head and using it are separate issues.

I tried to activate it as a test.

“…Atom metamorphose.”

When I stretched out my hand, a pure white light, just like the one she used, appeared in my hand.

But it soon went out like a light bulb that had reached the end of its life.

“…Ugh, it’s difficult to use.”

Activation is possible, but maintenance is difficult.

Above all, it is almost impossible for my head to calculate complex formulas.

The difficulty is too high.

‘Originally, it’s the kind of power that you can barely use even a part of it after years of training even after obtaining it.’

Well, that would also be ridiculously fast.

If I complain even with this, I have nothing to say even if I get beaten with a staff by all the magicians on the entire continent.

But what I need is now.

‘Cheating is so convenient.’

If you know the problem, you can solve it.

Let’s acquire qualities that will help activate and maintain high-level magic.

Each one is a characteristic possessed by first-class genius magicians, so it will be helpful to acquire them all.

‘It’s not a loss to spend some points to acquire this much magic.’

In addition, using this even a little faster will dramatically increase my combat power.

“Um! That’s great!”

After completely acquiring the abilities, I tried to activate the magic once again.

This time, the light lasts quite a while.

At this rate, the activation of the magic will not be canceled easily.

“…And the most important problem is whether I can use it properly.”

As a test, I showed a small flame.

Then, let’s cast a spell on the flame to change its components.

She created a cold flame.

‘Heat is transmitted by the active vibration of atoms… So, I use mana to alter the atoms….’

Recalling the principle of how heat is generated, let’s try to manipulate it based on that.

Fortunately, there is an image of the example shown earlier, so I just need to follow it.

It’s a good thing I saw an example of how to use it first, otherwise I would have had a hard time using it.

‘Come to think of it, could it be that… she deliberately tested me to show me that example?’

Anyway, it means she doesn’t make me suffer without meaning.

Let’s believe that.

Finally, the temperature of the flame cooled down.

It is clearly burning, but its temperature is extremely cool.

A contradictory phenomenon.

Seeing that, a bitter smile comes out.

I succeeded.

“…Magic is truly irrational. Physicists would foam at the mouth and faint if they saw it.”

While contemplating how to properly utilize this, I extinguished the flame.

Because there was a presence approaching from behind.

The alchemist Elmeroth.

“Did I disturb you?”

“I was just getting bored of being alone. By the way, what about the work I asked for?”

“Hmph. Don’t worry, I’ve done it properly. You can definitely use what you suggested.”

“That’s really reassuring.”

“Give your thanks to those guys.”

He said, giving credit to the other races he used as assistants.

“The reason it ended so early is because those guys worked properly. I didn’t expect them to really run around without rest. Thanks to that, I didn’t even have time to catch my breath.”

“That’s why I’m even more grateful.”

“That’s enough. All I can do is be a little good with my hands. It’s not very pleasant to hear empty words from someone who is much younger.”

In his hand, he holds a bottle that is half full.

It’s alcohol.

“Would you like a drink?”

“I’ll postpone it until later. Actually, I don’t drink when I have work to do.”

“You’re just pretending to be diligent.”

He doesn’t seem to want to force me, so he just sits down on his own and starts pouring himself a drink.

No, I didn’t mean for him to drink alone….

He didn’t come up here just to tease me.

He must have something to say.

He swallowed the contents of the glass to the end before speaking again.