A Dragonslayer’s Peerless Regression – 166



Episode 166

After finishing his work at the Graham Duke’s house Zeke headed to Mycenae with Rick and his group.

Despite Duke Graham and Catherine’s request to stay longer Zeke left the duke’s house saying he had to go on a mission.

There was the fact that I had to track down the Abyss after the Nostra Family but the biggest burden was Lady Angelina who would come every day to ask for tea time and whose eyes would sparkle.

Unlike before a railway was built in Mycenae so it was possible to travel by train from Panstars.

Rick and his group who were riding in the luxurious first-class car for the first time looked around curiously.

“Sir may we order room service?”

As Zeke nodded Jason and Claire excitedly ordered everything on the menu.

Rick and Arin were restless at the sight of Jason and Claire like that.

“Rick Aryn. Don’t be so hard on yourself. Make yourself comfortable.”

Rick and Arin also added a menu that they wanted to eat pretending not to be able to win at Zeke’s words.

The luxurious food that you would only find in a fancy restaurant started to come out and Jason and Claire greedily ate the drinks and food that were served.

Rick and Arin took their share even though they were careful not to be noticed.

Jason asked Zeke chewing on the tender steak.

“My lord what is your relationship with Lady Angelina? She even gave you a handkerchief when she left.”

Rick almost spit out the wine he was drinking at Jason’s sudden words.

Zeke who was looking out the window answered Jason’s words with an indifferent expression.

“I have no relationship with Angelina.”

“Hey Lady Angelina the way you look at your lord… hmph!”

Rick unable to stand watching kicked Jason in the shin.

Zeke laughed bitterly at Rick and Jason like that.

Then suddenly an idea occurred to me and I asked Jason.

“Come to think of it Jason called me the ‘Knight of Spell Release.’ What was that?”

Jason nodded excitedly at Zeke’s words.

“Yes! There are a lot of articles about you in the news these days. Among them there was a headline that said ‘The Genius of the Dragon Slayer Family! Conquering Even Curses!’ After that there were many places that referred to you as the Knight of Haeju.”

Usually when you are promoted to Blue Knight or higher you are given a nickname.

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So Kali Draker was known as the Silver Knight Abel Draker who had the nickname Lionsword.

“A knight of the Lord. It seems that the lifting of the curse was quite impressive.”

“Even in myths and legends there are scenes where great knights drive away ghosts or curses with their spirit. They tried to increase sales by using headlines with that kind of feeling.”

Zeke felt that there was some truth to what Jason said.

‘It’s a knight of the lord. I think I might use it someday.’

Zik and his party arrived in Mycenae enjoying a lively train ride.

Mycenae was changing day by day after the curse of the Agamemnon family was lifted.

As the railroad was built and more people started traveling to the city it developed into a hub connecting Midland and the northern continent of the Central Kingdom.

‘I heard you’re going to install a portal terminal soon. It’ll cost money but it seems like it’ll be worth it.’

The one who provided the greatest financial support for the development of Mycenae was none other than Zik.

The assets he had accumulated by disposing of the ancient items found in the Tomb of the Dragon Slayer and the astronomical wealth he had gained from his successful investment in the Mithril Mine were used as investment funds for the development of Mycenae.

As Mycenae developed Zik’s influence and wealth would increase.

Zigg headed to the Castle of Agamemnon with Rick and his party looking at the scenery of Mycenae running along the development road.

* * *

“Kids! What are you doing! Run harder! Run harder!”

The first thing I heard upon entering was Sister Clone’s scream.

Currently the joint training of the Black Sword Knights and the Rose Knights is taking place at Agamemnon Castle.

Farrell and Cloone were in charge of training and were pushing the officer candidates hard.

Liam and Felix Diego Aster were crawling around the training grounds with looks like they were going to die.

Zeke smiled proudly as he looked at the half-dead trainees while Rick and his group watched them in bewilderment.

“Jason Seo surely we wouldn’t be trained like that…?”

“No way. They’re all knights. Only Rick will accept it.”

While Jason and Claire were whispering Cloone and Farrell came over delighted to see Zeke arrive.

