Dragonslayer’s Class Regression 241

Chapter 241

‘The Ravens of Ishtar.’

Ishtar family, one of the other transcendent families like the Draker family.

They were a closed group of murder specialists who used unique poisons, daggers, and secret techniques.

As promised, after two years had passed, Jamila, the head of Ishtar family, sent the Ravens, Ishtar’s assassins, to Zeke.

There was one thing that set Ishtar’s assassins apart from other assassins like Salmak.

They don’t ambush.

They focus solely on eliminating their family’s targets, regardless of whether it’s broad daylight or a public place.

Only Ishtar could openly send assassins to the center of Atlas, which could be considered Draker family territory.

‘It felt ominous from the moment they sent the dagger to the family head…’

The Ishtar family hadn’t sent the tea and dagger for nothing.

It was their way of giving a warning.

Four Ravens wielding Ishtar’s unique daggers slowly approached Zeke.

Although they wore masks, anyone could tell they were Ishtar assassins by their distinctive Eastern Empire-style attire unique to the Ishtar family.

Zeke spoke while looking at the Ravens.

“I think there’s been a misunderstanding, let’s talk for a moment…”

Before he could finish speaking, the Ravens rushed in from all directions.

SWOOSH!

Even for Zeke, who had sparred with Yelin before, this was the first time seeing such strange movements.

Somehow it felt like a mix between the movements of the Dark Elves he’d seen in the Inverted Tower and Eastern Empire martial artists.

One of the Ravens jumped into the air, twisted their body, and unleashed a powerful secret technique.

BOOM!

As Zeke blocked the secret technique with his palm, another Raven aimed for his legs with a dagger from below.

Zeke dodged the dagger with Shadowless step and unleashed a Strong wave resonance while stepping forward.

THUD!

The powerful wave pushed away the Ravens surrounding Zeke.

When the invisible force swept over their bodies, the Ravens stepped back and regained their stance.

Unlike the knights of the Central Continent, the Ishtar family trains their bodies using their family’s unique secret techniques rather than aura.

Perhaps because of this, they seemed unaffected by Zeke’s Strong wave resonance.

‘Is it because of their elven bloodline? Maybe the Ishtar family can handle mana like me.’

Just as the Ravens were about to charge at Zeke again after regaining their stance.

WHOOSH!

Someone jumped into the air behind Zeke and rushed toward the Ravens.

WHOOOOSH!

A secret technique with full-body rotation was unleashed toward the Ravens.

CRASH!

The area where the Ravens had been was completely destroyed with one strike of the secret technique.

As dust clouds rose from the garden floor blocking visibility, the mysterious figure approached Zeke.

Then they held out a note to him.

-You must escape. The Ravens will keep pursuing you.

Zeke realized who the mysterious figure was.

“Lady Yelin?”

Yelin, who had covered her face with a chador and wore a hood, nodded.

It seemed her vow of silence hadn’t ended yet.

As the dust clouds settled, Yelin urgently gestured to Zeke.

But the Ravens were already approaching Zeke and Yelin again.

One of the Ravens spoke to Yelin.

“Young Mistress. If you continue to disobey the Family Head’s orders, we will have to handle this according to our laws.”

At those words, Yelin had already drawn her dagger and taken a stance.

She too showed her determination not to back down.

Seeing Yelin’s stance, the Ravens also raised their daggers again.

Yelin nodded to Zeke, suggesting he should escape while she held them off.

‘Hmm, the situation has become quite complicated.’

While he had considered that Ishtar might actually send the real Ravens, he hadn’t anticipated that Yelin would come to stop them.

Just then.

[The compass guides you to the optimal direction.]

A message appeared before Zeke’s eyes.

‘Why has the compass been acting like this?’

After watching the standoff between Yelin and the Ravens for a moment, Zeke took out the compass to check its direction.

Surprisingly, the compass needle was pointing at none other than Yelin.

‘Does this mean the path to the Fairy Lake is related to Yelin?’

Though he didn’t know the principle behind how the direction was determined, since it was being indicated by the Legendary item Absolute Compass, he needed to investigate.

At that moment, Zeke spotted Feinan watching the situation with knights around the research garden.

Gelion had quickly entered the laboratory and informed Feinan.

Zeke sent a telepathic message to Feinan.

—Lord Feinan. I’ll handle this, so please first stand back and withdraw the people in the garden.

Feinan was startled by Zeke’s telepathy but nodded.

After confirming this, Zeke stepped forward in front of Yelin.

He spoke to the Ravens in the Eastern language.

“Is the reason the renowned Ravens of Ishtar have come to find me because of the marriage arrangement with Lady Yelin?”

At Zeke’s words, the Ravens remained silent.

If Yelin hadn’t come, they wouldn’t have needed to hesitate or speak in the first place.

He spoke to the Ravens again.

“I was planning to speak directly with the Family Head about the marriage arrangement with Lady Yelin. I only delayed it temporarily due to important family matters.”

Zeke looked at Yelin beside him and said.

“Marriage is said to be one of life’s greatest matters. How could I treat something more important than anything else so lightly? Please lower your weapons, as the delay was only to handle things with proper care.”

Even the mighty Ravens hesitated at Zeke’s eloquent words.

Then, the one who appeared to be the Ravens’ leader spoke to Zeke.

“How detestable for an impudent Draker to speak of life’s greatest matters.”

Flashing the sharp Ishtar dagger, the leader shouted at Zeke.

“I’ll cut off your head for insulting the Ishtar family and send it to Arthur Draker!”

SWOOSH!

As the leader moved, the other Ishtar secret technique users who had seemed to hesitate also rushed at Zeke.

SLASH!

Daggers rushed in from all directions to slash Zeke.

