Dragonslayer’s Class Regression Chapter 97

Chapter 97

BANG! BANG!  BANG!

The arrow had a magic bomb attached to it.

Fortunately, the shield from Zeke’s cloud iron armor activated and blocked the damage from the explosion.

“Are you alright, Carus!”

Carus nodded while spitting out dust from his mouth.

Zeke took Carus and left the room.

Boris and Simon had finished preparing and were waiting for his orders.

“Simon, there’s a sniper! Protect Carus. I’ll handle this!”

Boris and Simon took Carus and went outside.

Zeke immediately went to the window and climbed onto the roof.

He expanded his senses to search for the sniper.

‘Where are they?’

Just then, another arrow flew towards Zeke.

He drew his cloud iron sword and split the arrow.

Whoosh!

This time it wasn’t a bomb but poison powder that scattered.

However, the poison powder was useless against Zeke who was immune to all poisons.

Zeke looked in the direction the arrow came from and identified the sniper’s position.

‘Left side, 500 meters away, just below the building rooftop.’

He unleashed his wind technique and dashed between buildings.

Arrows rained down towards him as he ran.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Explosions occurred around him, but Zeke paid no attention and ran straight towards where the sniper was.

CRASH!

Zeke broke through the building wall and rolled inside.

The startled sniper shot an arrow at Zeke.

TING!

But arrows were useless against Zeke who was wearing cloud iron armor and using the dragon scale armor skill underneath.

Zeke immediately rushed at the sniper.

BOOM!

With a shoulder tackle infused with gold force, the sniper was slammed into the wall.

“KUHEK!”

Having subdued the sniper in one move, Zeke grabbed him for interrogation.

“Which sent you?”

The sniper immediately clenched his teeth and tried to commit suicide with poison.

But such methods didn’t work on Zeke.

CRACK!

Zeke dislocated the sniper’s jaw and pried open his mouth to pull out the poisoned molar.

CLUNK!

After relocating the jaw, Zeke asked the sniper again.

“Speak quickly. Who sent you?”

The sniper glared at Zeke and shouted.

“The vengeful spirits of Favela will haunt you forever!”

Zeke kicked the sniper in the stomach.

“KUHEK!”

Zeke grabbed the sniper’s hair and yanked his head back.

“You bastard, who are you trying to fool? Since when did the Favela train snipers? You reek of Salmak. Did the Salmak leader tell you to say that when caught?”

The sniper was shocked that Zeke had completely seen through his ruse.

‘What, how does someone like this exist?’

He had seen all sorts of people while working as an assassin, but never someone like this.

Zeke struck the sniper’s throat.

“Kuhek!”

“Don’t roll your eyes, bastard. If you’re from Salmak, you wouldn’t have come alone. How many came? Tell me quickly.”

Before even getting an answer, Zeke pulled out a dagger and used his lightning skill.

ZZZZZZZZT!

“AAAAGH!”

Though the assassin was trained to endure all kinds of torture, the electric torture caused unbearable pain that felt like his muscles were being twisted.

“Th-three! Three people!”

As soon as Zeke heard the assassin’s words, he stabbed his throat with the dagger, killing him.

There was no point in further interrogation since Salmak assassins never revealed their clients.

‘If Salmak is involved, this is troublesome.’

Salmak was a traditional assassin group based in the desert region.

Along with the black mage Scorpion Clan, they were famous in the underworld.

Zeke left the building and heightened his senses to search for the other Salmak assassins.

Then he detected something in his senses.

It was in the direction where Simon’s group was fleeing with Carus.

‘The Salmak bastards are following Carus. Was this an assassination request from the Empire?’

Zeke chased after the Salmak assassins while leaping across buildings at high speed.

Whoosh!

Sensing Zeke’s pursuit, one of the Salmak assassins stopped chasing and turned around.

Swish!

Throwing stars flew towards Zeke.

Pack!

Zeke caught the throwing stars between his fingers.

