Dragonslayer’s Class Regression Chapter 94

Chapter 94

“D-Damn it’s magic! Dodge!”

KWAKWAKWANG!

Though it was actually Zeke’s explosive magic scroll activating, Donner mistook it for real magic due to its similar power.

“A mage! Find the mage!”

When magic suddenly flew from behind, the knights tensed up, retreated, and searched for the attacking mage.

But that was the wrong choice.

Zeke had already planted explosive scrolls in places they were likely to dodge to.

KWAKWAKWANG!

Hidden scrolls activated causing explosions.

“Urgh!”

While other knights would have been wiped out by these explosions, these were still Draker’s knights.

They quickly protected themselves with aura and rolled to dodge the explosions.

The Draker knights’ uniforms, which effectively blocked magic, also helped protect them.

Donner drew his sword and shouted.

“Damn it, who is it?!”

A tremendous wind blew towards the knights who couldn’t regain their senses from the consecutive explosions.

Donner saw the wind and shouted.

“Dodge!”

Some knights jumped into the sea, while others rolled behind rocks to hide.

The wind Zeke created swept the surroundings, blocking visibility.

During this time, Zeke remained hidden and slit the throats of knights hiding behind rocks.

“Guhk!”

Since he covered their mouths and stabbed vital points instantly, even Draker knights were helpless.

When the wind disappeared, squad leader Donner barely regained his senses and tried to gather his squad members.

But looking around, all his squad members were already dead.

“H-How is this possible?”

Then someone stood behind Donner.

He felt the sharp sensation of a dagger coming for his throat.

“Where is Abel?”

Donner cautiously looked for an opening to swing his sword.

Slash!

Zeke cut off Donner’s arm with the sword in his other hand.

“Arghh!”

Zeke held Donner’s severed arm and asked again.

“Answer now and I’ll give you a potion. The faster you answer, the higher chance of reattachment.”

Donner clutched his severed arm while breathing heavily.

A knight with a severed arm was worthless.

His lips trembling, he opened his mouth.

“C-Commander is at the terminal…”

Slash!

Before Donner could finish speaking, Zeke cut off his head.

He never intended to let him live anyway.

Zeke signaled Boris who was hiding.

While Zeke protected Carus, Boris would enter the cave to negotiate with the smugglers.

Soon after, Boris brought several armed smugglers.

The vigilant smugglers came out of the cave with weapons.

Zeke asked their apparent leader in southern language.

“Do you have a ship? We need to go to the southern continent right now. We’ll pay the price.”

The smuggler replied to Zeke.

“No payment needed since you saved our lives. But we can’t sail right now.”

“Storm coming?”

The smuggler shook his head.

“The big one comes out in weather like this.”

Boris beside him added.

“He means sea monsters appear.”

Zeke told the smuggler.

“If sea monsters appear, I’ll handle them. Just ready the ship.”

At his words, the smugglers whispered among themselves.

Then they soon nodded.

“Southerners repay debts even at the cost of their lives. We’ll launch the ship but can’t guarantee arrival.”

“Understood.”

The smugglers went back into the cave.

Surprisingly, they laid rails to the coast and pulled out a ship from inside the cave.

The ship soon floated on the sea, and Zeke boarded with Carus.

He first checked for traps with Dragon Eye, but fortunately found no hidden assassins or explosives.

“Rest here for now.”

Unexpectedly, Carus kept up well with Zeke and Boris’s forced march.

Though they gave him potions when his stamina dropped, he fared better than most soldiers.

Zeke asked Carus.

“Your Highness, have you received military training before?”

Carus nodded at those words.

“Yes. I received field training. How did you know?”

“Those who only received knight training have trouble enduring marches and field situations.”

Carus nodded at those words.

“Some noble knights are like that, all style. But I served my full 3 years and was discharged from active duty.”

Zeke was more surprised at Carus’s words.

“You responded to conscription despite being royalty?”

The Rom Empire adopted conscription.

All young men and women had to serve 3 years in the military.

But most nobles avoided service duty with various excuses.

The same went for royalty.

