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Long ago, humanity entered the era of the 'Awakened.' Superhuman abilities began to manifest within specific bloodlines, and over thousands of years, this power became monopolized by a few select families. As time passed, these bloodlines split into direct and collateral branches. The direct line consisted of those who inherited the founder's blood most purely, while the collateral branches were the kin who branched off from that main stem. Although Awakened individuals were steadily born even in collateral lines, overwhelming talent and immense power always appeared only within the direct line. Because of this, the hierarchy between the two bloodlines was absolute. The collateral branch serves the direct line. That was both custom and law. Among the many noble bloodlines, the Jinhyeol Family was special. Possessing robust bodies and overwhelming combat prowess passed down since the founder's time, the Jinhyeol Family was notorious for being the strongest martial house while maintaining the most brutal hierarchical order. In the Jinhyeol Family, once every thousand years... A 'Red Star' that surpasses the founder is born. People called that existence the Red Blood. One born with immense talent, inheriting the thickest concentration of the founder's blood. The birth of a Red Blood signified the prosperity of the family. Therefore, the Jinhyeol Family mobilized everything from the moment a Red Blood was born. They spared no sacrifice to make the Red Blood even stronger. And at some point, a rumor began to circulate among the collateral branches. A rumor that when a Red Blood is born, the person from the collateral branch whose constitution best matches the Red Blood is selected and taken away somewhere. No one knew what happened there, but only one thing was certain. Not a single person among those selected ever returned. Thus, the collateral kin did not call the birth of a Red Blood a blessing. To them, the Red Blood was not the glory of the family, but an unavoidable calamity.