Dragonslayer’s Class Regression 95

Chapter 95

KWAKWAKWAKWANG!

When the giant Kraken struck with its tentacles, tsunami-like waves surged forth.

The waves looked like they would swallow the ship whole.

Zeke, mounted on Nahuel’s back, raised his sword toward the waves.

WOOOONG!

The sword vibrated intensely.

Zeke held his sword horizontally and unleashed the secret technique of the True Dragon Sword.

True Dragon Sword Secret Technique

Third Formation

Great Phoenix Rising from Water

The third formation that had split Helen’s sword strike was released toward the tsunami.

KWAKWAKWAKWAKWAKWA!

Zeke’s sword horizontally split the massive wave.

The mountain-high tsunami shattered into pieces.

The smugglers watching from the deck were astounded by Zeke’s prowess as he fought the giant Kraken and destroyed the tsunami.

“Good heavens! He is the Sea God, an incarnation of the Sea God!”

While most southerners followed the Sun Religion spread from the Central Continent, many sailors still worshipped the ancient native Sea God.

Zeke, riding a sea dragon and defeating a giant monster, certainly looked like the legendary Sea God.

When Zeke split its tsunami with his sword, the giant Kraken panicked and began thrashing its thick tentacles wildly.

This created a massive whirlpool in the sea.

Nahuel, carrying Zeke, tried to break free from the whirlpool by cutting through the water.

URURURURU!

As Nahuel roared, the rough seas gradually began to stabilize.

It seemed Nahuel, as a spirit beast, was using its unique ability to control the sea’s flow.

Then large water droplets appeared around Nahuel’s body.

WHOOSH!

The water droplets, seemingly created by Nahuel, flew toward and stuck to the giant Kraken.

After attaching to the Kraken, the droplets gradually grew larger. This prevented the Kraken from moving its affected tentacles.

Zeke spoke to Nahuel.

“Well done, Nahuel! Keep holding it!”

URURURURU!

Nahuel raised its head and cried out as if responding to Zeke’s words.

Zeke floated using wind power and leaped across the sea.

CHWAAAAK!

Simultaneously, Zeke concentrated wind power in his sword.

WOOOONG!

Storm power surged at Zeke’s sword tip.

Wind power capable of creating massive gusts was compressed and compressed until it formed a solid sphere.

The giant Kraken remained immobilized by Nahuel’s water droplets.

Zeke pointed his sword tip at the Kraken and let out a battle cry.

Elemental Sword

Wind Force Field

Storm Sphere

The storm sphere at his sword tip shot toward the Kraken.

KWAKWAKWAKWAKWA!

The storm sphere created massive water spray as it shot toward the Kraken’s head.

The moment the sphere touched the monster’s body, it released its compressed power in an explosion.

KWAKWAKWAKWAKWA!

A massive gust wrapped around and burst through the Kraken’s entire body.

PUBUBUBUBUK!

The giant Kraken’s body was torn to shreds.

The storm sphere’s explosion had blown away half of the Kraken’s body, leaving it in tatters.

KRUOOOOO!

The giant Kraken, seemingly deciding it couldn’t win against Zeke, let out a roar and tried to escape back into the sea.

But Zeke took the stance for the dragon-slaying technique’s first formation against the Kraken trying to flee underwater.

Dragon-Slaying True Dragon Sword Technique

Chapter 4 Section 2

Full Moon Slash

Zeke’s sword drew a massive full moon.

A full moon made of aura floated on the sea’s surface and cleanly cut through the Kraken’s body and tentacles.

KWAKWAKWAKWAKWA!

The Kraken, with all its tentacles severed by the full moon, floated on the sea surface in tatters.

Then a message appeared before Zeke’s eyes.

[You have defeated a threatening ancient sea species.]

[You gain 300 Karma points.]

[Experience points are automatically distributed to summoned beast Nahuel.]

[When certain points accumulate, spirit beast Nahuel will evolve into a divine beast.]

‘Nahuel evolves when it receives points? Summoned beasts can receive points too?’

This was unexpected.

He had thought Karma points were only for his own use.

‘If it works for Nahuel, could it work for other summoned beasts? Maybe even for growth-type items like Bahamut…?’

