How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 293

325. The End of the Villains (3)

[So, what made you harbor a grudge against this Kmelz?]

“A grudge… you’re mistaken.”

Crusoe corrected him, stating that wasn’t the case.

In the first place, the tragedy back then was the work of someone else.

Moreover, the noble who caused the incident was exposed for his actions, thoroughly condemned, and apparently executed.

“I was just chasing you to stop you.”

[…To stop this Kmelz? Even though you were saved by that secret art?]

Saved? Crusoe genuinely scoffed.

“Your experiment. How many survived unscathed as a result? No, do you really think you saved anyone?”

[…….]

Kmelz certainly said it.

How many experimental subjects he picked up.

However, Crusoe had never reunited with any of his hometown people or the children he played with afterward in another place.

Didn’t he admit it himself? That it was an incomplete secret art.

“You just needed sacrifices to experiment with black magic.”

Crusoe expressed his disgust and retorted.

In his fragmented memories, he certainly saw it. The sinister lich recording something with a clumsily resurrected human.

“You desecrate human lives like that. I’m stopping you. That’s just my mission, knowing that scene back then.”

[Hard to understand. You should have survived thanks to it?]

“It’s just a coincidence. Are you going to try to call it a favor?”

Crusoe surviving and enjoying his current life was just good luck.

That’s all.

[…Foolish. If I were in the opposite position, this Kmelz would not have said such things.]

“Hearing you say that makes me a little relieved.”

[Hmm?]

I wanted to confirm.

What exactly was that lich’s action back then? Was it out of goodwill? Or was there another purpose?

“From the beginning, what I wanted to confirm is this: Did you try to save someone, or did you abuse knowledge for your own evil desires?”

But there’s no benevolence to save others in his appearance.

Even if someone was saved, it’s just one of the accidental results. If the root is evil, it must be stopped.

“Because the only truth is that you are an evil being.”

[How unfortunate, that you can’t understand.]

Kmelz clicked his tongue as if he was truly sorry.

At the same time, each of their magical powers exploded and clashed.

Crusoe concluded from the current answer that he must defeat him by any means.

Kmelz, of course, had no reason to follow that decision.

[Unfortunately, I can’t be stopped by your condemnation.]

“……What are you plotting?”

[You would have the right to hear it. First of all, the technique that revived you… it’s already complete. It’s no longer incomplete.]

“……What are you doing.”

Crusoe’s eyes were even more tinged with vigilance.

A technique that has reached the point of freely reversing life and death. I can’t even guess what he’s going to plot using it.

Even if he uses it with good intentions, I can’t sit idly by.

“Then, Ernil too. Is she also a victim of your technique?”

[……Heo.]

For a moment, there was a clear agitation in Kmelz’s movements.

That insane lich, who had been accepting her condemnation and attacks with hostility, rarely showed real emotion and was surprised.

[Did you meet that child? …Well, I know she’s here, so it’s not strange.]

“I knew it…….”

[Could there be a problem? That shouldn’t be the case… That child’s body should be healthier than it was back then.]

“……What are you talking about?”

Rather, Crusoe was embarrassed.

I didn’t think he would show such an openly disturbed reaction to this extent.

[……Tch, I’ve said too much.]

Kmelz, having regained his composure, acknowledged that his attitude was a mistake and raised his staff.

The black light emanating from the staff entangled with the magical attacks Crusoe poured out.

The internal damage must not be light, but he still has that much power left.

[I don’t have time to waste on you anymore.]

He no longer has any intention of fighting seriously.

Foolish provocations won’t work.

Should I chase him even if it’s reckless?

If I miss him now, there may be no way to chase him anymore.

It was the moment when Crusoe was truly conflicted.

“Keep your magic power as it is!”

A third person’s voice.

It’s definitely Aileen’s.

As soon as Crusoe heard that voice, she immediately put aside her reckless greed and focused only on checking.

* * *

I immediately headed to the point where a large amount of magic power was colliding.

Crusoe and Kmelz must be fighting there.

‘Even if I put aside the other guys, I need to talk to that side directly once…….’

Especially since I know what Kmelz’s purpose is, I need to go and see it myself.

As expected, when I arrived, I could hear the sound of conversation, perhaps because the two had already exhausted their strength to some extent.

The content is something I already knew.

‘There’s no particular problem up to this point…….’

Of course, I can’t ignore it.

Crusoe contacting Kmelz and asking about his true intentions is the original flow.

It happened earlier than originally, but of course I can’t interfere.

I watched for now.

Soon, Kmelz decided that continuing to fight was a loss and tried to retreat.

Even if Crusoe tries to chase him, she will miss him.

‘Let’s intervene.’

It’s time to intervene.

Let’s cut off the flow here.

I quickly told Crusoe to focus only on checking the guy.

Fortunately, she is wise.

She doesn’t have the greed to recklessly chase him alone.

Moreover, she would have understood my intentions to some extent.

While the magic Crusoe cast temporarily blocked Kmelz’s retreat, I summoned a sprite and threw lightning at him.

Kwarururururung!

A thunderous sound rang out, and a huge lightning bolt swept over Kmelz as if swallowing him whole.

[……An annoying guy has intervened.]

From inside the flash, I heard a sound that seemed to be clicking his tongue impatiently.

“It’s not over yet!”

I summon Undine and have her cast spirit magic.

The spirit magic that Undine created causes a large amount of storm.

The storm of holy water that I used against the vampire before.

It resonates with the remaining lightning and literally becomes a small typhoon, covering Kmelz once again.

[Hmm!]

This time, it seems to be somewhat difficult to ignore, so he uses his strength to defend.

