[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-dawn-walker":3,"chapter-dawn-walker-dawn-walker-chapter-79":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},1836946,2443,"Chapter 79: The Exit Trap III","dawn-walker-chapter-79",79,"\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two original thugs were still standing at the back, panic in their eyes now. Their revenge fantasy was collapsing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of them pointed shakily at Sekhmet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"T-this is him,\" he stammered. \"That monster—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leader thug, still coughing on the ground, snarled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill him!\" he rasped. \"Don’t stop—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet walked toward the two original thugs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They tried to back away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet moved faster suddenly. He became a blur for their eyes. In one motion, he grabbed both by their throats and slammed them against the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BAM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their feet kicked uselessly in the air. Their eyes bulged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet leaned closer, voice quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You wanted revenge,\" he murmured. \"And you forgot what I did to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thugs struggled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet’s blood eyes flickered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were not remembering the feeding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They couldn’t. His blood had already touched their minds once, even without full conversion. Sekhmet understands it. He didn’t need to ask the system about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a subtle effect, like the blood god’s passive influence twisting memory around feeding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet’s eyes narrowed.\"Interesting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dropped them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They collapsed, gasping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet turned back to the other thugs. His hunger surged again, sharp and demanding. He had fought. He had used chaos energy. Now his body craved blood as payment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bat Bat whispered, excited. \"Feed time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet’s voice was flat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved through the downed thugs and fed. Not like before, where he bit in desperation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he fed with control. He chose targets with battle power above 4000 first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He drank enough to calm his hunger, to reinforce his chaos energy, to stabilize his blood. His new passive skill made it possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could choose the outcome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He fed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shhk... Shhk...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warm blood filled his mouth. Relief returned like a wave. His body steadied. His mind sharpened. His eyes burned faintly red for a moment, then cooled. He stopped each time before death. He pulled back, wiped his mouth, moved to the next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bat Bat watched eagerly, licking its lips like a child watching food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bat want,\" it whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet glanced at it. \"You can take a little from the ones I fed,\" he said. \"Don’t kill them. Leave them alive. I have plans for them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bat Bat squeaked happily. \"Okay. I will eat little.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It darted down and bit the unconscious thug’s wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CHOMP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It drank greedily for a few seconds, then pulled back, eyes shining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good,\" it whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet continued feeding until his hunger stopped clawing. He stood over the bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fourteen men. All defeated. All alive. All now carrying his blood in their veins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet stared at them, thinking.\"I could kill them and be done.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his system had given him a new passive skill. Control over infection outcomes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And another part of his plan formed naturally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ghouls are useful,\"he thought. \"Not as friends. Not as a family. But as tools.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not want to turn innocent people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But criminals?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thugs?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Men who lived by violence?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were perfect candidates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet crouched beside the thug leader (Note: he is the only leader of fourteen who came to attack sekhmet. Not the entire group leader.) and grabbed his chin, forcing his face up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thug’s eyes were filled with rage and fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet’s voice was calm. \"You will live,\" he said. \"And you will remember this pain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thug spat blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Freak,\" he hissed. \"When my boss hears—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet smiled faintly. \"You will tell him nothing,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thug sneered. \"You think you can stop me—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet leaned closer, his eyes turning cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I fed on you,\" he whispered. \"I control you. You all are my slave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thug froze. His mind hesitated. His body trembled slightly, as if the words unlocked a fear he did not understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet released his chin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You will forget,\" Sekhmet said softly. \"But your body will remember enough to fear me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thug’s lips trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet stood. He glanced around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corridor was empty now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People had fled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No witnesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No interference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Underground rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet turned toward the stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bat Bat hopped onto his shoulder again, eyes bright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go home,\" it said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet nodded. \"Yes,\" he replied. \"We go home.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He left the thugs behind, groaning and unconscious, bleeding but alive. He did not worry about them dying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were criminals. They had probably survived worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also knew something else. He could trigger conversion later if needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they become useful. If he needed ghouls. If he needed a small force that could not betray him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now, they were seeds. He climbed the stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Step... step... step...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stone door opened again above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guard at the top glanced at Sekhmet’s face, then away quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one asked questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was part of the city’s unspoken agreement with the underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet slipped into the night streets of Slik.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air above ground felt cleaner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cooler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it did not erase what he had done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet walked back toward Dawn House, his coat swaying, Bat Bat quiet now, sleepy from feeding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he reached home, he slipped inside silently again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No alarms. No guards reacting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dawn House was used to Sekhmet’s presence, even if they did not see him. He returned to his room and closed the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet exhaled deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bat Bat hopped down onto the bed and curled up like a satisfied cat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet stood beside his table, mind racing. He opened his void land connection and checked his stored blood purchases.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system organized them neatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rare blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fresh blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes landed on the pink dried vial again. Human god normal blood. Three drops. Enough to summon something special.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something with hands. Something with intelligence. A humanoid harpy bat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet’s pulse quickened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had promised himself he would not rush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That he would rest. But his curiosity burned too hard. His hunger for growth was stronger than his desire for sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekhmet looked at Bat Bat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bat cracked one eye open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Summon now?\" Bat Bat asked, voice drowsy.\u003C\u002Fp>",1010,"2026-06-09T06:31:32.937Z",1,"novelbin.me","085dd1c739ee97925205661ba72d396be30af09295608c66ce997da0ea0530c5","dawn-walker-chapter-80","dawn-walker-chapter-10",359,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdawn-walker-cover.jpg"]