A Dragonslayer’s Peerless Regression – 268



Episode 268

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Bucephalus’ lightning containing the power of purification struck Gung-gi’s body.

Keeeeek!

Black smoke rose from the body of the archer who had been struck by lightning.

Seeing that Zeke realized that the lightning of Bucephalus the spirit was different from the lightning created by magic.

‘Youngsu’s power can be linked with the power of purification.’

It was a technology discovered by accident but the effect was amazing.

The palace dragon barely coming to its senses spread its wings and circled in the air to avoid Zig.

“Bucephalus! Let’s chase him!”

Even though I had used the soul sealing technique if I fought here I could have caused great damage to those in the camp.

Zeke hesitated for a moment then let the man go and rode Bucephalus after the archer.

He had eaten all the dead demons so he had plenty of mana.

Although the palace fled at a fast pace the speed of the dragon demon king Bucephalus was just as fast.

As if he thought that it couldn’t go on like this Gung-gi suddenly turned around and flapped his wings towards Zig creating a gust of wind.

Kwakwakwakwa!

A huge gust of wind swept over Zeke and Bucephalus with sharp feathers fluttering about.

Heeeeeeeeeing!

Bucephalus flew up as if running to avoid the gust of wind.

At the same time Zeke held Bahamut and unleashed the Elemental Sword Wind Power.

Kurururururung!

I opened the wind gate and a thunderous sound came from the sword.

‘What? Was the wind power field like this originally?’

At that moment a storm with thunder began to rise from Zeke’s sword.

‘Ugh I can’t control my strength…!’

One of the techniques that Caesar frequently used was the Storm Sword.

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During his training Zeke was struck by this storm sword and knocked out hundreds of times.

I thought it was a sword as strong as a storm but I didn’t know it was a sword that could bring about a real storm.

Kwarrrrrrrr!

The storm that Zigg created swallowed up the gust of wind from the palace.

Kaaaak!

What’s more the storm swept away the flying palace.

Kwakwakwakwang!

Thunder poured down on the palace guards as they tried to escape in the midst of the raging storm.

Keeeeeeek―

The relentless storm and thunder made Gung-gi try even harder to escape.

Zeke felt his mana draining away rapidly like an ebb tide as the storm arose.

“Haaaah!”

It was an enormous attack but he couldn’t use up all his strength like this so he quickly grabbed his sword and controlled his strength.

The storm finally died down and the sky returned to normal.

‘Wow even I the Black Knight can’t control this power. Just how strong was Master Kaiser?’

When I trained with Zeke I realized just how much Caesar had been forgiving.

Kookookookookung!

The storm was over but the palace spirits caught in the storm sword lost their power and fell down into the forest.

Zeke led Bucephalus to where the arrow had fallen.

WHEEK!

Zig who jumped down from Bucephalus’ back found traces of the fallen bow.

However only broken and uprooted trees were visible and the actual palace was not visible.

‘You quick bastard. Did you run away again?’

Zig opened his eyes and looked for traces of the escaped palace spirit.

‘Got it. It went over there.’

He quickly ran into the forest following the trail of the archer.

As we entered the forest where traces remained a cleverly hidden cave appeared.

‘Is this the palace rare?’

Because he was such a cunning guy I couldn’t figure out what kind of trap he had set for me.

Zeke summoned a ghost soldier and had him search the inside of the cave first.

The cave seen through the ghost bottle was not branched out into many branches but it was quite deep.

However there didn’t seem to be any other traps in the cave itself.

Zig released Hersion who was draining mana and entered the cave.

‘It stinks.’

Any place that held magic always had this kind of stench.

Zig took out his holy weapon and defended himself against the magic while searching for traces of the palace spirit.

Traces of petrified monsters were scattered throughout the cave.

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It seemed that they had grown stronger by eating the souls of monsters here.

‘The more souls you eat the stronger you become. When you met the Master in your previous life it seems you came to the Central Continent and ate more souls to grow stronger.’

Certainly when I fought the Master my spirit was much stronger than it is now.

If you miss the bow here and the guy goes to the central continent you will likely have a harder time capturing him later.

‘We have to catch him here somehow.’

That was when.

I felt a suspicious presence coming from the front.

Zeke looked ahead holding Bahamut and making no sound.

Eeeeeeeee―

A roar similar to a groan came from ahead.

As he approached it a little closer black shadows soon began to rush towards Zeke.

Kaaa …

Zeke ran forward towards the shadows.

Surprisingly the shadows were not demons or monsters but humans.

The shadows were humans wearing old armor and carrying weapons.

Zeke swung Bahamut to deflect the swords of the humans and hurled a hammer of light with his holy weapon.

Kwakwakwakwang!

Humans who were hit by the hammer of light fell down screaming.

Creak! Creak!

Black fluid poured out and gurgled from the humans’ mouths.

When Zeke saw that everyone had fallen he went closer to take a closer look and saw that they were nothing more than shells that were difficult to call human.

‘Did you capture a human put magic into him and use him as you wish?’

It was unclear whether it was an inherent ability of the palace or an ability of the ideal species but the idea of ​​using magic to strengthen abilities was similar to that of the mines created by the empire.

Then something occurred to Zeke.

‘Could it be that the experiments the Empire conducted using magic are related to evil spirits like the palace?’

The two evil spirits that Zeke had seen with his master in his previous life included the palace spirit.

One species had special abilities that even the master could not easily approach so he was waiting for an opportunity while the other species was hiding so he continued to search for it without being able to find it.

It occurred to me that perhaps that one undiscovered species of evil might be connected to the Empire’s magical experiments.

‘I guess I should look into this.’

If Zeke’s hypothesis was true then the experiments to strengthen the knights with magic could be stopped if the Empire eliminated the evil spirits they were using in their experiments.

