Dragonslayer’s Class Regression Chapter 102

Chapter 102

‘Abel.’

Zeke was confused about how Abel was here. But questions wouldn’t help with escape.

First priority was getting out of here.

Zeke stood in front of Carus and pointed his sword toward Abel and the Red Lion Knights.

He quickly scanned his surroundings.

‘Need to find an escape route.’

That’s when Abel stepped forward.

“You are under arrest for kidnapping the prince. Drop your weapon immediately.”

Abel didn’t recognize Zeke who was wearing a helmet.

‘Kidnapper of the prince, huh?.’

Looking at the murderous knights, Zeke realized Abel’s plan.

They intended to frame him for killing Carus while resisting arrest as a cornered kidnapper.

Zeke pointed his sword and steadied his breathing.

When Abel nodded, one of the knights behind him rushed forward.

WHOOSH!

As a formal knight of Draker, his movements were extraordinary.

The charging knight swung his sword at Zeke.

CLANG!

Zeke used his iron sword with Northern swordsmanship from his past life to deflect the knight’s blade.

Abel watched Zeke’s fighting intently.

He seemed to be trying to gather information about Zeke who had spirited away Carus by observing every movement.

Zeke faced the knight using rough Northern swordsmanship typically used by Northern mercenaries.

WHOOSH!

Zeke dodged the knight’s sword and thrust his fist toward the abdomen.

The knight was caught off guard by the Northern technique that freely mixed martial arts with swordsmanship.

CRACK!

A tremendous sound came from the knight’s abdomen.

“KUHAK!”

Zeke’s fist enhanced with gold aura was like being hit by an ogre’s punch.

Physical power that transcended limits could overcome even aura enhancement.

The knight stepped back clutching his ruptured abdomen.

Abel nodded his head again.

Four of the surrounding knights approached Zeke.

‘So you want to test me more?.’

Abel clearly thought he had both Zeke and Carus cornered.

He seemed intent on uncovering who was behind Carus’s kidnapping.

Zeke raised his sword overhead in a Northern swordsmanship stance.

Four knights charged at Zeke.

“HAAAT!”

Swords filled with aura flew at Zeke from all directions.

Zeke deflected the knights’ swords with his aura-imbued blade and took them down one by one with the rough, bold movements characteristic of Northern swordsmanship.

Whoosh!

A knight’s leg was cut by Zeke’s swift sword.

“KUUK!”

Zeke subdued all four instantly.

Abel fell into contemplation as he watched Zeke who hadn’t even broken a sweat.

Then he raised his hand and spoke to the knights surrounding the portal shuttle station.

“Capture him alive. We need to find out who’s behind him.”

Dozens of knights drew their swords and slowly approached Zeke.

Behind them, Carus who had been retching finally regained his senses and shouted.

“Insolent fools! Stand down! Abel Draker! I trusted you as a friend, yet you conspire with the regent to kill me! Have you no fear?!”

The knights didn’t stop despite Carus’s outburst.

Zeke held his sword and steadied his breathing.

Rumble!

He raised his gold aura to the maximum.

A knight charged at Zeke.

Zeke swung his sword at him.

CRACK!

The knight’s sword broke and he was sent flying into the wall from the force.

While ordinary knights might have been rattled, Draker’s knights were clearly different.

They charged at Zeke without hesitation, as if fearless.

Swoosh!

Over a dozen blades fell toward Zeke.

Zeke deflected all the incoming swords with his gold aura-imbued blade.

CRACK!

The swords of all the knights who crossed blades with Zeke broke.

Not stopping there, Zeke physically rammed into the knights.

BANG!

The knights were thrown back just from being pushed by his body without any special technique.

William who was watching spoke to Abel.

“Abel, that looks like a magic sword and armor.”

Such physical power was impossible even with aura enhancement.

It would only be possible for those blessed with physical power like the Tourn clan or House Agamemnon.

Abel slowly removed his gloves at William’s words.

CRACKLE!

When Abel took off his gloves, the surrounding mana lamps flickered and sparks flew from the magic circle.

Zeke realized Abel was causing mana interference.

‘I see.’

The Elemental Sword used elemental power not mana, so it wasn’t affected by the mana interference of Draker’s pureblood awakened.

But showing that would only make them more desperate to capture him, so Zeke deliberately acted like he was flustered.

Then Abel shouted.

“The magic effects are gone! Capture him alive!”

The knights swarmed toward Zeke.

Zeke made panicked movements while approaching Carus behind him.

Then he grabbed Carus tightly.

And just as the knights rushed in, he used Dragon’s Dignity, flash bang, and Dissonance skills in succession.

EEEEEING!

The charging knights were startled when a flash burst out instantly while Discord occurred simultaneously.

Zeke used that opening to jump up toward the lounge using wind power.

CRASH!

Zeke rolled through the broken reinforced glass and immediately got up to check on Carus.

“Carus, get yourself together! We need to escape!”

Once outside the terminal, he could summon Bucephalus and flee by air.

At that moment, knights rushed toward Zeke and Carus.

They appeared to be Imperial knights rather than Red Lion knights.

Zeke swung his sword with fire power at the Imperial knights.

WHOOSH!

Fierce flames flew toward the knights.

After binding the knights’ feet with flames, he ran with Carus toward the terminal exit.

Then knights who had come up from the portal shuttle station charged at Zeke.

“Catch him!”

Just as Zeke tried to change direction to escape.

Other knights were approaching from the opposite side as well.

‘Damn.’

But the knights coming from the opposite side were somewhat different.

