Dragonslayer’s Class Regression 261

Chapter 261

Zeke nodded at Luther’s words.

“Yes, unlike other pureblood awakeners, mine doesn’t activate constantly even when I take off the gloves.”

He used mana toward Zeke’s surroundings, then seemed to feel something and looked on in wonder.

“It repels my mana. Rather than simply interfering with the flow, it seems to reflect the mana itself.”

Luther stepped back and raised mana to create a small fireball.

WHOOSH!

Then he threw the fireball toward Zeke.

BOOM! BOOM!

The mana reflection skill reacted and deflected Luther’s fireball.

Thanks to that, the deflected fireball flew sideways and exploded, causing part of the wall to collapse with a RUMBLE.

Luther looked at Zeke thoughtfully.

“At this level, we can apply more varied techniques than I initially thought.”

“It’s truly fortunate to receive the precious secret techniques of a magic swordsman.”

Luther waved his hand at Zeke’s words and said.

“HAHA, no need for such words. This was originally part of my contract with the family head.”

“You mean you contracted directly with the family head?”

“Yes, actually I cannot return to the Eastern Continent for certain reasons. While hiding in the Dorta Republic, I made contact with the Black corps and formed a connection with Draker.”

Zeke understood the situation from Luther’s words.

‘So they changed his identity and made him an official Draker knight. In exchange, he agreed to pass on the magic swordsman techniques.’

The reason he didn’t take on external missions despite being a Draker knight was because he was a fugitive hiding his identity.

Then, Luther drew his sword and said.

“I’m glad to pass on my techniques to the continent’s greatest genius.”

“May I ask what your technique is called?”

At Zeke’s words, Luther pondered before slowly speaking.

“In this language, it would be something like Seven-Step Magic Mirror Breaking Flow Technique.”

“What does that mean?”

“Where I’m from, mana is known as power bestowed by the magic god’s mirror reflection. Therefore, when performing the mana opening ceremony, a sword and mirror are always placed. Magic mirror refers to metaphorically holding mana. In other words, you can think of it as a technique that breaks mana flow within seven steps.”

Zeke was fascinated by these rare stories from the Eastern Continent.

“In the Central Continent, we use magic by creating a mana ring in the heart, but they don’t do that in the East?”

“I too was surprised when I heard about that after coming to the Central Continent. In my homeland, to become a successor, you start by opening your eyes to see mana flow through a mana opening ceremony. Only then can you wield implements containing the magic god.”

It certainly seemed like a completely different way of using mana from the Central Continent.

“Then are there no successors who train in aura in the Eastern Continent?”

“Since opening mana prevents creating a lower diantan, I suppose that’s the case. These days, with increased exchange between continents, some places have started training in aura cultivation methods, but old successor families still maintain traditional methods.”

“Then how did you train in aura, Sir Luther?”

Luther smiled and said.

“Actually, in my homeland, I worked on researching the Central Continent’s aura awakening and swordsmanship under the Sultan’s orders.”

“You mean you were in the Muruk Empire’s royal court?”

“Yes, it’s a long story, but anyway, while researching aura cultivation, I accidentally succeeded in creating a lower diantan and realized I had the ability to use both mana and aura.”

“So you didn’t know you were an irregular before then.”

“That’s right. After succeeding with aura cultivation, I learned Central Continental swordsmanship while researching how to use mana and aura together. Then one day, I got into a dispute with a warrior favored by the Sultan, and I ended up killing him.”

Luther continued.

“The royal court denounced me as someone who sold their soul to demons for using both aura and mana, and sent pursuers to kill me. I fled with all my might and barely managed to hide in the Dorta Republic.”

“You’ve had quite an eventful life.”

“It seems to have worked out well now. Though I called it my homeland, I had no family, and was destined to die doing research under the Sultan.”

He picked up his sword again and said to Zeke.

“I’ve refined this technique in my own way since coming to the Central Continent. I hope it can be of some help to Sir Zeke’s growth.”

Zeke received the Seven-Step Magic Mirror Breaking Flow Technique in Luther’s mansion’s backyard.

