Bloodline is Everything - Chapter 179

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【Bloodline is a Thug Chapter 179】

179. Exposure (1)

Kwon Han-ul lowered his fist.
Odin’s corpse was nowhere to be found. His body had been completely annihilated, unable to withstand the force of the Ascending Dragon Fist.
“It’s over.”
Though I had killed Odin, no satisfaction washed over me.
Rather, my rage burned hotter than before. I felt suffocated and tormented.
Clearly, my revenge was not yet complete.
A man dying of thirst offered only a single bowl of water will find his thirst unquenched. It only grows fiercer.
It was the same. Odin was dead, but Aion remained untouched.
And that was not all—Kwon Hyuk still drew breath, still lived. More than merely alive, he flourished as the Vice Chairman of Heukcheon, basking in a brilliant existence.
“Damn it….”
The moment I thought of Kwon Hyuk’s face, my teeth ground together. My rage threatened to tear through my skin and burst forth.
I suppressed every emotion. I built a vault within my heart and crammed them all inside, locked tight.
“Not yet.”
I had to endure for now.
For the day I would face Kwon Hyuk, for when I would fight him.
Then—only then—would I unleash these feelings.
“Aion… and Kwon Hyuk.”
They were not alone.
The Hunters who attacked my parents on Kwon Hyuk’s orders were also targets of my vengeance.
I would spare not a single one.
I would show them despair, make them regret their actions, and kill them in the most excruciating agony imaginable.
And after my revenge was complete.
“I will reach the pinnacle of Heukcheon.”
I will prove my parents’ innocence and restore their honor.
I reaffirmed my goals with unwavering resolve.
“…What happened to the others?”
As my excitement faded, concern for the rest of the group returned.
I spread my senses and located the people in the Hospital.
The Heukam Corps, Joo Ha-yeon, and Kwon Mi were in the basement where the Operating Room was located. The Black Fang Corps Members were scattered across each floor.
I decided to head to the Operating Room first.
Then, something registered in my senses.
“A bug was hiding here.”
I reached out into empty air.
A spear that one of the villains had dropped as he died rose from the ground and fell into my grasp.
The Authority ‘Celestial Dragon Eye’ manifests.
My forehead split open lengthwise. As it parted left and right, violet pupils emerged.
The Celestial Dragon Eye’s power began to control the surrounding mana. The spear Kwon Han-ul held was engulfed in dragon force.
Kwon Han-ul lifted the spear. I pulled my waist back and channeled strength into my arms.
My entire body snapped forward like a bowstring, hurling the spear.
A black flash pierced through the wall and extended somewhere beyond.

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At that moment, Azet Hermes stood outside the hospital, observing the situation within.
“….”
They say that when a person is too shocked, they cannot think at all.
Azet Hermes was experiencing that very truth firsthand.
“…One person possesses five bloodlines?”
A vessel’s power is infinite, but the ability of the person wielding it is limited.
Normally, a person struggles to contain even a single bloodline. The capacity is finite.
Yet Kwon Han-ul possessed five bloodlines and remained perfectly intact.
“No, this makes no sense. That means… he possesses true blood.”
True blood has far greater capacity than inferior bloodlines. Most test subjects died before they could even contain true blood.
Kwon Han-ul not only harbored five true bloods but was actively using their authorities.
Odin had no choice but to suffer helplessly.
“I never imagined the plan would fall apart like this….”
Azet Hermes exhaled a sigh, his face contorted.
Not only had he failed to recover the vessel, but he had lost Odin. It was truly catastrophic.
The relationship between Azet Hermes and Odin was exceedingly complex and delicate.
Originally, Odin was a sorcerer belonging to Aion.
He was expelled after Heukcheon seized the vessel from him, but ten years later, he rose to prominence as a representative of Pandemonium.
Odin could not possibly harbor good feelings toward Azet Hermes, who had driven him out.
The same held true for Azet Hermes.
He disliked that a former subordinate now stood as his equal.
“Still, Odin… there was no one quite like him when it came to understanding.”
Yet Azet Hermes and Odin cooperated quite frequently. They shared a common purpose: to uncover the world’s secrets and recover the vessel.
Azet Hermes needed the military might Odin possessed, while Odin needed the knowledge Azet Hermes held.
Thus, they could coexist as business partners.
“Now that Odin is gone… I have no idea how to counter Heukcheon’s retaliation….”
Originally, I had planned to discuss countermeasures with Odin after recovering the vessel.
Relocating all of Aion to Pandemonium, or hiring Pandemonium’s villains as mercenaries.
But now that Odin was dead, all these plans had become useless.
“I can’t afford to stand here. I must return quickly and devise a way to survive Heukcheon’s retaliation.”
Azet Hermes cast a spell.
A black hole materialized in the void. It was the moment before I could step inside.
A black flash erupted from the direction of the Hospital.
The black flash streaked in a straight line toward where Azet Hermes stood.
And it pierced through his shoulder with perfect precision.
“Krraaaagh!”
His shoulder and forearm vanished entirely. Azet Hermes screamed.
“This bloodthirsty brat!”
Azet Hermes spewed forth his rage.
Then, another flash came hurtling toward Azet Hermes’ head.
In that split second, Azet Hermes sensed death. His life flashed before his eyes.
But Azet Hermes did not actually die.
Just before the flash reached his head, someone wedged themselves between them.
“Hah-chah!”
A woman in a hoodie swept the flash away with a strange battle cry. The dragon essence contained within the spear exploded, releasing a deafening roar.
“…Mom, I almost lost my whole leg there.”
The woman limped on one foot, muttering under her breath. Azet Hermes stared at her in bewilderment.
“W-who are you?”
“Me? I’m Kim Cho-hee of the Black Human Corps.”
Azet Hermes’ eyes and mouth opened simultaneously.
There was only one organization in this world that used the name Black Human Corps.
The direct unit of Kwon Hyuk, Vice Chairman of Heukcheon.
“Black Human Corps? Then… Kwon Hyuk’s…?”
“That’s right.”
“Why is the Black Human Corps here? And why did you save me…?”
“Our Vice Chairman wishes to meet you.”
I thought I was escaping Kwon Han-ul, only for Kwon Hyuk to appear?
It was no different than fleeing a tiger only to encounter a lion.
I wanted nothing more than to run, but the woman before me had no intention of letting Azet Hermes go.
“We can discuss the details later. Right now, we need to escape quickly.”
The woman hoisted Azet Hermes up effortlessly.
“I have no desire to fight that monster of a human.”
The woman kicked off the ground while carrying Azet Hermes.
In the blink of an eye, she vanished beyond the horizon.