They were advancing in formation wearing golden armor that gleamed brightly.

‘The Golden Knights of House Graham?’

They had also guarded Zeke during the previous Draker martial arts tournament.

The Red Lion Knights were also caught off guard by the sudden appearance of the Golden Knights.

The Golden Knights and Red Lion Knights entered a standoff with Zeke and Carus between them.

The Golden Knights’ commander stepped forward and shouted at the Red Lion Knights.

“You are currently trespassing without permission on Panstas Terminal, property of House Graham, causing significant damage to private property.”

The Red Lion Knights’ vice commander stepped forward and shouted back.

“We are currently executing Draker’s mission! Withdraw immediately!”

But the Golden Knights did not back down.

“We have received no official document regarding Draker’s mission execution. Without documentation for mission execution, illegally occupying House Graham’s private assets will require appropriate consequences.”

Tense atmosphere flowed between the Golden Knights and Red Lion Knights.

That’s when Abel appeared.

Even the Golden Knights seemed tense when the famous Lion Sword showed himself.

Abel glared at them and said.

“I believe Draker Knights can execute missions without cooperation documents in Midland.”

The Golden Knights commander refuted.

“This is House Graham’s private property. You should have properly sent cooperation documents to the Duke’s house and sought collaboration.”

Abel curled his lips in a smile at those words.

“I don’t want to hear any more nonsense. Step aside. Otherwise you’ll face consequences for interfering with Draker’s mission.”

As Abel tried to force his way through, the Golden Knights also tensed and drew their weapons.

Just as battle seemed imminent.

Something appeared behind the Golden Knights.

WHOOSH!

Both the Golden Knights and Red Lion Knights were startled by the massive silver hawk emblem.

Abel bit his lip hard.

“The Silver Knights…”

It was none other than the knights led by the Silver Knight Kali Draker.

Among the knights was a woman wearing silver armor.

She called out to Abel Draker.

“Lion Sword! Thank you for cooperating with Prince Carus’s rescue mission!”

She pulled out and unfurled documents.

“According to official documents, I, Kali Draker, and the Silver Knights have been appointed to rescue and escort the Empire’s 4th Prince Carus Nerva Constantinus!”

Kali Draker showed the documents to the Golden Knights commander.

The Golden Knights immediately saluted and bowed to Kali Draker.

“According to the cooperation treaty, we will follow Lady’s Kali Draker’s orders.”

Abel realized something was going wrong.

He slowly approached Kali.

“It’s been a while, sister.”

“This is an official occasion. Use proper titles.”

Abel bit his lip and spoke again.

“Lady Kali. I will escort Prince Carus, so do not worry.”

But Kali shook her head.

“This is already the family’s decision. Lion Sword must follow the decision.”

Abel looked at Carus who was watching warily behind Zeke.

‘Damn, just one more step.’

He regretted wasting time earlier. But he couldn’t just give up now.

Abel glared at Kali and said.

“Lady Kali. This is clearly overstepping. I clearly have jurisdiction over Imperial matters…”

“Nonsense. I’ve never heard that only Abel Draker handles all Imperial matters.”

Abel clenched his molars.

At the same time, killing intent rose from his body.

As Abel didn’t sheathe his sword but rather raised his energy, both the Silver Knights and Golden Knights drew their weapons in alert.

Kali stepped forward one more step watching Abel.

“Are you going to defy the Guardian Knight’s orders?”

Abel also stepped forward and said.

“My knights lost their lives in the process of rescuing Prince Carus. I’m claiming legitimate rights as commander of the Red Lion Knights.”

Suddenly Abel changed his sword’s direction from Kali to Zeke.

CRASH!

Powerful sword strikes rained down on Zeke.

Zeke blocked Abel’s sword with Northern swordsmanship.

CLANG!

When Zeke blocked the surprise attack, Abel raised his sword and unleashed an aura blade.

WHOOSH!

He shouted at Zeke.

“No price can pay for harming Draker’s knights!”

Abel latched onto Zeke who was hiding his identity for justification.

CRASH!

Zeke and Abel’s swords collided with a massive explosive sound.

‘KUGH!’

Even using aura wasn’t enough to block Abel’s sword imbued with aura blade.

Simultaneously, flames rose from Abel’s sword.

Abel thrust his flame-wrapped sword toward Zeke.

“Die!”

The flames Abel unleashed engulfed not just Zeke but reached toward Carus behind him.

“Oh no!”

Kali ran toward Carus in panic.

She hadn’t expected Abel to so openly try to kill Carus.

WHOOSH!

Just as the massive flames were about to engulf Carus.

SWOOSH!

A sword wind from somewhere instantly nullified the raging flames from Abel’s sword.

“Huh?”

Even Abel was surprised when his flames disappeared so easily.

That’s when.

Someone was suddenly walking between the two sides with heavy steps.

With a sword on his back, wearing thick leather clothes, he was a large elderly man with white hair and a beard.

He had a long scar running from his forehead across to his chin.

When the old man appeared, Draker family’s knights froze and couldn’t speak.

Abel’s expression also hardened.

The old man stood close to Carus and Zeke.

He looked down at them and said.

“Which one of you is the prince?”

Carus slowly raised his hand with a frightened expression.

The old man drew his sword and swiftly cut between Carus and Zeke.

“I’ll take the prince.”

Both Kali and Abel were surprised at those words.

But no one could stop the old man.

Sword King Bernas Draker.

He was one of Draker’s Black Knights and said to have reached the peak of swordsmanship.