Bloodline is Everything - Chapter 47

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【Bloodline is a Thug Chapter 47】

Chapter 47: Forced Submission (2)

What in the world was happening?
With my face pressed against the ground, I found myself utterly bewildered.
I tensed my neck. I pushed against the earth with both hands. I gritted my teeth, desperate to rise.
But.
No matter how much strength I exerted, my muscles only trembled—I couldn’t get up.
I couldn’t even lift my head, let alone stand.
“…How?”
I knew the answer. I am a thrall of the Kwon Family. As such, I must obey the commands of the Heukcheon Bloodline.
But this man possesses the Black Dragon Bloodline. Not the Heukcheon Bloodline, but the Black Dragon Bloodline.
“This is… impossible….”
No one can possess more than one bloodline.
This was common knowledge—as fundamental as darkness receding when the sun rises, or fire being impossible to kindle underwater.
So what was this man before me?
How could he wield the power of the Heukcheon Bloodline while possessing the Black Dragon Bloodline?
No, what troubled me even more was this.
“How… did you force me… to submit….”
A thrall must obey the Heukcheon Bloodline.
There were exceptions, of course. When the gap between thrall and bloodline holder was too vast, or when the thrall’s mental fortitude was exceptionally strong, or finally, when the purity of the Heukcheon Bloodline was too low.
A thrall could sometimes refuse the commands of the Heukcheon Bloodline.
If such exceptions didn’t exist, how would I have defied the orders of Nadia Blaga and Del Blaga?
“I’ve heard that commanding people is incredibly difficult. Yet it was so easy. Is it because you’re a thrall?”
Footsteps echoed. A foot appeared above my bowed head.
“If I just crush you now, it would end cleanly.”
Pressure bore down on my skull. The humiliation cut like a blade against bone, and I clenched my teeth.
Suddenly, the foot lifted away. At the same moment, my body felt light again.
I scrambled to my feet.
“Why… did you release the control?”
“It’d be a waste.”
Kwon Han-ul shrugged.
“I’ve been curious about your abilities for a while now. They say you were destined to become a world-class ranker? I should at least verify how impressive you really are.”
My mind went blank for a moment.
Only after a long pause did I understand. This man was looking down on me.
“I promise you this. From now on, I won’t use the power of the Heukcheon Bloodline. So come at me with the intent to kill.”
A murderous aura engulfed my face.
How the Heukcheon Bloodline had come to command me—I could unravel that mystery later.
For now, there was only one thing to do: repay this humiliation in blood.
“…Very well, I shall kill you with my own hands!”
Ruin Aspadam unleashed his fury. A ferocious killing intent radiated outward in all directions, as if he might pounce at any moment.
“You still won’t use your skill?”
“I already told you! Someone like you doesn’t deserve me to use skills!”
Ruin Aspadam stomped the ground.
The air shattered as his body rocketed forward. He swung his fist in a straight line, striking directly at Kwon Han-ul’s face.
In that instant, Kwon Han-ul’s hands wrapped around Ruin Aspadam’s arm.
“…?”
Before he could even register shock, his vision inverted. A sensation of weightlessness was followed by a devastating impact against his back.
“Gasp!”
Even as searing pain radiated through his entire body, Ruin Aspadam quickly grasped what had happened.
A throw.
The moment his fist extended, Kwon Han-ul had seized his arm and hurled him to the ground.
“When you move the same way three times, it becomes impossible not to recognize the pattern.”
Kwon Han-ul clenched his fist. Dragon Horse Energy coalesced over his knuckles.
“Wait, just a moment!”
Before Ruin Aspadam could finish speaking, Kwon Han-ul drove his fist downward.
The Dragon Horse Energy pierced through Ruin Aspadam’s torso.

