Summary :
Sung Jin-Woo and his group return to Seoul after the victory at the gate of Jeju Island. Jin-Woo meets with the Korean Hunter Association to discuss his Shadow Monarch powers and how he plans to use them to protect humanity. The Association is grateful for Jin-Woo’s help, but also fears his power.
Chapter 62 of Solo Leveling begins with Jin-Woo and his party returning to Seoul after the victory at the gate of Jeju Island. Jin-Woo meets with the Korean Hunter Association to discuss his Shadow Monarch powers and how he plans to use them to protect humanity.
The Association is grateful for Jin-Woo’s help, but also fears his power. They know that Jin-Woo is now one of the most powerful hunters in the world, and they fear what he might do if he decides to turn against humanity.
Jin-Woo assures the Association that he is not a threat and that he is only interested in protecting humanity from the Shadow Monsters. He also tells them that he is working on developing new ways to use his Shadow Monarch powers.
Satisfied with Jin-Woo’s answers, the Association agrees to work with him to protect humanity from the Shadow Monsters. Jin-Woo leaves the meeting feeling confident that he is now on the right track to becoming the strongest hunter in the world.
Chapter 62 of Solo Leveling is a good chapter that shows Jin-Woo taking charge of his new abilities. Knowing that he is now one of the most powerful hunters in the world, Jin-Woo is determined to use his power to protect humanity.
The chapter also does a good job showing the Korean Hunter Association’s reaction to Jin-Woo’s new powers. The Association is grateful for Jin-Woo’s help, but also fears his power. This is understandable since Jin-Woo is now one of the most powerful people in the world.
Overall, Chapter 62 Solo Leveling is a good chapter that will definitely please manga fans.
The shadow infantrymen hastily closed in on their targets. regrettably, the angry swipes of the Ice Bears’ the front paws had been quicker than their movements.
Swing!
Kwajeek!!
A single hit, and one shadow soldier become obliterated.
If it wasn’t a ‘shadow’ below the armours however an real human being, that attack could without a doubt have ripped him apart into numerous pieces.
‘Hmm…’
Jin-Woo frowned deeply.
‘As I notion, did I ask for too much?’
whether it turned into their physical electricity or their frame sizes, these Ice Bears have been hard enemies for the shadow infantrymen to fight towards.
however, something pretty sudden passed off next.
‘Heok!’
Jin-Woo’s eyes opened wider.
The soldier with its chest torn open with the aid of the Ice undergo’s assault unexpectedly transformed into a clump of black smoke simply earlier than it fell to the floor.
Pooof!
The black smoke coagulated in a gap more than one steps away and it reverted lower back to its unique appearance.
‘superb!’
Jin-Woo’s expression brightened up.
The ‘undeads’ – he remembered this crucial fact that he had unwittingly forgotten about till now.
The Ice undergo have become even greater agitated than earlier than after realising its assault was interested by nothing, and it roared out loudly.
ROOOAR!!
And so, because the squaddies bought day out in front, the magic soldiers status at the again had completed their spells.
boom!!
Kaboom!!
The balls of flames leaving the ends of the magic infantrymen’ fingers exploded right here, there, and anywhere. The shadow soldiers swept up in the explosions regenerated proper away, however on the other hand, the Ice Bears should handiest roll around screaming in sheer ache and discomfort, as their bodies caught on fireplace.
Roooar!!
Growl!!
meanwhile, the shadow soldiers didn’t waste time and rapidly approached the defenceless Bears, before stabbing down on them with their blades.
Stab!!
Staaaaab!!!
separately, the successful and smug Ice Bears have been falling at the cooperative methods of the shadow infantrymen and the magic squaddies.
‘howdy….’
Jin-Woo persisted to spectate on the lawsuits with an expression packed with great interest and happiness.
The soldiers and their brief regenerative capabilities; the magic squaddies and their exquisite firepower.
the overall combat prowess of the shadow infantrymen had far passed his preliminary expectations.
soon, the Ice Bears have been compelled into retreat by using the may of the shadow squaddies and had been pushed back in the direction of the doorway of the caves.
He changed into questioning that the give up of the war was drawing close to, but then….
ROOOOAR!!
accompanied by way of the eardrum-shaking roar, a big shadow slowly emerged from one of the caves.
“Isn’t that…..”
Even Jin-Woo’s eyes grew greater round and top notch-big.
The endure that came out was at the least a head taller and double the frame length as compared to others round it.
Rooar!!
only a single swipe from this huge undergo, and a couple of soldiers had been blown away.
SWOOOSH-!!
Kabboooomm!!
