Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83 - Cry-Baby And Ugly-Faced Woman
Chapter 84 - The Situation Took A Turn For The Worst
Chapter 85 - The Blood Clan’S True Form (One)
Chapter 86 - Blood Clan'S True Form (Two)
Chapter 87 - Your Blood Is Quite Nutritious
Chapter 88 - Awakening (One)
Chapter 89 - Awakening (Two)
Chapter 90 - Awakening (Three)
Chapter 91 - Return
Chapter 92 - Sin Of Hell’S River
Chapter 93 - Don’T Do It, It’Ll Hurt
Chapter 94 - All The Blood In This World Belongs To Me
Chapter 95 - The Charm Of That Shield
Chapter 96 - I Definitely Will Not Let You Suffer
Chapter 97 - Our Inland Sea
Chapter 98 - Arracca Murkh
Chapter 99 - Uncertain Fate
Chapter 100 - Ramon (One)
Chapter 101 - Ramon (Two)
Chapter 102 - Eckstedt’S Welcoming Ceremony
Chapter 103 - Gamble (One)
Chapter 104 - Gamble (Two)
Chapter 105 - The Kingdom’S Wrath
Chapter 106 - The Failed Bet
Chapter 107 - Mystic Gun
Chapter 108 - Chapman Lampard
Chapter 109 - Remnants Of Magic
Chapter 110 - Paid Homage
Chapter 111 - Kaslan’S Tavern
Chapter 112
Chapter 113 - The Intersection Of Fate
Chapter 114 - The People In Hell (One)
Chapter 115 - The People In Hell (Two)
Chapter 116
Chapter 117 - Star Killer
Chapter 118 - The Unexpected Guests
Chapter 119 - A Marquis From Camus
Chapter 120 - Bait
Chapter 121 - Clue
Chapter 122 - Until Dawn Came (One)
Chapter 123 - Until Dawn Came (Two)
Chapter 124 - Queen Of The Sky
Chapter 125 - The Female Warrior
Chapter 126 - Heroic Spirit Palace
Chapter 127 - The Born King (One)
Chapter 128 - The Born King (Two)
Chapter 129 - A Duel
Chapter 130 - The King And His Archdukes
Chapter 131 - The Strange Swordsman
Chapter 132 - Who Are You?
Chapter 133 - Hunt And Chase
Chapter 134 - Little Rascal And Alex (One)
Chapter 135 - Little Rascal And Alex (Two)
Chapter 136 - Stabs
Chapter 137 - Kidnapping The Archduke?
Chapter 138 - Numb Hands
Chapter 139 - A Unique Welcome Banquet
Chapter 140 - The Red Witch
Chapter 141 - Reunion
Chapter 142 - Who’S There (One)
Chapter 143 - Who’S There (Two)
Chapter 144 - The Sword Of Baptism’S Death
Chapter 145 - The Wait
Chapter 146 - The Culprit
Chapter 147 - The Northland Road
Chapter 148
Chapter 149 - Not Even Worth Half A Penny!
Chapter 150 - The Beloved Former King, Nuven
Chapter 151 - Veteran
Chapter 152 - Shadow
Chapter 153 - Have A Drink
Chapter 154 - The Secret Of ‘Triumph’
Chapter 155 - A Bargaining Chip You Cannot Refuse
Chapter 156 - Horrifying
Chapter 157 - The Death Of Soria
Chapter 158 - Betrayal
Chapter 159 - The Fateful Night
Chapter 160 - The Invitation
Chapter 161 - The First Mystic Declaration
Chapter 162 - Letting Go Of A Suspicion
Chapter 163 - Monster And Monster
Chapter 164 - Chaos Begins
Chapter 165 - Just Speak
Chapter 166 - Surprise
Chapter 167 - Flee
Chapter 168 - The Tragic End Of Weaklings
Chapter 169 - Air And Blood
Chapter 170 - The Desperate Dash
Chapter 171 - The Outcome Of The Civil War
Chapter 172 - Elimination
Chapter 173 - The Blade Of Purification
Chapter 174 - The Truth About Elimination
Chapter 175 - Same Kind (One)
Chapter 176 - Same Kind (Two)
Chapter 177 - Sudden Entrance Into The Battlefield!
Chapter 178 - True Form
Chapter 179 - Silence And Darkness
Chapter 180 - Knocking On The Door
Chapter 181 - Phantom
Chapter 182 - A Gentle Kiss
Chapter 183 - The Cost Of Victory
Chapter 184 - The Paradoxical Assassin
Chapter 185 - Thunder Rumbles In Winter
Chapter 186 - End Of Arc: A Good Name
Chapter 187 - The Night Ends, The Day Breaks
Chapter 188 - It Is You
Chapter 189 - Symphony Of Blood (One)
Chapter 190 - Symphony Of Blood (Part Two)
Chapter 191 - Stop Meddling Into The Matters Of Elders
Chapter 192 - Six-Fifty
Chapter 193 - Choose Who You Want To Become
Chapter 194 - Ice-Cold
Chapter 195 - Spirit Of The Contract
Chapter 196 - The Manipulator (One)
Chapter 197 - The Manipulator (Two)
Chapter 198 - Price
Chapter 199
Chapter 200 - Encounter
Chapter 201 - The Prince’S End
Chapter 202 - Really Bad Luck (One)
Chapter 203 - Really Bad Luck (Two)
Chapter 204 - Understanding
Chapter 205 - Execute On The Spot
Chapter 206 - Guest From Barren Bone
Chapter 207 - The Prince’S Doubts
Chapter 208 - The Black Prophet From The Other Side
Chapter 209 - Code Name: Dragon’S Blood
Chapter 210 - The Importance Of Dragon’S Blood
Chapter 211 - A Gamble In The Dark (One)
Chapter 212 - A Gamble In The Dark (Two)
Chapter 213 - The Curse Of The Witch
Chapter 214 - The Scorching Blade
Chapter 215 - Stall
Chapter 216 - The Latecomer
Chapter 217 - A Very Big Problem
Chapter 218 - The Blade And The Wing
Chapter 219 - Trust And Loyalty
Chapter 220 - Nicholas’ Bargaining Chip
Chapter 221 - Shelter
Chapter 222 - A Critical Decision
Chapter 223 - Failure
Chapter 224 - Little Rascal’S ‘Consolation’
Chapter 225 - Save This Country
Chapter 226 - King Slayer
Chapter 227 - Creating Trouble For Ourselves
Chapter 228 - The Strongest Chess Piece (One)
Chapter 229 - The Strongest Chess Piece (Two)
Chapter 230 - The Strongest Chess Piece. (Three)
Chapter 231 - Lampard’S Plan
Chapter 232 - The Archduke’S Fight
Chapter 233 - It Has Been A Long Time
Chapter 234 - A Great Threat
Chapter 235 - Contention
Chapter 236 - The Inextinguishable Starlight
Chapter 237 - The Virtuous King
Chapter 238 - Centuries Of Strategic Planning (One)
Chapter 239 - Centuries Of Strategic Planning (Two)
Chapter 240 - Centuries Of Strategic Planning (Three)
Chapter 241 - Genuine Patrols
Chapter 242
Chapter 243 - Seize Control
Chapter 244 - Chad Vlad
Chapter 245 - Severing Souls With A Slash!
