How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 287

Episode 287

319. Search the Imperial Palace (2)

There’s no choice but to fight.

“In any case, it is certain that you are no ordinary person, so it is only right to treat you with sincerity. So……”

As the undead girl raised her other hand, the one not holding a sword, a small light flickered in the distance.

It’s a sword.

Another sword flew from there and was placed directly in her hand.

She’s holding two swords, one in each hand.

‘……Oh, dear.’

That means she has no intention of holding back.

She seemed to have deliberately lost when she fought Sylvester, but there’s no reason for her to do that against me.

“Then I won’t cut off your head, so please speak whenever you want to talk……”

She says, taking a light step forward.

“Well, from experience, usually, people become honest as soon as they lose both arms.”

“……Ouch.”

“And do you know what happens when both legs disappear?”

I don’t want to know.

As I raised my tension to the maximum level, she began to swing her swords in earnest.

“Honesty quadruples.”

Dark currents scatter.

At first, I almost mistook it for a light breeze, but…….

‘I’ll die if I get hit by that! I’ll die!’

That wind is all murderous intent flowing from her swinging swords.

If even a little bit touches me, everything within that range will be shattered.

I felt a shiver and quickly leaped backward to avoid it.

Kwaaaaang!

The faintly scattered black wind instantly turned into sharp blades of wind, shattering everything it touched.

“……What kind of swordsmanship is that?”

Even though I should be showing considerable skill in close combat because I’m wielding Killmuris, I can’t grasp it at all.

All I saw was the prelude before she swung her sword, the surroundings being torn apart, and finally, her after swinging the sword.

“This is unusual. To dodge all of my swords…… I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve faced such an opponent.”

“Is that a compliment?”

“I just think it’s annoying. If you were to be cut obediently, it would only hurt and then be over.”

“That’s what I hate the most!”

I shouted something foolish, but on the other hand, I calmly calmed my mind and searched for countermeasures.

“Undine, I need some cover.”

-Okay!

I summon Undine to cast spirit magic.

The magic circle Undine drew with water unfolded above my head, and snow poured down from it.

“……Tch.”

The undead girl clicked her tongue.

Each snowflake is a particle of pure spirit water.

It’s not fatal, but wouldn’t it tickle the body of an undead?

It would be a somewhat annoying thing for a swordsman who performs precise swordsmanship.

In the meantime, her movements are hampered by the blizzard.

“Sprite.”

I summon Sprite and send him charging. The lightning he spews resonates with the blizzard as if discharging.

Kwaaaang!

The lightning exploded instantly with the surrounding snow and swept away.

“Hmph.”

However, I faintly heard a snort as if she found it ridiculous.

I saw a scene where lines were drawn around her, and all the steam explosion she caused was cut away.

“……Splitting an explosion with sword energy?”

“I don’t have as many talents as you, so this is all I can do. And……”

She began to make a strange sound, scratching the ground with the sword in her left hand, drrrrrrrk!

Crimson flames sparked on the scratched ground.

As it is, the crimson flames turn from embers to flames…… gradually, the momentum spreads and becomes a black flame bird, flying towards me.

“……Black magic, huh?”

The water cannon fired by Undine becomes entangled with the black flame bird she fired and is offset.

But that itself is probably a distraction.

Eless broke through the immediately evaporated steam and jumped towards me in an instant.

“I’ve got you.”

I can’t escape by simply running. Spatial movement doesn’t work properly, so can I avoid it by using Yeongbo [a high-speed movement technique]?

‘……No. Not yet.’

But I refrained from using that means of evasion for now.

If I show it even once, she’ll come up with a countermeasure.

I’ve already learned the fear of sword masters.

‘I’ll try to clash…….’

I calm my breathing and focus on the swinging sword.

I shouldn’t just rely on Killmuris’s swordsmanship activation ability.

I concentrate all possible nerves, grit my teeth, and stare ahead.

I barely catch a glimpse of the afterimage of the sword she’s swinging.

‘I have to block it…….’

If I can’t block it, it will immediately reach my shoulder and cut it off.

Let’s not even think about counterattacking.

First, I have to block it.

Repeating only that, I swung Killmuris as if giving an order.

Consciously set a goal and swing it consciously towards it.

However, only induce the swordsmanship that activates.

It’s a precarious feeling.

Maintaining that, I swung my sword along that trajectory and collided.

Clang!

A clear metallic sound rang out, and at the same time, the corner of her eye twitched slightly.

“Hmm?”

Did she not expect me to block it?

But it doesn’t matter.

After all, she’s wielding two swords.

Even if the first strike is blocked, there’s a next one.

The second strike cannot be blocked by wielding only Killmuris.

‘Then…….’

Somewhat preparing myself, I activate the mana interference transformation magic, Atom Metamorphose [a spell that alters the composition of matter].

I transform my arm into the hardest possible constituent material.

“If I don’t have a sword…… I’ll replace it with something as much as possible…….”

And I meticulously overlay a gravitational field around that arm.

I clenched my fist as it was and swung it towards the second strike that was coming at me.

Pshew!

I can’t block it cleanly.

But her sword couldn’t completely cut off my arm either.

It barely pierced a few centimeters, and her body was bounced away by the activating gravitational field.

“It’s blocked?!”

She quickly distanced herself.

She’s cautious.

“……Are you perhaps not human?”

“How rude. I’m human. Pure, 100 percent natural human!”

I immediately returned the transformed arm to its original state.

The wound is already starting to heal.

Long live recovery abilities.

