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Chapter 30
‘He’s fast, indeed.’
Jang Seong-yeong, having resolved to suck blood.
His speed rushing towards me was beyond imagination.
Does the thought of sucking blood generate superhuman strength?
Jang Seong-yeong’s movements, more than twice as fast as during combat, instantly narrowed the distance between us.
“Aah!”
I cried out as if flustered.
Inwardly, I thought it might be a bluff, but Jang Seong-yeong was smiling at my pretended shocked expression.
And then.
Thud!
He suddenly clung to my body like an embrace and jabbed his sharp fangs into my neck.
In dramas or movies, vampire blood-sucking is sometimes depicted erotically with male and female figures.
But reality was different.
Moreover, Jang Seong-yeong and I were both men, and he began sucking blood making sounds like elderly people drinking nutritional juice.
“…….”
Though the feeling of blood being drained was not pleasant, I remained calm and waited for the right moment.
Blood transformed by Awakener contains toxins that cause seizures and respiratory difficulties in the consumer.
Immediate treatment can resolve respiratory issues, but seizures are difficult.
Once poisoned, one becomes a miserable condition that continuously causes seizures.
I naturally know how to make an antidote, but I had no intention of doing so for Jang Seong-yeong.
“Krrraah!”
Pretending to scream, I pushed Jang Seong-yeong away and stepped back.
He looked satisfied.
“Hehe! What vibrant blood!”
“This will leave a scar.”
I touched the punctured neck with my fingertips and frowned.
It was natural to be wounded, not by a thin needle but by thick fangs that were inserted and then removed.
And then, right at that moment.
“Ugh!”
Jang Seong-yeong, who had been watching me with a mocking expression, suddenly grabbed his own neck.
Symptoms of respiratory distress.
As the toxin spread, his trachea was likely swelling.
It would feel very suffocating, like something heavy was stuck in his throat.
“If you randomly consume something, you’ll be in big trouble.”
I relaxed my hand.
I considered using a magic ball but didn’t seem necessary given the close distance.
“Ack! Urgh! Gasp!”
He then began showing seizure symptoms.
His body moved involuntarily, and the circulation of magical power was disrupted.
I had successfully naturally injected the most lethal toxin to an Awakener individual.
“Instead of thinking about how to kill people, you should worry about how to survive even one more day.”
“Urrgh!”
Jang Seong-yeong couldn’t even respond properly.
His face turned deep red, blood vessels swelling, seemingly due to his breath being blocked.
I didn’t want to maintain eye contact with a face I didn’t particularly want to see.
Whoosh!
Using my transformed leg to generate maximum propulsion, I immediately charged at Jang Seong-yeong.
And using my right hand to firmly grasp his neck.
Boom!
Using the artifact gauntlet on my left hand, I directly released half of my magical power onto his face.
“Ugh…”
Unable to defend himself due to seizures and respiratory difficulties, Jang Seong-yeong vomited blood and collapsed.
The released magical power, precisely hitting the area between his eyebrows, instantly caused fractures to his nasal bone and eye socket.
The attack wasn’t over.
I slightly lifted my body and, rotating in mid-air, delivered a back kick.
My legs were now sufficiently enhanced to execute attacks using leg power.
Crack!
The kick, ascending from below, smashed Jang Seong-yeong’s chin as he was struggling to rise.
Jang Seong-yeong was an Awakener individual with exceptional talent for magical discharge, but was far from physical strengthening.
He, like Na Mi-na and other Awakener individuals, ultimately needed distance measurement. He was too confident in his own strength.
Certainly, even if I were A+ rank, I would have seen a D- rank Awakener individual as less than an insect.
Of course, this ultimately became his perfect misjudgment.
“Ugh.”
Jang Seong-yeong, whose chin was crushed like an old biscuit, staggered and couldn’t stabilize his center.
Taking advantage of the moment, I threw a more aggressive attack.
[Muk-cheol Explosive Fist, Chapter 2 – Pressure]
Muk-cheol Explosive Fist, Chapter 2, Pressure.
Loading everything heavily with a single punch.
In my previous life, Muk-cheol most frequently used the 2nd chapter, ‘Pressure Fist’. It was optimized for a single decisive blow.
However, to fully execute the punch technique, I needed a ‘rigid body’ that Muk-cheol always emphasized, and my current condition was slightly insufficient.
So I grabbed my right wrist with my left hand.
Just like protecting the wrist when punching a punch machine.
And the next moment:
“Haaaaah!”
With a rough shout, I landed the Pressure Fist directly on Jang Seong-yeong’s left chest area.
“Ugh…!”
His body flew in a parabolic arc across the sky.
I had imagined his ribs shattering instantly and him suffering serious injuries.
But Jang Seong-yeong was also wearing a custom-made enhanced suit like mine, which absorbed some of the impact.
“Tch.”
I had underestimated Jang Seong-yeong’s level.
The opponents I’d faced before only wore mediocre suits, so I had forgotten about defensive gear.
Of course, the attack wasn’t completely ineffective.
Jang Seong-yeong, who had flown quite far, was rolling on the ground unsightly, continuously spitting blood from his nose and mouth.
But there was one problem.
“Leader! Leader!”
“Over there!”
