A Dragonslayer’s Peerless Regression – 117



Episode 117

For a moment Zeke’s sword stopped.

“A treasure?”

Richie said urgently.

“Yes yes! It’s a precious artifact!”

“Why would I use something like a black magic artifact? I guess I’ll just kill them…”

『No that’s not it! It’s not a black magic artifact even you sir can use it!』

Richie said urgently.

Zeke put his blade away again.

“Let me take a look and then decide.”

Zeke adjusted the chains to bind Richie’s hands and horse’s neck allowing him to move.

Richie slowly got up shivering.

Then he went inside the cave.

Zeke followed Richie holding onto the chain while looking around with his eyes wide open.

“If you do anything weird you’ll lose your head in no time.”

Richie shuddered at the sound of Zeke’s chilling voice and opened a hidden passage inside the cave.

A staircase leading down to the basement appeared.

“This way this way.”

After making sure there were no other traps Zeke went down following Richie’s lead.

As we went down to the basement Richie’s lab appeared.

The bones of various monsters were hanging on the wall and on one side books that appeared to be magic books were lined up on a bookshelf.

“For a rich man he lives very cleanly.”

“Hehehe thank you Your Majesty.”

“Where is the treasure?”

Although Zigg was blatantly trying to steal the treasure Richie had no choice.

Richie walked to one side of the lab and placed his hand on the wall disguised with magic.

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Then the hidden safe was revealed.

Richie took out a sealed box from inside the safe.

“Yes sir. I am here. ”

“Do you know what’s inside and why are you telling me to open it? Open it and see.”

Richie opened the sealed box grumbling to himself that it was a dirty tricky article.

Zeke was surprised to see the artifact inside the sealed box.

“crown?”

Richie nodded.

『Isn’t it wonderful? It will definitely show off your majesty… Eek!』

Rick was startled when Zeke unleashed the Blade of Purification again.

“After all only the undead that has been destroyed are good undead.”

“Why why are you doing this! You said you would spare my life if I gave you the treasure!”

“You say it’s an artifact so how can you lie to me?”

『Ah that’s the artifact! There’s definitely a great magical power hidden inside! I just can’t figure it out because my magical skills are lacking!』

Zeke turned his head back to the crown as he watched Richie trying to make excuses.

Then he examined the crown closely with his eyes.

-Crown Information-

Description: A precious crown made during the reign of the Luverne Dynasty.

Unique Ability: [Shield of Light] [Hammer of Light]

Special: When used on undead and demons the effect is increased by 1.5 times.

‘Oh it is indeed an artifact.’

It was not a simple magic item but an advanced artifact with attack and defense skills.

Zeke put the crown on his head looking somewhat uncomfortable that Richie had it even though it was such a great artifact.

[You can use the skills Shield of Light (B-grade) and Mace of Light (B-grade).]

Zig checked the message and shouted at Richie.

“The hammer of light.”

In an instant a giant hammer of light rose and struck Lich.

『Kwaaaaak!』

Kwakwakwakwang!

An enormous aura of light filled the laboratory.

With one blow of the Hammer of Light the high-level undead Lich was almost destroyed.

“Ugh.”

Anyway Zeke felt a little sorry for giving the artifact to the dying Lich without any lies.

Then a system message popped up.

[Elicited fear from the lich mixed with the bones of a very insignificant dragon.]

[Unique power Dragon Species Domination is activated.]

[Do you want to subjugate the target?]

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Zigg who checked the system message looked at Richie with a dumbfounded expression.

“Did you by any chance make your body out of dragon bones?”

Then Richie said trembling with fear.

『How could I obtain something as precious as the dragon’s bone? I mixed the bone powder of a basilisk and a wyvern drake.』

It seemed that even in the case of Gurav if the body of a dragon was mixed in it would be designated as a target of subjugation.

Zeke pondered where to use his undead summons.

‘I guess there’s nothing to lose.’

Following Gurav Zeke also subjugated Richie.

[I have subjugated a lich mixed with the bones of a very insignificant dragon.]

Woohoo!

Zeke’s shadow stretched out and wrapped around Richie’s body.

