A Dragonslayer’s Peerless Regression – 182



Episode 182

After Zeke faked Kay’s death the Syndicate’s splitting operation progressed step by step.

He spread rumors of divisions within the Syndicate and at the same time he secretly sent several executives from other Syndicates to the Southern Continent pretending to be dead under the pretext of punishing traitors.

After Zeke had cleaned up the identities of all the Syndicate executives he ordered them to remain in the Kingdom of Cuzco in hiding for the time being.

Once things quieted down to some extent the plan was to deploy them to clean up the cartel organization within the Kingdom of Cusco.

After Zeke closed down all of the syndicate hideouts he moved to the territory of the Duchy of Troy instead of Mycenae.

I was planning to take a break there and observe Abel and Narak’s movements. It was a time when I needed a rest.

Still he had to finish what he was doing so Zeke called Paynen to the Troy estate.

When Paynen arrived at the castle a few days later he was quite haggard.

“What happened?”

Payne shook his head at Zeke’s words.

“Jeff and Al… phew no.”

It seemed like the young eccentric and picky genius alchemist twins had captured Paynun and were causing a ruckus.

Zeke looked at Payne with pity and patted her shoulder.

“If Jeff and Al have any problems I’ll go with them next time.”

Payne’s face brightened at Zeke’s words.

Only then did his expression soften and he looked at Zeke and asked.

“While I was away something big happened at the Syndicate?”

Payne also knew what happened at the Syndicate.

Knowing how much Zeke trusted Kay and how diligently she worked her betrayal was hard to believe.

Furthermore I was quite shocked to hear that Zeke had purged several syndicate executives including her labeling them traitors.

Then Zeke took Paynen into a room in the castle and spoke quietly.

“Payne actually Kay is not dead.”

“Huh? What is that….”

Zeke showed Kay the parasite that was inside her body and explained what had happened.

Payne’s face was filled with horror.

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“Who on earth could possibly cast such evil magic….”

Zeke gestured to Payne.

“There is something you should see.”

He took Paynen down to the castle’s basement where Zion captured by Zeke was imprisoned.

“Fuck! Release this now!”

Zion screamed pounding his fist on the prison door.

Payne was surprised to see Zion trapped.

“Who is that boy?”

“I am one of the special bloodline ability users sent by the Nostra Family.”

“Yes? You mean that little boy?”

“Don’t be fooled by appearances. Her powers are sealed for now but she has at least as much power as the Red Knight.”

“Really? This is the first time I’ve heard of a Bloodline user being able to exert that much power.”

That was when.

Suddenly Zion who had been swearing loudly started shaking all over and collapsed having a seizure.

Zeke opened the door quickly and went inside.

Then he used healing towards Zion.

Tsk tsk tsk―

Zion’s seizure finally stopped and he became stable after Zeke used healing.

Zeke laid Zion who had fallen asleep on the bed with a sigh.

The way he slept looked just like any other boy his age pure and innocent.

Zeke said as he looked at Payne.

“This is what I wanted to show you Payne. He has been having seizures almost every day.”

Payne approached Zion who was lying on the bed felt his pulse and checked his pupils. Then he summoned his magical power and examined the inside of Zion’s body.

After the examination Payne opened her eyes and opened her mouth.

“Oh this doesn’t make sense…”

“Why are you doing that?”

“This kid… everything is too fast.”

“Fast?”

“The heart rate and eye reactions are all three times faster than an average person.”

Zig nodded at Payne’s words and said.

“I heard that the Nostra Family is gathering people with bloodline abilities and conducting experiments. Experiments to strengthen bloodline abilities through drugs and procedures.”

“Enhancement experiments? That’s clearly illegal research!”

“They’re mafia guys so they won’t discriminate. The problem is that the Empire may also be involved in this experiment.”

Payne’s expression hardened at Zeke’s words.

He slowly opened his mouth as he looked at the sleeping Zion.

“If this is the case this boy won’t live long. He must have been taking some kind of drug periodically to forcibly slow down his body’s reaction speed.”

