How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 331

368. The Final Boss (4)

“Ah… how truly foolish… Pfft, hahahahahahaha! So foolish!”

It was truly laughable.

Epileoht didn’t just chuckle; he burst into laughter as if he found them so pathetic he could die, rolling around on his throne.

“…”

“Hahaha! Why don’t you laugh too? At those morons over there.”

“Shut up.”

“Hmm, our tastes don’t align. Oh well, fine. But they’ve gathered faster than I expected.”

Of course, he had provoked them quite a bit and actually committed the acts.

It’s understandable that the leaders of each nation are burning with anxiety.

Even so, their will united quite quickly.

“What are you planning to do?”

“What do you mean?”

“You could have blocked them from entering from the start.”

“Oh my, it would be a shame to start like that. Didn’t they prepare their armies so diligently and eagerly come all this way? I should at least let them set foot on this land.”

Epileoht didn’t say it was impossible to stop them in advance.

“What do you say, Sylvester? Will you entertain them? I’ll gladly yield.”

“…Cut the crap.”

“Well, I expected as much. It doesn’t matter. You don’t need to step up.”

Epileoht simply sat on his throne and gestured with his hand.

“They won’t even reach this far anyway. Let’s just watch the spectacle from here. Hahahahahahaha!”

* * *

A sense of unease.

‘Something… is off.’

The commander felt an odd sense of unease.

The march is smooth.

The soldiers’ stamina and morale are high, and above all, there are no obstacles to hinder them.

Of course, it’s not that nothing is happening.

They were attacked by monsters several times and had to deal with occasionally changing terrain that acted like traps.

But….

‘Isn’t it too smooth?’

Isn’t the response too lukewarm?

It’s like having a trap right in front of you but not noticing it and stepping on it.

Before the desire to achieve merit, a vague sense of unease arose.

“Hey, how far are we from the current base?”

“We’ve been walking for at least two days…”

One of the knights following him answered with a sullen look.

The first base is no longer visible behind them.

Only the tower rising in front of them is noticeable.

“Should we stop for a moment?”

“What do you mean by that?”

The subordinates asked as if they genuinely didn’t understand.

The march is smooth, and above all, they still have plenty of stamina.

Moreover, they know that him stopping doesn’t mean giving the soldiers a break.

The commander was about to open his mouth to honestly explain this unease and ask for opinions.

That’s when it happened.

Kugugugugugugung!

A heavy vibration echoed from deep beneath their feet.

“Ugh?!”

“Something is approaching again…”

“That’s not it!”

It’s not footsteps.

It’s a sound as if something is actually changing inside the ground.

The commander, realizing what it was, turned pale with terror.

“Scatter! Scatter quickly!”

But it was too late.

No matter how well-trained the unit is, they can’t react quickly to this.

Moreover, they are a unit gathered from talents from various countries.

To put it nicely, it’s a coalition force.

To put it badly, it’s a patchwork.

Naturally, they can only be slow compared to the elite.

And that has become a fatal problem now.

Kwaang!

The ground soared, and something rose from deep within the earth.

As if an explosion had occurred, rocks shattered and soared, knocking all the soldiers on top of them away.

“Uwaaaaaaaagh!”

“The ground! The ground exploded!”

“Avoid it! Aaaaaaaagh!”

Even if they weren’t thrown off by the initial explosion, soldiers are crushed by the rocks pouring down like rain.

The formation completely collapsed.

It’s not like they can just hold on.

The foundation of all human combat is underfoot.

When wielding a weapon, they fight by firmly fixing their weight on the ground.

But unbelievably, now that footing has completely disappeared in a desperate situation.

Moreover, the explosion is not just once.

쿵!

Once again, the earth roared and rocks soared, and that’s when they saw it clearly.

A giant rock worm.

A monster that can only be described as a worm made of countless black rocks constantly stirring the ground and attacking the soldiers.

Each time it soared, the surrounding area flew away as if exploding, and the worm that popped out plunged back into the ground as if diving.

It’s not just one.

Following it, a second, a third… and soon five monsters appeared in succession.

“Damn it! Stop that monster! Magic or whatever… Keuaaack!”

He couldn’t even finish his sentence and was hit by a flying rock and bounced away.

He was protected by Aura [a magical energy field], but he couldn’t speak from the shock that felt like his body was breaking.

There’s no way ordinary soldiers could withstand it.

“Damn it! What are the mages doing!”

There should be mages in preparation for this situation.

However, the mages’ corps is also in utter chaos.

“Uwaaaaaaagh! My arm… my arm!”

One of the mages who was about to cast a spell screamed and collapsed.

His arms and legs were rotting and falling off.

They didn’t notice in this chaos.

The moment the roar sounded, a black mist rose around them.

No, on closer inspection, it’s a strange phenomenon that looks like a locust.

When it touches them, their flesh rots and their bones melt.

Literally poisonous vermin.

“Ability?! Is it an ability!”

But what’s the use of realizing it late?

The bugs quickly swept through the mages, incapacitating them in pain.