『Huh!』

Then Richie’s appearance began to change.

Instead of looking like an undead with only bones left he transformed into a pale gloomy man.

However its skin was covered with scales and its eyes were like a snake’s so if you just looked at it it looked like a snake.

“Huh?”

Richie looked in disbelief at the sight of his transformed body.

“Oh how could this happen…!”

It was a transformation from a lich to a humanoid summon with the power of a dragon.

He immediately knelt down and bowed to Zeke.

“Master! You are no ordinary person! You saved me with your great power! Thank you! Thank you! I will serve you until my soul is worn out!”

[Would you like to give a name to the lich that is a mixture of bones of a very insignificant dragon that you have subjugated? The summoned creature that has been given a name can be summoned at any time by the call of the power holder.]

“What was your name?”

“The insignificant name I used in my lifetime is of no importance. Please grant it to the great master.”

Zeke tried to think about that but got tired of it and just gave it a name.

“Then let’s go to Richmond.”

“ah….”

[You have acquired Summoner Richmond.]

Richmond who was given the name Richmond because he was rich regretted “I should have just said my old name.”

Zick held the crown in his hand and pondered whether Richmond would regret it or not.

‘Hmm this is good but do I have to use it every time I fight and use the skill?’

At that moment a system message appeared as if answering Zeke’s question.

[You can acquire skills by consuming items through binge eating.]

‘Huh?’

I had forgotten that you can consume items as your binge level increases to expert.

He used his gluttony skill towards the crown.

Soon a shadow rose up and absorbed the crown.

[I ate the crown.]

[Acquired the skills Shield of Light (B-grade) and Mace of Light (B-grade).]

“Wow that’s possible too.”

Zig immediately checked the active skill.

Active Skills: Lightning [Class A (Beginner)] Flashbang [Class C (Expert)] Dissonance [Class C (Expert)] Magic Reflection [Class A (Beginner)] Area Buff [Class A (Beginner)] Curse Reflection [Class A (Beginner)] Stealth [Class A (Beginner)] Shield of Light [Class B (Beginner)] Mace of Light [Class B (Beginner)]

Compared to the beginning the skills have increased quite a bit.

For a moment Zeke remembered the mask of Agamemnon.

‘Should I binge eat this too to acquire the purification skill?’

Zig who had been thinking about it for a long time because it was obvious that it would be useful decided to postpone binge eating the mask.

This is because the Mask of Agamemnon was a sacred object of the Agamemnon family rather than an ordinary artifact and was not something he could dispose of as he pleased.

Since he was the successor to the family it was difficult to see him as having complete ownership as he was only in charge of the sacred water.

He asked Richmond after he had decided whether or not to binge on the Golden Mask.

“Are the monsters outside the ones you released?”

Then Richmond nodded.

“Yes yes. My major is monsters.”

“That’s strange. I’ve rarely seen warlocks who specialize in dealing with monsters.”

Richmond said scratching his head.

“Even during the Holy Empire when I was there monster studies were quite unconventional so there were very few magicians who studied them.”

“What an amazing feat. So you can summon monsters too?”

“Those within my sphere of influence can.”

“Oh really?”

If we make good use of Richmond’s abilities it seems like we could score a lot of points.

* * *

“Gasp! Gasp!”

Outside the caves of Richmond the adventuring party was still fighting monsters.

The black magic that controlled the monsters had been released while Zeke was fighting Richmond but the attacks continued as wild monsters also swarmed in.

The archer had already used up all his arrows the knight was low on stamina and the wizard was low on magic power.

But the monsters around them were still glaring at them emitting ominous auras.

The knight spoke to his colleagues.

“Oh my I guess this is it.”

Then the young wizard next to him looked at the knight and said.

“In the end Rick dies without being able to shake off my sympathy.”

The archer woman next to him nodded.

“Yeah. I’d rather give the country away.”

The female wizard across from me said with a blush on her face.

“Great Claire!”

The young wizard said with a sly smile.

“The romance between the virgin Rick and the virgin Arin will last a long time even after we die.”

Rick chuckled at the last moment thanks to Jason’s joke.

Then Rick suddenly jumped forward with a sword in hand.

