A Dragonslayer’s Peerless Regression – 471



Episode 471

Zeke rode Bucephalus and flew to the place Anastasia had told him to go.

The location where the gate was hidden beyond the Forest of the Forgotten was obscured by the barrier of the demon world so it was impossible to determine its location with the naked eye.

However since Zeke possessed not only the eyes of a dragon but also the eyes of a wise man he could see through the hidden barriers of the demon world.

‘I guess it’s over there.’

Traces of barriers were visible installed in a chaotic manner from the air to the ground.

At that moment the crows that had been seen before inside the barrier flapped their wings and flew towards Zig.

As Zeke raised his spirits with the Holy Sword Ascalon the crow demons flinched in surprise and stepped back saying:

[Wait a minute! We’re here to guide you.]

The crow tribe knew that the messenger who had gone to deliver the message had died in Zeke’s attack so they were extremely vigilant and kept an eye on Zeke.

Zeke who had been glaring at them put away his sword and spoke.

“Don’t even think about talking nonsense just guide me quietly.”

The crows who had been moved by Zig’s words guided him through the gap in the barrier.

Tsk tsk tsk―

Fortunately he was guided as he saw fit and Zeke followed the crow demons into the demon world’s barrier.

As soon as he entered the gap in the barrier closed.

It meant that no other human being could enter here except for Zeke.

The crow tribe took the lead and spoke to Zeke.

[This way. Follow me human.]

Zeke drove Bucephalus to the place where the crows led him.

While doing so Zeke who was flying through the air and looking inside the barrier was surprised by the sight that unfolded on the ground.

‘Is this the real world…?’

Surprisingly there was a fortress here made of a castle and towers of a type I had never seen before with pointed spires.

It felt as if an entire city had been transplanted here.

Zeke asked Aratasso and Neviloth in spirit.

‘Have you ever seen a building like that?’

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Surprisingly Neville was the first to answer the question.

‘That’s strange. That’s one of the Demon’s Invasion Fortresses.’

‘Invasion Fortress? What is that?’

‘It’s literally a fortress built for the purpose of invasion. It’s used when waging war to expand territory by invading other demons’ territories.’

Zeke carefully examined the invasion fortress at Neville’s words.

‘Can that invasion fortress appear in the real world?’

‘Hmm even in the Demon Realm summoning an invasion fortress requires a considerable amount of sacrifice. So you summoned it to the mortal world…’

At those words Arataso who had been silent added.

‘Even invasion fortresses are different depending on the type. Looking at it it’s an erosion-type invasion fortress.’

At those words Neville spoke in a voice that finally seemed convinced.

‘Aha I see. That would reduce the amount of sacrifice needed for summoning.’

Zig spoke to the two demons who were speaking words that only they could understand.

‘Please explain to me what an erosion-type invasion fortress is.’

Arataso answered Zeke’s words.

‘The erosion-type invasion fortress is literally summoned by overlaying an invasion fortress onto an existing structure.’

Neville then added:

‘It takes more time than summoning the fortress itself and it is difficult to unleash its full power but it has the advantage of consuming less sacrifices.’

Neville continued

‘The problem is that there are only a few demons in the Demon World who can summon this erosion-type invasion fortress. The summoning conditions are quite strict you know.’

‘According to the words of the demon who came as a messenger Anastasia the adopted daughter of the Demon Archduke and princess of the Demon World is here.’

‘what?’

‘Princess Anastasia?’

At Zeke’s words Neville and Arataso shouted at the same time.

Zigg was even more surprised by the two demons’ fierce reactions.

‘Why are you so surprised?’

Aratasso said with a groan.

‘The most vicious of the Demon Lord’s adopted daughters was summoned.’

Then Neville Ross spoke in a similar voice.

‘If it’s Princess Anastasia… she’s notorious even among the demons. That’s why she’s favored by the Demon Leader.’

‘What kind of demon tribe is this that reacts like this….’

While he was confused by the reactions of the two demons Zig who was following the crow demons into the fortress made a puzzled face once again when he saw what was set up there.