“……No matter how I look at it, you don’t seem more human than I am.”

“I don’t want to hear that from a human whose expiration date has long passed.”

“……”

It’s quite a childish provocation, but it worked, and her sword energy became slightly faster.

I need to hurry and settle this.

There’s a possibility that I won’t be able to hold out if we clash for too long.

“Let’s finish this soon! Corpse girl!”

I simultaneously use Undine, Sprite, and Salamander to create arrows of water, lightning, and fire and pour them out at the same time.

Each arrow is 10,000, for a total of 30,000 high-density arrows.

“……It’s just flashy on the outside.”

However, the arrows are cut off as if erased by the sword energy Eless wielded.

“The power is disappointing. But there are many gaps. Your basic training is lacking.”

“Yeah…… I guess so.”

To break through her sword energy, I have to concentrate and unleash an attack with all my might.

But the obvious won’t hit, on the contrary.

“Then I just have to hit it by force.”

As I smirked and slightly flipped my palm, the undead girl seemed to sense something and hurriedly jumped up, swinging her sword in all directions.

Papapapapak!

She blocked the attacks of spirit magic that were pouring down, especially the ones that were unnaturally changing their trajectory, and was shocked.

“How?”

“……Well, I have a secret.”

When we clashed a little while ago, I activated the ability reversal mark on her body and designated her as the target.

Then, I manipulate some of the spirit magic attacks that are pouring down with the ability of that mark to guide and hit them.

“……Such petty tricks”

She cuts off all the attacks that freely chase her due to the influence of the mark, as if she doesn’t care.

She uses her undead-specific free body to unleash swordsmanship that covers all directions, even to the point of modifying trajectories that an ordinary swordsman wouldn’t be able to block.

“Then try blocking this too.”

This is an opportunity.

I finally activate Yeongbo.

A movement technique that even she can’t keep up with if she sees it for the first time.

Especially since this place is gathering all the mana flowing through the ley lines [natural conduits of energy] within the empire, I can move freely if it’s a short distance.

“Footwork? No, is it an ability?”

“Try to figure it out.”

I instantly moved behind her, gripped Killmuris tightly, and swung it down.

The sword energy of the aura that I swung collided with the black aura she wielded and rebounded, exploding.

Faaaaaaang!

A shock and sound that seemed to shake the earth resounded, and the girl was bounced away and rolled across the floor.

“……Oh, no. A mistake.”

She tries to get up, gritting her teeth as if she’s upset, but of course, I won’t give her a chance.

The pillar of fire spewed out by Salamander poured down on the girl as if crushing her.

‘Settle it…….’

Now is the chance to push forward.

If I miss this opportunity, I’ll only be reversed next time.

I gripped Killmuris tightly and charged as it was.

Just in time, Eless also rushed towards me, parting the flames and brandishing her sword.

The swordsmanship guided by Killmuris and the swordsmanship she unleashed collide and intertwine.

Since I can’t deflect everything, the sword energy that was poured out barely cuts my shoulders and waist as it digs in.

‘……It’s dangerous.’

It’s precarious.

If I make even a slight misjudgment or mistake, my head will be cut off immediately.

But it’s just as precarious for her.

As a result of being stabbed in the gaps several times, her body will also reach its limit.

The undead body is not always convenient.

I already know that.

“Go!”

I gripped Killmuris as it was and threw it with all my might.

“Are you crazy?!”

She is shocked by the action that a knight cannot understand.

Did she not think that I would throw the sword that is like my lifeline?

“It’s the worst move. But such a trick…….”

“……Usually falls for it, though.”

“……Huh?!”

Surprise instead of doubt.

The Killmuris I threw spun in the air and reversed, then flew in, unleashing swordsmanship as it was.

“Sword manipulation?! Even I haven’t mastered that yet…….”

“Wrong! You’re wrong! More than that, can you even do that?”

I smiled bitterly, watching Killmuris moving freely in the air.

I suddenly thought.

Originally, that sword is a sword that runs wild on its own without a master.

Then, will it move even now if it leaves my hand?

The answer is yes.

It automatically chases the enemy even if I let go of it, proportional to the time I infused mana into it.

‘……Of course, I can’t use big techniques, but it’s enough to distract them.’

Unfortunately, my close combat skills are gilded with Killmuris’s abilities.

I have no choice but to be pushed back against a real master.

That’s why I don’t care about the means or methods.

“The real thing is this!”

I take out the Bloody Staff from the air and grip it tightly.

Originally, it’s just a weapon to enhance spirit magic, but it’s not really for close combat…….

“Spirit power is effective against you!”

Taking advantage of the gap where her attention was distracted by Killmuris’s interference, I swung the staff.

Paak!

The head of the staff is embedded in her torso.

“Ugh?!”

“It’s over!”

As it is, I squeeze out all the spirit power that I can possibly put into that staff and embed it.

Her aura is due to black magic.

And pure spirit power is somewhat the opposite.

What will happen if I embed as much unrefined pure spirit power as possible?

The answer is that it will strongly repel.

Kwaaaaaaaang!

A violent noise rang out, and Eless’s body was bounced away by the massive impact.

“……It’ll be a worthwhile blow.”

I also frowned at the recoil and was convinced that it had worked properly.

“……It’s so hard.”

The Empress too, there’s no easy opponent.

It’s not a very desirable thing.

‘What is he trying to do by gathering these guys? That damn final boss…….’

I will definitely find him and hang him on top of this holy tower first, and make him pay the price for making people suffer like this.