Dragonslayer’s Class Regression Chapter 51

Chapter 51

‘Constantinus? And jiemens at that?’

Constantinus was the family name of the Roman Empire’s royal family.

Having jiemens as a middle name meant being related to that family by blood.

It made no sense for jiemens, one of Draker’s main allied families, to be related by blood to the Roman Empire’s royal family.

This was because only the Elector families, who had voting rights in emperor selection among the noble families that had long maintained the Roman Empire, could be used as middle names.

Cain straightened his posture and spoke while looking at Zeke.

“It would be a waste to kill such a knight here, but you’ve seen what you shouldn’t have, so there’s no choice.”

Woong!

A chilling aura blade rose from Cain’s sword.

Kwang kwang kwang kwang!

Unlike the Blue Knights who could only create aura blades, the Red Knights could control them freely.

They could make them longer or change their shape at will.

Cain’s aura blade rose and soon took the form of a massive lance.

Seeing how stably the surface materialized, it was clear he had complete control over the aura with his will.

As Cain raised his sword, his Hersion activated and automatically fitted the helmet to his face.

Cain, wearing the grand magic armor, pointed the massive lance made of aura blade at Zeke.

Then he charged at Zeke as if gliding.

Kwang kwang kwang kwang!

Perhaps due to the Hersion’s magical effects, he charged straight at Zeke at an incredible speed.

At the same time, the lance-shaped aura blade began to spin. [TL/N: Gurren Lagann?]

Keeeeeeeng!

The surrounding air was sucked into Cain’s lance.

Zeke took a breath while holding Bahamut.

‘Ordinary techniques won’t be enough to counter this.’

Zeke took the stance for Elemental Sword.

The technique he had learned with the most difficulty.

A field of water force spread from Zeke’s hands.

Elemental Sword

Water Force Field

Storm Sword

Like a massive wave crashing, Zeke’s sword created ripples as it collided with Cain’s rapidly charging lance.

Keeeeeeeng!

As he directly countered Cain’s swirling lance, Kaisir’s voice echoed in Zeke’s ears.

‘You fool! The power of water is about softness! When strong meets strong, all that remains is mutual destruction!’

In that moment, Zeke relaxed his body while still holding his sword.

Remembering the relaxation technique he learned while getting hit by Kaisir, he loosened his body as much as possible and smoothly deflected the strongly pushing lance.

Whoong!

Like a wave rolling, Zeke’s sword went over the lance and struck Cain’s waist.

Bang!

Even though Bahamut had struck, there wasn’t even a scratch on Cain’s Hersion.

But Zeke paid no mind and stepped into the Shadowless step to move to Cain’s blind spot.

Then he swung his sword at Cain’s back again.

Bang!

Once again the sword strike landed, but it couldn’t cut through any part of him.

Cain had already created distance again and pointed his lance toward Zeke.

Even at the short distance, he used elasticity to thrust the lance powerfully with his whole body.

Kwang kwang kwang kwang!

It was so powerful that even a graze would seem to shred one’s entire body.

Zeke was able to endure the lance’s pressure by hardening his skin with the Dragon Scale Armor, a dragon race skill.

They were evenly matched as they exchanged lance and sword strikes at close range.

Zeke created distance and tried to find an opening using Dragon’s Claw, a dragon race skill.

Chwak!

But Cain’s Hersion blocked even the Dragon’s Claw.

By this point, he was curious what exactly that armor was made of.

Zeke circled around Cain trying to find any opening.

In a one-on-one fight, a long battle would favor him with his infinite stamina, but in the current situation, other imperial knights would gather as time passed, making things much more disadvantageous.

That’s when Cain slowly backed away.

He pointed his lance at Zeke and said.

“Truly amazing. I never thought there would be a knight who could contend with me to this extent at that age.”

Cain raised his lance upward.

“But it seems I must end this now.”

Crackle!

Suddenly red electricity sparked from Cain’s lance.

At the same time, an even more chilling aura than before rose From his body.

Zeke took a breath and gripped his sword again.

Then a message appeared before his eyes.

