Bloodline is Everything - Chapter 106

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【Bloodline is a Thug Chapter 106】

106. Underground Arena (3)

When was the most dangerous moment of my life?
If someone asked Kwon Hu-don that question, he could answer without hesitation: right now.
“Uaaahhh….”
Kwon Hu-don crouched behind the rubble, clutching his head.
“Ahahaha! Are you there!”
“I’ll kill you all with these hands!”
Outside the rubble, dozens of people were engaged in a bloody battle.
The Colosseum in the East Arena where Kwon Hu-don participated was a team battle venue.
In the arena designed with a ruins theme, more than dozens of people were desperate to claim each other’s lives.
“Gaaahhh! My arm!”
“Ahahaha, you bastard! You’re already dead… Crack! Gahhh!”
Afraid of being discovered, Kwon Hu-don curled his already small frame even tighter.
“H-how am I supposed to win without using the Black Scale Armor in a place like this….”
Kwon Hu-don was a coward, but not so much that he would hide with enemies right in front of him.
However, he had received a strict order from Kwon Myung-woo not to use the Black Scale Armor.
That wasn’t all. Since his identity as part of the Heukcheon Bloodline couldn’t be revealed, other powers and skills from the Black Dragon Bloodline were also restricted.
To fight such a vicious group under these circumstances.
It was impossible.
“Aaahhh!”
Just then, an explosion erupted right beside him. A man covered in soot collapsed to the ground.
At the sight, Kwon Hu-don’s face grew even paler.
“Hieeek!”
Then, a scream echoed out.
Kwon Hu-don was momentarily confused. It wasn’t his voice.
Only then did Kwon Hu-don notice a woman some distance away.
Like Kwon Hu-don, the woman wore a mask on her face.
Just as Kwon Hu-don had discovered the woman, she had discovered him.
“Uaaahhh!”
“Hieeek!”
They both shrieked simultaneously. Both Kwon Hu-don and the woman prepared to flee.
They stared at each other warily for several minutes.
“Ah, you’re not going to fight?”
“I, I wanted to ask you something….”
Only then did Kwon Hu-don and the woman realize the truth: they were kindred spirits.
The moment Kwon Hu-don confirmed the man meant no harm, both of them relaxed their guard simultaneously without hesitation.
“W-what is your name?”
“Ah, I’m Larissa San… no, just call me Larissa, please.”
With the mask she wore and her demeanor, the woman clearly wished to conceal her identity.
Since Kwon Hu-don felt the same way, he didn’t press further.
“And you?”
“Ah, I’m… just call me Hu, please.”
Kwon Hu-don adjusted his mask as he spoke.
“Why did you enter this tournament, Larissa?”
“I need the grand prize.”
“That’s exactly my reason too.”
As they exchanged words, Kwon Hu-don felt an increasing sense of kinship with this woman named Larissa.
Their backgrounds, their circumstances—they shared far too many commonalities.
“You’ve certainly endured much hardship, Larissa…”
“So have you, Hu…”
They gazed at each other with sorrowful eyes.
That was when it happened.
A man appeared above the rubble where Larissa was hiding.
He drove his spear downward toward the crown of Larissa’s head.
“Dodge!”
Kwon Hu-don lunged forward without hesitation, pulling Larissa into his embrace as they rolled away from the strike.
The man’s spear pierced the ground where Larissa had been, not her body.
“I thought you were small fry, but your movements are far from ordinary.”
The man wrenched his spear from the earth as he spoke.
“So you two are planning to cooperate, then?”
“I-is that not allowed?”
Kwon Hu-don asked, his voice trembling. The man shook his head.
“There’s no rule against it. Besides, others are already doing the same.”
As he finished speaking, the man placed his fingers in his mouth and whistled sharply.
Moments later, five or six figures emerged from the surroundings.
“Including me.”
The faces of Kwon Hu-don and Larissa turned deathly pale.