Chapter 246 - A Game Of Chess
Chapter 247 - A Chance Encounter
Chapter 248 - I Am Very Honored
Chapter 249 - When Swords Cross (One)
Chapter 250 - When Swords Cross (Two)
Chapter 251 - Arduous
Chapter 252 - I Am So Relieved
Chapter 253 - I Can Help You
Chapter 254 - The Black Knight’S Death
Chapter 255 - Changing Hands
Chapter 256 - Counter-Attack
Chapter 257 - Check
Chapter 258 - Checkmate
Chapter 259 - A Speculation
Chapter 260 - The Reason For Battle (One)
Chapter 261 - The Reason For Battle (Two)
Chapter 262 - Twist Of Fate
Chapter 263 - A Child Who’S Not Able To Drink Alcohol
Chapter 264 - You Northland Barbarians!
Chapter 265 - Two Minutes
Chapter 266 - What A Shame (One)
Chapter 267 - What A Shame (Two)
Chapter 268 - We Won
Chapter 269 - The Archduchess
Chapter 270 - The Blood-Stained Crown
Chapter 271 - The Day Before The Bitter Cold Winter
Chapter 272 - Yc
Chapter 273 - End Of Arc: The Destiny They Missed
Chapter 274 - The Quiet Prince
Chapter 275 - A Game Of Chess (One)
Chapter 276 - A Game Of Chess (Two)
Chapter 277 - First Lesson
Chapter 278 - The Truth Brothers
Chapter 279 - Traitors
Chapter 280 - Target
Chapter 281 - An Awkward Dinner
Chapter 282 - Upset
Chapter 283 - Riot
Chapter 284 - The Familiar Guest
Chapter 285 - The Honor And Humiliation Of The Great Dragon (One)
Chapter 286
Chapter 287 - The Mystery About Putray
Chapter 288 - The Dragon’S Blood Has Yet To Dry
Chapter 289 - Dragon Breaker (One)
Chapter 290 - Dragon Breaker (Two)
Chapter 291 - Meryl Hicks
Chapter 292 - The Boundaries Of Governance (One)
Chapter 293 - The Boundaries Of Governance (Two)
Chapter 294 - What Is Magic?
Chapter 295 - An Unforeseen Invitation
Chapter 296 - The Game In The Carriage
Chapter 297 - The Former King’S “Present”
Chapter 298 - The Prince’S Shackles
Chapter 299 - Friend And Foe
Chapter 300 - Victory And Defeat
Chapter 301 - A Duel
Chapter 302 - Not Too Bad?
Chapter 303 - Leave
Chapter 304 - A Storm Is Coming
Chapter 305 - The Creation Of The Two Empresses
Chapter 306 - Raven Of Death
Chapter 307 - Ian The Nuisance
Chapter 308 - Collusion
Chapter 309 - The Writers Of Legend (One)
Chapter 310 - The Writers Of Legend (Two)
Chapter 311 - The Day Of The State Affairs Hearing
Chapter 312 - The Hatred For Stealing His Sister
Chapter 313 - The Beginning
Chapter 314 - For Dragon Clouds City
Chapter 315 - The Archduchess And Her Vassals
Chapter 316 - Plan
Chapter 317 - A Romantic Story
Chapter 318 - Are All Of You Coming?
Chapter 319 - Not According To Plan
Chapter 320 - Releasing In “Installments”
Chapter 321 - The Price Of Saying “No”
Chapter 322 - The Moral Of The Story
Chapter 323 - Good Morning
Chapter 324 - Returning The Favor
Chapter 325 - Send Reinforcements
Chapter 326 - Five Archdukes
Chapter 327 - The Prince’S Whereabouts
Chapter 328 - Just Like Chapman Lampard
Chapter 329 - The Final Journey
Chapter 330 - Assassinating Lampard?
Chapter 331 - Bumping Into A Ghost
Chapter 332 - Headquarters
Chapter 333 - Smooth-Sailing
Chapter 334
Chapter 335 - The Confusion While Going Back Home
Chapter 336 - The Veteran On The Wheelchair
Chapter 337 - Double The Amount?
Chapter 338 - The Point Of Contact
Chapter 339 - His/Her Eyes
Chapter 340 - The Magical Therren
Chapter 341 - You Son Of A *Censored*
Chapter 342 - Which Will You Choose?
