Dragonslayer’s Class Regression Chapter 172

Chapter 172

The Oath of Silence was a blood shackle that had sustained the Nostra Family’s secrets for hundreds of years.

Dario spoke to Zeke.

“Murray, prove your loyalty.”

Dario first pricked his finger on the needle attached to the pen.

Blood flowed to the pen tip.

He wrote his name, Dario Nostra, on the contract.

Then he handed the needle-tipped pen to Zeke.

“Sign here.”

The moment he signs, he can never escape from the Nostra Family’s grasp.

Zeke trembled as he held the pen and slowly wrote his name.

When Zeke wrote his name, each of their names was engraved on their wrists.

Dario checked the name engraved on his wrist.

But something was strange.

Dario read the name engraved on his wrist.

“Zeke… Draker?”

Dario quickly raised his head and activated his bloodline ability ‘Paralysis’ toward Zeke.

WOONG!

[Skill Curse Reflection reflects the curse of ‘Paralysis’.]

Just like with Visco, Zeke’s curse reflection skill activated.

The reflected curse paralyzed Dario instead.

THUD!

Dario stiffened and collapsed to the floor.

SWISH!

Zeke wrapped Dario’s fallen body tightly with soul sealing magic.

Zeke spoke while looking at Dario.

“Nice to meet you, Dario Nostra.”

Dario rolled his eyeballs at Zeke’s suddenly changed demeanor.

He was so dumbfounded that he couldn’t understand what was happening.

Zeke folded the signed Oath of Silence and put it in his chest.

Then he dragged the paralyzed Dario in front of the safe.

Like before, Zeke opened the door by matching Dario’s eyes to the safe.

He whistled as he searched through the stacked documents and found the secret ledger.

“Jackpot.”

This ledger alone was more than enough to complete Draker’s mission.

Zeke put all the documents in the safe straight into his inventory. Since it was a secret safe, everything would be valuable, so he planned to check them after taking them.

After gathering all the documents, Zeke spoke to Dario who was collapsed paralyzed on the floor.

“Do you remember Lady Angelina?”

Dario’s eyes shook at Zeke’s words.

“I caught a sorcerer recently. Dusk ,you probably know him too, Dario.”

Dario realized that Zeke knew everything and had set a trap.

Unable to move due to both paralysis and soul sealing magic, Dario trembled with rage.

“Don’t feel too wronged. You were trying to fleece me too.”

It was a situation where he tried to devour what he thought was good prey, only to be devoured himself.

Zeke patted Dario’s immobilized cheek and spoke into his communicator.

“We’re ready here. Begin.”

―”Understood, boss.”

Zeke dragged Dario under the sofa and lay down.

A few minutes later, a huge explosion shook the entire hotel.

As the vibration occurred, Zeke threw the magic bomb he had in his chest at the wall.

BOOM!

The magic bomb exploded, creating a hole in one side of the room.

BANG!

The guards and knights kicked open the door and entered.

They were startled to see the bomb had gone off in the room.

“Boss! Find the boss quickly!”

That’s when Zeke, hiding under the sofa, raised his trembling hand.

“He-here! Please… save…”

The knights discovered Zeke and the fallen Dario.

Though Dario was bound by Zeke’s chains and couldn’t move, the guards and knights failed to properly assess the situation.

That’s when it happened.

SWOOSH!

The dragon warriors Zeke had summoned in advance appeared and shot arrows at the knights and guards.

“Enemy! Stop them!”

The dragon warriors drew their swords and spears to block the knights and guards.

Then one knight stepped forward.

WOONG!

Being a blue-rank knight, he deployed his aura blade and drove back the dragon warriors.

CRACK!

The dragon knights hit by the aura blade couldn’t withstand it and collapsed, turning to smoke.

Seeing this, the knights shouted in surprise.

“Damn! It’s magic! Find the mage! Quickly!”

The blue knight took the fallen Zeke and Dario and went outside the room.

