A Dragonslayer’s Peerless Regression – 421



Episode 421

‘Why is this?’

The black sword of Siemens Apollyon was clearly stuck on the floor in Draker’s secret room along with the swords of the other past lords. But now it appeared before Zeke’s eyes.

‘That’s not the sword is it? Is it a replica or something? Or is this a replica?’

Zeke put aside his complicated thoughts and approached the sword slowly extending his hand.

Woohoo!

The sword vibrated as if responding to Zeke’s touch.

He took up the sword.

[You have acquired the legendary item ‘????’]

[The item is currently inactive.]

‘If it’s inactive you can’t check the information.’

Zeke frowned slightly at the thought that he might not know the identity of this sword.

He couldn’t help but feel somewhat disappointed because he finally obtained a legendary item but couldn’t use it.

At that moment a message appeared before my eyes.

[Achievement quests are updated by disabled items.]

―Achievement Quest (Linked)―

[Find the temple of the Moon Goddess Theia and obtain the authentication code. (No time limit)]

[Activate inactive items with the obtained authentication code. (No time limit)]

[Quest Mission Reward: Title Teia’s Blessing]

[Linked Quest Mission Reward: ???]

Zeke looked at the message and the sword still inactive.

‘A quest to find the temple of the goddess Theia and a related quest have opened. Does this sword have something to do with the goddess Theia?’

Siemens Apollyon received the armor of the goddess Theia from the King of Heroes and wore it.

In that case it would seem quite possible to carry a sword associated with the goddess Theia.

‘Was it a set item with the armor and sword attached together?’

There were many speculations but since the sword was inactive it was impossible to know.

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First Zeke put the sword into his inventory.

Still questions continued to linger in my mind.

“What on earth is that sword that I couldn’t pull out?”

It was clearly the same shape as the sword I had seen in the Draker family’s secret room where I had gone with Arthur Draker.

The Draker family seemed to have mistaken the sword for that of their progenitor Shatton Draker but Zeke seemed to know the truth.

Blacksmith Shaton took the descendant of Siemens Apollyon as his adopted son in order to create a new assassin.

In the process the Drake family was created and it seems that Shatton also collected the sword of Siemens Apollyon at that time.

It seems that the content was distorted and the sword of Siemens Apollyon was passed down in the family as the sword of Shatton Drake.

However when I tried to pull out the black jig for some reason there was no response and it wouldn’t be pulled out.

Since all the previous heads of the clan were unable to draw the sword I thought there was some special spell or magic involved.

But now that the same sword has come out of a random box Zigg has started to think a lot.

In fact he still didn’t know how he could obtain items or artifacts used by past heroes through random boxes in the first place.

It is said that during the constellation era the constellations gave this box as a form of support for the incarnations and retinues of the phenomenal world.

However Zeke was receiving this random box as a reward through the system.

Treasure-level items and artifacts that seem to come from myths and legends are also obtained through these random boxes.

‘The random box the store the production system. What is the principle that makes all these things possible?’

Once a question arose various thoughts followed one after another.

Zig whose mind was becoming complicated soon stopped thinking and shook his head.

‘I don’t think the answer will come out even if I think about it now. I’ll have to ask the Hermit or Hades when I meet them.’

Zeke knew from his past life’s experience that it was faster to ask someone who knew than to struggle alone with difficult issues.

Although many questions remained Zigg who had released the seal of the Earth God and received a reward returned to the surface.

The Salmak had already been sorted out by Shadia.

With the power of purification Zeke removed all the loneliness from the bodies of those selected by Shadia.

After that he went to Salmakju’s vault with Shadia and obtained the treasures and various documents hidden inside.

In the process Zeke checked Salmak’s confidential documents and discovered one surprising fact.

“Deal with Draker?”

Salmak has been dealing with the Drake family for quite some time.

Zeek couldn’t help but be even more surprised as he looked over the transaction between Salmak and Draker.

Draker was using the Salmak’s assassins to influence the power structure of the Central Kingdom.

Zeke remembered what Carly had said to him before.

‘My sister asked me to stop Draker’s rampage.’

Zeke realized that at the center of this monstrous Draker power was none other than the head of the family Arthur Draker.

‘The trade with Salmak has also increased since Arthur Draker took on the role of the actual head of the household.’

It’s not that there weren’t any deals before then but they were really just assassination requests.

However after Arthur Draker became the head of the household he began to actively use the merchants while conducting transactions in earnest.

Through these documents Zeke seemed to have glimpsed a dark side of Arthur Draker.

He said to Shadia.

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“It would be better for you Shadia to take the lead and hide the fact that I have destroyed the Salmak.”

“Are you asking me to act as your scapegoat?”

Zeke nodded.

“There seems to be some evidence that the Salmak and Draker families have been dealing with each other for quite some time. If I intervene and learn that the Salmak family is dead Arthur Draker may restrict my actions.”

Arthur Draker still showed him great favor.

But Zeke who knew Arthur Draker from his past life could not trust him.

Arthur Draker was a man who would show kindness like he did now if he thought it would help him but if it didn’t he would coldly abandon even his own blood relatives.

Shadia bowed her head at Zeke’s command.

“Understood my lord. I will handle this incident as being caused by internal strife within the Salmak and erase all traces of you.”

Because Shadia was a neat person who handled things neatly Zeke trusted her and left it to her.

‘Now that the work here is finished I must return to Mycenae after a long time.’

Zig left the desert and headed to the southern islands where Arina was.

