Dragonslayer’s Class Regression 200

Chapter 200

KWADEUDEUDEUK!

Bahamut pierced through the one-eyed warrior’s armor and heart.

[KHEUK!]

The one-eyed warrior grabbed the blade that pierced her body and shouted.

[K-Kill him!]

The other Dark Elf warriors rushed toward Zeke.

Zeke released his grip on Bahamut and unleashed the Infinite Chain Formation.

KWADEUDEUDEUK!

With Hersion equipped, his swinging limbs themselves were weapons.

The warriors who were struck by Zeke’s martial arts and magic were either buried in the ground or sent flying into the walls

‘Now seven remain.’

The one-eyed warrior stabbed by Bahamut used her last strength to rush at Zeke.

[Die! Human!]

Zeke turned his body and launched a Strong Wave  Resonance enhanced Foot Strike at the one-eyed warrior.

PANG!

With the sound of air bursting, Zeke’s fist blew away half of the one-eyed warrior’s body.

[URGHK!]

Only then did the one-eyed warrior completely collapse, slowly turning to ash and disappearing.

She glared at Zeke until the very moment she completely vanished.

‘Their hatred for humans is immense.’

Zeke shook his head at that gaze and looked around. After assessing the situation, he deactivated Hersion and faced off against the remaining Dark Elves with Bahamut in hand.

The other warriors seemed demoralized after the one-eyed warrior’s death.

Nevertheless, the Dark Elves rushed at Zeke.

SEOGEOK!

Zeke cut down all the rushing warriors with Bahamut.

Finally, Zeke faced off against the last remaining captain.

[You’re strong, human.]

“Dark Elf. Why did you enter this place?”

[We were on the battlefield. We were hiding from the human army. It’s been about two weeks since we stayed here.]

“Two weeks?”

The Dark Elves were only aware of about 2 weeks passing, not 2,000 years.

‘Were they staying here frozen in time as spirit bodies?’

Zeke recalled the message that appeared when he defeated the Orcs and Dark Elves.

‘It said cursed souls left the domain.’

As Zeke suspected, it seemed the souls of Orcs and Dark Elves were bound here to create this testing ground.

Then the Dark Elf captain drew her sword.

The swords in her hands felt different from what the other warriors carried – they were deformed blades made of a material like gleaming black jewels.

The Dark Elf captain looked at Zeke and spoke.

[Human. My name is Anexi. I am the greatest warrior of the Black River tribe. What is your name?]

Zeke answered Anexi’s question.

“Zeke Draker.”

Anexi nodded at his answer.

[Draker. A descendant of the Sword Saint?]

“Successor would be more accurate.”

[Zeke Draker, if what you say is true, and the Sword Saint’s power has been passed down even after 2000 years, then it seems we lost the war.]

“Anexi. When you speak of war, do you mean the battle between the Demon King’s Orc army and the human army led by Kaisir?”

Then Anexi raised her sword and spoke.

[I would prefer if you didn’t put us on the same level as filthy creatures like Orcs.]

She pointed her raised sword at Zeke.

[Whether your words are true or not doesn’t matter. I, Anexi, will uphold the honor of Black River as a warrior until the end.]

WHIIIIII!!

Suddenly Anexi whistled again.

Zeke stepped forward and unleashed Strong Wave Resonance.

WOOWOOWONG!

The vibrations of Strong Wave Resonance deflected Anexi’s whistle sound. In that state, Zeke swung his sword at Anexi.

HUWOOWONG!

Anexi jumped into the air and swung her sword with strange movements.

PACHING!

Zeke felt Anexi’s movements resembled Ishtar’s secret techniques.

WHIIK!

She spun in the air and swung the swords in both hands consecutively.

CHANG! CHANG! CHANG!

Using the rebound force from clashing with Zeke’s sword while airborne, Anexi continued her attacks.

As fast and irregular attacks poured down without pause, Zeke gradually felt his stamina dropping.

‘Such powerful breathless attacks.’

There wasn’t even a chance to breathe.

It wasn’t a problem when he had the Infinite Stamina skill, but now even a single breath was precious.

Then Anexi suddenly spun her body in the air and unleashed a spinning kick with her whole body weight.

HUWOOWONG!

The powerful kick struck Zeke’s chest.

“KHEUK!”

Hit by Anexi’s spinning kick, Zeke fell backward.

