A Dragonslayer’s Peerless Regression – 611



Episode 611

Zeke looked at the darkness floating on the screen and the being whispering to him.

‘A new king?’

The voice was heard again.

【Don’t be afraid of me. Just leave everything to me.】

There was an inexplicable comfort in that voice that dug into my head.

Without realizing it Zeke felt a strong urge to put everything down and rely on that voice.

At that moment a message appeared before Zeke’s eyes.

[Untrusted external access detected.]

[You will notice that some of the user’s sturdy mental defenses have been broken down.]

[For user safety this access is blocked.]

The voice that had been ringing in Zig’s ears along with the system message disappeared.

‘uh?’

When Zeke came to his senses he realized that he had been momentarily entranced by the voice of the being on the screen.

‘You broke through my mental defenses?’

Zeke’s mental power was so strong that even the evil god Chaos Blood King Caligula could not break through it.

The fact that he was able to break through that barrier with just a few words was enough to give an idea of ​​how powerful the being on the screen was.

‘That’s not possible…’

Zeke’s expression changed.

He seemed to know what the entity hidden in the darkness was.

The voice of that being was heard again.

【Your Majesty we will meet again soon.】

With those words the screen turned off and only then did Zeke open his eyes.

“Zeke.”

When he raised his head Nigel who had suddenly woken up was standing in front of Zeke.

She said looking at Zeke with a worried expression.

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“Zeke? Are you okay?”

Zeke felt Nigel’s hand on his arm and looked at her and answered.

“Yes it’s okay Master.”

When Zeke answered calmly Nigel finally nodded his head as if he felt relieved.

Nabu who was standing next to him also sighed in relief and said.

“Oh thank goodness. You suddenly stood there for a few minutes without saying a word so I was wondering what was going on.”

Zeke wiggled his eyebrows at Nabu’s words.

‘It felt like the time passed longer but only a few minutes had passed.’

The message itself left by Kronos was nothing special.

Although the content was damaged later and I couldn’t hear exactly what Kronos was trying to convey I could understand that he was trying to warn me of something about the Demon King.

What remained strongly in Zeke’s mind was the being that interfered with Kronos’ message that appeared afterwards.

Although Zeke only had a brief encounter with the being he felt an eeriness he had never felt before.

He guessed the identity of the mysterious being that had been locked in the darkness.

‘The Demon King.’

The source and pinnacle of all evil sealed in the Book of the Dead.

I had seen her tempting Solomon in my past memories but this was the first time I had seen her face to face like this.

Zeke recalled the moment when his mental defenses collapsed at the Demon King’s whisper.

‘The Demon King… It felt different from what I had imagined but he was a dangerous being in another sense.’

Zeke turned his head and looked at the firmly closed door.

He shook off the remaining image of the Demon King from his mind and raised his hand reaching out toward the door.

Then he opened the door using the control authority he had received from Innocent.

[Open the highest security zone of the deep sea city of Lelye at the user’s command.]

Kookookookook!

The door opened with a loud noise.

Nabu let out a faint exclamation when he saw this.

“Whew! The door really opened.”

He spat on his palm pulled up his sleeves and ground his teeth.

“I guess you’ve regained some strength. This time you have to show those guys a lesson!”

Then Nigel clicked his tongue at the sight of such a brat.

“They are the ones who interfered with the authority of the leader and opened up the security zone. If we act rashly we will be the ones who suffer.”

Nabu scratched his head in confusion at Nigel’s sharp words.

“Hmm that’s true. But there’s no other way. The chief has already become like that.”

Nabu looked at Guardian Innocent with a new expression.

Although he was a homunculus following in the footsteps of a great sage he was the one who led the Highlanders for over a thousand years.

The current high tables having lost the center of gravity of the Highlanders were bound to fall into chaos.

Then Nigel turned his head towards Zeke approached him and said.

“Zeke you lead us.”

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Zeke’s face turned red with embarrassment as he heard Nigel’s words.

“What do you mean Master?”

“It is true. The Highlanders have lost their leader. Regardless of whether his beliefs were blind and distorted the leader was the center of the Highlanders who protected the phenomenal world. In the current situation the only one who can take his place is you Zigg.”

Nabu nodded at Nigel’s words.

“That’s true. It was you Zigg who received Le Rue’s authority from the chief.”

Nabu turned to meet Ivan and said:

“Anyway there are only four of us left in the High Table. If we agree you will become the leader of the Highlanders.”

Zeke met Nigel and Nabu and looked back at Ivan.

Manna nodded as if agreeing with Nigel and Nabu’s words.

Nabu spoke to Ivan who was standing silently.

“Ivan you agree right? There’s no other way.”

Ivan slowly raised his head and looked at Zeke.

Then he slowly opened his mouth.

“The chief said to me long ago that he would help me eliminate all the demons in the phenomenal world.”

Ivan had a past where he lost his family to demons hundreds of years ago.

To get revenge on the demons he learned magic and learned how to hunt them.

Ivan lived with the single-minded determination to eliminate all evil spirits in the world.

The only time he met the leader was when he was in danger of dying while fighting the demon alone just like any other time.

The chief offered Ivan a contract and he became the High Table hunting the demons for hundreds of years.

Ivan looked at Zeke and said.

“Zeke Draker if you make the same promise I will carry out your orders more faithfully than anyone else.”

