Hayate

Hayate is humanity's first legend, the first seat and founder of the Tower of Wisdom, and the only human to become a Dragon Slayer. He kills a wounded dragon after it destroys his home, but the achievement makes him an Absolute marked by every dragon's hostility. For more than a thousand years he organizes the tower while hiding from retaliation and carrying fear in silence. Grid's trust helps him return openly to the world. Hayate later battles old dragons, dies after wounding Trauka's Dragon Heart, resurrects through the reunion of soul and body, defeats Dominion, and remains active against cultivators while preparing eventually to confront the Refractive Dragon. (Chapters 1222–1224, 1604, 1658–1659, 1752, 1812, 1913–1914, 1934–1936, 1988–1989, and 2002)

Biography

Yangbans, Gods, and New Legends

Hayate is introduced at the top seat of the Tower of Wisdom's round table, where the other members defer to his judgment despite the association's symbolic equality. He recognizes the Red Phoenix's life within Grid, understands events across both continents, and welcomes him as a fellow protector rather than demanding a test. Hayate calls himself the Dragon Slayer and first legend of humanity, but describes the killing as luck rather than glory. He founded the tower after recognizing his own limits and sought colleagues capable of protecting the world from dragons with him. (Chapters 1222–1223)

Grid's honesty about the insane dragon iron confirms Hayate's trust. Instead of seizing the material automatically, Hayate examines Grid's conduct and accepts that the world's greatest mineral authority can control it. He then teaches infinite sword energy, using his mental world to show a current that never dries up and helping Grid integrate it with the Red Phoenix's heart. The lesson does not transmit the complete Dragon Killing Sword; infinite sword energy is only one condition, and Hayate distinguishes the mental image enclosing will from willpower alone. His mentorship gives Grid a tool while preserving the unique history and burden that created Hayate's own technique. (Chapters 1223–1226)

Hayate later continues guiding tower policy and supporting the Pioneer. He can perceive changes in Grid that reveal contact with the Martial God and entrusts him with tasks connected to the tower's defense. His authority is gracious rather than theatrical: he protects Biban from harsher criticism, acknowledges the achievements of younger people, and treats Grid's shared victories as greater than a solitary legend. The conduct establishes why the tower follows him even though his long concealment prevents the wider world from knowing his deeds. (Chapters 1229, 1253, 1338–1339, and 1374)

Apostles, Dragons, and the Overgeared World

Hayate initially approaches dragon affairs with the fatalism of someone who understands their innate rules. He argues that reviving Ifrit would only return her to Trauka's influence, because a fire dragon cannot easily reverse that orientation. Grid's changing world and public promise to fight the dragons nevertheless help Hayate confront the fear he has hidden. His origin is finally stated in full: a wounded dragon destroys his city, family, friends, and lover; Hayate climbs its body, repeatedly attacks a damaged section of scales, and cuts off its head. The resulting Dragon Slayer spends centuries terrified, yet continues fighting so no one else must experience the same loss. (Chapters 1504, 1506, 1520–1521, 1560, 1567, 1592, 1594, and 1603–1604)

When Bunhelier threatens civilians, Hayate acts openly. His Dragon Killing Sword neutralizes the old dragon's Absolute Defense, stiffens its body, and constrains its movement, while Hayate descends to shield people from the storm generated by its speed. Kraugel and Marie Rose help control the battle, and Hayate deliberately draws the dragons toward a remote area. The public cheers when he protects them. After a millennium of solitary fear, he experiences happiness at being known and hopes his colleagues can return safely from hell. This is a social liberation as much as a combat victory. (Chapters 1608, 1628–1629, 1631, 1646, 1655–1656, and 1658–1659)

Further conflicts establish both his authority and his limits. Hayate's knowledge of dragons informs strategy, but he cannot treat every old dragon as an opponent he can defeat alone. His human body remains vulnerable, full-power attacks damage him, and distributing Dragon Slayer energy into defense weakens the sword. He therefore works with tower members and Grid's allies rather than mistaking his anti-dragon rule for invincibility. The once-hidden Absolute becomes a visible defender whose courage consists of acting despite fear, not ceasing to feel it. (Chapters 1668 and 1674–1675)

Baal, Asgard, and the Complete Ending

Hayate maintains dozens of tower refuges with the giant brothers so the members can escape if dragons discover one location. He later works with Biban to watch Bunhelier and contains crises involving gods, dragons, and martial beings. Grid's equipment and growing coalition reduce the isolation around him, but they do not remove the need for caution. Hayate can fight archangels and top dragons, yet full output leaves his arms ruined and reminds Grid that the strongest anti-dragon human still has a mortal body. (Chapters 1706, 1746, 1752, 1768, 1772, 1776, 1779–1780, 1810–1814, 1816, and 1878–1879)

