How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 267

298. Too Many Villains (5)

It wasn’t a reckless move.

Leaving them alive would be a nuisance.

In the original story, that guy gnashed his teeth, saying that if he were younger, he could exert power dozens of times stronger than he could back then.

I don’t know why, but if he’s maintaining his prime body, he’ll be annoying to deal with.

It’s best to kill him in one go.

“Isn’t this the most efficient way? Why bother with manners? It’s not like we’re going to fight fair and square.”

I’ve always been taught that the proper etiquette when dealing with vampires and demons is to strike first without a word.

…According to our protagonist’s assertion.

Crusoe hesitated, seemingly agreeing, then looked up at the sky.

“…But.”

“Yes, I suppose my preemptive strike was meaningless.”

The problem is, the sky is still pitch black.

If he had been annihilated by the attack just now, that should have naturally dissipated.

“Was the attack insufficient…?”

“Vampires are tough. It wouldn’t be strange if he survived.”

But it couldn’t have been completely ineffective.

If we find him right away and finish him off, that’s the end of it.

But.

“…Tch.”

It’s not going to go that easily.

“I did wonder why he was revealing himself so openly.”

“…I can’t believe this.”

Crusoe and I, who can sense mana or have vision-enhancing skills in addition to visual information, simultaneously gritted our teeth as if annoyed.

And Yoon Han, who hasn’t grasped the situation yet, cowered, looking at us with unease.

“What’s wrong?”

“It’s nothing much, just that the schedule might change a bit.”

I try not to show any agitation, even if it’s just for show, but I feel a slight dryness in my throat.

This is definitely a somewhat troublesome situation.

“It seems like it’s not just a simple extermination, but a vampire annihilation war.”

As I muttered those words.

“Really. Unbelievable.”

“Attacking right away, they have no class.”

“Thanks to that, ‘we’ almost lost one, didn’t we?”

“That aside, I’m impressed. Is that spirit magic, by any chance?”

“It’s been hundreds of years since I’ve been hit by this level of spirit magic.”

“I’ll have to retract what I said about it being pathetic.”

Voices are heard from all directions.

At first, I wondered if it was some kind of hallucination, but there’s no way this guy could penetrate my mind.

Besides, the voices are all real.

“It seems he wasn’t alone.”

“Are they comrades?”

“It seems to be a different concept from that…”

Unbelievable.

Laughter echoes from all directions, and then they all reveal themselves.

A multitude of vampires.

A massive number of vampires, so many that it’s hard to count, appeared.

And above their heads.

…….

…….

…….

All the same name is inscribed.

At least a thousand, judging by sight.

…Are vampires pursuing mass production these days?

I almost muttered such nonsense.

This was definitely beyond my expectations.

‘Not only did they revive, but they’re also multiplying?’

There are definitely vampires who should be dead.

And they’ve multiplied in large numbers.

‘…Are vampires creatures that multiply? Do they perhaps increase if you cut them?’

It’s not like they’re planarians [flatworms known for their regenerative abilities], there’s no way that could happen.

This isn’t a phenomenon that would occur naturally.

“So you’ve finally realized.”

“It’s too late to be trembling now.”

“If you beg for your lives now, we might barely spare you.”

…Ah, shut up. I can’t think quietly.

More than anything, it’s most distressing to have so many heads chattering above me. That’s the worst.

It’s noise pollution.

“…I’ll find out the reason when I beat them down.”

The only thing to do now is fight.

“Sprite, just shoot randomly.”

I figured there’s no need to aim, so I instructed him to increase the power appropriately. Sprite soared into the sky and unleashed lightning in all directions.

“A high-level spirit!”

“You’ve got quite the skill!”

“This is going to be dangerous!”

The vampires frantically screamed and flew haphazardly through the air, trying to avoid the lightning.

But with that many of them, they can’t properly evade each other.

Kwarururururung!

Each time lightning struck relentlessly, the vampires screamed, and ashes scattered.

‘…The problem is, reducing the numbers a bit there won’t even make a dent.’

The disadvantage of a zerg rush [overwhelming attack using sheer numbers] is that there are also advantages.

“Crusoe! Be careful!”

“I know!”

As soon as I warned her, groups that weren’t swept away by Sprite’s lightning flew towards us.

The sight of vampires descending in swarms was reminiscent of an unpleasant torrent of black waves.

“They’re coming!”

To intercept them, I opened a subspace, took out the Blood Staff, and infused it with a large amount of spirit power.

I summoned Salamander and created a powerful blaze.

Hwarururururuk!

A pillar of fire soared, blocking them.

“In that case….”

Crusoe also chanted a spell to ride the wave.

“Flare Wall!”

As the magic was completed, long magic circles lined up on the ground, and flames soared like a wall above them.

Literally a wall of fire.

Fire or lightning isn’t a particular weakness for them, but we can expect some effect.

In particular, powerful flames have the added effect of incinerating their evil energy.

“Don’t worry about it, just cover it!”

“Do you think you can stop this Elsaria-sama with just flames!”

However, what I didn’t expect was the madness of those vampire bastards.

To think they would just charge straight through the wall of fire without trying to avoid it.

“This is….”

Crusoe clicked her tongue as if in dismay.

The wall of fire she created is powerful.

