Dragonslayer’s Class Regression Chapter 121

Chapter 121

ZIIIIIING!

The moment Zeke used Double Spell, he felt pain as if his soul was being torn apart.

“URRRGH!”

It felt like his consciousness would fly off to a distant place any moment.

[You have acquired the Special Skill ‘Soul Force (S-Rank)’.]

Thanks to the sudden message, Zeke’s mind snapped back to clarity.

‘Skill registration… Was Double Spell itself the true Soul Force?’

Zeke barely held onto consciousness with his mental strength.

Holding the sword imbued with the will of severance, Zeke jumped off Bucephalus’s back.

KWAKWAKWAKWA!

As Zeke jumped down in mid-air, the Hydra’s nine heads opened their mouths toward him.

KAAAAAAH!

Nine streams of breath poured toward Zeke.

PAJIJIJIK!

Zeke swung his sword at the breath pouring toward him.

SEOGEK!

The breath itself was cut off by Zeke’s sword strike.

‘URRRGH!’

Soul force was a completely different type of energy from aura, elemental power, or magic power made from mana.

It was an ability to change the essence beneath the phenomenal world by drawing upon the power of existence.

Soul Force was a technique that brought this abstract concept into the phenomenal world through the meridians.

Since Zeke had received a technique that humans originally couldn’t use, his body suffered tremendous strain from using Double Spell.

“HAAAAAAP!”

Blood vessels appeared in his eyes, and muscles bulged all over his body.

Breaking through the Hydra’s breath, Zeke swung his sword.

Soul Force

Double Spell

Will of Severance

The wave of will that surged from the sword cut through the Hydra’s body as it passed.

KUNG!

After swinging his sword, Zeke fell straight to the ground.

Bucephalus rushed straight to Zeke’s side in mid-air.

Zeke barely managed to raise his body while holding his sword.

“URRRGH!”

The price of forcibly drawing out soul power was severe.

Even with his Healing Factor, Zeke couldn’t move his body.

Zeke clenched his teeth against the pain of his muscles tearing strand by strand.

He barely raised his body and pointed his sword at the Hydra.

But the Hydra remained motionless without showing any movement.

‘What’s going on? Did Double Spell not work?’

Just as he was feeling anxious, the Hydra’s body split open.

PATSEUTSEUTSEU!

Black smoke leaked from where the Hydra was cut by Zeke’s sword.

KREUREUREURK!

The Hydra’s nine heads made an eerie sound.

KUNG! KUNG! KUNG!

The Hydra staggered backward.

KAAAAAAAAH!

The Hydra, which had been howling lengthily, suddenly glared at Zeke and opened its mouth wide.

KUGUGUGUGU!

The nine heads tried to spew breath.

Zeke clenched his teeth while gripping his sword.

‘Damn. Given there are no more strange changes, Soul Force seems to have worked, but was Double Spell still imperfect….’

Sensing an ominous energy, Bucephalus immediately carried Zeke and rose into the air.

KAAAAH!

The Hydra spewed breath from its mouth.

HIIIING!

Bucephalus circled through the air, avoiding the breath coming from all directions.

On Bucephalus’s back, Zeke barely managed to steady himself.

‘I need a bit more time to recover.’

But the Hydra, as if unwilling to give time, charged at Zeke while swinging its heads more violently.

KAAAAK!

That’s when it happened.

PEOBUK!

A huge stone spear pierced the Hydra’s neck.

KREURUK!

The Hydra turned its head.

The Barbarians who had dealt with the magical beasts had thrown stone spears coated with horsetail oil at the Hydra.

PEOBEOBEOBEOK!

Dozens of stone spears flew toward the Hydra.

KUGUGUGUGU!

Cut by the power of Soul Force, the severance, the Hydra couldn’t dodge the stone spears thrown by the Barbarians.

That’s when King Fist picked up the largest stone spear and threw it at the Hydra.

HUUUUNG!

The stone spear flew toward the Hydra with a sound that split the air.

PUK!

The stone spear thrown by King Fist stuck in the Hydra’s eyeball.

KEEEEEEK!

The Hydra with a spear in its eye writhed and twisted its body while howling.