Chapter 343 - Exterminate Them All
Chapter 344 - Black Track
Chapter 345 - Join Us
Chapter 346 - Silver Shadow
Chapter 347 - You Will Fail In The End
Chapter 348 - You Fell Into The Trap, Eh?
Chapter 349 - The War Of The Deceased Souls
Chapter 350 - Never Lost
Chapter 351 - The Pulse Of The Ground
Chapter 352 - God Knows
Chapter 353 - The First Rule
Chapter 354 - Pursuers
Chapter 355 - The Hardest Fight
Chapter 356 - Unique Only To One
Chapter 357 - Just Die Here
Chapter 358 - The Three-Second Fight
Chapter 359 - Surpassed Kaslan
Chapter 360 - The Raven And The Snow Blade (One)
Chapter 361 - The Raven And The Snow Blade (Two)
Chapter 362 - The Black Raven’S Eyes
Chapter 363 - Who Does Your Loyalty Belong To?
Chapter 364 - Turning Against One Another
Chapter 365 - Saber Or Crossbow?
Chapter 366 - Prince In The Desert
Chapter 367 - Sellsword
Chapter 368 - Dante’S Greatsword
Chapter 369 - Desert Threat
Chapter 370 - There’S Someone
Chapter 371 - Barren Bone People
Chapter 372 - Bloody Thorn Lizard
Chapter 373 - Young Cub
Chapter 374 - Foreign Blood
Chapter 375 - Coming-Of-Age Ceremony
Chapter 376 - Flag
Chapter 377 - The Destructive Army
Chapter 378 - Freaks
Chapter 379 - Welcome To Constellation (One)
Chapter 380 - Welcome To Constellation (Two)
Chapter 381 - Ghost Prince
Chapter 382 - My Home (One)
Chapter 383 - My Home (Two)
Chapter 384 - Age Of Mercenaries
Chapter 385 - Confrontation And Stalemate
Chapter 386 - Prince Versus Prince
Chapter 387 - So Many Tricks
Chapter 388 - You Have To Laugh
Chapter 389 - Shackles Of Power
Chapter 390 - Perhaps I Have
Chapter 391 - Happily Ever After
Chapter 392 - Technical Skill
Chapter 393 - Intention
Chapter 394 - New Guest
Chapter 395 - Shadows And Swords
Chapter 396 - The Dark Side
Chapter 397 - Emergency Mission
Chapter 398 - Alliance Of Traitors
Chapter 399 - The Mole
Chapter 400 - As Bad As Can Be
Chapter 401 - Affectionate And United
Chapter 402 - F*Ck You
Chapter 403 - H.N. Jadestar
Chapter 404 - Stupid Idea
Chapter 405 - Sinner
Chapter 406 - The Intruders
Chapter 407 - Head Towards Omniscience
Chapter 408 - Black Prison
Chapter 409 - Behind The Iron Curtain
Chapter 410 - Hallucination
Chapter 411 - Seven
Chapter 412 - People Whom History Has Forgotten
Chapter 413 - The Mourning Of The Guards
Chapter 414 - Where Is He?
Chapter 415 - Fall Out
Chapter 416 - Disaster Sword’S Battle
Chapter 417 - The Knight Of Judgment
Chapter 418 - A Different World
Chapter 419 - The Queen’S Dowry
Chapter 420 - The Greatest King
Chapter 421 - Knew Clearly
Chapter 422 - Nameless
Chapter 423 - Awaken
Chapter 424 - Loyalty
Chapter 425 - Peer
Chapter 426 - He Was Probably Old
Chapter 427 - A Stalemate
Chapter 428 - Dusk
Chapter 429 - The Man At The Proximal World
Chapter 430 - The Second Declaration Among Mystics
Chapter 431 - The Anchor Point
Chapter 432 - Taurus Mill
Chapter 433 - Decision
Chapter 434 - Correcting The Mistake
Chapter 435 - Malicious Flower, Malicious Fruit
Chapter 436 - Moriah Returns
Chapter 437 - Old Self
Chapter 438 - The Prince Is Not Here
Chapter 439 - Scheme Between The Thief And Bandit
Chapter 440 - Seven To Three
Chapter 441 - Missing One
Chapter 442 - Quick Wit
Chapter 443 - Not Just You
Chapter 444 - Someone Needs An Answer
Chapter 445 - A Forbidden Name
Chapter 446 - Three Calamity Allies
Chapter 447 - Enemy Of The World
Chapter 448 - 1 Vs 8
Chapter 449 - Chaos Of Armies
Chapter 450 - Two Hands
Chapter 451 - Xx Films
Chapter 452 - Fratricide
Chapter 453 - It Was Not A Coincidence
Chapter 454 - More Than Half
Chapter 455 - I Hated Him
Chapter 456 - Nothing At All
Chapter 457 - The Person Who Supported Him
Chapter 458 - Where The Sun Does Not Shine (One)
Chapter 459 - Where The Sun Does Not Shine (Two)
Chapter 460 - Rebirth (One)
Chapter 461 - Rebirth (Two)
Chapter 462 - Rebirth (Three)
Chapter 463 - Rebirth (Four)
Chapter 464 - Rebirth (Five)
Chapter 465 - Truth Swords
Chapter 466 - Beheaded
Chapter 467 - Revealed In Flames
Chapter 468 - The Silent Demon
Chapter 469 - So Naïve That You Are Adorable
Chapter 470 - The Fate Twins
Chapter 471 - The True Essence Of The Power Of Eradication
Chapter 472 - Leaving The Prison
Chapter 473 - I Am Not A Devil, After All
Chapter 474 - Much… Higher
Chapter 475 - The Warden
Chapter 476 - Life, Safety And Freedom
Chapter 477 - Something Lighter
Chapter 478 - Get Me Something To Eat And Drink
Chapter 479 - Exclusive Possession
Chapter 480 - Kill Them
Chapter 481 - A Different Way Of Living
Chapter 482 - Get Yourself A Girlfriend
Chapter 483 - Make Me Even More… Excited
Chapter 484 - You Are Good-Looking
Chapter 485 - Too High
Chapter 486 - You Are Good-Looking
Chapter 487 - Too High
Chapter 488 - That Night
Chapter 489 - Usurp Power
Chapter 490 - Do Something
Chapter 491 - Power Comes From Violence (One)
Chapter 492 - Power Comes From Violence (Two)
Chapter 493 - The Third Party
Chapter 494 - Destiny Is Like A Poem
Chapter 495 - Raven Leader
Chapter 496 - Never
Chapter 497 - His Majesty’S Blessing
Chapter 498 - Black Lion
Chapter 499 - I Have Come In Peace
Chapter 500 - End Of Arc: Duke
Chapter 501 - Everything Will Be Better
Chapter 502 - Six Divisions And Seven Attendants
Chapter 503 - Divided Western Desert
Chapter 504 - Only One Day Left
Chapter 505 - Protection
Chapter 506 - This Is Just The Beginning
Chapter 507 - Hometown
Chapter 508 - A Small Spark
Chapter 509 - Anxious
Chapter 510 - Fifteen Minutes
Chapter 511 - King In The Mist
Chapter 512 - Crazy
Chapter 513 - A Small Favor
Chapter 514 - Like A Fleeting Cloud
Chapter 515 - Timetable
Chapter 516 - Coincidence?
