A Dragonslayer’s Peerless Regression – 440



Episode 440

Zeke headed towards the place the compass pointed to.

However the temple of the goddess Theia was located in an unexpected place.

‘Here…?’

The royal tomb burned down by Abel’s black flame.

That was exactly where the compass was pointing.

Zig went into the ruins of the Hwangneung Royal Tomb where only traces of the fire remained hiding himself in the darkness.

‘It’s completely in ruins.’

It was once a holy place of the Roman Empire but now it was in a state of desolation with only traces of fire remaining.

Zig clicked his tongue inwardly and followed the compass needle into the royal tomb.

At that moment the needle pointed to one place.

‘Is this it?’

Zeke went to where the needle was pointing cleared away the burned ruins and looked down.

There was a single stone slab embedded in the floor its surface worn away.

I knelt down and examined the stone slab but there was no passage leading underground.

‘Check if there are any accessible doors around the system.’

At Zeke’s command the system began searching.

A message soon emerged.

[Sealed settings were found in the search results. Would you like to release the seal using your Haeju skill?]

After seeing the system message Zigg immediately used his Haeju skill.

[Release the sealed settings with a skill.]

[The seal is released. The settings are analyzed.]

[The settings have been confirmed as portal coordinates existing in the underground space. Would you like to open the portal and move to the coordinates?]

The temple of the goddess Theia seemed to exist underground in the tomb.

Zig decided to spend 100 points to open the coordinates.

[Run the portal with the set coordinates.]

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Woof!

As the system portal was activated Zeke’s body disappeared along with the light.

When Zeke opened his eyes again he saw a dungeon made of stone.

‘Is this the temple of the goddess Theia?’

He looked around with a blank expression.

The temple of the goddess Theia had an ancient style similar to that of the golden city of Blanca.

‘Was this place also created during the age of the constellations?’

First Zeke tried to access the temple’s administrator system through the system.

[Access to the relevant administrator system is not possible.]

“You’re saying that access itself isn’t possible?”

Zigg had access to most of the ancient ruins.

However the temple of the goddess Teia was inaccessible to the administrator system. In the end Zeke had no choice but to explore the temple himself.

Zig quickly accepted the situation and entered the temple.

Zig walked down the long hallway and felt surprised.

‘There’s nothing like a temple.’

It was normal for a typical temple to display a variety of records including symbols of the worshipped god.

However the temple of Theia did not show any statues or related symbols of the goddess Theia.

If you didn’t know you would think it was just an ancient ruin rather than a temple of the goddess Theia.

The Roman Empire was the only one in the Central Continent that worshipped the goddess Theia the goddess of the moon.

This is because most of the other central kingdoms including Midland believed in the god of light or the sun god.

When the Empire of Rome split from the Holy Kingdom the Sun Cult also split and the biggest difference between the two cults was whether or not they worshiped the goddess Theia and the 13 zodiac signs.

In the Holy Kingdom the sun god was considered the only god and only the sun god was worshipped but the Roman Empire was a polytheistic religion that worshipped not only the sun god but also various constellations.

Of course the supreme god the sun god had the largest proportion but there were also quite a few who believed in Theia the goddess of the moon.

And usually in the Roman Empire the sun god was represented as a strong male god and the moon god as a benevolent female god.

So depending on the region there were cases where they worshipped a statue of a saint goddess modeled after the goddess Theia.

‘Even though it’s the temple of the goddess Theia I don’t see any statues of saints.’

Zeke was puzzled by the completely different appearance than he had expected but he didn’t think it was particularly strange. The early temple of the goddess Theia might have had a different form than it does now.

At the end of the long hallway a huge cavity appeared.

The hallway was different from the plain hallways we had passed through so far; it had uniquely styled decorations carved all over the walls and various types of sculptures placed between the pillars.

And at one end of the common was a huge stone door.

What was unusual was that there were four stone coffins lined up in front of the stone gate.

‘What is that?’

Zeke slowly approached the sarcophagus.

