A Dragonslayer’s Peerless Regression – 343



Episode 343

The advance party that entered the old castle site was mobilized to find the remains of the castle king.

Soldiers brainwashed by the cult’s magic began to rummage through the old castle ruins trying to find traces of the ruins.

However it was impossible for soldiers who had lost their senses to properly find the ruins.

The hounds gnashed their teeth in anxiety as they watched the soldiers rampage through the ruins but they did not have the courage to tell the impatient emperor to pull back.

At this time surprisingly the cultists used the divine substance they received from the ‘black snake in the mouth’ to find the exact location of the ruins.

The cult’s wizards discovered a passage leading down beneath a hidden well in the ruins of an old ruined temple.

The emperor ordered his hunting dogs to secure the passage first.

This was because he planned to lead the royal guards and safely enter the ruins after all risk factors were eliminated to retrieve the remains of the King.

Soon the hounds came up and checked the passage.

The leader of the hounds returned straight to the emperor’s carriage and reported.

“Your Majesty there were no other dangers in the underground passages.”

This meant that unlike regular dungeons or other ruins there were no monsters or guardians.

The emperor listened to the commander’s words and gave an order.

“Station the army here and prepare to explore the ruins immediately. We must obtain the remains of the Holy King as soon as possible.”

“Understood Your Majesty.”

It was when the hunting dog unit was preparing to set up camp within the ruins and begin a full-scale exploration.

Something strange flew from the sky.

At first I thought it was a big bird.

But as it got closer it became too big to be called a bird.

The hunting dogs the only ones who retained their sanity in the imperial army were terrified when they saw the being flying from the sky.

“Hey it’s a dragon!”

The thing floating in the sky was none other than the dragon summoned beast Tyrant summoned by Zeke.

The tyrant who had laid waste to the Imperial Garrison Base has reappeared.

The tyrant unleashed a black blast of heat upon the imperial army.

Kwakwakwakwa!

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The Imperial Army’s camp was turned into a sea of ​​fire by the black flames pouring down from the sky.

The soldiers who had been under the influence of the cultists’ brainwashing magic and drugs only came to their senses when the heat and pain of the flames consumed their bodies.

“Bull! It’s fire!”

As the soldiers regained their senses in the face of the sudden attack the entire legion fell into chaos.

This was also what Zeke was after.

It was not easy to maintain a large number of soldiers by brainwashing them with magic.

Of course in addition to magic he would have used Soma to bring about an awakening effect and if that was the case he could have used an external shock to bring him back to his senses.

The soldiers were thrown into confusion by the fire pouring down from the sky.

Then the knights of the Scorpio Palace came forward and shouted to the soldiers.

“Line up! Anyone who runs away will be beheaded immediately!”

But the soldiers were in a state of panic and there was no way the knight could hear his words properly.

Eventually the Knight of the Scorpio swung his sword and beheaded the fleeing knight.

Only then did the soldiers stop running away in terror.

They regrouped and moved out of the reach of the flames.

The sorcerers of the cult waved their wands and sprayed black liquid into the flames.

Then the flames began to gather in one place writhing like snakes.

At the same time other wizards waved their wands toward the sky and chanted spells and soon dark clouds gathered and it began to rain.

I put out the raging fire with magic and made it rain and the fire was put out faster than expected.

It was just as the soldiers were calming down and trying to reorganize their ranks.

“Kwaaaaak!”

Suddenly screams erupted from all over the place.

Horrible monsters appeared before the soldiers’ eyes.

Monsters that looked like they had just emerged from hell attacked the soldiers.

These were hallucinations caused by none other than the power of ‘illusion’ displayed by Zeke.

Even though they had woken up the soldiers had been under the influence of stimulants until just a moment ago so the effect of the illusion was maximized making the hallucinations even more vivid.

Some of the soldiers even felt so much pain that they died when attacked by hallucinatory monsters.

The barely calmed camp fell into panic again.