Seeing the blue glow on the blade surface, it seemed to be coated with poison.

Zeke infused the throwing stars with Aura and threw them back at the assassin.

THUD!

“Kugh!”

Unable to dodge, the assassin was hit in the thigh and rolled onto the building rooftop. Zeke approached the assassin and stepped on his neck.

Crack!

The assassin’s neck broke instantly.

After confirming the assassin was completely dead, Zeke immediately chased after the remaining assassin.

* * *

Ping!

Bang bang bang!

Explosions occurred whenever arrows flew in.

Boris and Simon’s group, riding horses with Carus, couldn’t escape from the assassin’s attacks.

Simon shouted to Boris.

“Boris! Protect the prince! We’ll hold them back!”

Boris nodded and increased his speed while carrying Carus.

Simon and his subordinates reduced their speed while searching for the assassin pursuing them from the rooftops.

‘Where are they?’

They must be a high-level assassin as they were difficult to spot with the naked eye.

Just then, a bead rolled beneath Simon’s group’s feet.

“Dodge!”

BANG! BANG! BANG!

An explosion much bigger than before occurred.

Simon’s ears were ringing from the explosion sound, and the vibrations that shook the area made it hard to stay focused.

Barely maintaining his balance, he shouted to his subordinates.

“Take care of the wounded! I’ll chase after them!”

Simon drew his dagger and climbed up the building wall.

As soon as he reached the rooftop, an arrow came flying.

PAK!

He deflected the arrow with his dagger, but suddenly poison powder spread everywhere.

“KUHM!”

Having inhaled the suddenly scattered poison powder, Simon felt his breathing becoming increasingly difficult.

‘Damn it.’

He thought he should at least take that assassin with him before he dies.

Simon charged toward the approaching assassin while lowering his stance.

Whoosh!

When he swung his dagger, the assassin created distance and kept shooting arrows.

Even among assassins, Salmak’s methods were completely different from the South.

Salmak’s assassins considered it the highest grade of assassination to kill targets without them even realizing they were dying.

It was clearly different from the Southern style of assassination where they would find targets, tell them why they must die, and kill them brutally.

“Kugh!”

Simon felt his strength gradually draining.

At that moment, something approached.

Whoosh!

Unable to see due to the poison, Simon swung his dagger toward where he sensed movement.

THUD!!

But the one who approached grabbed Simon’s arm and flipped him to the side.

“Urgh!”

Then forcefully fed him something and poured something into his eyes.

“Huhk!”

Instantly his vision returned and his breathing recovered.

When he came to his senses, Zeke was looking down at him.

“Are you alright, Simon.”

“B-Boss. I’m sorry. We need to chase after the assassin right away…”

But Zeke shook his head.

“I caught the last one.”

When he raised his head and looked around, he saw the assassin already subdued by Zeke.

Zeke and Simon took the assassin and went down.

Fortunately, there were only injured people and no casualties.

Zeke asked Simon.

“It seems the Empire has put in a request to Salmak.”

Simon’s expression darkened at the mention of Salmak.

“If it’s Salmak, this won’t end with just once. The black market is practically Salmak’s home ground.”

Zeke nodded.

“Is there another route to cross the border besides the black market?”

Simon thought for a moment.

“There is one place. It’s further away from here. And that tunnel’s exit is close to Ishtar’s territory.”

When Ishtar was mentioned, Zeke contemplated before nodding.

“Let’s go that way. If it’s close to Ishtar’s territory, neither the Empire nor Salmak’s people would act recklessly.”

In the worst case, Zeke considered going through Ishtar’s territory and crossing the Forgotten Forest, which was forbidden territory, to enter the Troy principality.

Although it would take considerable time, securing Prince Carus’s safety was the priority.

Simon ordered his subordinates to take the captured Salmak assassin and the injured people back to the cartel.

Thus, Zeke, Boris, Simon, and Carus decided to cross the wasteland of the lawless zone as a group of four.

“We have enough food and water. Let’s depart right away.”

