How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 316

316. The Truth Is Here (7)

It’s my first time seeing this monster, but should I call it Magma Nessie for convenience? It resembles Nessie, the legendary creature said to inhabit a lake.

“……Did you really just pass it on to me because it was too much trouble?”

Even when I try to swallow, my throat dries up from the intense heat.

The heat has been gradually intensifying for a while now.

Even with magic blocking it, it’s still this intense.

“Does it have to be this level of monster to be considered a trial?”

I knew it wouldn’t be easy, but I didn’t expect this.

First, I’ll engage it in combat.

“Let’s start with a light feint.”

I lack information about the monsters here.

Moreover, that one is a completely new species I’ve never encountered before.

It must be a monster unique to this era.

“Since it’s blatantly advertising, ‘My body is hot!’ I should target that.”

Besides, that thing’s body is made of magma, right?

What happens when it cools down?

I’ll find out by testing it.

“Ice Bolt.”

I launch a light feint with an ice bullet.

I could use a more powerful spell, but I don’t know the opponent’s full capabilities.

First, I’ll test the waters gradually.

It’s called an ice bullet, but it doesn’t evaporate instantly upon contact with the heat like real ice would.

It’s simply my mana frozen into a projectile.

That’s why ice-type magic is more resilient than actual ice.

With a flash of light, several bullets pierce the creature’s head.

Fwoooooong.

I hear a ringing sound from within the magma.

The creature shakes its body slightly.

“……Is it working?”

I need more data.

This time, I unleash a more significant technique.

“Ice Spear.”

Instead of a bullet, it forms a long spear shaft, launching a spear even larger than a normal one, piercing straight through.

Simultaneously, I teleport to a different location.

An attack like this is bound to draw its attention.

Splash!

With a sound like a heavy rock falling into a lake, the ice spear pierces the creature’s head.

“Tch.”

But I immediately click my tongue in dissatisfaction.

“……That’s not enough.”

It crumbles and evaporates completely just from the creature shaking its head.

It’s not entirely ineffective, but the cold isn’t potent enough.

If it were Cruse’s skill level, he could freeze it whole, but it’s too difficult for me.

“……If I could use spirit magic, things might be different.”

It would be much easier if I could use the ice spirit I recently contracted with or Undine’s spirit magic.

Well, it wouldn’t be training if it were easy.

I seriously start contemplating how to attack that monster, focusing my power into Killmuris, the sword I’m holding.

“First, should I get him out of that magma…….”

Typically, that kind of monster exerts its greatest power within its own environment.

Simply removing it from its nest will weaken it, which is the usual strategy.

Let’s get it out of the magma, thoroughly wear it down, and then finish it off.

“First, I’ll get you out of there.”

Using gravity control, I deploy an anti-gravity field to lift the creature up at once.

“Hmm?”

But it’s not easily lifted.

The creature’s body is shaking, but it’s resisting.

“Is it surprisingly strong?”

While I was wondering, the creature opens its mouth towards me as if annoyed.

A compressed beam of light shoots out from within.

“This…….”

Quickly skipping through space to evade, the shot of magma pierces the clouds far beyond the sky and disappears.

Considering the heat, the penetrating power must be considerable.

“Tch! Just shut up!”

I quickly change the direction of the gravity field, not lifting it up, but crushing it down as it is.

Kwaang!

A roar echoes inside the volcano, and the creature’s body becomes slightly flattened.

It made him falter, but it’s only buying time.

“……Then how do I fight him?”

Maybe Melas would have swung her sword to defeat that.

“Then is it a sword after all?”

As a test, I immediately draw out Killmuris’ ability.

Basically, that guy is defenseless.

In short, there are many places to cut.

“Is it fortunate that he’s dull…….”

I jump into the air and approach, extending my sword energy to cut the creature in half horizontally.

“……Is the texture like hot slime?”

That means the slash isn’t working properly.

The creature is cut in half horizontally, but soon the severed torso rejoins and turns its head towards me.

He looks annoyed.

Anyone would be angry if their torso was cut off.

Even a saint-level person would be angry.

Perhaps he was determined to eliminate me, and the momentum of the monster’s movements changed.

“Here it comes…….”

When the creature twisted its torso, the magma that soared from behind whipped like a tail.

Is it a tail strike?

However, unlike ordinary monsters, the branches of magma gradually split, and eventually hundreds of magma whips strike down.

“Where do you think you’re going!”

I won’t get hit by such an attack now.

When I was about to evade the creature’s attack by repeating teleportation and flight and trying to observe it.

“Huh?”

The creature disappeared from sight.

That can’t be, I kept watching so I wouldn’t miss the movement?

Moreover, the only time I took my eyes off was for a moment when the space changed during teleportation.

“Where?!”

I can’t help but be a little surprised this time.

No matter how fast its movements are, at least a little bit of the moving trajectory should come into view.

But the creature suddenly disappeared before my eyes.

First, I need to find the monster.

Then I heard a sound from behind.

“Behind?!”

When did he get behind me?

Surprised, I advanced forward and turned my body around, and the Magma Nessie that had disappeared a moment ago was staring at me from behind.

“Does that guy also have teleportation abilities?”

Hasty speculation is dangerous, but there’s no doubt that there’s some kind of trick.

“Tch! Get away from me first! You bastard!”

I immediately spread my sword energy to push the creature away.

The tail that the creature swung collided with the sword energy I swung and shattered.