“HUU. HUU.”

But Zeke quickly got up holding Bahamut.

He had already used up much of his stamina and mana.

‘I need to settle this here.’

Zeke focused his mind and raised his sword.

WOOWOOWONG!

Zeke’s sword rang with a subtle resonance. Anexi also pointed her dual swords at Zeke.

She rushed at Zeke first.

SHUSHUSHUSHUK!

At that moment, her body split into multiple copies, creating duplicates of herself.

A clone technique created purely through skill, not magic.

Through Zeke’s eyes, trained in the Wind Storm technique, he could see the true nature of Anexi’s clone technique.

‘They are all the real body.’

All three clones were the real body, not afterimages.

Zeke channeled power into his sword.

KWAKWAKWAKWAKWA!

The Aura Blade, infused with his last remnants of power, surged from the sword.

Having squeezed out all his power, Zeke carefully concentrated the Aura Blade.

Then the flickering flame-like surface of the Aura Blade became calm.

Soon, Zeke’s Aura Blade appeared as if it was thinly coating the sword.

It rippled like a quiet lake, becoming more and more compressed.

SASASASAK!

Anexi’s three clones simultaneously swung their swords at Zeke.

Zeke took his stance and unleashed the Dragon Slaying technique.

However, it felt different from usual.

‘What is this sensation?’

It felt so quiet, as if no one was there.

Instead of using the True Dragon Sword technique, Zeke swung his hand as the sword guided him.

WHEEK!

He couldn’t feel the sensation of cutting at all.

As if cutting through empty air, there was nothing that resisted Zeke’s hand.

‘Is this…?’

When Zeke lowered his sword, Anexi stood before him holding a dagger, looking at him.

She looked at Zeke and said,

[That was an excellent strike. I’m glad I could maintain my warrior’s honor until the end.]

SEUSEUSEUSU!!

Anexi gradually faded away while looking at Zeke.

Only after she disappeared did Zeke release his tension and collapse on the spot.

A new realm glimpsed after exhausting all his power.

‘I’ve found a clue to becoming a Black Knight.’

Zeke felt he could now somewhat grasp what Rex Tourn had meant.

He caught his breath and then got up again to examine where Anexi had disappeared.

In her place remained two daggers and a flute.

―Flute Information―

Description: A flute made from ancient spirit wood

Unique Ability: Spirit Suppression

Special Note: The effect of spirit suppression increases with better musical performance.

―Dagger Information―

Description: A dagger made from an unknown mineral

Unique Ability: Indestructible

Special Note: A dagger passed down to the strongest warrior of the Black River tribe among the ancient Dark Elf race

Zeke was surprised when he saw the dagger information.

“Indestructible? I didn’t know there were weapons with this attribute besides Bahamut.”

It was also amazing that even the system couldn’t identify what material the dagger was made of.

As Zeke examined the dagger carefully out of curiosity, he felt like he had seen this material somewhere before.

‘Could this be…?’

He took out the Dragon Statue, an Elder Dragon relic, from his inventory.

The darkish Dragon Statue.

Zeke compared the Dragon Statue with Anexi’s dagger.

“They’re made of the same material?”

The indestructible dagger and the Dragon Statue were made of the same material.

A dagger made of the same material as the Dragon Statue, which contained the Elder Dragon’s spirit, couldn’t be an ordinary artifact.

‘I wonder if Master Golin would know what this is.’

Zeke gripped the dagger and swung it.

It was slightly heavy, but the balance was perfect.

“The shape is a bit different from the daggers I use… but I’ll get used to it with practice.”

Zeke put both the dagger and flute in his inventory.

Then he walked around the battlefield and collected all the curved swords left by the other Dark Elf warriors.

Unlike the Orc’s axes and armor, the Dark Elves’ swords were made of good material and had good weight balance.

After contemplating, Zeke decided to keep only two and sell the rest.

[You have acquired 220 points.]

Unlike Orc weapons that gave 10 points, Dark Elf weapons gave 20 points.

‘Not bad.’

Since inventory space was limited, it was better to sell them and convert them to karma points rather than being unable to carry them out.

Then Zeke discovered something different where the one-eyed warrior had fallen.

“I thought one was missing, this is armor, Hersion.”

It was similar in form to the Hersion he had obtained from the Goblin warrior.

Zeke tried on the Hersion left by the one-eyed warrior.