The rain that had been pouring down to put out the fire had turned the ground into mud making it difficult to move.

“Ahhhhh!”

The ranks quickly broke apart as the soldiers scattered in confusion unable to move due to their feet sinking into the mud.

One of the cult members who had been watching this blankly realized what was happening and shouted with a pale expression.

“Papa hurry up and get rid of the illusions that are affecting the soldiers!”

The cultists hurriedly tried to use magic to dispel the illusion.

However the fantasy written by Zeke was the ability of Pan a high-level demon.

Even for magicians who used the power of the constellations it was impossible to remove the magic from this many people in an instant.

Then something appeared in front of the soldiers.

Clank! Clank! Clank!

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These are not just simple skeletons but skeletons that Richmond himself crafted.

A fully armed skeleton force appeared.

The skeletons targeted the busy wizards behind the soldiers.

Choaaaak!

“Kwaaak!”

Several wizards were taken aback by the sudden attack of skeletons and fell down unable to respond properly.

Other cultists who saw this sight used their magic on the skeletons.

“Go back to being a lion!”

But Richmond’s skeletons ignored their magic and charged forward pushing the wizards back with their shields and then stabbing them with their swords.

The magicians of the cult died with their eyes wide open and expressions of incomprehension.

As the soldiers became confused by the hallucinations and skeleton units and even the cult wizards fell the knights who were supposed to control them also began to panic.

That was when.

Doo doo doo doo doo!

New enemies appeared on the side.

They were dragon warriors riding on top of shark dragons.

Caiman who was riding on the grav at the very front raised his oriental sword high.

Wheeeeeek!

The knight’s head was cut off by Cayman’s sword that rushed forward in an instant.

Gurav shouted at the knights.

Kaaaaaaah!

At the sound of Gurav’s howl the war horses the knights were riding were startled and began to gallop.

Only then did Carlito commanding the Knights of the Scorpio Order shout.

“Stop talking and step back!”

At Calito’s command the knights threw their horses as bait and immediately retreated.

The warriors rode their shark dragons and swept through the flanks of the emperor’s forces like cavalry.

The imperial army whose flank was attacked was cut in half with its waist cut off.

In an instant the Legion’s camp was completely destroyed and Kalito retreated with the Knights.

But then the magicians of the cult were seen entering the ruins with the emperor’s guards carrying a palanquin.

For a moment Calito felt his mind flash.

‘What am I doing here?’

Carlito who had been brainwashed by the cult’s magic also came to his senses due to an external shock.

Since I had been drugged and cast spells much more directly than regular soldiers I was finally able to escape from the brainwashing.

He remembered the Emperor forcing a spell on himself and Gillian.

‘Damn! I shouldn’t have come to a place like this in the first place.’

But it was already too late to regret.

Calito shouted to the Knights of Scorpio.

“Everyone wake up! You can’t die here! Everyone go inside the ruins!”

The Knights of the Scorpio Order responded to his voice and moved towards the ruins.

Calito ran to the entrance of the ruins with Gillian who was tied up in restraints.

However just as they arrived hunting dogs were spotted trying to break down the entrance to the ruins.

“Those damn bastards!”

Calito activated the magic engraved on the magic sword he was holding.

Kwakwakwakwang!

The explosion spell blew up the hounds at the entrance to the ruins.

The hounds drew their swords and shouted as they saw Calito and the Knights of the Scorpio running towards the entrance.

“His Majesty has ordered us to stop the enemies! We intend to disobey the imperial command!”

At those words Calito immediately activated the hidden memory device on his wrist aimed at the hunting dog that had shouted.

Push!

A small arrow landed squarely between the hunting dog’s eyebrows.

thud!

The other hunting dogs were perplexed by Calito’s unstoppable actions.

“Calito said looking at those hounds.

“Don’t be a jerk and get out of the way. It is we the Knights of the Scorpio who are protecting Your Majesty’s safety.”

