How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 235

Aileen?”

“Recover first before jumping in. You’re not going to be any help in that state anyway.”

It was a cold remark, but it was true.

“You’ll only be a hindrance.”

Sylvester was already exhausted from the fierce battle.

He would be more of a burden than a help.

“I’ll manage somehow until you recover a bit.”

And since I’ve already popped out, might as well strike a pose.

“Can you do it?”

“…Well, I think I’ve gotten quite strong too. What the heck, I’ll manage somehow.”

I said it optimistically, but I was actually confident.

‘If the reason he powered up is because of the monster Epheleo brought in… maybe…’

Whatever it is, I won’t know unless I try.

“Come, Aileen.”

Pellentronel beckoned as if he had been waiting for me.

“I will defeat all enemies, including you, and crush the world.”

His personality has changed subtly again.

Is it the influence of absorbing that monster?

“…Let’s settle this as you wish, you damn old geezer king.”

I have no reason to hold back any longer either.

“I won’t go easy on you.”

At my signal, Salamander appeared, igniting flames.

At the same time, I cast the mana interference transformation magic, Atom Metamorphose, changing Salamander’s flames.

‘Make the firepower even stronger!’

The flames soared even more fiercely, eventually turning blue.

“…Then I’ll take the first move! Go!”

I shouted, sending the flames Salamander created flying.

The blue flames swirled, engulfing him and his surroundings.

“Oh? You’ve grown stronger…”

Pellentronel chuckled, seemingly impressed, and plunged straight into the flames I unleashed.

Then, he swung his weapon, colliding with it.

The brown flames were as powerful as his weapon, standing their ground against my flames without giving an inch.

However, what I wanted to see wasn’t a contest of power between him and the flames.

My flames touched the armor made of tree roots covering him.

It was scorched.

“…So this works after all?”

As expected, the spirit’s flames, enhanced with the magic I received from Ashilla, worked.

It was proof that he inherited the characteristics of that monster.

‘I don’t know the principle, but the effective means are likely the same as those monsters from before…’

If so, then it’s right for me to step in.

I’m the only one who has effective means of attack against the current Pellentronel.

“You’ve learned some tricks!”

The blue flames split to the left and right as he charged toward me.

I summoned a gnome to raise a wall of rock, blocking his path.

“Where do you think you’re going!”

However, a mere rock wall that wasn’t enhanced with magic crumbled futilely under the ax he swung.

“…Well, I wasn’t planning on defending anyway.”

It was just a distraction.

While hiding behind the rock wall, I instantly teleported to the ceiling.

“Ice Spear.”

Papak! Papapapat!

Four ice spears fell around him, diverting his attention.

“Sprite.”

A sprite was summoned, scattering lightning.

The lightning was drawn to the ice pillars like lightning rods, re-discharging and forming a barrier to trap him.

“A trick!”

However, when he rammed into it, the electricity scattered futilely.

That’s to be expected.

The current lightning is just ordinary spirit magic without any enhancements.

And this is the real deal.

Having teleported behind him unnoticed, I once again unleashed the sprite’s lightning.

This time, I activated magic to enhance it.

“Claw of Lightning.”

I created a claw of lightning larger than my height and struck him from behind.

“Keuk!”

Pellentronel noticed and quickly turned around to block, but my claw of lightning scraped his body.

Was that all?

I spread the claw and grabbed his arm.

“Go!”

I swung him around and threw him away.

Kooong!

Pellentronel crashed into the wall with a heavy thud.

Sylvester, witnessing this, gasped in astonishment from behind.

“Now, unlike last time, I’ll thoroughly exploit you this time.”

There won’t be a third round.

I declared, steeling my resolve to fight more seriously.

This is just the beginning.

Because the foreign energy surrounding Pellentronel has begun to explode.

The ominous, foreign energy is increasing explosively.

“Prepare yourself.”

He kicked off the ground and leaped up.

“…Crazy.”

He leaped to the ceiling in an instant, then flipped his body in mid-air, kicked off the ceiling, and jumped down.

Unbelievable acceleration.

Falling while engulfed in the flames emanating from the ax, he resembled a meteor.

I barely managed to teleport away, and a pillar of fire erupted upon impact with the ground.

The impact alone caused the dungeon to rumble.

I even felt like the altitude was decreasing.

“…At this rate, it wouldn’t be strange if this place collapsed…”

I gritted my teeth as I was taken aback.

I can’t see him.

‘Crap… I lost sight of him in the meantime…’

But by then, he had already arrived above my head.

“I messed up…”

“Then take this!”

He swung the ax he was holding down, aiming for my head.

The mere act of striking down seemed to exert tremendous pressure.

It wouldn’t be strange if I were split in two with just a graze.

“Tch!”

Reflexively, I mobilized all means of defense, preparing as densely as possible.

Kwaang!

A deafening roar echoed, and a terrifying impact struck.

I was thrown back, barely managing to control gravity in mid-air to reduce my speed and land.

