Chapter 87
The Grand Stadium, one of Atlas’s landmarks.
Thousands of people gathered there.
They were spectators who came to watch the finals of the Draker Tournament.
This final match garnered continent-wide attention as it was a battle between Draker’s pureblood awakeners and Blue Knight promotees.
Arthur Draker, the head of the Draker family, appeared in the stadium arena filled with thousands of spectators.
He called out to the audience.
“The Draker Tournament finals will begin shortly!”
Tremendous cheers erupted and brilliant lights illuminated the arena.
At the same time, Zeke Draker and Helen Draker came up to the arena.
Zeke wore light armor while Helen wore relatively heavier plate armor.
What was unique was Helen’s sword.
She had a long, massive sword strapped behind her armor.
The audience murmured seeing Helen’s armament.
“Is that the famous Steel Knight’s Dragon Buster?”
The Dragon Buster was the promotion gift Helen received from the family head when she was promoted to Blue Knight.
Made from dragon bone from blade to handle, it was closer to a knife than a sword in form.
Heavy armor and a sword as large as an adult’s body.
Her title as the Knight of Steel wasn’t for nothing.
Arthur Draker descended from the arena and Zeke and Helen faced each other.
Zeke drew Bahamut and Helen drew the Dragon Buster.
The tension between the two could be felt even in the spectator seats.
Soon the gong signaling the start of the match rang out.
Ding!
Zeke and Helen swung their swords simultaneously.
Boom!
Rather than swords clashing, it sounded like a bomb exploding.
Zeke and Helen ground their teeth while glaring sharply at each other as their swords met.
Crack!
The arena floor beneath them cracked from their tremendous holding power.
Clang!
After a moment, they deflected their swords and stepped back.
Zeke gripped Bahamut tightly and took the Dragon Slaying Technique stance.
Dragon Slaying Technique True Dragon Sword Technique
Chapter 3 Section 2
Crescent Moon Slash
A crescent moon made of aura flew from Zeke’s sword.
Helen raised the blade of the Dragon Buster and clashed with the crescent moon.
Boom!
Zeke’s crescent moon was neutralized like that.
It seemed to serve as a shield rather than just a sword.
‘Indeed, her defense is solid.’
Zeke changed his stance and unleashed Wind storm.
Dragon Slaying Technique Application
Wind Storm
Zeke began circling around Helen at high speed.
Combined with the Shadowless Step technique, it appeared as if multiple Zekes were surrounding Helen.
Helen closed her eyes while gripping the Dragon Buster.
Then she held the Dragon Buster horizontally and let out a battle cry.
“Haaaaaah!”
There was no technique or anything.
She simply swung the Dragon Buster and cut through Zeke’s afterimages.
Boom!
The surroundings were devastated in an instant.
Whoosh!
That’s when Zeke jumped on top of the Dragon Buster and rushed towards Helen.
Swish!
Zeke swung his sword towards Helen.
Helen then dropped the Dragon Buster and drew the Arming Sword at her waist.
Clang!
After blocking Zeke’s attack, Helen lowered her body, picked up the Dragon Buster again and swung it.
Whoosh!
A strange sound rang out from the Dragon Buster’s power that seemed to tear through the air.
Screech!
Zeke jumped into the air to avoid the Dragon Buster’s attack.
As the two faced off at a distance, the silent spectators finally erupted in cheers.
“Zeke! Zeke!”
“Helen! Helen!”
From the Agamemnon family, Rufus Agamemnon, the family elders, and even the head maid came to cheer for Zeke.
“True heir of Agamemnon! Zeke Draker!”
Zeke pointed Bahamut at Helen.
‘Her defense is solid. I’ll need to shake her up a bit.’
Zeke’s stance changed.
He took the Agamemnon Golden Swordsmanship stance instead of the Dragon Slaying Technique.
Recognizing this, the Agamemnon family waved their banners more vigorously in support.
Zeke held his sword and charged towards Helen.
Whoosh!
