Dragonslayer’s Class Regression 222

Chapter 222

It was the awakening drug that Boris had experimented on mercenaries in Delpoa when he was Black Night.

“GRRRRRR!”

The brainwashed fishermen rushed madly toward Zeke.

Zeke turned his body, stepped into a battle stance, and unleashed a Wave Force Attack.

BOOM!

A strong shockwave spread out, sweeping over the fishermen’s bodies.

“GAAAACK!”

As the wave shook their insides, the fishermen lost balance and collapsed.

Zeke immediately activated Healing Factor as a wide-range buff.

WOOOONG!

Surprisingly, unlike before, the range of the wide-area buff increased and its power grew stronger.

The fallen fishermen’s bodies began rapidly recovering from the Healing Factor’s effect.

“COUGH!”

The fishermen who regained consciousness vomited and couldn’t control their bodies properly.

‘Is this withdrawal symptoms from the awakening drug?’

After contemplating, Zeke drew out the jeweled sword Roland.

‘Recovery magic might work.’

Princess Arina had engraved light magic Recovery onto Roland before returning it to Zeke through Clone.

Though it was his first time using it, Zeke trusted Arina and used Recovery while gripping Roland.

WOOOONG!

A silvery light spread from the sword.

The dazzling radiance seeped into the fallen fishermen’s bodies.

TSSSSSS!

As the light faded, the collapsed fishermen finally regained consciousness.

“UGHHH”

“Oh lord I’m dying.”

“My head hurts and I’m thirsty…”

Zeke took out water from his inventory and distributed it to the fishermen.

Without checking who was giving it, the fishermen moistened their throats with water and barely stood up.

One of the fishermen asked Zeke in a trembling voice.

“Wh-where are we?”

Zeke looked at the awakened fishermen and asked.

“Are you Peter Pan’s Fishman Pirates?”

At Zeke’s words, the fishman blinked with innocent-looking eyes, unlike before, and said.

“No, it’s not quite right to call us pirates. We just sometimes go out on boats to catch fish and catch bad guys too. Just that.”

‘What’s with this guy?’

Rather than a pirate, it felt like dealing with an innocent young man from a rural fishing village.

That’s when other fishermen regained consciousness and approached.

“Brother, you alright? My head feels like it’s splitting open.”

“Oh my, don’t even mention it. I’m dying here. Mark, how are you?”

Mark, the called fishman, had the largest build, but he was still dizzy and staggered before collapsing back onto the ground.

He was the fishman who first threw the net at Zeke.

“My stomach’s queasy and my head hurts, I’m dying. But where is this place, brother?”

“I don’t know either. Sir Knight, where exactly are we?”

Seeing the completely unexpected appearance of the Fishman Pirates, Zeke forcefully suppressed his confused feelings.

Then he calmly asked.

“Who has the highest rank… no, who’s the eldest here?”

Then the skinny fishman who first regained consciousness raised his hand.

Zeke gestured to him.

“Good, let me ask step by step. What’s your name?”

“It’s Bill.”

“Bill. Are you and the fishermen here not part of the Fishman Pirates?”

“That’s both right and wrong.”

“What does that mean?”

“We were originally… the youth group from our island village.”

“Youth group?”

“Yes. When we come of age, us island youths form a group together and help with village troubles, and if bad guys kidnap villagers who went diving, we chase after them by boat to bring them back. We do things like that.”

“So that youth group is the Fishman Pirates?”

“They keep calling us pirates even though we’re not. The Captain said it’s easier to work that way, so we just went along with it.”

“By Captain, you mean Peter Pan?”

At those words, Bill clapped and laughed.

“Oh my goodness. I still laugh whenever I hear the Captain’s name.”

“What’s so funny about it?”

“Peter Pan was originally the name of a whale we raise on our island.”

“A whale?”

“Yes, when we were wondering what to name our youth group, our Peter Pan suddenly surfaced. So we said great! Let’s call our youth group Peter Pan and the fishermen, but then that Hook fellow or whoever suddenly started calling the Captain Peter Pan? After that everyone kept calling the Captain Peter Pan, and that’s how it happened.”

For Zeke who heard Bill’s story, it was utterly baffling.

‘What, are these guys really the Fishman Pirates that are supposed to be the strongest among the South Sea pirates?’

The movements he saw earlier were definitely impressive.

Their coordination was good, and their skill with nets and hooks, their posture when thrusting harpoons showed they weren’t amateurs who only trained for a day or two.

Zeke calmed himself again and asked Bill.

“Have you heard of Kali Draker?”

Bill clapped and said.

“Oh, sure! Everyone knows the Silver Knight, even us country bumpkins! She’s supposed to be super pretty but crazy strong, right?”

“Really pretty…? Anyway, moving on. So you’re saying you didn’t come with Peter Pan under orders from the Empire or Jiemens to eliminate Kali Draker?”

Bill waved his hands and said.

“No, no, no! We don’t know anything about that! We’re just helping out our captain because he’s doing good things for our island.”

Zeke looked carefully into Bill’s eyes.

With his strengthened spiritual power, he could at least judge the truth of such simple statements.

‘He doesn’t seem to be lying.’

After thinking, Zeke said to Bill.

“Your dizziness earlier was caused by an awakening drug made from Soma by the Empire.”

Bill was shocked and asked.

“S-Soma? Isn’t that a bad drug?”

“It’s mostly used as a narcotic. Anyway, it seems the Empire gave you the awakening drug and brainwashed you – do you remember anything?”

Bill held his head and thought.

“Hmm… now that you mention it, someone did visit our island a few months back.”

“Who was it?”

“I’m not sure, but he looked really scary. He had red hair…”

Just from that description, Zeke could guess who it was.

‘Abel Draker. So he approached the FishermenPirates.’

