Dragonslayer’s Class Regression 282

Chapter 282

The next day, Zeke left the room with Hickson and Zeros to attend the Gutan’s conference.

In the elevator, Zeke contemplated the information he had confirmed in the system the previous day.

‘Richmond was a necromancer of Nirvana.’

He thought it was unique but didn’t know Richmond was from Nirvana.

Perhaps because he was chased around by the Order during the Holy Imperial era and had experienced hardships, he might not have spoken much about his human days.

‘Despite becoming a lich after much suffering, he’s not mentally corrupted and seems to have a bright personality.’

Normally, liches would resent the world, delve deeper into more sinister forbidden arts, and often succumb to madness and corruption.

Richmond had maintained his sanity for 500 years after becoming a lich, which indicated his extraordinary mental strength.

At that moment, Zeros looked at Zeke and spoke.

“What are you thinking about so deeply?”

Zeke turned his head towards Zeros and opened his mouth.

“Have you ever heard of a name called Victor Nirvana?”

Zeros was startled by Zeke’s words.

“Where did you hear that name?”

“I think I saw the name mentioned briefly at an ancient ruin.”

As always, when things were vague, citing an ancient ruin was the best excuse.

Still looking slightly surprised, Zeros nodded and replied to Zeke.

“Not widely known, but Victor Nirvana is considered the greatest genius in Nirvana’s history.”

“What? The greatest genius?”

“Yes, so it’s not surprising that his name would be mentioned in ancient ruins. Why are you so surprised?”

“Oh, no. Please continue.”

“In the past, Nirvana also had necromancers, and studying black magic was quite free. In current terms, it would be similar to learning curse-type magic.”

These were the details Zeke had seen in the system yesterday.

“Was Victor Nirvana also a necromancer?”

“Yes, his research journals and materials were mostly related to dark magic, so they were all destroyed or lost after the Holy Imperial era. However, he significantly influenced Nirvana in various aspects.”

“What kind of influence?”

“Methods of writing research journals, empirical methodologies, and so on. The basic paper format of the continental magic association is based on Victor Nirvana’s papers. He established the current paper format, including adding abstracts and citing sources.”

Zeke’s mouth gaped open after hearing Zeros’ explanation.

‘I didn’t know Richmond had such talents.’

He had thought of Richmond as just a monster-obsessed, gloomy, and strange lich, but he was a person with more outstanding talents than expected.

As he was inwardly amazed, Zeros clicked his tongue and continued.

“Victor Nirvana was truly a regrettable figure. Unlike Doctor West, he was like a model of a necromancer…”

“Who is this Doctor West?”

When Zeke asked about West, Zeros glanced at Hickson.

Hickson shook his head.

Zeros hesitated and then said to Zeke.

“Well… that part is like a shameful secret of our Nirvana, so it’s a bit difficult to explain in detail.”

Just as the atmosphere was becoming awkward, the elevator arrived.

Hickson quickly guided Zeke to the conference room.

Entering the conference room, he saw quite a few mages gathered.

Gutan of Nirvana welcomed Zeke with his characteristic smile.

“Welcome. Sir Zeke Draker.”

After formally introducing Zeke, Gutan seated him on the podium and began the main discussion. The combat magic conference members threw various questions.

“So, what’s the average speed when knights swing their swords?”

Zeke stood up, held Bahamut, and demonstrated sword swinging himself.

As the sword wind cut through the air, the mages in front were surprised.

“GASP!”

Gutan, standing nearby, commented.

“As I said, unexpected things happen when actually fighting knights. It’s not just about dodging swords. The momentum knights emit is invisible but must never be underestimated.”

Some asked about Aura Blade.

Zeke kindly demonstrated creating an Aura Blade.

WHOOOOSH!

The mages were amazed watching the Aura Blade soaring on Bahamut.

Zeke tilted his head and asked Gutan.

“It seems Nirvana doesn’t have blue-grade knights.”

“HAHAHA. Sir Zeke, there are no knights here at all.”

Recalling that the main gate was guarded by golems, Zeke nodded and asked.

“Is there a reason why there are no knights at all?”

Then Gutan smiled and said.

“Knights with some skill would leave immediately, saying they can’t adapt to the atmosphere here. HAHAHA.”

As a knight, Zeke understood what Gutan meant.

‘Even knights with relatively dull nerves would find it difficult to endure here.’

Zeke extended and heightened his Aura Blade, and after getting permission from Gutan, he demonstrated cutting a desk.

The mages’ eyes sparkled as they watched Zeke’s Aura Blade and nodded.

“Wow, it would be hopeless if knights charge with that.”

“Wouldn’t defense magic be useless?”

Gutan then spoke to the mages.

“Don’t compare general knights to Sir Zeke. He’s a genius who has reached the red knight level, which is why he can manipulate Aura Blade so freely. Ordinary knights can barely maintain Aura Blade for ten minutes.”

One of the biggest distinctions between blue and red knights was their ability to sustain Aura Blade.

Red knights could not only sustain Aura Blade but also transform its shape and perform long-range attacks through sword techniques.

Even using the same Aura Blade, blue and red knights showed qualitative and quantitative differences.

After several hours of demonstration and special lectures, Zeke exchanged brief greetings with Gutan and conference members, and even signed autographs.

Once everything was finished, the mages trudged back to their research labs like ghouls.

‘Even they look like geniuses from across the continent.’