As Zeke’s attack thrust straight forward like a lance, Helen tried to block his attack by tilting the Dragon Buster sideways.
Whoosh!
But the charging Zeke suddenly changed direction.
Then he changed his stance and launched a high kick towards Helen’s head.
Boom!
Helen barely managed to dodge the kick by turning her body, but the pauldron on her shoulder flew off.
A knight’s body enhanced with aura was no different from a deadly weapon.
Even a kick could inflict fatal wounds.
Helen steadied her disrupted breathing at Zeke’s irregular attack.
‘Zeke, you’re really strong.’
She didn’t expect to be pushed this much by her younger brother.
She caught her breath and gathered energy while gripping the Dragon Buster.
Woong!
Bright aura rose from Helen’s body.
That aura wrapped around the Dragon Buster and soon formed an aura blade.
Seeing this, Zeke also raised an aura blade on Bahamut.
The two who had created bright aura blades glowing with blue light jumped into the air simultaneously.
Babababat!
A blue light decorated the stadium’s air.
Woooong!
Paching!
Pababat!
Aura Blades clashed with each other, creating strong shock waves and vibrations.
The two people who were engaged in aerial combat soon landed back on the stadium floor.
Immediately, they charged at each other and clashed swords.
Woooooong!
Kwakwakwakwang!
Strong vibrations created waves that destroyed the stadium floor as they passed.
Kwakwakwang!
Thanks to the defensive barrier installed near the spectator seats, the waves were cancelled out and dispersed, but the audience could fully feel their collision.
On the devastated stadium, Zeke and Helen were pointing their swords at each other.
However, unlike Zeke, Helen’s breathing had become rough.
“Huff. Huff.”
There was no point in having a long battle against Zeke who had infinite stamina.
Helen also noticed that Zeke’s stamina was far superior to hers.
‘Unbelievable.’
But this was reality.
Helen realized it was time to throw her final trump card.
She gripped Dragon Buster and drew up her energy.
Woooooong!
Dragon Buster vibrated frantically.
Zeke also noticed that Helen was about to throw her trump card.
He too took up the dragon-slaying stance again.
Woooooong!
An incredible tension filled the air between the two.
That’s when it happened.
Helen raised Dragon Buster high and swung her sword toward Zeke.
Dragon Slaying Style
Steel Technique
Wall Splitting
It is said that Terakan Draker, the ancestor of the Drakers, split a giant wall with one strike.
Like the legendary Terakan Draker, a strong energy like a tidal wave rushed toward Zeke as if to split a wall.
Zeke took his stance and swung his sword horizontally toward Helen’s Wall Splitting.
True Dragon Sword Technique Secret Art
Third Form
Great Phoenix Rising from Water
Hoooong!
A massive energy taking the form of a bird burst forth from Zeke’s sword.
That energy split Helen’s Steel Technique that was rushing in like a tidal wave.
As if still having power left, the energy extended toward Helen who was holding her sword.
Kwadeudeudek!
“Ughk!”
Helen tried to block Zeke’s True Dragon Sword Technique with Dragon Buster.
But Helen, who had already exhausted her strength with Wall Splitting, could no longer hold on.
That’s when it happened.
Woooooong!
Zeke charged toward Helen holding Bahamut.
He jumped into the air and unleashed the dragon-slaying technique.
Dragon Slaying Technique True Dragon Sword
Chapter 8 Section 2
Dragon Scale Pierce
The technique that had pierced through ten steel plates was unleashed toward Helen.
Kwakwakwakwang!
The stadium was devastated as dust clouds rose.
The audience rose from their seats in surprise.
“Wh-what happened?”
Shortly after, as the dust clouds cleared, the state of the stadium was revealed.
He was pointing his sword at the fallen Helen.
It was Zeke Draker’s victory.
Jiiiing!
The bell signaling the end of the match rang out.
Simultaneously, cheers erupted from the spectator seats.
Rufus Agamemnon and the elders were teary-eyed with joy.
Zeke extended his hand toward the fallen Helen.
Helen grabbed Zeke’s hand and stood up.
