How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 137

151. Assault on the Duke’s Estate (4)

‘Ellaut’s disposition in the original work is extremely neutral.’

She doesn’t care what it is, as long as the reward for the request is appropriate.

Initially, as a mercenary affiliated with the Empire, she is hired by the Imperial family and appears as a powerful enemy blocking the protagonist.

And even after the Empire’s story ends, she continues to appear as a wandering mercenary.

Because of her personality, she is sometimes an enemy blocking the protagonist in the original work, and sometimes she cooperates with the protagonist when their interests align.

Anything is fine as long as she can fight.

A pure battle maniac who feels nothing but joy in fighting and killing.

‘Well, she’s naturally an ally in the final battle, though.’

The problem is that her strength is real.

And right now, she’s an enemy.

Even if you rank the strong people in the original work as a whole, her strength reaches a level that can be sufficiently accepted in the upper ranks.

And the bizarrely shaped sword wrapped around her left hand.

That’s definitely the magic sword Curiotell.

A sword that maximizes the power of the wearer’s aura.

However, instead of simply amplifying it, it constantly clings to her, siphoning a small amount of blood along with the aura. Those without considerable internal strength and stamina cannot handle it.

‘It’s a relief that the opponent I have to fight isn’t that old man Clopord… but this isn’t good either….’

Now I understand.

Marquis Selrond or the Third Prince lurking behind him must have hired Ellaut.

Meanwhile, Ellaut doesn’t seem very interested in what I’m thinking; she’s glaring at my back.

“Hmm… that being said, the fact that a skilled person of a kid’s level who hasn’t shown his face until now has appeared means that the Princess is probably wandering around somewhere here, right?”

“……”

“Aha, is that so?”

There’s no reason to answer, but she’s probably already made up her mind.

Mercenaries can’t succeed in the industry with just high combat power.

Even if Ellaut is the type who lives and dies for fighting, it wouldn’t be difficult to guess that much.

“So… you know?”

As Ellaut muttered to herself,

The soldiers who were hesitating behind her quickly nodded and tried to break into the inner grounds of the castle.

To find the target.

“Tch, where do you think you’re going!”

There’s no reason to let them go.

I was about to step forward to deal with those *잡병* [low-level soldiers] with spirit magic, but.

Before that, Ellaut blocks me first.

“Oops, you can’t do that. Little kid, don’t bother innocent kids and play with this older sister?”

I quickly changed the target of my spirit magic at the eerie feeling.

I need to focus on defense.

When I unleashed the fire I was about to spew forward, Ellaut jumped in, ignoring the flames.

It wouldn’t have worked at all anyway.

I immediately tried to follow up with a gravity field to blow her away, but.

“Oh~ you use that kind of power too. Is that what felt heavy earlier? Well, this time it looks like you’re blowing it away.”

The emitted gravity field collided with Ellaut’s fist as she shook off the flames, neutralizing it.

“……What?”

I was momentarily dumbfounded.

Ellaut broke my gravity field by drawing out her aura and using only the destructive power raised to the limit.

It can be said to be an ignorant yet delicate act.

‘As expected, that’s a real monster, isn’t it?’

An ominous premonition.

Of course, this isn’t my maximum output right now.

However, it is clear that the opponent is not serious yet either.

She even deliberately swung her bare right hand.

She’s still testing the waters.

Fight properly next time.

That’s the warning.

Now that it’s come to this, I had no choice but to be firmly prepared.

Think of the opponent as a monster.

A monster that is incomparably more heinous than anything I have ever fought.

“……Ah. You’re giving me a disrespectful look, kid?”

“What does it matter? If you’re an enemy, you’re no different from a monster.”

“Well~ I don’t hate that kind of spirit.”

She flicked her sword and didn’t move as if to say I could attack first.

“I’ll give you a break. Come first.”

“Is that the disposition of a master, giving way?”

It’s a natural余裕 [composure/余裕].

And there’s no need to decline.

“Sprite… go to maximum output.”

A spirit in the shape of a hedgehog with lightning appeared in front of me.

As soon as he appeared, Sprite began to create and condense a large amount of lightning.

“Haha! Spirit magic is really bad for the eyes. Because everything is just flashing!”

Ellaut whistles as if she’s having fun at Sprite’s appearance.

I have no choice but to take advantage of the opportunity she’s being as careless as possible right now.

“Shoot.”

