Dragonslayer’s Class Regression Chapter 90

Chapter 90

The Altara Casino, guided by Muhammad, was famous for being the largest and most luxurious in the Dorta Republic.

Zeke and Feinan were guided to a suite room at the Altara Casino Hotel.

“Sir Zeke, please make yourself comfortable and think of this as your home.”

Muhammad said with a smile.

Then he whispered to Zeke.

“I’ve also taken care of what you mentioned earlier, Sir Zeke.”

Zeke expressed his gratitude to Muhammad.

The next morning, someone came up to Zeke’s room.

It was none other than Black Demon who had crossed over from the South to the Dorta Republic.

What Zeke had asked Muhammad was to let Black Demon, whose identity was unknown, into the Altara Casino.

Despite being a top-tier casino with very strict identity verification, Muhammad specially allowed it as a favor to Zeke.

Black Demon greeted Zeke and said.

“It’s been a while, Black Demon. Or should I call you Boris now. How are you finding life in the South?”

Zeke called Black Demon by his new identity name.

Boris replied with a haggard face.

“It’s fine.”

He looked more worn out than when he was a continental operative in Delpoa, suggesting Simon had been quite rough on him.

Zeke said to Boris.

“You probably know the general situation.”

Boris nodded.

“Yes. I heard there will be a deal between the Empire and Abel Draker.”

“Right. Have there been deals of this scale before?”

Boris shook his head.

“Not that I know of.”

Zeke’s eyes changed.

“That means the relationship between Abel Draker and the Empire is special.”

“More than that. They rarely make such deals even with allied nations.”

It was surprising that the Empire, which rarely made deals even between nations, would make such a large deal with an individual like Abel Draker.

‘Not just Abel, Jiemens must be involved somehow too.’

Zeke was still concerned about how Cain had both the Jiemens family name and that of the Imperial royal family.

“Are there separate connections between Jiemens and the Imperial royal family?”

“I don’t know about the royal family, but I know there are quite a few joint ventures between Jiemens and the Empire.”

“Hmm.”

Zeke explained the operation plan to Boris.

“Starting tomorrow, there will be a celebration banquet at the casino. You should attend and blend in. And check on any Empire people you see.”

“Understood.”

After Boris joined, Zeke accelerated the main operation.

Feinan installed wiretapping magic circles throughout the casino with Boris.

It took a long time to install as they had to set up double and triple security to prevent Imperial magicians from discovering them.

And from the next day, a luxurious banquet hosted by the Jayed family was held at the casino.

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!

Muhammad knew how to have a good time. He rented out the entire basement club of the hotel and gathered all the young wealthy people in the Dorta Republic.

Zeke, as the guest of honor, mingled with them while drinking.

Though he pretended to be very drunk, he wasn’t drunk at all thanks to his Healing Factor.

While dealing with the young heirs of influential families in the Dorta Republic who wanted to socialize with him, Zeke kept watching the movements of Abel and the Empire’s side.

It was on the second day after the banquet started.

“Master, the Empire’s Intelligence Bureau Special Forces have appeared.”

Zeke tensed up and looked around after hearing Boris’s report through communication magic.

Using Dragon Eye, he could clearly see several different individuals.

The Empire’s Special Forces were elite agents who had completed special training even within the Intelligence Bureau.

‘The fact that Special Forces are here means the Empire’s regents have moved.’

The regents were the true power players who directly moved the Empire under the Emperor.

The Empire’s Special Forces only moved according to these regents’ orders.

‘This could be an even larger scale deal than I thought.’

Zeke pretended not to mind the Special Forces while laughing, chatting, and drinking with the young wealthy people.

* * *

“I hear Zeke Draker is downstairs.”

William said to Abel.

To this, Abel looked at William and said.

“Do you think he’s here because of our deal?”

William shook his head.

“I heard the Jayed family invited him. Makes sense since he won the martial arts tournament.”

Abel sat down in front of William and said.

“The Jayed family, huh. Zeke wouldn’t have enough power to move that family. Kali might be able to though.”

William was shocked at those words.

