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Bloodstone was not a miracle item that grants infinite power.
The limits of the bloodstone were clear.
Instead of exerting great power through the condensed blood, it consumed the energy in the bloodstone itself.
Therefore, as time passed after birth, all abilities, including the ability to regenerate, gradually declined.
The blood people Ethan was dealing with now were in good health.
This is because there is still a lot of bloodstone energy left.
‘I wish I had dealt with this much.’
Ethan, who confirmed the blood’s ability, swung his fist hard one last time.
wow!
It was a terrifying sound.
I couldn’t believe it was born when a human fist collided with flesh.
The bloodstains flew away and were stuck in the wall of the mine, then slid smoothly.
Meanwhile, Ethan looked around.
‘I am not born normally.’
Ethan guessed, this was the place where bloodstone was made.
It was like that when you look at the thick smoke, large and small debris, and broken facilities.
‘Not all blood people lose their reason. But now he’s causing a runaway.’
If the bloodlines were under control, the Dark Followers wouldn’t have allowed an explosion to take place here.
tuk.
Something caught Ethan’s feet.
It was the corpse of a dark follower with a smashed head.
‘Something happened here.’
I wondered why the Dark Followers weren’t here.
At that time, something particularly caught my eye at the dizzying explosion site.
They were piled up bloodstones.
Ethan used jet-black eyes for the slight energy he could feel from the bloodstone.
Then the energy contained in the bloodstone was revealed.
He was able to capture it because it was nothing else but jet-black eyes.
Soon, Ethan’s expression hardened.
‘New magic?’
Yes.
New magic was discovered inside the bloodstone.
* * *
Ethan wasn’t the only one who heard the explosion.
There weren’t just one or two Dark Followers hiding all over the lungs.
Realizing what had happened to the bloodstone-making side, they hurried downstairs.
Soon a gruesome sight was revealed in the eyes of the Dark Followers.
“Why the sudden explosion?”
“Hey, there’s a wounded over there!”
The injured person’s condition was worse than expected.
His body was full of wounds from the fragments, and one of his arms had been torn off.
The injured person seemed to be out of breath at any moment.
Colton, one of the Dark Followers, asked the wounded.
“Paul, what the hell happened here? What happened to all the bloodstones?”
It was a question that had nothing to do with the condition of the wounded.
It was natural.
Because they had something that took precedence over the lives of their colleagues now.
Paul struggled to open his mouth at Colton’s question.
“I don’t know the details. Kenneth-sama said that he had completed the bloodstone, and ordered him to test it on a human. However, as soon as the bloodstone was hit, the human suddenly ran into a runaway, and this is what happened.”
“What? A runaway?”
The other minions were bewildered by that statement, but Colton was astonished.
This is because he is also a dark wizard who creates bloodstone with Kenneth.
‘Are you saying you did a blood test by creating an unfinished blood stone at some point?’
Colton’s expression grew serious.
‘If you make a mistake, this area may become a wasteland.’
The runaway blood man was a disaster in itself.
That was then.
bang!
The wall in the passageway they were in was ripped open.
Dust spread all over the place.
‘Maybe another explosion?’
The Dark Followers did not relax and tried to ascertain the cause.
But the dust settled and the sight revealed was astonishing.
‘Tonn, are you fighting a blood man?’
Colton’s mouth widened.
What was revealed between the collapsed passageways were Ethan and Blood.
“Oh My God.”
It was possible to know the strength of the blood people just by the descriptions in the literature.
That is why Colton thought of disaster when he heard that the blood race ran out.
However.
“Are you overpowering your blood?”
He was overwhelmed by the fist of a priest.
It was unbelievable.
* * *
Ethan’s fist went in aiming at the blood.
However, the bloodline quickly escaped.
Kwagwagwang!
Ethan’s fist hit the wall of the mine instead of the bloody body.
The wall was pierced and the rainwater collapsed, creating dust.
The bloody man rushed towards Ethan in the thick dust.
But Ethan’s hands were faster.
Even in the dust, Ethan recognized the location of the bloodstain with a bloodstone that glowed ominously.
Based on that, he smashed the blood man’s head with his fist, then quickly aimed at his feet and knocked them down.
Kwajik!
Ethan crushed the blood man’s head with his foot and suppressed it.
At the same time, the dust in the aisle where Ethan was sitting sank.
Ethan gave strength to his feet.
The smashed head was wriggling and trying to regenerate disgustingly.
“As long as I am no longer human, there is nothing I can do about it. Please let me go.”
Ethan eventually ended the bloodline.
Then, Ethan looked at the hole in the wall.
There, the dark followers looked at Ethan with tired faces.
“What is this guy?”
The Dark Followers were already overwhelmed by Ethan’s fighting style.
Instead of the subordinates who couldn’t even open their mouths, Colton opened his mouth.
“ha ha ha… … . Do you think we’ll tell you straight away? One thing to tell you is that the monster isn’t the only one! If you release it in Graytown, you don’t know, but the other soldiers are safe… … .”
Colton was babbling.
Because Ethan wanted this to frighten him and leave.
But Colton’s wish didn’t come true.
fault!
Ethan appeared in front of Colton in an instant and grabbed his neck.