The growth-type weapon Bahamut currently had most of its power sealed.

He had left it alone since he didn’t know how to develop it, but if Karma points could also develop items, it might not take as long as expected to unlock Bahamut’s sealed power.

‘Good to know.’

Zeke sent Nahuel back to its original lake and climbed back onto the ship.

But when the smugglers saw him, they suddenly began bowing to him.

“What are you all doing?”

Boris, who came out from the cabin, answered for them.

“They see you as the incarnated Sea God because you defeated the Kraken.”

Zeke smirked at those words.

“If I were the real Sea God, such monsters wouldn’t have appeared in the first place.”

Regardless of what Zeke thought, the smugglers revered and served him like a god.

Since it wasn’t particularly uncomfortable, Zeke decided to just leave them be.

As they were about to continue sailing on the now-calm sea, Zeke noticed the smugglers tying one of the Kraken’s tentacles floating on the sea to the ship with a rope.

“Why are you collecting that?”

To Zeke’s question, the smugglers replied with excited expressions.

“The meat of the big ones sells for a very high price, and it’s also something to brag about. It tastes good too.”

The giant Kraken wasn’t a magic-corrupted monster, so it seemed there was no problem eating it raw.

When they tried the grilled Kraken that the smugglers brought, it really had much more elasticity and flavourful than regular squid.

Just in case, they tried eating another tentacle of the Kraken through gluttony, but unlike monsters or other ancient species, they didn’t gain any blood-related abilities.

‘I guess I’ll just have to be satisfied with how good it tastes.’

And so the smuggling ship crossed over to the center of the Death Sea with the Kraken tentacle hanging from it.

The smuggling ship’s captain said to Zeke.

“We’ll need to stay on the island for tonight, replenish our water and food supplies, then depart tomorrow.”

When Zeke nodded, the captain turned the ship toward the island.

The ship reached the island by evening, and Zeke’s group was able to set foot on land after several days.

The smugglers skillfully docked the ship and unloaded boxes for water containers and food supplies.

Zeke asked the captain.

“It looks like an uninhabited island, but is there a place to replenish supplies?”

“Yes. It’s an island that all ships crossing the Death Sea commonly stop at. Even pirates don’t plunder here and quietly exchange only water and food supplies.”

It seemed there were rules among seafarers.

After finishing his explanation, the captain took several smugglers with him to get supplies.

Zeke was preparing a camp for the night, taking camping equipment out of his inventory.

That’s when it happened.

The smugglers who remained on the ship shouted.

“Pi- Pirates! Pirates!”

In the distance, dozens of pirate ships revealed themselves.

Zeke, who had been contemplating how to apply Karma Points to Bahamut, stood up at the smugglers’ shouts.

Boris approached Zeke and said.

“Boss, we have a problem.”

“You mean the pirates. The captain said this island was a neutral zone without conflicts.”

“Usually it is… but these pirates are known for being rough. That ship in the middle is the captain’s ship.”

“You mean they’re the leader of the pirate forces?”

“Yes. Their captain is a pirate called Hook, who’s currently known as the man closest to being the Pirate King.”

Zeke’s expression hardened at the mention of Pirate

‘Pirate King, huh.’

Hook’s pirate ship soon reached the shore.

Then dozens of pirates who had transferred to smaller boats approached the shoreline.

The pirates who revealed themselves all had fierce appearances, with rough scars and tattoos carved all over their bodies.

Among these pirates with such intense appearances, there was one man who particularly stood out.

“It feels damn good to step on land after so long.”

He was a man with a large build of what looked to be 2 meters, with characteristic hook-shaped beard.

This was Captain Hook, the notorious pirate of the Death Sea.

Hook and his pirates discovered Zeke’s group and the smuggling ship on the shore.

Hook stroked his beard and grinned.

“Who the hell are these bastards? Smugglers mixed with kids and an outlaw from the mainland?”

When Captain Hook spoke in a threatening voice, Boris stepped forward first.

“Captain Hook. I’ve heard much of your reputation. We’re from the Syndicate on a mission. We’d like to quietly take care of our business and leave.”

At Boris’s words, Hook and the other pirates burst into loud laughter.

