A Dragonslayer’s Peerless Regression – 423



Episode 423

Kiiik!

The severed arm of the demon retreated screaming.

At the same time Zig slashed with his sword and cut off the demon’s head.

thud!

Zig holding Roland appeared behind the fallen demon’s body on the floor with its head down.

He shouted at the Duke who was standing there blankly with his sword in hand.

“back!”

At Zeke’s words Duke instinctively swung his sword.

Choaack!

The sword cut through the neck of the rushing demon.

But I couldn’t even dodge the tail that was flying towards me.

The devil’s tail dug into the Duke’s side.

Kkwadduk!

“Ugh!”

The demon’s strong tail pierced through the armor and embedded itself into the Duke’s body.

Duke stumbled feeling dizzy for a moment as if the tail had poison.

Then Zeke came running from behind with a sword in hand.

“Bow down!”

As Duke immediately fell to the ground Zeke extended Bahamut and swung it.

Choaaaah!

The bodies of the demons gathered at Ilgeom were split in half.

Then he approached the fallen Duke and healed him with an area-of-effect buff.

Tsk tsk tsk―

In an instant Duke’s wounds healed.

“How could this be…..”

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He barely raised his head and looked around.

Before I knew it all the demons were dead and their corpses were strewn across the ground.

“How is it?”

Duke looked confused at the sudden appearance of Zeke.

“Drake’s uniform… Could it be that the head of the household has dispatched additional personnel?”

Zeke heard Duke’s words and realized that the man in his memories did not know himself.

‘If we want to look into the Master’s memories in detail it would be good to first match the rhythm.’

Zeke nodded and said.

“That’s right. I thought the current number of people would not be enough so I sent more knights including myself… But the others all died so I came to find the Duke alone.”

After hearing the words the Duke slowly got up from his seat.

“You healed me earlier. Was it healing?”

Zeke nodded for a moment wondering how to respond.

“you’re right.”

“Oh a knight who uses healing. I’ve never heard of such a brilliant young knight as you. How surprising.”

“I mostly took on special missions so I rarely showed myself to the outside world. Healing is actually a magic contained in this sword. It’s something that has been passed down through generations in my family and it contains various healing abilities.”

Zeke showed Roland to the Duke and said:

Duke nodded seemingly convinced by Zeke’s explanation.

He turned around and looked at the bodies of the dead knights with a sad expression.

The Duke slowly got up and stamped his feet towards them creating a hole placing the body in it and making a mound.

“Thank you all. With your will I will definitely return alive.”

Even though he knew it was a meaningless act Duke buried their bodies and prayed in the world of his memories.

Zeke watched Duke like that quietly.

As Duke got up Zeke said:

“It’s going to get dark soon. First find a place to hide.”

Duke said with a tired expression at Zeke’s words.

“Wherever you go here there are only demons. Luckily the ship we came on has a spell placed on it to keep the demons out. We have to go to where that ship is.”

“Where is the boat?”

The Duke took a crudely made parchment map out of his pocket.

He gestured towards the shore which was quite a distance away taking note of where he was.

“The ship is here. What happened to the ship you came on?”

“It almost got there and crashed on a reef. We lost a lot of our comrades before we even got there.”

It was Zig who blurted out lies so easily.

But Duke who had no way of knowing that nodded believing Zeke’s words.

“I see. First come with me to the ship. Once we get to the ship we can somehow escape this terrible place and return to the Central Continent.”

Duke slung his sword on his back and headed toward the shore with Zeke.

Although Zeke had tried to heal his wounds Duke was quite exhausted.

Eventually he collapsed after not going very far.

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Zig asked looking at Duke who was leaning against the tree panting for breath.

“How long has it been since you last ate?”

The Duke chuckled at those words.

“I don’t remember very well. There’s nothing to eat here not even trees grass or water.”

Zeke took out the water and dry goods he had stored in his inventory and handed them to Duke.

