Dragonslayer’s Class Regression Chapter 50

Chapter 50

WOONG!

A clear sword resonance rang from the sword held by the Hound.

It was at least the sound of a yellow-grade swordsman.

In fact, in a direct confrontation rather than assassination, Southern hitmen can never defeat knights from the Central Continent.

There was a difference in their training methods from the beginning.

But Zeke wasn’t an ordinary Southern hitman.

He infused wind power into his dagger and threw it at the Hound in front.

CLANG!

The Hound deflected Zeke’s dagger with his aura-infused sword, then immediately shouted to the other Hounds.

“He has an artifact! Be careful, the daggers are imbued with magical power!”

They seemed to have mistaken elemental power for magic.

Zeke drew more daggers and held them in both hands.

Then he quickly sprang forward.

WHOOSH!

Like a Southern hitman, Zeke moved his body nimbly, aiming for the knights’ vital points and openings.

CLANG!

However, the Hounds were wearing sturdy armor under their clothes.

Zeke realized cheap daggers weren’t enough to deal with them.

“Hmm. In that case, I’ll just have to kill them all.”

Zeke quickly made his decision, discarded his daggers, and drew Bahamut from his back.

WOOONG!

A powerful sword resonance rang from Bahamut.

The Hounds were startled by the unexpected situation.

“That guy isn’t a Southerner. He’s a knight.”

Zeke changed direction and targeted the one who had been relaying the situation to other Hounds.

Wind power was infused into his sword.

WHOOSH!

The Hound trusted in the power of his armor.

It was armor that could deflect ordinary sword strikes.

But that was a big mistake.

SLASH!

Zeke’s sword cut through not only the armor but also his waist.

BOOM!

The other Hounds tensed up and became wary as they watched their comrade’s body being severed.

Some tried to retreat, but they soon sensed something strange.

Clang!

An invisible barrier was blocking the passage.

He had already torn a scroll and cast a magic barrier when he drew Bahamut.

Zeke grinned as he looked at the Hounds.

“I can test the results of my training.”

WOOONG!

Bahamut’s vibration intensified and an aura blade suddenly surged.

The Hounds were startled to see Zeke’s aura blade.

“B-Blue Knight!”

Zeke held his sword and took the dragon-slaying stance.

Dragon Slaying technique – True Dragon Sword Technique

Chapter 1 Verse 1

Sky Slash

Though the sword form was basic dragon-slaying technique, it contained the principles of the True Dragon Sword Technique.

Zeke’s sword moved in a large arc.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The aura blade’s energy Zeke created spread in all directions.

The Hounds tried to resist with their swords when touched by the energy, but it was useless.

“Arghhhh!”

The aura blade cut through their swords, armor, and flesh.

Thud thud!

In an instant, over ten knights were dismembered and scattered about.

Those outside the aura blade’s range barely clung to life as they collapsed and groaned.

Zeke checked each surviving one with Bahamut and killed them.

Then he approached the last surviving one and asked.

“Why did Imperial Hounds come here?”

The Hound remained silent.

So Zeke clicked his tongue and spoke again.

“You must have received orders from the Emperor to search for ancient relics.”

Seeing the Hound’s surprised expression, there was nothing more to ask.

Zeke swung Bahamut and cut off the last one’s head as well.

He raised fire power toward the scattered corpses.

Whoosh!

Pure fire power burned all the Hounds’ bodies.

“This should leave traces suggesting an attack by blue knights and mages.”

Zeke left traces to make it look like many knights and mages had come, hoping Favela Cartel would see them and launch a stronger counterattack against Mekein Cartel.

After cleaning up the scene, Zeke examined inside the tunnel.

‘I didn’t know in my previous life that Imperial Hounds were with the Favela Cartel.’

Currently, Zeke came to this camp at sixteen, while in his previous life he came after turning eighteen, so there was about a 3-year time difference.

