A Dragonslayer’s Peerless Regression – 397



Episode 397

‘A curse to bring down Drake? How?’

Zigg was momentarily taken aback by the unexpected words.

And as he thought deeply he suddenly remembered something that had happened in his past life.

‘The reason Draker collapsed in his previous life… Arthur Draker died suddenly from an illness. There’s no way the Grand Master would have died from an illness so simply.’

Zeke began to wonder if the curse Do-cheol had spoken of might have been aimed at Arthur Draker.

‘If the Abyss really is targeting Arthur Draker with a curse…’

If Arthur Draker were to fall to the curse in the current situation it was clear that there would be a major change in the war between Rom and Draker.

Because Arthur Draker the current head of the Draker family held more power and influence than any other head of the family in history.

And that meant conversely that if he were to fall the Draker family would be weakened and other bloodlines would take advantage of the gap.

If that happens there will be blood allies who will turn to Siemens and in the worst case a rebellion could break out within Midland.

‘If it gets to the point of civil war it will definitely be disadvantageous for Drakers.’

If a civil war were to break out it would be a double or triple burden to deal with not only Siemens’ powerful secret weapons but also the legions of the demon world summoned by Narak.

It was obvious that the central kingdoms that were now friendly to Draker would wipe their mouths and return to neutrality once the great pillar known as Arthur Draker collapsed.

‘If the head of the household dies as the priest intended the problem will get worse.’

Do-cheol looked at the thoughtful Zig and tried to find a hole to escape through very quietly.

His gaze which had been scanning his surroundings soon turned towards the fallen ruins.

‘It would be terrible to be trapped in the ruins again but it would be better than being completely destroyed.’

One of Do-cheol’s horns melted away and began to snake like a snake heading towards the corpses strewn on the ground.

The horn which contained his soul moved slowly and dug into the brain of the corpse.

Tsk tsk tsk―

Before he knew it Do-cheol’s consciousness had shifted back to the ruins.

‘Okay.’

Do-cheol who opened his eyes again from the ruins tried to escape this place while Zig was not paying attention to him.

He sank the ruins very slowly so that Zeke wouldn’t notice.

Before he knew it most of his body was underground.

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‘If I just avoid this now…’

But then it happened.

Phew!

A spear flew and struck the ground where the ruins of the castle had sunk.

[Cough!]

The spear pierced through the ground and completely penetrated Do-cheol’s body.

Srrrrrrrr—

Do-cheol who was trying to run away rose again above the ground.

Before he knew it Zeke was standing right in front of him.

“That’s what you guys are doing. It’s too bad. You can’t run away.”

[Wait a minute!]

As the surprised Do-cheol tried to struggle Zig’s shadow grew larger and larger wrapping itself around Do-cheol’s tattered body.

Do-cheol shouted in fright as an ominous energy enveloped his body.

[Please save me! Please!]

But despite Do-cheol’s desperate cries the guy’s body slowly sank into the shadows.

Do-cheol screamed as his body was consumed by Zeke’s gluttony.

[Oh no! Rather! With that spear! Destroy it cleanly…!]

Do-cheol’s body which had been screaming soon completely disappeared into the shadows.

Kookookookookung!

Zeke felt that Do-cheol had also been completely absorbed.

At the same time a message appeared before Zeke’s eyes.

[I binge-ate a completely corrupted ideal species that had been eroded by magic.]

[The consumed stamina and mental power mana replenishes.]

[Absorbs the bloodline abilities of the absorbed abnormal species and gains the power ‘Control’.]

[1500 Karma Points will be awarded as compensation.]

[One special random box will be given as a reward.]

‘Power control. What a truly sinister ability.’

Zig opened the status window and checked the information on the power ‘Control’.

―Power Information―

Control: It is possible to force a target with lower mental power than the user by giving them commands. However it does not work on a target with higher mental power than the user.

After checking the information about the authority I understood why Do-cheol wanted to treat me like a subordinate.

‘I guess you never thought that I a human would have higher mental powers than you a Nephilim.’