“Drink water little by little and chew dry food very slowly.”

Duke couldn’t help but be surprised to see Zeke giving him the precious food.

“If you give this to me what are you going to do with it?”

“Don’t worry I’ve prepared my share of food.”

Duke barely managed to appease his hunger with the water and food Zeke had given him and soon fell into a brief sleep.

Zeke looked around with his senses wide open as he watched the sleeping Duke.

I felt like there were demons around me waiting for an opportunity to attack.

However they were afraid of the terrifying aura that Zeke was deliberately giving off and were unable to approach him carelessly.

After less than an hour of guarding like that the Duke suddenly came to his senses.

“Oh did I fall asleep?”

“You seem very tired. Did you get a good night’s sleep after coming here?”

“You can’t sleep when those damn demons are swarming from all sides. But right now the demons are quiet. It’s strange.”

Duke regaining his strength stood up from his seat.

The two men were able to reach the shore by walking diligently.

Although demons would attack from time to time they were able to block them without difficulty thanks to the combined efforts of Zeke and Duke.

Zeke followed Duke’s memories and felt a sense of doubt.

‘It must have been difficult to deal with them since there were a lot of demons and they were exhausted but it’s strange that Duke Master’s heart didn’t waver to this extent. Should I not have intervened…?’

As Zeke walked along the shoreline with Duke thinking quietly he discovered a ship anchored in the sea.

“Sir Duke is that the right ship?”

Duke nodded happily as he saw where Zeke was pointing.

“That’s right! Oh my goodness. You actually made it to the boat alive!”

Immediately the two ran to where the boat was.

But then it happened.

Something caught Zeke’s attention.

‘What is this energy?’

I felt a sharp energy as if it was stabbing my lungs.

He turned his head.

There was something standing on the shore.

A mysterious figure wearing a black coat and with bandages wrapped around his face and body.

An ominous aura was emanating from him.

But then it happened.

“Khuuuuk!”

The Duke shuddered grabbed his head and slumped down.

“Eww! No! No!”

Duke was in pain and tried to pull himself up but he couldn’t get up from the floor.

The mysterious figure wrapped in bandages slowly approached.

Zeke drew his sword and confronted the Duke examining him.

Looking at the Duke still lying on the ground in pain Zeke realized.

‘Is this guy the reason the Master got traumatized?’

In reality Duke never mentioned this mysterious person to Zeke when talking to him.

All I remember is that my comrades were killed by the demons.

That means I couldn’t recall any memories of this person.

It was clear that the terrible memories that had been buried deep in the Duke’s subconscious were holding him captive and eating away at his soul.

Zeke said aiming Roland at the mysterious figure.

“Who are you?”

Then the bandaged man raised his hand.

Tsk tsk tsk tsk―

The bandages wrapped around his body began to form in his hand and surprisingly formed into a sword.

He approached Zeke holding a sword made from bandages.

Zig unleashed his holy light on the bandaged man.

Phage phage phage!

A powerful bolt of light poured down towards the bandaged man.

But surprisingly when the bandaged man raised his left hand the bandages clumped together and formed a shield large enough to cover his entire body.

The lightning bolt of light that Zeke unleashed was blocked by a shield made of bandages.

Zigg couldn’t help but be shocked when he saw the Holy Grail disappear without a trace.

‘What on earth is that bandage made of?’

It was a virtual world created based on Duke’s memories so there might be some differences from reality but the basis for it was karma data. It was trustworthy and seeing as the Holy Light didn’t work it seemed like the bandaged man wasn’t just a simple monster.

‘Then let’s see if this works.’

Zig used his newly acquired skill Thunder and Lightning.

Kugugugugugu!

As he activated the skill clouds rose from Zeke’s body.

The color of the cloud surrounding Zeke’s body changed to black and lightning flashed from the cloud.

Kurururururung!

To my surprise a low rumble of thunder began to be heard from the dark clouds.

