The Dragon Slayer Who Regressed After 1,000 Years - Chapter 15

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Dragon Slayer Returns After 1000 Years – Episode 15
‘Pretty effective, actually.’
The moment the Seer’s Ring was engraved upon his finger, Cain instinctively understood how to use it.
Even its power.
‘Absolute Command over dragons? With this, there’s nothing to fear.’
Even now, dragons held no terror for him.
But a 4-rank Achievement had its limits when it came to hunting.
‘With this ring, I can accelerate my growth considerably.’
Dragon hunting would become far simpler with this artifact at his side.
For example, by issuing an order to take one’s own life.
‘Of course, a command to surrender one’s life won’t work easily. The greater the target’s resistance, the more mana required.’
Lighter commands—to kneel, to close one’s eyes—would work, but forcing through an order to commit suicide would demand enormous reserves of mana.
‘And it depends on the level of the opposing dragon as well…….’
In truth, this was the limit of what Cain could command Kamiloas to do.
But as long as the dragon didn’t know that, panic was inevitable.
To feel one’s body no longer obey.
‘He might even think he’s about to die.’
Cain’s prediction proved accurate.
“Open your eyes.”
Kamiloas’s eyes opened slowly in response, and fear shone clearly within them.
“Do you believe me now? About the relic’s power?”
[I… I believe you. You truly are a Seer, aren’t you…….]
Kamiloas remained with his chin pressed to the ground.
Adopting such a posture before a human was humiliating in itself, but he had decided to accept it.
The other wasn’t merely human—he was a Seer sent to save dragonkind.
“Raise your head.”
As permission was granted, Kamiloas’s head finally became his own again.
“I have questions for you.”
[Ask away…… Seer.]
“Where are the other relics?”
Right now, the location of the artifacts was most crucial.
Cain knew of only three; he needed to find the rest.
Before the Lord awoke, he had to steal them all.
But.
[I have heard nothing of other relics.]
Kamiloas apparently lacked such high-level information.
‘If anything, such knowledge would only be shared with Ancient Dragon Rank creatures.’
Then he’d have to extract what other information he could.
“You were a dragon contracted to the Ragnar Family, weren’t you?”
[Yes. Though that contract is relatively recent…….]
“Then before that, which family were you bound to?”
[The Valerian Family.]
“A house of the Asel Kingdom, then.”
He’d already known the Valerian Family to be one of traitors.
What he wanted to know was their relationship with dragons.
“Does your mother command that family now?”
[H-how could you possibly……?]
Of course.
Ignition was the dragon contracted to the Valerian Family.
“Tell me about all the families who serve dragons. Which dragon each is contracted to.”
[The Antonio Family is contracted to a Black Dragon named Belacors. The Helios Family is bound to Aurelio, and…….]
Without even invoking Absolute Command, Kamiloas willingly divulged the information.
He knew he shouldn’t be revealing details about his patrons to another human, but this other was no ordinary human—he was a Seer.
If everything he did was for the sake of dragonkind, there was no reason not to help.
Having thoroughly extracted information from Kamiloas, Cain wore an expression of satisfaction.
‘He had rather useful knowledge, after all.’
He’d made the right choice in squeezing Kamiloas dry.
Thanks to this, he could now understand facts far more clearly than he had known them a thousand years ago.
“Tell me about Ignition as well.”
[You mean… my mother. But why…….]
“If we’re to save the Dragon Race, I must know them better. I’ll compare what I know with what you tell me—verify the facts. Relics, Rare forms, temperament, weaknesses. All of it.”
As he spoke, he wove Absolute Command into his words—gently, carefully.
There was a chance the boy might resist, given the matter concerned his own mother.
But Kamiloas yielded the information without hesitation.
One word of salvation, and he spilled everything about his dam like water through cupped hands.
Cain had extracted all the intelligence he needed. There was nothing left to gain from Kamiloas—
‘Well, nothing except his heart.’
He wanted to kill the creature now, consume that heart, claim its power. But the time wasn’t right.
Even when he killed, he’d use the creature first, then end it.
‘A good plan is forming.’
Cain smiled and offered Kamiloas praise.
“Your information proved invaluable. At first glance you seemed arrogant, but now I see—you’re a useful dragon indeed.”
“Th-thank you, Seer.”
Kamiloas nodded stiffly, clearly still uncomfortable in his human form.
“Before I go, one final command.”
Cain’s smile never wavered.
“Burn the Antonio Duchy to ash.”

