A Dragonslayer’s Peerless Regression – 24



Episode 24

Liam stood in front of Zeke sweating profusely.

“Master I will be the bait. In the meantime quickly escape outside.”

At those words Zeke snickered and pushed Liam back.

“I just appreciate your sincerity.”

Liam knew that Zeke was a Purple Knight but dealing with monsters was another matter.

There were countless cases of skilled knights losing their lives in vain in fights with monsters.

Moreover there was no way that Zeke who was still an academy cadet could deal with a dangerous monster like a troll.

Before Liam could stop him Zeke lunged forward.

“Whirlwind. Welcome method.”

Zeke’s body dug into the troll’s blind spot leaving behind an afterimage.

“Kaaaaaaah!”

The troll swung a huge club.

However it was impossible to catch the fast-moving movements of Zigg with the Welcome Technique.

The number of trolls Zeke had caught in his previous life was difficult to count.

Besides it was easier to use my full power now than in my previous life.

Zig summoned up his mana and poured his spirit energy into his sword.

Whoosh!

After that he calmly circled around the troll and precisely cut the tendon area.

Kookookookook!

As the troll twisted the entire cave shook.

Zeke was not fooled by the troll’s movements and stabbed its leg joint.

thud!

The troll with its joints destroyed fell over unable to support its own weight.

But the wounds began to heal thanks to the troll’s unique regenerative powers.

Zeke didn’t miss the moment when the troll was recovering.

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He swung the claymore straight at the troll’s neck.

Crunch!

The giant troll’s head fell off its body.

At the same time letters appeared before Zeke’s eyes.

[You killed the troll. You earn 30 karma points.]

Both the hellhound and the troll awarded karma points.

‘I guess the term ‘magic-powered monster’ is a general term for all monsters.’

It seemed that the gremlin was too weak to be hit with a point.

Zeke looked satisfied.

If you can collect points by catching monsters it seems like you’ll be able to collect karma points much faster than expected.

Zeke turned on the minimap and checked the monsters around him.

He said to Liam with a smirk.

“Liam take care of their heads.”

“Okay. Should I take the gremlin too?”

“Let’s just take the big ones.”

Zeke turned his wrist holding his sword once and walked towards the monsters marked.

This time the goblins were gathered on one side seemingly waiting for the troll to pass by.

Zeke approached silently and cut off the goblins’ heads in one fell swoop.

“Keep going!”

The goblins were already at Zeke’s point before they could even scream properly.

[Killed the goblin. Earn 5 karma points.]

I had defeated five goblins so I had earned 25 points.

‘What is the score now?’

[Karma Points Held: 165]

Since I don’t have a chance to go to the external dungeon I thought it would be a good idea to collect a lot of points this time.

As he was making plans a new word appeared before Zeke’s eyes.

―Tutorial Surprise Mission―

[Hunt 100 monsters of 10 different types in the dungeon. Time limit 72 hours.]

[Sudden Mission Reward: Double the Karma Points Acquired / 2 Random Boxes]

[Current Score: 3/7]

[Non-aggressive monsters are excluded from the counter]

‘Sudden mission?’

A new type of mission has appeared.

Zig smiled when he saw the reward for the surprise mission. It was a satisfactory reward so he decided to move right away.

To complete the mission within the time limit we needed to move quickly.

“Liam let’s move.”

Zeke roamed the dungeon like a skilled adventurer.

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He quickly figured out what kind of monsters there were by looking at the traces left in the dungeon and continued hunting by having Liam draw the monsters’ attention in front while cutting off their heads with his sword from behind.

Chomp!

After the hunt Liam tied the monster’s head that Zeke had cut down with a rope and carried it on his back.

After hunting the monsters in the dungeon and running out of stamina I set up base camp again and rested.

Even the infinite stamina skill couldn’t satisfy hunger or sleep so proper rest was essential.

They rested and hunted rested and hunted and repeated this.

In this way Zeke swept through the dungeon and hunted 99 monsters of nine different species over three days.

‘I just need to catch one more.’

In fact it was strange that there were so many dangerous monsters in the test dungeon.

But Zeke was more disappointed than he thought about failing the surprise mission.

That was when.

Kwakwakwakwa!

Zeke sensed a strange sound coming from beneath his feet.

He shouted at Liam.

“Liam! Throw an orc head at me and stand back!”

Liam quickly followed Zeke’s instructions. Zeke at his own direction threw the orc head Liam had handed him in the direction of the sound.

Then I held my breath and waited.

After a while the ground shook.

Kkwadduk!

The dungeon worm that was underground had chewed up the orc head that Zeke had thrown and swallowed it with its sharp teeth.

Zeke knew that oil was poison to the dungeon worms.

He quickly took some oil out of his bag and applied it to the blade.

Immediately after that I quickly approached the dungeon worm while using the whirlwind technique.

Then he boldly stabbed the dungeon worm under the chin its weak point with his sword.

“Kaaaah!”

Zeke’s sword passed through the chin and straight through the crown of the Dungeon Worm.

The dungeon worm struggled and tried to wrap its tail around Zig.

Wood crunch!

The powerful tail wrapped around Zeke and tried to crush him but it was no use.

This is because Zeke’s healing factor worked and the broken bones and muscles were regenerated.

“This little bug!”

Zeke focused his mana and breathed the will of the sword into his sword.

His sword now even more powerful split the dungeon worm in half.

Choaack!

The dungeon worm split in half and fell to the ground limp and broken.

Zig rose shaking off the tail of the dungeon worm that had wrapped around his body.

[The surprise mission was successful.]

[If you succeed in your first surprise mission you will randomly receive a low-grade potion and low-grade scroll.]