Chapter 517 - Went To High School
Chapter 518 - Discovered?
Chapter 519 - Let’S Fight
Chapter 520 - Not Just The Power Of Eradication
Chapter 521 - World Class Battle Worthy Of Being Written In Historical Poems
Chapter 522 - Continuous Fights
Chapter 523 - Mutant
Chapter 524 - Self-Reliant
Chapter 525 - Lustful Woman
Chapter 526 - Knowledge Of People
Chapter 527 - Holiness Exorcism
Chapter 528 - Fight Between The Eldest And Youngest
Chapter 529 - Privacy
Chapter 530 - Alien Star
Chapter 531 - Guest
Chapter 532 - The Young Kingdom
Chapter 533 - Calm On Iron Spikes
Chapter 534 - Sorry To Keep You Waiting
Chapter 535 - Polaris
Chapter 536 - Times Have Changed
Chapter 537 - Pretty Boy
Chapter 538 - Magnificent Scene Of Hell
Chapter 539 - Side Story 7: Joint Council
Chapter 540 - Never Kneel
Chapter 541 - A Piece Of Cake
Chapter 542 - Merciless
Chapter 543 - That Gaze
Chapter 544 - Watchmen’S Code
Chapter 545 - The End Of It
Chapter 546 - To Not Perish As Foes (One)
Chapter 547 - To Not Perish As Foes (Two)
Chapter 548 - To Not Perish As Foes (Three)
Chapter 549 - To Duke Thales
Chapter 550 - What Rationality
Chapter 551 - Better
Chapter 552 - Sacrificing A Pawn (One)
Chapter 553 - Sacrificing A Pawn (Two)
Chapter 554 - Sacrificing A Pawn (Three)
Chapter 555 - Unfulfilled
Chapter 556 - Chess Player
Chapter 557 - Relieved
Chapter 558 - Punishment
Chapter 559 - Eight Arteries
Chapter 560 - Imperial Style
Chapter 561 - Cannot Escape The Sheath
Chapter 562 - Want Everything
Chapter 563 - Cause And Effect
Chapter 564 - Blazing Blood
Chapter 565 - Of Course—Not
Chapter 566 - Crown Jewel Of The Kingdom
Chapter 567 - Head Over Heels
Chapter 568 - As Truthful As Possible
Chapter 569 - Hand In Marriage
Chapter 570 - What Do I Need You For
Chapter 571 - Defects
Chapter 572 - Heart Of The Guards
Chapter 573 - You’Re A Real Dog
Chapter 574 - Antecessors
Chapter 575 - The Years Have Caught On To Me
Chapter 576 - Shooting Yourself In The Foot
Chapter 577 - Lie
Chapter 578 - The Wine Merchant
Chapter 579 - Damn The Prince
Chapter 580 - The Prince Likes Them
Categories Genre: Action, All, Drama, Fantasy, Mature, Ongoing, Psychological, Seinen, Tragedy Status: Ongoing Alternative names: Wang Guo Xue Mai, 王国血脉, ______
Total Chapters in book: 580
Estimated words: 2362673 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 11813(@200wpm)___ 9451(@250wpm)___ 7876(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 2362673 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 11813(@200wpm)___ 9451(@250wpm)___ 7876(@300wpm)
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Chapter 28: The First Mystic Ability Test
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What does despair feel like?
Ralf felt that he knew the answer to this question.
That immense pain when his larynx was shattered and torn apart by that female bartender from the Brotherhood (he did not know Jala’s name yet) made him feel as if it happened just five minutes ago.
And ever since then, it was as though he endured that pain every single second. Blood flowed in reverse from his throat into his lungs. The immense pain was transmitted to his brain from his throat. Even his airways were blocked.
He was unable to speak.
He was unable to breathe.
He was unable to move.
It was as though he was a heavily injured and dying stray dog that had simply been abandoned on Red Street Market.
Whether he eventually dies from pain, suffocation or choking, his hours are numbered.
The only thing that urged him to stay alive was his desire for life, which was born within him when he was roaming the streets of Camus Union during his childhood.
As a Psionic who controls the wind, he repeatedly used his psionic ability to push mouthful after mouthful of air full of dust, blood, and filth into his torn throat towards his lungs, as if he was squeezing a sponge.