The condensed lightning from Sprite burst out brightly.

*콰카아아아앙!* [Sound of a massive explosion]

A lightning strike that seemed to sweep hundreds of meters ahead swallowed Ellaut.

“That power… what is it? It’s not the level of an ordinary spirit mage.”

Even Rucel, who was watching from behind, was slightly dumbfounded by the output.

Although I am an intermediate spirit mage, the power is possible because my magic and spirit power foundation is solid.

I don’t even think about throwing jabs.

For this battle, I will pour out the maximum output without thinking about what will happen next.

Because that’s the only way it will feel like it’s barely *뚫릴 듯, 뚫리지 않을 듯* [on the verge of breaking through, yet not breaking through].

Before the light of the lightning strike disappeared, I urged Sprite.

“Not enough! Keep pouring it in!”

-Okay! Let’s burn it all! Everything!

Sprite shouted somewhat violently.

He must be excited because I poured in my spirit power to the fullest.

*콰콰아아앙!* [Sound of a massive explosion]

In just a few seconds, more than 10 lightning cannons were fired.

Before I knew it, some people stopped fighting and covered their ears.

Amidst the barrage of lightning cannons that made both enemies and allies flinch.

“That’s it! That’s it! That little kid definitely knows my taste better than that elf sister. Just right! Just the right amount of tingling!”

The red-haired mercenary shouted as if not to be defeated by the thunder, and jumped out from between the flashing flashes.

Ellaut was charging while taking all the lightning cannons head-on.

‘……She’s really coming out while taking that head-on?!’

But there’s no time to be shocked.

I immediately activated Teleport and performed a short-range Teleport to the side.

Every time Ellaut stabs her sword, an unusual explosion sounds and the ground is dug up.

‘I want to create a proper distance if I could.’

If I carelessly run away too far, I might lose Ellaut.

I need to keep her within my field of vision as much as possible and look for an opening while moving.

I narrowly avoided Ellaut’s sword energy by continuously performing Teleport.

But I can’t say I completely avoided it.

“Keuk……”

My whole body is stinging.

Every time I repeat Teleport, small wounds appear all over my body.

‘So this is what it means to be cut just by grazing it…….’

Since it’s a method of skipping through space itself, there’s almost no perfect method like space Teleport.

But still, the wounds are increasing.

It means I get hurt before I Teleport.

Fortunately, the wounds heal quickly thanks to my regeneration ability…….

“What? You have a good body! That! The kid will last longer than that elf sister!”

“……Don’t say such terrible things?”

Damn it, she seems to like that even more. I want to cry.

But crying or just running away won’t solve the problem.

A counterattack is needed.

‘Sprite’s lightning only slightly scorched her skin. I have no choice. I have to increase the power even more.’

I abandoned the naive judgment that I would survive by doing it moderately.

I Teleported to a slightly farther distance this time to carry out the next measure.

“It’s useless!”

However, as if she knew the Teleport point almost from the beginning, Ellaut swung her sword greatly and the sword energy flew.

What should I do?

Defend using stones with the power of Gnome?

Rejected.

Even if I make a stone wall with the power of Gnome, she will break it and come in soon. The same goes for making a stronger cement wall.

You have to use a spirit that matches the opponent’s level.

“Fluorite! I’m counting on you! You’re the only one!”

-Nyaaa…….

The long, drawn-out sound of a cat’s cry was heard.

The shadow’s high-ranking spirit, who answered faithfully, was immediately summoned and entered defense.

*파파파파파팟!* [Sound of something exploding]

The black walls that rose from the floor overlapped one layer, two layers… and eventually nine layers, and blocked the red sword energy that Ellaut *날린* [sent/launched].

“Oh~.”

If it’s a high-ranking spirit like Fluorite, she can block Ellaut’s sword energy several times, even if the consumption is somewhat severe.

And a counterattack is also possible.

The shadow wall that blocked the sword energy twitched and then spread out like paint spreading in all directions, becoming hundreds of ferocious shadow blades.

However, there’s no way she’ll be defeated just by extending the blade.

I need to add some more tricks.

I reached out my hand and chanted a spell.

“……Magic?”

Ellaut noticed and narrowed her eyes as if interested.

It must be the first time she’s seen a spirit mage bother to chant a spell.

Fortunately.

Even she, who has had a fairly long mercenary life, is experiencing this for the first time.

Then it’s an illusion!

“Poison Fog!”