CHWARALARAK!

Though similar to Elf armor, the Dark Elf armor was black and felt more form-fitting.

Zeke checked the armor information.

―Armor Information―

Description: Light armor favored by Dark Elves

Unique Ability: Infiltration

Special Note: Very light and easy to move in.

Though its defense was lower than Elf armor, it seemed advantageous for night operations.

“This is a decent artifact. Since I can’t use stealth here, this could be useful as an alternative.”

Zeke also put the Dark Elf armor in his inventory.

Just then, a bright light flashed from somewhere.

Zeke headed toward the source of the light.

Moving quickly after the Dark Elves disappeared, he could see light rising from the floor to the ceiling in what looked like an altar.

“This must be the endpoint.”

Zeke stood where the light was emanating from.

Then messages appeared.

[You have perfectly cleared the Hidden Stage.]

[The Realm of the Battle God is impressed by the subject’s capabilities.]

[Rewards will be given for successful stage completion.]

[Determining rewards.]

[Rewards will be delivered to the subject.]

Four random boxes appeared before Zeke with a flash of light.

However, one of the random boxes looked different from the usual ones.

“Golden?”

While all random boxes until now had been bronze, one was gleaming in golden color.

[1,000 experience points awarded for surviving the Hidden Stage.]

[Three normal random boxes awarded for surviving the Hidden Stage.]

[One special random box awarded for clearing the Hidden Stage with remarkable capability.]

“A special random box.”

Though uncertain what it was, it seemed good.

Zeke opened the normal random boxes first. Two medals and one bow emerged.

―Medal Information―

Description: A medal containing the power of the ancient Orc race

Unique Ability: Battle Cry

Special Note: Can inspire allies’ morale and abilities depending on the user’s capability.

―Medal Information―

Description: A medal containing the power of the ancient Dark Elf race

Unique Ability: Taming

Special Note: Can tame difficult-to-control creatures.

―Bow Information―

Description: A bow favored by the ancient Elf race

Unique Ability: Penetration

Special Note: Can penetrate targets even with small arrows.

The medals containing Orc and Dark Elf powers, plus an enchanted bow appeared.

“Not bad. The Orc medal has a buff function. I could amplify abilities more by absorbing it with Gluttony and using area buffs. And let’s see… Taming? Is this how they tamed Hellhounds and Wyverns?”

Zeke recalled Arthur Draker moving through the air riding a Wyvern.

While Bucephalus could fly, long-distance travel was impossible, and even the transformed Richmond had limited duration.

If monster taming was possible, it could greatly reduce travel time.

“Good. Now for that special random box…”

Zeke swallowed hard and slowly opened the golden box.

A brilliant light flashed from inside.

‘How flashy.’

When the light faded, Zeke examined the item from the box.

“What’s this?”

From the special random box emerged a peculiarly shaped necklace.

Zeke picked up the necklace and examined it carefully.

An eye-like pattern was engraved inside a circular metal medal.

Zeke immediately checked the necklace information.

―Necklace Information―

Description: Shambhala’s Third Eye

Unique Divine Power: Eye of Truth

Special Note: The wearer awakens spiritual sight and can discern truth.

Zeke was surprised at the necklace information.

“A divine power to discern truth?”

This was the first artifact containing divine power that Zeke had seen.

Zeke put on the necklace.

There was no change, likely because divine powers couldn’t be used inside the inverted tower.

‘I’ll have to wait until I’m outside to know what it does.’

Zeke excitedly stored the necklace in his inventory.

Then new messages appeared.

[The trial ground structure is changing.]

[Moving to Hidden Stage equivalent to floors 51-90.]

[As difficulty has been arbitrarily adjusted, corresponding rewards will be given upon Hidden Stage completion.]

Once again, the Battle God’s Realm adjusted the stage at will.

Zeke’s body was enveloped in light.

The scenery changed instantly.

‘Where is this?’

More accustomed to it the second time, Zeke looked around. The atmosphere was completely different from the Dark Elf ruins.

A sealed labyrinth spread before his eyes again.

While checking the map to understand the labyrinth’s structure, Zeke heard something approaching from down the corridor.

KUNG! KUNG! KUNG!

Heavy footsteps that shook the ground. It could be a large monster.

Soon, the approaching being appeared at the corridor’s end.

Zeke was shocked at its appearance.

‘Could this be… a demon?’

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