21. Opening!

 

 

“Get the hell out of here!”

 

 

 

 

The gang members grabbed Eun Soryeong’s body tightly to keep her from escaping, but they eventually retreated due to the continued attacks from the policewomen.

 

 

 

 

Jureureuk.

 

 

 

 

Two policewomen half-dragged Eun Soryeong to the back, while the other three blocked the front.

 

 

 

 

“Are you okay?”

 

 

“Shibal…it fucking hurts.”

 

 

“Here’s a potion!”

 

 

 

 

 

One of them held out a bottle filled with a white, lumpy liquid.

 

 

Knowing how it was made, the Major felt like shit, but she swallowed it down due to the overwhelming pain.

 

 

Then, her skin, which had been bleeding from being stabbed repeatedly, slowly healed, and soon all the pain and wounds disappeared completely.

 

 

 

 

“Hoo….”

 

 

 

 

Wiping her mouth with her sleeve, she glared ahead.

 

 

There stood Kitchen Knife Princess, scowling and radiating murderous intent.

 

 

 

 

“I told you to stop showing off so much! What is this, so embarrassing!”

 

 

“Shut up, you little peanut….”

 

 

“Aaaah. Someone who’s a Police Captain and even a Department Head committed murder. Heeik.”

 

 

“I told you to shut up.”

 

 

 

Even in this situation, she smacked the head of the policewoman who was joking around.

 

 

 

 

“Department Head-nim, here’s a calming pill.”

“Uh. Thanks.”

 

 

 

 

 

She took out a pill the size of a fingertip and ate it, lost in thought.

 

 

 

 

 

‘These bitches aren’t the type to be playing around in E-rank? Was the information wrong?’

 

 

 

 

“Kitchen Knife Clan. Total of 17 members. They have stats but focus more on real-world crime than adventure. They’re supposed to be skilled enough to make it in an E-rank dungeon…but isn’t this information way off?”

 

 

“Uh…but the informant definitely said that’s what they were….”

“….”

 

 

 

 

It was wrong, way wrong.

 

 

Where the hell did they get the idea that these guys were E-rank?

 

 

 

 

No, at least Kitchen Knife Princess wasn’t E-rank.

 

 

 

 

 

While in Gangnam, she had faced quite a few adventurers, but she was a standout among them. While at Harem Palace, she had occasionally heard Yoo-Eun say, ‘World ranking? That’s all bullshit. The real strong ones are out there.’ Now she realized what she meant.

 

 

 

 

‘Well…that guy swept away all the strong ones in Gangnam…thinking about it, it makes sense that I haven’t met any strong ones until now. Is this the first time I’m meeting one?’

 

 

 

 

 

The gang members weren’t much. When they gathered, they seemed to exert quite a bit of power, but the difference in decisive offense and defense was significant.

 

 

But after Kitchen Knife Princess used her skill, they completely changed. It was as if they had received a buff, and even her defense of over 60,000 was useless, forcing her to endure with only her HP.

 

 

 

 

A miscalculation, if anything.

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Hey. Let me ask you something. Are you a Hidden?”

 

 

 

 

 

Kitchen Knife Princess silently raised her knife.

 

 

 

 

“I don’t think I can hold back if I just kill you normally, you know? I’ll let you experience hell.”

“Waaa. The Department Head is going to give her boyfriend a gift.”

“A gift for a woman. How impure.”

 

 

“…Shut up a little.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meanwhile, Kitchen Knife Princess was also flustered.

 

 

Although it wasn’t showing on her face, cold sweat was running down her spine.

 

 

 

 

‘I’ve heard about it…but was it this strong?’

 

 

 

 

She had heard that the Special Police Unit was making great achievements in Gangnam.

 

 

But in the process of Yoo-Eun unifying the area, about 100 top-tier adventurers and 300 normal-tier adventurers were swept away, so the overall level of Gangnam had regressed several stages. She thought that the guys who were achieving results in such a place wouldn’t be much better than the dregs.

 

 

 

 

 

But it was the opposite.

 

 

Dregs my ass, this was the first time she had faced such a strong enemy since starting her gang activities.

 

 

 

 

She had faced adventurers and guilds before, but she never expected that they would withstand the barrage of her Kitchen Knife Squad after receiving her buff.

 

 

 

 

Usually, their HP would be quickly depleted, leading to death. That’s how the masters who overestimated their power met their end.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Uh. But Department Head-nim. Haven’t their numbers increased a bit?”

“What?”

“You said there were 17 of them. But it looks like there are at least 17 people here.”

 

 

“So what?”

“There are also gang members at the base.”

 

 

“…Really?”

 

 

“Yes. Seo-Hyun-ssi told me.”

 

 

“Hmm….Did they absorb and increase their numbers?”

 

 

“What should we do? Retreat for now?”

“Retreat my ass. Except for that bitch, the rest aren’t much. She seems to have some weird skill that ignores defense, but our HP is enough to withstand it. As long as we don’t get caught and ganged up on.”

“Like Department Head-nim?”

“Like Captain-nim?”

 

 

“Shut up. How long are you going to keep bringing that up?”

 

 

 

 

It hadn’t even been five minutes since she was stabbed, and they were already talking as if they had won.

