A Dragonslayer’s Peerless Regression – 367



Episode 367

‘A portal suddenly appears and monsters come out?’

When Zeke heard Muhammad’s words something occurred to him.

I remembered the video that Hoshigar had shown me before.

The sight of a giant gate opening and countless monsters and demons pouring out from within.

Zik frowned and said to Muhammad.

“How many monsters are there?”

Muhammad answered with a pale face.

“I can’t count the number of people. They’re all rushing in so fast….”

Zeke sensed that Muhammad was in a state of panic.

In such cases it was difficult to properly understand the situation and make a judgment.

‘I guess I’ll have to go and check it out myself.’

He left the unconscious Julius in the care of Muhammad and called Hades and Yelin who were resting on the top floor.

Yellin had been feeling quite awkward around Zeke yesterday but after hearing the situation that expression completely disappeared and she opened her mouth wide.

“Are you saying that a monster army has invaded?”

Hades clicked his tongue at those words.

“I guess that’s what those crazy guys from Hell did.”

Zeke nodded.

“It seems so. I need to look into the situation first so please help me out both of you.”

Hades and Yellin nodded and followed Zeke.

Zeke led the Black Sword Knights including Zeros and the Ishtar mystics who had followed him as escorts out of the hotel.

The place he was in was the most prosperous casino city in the Republic of Dorta run by the Zayed family.

A warning bell was ringing throughout the casino city where all sorts of pleasures could be enjoyed.

The area outside the hotel was chaotic as tourists fled to shelters in panic.

Zeke looked at the situation and said to Hades.

“It would be difficult to go on horseback. It would be better to fly.”

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Zeke summoned Bucephalus and placed Yellin in front of him holding the reins.

Yellin blushed without realizing it as she recalled yesterday’s events as Zeke hugged her from behind.

Zeke grabbed the reins and spoke to Zeros unaware of Yellin’s reaction.

“I’ll go first so come to the outer wall.”

“Understood my lord.”

Zeke flew straight up into the sky.

Hades rose into the air and flew next to Zeke.

Zeke flew to Bucephalus and looked out over the city from the sky.

‘That’s….’

The gate we saw in the video of Hoshigar was built beyond the city.

An army of monsters continuously emerged from the black hole lined up and slowly advancing towards the city.

Hades looked at this and shook his head.

“How can they distort karma and do such things? Those guys from Narak must have lost their minds.”

Zeke nodded grabbed the reins and drove Bucephalus faster.

As I ran across the sky I soon arrived at the outer defensive wall.

As expected from a city protected by the wealthy Zayed family it was well-equipped with defensive facilities such as strong walls and iron bars with defensive magic and the guards were also armed with the latest equipment.

Behind the walls there was even a magic machine tank used by the Southern Cartel groups.

Zik went down to the castle wall with his companions.

Then someone who looked like the captain of the guard came running towards Zeke.

“Are you the old Knight of Salvation Sir Zeke Draker?”

Zeke nodded toward the captain who asked with a trembling voice.

“That’s right. Are you in charge here?”

The captain of the guard nodded vigorously at Zeke’s words.

“Oh my God. The Knight of Salvation is here… What a blessing in disguise.”

The captain and other guards also looked at Zig put their hands together and prayed.

Zik frowned slightly at the sight and shouted.

“Wake up everyone!”

The guardsmen were startled by Zeke’s shout and stepped back.

Zeke spoke firmly his eyes shining at the captain of the guard.

“It’s still too early to feel relieved. Please tell me how many enemies are rushing to this city.”

When the captain of the guard was taken aback by Zeke’s sudden question the adjutant next to him spoke.

“We estimate that there are ten giant monsters five hundred large monsters and three thousand medium-sized and small monsters.”

The adjutant wiped away the cold sweat and continued speaking.

“The problem is that monsters keep coming out of that portal that suddenly appeared.”

Zeke frowned when he heard that.

‘There are more monsters than in the ghetto area.’

Zeke realized that Abel’s side knew of Julius’ betrayal and wanted to deal with him and Zeke while first invading the neutral territory of the Republic of Dorta.

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It seemed like the plan was to start with Himonas in the north and Dorta in the east and then gradually pressure the central continent.

Zeke thought about the person who was the mastermind behind all this planning.

‘Ramon Siemens. Are you going to show your true colors now?’

He knew that Ramon Siemens and Narak’s ultimate target was the Demon King and he realized that the time of his resurrection was approaching.

‘They also captured people from the Holy Kingdom. Are they planning to use the Republic of Dorta as bait for their invasion of the continent?’

If we left the Dorta Public Domain here and avoided it it was clear that they would use them as sacrifices to summon stronger demons and create a demon army.

No matter what we had to stop them here.

Zeke asked the captain of the guard.

“How many troops are there in total here?”

This time again the adjutant answered instead.

“There are six hundred guards and fifty magicians. It will take at least an hour for the main force including the knights to get here.”

The number of guards alone was sufficient to maintain security within the city itself but it was far from enough to deal with external enemies.

Fortunately the walls and defensive facilities were sturdy.

‘An hour. If you defend the castle well you should be able to hold out for some time….’

But then something started flying in the air making Zeke’s thoughts seem meaningless.

Kkaaa …

A demon resembling a wyvern flew in and began spitting flames toward the castle walls.

Whoosh whoosh!

In an instant the guards guarding the walls were hit by the devil’s flames and were set ablaze.

When Zeke saw this he immediately drew his sword and flew into the air riding Bucephalus.

Choaaaah!

Zig flew up through the air and swung his sword straight at the demon.

Crunch-

The demon with its wings cut off by the Aura Blade circled through the air before immediately crashing to the ground.

