Bloodline is Everything - Chapter 217

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【Bloodline is a Thug Chapter 217】

217. Interference (4)

The source of Reverse Bloodline began to be absorbed into Kwon Han-ul.
Immediately, severe vertigo overwhelmed him. One of his knees touched the ground.
“Do you know how much time we wasted over those long years!”
Azet Hermes shouted while grasping the source of Reverse Bloodline.
“While there are differences from person to person, everyone feels an enormous burden when absorbing a source! The larger the source, the greater the burden becomes!”
Contrary to his taciturn expression, Azet Hermes was utterly exhilarated.
“You could suffer internal injuries, lose consciousness, or in severe cases, lose your life! In any case, you become incapacitated—that’s what this means!”
The source of Reverse Bloodline that Azet Hermes had been holding vanished. It was completely absorbed into Kwon Han-ul’s body.
“No matter how strong you are, you won’t come out unscathed after absorbing Reverse Bloodline!”
As proof, Kwon Han-ul remained on his knees, cold sweat dripping down his face.
“Now you and everything inside your body belong to me!”
Azet Hermes approached with a beaming smile, but three figures blocked his path.
“Oh?”
Azet Hermes’s eyes curved like a crescent moon. He gazed at the Heukam Corps with a contemptuous expression.
“So the moths are diving into the flames. Will you really stake your lives for your captain?”
“Sh-shut up!”
Kwon Hu-don spoke with a trembling voice.
“H-Han-ul is not going anywhere with you!”
“That’s right! You perverted old freak!”
“I’m already swamped with work. Stop wasting time and get out of here.”
Despite the provocations from the three, Azet Hermes’s smile never faded. He knew these three were no match for him.
“Fine. You foolish, pathetic creatures. I’ll specially take you along as experimental subjects….”
Then Azet Hermes’s voice grew quieter. With a dazed expression, he looked behind the Heukam Corps.
“…Why are you fine?”
The Heukam Corps slowly turned around. Kwon Han-ul had already risen to his feet, looking perfectly unharmed.
“Why are you asking me that?”
“Then who the hell are you asking!”
Azet Hermes burst out shouting.
“Do you know what kind of bloodline Reverse Bloodline is! It’s a bloodline where every test subject failed to absorb it completely and died coughing blood midway! It’s a power on a different level from other bloodlines! How could you possibly….”
“Ah, you couldn’t understand that? As it happens, I know the answer.”
Kwon Han-ul gestured to his own body as he spoke.
“I’ve already obtained a similar bloodline before.”
“Similar…?”
A look of confusion appeared on Azet Hermes’s face.
“A bloodline similar to Reverse Blood… exists?”
“You acted like you knew everything, but it seems you’re just a fool who actually knows nothing.”
Kwon Han-ul’s mockery caused Azet Hermes’s expression to distort gradually.
“You insolent brat! Don’t spout off whatever nonsense comes to mind!”
“But are you really comfortable spouting such nonsense in front of me?”
Kwon Han-ul’s eyes gleamed with murderous intent.
He had no intention whatsoever of letting Azet Hermes—the man as good as his parents’ killer—escape alive.
“W-what?!”
Azet Hermes hastily manifested magic. But before the spell could even complete, Kwon Han-ul seized him by the throat.
“Gack!”
“I’d love to take my time killing you, but time is short. I’ll have to settle for this.”
Azet Hermes’s eyes widened. Mana began pouring into him through the hand gripping his throat.
Azet Hermes summoned his own mana to resist. But it was futile. Kwon Han-ul’s mana consumed Azet Hermes’s mana far too easily.
Having devoured Azet Hermes’s mana and amplified his own power, Kwon Han-ul’s mana spread throughout the man’s body—through capillaries and into the finest nerve endings.
“Y-you wouldn’t…?”
The moment Azet Hermes realized Kwon Han-ul’s intent, his face drained of all color.
He understood what Kwon Han-ul was about to do.
“Y-you savage monster!”
“I don’t want to hear that from you.”
With those brief words, Kwon Han-ul detonated the mana he’d injected into Azet Hermes’s body.
As the mana converted to flame, Azet Hermes’s body erupted in fire.
While it’s said that the most excruciating pain the human body can experience is from burns, this transcended that entirely.
The agony of igniting every nerve in his body simultaneously shattered Azet Hermes’s sanity completely.
“Krraaaaaahhhhh!”
A scream tore from his throat. But it didn’t last long. His body crumbled to ash in the blink of an eye and vanished.
The body that had been Azet Hermes disappeared in an instant. Kwon Han-ul dusted off his empty hands.

