Dragonslayer’s Class Regression 350

Chapter 350
‘To think such a monster is the Emperor of the Rom Empire.’
In his past life, Zeke died at the hands of hunters after stealing an Elder Dragon relic the Emperor sought to claim. He also lost his companions in the continental war the Emperor started.
With those memories, one person appeared before Zeke’s eyes.
‘Alicia.’
Alicia Himonas.
Northern Grand Duke, White Wolf of the Northern Continent, Reincarnation of Wolf King Fenrir, King of the North, and more.
Many titles described her, and countless people praised her as the only hero who could stop Emperor Nero, known as the Continental Usurper.
But ultimately, Alicia couldn’t stop the Usurper’s army, and she met her end by driving a sword through her own neck.
In his past life, Zeke always had the same thought when remembering Alicia.
If he had been stronger, if he had reached the realm of Black Knight then, could he have protected her? He repeated this thought countless times.
Looking at the Emperor’s horrific form, Zeke recalled his companions who died in his past life.
‘All because of someone like this…?’
Zeke frowned as he watched the Emperor who had thrown away his humo to extend his life.
The Emperor then glared at Zeke with his sharp teeth bared.
“I remember who you are. Filthy Draker spawn. Cursed bloodline of Arthur Draker.”
CRACK
The Emperor’s back swelled until all his clothes tore apart.
CRUNCH
Tentacles that looked like snakes burst from his back.
ROAR
The Emperor’s eyes gradually turned red.
“URGHH!”
Barely holding onto his sanity, he shouted at Zeke.
“Where did you hide the Saint King’s remains? Bring them at once! If I give those remains to the Serpent of the Black Maw, I can regain my original youth and immortality!”
The Emperor seemed unaware that the Saint King’s remains weren’t here.
‘Serpent of the Black Maw? The name of a Fallen Constellation? So that’s who manipulated the Emperor.’
It seemed what the Serpent of the Black Maw wanted wasn’t the Saint King’s remains but the Holy Spear left here.
Though the reason why the Fallen Constellations sought the Holy Spear after the Holy Relics was unknown, Zeke could guess it was related to the Demon King’s revival.
Pointing Bahamut at the Emperor, Zeke said:
“If you want to find the Saint King’s remains, you’ll have to catch me first.”
The Emperor bared his sharp teeth and shouted at Zeke’s words:
“Insolent fool! I’ll tear you to shreds!”
SWOOSH
As soon as the Emperor finished speaking, the tentacles from his back flew toward Zeke.
Zeke unleashed his Holy Light technique against the tentacles wrapping around from all directions.
WHOOM
A powerful light rose above his head.
Simultaneously, a bright flash sparked from that light.
ZZING
The flashes shot in all directions hit the tentacles.
ROAR
The tentacles hit by the flashes dispersed into powder while emitting black smoke.
Seeing the tentacles weak to Holy Light, Zeke realized the Emperor had been corrupted by demonic energy.
‘Is this similar to when Hydra was completely corrupted by demonic energy?’
Zeke aimed his Holy Light at the Emperor’s body.
ZZING!
The flash flew toward the Emperor.
The Emperor stretched his hand forward, creating a translucent red barrier that neutralized the Holy Light’s flash.
TZZZZZ!
The red barrier surrounding the Emperor’s body seemed to be a different kind of power from magic or aura.
Zeke observed the red barrier protecting the Emperor with his Blood Eyes.
‘Is this some kind of ancient sorcery?’
The Emperor, who had practically created a new body through cult sorcery, was essentially infused with sorcery throughout his entire body.
While Zeke was clicking his tongue internally, the Emperor swung his sharp claws toward him.
SWOOSH
Lethal poison flowed from his claws and sprayed toward Zeke.
HISS
The poison splashes were strong enough to melt the walls and floor.
Zeke used his Flame Authority against the incoming poison.
WHOOSH
The flames created by his Authority burned away all the poison heading toward Zeke and engulfed the Emperor.
WHOOM
The Emperor’s body was once again wrapped in a translucent barrier.
However, the flames Zeke created contained a dragon’s Authority.
The Flame pierced through the barrier made by sorcery.
Seeing this, the Emperor instinctively began chanting spells as he watched the flames’ Authority trying to devour him.
TZZZZZ
Black energy rose from his body.
The black energy wrapped around the Authority of Flame enveloping the barrier, and soon the flames began to fade.
Zeke showed a surprised expression seeing the Emperor nullify the flames created by his Authority.
‘Is that the power of a Fallen Constellation? How terrifying.’
The Emperor looked even more hideous than before. His body surface was covered in slick liquid and pus, with an extra pair of eyes on his forehead. The tentacles writhing on his back extended in all directions with HISS sounds like snakes.
The Emperor stretched his hand toward Zeke.
WHOOM
Black energy from his hand gathered and formed shapes.
Zeke sensed spectral energy from these shapes.
SCREECH
Dozens of spectral knights like black shadows approached Zeke.
The Emperor pointed at Zeke and shouted to them:
“My loyal spectral knights! Kill him now!”
The shadows charged at Zeke following the Emperor’s command. The spectral knights had mounted shadow horses and held swords and shields.
Though the spectral knights charged, Zeke didn’t move. As they approached him, they suddenly froze stiff.
The Emperor panicked seeing the specters frozen like statues.
“Specters! What are you doing?! Kill him now!”
Though the knights-turned-specters bound to the Emperor’s soul felt fear at his shout, they still couldn’t move.
This was because Zeke was using his Shadow Dominion Skill.
TZZZZ!
Zeke’s shadows had already captured the specters.
The specters couldn’t overcome the shadow Skill consuming their souls.
Zeke absorbed all the captured specters with his absorption skill.
[Absorbed the fallen knight’s specter.]