But then the demon got up from his seat and ran towards the iron-barred protective wall.

Keeeeeeek―

The demon let out a scream and slammed his body against the iron bars.

Then the defensive magic flowing through the iron bars was activated and electricity flowed through the demon’s body.

Phage support support –

The demon who had been suffering from the electric current raised his head again and let out a scream.

At the same time the demon’s body exploded.

Kwakwakwakwakwang!

The demon’s body was torn apart and bone fragments flew everywhere.

Pavababak!

The sharp bone fragments not only hit the walls but also the guards standing on them and the cannon ballistae.

A bigger problem was that some of the iron bars were blown away by the explosion creating a hole in the safety wall.

Zeke who was observing this from the air ground his teeth.

‘Those damn bastards brainwashed the devil.’

Normal demons don’t perform suicide attacks like this.

However if large demons were to directly charge and commit suicide attacks like this it would be difficult to stop them even with the strongest walls.

At that moment an army of monsters began to surge up the hill.

Grr …

The majesty of the army of monsters rushing in in pitch-black was beyond imagination.

Perhaps because it was an ancient demon world monster it was larger and appeared more ferocious than the monsters of the mortal world.

The Ogre and Minotaur alone appeared to be twice their normal size.

There giant monsters resembling rhinoceroses also appeared among the legions.

‘If that monster were to blow itself up in front of the castle wall…’

It was clear that the monsters would level the city in less than a few minutes let alone an hour.

Zeke descended again and landed on Hades and Yellin.

Yellin spoke to Zeke in an urgent voice.

“Sir Zeke can you stop all those monsters with just these numbers?”

Zeke shook his head at Yellin’s words.

“This number of people will not be enough.”

He said looking at Hades next to him.

“Couldn’t we evacuate the people using Hades’ magic?”

Hades frowned at Zeke’s words.

“You idiot do you think that the magic of the dragon tongue is an omnipotent thing that can do anything? Even I need a portal device to do such large-scale magic!”

No matter how powerful a dragon is it has its limits.

Zeke asked Hades again.

“Then would it be possible to put up a shield on top of this barrier?”

Hades hesitated at those words then clicked his tongue and nodded.

“Yeah I guess I can do that much within the limits of karma. But it’s impossible for me to maintain it for an hour. If those guys physically hit me like they did before it’ll be hard to do it for even thirty minutes.”

“That’s okay. Please put up a shield.”

Hades grumbled at Zeke’s words and rose into the air.

Then he stretched out his hand and activated a shield magic of enormous range.

Tsk tsk tsk tsk―

A protective barrier was created around the walls with a huge hemispherical translucent membrane forming.

‘At this level we should be able to stop bombing from the air.’

Zeke said to Yellin preparing to move immediately.

“When the following troops arrive deploy them on the walls and block the monsters coming up with the guards.”

At Zeke’s words Yellin nodded while pulling out his dagger and equipping the elven Hersion that Hades had made for him.

“Understood Sir Zeke.”

Her innocent appearance from yesterday disappeared and her eyes lit up as she transformed into the infamous Ishtar sorcerer.

Zeke left the walls to Yellin and climbed back onto Bucephalus flying into the air.

He brought down the hammer of light with his Holy Light towards the demons who were blocked by Hades’ shield and unable to enter the city.

Kwakwakwakwang!

As the demons were struck by the Holy Light and died they also caused an explosion.

‘It would be a pain if all monsters could explode.’

Zeke flew towards the army of monsters driving Bucephalus.

If they had drawn out monsters of this scale it was clear that there would be a demon or magician nearby to command them.

He looked around at the monster army with his eyes wide open.

However there were no traces of magicians or demons in the monster army.

Zeke took out the green sword from his inventory and spoke to Arataso.

“Arataso.”

Arataso who had been sleeping inside the sword woke up at Zeke’s call.

[Hmm huh? What is it? It feels familiar.]

Arataso was startled when he felt the aura of a huge army of monsters.

[What is this? Have we come to the Demon World?]

“No the abyss guys summoned monsters.”

Arataso held his breath at Zeke’s words.

[Wow I never thought I’d be able to summon a monster army of this size. It seems like at least one high-level demon should be attached to it.]

Zeke was impressed by Aratasso’s words.

“Are you saying that they summoned a high-level demon?”

[If it’s not to that extent it’ll be difficult to handle a legion of this size. If you’ve summoned the upper-level demons with full power it might be possible.]

Zeke’s face hardened at Aratasso’s words.

If a truly high-level demon had been summoned to the ground with full power the situation could be more serious than expected.

‘On the other hand if we kill the demons commanding the legion the monsters will disperse.’

Zeke believed in the power of the shield created by Hades and decided to first try to overcome the army of monsters and head towards the gate.

If there was no wizard commanding the monsters within the legion there was likely a magic circle controlling them on the gate side.

Zeke released Bucephalus’ summons and summoned the will of the Silver Spirit then flew through the air on his dragon wings and secretly headed towards the gate.

From the sky above a procession of monsters could be seen densely covering the plains outside the city.

Looking down at it Zeke asked Arataso.

“Is it possible for one high-level demon to move this many monsters?”

At those words Arataso laughed and said.

[What do you think of the high-level demons? If it were the Demon Realm it wouldn’t be a big deal for these monsters to move around enough to fill this place. If you go to my territory there are thousands of Death Knights under my command…]

Zeke reached the gate while listening to Aratasso’s words.

And then something came into Zeke’s sight.

‘That’s?’

A large altar of a suspicious shape was built in front of the gate.

And on that altar a wizard wearing black robes appeared.

It was none other than the wizard who had created the black portal in the Forest of the Forgotten and brought the Orc legion into the material world.