A Dragonslayer’s Peerless Regression – 304



Episode 304

Zig and his men set up camp around the canyon.

There were monsters roaming around but they quickly had their heads shattered by Clone’s hands and fell to the ground.

After the camp was completed Zeke sent out ghost soldiers to inspect the inside of the canyon.

‘The road is narrow and there are many places where you can hide.’

It was unlikely that the rabid monsters would lie in wait for an ambush but the Empire could have sent hounds to stalk from behind.

Geographically it was a place with many disadvantages.

A bigger problem occurred at night.

Since there were more nocturnal monsters than diurnal ones when night fell nocturnal monsters began to crawl up from the valley toward the camp.

Krrrrrrrr―

Zeke who was standing guard discovered these nocturnal monsters and immediately summoned his summoned creatures.

In the darkness crocodile-faced warriors and dragon warriors holding swords appeared.

Zeke ordered Cayman.

“Destroy all enemies approaching Cayman.”

[I will follow your command Master.]

Cayman disappeared into the darkness leading the dragon warriors.

As expected of a shadow spirit he dealt with the monsters secretly and surely.

While Cayman stood guard Zeke searched the area with his ghost soldiers looking for magicians who could move the monsters.

But no matter how much I searched around I couldn’t find the wizard who controlled the monsters.

‘Are you saying that you can move without the wizards giving you orders?’

This meant that they had now invented a stimulant that worked not only on humans and other races but also on monsters.

Zeke could definitely see that the Empire was moving faster than in his previous life.

‘But if you rush back there’s bound to be trouble. If there are holes in the Information Bureau which should be the most disciplined then there must be trouble within the Imperial Army as well.’

Zeke planned to find that gap and stab him.

It was best to see that the Empire’s instigation of a continental war was inevitable. If so it was important to reduce its power as much as possible and guide the situation in a way that was favorable to Zeke.

Zeke headed back towards the camp gave a health recovery buff to Liam who was standing guard and went into the barracks.

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‘Should I ride Bucephalus to the old castle and check on the situation?’

It was at that time that Zeke was trying to figure out a way to break the situation.

The phoenix that had been dozing off on his shoulder suddenly woke up and raised its head.

Then he started flapping his wings and pecking at Zeke’s head.

“What’s wrong with this guy? He just ate and he’s already hungry again.”

As the phoenix continued to flutter Zeke sensed something strange and immediately got up from his seat to activate Hersion.

Almost at the same time a crack appeared in the space next to Zeke and something burst out from within.

Shhh!

The sharp blade passed right in front of Zeke’s nose.

Zeke immediately took out Bahamut and swung it at the mysterious assassin.

Boom!

The assassin hit by Bahamut was knocked to the ground and Zeke adjusted his posture again and stared at his enemy.

But surprisingly the assassin rose again.

‘That’s…?’

The assassin’s figure was revealed through the tattered nightgown his entire body made of hard mineral.

Moreover since both hands were made of sharp swords his body itself was no different from a weapon.

At that moment the floor of the barracks turned into sand and Zeke’s feet sank into the ground.

It felt like someone was pulling at Zig’s feet from deep in the sand.

‘They are not ordinary assassins.’

The assassin whose entire body was made of minerals swung his sharp arms at Zeke.

Then Zeke immediately activated the strong wave resonance.

Woohoo!

The waves of strong resonance spread out in all directions.

Kwakwakwang!

Not only the ground but also the assassin who was rushing towards them was pushed back by the wave and in the meantime Zig spread his welcome beam and went behind the assassin.

He charged his fist with a strong resonance and struck the assassin’s body made of minerals.

Jjeong!

As Zeke’s blast exploded the assassin rolled on the floor with the shock shaking his insides.

“Ugh!”

The assassin groaned as he sat up seemingly able to feel pain despite being made entirely of minerals and tried to run out of the barracks.

But the assassin trying to escape was hit by something and was thrown back into the barracks.

Clone entered the barracks grumbling holding his mace.

“Where the hell do these fucking dogs come from!”

Then Zeke reached out and spoke to Clone.

“Good job Clone. Stand back.”

Zeke unleashed a field of gold power towards the fallen assassin.

Kookookookookook!

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The space where Zeke exerted his power exerted enormous pressure crushing all the objects in the barracks.

The assassin whose entire body was made of minerals also fell to his knees on the floor unable to overcome the pressure that was weighing down his body.

Zeke slowly approached the assassin lifting up his tattered clothes and running his toes over his hardened skin.

“It doesn’t seem like magic but rather a unique bloodline ability. Is it crystallizing the body?”

He muttered softly took out Annexi’s dagger from his bosom and slashed the assassin’s back.

Papat!

Annexi’s dagger which had the indestructible property bounced off the assassin’s body instead of being embedded in it.

Zeke said turning Annex’s dagger.

“With this level of bloodline ability you’re one of the six of the Nostra Family.”

At Zeke’s words the assassin struggled to somehow escape the pressure.

Six which Zion belonged to was an assassination unit comprised of special bloodline ability users.

Three of those Sixers were mobilized to assassinate Zeke Draker but failed again.

He realized that Zeke Draker was beyond the scope of a normal red knight’s abilities.

‘I have to report to my superiors!’

Zeke said as he watched the assassin twist his body around.

“It looks like you’re trying to escape so don’t waste your energy.”

With the horse Zeke slowly retrieved the chain that had dug into the ground.

Tsk tsk tsk―

The ground turned into a quicksand-like swamp and one of the other Six emerged from it bound in a soul sealing spell.

Six who wears a skull mask and has the ability to turn the ground into sand.

