How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 283

Episode 283

To Reclaim 315 (7)

That is her Bloodline ability.

Crystal of Grievance.

‘Originally, it was a non-existent ability. Was it said to be a runaway and mutated ability?’

The original name of that ability is Crystal of Blessing.

It was a type of ability that could generate minerals of a corresponding type if sufficient mana and mental power were paid.

‘But it mutated into a different ability.’

On the day the Great Empire fell, she was murdered inside the tragically collapsed Imperial Palace.

And…….

An unexpected event occurred.

The moment she was pierced by a sword and died.

Her resentful emotions caused a mutation in the ability itself.

As a result, the ability was restructured into a ferocious ability with completely different performance than before.

‘The current her is a being whose soul is bound by the runaway ability, constantly going mad.’

The ability that absorbed all the blood and vengeful spirits she shed when she died and ran wild in the worst direction.

That is her power.

Truly troublesome.

“The problem is that this thing doesn’t really have any weaknesses……”

The strength of the crystal she creates is more than that of ordinary metals, and it becomes even harder if she puts her mind to it.

Her resistance to mana is also considerable, so her compatibility with mages or elementalists isn’t very good.

In addition, she can create summons like Crystal Dolls to use as soldiers, making her excessively versatile.

‘She is annoying to deal with.’

That’s why I couldn’t ask anyone else to face her.

‘In the original story…… they used a method of exhausting her mana by using a large number of troops and then catching her off guard. But I won’t be able to use that this time.’

Then I’ll have to deal with it on my own.

“……I resent you! Empire! World that ruined my world! And to the humans who watched it all.”

The Empress’s resentment is shouted.

She intends to use her full power from the start.

“You’re going to use your full strength from the beginning?”

Knowing the methods she uses, I immediately became wary.

“Grow by eating this resentment! And pour that resentment onto those hateful ones!”

With that declaration, the crystal finally stopped growing.

‘……Here it comes.’

I know what will happen next.

No doubt.

The power she showed to the 40,000 troops in the original story.

Crack, crack, crack.

She took her hand off the fully grown crystal tree.

Then, the crystal tree began to tremble.

Each time it trembled, crumbling pieces scattered.

When a piece slightly touched my feet, I felt a slight dizziness and a noise ringing in my ears.

“……Vengeful spirit, is it?”

Just how deep must one human’s resentment be to make an ability that originally had no combat capabilities run wild to this extent and give birth to such a monster?

However, there will be no time to admire it.

It finally moves.

The crystal tree grotesquely transforms and eventually creates the shape of a monster.

As if carving a huge ore, it carves itself away, creating

A Crystal Dragon.

“……A Crystal Dragon, huh.”

No doubt.

It is similar to the technique I know.

“Ah…… I don’t really like dragons.”

But she won’t listen.

The Empress sneered and was sucked into the dragon.

The Crystal Dragon then rushes towards me.

A simple body slam.

But it has the power to crush and sweep away everything it touches.

“Is mass the best gangster?!”

If I get hit like that, I won’t even be able to complain about a hit-and-run.

I hold Killmuris in one hand and the Bloody Staff in the other.

It will be impossible to face it unless I simultaneously unleash Aura and Spirit Power.

“Hup!”

I immediately jump, run along the wall of the building, and try to avoid the dragon’s charge.

“Salamander! Burn him and melt him away!”

I summon Salamander and pour out the green flames.

The omnipotent flame of the spirit that can burn anything.

Wouldn’t this work to some extent?

The Crystal Dragon, engulfed in green flames, writhed.

“Futile!”

The Empress shouts.

Her voice echoes throughout her body as if resonating.

As if gaining even more power from that alone, the Crystal Dragon’s eyes shone.

“……It absorbs fire.”

The green flames were being sucked in.

The green flame is also an elemental magic after all.

At its root is the energy I supplied.

It swallowed it whole and eliminated it.

“……Well, I thought about how to deal with it.”

It’s just an attack to buy time.

Salamander wags its tail as if wanting to pounce right away, looking at me, but I shake my head and don’t allow it.

“Don’t touch that monster. Even if you are a spirit, you will be sucked in.”

Spirits are especially dangerous.

It’s not just that the summon is canceled, but their existence could really disappear.

Salamander looks at me with dissatisfaction but soon agrees and easily distances itself.

Instead, it spat out several fireballs.

This time, it is an ordinary spirit’s flame attack.

“How pathetic!”

Of course, it won’t work.

The fired fireballs were torn apart and disappeared as the Crystal Dragon simply swung its claws.

It doesn’t matter.

The flames are just a distraction anyway.

“The real thing is this!”

Using Salamander’s flashy flames as a distraction, I quickly closed the distance to the Crystal Dragon’s underside and moved quickly before she noticed.

I swing my sword upwards, extending a long sword energy to scratch it.

Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang!

The Aura blade digs into the underside of the Crystal Dragon as if to split it open entirely.

“The strength under the belly seems to be weak!”

That is also knowledge I knew while reading the novel.

The strength of the back and limbs is extremely hard, but the external joints and the underside of the belly are relatively soft.

Perhaps it is a structural flaw.

Of course, relatively soft does not mean that it is as soft as the belly of a real creature.

“Ugh, it’s disgustingly hard…….”

I can’t help but clench my teeth and put strength into my hands.

It feels like inserting a sword into the mountainside made of steel and drawing it to cut the mountain in half.

