[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-dawn-walker":3,"chapter-dawn-walker-dawn-walker-chapter-114":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Dawn Walker",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1836771,2443,"Chapter 114: The Hungry Street VIII","dawn-walker-chapter-114",114,"\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade cut toward Raka’s shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raka raised his forearm casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword struck his arm and... stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It did not cut. It did not pierce. It only trembled like it hit iron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet’s eyes narrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raka smiled faintly. \"Cute,\" Raka said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kicked Sekhmet in response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His foot slammed into Sekhmet’s side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet flew again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time he hit the floor hard, sliding through blood and water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scrape... scrape...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet coughed. His blood sword dissolved into a puddle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raka walked toward him slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap... tap... tap...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your tricks worked on my trash underlings,\" Raka said. \"Not on me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet forced himself up, fists raised. He punched him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wham!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raka caught it. Effortlessly...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet tried a different move, he kicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raka blocked with his shin, not even shifting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raka’s knee rose and slammed into Sekhmet’s stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet doubled, breath forced out of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raka grabbed his hair, yanked his head back, and slammed him into the wall again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet’s vision flashed white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bat Bat screamed somewhere in the chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auri’s voice remained calm but sharp. \"Protect the master!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rare bats shrieked and dove harder, trying to distract.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Raka did not care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted Sekhmet by the collar like Sekhmet weighed nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You should have run,\" Raka murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet’s throat tightened. He wanted to run. He truly wanted to. But Raka’s energy pressed on him like a mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he ran now, he would be chased. If he ran now, his minions would be slaughtered. If he ran now, this would become a hunt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet’s mind searched desperately.\"What can I do? I need to find a method to beat him or leave alive with at least Bat Bat and Auri.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soft chime inside his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sound that did not belong to the hideout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ding! System notification: Combat Advisory. Blood Puppet Skill is available on target: Raka.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Target battle power is within forced conversion threshold.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet’s eyes widened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood Puppet. He had it. He had forgotten it in the raw violence of survival. He had treated it like a future tool, not a now tool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now was exactly why it existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet’s lips parted, breath shaky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raka tilted his head slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What,\" Raka asked, amused. \"Do you have another trick?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet’s gaze hardened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" he replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not speak the system words aloud. He did not announce it like a spell. He simply pushed his chaos energy through his blood. He focused on Raka’s blood inside Raka’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He imagined threads. He imagined Chains. Not metal chains. Blood chains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He imagined grabbing the heart’s rhythm and bending it toward his command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ba - dum... Ba - dum...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He activated Blood Puppet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air pulsed. For a moment, nothing happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Raka’s eyes widened. His body froze mid-motion. His chaos energy flickered violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom —fzzzt— Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raka staggered backward, releasing Sekhmet as if burned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What... what did you do...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raka’s voice cracked. His hands trembled. His muscles tensed as if fighting invisible restraints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet stood, breathing hard, blood on his lips, eyes cold. He stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You were right,\" Sekhmet said quietly. \"I should have run.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raka’s face twisted. He tried to raise his hand to strike. His arm stopped halfway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It shook violently. His eyes widened further, horror growing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" Raka whispered. \"No—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His knees buckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dropped to one knee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room seemed to pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the thugs on the floor stared in confused terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the two strongest men fighting Auri and the bats faltered, sensing their leader’s aura collapse. (They stand up and continue to fight.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raka’s breathing became ragged. His mouth opened and closed like he was drowning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet’s voice remained steady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Submit to me,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raka’s jaw clenched. His pride fought. His will strained. His chaos energy trembled like a flame in the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But blood was not a debate. Blood was a command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raka’s shoulders shook. Then his head lowered slowly. His voice came out hoarse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Yes,\" he whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he said it, something invisible snapped into place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chaos energy stabilized. The resistance ended. Raka’s eyes lifted again — but they were different now. Not weak. Not broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just... aligned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A forced loyalty like a knife pressed against the soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet’s chest rose and fell. His body still hurts. His ribs still burned. But the balance of power had flipped in a single heartbeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bat Bat hovered near his shoulder now, eyes wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master...\" she whispered, stunned. \"You make the big bad... small bad.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet did not answer her. His gaze moved to the two strongest men still fighting Auri and the bats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auri had one pinned. The other still swung his blade wildly, trying to cut through the swarm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shing —Shing— Shing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet’s voice was calm, but it carried command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Raka,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raka’s head snapped toward him instantly. \"Yes, master,\" Raka replied, the words tasting like ash in his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet pointed. \"Stop them,\" he ordered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raka’s eyes flickered once, as if part of him screamed internally. Then his body moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He launched forward like a beast. He grabbed the first strong thug by the throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slammed him into the floor so hard the stone cracked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thug’s eyes rolled back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raka turned and kicked the second strong thug mid-swing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man flew sideways into a wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auri stepped back smoothly, breathing controlled, eyes sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bat Bat stared at Raka like she was watching a mountain kneel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Respect master,\" Bat Bat whispered reverently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet wiped blood from his mouth with his sleeve, then exhaled slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hideout fell into a different kind of silence. Not the silence of victory. The silence of sudden fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the men on the floor didn’t realize what just happened. Their leader had returned. Their leader had attacked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now their leader stood beside Sekhmet like a dog with a leash around his soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet looked at the room full of beaten criminals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he looked at Raka. His new puppet. His new weapon. His new problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke calmly. \"Gather them,\" Sekhmet ordered. \"All alive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raka bowed his head. \"Yes, master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bat Bat flapped onto Sekhmet’s shoulder and whispered, delighted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, get a big friend.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet stared at her. \"This is not a friend,\" he said quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bat Bat blinked. \"Then... big pet?\" she suggested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet did not reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because deep inside, even while standing in blood and victory, he could still hear the echo of blood chains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rattle... rattle...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he knew. In Null, every new power came with a price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he replied. \"It’s a servant. A loyal one, who can not betray us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1114,"2026-06-09T06:31:32.937Z",1,"novelbin.me","532bb1757cac45f498eea37a3ad9a18604de4811cec82f03eb93d066664be2d1","dawn-walker-chapter-115","dawn-walker-chapter-113",359,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdawn-walker-cover.jpg"]