“Surely not? Even for Kali Draker, the Jayed family wouldn’t be so easily handled.”

Abel glared at William and said.

“William. As I always say, you lack imagination. That’s why you can’t handle Kali Draker.”

William fell silent at Abel’s words.

Abel tapped the desk and asked.

“Is it possible to change the meeting location?”

William made a troubled expression.

“If we suddenly change the meeting location, it would upset the Empire’s side. It might also make our preparations look insufficient.”

Though Abel wanted to move the meeting location elsewhere, as William said, given the Empire’s tendencies, it was likely to not go over well.

Moreover, the counterpart in this transaction was none other than Julius, one of the Empire’s most powerful regents.

‘Dealing with that stubborn old man is going to be quite tricky.’

As Abel had a troubled expression, William looked at his watch and said.

“There’s not much time left until the regent arrives. Moving the meeting location now is practically impossible.”

Abel nodded at William’s words.

“We’ll proceed with the meeting as planned. Just increase the security personnel around and tell the mages to be more thorough with checking for listening devices.”

Abel felt an unusually strong sense of unease.

As William said, there was nothing strange about a martial tournament winner, but Zeke’s presence at the casino at this time just felt somehow suspicious.

‘To consider it merely a coincidence…’

That’s when it happened.

“The Regent has arrived.”

The regent’s arrival was earlier than expected.

Abel and William went down to the prepared conference room.

Soon after they waited, Julius entered, escorted by the Special Forces.

Julius, dressed in the Empire’s distinctive attire, was an elderly man with an aquiline nose and sharp features.

Despite his age, he was large in stature and exuded an aura of dignity throughout his body.

Abel admired Julius as he looked at him.

‘Befitting the Empire’s war hero.’

Though Julius wasn’t a Black Knight, he was the Empire’s great general with excellent tactics and leadership.

At the same time, he was known as the only person in the current Empire who could control the Emperor.

Julius approached Abel and offered his hand first.

“Pleased to meet you. It’s an honor to see the Lion Sword of Draker in person.”

Abel also took Julius’s hand and greeted him.

“I’ve heard much of your reputation, Regent. It’s an honor to meet a hero.”

After exchanging courtesies, the two sat down.

Julius got straight to the point as soon as he sat down.

“I think the Lion Sword is well aware of the situation. Concerns about Carus are growing.”

Abel nodded at those words.

“I understand well. Though I shared a deep friendship with Lord Carus, I believe it’s time to make a major decision for the Empire’s safety and future.”

* * *

Zeke, who was enjoying the banquet, signaled to Muhammad.

Muhammad pretended to be heavily drunk and dragged Zeke into the VVIP room.

The VVIP room had a secret passage that allowed them to go up to the guest room while avoiding others’ eyes.

‘This should be enough of an alibi to avoid Abel’s suspicion.’

After going up to the room through the secret passage, Zeke listened to the listening device with Feinan.

Zeke’s expression gradually hardened as he heard the content of the deal.

The regent and Abel were discussing the Empire’s complicated power dynamics.

It was about appointing the next emperor after the current emperor’s death, but there seemed to be an issue as there wasn’t much difference in votes between the first and second in line for succession.

Moreover, in the case of the second prince supported by Julius, there was concern that those votes might split again with Carus.

In the end, Carus was quite a troublesome existence for Julius and other supporters of the second prince.

The problem was that Carus had the strongest legitimacy among all the princes.

Since directly dealing with Carus could cause internal division in the Empire, Julius took the risk of meeting Abel to make a deal.

Feinan looked at Zeke with a hardened expression and said.

“Master, this… isn’t an ordinary matter…”

Zeke put his finger to his lips, signaling Feinan to say no more.

‘This is bigger than I expected.’

It’s a matter where the regent himself has stepped forward from the Empire’s side.

The deal was that the regent would entrust Abel with handling the Empire’s prince, and in return, provide resources to persuade the elders on Draker’s side.

If this content were to be revealed, it would surely explode into a major scandal.

Zeke quickly asked Boris.