The war with the old dragons drives that mortality to its endpoint. Hayate uses vast fields of Dragon Slayer energy to protect the retreating tower and consumes Origin True Energy while resisting Raiders and piercing Trauka's heart. Even after rescue, near exhaustion, and the destruction of his armor, he returns to save Navaldrea. Trauka defeats him in close combat, but Hayate's apparent sacrifice is a trap built from infinite sword energy and unwavering conviction: his final attack critically wounds the Dragon Heart and leaves Trauka vulnerable to the allies who continue the battle. Hayate dies because he chooses immediate lives over preserving himself as a strategic deterrent. (Chapters 1913–1915 and 1917)

Death does not end him. His soul travels through hell while Knight's group protects it from Asgard, then calls his preserved body and reconstructed dragon armor down to reunite with him. Hayate resurrects with a younger, improved body and transformed sword handling. He refuses Dominion's invitation to hide in Asgard, condemns the gods for neglecting Rebecca and the surface, and defeats the God of War with support from the forces around him. The resurrection preserves his humanity while expanding the physical vessel that had limited his sword. (Chapters 1931–1936)

Hayate resumes frontline duty rather than withdrawing after resurrection. He confronts old dragons at Reidan, joins the campaign against Full Moon Fortresses, and faces an immortal cultivator whose strength resembles an old dragon's. Because the opponent is initially human rather than draconic, Hayate lacks his usual species advantage and is badly pressured. When the cultivator uses techniques that claim dragon nature, the Dragon Slayer energy recognizes him as a dragon and reverses the matchup. By chapter 2002, Hayate comfortably fights in Lauel's support-oriented formation, kills cultivators with the Dragon Killing Sword, and states that he will retire only after defeating the Refractive Dragon. (Chapters 1952, 1988–1989, and 2002)

Appearance and personality

Hayate is a pure human with blond hair, blue eyes, a handsome beard, and the composed appearance of an aristocrat. His elegant posture, careful clothing, and calm expression persist even under pressure, though prolonged battle leaves his shirt dirty, hair hanging, and body covered in blood. Exhaustion of Origin True Energy turns his blond hair nearly white. After resurrection, he wears a white ankle-length coat reconstructed with the aura of Fire Dragon Trauka and regains a younger, physically improved body. (Chapters 1222, 1659, 1913–1914, and 1935)

He is gracious, perceptive, humble, and burdened by fear. Hayate routinely credits luck or allies, softens conflicts inside the tower, and reads character through accumulated action rather than rank. Beneath the composure is the terror of being marked by every dragon and the grief of losing everyone in his youth. He hides that fear for centuries so others can rely on him. Grid's trust allows him to speak it, while public cooperation lets him relax without abandoning responsibility. His latest warmth toward support specialists and casual gesture toward Cranbel show a man finally permitting fellowship alongside duty. (Chapters 1222–1224, 1338, 1604, 1659, and 2002)

Abilities, classes, and skills

Hayate is an Absolute whose Dragon Slayer status originates in killing a wounded green dragon after ordinary weapons, magic, and even Heart Sword prove insufficient. The crisis creates a mental world of infinite sword energy and a rule designed to cut dragons. His power is unusually conceptual: it does not merely add damage, but makes dragon traits less absolute. That advantage is strongest against beings recognized as dragons and does not automatically grant the same superiority against gods, angels, or humans of equivalent status. (Chapters 1223–1224, 1604, 1658, 1812, and 1988–1989)

Infinite sword energy and mental world

Hayate's mental world contains sword energy that never dries up. Unlike a heart technique that continuously recovers a finite supply, his system establishes an enduring current within the mental image that encloses his will. He can spread that energy across the sky, divide it into hundreds of millions of blades, form barriers, cages, armor, or a sword, and control its trajectories as an integrated field. Large manifestations still strain his human vessel, especially when combined with Origin True Energy or sustained against old dragons. (Chapters 1224, 1913–1914, and 1989)

The mental world also lets Hayate teach a partial principle. He adds Infinite Sword Energy to Grid's Storm of the Fire God through the Red Phoenix's heart, but explicitly does not pass on the complete Dragon Killing Sword. The latter depends on the specific image, will, trauma, and rule Hayate formed while killing the dragon. This distinction prevents his lesson from making every recipient a Dragon Slayer and establishes progression as conceptual understanding rather than copying a skill name. (Chapters 1224–1226)

Dragon Killing Sword

The Dragon Killing Sword is a concept produced by Hayate's mental world rather than an ordinary physical weapon. It responds to his will and can become a killing blade, defensive energy, or armor. Against dragons, it neutralizes Absolute Defense, damages scales, sends waves through wounds that stiffen the body, and limits the speed or movement normally treated as innate. Its field can also protect civilians from a dragon's movement-generated storm and restore distorted space by exerting broad control over the surrounding area. (Chapters 1658, 1812, 1913, and 1989)

