Chapter 250
At Zeke’s words, Hades was horrified.
“What? Dr-dragon heart?”
For dragons, the dragon heart was more precious than anything else.
Since the dragon heart was an organ that absorbed mana, stored it, and converted it to magical power for spellcasting, it wasn’t something to be given away carelessly.
As Zeke slowly approached, Hades flinched and stepped back.
“Didn’t you want to leave this place?”
“W-wait. But a dragon heart is…”
“Should we just give up then?”
When Zeke pressured him, Hades became flustered.
“No! Not that!”
After pondering, Hades squeezed his eyes shut and said.
“UGHHHH! Fine, you human! Just try whatever you can!”
Zeke nodded and opened his Blood Eye.
KUGUUUU!
As the Blood Eye opened, previously invisible things became visible.
Zeke could see the powerful connection line between Hades and the stone tablet.
A thick, solid chain was connected to Hades’ heart with things like blood vessels attached around it.
The chain pulsed along with each beat of Hades’ heart.
‘What is this?’
Looking at the state of the chain completely integrated with the heart, Zeke understood why Hades couldn’t escape this place.
If he went beyond the chain’s length, his dragon heart would be pulled out and Hades would surely die instantly.
Zeke examined where the chain connected to Hades’ heart and picked up Anexi’s dagger.
“Please endure the pain.”
“What? Suddenly what…”
PACHING!
Zeke activated Soul Technique’s power and imbued Anexi’s dagger with the will of severance.
Then he tapped the chain once with the dagger.
“ARGHHHH!”
Even though he only tapped it lightly, Hades screamed as if dying.
Since it was directly connected to his heart, he seemed to feel strong shock.
Zeke used Healing Factor as an area buff on the suffering Hades.
WOONG!
As the light enveloped Hades’ body, his pained expression eased.
“Oh? It doesn’t hurt anymore. What is this?”
Zeke nodded when he saw that Healing Factor worked on dragons too.
“Good news, Lord Hades. At least you won’t die.”
“What did you do..?!.”
CRACK!
Instead of answering, Zeke struck down on the chain with Anexi’s dagger.
“KUHEK!”
He kept using Healing Factor while cutting away the blood vessels attached to the chain with the dagger.
Though he could recover, Hades eventually crawled on the ground from having to endure constant pain.
“St-stop!”
While Hades had high hopes when told the seal would be broken, but also thought it might be dangerous, he never expected such a brutal method.
Zeke swung the dagger again and again without rest.
Finally, the chain buried under blood vessels became visible.
Zeke brought the Sea God’s Body he was holding toward the chain.
Then something like branches grew from the Sea God’s Body and wrapped around the chain.
TSUTSUTSUTSU!
The branches began spreading like the blood vessels attached to the chain.
And then, a message appeared before Zeke’s eyes.
[Blanca’s system has recognized the Sea God’s Body as a dragon species.]
[Sending control signals connected to dragon heart to Sea God’s Body.]
[Temporarily blocking connection between dragon heart and control system.]
[Expected blocking time is 3 minutes.]
TSUTSUTSUTSU!
While the Sea God’s Body deceived Blanca’s system, he needed to quickly cut that chain.
Zeke put away Anexi’s dagger and drew out Bahamut.
Hades was horrified at the sight.
“You, you? What are you trying to…?”
“Clench your teeth tight. This will hurt.”
Zeke infused Soul Technique’s power into Bahamut.
WOONGWOONGWOONG!
Soul Technique
Double Spell
Will of Severance
The power of Double Spell dwelled in Bahamut.
The Will of Severance that could cut anything sliced at the chain embedded in Hades’ heart.
CHWARAK!
“KUUUUARGH!”
Unfortunately, the chain wouldn’t be cut by just this much.
Hades collapsed to the ground feeling pain like death.
His whole body convulsed and trembled.
“St-stop… stop…”
But Zeke didn’t stop.
He activated Soul Technique once again.
‘If severance doesn’t work…’
Zeke recalled when he freed the Jini’s soul bound to the Eastern Sword.
WOONGWOONGWOONG!
Soul Technique
Double Spell
Will of Destruction
Soul Technique imbued with the will to break bindings spread out.