“Sir Zeke!”

“Hey! Zeke! It’s been a while. Your eyes have become clearer.”

The combination of the neat-looking Farrell and the tattooed Cloone was definitely unfamiliar.

Zeke smiled at the two of them.

“You both have worked hard.”

Then Clone laughed heartily and waved his hand.

“No no. It’s so much fun to manipulate those kids.”

“That’s good. They’re new trainees. Take care of them.”

Rick and his group’s faces turned pale at Zeke’s words.

Among them Jason mustered up the courage to speak to Zeke.

“My lord we are wizards and that is knight training right?”

Then Zeke shook his head.

“No. That’s common training. After the common training the knights receive separate training under the guidance of Lord Farrell. The wizards also receive separate training so don’t worry. Claire receives knight training together with them.”

At Zeke’s words Claire and Jason Arryn’s faces turned pale like they were about to die.

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Zeke planned to leave the training of the wizards to Princess Arina.

The children of Luverne that we rescued this time will also receive magical training so I thought that we would be able to learn from each other if we worked together.

Rick and his crew realized they were on the express train to hell as they watched Clone and Farrell excitedly prepare to train new trainees.

* * *

Zeke entered the Round Table Conference Hall of Agamemnon Castle.

Those who had already been sitting in the conference room stood up when Zig entered.

Arina Luverne of the Knights of the Rose of Paynen who represents the K Pharmaceutical Company of the Boris Syndicate which handles the affairs of the Southern Cartel was present in advance.

As Zeke sat down the other executives also took their seats.

“It’s been a while everyone. How have you been?”

Although they were asking how they were doing everyone except Arina looked tired.

Kay slapped Zeke with a loud noise.

“You really! There’s just too much work to do!”

Kei had to handle not only the syndicate’s organizational operations but also the influx of Soma from the south so he was in a situation where he needed more bodies.

Zig laughed off Kay’s complaints and went into the meeting. First Zig heard the situation of each organization from the executives and then only verbally dealt with urgent matters.

And then he brought up the main topic.

“I have to raid the Nostra family.”

The first to react to those words was Kay.

She spoke loudly as if she was screaming in horror.

“Nostra Family? You know what that place is don’t you?”

Zeke nodded.

Then Kay sighed.

“The Nostra Family is different from the Cartels. It has been around since the days of the Holy Empire and has a longer history than most kingdoms. That means it’s hard to accurately grasp the roots and true nature of the organization.”

Zeke agreed with Kay.

Even among the Central Continent mafias the Nostra Family is the one about which little is known.

It was because of the ‘vow of silence’ that mafia members took.

The armed group ‘Red Eye’ made up of vampires from the Northern Continent and the ‘Crostel’ a water-human gangster organization based in the western and southern border areas had their top bosses revealed but the identity of the top boss of the Nostra Family was still unknown.

Boris who was listening to the conversation from the side added to Kay’s words.

“The Boss Nostra family is an organization with long-standing roots in the Empire. And even the proud knights of the Empire cannot touch that organization. This is due to the unique bloodline ability of the Nostra family.”

“Is the Nostra family a bloodline with bloodline abilities?”

“Yes. I heard that in order to strengthen the bloodline abilities they accept strong bloodline ability users from outside as members of the family thereby creating stronger abilities.”

The power of the bloodline abilities accumulated over dozens of generations was beyond imagination.

In fact Zeke had clashed with the Nostra family in his past life.

This was because he had once carried out a mission to assassinate the family’s middle boss at the order of Don Juan.

Since Zeke was the only hitman in the McCain Cartel capable of assassinating at the level of a Blue Knight he had no choice but to infiltrate the Empire and attempt the assassination.

In conclusion the assassination was a success but it was a mission that almost resulted in Zeke’s death as well.

‘I guess those who used strange abilities back then were bloodline users. I thought it was just bad luck.’

If the Nostra Family had many people with bloodline abilities then they definitely needed to refine their tactics.

Zeke nodded as if he understood and looked around. He saw the worried looks on the executives’ faces.

