Bloodline is Everything - Chapter 125

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【Bloodline is a Thug Chapter 125】

125. Dominion (1)

“Uuughhhh….”
In the Dark Room.
Several people lay sprawled across the floor, all clutching their abdomens and groaning in agony.
“Gah, gaaahhhhh!”
Then came a sharp scream. Someone in the center of the room shrieked with their face pinned down.
“You said you’d kill me. Turns out you’re all worthless.”
Kwon Han-ul spoke dismissively, tightening his grip. The screams grew louder.
“Stop! Please stop!”
“Then submit to me.”
Kwon Han-ul spoke in a dry voice. He wasn’t torturing them for enjoyment.
The man’s willpower was stronger than expected, making him impossible to dominate through Bloodline Servitude alone. So I inflicted pain instead.
“Gaaahhhhh!”
The moment the screams reached their peak.
【The Servant has submitted to Bloodline Servitude.】
【The influence of Bloodline Servitude strengthens.】
【Bloodline Servitude assimilation rate 42% -】 46%>
【Special conditions for Manifestation are partially satisfied.】
Only then did Kwon Han-ul release the man’s head. All strength drained from his body.
“Get up.”
At Kwon Han-ul’s command, not just the man but all the servants slowly rose to their feet.
The faces that moments ago had been filled with lust for Catalina Blaga now gazed upon Kwon Han-ul with longing.
“My own ability, yet it’s unsettling.”
To think I could alter human emotions so easily. It was truly a chilling power.
“As your master, I now issue my first command.”
At those words, the servants straightened their posture.
Given that they had participated in the assassination plot against Catalina Blaga, they must hold considerable positions among her servants.
By dominating them, my range of possibilities had expanded accordingly.
But what to do with them could be decided later.
For now, there was something else I needed them to do.
“First, clean up this room.”
Kwon Han-ul gestured toward the room, which had been left in disarray from the battle. The servants immediately sprang into action.
“I’ll leave the room to them….”
I turned my gaze toward the window.
One massive presence still remained.
“I need to finish cleaning this up.”
I opened the window and leaped outside.
The moment my feet touched the ground, I could sense the identity of that massive aura.
“Ah, so she failed.”
Rabbit.
She wore an expression of frustration.
“Just die quietly. That would’ve made things easier for both of us.”
Rabbit tapped the ground repeatedly with her toes. With each tap, the earth began to deepen and crack.
“I don’t understand. If you kill me, Catalina Blaga won’t let this slide.”
“You’re new here, so you don’t know. Do you have any idea how often servants kill each other? It’s especially common among those under Catalina’s command.”
Rabbit’s feet never stopped moving. The irritating tapping sounds continued relentlessly.
“And Catalina Blaga doesn’t particularly stop it either. You could say it’s a regular event. The existing servants prove their love for Catalina anew, while new servants prove they’re worthy of loving her. That’s what this is.”
I could only find this strange.
Setting aside the fact that such a deranged event existed, there was something I couldn’t understand.
“I’m a Bloodline. You could call me a fairly rare collection. Do you really think Catalina Blaga would just sit back?”
“You’re right, Catalina might not sit back. But it doesn’t matter.”
Rabbit’s footsteps stopped. She no longer scraped the ground with her toes.
“Even if Catalina Blaga becomes angry over this, it doesn’t matter. Even if she hates all of us, it doesn’t matter. Even if she orders us to commit suicide, it doesn’t matter.”
The playfulness vanished from Rabbit’s voice. Instead, a strange madness gleamed through.
“Because losing Catalina Blaga’s favor is worse than that.”
So she would kill me and then kill herself.
These people were truly insane.
“We haven’t properly introduced ourselves yet, have we? I’m Rabbit, a knight of the Cavaliero Umbra.”
Interest flickered across my face.
Cavaliero Umbra.
The elite order of knights composed solely of Catalina Blaga’s most trusted servants.
“You don’t look that strong.”
“Are you comparing me to Troy? He’s been with the order for a long time, and I just joined recently.”
Not all members of the Cavaliero Umbra were masters who had reached Troy’s level of cultivation.
“You think you can handle me right now, don’t you?”
A savage smile spread across Rabbit’s face. Her teeth gleamed with an eerie brilliance.
I shrugged and answered.
“Yeah.”
Rabbit laughed as if dumbfounded.
“I’ll correct that misconception for you.”
She planted her feet into the dug earth. Her legs bent deeply.
In that instant, the muscles in both legs swelled enormously. Her clothes tore as the enlarged muscles became visible.
Both legs pushed off the ground. Rabbit’s body shot forward like a bullet.
The speed was incredible. I couldn’t even track her movements in that instant.
Mystical Dragon Ascension Art, Basic Form
Protective Strike Claw (護擊式 爪角)
I moved on instinct, raising my elbow to shield my head from above.
From top to bottom.
A tremendous impact slammed into my body. The ground beneath my feet caved in from the sheer force.
Rabbit leaped backward and spoke with a hint of curiosity.
“You blocked it?”
Rabbit tilted her head in surprise. I shook out the arm that had deflected the attack.
“You’re a Gift holder.”
I spoke with certainty. The speed exceeded what even Asura Blood and Genius Blood could anticipate.
Moreover, the attack I expected to come straight at me had descended from above my head.
It meant there was a variable I hadn’t accounted for.
“That’s right.”
Rabbit began bouncing on the ground. Remarkably, the earth beneath her feet began to ripple like water.
“Wherever I stand becomes elastic. The world is nothing but a giant trampoline to me.”
Only then did the outline of how that previous attack had been executed become clear.
She had used her Gift to amplify her charging force, and just before reaching me, she used the Gift once more to launch her body into the air.
I’d heard Gifts transcended genius itself, but I never imagined something like this was possible.
“So you didn’t become a Cavaliers Umbra member just for show.”
“For show? That this ability looked so superficial to you is disappointing.”
Rabbit bounced lightly. Her body lifted into the air.
And she didn’t fall.
Her feet were bouncing in mid-air.
“My Gift applies not just to the ground, but to empty space as well.”
This is troublesome.
I watched Rabbit and thought to myself.
Judging by the combat style she’d just displayed, Rabbit was a hunter who had trained intensively in leg strength.
Combined with a Gift that let her push off empty space—I had no idea what kind of erratic attacks she’d unleash.
“Hah!”
Rabbit kicked off the air. She flew toward where I stood.
She kicked repeatedly. With each push, Rabbit’s speed accelerated further.

