The Draker family's academy is a knightly academy that all aspiring knights on the continent aspire to attend.
The reason this place is famous is because it was built by none other than the hero of the liberation war, the dragon slayer Terrakan Draker.
Terrakan, who defeated the evil dragon Bahamut, is considered a great man who opened a new era for humans.
And the hundred years after Bahamut's death were called the Golden Age by people.
It was thanks to the corpses of dragons killed by the dragon slayers, the treasures they had collected, and the relics that poured out from the ancient ruins hidden under the lair.
Among them, what caught the magicians' attention were the ancient relics.
Among the relics from the era of the Hero Kings, a civilization that predated the Golden Age, there were artifacts that surpassed today's magical technology.
The high-pressure magic stone that Paynun spoke of was also one of these relics.
Zeke headed to the most remote place in the academy to obtain this high-compression magic stone.
'It's the library.'
About ten years from now, there was a big article in the newsletter when the underground relics of the Golden Age were discovered in the Academy's library.
'A high-pressure magic stone was definitely unearthed here.'
In his previous life, Zeke had frequently used this library during his time at the Academy.
The library was the perfect place to spend time when I didn't want to be bullied.
When Zeke saw the main gate of the library, which he had visited after a long time, he felt a sense of new emotion.
The Academy's library was larger than the national libraries of most countries.
When the academy was established, it was a place that was so carefully constructed that its founder, Terracan, personally participated in its construction, so even though it was not used very often, it was continuously maintained.
Zeke slowly entered the library.
As in the past, the library was very deserted.
Only librarians were coming and going, organizing new books and helping the occasional visitor find books.
'Was it this way?'
When I came to the library after a long time, I got confused about the directions.
Zeke slowly recalled his past memories.
'Let's see. That must be the central building's underground records room.'
While expanding the underground archives to organize the materials on a large scale, the entrance to the underground ruins was discovered by chance.
And let's find out, it was a fairly large ruin, so they mobilized not only the magicians of the tower but also the magicians of Nirvana to carry out the excavation.
Surprisingly, it turned out to be a site from the Golden Age, and precious relics poured out.
Future Zig read about this fact through a newsletter and remembered that among those relics was also a high-compression magic stone.
As it was a relic site that would be discovered ten years later, no one knew about it at the time.
'I need to sneak down and take only the high-compression magic stones, and slowly smuggle the rest out.'
Zig went down to the basement of the central building.
Since it was a deserted library, no one paid any attention to Zeke when he wandered around.
He went down to the underground records room without any restrictions.
"Is this it?"
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The smell of old paper wafted in.
As Zeke looked at the records piled tightly on the bookshelf, he recalled the photo of the entrance to the ruins he had seen in the newsletter.
"It's been so long I don't remember very well."
He frowned when he couldn't think of anything.
However, it was impossible to look through the entire spacious records room.
Then something occurred to Zeke.
'If it's Yong-an... ...?'
He immediately activated the skill.
[Skill Dragon Eye is activated.]
As soon as I used the skill, my vision changed.
Not only did I have to correct the dark parts to make them appear brighter, but various other pieces of information came to mind.
While looking through the records room, Zeke noticed that the floor in one corner was marked red.
'That's... ... ?'
Zeke approached and knocked on the floor.
Knock knock!
There was a hollow sound from inside.
Zeke looked around furtively.
There was no sign of life.
'good.'
He spread his palms wide and drew strength from the break.
Woohoo!
The energy of mana enveloped my palm and a faint vibration resonated.
He used the 'Honshinki' (spiritual technique) that he had learned from his teacher in his previous life.
'Cut.'
As Zig's will to cut it became apparent, Mana's energy became sharper.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
The floor was split cleanly as if cut with a sharp sword.
'It's still a bit dizzy. I should probably refrain from using it until the interruption is fully restored.'
Since it was originally a technology that humans could not use, there were side effects to the Honshinki.
This was the reason why Zeke put so much effort into creating the Sun Sword Gram.
He lifted the cut out floor up like a door.
Dust rose up as the empty space beneath the floor was revealed.
"Okay, let's take a look."
Zeke dusted himself off and peered through the dark passage inside with his eyes.
A path leading down was visible.
Without hesitation, Zeke threw himself down the passage.
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Whoosh!
Zig, who had fallen down, landed nimbly on the ground.
Soon the effect of the Yongan skill ended and the surroundings became dark again.
Zigg, who had personally experienced what would happen if you abused your skills, took out the fire submachine gun from his bosom.
Zig, who had made a torch out of it, looked around the passage.
'It looks exactly like a dungeon.'
After being kicked out of the academy for the first time, Zeke lived for a while in a dungeon as a porter for adventurers.
And by following the adventurers and going through dungeons, I learned how to survive in the world.
When he was having bad luck with parties, he almost got killed by monsters, but he somehow managed to survive.
He worked as a porter and rolled around in a dungeon until he was tricked by a conman and sold as a slave to the southern continent.
After enduring all sorts of dirty work in the southern continent ruled by cartel organizations, Zeke barely escapes and meets his master in the forbidden forest of the Forgotten.
'I don't know if it was good or bad luck that I met you, Master.'
Zeke, who had been lost in memories of the past for a moment, came to his senses again and looked at the path leading to the ruins.
'Is the path deeper than I thought? There wasn't even this kind of information in the newsletter at the time.'
Zeke went further inside without letting his guard down.
That was when.
I felt a faint movement ahead.
'I wonder if someone has already discovered this place?'
Zeke tensed up and turned off the torch, then activated his dragon's eye skill.
As the field of vision turned green, Pia's identity became clear.
He approached cautiously.
And I looked closely at the movements.
'Huh? That's... ... ?'
