Dragonslayer’s Class Regression Chapter 149

Chapter 149

“Ca-Captain! Breaking through with full force right now is impossible!”

The vice-captain holding a shield at the front line gave sincere advice to Luis.

A wise commander would have ordered a retreat considering the power difference, but both the Cardinal and Luis had no such thoughts.

“Have some shame! How can you call yourself a warrior of God?!”

Luis invoked faith while hiding his own greed.

Though it was an unjust order, they had no choice.

The Paladin unit stood again before the warrior statues with their shields.

KUGUUUU!

Unlike before, the warrior statues changed their stance with weapons raised.

Beyond the warning stage, there was now intent to thoroughly eliminate the enemy.

The Cardinal glared at the statues while grinding his teeth.

“The Sun God’s miracle shall bring us light!”

His ceremonial robe emitted light once again.

HWARURURURURUK!

A much larger fireball arose than before.

The Sun Order’s flames exhibited stronger power than fire magic from any other magic faction.

The strength of sun magic, developed since the Holy Empire era, could not be ignored.

“Burn under the holy sun’s flames, you heretical demons!”

The fireball flew quickly toward the statues.

KWAKWAKWABANG!

The statues raised their shields.

Magic circles appeared on the shields and blocked the fireball.

At the same time, the fireball split into several pieces and began flying toward where the Paladin unit was.

KWAKWAKWAKWABANG!

The reflected fireballs flew in and caused explosions everywhere.

“KUAAACK!”

Paladins engulfed in flames screamed out.

The shield wall formation quickly collapsed.

Taking advantage of the gap, the statues swung their weapons and attacked the Paladins who had broken formation.

“UWAAAAAK!”

The screams of Paladins engulfed in flames and crushed by the statues’ attacks filled the cave.

Looking at the battlefield that had become chaos, the Cardinal spoke while trembling.

“Da-Damnit! Lu-Luis! Protect me! Hurry!”

That’s when it happened.

The Cardinal felt the sharp sensation of a dagger against his neck.

“Wh-What?!”

Someone held a dagger to the Cardinal’s neck and spoke.

“Shut up. You Holy Kingdom trash. Try using magic and you’ll get a hole in your neck.”

The one holding the blade was none other than Zeke.

Zeke kicked the Cardinal’s knee.

WUDUDUDUK!

The Cardinal’s knee shattered and he fell to his knees.

“KUHEK!”

The Cardinal choked and clenched his teeth from the tremendous impact.

Zeke stabbed the dagger he was holding into the Cardinal’s shoulder.

“KUAAACK!”

Zeke had watched everything about how the Cardinal and Luis had treated the bloodline of Lubern.

He was extremely angry about their inhumane acts toward children who weren’t fully grown yet.

Luis only noticed Zeke’s presence then, after hearing the Cardinal’s scream.

Zeke grabbed the screaming Cardinal’s nape and threw him backwards while saying.

“Boris, hold this trash securely. If he tries to use magic, take his head off.”

He drew Bahamut and approached Luis, who had noticed him, with cold eyes.

KUNG!

Luis immediately felt that the pressure emanating from Zeke walking out of the darkness was no ordinary matter.

He steadied his breath and spoke to Zeke.

“Zeke Draker. Do you intend to become an enemy of the Sun Order as a heretic?”

Zeke also pointed Bahamut and said:

“Would calling someone a heretic still work if it became known outside that the Sun Order imprisoned and exploited the bloodline of Lubern like slaves?”

Luis’s face hardened at Zeke’s words.

An Aura Blade rose from his sword.

“Everything in the name of the Sun God…”

“You only invoke God’s name when you have nothing else to say.”

As if there was no need to respond, Luis rushed toward Zeke.

“HAAH!”

He believed that even if Zeke was the continent’s youngest Blue-rank, he was no match for himself as a Red Knight.

But that thought changed as soon as he crossed swords with Zeke.

BANG!

Bahamut violently clashed with Luis’s sword.