The regeneration charge of the squaddies could not preserve up with the big Ice endure’s relentless attacks.
Kwajeeeck!!
Slam!!
Jin-Woo could most effective leak out a groan after considering that.
“So, it’s the chief of the p.c., is it….?”
He form of suspected that, seeing that there was a p.c., there must be a pacesetter main it, too. but, the b*stard became out to a whole lot larger and more potent than he had anticipated.
“Krooaar!!”
The large Ice undergo chief obliterated all of the shadow soldiers appearing before it, and approached Jin-Woo at a daunting velocity.
It became at this factor that a message popped up in his view.
Tti-ring.
[Your Mana has been depleted and shadow soldiers cannot regenerate anymore.]
[Your Mana has been depleted and shadow soldiers cannot regenerate anymore.]
‘What??’
He hurriedly checked his MP value, and just as the machine had warned him, it turned into completely long past.
[MP: 0/1860]
once his MP have been drained. The obliterated shadow squaddies didn’t regenerate and surely entered back into Jin-Woo’s shadow.
In other words, on the way to regenerate the lost squaddies, he wished lots extra Mana.
‘That d*mn Mana….’
One greater motive to beautify his Intelligence Stat, then.
Jin-Woo scratched the aspect of his head. With the advent of the Ice bear chief, the drift of the battle had reversed absolutely.
however, Jin-Woo still had lots of leeway.
‘on account that their boss has shown up, this side should additionally step up.’
Jin-Woo, nevertheless status there along with his arms crossed, summoned the ‘boss’ of the shadow infantrymen.
“Igrit!!”
One greater shadow escaped from Jin-Woo’s shadow.
And from that shadow, a knight wearing a helm with decorative mane rose up soundlessly.
Jin-Woo pointed ahead together with his chin.
Igrit bowed to Jin-Woo, earlier than dashing in the direction of the Ice endure chief.
tap, tap, tap, tap!
Igrit lightly avoided the Ice bear chief’s the front paw, and slid among its hind legs. It brushed past the hind legs again, pulled out a dagger and cut the endure’s tendon.
“Rooar?!”
That was the start.
Igrit unsheathed his longsword and deftly avoided the endure’s enraged attacks, all the at the same time as shaving away at the massive monster’s frame along with his blade.
Tendons, claws, the front paw, legs, torso – bits and chunks of meat from various regions of the monster sheared off and fell to the floor piece by using piece.
“Huh….”
Jin-Woo may want to best gasp out in admiration at Igrit’s crafty and difficult actions.
The closing place Igrit hit became the endure’s head.
Slice!
The large Ice endure’s head separated from its body and flew away. earlier than it landed at the floor, even though, Igrit easily snatched it. He trod proudly in the direction of Jin-Woo, and knelt before him.
Plop.
and then, he located the dead undergo’s head before Jin-Woo’s ft. It become as if the knight was presenting the spoils of victory to his sovereign.
Jin-Woo swallowed dry saliva and gazed at the kneeling Igrit and his bowed head.
‘If Igrit determined to apply his sword from the beginning, might i’ve been capable of defeat him?’
The Ice Bears, with out their chief present, lost all semblance of order and have become entirely harassed, earlier than they were cleanly swept away with the aid of the final shadow squaddies. That brought approximately the stop to the battles.
The end result turned into surely enjoyable.
[Shadow Infantryman Lv. 2]
[Shadow Infantryman Lv. 3]
[Shadow Infantryman Lv. 2]
[Shadow magic soldier Lv. 2]
The stages of the soldiers had risen up well. also, as these shadow soldiers have been visible as a part of his skill, even Jin-Woo’s stage had risen up by using 3.
maximum of all, there has been any other point he observed a whole lot to his liking.
“upward thrust up.”
[Shadow extraction was a success.]
[Shadow extraction was a success.]
[Shadow extraction was a success.]
….And that point will be the fact that he ought to recruit new ‘pals’ now.
Roooarr….
From the shadows of several Ice Bears that Jin-Woo had selected, which glaringly protected the boss undergo, black shapes started out to slowly upward push up.
‘and that i idea that armour-wearing bears might pop up….’
His expectation grew to become out to be some distance off the mark, alas.
those creatures came with the call tag that said ‘shadow beast soldier’; at a casual glance, they kind of resembled bears, but it turned into nonetheless hard to tell whether or not those monsters have been simply corporeal or not.
The creatures continued to pant as the black steam-like fog rose up from their backs.
‘nicely, uh, they might not appearance that splendid however, they may be without a doubt the shadows of the Ice Bears.’
That explosive strength, that destructive electricity!! genuinely, they would show to be beneficial.
