How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 324

359. The Last Rebellion (1)

Time flowed, and the year I turned 21 arrived.

Recently, my daily life consisted of riding the Spirit Beast Valant around, going here and there.

Heading to various parts of the continent, carrying out tasks, and returning.

Today, after finishing my work and returning, a soldier nonchalantly appeared and looked up at me on Valant.

“Always working hard, Mr. Aileen.”

I wonder if that guy even knows what I do?

And without a fuss, he asked me a few simple questions and let me into the city.

“Then, please take care of me next time too.”

-Don’t mind it.

After sending Valant back, I tilted my head and looked back at the gate I had passed.

“At first, when I showed up riding Valant, it was chaos.”

Isn’t human adaptability truly terrifying?

“……Now they’re not even surprised to see Valant.”

The first time I moved near the city riding that snake, they made such a fuss that an entire squad was dispatched and it was a complete mess.

But after doing similar things several times, whether their sense of crisis became paralyzed or not, they weren’t even surprised, and they were even complaining with Valant.

“Well, it’s easier for me that way…….”

Recently, there was a slight reason why I had to ride Valant around, so I was annoyed and tried moving next to the city, but it worked surprisingly well.

As expected, a neighborhood of the absurd!

360. The Last Rebellion (2)

As soon as I returned, I headed straight to Mr. Elmelot’s workshop, and the old man, young only in appearance, greeted me with wide eyes.

“Oh? Already back?”

And behind him, as always, was the Wind Spirit King, Senileina, as if it were natural.

-Welcome.

“Sorry to bother you, but I just got back. I hope you understand.”

-It’s okay. It’s necessary.

“Thank you for understanding. Ah, I bought a gift, would you like some?”

“……No, if you’re going to ask for understanding, shouldn’t you offer it to me, the owner of this workshop?”

“That’s why I’m offering it, though?”

Isn’t it obvious who the real power holder is between the two of us?

Seriously, he’s got a lot to say for someone who’s henpecked.

Well, minor things aside.

“More importantly, please take a look at what I brought.”

“……Fix that attitude of yours. I want to see inside your head.”

I ignored Elmelot’s complaints and poured out the results I had brought from the subspace with a flourish.

For this, I had deceived the guards with local specialties brought from the outside.

The real purpose is this.

“You’ve brought a lot again.”

Elmelot stroked his chin and stared intently at the items as if he were appraising them.

All artifacts.

“I went around the entire continent and collected them all.”

“……Honestly, I can’t believe it. Not even an average treasure collector could gather this much.”

It’s a compliment, but it feels subtle from my perspective.

‘Because I gathered them all through unconventional means.’

I almost feel sorry for the real explorers.

But I can’t help it.

This is all to make a living.

More than anything, it’s a struggle for the sake of this world.

“So…… in short, all of these are artifacts that work on those bizarre guys?”

“That’s about right.”

All legacies from 20,000 years ago.

In terms of classification, they are items hidden by them for future generations.

“For now, I’ve found almost everything I can find.”

Originally, I didn’t intend to find them so persistently, but after the last incident, I decided to scrape them together.

Because it was absolutely necessary for the plan.

For that, I used Valant’s power to travel all over the continent, to the places where the novel’s events I remembered took place, the places the Fire Spirit King mentioned, and other places I could guess.

It was truly busy.

Sometimes I had to smash entire dungeons to pull them out, and other times I had to secretly rob the mansions of nobles.

If it were the past me, I might have had to risk my life several times.

“Well, the effects are different, so it’s hard to use them all right away, so I’d like you to do the work you usually do, except for a few?”

“……It doesn’t matter. But I can’t believe it.”

The fact that he mutters suspiciously several times means that he still doesn’t quite believe what I said.

It’s not a distrust of me.

Rather, it’s because I’m the one saying it that he’s ending it with this much suspicion.

“The ‘reorganization plan’ you mentioned? Did you really think it would be possible?”

Reorganization plan.

It’s a detailed plan I made based on the tips I received from Nelkeros.