* * *
In the Bellion Kingdom, the Antonio Family’s standing was formidable.
Ancient lineage, vast wealth, royal connections through marriage.
Small wonder the crown had entrusted them with a duchy of such strategic importance.
Yet beneath that gilded surface lay rot.
They squeezed the common folk for tribute to fill their treasuries, and any servant who failed at his duties was offered to the dragon as sacrifice.
‘Dragon-worshipping lineage alone justifies their extinction.’
Still, the commoners bore no guilt. So Cain ordered the duchy emptied.
In Lorenzo Antonio’s name, of course.
‘He’s nothing but my puppet now, after all.’
Mental Domination Magic was a ninth-circle art—highest of high magic.
Not permanent, but it would hold for some time yet.
‘Kamiloas will raze the Antonio Duchy soon enough.’
He’d given orders to hold back until the commoners had fled, so there was no immediate rush.
Then something else occurred to him.
‘By now, Mother’s symptoms should be beginning to show.’
Cain quickened his pace toward the palace.
He left Lorenzo Antonio to his duchy.
Walter too.
The man was useful as bait; he needed to stay alive a while longer.
‘I’ve embedded Bernatus’s Mana in him—I can track his location whenever I wish.’
The man knew dangerous secrets, but even if he babbled them everywhere, it mattered little.
‘I’m no Sword Master, yet I killed a dragon and made it kneel? Anyone would call that a tall tale.’
Still, the Antonio Family would suffer. Deeply.
Their house was about to collapse.
“Cain, you’re back?”
As he arrived at the palace, Jake’s eyes widened with concern.
“Is something wrong?”
“Yes, that’s just it… Mother…”
As expected. The symptoms had begun.
Cain hurried forward.
“Mother!”
“Cain… you’ve returned?”
Serena pushed herself up from the bed.
Her complexion had grown noticeably paler since he’d last seen her.
It was no trick of the light.
He remembered her face clearly from before his departure—every detail etched sharp and true.
“How are you feeling? Are you well?”
“What nonsense. I’m perfectly fine.”
“But your hands are trembling, and your color is—”
“Needless worry. I’m sound.”
Her words insisted on wellness, yet her expression had grown shadowed—darker than before.
‘Mother’s condition has deteriorated.’
Before the regression, Cain hadn’t cared for her properly at this point in time.
He’d been caught up in the palace’s lavish life, squandering his days on meaningless pursuits.
He’d wasted months in reckless indulgence, blind to his dearest family’s worsening illness.
He had no intention of repeating that mistake after the regression.
‘I need to slow the disease’s progression.’
He didn’t know the name of her illness.
All he knew was that her limbs were gradually stiffening.
By current standards, it was called an incurable disease.
But fortunately, Cain knew the cure.
He’d spent years searching for it.
‘Though I can’t treat it completely right now.’
Still, he knew how to slow its progress.
Cain went immediately to find Jake.
“How did you know Mother was ill?”
“I noticed her hands trembling while sitting beside her. She tried to hide it, but I caught it anyway.”
“Then do exactly as I tell you. Here.”
The parchment Cain handed over bore instructions for several ingredients and their preparation.
“Simmer the Mana Herb leaves over a gentle flame for half a day. Strain the liquid three times, then grind the remaining leaves and extract their juice—have her take it. The effects will be immediate.”
“Where on earth did you discover such a method?”
“You thought I was just out playing the whole time?”
Despite his friend’s suspicion, Cain answered smoothly.
He couldn’t mention that he’d extracted this knowledge by threatening dark mages before the regression.
‘The dark mages of Karden Kingdom knew about it. They’d seen their test subjects display such symptoms.’
Monsters who abducted innocent citizens and conducted human experimentation.
It was a method only they possessed.
‘Taking it once the symptoms begin in earnest will slow the progression.’
It wasn’t a cure, but it bought time—and that was enough.
Jake followed instructions, simmering the Mana Herb and preparing the medicine.
After stewing it thoroughly for half a day, Jake extracted the juice as Cain had taught him and approached Serena.
“Please try this.”
“What is this?”
“I’m not entirely certain myself. But it’s a medicine I prepared according to Cain’s instructions. He said it would ease Your Highness’s symptoms.”
Though uncertain, Serena drank it without hesitation, trusting that Cain had provided it.
Her labored breathing steadied at once, and the tremor in her hands subsided.
Color returned to her complexion soon after.
“This—this truly does work. Tell Cain I’m grateful.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
Jake hurried to Cain with the glad tidings.
“Cain! That medicine you mentioned—it really works. Mother showed improvement!”
“That’s good.”
Though relieved, Cain couldn’t entirely rejoice.
‘I only eased it temporarily. I haven’t truly cured the disease.’
To cure her, he would ultimately need to obtain it.
The Lich King’s heart—the Life Vessel.
The problem was that acquiring it meant stepping foot on the Continent of Death.
‘But that’s a matter for later.’
Cain gazed out the window.
It was time for Kamiloas to begin moving.

* * *
Dragons are by nature a prideful race.
They sense mana from birth, and before reaching a hundred years old, they wield 9th Circle magic.
This is why they’re called the pinnacle of sorcery.
Add to that the Dragon Language unique to the Dragon Race, and who would dare call them anything but supreme?
With no stronger species to humble them, arrogance is inevitable, and their heads remain unbowed.
Yet all that changed with the Prophecy of the Celestial God.
After the prophecy of their race’s doom was spoken, dragons trembled with dread.
Uncertain when their eternal lives would end.
Thus came the Lord’s decree that Seers be treated with special reverence.
Still, his pride stung.
‘Why did the Seer order me to burn the Antonio Duchy?’
This question consumed Kamiloas’s thoughts throughout his flight across the sky.
The Antonio Family served Belacors, the Black Dragon who dwelt in the Bellion Kingdom.
They kept this fact hidden from the world, but in truth, they were hardly enemies of Kamiloas.
Yet he could not refuse the Seer’s command to burn them.
‘Is it because of that cursed ring’s power……?’
He had experienced it before, when he bowed his head to a human.
No amount of willpower could break free from it.
Even when he wished to refuse, his chin would not lift from the ground.
‘I’d never known anything like it.’
A ring capable of issuing Absolute Commands to a dragon.
Part of him recognized the danger, yet another part of him accepted that he must obey the Seer.
Regardless of appearances, was this not the one who had descended to this land to save dragonkind?
‘There must be purpose in all of it…….’
Dwelling on it further would only bring pain.
Kamiloas simply obeyed, beating his wings as his massive form cut through the air.
An enormous shadow fell across the Antonio Duchy.
The streets were empty.
The people had already evacuated.
Kamiloas opened his mouth wide.
Whoooosh!
The Fire Breath—a legendary technique of the Red Dragons.
It poured forth across the entire duchy.

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