Dragonslayer’s Class Regression Chapter 46

Chapter 46

“What’s this?”

The document was a share transfer agreement for the Linehart Trading Company.

It stated the condition of transferring 20% of Linehart Trading Company’s shares.

“You’re saying you’ll transfer the shares? Shares of Linehart Trading Company?”

Linehart Trading Company was still a profitable and prestigious company.

Giving up 20% shares of a company with promising future growth was equivalent to giving away hundreds of thousands of gold.

Princess Melissa nodded at Zeke’s surprised words.

“Of course. If you can give me assurance, one-fifth of the company will be yours, Sir Zeke.”

“Huh.”

This behavior was difficult to understand with the common sense Zeke had in his previous life.

Even though he saved her life by giving her the medicine, that matter was already settled with another contract.

What Princess Melissa wanted now was just assurance. Giving Zeke shares just for that seemed excessive.

“Princess Melissa. I’m just a student still attending Valhalla. I don’t understand why you’re doing this.”

Honestly, her behavior only increased his wariness.

In his experience, humans never give anything without benefit.

Deals with too large compensation always had something fishy about them.

Princess Melissa then spoke while looking at Zeke.

“I am a merchant as well as a princess. The reason I’m making this offer to Sir Zeke is clearly because there’s enough investment value.”

“Investment value. What kind of value? Because I am Draker Knight?”

“I’m not belittling Draker, so please don’t misunderstand. I apologize, but there are many Draker Knights besides you, Sir Zeke.”

After hearing Princess Melissa’s words, something crossed Zeke’s mind.

“The rights to the Hong-hwa Disease treatment…”

Currently, Hong-hwa Disease is continuously spreading in Allensia Kingdom’s border regions.

Princess Melissa was someone who helped the kingdom’s people through charity work.

Someone like her wouldn’t just ignore the Hong-hwa Disease.

“You want to buy the treatment rights by giving shares?”

“If the Empire spread this disease, we can stop their plot with this treatment, and even if that’s not the case, it’s a profitable business since we can save Allensia Kingdom’s citizens.”

Zeke looked into her eyes to understand Princess Melissa’s true intentions.

Among the many people he met in his previous life, there was no one like Princess Melissa who would sacrifice themselves for others.

No, there was just one person.

‘Damn it. I was trying not to remember.’

The first person he thought of after returning.

That person who stubbornly insisted on walking their own path like a noble wolf in that frozen north came to mind.

“Sir Zeke?”

Zeke snapped back to reality.

The person he knew and Melissa had similar eyes.

He slowly opened his mouth.

“I just need to declare that I’m not from the Empire?”

Princess Melissa nodded.

Zeke stood up from his seat.

Then he drew his sword that was standing.

Cliff behind them startled and tried to rush in, but Princess Melissa stopped him.

Zeke spoke while holding his sword.

“I, Zeke Draker, swear on my honor that I have no connection to the Empire.”

Though brief, the words carried great weight.

Princess Melissa nodded.

“Sir Zeke, thank you. Your honorable oath has once again made me believe in my judgment.”

Melissa immediately signed the transfer agreement.

Then she handed the contract to Zeke.

Zeke looked at the transfer agreement and contemplated.

While having to maintain an ongoing relationship with Princess Melissa was burdensome, the future value of Linehart Trading Company was too good to easily give up.

‘If it becomes too burdensome, I can sell it later.’

Zeke signed the contract and said.

“I gratefully accept the shares. However, I would prefer if my identity remained undisclosed.”

“Of course, Sir Zeke, don’t worry about that.”

Melissa put her hood back on and said.

“Due to business, I visit Atlas at least once a month. Since Sir Zeke has become a director of Linehart Trading Company, I hope you can make time when possible.”

Melissa showed her characteristic elegant smile and left the reception room.

Left alone in the reception room, Zeke shook his head while looking at where Melissa had sat.

Though many words were exchanged and it was tiring, they both got what they needed.

‘Somehow things are working out better than before returning, but it seems more headache-inducing.’

Back then, although life was rough, it was simple.

Zeke shook his head once and stood up.

When his mind was complicated, swinging a sword was best.

Zeke headed straight to the training room.

* * *

[You have acquired the True Dragon Sword Technique.]

[Special Skill True Dragon Sword Technique (S-Rank) has been added.]

[You have completed the achievement mission.]

[You have been awarded the title ‘Successor of the Sword Saint’.]

[You have been awarded ‘Chronos Kingdom’s Treasury Coordinates’.]

[You have been awarded 500 Karma Points.]

[You have been awarded two random boxes.]

“Finally, it’s done!”

Zeke had spent two whole months acquiring the True Dragon Sword Technique.

He first checked his status window.

[Intermediate Administrator Status Window]

Name: Zeke Drake

Class: Immortal (Unique Grade)

Titles: One Blessed by the Great Dragon, Heir of Terakan Drake, Successor of the Sword Saint

Authority: Dragon Race Domination

Constitution: Heavenly Bone Body, Poison Immunity

System Functions: Inventory(100 slots) / Mini-map (Portal Movement) / Intermediate Quest Book / Skill Shortcut Slots / Potion Shortcut Slots

Passive Skills: Healing Factor / Sturdy Mental Defense / Infinite Stamina / Combat Sense

Special Skills: Wind Storm[A-Rank (Proficient)] / Elemental Sword[S-Rank (Proficient)] / True Dragon Sword Technique[S-Rank (Beginner)]

Active Skills: Static Electricity [C-Rank (Proficient)], Flash Bang[C-Rank (Proficient)], Dissonance[C-Rank (Proficient)] Magic Reflection[A-Rank (Beginner)] / Area Buff[A-Rank (Beginner)]

Dragon Race Skills(Level 2 Released): Dragon Eye (Proficient) / Dragon’s Dignity (Proficient) / Gluttony(Proficient) / Incantation(Locked) / Dragon Scale Armor(Proficient) / Dragon Claws(Proficient)

Current Karma Points: 1,095 points

He was able to recover 500 of the 800 points he had lost using portals to burn down Mekein Cartel’s warehouse.

