The Dragon Slayer Who Regressed After 1,000 Years - Chapter 65

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The Dragon Slayer Returns After 1000 Years – Episode 65
At the sudden appearance of the Green Dragon, the two dragons turned to stare with expressions of utter bewilderment.
Not only failing to aid his own kin, but standing with the humans?
[That… that mad lizard……]
[Where did that thing crawl out from?]
They were startled, but hardly felt threatened.
After all, Beratus was a dragon of twelve meters in length.
The size difference was considerable compared to themselves, who approached twenty meters.
[Seer, are you unharmed?]
Beratus released Cain from the paralysis that had bound his body with magical force.
“About time you showed up.”
[You told me to enter at an opportune moment, sir… and isn’t this it?]
“Your timing’s impeccable, I’ll give you that.”
Opportune enough, though he’d nearly died waiting.
Though of course, he still had the Absolute Command card in his hand, so the danger was never truly dire.
“You take Nercasion. I’ll handle Morphenion.”
[Me… alone?]
“Where did that fearless charge of yours go?”
[But… how am I supposed to face an Adult Dragon by myself……]
For a moment there he’d charged recklessly forward, but now the reality of it—that he was outmatched alone—suddenly struck home.
“Don’t worry. I’ll finish quickly and join you. Just buy us some time.”
[Understood, sir.]
[Arrogant human. What? Finish quickly?]
At Cain’s words, Morphenion’s golden eyes blazed as he drew near.
[You shall not die gently this day.]
“Wipe the blood from your neck before you speak.”
Violet blood dripped steadily from the side of his throat.
The moment Morphenion’s gaze shifted toward it—
Cain, who had erased every trace of his presence, drove forward in an instant.
By the time the dragon turned his head, Cain was already perched atop Morphenion’s skull.
Two hearts brimming with Aura and Circle beat with terrible intensity.
The opposing forces merged and flowed along the blade.
The Dragon Breaker, shimmering with violet light within its rainbow radiance, carved across Morphenion’s scales.
Screech!
Violet blood erupted from the half-severed nape of his neck.
The sheer size of his body prevented any deeper cut.
[Krrrraaaaahhh! I’ll tear you to shreds!!]
Dragon Fear exploded outward in a torrent of agony.
It was a voice that would have frozen any human solid.
The roar of the mightiest creature on earth drew forth primal terror etched into bone and blood.
Yet Cain moved through it untouched.
Screech! Screech!
He continued his relentless assault, circling Morphenion’s body and slashing without mercy.
[No… Morphenion!]
The moment Nercasion realized his kinsman was dying—
Boom!
A ninth-Circle Blight Cannon struck him from the flank.
Protective magic activated instantly—no damage sustained, but the sting remained.
[You wretched traitor……]
[My apologies, Nercasion. But there is no choice. To prevent Ruin, I beg your understanding……]
[What does Ruin matter now! I’m about to die!]
He faltered for a moment at that—
[Then… then please die with grace!]
Watching Beratus unleash another spell, Nercasion’s blood boiled over.
[Do not interfere!]
With centuries of accumulated life came superior magical force.
A Dragon Word imbued with power transformed into a torrent of magical violence, engulfing Beratus.
[Gahhh!]
The Green Dragon tumbled backward, and Nercasion snorted with satisfaction.
[Hmph. Foolish lizard. You truly think you can match me—]
Nercasion realized it too late.
That brief interruption had been decisive.
Morphenion was already dead.
‘An Adult Dragon…… disposed of so easily…….’
Cain flicked blood from his blade and turned his head.
“Two against one now, is it?”
[I…… this can’t…….]
Nercasion, who had struggled to form words, steadied his breathing.
Dense magical power gathered at the corners of his mouth.
It was the Breath—his secret technique, saved for the final moment.
[You’re using…… Breath?]
Beratus’s shock was understandable.
A cave was hardly an ideal environment for unleashing Breath.
Least of all acidic Breath in liquid form.
The corrosive spray, fanning outward, would scatter everywhere in the narrow cavern and ricochet.
There was a real chance he himself would not escape the damage.
The Lair dissolving and collapsing would merely be the price.
Yet there was no surer way to kill his enemy.
In a space this cramped, escape would be nearly impossible.
[Die…… human.]
Morphenion’s corpse lay within the killing radius, but that hardly mattered.
Nercasion unleashed his acidic Breath with all his might.
Roooaaarrr!
The cavern walls corroded like brittle, peeling skin.
Stalactites plummeted, and caustic liquid sprayed in every direction.
Hisssss!
Some splashed onto his own body, but the Breath showed no sign of weakening—only intensifying its savage torrent.
There was nowhere to flee.
Nercasion, pouring his remaining power into the technique, twisted his mouth upward.
[Hehehe, hehehehehehe…….]
Where the Breath had swept clean, everything lay corroded and hollowed through.
Not a human could have survived that inferno.
Even Morphenion’s corpse was dissolving, its scales peeling away.
