A Dragonslayer’s Peerless Regression – 262



Episode 262

“What came out?”

Upon arriving at Agamemnon Castle Zeke had to hear shocking news before even getting off his horse.

It was said that the legendary ‘Medusa’ was discovered in the southern archipelago where development was in progress.

Aster who had delivered the news to Zeke also spoke in an excited voice unlike his usual weak voice due to insomnia.

“My lord is there really such a thing as Medusa?”

Diego who was next to Aster nodded and said.

“There’s a similar legend in my hometown. It’s about an evil witch who turns people to stone just by looking into her eyes!”

Zeke’s head started to spin as he watched Aster and Diego chattering away.

Zeke summoned all the Knights Templar to the conference hall.

As everyone gathered in the conference room Clone slammed the round table and said:

“Captain! Medusa has appeared! We must go to the archipelago immediately!”

Zeke calmed down the excited Clone and sat down.

He asked Boris.

“Boris let me sum up the situation clearly.”

Boris said to Zeke with a troubled expression.

“While exploring the island that will serve as the center of the archipelago Rick’s party appears to have discovered a dungeon.”

“Dungeon? There was a dungeon in the Southern Archipelago?”

“Yes it seems like it wasn’t discovered because it’s located in the middle of the Sea of ​​Death and is an island that few people visit.”

“So you found Medusa in that dungeon?”

Then Boris shook his head.

“We didn’t find Medusa but rather traces of several stone statues.”

“A stone statue?”

“According to the report Jason sent the costumes of the stone statues are different from each other in terms of era and form and their expressions are extremely lifelike.”

Zeke pressed his temples.

“Did you determine that Medusa was there just from that statue?”

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“It is also said that patterns and ancient patterns never seen before were discovered in the dungeon.”

He handed over to Zig the drawing of the emblem that had been enclosed in the urgent message that Boris had delivered. Zig tilted his head at the emblem that he had received from Boris.

‘I think I’ve seen this pattern somewhere.’

Boris added as he looked at the picture.

“It is not yet confirmed whether there is a real Medusa but it seems to be an ancient-style ruin that I have never seen before.”

Zeke nodded to Boris’s words.

“Perhaps it could be a dungeon containing an ancient civilization from before the era of the King of Heroes.”

At those words Clone jumped up from her seat again and started to run wild.

“Then now is the time to go and save the princess! What if more dangerous demons than Medusa appear?”

Zeke nodded to Clone’s words.

“Sister Clone is right. If there are unidentified ancient ruins who knows what else might pop up.”

He ordered his knights to prepare to go to the Southern Isles.

The plan was to go straight to the archipelago aboard the Triangle which was anchored in Jason’s harbor.

After the meeting Zeke went to Hades’ workshop.

While I was preparing to set sail I thought I’d ask Jason about the symbol he sent me.

But when I went to the workshop Hades was nowhere to be seen.

When I asked the servants they said that Yelin and the other Ishtar members had gone out somewhere to look for materials.

‘I’m sure the Central Continent will be unfamiliar to both Hades and Yellin so I’m not sure if it’ll be okay.’

Fortunately Zeke felt somewhat relieved when Boris told him that he had assigned Liam as his guide.

Soon preparations for departure were complete and Zeke led the Black Sword Knights to Jason leaving behind his regrets about not being able to resolve the mystery regarding the symbol Jason had sent.

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“Wow my lord. The sea is really different than before.”

Felix admired the calm waveless waters of death from the deck of the triangle.

After the Sea God regained his divine power the rough seas of death became calm and the seascape completely changed.

In particular Zeke received the blessing of the sea god so the ship he was on was safe from storms and sea monsters.

Previously it took a long time to sail because you had to go around the rough and rugged Dead Sea but now it is possible to travel to the southern continent much faster.

Additionally Captain Kidd’s treasure the Triangle was faster than regular ships so it could reach the Southern Archipelago in just a few days.

“I can see the island!”

Zeke squinted his eyes and scanned the coastline of the island.

In front the Neverland and the ships of the Reinhart Company’s Syndicate were gathered together.

The triangle quickly headed towards the shore.

As soon as they reached the shore Zeke jumped straight out of the boat and landed on the island.

A camp was seen set up on a hill above the shore a good place to anchor a boat.

Zeke quickly climbed up the hill.

However the camp was completely deserted and showed no signs of use.

‘What the heck happened?’

Clone and his group who had been running after Zeke were also surprised to see the camp empty.

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Clone became thoughtful and spoke to Zeke.

“Your Majesty. Where is the Princess?”

“Calm down Clone. You know that there are not many people on this continent who can threaten Lady Arina. For now let’s safely retrieve the ships and come back.”

Arina who became a 7th circle master through the magic of light was a magician who was ranked in the top ten on the continent in terms of fighting power.

Even though she was specialized in attack spells which did not match her delicate appearance even if a swarm of monsters came they could not touch a single hair on Arina’s head.

Zeke opened his eyes and examined the traces left in the camp.

‘There’s blood here and there but… it’s mostly the blood of monsters. It looks like there was a battle.’

Trails were seen leading from the camp into the forest.

Zeke his eyes bloodshot summoned the Cayman and Dragon Warrior units and the Gurabu Shark Dragon unit to search for traces.

[Did you call Master?]

“Lead the Cayman Gurav unit and search the surrounding area. If you see anything suspicious or humans report it immediately.”

[Understood master.]

Gurabu nodded as if he understood.

The Cayman and Gurav units dispersed and Zeke decided to first set up camp.

“Richmond.”

Richmond emerged from Zeke’s shadow.

