A Dragonslayer’s Peerless Regression – 320



Episode 320

Daria felt that Abel’s words that he would kill her were not a lie.

‘Is this the power of the Black Knight?’

Daria had met the Empire’s Black Knight in person.

Duke Craban di Panion the Dark King is considered one of the five strongest knights on the continent along with Draker’s Sword King Bernas.

He was the only one in the Roman Empire who could bear a sword even in front of the Emperor.

Daria felt something similar from Abel as she had when she stood before the Duke of Craban.

If the Duke’s spirit felt like a refined well-forged sword in front of him Abel felt like a ferocious monster forcibly chained up.

Abel said looking at Daria who was not moving.

“Okay now I think we can talk.”

He said stroking the hilt of the Red Dragon Sword.

“It was none other than Zeke Draker who killed Morgan Buffon and summoned those monsters to attack the Imperial forces.”

Daria wiggled her eyebrows at the sudden mention of Zeke’s name from Abel’s mouth.

As Abel slowly relaxed Daria was finally able to open her mouth.

“…You mean the Knight of Haeju Zeke Draker a direct descendant of Draker?”

“Yes my proud youngest brother. He controls monsters and spreads the scarlet plague among the Zun people to take over the ghetto area.”

Daria shivered at Abel’s words.

In her mind a suspicion grew that the perpetrator of this atrocity was in fact Morgan Buffon.

“Why are you making that face? Don’t you believe me?”

Daria bit her lips hard.

Daria who had experienced many things before coming to this point instinctively felt that Abel was being unreasonable and making excuses.

But if we deny Abel’s words we are admitting that the Empire is responsible for all this.

Abel seemed to notice Daria’s feelings and smiled raising the corners of his lips as he spoke.

“Zeke Draker is here. And he’s attacking the Imperials. So there’s only one thing to do.”

Daria said glaring at Abel.

“Is the intention to use the Imperial Army to eliminate Zeke Draker and keep his enemy Kali Draker in check?”

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Abel chuckled at those words.

“Commander Daria. Think carefully. Have you forgotten who is here right now?”

Here was the second prince first in line to the throne.

Abel continued speaking looking straight at Daria as if telling her to think carefully.

“Zeke Draker killed Morgan Buffon and blamed it on a monster. There’s no law that says the Second Prince can’t do the same.”

“There is no reason for Zeke Draker to break the treaty and kill the Second Prince.”

Abel snickered at Daria’s rebuttal.

“It is a self-evident fact that if the Second Prince dies the empire will fall into chaos again. Right now the First Prince’s side is quiet due to Julius’s power but would that be the case if the Second Prince dies?”

As Abel said if the Second Prince died it was obvious that the empire would once again enter a period of division.

Daria bit her lip hard.

‘They’re trying to catch Zeke Draker by using us somehow…’

Since Abel the black knight was being stubborn in the current situation I had no choice but to follow his words.

“Kali Draker’s ambitions are greater than you think. She intends to take over the ghetto with Zeke Draker at the forefront and then descend upon the Empire. The Prince knows this and has given permission to move the Imperial Army.”

In reality it was difficult to completely deny what he said because monsters were rushing in.

Abel drove a wedge into Daria.

“Let me guard the prince. Instead you Commander capture Zeke Draker.”

“Are you telling me to lead the knights of the Inmagung Palace and attack the autonomous district?”

Abel shook his head at her words.

“No Zeke Draker will already be here. Right here.”

* * *

Push!

Zeke cut the guard’s throat with Annex’s sword and quietly disposed of the body.

He was able to figure out the structure of this fortress with the information he obtained from the shadow of the guard.

‘It’s a very well-built fortress. I told you that the Empire must know how to build castles.’

There were three things famous about the Roman Empire.

It had roads that stretched everywhere solid efficient architecture and disgustingly bad food.

In the previous life the Empire was famous for having bad food to the point where there was a joke that the reason they waged wars of conquest was to take over the best restaurants in other kingdoms.

This is because the imperial food developed with a focus on preservation and convenience rather than taste and was mainly developed around dried and salted foods.

Although this method caused the food to lose its flavor it enabled the Roman Empire to expand its territory more rapidly than any other continent in history.

The speed of movement within the empire was increased by roads that were laid everywhere and the strong fortifications were built here and there for defense and the supply of the imperial army was stabilized by food with high storability.

It could not have been anything other than an ideal military state.

Zeke cleared his throat and entered the fortress searching for a place where Abel might be.

‘If we don’t catch Abel here we won’t get another chance.’

Through William’s memories Zeke learned that Abel had come here with only a few knights as his escort leaving behind the Knights of the Red Lion.

As a guardian knight of Draker I came here to give legitimacy to the Empire’s peacekeeping force so I left my order behind and came briefly.

Of course since there were special troops raised by Siemens and the wizard monsters of the Abyss behind them it was a possible decision because I thought there was no need to bring the Knights.

It was a golden opportunity for Zikr.

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‘Now that William Siemens has been caught he must know that I will make a move.’

And it was clear that Abel also thought that this was a golden opportunity to catch him.

It was a situation where both sides had set traps to catch each other.

‘Abel doesn’t know yet that I’m the Black Knight. He may be hiding his powers but in the current situation I have the advantage.’

The problem was that the second prince of the empire was here.

‘With the arrival of Daria Calvi the Imperial forces’ vigilance has been strengthened.’

If it was Abel it was clear that he would be next to the second prince.

It was obvious that he would try to capture Zeke by manipulating Daria who had a strong personality under the pretext of protecting the second prince.

‘I’ll take advantage of his plans.’

At that moment a loud whistle sounded from inside the fortress.

Beep!