* * *

Go blow off some steam and come back.
When Mei Hong first heard those words, she felt deeply disappointed. She had to exert every ounce of effort to hide her true feelings.
She had come with high expectations, hoping to receive training from a heavyweight of Heukcheon’s caliber. Yet all she was asked to do was this trivial task.
“There’s no way killing these things counts as blowing off steam.”
Mei Hong spoke irritably, shaking the blood from her blade.
Before her lay a colossal monster, its neck severed, sprawled across the ground.
Forty-seven seconds.
That was all the time it had taken Mei Hong to fell the massive creature that emerged into the arena.
-Roaaaaaaaar!
-Wooooooah!
Regardless of her mood, the crowd erupted in fervor at Mei Hong’s swordsmanship.
Yet Mei Hong paid them no attention. She simply waited for her score to appear on the scoreboard.
The West Arena, where she competed, was a place where humans battled monsters.
When a contestant killed a monster, the spectators awarded points.
The person with the highest score emerged victorious—a somewhat peculiar rule, but that was how it worked.
【91 points】
Not satisfying, but acceptable. Mei Hong turned and made her way back to the waiting room.
The spacious waiting area was filled with many contestants awaiting their turn.
The moment Mei Hong entered, silence fell over the room.
Those participants who had flirted with her earlier didn’t dare meet her gaze.
Mei Hong dropped heavily into an empty chair.
“Your swordsmanship is quite impressive.”
When Mei Hong lifted her head, she saw a masked woman.
Her skin was dark, and her build was enormous. Moreover, her entire body was rippling with muscle.
“To sever that thick brute’s neck in one stroke—truly remarkable.”
“You’re being annoying. Please leave.”
Mei Hong crossed her arms and closed her eyes.
This was quite different from how she had treated Kwon Han-ul and her teammates so warmly.
Yet despite Mei Hong’s refusal, the woman did not back away easily.
“But do you know? Your sword technique has one flaw.”
Mei Hong had intended to ignore whatever nonsense this woman spouted. But she couldn’t dismiss this particular remark.
“…What did you just say?”
“Ha, so you finally react.”
The woman spoke with delight, as if she had been waiting for exactly this response.
“Don’t get too excited. Rather than explain it in words, I’ll show you directly through action.”
Just then, an announcement echoed through the arena, calling the next contestant.
【The next participant, ‘Valkyrie’, please enter the arena.】
The woman waved toward Mei Hong and left the waiting room. Soon after, she appeared in the arena.
Mei Hong watched the woman through the waiting room window.
It was nonsense not worth responding to, but her pride had been wounded nonetheless.
I wanted to see exactly what made her so exceptional.
“Hnnnngh!”
The woman stretched her interlaced hands high above her head. Her forearm and shoulder muscles rippled with each deliberate movement.
At that moment, the iron gate on the opposite wall of the arena began to slowly open.
A monster emerged from within.
Twin-Head Ogre.
Compared to an ordinary ogre, this creature had two heads and a body twice as massive. According to rumors, its intelligence and physical abilities were also roughly twice superior to a standard specimen.
-Grooooaaahhh!
The Twin-Head Ogre charged straight at the woman. With each step, the ground trembled beneath its weight.
The woman—Valkyrie—showed no sign of panic. She opened a spatial rift and thrust her hand inside.
She withdrew something from it.
“…What is that?”
Mei Hong murmured without thinking.
The weapon Valkyrie had drawn was a greatsword. But its size was abnormally massive.
Approximately 10 meters in length.
Approximately 2 meters in width.
It would be fair to say she was wielding a bus rather than a sword.
Then, Valkyrie raised the greatsword.
The blade rose skyward, piercing the heavens. Its shadow consumed half the arena.
-Graaaaaahhhhh!
The Twin-Head Ogre was merely 3 meters away.
Valkyrie brought the greatsword crashing down.
In that instant, the ground split in two. The arena convulsed.
The Twin-Head Ogre wasn’t merely bisected—it was utterly obliterated.
An eerie silence fell.
Moments later, the spectators erupted.
-Wooooooow!
-Magnificent!
Simultaneously, the scoreboard lit up.
【96 points】
Valkyrie laughed heartily and waved to the crowd.
Then, Valkyrie glanced toward the waiting room. Her eyes met Mei Hong’s directly.
‘Do you understand what you’re lacking?’
Valkyrie’s lips moved silently.
‘You lack exuberance. Your sword is tedious.’
At those words, Mei Hong’s lips twisted.

