A Dragonslayer’s Peerless Regression – 165



Episode 165

Jeffrick shouted in protest at Zeke’s words.

“You may not know but the Solmar family’s tests are no joke. They push the human mind and body to the limit…”

In front of Drake Zeke telling him that the family’s training intensity was high was like waving at a pupa but Zeke pretended not to know.

“I see. But anyway Rick couldn’t stand it and ran away from there.”

“That that….”

Zeke’s words left Jeffrick speechless.

I never thought he would openly humiliate me like this.

Zeke said to Jeffrick.

“Rick if you want to break that wall you have to go beyond your limits. But it won’t be easy if you remain complacent like you are now.”

Rick sighed heavily.

“You’re right Zeke. But… now I feel completely lost.”

Zeke clicked his tongue inwardly as he looked at Jeffrick like that.

‘It hasn’t rolled yet.’

Zeke said to Jeffrick.

“Rick if you… really want to push the boundaries I can help you. But every choice comes with a responsibility.”

Jeffrick gulped at Zeke’s words.

“What kind of responsibility are you talking about?”

“You have to consider that your whole life can change.”

Jeffrick hesitated and then nodded.

“If you help me… I will follow you Zeke.”

“If that happens this party may have to disband. Are you sure you won’t regret it?”

At those words Jeffrick’s eyes shook again.

His gaze turned to the sleeping Arin.

The life of an adventurer traveling from place to place with loved ones having fun as if on a trip.

I had to give up this life and choose a completely new direction.

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Jeffrick who had been thinking looked back at Zeke and nodded.

“I won’t regret it.”

Zeke chuckled at Jeffrick’s choice.

“Good. Jeffrick Solmar. Don’t forget that feeling.”

Zeke immediately turned to Jeffrick.

Excluding the Knight of Flash Rayna Draker and the Knight of Silence Bishop Castik three of the five-star knights were now under Zeke’s command.

The outline of the Black Sword Knights that Zeke had planned was slowly being revealed.

* * *

Zeke and his group arrived at Panstars and got off the train.

But the atmosphere at the main station of Panstars was somehow strange.

“what?”

As I went out of the station wondering I saw knights in golden armor lined up.

Rick and his group opened their mouths wide when they saw that sight.

“That Golden Knight of Graham?”

At that moment the commander of the Golden Knights approached Rick and his group with a majestic appearance.

He bowed politely and then spoke in a measured voice.

“I have received your call. I will escort you safely to the Duke of Graham.”

Rick and his group looked dumbfounded.

Those who rode in the golden carriage prepared in advance by the Graham Duke’s family were amazed by the state-of-the-art carriage interior made of the finest leather and craftsmanship.

“Wow how much would one of these carriages cost?”

“I don’t know but Jason even if you sold your body for a hundred years you would never be able to survive.”

“Yeah thanks for giving me a lot of money Claire.”

The group arrived at the Graham Duke’s residence in a carriage that did not feel any vibration at all.

When they arrived at the duke’s house someone was waiting for them in front.

It was none other than the Duke of Graham his Duchess Catherine Graham and Angelina Graham who was rumored to be the most beautiful woman in the Central Continent.

Rick and his party gaped in amazement when they saw the Graham family waiting to greet them.

“Hey what should I do? What etiquette should I follow when greeting a noble?”

“I don’t know. Ask Rick who is of noble birth.”

Arin was frozen and completely speechless and only Rick finally came to his senses.

At that moment the Graham family approached the group bowed their heads and greeted them.

“Huh?”

When they first greeted them Rick and his group completely froze and hastily greeted them together.

Jason was so taken by Angelina Graham’s beauty that he couldn’t even greet her properly.

Then Angelina Graham slowly approached them.

Jason couldn’t come to his senses because of the heady scent coming from Angelina.

She said in a bright voice.

“Sir Zeke! You caught that evil sorcerer for me! I’m really… touched.”

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‘Sir Zeke?’

Rick and his group looked back with bewildered expressions on their faces.

Angelina’s gaze as well as that of the entire Graham family was sparkling as they looked at Zeke.

However Zeke turned his head away because he felt burdened by those gazes.

‘I’ve been feeling uneasy ever since the Golden Knights came.’

Zeke reluctantly bowed his head towards Angelina and said.

“It was something that should have been done for the honor of Lady Angelina.”

Rick and his group gaped in amazement as Zeke who had been speaking the Common Language with a northern accent until just now spoke the Common Language with a perfect aristocratic pronunciation.

Duke Graham also approached Zeke took his hand and said:

“Sir Zeke is truly a benefactor to our family!”

Jason who is quick-witted was the first to figure out Zeke’s identity.

“Now wait a minute Sir Zeke… No way… The youngest Blue Rider and the youngest Valhalla graduate! The knight of the sea who lifted the curse of House Agamemnon and Lady Angelina!”

Jason said in astonishment.

“Zeke Draker!”

At those words Rick and Arin Claire looked at Jason as if he was saying something nonsensical. But Zeke had a puzzled expression on his face.

The one who was most surprised by that reaction was Jeffrick.

He looked at Zeke with a pale face.

‘What on earth was I talking about?’

* * *

Rick and his party were invited to dinner as VIPs of the Graham family.

Rick and his group each given a room the size of an entire floor of an inn changed their clothes and gathered in Rick’s room.

Rick was almost slumped over and at first glance he looked like a zombie.

Jason next to him watched Rick like that holding his stomach and rolling on the floor laughing.

“Poohahahahaha! You’re complaining that the Solmar family’s training is too hard for a pureblood Awakened Draker? Poohahahahaha!”

No matter how harsh the training and competition of the Solmar family was it was nothing compared to that of the Draker family.

Rick felt like crawling into a hole when he said something like that in front of Zeke Draker who was considered the greatest genius on the continent.