Having completely dealt with the iron Zig turned around and looked at the situation behind him.

It seemed like the Golem Knights had mostly taken care of the demons and the Cayman and Shadow Knights were facing off against the enemy knights.

‘The Cayman Unit hasn’t dealt with them yet. The enemy knights must be stronger than expected.’

Zeke picked up his hammer again and approached the enemy knights.

Boom!

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Even when the Shadow Knights defeated the enemy knights they were seen quickly recovering and getting back up again.

The Shadow Knights could also maintain their form without disappearing as long as Zeke continued to provide them with mana.

As a result the battle between the Red Knights and the Shadow Knights continued to go on and on without much progress.

‘How on earth did those Siemens guys make something like that?’

An immortal knight who rises again even when broken.

I was curious as to which constellation’s power was being utilized.

At that moment Zeke who had come up with a solution to his curiosity took out the green sword from his inventory and summoned Arataso.

Tsk tsk tsk tsk―

Aratasso a centaur-like creature wearing armor appeared.

“Arataso can you find out which constellation the power that resides in those guys belongs to?”

Arataso let out a loud noise as he watched Zeke suddenly summoning him and asking questions out of the blue.

[Aren’t you guys treating me too comfortably now?]

Zeke nodded after hearing Aratasso’s words.

“I guess so? Then I guess I’ll have to ask after the earthquake at Seonggwanggi like before.”

At those words Arataso shook his head in fright.

[It was a joke. If we’re going to be together anyway it’s better if we don’t feel distant from each other. It’s the power of the constellations. Just wait.]

Arataso looked in the direction Zeke pointed and sensed the energy coming from the enemy knights.

After a while Arataso’s expression became subtle and he tilted his head.

[Hmm?]

“What is it Arataso?”

[No this is….]

Arataso hesitated for a moment and then shook his head.

[Honestly I don’t know.]

“Are you saying that the energy of the constellation is not strong enough for you to know?”

[That part is a bit strange. The aura I feel from them is the kind of strong power that you would only feel from great demons.]

“however?”

[Of all the great demons I know there is none with this kind of power.]

“Are you one of the great demons that you don’t know about?”

[That’s hard to say though because I’m a noble with a title in the Demon World. Although it’s only a formality all the great demons participate when awarding the title. There’s no way I wouldn’t know about a great demon with this much power.]

Zeke’s mind began to become complicated as he watched Aratasso looking confused.

‘It’s more powerful than the Great Demon but it’s not the Great Demon.’

At that moment something crossed Zeke’s mind.

“Arataso is it possible that a normal constellation not a fallen one can grant power to a human like that?”

At those words Arataso shook his head.

[If that were possible all the constellations would have lent their powers to humans. The more followers a constellation has the more powerful it becomes.]

After pondering Arataso’s words Zeke quickly came to a conclusion.

“If there’s no answer even after thinking about it then there’s no need to think about it for too long. The fact that they’re the enemy won’t change.”

Zeke decided to deal with the enemy knights first and think about the background later.

After making his decision Zeke immediately charged towards the enemy knights who were facing off against the shadow knights.

Phew!

The enemy knights fell back as he swung his hammer menacingly.

In that state Zeke used his power of freezing on the enemy knights.

Tsk tsk tsk―

A strong cold froze the bodies of the enemy knights in an instant.

Ki-ki …

Even the enemy knights who were able to recover immediately after being broken could not withstand the power of freezing and were frozen in that state.

‘It’s not just simple magic. If you can defeat him with power then you must have used power.’

But unlike the other knights Bishop Castik broke the power of freezing and moved his body.

Wheeeeeek!

He took up his sword and rushed at Zeke.

Quaching!

It was an unexpected attack but Zeke easily blocked Bishop’s sword with his hammer.

The bishop’s eyes inside the helmet were completely black.

‘It doesn’t seem to be in normal condition.’

First Zeke tried to subdue Bishop’s mind by using his bloodshot eyes.