“Keuek… That hurt like hell…”

I frowned at the throbbing pain in my chest.

I barely blocked a single blow.

‘It would be disadvantageous to go into a brawl like this…’

I could fight as much as I wanted if I thought of unconventional means using wide-area attacks or abilities, and effective means, but it wouldn’t be good to charge head-on.

I mustn’t let him get close.

If I were to be caught, my limbs would be torn off.

The problem is that he would have recognized that point as well.

“You’re still clumsy at exchanging blows.”

He’s trying to force me into close combat, even if it means increasing his speed and hurting his body.

He must have noticed my weakness.

“Don’t think you can surpass me with a naive method! You lack experience!”

Pellentronel shouted, and once again his massive body flickered like an afterimage.

‘He’s faster than before…’

I didn’t lose sight of him this time, but he had already reached 10 meters in front of me.

Unfortunately, my eyes can follow, but my body can’t keep up.

The chronic problem of lacking close combat experience and being unskilled.

“…Well, then I just have to leave it to someone who specializes in that.”

But the moment I smirked.

Pellentronel also noticed the meaning and widened his eyes.

There is a sword that intervenes from behind me, as if to deflect his blow instead.

Sylvester’s sword.

It subtly twisted the trajectory, causing Pellentronel’s powerful attack to miss.

Kooong!

His ax missed and split the innocent floor, and at the same time, I grabbed Sylvester and teleported away to create distance.

“Thanks for saving me.”

“Don’t mention it… Thanks to you buying time, I’ve recovered to some extent.”

Sylvester nodded seriously, drawing out his sword aura.

He hasn’t fully recovered his stamina, but he has the strength to exchange a few blows.

“Aileen, you have a plan, right?”

“…If it’s a plan that I can roughly guess.”

I suggested a plan that I could guess for now.

“Aim for the heart.”

He said that he absorbed the monster through the heart as a medium.

Then, aiming for that heart would be the most reasonable thing to do.

“…I see.”

Sylvester seemed to agree.

“But how are you going to damage it?”

“I have something useful.”

I took out my magic sword Chain Sword from subspace and handed it to him.

“Stick this sword into his heart. Then I’ll somehow try to stop it through that.”

“…Do you have a way?”

“I have my own secret.”

I vaguely glossed over it, feeling uncomfortable revealing my magic.

If the magic sword Chain Sword is stabbed into the heart, I intend to put my hand on it and change the formula to make it go berserk.

I’m thinking of blowing up the Chain Sword as it is.

My magic is an effective means against that monster, so it will definitely work.

Well, it’s a waste to use a precious magic sword like a bomb, but if I think about taking him down, it’s a necessary expense.

“I’ll do the flashy attacks. Aim for the gap while I draw his attention.”

That’s all there is to the plan.

Sylvester rushed forward as if shooting his body without answering.

I also summoned a sprite and drew out strength again.

Combining my magic with the sprite’s lightning, I created six claws of lightning.

Pajijijijik!

The high-voltage claws that burn everything they touch surround him, threatening him.

Each claw is so sharp and fast that it can be compared to the slash of a decent aura master.

No matter how strong he is, it would be somewhat difficult to deal with.

The moment he showed an opening, leaving countless wounds all over his body, Sylvester extended his sword.

“Is it done…”

The timing is perfect.

He dug in properly.

However…

For a moment, I felt a malicious intent laughing that I didn’t know.

The moment my Chain Sword penetrated about 10 centimeters [~4 inches].

The foreign energy flowing from his torso seemed to cover the sword.

He broke the sword too easily.

“…What?”

I was careless.

My Chain Sword is a mass-produced item.

It shows a quality that is not inferior to a decent sword, but it was not enough to withstand the current situation.

“Sylvester, step back!”

At the same time as I shouted, Sylvester drew his sword again and blocked the descending attack, but that was all.

Kwaang!

With a burst of sound, Sylvester was thrown back futilely.

He doesn’t move, whether he lost consciousness with that.

“Damn it…”

I tried to respond, but likewise, he wouldn’t easily allow it.

“Not a chance!”

He came towards me and struck down with his ax.

“Keuek?!”

I defended, but I was also knocked away by the heat and impact emanating from his ax.

“How boring.”

However, Pellentronel turned his body as if half ignoring us.

‘He’s not finishing us off…’

I gritted my teeth, maintaining the mana I had hastily gathered for a counterattack.

It seems that he is prioritizing taking over the device to occupy the dungeon.

“There… stand…”

I barely raised my body and called out, but he didn’t answer.

Rather than ignoring me, it seems he doesn’t want to approach and leave me alone in case I’m planning something.

“Aileen, I will personally take care of you later. …First, I will get this.”

First, he prioritized taking over the dungeon.

He must be planning to secure what he wants and then slowly finish us off.

“Watch me get this place.”

Pellentronel confidently declared and put his hand on the door where the dungeon’s reward would be sealed.