Zeke placed the black fluid spilled by the human under the control of magic into an empty potion bottle and stored it in his inventory.

I was thinking of sending it to Payne to have him investigate.

After destroying all the human corpses with the power of corruption Zeke went deeper into the cave.

As we entered a little further a roar which sounded like a scream was heard from inside.

Kaaaaaaaaa!

As I followed the screams I saw the figure of Gung-gi writhing in agony.

Black smoke continued to rise from the body of the archer who had been scorched all over by the Storm Sword.

The boy screamed in pain twisting his whole body.

That was when.

[Kwaaaaaah! I can’t forgive you human!]

For a moment Zeke doubted his ears.

‘Did that guy just talk?’

To be exact it was closer to conveying one’s intentions telepathically rather than speaking in human language.

Never before has anything like this happened to Zeke in all his years of hunting demons.

‘We have to catch that guy first.’

If the palace spirit escapes here it will not only become stronger later but will also become more alert and difficult to catch.

Zig took out Annexy’s dagger connected it to the chain and cautiously approached the archer.

Then he quickly threw the dagger and wrapped the bow around the chain.

Clang!

As Annexi’s dagger plunged into his body chains wrapped around his legs.

Kwaaaaah!

The archer reacted quickly and tried to cut off his own leg in an instant.

Zeke threw another pair of daggers he had prepared beforehand this time wrapping his entire body in chains.

Kaaaaaaah!

Zig grabbed the chain with both hands and held onto the body of the archer. Then he breathed the power of purification into the chain.

Wooooow!

The golden aura seemed to burn and annihilate the body of the archer along the chain.

Kaaaaaaah!

The palace spirit twisted its body as if in pain and screamed.

Zig sent a telepathic message while holding the bow with a chain.

-Can you speak?

Gong-gi glared at Zigg who was expressing his intentions through telepathy.

[Humans! I’ll kill you! I’ll eat your soul! You are our food! You damn bastards!]

A will mixed with hatred and contempt was conveyed to Zeke.

He said grabbing the chain.

―You talk a lot about harmful demons. What on earth are you? Why do you keep appearing?

At Zig’s words Gung-ki glared at him with sharp eyes.

[You worthless humans… You live under the delusion that you are the owners of this land. You foolish bastards… We were the original owners of this place. Not you small dirty bastards.]

Zig frowned at the palace’s words.

-What do you mean this land is the land of demons?

Then the palace looked at Zig and growled softly.

[We do not die. In the end humans will become slaves and live as food for us just like they did in the past.]

In that moment Gung-gi’s body began to swell.

Zeke looked at the swollen body of the archer and realized that the guy was trying to blow himself up.

Zeke started binge eating in a hurry.

Tsk tsk tsk tsk―

A shadow rose and enveloped the swollen body of the palace.

Then unlike before Gung-gi’s pupils shook rapidly.

The archer disappearing into the shadows stretched out his hand and shouted.

[Oh why this power! …Oh no!]

Slowly the palace spirit disappeared into Zig’s shadow.

Kookookookookung!

Zig felt the body of the archer shatter into pieces in the shadows.

At the same time a message appeared before Zeke’s eyes.

[I binge-ate a completely corrupted ideal species that had been eroded by magic.]

[The consumed stamina and mental power mana replenishes.]

[Absorb the bloodline abilities of the gluttonous ideal species and gain the power ‘Charisma’.]

[By absorbing the bloodline ability of the gluttonous ideal species the proficiency of the skill ‘Curse Reflection’ increases.]

[1500 Karma Points will be awarded as compensation.]

[One special random box will be given as a reward.]

Zig was surprised to see that the ability he gained after binge-eating was power.

“It’s definitely different from the ancient species Ga-guk. Even Hydra gained constitution but now it has power.”

He checked the information on his newly acquired power ‘Charisma’.

―Power Information―

Charisma: The user can inspire loyalty in those with lower mental power than them and issue compulsory orders.

“The power to inspire loyalty?”

Zig recalled moving like an army commanding different types of demons.

It was virtually impossible for demons that moved only by instinct to move in such unison.

Perhaps it was possible thanks to this charismatic ability that Gung-gi possessed.

‘It’s a strange ability but I’ll have to think about how I can use it.’

Mental abilities are very effective but they also have side effects so caution is needed when using them.

After confirming the authority information Zeke checked the newly received special random box.

The box opened glowing like the one seen in the upside-down tower.

But what came out of the box was something unexpected.

“egg?”

Zeke checked the information right away.

– Information –

Description: An egg in which the power of the spirit is dormant.

Unique ability: Undecided

Special Note: The eggs hatch under certain conditions. The spirits that hatch from the eggs stay in the phenomenal world not the spirit world.

“A spirit that stays in the phenomenal world.”

Zeke currently had two spirits as his summons.

One was the dragon king Bucephalus and the other was the dragon leader Nahuel.

Bucephalus was summoned by Zeke from the underworld and Nahuel was summoned by staying in the lake of Agamemnon’s castle.

‘Is a spirit being born who stays in the phenomenal world like Nahuel?’

After all when summoning a spirit that stays in the phenomenal world less mana is consumed.

However in Nahuel’s case since he was the guardian deity of the lake there was a limitation that he could only be summoned for a certain period of time and after that time had passed he had to be returned to the lake.

I don’t know if I can become a god by fulfilling the conditions but for now I am still tied to the lake.

Zik collected Youngsoo’s eggs while collecting his thoughts.

“If you hatch it by meeting the conditions you might be able to obtain a new summon.”

Before leaving he purified the cave where the palace was and returned to camp.

And just as Zeke arrived at camp a welcome guest arrived on the island.

It was the queen of the Kingdom of Cuzco who came to the island with Simon.