A Dragonslayer’s Peerless Regression – 478



Episode 478

‘Here…?’

When Zeke opened his eyes he found that all directions were filled with darkness.

After regaining consciousness Zeke tried to get up but his limbs felt as if they were tied together and he couldn’t move.

‘I can’t even tell if I’m lying down or standing right now.’

It was pitch black all around and I had no sense of direction so it felt like I was floating in an empty space.

Zeke remembered seeing this ominous space before.

‘When King Solomon was imprisoned in the prison of the abyss.’

I had an indirect experience of this place through the memories of the Elder Dragon that was connected to Solomon in Carcosa.

King Solomon was imprisoned here for ten thousand years before becoming the Demon King.

This was possible because the flow of time was different from that of the phenomenal world.

Zeke wondered why he was trapped here.

‘I tried to transplant the black star into my body and absorbed it all…’

I had no memory after that.

There was a warning from the system but I thought it would be okay and tried to absorb the heart of the elder dragon but it seemed that even Zeke’s immortal body was not able to fully accept it.

‘I don’t know why you came here but you need to wake up quickly.’

Zeke tried to awaken the system by calling it.

But no matter how much I called the system did not appear.

As time passed Zeke became increasingly impatient.

A world where you can’t even move and nothing exists.

Solomon the first Irregular and a tolerant Shinsalja also endured in this space but eventually gave in and became the Demon King.

That’s how dangerous this abyssal prison was.

Zeke tried to use all the powers he had.

However the special skills that the Shadow Spirit and the Elemental Sword possessed were of no use.

‘What should I do?’

Even the power of immortality seemed meaningless here.

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The thought that I might be relegated to a life of floating like cosmic dust here for an eternity without doing anything gnawed at my mind.

As the thought grew Zeke became gripped by fear.

‘Absolutely not. I have to get out of here.’

After that I struggled and struggled but there was no solution.

A space where you can’t even tell how much time has passed.

Zeke who had been struggling endlessly finally gave up and laid down.

‘Is there no way?’

I was trying to concentrate so as not to lose myself but I felt my consciousness gradually fading away.

I kept forgetting who I was and why I was here.

Zeke constantly reminded himself so as not to forget himself.

‘I am Zeke Draker. I am the Knight of Salvation.’

Zeke repeating his own name went through the entire process from the memories of his past life to the memories of his current life that he had returned to and up to the most recent over and over again dozens and hundreds of times.

In the process Zeke naturally had the opportunity to look back on the things he had done and think calmly about them.

‘Funny. It’s only when I’m locked up in prison that I have the time and space to reflect on myself.’

A situation where he could only think about it in his head actually presented a new path for Zeke.

He began to go over the swordsmanship he had learned so far one by one from the beginning.

The basics of the Dragon Sword Technique Agamemnon’s sword technique Paladin’s sword technique Elemental Sword Wind Chime Black Sword Technique True Dragon Sword Technique and Infinite Sword Technique were all jumbled together in my head.

The Draker family’s legacy from Shatton Draker was also mixed in there.

Visions of swordsmanship from the age of Kronos and ancient kingdoms that have now fallen into disrepair flashed through Zeke’s mind.

Hundreds thousands and tens of thousands of sword techniques were constantly unfolding and disappearing.

If you don’t concentrate properly the swordsmanship gets mixed up and you can’t tell what’s what.

As he looked back on his swordsmanship and remembered himself Zeke realized one thing.

‘Is it really necessary to deliberately distinguish between swordsmanship and fencing trying so hard to prevent them from being mixed together?’

Letting things flow naturally going with the flow.

Fencing is just something you learn to master the correct form.

Besides if you look closely those brothers had already been united under the name of Infinite Swordsmanship for a long time.

Now I wondered if it was really necessary to remember and differentiate between those brothers again.

Zig changed his mind and let the flow go as tens of thousands of grasshoppers and scorpions mixed together.