“Kek! Now, wait… Whoops!”
Colton was strangled and floated up.
Ethan said in a harsh voice.
“Don’t be silly. I already know that what you guys created are bloodstones and bloodstains. What I’m asking is not so useless.”
“… … !”
Colton opened his eyes.
“How did you create the finished bloodstone and bloodstain? It must have been a failure in the first place.”
He knew that Ethan had grasped their tactics.
But I thought that was only superficial.
‘How did the priests of the Pars Church know about blood and blood stones?’
It was information that did not spread well outside.
Doesn’t even the minions know?
But whether Colton was surprised or not, Ethan’s interrogation continued.
“Looking at your face, you know for sure.”
“Mom, I don’t know. Just kill me!”
Ethan’s guess wasn’t just a guess.
At the word blood, the other dark followers made a face that they were hearing for the first time.
But Colton didn’t.
He definitely had a surprised face.
But when Colton kept his mouth shut, Ethan threw Colton to the floor.
“Ouch! Cologne! Cologne!”
Ethan tore the ore from the blood man’s head.
Then he put it in front of Colton’s eyes and shouted.
“You’d better say it sooner rather than later before you get into something terrible like this one.”
Life gushed out from Ethan’s eyes.
To the extent that human creativity is limitless, torture methods are overflowing with rot.
And the easiest thing for Ethan to do was to torture his Dark Followers.
As long as he killed the blood, time was on his side.
* * *
There was a suspicious place in the corner of the Haup estate.
The stinking smell and ominous aura emanating from there made the soldiers reconnaissance reluctant to go there.
It was the Plague Wizard’s laboratory.
The hooded dark follower knocked on the lab door at regular intervals.
Permission was then granted to enter from the inside.
“We lost contact with the team operating in the decommissioning of the Nord Mine.”
At that, the Plaguemaster turned back.
Despite the fact that his plans were twisted, he was still calm.
“Any other way to see what’s inside?”
“Not currently.”
“We could send new personnel to decommissioning, but that would just waste manpower.”
“yes. If that Priest and the Knights Templar are occupying the decommissioned road, those who enter will be arrested quickly.”
Said the Plaguecaster, who pondered for a moment.
“Then there is nothing I can do. I go according to the second plan I made in case of failure.”
“yes? Are you serious?”
The subordinate was astonished.
The Plaguecaster was furious.
“What? Sincerity? Would I play pranks on this situation?”
“Oh, no. I made a mistake.”
“Nold mines are important. But as long as it remains ours to the end, it should never be passed into the hands of others.”
“All right. We will prepare and report.”
It was then that the subordinate bowed his head and left.
Again someone opened the door and came in.
The Plaguecaster frowned.
“What else this time?”
“It’s a big deal! It is said that an unusual divine power has been detected in the Nord Mine!”
“What?”
The plagueman’s face, who had remained calm throughout, hardened for the first time.
“This time, I must go myself. Get ready to go to the mines!”
* * *
At Ethan’s feet were the corpses of the Dark Followers.
Unable to withstand Ethan’s brutal torture, the Dark Followers were eventually forced to divulge what they knew.
In return, they were freed from suffering and met a comfortable death.
Ethan leaned against the wall of the lungs and muttered with a bloodstone in his hand.
“The reaction of the bloodstone soared?”
Ethan was deep in thought.
Through his jet-black eyes, he remembered that he had discovered divine magic in the bloodstone.
‘no way?’
Ethan carefully poured divine magic into the bloodstone.
“… … !”
Then something amazing happened.
The energy of the bloodstone was amplified.
‘Is this what the dark followers said?’
It was then that Ethan realized why this had happened.
When exploring the inside of the mine and eliminating the red wolf, he spread divine power that was amplified with divine magic.
That had an effect on the bloodstone inside the mine.
“Is the divine magic amplifying even the bloodstone?”
Ethan clicked his tongue low.
Thanks to that, I had to deal with blood people I didn’t expect.
But for Ethan, it was an advantage.
Because the Dark Follower was able to fully understand the skills of Bloodstone and Blood Blood that he was currently acquiring.
‘When I asked why only unfinished bloodstones were produced, the old technology was being put into action.’
But, by chance, thanks to divine magic, a completed bloodstone came out, and while experimenting with it, an accident occurred because I couldn’t control the bloodline.
It was also a huge gain to know that the Dark Followers didn’t acquire all of the Empire’s technology during the anti-magical wars in the past.
Ethan, who has the memories of that time, had a much better advantage.
“Then how do we do this?”
Ethan bounced the bloodstone into the air.
The case with the bloodstone was thus settled.
Ethan took care of the ambush in the Nord Mine.
But one more thing remained.
Ethan raised his gaze following the bloodstone that had been thrown into the air.
“You mean these bastards were insidiously preparing for this?”
Dark magic circles were painted on the ceiling of the mine.
It was a secret he discovered while tormenting his dark followers.
It was a magic circle drawn so secretly that even Edan did not notice.
This magic circle covered the whole with lungs.
Ethan grabbed the bloodstone that fell from the air and put his other hand against the wall.
A tremendous amount of divine power was draining from his fingertips.
As if trying to swallow the dark magic circle.