Luis retreated in surprise.

“H-How can this be…?”

His wrist tingled.

The power felt from Zeke’s sword was certainly not that of a Blue Knight.

“Y-You, could you be a Red Knight?”

The Aura Blade rose fiercely from Zeke’s sword.

Luis stepped back upon seeing Zeke’s Aura Blade showing greater and stronger power than his own.

Luis tightened his grip on his sword and steadied his breathing, knowing the warrior statues would move again if he retreated further.

‘Even among Red Knights, I have the advantage with more experience.’

Luis prepared a secret technique of Paladin swordsmanship while steadying his mind like that.

The secret sword technique that the Sun God was said to have shown when incarnated as a human warrior for mankind.

The Aura Blade flickered like flames around Luis’s body as he took the basic stance of Sun Swordsmanship.

WUUUUUNG!

Luis’s sword rang out its name and caused vibrations.

The Aura Blade concentrated on his sword.

As soon as preparations were complete, Luis rushed toward Zeke.

“HAAAAAAH!”

Paladin Sun Swordsmanship

Secret Technique

Scorching Blade

Zeke took the basic stance of Dragon Slaying Technique as he watched Luis rushing toward him.

Dragon Slaying Technique Dragon Sword Form

Chapter 2 Verse 2

Earth Pierce

Zeke’s sword spun while raising powerful Aura Blade.

WUUUUUNG!

Luis and Zeke collided simultaneously.

As their swords clashed, powerful waves of aura spread in all directions.

KWAKWAKWAKWAKWAKWA!

Zeke and Luis’s Aura Blades intertwined and collided with each other.

KUGUGUGUGU!

Strong pressure weighed down on both of them.

The solid ground beneath Zeke and Luis cracked and exploded, unable to withstand the pressure.

“KUGHK!”

At that moment, Zeke’s rotating Aura Blade dug into Luis’s scorching Aura Blade.

Luis was shocked that Zeke’s aura had higher density than his own.

‘Im-Impossible! He’s not even 20 years old…!’

Luis’s body gradually got pushed back.

Though he tried to endure while clenching his teeth, he couldn’t handle Zeke’s heavily pressing Aura Blade.

“KUAAAACK!”

Finally, Zeke’s Aura Blade pierced through Luis’s Sun Swordsmanship and penetrated his shoulder.

KWADUDUDUDUDUK!

Luis’s left shoulder and forearm were roughly torn as if mauled by a giant beast.

Luis tumbled backwards as if bouncing away.

“HEUK. HEUK.”

His face turned pale as he realized his arm was gone.

Zeke slowly approached Luis.

Cold sweat streamed down Luis’s face.

He spoke toward Zeke.

“Huu. Huu. Young Draker. I am a candidate for the next Arch Paladin. Do you think you’ll be safe after harming me?”

Then Zeke approached Luis closely, grabbed his neck tightly and said:

“Arch Paladin…”

Zeke glared at him with sharp eyes and said:

“The Arch Paladin I knew sacrificed his life, giving up everything for those who suffered.”

“KUHEK!”

Luis struggled as Zeke’s hand gripping his neck tightened.

Luis grabbed Zeke’s wrist with his remaining hand.

“Sp-Spare…”

“This is the price for mistreating young Luberns.”

The power of decay activated from Zeke’s hand.

“KU, KUEEEEEK!”

It was his first time using the power of decay on a living person.

Blisters began forming on Luis’s body.

He writhed in pain, unable to even breathe properly.

“KUAAACK! Pl-Please sp-spare me…!”

Zeke looked down at Luis with cold eyes.

Luis’s breath didn’t stop until his entire body had necrotized, rotted and collapsed.

Luis, who had been struggling in pain, finally breathed his last, and his body completely melted away.

Zeke sheathed Bahamut and turned around toward where the Cardinal was.

The Cardinal trembled, pale-faced as he watched Zeke.