Then the swordsmanship that had been trapped in his head began to escape Zig’s control and jump out as they pleased.

Zeke didn’t catch the swords flying around like that.

If it stretches out I just let it stretch out.

Some of them went in strange directions but it didn’t matter.

All that was left to do was to get things back to how they were.

Since he had plenty of time it was no problem at all for him to watch the direction his swordsmanship wanted to go and then wait for it to return to its original direction.

The swordsmanship mixed here and there with the flow showed Zeke a new world.

He watched the swordsmanship constantly being created and disappearing and thought that they were like a single star.

Zeke looked closely at those sword techniques.

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I didn’t know how much time had passed but it didn’t matter. And then one day suddenly this thought occurred to me.

‘Am I swinging the sword or not?’

As my consciousness began to fade I began to wonder if I was just imagining things or if I was actually swinging the sword.

That’s when Zeke realized.

‘What does it matter whether I’m swinging a sword or not? If it feels like I’m swinging it then I must be swinging it.’

Thinking like that Zeke swung his sword without any hesitation.

Before he knew it a sword was in Zeke’s hand.

He swung his sword again and again along the path he had seen.

The sword that he had focused on to not forget himself now caused him to forget himself. However in the meantime a strange thing happened where his belief in himself grew stronger.

Zeke who had been swinging his sword without stopping suddenly felt that there were eyes on him.

Zeke met the gaze that was gradually approaching him.

That gaze seemed to displease Zeke with the way he was swinging his sword.

An invisible energy pressed down on Zig preventing him from moving his body.

But Zeke did not give in and swung his sword.

Ignoring the gazes trying to stop him Zeke focused solely on finding the path of the sword he had seen.

As he swung his sword again and again he was able to gain some insight.

‘I see something.’

One path where everything leads to one.

Zig swung his sword again in a state of trance to follow that path.

The sword which had been scattered mixed and reunited countless times unfolded in Zig’s hand.

At that moment something appeared before Zeke’s eyes.

[Passive skill Limit Break is activated.]

[Special skill ‘Heart Sword’ is activated.]

[Recognize the nature of the mental barrier with your mind’s eye.]

This is the first time the system has been activated since I was trapped here.

After awakening to the Heart Sword Zeke realized that this was not a true Abyss prison but a pseudo-space created by the heart of the Elder Dragon.

‘Cutting the prison of the mind with the sword of the mind.’

The sword in Zeke’s hand glowed and cut through the darkness before his eyes.

The world that had been locked up has opened up.

* * *

“Coolook!”

Zig whose breathing had stopped came to his senses spitting out the black blood that had accumulated in his mouth.

Naboo and Nigel who were anxiously wondering what to do with him were startled and approached Zeke.

“Zeke!”

Nigel quickly checked Zeke’s condition.

The warmth returned to Zeke’s body which had stopped breathing and was in rigor mortis.

Nabu said as he looked at Zeke who was breathing heavily.

“Zeke! Come to your senses! Are you okay?”

As his breathing returned his body was quickly restored as his immortality and healing factor took effect. He regained consciousness and looked at Nigel and asked.

“Time… how much time has passed.”

Nigel said calming Zeke down.

“It’s been about three hours since you last breathed.”

Zeke looked relieved but also confused at the thought that three hours had passed.

Nigel and Naboo helped Zeke into the armchair and Naboo brought him some warm tea.

Nigel asked looking at Zeke who had finally calmed down after drinking a cup of tea.

“I thought you were… really dead.”

To Nigel who was well versed in medicine Zeke was clearly dead just a moment ago.

Nigel who thought that Zeke died because of the black star he had transplanted fell into deep despair.

But when she saw that Zeke who she thought was dead had risen again she felt both relief and confusion.

Zik put down his teacup and opened his mouth.

“It would have been true that he had been dead until just now. If he had remained trapped in the mental barrier and not been able to wake up he would have been practically dead.”

