Dragonslayer’s Class Regression 188

Chapter 188

Zeke was flustered as information suddenly poured out.

‘The great mage who uses Nirvana’s castle?’

He finally realized her identity.

“Could it be that Lord Hoshgar is the founder of the Nirvana family?”

Hoshgar tilted her head at Zeke’s words.

“Family? I have never left any successors.”

“The Nirvana family is not a family formed by blood relatives. It is the most outstanding wizard family that gathers talented individuals, raises them as mages, and then bestows the name of Nirvana.”

Hoshgar scratched her cheek, thought deeply, and then nodded.

“I seem to have created something similar before I went into seclusion.”

Surprisingly, Hoshgar was indeed the founder of the Nirvana family.

‘He seems to know Terakan well. If they were comrades who fought together in the Liberation War, that would make sense.’

The three great transcendent families of the continent – Draker, Nirvana, and Ishtar – began to fully reveal themselves during the Liberation War and the Golden Age that followed.

While the Ishtar family went down to the southern border and established their own territory, the Nirvana family established their base on the Aten Peninsula in the northern continent, traveling between the islands of the Storm Sea and maintaining exchanges with the Eastern Empire.

The Nirvana mages who have continued their lineage until now were different from the Delpoa wizards and the magic tower that leads the continental magic world.

They do not engage in activities such as submitting papers to the magic academic community or announcing new magical theories.

The Nirvana mages pursue the magical world in the direction they desire and will do anything to achieve that.

‘That’s why the Nirvana mages are unpredictable. But they are stronger than any other group of wizards.’

In his previous life, Zeke was not on good terms with the Nirvana mages.

When the Continental War broke out and the Empire swallowed up Midland and the Central Kingdom, pushing up to the northern continent,

As the Northern Alliance, centered on Himonas, prepared for war with the Empire, Nirvana declared neutrality.

They drew a line, stating that they would not get involved in the war between the Empire and the northern continent.

At that time, Zeke had visited the Nirvana family as an envoy of Himonas.

He had tried to persuade the Nirvana family for quite a long time but ultimately could not change their minds.

‘Those Nirvana guys don’t listen to anything except what they’re interested in. Crazy bastards.’

Zeke came to his senses and asked Hoshgar,

“Lord Hoshgar, what does the prophecy of destruction mean?”

He had heard a brief mention through Bahamut’s memories but did not know the exact details.

Hoshgar looked at Zeke and spoke.

“There was a dragon who prophesied the destruction of the world.”

Zeke knew which dragon she was talking about.

‘Chronos.’

The contract dragon of the Hero King Kaisir, who helped the sword saint Sethon Draker create the Charam Sword Result and predicted the future with the power of time.

Hoshgar continued,

“According to that dragon’s prophecy, we prepared for war. Even the kingdom guys who initially did not believe our words began to build defense lines when gates opened and monsters and beasts started pouring out.”

“What do you mean by ‘gates’?”

“It’s a bit different from portals… It’s hard to explain. I’ll just show you.”

Hoshgar waved her hand.

Suddenly, a three-dimensional video screen appeared in the air.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

A huge hole appeared between the sky and the ground.

And something began to emerge from the dark hole.

BOOM! THUD! THUD!

Massive beasts, as if a mountain was moving, walked out of the hole.

After the large beasts came out in a line, medium-sized beasts and monster legions, and even lower-ranked demons followed.

Zeke opened his mouth wide looking at the video.

“Is this hole the ‘gate’?”

“Yes. A passage connecting the demon realm and the current world. An abnormal phenomenon outside the laws of karma.”

“Are you saying this hole is connected to the demon realm?”

“Yes, while higher-ranked demons cannot come out, the beasts and lower-ranked demons living in the demon realm could travel between worlds through this. And even these lower-ranked demons are not to be ignored. In terms of knights, each one possesses the power of at least a blue-ranked knight.”

The number of lower-ranked demons shown in the video was in the thousands.

‘Thousands of blue-ranked knights? My God.’

If the lower-ranked demons were at this level, it was hard to imagine the power of mid-ranked or high-ranked demons.

Zeke thought of Arataso sealed in his sword. Given that it called itself a high-ranked demon, its actual power in the demon realm would be at least black-ranked knight level.

Zeke asked Hoshgar a question he had been wondering about.

“So did the dragons create these gates? To borrow the power of the demon realm to destroy humans?”

At Zeke’s words, Hoshgar’s eyes suddenly widened.

Then, sighing as if it was absurd, she spoke.

“What are you talking about? Why would dragons open the gates? We would barely be enough to stop them.”

“Didn’t the dragons start the Liberation War? If the dragons didn’t create these gates, then who did?”

Hoshgar’s body trembled slightly, and her dragon eyes flashed.

“What did you just say? The dragons started the Liberation War?”

Zeke felt that Hoshgar’s reaction was unusual.

He quickly pulled out a book from his inventory about the dragon slayer legend and the history of the Liberation War.

Hoshgar suppressed her anger and took the book Zeke brought out.

“Reading.”

Suddenly, the book levitated in the air, spread out, and its letters began to shine.

Hoshgar’s dragon eyes also began to emit light.

After a moment, the book that had been floating dropped to the floor.

Sitting in her chair, Hoshgar bit her molars and stood up.

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!

The entire space, including the reception room and the mansion, began to shake.

A red light swirled in Hoshgar’s dragon eyes.

“How dare… they distort this war like this?”

Zeke also knew that the Draker family had been censoring and controlling the dragon slayer legend.

But seeing the main party so enraged, it seemed the content was more than just minimized.

Hoshgar shouted in a voice filled with anger.

