How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 96

96. Greed and Schemes Move in the Night (8)

Only two potions remained.

Without hesitation, I downed one.

There’s no time to dwell on it.

As soon as I turned, he was already charging.

Using spatial control, I barely managed to move thirty meters to the side, narrowly avoiding his sword as it pierced the air.

‘Undine!’

I summoned Undine, my most skilled elemental spirit, and therefore the fastest at shaping. She created water spears from all directions, thrusting them toward him.

However.

“Insufficient.”

The water spears were stopped by Kroll’s skin, not even budging him.

He hadn’t even deployed his Aura.

He blocked them purely with the strength of his outer shell.

‘Is it a body enhancement effect gained by circulating mana…?’

I understand the principle.

The realm that unfolds from Aura Masters is different from what the previous powerhouses used to wield. [Aura Masters are individuals who have mastered the use of Aura, a form of energy, to enhance their abilities.]

Beyond simply using Aura for defense, they use it to literally strengthen the cells of their entire body.

Yes, I know it.

But to think it would be this sturdy.

“But if that’s the case…”

I gritted my teeth and channeled mana into the magic sword I was holding.

I activated the ability on the sword of the guy I barely managed to parry a moment ago.

“Hmm?!”

The blade of his sword was wrapped in my magic sword’s mana chains and pulled.

However, he stopped it with just the strength of his thick arm.

Kroll muttered in disbelief.

“You’re going to try to seal my sword now? That’s ridiculous.”

It can’t be helped.

As he pulled with one arm, the chains snapped one after another.

The sword creaked.

The magic formula embedded in the magic sword isn’t holding up.

It has far exceeded the allowable load.

Even the ability that could somewhat restrain the movements of the black magician’s recreated giant is useless.

‘Well, I guess so!’

I was expecting it anyway.

It doesn’t matter if the sword breaks here.

I poured in as much power as possible and simultaneously cast spatial severance on his sword. [Spatial severance is a magical ability that allows the user to cut or isolate space.]

His sword was submerged in the dark red space and began to scream.

Crack crack crack!

A noise like twisting metal resounded.

“Break the sword? Hmph, no way!”

Kroll scoffed and pulled his arm back.

The muscles in his forearm bulged, and his blood vessels seemed to surge as if they would pop out.

With strength that was hard to believe was human, all the means I used were shattered.

I expected it, but I can’t believe it.

“Tch, then how about this!”

During that brief moment when he was pointlessly straining his arm, I activated and unleashed the gravity control ability I had finished preparing.

I deliberately tied my feet to the ground for this.

“Get crushed!”

I don’t adjust it at all.

I unconditionally step on the pedal to the maximum.

Kuuuuung!

The purple gravity field spread out and crushed his well-trained body.

“Hmm!”

But Kroll doesn’t bend at all.

At best, his armor is slightly dented.

“…Heavy.”

To be surrounded by a powerful gravity field that flattens and carves even lumps of iron, and to say it’s a little heavy…

Seeing it in person, I’m speechless.

“One thing after another keeps coming out… I’m a little surprised, Selvas Kingdom person.”

“…That’s not what I want to hear?”

If possible, I only want to hear your death throes.

I can’t let him endure like this.

I raised the power even more.

The purple reverse field that occurs when the gravity control ability is activated became even darker, and for a moment, the surrounding atmosphere rippled.

The force began to be applied to the point of distorting even the light around him.

I’ve never exerted this much force before.

It started to unleash output beyond what I could control.

“Hmm!”

As if to counter it, he put strength into his voice and pulled up his power.

As he took a step, the area shook.

The force pressing down on him now is estimated to be tens of tons.

Nevertheless, he can take a step.

I can’t believe it.

“Hmph!”

With each step, my heart feels constricted by the pressure of witnessing a landslide.

‘Damn it! A little more… more!’

Even if I use all my means, even if I endure, it only slows down his movements a little.

But that will soon reach its limit.

