A Dragonslayer’s Peerless Regression – 435



Episode 435

Zeke was momentarily taken aback by the priest’s completely unexpected suggestion.

‘You want to get rid of Arthur Draker?’

The priest having read his reaction continued speaking slowly.

『You must know by now. Arthur Draker was the one who practically brought this continent to a halt.』

Zick glared at the priest and said.

“What does it mean to stop the continent?”

In response to Zeke’s question the priest opened his mouth in a firm voice.

『Arthur Draker committed many evil deeds behind the name of justice. He used Salmak to interfere in the succession of other kingdoms trampled on growing companies to advance Draker’s interests and persuaded honest people to his will or if that didn’t work killed innocent people. And above all Arthur Draker’s greatest sin was…』

Kookookookook!

The powerful pressure emanating from the priest’s body crushed the space itself.

“It means that he changed history to suit his will.”

When Zeke heard the priest’s words something occurred to him.

‘Manipulation of the legend of the dragon slayer.’

Terracan Draker the dragon slayer who liberated the continent from the evil dragon.

But this wasn’t true.

The truth is that Bahamut known as the Evil Dragon sacrificed himself to seal the Demon King’s soul.

However the Draker family manipulated this legend and used it to increase their family’s honor.

That false honor has continued for a thousand years.

And Arthur Draker was the main character who actively used the distorted name of Draker to make his family the loser of Midland.

“Arthur Draker is a fearsome man. He will eventually use your reputation as a knight of salvation and eventually devour you.”

The priest’s voice was full of sincerity and appeal.

He slowly approached Zeke.

“Zeke Draker I value your talents. If you join hands with me I can give you the power to stop Arthur Draker.”

Suddenly the priest stood right in front of Zeke and stretched out his hand toward him.

“Take my hand. Then a new world will unfold before you.”

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Zeke slowly raised his hand toward the priest as if possessed.

Boris who was watching this from behind shouted at Zeke.

“My lord! Come to your senses!”

But Zeke was already holding the priest’s hand as if he didn’t hear what Boris was saying.

Then a satisfied smile appeared on the priest’s lips.

“You made the right choice Zeke Draker.”

That was when.

A golden aura emanated from Zigg as he held the priest’s hand.

He held the mask of Agamemnon hidden inside his clothes and unleashed the power of purification.

Woof woof woof!

A powerful force of purification poured out toward the priest.

Cheeeeeeek―

Black smoke rose as the priest’s hand caught by Zeke was exposed to the power of purification.

Even the demons would scream and writhe in pain when exposed to the power of purification but the priest simply looked down at Zigg who was emitting an aura.

He opened his mouth and looked at Zeke.

“Is this your choice Zeke Draker? I am disappointed.”

This time Zeke took up Bahamut and unleashed a blade of brilliant light.

Then he thrust his sword with all his might into the priest’s heart.

Phew!

Bahamut holding a blade of brilliant light was deeply embedded in the priest’s body.

A plume of black smoke rose from the stabbed area.

But even so the priest’s expression did not change at all.

“Knight of Salvation you will regret today’s choice.”

The priest reached out and grabbed the Blade of Bahamut which had pierced his heart.

Kookookookookook!

Then he slowly pulled the blade of Bahamut out from his body while holding it in his hand which was covered in a brilliant blade of light.

Cheeeeeeek―

Even though black smoke was continuously rising from his body the priest paid no attention and did not let go of Bahamut’s blade.

At this Zeke gritted his teeth and summoned his golden strength to try to thrust the blade into the priest’s body again but it was no use.

‘Money doesn’t work?’

That was when.

Tsk tsk tsk!

Cracks slowly began to appear on the blade of Bahamut held by the priest.

The surface of Bahamut cracked unable to withstand the power of the priest.

‘That’s ridiculous.’

It was hard to believe that it had been shattered despite its indestructible properties but Zeke put Bahamut back in his inventory and stepped back.