 

 

That irritated Kitchen Knife Princess.

 

 

 

 

 

She was already annoyed that some hoodlum had bothered her, and now she had to deal with these guys too. She was filled with rage.

 

 

 

 

Seueuk.

 

 

 

 

She raised her hand.

 

 

Then the gang members quietly stepped back.

 

 

 

 

“What? Running away? Do you think I’ll let you?”

“No, I’m going to kill you guys.”

 

 

 

Ttak.

 

 

 

 

She snapped her fingers.

 

 

 

 

Puuk!

 

 

 

 

“!!!”

 

 

 

 

Then, kitchen knives flying from behind pierced through the stomachs of Eun Soryeong and the policewomen, heading towards her.

 

 

 

 

“Aaaagh!”

 

 

“Wh-what is this…where from?”

 

 

 

 

 

More bewildered than in pain.

 

 

 

 

When did she put kitchen knives behind them?

 

 

No, more than that, did she move them with telekinesis? Surely the kitchen knives moved on their own….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“What the fuck is this again….”

“Wow….”

 

 

“A movie?”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Dance of Blades – Puppet.]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Around Kitchen Knife Princess, over a dozen kitchen knives floated, baring their blades.

 

 

The problem was that it was just her and them.

 

 

The gang members who had filled the alley were nowhere to be seen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kitchen Knife Princess swept her bangs back.

 

 

 

 

“There are so many cocky bastards today. Why is that, I wonder.”

 

 

“This doesn’t feel good.”

 

 

“Here’s a potion!”

 

 

 

 

 

Eun Soryeong and the policewomen busily shared potions, watching her and the kitchen knives.

 

 

 

 

“Heal as much as you want.”

 

 

 

 

Ttak.

 

 

 

 

 

[Dance of Blades – Fire Dance]

 

 

 

 

Hwareuk.

 

 

 

 

The dozen or so kitchen knives burst into flames.

 

 

It was clear at a glance that it wasn’t ordinary fire. It was like looking at the flames of Song Hyun-Ah, the Crimson Witch.

 

 

Of course, the level was a bit lower.

 

 

 

 

It would transfer as soon as it touched-, she felt it instinctively.

 

 

 

 

“It wasn’t these bitches, it was this bitch. It’s a total show.”

 

 

“Wow. So she was talking to her knives? Isn’t she completely insane…;”

“It’s creepy….”

“Does she have multiple personality disorder or something?”

 

 

 

 

The policewomen continued to mutter various speculations, but anyway, that wasn’t the important thing.

 

 

There was a crazy bitch with strange powers in front of them.

That was the biggest problem.

 

 

 

 

“Die and become my kitchen knifeㅡ,”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Unnie, what are you doing here?”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An uninvited guest intervened.

 

 

 

 

“??”

 

 

A woman walked over with a very calm tone and attitude.

 

 

 

 

“…What, are you a saint? Why are you here?”

 

 

“I came shopping and followed a familiar silhouette. I thought there were quite a few friends here.”

 

 

 

She peeked her head out and looked around.

 

 

 

 

“Where did they all go? Did you kill them without a trace?”

“They’re over there.”

“?”

 

 

 

She was Sora.

 

 

She was a woman with the title of Yoo-Eun’s second concubine and a Saintess.

 

 

 

 

Originally, she had a sense of rejection towards the title of Saintess and had quite a bit of antipathy towards Eun Soryeong, but somehow they became quite close. Recently, they had even been talking about how to capture Yoo-Eun. Of course, she was the only one who wanted to capture him.

 

 

 

 

“Huh? Where?”

“Over there, the kitchen knives. The women turned into knives.”

“…Do you have a mental illness? It’s serious. I told you to stop smoking.”

 

 

“What are you talking about! What does smoking have to do with it! And that’s right! I even got stabbed.”

 

 

“Really?”

 

 

 

Sora was surprised at the part where Eun Soryeong said she had been stabbed.

 

 

 

 

Sswaeeak!

 

 

 

 

And around that time, several kitchen knives flew towards her.

She didn’t even think about dodging and just took the hit,

 

 

 

 

Kok. Kokkok.

 

 

 

 

“…Ouch.”

 

 

 

Leaving only a wound the size of a needle prick, they flew back to Kitchen Knife Princess.

 

 

 

 

“…?”

 

 

 

Although it ignored defense, it only left a needle-sized wound due to the unbelievable amount of HP, even without defense!

 

 

 

 

“What is this?”

 

 

“…I was going to tell you to be careful, but it looks like there’s no point.”

“I’m bleeding….”

 

 

 

 

A drop of blood the size of a sunflower seed formed, but Sora was surprised enough by just that.

 

 

 

 

“What…!”

 

 

 

 

For the first time, an expression fully appeared on Kitchen Knife Princess’s face. Her Kitchen Knife Squad, which ignored defense, only left such a tiny, bean-sized wound and returned??

 

 

 

 

“Do you want to die?”

 

 

“…!”

 

 

 

 

Perhaps sensing the threat, Kitchen Knife Princess shot forward.

 

 

As she ran towards Sora, the floating kitchen knives gathered into one and were