“You keep having seizures because you don’t have that medicine.”

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“If what the Master says is true it is likely a side effect of the experiment to enhance one’s abilities.”

Zeke nodded at Payne’s words.

Currently Zeke is somehow helping him recover through healing but that is only a temporary effect.

Zik thought about it and then thought of Arina.

‘If it’s Ariana there might be a way to recover.’

Even if I wanted to question him I felt like I would suffocate before I could ask him anything.

Currently Arina has moved to the Holy Kingdom with Boris to rescue the Luverne clan.

‘I’ll have to show that guy to you as soon as I get back.’

Zeke asked Paynun to make a makeshift potion.

Payne nodded.

“Understood. If I can get the materials I can quickly make something that will alleviate the condition. Oh and I’ve made some progress with the research on the Golem’s Heart and Dragon Slayer’s Sky Tribe armor you entrusted to me last time.”

Zeke was delighted at Payne’s words.

“Is that true?”

“Yes. As you have thought my lord those armors are indeed powered by high-pressure magic stones. If those armors were used during the Liberation War it is presumed that they would have been able to fight giant beasts with high-powered equipment.”

“I see. Is it possible to repair it?”

“Because it’s such an old item and the drive circuit is something I’ve never seen before I think I’ll have to look into it a bit more.”

Zeke nodded.

“Okay let me know if you make any further progress while researching.”

Payne stayed in the castle made a potion to calm Zion’s seizures and then returned to Atlas.

Only then did Zeke decide to get some proper rest and start strengthening his equipment which he had been putting off.

By adding the necessary materials to the Orichalcum sword named ‘Roland’ and strengthening it it was possible to upgrade it to higher abilities.

Zig put various metals including jewels needed for strengthening into his inventory.

While organizing his inventory for an upgrade Zeke looked at one of the material lists and was troubled.

“It’s a meteorite ingot. It’s harder to get meteorite than I thought.”

Even in stores it was impossible for mid-level managers to purchase such metal materials.

While looking through his items again Zeke found the mace he had previously received from a random box.

It was an artifact that contained the skill of punishment of light but I didn’t use it much so I forgot that I had it.

‘The Mace of Luverne. Maybe…’

Zig put the mace into the dismantling window and looked through the list of materials that could be extracted.

“There it is! A fortune ingot! Good!”

As he had expected the mace was a weapon made of meteorite and mithril.

Zeke dismantled Luverne’s Mace.

Tiring!

With a cheerful beep the mace disintegrated into a meteorite ingot a mithril ingot and a leather rune.

“What is this rune?”

Let’s check the rune. The magic ‘Punishment of Light’ is engraved on it.

“Oh I think it would be good to put this in the mace that Kloné has.”

If he could use the Breath of Light magic which strengthens his power and the Punishment of Light together it was clear that Clone’s power would be further strengthened.

Zig set aside the runes and mithril he had pulled out of the mace and placed the meteorite ingot into the reinforcement window.

It was barely enough to meet Roland’s strengthening conditions.

Zig pressed the strengthen button with a pounding heart.

Woohoo!

A light flashed in the reinforced window.

Unlike disassembly reinforcement took quite a while.

‘Considering the time it took to repair Hersion it’s hard to say that it will take that long.’

After about ten minutes the reinforcement progress reached 100%.

Ttarang!

A clear beep sounded indicating that the reinforcement was complete.

[Equipment ‘Roland’ has been strengthened.]

[The equipment name changes to ‘Jewel Sword Roland’.]

[The Jewel Sword Roland’s abilities have been enhanced.]

Zeke took the reinforced Roland out of his inventory.

“Wow what is this?”

Roland who had a rather rough appearance had been transformed into a flashy one.

The scabbard and even the handle were intricately crafted with mithril and gold and were studded with jewels throughout.

Zeke was embarrassed by the overly flashy Roland.

“Is it because the name is Jewel Sword that it is so fancy?”

