How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 325

361. The Last Stand (3)

“……I was already tired of the heat, and now it’s lava again.”

“Huh? What are you talking about?”

“No, it’s nothing. Just thinking out loud. ……But this is going to be a pain.”

I clicked my tongue and stepped forward.

“What are you trying to do?”

“Nothing much…… I just want to test something out.”

I immediately activated Gravity Control and shot a gravity sphere towards the sea.

The purple sphere flew and stopped in the middle of the sea.

Then it burst, expanding outwards.

“Hmph!”

As I mimed opening my palm, the balance of power was achieved, and the sea parted.

“He parted the sea?”

“……He’s given up on being human now.”

Shut up. Especially you, Lussel!

Knowing that I would do something like this, Cruse calmly asked to confirm my purpose.

“So, what are you going to do by parting it?”

“I was thinking of making a road.”

Either way, we can’t launch a ship like this.

So, I came up with the idea of parting the lava sea and making a land route.

If there’s no road? Then we can just make one, right?

“Can you maintain it?”

“I’ve calculated that it should be just right.”

“……Huh.”

Cruse, upon hearing how absurd it was, now wore a stiff expression.

“Don’t worry, I don’t think you’ll have to walk…….”

I clicked my tongue, and the parted sea collapsed and returned to its original state.

“Did you release your power?”

“No…… It seems like someone forcibly intervened from the other side.”

I didn’t release my power.

It just felt like someone pushed and bounced my power back.

‘What are you thinking?’

Something is definitely happening on the other side.

But at this rate, we won’t be able to go.

“Before that, Aileen? Do you know anything about this phenomenon?”

“……A little.”

I didn’t think there was any need to hide information, so I immediately told them the identity of the current lava sea.

Fortunately, this is easy to explain.

“It’s one of the abilities of the witch who rules the White Hell…… probably.”

“Ability? Like the one you use, Aileen?”

“It’s similar, but…….”

I grimaced, pretending to shake off the purple field remaining on my hand.

I certainly have several abilities.

But…….

“I can’t do anything this monstrous.”

I clearly told Lussel.

“At least that witch is more of a monster in terms of how she uses her abilities than I am.”

She’s probably a step above me right now.

She won’t be lacking in any aspect, whether it’s the number of abilities or the output.

“I’ve heard rumors that the north is ruled by a monster armed with all sorts of abilities…….”

“As Mr. Alnix said, the ruler there has various abilities.”

“What kind of ability do you need to do something like this?”

“Well…….”

I can’t say for sure.

Let’s warn them about this in advance.

“She has hundreds of abilities…… no, more than that.”

A walking warehouse of abilities, a living fossil of bloodline abilities.

Wasn’t that how it was described?

“Basically, there are two sources of abilities.”

One is through dungeons or relics of the past…… through opportunities created 20,000 years ago.

That’s a well-known fact, so there’s no need to explain it further.

“And the second is from that witch.”

As I mentioned in the past, the Witch of the Eye, Pericia, has the ability to mass-produce ability users.

It seems that she was originally designed to be used as a warehouse of abilities and to grant them to others.

“……There’s a monster like that?”

“But it doesn’t seem to be well known.”

“Pericia never comes out of the ice lands of the north.”

I can say that for sure.

“And she never makes unnecessary attacks.”

“……Wouldn’t this fall under the scope of that attack?”

The act of turning the entire sea into lava.

The act of playing with nature itself is, in a way, something that could destroy a country depending on how it’s used.

“More than anything, if you change it like this, the ecosystem in this area…….”

“Actually, about that, I found something a little interesting.”

A minor fact that I noticed a little while ago.

When I gestured, something was forcibly pulled out of the lava sea.

“That’s…….”

“A fish?”

A common sea fish.

“Wait! How can it live in lava!”

It’s only natural that Alnix is ​​shocked.

In other words, the lava sea exists but does not actually harm the ecosystem.

The heat of the lava only applies to beings outside the sea.

That’s absurd.

Does that mean she can distinguish between friend and foe?

“……The fact that she can make that happen is what makes her a true monster.”

Honestly, I don’t know what the principle is…… Even I, who knows her identity, can’t guess…….

How many abilities do you have to combine and how much do you have to utilize to make this happen…….

‘……Honestly, I don’t want to go.’

Either way, I can’t say it’s a desirable thing.

“……Is something happening over there?”

That much was clear.

* * *

About ten days before Cruse Elfamant and his party arrived at the port…….

The White Hell, a white snow maze.

Kwaang!

A sound of destruction echoed in that quiet land where snow endlessly fell and piled up.

The sword swung down by a single human.

The sharp energy contained in the sword cut through the white snow and caused a blizzard to blow.

And the person who wielded the sword was Sylvester.

“……Tch.”

He bit his lip anxiously and quickly flew to the side.

Kwaang!

Something fell there as soon as he jumped.

“Did a rock just fall from the sky?!”

There’s no time to look back in shock.

Suddenly, the snow that had piled up to his ankles evaporated.

The ground turns red.

“Keuk!”

As he hurriedly sprinted, a large amount of magma rose from that spot.

After escaping the wave of magma, lightning poured down from the sky like rain.

“Damn it!”

Sylvester hurriedly drew down the lightning sword energy and scattered it, and a large amount of blue light surged as if drawn to the lightning, shattering the area.

But even that can’t be contained.

“It’s like…… a natural disaster itself.”

“What’s even more terrible is that this is all one person’s power. Puhehehe!”

A creepy laugh.

At his gesture, a battered monster stood there.

Epileot.

Unlike Sylvester, he was injured to the point of being seriously injured, but he chuckled as if something was funny.

“You really are a monster…… I’ve heard about it, but is it this much, Pericia!”

And standing where the two of them were looking…… a single white-haired girl.