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Nadia Blaga squeezed out every last ounce of strength she possessed and fled.
The moment she passed through the Gate and emerged from the Dungeon, she screamed.
“Help me!”
The Heukcheon hunters stationed outside jumped in alarm, staring at Nadia Blaga.
It was startling enough—someone who shouldn’t have been there had just burst out of the Gate.
“An intruder?”
“Grab her first and ask questions later.”
The hunters moved to apprehend Nadia Blaga, but she seized them first, her voice desperate. “No, no, this isn’t the time! Kwon Han-ul—Kwon Han-ul is in danger!”
“He, he’s in danger right now!”
The hunter’s expression hardened instantly. Though the details remained unclear, something serious was unfolding.
“Go fetch Kwon Ji-seok! Now!”
One hunter vanished in a panic. Moments later, Kwon Ji-seok appeared, with Joo Ha-yeon at his side.
“What’s all this commotion? She came flying out of the Gate?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Hey, who the hell are you? How did you get inside the Dungeon?”
“She’s from the Blaga Family bloodline.”
Joo Ha-yeon observed Nadia Blaga as she spoke.
“What? The Blaga Family? Why would someone from there be coming out of this Dungeon?”
At Kwon Ji-seok’s words, Nadia Blaga suddenly realized the magnitude of her mistake.
She, a member of the Blaga Family, had infiltrated a Dungeon under the Kwon Family’s jurisdiction without permission.
One wrong move could spark a serious conflict between the two families.
Should she make excuses? Or lie?
But after a moment’s hesitation, Nadia Blaga decided that Kwon Han-ul’s safety took priority.
“Never mind that—Kwon Han-ul is in danger!”
“Kwon Han-ul? Why would he be?”
“Ruin Aspadam… that madman is trying to kill Kwon Han-ul!”
In that instant, Joo Ha-yeon’s eyes widened. Without a word, she spun around.
“Where are you going?”
“I’m going to save Kwon Han-ul.”
Joo Ha-yeon bolted toward the Dungeon Gate, disappearing from sight in the blink of an eye.
One of the team members asked Kwon Ji-seok a question.
“What should we do? Should we send reinforcements?”
“Are you joking? Even if all of you went in, you’d struggle to be of any help to Ha-yeon.”
“That may be true, but…”
“We wait out here. And you—contact the Defense Force in Seoul right away, just in case.”
“Understood.”
Kwon Ji-seok issued orders swiftly.
“And you…”
Nadia Blaga’s body trembled. She had saved Kwon Han-ul, but now it was time to worry about her own life.
“I won’t kill you. But you’ll tell me everything you know.”
“Oh my, how frightening.”
At that moment, a voice like a feather tickling the ear reached me.
Catalina Blaga was walking toward us.
“What exactly are you trying to do to such a delicate child?”
Catalina Blaga wore a deep red velvet dress. The plunging neckline revealed a threatening presence.
It was the sort of appearance that would naturally draw anyone’s gaze, yet neither Kwon Ji-seok nor anyone else paid attention to her exposure.
“Catalina Blaga.”
Kwon Ji-seok’s teeth ground together.
“You threw a member of the Blaga Family bloodline into the Dungeon without my knowledge? Are you trying to provoke Heukcheon’s Kwon Han-ul?”
“Oh my, do I really look that foolish to you?”
“Then what possessed you to pull this stunt? Explain yourself right now. Otherwise….”
Kwon Ji-seok seized Nadia Blaga by the throat. Nadia Blaga made choking sounds.
“It would be rather inconvenient if this child died as well. Would you mind handing her over to me?”
“Nonsense….”
Catalina Blaga’s eyes glowed pink. The moment Kwon Ji-seok saw that gaze, his expression softened slightly.
“…!?”
Kwon Ji-seok quickly regained his senses. Then he realized it—his hand was empty.
“Gasp, cough.”
“Nadia, you’ve been through so much. Are you alright?”
Nadia Blaga was now beside Catalina Blaga.
Nadia Blaga coughed several times before clinging to Catalina Blaga.
“C-Catalina! This is terrible! Ruin Aspadam has finally caused a disaster!”
“I know.”
“D-Del is dead… and he went into the Dungeon saying he’d kill Kwon Han-ul too!”
“I’m aware, so there’s no need to worry.”
“We need to hurry and stop him… Huh?”
Nadia Blaga’s face went blank. As if she couldn’t comprehend what she was hearing.
“Y-You don’t mean… you already anticipated that Ruin Aspadam would act this way?”
Catalina Blaga nodded. In that instant, Nadia Blaga’s face flushed with anger.
“H-How could you… Del is dead! And I nearly died too! How could you do this!”
“Because I wanted things to unfold this way.”
At that absurd answer, Nadia Blaga was left speechless.
“W-What on earth….”
“Let’s drop this tedious conversation, shall we?”
“P-Please explain in detail! Otherwise I absolutely….”
“You’ll understand, won’t you?”
Catalina Blaga spoke in a subtle tone. Nadia Blaga’s expression softened. She simply nodded with a vacant look on her face.
“I’m glad you understand.”
Catalina Blaga clapped her hands in delight. Kwon Ji-seok stared at her with an expression of disgust.
“What do you think of your own bloodline?”
“You’re quite upset, aren’t you? The people of Heukcheon find this admirable. I suppose you could say the bloodline bonds are strong.”
“Shut your mouth.”
Dragon Fist energy coiled around Kwon Ji-seok’s knuckles. A razor-sharp killing intent poured toward Catalina Blaga.
Catalina Blaga merely smiled, even as she received the killing intent of the Heukcheon Bloodline—and from a pure-blooded member at that.
“Are you going to fight? You won’t stand a chance.”
Catalina Blaga’s aura shifted. In that instant, Kwon Ji-seok’s killing intent evaporated completely.
She hadn’t unleashed any magical power or killing intent herself.
Catalina Blaga had simply revealed her presence, and that alone had overwhelmed Kwon Ji-seok’s momentum entirely.
“I don’t particularly enjoy using force, but… I’m not someone these people here could handle.”
Only then did Kwon Ji-seok truly comprehend it.
The woman before him was a pure-blooded member of the Blaga Family and its oldest elder.
Even if he and his entire team rushed her together, they wouldn’t reach the tip of the power Catalina Blaga had accumulated.
Only someone on the level of his older brother, Kwon Seon-woo, could possibly stand against this woman.
“What the hell is this bitch going on about?”
Yet knowing this, Kwon Ji-seok’s resolve didn’t break. Instead, his killing intent intensified.
“South Korea is Heukcheon territory. And you dare threaten us after committing a crime?”
Catalina Blaga tilted her head curiously.
“If you attack, you’ll die.”
“So?”
“Pardon?”
Kwon Ji-seok unleashed his magical power. And it wasn’t just him—his teammates did the same.
“….”
Rarely did Catalina Blaga find herself at a loss for words.
“…Ah, I forgot. This is Heukcheon, after all.”
Idiots who live by pride alone.
Fools who exact revenge with their entire clan when a bloodline member dies.
Yet because they possess such power, they are monsters that everyone fears.
“Hmm, though I can’t really kill all of you.”
“Then die quietly.”
“Would you wait a moment?”
Catalina Blaga suddenly pulled out her smartphone and made a call.
“Yes, it’s me. The plan went a bit sideways. It ended up like this. Why didn’t you do it as we discussed? Well, it just happened that way.”
Kwon Ji-seok furrowed his brow. What was this woman doing?
“Tell your younger brother something for me instead. You don’t want this to escalate either, do you?”
Catalina Blaga ended the call. Moments later, Kwon Ji-seok’s smartphone rang.
“Answer it.”
Kwon Ji-seok pulled out his smartphone and checked the caller ID.
-Hyung-
The moment he saw that name, his mind went blank.