He then squeezed out the exhaled breath from another wound on the back of his neck.
Inhale.
Exhale.
Inhale.
Exhale.
Every single ‘breath’ was accompanied by an immense, inhuman pain. It was like the sort of suffering one goes through when going back and forth between hell and earth.
‘I’m probably the first person to ever extend life using one’s psionic ability,’ Ralf thought with sorrow.
Ralf felt that his current condition was very similar to the stray dogs that lived by gathering rubbish in sewers.
The female bartender left.
The cop left.
A few groups of thugs walked past his heavily injured and dying body.
A scout turned him over and felt his mouth and nose for any breath.
An earth-shattering explosion traveled into his ears.
Ralf did not care.
He could only instinctively ‘breathe’ in mouthful after mouthful of air using his psionic ability under the immense pain.
He did that until daybreak, when Noumea, who was retreating in panic, hoisted up his ‘dead body’.
Noumea used to be a village hunter and was regarded as the coward among the Strongest Twelve. Ralf had always looked down on him, and the Phantom Wind Follower’s favorite pastime was to ridicule, insult, and bully him in the Brotherhood.
The most ironic fact was that in his last moments, this coward whom he had always scorned was the one who took care of his ‘dead body’.
Ralf was jolted awake by the immense pain that came from his legs.
His hands were tightly bound. When he opened his eyes, he was at the mortuary of the police station.
Then he saw Nikolay.
The head of Blood Bottle Gang’s Eight Cadres (Ralf did not know that five of them died during the battle on Red Street Market), Nikolay the ‘Red Viper’.
However, Nikolay only stared at him with a complicated gaze and shook his head disdainfully and with a fierce expression on his face.
“You are one of the few people from Blood Bottle Gang who survived,” the Red Viper said airily.
Ralf struggled, wanting to speak while enduring the pain in his throat, but he could only make nonsensical “Huh, huh” sounds.
He felt a flare of immense pain on his knee.
However, he could not feel anything below his knees.
“Look at you, Ralf. The best one and the only supra class elite among the Strongest Twelve.”
“The young man with endless glory, who was proudly recommended by Lady Catherine to the Air Mystic.”
The Red Viper softly tapped his face, gaze still complicated and full of hatred. He said mockingly, “Now, you are lying here like a dead body, unable to speak, unable to breathe, unable to move, and unable to eat. Why are you still alive?”
The Red Viper arched his brow and his countenance became hideous and frenzied, “Why did you survive instead of Kirks, Song, Sven, or Dorno? Why was it you? Why was it Catherine’s follower who survived instead of mine?”
Ralf widened his eyes, struggling with anger and pain. However, the immense pain and injury that came from two spots of his body prevented him from moving.
The Red Viper quelled his anger and instead started laughing loudly. He laughed jubilantly, happily, and insanely.
“Blood Bottle Gang suffered huge losses, and my forces were also considerably damaged,” he said softly. “If all of Catherine’s personnel were still around, she might be able to be promoted while using me as a stepping stone. This is a possibility.”
Nikolay’s expression became hideous.
“However, how would a Phantom Wind Follower who can’t talk, has no legs, is injured and on death’s door, be of her service? That’s why…” Nikolay extended his hands, and with a twisted face, squeezed the wounds on Ralf’s knees that had been cauterized to stop the bleeding. “Why don’t you just die in battle and disappear?”
“Unh…” Ralf shut his eyes tight in the midst of the immense pain and struggled with all his might, although his body could not move due to the heavy injuries. He did not do so to break free but to alleviate the pain in his knees.
Even the psionic ability to control the air that he relied on to ‘breathe’ was almost halted.
“My mood is really bad today. While cleaning up the mess, I faced obstacles everywhere.” Nikolay heaved a sigh and continued speaking, “But after getting rid of you, a genius well-regarded by Catherine, I’ll feel very happy.”
Seeing the hatred, pain, and anger in Ralf’s eyes, Nikolay sported an apologetic and resigned expression, he smilingly said, “There was no choice; they especially requested for a supra class elite and even emphasized that the wrists must be intact for them to obtain blood. Otherwise, I would really have liked to chop off your hands instead of your legs.”
In the end, he tapped Ralf’s face and spoke beside his ear in a deep voice, “I hope that you get along joyfully with the vampires.”
As Nikolay’s footsteps faded, two Blood Bottle Gang thugs walked up to him. One of them held a three-inch-long needle attached to a tube. The other grabbed Ralf’s lethargic wrist.
At that moment, Ralf felt great despair.
…..
Thales watched Ralf in a daze.
He had the urge to ask him about what happened to Jala after that, and about the result of their battle. Did Jala escape? Why was Ralf in this state? Was he not part of Blood Bottle Gang?
However, Thales hesitated, because he saw Ralf’s current state.
The legless man’s gaze was unfocused, and he could only convey his emotions through meaningless groans. His gaze was a mixture of despair, pain, regret, and sadness.
Thales still remember the Ralf he saw the night before.
Ralf was frivolous, confident, arrogant, and possessed extraordinary skills.
He moved about freely in the unending gusts of violent wind, leaving behind his trademark laughter.
But now…
“Ha… Ha… unh…” Ralf shut his eyes tight and started moaning in pain again.
The Phantom Wind Follower who was once wilful, mean, and fearless, did not exist anymore.
His lips were greenish-black and dry, a clear sign of severe dehydration. However, Thales could not find any water. He was also not sure if Ralf could still swallow in his current condition. Thales did not know how Ralf was even able to breathe.
The boy could only sit by the side in a daze and watch Ralf suffering in pain while struggling to live.
The second year after he transmigrated, a female child beggar had both her legs broken by Quide. Before dying, the poor girl wailed all night.
At that time, Thales was still in a state of ignorance and had only found very few memory fragments. He was panic-stricken, frightened by the horror of reality, and could only hide and shiver in a hole in the wall.