Zeke asked Bill again.

“Did Peter Pan join hands with him?”

Bill shook his head.

“No way! Our captain would never do that. He flat-out refused, and the guy just left.”

“Hmm, Abel just left?”

“Yeah, or whoever that was. But after that…”

That’s when it happened.

“URGHH!”

Bill suddenly grabbed his head and collapsed.

Zeke hurriedly lifted Bill’s head to check his condition.

Bill’s eyes rolled back and his body trembled.

“Knights! The knights are coming! Captain! He’s—he’s been captured because of us…!”

Bill trembled and then fainted. The other fishermen came over to check on Bill’s condition.

“Sir Knight! Is Brother Bill going to be okay? Oh no, what are we going to do?”

After thinking, Zeke had them move Bill toward the seawater.

The most comfortable place for a fishman was in seawater.

After putting Bill in the seawater, Zeke spread a wide-range Sturdy Mental Defense buff.

WOOOONG!

As the light seeped into his body, Bill’s face became more peaceful than before.

‘What exactly happened?’

Zeke decided to find out what happened to the fishermen through the sleeping Bill.

He grabbed Bill and drew up his energy.

As Dragon’s Sense activated, Bill’s memories flooded into Zeke’s mind.

* * *

When Zeke opened his eyes, the surroundings had completely changed.

“Where is this?”

Zeke was standing on an unfamiliar island.

There were several large and small islands centered around a crescent-shaped rocky island.

Just then, a horn sound echoed across the entire island.

BOOOOO!

Simultaneously, a huge whirlpool formed in front of the path leading to the crescent-shaped island.

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!

Ships rushing toward the island were blocked by the whirlpool and couldn’t move.

Zeke recognized them as Imperial warships.

‘Did the Empire attack the Fishman Pirates?’

Then something could be seen shooting up from the ships.

SCREEEECH!

Surprisingly, flying magical beasts were soaring from the ships toward the island.

WHOOSH!

The magical beasts flew over Zeke’s head. Mages and dark wizards were riding on their backs.

BOOM!

The dark wizards threw magic bombs from the air toward the island’s village.

BOOM!

When the magic bombs exploded, fishermen from the village rushed out with harpoons and nets.

At the same time, the mages riding the magical beasts jumped down toward the fishermen.

THUD!

The mages attacked the fishermen while swinging swords wrapped in magical energy.

The fishermen fought back by throwing nets and thrusting harpoons at the mages, but it was useless.

Soon most of the fishermen were either dead or captured.

Finally, the whirlpool blocking the entrance to the island was dispelled, and the Imperial ships safely entered the island.

Those who entered the fishermen’s island with the Imperial knights –

It was Abel Draker, the Knight of Massacre.

He looked around the island, his red hair flowing.

‘So Abel was involved after all.’

Just then, a knight discovered Zeke and dragged him toward Abel.

Zeke realized he was seeing the scene from Bill’s perspective at the time, and sharing his emotions as well.

Bill was on his knees before Abel, terrified.

A familiar face appeared in Bill’s frightened view.

“SIGH, these Fishermen are giving us such a headache. Captain Abel, your patience is admirable.”

A slightly balding man.

It was Morgan Buffon, knight of the snake constellation.

Abel looked down at Bill with cold eyes and said.

“Would Peter Pan really give in just because we took these filthy fishermen hostage?”

Morgan Buffon nodded and answered.

“Peter Pan seems to hold these villagers in high regard. He’ll undoubtedly yield to your proposal, Captain. You needn’t worry.”

Abel slowly nodded at Morgan’s words.

Morgan grabbed Bill’s chin and grinned.

“Once we’ve drugged and brainwashed these Fishermen, they’ll be nice and obedient. With them leading the way, that ancient ruin will be a breeze to penetrate. His Majesty will be most pleased.”

Abel watched Morgan Buffon’s vile smile, then turned away without responding.

As he left, Morgan wiped the smile from his face and gestured to the knights.

“Wrap it up. We’re heading straight to meet that Peter Pan scum.”

The once peaceful village burned as the fishermen were chained and dragged like slaves onto the Empire’s ships.

Bill wailed and tried desperately to escape.

The knights beat him ruthlessly with their spears. A suspicious-looking wizard approached the beaten Bill and injected something.

“UGHHH.”

The world began spinning.

Bill called out for the Captain before losing consciousness.

* * *

“WHEW.”

Zeke regained his senses after reading Bill’s memories.

He understood roughly what had happened.

‘So the Empire captured the fishermen to threaten Peter Pan.’

They attacked the island not just to trap Kali, but to use the fishermen’s abilities to explore the ancient ruins hidden on this island.

Zeke clenched his fist as he looked at the fishermen watching him with innocent expressions.

In his past life, this happened all across the continent.

But since Peter Pan and the Fishman Pirates were also being used, there must have been far more victims than he knew about.

Zeke recalled Abel’s cold eyes and Morgan’s vile gaze.

‘Damn bastards.’

Zeke brought Bill out of the seawater.

Then he asked the other fishermen.

“Does anyone remember what happened to the Captain?”

At Zeke’s question, the fishermen held their heads with confused expressions.

They all seemed unable to remember due to the drugs.

Just then.

Bill, who had lost consciousness, regained his senses.

“UGH.”

Zeke approached Bill.

“Are you feeling better?”

Bill looked at Zeke and spoke.

“I… I remember. I remember now.”

Zeke moved closer to Bill.

“Do you remember anything about the Captain?”

Bill barely raised himself and said to Zeke.

“The captain… the captain fought… that person for our sake!”

Zeke’s eyebrows twitched at Bill’s words.

“That person? Who do you mean?”

Bill exhaled and said.

“Kali Draker… the Silver Knight!”

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