Bloodline is Everything - Chapter 166

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【Bloodline is a Thug Chapter 166】

166. Pandemonium (1)

“Right, that’s true.”
The young man, Odin, turned to face Azet Hermes and spoke.
“I’ll need to spend some money.”
“Money? What are you talking about? Haven’t I already granted all your requests?”
“The others won’t move without payment.”
At Odin’s words, Azet Hermes’s expression darkened.
“Others?”
“I brought along some people who’ve been idling around in Pandemonium.”
“You’ve involved outsiders in this matter!”
“Aren’t I an outsider too?”
“Your situation is different!”
Azet Hermes erupted in anger. Yet Odin maintained his smile.
“I didn’t give them the details, so don’t worry. I simply told those interested in humiliating Heukcheon to come along. And now that they’ve witnessed it with their own eyes, they must have realized the truth—Aeon’s strength alone cannot overcome Heukcheon.”
Odin had foreseen this situation unfolding and had sought out additional forces beforehand.
“So you’re saying those you brought can stand against the Black Sharp Squad?”
“Of course.”
Azet Hermes fell into brief contemplation. Odin’s judgment was trustworthy. However….
“The opponent is Heukcheon. But can you guarantee these people won’t flee?”
Heukcheon’s notoriety was well-known even in Pandemonium. It was doubtful whether any villain would risk making an enemy of Heukcheon for mere pocket change.
“That’s why I gathered only idiots who don’t fear Heukcheon.”
Odin shrugged as he spoke.
“What will you do? I can handle it alone if needed. Though that might complicate matters somewhat.”
“How much will it take?”
Odin stated the amount. At the unexpectedly enormous sum, Azet Hermes’s expression hardened.
“Aeon has money to spare anyway, doesn’t it? Why not loosen the purse strings this once?”
“…Very well. Payment will be made once the job is done.”
“You won’t regret it.”
Odin’s face brightened as he pulled out his smartphone and began making a call.
“It’s me. I’ve secured the contract fee, so everyone start now.”
Before his words even finished, over twenty people began rushing into the hospital.
“See you later then.”
“Where do you intend to go?”
“Me? Well, obviously….”
Odin gazed toward the hospital as he spoke.
“I need to go deal with the most troublesome ones.”

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Alexander Aaron was heading to the Operating Room with the Heukam Corps.
“That guy wasn’t even worth the effort.”
Alexander Aaron vented her frustration, still turning over her battle with White in her mind.
“You all understand, right? When people like that show up, there’s nothing to fear. Once you charge in, they’re nothing special.”
At Alexander Aaron’s words, Kwon Hu-don, Mei Hong, and Gael Garsian couldn’t help but exchange glances.
In the eyes of all three, White was no ordinary opponent. It seemed they would barely manage victory if all three of them threw themselves at him. Yet she had disposed of such a formidable foe in an instant and called him weak.
“We’re not far from the Operating Room now. Just hold on a little longer….”
Then, suddenly, a wall collapsed.
A mysterious figure burst from the rubble and tackled Alexander Aaron.
Alexander Aaron quickly blocked the man’s hand with her axe handle. The man, gripping the handle, shoved Alexander Aaron against the wall.
“You… What the hell are you doing?”
At Alexander Aaron’s question, the man grinned, baring his teeth. His yellowed teeth were sparse and jagged—utterly grotesque.
“Fin Cooler. I’ve come from Pandemonium.”
The moment Kwon Hu-don heard the man’s name, he cried out in shock.
“That Fin Cooler? The one who assassinated the mayor of New York and rose to a seat in Pandemonium’s council?”
“…Young Master, these types of people enjoy being recognized.”
Alexander Aaron rebuked Kwon Hu-don’s outburst. And indeed, Fin Cooler laughed with a grotesque sound, clearly delighted.
“Thank you for introducing me. In return, I’ll make sure your death is painless.”
“You filthy bastard. You touch our Young Master and you’re dead?”
“But first, I should deal with this woman.”
Fin Cooler’s muscles swelled and bulged. The force pushing Alexander Aaron against the wall grew even more intense.
The wall supporting Alexander Aaron’s back crumbled. Yet Fin Cooler didn’t stop, continuing to drive her forward.
“Young Master, juniors! Don’t worry about me—go ahead!”
The sound of walls collapsing echoed repeatedly. Through it all came Alexander Aaron’s voice.
“Wh-what do we do?”
Kwon Hu-don stared at the two of them in bewilderment. Mei Hong was equally at a loss.
“…Even if we intervene, it won’t help.”
Gael Garsian spoke to the two of them.
“Right now, we should focus on how not to become a hindrance. As she said, let’s join the Captain first.”
It was frustrating, but he was right. Kwon Hu-don and Mei Hong headed toward where Kwon Han-ul was, following Gael Garsian’s words.