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“I let them slip away.”
Kwon Han-ul muttered, staring in the direction the two had vanished.
“Quite fast, indeed.”
Kwon Han-ul had sensed two presences.
One was likely the Ion Mage. The nature of the mana felt closer to Odin than to a Hunter.
But the other—I couldn’t identify them. They were concealing their aura far too thoroughly.
“I never expected them to come rescue the Mage.”
The Ion Mage couldn’t be allowed to live.
That’s why I had intended to eliminate the Mage first. But I never anticipated the other one would attempt a rescue.
I could still pursue them now.
Yet Kwon Han-ul had no choice but to abandon the chase.
Someone’s life force in the Operating Room was rapidly fading.
Kwon Han-ul let go of his regrets cleanly and leaped through the hole in the floor.

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The hole created by blasting away Odin extended all the way to the Operating Room.
After landing on the floor, I rushed out of the Operating Room. The moment I emerged, I heard Kwon Hu-don’s urgent cry.
“Mom!”
Kwon Mi lay on the floor, dying. Her face had turned ashen from the curse’s influence.
Takamine Ryoko was administering emergency treatment beside her, injecting medications, but it was futile.
Kwon Mi’s life was extinguishing rapidly.
“Cough…”
Kwon Mi let out a dry cough. Large tears began dripping from Kwon Hu-don’s eyes.
“Mom…”
Kwon Mi’s pupils trembled slightly. She slowly opened her eyes.
She lacked the strength to speak. Kwon Mi silently grasped Kwon Hu-don’s hand. Kwon Hu-don squeezed his eyes shut. More tears fell.
“…Han-ul.”
Then Kwon Mi noticed Kwon Han-ul. Everyone turned to look at him at her words.
They all had questions, but they held back for Kwon Mi’s sake.
“…Come here for a moment.”
Kwon Mi called to Kwon Han-ul. He approached her and knelt down.
“…Did you win?”
“Yes. I also rescued the Black Fang Corps Members. Please don’t worry.”
“Thank you… cough.”
Kwon Mi coughed again. Each time her body convulsed, her face twisted in agony.
“Will you listen to what I have to say? If not now, there won’t be another chance.”
Kwon Han-ul nodded.
“First, I want to apologize.”
“If it’s for a mistake you made to me in the past, didn’t you already apologize for it?”
“No, before that… I want to apologize for the wrongs I’ve committed against you.”
Kwon Mi drew a deep breath.
“The day we first met… I said many terrible things to you.”
Kwon Han-ul searched his memories.
That day, Kwon Mi had called Kwon Han-ul the child of a traitor and hurled harsh words at him.
“When I first saw you… it felt as though Cheon oppa had returned alive. I missed him, I was happy… and I resented him.”
Kwon Han-ul recalled the young Kwon Mi from his past memories.
Though her choice of words was somewhat rough, she had been an incredibly kind and adorable girl.
“I really loved Cheon oppa. He was the only person in this family who looked after me.”
Kwon Seon-woo treated Kwon Mi not as a daughter but merely as a successor. Kwon Hyuk viewed Kwon Mi only as a future rival.
Only Kwon Cheon alone had treated Kwon Mi as family, as a younger sister.
“So when oppa fled the family, I felt such profound betrayal. It was as if he had abandoned me and run away.”
Kwon Mi’s eyes grew hollow. The mere recollection of the past seemed to cause her pain.
“At first, I didn’t believe it. But as time passed… and kept passing… I eventually had no choice but to accept it. That oppa had left the family… and that he had left me alone.”
That was why Kwon Mi had been angry when she first saw Kwon Han-ul. She had been furious.
“Back then, I… tried to vent the betrayal I felt from oppa onto you. Looking back now, I shouldn’t have done that… I should have embraced you the way oppa embraced me…”
Cough.
Kwon Mi coughed again. Dark blood dripped from the corners of her mouth.
“I’m sorry. I’m truly sorry.”
Kwon Mi spoke in a trembling voice.
“I have no face to show… but please take care of Hu-don…”
Kwon Mi’s voice grew gradually quieter.
“Please grant me this one request… what are you doing right now?”
At some point, Kwon Han-ul had stopped listening to Kwon Mi’s words. He was opening a subspace and drinking down all manner of potions.