“I lost.”
“I was just lucky.”
Helen knew best that it wasn’t luck.
She said to Zeke.
“Kali Draker said she has something to tell you, so she will meet you out soon.”
After leaving those words, Helen gave a brief greeting to the audience and went outside the stadium.
Although she lost, the audience cheered for Helen who had shown tremendous martial prowess.
The cheers were well-deserved as she had proven her skill worthy of the title Iron Knight.
Shortly after, Arthur Draker came up to the stadium.
Standing next to Zeke, he addressed the audience.
“This year’s Draker Martial Tournament champion has been decided as Zeke Draker!”
The stadium filled with cheers and excitement.
Arthur personally placed the winner’s medal around Zeke’s neck.
He grabbed Zeke’s shoulders and said.
“You performed your duty excellently.”
“I merely followed the head of the family’s orders.”
Arthur smirked at Zeke’s words.
Though he was the master of the Draker family that shook the continent, his youngest son alone seemed unafraid of him, always calm, making it difficult to grasp his true thoughts.
Arthur said to Zeke.
“The winner of the Draker Martial Tournament gets various special privileges. We’ll give those gradually, but as a father, I want to give a gift to my proud son. Is there anything you want?”
Then Zeke looked at Arthur and said without hesitation.
“I want to hear about mother.”
Arthur’s expression subtly changed at Zeke’s words.
“Mother. Did you hear something from the Agamemnon family?”
“I heard less than what I didn’t hear. That’s why I want to hear it from you, head of the family.”
“I’m curious why you want that among all the many possible gifts.”
Zeke looked at Arthur and answered.
“I want to know about mother’s prophecy as an Irregular.”
Arthur’s expression slightly hardened at those words.
After a moment of silence, Arthur nodded and said to Zeke.
“Laura used to surprise me just like you do. In my life, there was hardly anything that didn’t go my way, but Laura alone never went according to my wishes.”
He looked at Zeke and said.
“Come to the Four Seasons Castle. I have something to show you.”
Zeke nodded at Arthur’s words.
Arthur smiled and said to Zeke.
“Hold up the medal and smile. That’s the only way this competition will be worth the thousands of gold spent.”
Following Arthur’s words, Zeke held up the medal and waved to the audience.
The audience chanted Zeke’s name and cheered.
It was a warm reception and response he had never experienced in his previous life.
* * *
“So Zeke won in the end.”
Abel said to William while drinking tea.
William spoke with a displeased expression.
“That fool Edward only brought shame to the family.”
William was very displeased that Edward was knocked out by Zeke in one hit.
Then Abel put down his teacup and said with a smile.
“He’ll get stronger after receiving baptism anyway, so why are you so displeased?”
William shook his head.
“Edward, that guy is completely hopeless. The youngest one would be better. At least he knows how to use his head.”
Abel smirked and said.
“By the way, how is the Guardian Knight matter going, William?”
William changed his expression and slowly opened his mouth.
“It seems the Kali Drake side keeps persuading the elders. They’re desperately trying to prevent you from receiving the Guardian Knight position.”
“Can’t we propose it now?”
“We’re still short by about two votes. There are many elders who claim neutrality, so we need to secure two more votes to reliably promote you.”
Abel tapped his fingers on the table.
“Two votes. William. I’m too tired of waiting. You know. How long I’ve been waiting for this moment.”
William nodded at Abel’s words.
William said to Abel.
“Once the Guardian Knight matter and the Carus issue are resolved well, things will go as you wish. Just be patient a little longer.”
Abel slowly rose from his seat.
He looked at William with eyes tainted by madness and said.
“I’m looking forward to it. But remember this. If the wait gets longer, you too should be prepared.”
After saying that, Abel entered the torture chamber.
Soon, terrible screams leaked out from the torture chamber.
Torture inflicted not for information, but simply for entertainment.
William broke into a cold sweat as he listened to the screams leaking from the torture chamber.
The Knight of Massacre was becoming a terrible monster that shouldn’t exist in this world.
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