Zeke already had plenty of survival necessities in his inventory.

The four quickly finished preparations and rushed out of the village toward the wasteland.

The scorching sun beat down endlessly and the barren wasteland stretched infinitely.

Naturally, Carus, who had the weakest stamina, tired first.

“Ugh. Zeke. How about we rest for a bit?”

While together, Carus usually didn’t ask to rest first, but the wasteland of the lawless zone was that murderous.

Zeke opened his map to find a place to rest briefly.

Finally finding a shaded hill, Zeke took a break with his companions.

Zeke took out food and water from his inventory and handed them over.

Boris looked at Zeke and said.

“Every time I see it, I feel that Boss’s subspace artifact can hold so many items.”

Remembering that he couldn’t explain the inventory, he had vaguely told them it was an ancient relic with spatial magic.

Zeke responded naturally to Boris’s words.

“That’s why money is good, Boris.”

“Indeed.”

Boris nodded in understanding at Zeke’s words.

As they were taking a brief rest, they saw dust clouds rising in the distance.

Zeke and Simon stood up alertly.

Zeke observed the approaching group with dragon eyes.

‘Are they outlaws?’

When he described the group’s appearance, Simon’s expression hardened.

“They’re famous bounty hunters from the lawless zone. It seems the Empire has spread information about the prince not only to Salmak but also to outlaws.”

At Simon’s words, Boris also joined in taking a defensive position.

Carus in the back also stayed alert with his crossbow.

THUD! THUD! THUD! THUD!!

They could see over a dozen people on horseback drawing weapons and charging toward Zeke’s group.

“The hundred thousand gold is right there! Get them!”

The bounty hunters charged excitedly.

Then Zeke shouted to Simon and Boris.

“Close your eyes!”

Then he shot a flash bang skill toward the bounty hunters.

Flash!

An intense light flashed and attacked the bounty hunters’ retinas.

“Argh!”

While Zeke protected Carus, Boris and Simon stepped forward to deal with the bounty hunters.

Slash!

As Boris was Blue Knight class and Simon had comparable skills, they could easily handle blinded outlaws.

When Simon and Boris returned after dealing with all the outlaws, Zeke said.

“We need to hurry. With a bounty of hundred thousand gold, most outlaws in the lawless zone will come after us.”

Zeke’s group started galloping through the wasteland again on horseback.

As he expected, outlaws pursuing them appeared from all over the wasteland.

Most were small fry that Boris and Simon could handle.

Zeke checked the map while watching Boris and Simon return after dealing with the outlaws.

‘We still have half a day’s journey to the tunnel, I’m not sure if Carus’s stamina will hold up.’

Carus was already completely drained both mentally and physically.

Simon and Boris, who had been moving continuously without proper rest, were also in poor condition.

Judging that it would be difficult to continue moving, Zeke looked for a place to rest.

“We’ll make camp here.”

Zeke dug out space under a large rock and set up a tent to create shelter from the sun.

Already exhausted, Carus immediately collapsed and fell asleep.

Zeke said to Boris and Simon.

“I’ll take watch, so get some sleep.”

Boris and Simon admired Zeke’s incredible stamina as they pretended to give in and lay down next to Carus to get some rest.

Zeke consumed the separately stored Kraken leg with Gluttony to replenish his mental strength, stamina, and mana.

Then he summoned the chimera Gurab.

Summoned from Zeke’s shadow, Gurab seemed excited to be outside after a long time and wandered around wagging.

“Gurab, play around the area and if you find any suspicious ones, bite them. If they don’t die, bring them here.”

KIEEEE

Gurab excitedly ran around roaming the wasteland.

But then.

“Arghh!”

Not long after letting him loose, Gurab brought back a suspicious person in his mouth.

Zeke examined the person Gurab brought.

“Urgh.”

As ordered, they were still breathing.

Zeke checked the suspicious person’s belongings.

And he discovered their identity.

‘It’s one of the Empire’s hounds.’

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