Dragonslayer’s Class Regression Chapter 152

Chapter 152

The undead legion followed Gurab into the trap area that Zeke had set up.

Zeke dismissed Gurab’s summon.

‘Good work Gurab.’

And immediately sent a signal to Richmond.

‘Richmond, now!’

Then Richmond brought out the skeletons he had hidden underground.

KIGIGIGIGIK!

The skeletons, enhanced by the power of the Herald of Blood and Madness, burst from the ground and scattered the skeletal knights’ formation.

KAAAAAAK!

The skeletons Richmond summoned attacked the skeletal knights, wildly swinging their crimson bone blades.

Soon after, the Arch Lich’s corrupted holy aura began to shine.

KUGUGUGUGUGU!

The Arch Lich cast a black curse on Richmond’s skeletons.

The skeletons’ movements gradually slowed. Meanwhile, the skeletal knights regrouped their formation.

Watching the situation, Zeke sent another signal to Richmond.

‘Richmond! Now!’

Richmond ordered the skeletons to detonate their mana bombs.

The skeletons took out mana bombs from within their bone armor and detonated them simultaneously.

KWAKWAKWAKWAKWAKWANG!

40 mana bombs exploded with a tremendous sound.

Kwadududududuk!

Not only Richmond’s skeletons, but the skeletal knights were also shattered to pieces.

However, even in that explosion, the Death Knight and Arch Lich, along with several skeletal knights, continued advancing unscathed.

The Arch Lich’s holy aura shone again, and the bones of the fallen skeletal knights began to reconnect, trying to return to their original form.

‘That won’t do.’

Zeke signaled to the Dragon warriors who were standing by.

The Dragon warriors threw the Fire Giant’s Breath potions they were holding.

JJANGANG!

Right now, neither the Arch Lich nor the Death Knight could protect them.

The skeletal knights, whose bones hadn’t fully reconnected, had no way to block the incoming potions.

Soon, as the potion bottles broke, the Fire Giant’s Breath engulfed the undead legion.

HWARARARARURUK!

The skeletal knights who were trying to rise again with the Arch Lich’s power had their bones completely burned, unable to regenerate and disappeared into ashes.

Only a few skeletal knights regained their original form and came forward through the flames, holding swords and shields.

At that moment, the ghost horse the Death Knight was riding took a deep breath and exhaled blue breath toward the flames.

KUEOEOEOEOENG!

With an eerie sound, the flames subsided from the ghost horse’s blue breath.

Although the number of skeletal knights had decreased, the Death Knight and Arch Lich entered the crystal cave showing no signs of damage.

Richmond received Zeke’s signal and summoned skeletons again.

KIGIGIGIGIK!

40 crimson-enhanced skeletons charged at the undead legion wielding bone swords.

KAGAGAGAGAGAK!

The enhanced skeletons and skeletal knights clashed.

The movements of the shield-bearing skeletal knights were so nimble it was hard to believe they were skeletons.

KWADUDUK!

They blocked the enhanced skeletons’ swords with their shields and swung their swords to break their bone armor and crush their skulls.

The skeletal knights who survived the flames showed formidable power even as undead, as they had been Blue Knight-class in life.

On Zeke’s command, the Dragon warriors who were hiding everywhere joined the enhanced skeletons in attacking the skeletal knights.

KWADUDUK!

As the Dragon warriors joined in, the skeletal knights gradually began to be pushed back.

Then the Arch Lich beside the Death Knight rose into the air and surveyed the surroundings. It soon identified Richmond, who was commanding the skeletons, and flew towards him.

KEUAAAAAK!

With a horrible shriek, dark energy flowed from the Arch Lich’s corrupted holy aura as it rose into the air.

“How dare you, a mere Demi-Lich, oppose me, an Arch Lich?! Kneel before me now and swear your loyalty!”

Although Richmond was a Demi-Lich, he was already Zeke’s summon and was classified as a lowly dragon-kind, so he wasn’t affected by the Arch Lich’s commands.

“KEUAAK! It’s an Arch Lich! I’m scared!”

Richmond shouted in panic toward the Arch Lich while swinging his staff to deploy a defensive wall.

Then the Arch Lich fired magic at Richmond.

KWAKWAKWAKWAKWANG!

Black fireballs poured out from the corrupted holy aura.