With the sound of a horn the knights of the Inmagung Palace were seen scattering throughout the fortress.

Zeke noticed that Abel had started to seriously have Daria release the knights of the Inmagung Palace.

But Zeke was already inside the fortress.

‘That’s good. Instead I’ll go inside during this gap.’

Zeke dug deeper into the fortress trying to keep a low profile and find a place where Abel might be.

But then an arrow flew quickly towards Zeke.

Shushu shuk!

Zig swung his dagger and deflected the arrow.

Boom!

The aura contained within the arrow exploded.

Zigg who had blocked the auror explosion with Hersion looked in the direction the arrow had come from.

Daria Calvi was holding a longbow and aiming at Zig.

‘You didn’t send knights to chase me but to block my escape route.’

Abel already knew that Zeke had entered the fortress.

Daria not knowing how she found him pinpointed the exact location of Zeke who was hiding and fired another arrow.

Kwakwakwang!

Another explosion occurred where Zeke had been.

‘Have you seen through my hiding place?’

For her who uses a bow as her main weapon the most important thing was her ‘eye power.’

Daria had put a lot of effort into training her eyesight and senses and as a result she was specialized in sensing invisible enemies.

Realizing that hiding was useless Zeke drew Bahamut and charged at Daria Calvi.

Wheeeeeek!

He rushed forward in one breath and swung his sword with the Aura Blade attached to it at Daria.

Then Daria immediately rolled over to the side dodging the attack and fired an arrow at Zeke.

The sword with the Aura Blade and Daria’s arrow collided causing an explosion.

Kwakwakwang!

Daria took advantage of the gap in her vision caused by the explosion to roll over again grab her longbow and fire arrows in succession.

Shushu shushuk!

Six arrows flew towards Zeke aiming for his vital points but he swung his sword and knocked away all of Daria’s arrows.

After that Zeke ran towards Daria with a welcoming gesture.

Daria continued to shoot arrows without stopping and Zig twisted his body to dodge the flying arrows and slashed at Daria with his sword.

Phew!

Zeke’s sword flew towards Daria’s side.

But at that moment the longbow Daria was holding turned into a spear.

Quaching!

Daria swung her spear and deflected Zeke’s sword.

Then he took a step forward turned his swing and thrust his spear at Zigg.

The vision she had learned directly from Duke Craban who had risen to the level of a black knight as a lancer unfolded in her hands.

Panion style spear technique

King of Hell’s Spear

A flash of dusk

A stab that pierced even the twilight poured down on Zeke.

Kwakwakwakwa!

Zeke raised his sword at the incoming Twilight Blade aiming for his heart.

His season Black Sword has been activated.

Application of the dragon killing method

Black Sword

Black Wind

The dark aura that Zeke unleashed enveloped Daria’s attack canceling it out and even returning its power back to her.

Daria’s spear bent and Zeke’s sword strike struck her side.

Boom!

Although she was not hit by the swordsman Hersion the powerful sword strike shook Daria’s body.

“Ugh!”

Zig’s black sword contained the principle of strong wave resonance.

It was a fatal attack for the knights as the wave penetrated their bodies and scattered their internal aura.

Nevertheless Akmun Daria stepped back and changed her spear into a bow and shot arrows again.

Boom!

Unlike before it was an ordinary arrow without any aura.

Zeke walked slowly towards her.

The arrow bounced off Herzion.

Daria gritted her teeth and glared at Zeke.

“Zeke Draker. You are currently violating the treaty and illegally trespassing into Imperial territory.”

Zeke answered in a tone that seemed to suggest that he was dumbfounded.

“It’s funny that the Empire is talking about a treaty. Wasn’t it the Empire that released the monsters and attacked the ghetto area?”

At that Daria said to Zeke.

“…Put that nonsense aside. The current situation is that you Zeke Draker have violated the treaty and attacked the Imperial forces. Drop your weapons and surrender immediately.”

Zeke listened to Daria and figured out what was going on.

‘As expected that bastard Abel set a trap to catch me using Daria.’

Abel the Knight of Madness was a master at blaming others for his own evil deeds.

In his previous life he had often used public opinion manipulation such as publishing articles in newspapers saying that the Liberation Army killed innocent civilians after massacring an entire city.

It seemed like he was planning to use Daria to capture him and then blame the entire ghetto incident on him.

‘It won’t happen as you wish.’

Daria regained her strength and stepped back again shooting an arrow.

Shushu shushuk!

Arrows imbued with aura flew towards Zigg.

Zig quickly twisted his body to dodge the arrow and then used his Black Sword.

Wheeeeeek!

An aura like a black wind rose and wrapped around Daria’s arrow then shot back at her.

Kwakwakwang!

Daria dodged the arrow she had shot.

But when she raised her head Zeke was waiting for her in the corner.

Boom!

Zig used the power of the strong wave resonance to apply tension to Daria’s back.

Woohoo!

A powerful wave tore through Hersion and shook her body.

“Cough!”

She collapsed blood gushing from her mouth.

Zeke spoke coldly holding his sword to Daria’s neck.

“Daria Calvi Knight of the Inmagung Palace. Surrender with honor as a knight.”

Daria clenched her teeth and glared at Zeke as if she was angry.

Zeke looked down at Daria like that and had doubts in his mind.

‘It was too easy to get caught considering that he had personally passed on the spear of Hades to the Duke of Craban and was able to look up to the Black Knight…’

It was at that time that Zeke had such doubts.

Woohoo!

Daria’s Hersion was momentarily enveloped in light.

At the same time a small hole appeared in her herion and thousands of arrowheads shot out from it.

Cheeeeeing―

A torrent of arrows rained down on Zigg accompanied by a powerful flash of light.