“Hahaha! Wants to quietly take care of business and leave, he says. Where’d you learn to speak Southern dialect with that itchy Central Continent accent? What’s the Syndicate to us? Did you think we’d just say ‘Oh my, yes sir’ and let it go?”

Boris’s expression hardened at Captain Hook’s words.

These rough pirates didn’t seem to have any intention of letting things go quietly.

That’s when Zeke, who had been watching this, stepped forward.

He spoke in a low voice.

“We don’t want to see blood.”

At Zeke’s sharp voice, Hook’s laughing expression changed for a moment.

He felt an unusual aura emanating from Zeke, whom he had thought was just a young kid.

One of the other pirates beside Hook stepped forward, raising his weapon.

“What an arrogant brat. Who are you talking back to? Did you get some knight training somewhere?”

Then he swung his huge axe at Zeke.

Zeke caught the axe falling toward his head with his bare hands instead of avoiding it.

Crack!

Not only did he catch it, but he also crushed the iron axe blade with his bare hands.

“Huh?”

The pirate who had swung the axe stepped back in surprise.

Seeing this, all the pirates drew their weapons and took combat stances.

Captain Hook raised his hand to stop his subordinates.

He opened his mouth toward Zeke.

“You’re no ordinary knight. Are you really from the Syndicate?”

“If you want, I can show you my membership card.”

“How the hell would we know if a damn Syndicate card is real? Well, brother. If you say you don’t want to see blood, what are you going to do?”

Then Zeke said while looking at Hook.

“I suppose I’ll have the chance to treat the renowned Captain Hook to some quality alcohol.”

At those words, Hook wore a blank expression.

Then he burst into hearty laughter.

“Damn it all! Put down your weapons, boys. Today I must share a deep drink with this audacious young brother!”

At Captain Hook’s words, the pirates lowered their weapons.

The atmosphere reversed in an instant.

Hook approached Zeke.

“Young brother, let me properly introduce myself. My name is James Hook. As you know, I’m more commonly called Hook.”

“Pleased to meet you, James. I’m Zeke Murray.”

“Murray. Though it’s the first time I’ve heard the name, I feel it won’t be long before it shakes things up around here.”

“Thank you for the generous assessment. If you’d like, would you care to have a drink with us? It’s not much, but we have grilled Kraken and some hidden whiskey.”

At those words, Hook laughed heartily and moved without hesitation to Zeke’s camp.

Boris lit a fire to grill the Kraken tentacle, and Zeke took out whiskey that the smugglers had and served it to Hook.

“Whew! This is quite good whiskey. Indeed, those Central Continent fellows know how to make good whiskey.”

Zeke asked while pouring more whiskey into Hook’s glass.

“Why has the great pirate who shakes the Death Sea come all the way here? I heard this place is mainly used by smugglers.”

Hook downed the whiskey in one go and said.

“It’s all because of those damn fishermen.”

“Fishermen?”

“Yeah. Recently, the fishermen started forming groups and imitating pirates. And before we knew it, their force had grown quite large. We wondered why these creatures who used to just dig for shellfish on islands suddenly changed, and it turns out some bastard was stirring them up, damn it.”

“You mean there’s someone who’s unified the fishermen as pirates?”

Hook nodded while downing another glass of whiskey.

“Yeah. Hey, young brother. Have you ever heard about Treasure Island?”

“This is the first time I’m hearing about Treasure Island.”

“It’s a famous story among us pirates. They say Captain Kidd, known as the legendary pirate, hid the treasures he collected throughout his life on an island somewhere in the Death Sea.”

“I didn’t know such a legend existed.”

“Young brother, that’s not all. There’s a legend that whoever finds Captain Kidd’s Treasure Island becomes the Pirate King.”

When the words Pirate King came up, Zeke’s eyebrows twitched again.

‘Pirate King, huh. If I remember correctly, the name of the Pirate King who drove Sister Kali to her death wasn’t Hook. That bastard was…’

Hook shouted loudly while chewing on the grilled Kraken tentacle.

“That damn Peter Pan is after that Treasure Island! While I, the great pirate Captain Hook, am watching with my own two eyes!”