How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 303

336. The Revival of the World Tree (5)

“Huh? You know me so well.”

I pulled Kilmuris from my waist and smiled playfully.

“Let’s beat that guy down first.”

I stated the extremely smart plan.

Since we summoned him, we’ll beat him up.

Of course, he must have understood our intentions.

[Annoyinggggggggg!]

He roared, channeling refined mana into his voice.

The voice was soon transmitted to the trumpet-like tubes connected to both sides of his neck.

Then, a sensation like the air vibrating echoed, and the sound spread further.

Is his main weapon sound?

Without needing to ponder further, I gathered as much Aura as possible and surrounded my body.

Eless did the same.

She prepared skillfully without me even giving her a signal.

Soon, a momentary ringing occurred in my ears.

‘Tch…’

Before I could click my tongue, an ominous impact struck my entire body, pushing me back.

Kwaang!

Centered on me and Eless, the surrounding objects shattered as if exploding.

The impact was one thing, but my ears hurt.

“…He manipulates sound.”

[Hahahahahahaha! That’s righttttttttttt! Sounddddddddddd! Sound!]

He shouted again, refreshed.

The same impact struck once more.

And this time, the power had increased.

[Quite a tough human… Usually, just hearing this voice melts their insides and breaks their bones, making for a delightful sight.]

Perhaps it’s a method of infusing mana into sound waves, penetrating and resonating.

I knew of similar abilities, so I could guess to some extent.

He uses quite a troublesome method.

“I’ll ask again. Are you willing to sit at the negotiation table peacefully?”

[Unequivocally nooooooooooooo!]

He screamed.

The sound echoed, and the impact of invisible blades striking my entire body incessantly resonated.

It wasn’t powerful enough to pierce my skin yet, but it was close.

I clicked my tongue while focusing on defense.

Then, I immediately swung my sword.

As the saying goes, the only way to tame a demon who doesn’t listen is to beat them.

Let’s follow that maxim.

“Let’s get hit a little first?”

As soon as I swung my sword, a massive amount of condensed sword energy poured out, flying towards him as if to devour him.

[Tch! Annoying Auraaaaaaaaaaaaaa!]

He immediately unleashed his voice to counter the technique I had unleashed.

The flying sword energy collided with the invisible sound wave blades and exploded.

‘Tch. The overall power is similar…’

It wasn’t being pushed back, but it was somewhat insufficient to push forward.

‘It doesn’t matter… This attack is bait…’

The purpose was just to distract him with a big technique.

And when his attention was focused on me.

Eless, who had silently disappeared, appeared behind the demon and swung her drawn sword.

A surprise attack without any unnecessary movements.

The timing couldn’t be better.

However, the demon immediately reached back and grabbed the sword she had thrust.

[I hear ittttttttttt!]

Kwajik!

The noise of sharp Aura and the mana covering the demon’s palm colliding echoed, and Eless muttered in bewilderment.

“How? I erased my footsteps.”

[Did you think sound was just thattttttttttt!]

He unleashed a sound wave attack from close range.

“Ugh?!

She convulsed as if electrocuted and fell backward.

Being undead, the damage she sustained was less than that of an ordinary human, but she wouldn’t be able to regain her composure easily.

[The sound of clothes rustling! Even the sound of cells moving! I can observe and control all sounds.]

It wasn’t an exaggeration.

It was a plausible ability for a demon of that level.

Being strong is desirable, but it’s still troublesome.

‘It’s hard to subdue him easily…’

It would have been nice and easy for both of us if the surprise attack had worked and he had collapsed.

“…You make me choose the difficult path.”

[Have you given upppppppppppp! Humannnnnnnnnnn!]

The demon laughed wildly and ascended.

Probably to unleash an even bigger attack.

“Eilon… that demon…”

“I know.”

I lightly stomped my foot and watched the ascending demon.

How does it look from his perspective?

A human despairing because his boasting skills don’t work?

[This is the enddddddddddddddd! …Huh?]

He seemed to notice something strange, but it was already too late.

“Come, Frolt!”

When I gestured lightly, a giant ice spirit fell on top of his head.

No need for petty tricks.

Spirits, beings made of spiritual power, possess attributes completely opposite to those of demons, even with just materialized matter.

That means.

“Get crushed first.”

He was slammed headfirst into the ground by the falling mass.

[Kueeeeeeeeeeeek?!]

A scream echoed.

As he screamed, perhaps because his power was exploding from the unexpected impact, scratches appeared on the floor as if it had been clawed haphazardly.

“Crush him one more time.”

Several more heavy sounds echoed, and screams burst out in succession.

“Now, say it again? Human… what? Go on, keep talking, jerk!”

From the beginning, I fully anticipated that summoning a demon would cause him to run wild.

But why would I summon someone I couldn’t defeat?

There’s no way I, who is so cowardly, would make such a reckless summon, right?

“Unfortunately for you, I can handle someone like you.”

“I only ended up looking pathetic as bait…”

A tattered Eless sighed and complained.

I deliberately asked her to make a surprise attack and get hit in order to make him lower his guard.

…Because I didn’t want to get hit.

“Thanks to you, I think I can beat him up neatly.”

“…”

She had a lot to say, but I pretended not to notice.

I canceled Frolt’s summon and this time drew out the attacks of other spirits.

