Dragonslayer’s Class Regression 218

Chapter 218

‘What is that?’

On the sandy beach, countless corpses of spider monsters were scattered all over.

And in the midst of them, Zeke’s party, covered in spider fluids, was placing spider shells over the remaining embers of White Flame and grilling jerky on top of them.

“Wow, it’s cooked well, yo!”

“Ugh, after moving so much, I could really go for some beer. Hey, Felix, go grab some from the ship.”

“Instructor, there are plenty of others with lower rank than me… why me…?”

“Do you want to swim to get it after taking a beating, or do you just want to swim there and come back?”

Felix immediately jumped up and ran into the sea.

Watching Felix swim through the rough waves toward the ship, the knights of the White Silver Order stood with their mouths agape.

“T-Those people are…?”

Zeke momentarily turned his head away, feeling embarrassed by his comrades.

At that moment, Farrell, who had been grilling jerky alongside them, noticed Zeke and stood up.

“My Lord!”

Realizing that Zeke had arrived, the other companions quickly stuffed jerky into their mouths and kicked away the spider shells.

Zeke shook his head as he looked at Farrell.

“I never imagined even Sir Farrell would be influenced by this.”

Hearing that, Farrell awkwardly turned his head, looking embarrassed.

Just then, a knight standing behind them gasped and spoke up.

“Farrell? Could it be… Sir Farrell Achilles?”

Farrell, a league champion, was a highly renowned figure among the knights.

Now that the White Silver Order realized Farrell was part of Zeke’s group, they began to see his seemingly eccentric companions in a different light.

At that moment, Felix returned from the ship, quickly carrying a barrel of alcohol.

“Instructor! I brought it…! Huh, My Lord!”

Felix was caught red-handed by Zeke, holding a barrel of alcohol in enemy territory.

Felix immediately threw the barrel aside and tattled to Zeke.

“My Lord! This isn’t mine! The instructor— UGH!”

Even though he told the truth, he was instantly punished with a punch from Clone.

Zeke organized the chaotic situation and instructed his group to move the injured to the ship.

A knight from the White Silver Order, who seemed to be in the best condition, stepped forward to explain the situation to Zeke.

Zeke placed a pot over the fire where they had been grilling meat and began cooking soup, serving it with soft bread.

As the warm soup entered his body, the knight seemed to regain some strength.

“Thank you, Sir Zeke. I am deeply indebted to you. In all the confusion, I failed to introduce myself. I am Luno Tilben, Captain of the 3rd Company of the White Silver Order.”

After filling his stomach with soup and bread, Luno began to explain what had happened.

“At first, I was only told that our mission was to eliminate pirates in the southern seas.”

“That’s what I heard as well. But when I reached the Death Waters, I didn’t see the White Silver Order’s warships anywhere.”

“In truth, this mission did not involve bringing the warships. Only an elite selection of knights from the Order were deployed.”

Hearing this, Zeke raised an eyebrow in suspicion.

“Sending only elites for a pirate extermination…? That doesn’t seem like a decision Lady Kalli would make.”

“There was… intelligence.”

“What kind of intelligence?”

Luno lowered his voice.

“It was regarding the Pirate King.”

Zeke furrowed his brows at Luno’s words.

‘So Abel has decided to move up his plans after all.’

Kalli Draker had built her reputation on large-scale pirate extermination operations.

If the Pirate King were to appear, uniting the pirates and throwing the southern seas into chaos again, her reputation would take a serious hit.

Abel, a master of exploiting weaknesses and turning crises into opportunities, would never miss such a chance.

It was clear that Kali wanted to capture the Pirate King and wipe out the southern pirates before Abel could react, shifting the momentum in her favor.

‘Abel has struck right at Lady Kali’s weak spot.’

Since this move had come earlier than in his past life, its consequences were still uncertain.

Zeke asked Luno again.

“Where did this intelligence come from?”

Luno hesitated with a troubled expression before speaking slowly.

“It is classified information. Would you be able to send the others away?”

When Zeke nodded, his companions quickly moved away.

Once they were at a safe distance, Luno finally spoke.

“Normally, this would remain a secret. However, considering Sir Zeke Draker’s alliance with our commander, I will tell you.”

After hesitating for a while, he finally continued.

“The intelligence came from the Black Corps.”

“The Black Corps?”

Zeke was visibly shocked by the unexpected answer.

Luno continued.

“Do you know about the Left Wing of the Black Corps?”

Zeke shook his head.

Even he was unaware of the internal structure of Draker’s Black Corps. It was an organization shrouded in secrecy, with such strict information control that even the Syndicate couldn’t infiltrate it.

Luno spoke cautiously.

“The Left Wing of the Black Corps handles intelligence. One of the leaders there contacted our commander directly and provided the information.”

‘Intelligence from the Black Corps…’

If it was information from the Black Corps, it made sense for Kali to fall for it.

That’s when Luno shared an even more surprising fact.

“I heard that the Black Corps member who provided the information was the third direct descendant.”

“The third direct descendant? Could it be…?”

Luno nodded.

The third sibling, following Kali, Abel, and Helen, had revealed themselves.

Zeke tried to recall his memories of the third sibling.

‘What was the name again? Ah yes, Bacchus. Even in my past life, I only saw him once when he was very young, before he entered the cradle.’

The reason Zeke couldn’t properly remember Bacchus Draker was because he had never made a name for himself as a knight.

Unlike Helen, who became famous as the Iron Knight after Kali’s death, or Abel, who gained notoriety as the Knight of Massacre, there had never been any news about Bacchus.