PACHING!
Zeke’s sword containing the Will of Destruction clashed with the binding chain.
DRRRRR
Unlike before, there was a reaction from the chain.
Zeke checked the remaining time.
’30 seconds left.’
Hades had already lost consciousness from the shock.
Zeke focused his power again.
Soul Technique Double Spell was a technique difficult to use freely even for Zeke as a Black Knight.
Zeke recognized that he only had one chance to swing his sword with Double Spell.
KUGUGUGUGU―
He spent 20 seconds out of the remaining 30 seconds gathering all his power to concentrate. Then he took his stance and raised his sword.
Only 5 seconds remained.
He charged forward.
“HAAAAAAAH!”
Zeke filled his sword with the will of destruction as he let out a battle cry.
At the same time, Zeke’s sword was imbued with the mysteries of infinite sword techniques.
WOOOONG!
The sword strike, combining the will of destruction and infinite sword techniques, slashed at the chains.
PACHHING!
A sharp sound rang out from the chains connecting Hades to the stone monument.
The problem was that the chains weren’t completely severed.
‘Damn it…’
Since cracks had formed across the entire chain, it seemed one more impact would break it.
There were 2 seconds remaining.
Having used all his strength, he could no longer use his soul technique.
In that moment, Zeke thought of one method.
1.5 seconds remaining.
Zeke pulled back his sword while simultaneously activating the dragon race skill ‘Dragon’s Breath’.
As the skill activated, Zeke’s chest began to glow and immediately fired a compressed shot toward the cracked chains.
ZEEEEENG!
1 second remaining.
Zeke poured what little strength he had left toward the chains.
“UAAAHHH!”
PACHHING!
Along with his battle cry, the compressed shot exploded with light, and the chains shattered from the impact.
WOOOONG!
As if the connection had been severed, the branches extending from the sea god’s body turned to ash and scattered.
THUD!
The sea god’s body fell to the ground.
Zeke dragged his completely exhausted body and picked up the sea god’s body.
‘I never expected it would be used like this.’
That’s when it happened.
WOOOOOONG!
A strong light emerged from the characters on the stone monument.
A message appeared before Zeke’s eyes.
[The system of the Golden City Blanca detects an anomaly.]
[Acknowledges that signals from 1 registered dragon species cannot be detected.]
[System locates position of 1 dragon species.]
[Registration procedure will proceed.]
‘What?’
Suddenly, multiple chains shot out from the stone monument.
CHWARARARAK!
The chains that appeared flew toward Hades who had collapsed on the ground.
Zeke urgently jumped forward.
“HAH!”
He deflected the chains with dragon claws and barely managed to grab the fallen Hades before rolling to the side.
Then he used up all his remaining strength to use Healing Factor as a buff.
WOOOOOONG!
The power of healing seeped into Hades’ body as he lay in Zeke’s arms.
At that moment, the chains that had shot out from the stone monument approached Zeke like snakes with their heads held rigid.
Having used Double Spell consecutively and Dragon’s Breath, plus Blood Eye which rapidly consumed mental power, Zeke felt like he would faint at any moment.
‘Damn it. If there were any fallen demon beasts around, I could recover.’
He couldn’t guarantee that he could release Hades the same way as before if the chains caught him again.
CHWARARARAK!
Just as the chains were about to wrap around Zeke.
WOOOONG!
Suddenly the chains stopped in mid-air.
Hades, who had been in Zeke’s arms, had regained consciousness.
His eyes were glowing with a mysterious purple light.
Hades stretched his hand toward the chains and spoke.
“These damn things are going crazy trying to catch me again.”
As Hades waved his hand, the chains writhed painfully before completely shattering.
Zeke’s jaw dropped at the sight.
‘Good lord, he just destroyed those chains?’
Whether Zeke was surprised or not, Hades floated into the air and approached the glowing stone monument.
“I’ve waited three thousand years for this moment.”
As he stretched out his hand, the stone monument glowed even more intensely.
But as if such things didn’t matter, purple energy flowing from Hades’ body enveloped the stone monument.
TSUTSUTSUTSU!
The purple energy had seeped into the characters engraved on the surface of the stone monument.