But then a message appeared before Zeke’s eyes.

[The administrator system of the corresponding security area sends an alert to the user.]

[Security settings are activated due to unauthorized access.]

[The security zone guardian awakens from hibernation.]

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‘Guardian?’

Zig took a step back as he saw the system’s warning window.

But it seemed too late.

Steam rose from four sarcophagi.

Cheeeeeeek―

The sarcophagus split vertically with steam and something rose from inside.

Kookung!

A solid stone slab automatically stood up and was fixed in place.

On four fixed stone slabs were restrained human figures with masks covering their faces and chains wrapped around their entire bodies.

Thud!

As Zeke watched them the chains that had been fastened to the stone slab broke free.

Chorrrrrr!

As the chains broke free the four figures bound to the stone slab stumbled out of the coffin.

Drumroll please

A sound of bones snapping together was heard from the four masked figures.

I couldn’t see their faces but judging by their physique they looked like teenagers.

All four were wearing the same old gray clothes that looked like hospital gowns.

‘These guys are the guardians of the temple?’

Wood thud-

As if all the bones had been aligned the four of them raised their heads simultaneously and turned their faces towards Zeke.

“The intruder.”

“Excluded.”

Four guardians approached Zeke with a strange voice.

Although he could not sense any life or threat from them Zeke instinctively took a state of alert.

He took out Roland and aimed it at the approaching Guardians.

That was when.

For a moment the Guardians’ bodies shook and the new form disappeared without a trace.

‘what…?’

Zeke panicked and stretched his senses to the max when he suddenly lost sight of the four people in front of him.

But then a pressure came over Zeke’s entire body.

Kugugugugugu―

It felt as if my whole body had become ten times heavier.

Zeke remembered being attacked like this before.

‘Zion’s psychic power.’

As a member of Six Zion was able to use powerful telekinesis through his bloodline abilities.

A force similar to that of psychic power was pressing down on Zig’s body.

But that wasn’t all.

Quaddudduk—

Now a strong cold air was rising and starting to freeze Zeke’s legs.

Then a black mist rose up and wrapped itself around Zeke’s body restraining him from moving at all.

Zeke sensed the strange force pressing down on him.

‘Could it be that the guardians of the temple were granted some sort of bloodline ability?’

There were people there whose abilities were clearly superior to those of ordinary bloodline abilities.

He was demonstrating abilities that were much stronger than those of the Six members who had their abilities enhanced by drugs.

With the three powers holding Zeke’s body in check something finally began to happen.

Ddddddddddd—

Zeke lifted his head and looked up.

‘her?’

Black rain began to fall from the ceiling.

Thud thud thud—

Something that I thought was black rain fell hard onto the floor.

As soon as the black liquid hit the ground white smoke rose.

Cheeeeeeek―

A strong acid solution was pouring down like rain.

The solution was also poured onto Zeke’s uniform made of dragon leather.

At first only the surface melted a little but as the solution poured down the melted area gradually expanded.

‘What a terrible ability.’

If anyone had used this ability on the battlefield the entire knight order would have been annihilated in an instant.

Zeke decided that in order to avoid the terrible acid rain he had to first free himself from the three powers that were restraining him.

Kookookookook―

Zigg summoned his spirit and resisted the psychic cold and black fog.

But the more he resisted the stronger the force binding him became.

‘Let’s give this a try.’

In that moment Zigg drew on the power of the Elemental Sword and created a field of gold and wind energy at the same time.

Kwakwakwakwa―

A strong wind rose and blew away the fog and cold air that enveloped Zig’s body and he tried to free himself from the psychic powers with the power of gold.

Quaddudduk—

As Zeke tried to forcefully twist their power to escape the Guardians also increased the output of their power.

Kwakwakwakwa―

As the Guardians’ power tightened around his body Zeke put Roland in pulled out his hammer and unleashed all his might.

Zigg now in a trance-like state swung his hammer and fought against the invisible force.