“Someone attacked the Leader!”
Jang Seong-young’s subordinates, who arrived with a time delay, had discovered me.
Looking at the dozens of cars lined up, there were probably more than 50 of them.
Lee Cheol-su’s Black Hunter gang was a small to medium-sized organization operating locally and would be easy to handle, but the Black Cross Group consisted of elite fighters all thoroughly trained.
A full-frontal battle alone would be impossible.
Moreover, I had used more magical power than necessary to suppress Jang Seong-yeong early.
“Well, this should be enough.”
While delivering a decisive blow to Jang Seong-yeong, I examined the bracelet I had extracted while holding his wrist.
[Lakis Bracelet]
[Evaluation Rank: A]
[A bracelet that promotes recovery of physical and mental fatigue or overload accumulated in the body.
While it doesn’t have a simple physical recovery function, it quickly helps recover the overall bodily rhythm called ‘condition’.
Upon successfully dismantling the bracelet, you can obtain the ‘Essence of Lakis’.]
‘If it’s a bracelet receiving an A-rank evaluation, the perceived recovery speed would be at least 3-4 times faster.’
The evaluation rank doesn’t lie.
I had thought I’d need about a month’s rest before the next transformation, but with this item, I could probably attempt another body part transformation next week.
“Whew!”
Exhaling a hot breath, I ran towards the car I had noticed earlier.
When I forcefully lifted the trunk, the back opened, revealing a person inside.
“Please save me…! Please save me!”
“Were you captured by Jang Seong-yeong?”
“Huh? Who are you?”
It seemed he had been beaten and captured by someone he didn’t even know.
I immediately lifted him with both hands and hugged him tightly.
A man embraced in another man’s arms.
The appearance wasn’t great, but rescue was the priority.:
I turned my head back for the last time and looked behind.
Jang Seong-yeong was continuously groaning and barely pointing at me with his fingertips.
Although he had a suit on, it seemed he had taken a proper blow.
“Hold tight.”
“…Yes!”
Crunch.
As I applied force to both legs, the asphalt ground began to deeply carve out, creating a launching platform.
And then.
Swoosh!
The man and I instantly disappeared from Jang Seong-yeong and the Black Cross Unit members’ view.
A rather revolutionary escape method of leaping high into the sky and vanishing into the darkness.
* * *
Half a day later.
“Ugh, ugh, ugh!”
“Have you been like this since being beaten by that guy?”
“Yes,Leader. I’ve used all the available healing potions, but there’s absolutely no improvement.”
“What did the doctor say?”
“They said it seems I’ve been poisoned by an unknown substance. However, they can’t even guess what the poison might be.”
“It’s ridiculous that the Black Cross Unit’s most frequently seen face is in this state.”
“Y-yes, Leader, Leader,. I’m s-sorry, sorry, ugh.”
Jang Seong-yeong, drooling saliva, looked absolutely pathetic.
His dignity and honor were completely gone.
There was only a fool who couldn’t even support his own body, struggling to move.
Ju Cheon-ho, watching Jang Seong-yeong, made a bitter expression.
Ju Cheon-ho, the leader of the Black Cross Unit.
An SS- rank Awakener who enjoys his own unique archery at the pinnacle of extreme enlightenment. He also had the nickname ‘Divine Archer’.
“I… I was careless… I was careless.”
“No, it’s not that you were careless. He designed the battle from the beginning.”
“Huh…?”
“Just lie down. Stop talking. Rest well. I’ll find a way to cure you.”
“Krheup. Ugh ugh.”
Ju Cheon-ho, with a deeply furrowed expression, stepped out of the hospital room.
This was a dedicated hospital in the Red Zone, operated solely for the Black Cross Unit.
A place where doctors and nurses were all members of the Black Cross Unit, making it freely accessible.
Outside, Ju Cheon-ho received a note with a name from his subordinate.
<Kang Shin-hwa, D-rank>
“Is this the personal information of the guy Jang Seong-yeong mentioned?”
“Yes, Leader. I found the name somewhat familiar when I looked it up.”
“Speak.”
“He was an Awakener who recently contracted with the Yanghwa Guild. He’s D- rank and reportedly cured Jin Bo-mi, the daughter of Yanghwa Group’s chairman Jin Seong-tae.”
“A healing type? But from Jang Seong-yeong’s condition at the scene, his physical abilities were not ordinary.”
“He definitely doesn’t seem to be an ordinary person.”
“Right. He deliberately set up a situation for Jang Seong-yeong to suck blood.”
“What a damn situation…”
“I’m not sure if the blood originally had toxicity or if toxification is possible, but it’s certainly not an ordinary talent.”
“Perhaps he’s an Awakener with both healing and infection abilities.”
Ju Cheon-ho and his subordinate eagerly spread their imagination, lacking precise information about Kang Shin-hwa.
Kang Shin-hwa never hid his power, but having talents beyond common sense meant others couldn’t easily guess.
“Find Kang Shin-hwa’s exact location.”
“Shall I sweep him away?”
“No. I need him to get an antidote to save Jang Seong-yeong. Or make him taste hell while alive.”
Ju Cheon-ho’s murderous gaze sparkled coldly, as if reaching the abyss.
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