“Just a moment. I’ll hear the rest of the story a bit later.”
“If not now… there won’t be another chance…?”
“If I listen to you first, Aunt, I’ll miss the window.”
“…Window?”
Bewilderment crossed Kwon Mi’s face. What on earth was this brat talking about right now?
Regardless, Kwon Han-ul continued drinking the potions. He stopped when he had consumed over ten bottles.
“Now, please give me your hand.”
Kwon Han-ul grasped Kwon Mi’s hand. Using Genius Blood, he examined her body’s condition.
The curse Odin had placed was completely ravaging her body.
‘The Black Dragon Bloodline isn’t manifesting its full power.’
The curse Odin had been spouting about—something regarding “killing bloodlines”—was having a significant effect.
It was nullifying the Black Dragon Bloodline’s authority and depleting her magical power, allowing other curses to run rampant.
【’Genius Blood’ is analyzing the target’s structure.】
Kwon Han-ul had already encountered this curse when treating the Family Head of Babel and had learned how to dispel it.
Odin had possessed great confidence in this curse, but it was ineffective against true Genius Blood.
【’Dragon Heart’ is activating!】
【For the next three hours, all magical power will be converted!】
【All elemental resistance increases by 1000%!】
【Skill damage is reduced by up to 80%!】
Kwon Han-ul activated the Dragon Heart. An enormous surge of magical power flooded into Kwon Mi’s body.
“…!”
Kwon Mi’s eyes widened.
The sheer volume of magical power Kwon Han-ul poured into her was so staggering that even she gasped in astonishment.
The infused magic incinerated every curse that had penetrated Kwon Mi’s body.
As the curse vanished, a faint flush of color returned to Kwon Mi’s face.
‘I can’t stop here.’
The curse was gone, but Kwon Mi’s body remained shattered. If I ceased treatment now, she would surely die.
I had to restore her damaged body and replenish her depleted vitality.
【Activating ‘Healthy Blood’!】
Originally, Healthy Blood applied only to Kwon Han-ul himself. But thanks to Rebirth Transformation, my power had been unlocked, making it possible to apply Healthy Blood to others as well.
【The target’s life is in critical condition!】
【Manifesting the Authority ‘Longevity and Wellness’!】
【The target’s natural recovery rate increases by 1000%!】
【The target’s physical regeneration rate increases by 1000%!】
【The target’s disease resistance increases by 1000%!】
A verdant aura enveloped Kwon Mi’s body. Her breathing rapidly became easier.
Kwon Han-ul did not stop there. He unleashed another power from Healthy Blood.
【Manifesting the Authority ‘Blessing to the Virtuous, Calamity to the Wicked’!】
【Transferring vitality and stamina to the target!】
【Efficiency is 30%!】
The potion Kwon Han-ul had consumed was instantly digested. All of its essence flowed into Kwon Mi.
Only after sharing all his energy did Kwon Han-ul release his hand.
Kwon Mi sprang to her feet. Everyone present could not help but be astonished.
“Mom!”
Kwon Hu-don embraced Kwon Mi. She held him back, tears streaming down her face.
“Phew….”
Kwon Han-ul wiped the sweat from his brow.
Killing someone was easy, but saving them was far more difficult.
Still, seeing the joy on their faces made all the effort worthwhile.
“Han-ul.”
Kwon Mi, her heart overflowing with happiness, turned to face Kwon Han-ul.
“I don’t know how to repay such a debt of gratitude.”
“Family doesn’t speak of such things. What kind of words are those?”
At Kwon Han-ul’s words, Kwon Mi’s face went blank as if struck by lightning.
“…Yes, we are family. Thank you for saying that.”
Kwon Mi smiled. Kwon Han-ul smiled back at her in exactly the same way.
“So, Han-ul. I’m grateful, truly I am….”
Kwon Mi’s expression suddenly turned serious.
“…How is it that you, of the Heukcheon Bloodline, are wielding the powers of a different bloodline.”
Kwon Han-ul’s face froze mid-smile.
The others wore expressions that made it clear they demanded an explanation as well.
“I would appreciate it if you explained everything… from beginning to end, in detail.”
The eyes of Kwon Mi and the others gleamed with keen interest.
Kwon Han-ul instinctively realized there was no way to evade or deflect the question.

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