How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 307

341. The Place to Truly Point the Sword (4)

With one more attack, the World Tree’s core screamed as if in agony.

-Khaaaaaaaaak!

Perhaps, translated into human language, it would sound something like, ‘Don’t come! Don’t do it!’

As it wildly flailed its branches, the tree roots surged up, parrying my attacks like whips.

“Do you hate me that much?”

Being treated like a bug is a little unpleasant.

“Then, I’ll completely smash you.”

I aimed Killmuris and focused my power.

I summoned the demon Melgeneria and borrowed her energy to infuse the sword.

Sword of Turbidity.

I imbued the sword with an ominous energy that seemed capable of melting a creature’s entire body upon contact and swung it down.

-Khaaaaaaaaak!

However, this time, it wouldn’t be easily defeated.

Numerous roots stretched out from all directions, overlapping to form multiple layers of walls.

They intricately wove the root tendrils as if embroidering, creating a formidable barrier.

Clang!

The Sword of Turbidity collided with the wall and shattered several layers.

But unfortunately, it stopped at the last one.

“Hmph! Then how about this!”

The World Tree focused on my actions, wary only of me.

I feigned another attack.

“I’m counting on you! Our Corpse Yang!”

“I wish you wouldn’t call me that.”

At my signal, a round gate opened in the air, and Elles jumped out.

“Elles?!”

Ernil was surprised, and Sylvester was also taken aback.

They probably never imagined that the undead they thought they had defeated would suddenly reappear.

“Nice surprise attack!”

From the beginning, I had planned for her to hide nearby for a surprise attack. Moreover, I had already returned her core at that point, so there were no issues with her concealing her presence.

“Haaaaaaat!”

Elles had been informed about this situation in advance, so she didn’t hesitate.

The black magic sword energy Elles unleashed pierced the World Tree’s core.

“Tsk! It was a surprise attack, but it wasn’t deep enough!”

Elles immediately clicked her tongue and jumped back.

The core, with its body half-split, convulsed as if forcibly moving, and reached out a branch towards Elles.

Sharp roots pursued her in response to its will.

“Fall back for now!”

While I created a blaze of magic, burning all the roots, Elles landed behind me.

“Are you really going to take that down?”

“The core coming out directly means it’s trying to take us down directly. It’s not just advantageous for it; it’s desperate.”

There must be a core crystal at the center of the terminal that is the heart of the World Tree.

Coming out directly means there is a risk to it.

“Destroying that will weaken its power, right?”

“……Easy to say, but…”

Elles trailed off and glanced at Ernil.

“Save your words for that idiot elf later.”

“I intend to. Now that it’s come to this, how about you folks lend a hand?”

Elles shouted, addressing Cruise and Sylvester, who were blankly watching the situation.

“Why is an undead giving orders…?”

“Wait! Ailen! Why are you bringing that undead around!”

For them, who don’t know the full story, everything is unfamiliar.

I want to explain, but there’s no time.

“Explanations later! First, shut that monster tree up!”

“……Alright.”

“……I’ll be sure to hear about it later.”

In the end, Sylvester and Cruise also decided to put aside everything else for now and help me.

Ernil just blankly watched us.

“Why?”

“Why or why not, this is the right thing to do.”

I confidently declared.

“Right! Do you even know what you’re doing? If you do that, they… if you don’t show the predetermined karma…”

“Shut up.”

I ignored whatever Ernil said and glared at the World Tree’s core.

“Let’s take that thing down first and then talk.”

No one opposes that.

Ernil is shouting something, but I’m not kind enough to listen.

I’ll end your stories my way.

“Let’s go! We have to end this in one go!”

Of course, I’ll be the first to step up in this situation.

I raised the magic sword energy again and charged.

The World Tree’s core weaves the same wall again.

“You’ve got to be kidding me.”

In response, I called upon the power of the demon Melgeneria even more greatly.

“Give me all your power!”

[……I’m not responsible if you get poisoned by magic and die.]

“Hmph.”

No way.

I unleash the ominous energy brought to its limit to my heart’s content.

A huge black flame soared high, piercing through the World Tree in one go.

“Try to block it if you can!”

Meanwhile, the World Tree, terrified, tries to attack me as well as defend.

The World Tree’s branches turned towards me, and a strange light emanated from them.

Is it magic?

“Not a chance!”

As Cruise used magic, the cold air that blew in from all directions froze the light, binding it completely.

And without any prior agreement, Sylvester noticed the gap and jumped in, plunging sword energy filled with lightning.

Kwarurururung!

The area flashed, and the branches were destroyed in an instant.

“The next one will be difficult!”

Now that it has been attacked once, it is difficult to destroy it in the same way by exerting resistance next time.

As Sylvester shouted, I nodded and immediately struck down the summoned magic sword energy.

“Go!”

A mass of magic flames poured down.

Burning, cutting, and smashing everything, making the World Tree’s infamous resistance pale in comparison, and then swallowing the core whole.

-Khaaaaaaaaak!

It screams.

“It’s noisy. Shut it up.”

[……Always making me work.]

Melgeneria grumbled and used another of her specialties.

