A Dragonslayer’s Peerless Regression – 61



Episode 61

Zeke’s head went blank at the captain’s unexpected words.

‘What the hell is this kid talking about?’

The Knights of Delphos were virtually considered to have zero fighting power.

Without the ranged attacks of the Magi the Delphos Knights would literally be nothing more than sturdy arrow shields.

Knowing the situation it was absurd to come late on purpose and make such a fuss.

The captain’s face turned bright red as he stood before the bewildered Zeke and he shouted loudly.

“Who told you to provoke the enemy when you were asked to go on a scouting mission? Is that what they teach you in Valhalla?”

Zeke listened to the captain’s words silently.

Andrei who had come as a guide also watched the situation quietly without saying anything after seeing Zeke’s reaction.

The captain who had been pouring out his words for a long time turned his head towards Andrei and shouted.

“Take the students and leave the scene immediately! I will report this matter directly to Valhalla!”

Andrei was dumbfounded by Zeke’s reaction but he decided to wait and see how Zeke would react.

The reason he came along as a guide was to understand Zeke’s capabilities so he was curious about how he would react in this situation.

Then Zeke slowly opened his mouth.

“So can we now consider our partnership with Delphos to be over?”

The captain was momentarily taken aback by Zeke’s words.

“What did you say?”

“Then since this is not a military dispatch I don’t need to listen to the commander anymore.”

The captain’s eyes shook violently.

Zeke looked at the captain and took a step closer.

“From now on we will be doing our own missions here. So please don’t tell us what to do.”

“What the heck! This is Delphos’ territory! Who are you to dare come here….”

Then Andrei who was behind stepped forward.

“The Black Yaksha is registered as a public figure on the continent. Since Zeke and I have been granted the rank of official knights of the Draker family we can carry out our own missions after reporting on the first mission.”

The captain broke out in a cold sweat as the story went in a completely different direction than he had expected.

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However it was difficult to take back what he had said.

He clenched his teeth and shouted.

“Damn it! Do whatever you want whether it’s a mission or whatever!”

Then he took the wizards and retreated to the rear.

Originally he had planned to withdraw with his troops but it seemed that he was staying in camp instead of coming down from the mountain to be on guard against what Zig might do.

In this situation the one who ended up in an awkward position was the 8th Knights led by Jorge.

Without the wizards it would have been impossible to conquer the fortress in the first place and it would have been difficult for them to do anything among themselves.

Then Zeke approached Jorge.

“Captain Jorge there’s something I want to ask you.”

Jorge became nervous at Zeke’s words.

“What are you talking about?”

“I wonder if the captain has any intention of capturing the Black Night Chaser.”

Then Jorge shut his mouth tightly and answered after a while.

“We may not be of the same caliber as the knights of House Draker but we are knights too. What knight would want to stand by and let a villain harass his people?”

Jorge and the other knights clenched their fists.

Zeke could sense the sincerity in their reactions.

He said to Jorge.

“If that’s what you want Captain I’d like to ask for your help with one thing.”

“Does this help?”

“Yes. I plan to infiltrate the fortress and capture the Black Yacha.”

Jorge was surprised by those words.

“Oh my goodness. Without the help of a wizard?”

“It seems like the magic group has no intention of capturing the Black Nightshade.”

Jorge was left speechless at Zeke’s words.

Certainly for several years the punitive force led by the magician group had only fought small-scale local battles in front of this fortress.

Moreover the wizards only cast a few spells safely from the rear and even then they were not very active so the only ones who got hurt or died were Jorge’s subordinate knights.

Zeke said to Jorge.

“If you help me we can get rid of that Black Yaksha from Delphos today.”

Jorge and the other knights looked at each other.

They nodded in agreement.

Jorge said to Zeke.

“What should we do?”

* * *

As the night deepened the fortress became engulfed in silence.

And at some point the 8th Knights carrying thick shields took up position in front of the fortress.

Then they drew their swords and started hitting the shields.

Buck! Buck! Buck!