A plan to somehow salvage this messed-up world and make it a livable place.

“Didn’t you also attend when we were confirming the theory, Elder? And the Spirit King agreed as well.”

“Hmm…….”

-I also think it’s possible.

“See?”

That’s why they’re cooperating with my work, isn’t it?

“I understand…… Well, I’ve roughly confirmed the theory, so it may take some time, but it’s not impossible. Isn’t that right?”

-Yes. Our side will help too.

Senileina smiled and snapped her fingers, and several mid-level spirits were summoned on the spot and bowed before me like actors.

“It’s good to have a good wife. You even get to use spirit assistants.”

“Shall I split your head open right now?”

“Haha! If you can!”

Anyway, I can leave the work to him.

After asking him in detail once more, I slowly started thinking about what to do next.

“All that’s left…… is to beat those idiots and stop them.”

Those idiots.

A final boss and a protagonist duet is absurd.

“Seriously, they’re such a pain.”

Well, it won’t be long.

Once I settle things, I won’t have to rack my brains again.

“……I hope it goes well.”

I’ve asked them to prepare what needs to be prepared, and I’ll probably be able to barely get everything ready.

The rest is whether the method I’m aiming for will really work.

‘It’s okay…… the end will be in sight soon.’

I also checked one more thing I was collecting.

Points.

“A little more left.”

Points that naturally accumulated while collecting artifacts.

But I need more.

‘The plan requires 5,000 points, right?’

I just need to achieve it somehow.

No, I’ll make it happen.

Only then will I be able to achieve the settlement I’ve been dreaming of.

“Ha. It’s difficult, difficult.”

I sighed and took out a letter that arrived yesterday from my pocket and read it again.

It’s a letter from the group I sent north.

I told them to contact me if there were any urgent matters or to let me know how they were doing.

“No news is good news…… that’s exactly right.”

I sighed and opened the letter.

That’s exactly right.

The content written in the letter, aside from other things, this sentence bothered me a lot.

[Some problems have occurred on the journey to the north.]

[It is expected that it will be difficult to head directly north.]

The sender is Cruse.

Judging from his troubled tone, something really troublesome is happening.

* * *

Around that time.

Cruse Elfamant and the others Aileen had sent north were witnessing a difficult situation.

“This is…….”

“Oh my…….”

Next to Cruse, who had been silent for a while, Alnix and Rucel were genuinely troubled and couldn’t even speak properly, just groaning.

And for good reason.

“……Hey, Magician? Surely this is the only way to go north, right?”

“That’s probably right.”

Cruse calmly admitted that there was no other way.

The road to the north, the White Hell, was basically not widely known to the public.

Well, in the first place, there’s no way there would be humans trying to go to such a terrible demon realm.

Occasionally, fearless young people would go there to explore, but few returned.

That’s why there’s no way a road to that place would be officially known.

“This is the only way to go.”

The place they are currently in is a port located in the northern part of the continent.

It can be said to be the only ice port.

“There’s no other way besides here.”

“Is there a reason?”

“From what I’ve heard, the ports in other places are frozen, so ships can’t come and go.”

In addition, the sky is inhabited by all sorts of dangerous monsters, so flying is not recommended.

The only way is by sea.

But…….

“It seems like we can’t use that sea route…….”

Rucel muttered in despair.

As she said, the decisive reason why their plan went wrong is that they can’t take that only ship.

“……We can get a ship, though.”

There’s plenty of money.

Rather than their own money, it’s the travel funds Aileen entrusted to them.

Of course, what Aileen asked for was to find a ship heading north.

Since the procedure would take time, he intended to send them first to take care of the troublesome work.

“Aileen, that bastard…… Could he have known in advance that things would turn out like this?”

“At least that’s not the case.”

Cruse stated definitively.

If he knew this, there would be no point in sending them first.

This wasn’t something that would change just because they came first.

“……Even if we get a ship, we won’t be able to launch it.”

“No, what are you talking about, you idiot.”

Rucel scolded Alnix.

