How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 341

379. Conclusion (6)

“Do you find that funny?”

“Indeed, it is quite amusing!”

He swung the arm that wasn’t holding a sword, throwing a punch upwards. The surrounding space rippled, and an invisible strike crashed into me.

Was that spatial control?

I used the same spatial control to create a wall, but the rebounding impact struck both sides.

I was thrown back as well.

Epileot was torn apart by the aftermath of the colliding powers, but he regenerated.

“Tch… disgustingly persistent.”

“Hahahahahaha! It seems your regenerative abilities are somewhat lacking.”

He activated dozens of regenerative abilities, not caring about any damage he sustained.

On the other hand, my regenerative support abilities are limited, and I only use those of the support type.

‘I’d love to acquire a ton, but…’

Usually, overly powerful regenerative abilities come with significant side effects.

You gain one thing but acquire two disadvantages.

He compensates for this by using hundreds of abilities in conjunction, complementing each other through their compatibility.

Trying to keep up would tear me apart.

‘The remaining points are…’

I checked the number of remaining points.

First, I needed to calculate how much I could use in order.

“So! Aileon! How will you respond? Surely you have a secret weapon?”

“…”

Of course, I do.

“Well, I’ll use it well and smash you to pieces without you having to fret!”

I couldn’t reveal my intentions.

I activated Killmuris’s trait, wielding the magma-transformed blade, and unleashed dozens of consecutive strikes at him.

Kwagagagagagang!

Heat and a roar like a volcanic eruption swept over him, bombarding his entire body.

Responding to the force, Epileot created his own weapons to counter.

His swords melted or shattered as soon as they collided with mine, but each time, he created new weapons to respond.

Each individual strike of mine was more powerful, but he was countering with sheer numbers.

‘…It feels like our positions are completely reversed.’

Until now, I had been fighting by laying out multiple cards and pouring them out all at once.

But now it was the opposite.

The number of abilities he could use was overwhelmingly greater.

‘Tch… is this how the guys who fought me felt?’

I realized just how unfairly I had been fighting until now.

In that case, dragging it out would only be disadvantageous.

I had to end it as quickly as possible.

No holding back.

“Prolt!”

I summoned Prolt, the highest-grade ice spirit.

Frost formed beneath my feet, and massive icebergs rose haphazardly around me.

I ended up standing on Prolt’s shell as it rose from below.

“Undine!”

I summoned Undine and immediately transferred the magic formula I had prepared to her.

“Blow him away!”

-Got it!

Undine shouted spiritedly and quickly completed the magic formula in the style of spirit magic and activated it.

The first thing that shot out was hundreds of streams of water.

But they were surrounded by something like white mist, and they turned into ice spears, extending towards him.

Ice tendrils.

“Don’t think of it as simple ice!”

It was a technique that borrowed Undine’s power and the cold energy of Prolt, who was currently being summoned.

The ice tendrils swayed skillfully, chasing Epileot.

“You’re using something disgusting again!”

Eventually, unable to shake them off, the ice tendrils wrapped around his limbs, and the released cold rapidly began to freeze him.

“Kugh!”

Realizing that he would become an ice sculpture if he simply stood still, he gritted his teeth and unleashed his power.

Red energy surged, and flames erupted from his entire body, opposing the cold.

“Hmph! That’s not enough!”

I had expected him to be able to handle it easily anyway.

While he was focused on the ice tendrils, I had already circled around to his rear, approached, and struck him down with Killmuris, which was already radiating heat.

Kwaang!

A fiery sword aura mixed with flames poured down on his back and exploded.

He summoned a massive scale shield to block it.

“Cold and hot! You’re doing all sorts of things!”

“Hmph, is that all I’ve got?”

I flicked my hand, signaling the demon Melgeneria, whom I had already summoned, to unleash her power.

-It’s a contract, but… you’re really making a demon work hard.

“Shut up and do your job.”

Melgeneria unleashed her power, and a resonant sound that seemed to vibrate inside the body spread out, pressing down on Epileot’s entire body.

She was stirring up Epileot’s body using his specialty, sound.

“Kugh! A mere demon!”

This time, it seemed to have a significant impact, as he spat out dark red blood and roared.

A black mineral spear blade generated in the air and pierced through the demon Melgeneria.

Well, her body was just a summoned entity, so she wouldn’t die, but she didn’t look too pleased.

Even if she was a demon, if I had a contract with her, she was my ally.

I’ll take revenge.

“Let’s end this soon!”

I pressed on to prevent him from regaining his composure.

“Aileon!”

Epileot seemed to finally be getting impatient, and I could see a gap in his movements.

I immediately swung Killmuris, targeting the spot where his impatience was showing, and pressed on.

He defended desperately.

He pulled out blades made of black energy from inside his body and swung them to counter.

Kwagagagang!

The aftershocks of the impact surged incessantly, shattering our surroundings like intertwining typhoons.

“How far are you going to interfere! You’re just an outsider who has nothing to do with us!”

“Being an outsider means I can meddle if I want to.”

While his sword and my sword clashed, he tried to kick me, but I smirked and pulled out the Bloody Staff from the air.

I aimed it at his torso and injected all my energy.

