Dragonslayer’s Class Regression 235

Chapter 235

Zeke intended to use Blood Eye to draw out the stagnant dead blood within Kali’s body.

If Zeke could control Kali’s blood through Blood Eye, he would be able to manipulate the blood itself.

‘WHOOSH, if I fail here, Sister Kali could become completely disabled.’

Zeke took a deep breath and concentrated his mind.

He first suppressed Kali’s shadow using shadow control.

TSUTS TSUTS TSUTS!

With her shadow suppressed, Kali had no choice but to completely follow Zeke’s control.

Zeke opened his Blood Eye in that state.

WOOO WOOO WOONG!

Through the Blood Eye, he could now clearly see Kali’s bodily condition that was previously invisible.

Stagnant dead blood was blocking the Aura circuits here and there, with necrosis progressing in various places.

Moreover, the lower energy center was gradually hardening due to the dead blood clusters.

‘The situation is more serious than I thought.’

Zeke pierced through Kali’s internal body and took out Anexi’s dagger.

He placed the dagger on the bruise mark on Kali’s back and made a slight wound.

Black blood gushed out from there.

Zeke dipped the blood on the dagger and raised his spirit power.

WOOO WOOO WOOO WOONG!

Kali’s blood reacted to Zeke’s spirit power.

KUGU GUGU GUGU!

Using the blood as a medium, he expanded his influence over the blood.

Then the dead blood began to move little by little according to his will.

As the tightly clustered dead blood gradually loosened, Kali’s blocked Aura circuits also slowly began to relieve their pressure.

‘I’ll dissolve these dead blood clusters and expel them from the body.’

Just as Zeke was about to gather and expel the dead blood clusters outside the body,

Suddenly, a demonic energy hidden within the dead blood cluster surged up.

KWADEUDEUK!

The demonic energy ran wild, violently crushing Kali’s internal organs.

Kali’s body trembled.

If Zeke hadn’t held her body with shadow control, she would have immediately vomited blood and collapsed.

Zeke calmly continued to dissolve the clustered dead blood while preparing the sacred fire technique.

TSUTSU!

The sacred fire’s flames climbed up Kali’s Aura circuits, attempting to capture the demonic energy.

The demonic energy, aware of the pursuing sacred fire, fled towards Kali’s heart.

But Zeke had already prepared another sacred fire technique near the heart.

This was because he had already learned that when dealing with parasitic entities, one must first protect the heart and brain.

HWAREUREUREURUCK!

The sacred fire near the heart blocked the path of the demonic energy.

The demonic energy could no longer move and was forced to stop in one place.

Zeke had been waiting for this very moment.

He placed his palm on Kali’s back and unleashed the strong wave resonance echnique.

POONG!

With an enormous sound, the demonic energy in Kali’s body and all traces of the disturbance completely disappeared.

Zeke immediately pulled out the dead blood clusters using his Blood Eye.

Then he struck Kali’s back again with the strong wave resonance.

PANG!

Zeke quickly released the shadow control, and simultaneously, Kali regained consciousness.

“COUGH!”

Kali spat out a chunk of black blood.

“HAAA.”

After expelling the blood mass, she took a deep breath.

The black bruise marks on her back had disappeared, and her complexion had returned to normal.

Kali felt the suffocating energy that had been blocking her insides vanish, making her feel completely unobstructed.

Zeke spoke to Kali.

“It’s not over yet. Follow the Aura guidance I provide.”

He planned to burn away any remaining dead blood residue using an Aura Awakening technique he learned from Sethon  Draker.

Kali straightened her posture, closed her eyes, and felt the Aura flow Zeke was guiding.

She inhaled mana through her breath, circulated it through the Aura circuits, and allowed it to flow to the lower diantan.

Kali remembered this natural breathing and flow.

After a while, Kali began to generate Aura on her own, even without Zeke’s guidance, and contained it in her lower diantan.

WOOO WOOO WOONG!

At a certain moment, Kali recovered her Aura circuits and regenerated her Aura.

Feeling her recovery, she exhaled softly and opened her eyes.

“WHEW.”

Kali stood up.

She moved her body around and muttered in disbelief.

“No way… I’ve truly recovered from my internal injuries.”

Zeke couldn’t bring himself to tell Kali that he had suppressed her spirit and manipulated her blood to heal her, so he just smiled quietly.

‘It’s all for the best.’

He took out a few healing potions from his inventory and handed them to Kali.

“Your body isn’t completely recovered yet, so take these morning, noon, and night. They’ll help with your recovery.”

Kali nodded at Zeke’s words.

“I’ve received a debt of gratitude that I can never repay.”

“It’s enough that you’re safe, Sister.”

At that moment, Kali knelt on one knee before Zeke.

Looking up at Zeke, she said,

“Zeke, I don’t know how to repay the grace of saving my life and my knight order.”

Zeke looked at Kali and responded, “I was simply doing what needed to be done.”

“Everyone easily speaks of a knight’s honor, but not many act like you do.”

As Kali stood up, she told Zeke, “I will grant you anything you desire. If you want territory, I’ll give you territory. If you want artifacts, I’ll give you artifacts.”

Zeke felt her sincerity in her gaze.

He slowly spoke,

“If you say so, I’ll make two requests.”

He continued, “I heard you possess territory in the Southern Sea archipelago.”

Kali nodded.

“Yes, these were obtained while clearing out pirates in the Southern Sea. They are large islands, but they’re located in the Sea of Death, making them impossible to develop due to difficult access.”

“I want the ownership of those islands.”

