A Dragonslayer’s Peerless Regression – 312



Episode 312

‘The fact that they’re here means there must be an ancient ruins here.’

It seemed like they were digging up something here.

Zeke who was observing the situation decided to go outside as promised with Adnan and Bodmir and attract the attention of the Empire.

He said to Helen.

“Sister as I told you yesterday find the path and go out of the valley and go straight to the autonomous district. I will also follow you quickly.”

Helen was initially against Zeke’s plan to draw the enemy’s attention alone.

But there was no choice but to make sure they all got out safely.

Helen nodded with a determined look in her eyes as she looked at Zeke.

“Don’t worry about this place.”

To reassure the Join and Suin tribes Zeke moved the sleeping Phoenix onto Helen’s shoulders.

Then he said to the barbarians:

“You follow me.”

He took the barbarians and went straight out of the canyon.

Zig climbed the cliff and moved up the canyon.

Looking inside the canyon from above I saw berserk monsters lined up.

‘It seems like there are more monsters.’

I don’t know if they were airlifting the monsters from the Forest of the Forgotten or if they were excavating them and releasing them here themselves but it was clear that their numbers had increased compared to before.

The barbarians who came together looked at Zeke and said.

“Brother Zeke what are we doing?”

“Monster hunting?”

“That pink oak looks delicious.”

Zeke calmed the barbarians down as they watched the hordes of monsters.

‘I need to divert their attention for now.’

Zigg summoned Gurav and the Shark Dragons.

Kaaaaaaa―

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The Gurav and Shark Dragons who had been summoned after a long time ran towards Zeke acting cute.

Zeke said patting the heads of his summoned creatures.

“Go ahead and have fun.”

Upon hearing that Gurav led his shark dragons and rushed into the canyon.

The barbarians opened their eyes wide and looked at the shark dragon unit running away with Gurav.

“It’s amazing.”

“Brother Zeek is very talented.”

“I’ll go to town and brag about it.”

Zeke looked at the barbarians with a stern face and said.

“No useless talk allowed.”

A group of Gurav and Shark Dragons rushed down the canyon walls toward the monsters.

Kaaaaaaah!

Gurav was the first to lunge forward spewing poisonous smoke followed by the shark dragons.

Krrrrrrrr—

The monsters responded to the suddenly appearing Gurav unit.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A giant cyclops was wielding a club and trying to strike Gurav.

However Gurav quickly turned to the side to dodge then wrapped his tail around the Cyclops’ leg knocking it off balance.

As the Cyclops fell the shark dragons around him rushed in and tore him apart in an instant with their strong jaws and sharp teeth.

In front of Zeke they were just docile lizards but strictly speaking there were dozens of high-danger monsters gathered together.

As the Gurav unit pushed into the valley the berserk monsters also became excited and started to run wild creating a commotion in the surrounding area.

Zeke hid with the barbarians and observed the reactions of the surroundings.

Soon a secret passage opened up in the middle of the canyon cliff and several men in black emerged from it and looked around.

Zig captured their movements with his gaze.

‘The hunting dogs and the wizard of the abyss.’

Since the camp was set up I thought there would be a wizard from the Abyss.

Zeke used his hearing to eavesdrop on the conversation between the hound and the wizard.

“What is that? Why are the monsters fighting each other?”

“Could it be that the awakening effect has worn off?”

“Stupid talk! At least in this canyon the correction effect of the new water shouldn’t cause that.”

The wizard of the abyss gnashed his teeth and spoke to the hounds.

“Have the demons you sent to those Joiners and Suiners not returned yet?”

“Yes not yet.”

“I specifically told you to leave their bodies aside from above so collect them as soon as you finish processing them.”

“All right.”

“Damn it… The excavation isn’t finished yet and it’s going to be a problem if there’s a commotion outside. Send a few people down there and deal with the monsters causing trouble!”

The wizard of the abyss shouted at his hounds and went back into the cliff.

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Zeke felt something strange after hearing the conversation just now.

‘The wizard of the Abyss gives orders to the Imperial hounds? It seemed like they were secretly experimenting with the Abyss before but now they’re openly joining hands.’

It seemed that something had happened to the Emperor and that his relationship with Narak had also changed.

Seeing him move more impatiently than before I thought his condition might have gotten worse.

‘I remember that in my previous life I survived until I obtained the relic. I don’t think I truly gained the power of immortality then.’

Now that I think about it it’s possible that they’re excavating an artifact that the emperor wants here.

‘I guess I’ll have to take a look and see what it is.’

At that moment hunting dogs appeared from the valley.

The guys tried to climb down the ladder from the cliff.

It seemed like they were trying to kill the Gurav unit that was fighting the monsters.

Zeke asked the barbarians.

“Can you throw a rock that far?”

Then the barbarians lifted a rock nearby and chuckled.

“Do you want to play long throw?”

“Zeke said shaking his head.

“This is not a game. If any of those guys come out after this just throw rocks at them and kill them.”

The barbarians nodded at Zeke’s words.

“Okay.”

“Very easy.”

“I am confident.”

Zeke left the barbarians to guard the area and went down into the canyon in hiding.

The Gurav unit was fighting the monsters but there was no response after the order was given to the hunting dogs as if they thought it was a fight between monsters.

Zeke hid in the surrounding darkness and waited for the hounds to come.

Soon the hunting dogs came down from the cliff and approached with drawn swords.

The hound at the back grumbled in an annoyed voice.

“Oh my. Is this what I should be doing at this time?”

Then the hunting dog next to him spoke.

“Please bear with me for a moment. The atmosphere in the unit is not good these days. You will soon be sent back to the center.”