Wooooowoong―

Red eyes rose from his forehead and pierced Bishop’s mind.

However the power of the bloodshot eyes seemed to be blocked by a wall and could not reach Bishop’s mental world.

‘Is it because it is imbued with power that it cannot be subdued with skills?’

After much thought Zeke decided to try using the power of control he had gained by absorbing Do-cheol.

Woohoo!

This time Zeke’s eyes glowed red.

As the power of control was activated Bishop’s eyes also glowed red.

After a while unlike before the bishop put away his sword and stepped back.

He stood tall sword in hand as if waiting.

Zeke said as he looked at the bishop.

“Bishop Castik do you remember who you are?”

Then the bishop slowly opened his mouth.

“Hail Siemens. I am an honorable knight who has earned the right to serve the glory of Siemens.”

Although he could command actions with the power of control his mental world still seemed to be unable to escape Siemens’ brainwashing.

‘Were all the five star knights in their previous lives in this state?’

In my previous life I had only encountered the Five Star Knights briefly on the battlefield but I had never had the chance to meet them in person so I had no idea what their condition was like.

However seeing that Bishop Castic one of the Five Star Knights had become like this it was possible to make a reasonable inference that Siemens had brainwashed talented knights and injected them with powers to turn them into excellent war weapons.

Zeke looked at Bishop Castic and thought.

‘I wonder if it will be recovered through recovery.’

He took out Roland and cast a recovery spell on Bishop while also infusing him with the power of purification.

Tsk tsk tsk tsk―

Black smoke escaped from Bishop’s body.

But the problem was that his vitality was also diminishing.

‘The magic has completely eroded the bone marrow making recovery impossible.’

Ki-ki …

As the power of the freeze gradually diminished the other enemy knights also began to move.

‘What should I do?’

It was possible to move them by using the power of control but it was not easy to maintain the power continuously.

‘I guess I’ll just leave it on standby for now and think about what to do next.’

With his power of control Zeke ordered the enemy knights to stand by and bound them with Solomon’s Chains.

After that he sent all the summoned creatures back and checked the situation at the bottom of the cliff.

The monsters and the gate had already been dealt with on Alicia’s side.

Zig went downstairs and left the cleanup to others then dragged in the high-ranking demon Ikeros whom he had captured earlier and began interrogating him again.

“Explain in more detail what you just said.”

Ikeros trembled at Zeke’s words and answered.

“What are you talking about?”

“About Caligula.”

“That’s all I said.”

“Why are you guys looking for the vampire king’s tomb?”

“I don’t know that either. I just do what I’m told.”

“I just do what I’m told. Who told me to do it?”

Ikeros trembled at Zeke’s words but did not say anything.

Zig shook his head and breathed the power of the Holy Light back into the chains that held him.

Pfft pfft pfft!

“Kwaaaaak!”

“I ask again. Who gave the order to find Caligula’s tomb?”

Ikeros took notice of Zeke’s question and slowly opened his mouth.

“La Ramon Siemens!”

Zeke’s mind was in a complicated state at Ikeros’ answer “Ramon Siemens.”

‘Does Ramon Siemens know the tomb of Caligula?’

Emperor Nero was obsessed with immortality and even organized a hunting dog regiment to search for ancient ruins.

It bothered me that Ramon Siemens was doing something similar now that the emperor was gone.

‘The Elder Dragon was worried that Caligula’s power would be released back into the material world. Perhaps that power was connected to the Demon King’s resurrection.’

Zeke took out the key Hyperion had given him thinking that he had to find Caligula’s tomb as soon as possible without delay.

Jeeeeing!

A light streamed from the key pointing towards one of the depths of the ice mountain range.

‘I guess I should go for now.’

Zik said as he lifted Ikeros up who was out of breath.

“You’ll have to come with me because I don’t know what you’ll do if I leave you alone.”

At those words Ikeros’ face turned pale.

‘I guess I’ll just be in the demon world.’

Ikeros was summoned to the mortal world for no reason and suffered all kinds of hardships and humiliation.