Not only that.

Various anomalies occur, smashing their army one by one and gradually breaking them down.

At first, half are annihilated, and even after barely surviving, another disaster strikes and takes their lives.

“No… way…”

And the commander eventually met his end with those words in despair.

Later, the only surviving soldier screamed and conveyed the fact to the arriving unit, and they had to face great difficulties without even engaging in full-scale combat.

* * *

“Eilon! Did you hear the story? It seems like this has become quite a headache.”

Alnix received a letter from somewhere and rushed in with it.

It seems to be from an acquaintance in the Selbas Kingdom.

“It seems the Allied Forces have been defeated.”

They formed and dispatched the Allied Forces, but the situation doesn’t seem very good.

They haven’t officially announced the defeat, but it seems a pretty difficult situation has occurred.

I guess so.

That’s how it is. Damn it!

In the end, whether we like it or not, we have no choice but to go and stop them.

We have to settle it with a small elite force, not a large army.

And I’m the only one who knows the situation best.

The problem is how to get there.

“…An airship, huh?”

Airship.

In short, a flying ship.

Of course, the concept is quite different from the typical aircraft of modern Earth.

It’s a means of floating objects using magic.

Already hundreds of huge ships have passed over our heads and headed for the Demon Realm.

“…An airship. Well, that’s one way to do it.”

I clapped my hands together, welcoming the news as if I had found a way to get there.

“Eilon? Don’t tell me…”

“If they’re going to release so many ships anyway, they won’t care if one is lost, right?”

I smiled and told them a good idea.

“Let’s just hijack one ship.”

I thought it was a great suggestion.

I’m going to start a plunder for justice from now on.

I’ve learned that anything is allowed for the sake of justice.

Where?

In novels.

* * *

“A ship that flies in the sky… I’ve heard rumors about it from time to time.”

“Well, I’ve never actually seen one.”

“I heard it’s incredibly expensive to ride one, right?”

We whispered about the airship.

I was relieved that at least everyone knew what it was.

Is it surprisingly common sense?

“Huh? Then, if you think about it, wouldn’t it be better to just go and borrow one from the beginning?”

“It’s incredibly difficult to get permission.”

The reason I didn’t think of that first is because the procedure would be incredibly annoying.

The kingdom that provides the airship will never provide it for anything other than operational purposes.

“Above all, if we say something wrong, there’s a possibility that we’ll have to fight a full-scale war with that kingdom first.”

“…Is it that bad?”

“Mr. Alnix, haven’t you ever heard of the king’s temper there?”

“…Um, I think I’ve heard something.”

He, being of noble birth, made a face as if he had something in mind.

“They’ll probably imprison us or try to blow our heads off as soon as we try to say something. And they’re incredibly racist too.”

“Ah, I’ll pass on that.”

Lucel said in a bothersome tone.

“If it’s really necessary, it might be okay to turn the royal castle into a sea of fire and steal it…”

“That’s not it, Eilon.”

Cruise pointed out coldly and logically.

“Well… I was just kidding…”

“Turning it into a sea of fire is inefficient. If the goal is to steal it, it’s better to target only certain points.”

“…I sometimes think that Cruise is the most reckless among us?”

Let’s exclude the common sense that the mage is talking about.

Anyway, there’s no need to go that far now.

“…Hey, but isn’t this similar anyway?”

“No, it’s different.”

Unlike them, who were making complicated expressions while looking at the target, I said nonchalantly.

“Turning the royal palace into a sea of fire and stealing their treasures…”

I watched it carefully.

“It’s completely different from hijacking one of those many ships over there.”

“…”

“Anyway, let’s pick a ship.”

Well, which airship will be good?

I smiled as I scanned each one from afar to pick a ship I liked.

From now on, one of those ships will be mine.

“Well, it’s not like we’re borrowing it for free. We’ll pay the fee too.”

I’ll pay the rental fee as I please.

A few gold coins and…

The peace of this world?

That would be a very expensive fee.

Honestly, wouldn’t that mean we’re getting ripped off?

There’s nothing more expensive than that.

And the person in charge of commanding the airship squadron that day had to taste the feeling that it would be better for the sky to collapse.

Because one of the airships was hijacked by unidentified people.

“Y-Your Excellency… how do we…”

“Keuk! How can I report something like this!”

It’s a major incident that an airship has been hijacked.

Of course, they have to report it to the home country.

Even now, there are successive inquiries from the commanders of the Allied Forces of other countries regarding the airship that was dispatched ahead of schedule.

“But…”

“No buts. Yamma! If this gets out, you and I are both done for!”

He made a gesture of slitting his throat.

It would be better if it was just a dismissal.

If this level of disgrace is known, it wouldn’t be strange to be physically beheaded.

“Hide it.”

“Yes?”

“We’ll say that the airship flew north, right?”

Then it doesn’t matter.

What is the state of the north now?

Surely that one airship alone will not be able to return.

“Strictly silence the guys on the hijacked airship… Yes, we’ll say we sent them for reconnaissance purposes.”