Then the stone monument grew quiet and no longer emitted light.
Hades dusted off his hands and descended from the air.
Zeke barely managed to stand up shakily and asked Hades.
“What happened, Lord Hades?”
Hades grinned and said.
“I sealed the control device with my power. Thinking about being bound to that damn system, I want to completely blow it up… but that would devastate this entire area, so I held back this much.”
Hades looked very refreshed after being freed from the city’s bindings.
Suddenly he shouted.
“UAAAH! I’m free now! I can leave this tiresome place! I’m so excited!”
Hades jumped around making a huge fuss. Zeke stared at Hades with a dumbfounded expression, feeling a bit blank.
‘Wonder where one might find the dignity of dragons.’
Zeke took out a potion from his inventory and drank it, finally catching his breath.
Having used up all his strength, it seemed he would need more time to recover.
As if Hades had finished shouting, he came before Zeke and said with a proud stance.
“HUMAN! You did very well. I considered killing you because it hurt so much, but since you freed Lord Hades from bondage, I’ll mercifully forgive you.”
He was a shameless dragon from start to finish.
Zeke looked at Hades and said.
“Please release the covenant with the Ishtar family first.”
At those words, Hades pondered before nodding.
“Hmm, fine. As payment for freeing me from my bonds, I can do that much.”
Hades snapped his fingers.
Then Yelin appeared again beside Zeke.
“Huh? Sir Zeke, Lord Hades.”
Looking at the dumbfounded Yelin, Hades spoke.
“High Elf child. Do you want to break your covenant with me?”
At those words, Yelin was startled but soon nodded.
“Yes! I want to!”
Seeing Yelin’s resolute response, Hades made a disgruntled expression.
“Always begging for covenants and now this. Human, bring the token.”
Zeke took out Anexi’s dagger and handed it to Hades.
As Hades gripped the dagger and infused it with power, various characters appeared before his eyes. Hades squinted and examined the characters.
“Why are these letters so small. Let’s see. Where were the covenant clauses.”
As Hades searched for the clauses, he suddenly frowned and muttered.
“Come to think of it, about a thousand years ago Bahamut came with some human and asked to change the clauses. Always doing whatever they want.”
It seemed Zeke’s guess about Terakan and Bahamut visiting Hades was correct.
Hades continued examining the clauses before stopping at one spot.
“Ah, yes here it is. Why are there so many elves bound besides just the High Elves. Should I cancel them all?”
Yelin nodded vigorously.
Hades wet his finger with saliva and erased the clauses.
Then purple energy could be seen seeping out of Yelin’s body.
“The, the bonds are broken…”
The two thousand year old wish of the Ishtar family had finally been fulfilled.
Yelin was so happy she hugged Zeke who was beside her.
“Sir Zeke! Thank you, thank you so much!”
Watching this scene, Hades asked Zeke.
“Are you two dating?”
Zeke quietly shook his head.
Hades giggled and floated into the air.
“Well anyway, thanks for freeing me, human. I’ve paid my debt so I’m leaving now. Take care of yourself.”
Just as Hades was about to spatial transfer.
But something was strange.
“Huh? What’s this. Why can’t I transfer?”
That’s when Zeke spoke to Hades.
“Lord Hades. Do you know about the Dragon’s Word Covenant?”
Hades was shocked by Zeke’s words.
“You, how do you know about that?”
Having thoroughly studied the Kaisir Chronicles, Zeke knew quite a lot about dragons.
“You said it yourself earlier, Lord Hades. That if I freed you from your bonds, you would grant my wish.”
Hades’ face turned pale at Zeke’s words.
“N-no wait. That was just something I said, I didn’t intend to ke-”
THUD!
“KUHAK!”
Hades clutched his heart and staggered.
The Dragon’s Word Covenant was engraved on none other than the Dragon Heart.
If the covenant is not kept, the Dragon Heart loses its power.
“D-damn it!”
Zeke grinned as he watched Hades fall into despair.
“It seems the Dragon’s Word Covenant doesn’t think so.”
Approaching the staggering Hades, Zeke said.
“Lord Hades, my name is Zeke Draker. I look forward to working with you.”
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