So it became very natural for royalty and nobles to not join the military.

In such circumstances, it was naturally surprising that Prince Carus, who held succession rights, completed active military service.

“Is it strange that I’m a reserve soldier?”

“It’s unexpected. I thought you only liked drinking and gambling.”

“That’s quite a rude remark, but since you saved my life, I’ll let it slide. Sir Zeke, I am an artist. An artist should not only know how to enjoy the arts but also have many other experiences. The famous minstrel Paris of the Holy Empire was a legendary bard performer, an excellent soldier, and also a representative swordsman of that era.”

Zeke was somewhat impressed to see this unexpected side of Carus.

In his previous life, he had handled several VIP rescue missions, and dealing with immature nobles was more challenging than facing ten knights.

While talking with Carus about various things, the preparations were completed.

“Boss, they say we’re ready to depart now.”

“Alright. Boris, you should get some rest too.”

Soon the ship set sail, and the Dorta Republic gradually faded into the distance.

Then the smuggler ship’s captain approached Zeke.

“With this wind, it will take about ten days. However, as I mentioned, I can’t guarantee we’ll safely reach the Southern Continent.”

“Is it because of the monster you mentioned earlier?”

“That’s part of it, and it’s also hard to predict how pirates might act outside of set days and times.”

“Pirates, huh. I thought the Favela Cartel was disbanded and scattered.”

The captain shook his head.

“Those ones abandoned their pirate honor and went ashore, so they’re not even considered pirates anymore.”

“So there are other pirates besides them?”

“Yes. There are some dangerous ones operating around the Death Waters. We usually pay a toll to pass through, but if we’re unlucky, we’ll become fish food.”

In other words, it was all at the pirates’ discretion.

Zeke nodded.

“I understand. If we encounter pirates, I’ll handle them.”

The captain bowed and returned to the deck.

Though worried that Abel’s forces might pursue by ship, fortunately, no pursuing vessels were in sight.

‘I hope Sir Feinan arrived safely. I’ll have to trust that Muhammad handled it properly.’

Sitting in the cabin, Zeke opened his status window after a long time to check his current abilities.

[Intermediate Administrator Status Window]

Name: Zeke Draker

Class: Immortal (Unique Grade)

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

Powers: Dragon-Race Domination, Decay.

Constitution: Heavenly Bone Body, Poison immunity.

System Functions: Inventory(100 slots) / Mini Map (Portal travel) / 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-grade(Proficient)] / Elemental Sword [S-grade(Proficient)] / True Dragon Sword Technique [S-grade(Proficient)]

Active Skills: Lightning [A-grade(Beginner)] / Flash Bang[C-grade(Proficient)] / Dissonance [C-grade(Proficient)] / Magic Reflection [A-grade(Beginner)] / Area Buff [A-grade(Beginner)] / Stealth [A-grade(Beginner)] / Curse Reflection [A-grade(Beginner)]

Dragon Race Skills(2nd Stage Release): Dragon Eye (Proficient) / Dragon’s Dignity (Proficient) / Gluttony (Expert) / Incantation (Locked) / Dragon Scale Armor(Proficient) / Dragon’s Claws (Proficient)

Karma Points: 2410 points

‘It’s grown quite a bit since I first saw it.’

Zeke checked the information on his new power ‘Decay’.

―Power Information―

Decay: Ability to cause decay in anything touched.

‘So I can make anything decay.’

Since it was an ability that wasn’t immediately clear, he decided to learn about the Decay power gradually.

Zeke smiled with satisfaction at seeing over 2,000 Karma points.

Then Zeke opened three random boxes he had been given.

―Upper Body Armor Information―

Description: Upper body armor made of cloud iron, which is both sturdy and light

Unique Ability: None

Special Note: Unique ability activates when cloud iron full set is completed

―Helmet Information―

Description: Helmet made of cloud iron, which is both sturdy and light

Unique Ability: None

Special Note: Unique ability activates when cloud iron full set is completed

―Longsword Information―

Description: Longsword made of cloud iron, which is both sturdy and light

Unique Ability: None

Special Note: Unique ability activates when cloud iron full set is completed

All three were equipment made of cloud iron.

