[Translator - Peptobismal]
[Proofreader - Max]
Chapter 110
"What's this?"
Before the startled Zeke could use Purification on the bugs, hundreds more poured out from all over the mage's body.
Tsssss
The bugs instantly swarmed the mage and began to devour him.
Zeke quickly used Purification on the bugs.
Woooong!
The bugs that came into contact with the golden light screamed, vomited black liquid, and exploded.
Squish!
But it was too late. Only a sticky black liquid remained where the mage had been.
Zeke learned from the dead mage that Narak was related to the 'Lion's Book.'
"Narak, the Lion's Book. I've never heard of either of them in my past life."
Since the mage was dead, he couldn't find any more clues about Narak right now.
He had no choice but to find the connection with Narak through the ancient shaman and Dario Totlino.
'I need to get out of here first.'
Zeke approached the stationary golem.
[Emergency energy supply to the golem has ended.]
[Activity will cease until self-charging is complete.]
[Would you like to register the golem as a summon?]
"Can golems be registered as summons too?"
[There are restrictions on the use of golem functions for intermediate administrators.]
"What restrictions?"
The system showed a list of restrictions.
Zeke frowned as he read the contents.
"With these restrictions, it can only walk."
[Would you like to register the golem as a summon?]
After some thought, Zeke decided to register it as a summon, thinking it would be helpful anyway.
[The golem has been registered as a summon. Please give it a name.]
Zeke thought for a moment and said the name of the golem.
"Let's call it Horus."
Horus was the name of a legendary beastman warrior he had heard from Kayser.
[Golem Horus registered. Entering hibernation for self-recovery. Cannot be summoned during hibernation.]
As soon as the message window appeared, Horus was sucked into Zeke's shadow.
'Where do they go, Gurab and Horus?'
Zeke tilted his head in sudden curiosity.
He didn't know where the summons, including those stored in his inventory, went or came from.
Only Nahuel's location was known when he wasn't summoned, but the way Nahuel was summoned was also unknown.
The system itself was a concept beyond Zeke's understanding, so there were still many mysteries.
'And I have no one to ask.'
Even if he asked, he couldn't think of anyone who would know.
Just then, someone flashed through Zeke's mind.
His master from his past life, who had taught him Soul-Transference.
He might know about the system since he was well-versed in ancient knowledge.
'But even so, I don't want to face him again.'
Zeke had trauma from the harsh training he received in his past life.
Moreover, he felt guilty for breaking the oath he had made with his master.
Even though the oath would have disappeared due to his regression, that fact continued to linger in Zeke's mind.
'If it's fate, we'll meet again someday.'
Zeke shook off the memories of his master and slowly walked towards the entrance of the temple.
Standing in front of the entrance, a massive door blocked his way.
It looked somewhat familiar.
'Is this also...?'
Zeke reached out towards the door.
And he activated his mana.
[Opening the resting place of the Sky People.]
With the system message, the tightly closed door slowly opened.
"Sky People?"
He remembered the dead mage calling the golem the Sky Golem.
'Is it related to that?'
Zeke, with questions in mind, slowly entered the door.
Unlike the outside, the inside of the temple was brightly lit.
Patterns and murals unique to the beastmen decorated the walls and pillars.
But the structure and shape of this space were somewhat familiar.
"It's similar to the resting place of the Dragon Slayers?"
Zeke continued further inside.
The space within was similar to the Dragon Slayers' resting place, with rows of coffins stacked within the walls, spanning over twenty levels.
Zeke approached and opened a coffin.
Like the Dragon Slayers' resting place, it wasn't a corpse but armor, a spear, and a shield that were placed inside.
[Discovered Sky People's exclusive equipment.]
Zeke examined the armor while reading the message.
It looked completely different from the equipment that was described as Dragon Slayers' exclusive equipment.
Zeke checked the two holes on the back of the Sky People's exclusive armor.
"What comes out of here?"
As expected, he couldn't tell what it was.
Just in case, Zeke put a set of Sky People's exclusive equipment into his inventory and continued further inside.
Surprisingly, the interior was structured similarly to the Hero King's resting place he had seen before.
One difference was that there were no separate storage rooms or rooms like in the Hero King's resting place.
Zeke stepped onto the altar in the center of the circular space.
A bright light shone down from the ceiling onto the altar.
Zeke slowly stood on the altar.
Then, a message window appeared.
[Accessing the administrator system]
[Code verification]
[Terakhan Draker's successor title confirmed]
[Acquired administrator privileges for the 4th defense base, 'Sky People's Resting Place']
[1 administrator record video available]
[Playing the record video.]
As the video played, new images were instantly superimposed on the space where Zeke was.
Hundreds of people were moving busily in the space he had thought was just a tomb.
'What's this?'
People wearing Dragon Slayers' exclusive equipment, beastmen wearing Sky People's exclusive equipment, elves, dwarves, beastkin... each race was equipped and preparing for battle.
Weapons for war, supplies, and even magic weapons were piled up throughout the space.
Zeke could finally understand why this place was called a defense base.
As Zeke looked around with a dazed expression, he noticed that a messy screen with letters was displayed on the altar where he was standing.
It looked like the magic video devices used by Delfoa mages, but the screen was much more detailed and three-dimensional.
Just then, someone approached Zeke.
Judging from his robe, he seemed to be a mage.
He said to Zeke,
"Commander. The scouts have spotted the enemy."