It passed off then.
Rooaarrr…
Jin-Woo’s ears twitched after hearing the roars of bears coming from the gap. There had been several of them, as a be counted of truth.
‘meaning, this isn’t the only endure farm, huh?’
It changed into already getting too past due nowadays, so ought to he pay a visit there tomorrow?
A shiny smile fashioned on Jin-Woo’s face.
“Uwaaahk!!”
“Keo-heok!!”
His comrades screamed in depression.
Kim Cheol’s bloodshot eyes shot open extensive.
‘No, this could’t be!!’
How can i….
How can this Kim Cheol fail?!
He turned into presupposed to come to be the elite of the White Tiger Guild. They even trained him with the unique application so he’d enter the Guild’s most important fight pressure proper away.
however, to fail like this?
He could not renowned it.
whilst enduring against the biting cold and hunger, they fought off against a group of snowmen. Then, they encountered snow giants. They lost in their numbers, but in the long run, emerged triumphant against the giants. He thought that the conquest of this ‘dungeon’ changed into going according to plot.
but….
however!!
As soon as the desperate battle in opposition to the snow giants ended, the White Phantoms sneak attacked from the rear as though they had been looking forward to this threat.
those depraved, treacherous b*stards were in hiding, looking ahead to the raid group to exhaust all their stamina first.
What came about subsequent turned into a one-sided massacre. inside the blink of an eye, the Hunters were annihilated.
“C-captain!!”
A fallen Hunter reached out in the direction of Kim Cheol together with his bloodied hand.
Kim Cheol should best retreat in faltering steps.
all at once, a White Phantom regarded on pinnacle of this fallen Hunter. It pulled out a dagger and swiped it below the Hunter’s neck.
“k-keogeok?!”
The White Phantom smiled because it sliced the neck off and raised its head to look at Kim Cheol.
Kim Cheol could handiest scream in terror.
“U, uwaaaaaah!!”
and then, no longer even taking one appearance at the back of him, he ran immediately into the wooded area.
There were Ice Bears inside the forest?
as compared to snowmen, snow giants, and the White Phantoms that appeared earlier than him, the ones unseen Ice Bears got here across as laughable existences proper now.
Kim Cheol summoned each ounce of his strength and ran, and then ran even tougher.
The White Phantoms glared on the departing returned of fleeing Kim Cheol and raised their bow. simply as they took aim and were given prepared to fireplace….
A White Phantom with white hair extending all the manner all the way down to its waist raised its arm and stopped the assault.
The White Phantoms decreased their bows.
‘…….’
whilst the long-haired ‘Elf’ signalled the others to follow Kim Cheol, the White Phantoms began disappearing from where they stood one by one.
Kim Cheol ran out of the thick trees.
“Pant, pant, pant….”
He couldn’t catch his breaths in any respect. nevertheless, whilst he recalled the derisive smirks at the White Phantoms’ faces as they massacred the Hunters, he felt like peeing himself from worry.
His gaze inexplicably decreased to his palms.
He couldn’t experience lots from his frozen fingers now. He had misplaced all emotions in his toes a long time ago.
In his cutting-edge circumstance, he couldn’t even fight properly.
‘If it weren’t for this d*mn cold…. No, if we weren’t ravenous for several days, we wouldn’t have been annihilated like that.’
ultimately, Kim Cheol couldn’t well known the failure of the raid group… no, his very own failure.
Muttering to himself, Kim Cheol raised his head.
‘by means of the manner, wherein am I? How deep within the wooded area is that this?’
Kim Cheol commenced scanning the surroundings. Then, he picked up on a faint scent coming from a distance.
Kim Cheol started out following that odor.
It wasn’t that far.
once he walked beyond the bushes and escaped out into an open location, he changed into greeted with the aid of an implausible spectacle.
‘however, how can this be?!’
He discovered over twenty dead Ice Bears surrounding a cave front.
And he notion it become peculiar to now not see a unmarried Ice undergo while every single tree become marked by way of them!
“What goes on right here?”
Kim Cheol investigated the conditions of the carcasses. they all showed sword-inflicted wounds. a number of them even had signs and symptoms of being burnt alive.
almost immediately, Kim Cheol concept about Seong Jin-Woo and the Hunters following him.
“may want to they have….? Did they do this to those Ice Bears?”
No, it couldn’t be.
Kim Cheol shook his head.
the injuries on Ice Bears have been inflicted with lengthy swords. As a long way as he knew, not one of the Hunters that went into the wooded area used a sword.
‘besides, the two rank E Hunters didn’t even wield any guns.’
