Chapter 118

Yoo Woo-jung swallowed a scream as pain shot up from her thigh, crashing into the building’s outer wall before collapsing onto the ground.

Her trembling legs, as if all the bones and muscles inside were damaged, refused to move properly.

The attack just moments ago—had she been even a second slower, her heart would have been pierced.

And she knew exactly who was behind this kind of attack.

An S-class Hunter from South America, known as the Beam Sniper.

To think there were two S-class Hunters here.

She forced herself to swallow the pain rising from her legs, wondering how so many of these rare individuals had gathered here. As she tried to escape on one leg, people arrived in front and behind her.

“Camilla Agasa, you look just like the gutter trash you are.”

In front stood an old man with white hair, wearing a white robe adorned with a snake—Baek Sa. Behind him were his four A-class Hunter disciples.

Yoo Woo-jung, staring at the five who had completely blocked her escape route, felt cold sweat dripping down her back.

“…Baek Sa, did we have some kind of grudge? I don’t think our relationship was that bad.”

“Don’t talk nonsense. I’ve never been friendly with trash like you.”

“You’re still as disgusting as ever. No wonder women can’t stand you.”

Yoo Woo-jung let out a mocking laugh.

“And calling me trash? What do you know about growing up in a city with normal law and order?”

She recalled her past.

The constant casualties caused by the Dimensional Gates.

Hunters who used their power not to fight Dimensional Beings but to seize control.

The authorities had long since crumbled, and even the police could be bought with money.

In a world where ordinary people formed gangs to survive against Hunters and Dimensional Beings, and cartels selling weapons thrived, it was a living hell.

Women with plain faces were targeted, raped, killed, or sold off.

Surviving in that world with this face?

Back when I hadn’t even awakened as a Hunter?

My home life was no better—a drug-addicted father who often swung bottles, and a mother who sold her body to put food on the table.

Even then, the house was buried under debt, and gangs had broken in more than once.

Neither outside nor inside was safe for me.

In that hellish life, I relied on my looks and guts, seducing men to climb higher.

‘My beauty was a double-edged sword—it could kill me or save me, always one or the other.’

Yoo Woo-jung’s eyes burned fiercely.

She had awakened as a Hunter, clawed her way up, and even earned the title of “Queen of the Gutter.”

That’s why she trusted no one but herself.

She embraced this situation, using everything she had to her advantage.

Her looks, her abilities, her personality, her connections—she used it all to survive.

And yet, those who lived lives without worrying about tomorrow had no right to mock her.

I am Camilla Agasa.

The Queen who crawled out of the gutter of hell.

“Come at me. I’ll show you just how terrifying this ‘gutter trash’ can be.”

The Queen of the Gutter smiled venomously.

Even as she smiled, Yoo Woo-jung’s eyes darted around.

She knew the situation was bad, but she had no intention of dying here.

No way I’m dying in a place like this.

“There’s a flow to things. Your death today will change the Hunter world. Accept it.”

Hearing this, Yoo Woo-jung scoffed.

The idea that Ha-chan was connected to the Korean Hunter world was just circumstantial, not confirmed.

Alters had sent her to Ha-chan to verify this.

Alters weren’t complete fools.

But the fools in front of her now were.

They had rushed to Korea based on internal rumors, without any verification, driven by their own ambitions.

‘That’s why they’re so stupid, acting without thinking.’

The Ha-chan she had seen was far more cunning than they realized.

If they brought her head to him?

Given his personality, they’d be the ones to suffer.

‘Alters must have moved like this to preemptively strike before Ha-chan, the temporary SS-class Hunter, could be fully restrained.’

In the end, she was caught in this mess because of their impatience.

“Then become the sacrifice for our cause.”

At that moment, Baek Sa launched himself forward, his palm strike aimed at her.

Yoo Woo-jung immediately clasped her hands together and slammed them down.

Boom!

The brick floor shattered, and water pipes burst, sending water gushing upward.

The water, as if controlled, coiled around her like a whip.

She immediately directed the water stream toward Baek Sa and his disciples.

Baek Sa deftly deflected her attack with a circular motion of his hand, but the water cannon, infused with S-class energy, was too much for his disciples.

“Ugh!”

“Ah!”

As they staggered from the water blast, Yoo Woo-jung moved first.

She rode the water upward, grabbed one A-class Hunter’s head, and slammed it into the ground.

Then, with her tail, she smacked another into the wall.

In an instant, she had subdued two A-class Hunters and was about to charge forward when she saw Hunters filling the alley, aiming guns at her.

All the guns were made from Dimensional Being materials.

Of course, such guns were deadly even to Hunters.

They were the mercenaries of the Beam Sniper.

“Damn it.”

Realizing Baek Sa hadn’t come alone, she quickly formed a water shield just as bullets rained down.

Some high-output Hunters managed to pierce the shield, and bullets lodged into her body.

But even under the barrage, she pushed forward.

However, as she saw a flash of light through the water shield, a bullet tore through her side.