“It was fun being with you guys!”

Arin screamed in surprise.

“Rick!”

Rick intended to sacrifice himself to give his comrades room to escape.

“Haaaah!”

Rick’s sword instantly cut off the monster’s head in front of him.

He shouted at his colleagues.

“Go quickly!”

Then the Minotaur charged at Rick wielding an axe the size of a man.

Woohoooooooooo!

Rick charged at the Minotaur prepared to die.

Kkwadduk!

One blow from the Minotaur’s axe knocked Rick out of the sword he was holding.

Wow! Wow!

The Minotaur raised his axe again.

Rick froze as he watched death approaching him.

That was the moment the axe came crashing down on Rick’s head.

Crunch!

In a flash of light the Minotaur was split in half.

“uh?”

Rick who was at the very front looked dumbfounded at the unbelievable sight.

Suddenly a wizard with a gloomy face appeared next to them.

The young man who had split the Minotaur in two with one blow spoke to him.

“Richmond do your best. If you don’t you’ll be destroyed.”

“Don’t worry about that master!”

As the wizard raised his staff and chanted a spell not only nearby monsters but also monsters from far away began to flock towards him.

Rick and his group shouted in surprise.

“More monsters…! We have to run away!”

But the young man did not back down when he saw the monster but instead picked up a black sword that looked like it was half-made and lunged forward again.

Then he started slicing down all the monsters at a speed that was invisible to the eye.

Crunch-

Phew-

Choaaaak!

Rick and his group turned pale as they watched dozens of monsters being instantly annihilated into pieces.

After defeating all the monsters Zeke spoke to Richmond behind him.

“Okay. Call Richmond again.”

Richmond recited the spell again and brought the monsters to him.

By summoning and defeating hordes of monsters ten times Zeke was able to collect over 2000 points.

* * *

After defeating all the monsters Zeke went camping with Rick and his group.

The purpose was to obtain information about the Giant Mountain Range from the adventurer party.

“Thank you so much for saving my life.”

Rick and his group were cautious about Zeke having seen his incredible prowess.

Although he looked difficult I was certain that he was a knight from a prestigious family.

Zeke said looking at Rick like that.

“No problem. More importantly the four of you seem to have been adventuring for quite some time despite being young. I was impressed by how well the party worked together.”

At those words Jason stepped forward.

“That’s because we have pure virgin men and virgin women in our party so harmony… yuck!”

It was Rick and Arin who quickly covered Jason’s mouth.

Zeke smiled as he watched the cheerful party.

Claire the archer looked at Zeke and said.

“Sir where do you belong?”

Zeke shook his head and stepped away.

“A knight? That’s ridiculous. I’m an adventurer too.”

Zeke showed his adventurer’s ID.

Rick was surprised when he saw the ID.

“Oh no. Then how did you learn such amazing swordsmanship? I naturally assumed you were a knight from a prestigious family.”

“I’m from the North. Since I was young I’ve been hanging out with rangers and mercenaries so I was able to learn various sword techniques from over their shoulders.”

It was too strong to say that he learned it from over my shoulder but since he said so himself I couldn’t ask him any more so I just did it.

Arin nodded and changed the subject pointing to Richmond behind her.

“But can we just leave him like that?”

Richmond was unable to come near the fire and was crouching in a corner of the cave.

Zeke nodded.

“Yes. Don’t worry about that guy. He has social phobia and is afraid of crowded places.”

Jason nodded at that.

This was because there were quite a few wizards with mental problems.

As the soup began to boil Zeke served each of Rick’s group a bowl.

Rick and his party were very surprised by the excellent taste of the food which was considered camping food.

“Oh it’s really delicious.”

The taste was possible because it was boiled with ingredients that were kept fresh in inventory.

While eating soup Zeke asked Rick and his group.

“But why did you all come here?”

Then Rick opened his mouth carefully.

“What can I not say to the person who saved my life? Actually we came here at the request of the Duke of Graham.”

Zeke was surprised by Rick’s words.

‘Huh? Could these people be…?’

Rick continued.

“To find the sorcerer who cast an evil spell on Lady Angelina.”