It was none other than a skeleton.
Zeke looked around nervously.
The presence of skeletons meant that there was a high probability that there were high-level monsters nearby.
So I looked around with my eyes open, but I couldn't see any other monsters.
This time he examined the condition of the skeleton.
Instead of holding a sword or shield, they were holding a pickaxe or a shovel.
In this case, it was highly likely that the corpse had been transformed into a monster by itself due to the influence of an old dungeon, rather than being created by a higher-level monster.
Zeke slowly got up.
"It's been a while since I've hunted a monster."
A large portion of the tasks he was assigned to before his return involved hunting monsters.
He approached the skeleton, his fists clenched.
Kirik!
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The skeletons reacted to Zigg.
Although it is said to have occurred naturally, it showed hostility towards living things due to its demonic nature.
"Keeeeeek―"
A skeleton carrying a pickaxe rushed at Zeke.
Zeke calmly took his stance and took out the claymore from his inventory.
bang!
[Skill One-Hit Kill has been activated.]
The skeleton was shattered in one room.
Zeke turned around and struck the other skeleton with his sword as well.
bang!
As expected, it was broken in one go.
Tiring!
[You've killed a skeleton. You'll earn 1 Karma Point.] [You've killed a skeleton. You'll earn 1 Karma Point.]
"Huh?"
When I opened the status window, I saw that 2 karma points had been added.
Zeke nodded as he looked at the broken skeleton.
"Come to think of it… …Undead are monsters with magical power."
Zeke smirked at the sight of the broken skeleton.
"Even now, we can easily deal with naturally occurring skeletons."
His eyes lit up as he realized this was his chance to earn karma points.
I thought that at least I had to be a purple knight to be able to hunt monsters, but I found an unexpected solution.
Zeke wandered around, looking for traces of other skeletons.
Wow wow―
Perhaps because it was an old ruin, there were quite a few naturally occurring skeletons.
Zeke swung his sword at the skeletons in excitement.
Tiring!
[You have killed a skeleton. You will receive 1 Karma Point.]
A pleasant alarm kept ringing.
Zeke ran around the ruins, determined to catch every skeleton there was.
Before I knew it, the cart had been put before the horse, and I was concentrating on catching skeletons rather than finding the entrance to the ruins.
After several hours, the skeleton was no longer visible.
"Let me see. How many did you catch?"
A word suddenly came to mind.
[Skeletons Killed: 30]
"Oh, that's a pretty good catch. Let's see. Open the status window."
[Subordinate Manager Status Window]
Name: Zeek Draker
Class: Immortal (Unique Grade)
Title: Blessed by the Dragon
System Functions: Inventory (25 slots) / Minimap (locked) / Beginner Quest Book (locked)
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Passive Skills: Healing Factor / Strong Mental Defense / Infinite Stamina / Battle Sense
Active Skills: Stab Vital Points [E-Class (Expert)] / Consecutive Slashes [D-Class (Beginner)] / One-Hit Kill [D-Class (Expert)] / High-Speed Movement [C-Class (Beginner)] / Magic Reflection [A-Class (Beginner)] / Area Buff [A-Class (Beginner)]
Dragon Skill (1st level unlocked): Dragon's Eye (Beginner) / Dragon's Majesty (Beginner)
Karma Points Held: 40
Zig looked for items that could be activated with karma points.
"Minimap is 20 points, beginner quest book is 45 points, gluttony is 50 points, and dragon skill level 2 unlock is 50 points."
The only thing I could unlock right away with the 40 points I had was the minimap.
After thinking about it for a while, Zeke decided to activate the minimap.
"I don't know what it is, but… … since the name is Map, it might help me find my way."
He pressed activate minimap.
[Minimap function is activated.]
In an instant, a small map appeared before Zeke's eyes.
"Huh?"
On one side of the map, a compass rose and terrain features were depicted as pictures.
A red dot twinkled in the middle.
"Oh my god. Is this a map? One with my location and surrounding terrain marked on it?"
Zeke had once learned how to read maps directly from the Northern Rangers.
For rangers, maps were their lifeblood, and finding one with accurate scale and terrain features was like searching for a needle in a haystack.
Although the maps made by wizards were the most accurate, they were so expensive that no one could afford to buy them.
But now we have a very accurate map.
Zeke looked around the minimap in admiration.
"The scale is adjusted and the direction is automatically displayed. With this, I won't get lost and die."
Zeke grumbled and adjusted the scale to get a sense of the overall terrain of the ruins.
While looking at the minimap, Zeke discovered a place that was marked with a different color than the regular terrain features.
"Here?"
When I pressed on the place where Zig was written, a message appeared.
[Would you like to display directions to the specified location?]
"You want me to give you directions?"
When Zeke chose to receive directions, the shortest distance to the destination was marked on the minimap with a dotted line of a different color.
Zeke opened his mouth wide.
"Wow, this is no joke. Why did you only activate this now?"
He walked towards the place the minimap pointed to in admiration.
As I walked along the path set on the map, a message appeared again.
[Arrived at destination.]
Zeke turned his head and looked around.
A huge door appeared in front.
He approached slowly.
"Is this it? The historic site."
Zeke, who had come close, pushed the door open.
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The door wouldn't budge, as if it was locked by some kind of magic.
Zeke looked embarrassed.
"Damn… … Now that I think about it, I heard that when they excavated the ruins, they brought a bunch of wizards with them."
It was clear that the relics, including the high-compression magic stone, would be behind that door.
Zig came and hit a snag, and he was left scratching his head.
"Ugh… … Is there nothing that comes easily?"
Tiring!
At that moment, the system alarm sounded.
Zeke read the text that appeared.
[Would you like to enter the Dragon Slayer's Tomb?]