[Due to Shadow Dominion’s influence, the absorbed fallen knight’s specter transforms into a shadow spirit.]
[Obtained 32 ghost knights as summons.]
The specters created by the Emperor had completely become Zeke’s shadow spirits.
TZZZZ!
Zeke summoned his newly acquired ghost knights.
Now as shadow spirits, they looked much clearer and stronger than when they were specters as they lined up at Zeke’s command.
When he gave another mental command, the ghost knights turned their horses toward the Emperor and raised their shields and pointed their swords.
The Emperor trembled seeing this.
“How dare you?! My knights!”
Zeke smirked at the Emperor.
“They’re just dead specters – finder’s keepers.”
Zeke then summoned Cayman and other dragon warriors as well.
With the dragon warriors joining, a full knight order was instantly formed.
Zeke gave them an order.
“Capture the Emperor.”
Cayman led the dragon warriors and ghost knights in a charge toward the Emperor.
The Emperor extended his tentacles toward the shadow spirits charging with terrifying force.
SWOOSH
Though the tentacles tried to wrap around and repel the shadow spirits like snakes, the ghost knights’ power was not to be underestimated.
Though they were fallen knights, they had become specters while possessing great strength in life.
As the ghost knights cut through the approaching tentacles and threateningly advanced, the Emperor stepped back hesitantly.
Though the Emperor was once an excellent warrior and knight with great martial prowess, he couldn’t manifest aura with a body created through forbidden techniques.
He shouted toward the door:
“Gillian! Come kill these creatures now! Hurry!”
The Emperor urgently called for Gillian who was fighting the golem knight outside.
Something flew in from outside the door.
WHOOSH
It was the golem knight’s head flying toward Zeke.
CRASH
When Zeke dodged, the golem knight’s head deeply embedded in the wall.
Gillian entered dragging the golem knight’s body from outside.
The Emperor shouted at Gillian:
“Gillian! Kill him now!”
Strengthened by the Serpent of the Black Maw’s power, Gillian was wielding a Black Knight’s power.
He threw aside the golem knight’s body and pointed his greatsword at Zeke.
BOOM! BOOM!
The floor began cracking, unable to withstand the black energy flowing from Gillian’s body.
ROAR
With a bestial roar, Gillian leaped at Zeke.
Zeke met him with Bahamut raised.
CRASH
An explosion occurred as Gillian’s greatsword and Zeke’s sword clashed.
Zeke was pushed back by the powerful explosive force.
But he immediately thrust Mace of Light at Gillian.
BOOM
Though Gillian took Mace of Light head-on, he charged at Zeke again as if completely unaffected.
WHOOSH
CRASH! CRASH! CRASH!
His greatsword fell toward Zeke in succession.
Zeke deflected Gillian’s sword while looking for an opening.
Though maddened by demonic energy, Gillian was a powerful knight who had been on the verge of reaching the Black Knight realm through harsh training.
Even wielding a heavy greatsword, he showed no openings.
Zeke admired Gillian’s skill while parrying his sword.
‘To ruin such a knight like this. Foolish Emperor.’
Zeke stepped back briefly before thrusting his sword at Gillian again.
CRASH
Gillian momentarily lost balance when taking Zeke’s sword imbued with gold aura head-on, different from before.
He then concentrated black energy again to raise a black aura.
Zeke spoke to Gillian:
“Gillian, was it? Your skill is too excellent to kill like this.”
Though he seemed unable to understand, Zeke said this and equipped Agamemnon’s Mask.
Golden aura rose from his body.
The golden aura concentrated in Zeke’s sword, wrapping it in light.
This was the newly evolved skill ‘Radiant Light Blade.’
Zeke said to Gillian:
“If you survive, I’ll take you as my subordinate and use you well.”
Having lost his reason, Gillian charged at Zeke with his greatsword filled with black aura, not understanding Zeke’s words.
WHOOSH
The air vibrated from the strike filled with powerful force.
Zeke unleashed Infinite Sword Technique at Gillian with the Radiant Light Blade.
Infinite Sword Technique Secret Art
First Form
Sun Moon Cruel Strike
The light blade carrying purification power annihilated Gillian’s black aura and struck his body.
SSSSSSS!
As purification power seeped into Gillian’s body, the black snake coiled within began glowing.
“URGHHHH!”
Gillian writhed in pain.
The snake tattoo on his face writhed before something burst out of Gillian’s mouth.
HISSSSS
Black smoke flowed from the black snake’s body exposed to purification energy.
The black snake jumped out of Gillian’s mouth and quickly fled.
THUD
When the snake escaped, Gillian collapsed powerless, and Zeke approached him.
‘He’s still breathing.’
But the black snake seemed to have consumed too much life force while coiled inside his body.
Zeke quickly cast healing on Gillian.
Though his wounds recovered somewhat, he remained unconscious.
As Zeke considered giving him a potion, he felt an evil power growing stronger behind him.
‘This is?’
When he turned to look, surprisingly, the Emperor fighting the ghost knights looked completely different from before.
GROWL
Snake-like skin oozing sticky fluid, red eyes, and from head to back were all writhing snakes making eerie sounds.
He could no longer be called human.
The black snake that left Gillian’s body had entered the Emperor and completely dominated him.
The Emperor opened his mouth looking at Zeke.
“The Constellation… the Constellation speaks… bring the Holy Spear.”
Zeke frowned seeing the Emperor completely transformed into a demon.
‘He’s become completely subservient to the demon.’
Then a message appeared before Zeke’s eyes:
[The Fallen Constellation Serpent of the black maw gazes at the Immortal through its avatar.]
[Serpent of the Black Maw makes an offer to the Immortal.]
[It says it will grant the Immortal’s wish if the Holy Spear is handed over.]