It’ll regenerate soon anyway.

“This sense of incongruity…… Could it be?”

Only then did I have one suspicion.

The creature’s presence seems to be scattered.

A situation where it pops out from anywhere.

And the problem that no matter how much I attack, it doesn’t seem to work at all…….

That means.

“……The Stone of Allpower [A magical artifact that grants the user immense power and control over various elements].”

I change the ability I’m using.

I expend a considerable amount of mana to create a giant pillar of minerals.

“Go.”

I drop it as hard as I can.

The target is not that monster.

The place where it fell is the very center of the volcano, where a large amount of magma is pooled.

The pillar that fell there stretched out and plunged as if penetrating the inside.

쿵!

It collided with something.

“As expected…….”

I was so busy checking what was in front of me that I didn’t check inside.

“Certainly, it wouldn’t be easy to deal with in this state.”

I sighed and created the same mineral again and struck it down.

The power isn’t very great, but it’s necessary to draw out and confirm the creature’s true nature.

The moment the second pillar was planted, a change occurred in the creature’s movements.

The movements became slower and then hardened.

“Good…….”

That my guess was correct.

And it was when I was about to launch a third attack.

Kwaang!

An explosion-like sound echoed heavily from inside the ground.

He’s slowly trying to reveal his true identity properly.

“That plausible guy over there is fake…… No, it’s part of him.”

I mistook it because it was the first time I saw the monster.

Of course, the attack wouldn’t work.

The one I have to deal with isn’t that guy.

Koong!

The inside of the ground rumbled deeply once more, and magma soared.

It looks like it’s erupting, but it’s not.

“……Come to think of it, that master said that this wasn’t originally a volcano.”

I should have noticed it at that point.

The erupted magma does not scatter and gathers in one place.

As it is, it takes shape and the creature completely reveals its original form.

The size is enough to crush an entire mountain.

More than ten necks, identical to the creature from before, grow on that huge torso and watch me at the same time.

Above all, the size is overwhelmingly different.

Is this the main body of this guy?

“……Indeed, this magma itself was the guy himself.”

Maybe the creature’s mass will be enough to fill the inside of the mountain and more.

“Is it starting now.”

I gripped my sword again and jumped in, wondering how to deal with that monster.

* * *

Meanwhile, around the volcano.

Melas, who was leisurely watching from a place slightly away from the volcano, soon sensed the change that occurred.

“Did he notice.”

I can see it from here too.

The appearance of a huge monster that could crush a mountain.

A black dot is constantly flying around the creature, and that’s probably Aileon.

“He’s working quite hard.”

It’s good that he drew out the creature’s main body.

But what will he do now?

In fact, that monster is difficult to handle unless she puts her heart into it.

It would be nothing if Aileon properly drew out his abilities, but I wonder what it will be like with his current utilization ability.

“Oh?”

She, who was watching, discovered something and widened her eyes.

The black dot is getting bigger.

An object presumed to be Aileon is flying this way.

“Tsk, tsk, he’s too hasty.”

When she slightly moved to the side, Aileon, who was falling this way, crashed into the ground with a destructive sound!

“Are you alive?”

“……I have no intention of dying.”

Maybe he was hit by that monster and flew away.

His body is surprisingly tough.

The durability is so strong that I can feel his determination not to die.

Secretly admiring it, Melas lightly cleared her throat.

“Hmm, so how was it?”

“……How was it?”

Aileon, who was dusting off the dirt, got up as if he was angry and asked her as if he was questioning her.

“What the hell is that monster! You want me to defeat something like that?! No, can I even defeat it?!”

He seems to be fine, judging by how well he’s shouting.

She was relieved at heart, but instead.

“I wouldn’t have told you to defeat it if you couldn’t.”

She just laughed nonchalantly.

That is also a trial.

* * *

In a flash, I was swept away by the Magma Nessie’s attack and blown far away.

“The basic density of power is different!”

No matter how much I pour out my sword energy, I don’t even know if it’s working.

It’s too big.

If spirit magic was intact or if I was fighting in my original era instead of here, I would have somehow defeated it, but there’s no other way here.

I attacked with all sorts of methods, but it hardly worked, and I was swept away by the counterattack and flew away.

The Magma Nessie seems to be satisfied with just blowing me away and hides back into the volcano.

In the end, I explained everything to Melas and asked for advice on what to do again.

There’s no point in worrying alone.

“Oh? Have you tried all the means you have?”

“I’ve tried almost everything I can use for now.”

The ones I didn’t use were either lacking in attack power or had insufficient means, so it was ambiguous to even try them.

“Huh, it’s really strange.”

Melas, seeing me agonizing, just smiled slyly and said this.

“If you had really used all your power, you would have defeated it without difficulty.”

“……Yes?”

“Is it true that you have really used all your power?”

She asked me instead.

Did you really use all your power?

“There’s still time, isn’t there? Try challenging it several times. Then you’ll naturally find out.”

“Naturally?”

“Yes, naturally…… the real limit of your own power.”

I can’t just lie down there and say I can’t do it.

I’m not that immature.

There must be some meaning to it.

If I were a genius, I would have realized everything while singing with a feeling like ‘I know even if you don’t say it~’.

That doesn’t apply to me.

‘Then I’ll have to bump into it and do something about it…….’

There’s no end to doubting whether it’s really helpful or not.

And I’m already sensing it.

She probably isn’t the type of person who would deliberately deceive someone.