[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage":3,"chapter-re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-chapter-128":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Re: Tales of the Rune-Tech Sage",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},148041,246,"Chapter 127: A Brotherhood Ending","re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-chapter-128",128,"\u003Cp>CH127 A Brotherhood Ending\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You will use me...?\" Kurt echoed Alex’s earlier words, his voice tight with disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. Is that too difficult for you to comprehend?\" Alex replied coldly. \"Since you’re not even worthy of being my opponent, I’ll at least put you to use—as a lesson to others like you who... don’t... know... their... place.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each word was deliberate, dragged out, driving itself deeper into Kurt’s mind like a branding iron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurt didn’t respond with words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, his Internal Energy erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A reddish aura enveloped his body as it grew more massive, his flesh bulking up grotesquely until he stood a full eight feet tall, a hulking beast of a teenager.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Titan Bloodline Manifestation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[A.N: Hulk smash mode unlocked.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd roared in awe and horror. The ground trembled with each of Kurt’s slow, heavy steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex didn’t even flinch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re going to fight me barehanded?!\" Kurt sneered. \"Don’t make me laugh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a growl, his giant right palm swung towards Alex’s head, the sheer force behind it was enough to crush his skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As I thought,\" Alex muttered. \"You really do need a good beating.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slipped into a light boxing stance and simply tilted to the side, letting the blow pass harmlessly by. The overextension opened up Kurt’s torso.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex could have gone for a finishing strike to the kidney, heart or liver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had something else in mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He feinted a body blow, making Kurt instinctively reinforce his torso’s defences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, Alex’s fist curved mid-strike and slammed into the side and back of Kurt’s lead knee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurt grunted, staggering, almost half-kneeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He forced himself to remain standing—exactly what Alex had anticipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking a step back, Alex launched a kickboxing-style calf kick, rocking Kurt’s leg from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurt lashed out again, another huge punch aimed for Alex’s ribs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex ducked and parried with minimal contact, slipping to the side to land another calf kick—this time on the opposite leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pattern repeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Punch—evade—kick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swing—parry—kick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feint—sidestep—kick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Kurt’s Titan-transformed body was veiled in a reddish glow that masked surface wounds, the damage beneath was adding up fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of Alex’s kicks was layered with subtle Dragon Kumite Mana ripples, bypassing surface muscle tension to hammer the joints and tendons underneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Kurt’s enhanced body couldn’t absorb it forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how big the tree, chop enough at the base and it will fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, Kurt’s movements stuttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His legs buckled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex’s eyes flashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uppercut!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fist rocketed upwards into Kurt’s chin, shaking the larger boy’s brain inside his skull. There was a sickening crack—and for just a moment, everything went blank for Kurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dropped to one knee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What... What is happening?’ he thought. ’Even after my transformation... why can’t I hit him? Why is he still stronger? Still better?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex’s voice cut through the haze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get up! Surely you can still be of use as teaching material, right? Surely, that’s not all you got, right?\" Alex’s voice sounded in Kurt’s ears at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tone had changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was no longer taunting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No longer human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was cold, commanding—like the whisper of a devil inside his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get up!\" Alex barked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as if ordered by some higher will, Kurt stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His legs trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From pain?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From fear?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even he didn’t know anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurt looked like a cornered beast, forced into a fight it no longer wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were only two choices left: flight or fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He desperately wanted to run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you doing, Kurt?! Kill him! KILL HIM!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mother’s shrill, desperate scream echoed through the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reason crumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emotion surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Kurt, foolishly, chose to fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurt roared again, launching another punch. But with his legs battered and barely functional, the strike lacked power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex caught the arm with ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, as if to execute a judo throw, he stepped in—only to twist his body at the last moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A devastating backwards spinning elbow slammed into Kurt’s jaw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The audience flinched as one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still gripping Kurt’s arm, Alex took a step back out and drove his knee into his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right into the liver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurt froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pain overwhelmed his nervous system, stunning him completely and leaving him wide open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Alex... showed no mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his left hand still controlling Kurt’s arm, he began unleashing a rapid-fire barrage of punches straight to Kurt’s face with his right—sharp, clean, unrelenting Jeet Kune Do-style straights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came the body shots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kidneys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lungs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex’s fists found every vulnerable organ like a man possessed. Clinical. Calculated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came the uppercuts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the hooks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then back to the body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At some point, he had let go of Kurt’s arm—but Kurt remained upright, not by his will, but by Alex’s careful punch placement that locked his body in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the least combat-savvy in the crowd could see it now: Alex was picking each punch with terrifying precision, balancing maximum pain with total control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was no longer a duel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an execution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex could have ended it at any time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dragged it out—punishment made flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as his earlier words echoed through the minds of the stunned audience:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me use you to educate any fool who thinks they can stand in my way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially the heirs of the Fury Family’s Council, seated in the stands—Alex’s next opponents should he win this duel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They shivered, pale-faced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurt was no weakling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was now he was reduced a living warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five minutes passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex returned back to Kurt, his five excruciating, bloody minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, even the reddish glow of the Titan Transformation could no longer hide the visible swelling and bruises across Kurt’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex took one final step forward and delivered a devastating body hook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurt’s body curled like a shrimp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex caught his arm, guided him forward—and forced him to drop to his knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was still breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Barely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eyes dazed. Body broken. Spirit shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex reached forward with his right hand, grabbing Kurt by the hair, holding his head upright on his knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked into his brother’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I almost pity you,\" he said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know if you’ve ever realised it, Kurt... but your entire life, you’ve been a pawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First your mother and her Holt family used you. Then, Father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And now... me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sighed inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Such is the life of the weak and gullible in this world.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very well,\" Alex whispered. \"Let me put you out of your pitiful existence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his left hand, curled it into a fist—a simple uppercut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to all that had come before, this final punch seemed almost gentle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But hidden within it...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wristblade of the Beta Bracer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pucchi—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Alex’s fist made contact beneath Kurt’s jaw, the blade extended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silent. Efficient. Lethal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It pierced up through the underside of Kurt’s jaw, into his skull, and straight into his brain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex held the pose for a moment, then slowly withdrew his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He released Kurt’s hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The body collapsed—lifeless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurt Fury was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second son of Earl Drake’s branch of the Fury Family—slain in a sanctioned life-or-death duel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arena was silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single voice spoke, from the highest gallery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"According to the rules of the Fury Family,\" Earl Drake intoned, \"the heir to my line is now indisputably—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alex Fury.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>**\u003C\u002Fp>",1244,"2026-05-29T03:49:10.136Z","2026-06-01T04:29:07.188Z",1,"novelbin.me","09a6823d0ce27cf007b75d62d344c8e2a21886dfae478ac53dadd9d5f639c404","re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-chapter-129","re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-chapter-127",692,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fre-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-cover.jpg"]