Beratus’s eyes widened at the carnage.
[S-seer…… your grace?]
[Don’t spout that nonsense anymore.]
Nercasion sneered.
[A Seer who couldn’t block even Breath itself? A dog passing by would laugh.]
[…….]
[Now it’s your turn. Are you ready to pay the price for betraying your own kind?]
Nercasion’s golden eyes flashed with fury when—
A voice cut through the murk from what he’d thought was a corpse.
“Disgusting, how sticky this is.”
The moment he whirled around, there stood Cain—unblemished and whole.
[You…… how did you survive the Breath?]
“I had excellent shelter, didn’t I?”
Cain smirked and casually nudged Morphenion’s body.
Only then did the bewilderment fade from Nercasion’s eyes.
[So you hid inside it…… to escape the Breath.]
“Something like that.”
In truth, Cain had crawled inside purely to protect his heart.
If the acidic Breath damaged his precious Dragon Heart, all would be lost.
‘Lucky I brought the Swampland Explorer’s Cloak.’
Without this garment—which rendered all poisons and corrosives inert—he could never have emerged so unscathed.
[This…… tenacious insect…… I’ll kill you…….]
Nercasion never finished.
Crash!
Beratus’s brilliant bolt of pure magic slammed into him and sent him flying.
[Ugh…….]
[Seer! Are you unharmed?]
“Yes.”
Cain smiled with unhurried ease.
Nercasion was no longer a threat.
An 800-year-old dragon’s attack had reduced him to such a state of near-death.
‘He must have exhausted himself with that last strike.’
Cain had already known through the Seer’s Eye that the creature would use Breath.
Yet he’d chosen not to evade—partly to drain the monster’s strength and seize him with ease.
‘I could have used Absolute Command, but there’s something I want to ask first.’
One must save the best card for the final hand.
But Cain did not know.
Nercasion, too, had one last card remaining.
[Seer, you fool!]
Nercasion roared, stretching tendrils of mana toward the Treasure Vault.
There arose, floating gently into view, a rectangular iron cage.
Enclosed on all sides by iron bars without gap or mercy.
“Aaaah!”
“Please, help us!”
“No, no, no!”
Screams echoed from within—many voices, overlapping in terror.
Between the bars, a woman clutched a child to her chest, trembling.
The smile drained from Cain’s face.
Nercasion saw it and grinned wickedly.
[Hehehehe, your shock is delicious to watch, Seer.]
“What is that?”
[A gift for you. I have collected slaves from the humans who cooperate with me.]
‘Alton, then.’
Still, Cain had not anticipated that the human would mobilize captives in such a way.
[My original plan was to break your will first, then draw out the human slaves one by one and consume them. I thought it would be quite entertaining to watch you cry out for me to stop—I wondered if a dragon who watches another dragon die could truly bear to watch a human perish…… And now, seeing your reaction, I find my guess was correct. Hehehehe.]
“…….”
[Never did I think you would corner one of our own so completely. I acknowledge it, human. You are worthy of the name Dragon Slayer.]
“What do you intend to do with them?”
[Kill them.]
The creature’s voice was cold finality, and Cain’s expression hardened like stone.
[But if you obey my demands, perhaps I will let them live.]
“What are your demands?”
[Beg for forgiveness. A mere human, daring to hunt dragons—grovel and apologize. Kneel and beg my pardon. Then….]
Nercasion’s smile widened.
[Slit your own throat and end yourself.]
“…….”
[If you refuse, I will slaughter every last human in this cage.]
Cain took a step forward.
In that instant, caution flared in Nercasion’s eyes.
[Do not dare any foolishness. Should you attack me, the cage will fall. And when it drops from this height, what becomes of the humans inside need not be explained.]
Cain halted.
Only one path remained.
“Very well. I understand. I accept your apology.”
[So you will comply as I—wait, what did you just say? You accept the apology?]
A mark inscribed upon Cain’s left hand blazed violet.
“Bow before me and apologize, Nercasion. Say you are sorry for tormenting humans.”
Nercasion’s gaze clouded over, seized by Absolute Command.
Thud!
His legs buckled; belly pressed to the stone, his head bowed in submission.
It was not Nercasion’s will that moved him.
His body moved of its own accord.
[I… I apologize…… for…… tormenting…… humans…….]
Midway through, Nercasion’s eyes flickered.
His will shattered the command’s grip.
[This… this cannot be!]
Nercasion’s head snapped around, but it was already too late.
Beratus was already carrying the suspended cage to safety.
“I heard your apology. But what did you say? That I should take my own life?”
A chill ran down his spine at the voice that whispered near his ear.
Before he could even react.
Squelch!
[Screeeeeech!]
A searing pain tore through him.
A long blade scar cut through the scales beneath Nercasion’s ear.
Cain descended through the dragon’s hide, his eyes cold as winter as he looked up at the creature.
“You’ll never have the mercy of an easy death.”

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