Eavesdropping on their conversation Zeke could also see that the hound unit had also changed formation midway.

‘It looks like there’s been a bit of a shakeup here too. The hunting dogs are a unit directly under the Emperor so if it’s even affecting us…’

It was to the point where one suspected that the power structure within the empire had changed to the point of almost a coup d’état.

‘Did Consul Julius oust the Emperor and seize power?’

Julius held the rank of general commanding the imperial army.

Although he played a role in controlling the emperor he was not a person who coveted that position.

Since the second prince who was supported by the emperor would be able to become the emperor and act as regent after the emperor died anyway there was no need to take a risk.

‘If not then the Emperor himself did it… why on earth?’

If the emperor had not been deposed it meant that he had personally replaced his close associates who had been with him for decades.

Zeke slowly approached the hounds with many questions in his mind.

The hunting dogs drew their swords and approached the shark dragons yawning and raising their swords.

“Hey you annoying guys. Your leather is so thick that even a sword won’t go in properly.”

It was at that moment that one of the hunting dogs was about to stab his sword into the shark dragon’s belly.

Phew!

One of the shark dragons swished its tail at the hound.

The hunting dog was hit by the tail of the powerful Shark Dragon while he was letting his guard down and was sent flying.

The other hounds jumped back in surprise.

“That’s a summoned beast from outside! Quickly detonate the signal flare…!”

The hound was speechless at the cold sensation of the dagger on his neck.

The other hunting dogs were all decapitated by the ghost soldiers that emerged from the shadows.

Zeke asked the hound.

“What are you digging up here?”

The hunting dog quickly grasped the situation and tried to commit suicide by biting the poison he had put in his mouth.

But as long as Zeke was holding him back it was impossible for him to commit suicide.

Zeke quickly recovered the bastard with recovery and healing.

“how…?”

Since there was no time for a leisurely interrogation Zeke decided to use his bloodshot eyes to subdue the guy and then use him.

The hunting dog with the red eye pattern on its forehead was no different from a slave who followed Zeke’s orders.

In this state it was impossible to retrieve the memories but it didn’t matter to Zeke as he decided it was better to sneak inside the camp with the hounds and investigate the interior.

He disguised himself as one of the dead hounds wearing a cloak of perception alteration.

Then we climbed up the ladder hanging over the cliff and entered the secretly built camp in the canyon.

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Disguised as a hunting dog Zeke entered a secret space created inside the cliff.

Inside other hunting dogs stood guard keeping a close watch.

The hunting dog whose spirit was subdued by bloodshot eyes spoke to the other hunting dogs.

“Damn I got killed by a few fucking monsters.”

At those words the other hounds laughed at him saying:

“For a gentleman who came from the center I guess his skills are a bit lacking. He gets beaten by dirty monster bastards.”

Then the hunting dog that had been subdued by Zeke approached the man and grabbed him by the collar.

“What the heck? This kid! How dare you know who I am!”

Zeke pretended to stop him and entered the camp naturally.

The spirit-subdued hound went into the camp to report.

As we went a little further into the cave a huge cavity appeared inside.

‘What is that smell?’

At one point a pungent smell stung his nose and made Zig frown.

As I looked around I looked down into the huge cavity at the bottom of the cave and saw huge square-cut ice cubes stacked in layers.

When I looked closely into the ice with my eyes closed I was surprised to find ancient monsters inside.

‘As expected. It wasn’t taken from the Forest of the Forgotten. It was the monsters trapped in the ice here that were unearthed and then thawed.’

Workers with their noses and mouths covered were repeatedly moving monster ice chunks into an inner space connected to the common area.

A pungent nasal smell was coming from the inner space.

Zeke realized that he could no longer go in as a camouflaged hunting dog so he hid himself and hid his presence with all his might.

The spirit-subdued hound continued to move inside and Zeke followed cautiously behind him.

The inner space where the ice chunks were moving was very busy.

On one side the wizards used their magic to thaw the icebergs and sorted the monsters they took out from within sorting out the dead and the alive.

The terrible smell was coming from the dead monsters piled up on one side.

It seemed that the monsters that did not die were injected with drugs necessary for brainwashing then black magic was used to make them go berserk and even control magic was placed on them.

Zeke felt a familiar aura in the magic used by warlocks.

‘The spirit of the rider of blood and madness.’

If he was a bloodthirsty mad horseman who loved war and slaughter he would have put his strength to work for something like this.

At that moment the wizard of the abyss that we had seen from the top of the cliff appeared.

“Move quickly! The deadline is approaching!”

Then the hunting dog approached the wizard.

The wizard glared at him with an annoyed expression.

“What is it?”

The hound spoke to the wizard as Zeke had told him.

“The monsters have a problem.”

At those words the wizard gritted his teeth and shouted.

“I’m going to turn around. There’s no problem here or there!”

He motioned to the hounds.

The wizard took his hounds and went deeper into the space.

Zig followed the wizard and his hounds further in hiding his body.

Surprisingly the inner space was connected to the basement and one entire wide wall was an excavation site.

A huge block of ice taller than a building was embedded in the wall and slaves were working to break it apart.

Zeke examined the chunk of ice inside the wall with his eyes wide open.

‘What is that?’

It was probably a monster just like what I saw outside but I had no idea what it was.

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

[Detects designated kill targets.]

‘Designated target for slaughter?’

It was when Zig was flustered by the message that suddenly came to his mind.

Kwakwakwang!

A huge explosion was heard.

The wizard of the abyss who was descending like a hunting dog shouted in surprise at the explosion.

“Enemy! Enemy attack!”