“Is Prince Carus here as well?”

“I’m not sure if it’s the prince, but there is a place heavily guarded by the Special Forces.”

Zeke recalled the Third Continental War from his previous life.

‘Surely Carus didn’t die and led the battlefield with Abel.’

In his previous life, he thought Carus was someone obsessed with blood and madness, but seeing this situation made him think Carus might have been brainwashed after being drawn to Abel and Jiemens’ side.

He told Feinan.

“Sir Feinan, take these records immediately and talk to Muhammad about going to Jason. I’ll arrange for escort from Agamemnon. These records must be handed directly to Kali Draker.”

“Understood. Aren’t you coming with us, Master?”

“I will take Prince Carus away.”

Feinan’s face hardened at Zeke’s words.

He had an intuition that this matter could escalate into something that would shake the entire continent.

“Please be careful.”

After Feinan left, Zeke contacted Agamemnon.

Then he put Bahamut in his inventory and grabbed another sword and dagger.

He put on a mask and left through the hotel window.

Whoosh!

Zeke, who climbed the hotel wall using wind power, used Dragon Eye to look for where Prince Carus might be.

And he found a VIP room where many people presumed to be Special Forces were gathered.

‘Seems like that’s the place.’

Zeke went up to where the VIP room was and entered through its window.

Then he used the stealth skill he had obtained when he caught Gaguk before.

Like how Gaguk blended with darkness to hide his appearance, Zeke’s body melted into the darkness.

‘Good thing I devoured Gaguk back then.’

Zeke stayed hidden on the ceiling as he passed the Special Forces and went inside the room.

Soon he could hear loud noises coming from inside the room.

“Insolent fools! Get out of my way this instant!”

Carus shouted at the Special Forces.

Still, the Special Forces agents were preventing Carus from leaving.

Carus gritted his teeth and threw random objects in the room at the Special Forces agents.

“How dare you stop me?! Move aside now! Can’t you hear the casino calling?!”

He was throwing a tantrum about wanting to go to the casino to gamble.

Zeke looked around at the room’s structure.

‘I don’t see any escape routes.’

With uncertainty about when Abel and the Imperial Regent’s deal would end, now was the only chance to escape with Carus.

Zeke steadied his breathing.

And waited for the enraged Carus to come further inside the room.

“You disrespectful bastards! As soon as I return to the Empire…!”

Whoosh!

Zeke descended from the ceiling and immediately snatched Carus.

Then he drew his sword, imbued it with gold power, and struck the wall.

BOOM!

A large hole opened in the hotel wall.

Zeke held Carus and jumped through the hole.

“Aaaaargh!”

Carus, tucked under Zeke’s side, screamed.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Zeke used wind power to slow their fall and landed in the hotel garden.

“Boris! Set off the smoke bombs in the casino and get out!”

Following his order, Boris activated the scroll of smoke bombs he had installed beforehand.

FWOOSH!

Smoke filled not just the casino but all around the hotel.

“F-Fire!”

Others panicked and scrambled to get out, thinking there was a fire.

Thanks to this, even the Special Forces couldn’t easily get out due to being blocked by other people.

The masked Zeke held onto Carus.

“W-Who are you?”

“Your Highness, listen to me carefully. Julius and Abel are trying to kill you right now.”

Carus said in shock.

“W-What do you mean? Julius is my loyal subject, and Abel is a close friend!”

“If what Your Highness says is true, why were the Special Forces forcibly restraining you?”

Carus’s face hardened at Zeke’s words.

He too had felt something was off since arriving in Dorta.

It felt more like they were keeping him from escaping rather than protecting him.

‘Could Julius and Abel really…?’

Zeke spoke to Carus with urgency.

“If you stay here, you’ll either die or be brainwashed. We need to move to a safe place, so follow me.”

Though Carus still looked skeptical, he decided to follow him for now.

Just then, Boris came out from inside riding a horse.

“Boss! We need to leave quickly.”

As Zeke and Boris tried to leave the hotel together, knights who had been waiting outside charged toward Zeke.

They were none other than Abel’s knights.