Zeke checked the information on the jewel sword Roland.

―Jewel Sword Roland Information―

Description: A sword made with the utmost care by a master craftsman the Orichalcum sword enhanced with noble metals and gems.

Unique Abilities: Punishment of Light (Effect only applies when hitting) Curtain of Light Arrow of Light Jewel of Will

Special: Deals 3.5x damage to undead and demons. / The unique ability granted depending on the gem is randomly activated.

The damage increase applied to undead and demons has been increased by 0.5 times and a new skill has been created.

“Will of the Jewel? What kind of ability is this?”

Zeke pulled his sword from its scabbard.

The sword blade made of orichalcum shone beautifully.

Zeke activated the skill ‘Will of the Jewel’.

[Skills are activated randomly.]

[Ruby’s will is activated.]

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Among the jewels attached to the scabbard a ruby ​​sparkled and flames burst out from the sword.

“Is this what the will of the jewel was like?”

There were a total of seven jewels attached to the scabbard.

It seemed that each jewel had a different will.

Zeke tried using the Jewel’s Will skill once again.

[Skills are activated randomly.]

[Aquamarine’s will is activated.]

Kwakwakwakwa!

In an instant a cold energy surged from the sword.

Zig collected his skills and slowly examined the jewel sword Roland again admiring it.

“Are you saying that I can use seven abilities with this one sword?”

Of course the skill is activated randomly but even so its value is enough to make it a unique artifact rather than a rare artifact.

At that moment a message appeared in Zeke’s eyes.

[The durability of Ruby and Aquamarine has decreased by 5% due to the use of the skill.]

[Repair with new gems before durability completely depletes.]

“What? Repair with jewels?”

This meant that the power of the jewel would wear out every time a skill was used requiring constant repairs.

Zeke clicked his tongue as he looked at the jewel sword Roland.

“This is a huge pile of money.”

Even without the Jewel’s Will skill it was actually an excellent sword in its own right so it wasn’t really a loss.

Zeke put the Jewel Sword Roland in his inventory and took out the Iron Sword with Aratasso sealed inside.

This sword also had the ability to be strengthened but unfortunately it was not possible to strengthen it right away because there were no fairy stones available.

After a long time Zeke spoke to Arataso who was trapped inside the sword after being released from the seal.

“Arataso how are you?”

Even though Zeke called Arataso did not answer.

‘Could it be that the soul returned to the demon world?’

Zeke held his sword and used his holy fire skill.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The Yuncheolgeom was instantly engulfed in sacred flames.

[Kwaaaaak!]

Aratasso who had been quiet screamed and raised his voice.

Zeke checked that Arataso was in good condition and took the Holy Fire.

“Why aren’t you answering when you’re here?”

Arataso spoke in a low voice.

[I am the first rider of the ‘Clear Green Wish’ and an honorable warrior. You hold my soul and insult me. How can you expect me to answer obediently?]

After hearing Aratasso’s words Zeke thought deeply and then became angry again.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

[Kwaaaaak!]

Zeke said holding his sword.

“You’re talking about honor. Don’t even think about spouting off some shitty nonsense and just answer me when I call.”

Aratasso spoke through gnashing of teeth in the flames of the Holy Fire.

[You… A terrible curse will befall you! My master will punish you with a punishment worse than death!]

“Those who can’t even come to the phenomenal world are talking nonsense. Who told you to crawl all the way out here like that?”

Arataso ground his teeth at Zeke’s words.

Since my soul was tied up and I couldn’t go anywhere there was nothing I could do.

Finally Arataso who had lost all motivation asked Zeke.

[How can I get you to let me go?]

Zig chuckled as he heard Aratasso’s words taking the bait.

“Well let me think about it.”

[If you are a knight too! Protect your honor!]

“It’s ridiculous to talk about the subject of the devil’s retinue and honor. Hey Arataso. There is one way to get out of there you know.”

[Tell me what it is.]

Zeke said with a devilish grin.

“The barrier technique you used. Tell me about it.”