“…I’ll end it here.”

Seeing me like that, Kroll raised his sword, creaking, as if he had thought of something.

Slowly, the sword is raised against the weight.

‘I have to avoid it. I have to avoid it, but….’

But I ignored it and continued to focus only on maintaining gravity control.

Even though I can’t move in this state.

If I back down here, what’s next?

Do I even have a way to attack after that?

No.

‘There are no more chances!’

At least now, he’s barely managed to become dull by mobilizing all sorts of means.

‘If I miss this, no further attacks will be possible.’

“…Good. If you insist on being stubborn, I’ll end it with that stubbornness.”

A blue light is added to the blade of his sword.

As it is, a clear blue Aura extends out.

“I’ll swing it with all my heart.”

That word will not be a lie.

As if he were freed from the crushing gravity field at that moment, his power gradually increases.

The total amount of power he possesses far exceeds the ability I exert.

“Kugh! …Please! Just a little more.”

I barely endured, wanting to stomp my feet in impatience.

Finally, I unleashed another means I had prepared.

While maintaining gravity control with my right hand, I used spatial transposition, moving my still free left hand as if turning it over. [Spatial transposition is a magical ability that allows the user to move objects through space.]

The target is above!

Of course, even Kroll’s gaze follows where I’m looking for a moment.

“…Was that it?”

Kroll clicked his tongue and looked up.

There, an object is falling, drawn by the tremendous gravity field of the current gravity control.

The fragments he broke, the lumps of iron rolling around, part of the broken wall.

All sorts of junk and fragments that I exerted spatial transposition to move upwards as much as possible.

They are now starting to fall towards him.

“Was the reason you were so obsessed with enduring in this state to do this….”

He can endure the gravity field with brute force alone, but what about objects that are additionally drawn in and collide with it?

The answer is to hit it with your body!

Taste the indiscriminate bombardment of gravitational acceleration!

Kwagagagagagagagagagagag!

The continuous stream of falling debris relentlessly pounded the ground.

The vibrations, as if concentrating and firing a machine gun, shook my feet.

“…Indeed, I can’t receive this with my bare body.”

Kroll swung his sword, thinking of cutting down the falling fragments first.

However.

팟!

The sword he was about to swing collided with them and eventually broke.

“Hmm?!”

“It’s a real shame that you’re not swinging your beloved sword right now. If it were that, it wouldn’t have broken with such a trick.”

It was worth targeting only the sword, binding it, and pressing it so that he had no choice but to put too much force into the sword.

In that one moment when the sword broke, his body began to be hit by countless fragments.

‘Please… even if it’s not a fatal wound, please let at least one of his arms fly away….’

The bombardment of pouring fragments continues for several seconds.

Is there a shortage of bullets?

It doesn’t matter.

I additionally use transposition indiscriminately to fly the surrounding fragments back up and pour them down.

There are as many bullets as I want.

As long as the amount of mana doesn’t run out, this attack will continue for several more seconds.

However,

In one moment that continued.

In one moment, a blank space occurred in that sound.

“…Damn it.”

I didn’t think about what it was anymore, gave up all attacks, and immediately jumped away as far as possible.

Relying not on my senses but on the memories of the original work, I realized what would happen next and devoted myself to evasion as much as possible.

And.

“Then I’ll cut you down whole.”

The sword energy that stretched out with Kroll’s short breath as a signal cut everything off.

He’s going to come out with all his heart.

“Ponoltein Style. Secret Technique. Earth Break.”

With only a sword that was cut in half, he unfolded the secret technique of swordsmanship that Kroll himself had trained. [Ponoltein Style is a unique swordsmanship style developed and mastered by Kroll.]

At first, the sound stopped, and then for a moment, all the pouring attacks stopped.

As the shockwave pushed everything away, the remaining gravity field was completely shattered, and the sword energy stretched towards this side.

Beyond that, I can see the fierce glint in the eyes of the person wielding the sword broken in half.