Spirit energy, as well as my pure magic power and demonic energy, all of it.

Dooong!

The head of the staff trembled wildly and then exploded.

As intended.

“Keuheok!”

The shock of the explosion and the fragments of the shattered staff covered him.

It wouldn’t be a fatal wound, but it would be enough to annoy him.

That gap was all I needed.

Of course, he also anticipated that he would show an opening and be caught off guard, so he coughed up blood and tried to counterattack.

A red storm swirled around his arm in a circle.

Was that an application of Pericia’s ability, the Circle of Annihilation?

It consumed so much stamina that he wouldn’t normally use it during a chaotic battle.

“…Hmph.”

I had no intention of backing down.

I quickly waved my hand, finished preparing what I needed, and then firmly gripped Killmuris with both hands to end it, drawing out power and striking down at him.

“It’s over!”

The energies pouring out from two directions collided.

The energy that Epileot unleashed seemed to shatter everything, and the energy I unleashed with all my might.

“Haaaaaaaaaa!”

The ability that Epileot created drew a red circle, swallowing and shattering all the energy I was releasing.

And I was constantly pouring in power to push it back.

But that stalemate couldn’t last forever.

At best, the balance could only be maintained for about 3 seconds.

At this rate, the power I was pouring in would be pushed back first.

“Tch.”

I gritted my teeth, feeling like it was already collapsing, and did my best to buy even one more second.

And…

“Disappear! Aileon!”

With his shout, the fully expanded Circle of Annihilation swallowed all the energy I had released and fell.

Uuuuuuung!

Even the sound was sucked in and decomposed, so there was no explosion.

Instead, as air and mana flowed back into the momentarily annihilated area, a follow-up sound of something rupturing rang out due to the recoil.

But Epileot had no reason to shout a victory cry.

“Keuheok!”

After the aftermath of the annihilation subsided, the next thing that rang out was his pained groan.

The thing that pierced through his chest from behind was the blade of Killmuris, which I was holding.

And another sword.

A crude sword made of red blood. The energy flowing from it was interfering with Epileot’s abilities.

“I see… so that’s the method… an ability I don’t have.”

“…”

In the corner of my silent vision, this message was now appearing.

“Abilities are powerful. I know that best. So, of course, there are countermeasures, right?”

There was actually a cheat for dealing with abilities.

“This is one of them.”

When the ability is activated, a sword is created by consuming a large amount of the user’s blood.

An ability to cut abilities.

“The ability that touches this sword forcibly transfers the information in the user’s blood and alters it.”

It was a kind of ability-specific virus.

It had no physical attack power, and since there weren’t many ability users in the first place, it was just a burden.

‘Originally, it was a countermeasure specifically for Pericia.’

To be precise, it was only mentioned and not used.

In the original development, Sylvester lost this power after being interfered with by villains before he could obtain it.

‘That’s why it was difficult to use because I wasn’t sure.’

But there was no room to hesitate.

I used it as soon as I acquired it, cutting out the Circle of Annihilation and digging inside.

And I just aimed for the gap and stabbed him.

“That’s dirty.”

“Oh, what an honor. Did you forget? I’m originally this kind of guy.”

I stretched out my palm towards him to finish him off.

Energy containing a sharp aura spread out, carving out the area near his heart and disappearing.

I wanted to end it, but my body was in tatters, so it was difficult.

‘This is definitely a power I don’t want to get.’

The blood consumption was significant, and the recoil was severe. The cost was unnecessarily high, but the effect was subtle.

I was terribly dizzy due to anemia, and my whole body ached.

The blood I shed stained the floor red.

I don’t want to use it again after this.

“Anyway, I won with this, you damn final boss bastard.”

I created distance and prepared for anything, but he seemed to have no energy left and collapsed powerlessly.

If his heart was completely blown away, there was nothing he could do.

“…So, we settled it with the power you were talking about, right?”

I asked, pointing my sword at him while he was still alive.

“Hey. Stop pretending to be dead. It won’t work on me, at least.”

“Tch, you’re such a boring guy. Keuheok…”

He coughed up dark red blood several times and muttered powerlessly.

Soon, he gnashed his teeth as if he was truly resentful.

“Tch, it’s… my defeat.”

Epileot admitted his defeat.

I turned my back without asking anything more.

“Hey. Aren’t you going to finish me off?”

Isn’t the final boss saying the same thing as the protagonist?

“I don’t have a hobby of stabbing a fallen guy in the back. I’m not even interested in killing and being killed.”

I’m not fighting to kill.

Once it’s settled, that’s it.

After that, I just need to achieve my goal.

“You’re saying something naive…”

“Of course, if you keep bothering me, I’ll smash you to pieces as many times as it takes.”

That’s a matter for then.

At least it would be a matter for some day unrelated to today’s events.

“You’re mistaken… Aileon!”

His energy was weak but increasing.

Was it a final struggle?

“How foolish…”

The moment I was about to turn my body, putting strength into the hand holding the sword.

Poook!

A sound of flesh tearing and bones breaking rang out.

Of course, that noise wasn’t mine.

“Keuheok…”

A weak scream like air leaking from a balloon…

Epileot collapsed powerlessly.