Its central mechanic is recognition of dragon nature. Against the immortal Zhang Hui, Hayate initially loses the special efficiency because the enemy is human. Once Zhang Hui creates dragon scales and Dragon Head Demon Arts, the energy judges him as a dragon; his defenses crack and his attacks become ineffective against Hayate's white field. The effect demonstrates a powerful interaction but not unlimited reclassification under Hayate's whim. The opponent's own technique supplies the dragon identity that activates the rule. (Chapters 1988–1989)

Dragon materials are poorly compatible with Hayate. The Dragon Killing Sword erases dragon power, so a dragon weapon held under full Dragon Slayer energy would be reduced to a merely good sword. Suppressing the energy would preserve the weapon but remove many of Hayate's defining advantages. His self-defense has a separate tradeoff: moving energy from the sword into armor weakens offense, and even full defensive concentration cannot make a mortal human invulnerable. Grid's dragon armor supplements this survival gap without replacing the conceptual sword. (Chapter 1812)

Swordsmanship, perception, and physical limits

Hayate was already a supreme swordsman and magician before becoming a Dragon Slayer. He develops Heart Sword during the first dragon battle, uses Shunpo to cross great distances rapidly, reads changes in transcendents and gods, and controls a blade with enough precision to outfight Trauka in human-form technique. Superior technique cannot always overcome durability and regeneration. Against Trauka, many successful cuts heal while each counterattack damages Hayate's finite body; against Metatron, full power leaves his arms in rags. (Chapters 1224, 1338, 1879, 1914, and 1988)

His greatest limits are mortality, matchup, and expenditure. Dragon Slayer energy gives exceptional leverage against dragons, not unconditional superiority over every Absolute. Old dragons can adapt, cooperate, or force him to distribute energy into defense. Origin True Energy can be exhausted, physical damage accumulates, and before resurrection one mortal error can end him. His death against Trauka proves the limit even though the sacrificial plan succeeds strategically. (Chapters 1658, 1812, 1879, 1913–1915, and 1917)

Resurrection reconstructs Hayate's body and armor around the intent of his soul. He feels younger, gains a stronger physical frame, and changes sword grips and technique in real time. He can defeat Dominion and later operate against cultivators with greater freedom, but he still benefits markedly from ally support. By chapter 2002, his latest state is a resurrected Dragon Slayer embedded in a coordinated force, retaining the long-term objective of killing the Refractive Dragon rather than claiming that every threat has already been surpassed. (Chapters 1934–1936 and 2002)

Relationships

Grid gives Hayate a reason to trust the present age. Hayate initially respects the younger man's epics, colleagues, and honesty, then teaches him infinite sword energy and entrusts him with tower work. Grid publicly promises to confront the dragons, equips Hayate, and builds coalitions that let him fight without absolute isolation. Hayate in turn reveres Grid's conduct, fights for his world, and after resurrection rejects Asgard partly because his god is still defending the surface. Their relationship moves Hayate from hidden mentor to active companion. (Chapters 1222–1226, 1338, 1604, 1659, 1810–1814, 1935, and 2002)

Biban is Hayate's long-serving colleague and closest institutional companion. Hayate protects him from the tower's harsher discipline, values his directness, and continues leading beside him after both reach the Absolute realm. Biban recognizes Hayate's authority without resentment, mourns his death, and understands the burden behind the promise to kill the Refractive Dragon. Their partnership gives the tower continuity: Hayate supplies judgment and anti-dragon law, while Biban supplies sword power and the candid companionship the older man lacked. (Chapters 1222, 1810–1814, 1884, 1915, 1917, and 2002)

Bunhelier and Trauka embody different sides of Hayate's dragon conflict. Bunhelier is an old enemy whom Hayate can constrain but must sometimes watch or negotiate around for larger strategic reasons. Trauka becomes the opponent who proves both the Dragon Killing Sword's greatness and Hayate's mortality. Hayate critically wounds his heart at the cost of his own life, making the later victory possible. He does not treat all dragons identically—he can cooperate with Cranbel and save Navaldrea—but he remains committed to opposing those who make their innate power a disaster for others. (Chapters 1655–1656, 1658–1659, 1810–1814, 1884, 1913–1915, 1917, and 2002)

Kraugel helps translate Hayate's solitary strength into coordinated sword combat. During the Bunhelier battle, Kraugel reads Hayate's intent, interrupts the dragon's breathing, and sacrifices his own weapon to protect him. Hayate in turn recognizes and directs the younger Sword Saint without claiming his path. Their cooperation demonstrates that even a species-countering Absolute gains more from an ally who can exploit the openings created by the Dragon Killing Sword. (Chapters 1655–1656 and 1658–1659)

Items

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