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The loud sound of shields and swords clashing echoed throughout the mountain.

The fortress became noisy perhaps because of the sudden noise.

Jorge and the knights kept changing positions and making a lot of noise as they followed Zeke’s words.

After a while mercenaries holding torches appeared on top of the fortress.

“Are those guys crazy!”

Then he fired arrows at the knights.

Ting!

The knights blocked the flying arrows with their sturdy shields.

The 8th Knights had been fighting against the mercenaries on the fortress for several years and were fully skilled in shield fighting.

While the Knights were drawing attention from the front of the fortress Zeke’s group moved to the back of the fortress.

When we interrogated the patrolmen we found out in advance that there was a passage leading into the fortress.

Zeke led his men stealthily down the passage.

Then he quickly climbed up the fortress wall took out his dagger silently killed the mercenary on top of the castle and opened the gate.

Diego and Aster stuck out their tongues at the sight of the dead mercenaries neatly disposed of.

‘Zeke Bro. It’s scary yo!’

‘Ugh I shouldn’t have just graduated early.’

The group followed Zig into the fortress each with their own thoughts.

That was when.

Doo doo doo doo!

One of the young men rode a horse and quickly came out of the fortress.

Zig who had his eyes wide open with his gaze checked Inyoung’s face while riding a horse.

‘Black Yaksha!’

It matched the appearance of the Black Yaksha seen before the mission.

Zik said to Andrey.

“I’ll chase after him. Swing the inside open the main gate and light the signal flare. That way even the wizards won’t be able to hold out much longer.”

Andrey nodded at Zik’s words.

He immediately rode his horse and chased after the black yaksha.

WHEEK!

Zeke who came out of the fortress summoned Bucephalus.

“Let’s catch that guy Bucephalus.”

The speed of Bucephalus the king of dragon horses and not just any ordinary horse was unimaginable.

Bucephalus ran across the mountain as if it were flat ground and quickly caught up with the Black Yaksha.

As Zeke closed the distance chasing him closely the Black Yaksha turned around and shot his crossbow at him.

Ting!

Zig simply deflected the arrow with his dragon scales.

Then he took out Bahamut walked next to the Black Yaksha and swung his sword.

bang!

The Black Yaksha unable to bear the weight of Bahamut which contained the power of gold fell off his horse.

Whoosh!

Zeke also got off Bucephalus and approached the Black Yaksha that had rolled down.

“Where are you going in such a hurry on this late night?”

The Black Yaksha immediately got up from his seat and took out his sword.

It was a deformed sword with a blade that resembled a saw.

Most of the outlaws used these deformed weapons and used irregular techniques.

Zeke who knew this well was not surprised and grabbed Bahamut and provoked the Black Yaksha.

“Come and see.”

Whee!

The Black Yaksha sank low and swung his deformed sword.

visor!

Zig’s sword imbued with golden power deflected the Black Yaksha’s sword.

The Black Yacha frowned as if his wrist was cold.

“…He doesn’t seem like that Delphos guy. What kind of guy is he?”

Zig spoke to the Black Yacha with a blank expression.

“What difference does it make if you know?”

At that moment the Black Yacha spat something out at Zeke.

Choaaaah!

Poisonous sand poured down toward Zeke’s face.

[Desert scorpion venom detected.]

[You are not affected by poison due to the effect of the constitution that is immune to poison.]

The venom of the desert scorpion is a poison that paralyzes the body upon contact and was mainly used by desert assassins.

As expected of an outlaw he had a lot of dirty techniques.

Zig shook off the poisonous sand and slowly approached the Black Yakcha.

The Black Yaksha was bewildered when Zeke showed no reaction at all to the poison he had prepared.

“Where are you from? Salmak? Or the southern border region?”

“You are very curious.”

Zeke swung his sword at the Black Yakcha as if he had no intention of answering.

bang!

The Black Yaksha pushed by Zig’s power lost its balance and rolled around.

‘If he’s registered as a public figure on the continent he must have skills at least higher than a Blue Knight. Are you hiding your skills?’

