Bloodline is Everything - Chapter 130

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【Bloodline is a Thug Chapter 130】

130. The Invisible Gap (4)

The day after Simong Blaga visited Kwon Han-ul.
A colossal spider was traversing the Blaga Family estate.
Its body and eight legs were grotesquely massive. With each movement, it advanced over a hundred meters.
Despite such a towering monster roaming about, no one spared it a glance.
It was a sight they had all grown accustomed to.
“I really don’t like this.”
A middle-aged woman atop the spider’s body voiced her displeasure.
It was Cosmina Blaga, one of the elders of the Blaga Family.
“Kwon Han-ul, Kwon Han-ul, that man. Why is Catalina so obsessed with that Eastern male?”
Cosmina Blaga’s retainer listened silently to her complaints.
From experience, he knew that when Cosmina Blaga was angry, listening quietly was far better than offering agreement.
“No matter how pure his bloodline is, should all the elders really have to move because of one man?”
For Cosmina Blaga’s pride, this was utterly intolerable.
“If she wants that man so badly, she should strip the flesh from his bones and make him obey. What? We can’t wound him?”
The Blaga Family’s seductions were never merely sweet. Violent and cruel methods were abundant.
Cosmina Blaga was particularly an expert in such matters. Her specialty was taming monsters that possessed not even a shred of reason.
“And Catalina is ridiculous too. A worn-out woman playing the innocent maiden now. Don’t you think?”
To Cosmina Blaga’s question, the retainer could only offer a bitter smile.
A mere retainer could not presume to judge an elder, much less Catalina Blaga herself.
Then, before the antique Mansion, the spider’s steps halted.
“Here it is.”
Cosmina Blaga gazed up at the Mansion. To think she would simply hand over such a fine residence. Cosmina Blaga pouted her lips.
“There’s no need to drag this out.”
Cosmina Blaga opened a subspace and drew out an elongated whip. Not an ordinary whip, but a vicious one bristling with thorns.
What manner of object was it? The moment the spider saw the whip, every hair on its body stood on end.
“Cosmina!”
The retainer was equally alarmed.
“Catalina Blaga explicitly said not to cause any damage….”
“I know, so move aside.”
Cosmina Blaga spoke in an icy tone.
“As long as I can dominate him, I can silence his mouth however I please.”
The retainer’s jaw dropped. It was truly a crude method, yet he couldn’t help but see the logic in it.
Right now, preventing war by any means necessary was urgent. This was no time to dither like Catalina Blaga.
“Let’s go in.”
As Cosmina Blaga issued her command, the spider stirred to life. It scaled the wall and entered the Garden.
Then, someone entered Cosmina Blaga’s field of vision.
A man stood in the Garden.
“You’re Cosmina Blaga?”
The man spoke. Cosmina Blaga brought the spider to heel.
“And you’re Kwon Han-ul?”
“That’s correct.”
Cosmina Blaga gestured, and the spider flattened itself against the ground. She descended to the earth below.
“I heard Simong Blaga gave you quite the thrashing. Yet here you stand, seemingly unscathed. Or are you simply pretending to be?”
Cosmina Blaga tilted her head curiously.
Simong Blaga was a cunning old man who, despite his gentlemanly demeanor, delighted in making fools of people.
He particularly enjoyed needling skilled Hunters. His tastes were utterly incomprehensible, yet his abilities were formidable enough that even Cosmina Blaga had to acknowledge his prowess.
There was no way such a man would handle a task carelessly.
“Indeed.”
Kwon Han-ul gave a completely unrelated answer. Cosmina Blaga’s brow furrowed.
“Never mind. That’s not what matters right now anyway.”
Cosmina Blaga unfurled the whip she held. It snaked across the ground.
“I’m not about to be as lukewarm as Catalina.”
Cosmina Blaga cracked the whip through the air. The spider behind her responded with a menacing cry.
“There are only two answers I’m willing to hear. ‘Please spare me.’ ‘I’ll do anything.’ Understand?”
Cosmina Blaga’s eyes blazed crimson. In that same instant, the spider’s eyes turned red as well.
“You’re welcome to resist all you like. It won’t matter before our precious one….”
“I’m sure it won’t. It is an S-rank Monster, after all.”
Kwon Han-ul abruptly cut off her words.
“The S-rank Monster ‘Taklien’. Among the S-rank Monsters under the Blaga Family’s dominion, it ranks among the very finest, doesn’t it?”
Kwon Han-ul gestured toward Cosmina Blaga.
“I know about you as well. Cosmina Blaga. One of the few elders of the Blaga Family who, alongside Catalina Blaga, can command an S-rank Monster. Isn’t that right?”
Cosmina Blaga didn’t take Kwon Han-ul’s words particularly seriously.
This was common knowledge among anyone affiliated with the Blaga Family. She assumed he’d simply heard it from someone.
But what came next was different.
“That whip you’re holding—I hear it’s an artifact that heightens pain sensitivity to inflict greater suffering. Isn’t that rather crude to use on a person?”
Cosmina Blaga’s expression darkened.
Few people knew about the artifact’s properties. How could he possibly know?
“You oversee security for the Blaga Family. That requires commanding an enormous number of Monsters, so you’ve been relying on artifacts to lighten the burden.”
And the final piece of information—that was a secret known only to the elders.
“I hear you’ve even driven a wedge into Taklien’s central nervous system to maintain control. Remove that wedge, and your dominion crumbles, doesn’t it?”
Goosebumps erupted across Cosmina Blaga’s entire body. This—this information should never have reached anyone’s ears.
“…Who told you that?”
“Simong Blaga told me.”
A voice came from behind her. Cosmina Blaga spun around in shock.
Kwon Han-ul, who had clearly been in the Garden moments before, now stood atop Tacllient’s neck.
“So this must be that shackle, huh?”
Kwon Han-ul grasped the elongated rod embedded deep within Tacllient’s neck.
Cosmina Blaga’s face drained of all color at the sight.
“What in the world is this idiot doing right now!”
No matter how powerful the Blaga Family was, dominating an S-rank monster was extraordinarily difficult.
It was something that required mobilizing the entire family’s resources.
If Kwon Han-ul carelessly tampered with the shackle and the domination broke, it would be catastrophic.
“Remove your hand this instant!”
“What if I refuse?”
“Arc!”
Cosmina Blaga called out to her servant’s name. The servant rushed at Kwon Han-ul without hesitation.
He seized Kwon Han-ul’s arm and shoved with all his might. Kwon Han-ul was hurled away from Tacllient.
“Tacllient!”
Cosmina Blaga issued a command to the monster. Tacllient’s jaws gaped wide open.
Webbing erupted explosively from its throat.
The discharged webbing engulfed the servant. He was struck and sent flying, slamming hard against the wall.
“Tacllient! What is this foolishness! Not Arc—that one over there…!”
Cosmina Blaga couldn’t finish her sentence.
Tacllient’s throat was now aimed at her instead.
“What, what is this…?”
Cosmina Blaga forgot all dignity and rolled to the side. The webbing consumed the ground where she had been standing.
“Tacllient, Tacllient!”
Cosmina Blaga’s eyes glowed red once more. She issued commands to Tacllient, but they had no effect.
“It’s useless.”
So saying, Kwon Han-ul rose from the ground and approached Tacllient.
“I’ve taken control of this beast now.”
Just as Cosmina Blaga was about to protest, she witnessed something unbelievable.
Kwon Han-ul’s eyes had turned a deep crimson red.
“…A servant’s bloodline?”
She couldn’t believe her own words. How could the Heukcheon Bloodline possibly possess a servant’s bloodline?
“How could the Heukcheon Bloodline… No, how on earth… what method…?”
“Does that matter right now?”
Kwon Han-ul pointed a finger at Cosmina Blaga.
“Tacllient. Bite.”
Cosmina Blaga’s face turned deathly pale.
“Please, spare me!”
Cosmina Blaga hastily threw herself to the ground, begging for her life.
The nature of this situation mattered little. What mattered was that one wrong move meant her death.
“Do you want to live?”
Kwon Han-ul looked down at Cosmina Blaga and asked. Cosmina Blaga shook her head repeatedly.
“It’s not like there’s no way.”
With those words, Kwon Han-ul put on a crimson ring.