[Time reduction points are added to the reward.]

[Karma points earned as a reward are doubled.]

[Two random boxes will be given as a reward.]

The reward for the hard work was great.

* * *

“Damn I thought I was going to die.”

All the cadets who escaped the dungeon exit within the time limit were in a terrible state.

There were only low-level monsters like gremlins and goblins but because we didn’t know when or where the monsters would pop out we had to march for three days without getting any proper sleep.

Still the situation seemed relatively better for those who received support from the family.

They brought the heads and ears of the gremlins or goblins they hunted.

In particular in the case of Jaqen Waldeck he came out with the head of a hobgoblin.

Everyone looked at Jaken with surprise because he was a ferocious and agile goblin that was difficult to hunt.

Jaken smirked enjoying that gaze.

‘It was worth the practical training in advance.’

That was when.

“Oh my god.”

Reyna Draker came out with the orc’s head dripping with blood.

When she presented the orc head to the instructor the instructor was surprised.

“Were there any orcs in the dungeon?”

“I found some strange traces and investigated and found that wild orcs were eating other monsters and making nests.”

The instructor’s expression became serious at those words.

“It looks like one of them escaped from the danger zone where these wild monsters were kept. You’ve worked hard Reyna Draker.”

The cadets were amazed saying that Reina was on a different level.

The instructor checked the remaining test time with the students who came out while looking at his watch.

“Are Zeke Draker and Liam Stone Joe the only ones who haven’t come out yet?”

Zeke and Liam didn’t return until the other cadets had all left.

The other cadets including Jaken laughed at Zeke and Liam who had not yet come out.

“I wonder if they got eaten by a bunch of goblins.”

“Or maybe I’m just too tired to move.”

It was almost the end of the exam period.

Zeke and Liam were coming out through a different exit than the designated one.

The instructor in charge looked at Zeke and Liam and said.

“Zeke Liam! There is a designated exit so why are you coming out of there? This is a negative factor.”

Then Zeke came up to the instructor and put something down.

“What is this?”

It was a monster’s head. But for a normal monster it was a big head.

The instructor was shocked when he confirmed the monster’s identity.

“T troll?”

Whether the instructor was surprised or not Zig opened the bag he had brought and took something out one by one.

From the orc’s head to the hellhound’s head all that came out were the heads of high-risk monsters.

Zig who had a dozen or so heads piled up in front of the instructor said shaking his hands.

“There was more but they didn’t all fit in my bag so I just packed what I could.”

The instructor looked blankly at the heads of the monsters that Zeke had brought.

The other cadets around him had similar expressions.

At that moment Zeke looked around with sharp eyes.

The expression on Owen Siemens’ face standing at the very back came into his sight.

‘That guy is the one who’s messing around.’

While others looked on in disbelief Owen’s expression was one of defeat though he tried to hide it.

I thought it was strange that high-risk monsters kept appearing one after another in the test dungeon.

Although the exact method was unknown it was certain that Zeke and Liam were led to a dungeon route with high-risk monsters.

‘Anyway you have to know that those Siemens guys are gloomy.’

Zig who had a rough idea of ​​the situation looked at the instructor and said.

“Is this enough to pass?”

“Huh? Oh. That’s right.”

After hearing the answer Zeke took Liam and headed straight back to the academy.

I was really tired from hunting monsters for several days so I wanted to go quickly and rest.

* * *

“I think it’s time.”

After taking a break and coming to his personal training room Zeke looked at the letters floating before his eyes.

-Dragon Clan Skill Level 1-

Binge eating (locked)

I obtained a large amount of points from this dungeon hunt and my usable points were a whopping 780 points.

After much thought Zeke decided to unlock the unidentified gluttony skill.

[Do you want to disable the Dragon Clan skill Gluttony?]

“Okay I’ll release it.”

Zeke released his binge eating habit and tried using his skills.

Then a message came to mind.

―Binge Eating Information―

In a state of gluttony it is possible to digest anything and convert it into energy. Also if it consumes a monster with blood system abilities it can absorb that monster’s abilities.

“What? What does this mean?”

It was an absurd explanation.

Not only can he digest everything he eats he can also immediately convert it into energy and he can even absorb the blood powers of monsters. These are abilities I had never heard of or seen before even in my previous life.

“That’s a totally crazy ability.”

I think I know why it costs 50 points.

Zeke tried out his binge eating skill.

Woohoo!

As the skill worked Zeke’s shadow rippled.

Zig took out the remaining jerky from his inventory and threw it on the floor.

Then according to Zeke’s will the shadow moved and swallowed the jerky.

[Energy is converted and the lack of mental power is restored.]

For a moment I felt my head clearing up.

“Does filling up your energy include mental strength as well?”

Using this skill I was able to recharge my mental power and endure even in situations where I couldn’t get enough sleep.

This also meant that if you were running low on stamina or mana during a battle you could use this skill to absorb and digest anything to recover immediately.

Zigg was able to remind himself once again that there was nothing about the Dragon Clan’s skills that could be thrown away.

Zig opened the dragon tribe skill window

[50 Karma Points required to unlock skill level 2]

By investing 50 points it was possible to unlock a new dragon skill.

I don’t know what it will be but I thought it would have at least better skills than level 1.

‘Okay let’s make a bold investment here.’

It was when Zigg was about to unlock his second level skill.

dripping!

Someone knocked on the door of Zeke’s personal training room.

Zeke shouted with a breathless expression.

“Come in.”

Decker entered the training room.

Zeke said with a slightly annoyed voice.

“Decker whenever I’m in the training room don’t come in unless you have the courage to do so…”

“I received a call from Gelion.”