‘The gauntlets, boots, and lower body armor from before were also made of cloud iron.’

Then a message window appeared.

[Cloud Iron full set has been completed.]

[When equipped with the full Cloud Iron set, Unique ability ‘Magic Shield’ activates automatically.]

‘Magic Shield? Does that mean a defense barrier forms automatically? Lucky that the full set was completed right away.’

Zeke immediately equipped the full Cloud Iron armor set.

The Cloud Iron armor itself was woven tightly like cloth rather than plate armor, making it very comfortable to move in.

‘Good. I’ll use this when I need to move while hiding my identity.’

* * *

During the voyage, Zeke taught Carus basic survival skills on the ship.

Perhaps due to his knight and military training, he picked things up better than expected.

More than anything else, Zeke focused on teaching Carus how to use a crossbow and shield.

“Other knights only trained intensively with swords, but Sir Zeke is different.”

“Those fools usually die from arrow shots.”

Carus nodded at Zeke’s blunt words.

In actual combat situations, the most threatening thing to knights was suddenly incoming arrows.

If one could maintain an aura state constantly, arrows wouldn’t be threatening at all, but when exhausted, even a single arrow could cause fatal wounds.

Generally, even after promotion to purple knight, though armor became gradually lighter, this was why vital points remained covered.

Since his life depended on it, Carus learned survival skills diligently.

This was possible because they were having a fairly relaxed voyage with no imperial warships in pursuit. However, a problem soon arose.

On the third day, the sea suddenly began to get rough.

“What’s happening?”

The smugglers shouted, pale with fear.

“B-big one… A big one is coming!”

It seemed the monster they’d been worried about since departure was approaching.

Zeke drew Bahamut and scanned the sea.

But nothing was visible except the rough waves.

In his previous life, he had faced monsters at sea several times.

However, back then he had lured the monsters to land and hunted them using various equipment.

Despite being in a more difficult situation than before, Zeke calmly took out the ‘Whale’s Breath’ he had bought in advance from his inventory and drank it.

Thanks to this, he could now breathe even if he fell into the sea.

That’s when it happened.

KUGUUGUGUGU!

A massive sound echoed from beneath the sea.

The sailors began praying in terror.

Then something approached from under the sea.

CRASH!

A powerful wave hit the ship’s side.

The smuggling vessel rocked so violently it nearly capsized.

Zeke shouted to Boris.

“Take the prince inside!”

Boris immediately took Carus to the inner cabin, and after confirming this, Zeke drew his sword and swung it at the waves.

KWAKWAKWAKWA!

The waves shattered against Zeke’s sword strike.

But more waves came rushing in.

Simultaneously, a giant monster revealed itself within those waves.

KUGUUGUGUGUGU!

A massive Kraken extended its tentacles to wrap around the ship.

It was so huge that each sucker was the size of a person.

As the terrified sailors froze in place praying, Zeke shouted.

“Get into the cabin now!”

At the same time, Zeke swung his sword at the Kraken’s tentacle.

Slash!

When he cut off the tentacle with the dragon-slaying technique, the giant Kraken howled and retreated.

KRUOOOOOOOO!

With a long cry, more tentacles rushed toward the ship.

Zeke thought there was no chance of winning on the ship.

After a moment’s hesitation, he shouted toward the sea.

“Nahuel!”

The subjugated dragon-kind responded to Zeke’s call.

A massive magic circle appeared on the sea, and Nahuel was summoned from within it.

Ururururu!

It was Nahuel, making the same mysterious cry as when seen at the lake.

Zeke immediately leaped onto Nahuel’s back.

He grabbed Nahuel’s neck and raised Bahamut.

“Nahuel, let’s go catch that damned squid.”

“Ururururu!”

As the mysterious spirit beast’s cry echoed, Zeke felt his mind become peaceful.

Seeing Zeke riding the spirit beast, the Kraken’s tentacles surged toward him.

A gigantic tentacle that looked like a tower rushed at Zeke.