At the same time the dark clouds gradually grew larger and lightning flashed out along with the sound of thunder.

Kwarrrrrrung!

Phage phage phage!

Dozens of lightning bolts shot towards the bandaged man.

Then this time the man rolled up the bandages and made a shield.

Phage phage phage!

Lightning struck the shield made of bandages.

This time he was blocked by the shield but unlike Seonggwanggi the bandaged man was pushed back.

Zeke chuckled when he saw this.

‘Okay this works.’

Zig who knew that the skill was working used a linked skill towards the bandaged man.

The linked skills Lightning Hell Flame Hell and Ice Hell poured down endlessly toward the bandaged man.

Kwakwakwakwa!

In an instant the place where the bandaged man had been was reduced to scorched earth.

Zeke looked at the deeply dug shoreline while holding Roland.

‘Is this enough?’

He turned to face Duke who was still not fully awake.

“Duke are you of a certain mind?”

Zeke helped Duke up and helped him to his feet.

“I took care of that guy so don’t worry anymore…”

That was when.

Tsk tsk tsk tsk―

The bandaged man who I thought had been destroyed by the skill attack was approaching me in good health.

The Duke started mumbling something as he watched the bandaged man approach.

“…Never come to the tower. Never set foot here. Never come here…”

Zeke stared at Duke for a moment who was repeating similar words without focusing then put him down on the ground and picked up his sword again.

“I guess he doesn’t plan on backing down easily.”

Zeke leapt forward and swung Roland at the bandaged man.

Phew!

Aura Blade soared from Roland.

The auror blade clashed with the sword made of bandages.

Kagan!

Surprisingly the sword made of bandages made a metallic sound.

But Zeke didn’t panic at all and immediately unleashed his Infinite Sword Strike putting pressure on the bandaged man.

But Zeke had no choice but to gradually open his eyes. The bandaged man was blocking all of Zeke’s sword strikes.

‘His swordsmanship is no ordinary skill.’

It was a bandaged man who swung his sword freely and defended himself as if he knew all of Zeke’s swordsmanship.

Zig stepped back and looked at the bandaged man.

“I don’t know if you are a real person or an illusion created by Master’s memories but I feel like Master’s problem will be solved if I get rid of you.”

He grabbed his sword and drew out the power of his spirit.

Kookookookookook!

Zeke took up the sword and put his will into it.

The will to break everything.

Zig unleashed the Water Power Field from the Elemental Sword summoning the will of the waves.

Wooooow!

Zeke swung his sword naturally as if riding a wave.

Elemental Sword

The hydraulic field

Wave Sword

Honshinki

Solo Spell

The will to break

Ziggy unleashed both techniques simultaneously on his sword.

Kwakwakwakwa!

A bandaged man was holding a sword made of bandages and trying to stop a giant wave.

But the waves were something that could not be stopped.

In the end Zeke’s sword filled with the will of the wave was directly stabbed into the bandaged man’s body.

Kwakwakwakwang!

From the spot where the man was struck by the sword waves of shockwaves spread out in all directions.

Woohoo!

As the huge waves began to calm a bandaged man was revealed kneeling on one knee.

He looked up and said to Zeke.

“A terrible curse will fall upon all who come here. Never come here again.”

Zeke realized what Duke was muttering.

‘This guy is the one who put those words into the teacher’s head.’

He walked up to the bandaged man and said:

“Who are you to come here? You don’t seem to be a demon but what is your identity? Are you a guardian created by a dragon?”

Kookookookookook!

At that moment the ground began to shake.

Something like a black flame rose from the bandaged man’s body.

He turned into a demon and screamed in a terrible voice.

“The only future that awaits those who come here is death! Do not come! Do not come! Do not come!”

Zeke felt that this world of memories was gradually collapsing.

He raised his sword at the black flame demon rushing toward him.

Woohoo!

A dazzling sword light struck the demon’s body and caused a huge explosion.

At the same time the world of memory was shattered.