Zeke who knew better than anyone the immense power and influence of the Nostra Family understood the concerns of the executives.

But it was necessary to dig into the connection to the Abyss through the Nostra Family.

Zick handed over the files he had prepared to the executives without saying anything.

The file contained the details of a mission that Zeke had requested from the Draker family in advance.

Kay said looking at Zeke.

“Human trafficking ring? Are you saying you’re going to use these guys to infiltrate the Nostra Family?”

Since he was running a criminal organization he immediately figured out what Zeke was thinking.

Zeke nodded and opened his mouth.

“Yes. The final target is Dario Totlino the famous steel magnate of the empire. He turned out to be one of the bosses of the Nostra family. It’s hard to attack him straight away so I plan to work my way up from the lower organizations.”

The headquarters of the human trafficking ring was none other than Heli one of the major cities in the Midlands.

Heli was a midway point between the Atlas and Rom empires and was a city ruled by the Siemens family.

If Zeke had taken on Draker’s mission to crack down on the human trafficking ring even the Siemens family would have no reason to stop him from stirring up Heli.

When everyone understood Zeke’s plan and nodded Zeke looked at Princess Arina and said.

“And Princess I would like to receive help from the Rose Knights on this mission.”

At those words Arina said with a beautiful smile.

“Of course. I’m glad I could help Sir Zeke.”

Zeke nodded in agreement thought for a moment then looked at Princess Arina and said.

“There is one thing I have learned while investigating Princess Dario Totlino.”

He continued speaking slowly.

“It seems that the organization that searches for the blood relatives of Luverne and hands them over to the Holy Kingdom is connected to Dario Totlino.”

Princess Arina’s expression changed in an instant when she heard Zeke’s words.

Her smile which was as bright as spring sunshine disappeared and her face hardened into a cold expression.

Woohoo!

A white light flashed from her hand.

The expressions of the magicians Kay and Payne turned pale at the sight of the extraordinary power.

Arina calmed down and smiled brightly again.

“Oh my I’m sorry I didn’t pay my dues. I’m sorry everyone.”

Kay and Paynen both 5th circle magicians realized that Arina despite her delicate appearance was a magician with incredible skills.

Zeke looked at Arina like that and tried to gauge her skills.

‘It looks like you’ve mastered the latter half of the magic of light. At least the 6th circle maybe the 7th circle.’

Considering that the current Magic Tower Master is an 8th Circle Magician one can guess how strong of a Magician Arina is.

Arina said looking at Zeke.

“Sir Zeke. We have also faced the Nostra Family in territorial disputes. We the Knights of the Rose will do our best to assist in this mission.”

Although she seemed like an innocent girl on the outside Arina had been leading an underground organization against the Holy Kingdom and the Empire for decades.

Since he was more knowledgeable about the physiology of underground organizations than anyone else it seemed like he could be of great help.

The meeting continued for some time after that.

After each organization had finished talking Zig decided to organize the details and deliver them and the meeting was called off.

Returning to his room Zeke felt someone’s presence.

“Shadia.”

At his call Shadia a disciple of the Old Man of the Mountain and a sentry of Salmak appeared from the darkness.

Shadia appeared with a face of a completely different race than when I first saw her.

“I felt it even then but you’re really good at disguising yourself.”

Shadia nodded to Zeke without saying anything in return for the compliment and opened her mouth.

“We have investigated what the boss said.”

Zeke through Boris assigned Shadia to investigate the traitor within the organization.

The purpose was to look at the situation objectively from the perspective of an outsider rather than someone inside the organization.

Zeke asked her.

“Did you find out who the traitor is?”

Shadia approached Zeke and whispered the name of the person she suspected of being a traitor.

After hearing the results of the investigation Zeke nodded. After that he was silent for a long time.

Shadia who had been waiting for his words spoke to Zeke.

“Would you like to leave the handling of the traitor to us? We will handle it cleanly without leaving a trace.”

Zig who had been thinking about it shook his head.

“No let’s just leave it for now. I thought of a way to use it in reverse. I want to assign Salmak another mission.”

“Please speak.”

“Let’s find out information about the northern part of Himonas.”