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‘Damn bastard!’
His body had vanished, but Azet Hermes’ soul remained.
‘How dare you humiliate me like this!’
Azet Hermes ground his teeth. His entire body trembled from the overwhelming shame.
But it wasn’t over yet. There was still a chance.
‘I just need to reach the backup body. Then I can survive.’
Since Azet Hermes established Aeon, the experiments he’d conducted were countless.
Among them were experiments designed to preserve his life in emergencies like this.
Creating a backup body and transferring his soul into it.
‘As long as I’m alive, I can seize another opportunity!’
Azet Hermes moved his soul, attempting to fly toward where the backup body awaited.
Or rather, he tried to.
If only Kwon Han-ul’s hand hadn’t suddenly shot out and seized him.
“I didn’t expect you to pull something so clever.”
It wasn’t an illusion. Kwon Han-ul was unmistakably grasping his soul form, and more than that—he was glaring at it.
‘How… how is this possible!’
“I possess quite a few bloodlines. Which means there’s a lot I can do.”
【’Half-Demon Bloodline’ detects magical manifestation!】
【’Half-Demon Bloodline’ captures the movement of the soul!】
Kwon Han-ul clenched Azet Hermes’ soul with all his might.
“Farewell.”
The soul crumpled, then burst. Immediately after, a bone-chilling scream echoed through the air.
Even then, Kwon Han-ul stared into the empty space for a long moment. Only after confirming that Azet Hermes had completely vanished did he avert his gaze.
“Um… Commander? What are you doing?”
Mei Hong, standing beside him, asked with a bewildered expression.
From the perspective of the others who couldn’t see Azet Hermes’ soul, it simply looked as though Kwon Han-ul had suddenly grabbed at empty air and muttered to himself.
“Don’t worry about it.”
Kwon Han-ul turned to face his companions.
Then he examined Sageum-ok once more.
He’d repelled Azet Hermes’ attack, but the real problem remained unsolved.
He had to open Sageum-ok somehow and help Kwon Seon-woo.
“Han-ul, even if Kwon Hyuk… no, that traitor is incredibly strong, he shouldn’t be able to do anything to the Chairman, right?”
Kwon Hu-don spoke. It was a reasonable opinion considering Kwon Seon-woo’s martial prowess.
But Kwon Han-ul shook his head.
“If that were true, Sageum-ok would have opened by now.”
There were two ways to open Sageum-ok.
Either the owner reactivated the artifact, or the owner died.
Given the gap between Kwon Seon-woo and Kwon Hyuk, the battle should have concluded and Sageum-ok should have opened. But the fact that it hadn’t meant the situation inside wasn’t proceeding smoothly.
“Damn it. I need to do something.”
Kwon Han-ul grew anxious. An ominous premonition kept gnawing at him.
But once a relic was sealed, no one in this world could open it again.
Yet as the saying goes, the world is full of surprises.
The scattered remnants of Azet Hermes’s soul, which had burst apart, began to gather once more.
Every last fragment was absorbed into Kwon Han-ul’s body.
In that instant, something began to surface in Kwon Han-ul’s mind.
“….”
It was knowledge.
Vast quantities of knowledge flooded his consciousness. Though Azet Hermes had lived for an eternity, this was far beyond what any human could ever possess.
“This isn’t… human knowledge.”
The knowledge I absorbed was Azet Hermes’s knowledge, yet it wasn’t his.
It was the knowledge of a Demon I had slain long ago.
That knowledge had been transmitted to me through Azet Hermes.
“Hah….”
A Demon’s knowledge is so arcane and intricate that humans cannot comprehend it. Even Azet Hermes had only managed to digest specks of it across those long ages.