As Zeke inwardly chuckled, Gutan approached him.

“Sir Zeke, thank you so much today. I never expected a red knight would personally demonstrate Aura Blade. It was truly moving.”

“Not at all, Gutan. I hope we can continue to maintain a good friendship with Nirvana.”

Gutan smiled and said, “A friendship is good, but an official relationship would be even better.”

He pulled out a letter from his chest and handed it to Zeke.

“What is this?”

“A reply to Lady Kali Draker.”

Zeke was surprised, as he didn’t expect a reply from Antonio’s side.

Reading the letter, he was even more astonished:

-We thank Lady Kali’s friendly letter, and Nirvana looks forward to a friendship with Sir Zeke Draker and hopes for more exchanges in the future.

Nirvana was directly mentioning Zeke in the letter.

‘Mentioning me instead of my sister Kali means they’re choosing a third option outside of Abel and Kali. This way, Kali can only communicate with Nirvana through me.’

It was a clever choice that avoided Draker’s internal conflict while considering Zeke as a trading partner.

Zeke put the letter in his chest and smiled, greeting Gutan.

“Thank you, Gutan. Please take care of me in the future.”

“If we had knights like Sir Zeke, mages and knights would never fight. You’re always welcome.”

A few hours later, Zeke received a newsletter featuring large portraits of himself, Gutan, and the combat magic conference members, even before dinner.

‘Hmm, I shouldn’t just see the Nirvana family as a den of eccentrics. They work quickly and definitively.’

With this newsletter, Zeke and Nirvana’s relationship would spread across the continent and become a topic of conversation among enthusiasts.

Ultimately, he had gained another external force to check Abel’s side.

‘Nirvana is sorted, and now if I track where the fairy stone is flowing, I can catch their tail.’

Zeke put down the newsletter and reconnected to the system.

The character ‘Doctor West’ that Zeros mentioned in the morning kept bothering him.

‘What kind of person would make Nirvana’s mages reluctant to mention?’

Zeke searched for Doctor West in the system.

However, there was no record of the person in the system.

“Hmm, perhaps a post-Holy Imperial era figure.”

Thinking Richmond might know, Zeke called out to him.

―Richmond

Richmond, who wasn’t responding, finally answered after Zeke called several times.

“Oh, did you call me, master?”

Zeke couldn’t believe Richmond was considered a genius in Nirvana’s history, shaking his head while bringing up the main topic.

―Do you know someone called Doctor West?

Richmond responded in a bewildered voice:

“Who is that, master?”

Richmond seemed to have no idea either.

As Zeke was about to ask more, he shook his head.

‘It might not be a good past, and digging deeper might only cause more pain.’

At that moment, Richmond spoke again:

”Doctor West… are you talking about the crazy Havi?”

―Crazy Havi?

“Yes, Havi West. Originally a doctor, but later became a necromancer.”

―Do you know anything about him?

‘Hmm, he’s from a generation before me, and was expelled for some unsavory incidents…’

‘What did he get expelled for?’

‘He conducted illegal experiments.’

―Illegal experiments? In Nirvana?

When Nirvana was mentioned, Richmond suddenly started hiccuping.

‘Hiccup. Master, you’re not at Nirvana right now, are you?’

―Yes, why didn’t you say you were from Nirvana, Victor?

Hearing his real name, Richmond hiccuped even more intensely.

‘That… I wasn’t trying to deceive you, master. Those weren’t pleasant memories…’

Zeke nodded, listening to Richmond.

‘Well, being chased by the Holy Imperial era must have been tough.’

Then Richmond grumbled.

“Back then, I was so broke buying research materials that I ate at Nirvana’s underground restaurant every day, and it was so tasteless and difficult.”

This was different from what Zeke had been thinking.

“When I was there, necromancers were always talking about practicals and how expensive things were. Why else would I become a lich and create a research lab in a dungeon to save on material costs?”

Zeke made a dumbfounded expression at Richmond’s words.

‘Became a lich to save money?’

It was strange, but it was a story of hardship.

―Well, that’s quite a sad past.

“Right, master? I didn’t want to talk about it because I was worried my emotions might overflow…”

―So what kind of experiments did Havi West do?

Zeke cut Richmond off as the story seemed to be getting long.

Richmond responded, grumbling:

‘That crazy Havi initially dug up corpses from graves and did all sorts of things. Later, he even started capturing living people for experiments.’

―He did human experimentation?

”Yes. He was disciplined and expelled from Nirvana for that.”

―But you don’t know the specifics of the experiments?

‘It seems the higher-ups buried the details. The Order made the Nirvana atmosphere quite chaotic at the time.’

―I see. Understood.

”Oh, master. I was about to tell you that I discovered something inside the maze. From what I saw, it seemed ancient…”

Zeke cut off communication before hearing Richmond’s full explanation.

‘Probably another useless undead-related content.’

He reopened the system and searched for Havi West’s name.

This time, several related documents appeared.

Zeke exclaimed while reviewing the contents.

“He was as obsessed with research as Richmond. Now I understand why Zeros called him a genius.”

He also understood why his nickname was ‘crazy Havi’.

‘What is this? Connecting dead bodies to create new flesh and breathing life into it to resurrect people?’

Havi West’s research focused on taboo human transformation techniques.

Then Zeke’s gaze stopped at one title.

-Immortal Creation Experiment Report

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