[Detected demon energy.]

[Bonus points can be obtained for defeating enemies possessing demon energy.]

‘Demon energy?’

Before Zeke could properly grasp the message’s contents, Cain, wrapped in red electricity, charged at him holding the lance.

Kwang kwang kwang kwang kwang!

As Cain charged like a red meteor, Zeke also took a stance extending his sword forward to charge.

It was the True Dragon Sword Technique left behind by Sethon Draker.

Dragon Slaying Technique True Dragon Sword Technique

Chapter 8 Verse 2

Dragon Pierce

It was a lethal technique that subdued the opponent by striking the dragon’s vital point in a single thrust.

Zeke planted a powerful rotation into the thrust by twisting only his upper body while firmly fixing his legs to the ground.

The aura carried on his sword spun and collided head-on with Cain’s lance.

Bang bang bang bang bang!

As thrust met thrust, a massive shockwave shook the entire place.

“Urghh!”

Zeke gritted his teeth as he saw Cain’s aura coming towards him while pushing back his thrust.

The heart of Bahamut positioned at the center was moving fiercely, continuously pumping out mana.

Bang bang bang bang bang!

But eventually, Zeke was overwhelmed by the force of Cain’s aura and was thrown back, crashing into the burning camp.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The burning camp completely collapsed under the powerful aura’s force.

Step step!

As Cain, who had deactivated his Hersion helmet, waved his hand toward the camp ruins, the ashes parted to either side.

And there lay Zeke, leaning against the debris with a hole pierced through his stomach, bleeding.

“Ugh!”

He tried to get up somehow, but he couldn’t move as no strength entered his body.

Cain slowly approached Zeke.

He spoke while looking at Zeke.

“It seems you’re from the Draker family bloodline.”

Zeke looked up at the frowning Cain and said.

“How… did you know…”

“The way you deflect magical power, and the swordsmanship you use is similar to the Dragon Slaying technique.”

The sword technique Zeke used was the True Dragon Sword Technique application, mostly derived from the latter part of the Dragon Slaying technique.

This meant that Cain knew the latter part of the Dragon Slaying technique, which was forbidden from being leaked externally.

‘Damn those Jiemens bastards, could they…’

Though he wasn’t sure exactly what conspiracy Jiemens was plotting, it was certain they were deeply connected with the Empire.

Zeke coughed up black blood and asked Cain.

“Are you… the Empire’s Red Knight?”

Then Cain spoke while looking at the nearly dying Zeke.

“Though I haven’t formally been promoted, you could say that. However, such ranks don’t mean much to me.”

“…What do you mean… they don’t mean much?”

“It means exactly what I said. The old aura cultivation Techniques no longer have meaning. I will rise beyond the Black Knight to an even higher realm with new power.”

Cain slowly raised his sword.

“I seem to have said too much. It’s been a while since I had a worthy opponent. To show respect for our battle, I’ll grant you an honorable death.”

He approached Zeke, held his sword reversed, and aimed at his heart.

“Rest in peace.”

Stab!

Cain’s sword pierced through Zeke’s heart.

After a moment, seeing Zeke’s movements completely stop, Cain pulled out his sword.

Then after sheathing his sword, he turned around and muttered.

“It’ll take some time to move everything to the laboratory.”

That’s when it happened.

Slash!

A blade of wind grazed past Cain’s neck.

Cain instinctively turned his body, but couldn’t completely avoid the blade.

He covered the blood flowing from his neck with his palm and turned around with an unbelieving expression.

“How!”

Zeke, who had barely restored his destroyed heart and stomach wound, leaped towards Cain while holding Bahamut.

Then he thrust his sword through the gap in the Hersion that he had managed to create earlier with continuous cuts.

Stab!

Bahamut, coated with aura, was driven into Cain’s side.

Cain glared at Zeke with bloodshot eyes.

“You! You bastard!”

Zeke tripped Cain and brought him down to the floor. Then, while mounting him, he blocked Cain’s arm to prevent him from pulling out the sword, and with his remaining hand, he gripped a dagger taken from his inventory.