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Gael Garsian participated in the Colosseum of the South Arena following Kwon Han-ul’s orders.
The competition held here was, in essence, a sprint race.
The victory condition was remarkably simple—whoever reached the finish line first would be crowned champion.
The problem was that the course leading to the finish line was riddled entirely with traps.
The moment your foot touched the ground, poisoned needles would rain down from the walls and ceiling—child’s play compared to the rest.
There were transparent barriers that paralyzed your entire body upon contact, and thermal rays that could dissolve stone in an instant—genuinely perilous obstacles.
But who was Gael Garsian?
A possessor of the Mimic Bloodline, capable of imitating the senses and physical abilities of any creature, and a man who had already accumulated vast experience as a Dungeon guide.
He breezed through every trap and seized the lead.
If things continued this way, the championship would be his.
“Ahahaha! Stop right there!”
If only it weren’t for that man who had suddenly surged into second place.
“I said stop!”
Remarkably, the method by which the man had climbed to second place was simple.
A charge.
Rather than avoiding or disarming the traps, he simply took them head-on with his bare body and kept running.
“Is he even human?”
Gael Garsian clicked his tongue in disbelief.
To sprint forward while taking every trap designed to kill people—it was inconceivable.
No matter how he thought about it, no ordinary person could perform such a feat.
“First place is mine!”
Even now, the man continued to absorb the traps in real time.
What was astounding was that despite this, there wasn’t a trace of vital energy anywhere on his body.
Suddenly, a smile bloomed across Gael Garsian’s lips.
As a child, Gael Garsian had been curious about the world beyond the Island.
He had yearned to experience the unknown realm overflowing with things he did not know.
He had set aside his own desires to pursue his family’s vengeance, but thanks to Kwon Han-ul, he could finally step into the wider world.
“Indeed, the world is fascinating.”
Yet separate from this sentiment, the situation was decidedly dangerous.
That man’s speed exceeded Gael Garsian’s, even as he navigated around the traps.
At this rate, he would lose the championship.
“I cannot lose.”
His greatest benefactor had commanded victory.
Then by any means necessary, he had to fulfill that command.
“Phantom.”
Gael Garsian whispered the word beneath his breath.
Moments later, his body became translucent.