Then he had slept and listened to the girl wail through the entire night with a muddled mind.
It was similar to what was happening right now.
Afterward, he sometimes wondered why he did not have more courage at that moment to end the girl’s suffering.
Looking at Ralf’s disfigured state, Thales’ heart felt heavy.
‘No matter how many wrongdoings one has committed, no one deserves this kind of torture,’ he told himself.
In the end, Thales heaved a sigh and climbed towards Ralf’s side. He softly said, “Ralf… Midira Ralf.”
Although his consciousness was already slowly fading, at that moment, Ralf’s pupils instinctively became focused.
‘Who is this? Who still remembers me, a maimed person who is waiting to die?’
Thales softly drew out JC’s dagger and slowly held it against Ralf’s neck.
“I know that you are in a lot of pain right now, enduring torture and suffering that cannot be imagined by normal people. I can end your life and help free you from all of this.”
Ralf’s breathing, which was completed using his throat and his psionic ability, immediately became chaotic.
‘Torture. Suffering.
‘Escape?’
“However, I have to ask you seriously and carefully. Midira Ralf, are you willing to let me relieve you of your suffering like this? If you are willing, blink once. If you are not willing… I am only asking this once.”
With a solemn expression, Thales waited for Ralf’s reaction.
In the darkness, Ralf stared hard at the boy’s hazy profile before him.
Escape.
Ralf felt immense pain from his throat to his knees. Every single ‘breath’ tore open the wound on his throat. Every struggle affected the part where he was amputated on his knees.
He was thirsty, hungry, cold, in pain, and in despair, which was to him, the most terrifying emotion.
He recalled the sensation of wind fluttering past his body, the first time he killed a person with his psionic ability, the first time he entered Blood Bottle Gang, the first time he received a reward from his superior, the first time he made himself a man on top of a frail girl’s body, and the first time he saw the Air Mystic, as if he was on a pilgrimage.
He thought of the fear in his enemy’s gaze, the submissive gaze of his compatriots, ‘her’ expression, full of praise, and the proud and satisfied upwards curve of his lips whenever he heard gossip about the ‘Strongest Twelve’.
Those were past glories. And he has already lost all of those forever…
Had he not?
The next moment, Ralf’s gaze became determined. He used all his might to activate his greatly reduced psionic ability and drew a ‘breath’ into his half-crippled body.
And then, the Phantom Wind Follower trembled. With all his might while enduring the pain from the friction of his cheeks against the clamp lock, he raised his head with every ounce of his strength and earnestly gazed at Thales.
He prepared to blink. He just needed to blink once.
Once.
And then, Thales saw Ralf’s top and bottom lids move. They trembled and began moving towards the center.
Thales heaved a sad sigh in his heart and slowly clenched the dagger in his hand.
However, Ralf’s eyelids only trembled and stopped in the middle of his eyes.
There was one sliver of space left, but his eyelids did not close together.
It remained that way for a long, long time.
The man who was once the Phantom Wind Follower saw a flash of a scene that was either familiar or unfamiliar to him in front of his eyes. There were barren fields and dirty mud roads full of stray dogs and flies—that was the countryside of Camus Union, where he fought to survive when he was young.
During that incident, he was fighting for a black piece of bread against a gang of stray dogs, even though that bread had almost been completely devoured by a swarm of flies.
‘Those stray dogs were really fierce.’ Ralf thought quietly in the dungeon. ‘Their deafening growls, desperate bites, insane strength, however…’ Ralf subconsciously licked his upper teeth. ‘That bread tasted really horrible.’
Thales saw that Ralf’s expression was becoming distorted as it trembled.
His eyelids slowly relaxed, widened, and returned to their original positions.
*Boom!*
Like a leaking balloon, Ralf’s head, which was between the two clamp locks and which he had raised with great difficulty, suddenly fell backward. The back of his head hit the floor.
In the end, he did not blink.
Thales silently exhaled and slowly lowered the dagger in his hand.
However, it was as if Ralf did not feel the pain on the back of his head and the cuts on his cheeks.
His distorted face began trembling, along with his head.
“Ung… Unh—”
These were not moans.
Thales could not help but be stunned.
He saw Ralf shut his eyes in pain, his countenance trembled as he allowed the colorless liquid to slide down from his eyes ceaselessly.
“Unh, unh…”
His voice was very depressing and sorrowful.
He was crying.
The Phantom Wind Follower. Once, he was a powerful and endlessly praised Psionic, man, and warrior.
Now, he was shedding tears and crying.
Was he crying because of his weakness, or was it because of the pain he was feeling?
Right now, he was just like a common person, a normal person, or even a slightly weak citizen.
He cried as if he could no longer bear with the burden of his pain. Thales could only watch in a daze.
He watched as the man who could not talk nor breath normally fell on the floor and cried violently after passing up the chance to be freed.
Thales turned away gloomily. However, he tightened his grip on the dagger in his hand.
Ursula, Ned, and Kellet.
The child beggars who died in the sixth house, who did not even possess a surname, appeared one by one before his eyes.
He thought of his plight and then thought of Gilbert and Yodel.
The boy furrowed his brows and lowered his head to look at his hands. The new cut felt familiar, just like the burning heat just now.
At that moment, it was as if something settled within his heart.
Thales drew himself close to Ralf’s ear for the second time. “I understand,” he said softly.
Ralf was still crying in a manner as if he was crushed by his burdens.
“Then, are you willing to free yourself from these shackles?”
Ralf’s crying paused for a moment. It did not stop but slowly became softer.
The little girl with the broken legs, and almost every single child who died in the Abandoned Houses in the past four years, flashed in front of Thales’ eyes.
Shrill cries and despaired wails rang from outside the prison cell again.
‘This f*ck*ng world.’