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“It’s quiet today too.”
A member of the Blaga Family bloodline muttered while gazing at the sea as dusk settled.
“I miss our son.”
The bloodline member spoke with a gloomy expression. But it was an impossible wish. The place where he was stationed now was a Border Outpost located on the sea, far removed from the Blaga Family’s Main Island.
“If only he’d been born with better bloodline, this wouldn’t have happened.”
Those with the lowest bloodline—mixed blood—were often assigned to Border Outposts like this.
They needed personnel to monitor the monsters that protected the Family.
“What are you staring at so intently?”
A colleague had appeared beside him at some point. He too was mixed blood, just like the first man.
“I miss my son.”
“Just hold on a bit longer. In two more days, you’ll get reassigned.”
The colleague offered a beer can while speaking. The bloodline member accepted it with a bitter smile.
“Still, I’m worried. Didn’t you hear that Heukcheon declared war?”
“What’s there to worry about? No one knows where the Blaga Family is located, and even if they did attack, we have these creatures.”
As he spoke, the Blaga bloodline member looked at the sea serpent standing rigidly upright right beside the outpost.
It was a Diamond-rank monster, as formidable in the sea as an S-rank creature on land.
“As long as this beast is here, no one can breach the Blaga Family.”
There wasn’t just one monster guarding the perimeter of the Blaga Family.
Dozens of monsters were spread out widely, keeping watch.
Not just in the sea, but in the sky as well.
“No matter how strong Heukcheon is, they can’t do anything to the Blaga Family….”
That was when it happened.
A sound like wind reached the ears of both bloodline members. They looked around, trying to locate the source of the noise.
“What is that sound?”
The sound grew louder and louder. The moment they realized this, the sea serpent and the sea itself exploded in a tremendous blast.
“Aaaahhhhh!”
Both bloodline members screamed and ducked down. After a moment, they slowly lifted their heads.
The monster had already been reduced to chunks of flesh. Pieces of meat and blood splattered everywhere.
In the very center of it all.
A man in a black suit slowly rose to his feet.
“Ugh, how disgusting.”
The man spoke with his tongue extended.
“I was happy to finally get an important mission. But of all things, it turns out to be cleaning up after that guy.”
The man continued to voice his complaints. Then he turned to the two Blaga bloodline members and asked.
“Who… who are you?”
One of the Heukcheon Bloodline members finally mustered the courage to ask. At his words, the man lifted his head.
“Me?”
At the question, the man’s lips twisted into a smile.
“I’m Kwon Ji-seok.”
The faces of the two Heukcheon Bloodline members went rigid.
They didn’t know the name Kwon Ji-seok. But they knew the surname Kwon far too well.
“H-Heukcheon…!”
“You seem to understand.”
Kwon Ji-seok spoke with a sneer playing at his lips.
“Heukcheon has arrived.”
The moment those words left his mouth, Hunters in black suits began raining down from the sky.

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