The Witch of the Eye, Pericia.

The ruler of this maze, and the target that Sylvester and Epileot were trying to eliminate.

“……Is that the power of the ruler of this maze?”

“Hmm~ It would be a little difficult if you judged that this is all I have?”

In front of the trembling Sylvester, Pericia put her palm on her cheek as if she was in trouble.

“There’s still plenty I can show you?”

As she flicked her finger, a purple aura suddenly rippled beneath her feet, and the ground rose wildly.

The raised rock suddenly changed its material to iron, and countless iron powders became a storm and grinded everything they touched.

It’s not even ordinary iron powder. Everything it touches is corroding.

“She’s using various abilities in combination.”

“……Is all of that one person’s ability?”

All of these phenomena were caused by Pericia’s abilities.

“Indeed…… that’s the living warehouse of bloodline abilities. Puhehehe.”

Epileot muttered, spitting out blood.

A warehouse of bloodline abilities.

“Hmph, you’re saying boring things.”

But was it because she didn’t like the analogy?

The ruler of the eyes, who had been smiling brightly, frowned slightly as if she was sulking and flicked her finger.

At that moment, the space around Epileot distorted for a moment, and he rolled around while spitting out blood.

“Keuheok!”

He’s barely breathing.

“You’re tougher than I thought. I was going to cut your whole body into pieces.”

But it wasn’t because she was showing mercy.

“……Tch.”

Sylvester clicked his tongue and poured sword energy at the Witch of the Eye.

Sharp strikes that seemed to split even mountains poured down.

“How boring.”

Pericia yawned lightly.

At first, it was blocked by the soaring rocks, and then it was blocked by the jewels floating in the air. Even bubbles poured out of the air and melted the sword energy as it was.

The power to melt and scatter the aura.

“Heh heh. That’s shallow.”

“Then I’ll bump into you directly.”

At Sylvester’s signal, a lightning bird wrapped in lightning was summoned into the air and charged directly.

The lightning spirit he contracted with.

Depending on how you use it, you can summon it directly to attack.

“What a strange bird? Heum? It’s been a while since I’ve seen a spirit.”

However, Pericia is not intimidated by the lightning that the lightning bird emits and faces it with ease.

‘I didn’t expect it anyway.’

Sylvester jumped in, taking advantage of the gap in her attention.

He boldly narrowed the distance and increased the density and cutting power of the aura and stretched it out.

“Hmph.”

However, she lightly flicked it away with the back of her hand.

“How weak.”

She blocked the continuously swirling sword with one hand and mimed slapping the air with the other.

Kwaang!

With a roar, the lightning bird that Sylvester summoned fell out.

“Too weak. If it’s only that much…….”

Pericia was about to ignore Sylvester’s sword energy when she frowned as if something was bothering her.

“Oh my? Was that sword energy from Sword Emperor Mellas just now? It’s in your eyes?”

“……Do you know my teacher?”

Sylvester was quite surprised.

But she didn’t seem to want to tell him any more stories.

Instead, she glared at Sylvester openly for the first time.

She gave him a look of disappointment.

“But at least you don’t seem to be the same kind of person as her.”

“……What does that mean.”

Meaningless words.

Sylvester burst out and poured out attacks, but as expected, it didn’t work on Pericia.

“Well, it’s not. More than that…… then why are you attacking me so persistently?”

Pericia asks as if she’s curious about it now.

Sylvester has nothing to say about that either.

In fact, Sylvester and Epileot attacked first.

If they invaded this land, she would be the first to notice and come out.

According to that information, they deliberately invaded this land and poured sword energy in all directions.

Blatant provocation.

Of course, there’s no way this Witch of the Eye wouldn’t respond.

“At first, I thought you were a guest who came without fear and without knowing your place.”

In fact, there are not no intruders here at all.

About once every three years, fearless people would crawl in.

Recently, a dragon fell.

But they are explorers or mercenaries hired by someone, or those who have drifted in by accident.

However, Sylvester openly aimed for her neck and attacked.

“That’s strange? There haven’t been many guys who have attacked me out of the blue until now.”

“I heard you were an evil person.”

“Oh my?”

Pericia blinked as if she hadn’t expected that answer at all.

“The ruler of the white maze. ……I heard that you have caused numerous massacres so far. I heard that you rule this place and detain and execute many people.”

“Hee? Is that the reason?”

“Punishing the bad guys. I think that’s enough?”

Sylvester answered as if he sincerely thought so.

When she heard that answer, a strange disappointment lingered in Pericia’s eyes for a moment.

“And…… that guy is strange enough?”

The Witch of the Eye turned her gaze back to the dying Epileot.

“You have a pretty interesting body? It’s surprising that someone like you is still left.”

For a moment, her eyes flashed with a strange light.

She must have used some kind of ability.

“Keuk…… don’t see through me. It’s disgusting.”

“Oh, is that so? I’m sorry about that?”

However, Pericia coldly retorted as if she was no longer interested.

“It was a little unexpected, but that’s it. ……More than anything, you guys are too weak. How boring.”

“Weak?”

“Yeah, too weak. I was a little interested, so I dealt with you directly, but I don’t think I need to.”

“……If so.”

There’s spite.

Sylvester gathered his energy with all his might.

He throws away the thought of saving it.

“I’ll show you.”

If this attack doesn’t work, he’s prepared to fall…… He’s going to risk his life and use his ultimate skill.

Pajijijijijit!

The lightning wrapped around the sword soon becomes so intense that it shines pure white.

Sylvester, who has drawn out all his power as if sharpening his sword with lightning, unleashes his sword energy.

An attack that mixes all his strength and skill.

“……I’m sorry. You didn’t understand at all.”

However, Pericia shakes her head as if she’s sorry.