Thales did not know what was inside the dungeon. However, his gaze when looking at Ralf became simpler and clearer.
And then, Thales looked earnestly at the Phantom Wind Follower who could not fly anymore and spoke with determination, “Free yourself from these shackles. And then, with this battered body, continue struggling in this world and strive to stay alive. See how much crueler the world can be. Are you willing?”
Ralf stopped crying.
He was unable to move his head. He could only move his gaze to look at the boy beside him in a daze.
He heard the boy speak slowly and clearly, “This might not be freedom. There may be a huge price to pay. You could even die immediately. As for me, I am only doing this for myself.”
Thales then lowered his head and said slowly, “However, I can try and give you a chance, let you leave these shackles behind and struggle to live one more time. Are you willing?”
Ralf stared hard into the boy’s eyes.
Although there were tears lingering in his eyes, at that moment, Ralf suddenly felt like laughing. He felt as if the pain in his throat and knees was slowly numbing.
‘Those stray dogs.
‘Those stray dogs that fought for the bread with him.
‘Those stray dogs, in the end…’
Ralf managed to take a ‘breath’. A strange burst of joy bloomed in his heart.
‘In the end.
‘They faced a tragic end.’
Ralf, who was lying on the floor, raised his gaze again while trembling and stared straight at Thales.
The next moment, the Phantom Wind Follower slowly blinked, clearly, in a manner that there was no mistaking his action.
Everyone has blinked their eyes countless times in their lives. These blinks were extremely insignificant.
However, Ralf had perhaps performed the most important blink in his life.
Ralf slowly lowered his head.
Thales smiled, a lot of the gloominess in his heart dispersed. He nodded curtly. “Alright, I understand.”
…..
“At first, I thought Her Highness woke up ahead of schedule. But now, it seems like that is not the case.”
Chris frowned tightly in a dim room on the second floor of Vine Manor.
Before him sat a network of countless blood vessels in a complicated pattern connected to a massive, brownish-black coffin that was as tall as a person—three meters wide and six meters tall.
At that moment, an unbroken tremor shook the coffin from within. “I tried to connect to Her Highness’ consciousness, but it still remains muddled and unclear. There was only hunger and killing instinct. No matter how I tried to communicate with and comfort her, it was still the same!” Chris put a tube of blood down, his countenance became more and more solemn. “If this continues, Her Highness will only use up her remaining strength and blood supply ahead of schedule!”
Rolana looked shocked. The red-headed Blood Clanswoman said anxiously, “There must be something that stimulated Her Highness, but we did not do anything!”
Chris’ eyes were shining with a bright light. The previous still and lifeless expression in his eyes had now disappeared without a trace. The old man spoke resolutely, “Not us! Her Highness only began having this reaction five minutes ago. At that time—”
Chris’ expression changed drastically. As if he suddenly thought of something, he turned his head and shouted to Istrone who stood behind him with a solemn expression.
“That young child! Even we can smell the fragrance of his blood from two floors away. With Her Highness’ sense of smell, it would have been… Where is the young child?”
Istrone was anxious and agitated. Looking at the excited Chris, he answered instinctively, “Just now, it seemed he accidentally cut himself. Then he pulled off the half-disabled supra class’ phlebotomy device and said some weird things. I didn’t listen closely. And then he—”
The expressionless Chris did not continue to listen to Istrone’s explanation. The vibrations and dull tapping sounds continued to resound from the suspicious coffin. The old man rudely and directly cut Istrone off. “Bring the child up. No, Isa, you stay here; let Rolana go.” Looking at the gigantic coffin that was vibrating more and more vigorously, Chris’ eyes shone with a strange light, as if there were sparks in them. “What Her Highness craves for… is his blood.”
…..
“This plan is very risky.” Thales calmly explained to Ralf who was on the floor. It was as if he had returned to the sixth house and was using everything at his disposal to protect those good, naive and innocent child beggars who had been suffering in hell since they were born.
“However, it is more unwise to sit here and be vulnerable to capture while waiting for some miracle to happen.”
Ralf only quietly watched the boy whose gaze was so very different from the average person. With effort, he took a ‘breath’.
‘That serious face of his,’ Ralf smiled in his heart and thought, ‘definitely isn’t inferior to Big Sister.’
The Phantom Wind Follower was not aware that, after facing a choice between life and death, he felt a lot more at ease.
Thales continued to explain detachedly as if he was not the one who was speaking. “I don’t know how much strength you have left, but I estimate that it wouldn’t be a lot. And the capability of that old man… So, neither both of us taking a reckless risk nor passively waiting would be ideal for the situation now. Our best, and most opportune moment would be when my rescue army arrives. At the moment they break in—”
“You won’t be able to wait for your rescue army, little mortal brat.”
A cold female voice interrupted Thales.
Ralf’s face immediately tensed up.
Thales was momentarily stunned. Then, he turned his head in disbelief and looked towards the door of the prison cell.
Rolana Corleone stood outside the door, wearing a good-looking equestrian suit. She seductively grazed her lips with the index finger of her slim and beautiful right hand. At the same time, she yanked the lock of the cell door open with her now turned fearsome, sharp, clawed right hand.
“Istrone told you before, right? That no matter what you do, we will be able to hear it, Young Sir who played a trick on Istrone.”
As if mocking him, Rolana laughed lightly and, with her attractively slim body, took elegant and sexy steps from the open cell door into the prison cell. “Too bad. Perhaps, after you grow a few years older, even I will be seduced by you. But right now, you are about to become Her Highness’ fragrant and condensed energy drink. Perhaps the adorable Rolana would be able to take a sip too?”
Looking at Rolana, who appeared suddenly, Thales understood that she could subdue him at any time.
The boy heaved a deep sigh that seemed sincere and regretful.
“Ralf,” he said mildly, without a trace of anxiety in his voice, “I need ten seconds.”