It was certain that even they wouldn’t be unscathed if they jumped in.

However…….

That only applies if there are one or two of them.

Hwadeudeudeudeudeuk!

The flames shook violently each time the vampire bastards jumped in, like poking a bonfire with firewood.

“…Crazy.”

Even I felt my blood run cold for a moment at their actions.

The bastards didn’t care how much they burned.

“Kihihhihihahahahahaha!”

“Jump in as much as you want!”

“It doesn’t matter! There are plenty of ‘us’!”

The horror of numbers, the ability to overturn any situation with a zerg rush.

There’s nothing scarier than hitting with numbers.

Even a light flick can kill a person if a thousand people do it.

The more they charge, the weaker the wall of fire becomes.

There’s a limit to firepower.

“Crusoe! I’m giving up on containment.”

“…What are you planning to do?”

“We have to actively intercept them!”

It’s not like they’ll let us escape now if we try to run.

We don’t have that much time either.

In any case, the plan to defeat these guys hasn’t changed.

“Let’s teach these mosquitoes the horror of humans!”

“…I guess there’s no choice.”

Crusoe nodded her head as if agreeing and flew up, creating distance from where I was.

Both Crusoe and I are capable of wide-area attacks.

Staying close to each other would only be a hindrance when it matters.

‘If the opponent has a lot of numbers, it’s better to jump in and annihilate them indiscriminately.’

Although not everyone can do that.

How far did we get? A white flame sphere exploded in the distance, indiscriminately wiping out the bastards.

The battle has begun.

“…Then we can’t lose either.”

It’s not my policy to take the initiative, but I have to save face.

I readjusted my staff and decided to fight properly.

“Let’s do it.”

I summoned a light intermediate spirit, Wisp, after a long time.

A pure white orb of light-like spirit was summoned and floated in front of me.

“Wisp, go wild and emit light.”

Wisp’s body began to divide into several pieces.

It created several light masses of the same shape as itself.

Paat!

The light masses simultaneously emitted a large amount of light as if exploding.

“Li… Light?!”

“Kyaaaaaaaaak!”

The bastards screamed and became confused.

Vampires are weak to light, but they wouldn’t be bewildered by just any light.

Artificial light is usually ineffective.

It’s meaningless unless they’re directly exposed to the heat of the sun, which is full of natural power.

However…….

‘The power of spirits is close to the nature itself.’

The light that Wisp creates has passed through my spirit power, so even though the purity is low, it has somewhat similar properties to sunlight.

It’s at least 40% similar.

And that’s enough to confuse the bastards.

It’ll give them enough pain.

And in the meantime, I’ll prepare a large-scale counterattack.

“Undine, it’s your turn.”

-Okay! I’m here!

I summoned Undine and immediately began preparing for its demonstration.

“Undine, spirit magic.”

I completed the necessary formula and sent that information to Undine.

Undine tilted her head as if she didn’t quite understand what I was trying to do, but she moved to execute the formula I sent her right away.

As Undine stretched out her arms, water drew a huge magic circle and began to shine.

And…….

“I’ll prepare too….”

At the same time, I also chanted a separate spell.

This is the biggest advantage of spirit magic.

While the spirit is using magic, I can also chant another spell separately.

In other words, it’s possible to fire two spells at the same time.

The magic Undine used was 4th circle magic, Icicle Tornado.

A tornado mixed with Undine’s cold air and sharp ice blew in.

Ordinary monsters would be torn apart just by being swept away.

‘But that’s not enough seasoning.’

And…….

“Atom Metamorphose.”

I cast a separate spell on it to change it.

The target of the change is water.

‘Undine’s water also has natural properties, so it will work on vampires, but there’s something more certain.’

That’s holy water.

Water purified by priests in the church through prayers.

Such holy water really exists here.

You can even buy as much as you want if you have money.

‘The only downside is that it’s expensive.’

Five silver coins for a bottle of holy water.

It’s really expensive for water.

Of course, if I were to use all the holy water only by paying for it, even I wouldn’t be able to avoid a deficit.

However.

‘There’s a way to illegally copy holy water.’

I know that holy water is water that has been purified by priests and has certain ingredients added to the existing plain water.

Then?

What if I could copy and imitate those ingredients?

“Fortunately, I can somehow imitate the structure using magic.”

I used mana interference transformation magic, Atom Metamorphose, to transform it into water that is exactly the same as holy water.

The important thing is the ingredients.

The color of the whirlpool of ice water that Undine created felt like it was sparkling a little whiter.

-Ah, the water has become clearer!

“Hmm… Is that what it feels like! Good! Throw it in as it is!”

I poured the completed anti-vampire specialized tornado as it was.

If it were just simple magic, the bastards would have endured it with guts.

It’s different if it’s a wide-area attack with added attributes that are weaknesses.

“Kuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!”

The vampires were swept away, torn and pierced by the ice mixed in the tornado, and began to disappear one by one.

‘…Hmph, even if you’ve found power, you’re still just a villain who appears in volume 2.’

There’s a limit to how strong you can get.

Their numbers are threatening, but they are not opponents that we cannot handle if we give our all.

Isn’t the weakness of revived monsters the fate of being defeated by allies who have become stronger since ancient times?

That’s the tradition.