The amount of black smoke that was leaking out from the priest’s heart where the blade had fallen out began to slowly decrease.

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This time Zeke took out Roland put on Agamemnon’s mask completely and summoned the power of purification.

Then the priest stepped back and stretched out his hand toward Zeke.

Tsk tsk tsk―

The priest’s outstretched palm split open revealing red eyes within as if his eyelids were lifting.

Zeke met the red eyes and felt his movements momentarily blocked.

‘Eww!’

Even though I used all my strength including my Honshinki and Astral Sword I just couldn’t move.

The priest’s hand which revealed his pupils grew larger and larger until it could hold Zeke’s entire body.

Zeke tried to break free from the priest’s palm but his body would not move.

That was when.

Woof woof woof!

Raven who had been sleeping in the dimensional rift appeared and shouted Phoenix Star.

As the mysterious Phoenix sounded Zig’s heart fluttered.

Kookung!

Bahamut’s sleeping heart awakened and resisted the force that was binding Zeke’s body.

Then sentences began to float across his chest.

Phage phage phage!

As sparks flew throughout his body Zeke could feel the paralysis that had been holding him back gradually being lifted.

‘This small gap is getting wider.’

Raven flew through the air and shouted the Phoenix Star again.

Woof woof woof!

Zeke did not miss the gap created by the Phoenix Star and unleashed the power of Blood King Caligula.

A trident appeared on his forehead and faced the eye that appeared on the priest’s palm.

Jiji …

The sparks that flew out of Zeke’s body grew stronger.

The priest’s hand slowly approached to grab the jig.

As the dragon’s heart beat faster the power of the three eyes also grew stronger.

Break!

Zeke could barely move his body before the hand reached him.

Zig who quickly stepped back with the whirlwind glared at the priest while sweating profusely.

The giant palm that was trying to catch him was nowhere to be found.

The priest spoke looking back and forth between Zeke who was aiming at himself with Roland and Raven who was shouting the Phoenix Star.

『With the power of the dragon the Blood King and even the divine beast the Phoenix he can control it. I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes.』

With those words the space around him distorted and a gap appeared within it.

Zeke realized that the ability was the teleportation ability of the deceased Rahim the leader of Six.

Zeke immediately looked at Abel behind the priest and cheered up.

“Haaaaaaah!”

He unleashed his Infinite Sword Strike and hurled the Astral Sword at Abel.

The sword slash flew towards Abel cutting through the space.

But it was faster for the priest to disappear through the gap in space with Abel and the horsemen of the Revelation.

The Astral Sword merely tore apart the space they had disappeared into.

“Shit!”

Zig showed his anger by stamping his feet on the floor.

Zeke clenched his teeth as he lost sight of Abel right in front of his eyes.

‘I never expected the priest himself to come out here.’

Even Zeke could not have predicted that Harvey West the priest of the Abyss who had been hiding his appearance would appear in person at this point.

Boris approached Zeke who was unable to control his anger.

“Boss we need to get out of here first.”

It was clear that the knights of the Empire would soon storm in upon seeing the burning holy ground.

After hearing Boris’s words Zeke nodded with a stern expression. Nothing would change even if he got angry here and now.

He grabbed Boris and immediately opened a portal.

Woohoo!

The two new figures disappeared along with the portal’s light. Even after the people who had been rummaging around inside disappeared the royal tomb continued to burn.

In the end the Imperial Mausoleum the sacred site of the Roman Empire that had lasted for a long time completely disappeared leaving behind only black flames and ash.

* * *

After Abel burned the Holy Land things went according to Zeke’s intention.

The imperial nobles and noble families who had previously maintained neutrality turned their backs on Siemens and decided to follow Julius’s will.

Soon the second prince Leo and the fourth prince Carus entered the Roman palace together with Julius.

Behind them followed the Knights of the Inmagong and the Knights of the Scorpio.

After the Priest of the Abyss disappeared with Abel no trace of Siemens or the Nostra Family could be found within Rom.