Though Richmond was squealing, he wielded his staff imbued with the power of the Herald of Blood and Madness, successfully blocking the Arch Lich’s attacks.

At that moment, Gurab appeared behind Richmond.

GRURURURUK!

Gurab opened his mouth wide toward the Arch Lich and spewed acid.

CHIIIIK!

The holy aura covered in acid began to melt.

At that sight, the Arch Lich’s jewel eyes flashed.

“How dare you, you vile and filthy chimera……”

While Gurab and Richmond were dealing with the Arch Lich, Zeke drew his orichalcum sword and approached the Death Knight.

Having learned how to fight demons from his battle with Arataso, Zeke first equipped the Hersion and Agamemnon masks and took out his holy fire.

Then he launched a Light veil toward the Death Knight.

KWAKWAKWAKWAKWANG!

A massive light veil fell toward the Death Knight.

But it was useless.

KUGUGUGUGU!

Black heat haze rose around the Death Knight’s body, blocking the light veil.

‘Is it some kind of barrier?.’

Soon the Death Knight charged toward Zeke while riding the ghost horse.

THUD! THUD! THUD! THUD! THUD!

As the distance closed, the Death Knight swung his sword at Zeke from atop his ghost horse.

CLASH!

Zeke managed to block the sword strike, but the force of the collision pushed him back.

At the same time, the Death Knight leaped down from his ghost horse and swung his sword downward at Zeke.

SWOOSH!

Zeke regained his stance and unleashed the Agamemnon Golden Swordsmanship.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! BANG!

Though it was just swords clashing, the impact spread outward like an explosion.

As Zeke stepped back, the Death Knight charged straight through the dust cloud.

WHOOSH!

The Death Knight wielded his massive black sword and shield freely as he pressed Zeke.

Zeke realized that the Death Knight’s swordsmanship was familiar.

‘A Death Knight using Paladin swordsmanship?’

Death Knights are undead created from the souls of fallen knights.

As such, they retain the skills they had in life.

As he pressed the puzzled Zeke, the Death Knight spoke in an eerie voice.

“Cursed one who killed me. Remember my name. Luis Marchisio. I will kill you and offer your severed head at the altar.”

Zeke was startled by the Death Knight’s words.

‘The Paladin who almost killed the girl of Lubern, that bastard.’

Zeke realized that the souls of Paladin Luis and Cardinal Verdi had become corrupted and turned into a Death Knight and an Arch Lich.

Just then, Richmond’s urgent voice was heard.

‘Argh! Master, save me!’

Zeke turned his head to check on Richmond who was facing off against the Arch Lich.

‘A Death Knight and an Arch Lich…’

If this undead legion had appeared in the kingdom, it would have been classified as a national emergency.

‘Arghhhh! Master, I’m dying!’

At Richmond’s repeated calls for help, Zeke launched holy fire at the Death Knight.

WHOOSH!

The holy fire created a wall of white flames.

In that opening, Zeke turned toward the Arch Lich attacking Richmond with his orichalcum sword.

Zeke launched a Mace of Light aimed at the Arch Lich.

BOOM!

Caught off guard, the Arch Lich fell from the air to the ground when hit by the Mace of Light.

Dark energy flowed from the fallen Arch Lich’s robe.

Zeke approached the Arch Lich slowly with his sword raised, staying alert.

The Arch Lich opened his mouth while looking at Zeke.

“Cursed one who killed me,. Zeke Draker, I will offer your soul as a tribute of loyalty to my master.”

“Try it if you can.”

It seemed Cardinal Verdi, now an Arch Lich, also held deep grudges against Zeke.

Zeke raised his blade of purification.

Golden aura surged from his sword.

The Arch Lich flinched at the energy rising from Zeke’s sword.

Though powerful, he was still undead and instinctively showed an adverse reaction to the purifying power Zeke wielded.

The flinching lasted only a moment before the Arch Lich stretched out his hand and mumbled something.

Soon the dark energy that had flowed from the corrupted robe seeped into the ground.

CRACK!

Skeleton soldiers wearing old armor burst out from the ground.

The skeletons charged at Zeke.

Unfazed, Zeke swung his blade of purification.

CRACK CRACK CRACK!

The skeletons hit by the purification blade all turned to ash and scattered.

But that wasn’t the end. The skeletons kept being created endlessly from the ground.

As he swung his sword, Zeke thought this would never end and spoke to Richmond floating in the air.

