A Dragonslayer’s Peerless Regression – 376



Episode 376

Zeke followed the wise man into the room.

But the room was empty.

As Zeke was wondering the wise man raised his hand towards the room and surprisingly a magic circle rose from the floor emitting light.

‘Portal?’

There was a portal hidden in the floor.

The wise man moved his chair and stood on top of the magic circle motioning for Zeke to climb up onto it.

Zeke climbed up the magic circle and stood next to the sage.

Soon the portal’s characteristic vibration sound was felt.

Wooooow!

A light flashed before my eyes and the surrounding scenery completely changed.

In an ordinary room a space covered in trees on all sides appeared.

Zeke could feel the dragon’s power in this space much stronger than before.

‘Where is this?’

At that moment a message appeared before my eyes.

[The Higher Management System detects the security zone ‘Forgotten Forest God’s Realm’.]

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

[Recognizes the superior manager in the area.]

[Check the access code for ‘The Forest of Dense Silence’.]

[The security area is unsealed allowing entry.]

The trees that had been tangled here and there with the message began to move on their own clearing a path for us to move forward.

The wise man standing next to him looked surprised when he saw this.

“Wow before I could even say anything I was given the access code to the real sealed area. How many thousands of years has it been since this place was opened?”

The wise man shook his head and gestured for Zeke to follow him.

The two entered through a passageway made of tangled trees.

Zeke asked the wise man.

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“Sage in the system it says that this is the realm of the Forgotten Forest God. Is this… the realm of the Divine Dragon?”

When I went to see Poseidon before I remembered that he was called the ‘Forgotten Sea God’ before the seal was released so I asked him about it.

The wise man nodded at Zeke’s words.

“I don’t know how you know about the Shenlong but if you do you can talk quickly.”

The wise man stepped forward and slowly opened his mouth.

“As you said the sealed body of the divine dragon exists here.”

Zeke was surprised by the wise man’s words.

“Are you saying that the body of the divine dragon sealed by the Spear of the Immortal like Poseidon is here?”

This time the wise man was even more surprised.

“How on earth do you know that?”

Zeke hesitated for a moment not knowing where to begin his explanation before opening his mouth.

“I broke the seal of the Sea God. That’s why I was able to hear the related story.”

At those words the wise man stopped his chair and turned around to look at Zeke.

“What? Are you saying that you broke Poseidon’s seal?”

Zeke nodded.

Then the wise man made a complicated expression then turned around again and started to move forward.

After that the wise man was lost in thought and didn’t say much.

Soon the long corridor ended and a huge cavity appeared.

The common room was also made entirely of wood and the ceiling was so high that you couldn’t see the end even if you raised your head.

‘Huh? It’s huge. Is this the root area of ​​that giant tree?’

Then the wise man stretched out his hand.

In response to this the communal trees began to move.

Kugugugugugu―

Soon something rose from the floor.

When Zeke stepped back he saw that it was none other than a giant fossil.

‘dragon?’

A fossil of a giant crouching dragon was connected to the trees on the floor.

It felt as if the trees were growing out of the dragon’s fossil.

When Zeke saw this he was reminded of the giant turtle where the seal of the sea god was hidden.

“Could this giant tree be the incarnation of the forest god?”

The wise man nodded after hearing Zig’s words.

“You know quite a bit about the Divine Dragon. That’s right. The Sealed Forest God created this giant tree before his consciousness completely disappeared and had me his clone guard this place.”

Only then did Zeke realize the sage’s true identity.

‘You were an incarnation of the divine dragon just like Poseidon.’

The wise man opened his mouth as he looked at Zeke.

“My name is Hermes. I am the Lord of the Green Clan and the incarnation of the divine dragon who inherited the name of the forest god.”

Zeke remembered hearing the name Hermes from Hades before.

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Hades had said that he was one of the longest-lived dragons aside from the Elder Dragon and was revered as the wisest of all dragons.

