How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 53

59. Subjugation of the Black Magician’s Workshop (4)

At first, I was suspicious, but now I have no choice but to be certain.

More than anything.

Every time we defeat a Chimera here, there’s often an entity that exerts influence.

That’s undeniable evidence.

‘Most of the Chimeras appearing here are monsters that appeared in the original story.’

I was also somewhat certain about the timing.

Volume 9 of the original.

There’s an incident where a certain black magician unleashes hundreds of thousands of Chimera, invading various countries.

The descriptions of the Chimeras that appear then match the characteristics of the Chimeras here.

‘But… why?’

The problem is, I don’t know the connection between this place and Volume 9.

Isn’t this workshop supposed to be burned down by Cruse?

The black magician here was definitely killed by her, according to the story.

‘Did Cruse from the original story lie? No, that can’t be… she wouldn’t be like that.’

Then there’s another reason.

‘Black magician… Chimera… the incident in Volume 9… come to think of it, wasn’t there a separate mastermind?’

It was when I thought that far.

I accidentally made eye contact with it.

A centipede with an eyeball the size of a fist was crawling on the ceiling.

The purpose of that monster is obvious.

“Tch! Trying to eavesdrop!”

I try to shoot it with electricity, but it dodges with unpleasant movements and runs away to the other side.

Cruse also glares in the direction the monster disappeared.

“…The intention is blatant. It seems like they deliberately let us know they were caught.”

“What do we do?”

“Let’s go. I’m curious about what might be there.”

I can feel her determination to smash everything without avoiding it.

We headed in that direction.

After going down one more floor and through a certain passage, we reached the end, where a firmly closed door stood blocking our way.

“That’s quite a heavy-looking door. We’ll open it.”

The mercenaries try to step forward as if to take on the task of using their strength, but I stop them.

“Don’t touch things like that.”

Strange black magic flows from the door.

It must be a curse or something.

Even if you don’t die from touching it, there will be some kind of effect.

Surprisingly, these blatant tricks often work well.

“…How pathetic.”

Cruse snorts and blows up the door, sending it flying.

“Come out now, master of this unpleasant workshop. Otherwise, I’ll burn this place down completely next time.”

A straightforward warning.

…But if you set fire here, what about us? Are we supposed to burn to death together?

You’re kidding, right? You’re kidding, right?

“I already know you’re hiding.”

As she confidently takes the lead, the opponent’s unpleasant laughter echoes from ahead.

It’s him.

“Khehehehehe. You dare to make noise, you little rat. How dare an intruder call out to the master! You little brat!”

The black magician flutters the hem of his musty-looking robe, revealing his presence from the other side of the room as he glares at us.

‘Is that guy the master here?’

I hurriedly check above his head.

Wait?

“…What? Pellomile? …Who is that?”

The name of the black magician who unleashed the Chimera army in Volume 9 is Albanes.

So, it’s not him.

More than anything, his role is an extra [a character with a minor or insignificant role].

‘What’s going on?’

Anyway, that guy is the master of this workshop, so let’s focus on the present.

“Anyway! We met! Nice to meet you, now die!”

If he’s an extra, there’s no need to talk.

Unconditionally attack first when you see an enemy.

I shoot out electricity, and Cruse also creates five ice blades larger than herself and sends them flying.

He won’t be able to withstand my attack, let alone her magic.

However….

“Hmph… you really don’t know anything… you greenhorns.”

The black magician’s expression doesn’t change at all.

“Do you think your attacks will work?”

The attacks we shot out without question were blocked by something that fell with a thud! before reaching him and shattered.

There’s something there.

If I’m not mistaken, a huge hand definitely blocked it.

“What the… Ugh?! That’s!”

Cruse looks up and bites her lip.

This is an unusual reaction for her, who has never changed her expression in front of any monster until now.

Not just Cruse.

The other mercenaries, and me too.

We can only stare up in astonishment.

The first thing we encounter is the monster’s two red glowing eyes.

-Kuoohhhhhhhhhh.

The roar echoing from him pushes the air in the area.

Moving its black head, the monster scans us one by one.

Huge pillar-like arms and legs, a sinister body dyed black, ominous red eyes.

The mercenaries who saw him must have thought of a certain being.

“…A giant?”

Someone muttered.

“That’s impossible!”

However, Cruse denied it.

“Such a monster shouldn’t exist… let alone a giant! It’s just a disgusting Chimera you created!”

However, the black magician Pellomile raised his voice as if displeased with the denial.

“Nonsense! It’s definitely a creature that existed! It’s just that it became extinct in a distant era!”

“Extinct?”

“Khehehehe! That’s right!”

The black magician’s eyes gleam with suspicious madness, and he bursts into wild laughter as if he doesn’t care that his old body might break at any moment.

“You fools! You fools! Just because it disappeared from history! Do you conclude that it doesn’t exist!”

“…What do you mean?”

“I revived it! I did! I have brought back to this land once again a being that was eliminated by time and the laws of nature!”

Pellomile spread his arms wide and rejoiced over the being he had created.

“My masterpiece! Ancient Giant! I am the one who created you, a masterpiece! Praise me.”

The voice of the black magician, intoxicated with his achievement, echoed loudly in the room.

Of course, no one truly believes him.

Everyone treats him as if they are looking at a madman.

“…Isn’t he crazy?”

“…Isn’t that why he’s a black magician?”

“…He must be crazy.”

The problem is, annoyingly, I don’t have time to agree with everyone’s opinion.

‘Giant….’

As soon as I recognized it, I clicked my tongue.