Rick whose soul had run away spoke to the group in a crawling voice his back hunched.

“I guess this is it for me. I’m going to kill myself. Everyone have fun. Bye.”

Then someone knocked.

A servant came in and told them that Zeke had called them.

Rick quickly sat up his body sprawled with a tense expression and dragged his group to the room where Zeke was.

Zeke was in a much larger and more luxurious room than the one they had been given.

He was wearing a Draker-style uniform and gloves that symbolized his status as a pureblood Awakened.

Rick and his group gulped at the majesty they felt from Zeke.

Zeke looked at them and laughed.

“I called you because I thought we’d have a cup of tea before dinner. Please sit over here.”

Rick and his men cautiously sat down in the seat Zeke had given them.

Jason and Claire who had been laughing at Rick gulped nervously when they actually got in front of Zeke.

Zeke opened his mouth slowly.

“I have invited you here to make a proposal.”

The group looked at him with surprised expressions at Zeke’s words.

“Rick has already decided to join me so after much thought I’d like to make an offer to you all.”

Jason asked Zeke with a surprised look on his face.

“To all of us?”

“Yes. After seeing your skills in this mission I thought it would be a shame to leave you as mere adventurers. How about joining the knight order I created and working there?”

As soon as Zeke spoke he handed them the contract he had prepared in advance.

Rick and his group were so shocked that they almost spit out their car after seeing the contract terms.

“Your Majesty isn’t this unit number wrong?”

“No that’s not it. Well I can lower it if you want.”

“Oh no! It is an honor Sir Zeke! I pledge my loyalty! Loyalty loyalty loyalty!”

Jason signed the contract without looking any further.

Claire then signed right away.

Arin hesitated for a moment before asking Zeke.

“Sir Ji Ji. But what will I do if I join the Knights?”

“The Knights aren’t necessarily made up of only knights. In actual battles the role of magicians is quite significant. You’ll learn a lot about how to fight efficiently by working together with other knights. There’s also support for circle promotion for this purpose.”

After hearing Zeke’s explanation Arin’s eyes lit up at the mention of promotion support and she signed the contract.

Then Rick raised his hand.

“Sir Zeke I don’t have a contract?”

Then Zeke nodded.

“Good question Rick. You’re my apprentice so there’s no contract. Just do whatever I tell you to do.”

Rick closed his eyes tightly at Zeke’s words.

After receiving all the contracts Zeke told Rick and his group their plans for the future.

“Very well. As soon as Dusk’s interrogation is over we will go to the Agamemnon Castle in Mycenae. There you will first receive training from the Rose Knights and then work with the Black Sword Knights.”

Rick and his group looked tense at Zeke’s words.

“You don’t have to worry too much. But now that you are no longer an adventurer you should work hard to become qualified as a member of the Knights.”

Rick and his group who had become members of the Black Sword Knights could not have foreseen the terrible future that lay ahead and just smiled brightly at the huge sum of money they had to pay.

* * *

“Kkaaaak!”

Dusk’s screams echoed from the basement of the Graham Duke’s home.

There were interrogators from the Graham household but they couldn’t match Zeke’s interrogation skills.

Using the Holy Fire and Lightning Skill Light Magic to evenly squeeze Dusk’s body and soul Zeke intensively asked him about the Abyss and Dario Totlino.

And we were able to find out some surprising information.

“Dario Totlino is one of the bosses of the Nostra family?”

The Nostra Family was a massive mafia organization that stretched across the entire Central Continent centered around the Empire.

The Nostra Family has a history dating back to the days of the Holy Empire. The organization’s lineage is complex and there are many members involved.

Dario Totlino appeared to be an ordinary businessman and steel magnate but in reality he lived under the guise of a member of the Nostra family.

As a hitman and executive for the McCain Cartel which held sway in the Southern Continent Zeke knew full well how large the Nostra Family was.

The reason Don Juan had no choice but to stay in the southern continent was because of the mafia organizations that were active in the central continent including the Nostra Family.

They had a tradition and organizational skills that the cartels did not have so they were not easily visible and their overall scale was difficult to grasp.

Zeke asked Dusk.

“Does the Nostra family have anything to do with the Abyss?”

Then Dusk spoke blood flowing from his mouth.

“I told you I’m just an outsourcer. Since Dario has so many requests he was treated like a VVIP. He even gave me a discount on the commission fee. In Narak they take these customers and introduce them to outsourcers like me.”

“What were Dario’s main requests? Were there many personal curses like Angelina’s?”

Dusk shook his head.

“No that’s not true. Usually the requests are mostly to curse the head of the opposing company to prevent them from bidding on a business.”

“Who made the request for Salmak?”

“I told you that parasite was distributed from the Abyss so other sorcerers have it as well. How could I have put a curse on Salmak? Please believe me!”

Dusk trembled as he proclaimed his innocence.

Zeke examined Dusk’s eyes and expression more closely with his gaze to determine the truth.

‘I don’t think it’s the Salmak side.’

Zeke tied Dusk up again and left the prison.

If Dario who had direct ties to the Abyss was part of the Nostra family things could get complicated.

‘No rather it seems like there might be an opening for the mafia to dig into.’

Drake’s official articles have their own investigative powers.

If things progressed as they naturally captured Dario while digging into the mafia’s crimes it would have been possible to do something blatant.

“I need to look into the cases that have come into Draker that might be related to your family.”

Although Zeke does not currently belong to any knighthood he will receive a warning after the year-end evaluation if he does not build up any achievements.

If the warnings pile up the official knight’s rank can be revoked so it was necessary to catch the number and solve the mission.

Zeke plans to dig up information about the Abyss along with the mafia investigation.

‘Dario Totlino. You’d better be prepared. I’ll reveal your relationship with the Abyss in detail.’