Dragonslayer’s Class Regression 199

Chapter 199

Zeke was rather surprised by the Dark Elf’s reaction.

‘They don’t know that two thousand years have passed? Is time flowing differently here?’

Zeke asked the Dark Elf warrior again.

“I entered this ‘Inverted Tower’ to take Tyr’s test. Why are you here?”

The Dark Elf warrior who stepped forward raised his deformed sword again.

[So you’re Tyr’s spawn! Persistent and tenacious bastard! I’ll cut off your head and send it to Tyr’s camp!]

Although the system was interpreting the language, communication was not going well at all.

‘These guys are as warlike as Orcs.’

The Dark Elves raised their deformed swords again and slowly circled around Zeke.

They formed a formation and rushed toward Zeke all at once.

SWISH!

Snake-like deformed swords flew from all directions.

Zeke deflected the deformed swords with his shield and charged toward the closest one.

CRASH!

One of them was hit by the shield and flew into the wall.

Without stopping, Zeke stepped on the air to change direction and swung his sword at the others.

CRASH!

The Dark Elf’s deformed sword was deflected by the force in Zeke’s sword.

Zeke then extended the length of Bahamut.

SWOOSH!

The Dark Elf, who never expected the sword to lengthen, had his heart pierced by Bahamut.

SWISH!

Zeke calmly disrupted the balance of their formation and proceeded to deal with the Dark Elves.

‘They’re as skilled in group combat as the green warriors who summoned Arataso.’

The green warriors could read each other’s thoughts and moved as one body.

In contrast, the Dark Elves pressured Zeke by showcasing their formation perfected through countless training sessions.

Zeke didn’t rush and calmly deflected their attacks while looking for an opening.

CLASH!

When they couldn’t break through Zeke’s solid defense even with consecutive attacks, one of the Dark Elf warriors gave a signal.

WHEEEEE!

Then something flew in from the air.

‘Is that… a wyvern?’

It looked like a wyvern, but seemed smaller than usual ones.

Looking closely, there was a Dark Elf sitting on the wyvern flying in the air.

The Dark Elf warrior rode the wyvern and threw a spear at Zeke.

WHOOSH!

Zeke quickly jumped away while raising his shield to avoid the falling spear.

The spear falling from the sky landed exactly on the shield Zeke was holding.

BOOM!

A massive explosion occurred as soon as the spear touched the shield.

“UGH!”

Zeke rolled on the ground from the unexpected explosion.

[Shield durability has fallen below 60%.]

One throwing spear reduced durability by more than 30%.

‘Damn!’

The shield needed time to repair. But there was no time to repair the shield during such an intense battle.

Then another spear fell toward Zeke from the air.

BOOM!

The accurately thrown spear was more effective than randomly falling magic.

BOOM!

Finally, the shield that took consecutive impacts broke.

Zeke took out his scabbard that he hadn’t used in a while, unfolded it to form a shield shape, and consumed the potions stored in the slot.

It was a Healing Potion, Stamina Potion, and ‘Potion of the Sky’ that increased agility.

“WHEW!”

Zeke took a breath and looked up at the falling throwing spear while holding his sword.

WHOOSH!

Zeke jumped into the air toward the falling spear.

“HAAH!”

Riding the wind with Wind Technique, Zeke deflected the incoming throwing spear with his sword and sent it back.

The spear changed direction and flew toward where the wyvern was.

BOOM!

The wyvern made a sharp turn to avoid the incoming throwing spear.

At that moment, something flew beside the wyvern.

SLASH!

The sword crescent thrown by Zeke had torn the wyvern’s wing.

SCREECH!

The wyvern screamed and lost balance, crashing to the ground.

CRASH!

Both the wyvern and the Dark Elf warrior on top fell and crashed into the ground.

[UGH!]

The Dark Elf warrior trapped under the fallen wyvern crawled out dragging his broken leg.

But someone was already standing in front of the Dark Elf warrior.

[Y-you human!]