“The evil dragon Bahamut? These crazy bastards! If it weren’t for Bahamut, the current world would have disappeared, yet these ungrateful human bastards!”

Hoshgar, a dragon being, expressed humans as if they were a different species.

Zeke waited for Hoshgar to calm down.

Hoshgar jumped around the reception room, pouring out curses about humans like crazy. Only after drinking three strong espressos in succession did she finally calm down and sit back down.

“PHEW. Sorry. I got a bit excited.”

“It’s nothing. Don’t worry about it.”

If a great mage could vent her anger by cursing a bit and shaking the ground, it was considered cheap.

His former master, the Forest Hermit Nigel, would only calm down after the ground would sink and a mountain would split when he got angry.

The Forest of the Forgotten was a place cursed in ancient times, endlessly filled with floods. If it weren’t for that curse, the master’s temper would have quickly turned the place into a wasteland.

Hoshgar put down her espresso cup and told Zeke,

“That book is completely wrong. The Liberation War was not about being liberated from dragons.”

“Then what were they liberated from?”

Hoshgar ground her teeth and said,

“What else? Those damn constellation beings.”

“Pardon?”

Zeke inadvertently asked back, completely unexpected.

He slowly continued,

“By constellation, do you mean the ones I know? From the Thirteen Palaces…”

“No, not those. The ones below them.”

“By ‘those below’, do you mean the demons of the demon realm?”

“Demons, yes. Good and evil are concepts created from a human perspective, so the meaning is slightly different, but yes, I mean those beings. The constellations exiled to the demon realm.”

“Do you mean the Liberation War was a war to escape from those constellations?”

“Yes. Those beings seduced humans, made them their slaves, and used that power to trick the laws of karma and intervene in the current world. Thanks to that, the humans of the Seven Kingdoms repeatedly harbored resentment, fought, and killed each other.”

“What were the demons trying to do?”

“What else? They wanted to crawl back up here.”

“To the current world?”

“Yes. The demon realm is an imperfect world existing between the current world and the distant abyss. The constellations exiled there try to maintain their existence in this imperfect world by creating safe zones with their powers and expanding their followers to protect their territories. But even so, it remains an unstable and imperfect world. That’s why they always want to return to the current world.”

“But if even high-ranked demons can’t enter the current world, how can the demon constellations do so?”

“Originally, it was impossible. But they came up with a trick. They found a way to deceive karma and remain in the current world.”

Zeke recalled a story he had heard from Richmond.

“A dragon’s body?”

“Exactly. If they corrupt a dragon, devour its soul, and take its body, even a constellation can exist in the current world. Additionally, by gathering numerous human souls to build their domain and regain their powers, they can even draw power from the demon realm.”

Zeke’s expression hardened upon hearing Hoshgar’s words.

“My god, could it be that the role of the dragon slayers is…”

Hoshgar’s expression also darkened.

She slowly spoke, “Providing refuge to dragons whose bodies have been stolen by fallen constellations. That is the role of the dragon slayers.”

Zeke now understood the significance of Terakan Draker’s battle with the Red Dragon while riding Pegasus.

With a stiff expression, he asked Hoshgar, “So was Bahamut, known as the evil dragon, also dominated by demons?”

Hoshgar bit her lip.

Suppressing a sigh, she said, “Bahamut… was never corrupted. He chose to devour the Demon King’s soul himself and be killed by his contractor to protect everyone.”

“Demon King?”

“Yes. The leader of the fallen constellations, the rotten being who wanted to dominate the current world. Stupid humans awakened the sealed Demon King. Thanks to that, I lost my most beloved friend.”

“My god.”

Zeke couldn’t continue speaking after learning the truth about the Liberation War.

The hidden truth was that Bahamut, recorded as humanity’s enemy and the dragon of destruction who tried to annihilate the continent, had actually sacrificed himself to save everyone from the Demon King.

Hoshgar gnashed her teeth, her dragon eyes flashing.

“Ungrateful humans. Bahamut didn’t need to save the current world like that. Yet he made that choice. Because of that damn Terakan.”

An enormous killing intent arose from Hoshgar’s body, incomparable to earlier.

The materialized killing intent was like thousands or tens of thousands of needles piercing the skin.

Zeke had felt something similar before.

‘Arthur Draker’s Astral Sword.’

The Astral Sword, which could be created upon reaching black knight level, was an ultimate technique that could kill an enemy through willpower alone.

Yet Hoshgar, who wasn’t a knight, had created a materialized killing intent similar to the Astral Sword. It demonstrated the dignity of a great mage.

Suddenly, the killing intent filling the reception room vanished instantly.

She apologetically looked at Zeke.

“Sorry. I got excited again without realizing.”

Then she looked at Zeke curiously.

“Oh? Come to think of it, you’re fine after directly receiving my power. Surprising. You’re really strong.”

Though it might sound arrogant at first, Hoshgar was genuinely admiring Zeke’s abilities. Given her status, Zeke nodded in thanks.

About to say more, she clapped her hands and shook her head.

“Look at my mind. I’ve been doing everything but sharing what I actually needed to tell you.”

Hoshgar continued looking at Zeke.

“Anyway, we thought we prevented destruction according to Chronos’s, the dragon’s, prophecy. But that wasn’t the case.”

“It wasn’t?”

“That’s right. Chronos’s prophecy isn’t over, and we misunderstood.”

“Wasn’t the Demon King stopped by Bahamut’s sacrifice?”

“Yes, that’s true. But the Demon King was not completely eliminated.”

“What do you mean?”

Hoshgar looked at Zeke and asked, “Have you ever heard of the King in Yellow?”

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