The True Peak

Ryu had long forgotten how long he had been grappling with Bloodlines. 

When everything began, he thought he was a talent to rule all talents, untouchable and unblemished. And in the beginning, this was very much true. 

The unfortunate truth, though, was that this was only the case if he used Sacrum as his one and only metric of success. 

The more he learned about the world, the more he realized that the fact he had been born with four such Bloodlines in his body was akin to a curse rather than a gift, and finding a method of pulling out their best potential was nigh impossible. 

And once again, that curse was rearing its ugly head. 

The first moment Ryu felt that his Beyond Perfect Extreme Spiritual Foundation was about to work its magic on his Bloodlines, he didn't actually feel elation… In fact, he felt dread.