‘Richmond, can’t you take control of those undead?’

Richmond responded in surprise.

‘What? Take control?’

‘Since you’re both undead, I thought it might work.’

Though it was an idea he’d never considered before, Richmond thought about it and took out a pouch from inside his robe.

Meanwhile, Zeke and the Arch Lich continued their cycle of destroying and creating skeletons.

Richmond took small bone fragments from the pouch and chanted a spell with his staff. The bone fragments turned dark red.

Richmond threw the colored bones toward the skeletons while shouting.

“Take this! You lot!”

Then something strange happened. The dark red bone fragments scattered about before attaching themselves one by one to the skeletons approaching Zeke.

Suddenly the skeletons stopped in place while making bizarre sounds.

KIGIGIK!

When the Arch Lich noticed his summoned skeletons acting strangely, he infused them with stronger magic.

But still the skeletons wouldn’t be controlled.

“You lowly Lich! What did you do?!”

The skeletons remained motionless for a moment, then suddenly turned around.

At the same time, Richmond swung his staff.

“My cute little bones! Follow me and I’ll turn you into even better bones!”

Dark red energy flowed from the staff and seeped into the skeletons’ bodies.

CRACK!

The ordinary bone skeletons turned dark red, and bone armor and bone swords appeared on them.

Additionally, their skulls transformed into reptilian-looking bones.

Richmond shouted excitedly.

“Success with the Reptilian Skeletons!”

The Reptilian Skeletons transformed by Richmond pointed their weapons at the other skeletons that the Arch Lich had just created.

The Arch Lich shouted in anger.

“You lowly Lich! How dare you steal my power?!!!!”

Ignoring the Arch Lich’s anger, Richmond gave attack orders to the Reptilian Skeletons.

THUD! THUD! THUD! THUD!

The Reptilian Skeletons charged fiercely toward the other skeletons.

CRACK!

The Reptilian Skeletons enhanced by Richmond were clearly stronger than the regular skeletons.

Though he had suggested it, surprised by the better-than-expected results, Zeke asked Richmond.

‘I suggested it on a whim, but I’m amazed it actually worked. How did you do it, Richmond?’

‘W-well. Since I became your summoned creature thanks to the dragon bone, I thought maybe attaching dragon monster bones to other skeletons might work too, so I tried it.’

Having spent his whole life handling monsters, Richmond showed a peculiar talent.

Zeke looked with curious eyes at the Reptilian Skeletons that possessed un-skeleton-like agility and strong durability.

‘Skeleton soldiers much stronger than regular skeletons. Though we can’t use them openly, they would be extremely useful for surprise attacks.’

As someone who used whatever he could in battle, this was an excellent weapon for Zeke.

With the appearance of the Reptilian Skeletons turning the tide, the Arch Lich retreated.

“Damn it! What are you doing?! Kill him quickly!”

The skeleton knights who were fighting the dragon soldiers and Richmond’s enhanced skeletons lit up their eye sockets at the Arch Lich’s command and ignored their opponents to head toward Zeke.

RUMBLE!

The Arch Lich’s corrupted robe shone as it infused power into the skeleton knights and skeletons.

Zeke ordered Richmond to position the skeleton forces at the front, placed the dragon soldiers at the rear, and commanded Gurab to shoot poison stings from afar for ranged attacks.

GROWL!

Gurab raised his massive body and spat poison stings at the Arch Lich.

Fearing his robe would dissolve, the Arch Lich retreated into the air while shouting.

He had been floating high to avoid Gurab’s poison, but he couldn’t be too far away to efficiently control all the skeleton knights and skeletons.

“Arghhhh! Luis! Where are you?! Stop them quickly!”

Gurab spewing hydra poison was not to be taken lightly.

Zeke smiled with satisfaction as he watched the battle between the skeleton forces, dragon soldiers, and Gurab.

‘At this rate, we might even exceed the power of a knight order.’

Combined with the power of the recovered Guardians, it was possible to exert legion-level power.

Zeke alone had achieved the power of a one-man legion.

That’s when it happened.

WHOOSH!

The Death Knight bound by holy flames revealed himself again.

The gray-robed mages who appeared belatedly had blocked the holy flames with magic and extracted the Death Knight.

RUMBLE!

The Death Knight’s eye sockets burned red as he escaped from the holy flames.