So when he came here in his previous life, it’s possible the Hounds had already found what they wanted and withdrawn.

Zeke decided to investigate what the Hounds were looking for.

He turned on his map to find places connected to the tunnel and quickly headed there using Shadowless step. It seemed to be an underground ruin.

After running for a while, familiar dungeon scenery appeared.

‘So there were dungeons in the South too.’

Usually uninformed common people think dungeons only exist in Giant Mountains, but they were actually scattered throughout the continent.

Zeke freely examined the dark dungeon using Dragon Eye skill while looking for traces of Hounds.

Though the dungeon paths were intricately tangled like a maze, it wasn’t a big problem for Zeke who had a map.

Then he sensed something ahead.

Zeke concealed his presence and focused on his hearing.

“The contact with Patrol Team 3 has been lost?”

It seemed the ones Zeke had taken care of were Patrol Team 3.

With those words, the other hounds began moving busily.

They spread out to different locations to find Patrol Team 3 whose contact was lost, leaving the camp they had set up in the dungeon empty.

‘Perfect. I should use this chance to find information.’

Zeke infiltrated deeper into the camp while concealing his presence.

It was much larger in scale than the camp seen in the Barbarian territory.

Zeke examined the map of the southern continent posted on the situation room wall.

There were codes indicating deployments marked throughout the jungle area, including the location of the Favela camp.

This seemed to be the headquarters managing the hounds searching for ancient ruins in the southern continent.

Zeke shook his head after confirming that the Empire was extending its reach to the southern continent as well.

‘What on earth is that crazy emperor trying to find by causing all this chaos? He can’t really believe immortality is possible.’

Zeke memorized all the locations where the hounds were deployed.

[Recording these locations on the map.]

Surprisingly, the system automatically recorded the mapping.

‘This is really convenient.’

After getting the map information, Zeke gathered important documents from the situation room and put them in his inventory.

After collecting everything needed, he drew his sword.

“Should I leave my mark here too?”

Flames erupted from Zeke’s sword.

Whoosh!

The flames spread fiercely throughout the situation room and the entire camp.

As the flames rose rapidly, the remaining hounds inside ran out in surprise.

“Fire!”

Zeke immediately rushed out and stabbed the panicking hounds with his sword.

He left different wound patterns to make it look like the work of multiple knights.

“Argh!”

The hounds, panicked by the flames, fell helplessly to Zeke’s sword.

After dealing with all the remaining hounds, Zeke tried to escape the camp.

But then he felt a strange presence behind him.

‘What is it?’

Nothing was marked on the map.

Yet he felt an unmistakably clear human presence behind him.

He slowly turned his head.

Thud!

A young knight with long red hair wearing the Empire’s grand magic armor Hersion, rather than regular hound gear, was looking at Zeke.

Zeke immediately raised Bahamut.

‘Hersion? Why is an Imperial Red Knight here?’

A full plate armor covering the entire body without gaps.

It was the cream of the crop, not only engraved with all sorts of auxiliary magic but also enchanted with lightweight and auto-repair magic that would fix itself when damaged.

Since it was so expensive to make, there weren’t even 100 people in the entire Empire who owned one.

So Zeke wondered about the Imperial knight approaching him.

‘Who is that?’

He should at least know the appearance and name of a knight who owned a Hersion.

However, the young knight approaching him was someone completely unknown in his previous life.

Additionally, the Hersion he was wearing looked somewhat different from the Empire’s standard ones.

The Imperial knight stood before Zeke and spoke.

“I thought several units of mages and knights had come, but one person caused all this chaos.”

The accent confirmed he was an Imperial noble.

Zeke raised Bahamut and asked him.

“Who are you?”

Then the Imperial knight drew his sword and said.

“Though you look young, a knight as skilled as you deserves to know my name.”

He raised his sword and said.

“My name is Cain.”

In that moment, Cain raised his sword and charged forward.

Crash!

Whoosh!

