A Dragonslayer’s Peerless Regression – 180



Episode 180

The courtroom was again in an uproar at Kali’s question.

William looked at Dario trying to keep a calm expression.

If it had been outside I would have done something about it but this was the Draker Court which boasted the strictest security even within the Draker family.

If they had moved rashly the Siemens family could have been suspected and faced a backlash.

Everyone in the court waited for Dario’s answer.

Dario opened his mouth slowly.

“I can’t say that.”

In response to his question Kali asked again.

“Does the fact that you can’t speak mean that there is a Draker bloodline that is in league with the Nostra family?”

“I can’t say that either. All I can testify about are the various crimes I committed as the boss of the Nostra Family.”

Carly nodded and returned to her seat.

Dario didn’t confirm it but he got the message she wanted to convey.

William clearly understood what Carly was trying to say through Dario.

‘Is this a threat to expose the relationship between the Nostra Family and Siemens if they touch them?’

Kali was a brilliant knight but he was also a shrewd politician who could turn unfavorable situations around.

By putting Dario on trial he is holding another card to check the Siemens family.

William tried hard not to show his feelings.

I felt somewhat comforted by the thought that it was fortunate that Abel was not present for the baptism.

If he had lost his senses and used his power here Siemens’s long-prepared plan would have gone down the drain.

Dario began to testify in detail about the crimes he had committed as a witness.

A huge number of crimes have been reported from human trafficking to investment fraud illegal employment and brokerage blackmail illegal cursing teacher murder and contract murder.

The judge accepted Dario’s testimony and found him guilty.

It was a crime that would normally have been punishable by death but the fact that he testified directly was taken into consideration so he was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Additionally due to his serious crimes and the amount of his criminal activity he was not extradited to the Empire and was instead imprisoned in the Drake special facility ‘Manmaok’ from which he could never leave once he entered.

The Empire was to be notified immediately of this.

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After the trial was over Carly approached Zeke and tapped him on the shoulder.

“Thank you for your hard work Zeke. Getting testimony from a senior member of the Nostra Family. What an incredible achievement.”

It was truly an amazing feat to carry out a mission alone without the Knights and bring one of the bosses of a huge mafia organization to trial.

“No Sister. I’m sorry I’m late.”

“I’m fine. But Zeke what I’m worried about is what happens in the future.”

Carly continued speaking slowly.

“The fact that Dario Nostra’s testimony and the person who brought him to trial was Zeke Draker will soon be spread throughout the continent. You could become a target of the Nostra Family. How can you be okay with that alone?”

Being a Drake knight did not always mean you would have the protection of your family.

It wouldn’t be easy for Zeke who moved alone and had his own forces and knights like Kali to defend himself when he became the target of the mafia.

Zeke shook his head as if to tell Carly not to worry.

“It’s okay Sister. For the time being I plan to stay in Mycenae and receive the protection of the Agamemnon family. If anything comes up that requires my help I will let you know right away.”

Carly nodded at Zeke’s words.

“Yes. If it’s okay with you you can stay in my territory. His Majesty Karus often asks about your well-being.”

Karus the fourth prince of the empire was currently under Kali’s protection.

Zeke chuckled as he recalled Carus who called himself an artist and a playboy.

“Please give my regards to Karus. I will visit you in the territory soon.”

“I’ll be waiting so come anytime.”

After saying goodbye to Zeke Carly left the courtroom to finish up Dario’s case.

Zeke slowly walked out of the court.

Then William Siemens who had been waiting for him at the courthouse door approached him.

“Zeke Draker.”

William glared at Zeke with sharp eyes.

“Sir William.”

Zeke also looked at William without avoiding his gaze.

William spoke to him.

“I don’t know what trick they’re using but you’d better be careful. Siemens is never easygoing.”

At those words Zeke smiled and agreed.

“I look forward to it.”

It was a display of confidence that said “Come and see for yourself.”

William clenched his teeth as he watched Zeke leave Atumpel.

‘We have to get rid of that guy before it’s too late.’

William who had a cool personality instinctively felt a kind of fear from Zeke.

As time went by my instincts told me that it would become harder and harder to handle Zig.

As William gestured an agent from the strategy headquarters waiting nearby appeared.

“Did you call?”

“Prepare the carriage. I’m going to my parents’ house.”

“To your hometown?”

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“Okay now that permission has been granted I must see the Lord as soon as possible.”

William Siemens’ eyes lit up as he looked in the direction where Zeke had disappeared.

* * *

“Phew.”

Zeke recalled the look in William Siemens’ eyes in the carriage.

‘I’ve never seen that cold-hearted guy William tremble so much. He must be really angry.’

One of Zeke’s specialties was provoking his opponents and throwing them off balance.

As Abel and William lose their sense of reason and attack him his vulnerability increases.

Zeke planned to take advantage of this gap to dig up their relationship with Narak.

The Abyss is a place where you make a contract with the devil and use the power of the demons.

If we could just uncover the direct connection between the Abyss and the Siemens Empire we could not only bring down Abel but also expel the Siemens forces within Draker.

‘If Abel falls the right to succeed to the family will naturally go to Sister Kali. In the meantime let’s focus on breaking through the wall of the Black Knights and becoming the strongest on the continent. We can swallow Draker after that.’

Just then a strange sound came from under the seat of the carriage opposite.

“Eww!”

When Zeke kicked the seat with his foot the seat opened upwards revealing a hidden space.