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【The True Superhuman Bloodline senses the presence of Pure Superhuman Bloodline.】
【It rages fiercely at the disrespectful conduct of an inferior bloodline!】
The message brought with it a transformation.
Intense emotion surged through Kwon Han-ul’s entire body, burning hot.
The superhuman bloodline’s fury at this insubordination from an inferior lineage transmitted itself completely to him.
‘What’s wrong with me?’
Kwon Han-ul was genuinely bewildered. He’d always vaguely sensed that his bloodline possessed its own will, but never had he felt it so violently before.
As Kwon Han-ul struggled to suppress the emotion—
“I wonder which one to choose.”
Maria Sanchez stood there, tapping her finger against the empty air.
“What are you doing?”
“Hm? Oh, don’t mind me. I’m just deciding which bone to break first before I kill you.”
“No, if you say things like that—”
【Unable to endure the humiliation, the ‘True Superhuman Bloodline’ goes berserk!】
Another explosion erupted within his body. Kwon Han-ul could no longer contain it.
“Fine. Let’s go with the neck.”
In that instant, Maria Sanchez moved. She charged straight at Kwon Han-ul.
Despite her small frame, she came at him like a charging tank. Not particularly fast, but undeniably threatening.
Maria Sanchez drove her hand-blade toward Kwon Han-ul’s throat.
But Kwon Han-ul moved first.
He blocked her hand-blade with his forearm.
Flesh struck flesh, yet the sound that rang out was like striking steel.
“Wow, you really are tough.”
Surprise flashed across Maria Sanchez’s face.
“If I’m going to kill you, I’ll need to do this properly.”
Before her words even finished, Maria Sanchez’s waist twisted, and she unleashed a barrage of attacks across Kwon Han-ul’s body.
‘This is insane—!’
Maria Sanchez’s attacks contained no special technique, no elaborate skill.
At best, they were clean; at worst, they were brutally simple.
Yet Kwon Han-ul found himself unable to withstand them, pushed backward relentlessly.
‘She’s just overwhelming me with pure force.’
Maria Sanchez’s strategy was straightforward.
She paid no attention to defense, focusing entirely on offense.
It didn’t matter if her opponent dodged or blocked—she’d just keep pounding until something broke.
It was a crude tactic, but when wielded by one of the superhuman bloodline’s elite, it became something else entirely.
Each time Kwon Han-ul received one of Maria Sanchez’s attacks, it felt like taking a bomb to the body.
Her strikes were that heavy, that solid.
‘This isn’t enough.’
Maria Sanchez was originally a powerhouse against whom Kwon Han-ul couldn’t even raise a finger.
Even with his True Superhuman Bloodline, closing that gap seemed impossible.
Moreover, Kwon Han-ul’s powers and techniques from the Black Dragon Bloodline were currently sealed.
‘Should I just throw everything out there? It’s not like my identity matters anymore.’
But Kwon Han-ul quickly abandoned that thought.
Maria Sanchez had the same need to conceal her identity. Just as Kwon Han-ul was suppressing a considerable portion of the Black Dragon Bloodline’s power, Maria Sanchez would be unable to fully utilize her Superhuman Bloodline’s abilities.
Kwon Han-ul could afford the embarrassment if his identity were exposed, but Maria Sanchez’s situation was different.
Considering her notorious reputation, the moment her identity was revealed, everyone in the city would move to kill her.
‘Above all, the Superhuman Bloodline desires this.’
The Superhuman Bloodline yearned to subdue Maria Sanchez through its own strength alone.
A bloodline was not merely power. Each possessed its own will.
There was nothing to gain by ignoring that will.
‘Very well. I’ll grant your wish.’
It was then that Kwon Han-ul muttered those words.
【True Superhuman Bloodline Assimilation Rate: 30% → 34%】
The assimilation rate surged in response to his declaration.
I felt the Superhuman Bloodline’s power grow even more formidable.
【A new ability unlocks!】
【You acquire the ability ‘Hierarchy’.】
That was when it happened.
Something pressed against my back. The arena wall.
I had been driven back so far that I’d reached the edge of the arena without realizing it.
“Now you can’t escape, can you?”
Maria Sanchez’s voice rose. She pulled her arm back and clenched her fist.
The muscles attached to Maria Sanchez’s arm suddenly doubled in size, gripping her limb with crushing force.
Mana and air began to roil around her fist.
Kwon Han-ul sensed it instinctively.
There was no escape.
If I blocked it, I’d be crushed.
“I’ll pulverize you with this!”

Maria Sanchez threw a punch.
In that instant, instinct moved Kwon Han-ul’s body. He deflected the incoming fist with his palm.
A deafening boom echoed through the air. The wall and floor behind Kwon Han-ul shattered into pieces.
Yet Kwon Han-ul himself remained unscathed.
“…What?”
Bewilderment crossed Maria Sanchez’s face.
“Wow.”
Conversely, Kwon Han-ul let out an exclamation of astonishment. It was because of the message that appeared before his eyes.
【The ability ‘Hierarchy’ is manifesting!】
【Temporarily weakens the abilities of inferior superhuman bloodlines within range!】
【When fighting inferior superhuman bloodlines, physical strength reaches SS-rank!】

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