Luther had actually thought there would be no one who could fully inherit this secret technique.

This was an extremely difficult technique to master because it handled both magic power and aura, combined with complex Eastern-style martial arts movements.

However, while teaching Zeke, Luther realized he had made a big misunderstanding.

Zeke, who had the Divine Fighter’s Body, not only copied the difficult martial arts movements after seeing them once but actually performed the sword forms more skillfully than Luther.

Although he couldn’t learn the exact magic power operation method since he hadn’t opened his magic power, he created similar effects to what Luther taught by repeatedly using magic reflection skills and immediately applied them to his movements.

The more Luther taught, the more he felt captivated by Zeke’s talent.

By the second day, Zeke had mastered and could apply all the movements of the Seven-Step Magic Mirror Breaking Flow Technique.

“Good heavens, Sir Zeke is an Irregular indeed, but such learning speed… If I hadn’t taught him directly, I would never have believed it.”

This was possible because Zeke had already reached the level of Black Knight, had excellent physical qualities, and had learned several even more complex secret techniques.

Once Zeke mastered all the movements of the Seven-Step Magic Mirror Breaking Flow Technique, the skill was automatically absorbed under Infinite Sword Technique.

‘I probably won’t need to use Eastern Empire’s martial arts movements. The core of this technique is the ability to control magic power.’

Zeke created a technique called ‘Magic Power Sealing’ by combining the Seven-Step Magic Mirror Breaking Flow Technique with magic reflection skills and the resonance strengthening he learned from Arataso.

To use the technique freely, he needed to get familiar with it, so Zeke practiced wielding his sword while simultaneously executing Magic Power Sealing.

Unlike magic reflection which distorted the surrounding magic field, the Magic Power Sealing technique adapted from Seven-Step Magic Mirror Breaking Flow could directly attack the source of magic power and block its flow.

As a result, mages affected by Magic Power Sealing couldn’t control their magic power, and their casting spells could even backfire.

‘This will be very useful when fighting mages.’

He could understand why Luther was called the Mage Slayer in his previous life.

After mastering the Seven-Step Magic Mirror Breaking Flow Technique, Zeke became very interested in recruiting the talented Luther Gemben.

Before leaving, he suggested to Luther about joining the Black Sword Knights.

“You mean the knight order you created, Lord Zeke?”

“Yes, now that I’ve become a high knight, I plan to register it as an official knight order soon. Having you, an official knight of Draker, would be a great help.”

As a fugitive, he had been minimizing his external activities.

So Luther hesitated and awkwardly stammered:

“I’m very grateful for the offer, but given my circumstances…”

Luther was politely declining.

Though disappointed, Zeke decided to step back for now.

That’s when Luther asked Zeke in a slightly trembling voice.

“B-by any chance, do you… do you see L-Lady Kali often?”

Zeke tilted his head at the unexpected question.

“Since Sister Kali and I are close, I do see her often, but why do you ask?”

Flustered by Zeke’s question, Luther hiccuped as he answered:

“N-no! It’s just, I-I respect Lady Kali as a knight… Just curious, haha!”

Luther stumbled over his words when Kali was mentioned.

Seeing Luther’s reaction, Zeke immediately understood his feelings.

‘He must admire Sister Kali.’

Kali Draker, the White Silver Knight, was not only famous in the Central Continent but also an object of admiration for aspiring knights.

Zeke could now understand why Luther joined the Draker rebels in his previous life.

‘He followed Sister Helen who inherited Sister Kali’s will. And when Sister Helen died too, he carried on that legacy and attacked the Imperial Army alone. It makes sense he would do that for a knight he respected.’

Zeke looked at Luther and said:

“We’re planning joint training with the White Silver Knights later. How about coming then for exchange purposes? Lady Kali will probably participate too.”

Luther looked like his breath had stopped at those words.

“I-is that really true?”

“I always keep my word once I give it.”

Luther immediately grabbed Zeke’s hands.

“I look forward to working with you. Please let me know if you need anything.”