Zeke looked at the crawling Dark Elf warrior with cold eyes.

The Dark Elf warrior took out a dagger from his chest and tried to cut Zeke’s ankle.

STAB!

But Zeke easily avoided the dagger and stabbed the Dark Elf warrior’s back.

SWISH!

Both the Dark Elf warrior and the wyvern turned to ashes and disappeared.

Zeke picked up the spear that remained there.

It looked like an ordinary spear on the outside, but he was curious about what principle caused the explosion.

Zeke put the spear in his inventory, hid his body between nearby cover, and observed the movements of other Dark Elves.

However, he couldn’t sense any presence.

‘Did they run away?’

Zeke hid in another hideout he had spotted earlier, away from the ruined city.

His body was covered in wounds from the explosive spears.

Zeke applied potion to his wounds and drank the rest to replenish his health.

“It’s been a while since my body’s been wounded.”

This was everyday life in his past life.

Though he could use healing, without abilities like Healing Factor, his face and body were covered in wounds until he had a chance to use healing.

While reminiscing about the past and replenishing his strength by eating jerky, a message window suddenly appeared before Zeke’s eyes.

[The Battle God’s Domain is impressed by the subject’s performance.]

[Additional rewards will be given for liberating the souls of the remaining Dark Elf warriors.]

[Remaining Dark Elf warriors: 13]

‘What’s this now?’

Zeke tilted his head while checking the message. It felt like the Inverted Tower was encouraging him to show more of what he could do.

‘Like with the Orcs. This place was definitely created to train someone with some intention. Who was this place made to train?’

While the training purpose seemed clear, the labyrinth’s scale seemed excessive for just training, and the monsters were too realistic.

Zeke stopped thinking there and stood up holding his sword while looking at the number of Dark Elf warriors shown in the message window.

‘I’ll probably find out the true identity of this place after completing the quest.’

He tried to find the remaining Dark Elf warriors while hiding his presence with Golin’s shield.

Then, he heard something from far away.

‘What’s that?’

A sorrowful sound was echoing throughout the empty city.

Zeke enhanced his eyesight and looked toward the source of the sound.

Someone was standing on top of a building, blowing what looked like a stick-shaped flute. The sorrowful sound came from that flute.

‘I don’t know what they’re doing, but openly exposing their position like that. Is it a trap?’

Though puzzled, Zeke slowly approached the figure playing music while holding his sword.

However, strength strangely began leaving his body.

At the same time, his body relaxed and Zeke started following the sorrowful sound with blank eyes.

WOONG!

The mysterious energy emitting from the stick drew Zeke in.

Soon, the focus disappeared from Zeke’s eyes.

He trudged toward where the playing figure was, led by the sound.

Following orders transmitted through the music, Zeke stopped in front of the building.

Then Dark Elves hidden everywhere revealed themselves.

One figure jumped out and immediately swung their sword at Zeke.

CLANG!

But the one playing music on the building suddenly appeared and blocked the attack.

The Dark Elf warrior who had their attack blocked threw off their mask and shouted.

[Captain! We must kill this human immediately!]

The Dark Elf warrior who revealed their face was missing an eye and had burns and scars all over their face.

The captain then said to the one-eyed warrior.

[If this human was truly sent from Tyr’s camp, we need to interrogate him for information.]

The one-eyed warrior seemed to have intense hatred for humans as he glared at the blank-faced Zeke while grinding his teeth.

But he eventually backed off at the captain’s words. The captain also removed her mask and revealed her face.

She had beautiful features similar to an Elf but with dark brown skin.

The captain asked Zeke.

[Is it true that Tyr sent you?]

The unfocused Zeke shook his head.

The captain asked again.

[Report the current situation outside.]

Zeke stood silently without answering. The captain approached Zeke and spoke once more.

[I ordered you to report the battlefield situation in detail.]

That’s when it happened.

SWISH!

In an instant, Zeke’s hand grabbed the Dark Elf captain’s neck.