If I hadn’t relied on Killmuris’s performance, the sword wouldn’t have even penetrated.

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!”

I pour more strength into the sword energy, even if it’s half out of stubbornness.

I can’t keep it up for long.

Even if it is a sharp Aura, it will be absorbed by that crystal if I keep the sword against it for a long time.

I have to cut it off at once.

Fortunately, I had the upper hand in that moment of the power struggle.

Clang!

The Crystal Dragon falters, scattering fragments as the sound of glass breaking loudly echoes.

Inside the massive body, inside the crack I cut with my sword, I could see the Empress’s eyes, filled with anger, shining.

“How dare you! Are you going to humiliate me with that lowly sword!”

“Think as you please. I just need to win, regardless of the means or method!”

The crack I managed to create will soon regenerate.

There is no guarantee that I will be able to inflict effective damage with the same method next time.

If she hides in that crystal dragon again, even I will have a hard time defeating it.

That Empress’s ability is exactly what I know.

There are not many weaknesses or ways to catch her off guard.

But…….

‘If there aren’t any, I can just make them.’

Acquire the ability.

The same ability as her.

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

It’s not my preferred method, but this is the best I can do.

Originally, it would have been impossible to obtain the same ability.

Her ability is a mutation of an existing Bloodline ability.

Of course, even if I accidentally obtained the base ability that it was based on, there is no way I could have acquired it.

But I am different.

Such cheating is possible.

“……It’s cheating, but if I know the exact name of the ability, I can get it as much as I want!”

Acquire the ability.

The ability is immediately established within me and becomes ready to be used at any time.

As expected, it consumes a lot of points because it is a specially mutated ability.

‘It doesn’t matter as long as I have enough points…….’

Having acquired the power, I used it without hesitation.

“Kuhhhhh?!”

At that moment, an absurd pain assails me.

It is a side effect of the ability.

‘Because it wasn’t a proper ability from the start…….’

Powerful but full of flaws.

Because it is a runaway ability, it will gnaw at my body if I let my guard down even a little.

As proof, when I look at my arm, it is gradually being covered with something like crystals.

I am being consumed by the ability.

It will be impossible to return it to its original state by other means.

‘I have to end it in one go…….’

The time limit is before I am completely consumed by the ability.

“Crystal of Grievance.”

I immediately draw out the ability.

Only then did the Empress realize what I was doing, and she gave me a look of astonishment.

“How did you get that?!”

“I’m the type to not reveal my secrets, so please understand.”

Because I’m not nice enough to kindly reveal tricks.

I don’t need an answer.

In the meantime, the preparation for the ability’s activation is complete.

My arm is already completely covered like scales.

“……I wonder how you can walk around in this state.”

Clicking my tongue, I unleash the ability.

The blue crystal that was summoned at once towers like a tower.

“……Indeed…… that power is…… the same as mine?”

“Well, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Unfortunately, there is no way to properly destroy that. It’s a crude method, but please understand?”

That’s why this is the only way.

“The only way is to collide with the same level of ability and smash it.”

It may be a complicated method, but this is the only way now.

In the first place, it is impossible to defeat her in a textbook way alone.

At least 5,000 troops must be deployed to exhaust her, and about ten powerhouses, two or three levels below Sylvester, must be deployed at the same time to draw her attention.

How could there be an easy way to catch such a monster one-on-one?

The summoned crystal is carved into a form suitable for battle.

I need a size that can stand against her Crystal Dragon.

That judgment is injected into my thoughts, and the ability automatically takes the necessary shape.

A giant squirrel-shaped crystal sculpture.

‘……Huh? But why a squirrel?’

I roughly let the ability decide on its own, but why did it end up being sculpted into a squirrel?

……Did I have some strange thoughts while activating it?

Well, the shape doesn’t matter.

The performance is the same even if the shape is different.

“Go.”

My Crystal Squirrel rushes in, and the Empress’s Dragon also rushes in to face it.

It is literally a kaiju [Japanese for strange beast] showdown.

The symbols of the two abilities collide and engage in a brawl.

Each time they collide, a tremendous roar echoes, shaking the area with just the impact.

‘……As expected, the power is the same level. In the end, I have to push through with brute force…….’

The side effects of the ability have already spread beyond my arm to my torso.

I don’t have much time.

“You impudent thing! Do you think such mockery will work, no matter what trick you used!”

“Yes. It works very well.”

I deliberately say it mockingly and use the ability additionally.

Numerous crystal spikes extending from the belly of the giant squirrel are embedded and fixed in the dragon’s body.

“Tear it apart!”

I immediately pounce and bite the dragon’s neck.

The dragon also resists, slashing down with its claws and tearing off part of the squirrel’s body.

Neck and neck.

‘……It’s close. Then!’

There is no need to honestly use only one ability.

I summon Sprite and randomly strike down lightning.

Even if it doesn’t work due to resistance, the noise, light, and annoyance will be unbearable.

“You! Impertinent! Brat!”

The Empress shouts and tries to shake it off by force.

As a result, the two giant crystal statues are violently smashed and pushed back by the recoil.

“Now is the time!”

Using the ability one more time, the additionally summoned crystal extends like countless pillars and strikes the dragon’s entire body.

“One…… more time!”

In the meantime, the runaway ability has already invaded about half of my body.

It is dangerous to use it more, and there is not much time left.