Zeke slowly approached the Black Yakcha who had fallen to the ground.

That was when.

Shush!

The hidden secret was shot at Zig.

Dozens of invisible needles rained down on Zig.

Zig who had already put on his dragon’s armor deflected all the needles but he pretended to get hit on purpose.

“Ugh!”

As Zeke stepped back the Black Yaksha that had been lying down suddenly sat up.

Then he took a completely different posture than before.

Woohoo!

An aura blade shot out from the Black Yaksha’s sword.

As expected he was hiding his skills.

Zeke noticed the movements of the Black Yaksha and immediately recognized the identity of the swordsman.

‘Imperial swordsmanship. And that’s from the Information Bureau.’

Whee!

The Black Yaksha quickly ran towards him and swung his sword to cut off Zig’s neck.

It was the moment when the sword was about to touch Zeke’s neck.

Phage phage phage!

The Black Yaksha couldn’t come to his senses due to the electric shock running through his entire body.

“Ugh!”

Zeke who had cast a lightning skill on Bahamut stabbed the Black Yaksha’s body with his sword.

Phage phage phage!

The Black Yacha rolled on the floor with electricity running through its entire body.

The mask covering his face burned with electricity revealing his true face.

‘He’s younger than I thought.’

Zeke slowly got up.

But the Black Yacha’s condition was strange.

He was shaking violently his eyes rolled back and his mouth foaming at the mouth.

“shit!”

I forgot for a moment how vicious those Imperial Intelligence Service guys are.

Zig took out the antidote potion and poured it into the Black Yaksha’s mouth.

“Cough!”

Fortunately the poison had not fully spread through his body so the antidote potion neutralized it.

Zik even took out a healing potion and poured it into the Black Nightshade’s mouth.

When the forcibly recovered Black Yaksha tried to end his life Zeke pulled out his jawbone to prevent him from biting his tongue.

“Ugh.”

Zig said as he looked at the Black Yakcha.

“I wonder why that guy from the Information Agency is acting like a public enemy of the continent and causing such a fuss in Delphos.”

At the mention of the information agency the Black Yaksha’s face turned pale.

His identity as a secret agent of the intelligence agency was a top secret.

I had to end my life quickly somehow.

Zeke shook his head knowingly his face flushed.

“You can’t die if you want to die. When I tell you something that satisfies you then I’ll let you die.”

The Black Yaksha looked into Zeke’s eyes and despaired.

People with eyes like that were professionals in this field.

Zeke dragged the paralyzed black yak into a nearby cave.

Then he took out a dagger.

“It’s common torture you’re probably familiar with it.”

Zeke charged his dagger with electricity.

“But this will be the first time.”

Phage phage phage!

Zig who stabbed the Black Yaksha’s body with a dagger charged with electricity recovered his body with a potion and repeated the stabbing with the dagger again.

Even if I wanted to die I couldn’t and when I felt like I was going to lose consciousness I had to wake myself up with a potion.

It was absolute hell.

In the end the Black Yacha could not endure Zeke’s interrogation and surrendered.

“Do you feel like talking now?”

The black yaksha nodded.

Let’s put the jawbone back in. The black yaksha moved its jaw a few times and then spoke slowly.

“…What are you curious about?”

“Let’s start with who you are and what you’re doing here.”

The Black Yaksha hesitated for a moment then opened his mouth again sweating profusely as he looked at Zigg’s dagger flowing with electricity.

“I am an agent of the Imperial Intelligence Service Office 13.”

“Room 13. I thought the Imperial Intelligence Service only had 12 rooms but I guess there’s a separate place that manages undercover agents like you.”

The Black Yaksha was surprised by Zig’s words.

To begin with only a few people within the empire knew that the Information Bureau had 12 rooms.

Zeke continued to drive the Black Yakcha without stopping.

“So what were you doing here Mr. Information Agency?”

The black yaksha answered.

“I was conducting an experiment.”

“An experiment. What kind of experiment?”

He took a deep breath and said.

“…an experiment on stimulants.”