Black smoke flowed more thickly from the cut wounds.

The Barbarians who had thrown all their stone spears quickly retreated.

At that moment, an intense flash of light sparkled behind the Hydra.

The nine heads turned around.

A huge mace of light fell over its head.

KWAKWAKWAKWAKWAKWA!

KEEEEK!

Hit by the mace of light, the Hydra couldn’t properly balance its body.

While the Barbarians bought time, Zeke, who had recovered, put on Agamemnon’s Mask and drew Bahamut.

‘It’s my first time using it on a magical beast, but it worked on Richmond, so there’s a chance!’

He used the purification skill and concentrated his aura on the sword.

UUUUUNG!

The power of purification was layered onto his sword.

The formless power of purification gradually seeped into Bahamut’s blade.

At that moment, golden aura surged and condensed on Zeke’s sword.

[You have acquired the Skill ‘Blade of Purification (A-Rank)’.]

When the power of purification took form like an aura blade, a new skill was created.

‘With this, I can use dragon-slaying techniques with purification power.’

Zeke raised the Blade of Purification and drove Bucephalus straight toward the Hydra.

Then he took the stance for the dragon-slaying technique.

UUUUNG!

The final secret technique of the True Dragon Sword technique unfolded through Zeke’s sword.

True Dragon Sword Art Ultimate Technique

Third Form

Giant Dragon Slash

KWAKWAKWAKWAKWA!

The huge golden blade that Zeke swung cleanly cut off the Hydra’s nine heads.

KUKUKUKUNG!

The Hydra’s heads cut by the Blade of Purification fell to the ground.

Black smoke rose from the cut wounds.

KUNG! KUNG!

The body with severed necks could no longer regenerate, staggered backward, and collapsed.

Zeke leaped off Bucephalus’s back and jumped straight onto the Hydra’s body.

Then he brought his sword down on the Hydra’s heart that he found with his dragon eye.

KWADEUDEUDEUK!

When the heart was destroyed, black bodily fluids emitting a foul odor began gushing out of the Hydra’s body.

Zeke hurriedly used Gluttony on the Hydra’s flesh that was gradually turning into black dust.

SEUSEUSEUSEUSEUSEU―

Zeke’s shadow sucked in the Hydra’s huge lifeless body like a swamp.

Fortunately, Zeke was able to completely devour the Hydra’s body before it collapsed.

At that moment, a message window appeared before his eyes.

[You have devoured a completely corrupted dragon-type consumed by magical energy.]

[Depleted health, mental power, and mana are being replenished.]

[You gain immunity to all poisons by fully absorbing the bloodline ability of the devoured dragon-type.]

[You acquire the skill ‘Hydra’s Poison’ by absorbing the bloodline ability of the devoured dragon-type.]

[The Hydra’s Poison skill is linked to the insignificant dragon-type summon Gurab and the very insignificant dragon-type summon Richmond.]

[Your soul rank increases from acquiring the special skill Soul Force.]

[The skill rank of the dragon race skill Incantation increases.]

[Part of Bahamut’s heart seal is released by absorbing the Great dragon-type Hydra’s heart. Current compression seal level is 70%.]

[The black sword Bahamut grows and some of its sealed functions are released. (Shape Transformation, Magic Absorption)]

[1,500 Karma Points awarded as a reward.]

[Three random boxes awarded as a reward.]

Zeke smiled with satisfaction as he watched the messages appearing in succession.

‘The hard work paid off.’

Zeke first checked Bahamut’s information.

―Black Sword Bahamut Information―

Description: A sword forged from the hardest fang of the cursed mad dragon Bahamut by a skilled craftsman with spirit eyes using blue flame

Unique Abilities: Indestructible, Mana Conversion, Shape Transformation, Magic Absorption

Special Note: Partial seal release (Seal level 70%)

Zeke tilted his head at the Shape Transformation part of the unique abilities.

“If it’s shape transformation, does that mean it can change form?”

He held Bahamut and imagined it becoming longer.

Then Bahamut’s blade really extended.

“What is this?”

Zeke held Bahamut and imagined a completely different sword appearance.

After a moment, Bahamut really changed into that sword form.