Forming a poisonous fog, and additionally.

“Cloud Wall!”

The magic circle that was additionally unfolded soon became a cloud and spread out, swallowing Ellaut as if surrounding her.

The mixed poison and clouds completely covered her.

“……Wait! Poison? There’s a limit to how unexpected things can be!”

It seems she was expecting some destructive magic.

Sadly, I can’t do that.

Well, poison won’t be anything more than a slightly pungent feeling to her, who belongs to the ranks of *초고수* [top masters/experts].

Fine dust would be more harmful.

But all I need to do is block her vision.

At the same time as the poisonous cloud swallowed her, the shadow blades subtly pierced through it.

-Nya?

But Fluorite tilted her head.

Perhaps it’s because even though she stabbed so much, she didn’t feel like she had pierced anything.

It doesn’t matter.

It’s enough if the blade touched her nearby.

“Grind it as it is!”

-냐냐냐냐냐냐!

When my intention was clearly conveyed, Fluorite raised all the hairs on her body and controlled the shadows by adding all her abilities.

The shadow blades rotate.

Hundreds of blades are concentrated in one place and rotate like the blades of a mixer.

*까가가가가가가가강!* [Sound of metal grinding]

From the center of the black shadow storm, a sound like cutting metal with a saw rang out.

‘Wow…… is that the sound coming from human skin?’

I quickly entered the next measure.

At that moment, the sound of scraping metal gradually dulled, and a red flash burst out, tearing apart the shadow blades.

“……It stings a little.”

Even for her, it must have been difficult to completely *받아넘기는* [deflect/parry] that with her bare body.

There were countless red lines on her skin.

But that’s just a scratch.

I wonder if that will be an omen or a good omen for me.

“……What does it matter.”

I’ll ignore the trivial things and focus only on attacking.

I narrowly avoid Ellaut’s sword that is counterattacking afterwards.

However, Ellaut’s fist is reaching out, aiming at the point where I appear, as if she has completely *익혔는지* [mastered/learned] the habit of Teleporting.

I can’t underestimate her even if she’s bare-handed.

I heard that she tore through a thick iron door with that.

I use space fixation to solidify and block the space itself.

*쿠웅!* [Sound of an impact]

However, I couldn’t block even the physical impact energy, so a shock wave soon covered me.

I tasted the sensation of being crushed by a rock as I was hit by the pressure and rolled around.

“Keoheok……”

A cough came out without me knowing it, and I quickly spat out my breath.

The inside of my mouth is wet and *비릿하다* [metallic/bloody].

‘As expected, is it difficult to *맞상대* [confront/oppose] itself against that monster mercenary?’

On top of that, the problem is that my concentration is also gradually decreasing.

On the other hand, Ellaut?

Only scratches on her armor and skin.

Considering that other guys couldn’t even do that, the result may be *성과로선* [in terms of results], but realistically it’s a desperate difference.

“커억…… 헉…… Damn it, I can’t do it.”

When I quickly took out a potion and swallowed the contents, my stomach ached instead.

That means I suffered that much internal damage.

If I had blocked that fist with another means instead of space fixation, or if I hadn’t blocked it at all.

Let’s not imagine it. Because it’s terrible.

“……What a waste.”

As I was watching to enter the next response, Ellaut said, flicking her magic sword.

I doubted my ears for a moment.

What a waste?

It’s an unexpected reaction.

I expected her to get more excited and run wild and attack, so I stared blankly for a moment.

“Did you perhaps expect me to be a little stronger?”

“Hmm, well. What do you think? Since you seem to be misunderstanding, I’ll tell you, kid. You’re strong.”

That’s also unexpected.

It is clear that I am at a disadvantage in this battle.

But still, Ellaut said I was strong.

“You’re weak because you can’t surpass me? Ahahat! That doesn’t make sense. It’s just that you lack experience because you’re *힘에 겨운* [overwhelmed/struggling]. First of all, I’ll give you some advice as a mercenary senior.”

“……Senior, what do you mean.”

Ellaut pointed to one place with her eyes.

My mercenary *패* [badge/tag] that I had hung around my neck was revealed because of the impact just now.

“While I’m at it, let me give you a little more advice. Kid, you can’t use your power at all. ……Well, even though I didn’t learn it properly anywhere, I’ve been rolling around in fights in my own way, so it must not be wrong.”

What does that mean?

Before I knew it, I was listening to her advice.