‘arena?’

It looked similar to the arena of the Balrogs that we had previously seen in the Upside Down Tower.

Around the arena various types of demons were sitting and shouting madly.

“Wow!”

“Kill him! Kill him!”

Surprisingly in the arena there were demons that resembled elephants and demons that resembled tigers fighting their blood flowing blue.

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The moment Zeke was interested the tiger-like demon let his guard down and the elephant-like demon wrapped its long trunk around his waist.

Kkwaddudduk!

The tiger-like demon’s waist broke in two due to the strong pressure.

The elephant-like demon covered in the blood and entrails of the tiger-like demon shouted while covered in blood.

Grrrrrrrr!

Seeing the maddening atmosphere of the primitive and savage arena Zeke felt like he had a little idea what kind of person Anastasia the Demon was.

At that moment the demon that resembled an elephant turned its gaze to look at Zig floating in the air and raised its finger at him.

“I cannot allow any inferior human being to enter this sacred arena!”

The demon’s provocative remarks caused the demons in the other stands to scream even louder.

After a while the elephant-like demon stretched out its trunk and began to inflate it like a balloon.

Kugugugugugu―

A powerful magical bullet suddenly burst out from his swollen nose.

Tata tata tata!

Hundreds of magical bullets flew towards the floating Zeke.

Zig pulled out the holy sword Ascalon and slashed at the magic bullets fired by the demons.

Kwakwakwakwakwang!

Zig’s sword strike and magic bullets canceled out each other causing a chain of explosions.

The elephant-like demon raised his arms and smiled showing off his muscles.

“Hahaha! Humans will die in an instant! The one who monopolizes Anastasia’s love is me…!”

Jeokjeok-

The body of the demon that resembled an elephant who had been speaking for a moment was split in half.

Choaaaak―

After releasing Bucephalus Zeke jumped down to the arena and cut the elephant demon’s body in two with the holy sword Ascalon.

Kookung!

The giant demon’s body split into two and fell to the floor of the arena.

When the demons in the arena saw this they suddenly became quiet.

Then suddenly the cheers erupted again.

“Kueuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!”

“The human split Coremo in one go!”

“He is a strong man!”

Like the Balrogs Zeke had seen before these too were incredibly simple.

The demons addicted to peripheral pleasures cheered at the overwhelming violence that Zeke displayed.

At that moment the surroundings became dark and the spotlight focused on Zigg standing in the arena. And soon exciting music began to play.

Doo doo doo doo!

At the same time the floor split open in front and a magnificently decorated stage appeared.

On the stage stood Anastasia wearing a dress.

When Anastasia appeared the demons gathered in the arena screamed in frenzy.

“Anastasia!”

“Geeeeeee! Look here!”

“Kueeeeek!”

The heat only grew hotter as Anastasia made a displeased expression at the sight of the demons going wild towards her.

She looked down at Zeke from the high stage with an arrogant expression on her face and said.

“Thank you for accepting Princess Zig Drake’s invitation.”

Zeke said holding Ascalon and aiming it at Anastasia.

“Where is the Master? If he deceived me….”

Anastasia waved her hand at his words.

“I guess I’m really suspicious because I’m human.”

She snapped her fingers and a chair popped out from the side of the stage.

On that ornate chair sat Nigel fast asleep wearing a dress similar to Anastasia’s.

Zeke’s eyes shook greatly at the sight of Nigel in a dress he had never seen before.

‘…I feel like I saw something I shouldn’t have seen.’

Zeke said to Anastasia ignoring Nigel’s appearance while trying hard to wear a dress.

“Stop fucking playing around and start betting.”

Anastasia chuckled at his words.

“Okay then… can we proceed with the bet as a ‘chess match’?”

Zeke was lost in thought for a moment after hearing Anastasia’s words about choosing chess as a bet.

‘Chessra.’

Zeke was suspicious when Anastasia the adopted daughter of the Demon Lord put forward a more ordinary event than he had expected.

Zig who had been thinking hard soon nodded.

“Okay. Let’s do that.”