‘…That monster!’

Shuddering, I evaded as much as possible.

I barely managed to avoid being swept away by the center of the sword energy.

But even the aftermath felt like my body would be torn to pieces.

I blocked the aftermath of the sword energy with all my might.

Elemental magic, spatial control, gravity control.

Devoting myself to defense by mobilizing everything, regardless of means or methods.

And I get swept away.

Kwaaaaaaaaang!

The world turned upside down, and my vision went black.

My head spins around several times.

“Kueeeeeeeuk! Uwaaaaaaak!”

My body was turned over and collided several times before barely stopping.

What happened?

Am I still alive?

Fortunately, the recovery ability seems to be working, but I can’t figure out the situation for several seconds because of the pain.

‘Damn it….’

As my vision recovered, I braced myself and assessed the situation.

And I lost my words.

Not even a voice came out.

My surroundings have all become flat.

As if pushing the dough with a flat rolling pin, the place where his sword energy passed was all swept away.

The only place that hasn’t become flat is the spot where I’m sprawled out.

“…Did you endure it? Even though it’s this kind of sword… I never thought you would endure even the secret technique. I’ll praise you, Selvas Kingdom person.”

Kroll muttered quietly and took a step towards this side.

‘That damn bastard.’

He says I blocked it, but in reality, I’m cornered.

My body, which is still recovering, doesn’t seem to want to move properly.

There’s one potion left, but.

‘…I don’t know what will happen with just this.’

It’s not that I was careless.

I understood his strength and didn’t care about means or methods.

I think I fought at least more desperately than the protagonist Sylvester.

‘But are the protagonist and I different?’

He can overcome the crisis if he does his best, but I can’t?

Is that the difference between the protagonist and the non-protagonist?

“Have you given up? …It doesn’t matter. Either way, the result won’t change.”

Kroll said whatever he wanted and raised his sword.

Aura dwells in the broken sword, temporarily regaining its sharpness.

As much as the sword is poor, there will be a limit to the sword energy that can be carried.

But right now, it’s even questionable whether I can properly block even that.

“Tch! Not on my watch!”

I clenched my fist and tried to resist as much as possible.

As I frantically pulled up my spirit power, Undine popped out.

The reason this girl came out is because I summoned her semi-unconsciously.

-Get away!

Undine read my intentions and created countless water spears and arrows and poured them towards him.

Papapapapapapapapat!

However, only shattered water droplets scattered everywhere, and Kroll’s solid body did not waver.

Undine’s attack is by no means weak.

Each shot is exerting a water pressure that would easily crush even a lump of iron.

It’s just that it doesn’t work on that man’s body.

That’s how high the wall of Aura Master is.

“Hmph.”

Whether I resist or not, Kroll’s sword becomes even more clearly filled with Aura as if he doesn’t care.

Is this the end….

There’s no other way anymore.

The reason is simple.

I purely lack strength.

There is still a residual amount of mana.

There are also some means of recovery.

But the output that I can actually produce doesn’t keep up.

I learned one thing from the battle just now: the amount of mana is superior to him.

But the reason why there is such a difference is because the output to make the most of all that mana is not enough.

I can say that I fought well in my own way, but what’s the use if I die?

‘Is there another way….’

I desperately searched for a way, but nothing came to mind.

Even now, Undine is desperately attacking, but it’s meaningless.

If only….

‘If only it was intermediate.’

The output that can be produced differs for each grade of spirit.

Even if the spirit I raised is powerful for a lower grade, it cannot be compared to a spirit of a higher grade.

‘An intermediate spirit….’

I tried to evolve whenever I had the chance, but I failed every time.

The reason is simple.

It’s because my experience and growth are insufficient.

‘…Then what about now?’

I looked at Undine, who was pouring out elemental magic to stop him.

She’s definitely struggling.

But that’s purely because the power that can be drawn out is small.

Then….

‘I have no choice but to try.’