“Haah!”

Zeke stabbed at Cain’s neck area where the Hersion was opened with the dagger.

“Argh!”

Cain tried to activate the Hersion, but since Zeke had already deployed magic reflection, the armor wouldn’t work as he intended.

Zeke stabbed Cain’s neck repeatedly with the dagger, again and again.

“Ku, kuhk!”

Blood spurted from Cain’s mouth.

Soon after, he died with his eyes wide open.

[You have eliminated an enemy corrupted by demon energy.]

[As a reward, 300 Karma Points have been awarded.]

Only then did Zeke finally get off Cain’s body.

“Hah. Hah.”

While the heart that was simply pierced by the sword was somewhat restored, the stomach wound from the aura attack was only superficially healed, still a mess inside.

If he hadn’t put potions in his shortcut slot, he might have died the moment he was hit by Cain’s technique.

Zeke tried to stand up while staggering, but his body wouldn’t listen.

And at that moment.

[Due to excessive use of skills, fatigue has exceeded dangerous levels.]

[For safety, the administrator’s consciousness will be blocked.]

Zeke was startled when he saw the warning message window.

‘Ah, no!’

He couldn’t lose consciousness in the middle of enemy territory.

He tried to open a portal urgently, but his consciousness was already hazy and he couldn’t even properly check the open window.

At that moment, Cain appeared before Zeke’s eyes.

Immediately, he shouted the skill name with all his might.

“Gluttony!”

Before his consciousness cut off, shadows extended From his body and absorbed Cain’s body.

[You have devoured a corrupted Mage infected by Demon energy.]

[Depleted health, mental power, and mana are being restored.]

[After absorbing the bloodline ability of the devoured Mage, the active skill Static Electricity (C-rank) has evolved into Lightning (A-rank).]

His consciousness that was about to break gradually returned.

Zeke got up while taking deep breaths.

“Damn, I thought I was going to die.”

Not only did he recover consciousness after urgently absorbing Cain’s body, but his skill also transformed.

‘The skill rank increased?’

Zeke tried out the Lightning skill that changed from Static Electricity.

Crackle!

Though not as powerful as when Cain used it, electricity surged enough to envelop the entire weapon.

‘So not just magical beasts, but if I devour Mage’s infected by Demon energy, I can obtain their bloodline abilities.’

Zeke collected his thoughts and tried to quickly escape this place.

However, something caught his eye where Cain had died.

“What’s this?”

It appeared to be a breastplate that covered the chest and stomach.

When Zeke picked up the breastplate, another message window appeared.

[You have acquired ???’s armor.]

[Would you like to register as the armor’s user?]

‘???’s armor? Why isn’t the name showing?’

Zeke chose to register for now.

Then strange patterns appeared on the breastplate.

At the same time, with a rustling sound, the breastplate disassembled and automatically attached itself to Zeke’s body.

[You have been registered as the armor’s user.]

[The armor’s open form can be determined according to the user’s will.]

[Of the 28 grand magic circles engraved on the armor, 3 magic spells are currently activatable.]

When Zeke opened the armor, the breastplate transformed into full plate armor covering his entire body, just like what Cain had worn.

“Wow, this is no joke.”

Despite being full body armor, it wasn’t heavy at all, and perhaps because of that, there was no discomfort in movement.

Zeke changed the armor back to its original breastplate form.

“I’ll need to modify it or something since I might get caught by the Empire’s people if I use it as is. First, escape…”

Right now, getting out of here before other knights arrived was the priority.

Zeke opened the map and looked for a way out of the dungeon.

He tried to quickly leave the cave with the camp and escape From Favela Cartel’s territory.

But he sensed something strange up ahead.

‘This smell…’

It was the smell of dried blood and filth.

Zeke hesitated but approached carefully, thinking there must be something important.

Then he examined the scene hidden secretly inside the dungeon.

‘These damn bastards.’

Zeke gritted his teeth and clenched his fists when he saw the scene.

This wasn’t an ancient ruin.

It was the Roman Empire’s human experimentation site.

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