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Chapter 60: Dungeon, My Knife ①

This is the official record of lost knives.

■ Knife #1

• First Appearance: Woff, Age 13 (Part ⑤)
• Casualty Details:
  The very first knife I owned.
  It was cheap, but I sharpened it myself and even used it like a kitchen knife.
• Cause of Death:
  I was looking away when snap!—it broke.
  I was struggling to remove a piece of leather armor that, unbeknownst to me, had metal reinforcement.
  It got caught at a weird angle and—crack—that was the end.

■ Knife #2

• First Appearance: Ashen Flowers ③ – Holy Edge
• Casualty Details:
  Bought after the first knife broke.
  Looked similar to the previous one.
• Cause of Death:
  I took out an egg container from my pouch and poured its contents onto the knife blade.
  The wet knife sparkled…
  And afterward, it couldn’t cut anymore.

■ Knife #3

• First Appearance: The Silent One ④
• Casualty Details:
  A 20,000 Ouro knife I splurged on.
• Cause of Death:
  I accidentally erased it myself using the relic skill [Vanish].

■ Knife #4

• First Appearance: Clown of the Wonderland ④
• Casualty Details:
  A second-hand knife.
  Simple design, thick, slightly heavy, sturdy.
• Cause of Death:
  Attacked by a monster called “Crown.”
  I calmly used the knife to block an incoming stab…
  Upon contact—
  The blade was severed.

“!?”

No… that wasn’t it. I could tell.
It wasn’t cut—it had disappeared.

■ Knife #5

• First Appearance: Reunion at the Dump Site ③ – Bone-Extracting Brain-Ripping Asura Hunter
• Casualty Details:
  A knife I found in the trash. Looked like it belonged to some tribe.
  Large, black, single-edged, heavily curved. Round sword guard reminiscent of a Japanese katana’s handguard.
  The grip was made of smooth white stone. The sheath was hard wood.
• Cause of Death:
  However, the Type-A Construct twisted its left arm and transformed it into a blade.
  It charged and swung down. I stepped forward and tried to block with the knife—

Instantly, the knife blade melted.

■ Knife #6

• First Appearance: Tassan of the Ring ②
• Casualty Details:
  One of a set of three bought for 50,000 Ouro.
  A simple knife. Actually part of the “Standard Series.”
• Cause of Death:
  Pies raised his sword, and I blocked again with the knife—only to release it instantly.
  The moment it took the hit—crack!—I dropped it and leapt back.
  I left it lying there and completely forgot about it.

■ Knife #7

• First Appearance: Cats and Dogs ⑥
• Casualty Details:
  The second of the knives bought for 50,000 Ouro.
  A strange single-edged blade curved upward.
  A bit heavy, but thick and powerful.
• Cause of Death:
  Only the hand holding the knife was frozen.
  Wh—what the heck!?

“Damn it, why is it just this side!?”

I used [Banish] in frustration. Had to hurry or I’d get frostbite.
The ice on my hand and the knife’s handle vanished.

The blade dropped to the ground.

• Resurrection:
  Later, Pakira found the blade portion and returned it to Woff.
  It was reborn as a new double-edged knife.

■ Knife #8

• First Appearance: Grave of Death ④ – Yomido’s Saturnus, Tomb of Death ⑥ – Rest in Peace
• Casualty Details:
  Elixir Knife.
• Cause of Death:
  Used Silent Move during the fight with Saturnus.
  Somewhere during the battle, it broke.

The Elixir Knife had broken. Repeating: the Elixir Knife had broken.

The Elixir Knife I had been gripping tightly had almost no blade left.
It wasn’t cleanly snapped in the middle—
It had broken sharply from the base, diagonally, with most of the blade completely gone.

• Resurrection:
  A mercenary from Kuhn Hunt—an older brother of a sibling pair—used the relic [Synthesis] to combine it with a sword.
  It was reborn as a Holy Sword.
  Note: its “holiness” was significantly downgraded.

■ Knife #9

• First Appearance: Fifth-Rank Explorer ①
• Casualty Details:
  Agaro’s knife.
• Cause of Death:
  Liv dashed in with her blade shimmering in a double-image blur.
  I caught her downward swing with my knife.

The moment brought intense shock and pressure—
I felt a strange weight in the knife.
I tried to pull back, sensing danger, but my body wouldn’t move.

The blurred blade suddenly stopped.

“Crash Edge”

The knife shattered.

Total: 9 knives.
May they rest in peace.

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