It seemed that they had already noticed the situation and withdrew their stationed troops from Rom.

So the first thing Julius’ forces did when they entered Rome was to eliminate the monsters that existed throughout the city.

Monsters kept pouring out from all over the place including the sewers of Rome the abandoned houses and the caves in the mountains near the mountain.

As the newly arrived imperial forces defeated the monsters and stabilized the city the citizens of Rom who had been hiding in the basements were finally able to come out.

The citizens who had been trembling in fear cheered and shed tears of emotion as they watched Rom stabilize.

“Worship the knight of salvation who saved Rome!”

“Sir Zeke Draker is the true hero of this age!”

His reputation as a knight of salvation grew even more as rumors spread that it was Zeke who had freed Rom from Abel’s clutches.

Its fame spread beyond the Central Continent the Northern and Southern Continents and even to the Eastern Continent.

Aside from Zeke’s performance Julius quickly sorted out the situation in Rome.

He originally wanted to make the 4th prince Karus the emperor but surprisingly he refused the position.

Then he gave the throne to the second prince Leo.

The idea was that by supporting Leo himself he would make up for the lack of legitimacy and help solidify the throne.

Zeke nodded as if it was natural for Karus to decide to refuse the throne of the Empire.

‘Carus must have thought it would be better to leave the throne to Prince Leo and just sit back and do whatever he wants.’

In the end Prince Leo accepted Carus’s offer and ascended to the throne.

He appointed Julius and Carus as consuls to look after the affairs of the empire.

With the next emperor soon to be decided Rome was able to find stability faster than expected but the problems were not over.

In the southern part of the Roman Empire forces opposing the Julius-led rise to the throne had taken hold.

The center of that force was surprisingly the Knight of the Twin Arches Castro Pollock who had informed Zeke of Azmun Barrios’ trap.

He gathered his forces in Jupiter a stronghold city in the southern part of the Roman Empire together with the like-minded imperial families and the strong pure-blooded Knights of the Golden Ox Palace.

Seeing this Zeke guessed that Siemens who had been stationed in Rome might have gone to Jupiter with Castro but it turned out to be only a suspicion.

In the rapidly changing situation Zigg stayed in Rom with the Black Sword Knights and observed the situation on Jupiter’s side. While Zigg was observing the situation in Rom while being wary of Jupiter’s side someone from the Four Seasons came to visit him.

He was none other than Baron Draker the leader of the Black Stage and Arthur Draker’s confidant.

Baron came to see Zeke with his face expressionless as usual.

Zeke welcomed Baron into the Rom Palace and went into his office with him.

It was Zeke who freely used the office of the butler Karus as if it were his own. It didn’t matter anyway since Karus hardly ever used the office.

Baron bowed his head toward Zeke.

“Sir Zeke I congratulate you on completing your mission. The Lord of the House is also very pleased with your accomplishments.”

On the surface the order given by the head of the household was to negotiate with Azmun Barrios to retrieve the forbidden book.

But the actual orders given by Arthur Draker were different.

‘Occupy the palace of Rom.’

It was a nearly impossible order to drive out the forces occupying the palace and take it over.

But as expected Zeke did it.

It was an incomparable feat that no other Guardian Knight of the Draker family could accomplish.

Zeke slowly opened his mouth after hearing Baron’s words.

“How did your Majesty react to Siemens’ announcement that he had involved the Demons in this matter?”

“He said ‘Do as you wish.’”

Sieg was to reveal in detail the atrocities Siemens committed in Rome through his newsletter.

From summoning monsters to attacking each city to illegal chimera experiments to summoning demons.

The plan was to completely eliminate Siemens’ presence on the entire continent.

As Baron was organizing his future plans in response to the positive response from his family he opened his mouth to Zeke.

“There is a message from the Lord.”

Zeke who had been lost in thought for a moment raised his head and met his eyes as if to tell him to speak. Baron continued speaking slowly.

“I have been ordered to duel with the Black Knight of the Empire Duke Crevan di Panion.”