A heavy charge attack combining the weight of the full plate armor and aura power slammed into Zeke.

Bang!

Zeke was pushed back by the force.

Seeing it was much more powerful than expected, it seemed the armor included strength enhancement functions in addition to aura power.

Cain showed a surprised expression when his attack was blocked.

“You blocked my attack. Truly impressive.”

His expression was like finding an interesting toy.

Seeing this, Zeke straightened his posture.

Then he raised Bahamut and released his aura.

A clear aura blade rose up.

Cain looked at Zeke and smiled.

“To meet a true knight like you in such a remote place! I couldn’t be happier!”

Zeke silently stepped into the phantom step and rushed at Cain.

SWOOSH!

Zeke’s sword strongly stabbed at Cain’s vital points.

But blocked by the Hersion, the sword bounced right off.

Cain grinned as he looked at Zeke.

“The Hersion I possess is special. It even blocks aura blades.”

Zeke gripped his sword again as he looked at the confident Cain.

Then he steadied his breathing and used the skill Magic Reflection.

WHOOSH!

The Magic Reflection skill spread out from Zeke’s body.

CRACKLE!

Fortunately, Cain’s Hersion seemed to be affected by Magic Reflection as small sparks flew from its surface.

His expression changed from before.

“You wretch. What have you just done?”

Zeke’s skills didn’t end there.

He used the Dissonance skill stored in his shortcut slot.

SCREECH!

A strange sound that grated on the nerves echoed through.

Cain frowned.

“Now I see you’re just full of cheap tricks!”

Instead of answering, Zeke ran towards Cain and used the Flash Bang skill.

FLASH!

An intense light burst right in front of Cain.

“Ugh!”

Cain couldn’t properly open his eyes due to the flash bang.

Zeke swung his sword toward the stunned Cain.

BANG!

Even in that situation, Cain swung his sword and blocked Zeke’s blade.

Then, with his eyes still closed, he swung his sword back at Zeke.

BANG!

Surprisingly, Zeke deflected Cain’s sword with his bare body.

He had strengthened his body using the Dragon Race skill Dragon Scale Armor.

Zeke immediately dove toward Cain.

Then he tried to grab Cain’s leg using the Pankration technique he learned in his cradle days.

But at that moment, an ominous energy burst forth from Cain’s body.

Blade-like energy surged up and spread in all directions like a hedgehog.

SLASH!

Zeke instinctively rolled to the side to dodge, then used the Shadowless step to create distance from Cain.

Cain looked at Zeke with sunken eyes and said,

“You have many interesting tricks.”

Zeke also readjusted his sword with more serious eyes and pointed it at Cain.

‘How can someone of this skill level not have a title?’

There was only one thing this could mean.

‘Is he the Empire’s secret weapon?’

One reason the Rom Empire doesn’t engage in all-out war with Draker is the difference in the number of Black Knights they possess.

Draker, as a single family, has five Black Knights.

Including allied families and nations, they could mobilize up to ten Black Knights.

However, the Rom Empire officially only has three Black Knights.

No matter how overwhelmingly large the number of regular knights may be, when Black Knights, who are called one-man armies, are deployed, regular knights are useless regardless of their numbers.

If a young imperial knight with this level of skill has no known title, there’s a high chance he’s a weapon being secretly trained by the Empire to become a Black Knight.

Zeke decided to test Cain.

“The Rom Empire is ridiculous. Treating a secret weapon like you as a Hound and making you dig up ancient relics.”

Cain smiled and shook his head at Zeke’s words.

“You’re quite good at provocation too.”

He took a step toward Zeke as he spoke.

The sparks that had been occurring in Hersion had subsided, suggesting the magic reflection effect had ended.

He slowly opened his eyes and said,

“A knight of your caliber deserves to know my name.”

Cain held his sword ceremoniously and said,

“My name is Cain. Cain Jiemens Constantinus.”

Zeke was shocked.

‘What?’

An unexpected name had emerged.