Dragonslayer’s Class Regression 214

Chapter 214

“Zeke Draker.”

Seeing that Zeke came here right after emerging from the Trial of Struggle, it seemed they had been waiting for him to come out.

As he stepped forward, Rex Tourn spoke.

“Have you seen the end of the trial?”

Zeke nodded at his words.

“Yes. I passed all the tests up to the 100th floor, the lowest level of the trial.”

Rex Tourn’s eyebrows twitched at Zeke’s words.

The administrators, including Rex Tourn, were holding their breath as they watched Zeke.

Zeke couldn’t tell what Rex Tourn was thinking as he remained silent.

‘Whether conquering the tower will be a path or become anger… let’s probe first.’

Zeke immediately knelt on one knee and spoke respectfully toward Rex Tourn.

“I have something to say to Rex Tourn, head of the Tourn family.”

Zeke took a breath and continued.

“After reaching the lowest floor of the Trial of Struggle, I realized an amazing secret about the Tourn family.”

Rex Tourn’s thick eyebrows twitched at his words.

“What do you mean by that?”

Zeke reached into his chest and pulled out the ‘Secret Manual of Giant God Hunting’ from his inventory.

As Zeke handed the manual to Rex Tourn, he slowly opened his mouth.

“This is the secret manual of the Battle God Tyr.”

“Battle God? Who uses such a blasphemous name?”

Rex Tourn showed this reaction because it was his first time hearing the name Battle God Tyr.

Zeke took a breath and corrected the name again.

“Battle God Tyr is the true name of ‘Tius’, the Knight of Valor who was one of the representative knights of the Clock Tower of the Chronos Kingdom and the king of the northern continent’s Kingdom of Creta.”

At those words, not only Rex Tourn but also the administrators present were shocked.

“Knight of Valor Tius!”

“He’s a legendary hero!”

Zeke drove the point home while looking at Rex Tourn.

“The Tourn family are descendants who inherited the bloodline of Fighting God Tyr, the Knight of Valor and hero.”

The administrators murmured at Zeke’s words.

Then Rex Tourn stomped his foot hard.

THUD!

When the powerful wave spread around, the administrators who were murmuring behind stood at attention with their mouths shut.

He thrust his face toward Zeke and shouted loudly.

“The Tourn family being descendants of Tius. Can you truly take responsibility for those words, Zeke Draker! Can you really be accountable for saying that!”

Zeke nodded in response.

“I swear on a knight’s honor that it is the truth.”

Rex Tourn looked at Tyr’s secret manual that Zeke had handed over.

If Zeke’s words were true, it was a precious manual whose value could not be measured.

Zeke looked at Rex Tourn again and said.

“Although I learned that secret art to pass the Trial of Struggle, if the Tourn family does not permit it, I will seal that technique forever.”

It was principle that family secrets were forbidden from being leaked even among blood allies.

Of course, Zeke had no real intention of sealing the technique.

‘I can just use it secretly without the Tourn family knowing.’

Anyway, to properly use the Giant God Hunting technique, one needed Tyr’s weapon ‘Titan slayer’.

Since the Giant Hunter was stored in Zeke’s inventory, there was no risk of being caught by the Tourn family.

To Zeke, Tyr’s secret manual was just an empty shell, so he handed it over to Rex Tourn without any attachment.

‘If this can build a relationship with the Tourn family, it’s a profitable deal.’

Rex Tourn looked at Zeke and said.

“You surely know the value of this manual, so why give it to me?”

Zeke took a breath and said.

“The rightful owner of that manual is the Tourn family, descendants of the Battle God. I simply thought it was my duty as a knight to return lost property to its owner.

Zeke continued.

“Also… I consider the Tourn family true allies. How could I covet and take what belongs to a friend?”

Suddenly, Rex Tourn threw the Giant God Hunting manual on the floor.

For a moment, Zeke gritted his teeth internally at Rex’s action.

‘Has the plan failed?’

If it were Arthur Draker, being skilled at such schemes, he might have seen through his intentions.

But he thought his plan would work on Rex Tourn who valued loyalty, so this unexpected reaction was surprising.