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Kwon Han-ul withdrew his fist from the ground. Then he turned his head away as if he’d witnessed something unspeakable.
“Ugh.”
Ruin Aspadam’s condition was ghastly. A massive cavity had been torn through his abdomen, exposing his internal organs completely.
“Should I take the corpse with me?”
Just as Kwon Han-ul was deliberating, Ruin Aspadam’s fingers twitched.
“…What?”
Startled, Kwon Han-ul recoiled from the body.
Ruin Aspadam’s fingers moved beyond mere twitching—his hand clenched into a tight fist.
“Ugh… ugh…”
Ruin Aspadam slowly pushed himself upright. The motion was grotesque, like a puppet being hoisted by invisible strings.
“Ugh… uuugh…”
Ruin Aspadam groaned. Kwon Han-ul barely managed to speak.
“…How are you still alive?”
Hunters possessed formidable vitality, but there were limits to what was possible.
No one could survive with their entire viscera obliterated and their spine completely torn away—not even Ruin Aspadam.
“Heh heh… this is the blessing of Catalina Blaga.”
The wound in his abdomen began closing instantly. His spine regrew, and his organs and muscles filled back in.
I had witnessed something similar before—from Catalina Blaga herself.
“…The power of a vassal.”
Becoming a vassal granted numerous abilities. I had known this in theory, but witnessing it firsthand was entirely different.
“This exceeds imagination.”
Catalina Blaga’s regenerative prowess was extraordinary, but Ruin Aspadam was no less formidable.
The ability to instantly heal wounds that should have been fatal.
It was power beyond standard measure.
“Hm, the pain is gone now.”
Ruin Aspadam smiled with satisfaction.
“What a shame. To squander your chance to kill me like that.”
Ruin Aspadam summoned his mana. It transformed into a brilliant azure lightning.
The lightning crackled against the surrounding trees and earth, producing a deafening roar.
“You wanted to see the Lightning Sage’s technique?”
Lightning enveloped Ruin Aspadam’s body. With each movement, lightning erupted from him.
The Lightning Sage’s secret technique finally manifested before my eyes.
“Thunder is not merely swift—it divides into a thousand, ten thousand paths.”
The lightning surrounding Ruin Aspadam’s body intensified.
“Thus the Lightning Sage embodies speed, transformation, and exchange.”
Lightning concentrated in Ruin Aspadam’s hands and legs.
A chilling sensation, as if my spine were being extracted, crept up my back.
Lightning Sage’s Heavenly Fist – Three Heavens
One Hand, Hundred Transformations
Hundreds of fist strikes hammered against every inch of Kwon Han-ul’s body.

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