Hooooooooooooo―

The hammer swung by Zeke tore apart the invisible psychic power.

At the same time Zeke felt the pressure of the force that had been pressing down on his body disappear.

As the pressure lifted Zig rolled his golden feet hard on the floor.

Kwakwakwakwakwang―

The vibrations of the stomping feet spread throughout the room.

Zeke didn’t stop there he raised his hammer high and unleashed his skill Thunderbolt.

Urrrrrrrrrrrr—

Jiji …

A huge thunder filled the entire room and electric shocks spread out in all directions.

No matter how well you hid yourself it was virtually impossible to completely avoid the widespread thunder and lightning strikes.

As Zeke had expected the four guardians who had been hiding appeared through the rippling space.

『For complete exclusion of intruders.』

“The limitations of the limits.”

“Release.”

Kookookookookook!

Zeke could clearly feel a stronger wave of power emanating from the Guardians who had reappeared.

‘Removing the limitations of the limit. Does that mean I can use stronger abilities here?’

Just as he was starting to feel a little nervous one of the Guardians reached out to Zeke.

Quaddudduk—

The psychic powers were concentrated on Zeke’s body and he felt as if he was being grabbed by a giant and his limbs were being torn off.

“Ugh!”

With unexpected strength Zig maximized his powers to counter the Guardian’s telekinesis.

At that moment black smoke rose again from the body of another Guardian.

Kwakwakwakwa!

The rising black smoke took shape and dozens of whips shot out and wrapped around Zeke’s limbs.

Tsk tsk tsk―

But then something amazing happened. The black fog surrounding Zeke surprisingly began absorbing Zeke’s mana.

‘Absorbing mana? What kind of ability is this?’

It didn’t end there.

The Guardian who was wielding the power of cold stretched his hand into the air and soon created a giant block of ice over Zeke’s head.

It seemed to have collected moisture in the air and rapidly frozen it to create an ice block.

A sharp cone-shaped chunk of ice fell toward Zig.

“Haaaah!”

Zeke gritted his teeth and threw his hammer at the falling chunk of ice resisting the power of psychic powers and black fog.

Chorrrrrr!

Zeke grabbed Solomon’s Chain attached to the end of the hammer and adjusted the hammer’s trajectory.

Kwakwakwang!

As Zeke intended the hammer became stuck in the ice block and Zeke immediately grabbed the chain and unleashed his power of pyrolysis.

Hwarrrrrr!

The powerful power of salt was transmitted through the chain.

The ice cube melted and shattered in an instant.

The Guardians retreated for a moment as Zeke resisted even as he used his powers with their limits lifted.

The Guardian who caused the acid rain looked at Zeke and reached out his hand.

“Intruders are completely excluded.”

Zeke tugged at the chain and took the hammer back into his hand.

“Your power is beyond my reach. Step aside and open the door leading to the temple.”

Zeke spoke in a low voice and took a step forward toward the Guardian.

But then something flowed from Zeke’s nose.

‘uh?’

Black blood was flowing out of his nose.

Black blood continued to flow from his nose mouth and eyes.

thud!

Zeke unconsciously knelt on the floor and trembled.

‘This doesn’t make sense….’

His body was impervious to all poisons and was immune to all poisons.

The ability to summon acid rain alone was not enough to defeat Zigg.

“Ugh!”

This time Zeke spurted out black blood that had burst out of his mouth.

Tsk tsk tsk―

As black blood poured out Zeke only then realized what had happened to his body.

‘That bastard’s ability wasn’t to make acid rain.’

The last Guardian’s ability was to ‘turn liquid into acid’.

Because he had turned the blood inside Zeke’s body into a strong acid even the most invincible man couldn’t withstand it and collapsed.

thud!

Zeke eventually collapsed on the floor black blood pouring out from all over his body.

The four guardians who saw this had their eyes sparkling.

“Complete the mission.”

“Intruders are completely excluded.”

“Dispose of it without a trace.”

“Remove completely.”

The four guardians slowly approached the fallen Zeke.