It was then that I saw the skeletons approaching as if they had discovered me.

Seeing Calito’s fierce momentum the hounds realized that they could not send him back and stepped aside with no choice.

Carlito quickly took Gillian down to the entrance.

“Get down quickly!”

As all the knights of the Scorpio Palace descended and the hunting dogs were about to descend as well the skeleton soldiers suddenly approached and attacked them.

“Kwaaaaak!”

The hounds abandoned their comrades who had been attacked by skeletons and went straight down.

Then he activated the explosive scroll he had placed in advance.

Kwakwakwang!

The entrance collapsed with an explosion.

Some of the hunting dogs that arrived late were swept up in the explosion and buried in the debris but no one paid any attention to this either.

Calito came inside and took a deep breath.

‘Damn I have to get out of here quickly what should I do….’

The first priority was to survive here while pretending to follow the Emperor’s orders.

He shouted to his hound men.

“I am concerned about Your Majesty’s safety. Take me to Your Majesty quickly!”

The hounds nodded with stern expressions at Calito’s threat.

“Okay follow me.”

* * *

‘Huh? This is a mess.’

Zeke who was watching the battlefield from the perspective of his summoned creatures in the underground catacombs was surprised to see that the Emperor’s army had collapsed so easily contrary to his expectations.

Even though we were taken by surprise I didn’t expect that we would collapse like this without even being able to counterattack.

‘It wasn’t a proper army to begin with.’

It was an army hastily conscripted to take possession of the remains of the King.

Since the plan was to initially send the Orc army to frighten the Holy Nation enter the city without bloodshed and then take over the Holy King’s ruins the supply situation of the army was not taken into consideration at all.

The brainwashed soldiers were so exhausted from the arduous march without sleeping or eating that they were unable to muster up any strength.

The mad emperor’s greed drove his soldiers to their deaths.

Then I got a call from Richmond.

‘Most of my lord’s soldiers have scattered and fled. Should we chase them and catch them?’

‘Just block them from heading to the main force. If they miss and learn of this situation and join the main force it’ll be a headache so block the path so they can’t come this far.’

‘Understood master.’

After finishing communicating with Richmond Zeke summoned another summoner.

Tsk tsk tsk―

A lich appeared with blue jewels set into his eyes accompanied by a cold air.

“Did you call master?”

The elemental lich Bane a former magician of Nirvana who had formed the 8th circle with his ice magic and then became Zeke’s summoner greeted him politely.

“Bane you go to the place I tell you to go and wait and hold them until I give the signal.”

“I am Bane your faithful servant. I will follow your orders.”

Zeke summoned a ghost soldier and attached it to Bane.

“Follow the Ghost Soldiers and observe their movements. There seem to be blue knights and red knights next to the Emperor. Keep your distance and focus on capturing them.”

“Understood master.”

Bane followed the Ghost Soldier to the location Zeke had designated.

After giving the order Zeke took a deep breath and turned around.

Before his eyes was a huge door.

“Okay then we should go inside the ruins and prepare before they come.”

Zeke reached out toward the door.

[The higher-level administrator system is attempting to connect.]

[Check Code]

[Confirmation of those who have received the title Blessing of the Dragon]

[Check the title Knight of Brilliant Light]

[Confirmation of the heir of the title Terracan Draker]

[Acquire access to ‘The Sanctuary of Brilliant Light’]

[Obtaining hidden code by meeting conditions]

Kugugugugugu―

The door that had been tightly closed opened.

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

[Welcome to the ‘Sanctuary of Brilliant Light’ Heir.]

“Successor?”

I’ve been to other ruins through the system but this is the first time I’ve seen a message like this.

At the same time something appeared inside the door.

A knight of enormous build wearing pure white full plate armor approached Zeke.

A knight larger than the barbarians knelt before Sieg.

“Welcome Successor. I have been waiting for your arrival for a long time.”

Zeke couldn’t help but be surprised when he saw the article.

‘Golem?’