That’s when Zeke spoke to the knight.

“Wh-what’s happening?”

“Unknown forces are setting off bombs throughout the hotel and city.”

As planned, under Boris’s command, the Rose Knights raided the Nostra Family’s front companies, took related documents, and blew them up.

Zeke spoke stutteringly, appearing flustered.

“Ea-earlier, Lord Da-Dario said we need to go to the ro-roof.”

The knight also thought it would be better to take refuge on the roof until the situation calmed down.

“Guards follow me with Lord Dario to the roof!”

The knight took Zeke and Dario up to the roof through the emergency exit with the guard forces.

The guards locked the roof door securely.

The knight bent down to check Dario’s condition.

However, Dario, who they thought had fainted since he wasn’t speaking, had his eyes wide open. Moreover, they discovered his eyeballs kept shaking rapidly and strangely.

That’s when something felt off.

WOONG!

Suddenly, strangely shaped skeletons appeared on the roof.

The blue knight drew his sword and shouted.

“It’s a mage! Find the mage!”

Bloodline ability users and knights stood against the rushing skeletons.

The blue knight unfolded his aura blade and cut down the skeletons.

But the broken skeletons soon rose again with dark red smoke.

“This is crazy…”

Then, skeleton dragons appeared behind the skeletons.

Ten skeleton dragons wearing purple armor each possessed strength greater than a purple knight.

The bloodline ability users and knights who sensed danger rushed toward the dragons.

CRACK!

But some couldn’t block the dragons’ swords and were cut in half.

Finally, the blue knight who was trying to protect Dario charged at the dragons while deploying his aura blade.

“HAAAT!”

That’s when an arch lich appeared in the air.

The lich started firing magic everywhere while swinging its staff.

“Damn! Kill the lich first!”

At those words, the lich suddenly changed direction and flew towards the knight, swinging its staff at him.

WOONG!

Dark red energy wrapped around the knight’s body.

Simultaneously, the knight’s body became heavy and his movement speed drastically slowed.

“N-no!”

The dragons gathered around the slowed knight.

The knight tried to block the dragons’ attacks while swinging his aura blade.

“URGH!”

But there was a limit to swinging his sword while cursed.

Soon the dragons’ swords pierced the knight’s body.

Other enhanced skeletons took care of the guard forces.

When it was over shortly after, Richmond approached Zeke who was hiding in the corner.

“Master, it’s all done.”

Zeke raised his crouched body and looked around.

There was no one alive on the roof.

If all of Dario’s guard forces had been concentrated, it would have been difficult to handle, but since the forces were divided, it was resolved easier than expected.

That’s when Dario, seemingly freed from paralysis, shouted at Zeke.

“Damn it! Release this now! If not, the Nostra Family’s wrath will reach not only you but your family and everyone you know!”

Then Zeke spoke in a calm voice.

“Go ahead. Arthur Draker would love that. If the Nostra Family attacks first, that is.”

Dario was momentarily lost for words at Zeke’s statement.

No matter how great the Nostra Family’s influence in the underworld was, it couldn’t compare to the Drakers who shook the entire continent.

Moreover, if they were to touch Arthur Draker, a black knight and head of the Draker family, the Nostra Family’s name would obviously be erased from the continent that day.

Zeke sent lightning through the chains to the trembling one who had lost his words.

ZAP!

“URRRGH!”

He looked down at Dario writhing in pain from the Lightning and spoke.

“This isn’t even one millionth of the pain Lady Angelina received. Look forward to it. I’ll make you feel every kind of pain.”

At Zeke’s threat, Dario tried to hide his fear while rolling his eyes.

“Richmond, transform into a beast.”

At Zeke’s words, Richmond changed form.

CRACK!

His body became much larger than when he was a demi-lich, and two horns on his head rose majestically.

Zeke loaded Dario onto Richmond’s back and climbed on himself.

Then he said to Richmond.

“Let’s clean up thoroughly before we go.”