Due to the extreme fear, he couldn’t even feel the pain from his shattered knee and the dagger in his shoulder.

Zeke sat down on a rock in front of the Cardinal.

“Cardinal Verdi.”

Zeke already knew about Cardinal Verdi.

In his past life, Cardinal Verdi was one of the instigators who started the Third Continental War alongside Abel and Howard Draker, who is currently the Academy’s Chancellor.

Due to his betrayal, the Holy Kingdom eventually knelt under the Rom Empire’s banner, and many innocent citizens were sacrificed.

Cardinal Verdi dragged his broken leg, grabbed Zeke’s leg, and desperately spoke while kissing his shoe.

“Zeke Draker! God will watch over you. Please show me mercy. I beg you.”

Zeke glared at the Cardinal with cold eyes.

“Did you show such mercy to the Lubern children?”

The Cardinal’s lips cracked.

He trembled and begged Zeke for mercy.

“Pl-Please spare me. Then the Order will pay an unimaginably great price.”

“Where are the other Lubern bloodline members?”

At Zeke’s words, the Cardinal’s eyes darted around in fear.

Zeke pulled out a dagger without hesitation and threw it.

The dagger stuck into Cardinal Verdi’s thigh.

“KUAAAACK!”

Zeke stepped on the dagger, driving the blade deeper.

Then the Cardinal screamed:

“I’ll, I’ll tell you! Please! St-Stop!”

Cardinal Verdi told him the location of the monastery where the Sun Order was holding the Lubern bloodline members.

Zeke memorized the location and asked the Cardinal again.

“What is the Holy Kingdom planning to do with the holy relic?”

Verdi’s eyes started darting around again.

Only when Zeke stabbed another dagger into his other leg did Verdi’s mouth open again.

“Th-There is a legend that one who po-possesses the Holy Grail gains im-immortal power! Li-Like the Dragon Slayer Terakan Draker!”

“This is the first time I’ve heard that Terakan Draker had immortal power.”

The Cardinal barely opened his mouth while sweating coldly.

“Th-There is another version of the Dragon Slayer legend that has been secretly passed down in the Order. I-I saw it there.”

“Hmm. A Dragon Slayer legend that even the Drakers don’t know about.”

Zeke recalled that the Hermit of the Story had said something similar.

The story of how Siegfried, who was a Free Knight, met Claudia Lubern and became an immortal knight through the power of the Holy Grail.

With that power, Siegfried became the protagonist of the Dragon Slayer legend under the new name Terakan.

Zeke asked the Cardinal.

“What are you planning to do with the Holy Grail that grants immortal power? Don’t tell me the Pope wants to become immortal?”

The Cardinal shook his head.

“Th-The Emperor of Rom wanted that Holy Grail.”

As Zeke expected, Cardinal Verdi had betrayed the Holy Kingdom and was secretly maintaining relations with the Empire.

‘The Third Continental War didn’t just happen by chance.’

Zeke looked down at the Cardinal and said:

“A Cardinal of the Holy Kingdom offering holy relics to the Rom Empire’s Emperor. What an interesting scandal.”

The Cardinal grabbed Zeke’s feet again and pleaded.

“Pl-Please… if you keep this secret, I will support you, Zeke Draker, with all my heart and soul. You will have the Holy Kingdom as a powerful sponsor backing you!”

Zeke clicked his tongue while looking at the Cardinal.

“A corrupted priest is truly ugly.”

Zeke grabbed his face and made him look back.

The Lubern children freed from chains and the Lubern girl who was almost sacrificed to open the door were watching the Cardinal with frightened expressions.

Zeke whispered to the Cardinal.

“The moment you showed no mercy to those children. Your fate was sealed.”

Zeke gave the Cardinal a horrible death with excruciating pain using the power of decay.

“KUHEEEEK!”

The Cardinal screamed as his entire body began rotting from the power of decay.

It was the miserable end of a greedy priest who dreamed of power.

At that moment, the Lubern girl walked up beside Zeke.