“That thing will burn as soon as we launch it, right?”

Rucel narrowed her eyes…… wiped away the sweat that hadn’t stopped for a while, and looked beyond the sea.

“Is this a demon realm or something?”

Half joking, half seriously wondering if it was possible.

And no one could refute Rucel’s nonsense.

Bubbling…….

It’s boiling.

The sea is bright red.

Like lava, the sea is boiling, burning and melting everything it touches.

“This is an extraordinary situation.”

Cruse was also flustered and made the judgment that this was a situation they couldn’t handle right now.

And soon, he sent a letter to Aileen.

Aileen would be better at worrying about this absurd situation than they would.

If he heard it, he would cry and say it’s impossible, but no one denied it.

* * *

I confirmed the general situation through the letter.

‘……I thought it wouldn’t be easy, but.’

As far as I know, originally, you could just take a ship there and arrive on your own, and the only enemies would be the marine monsters living there or the cold that gets harsher as you go north.

But this letter is clearly beyond common sense.

“I guess I should go soon.”

Anyway, I’ve left everything related to the store and business to everyone so I can leave at any time.

I told them to be careful and immediately tried to depart north.

There’s no need to catch up with the long journey.

“Where…… where…… good. It’s drawn properly.”

I asked Cruse to prepare one means for me to reach that place.

Apart from summarizing the situation there, there is another sheet in the letter.

When I unfolded it, there was a picture drawn.

What I asked for was to find a skilled painter when they arrived in that city and have them draw and send the scenery of that place.

“My standard for spatial transfer is the image.”

Memories of the place…… In other words, if I have a clear image, there’s no place I can’t go.

There are no illustrations of that port in the original work, but if I leave an image like this and send it, I’ll be able to follow and move.

“If it were the past, I would have been a little anxious…… but now it’s impossible.”

After accumulating training in the past era and realizing the real knack for using abilities.

“Then, shall we go?”

I immediately stared intently at the picture as if to memorize it and immediately recalled the image in my head.

Apart from the picture, the scenery of that place comes to mind as if I were actually seeing it.

“Okay! Got it!”

Immediately transfer and move.

Instantly, the view changes to the actual scenery of that place.

I arrived properly.

“……And there’s no burden like before.”

From the city I was in to the north is literally months.

Even if I move that distance at once, I don’t feel the same burden as before.

My skills have definitely improved.

I feel proud for some reason about that fact.

I’m not afraid of anything anymore.

“……Then where are those troublemakers?”

First of all, I had decided on a place to contact them in advance.

When I headed to that place, Cruse and the other members found me and looked back at me.

“Aileen!”

“Oh! Everyone was here.”

Well, Mr. Aileen has arrived. So now you can rest assured.

“Hey! Aileen! Did you know about that?”

“That’s right! That thing! You didn’t tell us to come first knowing that, did you?”

Alnix and Rucel hurriedly questioned me, but this time it’s really not the case.

“Of course not. I didn’t expect it at all this time.”

This time it’s really not the case.

I’m wronged!

“First, let me see it with my own eyes and then I’ll tell you.”

“…….”

“…….”

“No, why are you giving me a more absurd look?”

I immediately decided to head to the problematic port.

The whole city has a chaotic atmosphere, and it’s clear that this is not the time to travel leisurely.

“It seems the residents here are already in tears.”

“Of course. They can’t do any fishing or anything.”

The damage will probably be enormous.

In addition, it seems that all the ships docked at the port were burned and sunk in this incident, and several merchants seem to have gone bankrupt.

“……Anyway, it’s always the common people like us who cry.”

It’s not someone else’s problem.

If I make a mistake, I’ll have no choice but to sit down like them.

With a sense of urgency, I first came out to the port.

There’s no one there already.

“It’s already so hot and humid. Just standing here makes you dizzy.”

It’s as Rucel said.

“……It’s completely a sea of lava.”

I gritted my teeth as I actually saw the scene there.

The sea has literally turned into lava in a volcano and is boiling fiercely.