He instantly put a dagger to her neck and took the Dark Elf captain hostage.

Other Dark Elves aimed their arrows at Zeke.

The one-eyed warrior shouted at Zeke.

[Cursed human! How are you conscious?]

Having experienced mental attacks when first meeting Dark Elves, Zeke had prepared potions effective against curses beforehand.

Without answering, Zeke held the Dark Elf captain’s neck and said.

“Hey, Dark Elf. Don’t tell me you think this is still the Hero King era?”

At those words, the Dark Elf captain slowly opened her mouth.

[What do you mean by Hero King era?]

“Hero King Kaisir.”

The Dark Elf captain replied to Zeke’s words.

[Kaisir, what do you mean that cursed war machine is the Hero King?]

The Dark Elf captain’s words confused Zeke as well.

‘Master Kaisir, a war machine?’

The Kaisir he knew was eccentric and rough around the edges, but never showed the cruelty worthy of being called a war machine. Rather, his history showed he mostly avoided using force unless absolutely necessary.

Zeke spoke to the Dark Elves.

“It’s been two thousand years since the era when Hero King Kaisir and Knight of Valor Tyr were active.”

At Zeke’s words, the captain and other warriors were startled.

Only the one-eyed Dark Elf glared at Zeke while grinding his teeth.

[Fools! Wake up! This vile human is wagging his tongue to poison our minds!]

He seemed filled with hatred for humans to his core.

That’s when it happened.

WHEEE!

At the captain’s whistle, Zeke momentarily felt his body paralyze.

‘Is the potion’s effect already fading?’

In that instant, the Dark Elf captain spun and struck Zeke’s temple with her elbow.

THUD!

Zeke barely regained his senses and blocked the attack. As soon as the captain stepped aside, the one-eyed warrior shouted.

[SHOOT!]

Dozens of arrows flew toward Zeke.

SWOOSH!

Zeke ducked and rolled on the ground. Simultaneously, dust rose and blocked visibility.

The Dark Elves poured more arrows into the dust cloud.

The thick dust cloud obscured Zeke’s form.

[Cease fire!]

At the one-eyed warrior’s gesture, one warrior slowly approached with a deformed sword.

It was to confirm Zeke’s death.

Then it happened.

[UGH!]

A hand wrapped in solid armor grabbed the warrior’s neck.

Zeke had quickly activated Hersion and deflected all the arrows.

Even with his neck grabbed, the Dark Elf warrior swung his sword at Zeke.

CLANG!

The deformed sword couldn’t penetrate Hersion and bounced off.

Zeke applied force to the hand gripping the warrior’s neck.

CRACK!

The Dark Elf warrior died with a broken neck.

THUD!

The body of the neck-broken Dark Elf warrior turned to ash and disappeared.

Zeke’s eyes flashed inside his helmet.

“Twelve left now.”

There was now a time limit on how long he could wear Hersion.

Zeke charged straight at the captain with Bahamut.

CLANG!

Instead of the captain, the one-eyed warrior jumped in to block Zeke’s sword.

[Human! I’ll flay your skin and use it as a banner!]

Zeke swung his sword at the one-eyed warrior.

CLASH!

Since Aura Blade consumed too much stamina and mana, Zeke fought the Dark Elves primarily with swordsmanship.

Zeke stepped forward and unleashed the True Dragon Sword Technique.

Boom!

The one-eyed warrior stepped back and suddenly turned pale.

She spoke while trembling.

[The, Sword Saint…!]

Surprisingly, she knew Sethon Draker’s swordsmanship.

She shouted at Zeke.

[You! What’s your connection to the Sword Saint?!]

Without answering, Zeke charged straight at the one-eyed warrior and unleashed the Dragon Slaying Technique.

Dragon Slaying Technique  True Dragon Sword Form

Chapter 6 Verse 1

Dragon Heart Strike

Bahamut, imbued with the True Dragon’s power, charged fiercely toward the one-eyed warrior’s heart.

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