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After dealing with Red, Secretary Kim attempted to rejoin Joo Ha-yeon.
“That was quite the spectacle.”
If only the voice hadn’t come from behind me.
I turned around and saw a young man.
His face was youthful, yet his hair was salt-and-pepper like an elderly man’s. Perhaps because of this, his aura felt distinctly peculiar.
“To obliterate such widely dispersed mana in a single strike. Remarkable technique.”
“Forgive me, but where are you from, sir?”
Secretary Kim instinctively recognized that this young man was no ordinary person. He was certain the man’s age far exceeded his own.
“Oh… I didn’t expect you to see through me so quickly.”
“Detection is my specialty, so I dared to sense your presence, sir.”
“I appreciate your humility—you don’t boast about yourself.”
Odin chuckled, his laughter carrying the timbre of an old man.
“My name is Odin.”
“A delegate of Pandemonium, I see. My apologies for not recognizing you sooner.”
“Heh, understandable. I rarely venture outside. But here’s the thing…”
The smile faded slowly from Odin’s face.
“Why haven’t you dropped your killing intent upon hearing my name?”
Rather than diminishing, it intensified. The aura Secretary Kim emanated caused the surrounding objects to vibrate.
“Pandemonium’s filth revealed itself to Heukcheon without restraint—surely they deserve punishment.”
“You’ve got nerve, I’ll give you that. Speaking of trash right in front of me.”
“The stench is unbearable. I have no desire to exchange further words.”
The rings coiled around Secretary Kim’s arms began spinning ferociously like saw blades.
“You must confess what you discussed with Aion and why you involved yourself in this matter.”
“You think you have the capability?”
Secretary Kim answered not with words but by hurling the rings. Ten rings flew toward Odin.
The ten rings sliced through the air, rushing toward Odin with lethal precision.
Just before the rings pierced his body, a shadow erupted from beneath Odin’s feet.
The surging shadow formed a wall around Odin’s body. The rings scraped against the wall and returned to Secretary Kim.
“Chilling, isn’t it?”
Odin spoke while observing the wounds on the shadow wall.
“Hard as the hide of an SS-rank monster, yet you’ve managed to cut through it.”
Secretary Kim rewound the rings around his arms, contemplating his next move.
When the rings scraped the wall, the sound was unpleasant. To pierce that barrier and inflict a fatal wound on Odin, he would need to double his power output.
“What now? Going to show me something else?”
Secretary Kim merged all ten rings together. A colossal ring hovered above his head.
Odin’s expression shifted to one of intrigue as he asked.
“Are you challenging me to a contest of raw power?”
“There’s no reason I couldn’t.”
“Impressive. Truly worthy of the Black Sharp Squad’s second-in-command.”
Odin laughed once more, his chuckle distinctly elderly.
“That’s why Heukcheon is so terrifying. There are countless formidable individuals beyond those already famous.”
A mere adjutant had wounded the defensive barrier created by Pandemonium’s representative, and now he was challenging them to a direct confrontation, claiming he would break through head-on.
In terms of pure strength alone, Secretary Kim was a powerhouse that even world-class rankers would struggle to approach.
“I can’t just stand idle either.”
The barrier Odin had created transformed into liquid and began to collapse. It swelled and writhed like jelly.
The volume of jelly expanded in an instant. It became so abundant that it wrapped around Odin’s body and covered the ground.
“What is this?”
At Odin’s question, Secretary Kim’s brow furrowed.
I had no idea. It was difficult even to guess its nature. But my instincts kept sounding alarms.
“Concentrated curses.”
Odin scooped it up with his hand like water and let it fall to the ground. The liquid dispersed into the air.
“Blindness, tinnitus, weakness, decay, necrosis—and so on. Every curse magic that exists, compressed, condensed, and filtered down into this.”
Everyone knew that Odin was a mage.
But what type of mage he was remained largely unknown.
All those who had fought him were dead.
“Merely touching this will cause your body to rot and crumble. Don’t believe me? You don’t need to believe it yet. Soon you’ll confirm it with your own body.”
“I appreciate the offer, but I must decline.”
Secretary Kim began rotating the ring. He concentrated eighty percent of his magical power, intending to sever Odin in a single strike.
“You refuse? But what can you do about this? You’re already afflicted.”
Before his words even finished, Secretary Kim’s body convulsed. His vision began to darken.