Zeke exclaimed in amazement after returning Bahamut to its original form.

“Good heavens. I can’t believe this is possible. This ability is ridiculous.”

He had been limited in using aura by having to use the Cloud Iron Sword whenever he needed to hide his identity, but now he could use Bahamut freely by changing its form.

Zeke also checked the information of other newly acquired skills.

Blade of Purification: Condensed purification power gains properties similar to an aura blade. Deals double damage when cast on undead and demon races. (Can be activated when wearing Agamemnon’s Mask)

Hydra’s Poison: Colorless, odorless, tasteless poison. Can be created in liquid or mist form. Poison strength can be adjusted.

Both were skills that could be useful in combat.

On top of that, he had collected over 4,000 points this time.

‘I should check the random boxes and points while resting in the village.’

Just then, Richmond, who had been hiding in the forest with the Barbarians, appeared.

“Brother Zeke!”

King Fist ran toward Zeke.

He hugged Zeke tightly.

“Saw you catch dragon! Brother Zeke strong!”

Not just King Fist, but young warriors from other tribes also approached and hugged Zeke tightly.

The embraces from the huge men weren’t exactly welcome, but it seemed to be Barbarian culture so he let it be.

After receiving hugs from everyone and finally breaking free from the Barbarian warriors’ arms, Zeke asked King Fist.

“Dragon’s body disappear. Sorry.”

“It’s fine. Catching it what matters.”

Unless the purpose was a passing test or monster hunting for sale, the Barbarians didn’t really need magical beast corpses.

Even Barbarians who eat monster meat as their staple food couldn’t eat the flesh of magical beasts steeped in magical energy.

With nothing blocking their way now, Zeke was about to head up to the village where Gollin was with King Fist.

That’s when Richmond, who was beside him, said to Zeke.

“Master, I sense something strange over there.”

The place Richmond pointed to was the cave where the Hydra had been crouching earlier.

“You sense magical energy?”

“Hmm, it’s similar but a bit different.”

Zeke was about to head toward the cave when he suddenly noticed something strange on the ground and stopped to examine the floor.

There were traces of the black bodily fluids that had come out of the Hydra’s body when it died flowing toward the cave.

Zeke said to King Fist.

“Wait a moment. Going to check something.”

“Need help?”

“No. Just going to look around.”

“Alright.”

Zeke dragged Richmond into the cave.

Even without the Hydra, the inside of the cave was still filled with a putrid smell.

Zeke and Richmond went deeper into the cave where the Hydra had been.

While examining with his dragon eye, Zeke discovered something.

There was an entrance leading to an even deeper place inside the cavity that hadn’t been visible when the Hydra was blocking it with its body.

Richmond said to Zeke.

“Master, it’s over there.”

Zeke drew Bahamut and entered the entrance.

Traces of black fluid flowing could be seen.

After passing through a narrow, long passage, a wide space surrounded by stone appeared.

The surprising thing was that this was not a natural formation but an artificial space created by someone stacking stones.

That’s when Zeke discovered something in the center of the space.

‘What’s that?’

It was a staff emitting an ominous energy.

Black fluids flowing in from all directions were gathering where the staff was stuck.

Like a huge pool, the black fluid clustered around the staff soon began to boil.

Then it gradually swelled up and began to form some kind of shape.

Zeke pointed Bahamut at the mysterious form and said to Richmond.

“Richmond. What exactly is that?”

Richmond also stuttered in confusion.

“W-well… I’ve never seen anything like this before!”

The shape created by the swollen black fluid was horrific, like a human with its skin peeled off.

Where skin should have been, muscles were exposed, and sticky mucus flowed on the surface.

The repulsive being made from black fluid reached out and grabbed the staff.

SEUSEUSEUSEUSEU!

Then powerful magical energy began to pour out from the staff.

Zeke deployed the Shield of Light skill.

PACHING!

The Shield of Light deflected the magical energy.

Then the horrific being holding the staff looked at the Shield of Light and began to speak, moving around its mouth.

“????????????????????????????!”

As Zeke pointed his sword warily at the incomprehensible language, a message appeared.

[Detecting language of the demon realm.]

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