“I’ll give you plenty of service.”

Flames, lightning, shadows, and blades of water spread out as if to surround him.

[H, human? That’s dangerous. I. I’m going to die.]

“Don’t act tough, I know demons are durable.”

I continued to pour attacks until he became quiet.

If he doesn’t become docile? I’ll beat him until he does.

According to the original work, that’s how the protagonist tames demons.

If he dies?

‘So what, I’ll just summon another one.’

A demon who can’t die is a useful demon!

I truly think summoning is a wonderful skill.

In fact, I don’t dislike demons that much.

They are beings who thoroughly follow the law of the jungle.

Because of this, there are no easier guys to handle.

“It’s a good opportunity. I’ll thoroughly instill the superior-inferior relationship between you and me.”

As a rule, for a sincere contract, it’s essential to make the other party aware of their place beforehand.

So, I’ll beat him up first.

After pouring down a barrage for education for a while.

“I’ll give you a choice, you idiot. Are you going back as you were? Or will you honorably contract with me?”

[…….]

The demon, who had been nicely roasted, glared at me as if resentful.

Even though he looks like that, the damaged areas are regenerating rapidly.

What a ridiculous creature.

“If you can’t accept it, you can go back. I don’t intend to force you to be bound. It’s not that kind of summon in the first place.”

There are as many demons as you can kick.

If it’s not this guy, I can summon another one and beat him up.

Did he realize that what I was saying wasn’t a bluff?

He finally lowered his head as if accepting it.

As if he had surrendered.

[Okay. I’ll contract.]

“You’ll do it? Hey, watch your tone.”

[I… request the contract.]

“Well… that’s good enough.”

Since I intend to make an equal contract, there’s no need to make him too polite.

“With this, you and I are equal.”

“…What does that human mean by equality?”

Hey, you undead making a headache expression, shut up.

What are you talking about, knowing that there’s no true equality in this world.

I don’t need to ask if he sincerely surrendered or if he was just pretending to submit.

After all, the contract won’t be established unless he properly agrees.

If he harbors foolish thoughts, it will immediately show in the results.

“Then, let’s contract.”

[……I understand.]

When I held out my hand, he also offered his head.

When I raised my hand and focused, he also released all barriers of mana.

“What’s your name?”

[Meljeneria…….]

“Good. Meljeneria. I’m Eilon. Remember it.”

He’s so obedient.

As expected, even though it’s barbaric, taming with force works best.

Was the contract properly established?

Contracting with a demon is somewhat different from using spiritism.

The focus of spiritism is how strongly you can draw out the energy of the spirit with your power.

And the contract with a demon is….

“Hmm…….”

As a test, I stretched out my hand towards a nearby fragment and exerted my power.

Dooooooong!

A sensation like something tickling and vibrating resonated from inside my arm.

And that vibration, in an invisible form… was converted into a sound bomb, extending from me and traveling through the air towards the target.

The power of a demon who manipulates sound.

Paang!

The fragments aimed at as the target shattered lightly as if hit by a shotgun.

“Hmm. Quite useful?”

[Of course… what are you saying… whose power do you think it is, human. …Annoying, though. Strong, I am.]

“Hmm. Consider it fortunate that you’re useful, seriously. If you were even a little strange, I would have canceled the contract right away.”

[…….]

It’s no use making resentful eyes, demon. This is what a human is.

The characteristic of demon summoning is that you can make the demon fight on its own, but you can also draw the demon’s mana into yourself like this.

And there are also minor bonuses added.

In this way, you can acquire additional traits that can be developed through this contract.

I get so much.

‘Mana Affinity, huh.’

Perhaps from now on, I won’t be affected even if I’m exposed to mana or dark magic.

Accordingly, spiritual power decreased slightly.

As I became able to handle mana, side effects occurred.

Well, this much is fine.

Anyway, power is good.

Eless also clapped with a dry feeling and congratulated me.

“Congratulations. The moment this is known to the church, you will immediately become a Class 1 extermination target as a heretic.”

Clap clap clap.

She keeps clapping and congratulating me. She must be teasing me.

Well, the Class 1 extermination target thing is real, though…….

“It doesn’t matter. It’s not like I’m going to be casually summoning demons in front of others…….”

“Not going to?”

“At this point, the church? Hmph, I’m stronger than them anyway.”

“…Ah, is that so.”

I’m not afraid even if a truckload of churches comes!

I’m no longer afraid of the evangelists who knock on my mansion door every holiday.

By the way, the evangelists here carry a Bible in one hand and a mace in the other. And they’re incredibly muscular.

It’s really scary.

“You must be very capable.”

Eless seems to have grasped my personality to some extent and accepts these jokes appropriately.

I think I can finally get in sync with her.

“But the power you gained so quickly. Can you use it properly?”

“Well… it seems like a good situation to test it out has come.”

Should I say it’s perfect timing?

Gugugugugugung!

Just as I felt a vibration shaking under my feet, the roots of the World Tree soared around us, instantly surrounding us.

The effect of concealment has reached its limit.

And since I openly drew in mana to test it out, I’d get caught.

“It doesn’t matter anymore, though.”

It doesn’t matter if I get caught.

“I’ll show you how great compatibility is from now on.”

The truth that the disadvantage of compatibility can be overcome with power is my policy.

Sometimes, it’s necessary to follow that principle.