Unfortunately, his claim is true.

Because that guy is also a monster that appeared in Volume 9.

The culprit is the black magician Albanes who will appear in Volume 9, but after he died, there was a leader who commanded the monster army.

That’s the giant.

In other words, the main boss monster of Volume 9!

“Go! Opal! Prove your existence to those foolish rats!”

Along with the words shouted by the black magician, I swallowed hard.

‘So, even that monster is here. But… why here?’

That was somewhat incomprehensible.

It’s not like something that didn’t exist suddenly popped up! So, of course, I know that the beings that will appear in Volume 9 are gradually growing stronger somewhere.

But why is it here of all places?

Moreover, that old man named Pellomile is not Albanes, the black magician who should appear in Volume 9.

He is clearly a different person.

‘…That means.’

I need to guess other factors, but now is not the time.

Because that giant is glaring at me.

More than anything, the black magician himself doesn’t seem to want to waste any more time.

He’s shown off enough and probably wants to finish things up.

“Time is precious! My masterpiece! Turn all the rat bastards into mincemeat! Afterwards, I will use your corpses, even the fragments, for good use.”

As the order is given, the giant’s eyes glow even more red.

Black mist-like things emanating from his body begin to crawl out.

That’s all the black magic accumulated in him.

He’s entering battle mode.

“He’s coming!”

Of course, by the time I shouted, everyone had already drawn their weapons and prepared.

We quickly entered the battle.

First, let’s attack.

“Sprite! Salamander! Aim for his head!”

The two spirits began to pour electricity and flames towards his head as ordered.

But it just bounces off in vain.

‘As expected, it doesn’t work.’

I don’t expect it from the beginning.

But I can at least draw attention.

And the mercenaries took turns rushing in and cutting down his feet.

However, ordinary blades bounce off, and even axes imbued with Aura [magical energy] only penetrate shallowly.

It’s an absurd defense.

As expected, it only works with a sword of at least Aura Expert’s highest grade.

“Kekekekekeke! It’s useless! It’s useless!”

The black magician Pellomile, who is watching happily from the other side, laughs at the mercenaries who are panicking because their weapons don’t work.

“Crush them all!”

-Kuaaaaaaaa!

The giant roars as if it’s ridiculous and stomps his feet, shaking the area as if an earthquake has occurred.

The wind pressure caused by swinging his huge fist is enough to overturn what’s in front of me.

‘Damn it, his physical stats are no different from Volume 9.’

Then there’s almost no way for me to face him.

However.

‘That doesn’t mean there’s no way at all.’

I pondered the possibility that this place is connected to the original story to the worst possible extent.

Among them, the current situation is annoying, but not so bad as to be the worst.

We can defeat him enough.

More than anything, I can see a chance of winning by looking at the giant’s behavior pattern.

“Now!”

As I stopped the spirits’ attacks, the mercenaries also retreated at the same time.

At that moment, I swung the magic sword and struck his instep as if hitting it.

I can’t cut it, but it doesn’t matter.

That’s not the purpose.

“Go!”

The magic of the magic sword chain sword is activated.

As I pour mana to the maximum limit of the sword’s activation, nearly 100 strands of chains soar up and bind the giant.

-Aaaaaaaaa.

However, he puts strength into his arms and cuts off the chains indiscriminately.

As expected, it doesn’t work properly because of his immense strength.

Sadly, it’s the limit of mass production.

“Then I’ll feed you this.”

I held out my hand.

I was already in the process of preparing to activate gravity control.

I bought enough time.

As I poured out the mana needed to use the ability without hesitation, the surrounding scenery gradually distorted.

Kwaang!

He sinks as is, creating a crater.

-…Kuooh!

His knees were buried in the ground.

Does this give him some shock? It sounded like a scream for some reason.

‘This works!’

As expected, the highest grade bloodline ability.

Even if I’m still unskilled at handling it, I was able to inflict slight damage on the main monster of Volume 9.

At this point, the black magician Pellomile’s expression changed slightly.

“I, It’s useless! That much to my masterpiece….”

“Yeah. It won’t be enough. I know.”

If he was a monster that would end with this, the main character wouldn’t have suffered so much in Volume 9.

“So, I’ll ask you. …Are you done preparing? My side is starting to get overwhelmed.”

“I’m already done.”

Cruse had already finished all the preparations and raised her staff.

The battle so far was just to buy time while she finished all the preparations.

“I’ll take over from now on.”

There is no existence as reliable as a wizard who has finished preparing.

“Icicle Sphere!”

4th circle ice magic, Icicle Sphere.

Roughly over 50 ice spears floated above her head.

Originally, it was to shoot out ordinary ice spears one by one, but hers are each larger than a human torso.

The ice spears are shot at high speed as is, bombarding the giant’s entire body.

There’s almost no chance of missing since the target is large.

And it doesn’t end with that.

“Lightning Cannon! Flare Bomb!”

A pillar of lightning swallows him, and a giant sphere of fire bounces him off.

-Geooooooo?!

The giant rolls around as if in pain.

After that, Cruse relentlessly unleashes and pours out attack magic without rest.

Each one is not only powerful but also has a fast casting speed, leaving almost no gaps.

‘She’s completely a human bomber… how much mana does she have.’

It wasn’t a joke that she was thinking of overturning this entire area if necessary.

The giant is helplessly becoming tattered by Cruse’s relentless onslaught.

It’s an unsightly figure that doesn’t suit his position as the main monster of Volume 9.

‘As expected… his appearance was too early.’

I was convinced when I saw it.

That guy is not normal right now.