It was the most accurate common language ever spoken by Luther.

After mastering the special technique from Gemben, he headed to Agamemnon Castle.

* * *

“What is this, really?.”

Kei, who had been lying low in the Cusco Kingdom for a while, arrived at the Southern Archipelago with the Syndicate members.

She was appointed as the chief director of the project to transform the Southern Archipelago into a trade intermediary headquarters, following Zeke’s orders.

But arriving at the camp, she he found it was chaos beyond chaos.

The dwarves brought by Gelion were shouting at the top of their lungs, drunk since midday with beer barrels they’d brought out before construction even began, while the merfolk who had settled on the island were hanging fish everywhere to dry in the sea breeze.

Then, someone approached Kei as he stood there dumbfounded.

“Kei, it’s been a while!”

Snow-white Arina waved with a smile.

Kei was startled to see Arina.

“Lady Arina? What brings you here?”

“Sir Zeke asked me to help develop the island. I heard there are many magical beasts here. I came early and have been hunting them with the children.”

Arina spoke about magical beast hunting as if it were a picnic.

Just then, a girl came floating through the air from the forest.

“Lady Arina!  Brother Zion and I caught this!”

Zion seemed to be levitating Alice with his psychic power.

She flew around Arina with a bright smile, holding up the head of a magical beast.

Arina smiled at the floating Alice and said:

“Very well done. But magical beasts are dangerous, so always be careful and stay close behind Zion.”

“Yes!”

Alice floated back into the forest.

Kei tried to hide his bewilderment as he spoke to the contentedly smiling Arina:

“W-well, Lady Arina. Shall we first understand the island’s structure and make plans step by step? We need to know what’s on the island first.”

Arina nodded with her usual smile at his words.

‘She’s even scarier when she smiles.’

That’s when it happened.

RAAAAAAAAR!

A massive roar echoed from the forest.

When Kei panicked, Arina waved her hand.

“Oh my, just a moment Kei.”

After reassuring Kei, Arina turned and stretched her hand toward the sky.

WOOOONG!

A huge amount of light gathered above her head, forming a massive magic circle.

CRACK!

White electricity sparked from the floating magic circle of light.

Then white lightning struck where the roar had come from.

BOOM! BOOM!

After several consecutive lightning strikes, the forest fell silent again.

Arina turned to Kei and said with a smile:

“Sometimes big ones like that show up. So, where should we start?”

Kei could understand why Zeke had sent Arina here.

‘At this level, she’s practically a ultimate weapon, isn’t she?’

But just then.

SWOOSH! SWOOSH!

BOOM!

A flare burst in the sky.

The smile on Arina’s face completely changed.

She turned and shouted:

“Everyone! Emergency!”

As she shouted and stretched out her hand, a massive magic circle spread beneath her feet, enveloping the entire camp in a translucent sphere.

The Fishermen who were drying fish and the dwarves who had been chugging beer suddenly straightened up, holding weapons.

Kei was bewildered by the sudden change.

‘W-what’s going on?’

And shortly.

THUD! THUD!

Rick’s group and the Rose Knights rushed inside Arina’s light barrier, carrying the children of Lubern.

When Zion set her down, Alice scurried over to Arina and cried out:

“Lady Arina! Th-there was something incredible in the forest!”

Arina had already sensed this was no ordinary situation when she saw the emergency flare.

Rick, Arin, Jason, and Claire were also checking if anyone was missing, their expressions grave.

Arina turned to look at Zion and Aaron.

Then Aaron spoke:

“We discovered a dungeon in the forest.”

Kei, who was behind them, was shocked at the mention of a dungeon.

“A dungeon on an island like this?”

That’s when Rick, who had finished checking everyone, approached and said:

“This is no ordinary dungeon.”

He took something out from his chest and handed it over.

Arina and Kei examined what Rick had brought.

Kei’s expression grew serious.

“This is…?”

What Rick brought was none other than a human head turned to stone.

Rick nodded and said:

“It seems there’s a ‘Medusa’ here.”

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