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Rabbit darted through the empty air, searching for any opening in Kwon Han-ul’s defense.
She wanted nothing more than to strike with overwhelming speed and pin him down. But her experience whispered caution.
The fact that he’d blocked her first attack told her this man was far from an easy opponent.
‘So the rumors about him holding his own against Maria Sanchez weren’t exaggerated after all.’
Like the other retainers, she had assumed Kwon Han-ul’s reputation was inflated.
It was only natural. Maria Sanchez was no ordinary being—a bloodline blessed with the Sanchez Family’s unwavering support and the youngest member ever appointed to the Pandemonium Council.
Even if Rabbit died and came back, she possessed no asset that could defeat her. More than that, she had no confidence she could even survive such an encounter.
‘Trying to track my movements? Fat chance.’
Kwon Han-ul’s eyes moved frantically, but her speed exceeded his ability to follow.
Rabbit pushed off the air itself, repositioning behind Kwon Han-ul.
‘Now!’
She wrapped her aura around both legs, channeling every ounce of her power into a devastating charge.
This time she attacked in a straight line, intent on cleaving Kwon Han-ul in half with a waist-level kick.
Then Kwon Han-ul muttered something under his breath.
“Fast.”
Rabbit ignored his words. Success in this moment mattered far more.
“Come to think of it, there’s no need to chase you at all, is there?”
That’s when Rabbit saw it—Kwon Han-ul’s eyes turning crimson.
In that instant, the world flooded with red. Her body lost all momentum and dropped limply to the ground.
“What… what is this…?”
Rabbit pushed herself up with her legs.
Suddenly the earth collapsed like gelatin beneath her. Her legs sank into it. She lost her balance and fell.
“What… what in the world…?”
The entire world had transformed into jelly. She couldn’t find solid ground to stand on. Rabbit flailed desperately in this gelatinous realm.
“Help… someone help me…!”
The jelly converged from all directions, suffocating her. Rabbit thrashed her limbs wildly, fighting for survival with every fiber of her being.
Then suddenly, her mind cleared.
The crimson-tinted world returned to its normal colors. The jellified earth regained its solidity. Rabbit lay sprawled on the dirt.
“What… what just happened?”
She scrambled to her feet—or would have, if Kwon Han-ul hadn’t been standing directly in front of her.
“Only used it for a minute. The effect is incredible.”
Kwon Han-ul looked down at Rabbit as he spoke.
She didn’t understand what he meant. But that wasn’t what mattered now.
“Kwon Han-ul!”
She launched herself from the ground, driving her heel upward toward his head with singular focus—every sense concentrated on crushing his skull.
But Kwon Han-ul’s fist descended faster than her leg could extend.
His fist, wreathed in Dragon Horse Energy, slammed directly into Rabbit’s face.

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I dusted off my knuckles and looked down. Rabbit lay beneath my feet, her face covered in blood.
“Simple enough.”
What I’d just used was Mirage, an ability from my Bloodline of Servitude.
An ability that conjures illusions—I’d used it for the first time now, and the effect was far more potent than expected.
Finally, I reached out to dominate Rabbit.
In that instant, she grabbed my wrist instead.
“Kwon… Han… ul…!”
Her eyes blazed with hatred, fixed upon me.
“You… of all people…! Never…! To Catalina…!”
“Huh?”
“Why am I like this? You wouldn’t understand! Because you’re going to monopolize her affection from now on!”
Rabbit’s voice trembled with rage and tears.
“How agonizing it is to watch her cherish only other servants…!”
“What are you talking about?”
I brushed her wrist away dismissively.
“Look, I didn’t want to say this, but I don’t need her attention.”
Rabbit’s face went blank for a moment.
“What… what did you say?”
“You lot and that woman can obsess over her all you want. From my perspective, she’s just a dog of a woman who gets in my way.”
“Don’t insult Catalina!”
Irritation flashed across my face. None of this woman’s servants had any sense.
“You don’t understand! How merciful she is…!”
I reached out and seized Rabbit’s face.
“I don’t want to know.”
I activated my Bloodline of Servitude’s power against her resistance.
【A servant has submitted to the Bloodline of Servitude.】
【The influence of the Bloodline of Servitude strengthens.】
【Bloodline of Servitude assimilation rate: 46% → 50%】
【Special conditions for Manifestation partially satisfied.】
Messages cascaded before me.
【A new ability unlocks!】
“Oh?”
My eyes widened slightly.

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