Bloodline is Everything - Chapter 73

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【Bloodline is a Thug Chapter 73】

Chapter 73: The Traitors (3)

Kwon Han-ul shifted his gaze.
Kwon Hu-don, battered and covered in blood, came into view. Between his swollen features, bewildered eyes glistened with tears.
“You did well.”
Kwon Han-ul spoke tersely.
At those words, Kwon Hu-don’s tears fell like drops of dew.
“Mother was very worried.”
Kwon Han-ul placed his hand on Kwon Hu-don’s shoulder. Golden light enveloped his body.
Golden Resonance
I activated the recovery skill obtained from consuming the golden apple. True to its Legendary rank, the swelling on Kwon Hu-don’s face subsided instantly.
“Rest for a while.”
After treating Kwon Hu-don, I turned to Takamine Ryoko and spoke.
“Takamine, I apologize for the delay.”
“It’s fine. I’m just grateful you came. But….”
Takamine Ryoko gazed at the collapsed entrance and asked.
“Did you really need to destroy it like this? I gave you the key.”
“The key? You mean this?”
Kwon Han-ul withdrew a disc from his pocket. Takamine Ryoko sighed.
“Yes, that’s it.”
“I didn’t know how to use it, so I just destroyed it.”
“…Ah.”
It seemed this was something she hadn’t anticipated. I thought he was feigning incompetence, but it appeared not everything was an act.
“If you didn’t know how to use the key, you wouldn’t have known the location of the Secret Shelter either. How did you find it?”
“I had the help of a capable team member.”
Just then, a presence was felt from the entrance. Mei Hong descended, using the debris as stepping stones.
“Kwon Han-ul, what would happen if you just rushed off like that alone?”
Mei Hong spoke with a tone of resentment. Kwon Han-ul explained again to Takamine Ryoko.
“She received extensive training in this field.”
Mei Hong had been educated as an assassin within the Mei Family.
Among her training was the ability to observe a building’s structure and deduce the location of hidden shelters.
Over the past few days, Mei Hong had walked through the Takamine Residence thoroughly.
She had already determined that the Secret Shelter lay beneath the large restaurant.
She simply hadn’t mentioned it to Kwon Han-ul.
“Are only the two of you here?”
“Yes. Are you concerned?”
“No, I trust my own eyes.”
Takamine Ryoko shook her head as she answered.
“Only two of you came without Joo Ha-yeon?”
Ferdrans interjected into their conversation.
“A foolish choice. Even if I say this, you won’t understand. You just arrived and have no idea what’s happening here.”
“I do understand. I heard the gist of it. I already know you’re here, and I already know that traitors have emerged.”
A look of confusion crossed Ferdrans’s face.
“You came here knowing that? Did ambition blind you? Or have you grown arrogant from becoming famous?”
“Neither of those.”
“Then do you think I, Ferdrans, am easy prey?”
“That’s not it either, but…”
Kwon Han-ul glanced around. He looked at Kwon Hu-don’s team members, the Homunculi, and finally at Ferdrans.
“It doesn’t seem like I couldn’t handle this alone.”
At those words, Ferdrans burst into laughter.
“You think you can resolve this situation alone when you’re not even a world-ranked hunter?”
Ferdrans didn’t know exactly what level Kwon Han-ul was at.
The Kwon Family was an extremely closed organization. They never leaked information about even a celebrity of Kwon Han-ul’s caliber.
“You think you can handle this alone with a body that has only one S-rank ability?”
But masters always recognize amateurs.
When Ferdrans first saw Kwon Han-ul, he could gauge his level.
“Kwon Han-ul, even so, I rate you quite highly. But with your current strength, I doubt you could even kill one of the Homunculi here.”
Ferdrans pointed to one of the Homunculi clinging to the wall.
“You seem to not know something either.”
“What do you mean?”
“Ah, if you’d been stuck here from the beginning, you wouldn’t have seen how I created the Homunculi that attacked the Mansion. Right?”
Ferdrans was momentarily flustered. What did the Mansion’s Homunculi matter?
He’d sent them as decoys, but they weren’t pushovers either. There was no way Kwon Han-ul could have handled them.
“…You talk too much for someone with such meager skills. Did you gain confidence from landing a hit on Mark Griffin?”
Before Ferdrans could finish speaking, an explosion erupted from the collapsed wall. Mark Griffin burst through the gaping hole.
“Kwon Han-ul! You bastard! You punch me in the face? I’ll definitely kill you!”
Despite being hit by the shockwave unexpectedly, Mark Griffin was unharmed. He showed no sign of even being shaken.
“I’d like to let Mark Griffin do as he pleases, but that would be wasteful.”
Ferdrans shrugged his shoulders. Then he gestured to his team members.
“Capture him, don’t kill him.”
He added one more thing.
“If you don’t capture him within ten minutes, I’ll activate the latent poison.”
The threat of death drives human ability to its absolute limits.
At Ferdrans’s words, his team members’ eyes gleamed. Without waiting for anyone to go first, they rushed toward Kwon Han-ul.
“Mei Hong.”
“Yes!”
“Protect Takamine Ryoko.”
Kwon Han-ul issued the command to Mei Hong without hesitation.
“All of you, attack together!”
“We must capture him!”
In the meantime, the team members spread out widely to encircle Kwon Han-ul.
“Hah.”
Kwon Han-ul drew forth all of his mana. He channeled every ounce of it into the suit he wore.
In that instant, the team members surrounding Kwon Han-ul witnessed something extraordinary.
The black suit he wore writhed as though it were alive.
And behind Kwon Han-ul’s back, a shape materialized before their eyes.
“…A dragon?”
Someone muttered in disbelief.
The roar of a dragon swept them all away.

