The Dragon Slayer Who Regressed After 1,000 Years - Chapter 64

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The Dragon Slayer’s Return After a Thousand Years — Episode 64
‘What on earth is this human saying right now……!’
The dragons turned to stare at Walter in unison.
Their voices trembled with bewilderment.
“N-no! I swear I never lied!”
Yet disbelief had already kindled in the dragon’s eyes.
[You said it yourself. That this human was the one who tore out a dragon’s heart.]
“Y-yes! That’s right!”
[But how could he shred scales and extract a heart? I don’t sense any Aura at all.]
Walter panicked anew at Nerkasion’s question.
It made no sense whatsoever.
“That—that can’t be. Look carefully, I beg you! This man is clearly a Sword Master!”
[Are you saying my judgment is wrong?]
At those frost-edged words, Walter’s mouth snapped shut.
‘This is a trap. Cain must be deceiving the dragons somehow.’
But how?
He couldn’t make sense of any of it.
Meanwhile, Cain wore an expression of perfect composure as he sneered down at Walter.
“Calling a dragon a liar. Bold of you, for a lying worm.”
“What nonsense! You’re the one who killed the dragon! I saw it with my own eyes—you summoned Sword Force and devoured its heart!”
“Stop spouting madness. Since when does any human eat a heart? What good would that even do?”
A moment before, it had been unclear whose account to trust, but no longer.
By any measure, Cain’s story was far more convincing.
The dragons turned their glare upon Walter.
[Does a worm dare mock a dragon?]
[How resourcefully you invented such a tale to preserve your wretched life.]
“N-no! I would never——”
Walter could say no more.
Crunch!
One sweep of the dragon’s foot crushed him into pulp.
Even faced with that savage sight, Cain did not blink.
Morphenion noticed something strange in that composure and cracked his eyes open.
[His companion just died, and yet he shows no reaction at all.]
“Companion? He was just an envious lunatic, nothing more.”
[And he isn’t intimidated in the slightest, even before a dragon.]
[Now that I think of it, it’s unusual for an ordinary human to show such unbroken spirit.]
It was a fair suspicion, but Cain merely shrugged.
“So what? You want to kill me too?”
[This human has been insolent from start to finish. I had no intention of letting him live anyway.]
“I expected as much.”
The dragons hesitated at Cain’s peculiar equanimity.
[You don’t beg for your life like that human did.]
“Why would I? That’s pathetic.”
[Do you truly wish to die?]
“Shouldn’t that be your worry?”
Cain’s mouth twisted into a mocking smile.
“You tried to kill a Seer. Aren’t you afraid of the Apocalypse?”
[A Seer?]
The Seer card Cain had played worked on every dragon.
Tales of the Seer who would save dragons from the Apocalypse were stories they had heard since their hatchling days.
No wonder the two dragons could only react with shock.
[You…… are a Seer?]
[This lie goes too far.]
“It’s not a lie.”
Using the Seer’s Bracelet, Cain released the power he had concealed all along.
He kept his Aura and Circle hidden, however.
[This is…… the aura of a Relic?]
[Why does this human carry such a thing?]
“Because I’m a Seer.”
The dragons’ pupils quivered and darted about.
Only then did he understand why that man hadn’t cowered before the dragon.
[A Seer…… and of all things, human.]
“Merely borrowing a human shell. And what of it if he’s human? Didn’t you learn to love all races? Stupid dragon.”
[…….]
Bold words, yet the dragons offered no rebuttal.
They were still reeling from the shock.
“Snap out of it, all of you. I’m asking questions now.”
[What questions…….]
“Tell me everything you know about the location of the Relics.”
Before entering dormancy, Lord Arcadion had entrusted the Relics to dragons he could rely on.
Beratus and Camiloas were among them.
But since they didn’t know all the locations, he had no choice but to extract the information.
“Why won’t you speak?”
[That is…….]
“Don’t you know? Or do you not trust me?”
At Cain’s blunt question, the dragons shook their heads.
[…… I don’t know.]
[Neither do I.]
The Seer’s Earring answered.
Both were lying.
“If you don’t know, there’s nothing I can do. I’ll have to let you go extinct.”
[Ex, extinction?]
“If I can’t find the Relics, I can’t help you. What else can I do but let extinction take its course?”
[…….]
The threat made the dragon’s pupils quiver.
“I know you lied. Are you going to tell me the truth, or not?”
[…….]
“Would you rather just go extinct? Well, before that happens, once the Lord awakens, you’ll probably die by his hand for failing to help me.”
Was extinction more frightening than the Lord?
The dragons opened their mouths, one by one.
[I, I shall answer.]
[I will speak as well. The Relic I know of is…….]
Cain’s lips curled upward in satisfaction.
Some of the information he already knew, but there was new intelligence as well.
‘The most powerful Relic was in the hands of that Gold Dragon.’