Zeke had previously seen Six with this ability when he transported Dario.

As soon as the ground began to change Zeke remembered the guy and used a soul sealing technique to prevent the guy from escaping by turning into sand and succeeded in capturing him like this.

As Zeke gave the signal Clone and the others entered the barracks.

Clone and Liam looked down at the assassins with murderous expressions.

Boris said to Zeke.

“I’ll find out where those guys sent it.”

Then Zeke shook his head.

“They’re bloodline power users so normal interrogation won’t work.”

Zeke decided to interrogate the assassins himself giving each an order and sending the others out.

He approached Six who had the Six Crystallization ability he had captured.

“Why is the Nostra Family in the ghetto area?”

Zeke grabbed Bahamut and struck its shoulder which was covered in hard minerals.

The crystallized skin was so hard that the blade could not penetrate it properly.

Then Zeke used a different method.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

White flames rose from the sword.

A pure fire created by elemental power rose up and attached itself to the assassin’s body.

The white flame slowly began to melt the assassin’s crystallized skin.

The assassin twisted his body this way and that as if in pain.

“Do you feel like talking?”

The assassin flailed around in response to Zeke’s words but did not open his mouth.

As he took out the white flame again the melted crystals fell to the floor like beads.

“You’re quite stubborn.”

It seemed like he wouldn’t be able to open his mouth easily because he was protected by a strong decision.

Zeke decided to first release the abilities of the bloodline ability user.

He turned his bloodshot eyes toward the assassin.

“Look here.”

The power of the bloodshot eyes was embedded in the assassin’s body.

Tsk tsk tsk tsk―

The assassin who sensed something was wrong grabbed his head and tried to resist the power of the bloodshot eyes.

But it was impossible to resist it.

Soon at Bloody Eye’s command the assassin released his crystallization powers.

Srrrrrrrr—

The hard crystals disappeared and the skin returned to normal human skin.

The assassin was a silver-haired woman.

Zeke asked her.

“Why did you come to the ghetto area?”

“…to assassinate Zeke Draker.”

“Who ordered you to assassinate me?”

The assassin trembled at Zeke’s question.

‘Is the ban working?’

Zion also changed his question as he remembered that there were many gold items hanging on his body.

“How did you get in here after breaking through the border outside?”

“…because the person with the ability to teleport opened up the space.”

When Zeke heard the assassin’s words he thought of the teleporter who had escaped his hands before.

‘He was also a member of Six.’

Zeke looked at her and said.

“Where is the person with the ability to teleport?”

Then the assassin shook his head.

“We don’t know either.”

“What do you mean you don’t know?”

“If we succeeded in assassinating him we would have set off a signal flare and he would have come here and tried to escape via teleportation. But since he failed he would have escaped alone.”

Zeke turned his head and looked at the skull-masked assassin next to him.

“That means you guys are abandoned.”

Zeke kicked off the skull mask the assassin was wearing.

The man’s face with an ordinary expression that had been hidden behind a mask was revealed.

He glared at Zeke with an indignant expression.

I never thought that the assassination would fail so the whole situation seemed like a lie.

Dario thought that the reason they failed the mission was because they let their guard down.

Zion who was assigned to the mission together had unstable power and it was difficult to work together.

That’s why this time we didn’t let our guard down and sent in two strong and calm people from among Six’s members.

The missions they were assigned to had a 100 percent success rate.

The leader of Six who had the ability to teleport was skilled at assigning each person an appropriate task according to their abilities and utilizing them in the right place at the right time.

So I never imagined that I would fail this mission so unilaterally.

In fact the man was inwardly confused. He knew well the words of the assassin who had been captured by the enemy.

That’s why when I was caught I tried to commit suicide by swallowing hidden poison and biting my tongue but for some reason I didn’t die and my body continued to recover.

“It’s no use biting your tongue so just give up and be quiet.”

The assassin was startled by Zeke’s words but soon took on a gloomy expression and gave up.

Zeke thought that like Zion these people too were probably under some kind of prohibition and brainwashing.

‘I guess I should send him to Arina-nim first and have him receive some mental education.’

I don’t know how she did it but if I just send it to Arina all the enemies will become devout believers so it seems like it would be best to leave it to her for now.

Zeke figured out a way to use the sudden incursion of assassins against Six while keeping them tightly restrained so they couldn’t escape.

After the arrest Zeke called his men into the barracks.

“I have to pretend to be injured after being attacked by an assassin.”

Felix was surprised by those words.

“Are you telling me to pretend that the assassination was successful?”

Zeke nodded.

“Yes. The Imperials must have known I was here. That’s why they sent the Nostra Family to assassinate me.”

There was only one person in the empire who would do something like this.

‘Morgan Buffon. He is the only one who would come up with such a scheme.’

Zeke continued.

“Go back to the Boris Autonomous Region and release the Imperial Intelligence prisoners we held previously.”

Boris understood what Zeke meant immediately.

“Are you telling me to clear up false information?”

“Yes I have to return to the camp with the information that I was attacked and the situation is bad and that the mutant saffron has spread to the knights and the atmosphere is chaotic.”

“You plan to use the raid in reverse don’t you?”

“If the Empire finds out I’m injured they’ll probably react in some way.”

“Understood my lord.”

Zeke decided to dig a trap to lure Morgan Buffon out.

‘You have to be thoroughly prepared to attract that snake-like creature.’

The next day Zig disappeared and his group returned to the autonomous region leading the assassin prisoners.

They followed Zeke’s instructions to spread false information and deliberately weaken the guard to create a gap.

The intelligence agents managed to escape from the camp as intended.

And a few days later the target fell into the trap set by Zeke.