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Dragon Fear.
A unique skill that only the most powerful among draconic monsters could wield.
“Gasp, ugh!”
“My head… my head…!”
Those of lower rank suffered extreme agony merely from exposure to the fear. In severe cases, death could follow.
“My… my mana won’t move….”
“I… I can’t feel my body….”
That was not all. It inverted the flow of mana and caused all stats to plummet catastrophically.
The team members were not alone in suffering Dragon Fear’s effects. The Homunculi collapsed to the ground in equal agony.
With a single use, Ferdrans’ entire fighting force had been rendered useless.
“How absurd.”
Ferdrans could only let out a hollow laugh.
“You’re surprised already? That’s premature.”
Kwon Han-ul withdrew a ring from his pocket. Carved like a ruby, he slipped it onto his little finger.
【You have equipped the ‘Ring of Lust’.】
【The fifth function has been unlocked.】
【The power of ‘Bloodline Authority’ is greatly enhanced.】
The Ring of Lust granted five distinct abilities depending on which finger it adorned.
And the ability accessible when worn on the little finger was.
“Listen to me, all of you.”
Hallucination.
“The one beside you is your enemy. Kill them.”
In an instant, silence fell over the secret shelter.
The team members and the Homunculi turned to regard those standing beside them.
Soon, the stench of blood erupted from all directions.
“He’s here! Kwon Han-ul is here!”
“Die! You must die so I can live!”
“Ahhhhh!”
It was a return to hell itself. The horrific scene was so gruesome that even Ferdrans fell silent.
Then, someone screamed.
“Kwon Han-ul!”
Mark Griffin burst from the side. His high magical power stat meant he alone, unlike the rest of his team, remained unaffected by the illusion.
“You let your guard down!”
Mark Griffin threw a punch. The explosion completely obliterated the spot where Kwon Han-ul had been standing.
“Hehehehe! Now that’s refreshing!”
“Glad you think so.”
Mark Griffin’s laughter cut short. As the dust settled, Kwon Han-ul stood unscathed.
“How… how is that possible?”
“Equipment difference.”
“What?”
Kwon Han-ul spread both hands. Dragon Essence gathered in his palms.
“I apologize for underestimating you earlier.”
Mark Griffin tensed, clenching his fists again.
“This time, I’ll give you a proper hit.”
“Damn it!”
Mark Griffin tried to drive his fist down. But Kwon Han-ul reached out first, catching his punch.
Profound Dragon Ascension Art – Basic Form
Willow Strike Method – Reverse Flow
The force and magical power contained in Mark Griffin’s punch twisted.
What should have moved toward Kwon Han-ul reversed direction instead. As a result, his joints snapped and his arm whipped backward.
“Screeeech!”
Mark Griffin shrieked. His shoulder, forearm, and wrist joints all shattered. It was pain no human could endure.
Then, Kwon Han-ul’s hands moved.
Dragon Essence gathered at his fingertips. He unleashed a blade-sharp aura.
Profound Dragon Ascension Art – Basic Form
Slash Method – Dual Hand Severance
Kwon Han-ul’s hands moved. Two black lines swept across Mark Griffin’s body in an instant.
Soon after, lacerations appeared across Mark Griffin’s entire body as blood poured out.
“Guh, guaaahhh!”
Struck by this sudden new agony, Mark Griffin screamed again.
Kwon Han-ul clenched his fist toward the writhing Mark Griffin.
The Crushing Strike Spiral Technique he’d used earlier was specialized in releasing Dragon Essence to destroy from within.
It was powerful, but against an opponent with such a severe magical power gap like Mark Griffin, its effectiveness diminished drastically. So this time, he chose a different technique.
Profound Dragon Ascension Art – Basic Form
Muscle Structure Ice White Insect Offering Technique
I twist my waist first before throwing my fist. The delayed punch embeds itself into Lockbreaker’s torso.
The densely condensed dragon essence crushes through Lockbreaker’s thick muscles. It shatters the bone behind it. And reaches all the way to his internal organs.
Lockbreaker flies backward without even a chance to scream.
“Gack, cough!”
Lockbreaker writhes on the ground, face-down. Blood gushes from his mouth in torrents.