“Cough!”
Strength drained from his limbs. The flow of magical power was severed. A searing pain, as if his internal organs were twisting, crashed over him.
“Curses cling, you see.”
Only his hearing remained intact. In the darkness, only Odin’s voice came through clearly.
“When you used that ring to sever my barrier just now, the curse was already clinging to it.”
And Secretary Kim had wrapped the cursed ring around both his arms.
“From now on, your body will slowly rot away. But where’s the fun in that?”
Odin extended his arm. Clusters of curses crawled toward Secretary Kim.
“Get up now. If you don’t, your bones will rot away in less than a second.”
Odin’s laughter grew louder. He knew full well that Secretary Kim couldn’t move.
“You’re not moving? Then you’ll just have to die like this.”
The cluster of curses opened its maw, attempting to swallow Secretary Kim whole.
That was when it happened.
“…Ah, did I play too much?”
Odin suddenly pulled back his extended hand. The curses that had been about to swallow Secretary Kim vaporized and returned.
Immediately after, the ceiling collapsed and someone descended.
“Secretary Kim, are you alright?”
At the familiar voice, Secretary Kim lifted his head. But he could see nothing.
“Just wait a moment. I’ll spray you with a cure potion.”
Liquid dripped onto Secretary Kim’s head. The curse vanished, and his vision, which had been darkened, brightened once more.
“G-Kwon Mi.”
Tears welled up in Secretary Kim’s eyes. Kwon Mi brushed them away with her thumb and spoke.
“You’ve worked hard. You may withdraw now.”
Secretary Kim struggled to his feet. The curse had vanished, but the aftereffects hadn’t fully healed.
“You must be careful.”
With those words, Secretary Kim hurried away. Kwon Mi watched until he disappeared from sight.
“A big shot has arrived.”
The moment Odin’s voice reached her ears, Kwon Mi’s expression hardened. She glared at him with murderous intent in her eyes.
“My, how terrifying. This is exactly why I hate fighting Heukcheon.”
“Odin. You must be insane. Laying hands on Heukcheon?”
“Insane? I’ve never been sane to begin with.”
Odin shrugged. Kwon Mi spoke with utter disdain.
“Drop the childish nonsense.”
“That’s harsh language.”
“For touching Heukcheon and oppressing my subordinates, you’ll answer for it right here and now.”
“I know you direct lineage types are strong, but…”
Odin scratched his head.
“I’m a delegate of Pandemonium, after all.”
Pandemonium—an organization where only skilled hunters recognized even in the shadows could belong.
Among Pandemonium’s villains, only a select few could join the council.
And Odin was one of only seventeen delegates among Pandemonium’s council members.
“Unless it’s Kwon Hyuk, someone of your caliber shouldn’t be able to handle me, right?”
Unlike Odin, whose notoriety reached the heavens, Kwon Mi wasn’t particularly famous.
The only information known about Kwon Mi was that she was Heukcheon’s diplomatic representative.
Recently, she had annihilated the cartels in the South American Region, but it was merely an unremarkable achievement.
“Still, if you insist on fighting, I won’t stop you…”
Suddenly, Kwon Mi lunged at Odin.
Odin responded without hesitation. He immediately commanded the mass of curses.
The masses spread thinly across the ground before rising as spears and blades.
Hundreds of spears and blades sought to tear through Kwon Mi’s body.
Then, Kwon Mi’s body vanished.
“Oh?”
Odin exclaimed in admiration and transformed the mass of curses into a barrier. Immediately after, Kwon Mi appeared before his eyes.
Without hesitation, Kwon Mi drove her fist toward the barrier. The barrier Odin had created shattered into pieces.
“…What?”
A panicked Odin stumbled backward. But before he could, Kwon Mi stepped forward and swung her other fist.
Odin crossed both arms in desperation. Kwon Mi’s fist crashed down upon them.
Crack.
A sickening sound echoed. Even using both arms, he couldn’t absorb the full impact. Odin flew backward.
Odin barely landed on the ground. Only then did he realize that one of his forearms was broken.
“….”
A chill ran down my spine. It was only a single clash, but I grasped the bitter truth in that moment.
The vast chasm between myself and Kwon Mi.
“A delegate of Pandemonium?”
Kwon Mi rubbed her wrist. Realizing that curses clung to her fist, she summoned her mana and incinerated them entirely.
“How tremendously proud you must be, perched atop that mountain of refuse.”
Kwon Mi unleashed her mana. An overwhelming aura bore down upon me.
“Allow me to demonstrate the true difference in our standing.”

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