The sounds around the World Tree seemed to resonate all at once.

[Explode.]

As she snapped her fingers, an invisible, colorless wave exploded.

It was manipulating sound waves to shake the opponent.

Paang!

A popping sound rang out, and the World Tree’s core flinched as if struck by a blunt weapon.

“Elles!”

“I know without you telling me.”

Some time is needed to prepare the next power.

Elles immediately grabbed her swords in each hand and unleashed a barrage of attacks on the damaged core.

Papabababababat!

In a scene like a black rain pouring down indiscriminately, the World Tree’s core is being hacked to pieces.

“Hey, brat!”

Elles shouted.

The target is Sylvester.

“Uh…… me?”

“Two swords are not enough.”

Did he understand just from those words?

He made a complicated expression as if feeling repulsed by the fact that he was being ordered by an undead, but soon he gripped his sword again and jumped in, unleashing a barrage of attacks in sync with Elles’ movements.

The attacks of the two sword masters, even though they were matching their skills for the first time, did not hinder each other at all, and quickly and gracefully whittled away at the opponent.

The World Tree struggled as if annoyed, but no matter how hard it tried, it could not escape the sword energy of the two.

And the World Tree, driven into a corner, finally chooses the last resort.

Kugugugugung!

The ground shakes.

“Tsk, how petty.”

I clicked my tongue, and Ernil explained the situation as if in despair.

“The World Tree… is trying to crush us by moving its entire body.”

It seems that it is trying to exert its full power.

Moreover, we are fighting inside its body.

“Who would let you?”

I coolly laughed at the World Tree.

“Ballant! Stop it! And help you too!”

The king of the earth spirits, Ballant, and the highest-level ice spirit were summoned sequentially at the same time.

The shaking of the World Tree stopped as the two giants were summoned.

By now, the power of the two of them outside should be temporarily stopping the giant body of this damn tree.

“Unfortunately, I know all your methods.”

I won’t give this tree a chance to exert its power properly.

It ends when you quickly cut it down before that.

“It’s over.”

I reached the World Tree in an instant in front of it, screaming in panic.

Before it could act, I plunged my sword into its center.

“Next time, be born as a more ordinary tree.”

Then, I released the Sword of Turbidity, and the energy that rebelled as if bursting out from within completely shattered it.

Not to mention its body, the core embedded inside it.

Unless it has fully grown, the current one can be defeated with just this much effort.

And a message announcing its demise.

But…….

……Something was strange.

It’s definitely as I planned.

However, it feels like something has gone decisively wrong.

Like…….

‘Like I’m missing something….’

I strangely felt a tingling sensation above my head.

As if someone… was watching me.

“What is that?”

And an anomaly occurred.

* * *

“I warned you, you hopeless fool. Hehehehe. …I really did commit it.”

A place quite far from the World Tree.

Epileot is watching the situation, chuckling as if he can clearly see what will happen inside even from afar.

Even if you can’t see it, you can feel the energy.

Sylvester’s sword energy, Cruise Elphament’s magic power, and a strange black magic power… is it the undead Elles?

Among them, Ailen’s is the easiest to recognize.

An uncontrollable energy of unknown origin.

Clearly different from themselves.

A unique characteristic worthy of an alien species.

And the World Tree’s presence weakens.

“You made a mistake.”

At that moment, the world changes.

An overtly alien presence is felt.

It’s not the apostles he’s been leading until now.

“In the end, did you give up on correcting things by sending only the lower ones?”

Epileot, who knows the identity, trembled.

And showed a little sympathy for Ailen.

“Ailen. You… stood out too much.”

His goal was to fill the gaps that Ailen had created so far and to reawaken or eliminate Sylvester, who was slowly losing his purpose.

But it didn’t work out as planned.

As a result of Ailen’s existence recklessly interfering.

Kmelz Alfrens did not make a name for himself and retired on his own.

Ernil Alfrens also failed to fulfill her role and was interfered with.

There is no benefit to touching Sylvester now.

That’s why Epileot stepped back.

“I wondered if they would stay still even after things got so twisted… but it doesn’t seem to be the case.”

Epileot was the first to notice the sudden anomaly and shuddered.

“Did they have less patience than I knew?”

He is not likely to be harmed by that being yet.

Rather, he is faithfully playing along with their intentions, so there is no need to be afraid.

“It’s scary. Seriously….”

Even though he knows, he instinctively feels fear.

Because he knows.

The meaning of the phenomenon that is happening now.

“He’s coming.”

Did he finally decide to intervene directly because the schedule was not going as planned?

“The being that resides above our heads seems to be quite angry.”

His intentions cannot be read.

In the first place, that is not a being that can communicate with language.

For that, we are just pets running around only in a predetermined destiny…….

“I would have told you, Ailen….”

He looked up at the sky with a sneer.

“That breaking that schedule itself is destroying the world….”

His purpose now will be obvious.

“Now you will realize it too. The despair of this world… the fate that was twisted from the beginning….”

He smirked as if he deserved it.

“Enjoy it to the fullest. The real malice that you can’t stand against.”