‘If he joined the Black Corps and abandoned the Draker name, even discarding his status, that would make sense.’

The personal information of Black Corps members was among the most confidential secrets of the Drakers.

Even if they were direct descendants, once they became Black Corps members, they were treated the same as other members.

Zeke asked Luno.

“Even if that Black Corps member is a direct descendant, it’s surprising that Sister Kali would make such a risky decision.”

“I feel the same way… but in any case, it seemed the Commander believed their information was trustworthy.”

There seemed to be a bond between Kali and Bacchus that Zeke didn’t know about.

‘I can’t quite remember which family Bacchus’s maternal line came from. If that side was also connected to the Jiemens, and if Bacchus’s intelligence was meant to lure Kali into a trap?’

While Abel’s side might have planted false information through Bacchus to reach Kali, it was also possible that Bacchus himself was on Abel’s side.

In his past life, Abel had used this trap to eliminate Kali and become the head of the Draker family.

This trap was nothing less than Abel’s carefully planned final move.

If he had even managed to bring Bacchus, whom Kali trusted, under his control to set the trap, it meant Abel’s forces were already ahead of Kali’s in unseen places.

‘Betrayal is most effective when it comes from where it hurts most. I can’t let my guard down.’

After organizing his thoughts about investigating Bacchus further, Zeke stood up.

He spoke to Luno.

“Though I don’t think you would, absolutely do not tell anyone else what you told me today. Do you understand, Sir Luno?”

Luno nodded at Zeke’s stern voice.

He sent Luno back to the ship to recover and headed toward the cave where the Shark Dragons were, taking his companions with him.

The skeletons summoned by Richmond had already set up the basic campsite.

Zeke explained the plan to his companions at the base camp.

“Somewhere on this island are the White Silver Knights and Lady Kali. We must find Lady Kali and protect her safely.”

Then Clonne raised her hand and asked Zeke.

“But who are we fighting against here? Surely not the monsters living on the island?”

Zeke shook his head and said.

“Right, it’s not the monsters. Our enemies are… you can think of them as everyone on this island except Kali Draker.”

At those words, Farrell also raised his hand and asked.

“Then does that mean there are multiple forces stationed on this island?”

“Good question, Sir Farrell. You can assume there are pirates after the treasure, the Empire’s hunting dogs, Abel’s Red Knight Order, and black magicians as a baseline.”

Felix’s face turned pale at Zeke’s words.

“My-my lord. Should I just stay here and guard? Someone needs to guard…”

“Yes, someone needs to guard this place, but that someone isn’t you, Felix. The Shark Dragons will take care of guarding, so stop worrying unnecessarily and get moving.”

“GULP. Yes.”

Since the island was larger than expected, they decided to split into three groups for the search.

One group consisted of Clonne, Felix, and Liam, while another had Farrell, Diego, and Aster.

“Search the island by dividing it into sectors. If you discover enemies, don’t engage – retreat and record their position. If combat breaks out, fire a signal flare.”

Zeke sent Clonne’s group along the left side of the coast, Farrell’s group to the right, while he decided to cut through the forest in the middle.

Finding Kali as quickly as possible was crucial since they couldn’t know what kind of trap Abel had set.

The group dispersed to their assigned sectors.

Right after that, Zeke pulled Richmond out from where he had hidden him in the shadows.

“Richmond, you’re coming with me.”

“I-I thought I would be guarding this place, but that’s not the case?”

“…Why would you guard an empty camp? The Shark Dragons and Gurab will take care of this place, so stop arguing and follow me.”

Zeke summoned Gurab and then led Richmond deeper into the forest.

The Sea God’s Island had been hidden from people’s sight for so long that it was home to many never-before-seen creatures.

“Wow, Master. Did you see that lizard? Its body color keeps changing.”

Richmond was very interested in all sorts of creatures, not just monsters.

While scolding Richmond and searching for traces, Zeke suddenly sensed something suspicious ahead.

Zeke paused for a moment and summoned a ghost soldier for reconnaissance.

Sharing vision with the ghost soldier, Zeke could observe a group of figures ahead.

But surprisingly, there was someone there that Zeke hadn’t expected at all.

A man with severely curly hair and a mustache and beard thick enough to cover his face.

‘Bastian, why the hell is that bastard here?’

Bastian was none other than the supreme boss of the Favela Cartel.

After Mateo, the second-in-command of the Favela Cartel, died at Zeke’s hands, Bastian the boss had completely disappeared.

Although Zeke had tried to find Bastian to completely destroy the Favela Cartel, he moved so quickly that even the Syndicate couldn’t track him down.

Even though they couldn’t kill Bastian, they had destroyed all of the Favela Cartel’s infrastructure, so the organization had essentially collapsed.

He never expected to discover Bastian, the boss of the Favela Cartel, here.

‘If Bastian is here, the pirates who followed the Favela Cartel must have come along.’

It seemed like one of the traps Abel had set.

The Favela Cartel was a drug organization formed by pirates from the South Sea who had been crushed by Kali’s efforts, so they held deep grudges against her.

Abel would have had no trouble encouraging Bastian to kill Kali.

‘I’ll know for sure once I capture and interrogate him.’

Zeke summoned more ghost soldiers to survey the surroundings.

He needed to assess how many other forces were on this island besides Bastian.

But then another group appeared near Bastian’s group.

They were people Zeke knew well too.

‘Damn hunting dogs.’

The Empire’s hunting dogs, who never missed occasions like this, had also shown themselves.

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