Unlike the other independent High Tables Ivan was the one who most faithfully followed the leader. Even though it was the first time they had met Zeke could sense his sincerity.

Zeke looked at Ivan like that and slowly reached out his hand.

Woohoo!

Light seeped into his body and his severed arm returned to its original state.

Ivan looked at his regenerated arm with a surprised expression.

Then Zeke said to Ivan.

“I will completely destroy not only the demons but also all things that disturb the phenomenal world.”

Ivan could feel that Zeke’s words were not a lie.

He bowed his head toward Zeke.

“I acknowledge you as the leader of the Highlanders and follow you.”

With Ivan’s approval all of the High Table unanimously recognized Zeke as the leader of the Highlanders.

Zeke said looking at the high tables in front of him.

“As the Master said Baron Draker and Harvey Draker are not easy opponents.”

Zig turned his head and looked inside the open door as he continued speaking.

“But they won’t know that I have been given control of this place L’Rue. We must take advantage of that gap.”

Everyone at High Table including Nigel nodded to Zeke’s words.

“I have a plan.”

Zeke’s eyes sparkled as he explained the plan to the High Table.

* * *

The fortress of Termo the final gateway to Rom the capital of the Roman Empire.

The area around the fortress where fierce fighting had taken place until recently was eerily quiet.

Daria the commander of the garrison of the fortress climbed up the walls of the fortress of Termo.

She approached Leo who was standing on the wall and looking out at the horizon.

“lowering.”

At Daria’s call Leo the prince and commander of the fortress opened his mouth and looked outside the walls.

“Commander.”

Daria said walking up to Leo.

“It seems there will be no more enemy attacks. I think it would be best for you to leave this place to us and return to Rom.”

The Immortal Legion that had been attacking the fortress of Termo suddenly stopped attacking and disappeared from sight.

The Immortal Legion stopped attacking when Zeke formed an alliance with Beelzebub the ruler of the Abyss in the Demon Realm.

With the Abyss collapsing and Jupiter occupied by Castro Pollock also liberated the Continental Alliance forces arrived at the last battleground the fortress of Termo.

The Allied forces and the garrison defended the fortress and fought several battles against the Immortal Legion and soon the tide of the war turned.

This was because after the Immortal Legion that had been attacking the fortress of Termo stopped attacking and disappeared all that remained were the remnants of the old imperial army or mercenary groups that had turned into bandits.

But even so Leo could not easily leave the Termo fortress and guarded it every day in case other enemies came.

Daria could feel from Leo the power of a true knight not just a talkative justice.

Leo looked at the horizon silently then turned his head towards Daria.

“Does the commander think the war is over?”

Daria shook her head at Leo’s words.

“No that’s not true. I just think the enemy has retreated and there won’t be any more large-scale battles.”

Leo hesitated for a moment before opening his mouth.

“I heard something suspicious while communicating with Karus a few days ago.”

“That’s a questionable story. What do you mean?”

Leo was silent for a moment then continued.

“Each kingdom is whispering but… there is talk that the whereabouts of the Black Knights of the Continent are becoming unknown.”

Daria was surprised by Leo’s words.

“The whereabouts of the Black Knights are unknown. How could that happen…?”

The Black Knights were powerful beings who could be called a one-man army.

That is why each kingdom makes every effort to protect and capture the black knights.

Except for a few known facts such as how many black knights there were in each kingdom and where they resided most were classified as top secret.

It was not common for these black knights not just one but several of them to disappear at once.

Leo opened his mouth again.

“It’s not certain what Karus said but… the prevailing guess is that they were attacked and killed.”

Daria looked incredulous at those words.

“The Black Knight was attacked. Who on earth could do such a thing?”

Attacking the Black Knights was tantamount to taking on the entire army of that kingdom.

To assassinate the Black Knight one had to first overcome the tight security and face hundreds of knights and wizards.

Then they had to attack the Black Knight without anyone knowing which was realistically impossible.

Daria knew how strong they were having learned spearmanship from Duke Craban the Black Knight of the Empire.

That’s why I couldn’t easily believe Leo’s words.

Leo also opened his mouth with his eyebrows furrowed.

“It’s impossible. But if it really happened… it means that something we could never have imagined is happening on this continent.”

Daria realized why Leo could not leave the Termo fortress even though the war was virtually over.

He instinctively recognized that the war was not over yet and that some greater enemy was targeting the continent.

‘These are the ones who attacked the Black Knights of the Continent and still didn’t reveal their identities. Who on earth could do such a thing?’

Daria felt a cold sweat running down her back without her knowing it.

But then it happened.

Phew oh oh oh!

The sound of a horn announcing an enemy attack rang out.

Leo hearing the warning signal immediately ran up to the top of the fortress’ watchtower.

He stood holding on to the railing of the watchtower and strained his eyes.

Something appeared to be rushing in from beyond the horizon which had been empty until just now.

‘That’s?’

The enemies rushing towards the fortress of Termo were not the Immortal Legion.

A whole new breed of enemies was approaching the fortress.

Leo’s eyes grew wide as they approached and their form became clearer.

He shouted at the soldiers in the fortress.

“It’s the demons! They’re not the demons we’ve faced so far they’re coming!”

Krrrrrr!

Thousands of alien demons were advancing towards the Termo fortress howling.