“Okay if I just get this right I’ll finally succeed… Huh Master?”

Richmond looked puzzled by the sudden summons as if he was conducting some kind of experiment.

“Where is this sir?”

“It’s an archipelago in the south. We plan to develop this place and use it as a trading post.”

Zeke ordered Richmond to summon a wall of bones to strengthen the camp’s defenses.

Richmond summoned skeletons and even bone walls to clear the area and rebuild the base.

Aster asked Diego watching the skeletons moving around.

“The sand you gave me is like that. Are you also skilled in magic my lord?”

Diego nodded after pondering his words.

“Your Majesty’s abilities are endless. I feel better just leaving it as is.”

Aster nodded after hearing Diego’s answer.

To them Zig was no longer considered a normal human being.

Under Zeke’s command the camp was rapidly reinforced.

Just as the campsite was being prepared a signal came from Cayman.

[Master I found something suspicious here.]

Zeke said to Boris.

“I think I found something. Keep an eye out for others who might come here again.”

He left Jinji behind and summoned a ghost soldier to look around then ran to where Cayman was.

As he entered the forest Zeke discovered the caiman and the dragon warriors.

The surrounding area was littered with the corpses of monsters that looked like they had been destroyed by the Cayman Unit.

[Master.]

Cayman placed his hand on his left chest in a respectful manner towards Zeke.

“What did you find?”

The caiman pointed to a place hidden among the thick bushes.

As one of the warriors walked through the bushes a cave appeared inside.

“Is it a dungeon?”

Cayman answered Zeke’s question.

[We can’t enter this place.]

Zeke’s expression changed at Cayman’s words.

“What do you mean I can’t enter?”

[The energy flowing out from inside that cave is blocking the approach of shadow spirits like me.]

This meant that not only Cayman but also other dragon warriors could not enter the cave.

It seemed as if an unprecedented force was flowing from within blocking their approach.

Zeke tried again with the ghost soldier but again it was impossible.

“Richmond.”

Zeke immediately summoned Richmond towards the cave.

This time again Richmond was taken aback by the sudden summons.

“Huh! What’s going on all of a sudden?”

“Take a look inside that cave and see what you can feel.”

Richmond as he approached the cave to investigate as ordered by Zeke suddenly began to tremble.

“Ugh!”

He took a hasty step back.

“Why but Richmond.”

Richmond said sweating profusely.

“I can’t approach them all.”

“Ahem.”

The fact that you can’t go to Richmond after the Shadow Spirits means that there is some incredibly strong ancient spell or magic in the dungeon connected to this cave.

Zeke slowly approached the cave.

Woohoo!

Even as Zeke approached there was a force inside the cave that tried to push him away.

He raised his hand and used a magic sealing technique.

Kiiiiiing!

He deployed a magic sealing technique and dug up the flow of magic fields radiating from inside the cave.

Phage phage phage!

Zig twisted the magic field blocking the cave and entered it.

‘It doesn’t seem like a barrier… Is it possible for such a powerful magical field to be created naturally?’

Zeke managed to get in somehow but in the short time that he did the magic field was restored again so the summoned creatures could not enter.

He sent Richmond back to where he came from and left the other summons to explore the surrounding area.

Then we went further into the cave.

The long cave was dark and damp.

Zeke peered into the dark cave with his eyes wide open.

That was when.

Krrrrrr—

A low groan was heard from inside the cave.

Because the space was limited Zeke pulled out Annexy’s dagger.

When I looked closely I saw that they were demons that resembled monsters.

Red-eyed demons slowly crawled from the floor to the ceiling.

Krrrrrr—

The demons making a fierce noise rushed towards Zig.

WHEEK!

Zeke easily dodged the demons’ attacks and swung his dagger.

Chomp!

Even though he had been promoted to the rank of Black Knight the Demon King was no match for him.

Zeke pulled the chain out of his left hand attached it to his dagger and threw it at the oncoming demon.

Clang!

The movements of the chained demons were blocked. Zig grabbed the chains and used his lightning skill.

Phage phage phage!

As the lightning skill rose up the chain the demons twisted their bodies this way and that.

After a while Zeke released the chains and the demons’ bodies fell down.

Krrrrrr—

Zig quickly threw his dagger at the living demons his strength drained and killed them.

‘It’s been a while since I’ve earned karma points.’

On the Deep Sea Tribe’s island I didn’t hunt monsters properly so I couldn’t collect any karma points.

Zeke swallowed the dead demons from his gluttony and looked satisfied.

Because it was a demon the points were quite salty.

‘It’s amazing that this many demons are coming out from the entrance of the cave.’

It seemed more dangerous than most A-class dungeons.

‘There’s really no Medusa here right?’

Zeke continued to move feeling uneasy. As he went further into the cave he soon came across a large cavity.

As he stepped into the wide space Zig felt a strange sensation.

‘What is this?’

The moment I entered the room I felt the mana inside my body stirring.

Zeke felt dizzy for a moment and staggered and fell over.

“Phew.”

Zig who had barely managed to stand up by holding onto the wall only then discovered that the common wall was full of sharp rocks embedded in it.

He realized that a strange energy was flowing from this ore.

Zeke took out Annexy’s dagger and cut off a bit of the ore then looked at it closely but couldn’t tell what it was.

‘I wonder if I can check this information with the dragon’s eyes.’

Zig examined the ore with great concentration.

―Ore Information―

Description: It is called black ore or fairy stone.

Unique Ability: Mana Absorption

Characteristics: Fairy Stones have the characteristic of constantly absorbing natural mana and storing it inside.

Zigg was surprised after checking the information.

“These are all fairy stones?”