It was when Kwon Han-ul approached Lockbreaker to finish him off.
Killing intent sliced through the air from behind.
It was as clear and sharp as an actual blade flying toward me. Kwon Han-ul reflexively turned around.
Ferdrans was glaring at me.
“Kwon Hu-don.”
“Yes, yes!”
“I’d like to finish this myself, but I can’t.”
Ferdrans showed no intention of allowing Lockbreaker to die.
Probably because it would be difficult to acquire another slave of world-ranker caliber.
“You handle Lockbreaker.”
“…Me, me, me?”
“What? Does it seem difficult?”
Hesitation flickered across Kwon Hu-don’s face. But he answered with a strong voice.
“…No, I can do it.”
“Good, I’m trusting you with this.”
After saying that, Kwon Han-ul turned toward Ferdrans.
“You’ve grown attached in such a short time. Interfering and telling me not to kill him.”
“He’s a world-ranker. It would be wasteful to let him die here.”
Ferdrans glanced at Kwon Hu-don and asked.
“You made a foolish choice. No matter how injured Lockbreaker is, he’s still a world-ranker. Do you really think that idiot can do anything about it?”
“That’s not something you need to worry about.”
Kwon Han-ul spoke with firm conviction. Ferdrans could only nod at such a clean answer.
“Right, it’s not my concern. But there’s something that bothers me. That thing you’re wearing… Is that Weaver Heinkel’s Black River?”
“It is. Why do you ask?”
“As I thought.”
Ferdrans scrutinized the Black River set frantically.
“There aren’t many defensive artifacts that can withstand Dragon Piercer and block a world-ranker’s attacks. Since the Blaga Family took it long ago, no one has seen it… yet here it is, appearing right before me like this.”
Greed was written plainly across his face and eyes.
“Today is my lucky day. A world-ranker and the Black River set falling into my hands.”
“I have no intention of giving it. Your delusions are severe.”
“That’s not for you to decide.”
Ferdrans unleashed his killing intent.
“I’ll kill you and take it.”
Kwon Han-ul took a stance ready to attack at any moment. Ferdrans beckoned with his fingers as if to say come whenever you’re ready.
“Come then. I shall yield the first move as a mark of respect to Heukcheon’s name.”
Kwon Han-ul did not refuse Ferdrans’s proposal. He immediately kicked off the ground and charged forward.
But Ferdrans made no move. Kwon Han-ul found this strange, yet he summoned his dragon energy.
Mystical Dragon Ascension Art, Basic Form
Victory Strike Style, Elastic Block
The fastest technique, delivered along the fastest path.
Kwon Han-ul’s fist shot forward in a straight line, aimed directly at Ferdrans’s face.
That was when it happened.
“Ha, Han-ul!”
Kwon Hu-don cried out in urgent tones.
“Danger!”
Kwon Han-ul’s fist struck Ferdrans’s face.
Despite landing a direct hit, Ferdrans remained unscathed. As if he felt no impact whatsoever. He didn’t even blink.
“A rather sharp fist, I must say.”
Ferdrans smiled and spoke, his fist still in contact with Kwon Han-ul’s.
“But it won’t work on me.”
Ferdrans burst forward. He drove a hand blade toward Kwon Han-ul’s neck.
No matter how superior the protective power of the Black River Set, it could not cover every exposed area.
A flash-like strike pierced toward Kwon Han-ul’s throat.

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But just before impact, Kwon Han-ul leaned his waist to the side as if he had anticipated it.
He planted his hand on the ground and rotated his body. Simultaneously, he swept his leg to strike Ferdrans’s head.
With a tremendous sound, Ferdrans’s body was driven backward.
Despite taking an unexpected blow, Ferdrans’s face remained unharmed. Yet bewilderment was plainly evident.
“…How did you predict that?”
Thanks to operating multiple bloodlines simultaneously, Kwon Han-ul’s reading of moves had entered the realm of prediction. This much was not surprising.
But even Kwon Han-ul had not anticipated this turn of events.
【’???’has made contact with ‘Superhuman Blood’.】
【’Superhuman Blood’ has been acquired.】
Violent changes erupted throughout Kwon Han-ul’s body.

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