“Ah!”

She collapsed, clutching her bleeding side.

In the distance, a man with a scarf draped over his shoulder, holding a rifle, approached.

He looked like something out of a Western movie, a cigarette dangling from his lips as he smiled.

He was the other S-class Hunter, the Beam Sniper.

“First time hunting a whale.”

“You bastards!”

As Yoo Woo-jung cursed and prepared to shoot water at him, her tail was yanked.

Despite her superior strength, she couldn’t resist and was lifted into the air.

There, Baek Sa was already preparing a palm strike.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Baek Sa’s relentless strikes pummeled her.

In an instant, her body was battered beyond recognition, and she felt her consciousness slipping.

But even then, she used her tail to crush one of Baek Sa’s disciples.

However, in that brief moment, the Beam Sniper’s bullet blew off her left shoulder.

“Ugh…”

Bleeding profusely, Yoo Woo-jung weakly opened her eyes.

Baek Sa was already in front of her.

Even a dying beast fights back.

With the determination not to go down alone, she thrust her arm at him with all her might.

But Baek Sa effortlessly dodged and aimed both hands at her stomach.

Yoo Woo-jung’s eyes widened.

Fa Jin (Explosive Force).

His ability was optimized for internal damage.

Combined with Hong Kong martial arts, its destructive power could pierce even steel.

Boom!

Yoo Woo-jung was sent flying.

Despite her resilient body, the internal shock made her vomit blood.

Her insides were a mess, and several bones seemed broken.

“Ugh…”

Crashing through a wall and rolling on the ground, she couldn’t even wipe the blood flowing from her mouth, groaning in pain.

Baek Sa stood over her, hands relaxed.

“Puta que pariote! (You son of a bitch!)”

She spat out Brazilian curses, trying to get up, but her body kept collapsing.

As she desperately tried to summon a water pillar, Baek Sa kicked her chin.

More blood splattered.

He mercilessly stomped on her head as she rolled on the ground.

At the same time, his hands began to form another Fa Jin.

The sun above cast a shadow over his face, making him look like a grim reaper.

“慢慢行。(Take it slow.)”

Her eyes filled with deep despair as she realized her life of struggling to survive was ending here.

For a moment, the world seemed to move in slow motion.

She saw Baek Sa’s hand slowly descending toward her.

I’m going to die.

She truly felt it in that moment.

For some reason, she remembered a young girl watching an old TV.

A movie playing while her drug-addicted father strangled her prostitute mother.

The movie was, ironically, a B-grade superhero film often shown in America.

At that moment, she vaguely realized.

She had once hoped for a hero to save her from the gutter.

Even as a child, she had wished for that.

‘In the end, what…’

Despite vowing to be her own hero, she had clawed her way up, only to end like this.

Yoo Woo-jung closed her eyes.

Crack!

At that moment, a small spark sounded from afar.

By the time she noticed, a red flash had lit up.

Boom!

A high-output red energy swept through the alley.

No one was directly hit, but the shockwave sent all the Hunters tumbling to the ground.

“What?”

Even the Beam Sniper dropped his cigarette, wide-eyed.

Baek Sa, too, was stunned, unable to deliver the final blow, staring in the direction of the attack.

Thud.

The sound of footsteps echoed quietly through the alley.

A man walked toward them, red sparks crackling around his body.

The shadows from the building’s walls obscured his face.

“是敌人！(Enemy!)”

As everyone froze at the unusual aura emanating from him, Baek Sa shouted.

The Beam Sniper immediately aimed his gun, but the man disappeared.

By the time he realized it, the man was already holding his gun.

“Eh…”

Crack! Boom!

In an instant, the gun exploded into pieces.

A gun made from an S-class Dimensional Being he had hunted long ago was destroyed with a single touch.

The Beam Sniper’s eyes widened.

Losing his weapon, even for a moment, caused his thoughts to freeze.

And he realized that was his mistake.

He immediately reached for the dagger at his waist, but facing an enemy, even a moment’s hesitation was too long.

And as if to prove that thought correct, the man’s fist was already buried in his stomach.

Thud!

The Beam Sniper dropped his dagger and was sent flying through a wall.

The man exhaled lightly, the red sparks around him fading as he turned to Baek Sa.

Seeing an S-class Hunter like the Beam Sniper subdued in an instant, Baek Sa’s eyes widened.

The unusual aura emanating from the man even made the battle-hardened Baek Sa tense.

“…Kang Ha-chan? We made our intentions clear to your side. What is this?”

Baek Sa, finally recognizing his face, furrowed his white brows.

He couldn’t understand why the hidden SS-class Hunter of Korea was attacking them now.

After all, their allies, Caprina and Orliz, had informed him that Yoo Woo-jung was a spy.

Hearing this, Ha-chan crushed the Beam Sniper’s dropped gun under his foot.

Crack!

As the gun shattered, Ha-chan’s eyes gleamed brightly.

“What are you talking about? Who said we agreed?”

You’re just making assumptions and causing chaos.