Originally he had instructed Shadia to do it but since he had been entrusted with Salmak’s work he personally took Martha who was a member of Six with him. After leaving her at the Academy he used the portal he had spent a lot of money to install and returned straight to Mycenae.

However while he was training the Black Spirits and trying to take a break Zeke received a call from the Four Seasons.

It was none other than an order to go to Rome.

* * *

Doo doo doo doo!

A group of knights charged forward through the pouring rain.

The banner carried by the rider of the group had a black sword.

They were the Black Spirits and the Barbarian contingent that had been staying at the Castle of Agamemnon.

Zeke was leading them and running quickly somewhere.

As he was looking around someone came up next to him.

“Aren’t you going to tell me why you’re going in such a hurry?”

Zeke remained silent in response to Reina’s questions and just rode his horse forward in silence.

Looking at that Zig Reina ground her teeth inwardly.

‘If you could just give me an answer what would be the harm?’

It was Reina who went to Agamemnon Castle with the Black Spirits and participated in the harsh training.

I had planned to have a slow conversation with Zeke when he returned but Zeke left Mycenae in a hurry leading the Black Spirit Corps because of a mission from the Four Seasons.

At that time Reina followed Zeke along with the other members of the Black Spirit Corps.

The ostensible reason was that he wanted to participate in a real-life mission as an extension of his training but in reality he had forced himself into the Black Spirit Squad because he wanted to swing his sword next to Zeke.

Knowing her talent and potential having been a member of the Five Star Knights in her previous life and having the nickname of the Knight of Flash there was no reason for Zeke to refuse.

In this way Reina was gradually becoming naturally absorbed into the Black Sword Knights.

Zeke diligently led his troops and arrived at Heli a city located south of Midland bordering the Rom Empire.

After entering Heli Zeke immediately led his troops and headed towards the city hall.

As he walked to City Hall and looked around the city Zig realized that the atmosphere of Heli had changed significantly from the last time he had been there.

‘It’s like a ghost town.’

Originally Heli was a city under the influence of Siemens and was known as a financial city along with Panstars as many famous companies and trading houses were gathered there.

However when Siemens used Abel to occupy Rom and brutally murdered the empire’s nobles and royal family the trust in the related companies plummeted.

In connection with this the companies that had been doing business with Siemens went bankrupt one after another as they were unable to receive the payments they were owed and even the banks that were operating with Siemens’ capital went bankrupt causing the impact to spread far and wide.

So the city economy of Heli collapsed prices skyrocketed and people lost their jobs.

As a result public security was bound to collapse naturally.

Only after Zeke deployed the Black Sword Knights to restore Heli’s broken public order was the city finally able to find stability again.

But even so Heli was gradually becoming a ghost town with no trace of its former splendor to be found.

As he entered the city hall the Duke greeted him.

“Come in.”

Zeke dismounted and bowed to his master the Duke.

“How have you been?”

“You’re being so polite in a way that’s not typical of you it gives me goosebumps.”

“It’s just because there are so many eyes watching.”

Duke chuckled at Zeke’s words.

“If you can’t speak then stop talking nonsense and let’s go inside. The city atmosphere is already bad and it’s getting gloomy with the rain.”

Duke said so and took Zeke to the city hall.

For a while Heli’s administration was paralyzed as members of the council including the former mayor hastily fled to other places with only their belongings before Heli collapsed.

Because of this Decker the commander of the Black Sword Knights had to temporarily take on the role of acting mayor of Heli.

Decker despite being a knight had experience handling various administrative tasks while serving as Draker’s butler so he surprisingly handled the role of acting mayor well.

Decker had to spend the whole day buried in paperwork trying to somehow stabilize the collapsing helicopter.

The Duke leaned back on the sofa and took a sip of his drink.

“It would be better for Decker to just let the market run. At that age continuing to be a manager is hard work.”

For Decker who had laid down his sword for a long time sometimes it seemed overwhelming to carry out the role of captain as a knight.

Zeke nodded after hearing Duke’s words.

“I think it would be okay to listen to Decker’s opinion and do it if you want.”

If it was Decker I could trust him enough to take charge of the city.

“How are you Karus?”

The Duke nodded.

“Yes Prince Leo and Julius are working together to reclaim Rom. The Inmagung and Scorpio have also joined in and Julius and that guy named Carlito are working hard to persuade the nobles of the empire. The conflict under the surface is getting fiercer.”

Zeke nodded at Duke’s words.

‘It seems like the plan to shake the empire from within is going well.’

Then the Duke put down his glass looked at Zeke and said.

“So why did you come all the way to Heli in such a hurry? What did Arthur want you to do?”

As expected Duke was quick-witted.

He nodded and showed the Duke the orders from the Four Seasons.

Although it was a top secret order Duke who was once a Black Knight of Draker had the security clearance to view the document.

He unfolded the order glanced over it and frowned.

“Go into Rome and negotiate with Azmun Barrios to bring me the forbidden book containing the secrets of the Terracan Draker?”

The Duke glared at the order with a fierce expression.

“What the hell is this shit? What the hell. Is Arthur out of his mind?”

Within the Draker family only his long-time friend the Duke could say something like that about Arthur Draker the head of the family.

He said looking at Zeke.

“So you are saying that you will go to Rome according to these orders?”

“It’s an order from the family so what can I do? As a knight I must follow it.”

Duke shook his head at Zeke’s words.

“Oh you’re going to walk into a trap set so blatantly on all fours? Does that make any sense?”

Then Zeke sent a telepathic message to Duke.

-Master this is indeed their trap. But…

He continued the telepathy.

-This is also a great opportunity to catch Abel.