But Zeke’s form became blurry and disappeared, leaving only afterimages.

Suddenly, Zeke and Yelin appeared behind them.

Zeke spoke to Yelin through telepathy.

—Is there no way to stop the Ravens?

When his voice echoed in her head, Yelin was startled for a moment before shaking her head.

Unlike the Draker family, compromise was not possible with the stubborn and closed Ishtar family.

‘No choice then. I’ll have to take them down first.’

Thinking he should respond with weapons matching theirs, Zeke pulled out Anexi’s dagger from his chest. He took his stance holding Anexi’s dagger.

Since all the techniques Zeke had learned were integrated into the Infinite Sword Technique, he could use what he had learned with any weapon.

He took the stance of the Infinite Chain technique and raised the dagger.

Then, Yelin’s eyes widened when she saw the dagger Zeke was holding.

She frantically tried to convey something through hand gestures.

Zeke interpreted this as meaning there was nothing to gain from directly confronting Ishtar’s Ravens, and nodded.

—Don’t worry, Lady Yelin.

Along with sending that telepathic message, Zeke sprang forward toward the Ravens.

WHOOSH!

Zeke’s form suddenly dove between the Ravens.

He swung his dagger infused with spirit force.

RING!

A Raven blocked Zeke’s attack but couldn’t completely offset the powerful impact.

The bone-rattling shock penetrated their body.

“KUHAK!”

One Raven was knocked down by Zeke’s attack that shook their insides.

The other startled Ravens regrouped and rushed at Zeke.

Zeke struck the back of a Raven aiming for his lower body with the dagger’s handle.

THUD!

With that single strike, the extremely well-trained Raven lost consciousness and fainted.

Zeke didn’t stop there and approached another one, swinging his dagger.

SLASH!

Anexi’s dagger cleanly cut through the Ishtar dagger the Raven was holding.

While the Raven with the cut dagger was startled, Zeke delivered a spirit force-infused kick strike with his empty hand.

CRASH!

The Raven hit by the kick also collapsed and sprawled on the ground.

Zeke turned and approached the last remaining Raven leader.

“Do you intend to continue?”

The Raven leader pointed their dagger at Zeke and said.

“We are just the beginning. Ishtar’s blade never stops until the target is eliminated.”

There was an eerie madness felt in the leader’s voice.

Zeke also knew well how persistent the Ishtar family could be.

In that moment, killing intent rose from Zeke’s body as well.

‘Do I really need to kill them all?.’

Although he had tried to avoid direct confrontation with Ishtar, if they came at him like this first, there was no need for Zeke to only avoid them.

The most fearsome of Ishtar’s secret techniques was none other than poison.

But since Zeke had immunity to all poisons, he didn’t need to worry about poison.

Moreover, now that he had advanced to Black Knight, Ishtar’s secret technique users without poison were concerning but not particularly frightening beings.

Perhaps noticing the change in Zeke’s mindset, the Raven leader gulped.

A different kind of pressure than before was weighing down on them.

‘We were wrong. He’s not just a young Draker. This guy is a monster among monsters.’

But even so, as an Ishtar Raven, they couldn’t back down.

They had to complete their mission even at the cost of their life.

Suddenly, the leader’s eyes began turning yellow.

RUMBLE!

A different energy arose from the leader’s body than before.

Zeke also detected the change occurring in the leader.

‘The surrounding mana is suddenly fluctuating. Could this be Fighting Spirit Technique?’

Zeke raised Anexi’s dagger while harboring doubts.

Once he had made up his mind, dealing with it quickly would be more efficient.

That’s when it happened.

“Stop the battle immediately!”

An unfamiliar voice echoed throughout the garden.

Both Zeke and the Raven leader flinched and stopped their movements.

The voice belonged to none other than Yelin.

She had broken her vow of silence to speak.

The leader looked at Yelin and said.

“Young Mistress, how could you break years of silent meditation…”

“The Seal of the Black River has appeared.”

At Yelin’s words, the leader turned toward her in surprise.

“Wh-what do you mean by the Seal of the Black River?!”

Yelin pointed at Anexi’s dagger that Zeke was holding.

“That dagger Sir Zeke is holding. That is the Seal of the Black River.”

At Yelin’s words, both the leader and Zeke were surprised.

‘Token of the Black River?’

Zeke recalled Anexi who had left this dagger.

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

The dagger Zeke held was something passed down only to the greatest warriors of the ancient Dark Elf Black River tribe.

‘What connection is there between the Black River tribe and the Ishtar family?’

Yelin shouted at the Raven leader.

“What are you doing! The Seal of the Black River has appeared! As the Raven tribe, you should be showing proper respect, how dare you point your blade!”

At Yelin’s words, the Raven leader hurriedly removed their mask and knelt on one knee toward Zeke.

The face of a brown-skinned female warrior was revealed.

Zeke felt her face resembled the Dark Elves he had seen in the Inverted Tower.

The Raven leader prostrated herself toward Zeke and cried out.

“I, Himel, daughter of the Raven tribe, offer my greetings with utmost respect to the bearer of the great Seal of the Black River!”

Zeke’s mind raced as he watched the Raven leader’s sudden behavior.

‘So the Ravens were specifically descendants of Dark Elves.’

There was definitely a different feel to the secret techniques used by Yelin and the Ravens.

While Yelin displayed orthodox martial arts based on flying techniques, the Ravens demonstrated combined techniques centered on weaponry.

Yelin approached Zeke and spoke.

“Sir Zeke Draker. As the young mistress of Ishtar, I make a request to the bearer of the Seal of the Black River.”

She slowly opened her mouth.

“Please break the shackles of the covenant that binds the Ishtar family.”

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