Inside was Zion bound and imprisoned in chains.

Zion finally came to his senses and started to twist his body wildly trying to escape.

Zeke said as he looked at Zion like that.

“Your abilities have been sealed so no matter what you do you won’t be able to use your bloodline abilities.”

It was a soul sealing technique that even bound the soul of the demon Arataso to the phenomenal world.

No matter how powerful Zion’s bloodline abilities were he could do nothing while sealed in chains that bound his soul.

Zeke clicked his tongue as he watched Zion still writhing.

‘If I hadn’t prepared in advance I would have been in real trouble.’

He remembered when he transported Dario.

In fact the person he was transporting in his custom-made carriage was not Dario but Richmond wearing a perception-altering cloak.

The Six’s ability user Zion thought he had dealt with Richmond who was disguised as Dario after decapitating him and quickly left the place.

But Richmond was Rich so he didn’t die from his neck being cut off.

After Zeke said he would transport Dario he actually left Dario in Arina’s care.

Boris supported Arina and transported Dario safely through a different route than Zeke so they entered Atlas before Zeke.

After being attacked Zeke quickly moved alone to enter Atlas joined up with Arina and her group and brought Dario who had been hidden in advance to appear in court.

A dramatic situation was created because they did not even inform Cali in case the information was leaked.

Zeke rested his chin on the window and made a bitter expression.

“It was difficult but I guess we finally found the traitor.”

The reason Zeke used the fake Dario as bait to attract attention was none other than to identify the traitor.

As he had guessed the raiders knew the location of the inn that Zeke had chosen and had already deployed Night Killer and the mercenary Six’s bloodline abilities there.

Zeke’s expression hardened as he thought of the attackers.

‘If I hadn’t prepared in advance I would have been in big trouble.’

Zeke split the information about the detour into several pieces and distributed them to those he suspected of being traitors.

Among them only one person knew about the inn.

Zeke looked out the window with a stern face.

The carriage he was riding was heading somewhere at a high speed.

* * *

“Welcome. Judging by your expression the trial must have gone well.”

Kay put the papers he was working on aside got up from his seat and sat down in front of Zeke.

At her gesture the servants brought out tea. Zik savored the aroma of the tea and slowly sipped it.

Kay asked looking at such a Zig.

“But what happened all of a sudden? Without even contacting you.”

Zeke opened his mouth and looked at her.

“Mr. Paynen.”

“The alchemist twins were gritting their teeth at the budget thinking they needed something else so they went out to check it out for themselves.”

“I see.”

Zeke put down the teacup he was drinking from.

He looked at Kay and asked.

“K is the security here okay?”

“Why security all of a sudden? There’s no problem with wiretapping or anything like that. Senior Payne has installed defensive and security magic on top of each other.”

“Paynan installed it…”

Kay’s expression changed at the ominous tone of Zeke’s voice.

“What’s wrong with you? What’s wrong?”

Zeke said looking at Kay.

“I found the traitor.”

At his words Kay’s expression hardened.

“What do you mean traitor?”

“Information leaked. It’s been like this for a while now. I thought it was strange that Abel’s side was getting my location and information so quickly.”

Kay calmed down and asked Zeke in a calm voice.

“Oh my god a traitor. Really?”

Zeke nodded.

“I finally found it thanks to this shipment.”

“Transportation? You mean Dario’s transport?”

“Yes. We took special care in transporting Dario because security was a very important issue. As you know Kay.”

“That’s right. But how on earth… That’s ridiculous. There’s no way the information could leak out.”

Zeke slowly got up from his seat.

“Do you remember Kay? I was talking about how Don Juan dealt with traitors.”

“What? Why are you suddenly bringing that up?”

Zeke said walking slowly behind Kay.

“Shark Dragon. Don Juan always bragged about it. He would paralyze anyone he thought was a traitor with nerve toxin and then throw them into the cage. Shark Dragons don’t eat their prey all at once which is out of proportion to their size. They eat slowly little by little.”

“I… didn’t know that.”

“It’s that bad taste of Don Juan’s. At some point instead of throwing out real traitors he started throwing all the ones he didn’t like into the cage and enjoying watching them. Even thinking about it now he was really crazy.”

Zeke who had gone behind Kay grabbed her shoulder.

Kay who had been wondering how Zeke knew such things was startled by the touch.

He put his face next to Kay’s ear and said.

“It’s really annoying to track down traitors. It’s the thing I hate the most but ironically it’s also the thing I’m best at.”

When Zeke’s voice rang in his ears Kay felt that something was wrong.

“Why are you all like that…”

“I gave you several security details when you transported Kay Dario. Do you remember?”

Kay nodded slowly.

Zeke asked her again.

“Then you will also remember the information about the inn I designated in the outer city of Atlas.”

“Yeah. I remember.”

“Have you ever shared that information with anyone else?”

“No I don’t. You insisted so much that I went and prepared it in advance.”

At those words Zeke’s hand on Kay’s shoulder gained some strength.

“The Kay Nostra family ambushed that inn. They almost killed Dario.”

At Zeke’s words Kay’s face turned pale. She turned her head and opened her mouth.

“Zeke I…!”

In an instant a chain burst out of Zig’s hand.

Clang! Clang!

The soul sealing technique enveloped Kay’s body.

At the same time Kay’s magical power was also sealed.

“Eww!”

Kay completely restrained twisted her body.

Zeke spoke coldly into Kay’s ear.

“Why did you betray me Kay?”