I am not clear what you want to do with the output but consider something like this method
char source[] = {"d73f7a79"};
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(115200);
static char output[3]; //zero in all elements
for (int offset = 0; offset < 4; offset++)
{
memcpy(output, source + (2 * offset), 2);
int value = strtol(output, 0, 16);
Serial.print(output);
Serial.print("\t");
Serial.println(value);
}
}
void loop()
{
}