But I was different. My body carried half-Demon blood, and the vessel dwelled within me.
I couldn’t grasp all of it, but I could understand much of it.
“Now I understand.”
A vision materialized in my mind—the colossal wall I had glimpsed in the realm of the unconscious.
In the holes carved into the wall, the sources of bloodlines had taken their places. But one spot remained empty—the space beside the half-Demon bloodline.
The half-Saint bloodline slotted into that vacant space. In that moment, a transformation rippled through my inner being.
“H-Han-ul?”
The instant Kwon Hu-don witnessed the change, he gasped in shock. Mei Hong and Gael Garsian wore expressions of astonishment.
“Your… eyes.”
“They’re shining, aren’t they?”
My irises blazed with golden light. More precisely, luminous auras were streaming forth from them.
I reached out and grasped Sageum-ok. Then I issued a command.
【Transfer authority over ‘Sageum-ok’.】
【Will you open ‘Sageum-ok’?】
I immediately selected to open it.
As Sageum-ok opened, the magical power trapped within was released.
The unleashed magical force pushed back everything around it. A tempest erupted, and dust was swept up in the maelstrom.
I and the Heukam Corps shielded our eyes with our arms, waiting for the storm to subside.
Then something flew toward me and crashed into my embrace. I jolted in surprise and checked what had landed in my arms.
“Ha-yeon?”
“Kwon Han-ul?”
We both stared at each other in shock.
“What are you doing here?! What about the sealed chamber?”
“It’s all finished. I’m relieved you’re safe, Ha-yeon.”
I was about to say more when the world suddenly darkened.
-Why did Sageum-ok open? I never issued such a command.
A colossal dragon blotted out the sun, its shadow engulfing the entire world.
-Huh? My beloved nephew!
The dragon looked down at Kwon Han-ul and spoke. But Han-ul couldn’t help but feel bewildered.
The creature was far too unsightly to be called a dragon. Its scales grew haphazardly, and its teeth were crooked and misaligned. It looked as though something had attempted to mimic a dragon and then abandoned the effort halfway.
-Don’t tell me my nephew has done something reckless again? You always manage to startle people like this.
The oddly familiar tone made Kwon Han-ul furrow his brow.
“…Kwon Hyuk?”
-Goodness! My dear nephew! You mustn’t call your uncle by his name so carelessly! That won’t do!
The dragon—no, Kwon Hyuk—laughed loudly and spoke.
-I heard that Heukcheon was in danger and came rushing over. But I was already too late. Your uncle arrived first.
Kwon Hyuk bent at the waist and seized Kwon Seon-woo’s head in his grasp. Then he spread his hand before his face.
Mana poured from Kwon Seon-woo’s body and gathered into Kwon Hyuk’s palm. Soon, a massive orb took shape.
It was no ordinary sphere. It was Kwon Seon-woo’s Orb of Benevolence.
-At last, I have it in my hands.
Kwon Hyuk’s eyes gleamed with avarice as he gazed upon the orb.
-With this, I shall become perfect.
Kwon Hyuk swallowed the Orb of Benevolence whole. His throat convulsed as he forced it down into his belly.
Immediately after, transformation began.
Scales sprouted across his bare hide. Teeth that had been growing wildly through his gums became orderly and refined.
The ungainly form that had seemed to fail at mimicking a dragon transformed into a perfect one.
-It is done!
Kwon Hyuk writhed across his entire body. Unable to contain his overwhelming joy, he roared.
-At last, I possess the power of true bloodline!

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