‘Ten seconds?’
Suddenly, Rolana felt uneasy.
She thought of Istrone who had been duped.
‘What other cards could he have in his hands? The half-disabled supra class mortal creature who is trapped in the Night Wing Stone Lock?’
However, the cunning Rolana did not want to take risks. Her expression immediately became fierce and determined.
‘This little devil, he’s trying to make himself sound mysterious!’
In an instant, her attractive figure appeared before Thales’ eyes.
‘Wait till Her Highness sucks you dry into a mummy. See if you can still—’
But at that moment, a gust of strange, violent wind stirred up in the tiny prison cell.
*Whoosh!*
The fire on the torches swayed, and there were even a few times where they were almost extinguished.
The violent wind made Rolana stagger three steps backward. In deep shock, she immediately grabbed onto the bars beside her and stood her ground with all her might.
‘Is this… psionic ability?
‘Impossible, it is impossible that this child is a Psionic.
‘Then, it has to be…’ With effort, Rolana looked towards the supra class elite who was locked onto the floor beside Thales by the Night Wind Stone Lock. ‘It has to be him!
‘Surprisingly, he still retained some strength, even in this state.
‘It’s useless.’ Rolana relaxed and thought cheerily, ‘You are all locked up and heavily injured. Even if you have a psionic ability, how long can it last?
‘On the other hand, that young trickster… Later, even if I have to risk being reprimanded by Chris, I still want to drink a mouthful of your blood first.
‘I will definitely make sure I leave a deep impression of it on you!’ Rolana thought furiously.
“Then, let’s begin.”
Thales looked in front of him, at Rolana who was impeded by the violent winds. With a serene expression, he turned his dagger over.
Ten.
Under Ralf’s puzzled gaze, he grabbed the dagger’s blade with his unblemished right hand.
Nine.
“Good luck to both of us,” he said.
Eight.
‘My first mystic ability trial.’
Seven.
‘It starts now.’
Six.
Thales stared at the black, stone shackles that held Ralf, but Ralf’s face was red. He stared fixedly at Rolana, and the violent billows continued to buffet.
With a cold façade, Rolana grabbed tightly onto the bars beside her. Her left hand began transforming into fearsome, bright red claws.
Five.
‘I want to break his shackles,’ Thales thought quietly.
‘And save this man who has nothing left.’
Four.
‘If it is just as I predict it to be…’ Thales recalled various life-and-death situations in his mind.
Such as when Quide’s hand strangled his neck.
When Asda’s hand slowly tightened.
And the bloody scene in his distant memory, as well as the gentle person who still harbored all those adolescent delusions who existed in his memory, and whose name he could not remember.
Three.
Thales grit his teeth and closed his eyes. His right hand abruptly grabbed onto the metal hasp.
A wave of burning heat appeared from the metal.
But he clenched his teeth and endured it.
Rolana felt something. She turned her head in shock as she realized that the grill she had grabbed onto was vibrating.
‘What’s going on?’ the Blood Clanswoman thought anxiously.
‘That half-crippled man, how strong is his psionic ability?’
Two.
*Bang!*
The bar, along with Rolana’s hand, shattered into countless tiny pieces.
As Rolana, who could no longer stand steadily, pressed onto the severed wound on her arm and screamed shrilly, she was blown out of the dungeon by the violent wind summoned by the psionic ability in an instant.
One.
Rolana’s shrill and crazed growl resounded beside his ears.
The burning sensation attacked her.
Zero.
‘Light.’ Thales thought with his now hazy consciousness, ‘So much light.’
…..
In the room on the second floor with the huge coffin, Chris’ countenance suddenly turned strange.
“What is Rolana trying to do?” he said coldly, looking at the gigantic coffin that kept emitting dull tapping sounds.
“Perhaps she’s getting a taste of the food,” Istrone answered carefully, he could feel the elder’s anxiousness. He continued speaking, “Towards delicacies, she had always… No! They are—”
Istrone’s words were cut off by something from the outside world as their expressions turned into that of shock.
*Boom!*
A loud bang that sounded like an explosion echoed from underground.
A cloud of dust burst in violently from outside the door.
The two Blood Clansmen, both young and old, changed expressions at the same time. Then, they exchanged glances.
‘Something happened in the dungeon.’
The next moment, they appeared outside the manor!
When Istrone saw the scene in front of his eyes clearly, he opened his mouth wide in shock, in a manner that was completely uncharacteristic of him.
Under the moonlight, the supra class mortal creature without legs and who had a tattoo on his face, the man who was once the Phantom Wind Follower, Midira Ralf, was seen to have escaped from all his shackles.
He was flying in the sky by riding on the violent winds while holding the little mortal child tightly under his armpit with a determined expression on his face.
…..
Not far away, while Gilbert was riding a horse and leading thirty Swordsmen of Eradication who charged at full throttle, his expression changed.
“Bloodline Lamp.” Amidst the whirling sound of the wind, he spoke in a low voice to the female official beside him.
Jines, who was galloping along with her horse, looked at the Bloodline Lamp in Gilbert’s arms with a solemn expression.
The flame of the lamp became red.
It was slanted.
“That direction—” Gilbert recalled. His expression was solemn.
“It’s Covendier Family’s Vine Manor!”
The female official growled angrily and whipped her mount.
“Who cares about which family it belongs to? Even if we are facing the Eckstedt’s Walton family…
“…we still have to break in!”
Gilbert nodded, a determined and fierce expression appearing on his face.
“All teams, change direction and follow me! No need to preserve horsepower! Charge forward with increased speed! Prepare for battle!”
Total Chapters in book: 580
Estimated words: 2362673 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 11813(@200wpm)___ 9451(@250wpm)___ 7876(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 2362673 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 11813(@200wpm)___ 9451(@250wpm)___ 7876(@300wpm)
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