He’d heard rumors of the greatest Relic, but at this point — a thousand years ago — there was no way to know who held it.
‘Excellent information.’
He’d gotten what he came for.
Though there was one complication.
“What’s your name?”
[I am called Morphenion.]
“How old are you?”
[I am 2,004 years old this year.]
A fully grown dragon roughly the same size as Nerkasion.
Of the Purple Line, but a name he’d never heard before.
Cain hadn’t met every dragon, after all.
‘Nerkasion — I can kill him without consequences. His only backer would be Alton.’
But this Morphenion was an unknown quantity.
Killing him might entangle him in unforeseen complications, so he needed information first.
“Tell me, Morphenion. What brings you here?”
[Revenge…….]
“Revenge on whom? Speak clearly. Tsk!”
[…… There was a dragon named Glasiodne. He was loyal to me. The Lord had entrusted a Relic to him, but he stole it. One day I went to demand its return, only to find him dead with his chest torn open. It was a shock, honestly.]
Morphenion continued speaking, unaware that the perpetrator of that shock stood before him.
[I made inquiries to find the culprit, and in the process met a human — who turned out to be a slave of Ignision. He too was searching for whoever steals dragon hearts. For revenge on behalf of his child.]
Cain’s gaze snapped toward the human cowering in the corner of the cave.
‘Lorenzo Antonio is here.’
The patriarch of the Antonio House — the clan he’d exterminated.
He’d already met with him once before.
He’d used Mental Domination on him when killing Camiloas.
That must be why Ignision enslaved Lorenzo.
One more variable had been added to the equation.
‘He doesn’t recognize me now, but I need to gather information and finish this before he recovers his memory.’
Morphenion’s story was drawing to a close.
[I too pursued clues for the sake of revenge, and ultimately arrived here. When I learned that Nerkasion shared my purpose, we joined forces.]
“I see. Your parents—the previous Dragon, that is—who were they?”
[An ancient Dragon named Harpesion. He was a close friend of Belacors.]
“Were they on good terms?”
[Not particularly, like most Dragons.]
It was the truth.
Cain found this fortunate.
Because he knew this Dragon.
‘Given Harpesion’s nature, he’s not the type to care whether his offspring lived or died.’
He wouldn’t come rushing here just because a link had been severed.
“Thanks for the information.”
[But… why are you asking such things…….]
“I-I remember now!”
The sudden cry made the Dragons turn their heads.
Lorenzo pointed at Cain and shouted.
“That man… that man is the culprit!”
[What are you talking about?]
“He entered our Mansion as a servant! After that, I was dragged away to see Lord Camiloas… and when I came to, I learned the Duchy had burned to the ground and that Lord Camiloas had been found dead!”
Lorenzo screamed out the memory that had been sealed away.
The only scene in which he had encountered Cain, now recalled at last.
“That monster is the one who stole the Dragon’s heart!”
At that cry, the Dragons tilted their heads in confusion.
There was no way a human without an Aura could extract a heart.
But a human under Mental Domination could not lie like Walter would.
He would speak only of what he had clearly seen and heard.
[Seer. If this is true…….]
It was just as Morphenion turned his head.
Shrrraack!
His neck tore open in a long gash, violet blood spraying out.
[Gh-gaaaaaah!]
Morphenion convulsed.
[Wh-who! I’ll kill you!]
He turned, but Cain had already slipped away.
His presence completely concealed by the Seer’s Bracelet.
Unable to locate even the small human right before him with his massive body, Morphenion lost all reason.
There had been only one person standing in front of him a moment ago.
[Morphenion! Compose yourself!]
[No! You bastard! I’ll kill you, you Seer worm!]
While Morphenion stamped his feet in agitation, Nerkasion calmly deployed his magic.
A wide Detection Magic swept across the area, exposing the Invisibility Magic.
[There you are, Seer.]
Daring to ambush with an Aura?
There was no doubt anymore.
This one was the Dragon Slayer who extracted hearts.
Though the name “Seer” might well be a lie.
‘I don’t know how he concealed his presence, but no matter. I’ll restrain him calmly and then torture him.’
An Aura Blade was dangerous, certainly, but he was merely human after all.
If they fought at distance, he would have no choice but to kneel before magic.
Whoooosh!
Vast magical power constricted Cain.
A spell to paralyze the muscles.
Seeing the creature unable to move, Nerkasion’s mouth stretched into a wide grin.
[Caught you.]
With such a wide range, there was no way to escape.
That was when the frenzied Morphenion charged toward Cain.
[I’ll kill youuuuu!]
[Wait, hold on, Morphenion! We need to keep him alive! That way we can play with him!]
But the words never reached the creature’s ears.
The massive body was about to crush Cain flat.
Crash!
A sudden body tackle slammed Morphenion against the cave wall.
A dragon with green scales.
[Who—who are you?]
[I will protect the Seer!]
Beratus bellowed with fierce determination.

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