Rex Tourn looked down at Zeke and said.

“Zeke Draker, did you think I would be pleased if you said that?”

Hearing Rex Tourn’s words, Zeke thought his plan had definitely failed.

‘How unexpected. I underestimated the Tourn family…’

But something felt strange.

Rex Tourn, who had been looking down at Zeke, suddenly lifted his head and shouted at the ceiling.

“Did you think this Rex Tourn would be moved by such words!”

‘Huh?’

Zeke looked up at Rex Tourn, sensing something strange.

Rex Tourn’s eyes, gazing at the ceiling, were red, and he appeared to be struggling to hold back hot tears.

Zeke was rather flustered by Rex Tourn’s reaction.

‘W-what’s going on?’

Rex Tourn suddenly approached Zeke, grabbed his shoulders, and pulled him to his feet.

Then he shouted as if barking:

“Zeke Draker! Your burning friendship toward the Tourn family! That spirit! I see it well!”

An overwhelmingly passionate gaze poured from the eyes of Rex Tourn and the administrators.

‘Huh?’

Zeke’s plan had worked better than expected.

Rex Tourn patted Zeke’s shoulder and said:

“Not only are you the first to pass the Trial of Struggle, but you discovered the roots of the Tourn family yourself! And brought evidence too! Zeke Draker! You’re already like family to our Tourn household!”

Rex Tourn pulled Zeke into a tight embrace with his broad, firm chest.

The administrators watching from the side finally couldn’t hold back, clapping with hot tears in their eyes.

“Sir Zeke Draker! We’re moved!”

“Eternal ally of Tourn!”

“Zeke Draker! A true warrior’s model! We’re captivated by your passion!”

The Tourn family members’ reaction was so intense that Zeke couldn’t help but be flustered.

‘This is crazy.’

With Rex Tourn acting like this, Zeke almost felt guilty.

But since things had come to this, he decided to drive the point home.

He broke free from Rex Tourn’s embrace and spoke with the most moved expression he could manage:

“I don’t know how to handle myself when the family head and everyone from the Tourn family think so highly of me. Rather, I learned so much through the Trial of Struggle.”

At those words, Rex Tourn asked Zeke with a serious expression.

“What did you gain inside?”

After considering how to answer while reading Rex Tourn’s eyes, Zeke took a deep breath and spoke.

“I gained the true mindset of a warrior.”

At Zeke’s words, Rex Tourn closed his eyes tightly, feeling a touching emotion.

After savoring the lingering emotion, he opened his eyes again and patted Zeke’s shoulder.

“Zeke Draker. Never forget the warrior’s heart you’ve preciously gained.”

Zeke nodded while meeting Rex Tourn’s gaze.

The passionate atmosphere that had filled the space gradually subsided.

Zeke wiped his cold sweat and let out a sigh of relief.

‘Phew, the plan almost fell apart there.’

Thanks to his experience in the North from his previous life, he was able to play along – otherwise, he might have been too flustered to respond properly.

Thus, Zeke’s return concluded with a warm welcome.

* * *

Rex Tourn decided to hold a grand banquet for Zeke and took him to the Tourn family’s main house.

Rex Tourn said he would tell Zeke about his mother as promised.

‘Arthur forbade mentioning Laura, but what does it matter? Come whenever you want to hear about her.’

Zeke finally caught his breath after entering the guest room of the Tourn main house.

‘It feels like I’m finally getting some rest after a long time.’

Zeke was about to lie down on the bed when he seemed to remember something and got up.

“This isn’t the time. I should organize my karma points while I have time.”

He had gained quite a lot from the Inverted Tower.

Not only did he find a clue to advance to Black Knight after breaking through the wall that had been blocking him, but he also gained new authorities and abilities.

“Should I try out the newly acquired authority ‘Shadow Dominion’ first?”

When Zeke unleashed ‘Shadow Dominion’, his shadow suddenly rippled and rose up.

Amazingly, Zeke’s shadow separated from him and began moving freely.

“The shadow moves?”