“A-rank skills don’t seem to increase in proficiency though.”

No matter how much he tried to increase proficiency by using them over the two months, Magic Reflection and Area Buff remained at beginner level.

It seemed like combat experience was needed to gain proficiency.

Right after checking his status window, Zeke quickly opened his inventory to check what he was most curious about – the Chronos Kingdom’s Treasury coordinates.

There was something like an old paper stored in the inventory.

When Zeke selected the paper, a message appeared.

[These coordinates cannot be read at present.]

[You need to find the seal that can activate the coordinates.]

[You can activate the coordinates by finding and combining the scattered seals.]

“What? Seal? Activate?”

Soon a map appeared before Zeke’s eyes.

Approximate locations were marked across the continental map.

“What is this? Two in the Central Continent, one in the Southern Continent, one in the North. Are you saying the seal is split into four pieces?”

Indeed, obtaining the kingdom’s treasury would not be an easy task.

At the same time, a mission message window appeared.

―Linked Quest Mission―

[Find and restore the scattered seals of the Chronos Kingdom. (No time limit)]

[Quest Mission Reward: Title ‘Heir to the Chronos Kingdom’]

“Heir to the Chronos Kingdom? Is the title the only reward?”

While being able to activate the treasury coordinates was quite appealing, if the reward was just a title, there was no need to rush the mission.

Plus, since there was no time limit, it seemed he could proceed slowly.

“I’ll look for them slowly after finishing urgent matters first.”

After finishing his check, Zeke stretched and left the training ground to go up to his room.

As soon as Zeke arrived at his room, he found a letter on his bed.

Seeing how firmly it was sealed, it seemed to be from Kay.

Zeke opened the seal and checked the contents.

“Finally he took the bait.”

A date had been set to meet Don Juan.

The timing was good since Valhalla would soon be on break.

Zeke immediately got up from his seat.

“Good. Time to see those drug dealers from the Southern Continent after a long while.”

* * *

“Over here with that!”

The port of Aison was always bustling with ships coming in for trade.

Thanks to Kali Draker’s efforts in eliminating pirates in the South Sea, the sea route across the Central Sea had become clean, allowing regular ships to operate to and from the Dorta Republic.

Among the ships at that port was one belonging to the rising Linehart Trading Company.

Disguised as a sales representative of Linehart Trading Company’s Southern Continent branch, Zeke concealed his youthful appearance and acted as an ordinary young man.

No one on the ship would connect him to Zeke Drake without the black gloves that symbolized a pure-blooded awakened member of the Drake family.

‘Will it take about ten days to arrive?’

Even if he wanted to use a portal, he couldn’t use it for places he hadn’t been to before.

Moreover, even for places he had been to, movement was impossible unless the portal coordinates were activated.

While there were various restrictions, once he went to the Southern Continent and activated the coordinates, he could move there anytime despite the high point cost, so he decided to think positively.

‘It’s perfect for creating an alibi.’

Zeke sat on one side of the ship, humming leisurely.

In his previous life, he had frequently taken ships due to extensive travel. He planned to rest while reminiscing about those times.

Just then, someone approached Zeke.

“Hey, kid. Move it!”

Sailors came over and roughly put down cargo where Zeke was sitting.

There was no particular need to put it there, but seeing how they did it deliberately, they must have found it irritating to see Zeke relaxing without doing anything.

Adjusting the glasses he was wearing for disguise, Zeke said to the sailor.

“Hey you. What’s your name?”

At Zeke’s words, a rough-looking sailor approached him with disbelief.

“You? Has this scrawny kid lost his mind? Do you want to be thrown into the sea?”

At that moment, the captain came up on deck.

As soon as he spotted Zeke, he came straight over, wringing his hands and bowing his head.

“Oh my, Vice Manager! Why are you already up on deck when you could be resting comfortably?”

The sailor who had been threatening Zeke was shocked by the captain’s attitude.

“V-Vice Manager?”

Manager meant someone who held complete authority over the business.

And Vice Manager was the position directly below the Manager.

It was extremely rare for someone as young as Zeke to hold the position of Vice Manager.

If someone did, it meant they were either a relative or blood relation of a high-ranking official in the company.

When he had asked Cliff to elevate his position just in case, Cliff had gone ahead and created an identity for him as his nephew and given him the Vice Manager position.

Zeke pushed up his glasses and asked again.

“So what’s your name?”

The sailor’s face turned pale as he bowed at a 90-degree angle.

“I-I’m so sorry, Vice Manager! I made a mistake not recognizing such an important person.”

Zeke patted the sailor’s cheek and said.

“Let’s do well. I’ll be watching you.”

“Yes! Understood!”

Zeke smirked and was guided into a cabin that was even more luxurious than the captain’s room.

He lay down on the soft bed and felt the smooth blanket.

‘I have to be on this ship for ten days, so there’s no need to travel uncomfortably.’

Zeke, who dreamed of becoming the continent’s strongest.

He was someone who knew the sweet taste of power.