Zeke was startled by the sudden address.
But then, a different voice came from Zeke.
"What's the enemy's size?"
"Ten large, twenty medium, four hundred small. Monsters... we can't count them accurately."
"Are there any dragons?"
"Fortunately, there are no dragons."
The man Zeke was possessing was silent for a moment, then spoke again.
"Deploy ten Red, fifty Blue, and one hundred Purple in five units to key locations. Mages will support the knights with ranged weapons from within the base."
The mage nodded.
"Understood."
It was then.
An elf in full armor rushed in.
"Commander! A d-dragon has appeared!"
The mage asked in surprise,
"Damn it! Size and color?"
The elf shouted loudly,
"Red, adult size, with one pair of wings."
The mage gritted his teeth and said,
"Commander, if it's an adult Red..."
"It seems to be Leto."
Zeke, moving against his will, said,
"I'll take care of Leto. The rest of you, take on the monsters as instructed."
The mage nodded at his words.
"Understood."
Crash!
Rumble!
Suddenly, the entire temple shook with a tremendous crashing sound.
The mage shouted towards the troops,
"Enemy attack! Get to your positions! Heine! Select the troops to deploy! Ten Red, fifty Blue, one hundred Purple! I'll take the mages myself!"
The elf next to him replied,
"Understood!"
As the mage and the elf went somewhere, the man possessed by Zeke raised his wrist.
Then, a bracelet glowed and summoned a spirit beast.
Woooong!
A winged horse was summoned in front of the man.
A message window popped up before Zeke's eyes.
[Summoned the spirit beast, Pegasus the Heavenly Horse.]
"Pegasus, let's go."
The man mounted the spirit beast called Pegasus.
The man on the winged horse ascended towards the ceiling of the temple.
[Opening the ceiling of the 4th defense base.]
Jiiiing!
The ceiling door opened, and Pegasus flew out at high speed.
Zeke, possessing the man on Pegasus, experienced the scene as if it were reality.
And the sight he saw outside the temple was unbelievable.
The sky was filled with red clouds, blocking the sun, and countless monsters swarmed the land like an army.
Among them, giant magical beasts appeared.
Goooo!
Ten large magical beasts, each looking like a moving mountain, were approaching the base.
It was then.
Zeke spotted two giant flames floating in the sky.
At first, he thought there were two suns.
But upon closer inspection, they weren't suns, but the eyes of a colossal dragon.
Kaaaaaaa!
The dragon's roar was so terrifying that even the monsters and magical beasts stopped their advance in fear.
But the man on Pegasus, facing the dragon, remained completely unfazed and drew the sword on his back.
Then, he untied the chains wrapped around his wrist.
He urged Pegasus towards the dragon.
"Haaa!"
The man unleashed a powerful sword attack towards the dragon.
Zeke could tell what kind of swordsmanship the man was using.
'It's Dragon Slayer Style. And it contains the secrets of the True Dragon Sword Art...'
There was only one person in the world, besides Zeke, who had properly mastered the True Dragon Sword Art.
'Terakhan Draker?'
Zeke finally realized that he was possessing the body of the Dragon Slayer, Terakhan Draker.
Terakhan Draker stretched out his left hand towards the dragon.
The chains wrapped around his arm extended indefinitely.
The elongated chains tightly bound the dragon's body.
The dragon twisted its body to break free from the chains.
Kaaaagh!
Frustrated, the dragon opened its mouth wide towards Terakhan Draker.
And a massive flame surged from its mouth.
Whoosh!
The dragon breathed out a fiery breath towards Terakhan, as if to incinerate the entire world.
Kwakwakwakwa!
Even Zeke, possessing Terakhan, felt like his body would be burned by the breath.
"Ugh!"
Just as Zeke turned his body in pain and tried to dodge,
"Huh?"
The image of the fire-breathing dragon disappeared, and Zeke was back in the original space.
"Whew..."
He was exhausted, as if he had actually fought a dragon.
Zeke realized that this was the defense base of the allied forces led by Terakhan Draker.
He was confused by the past records, which differed from the Dragon Slayer legend he knew.
"I only knew that the Evil Dragon Bahamut led monsters to invade the human kingdoms, but I didn't know such a large-scale war had taken place."
There were too many secrets hidden in the Dragon Slayer legend.
Zeke reaffirmed his determination to uncover the secrets the Draker family was hiding.
"Wait, come to think of it, even when I was Terakhan Draker earlier, the system window definitely appeared?"
He didn't know if it was because of the influence of the person he was possessing or if Terakhan Draker was also an administrator of the system, but the system messages had definitely appeared in the record.
"Are you saying I'm not the only system administrator?"
If there was another administrator who could use Karma points besides himself, he might be able to find out what the system was.
'But I hope they're not an enemy.'
Zeke looked over the altar, just as Terakhan Draker had done.
In the record, screens were floating chaotically like magic video devices, but now it was just an ordinary round table.
As Zeke placed his hand on it and channeled his mana, just in case, the table reacted.
[Terakhan Draker's successor title confirmed]
[Inheritance procedure in progress]
Woooong!
Suddenly, the table split into four pieces with a cracking sound.
Then, a sealed box emerged from within.
"What's this?"
Zeke slowly opened the sealed box.
And he was surprised to see what was inside.
[Translator - Peptobismal]
[Proofreader - Max]