Hermes pointed to the fossilized dragon’s seal.

“If you had listened to Poseidon’s explanation you would already know what happened without me having to tell you.”

Zeke nodded.

“Yes. I heard that Siemens Apollyon sealed the divine dragon’s spirit with the spear of the divine stone.”

“Do you know why Siemens Apollyon did that?”

“I heard that the divine dragons joined forces at the request of the great sage to create a homunculus of the King of Heroes that could stop him. I understand that Siemens Apollyon who learned that the divine dragons had intervened in the war sealed the dragon’s heart with the Divine Stone.”

Hermes who had been listening to Zeke’s words remained silent for a while before opening his mouth.

“The reason he attacked the dragons was to get revenge on the King of Heroes for creating the homunculi but there was actually another reason.”

Hermes brought up the story that Poseidon had not told him.

“At that time there were three divine dragons. Me the god of the forest Poseidon the god of the sea and the god of the earth. That’s the three of them.”

He continued speaking slowly.

“Strictly speaking it can be said that the divine dragons after they have become qualified to receive divine titles receive the powers of each god and perform the role of the gods on their behalf.”

Zeke carefully opened his mouth as he heard Hermes’ words and felt something click.

“Is the earth god you speak of the same earth god worshipped by the elves of Ishtar?”

Hermes nodded.

“Yes unfortunately I heard that after those children lost contact with the god of the earth only the strict laws remained. Anyway the god of the forest the god of the sea and the god of the earth who gave the dragons their power were given the role of maintaining the power of this phenomenal world by the creator god. The dragons who inherited that role also had to carry out the same mission.”

Zeke recalled how the Sea of ​​Death once teeming with monsters and rough waves had stabilized after Poseidon the forgotten sea god regained his status.

“Does that mean… that the reason Siemens Apollyon sealed the divine dragon’s tablets was to weaken the gods’ power and upset the balance of the phenomenal world?”

“That’s right. With the sealing of the divine dragons more chaos arose in the phenomenal world. Above all as the conflict between humans grew the entire continent became a battlefield.”

Zeke questioned Hermes’ words wondering what he meant.

“What is the correlation between the sealing of the dragons and the war between humans?”

Hermes slowly opened his mouth.

“As the balance of the phenomenal world was disrupted and difficulties and chaos arose the fallen constellations used various methods to tempt and lure humans. How many dynasties have changed and how many people have died over the course of thousands of years of history? And all while feeling great despair frustration and fear.”

Zeke’s face hardened when he heard Hermes’ words.

“Could it be that the many wars and conflicts that have existed among humans were due to the temptation of the fallen constellations?”

“Of course not everyone is like that but their influence must have been there at crucial moments.”

Zeke’s expression became confused.

“Interfering with humans and starting a war. Why would you do something like that…?”

“Don’t you know? For the fallen constellations war is nothing less than the most exquisite banquet hall. They can absorb the unclean energy flowing out of it to grow stronger and the souls of humans who have fallen into the abyss after being corrupted are their sweet prey.”

The fallen constellations incite their own followers and all others to conflict struggle despair and madness.

Because that was the way to strengthen their power and gain greater status.

Zeke finally realized why Narak and Siemens were forcibly instigating war on the continent and committing massive massacres.

All this time I thought it was just something that happened during the process of plotting to revive the Demon King. However it turns out that all of this was ultimately a process to strengthen the power of the fallen constellations and revive the Demon King.

The wise man looked at Zig whose face hardened as if he had realized something and said:

“I have had many thoughts since I heard that you have liberated the Sea God again.”

Zig asked him with a puzzled look on his face at his tone that did not seem to be cooling off.

“According to the wise man’s words wouldn’t it be possible to stop the fallen constellations by freeing the sealed dragon and restoring balance to the phenomenal world?”

At those words the wise man slowly opened his mouth.

“You could see it that way but what’s actually more important are the various signals that are appearing behind it.”