Zeke knew that once the sea god returned, the Sea of Death would gradually calm down, and the archipelago’s potential value would increase due to its geographical location.

Kali was simply surprised by Zeke’s words, not knowing this fact.

She had been prepared to give him something even more valuable, but since he only requested the Southern Sea archipelago, she quietly nodded.

“That’s not difficult to grant. What is your second request?”

“I request a perpetual exemption from port usage fees in lason.”

Kali smiled at Zeke’s words.

“That’s quite a practical request. I’ll grant that too. I’ll exempt port usage fees for your ships and even create a dedicated pier for you.”

“That will be sufficient.”

Zeke planned to develop the island he received from Kali, settling the fish-people and making it a connection point with the Cusco Kingdom in the Southern Continent.

With Zeke’s financial resources and human resources, developing the Southern Sea archipelago would not be particularly difficult.

Having stated all his requests to Kali, Zeke changed the topic to Bacchus Draker.

“As Luno said, you came to this island after receiving intelligence from Bacchus, is that correct?”

Kali nodded at Zeke’s words.

“Yes, Bacchus and I have a mutually beneficial relationship. He provides me with information, and I provide what he needs.”

“What do you mean by providing what he needs?”

When Zeke spoke, Kali looked slightly awkward before slowly opening her mouth.

“Zeke, what would I hide from you. I am protecting Bacchus’s mother.”

An entirely unexpected statement came from Kali’s lips.

“What do you mean by protecting Bacchus’s mother?”

“Exactly what I said. I’m protecting Bacchus’s mother within my domain.”

“How so? Wouldn’t he also have a maternal clan?”

Kali shook her head.

‘No maternal clan?’

For Draker’s direct lineage, the maternal clan played a significant role.

The direct descendants could only use the true ‘Draker family’ power after competing fiercely and obtaining the qualifications to be the family head.

Until then, they could only rely on the power of their maternal clan or allied clans.

Zeke himself had experienced discrimination and contempt due to his maternal Agamemnon clan being sealed for 50 years by a curse.

He didn’t know that his older brother Bacchus was in a similar situation.

“Does this mean Bacchus is an illegitimate child?”

Kali nodded.

“Yes. She was none other than a maid serving his father.”

Zeke was quite surprised by Kali’s words.

The Draker family, as a dragon-slaying clan, placed great legitimacy on their direct bloodline.

For the Draker family head, leaving an heir required extremely careful calculation.

Kali’s maternal Prana clan, while not a highly influential blood ally of Draker, was a noble and knight clan with traditions dating back to the Holy Imperial era.

Not to mention Jiemens, and Helen’s maternal Millaris clan was also a historic knight clan of Thebea.

With Bacchus’s exceptional talent as a knight, Zeke could not imagine that Arthur Draker would have an illegitimate child without calculation.

‘Come to think of it, he even married a mother from the cursed Agamemnon clan… Could the family head have a promiscuous nature?’

Although the word “promiscuous” didn’t seem to suit Arser Draker’s cold face, he couldn’t help but think so at the moment.

Kali continued her explanation.

“Her name is Carmilla. One day, Carmilla became pregnant and gave birth to a boy. Her father named the child Bacchus and sent him to the mansion in Troy Principality where all of us siblings grew up. And Bacchus was sent to the cradle when he turned seven.”

The fact that Arthur Draker gave the child a name meant that he was acknowledging the child from a maid as part of the direct lineage.

The elders would not have been pleased with Arser’s decision, but they surely could not have gone against the words of one of the continent’s strongest and the most powerful Draker family head in history.

‘Even so, Bacchus’s mother must have been sitting on thorns.’

The Draker direct lineage’s matriarchs that Zeke remembered were not ordinary people.

Among such matriarchs, it would not have been easy for an ordinary maid to endure.

At that moment, Zeke suddenly asked a question.

“Did Bacchus awaken as a pure-blood?”

Kali shook her head.

“No, Bacchus was not a pure-blood awakener. Because of that, as soon as he graduated from the Academy, he voluntarily enlisted in the Black corps.”

Zeke thought Bacchus’s choice was somewhat rational.

In his previous life, he had also considered applying to the Black Ops if he could graduate from the Academy normally.

‘Of course, he was forcibly expelled before that opportunity.’

Zeke could grasp the outline of the situation.

“I understand how Bacchus passed information to you from the Black corps. But why are you protecting his mother?”

“The situation is quite complicated. Originally, after giving birth to Bacchus, his mother remained a maid in the Four Seasons Castle. However, as she aged and could no longer perform her duties as a maid, she had to leave the castle.”

“The family head didn’t keep her by his side?”

“Yes, since she wasn’t formally married, she couldn’t enjoy any benefits a family head’s spouse would receive.”

Zeke found Arthur Draker’s actions difficult to understand.

‘If that’s the case, why did he acknowledge Bacchus as part of the direct lineage? There’s something twisted about Arthur Draker’s actions.’

Kali continued her explanation.

“One day, Bacchus secretly contacted me. He said he would provide me with information if I protected his mother, who was about to leave the Four Seasons Castle.”

“Wouldn’t it be unnecessary to entrust his mother’s safety to you? The Black corps would already hide her identity, and if her family applies for protection, she could live under a different identity.”

Kali paused, pondered for a moment, and then spoke.

“Zeke, what I’m about to say is a secret. You must swear to absolutely keep this secret.”

Seeing Kali’s serious expression, Zeke realized an important secret was about to be revealed and responded seriously.

“I swear.”

Kali slowly opened her mouth.

“Actually, Carmilla, Bacchus’s mother, is a vampire.”

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