Moreover, the separated shadow could move freely according to Zeke’s will. He tried moving the shadow stealthily.

Just then, he saw a servant walking down the corridor. Zeke moved his shadow to seep into the servant’s shadow.

THUD!

When Zeke’s shadow had fully merged, amazingly, he became able to control the servant.

Additionally, although fragmentary, information about the servant was transmitted to Zeke.

‘So they were bringing me a light meal?.’

Zeke released the shadow dominion.

The servant, who had momentarily paused under Zeke’s control, continued moving as if nothing had happened.

KNOCK KNOCK!

The servant approached Zeke’s door, knocked, and set up food on the table.

“Please let me know if you need anything else, Sir Zeke.”

After the servant withdrew, Zeke recalled his shadow.

“So this is Shadow Dominion. It could be useful for espionage and assassination.”

It seemed that as the authority grew stronger, the range of shadows he could control would expand, and he would be able to extract more information.

Next, Zeke examined the newly unlocked advanced administrator functions.

“Come to think of it, they said the Defense Mode was unlocked. What is this?”

Zeke entered the administrator system and opened the Defense Mode settings.

[Loading list of ‘Base Areas’ that can be linked with Defense Mode]

―Area List―

1. ???’s Fortress

2. Dragon Slayer’s Tomb

3. Hero King’s Resting Place

4. Sky Tribe’s Sanctuary

5. Giant’s Guardian Tower (Access Denied)

6. The Ark

“What is this?”

A list of ancient ruins that could connect to the administrator system appeared.

“Bird Tribe’s Sanctuary… Come to think of it, Terakan Draker called that place the 4th Defense Base.”

He remembered watching through past footage how Terakan Draker led the Dragon Slayer unit in their battle against the demon beast legion.

Zeke could somewhat grasp what Defense Mode was.

“Does this mean I can control defense bases like the Bird’s Tribe’s Sanctuary through the system?”

In the past footage he saw, when the gate opened, an enormous number of monsters and demon beast legions poured in.

Normal walls would have been insufficient to stop them.

‘With large demon beasts and dragons corrupted by demon energy flying around…’

Zeke recalled the solid rock walls protecting the Rock Tribe’s village.

While it appeared to be just stacked rocks on the outside, mysterious ancient power dwelled within.

The reason the demon energy-corrupted hydra couldn’t enter the Rock Tribe’s village was likely because of those rock walls.

‘What’s ???’s Fortress?’

Zeke pressed number 1 on the area list.

The screen changed and a map unfolded.

“Huh? This is…”

Surprisingly, what appeared on the map was the Agamemnon Castle located in Mycenae.

Zeke finally remembered the message that had appeared when he eliminated the demon energy from Agamemnon Castle during the Great Purification.

“It said emergency defense mode was being deactivated.”

At the time, he had tried testing if the castle could change settings like the Dragon Slayer’s Tomb or Hero King’s Resting Place when he saw it connecting to the system, but there were no other changes after that so he had forgotten about it.

“Ah, so it can’t be done with the regular administrator system – it needs to be linked with Defense Mode for settings to be possible.”

Zeke had become somewhat accustomed to the Kabbalah system.

He examined the overview of Mycenae and Agamemnon Castle displayed on the screen.

“Wow, the terrain features are shown in much more detail than on regular maps.”

When Zeke pressed the map to see if there were other functions, warning messages appeared.

[Unable to update to latest data due to lack of karma data list access permissions]

[Defense Mode functions are restricted]

[Only bunker-scale defense functions are available]

[Possible to construct defense areas in arbitrarily designated limited regions]

Zeke frowned at the messages.

“What does this mean now? Only bunker-scale defense functions are possible?”

When Zeke pressed the screen, the map changed again.

His room was marked on the map and related information appeared.

[Arbitrary area has been designated]

[Would you like to construct a defense area?]

“Construct a defense area?”

Though he wasn’t sure what it was, he decided to proceed with construction.

WOONG!

As soon as he decided, light spread out in all directions from Zeke.

When the light reached the areas marked on the map, the screen changed.

[Confirming defense area]

[Updating area information]

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