Understanding the words, Richmond breathed fire toward the roof.

WHOOSH!

In an instant, huge flames burned the entire roof.

Looking at the burning corpses, Zeke made a bitter expression.

“Guess I can’t use the name Zeke Murray anymore.”

Having pretended to be rich, many people might have paid close attention. He planned to treat Zeke Murray as dead here and create a new alias and identity.

Zeke used the shape-shifting cloak to change into Richmond’s appearance.

To anyone watching, it would look like a lich riding a beast kidnapping Dario.

SWOOSH!

Zeke rode Richmond and leisurely left the Jiemens Hotel, disappearing into the sky.

* * *

BANG!

William Jiemens slammed the desk.

“An undead army appeared in the middle of the city and attacked the hotel? Are you saying that’s what happened?!”

William Jiemens, who received the report about what happened at the Jiemens Hotel, couldn’t contain his anger and shouted.

Edward, who was next to him, flinched at William’s reaction.

William turned his head and glared at Edward.

“Edward, tell me right now why you were at the hotel with Dario Nostra at that time.”

Edward hesitated before finally opening his mouth.

“B-brother. Well, that…”

“Don’t try to be clever and speak straight. I’m tired of listening to shallow tricks from an idiot like you.”

Edward finally told William the truth.

After hearing everything, William clenched his fists and trembled.

“You tried to participate in an investment deal set up by the Nostra Family? And to pay off gambling debts?”

“No, I didn’t know they were the Nostra Family. But if that black ore mine really hits, it would be huge…”

THWACK!

William couldn’t hold back and threw the paperweight from his desk.

Knowing he’d get in more trouble if he blocked it with aura, Edward took the hit.

DRIP!

Blood flowed from his head where the paperweight struck directly.

Edward immediately prostrated himself.

“B-brother! I really didn’t know. Really! I was just trying to help the family…”

“Having someone like you bear the Jiemens name itself is shameful. You idiot.”

Edward pressed his forehead to the floor and said.

“I-it’s not just me! Zeke Murray! He said he was putting in a million gold!”

William raised his head at Edward’s words.

“Say that again. Who?”

Edward flinched nervously.

“Wh-what?”

“Tell me again who put in a million gold.”

“Th-there was… Zeke Murray. The young guy who got rich from the mithril mine.”

“The mithril mine – you mean the one Graham Bank invested in?”

“Y-yes, that’s right.”

“Zeke Murray, Zeke… wait.”

William Jiemens recalled information recently sent by Mouse.

He had inquired about information that Zeke Draker was heading to Argos to eliminate a human trafficking organization.

‘The human trafficking organization is managed by Dario Nostra’s side who was just kidnapped.’

The information connected in William’s mind. He finally realized Zeke Murray’s true identity.

“Damn it. Zeke Draker. It’s his doing again.”

At the sudden mention of Zeke Draker’s name, Edward stared at William with a dumbfounded expression.

William threw a handkerchief to Edward and spoke in a cold voice.

“You stay put until the baptism. If you cause trouble again, I’ll tell father to erase your name from the Jiemens family.”

Edward wiped the blood with the handkerchief and shook his head.

“R-really! I’ll behave. Really brother. Trust me.”

At William’s gesture, Edward hurriedly got up and went outside.

He pressed his temples and fell into thought.

‘Of all times, this happens while Abel is away preparing for the baptism.’

After contemplating, William spoke to a man standing like a statue beside him.

At a glance, he looked like an ordinary office worker.

But in reality, he was one of the outstanding agents of the ‘Strategic Headquarters’, which could be called the core of the Jiemens family’s strength.

“I need to see father.”

“The family head said he won’t meet anyone until the ceremony.”

“I know. But the situation has changed. Go tell father that Zeke Draker seems to have figured out the identity of the Abyss.”

William Jiemens’ eyes gleamed.

“Tell him we can’t just watch anymore and need firm sanctions.”