Anastasia smiled and snapped her fingers at Zeke’s approval.

Wooooowoong―

Light flashed across the stadium floor creating a realistic battlefield of reduced size.

Different fortresses were built at each end a river and forest plains were placed in the middle and there were abandoned castles and fortified villages here and there.

As the scene fully appeared in the stadium the crowd in the stands cheered.

Zeke’s expression hardened as he realized that what Anastasia had said was not regular chess but a completely new game.

“…What are you doing now?”

Anastasia shrugged her shoulders at Zeke’s words.

“What are you doing? Preparing for chess. The chess of the Demon World I mean.”

She smiled at the sight of Zeke’s frozen expression.

She didn’t say what kind of chess she was talking about but it was definitely called a ‘chess game’ in the Demon World so she wasn’t lying.

Anastasia spoke to Zeke with a relaxed expression.

“Have you ever played Demon World Chess?”

Zeke answered her question through gritted teeth.

“Have you ever tried it?”

Anastasia smiled at Zeke’s words and snapped her fingers.

Woohoooooooo―

As the floating game board in the stadium changed an army of demons and monsters appeared inside it.

Legions of demons of all kinds fought large-scale battles on the plains falling in blood.

It was a scaled-down version of the war but it felt realistic enough to be watching a real war.

Anastasia said pointing to the game board.

“Chess in the Demon World is not a simple game. Since there are so many wars in the Demon World the power consumed is also great. That’s why my father the Demon Archduke created a new method called ‘proxy warfare.’”

Zeke nodded as he looked at the virtual battlefield Anastasia had created.

“Are we going to have a virtual war here and the winner takes all?”

Anastasia nodded and smiled.

“For a human you understand quickly. Yes this is the chess of the demon world.”

A whole new way to play chess.

Zeke spoke to Anastasia with a hardened expression.

“You’re a princess of the demon world but you really are acting in a petty way. Hitting me in the back of the head like this.”

Anastasia covered her mouth and laughed in delight at those words.

“I won’t hesitate to go through fire or water if I want something. Okay shall we start the game?”

She snapped her fingers again.

In Zeke’s camp humans appeared and in her terrain monster races including orcs appeared.

“I have specially shown mercy and adjusted the race to the version of the phenomenon. The method is simple. Use the workers among the horses in your camp to gather resources use them to strengthen your troops and then invade the enemy’s camp to win.”

“What do you mean by producing with workers? There is no such thing in chess.”

“The chess of the Demon World is a recreation of a real war unlike the simple game of humans. There can be no supply in war. You have to use workers to gather food and various resources to create troops and weapons.”

Zeke’s expression hardened as he heard Anastasia’s words.

The chess of the Demon World was completely different from the chess of the Central Continent.

Zeke quickly scanned the battlefield on the game board and asked Anastasia.

“Tell me exactly what the conditions for victory are. Is it killing all the enemy’s horses? Or is it conquering the castle?”

Anastasia smiled at Zeke’s words and snapped her fingers again.

Then blue and red flags appeared in each city.

“Let’s say that the first side to invade each faction’s castle and capture the flag wins.”

Zeke hesitated for a moment after hearing Anastasia’s words then opened his mouth again.

“One more thing. What is the balance between the human race I have and the monsters? The monsters will have higher basic strength and basic stamina.”

Anastasia was slightly surprised by Zeke’s unexpectedly detailed question.

‘Have you ever played chess in the Demon World?’

But since his first reaction was like that and there was no way Zeke a human would have done this Anastasia answered in a calm voice.

“The human race is definitely weak at the beginning but they are more productive than monsters and as the game progresses they are able to create a variety of weapons allowing them to create a strong army.”

“So you’re saying that the balance between the beginning and the end of the game is different?”

“The key to Demon World Chess is to devise a strategy by taking into account such points.”

After hearing Anastasia’s words Zeke nodded and stared somewhere with a serious expression.

Wherever his gaze lingered a message floated.

[‘Battle of the Constellations’ has been detected. Would you like to proceed in conjunction with the system?]