The empress struggled with the water rope that was tied around her. Despite the situation she was in, she still managed to stick a smile onto her face. "My. This is a precarious situation I have landed in." She muttered softly to herself as she looked down at her bound body. The smile on her face did not diminish even as Arkien played another note and the water began to tighten around her body.
'Do you admit defeat?' his voice sounded in her head. His feet hovered a few centimeters above her feet, forcing her to look up after he spoke.
"Quite the contrary, Kim Sun Woo. After all, I am just but warming up."
After saying those words, water began to accumulate around her bound fist. The water formed spikes that slashed through the water ropes that had bound her. This action caused water to break its formation.