“Not over!”

I push even harder.

I exert gravity control to add a gravity field to Killmuris [Aileen’s sword] and jump towards the barrier Kmelz has set up.

[……This.]

“Haaaaaaaap!”

Rarely for me, I even shout and strike with all my might.

An aura strike drawn through Killmuris in a gravity field is added.

Kwaaaaaaa!

A shock that seemed to shake the inside of the building rang out, and the floor collapsed as it was.

“Aileen?!”

I heard Crusoe’s surprised voice, perhaps because she didn’t think I would collapse it, but I don’t care.

Collapsing it was on purpose.

Because what I have to do from now on is below!

[……Could it be.]

Kmelz seemed to realize something at that moment and was embarrassed, but I ignored it.

As it is, I used all my strength to smash him down several floors at once.

Kwagagagagag!

I’m sorry to the people of the Forelos Empire, but what does it matter?

I don’t care.

As I continued to destroy the floor of the Imperial Palace and fell.

Finally, we reached our destination.

After smashing him all the way to the underground, I stepped back for now.

After all, I don’t expect him to have suffered fatal damage from the current attack.

I don’t want to say anything cheesy like ‘Did I get him?’

“……Aileen, you’re going too far!”

Crusoe, who landed late, pointed her staff at the place where Kmelz fell.

I just nodded once to mean that I was okay for now.

[It’s troublesome. Could it be that you… Did you also know about the existence of this place?]

Kmelz would have noticed that I deliberately broke the floor and fell.

[I hope you can put away your possible weapons. I don’t want to do anything gruesome here if possible.]

“What kind of shameless nonsense!”

Crusoe was about to say something absurd, but I sighed and put away Killmuris for now.

“Aileen?”

“……Well, it’s not that I want to let you off the hook, but I don’t feel like running wild here either.”

“What are you saying…….”

“Look around. It seems like Ms. Crusoe can’t even see properly right now.”

She tried to be calm, but it couldn’t be that easy.

When I stopped her and gave her a look, Crusoe refrained from speaking and looked around, perhaps because she was aware of it.

And…….

“……What is this?”

She would have noticed by now.

Where is this place?

And if it’s her, she’ll realize it.

What are all these things?

What’s here is…….

“Elves……corpses?”

Transparent coffins packed tightly.

There are countless numbers of elf corpses sleeping there.

[Don’t say gruesome things. They just haven’t opened their eyes yet. If I finish it, they can open their eyes at any time.]

Kmelz said somewhat unpleasantly.

Crusoe would know.

What he mainly studies.

“……The resurrection of living things.”

I deliberately put those words in my mouth as if to be heard.

[You know that far, too.]

“That reaction means that someone must have said something first. Well, let’s put that aside.”

I looked around again.

I already know it, so I’m not shaken, but I’m still a little nervous.

In the first place, my courage is at the level of an ordinary person.

I’m holding on with bluff, but this atmosphere is still creepy.

“After all, this is Kmelz Alpheus. That’s your purpose.”

[……As you can see.]

He admitted it without saying anything.

“Purpose……What are you going to do with the elf corpses…….”

“You’re wrong.”

I denied Crusoe’s guess.

“I didn’t collect the corpses. I’m not going to do anything with it either.”

It’s a common prejudice.

His purpose is quite far from what black magicians usually plot.

“Usually, when you revive the dead, what would you do it for?”

“Well……to use them……to use…….”

Crusoe couldn’t continue speaking.

Well, she realized the contradiction.

“Ordinary liches don’t have a reason to revive them, right?”

To dominate?

If that’s the only purpose, there are plenty of other ways.

More than anything, this method is not cost-effective.

The difficulty is also a problem.

“There’s no need to say that it’s too cumbersome for a simple ambition.”

There’s no reason to do it unless there’s something that far transcends the calculation of effort and loss.

“……Ms. Crusoe also knows that the elves’ former home was destroyed.”

“Well, yes.”

“It is said that elves were massacred in an attack by an unknown person, and the World Tree was also corrupted by the poison applied to the sword he wielded.”

The elves’ home was destroyed and the World Tree was also destroyed.

“First of all, the cause of the suffering the elves experienced at that time was the work of the Forelos Empire.”

“……Yes?”

“It was the work of the emperor of the time and the faction that followed him.”

Originally, it was an evil act that would be revealed through a more thorough investigation, but it doesn’t matter if I blabber it out here anyway.

The sin that the undead girl, Elles, spoke of is that.

She said it was her sin, but specifically, it was the atrocities of the empire itself.

In fact, Elles was also deceived, but let’s omit that for now.

“The emperor at the time seemed to dislike the existence of the elves for some reason.”

That’s why he plans to bring them down.

He made a plan to destroy the World Tree, commit massacres, and destroy the base.

“The miscalculation is that he couldn’t even get the land he was aiming for because it was too much.”

The poison that rotted the World Tree was more terrible than imagined.

In the end, that place became a demon realm.

The empire would never announce this nonsense and thoroughly concealed it.

“Then this corpse is…….”

“If you count them roughly, it will match the number of elves who were sacrificed at that time to some extent.”

I didn’t bother to count them one by one, but there was also a mention in the original work I read.

Kmelz’s purpose is extremely simple.

Neither ambition nor anything else.

“The resurrection of the sacrificed elves. That would be the purpose.”

Originally, it was the correct answer that people like Crusoe and Sylvester should reach after a not-so-short ordeal.

I’ll tell you the correct answer right away, before they realize it after destroying the lich.

“You guys always seem to be itching to not tell the truth.”

But I have to say it.