Nigel and Naboo gaped in amazement when they heard about the utter darkness in which Zeke was held.

After hearing the whole story Nabu looked at Zeke and asked.

“Oh my god that happened in such a short amount of time… How long were you locked up there?”

Zeke hesitated and then slowly opened his mouth.

“I’m not sure but I think it’s been around for at least 200 years.”

In reality it was about three hours but since the mental barrier modeled after the Abyss Prison applied the flow of time differently it would not be an exaggeration to say that about 200 years had passed.

Nigel said looking at Zeke.

“Then I guess your soul was sucked into it by the shock the moment the black star was transplanted.”

Zeke nodded to Nigel’s words.

The black star is a piece of the elder dragon’s heart.

And King Solomon who had made a pact with the Elder Dragon in the past was captured by the constellations and imprisoned in the abyssal prison.

Since the Elder Dragon also shared the memories of that time an imaginary world resembling the Abyss Prison would have been created based on those memories.

‘If it was the real abyssal prison that King Solomon was locked in he would not have been able to escape even if he had awakened the Heart Sword.’

The deep world of the Black Star was modeled after the prison of the abyss so he was fortunate enough to awaken the mind sword and return to his physical body.

But even so if I was not careful I could have lost my self and floated in the darkness where nothing existed forever.

‘I got really lucky this time.’

Zeke admitted and reflected on the fact that he had taken the Elder Dragon’s heart too lightly.

When his body calmed down a bit he got up from his seat and moved around.

Fortunately there was no problem at all in moving the body.

Zeke checked the message window as he watched Naboo and Nigel observe him while each did their own thing.

[Special skill ‘Heart Sword’ is activated.]

[Special skill ‘Heart Sword’ is converted into a unique ability.]

[With the activation of the power of the mind sword the constitutional body and the sword soul body combine to transform into the sword body body.]

[Infinite Sword Mastery increases.]

[The skill level of Honshinki increases.]

[The skill level of the Holy Spirit increases.]

[The power of the soul is strengthened and the proficiency of soul sealing increases.]

[Soul Sealing Technique combines with Soul Effort.]

[The true power of the special skill Honshinki is awakened and the rank increases from S-rank to SS-rank.]

The skill proficiency was high due to the activation of the mind sword.

But it didn’t end there.

[A portion of the dragon’s power contained in the sealing stone has been absorbed.]

[The current compression sealing rate of the sealing stone is 65%.]

[The power of the absorbed dragon has changed the user’s body.]

[The constitution ‘Dragon Body’ has changed to ‘Old Dragon Body’.]

[Due to the influence of the Ancient Dragon’s Body the proficiency of Dragon Clan skills increases.]

[The ancient dragon skill spirit magic is created due to the influence of the absorbed power.]

As his body gradually stabilized Zig could feel that his senses were clearly different from before.

Even though he had only absorbed about 35% of the Elder Dragon’s heart fragments the infinite power of mana unlike before was filling up the entire battlefield.

‘At this level I think it would be okay to use an elemental sword.’

Having absorbed even the power of the Elder Dragon Zeke was convinced that he had completely surpassed the limits of humanity.

He then looked at Nigel and Naboo in front of him.

Before I had no idea what the source of their power was but now I could feel it.

It also felt like the two people with powers that would normally not be able to stay in the phenomenal world were being forcibly held here by the oath they had made with the leader.

You could also gauge just how much power Nigel was suppressing.

By jumping over the wall you can now see things that were previously invisible.

‘I jumped over the wall of the black knight.’

Zeke realized that he had finally reached the level of ‘Grand Master’.

Nigel too felt this change in Zeke with his whole body.

After thinking about it for a moment she seemed to have made up her mind and spoke to Zeke with a resolute will.

“Zeke come out.”

Before she knew it a sword was in her hand.

“I will tell you the triple spell of the final stage of Honshinki.”