“If it’s a signal…?”

The wise man raised his hand and pointed at Zig.

“Immortal.”

The wise man who was the dragon’s incarnation knew the true identity of Zeke.

The wise man opened his mouth as he looked at Zigg whose expression had hardened.

“Immortals are dangerous. The very appearance of immortals is a sign that the Demon King’s resurrection is imminent.”

In the era when the Demon King appeared immortals always appeared.

Even during the Age of Heroes there was an immortal named Siemens Apollyon and even during the War of Liberation there was an immortal named Terracan Draker.

Zeke asked the wise man.

“The Holy King passed the Holy Spear to me saying that I had inherited the destiny to destroy the Demon King. He said that I must complete the mission that the immortal Terrakan Draker was unable to complete.”

The wise man’s eyes widened at the word ‘Seongchang’.

“The spear held by the first god-slayer… Are you talking about that?”

Instead of answering Zeke took out the Holy Spear from his inventory.

The sage looked at the spear which was made entirely of black from the body to the blade and said to Zig.

“It seems to have taken shape under the influence of your soul.”

“Yes. After I took over its appearance changed.”

The wise man nodded after hearing this.

“Immortals are beings who can kill gods or become gods themselves.”

Zeke was startled by those words.

“I understand that you can kill a god since there is a godsalseok but what does it mean that you can become a god?”

The wise man thought about it for a while and then slowly opened his mouth.

“An immortal is someone whose very existence is outside the sphere of influence of karma. Who do you think would want such an immortal the most?”

Zeke’s face hardened at the wise man’s words.

“no way…?”

The wise man nodded.

“A body that does not perish is bound to be the vessel that the Demon King desires the most.”

At that moment something hit Zeke’s head and he felt a thud.

The first god-killer eventually became the king of the fallen constellations.

Siemens Apollyon who had the power of immortality also had the Demon King descend into his own body.

Terracan Draker did not become the Demon King but he was unable to kill Bahamut the Demon King’s descendant lover.

Then Zeke realized something and flinched.

‘During the war of liberation the body that the Demon King attempted to descend into was not the Shadow Dragon Bahamut but the immortal Terracan!’

When Bahamut found out about this he may have sacrificed himself to trap the Demon King in his body and ordered Terrakan the only one with the ability to slay Gods to destroy both himself and the Demon King.

However Terrakan was unable to destroy his beloved Bahamut and the Demon King’s soul was sealed in the Book of the Dead in an unreachable tower beyond the Dark Sea.

Now that Zeke has realized that the immortal is both the one who kills the Demon King and the one who can become the Demon King he can now understand why the Lake Nymph would not give Zeke the Holy Relic because he is immortal.

‘If I change my mind and use the Holy Relic to bring the fallen constellations back to the mortal world and release the Book of the Dead containing the Demon King’s soul and have it descend into my body…’

No one could stop the Demon King who descended into the world of phenomena.

The wise man looked at Zeke and said.

“Therefore the fact that someone has appeared who can break the seal of the divine dragon can also be seen as a sign that the Demon King will be resurrected.”

Zeke nodded to the wise man’s words.

“I understand what you mean but I have absolutely no intention of allowing the Demon King to descend upon my body.”

Then the wise man shook his head.

“The advent of the Demon King is not something to be taken so lightly. Even Terracan Draker probably didn’t know that he would throw away his chance to destroy the Demon King at the last moment.”

The Demon King looks into the deepest darkest places of the soul and infiltrates from the weakest places.

That is why the Devil’s whispers cannot be stopped and it is impossible to overcome his temptations.

‘The devil’s temptation…’

Zeke’s mind was bound to become complicated as he had never thought that he would become the Demon King’s vessel.

Then the wise man who had been silent for a moment spoke to Zeke.

“I have a favor to ask of you.”

The wise man said pointing to his heart.

“Decimate me with your holy spear.”