If he were to have a look at the scenario objectively, then there was no danger that the ones humans were nevertheless alive. if so, there may be handiest one rationalization.
‘There are White Phantoms close by!’
His coronary heart fell to the pit of his stomach.
right here he changed into, thinking that he had subsequently misplaced the ones d*mnable White Phantoms, but they were actually residing close by!
Scared stiff now, Kim Cheol held his breath and hurriedly returned to the woodland.
a little bit similarly away, and a little bit quicker than before…
He wanted to escape from the territory of the White Phantoms as quickly as viable.
across the identical time.
“Krrooaar….”
An Ice bear cried out and fell to the ground.
Shadow squaddies pounced on it and made positive it become not capable of draw breath.
[Level up!]
“Very first-class….”
Jin-Woo become standing at any other ‘bear farm’.
It had been 5 days since his arrival on this snowy global. He had already cleaned up 3 bear farms within the meantime.
‘looks as if I’ve killed most of the bears on this forest.’
His level had risen up pretty a piece in the course of this time. It become the identical story for his squaddies, too. first of all, they had to attack a undergo in a pair to kill it, however now, they might eke out a victory in a one-on-one fight.
This changed into very pleasing.
as soon as the Stats of the squaddies rose up, Jin-Woo assigned them unique roles.
He should keep 30 shadows now. 28 infantrymen participated in battles, one went around choosing up magic crystals, at the same time as the closing one secured the undergo meat.
He didn’t even must move a finger but nonetheless ended up with loot from the Hunts, so this turned into proving to be oh-so-handy for him.
‘i can’t feel the presence of different monsters round here anymore.’
It seemed that he had more or much less took care of all the monsters in the forest.
in that case….
‘have to I consider killing the boss?’
it can be at the least a month, or within the worst case scenario, several months before the dungeon destroy happens. He couldn’t simply take a seat here and look forward to a Gate that who knows when it’d open up.
‘And, I nevertheless need to kill that insolent little Elf b*stard, too….’
That measly monster that dared to provoke Hunters. Its cocky grin nevertheless remained etched in his reminiscence.
The scent of meat coming changed into from someplace.
Sniff, sniff….
Kim Cheol sniffed the air with his nostril, now first-rate-perceptive due to his extreme hunger.
The simplest food he ate for the reason that his imprisonment in the back of the pink Gate was a unmarried rabbit. selecting up on the scent of meals, he reflexively swallowed down his ravenous saliva.
‘Gulp.’
possibly, the White Phantoms have been having a meal nearby.
‘nonetheless, if their numbers are low, then….’
Then, he should subdue them and snatch away their food. His starvation become extreme sufficient for him to reach at this kind of conclusion.
‘permit’s pass and take a glance.’
Kim Cheol walked as silently as possible and cautiously approached the source of the scent.
And finally….
He hid within the bush, and discovered the Hunters who had left in conjunction with Jin-Woo. Kim Cheol’s eyes grew wider from the revelation.
‘What the hell??’
The odor of meat turned into coming from the campfire they’d raised.
‘How can they nevertheless be alive?!’
Kim Cheol began obvious.
He couldn’t locate one rank E Hunter among their midst.
‘He have to’ve been killed first after taking the lead like a idiot.’
that might be an obvious factor, wasn’t it?
however, there was a not-so-obvious spectacle unfolding before his eyes. So, how must he move approximately explaining this situation, then?
some thing didn’t add up.
‘Wait, hold up. Their apparel….?!’
garments and blankets designed to keep warm, tents and numerous pieces of equipment will be seen. They were obviously properly prepared.
‘simply how can this be?!’
Kim Cheol became getting flustered even more, but then, his gaze had stopped via at a sure location.
It turned into a piece of bread sitting subsequent to sizzling meat.
meaning, these people even had meals geared up.
His confusion straight away morphed right into a rage.
‘those b*stards….!!’
Grit.
Kim Cheol began gritting his teeth.
that they had sufficient supplies to make certain their continued survival, yet they desired to hog them concerned about themselves?!
‘If my hands hadn’t frozen up, no, if only I wasn’t starving, I’d have without problems treated the ones Ice Elves!!’
Realising that those b*stards had snatched away the essential components that have to’ve been shared a few of the rest of the team, he couldn’t keep back his fury anymore.
Kim Cheol angrily ran out of the bush.
“You sons of b*tches!!”
Park Hui-Jin speedy shot up from her spot, truly amazed.
“Kim Cheol? How did you get right here??”
She determined it as an alternative tough to lie here and say it was good to peer him again. due to the fact… Kim Cheol’s glare become full of murderous purpose.
indeed, he didn’t even hassle to mask his hostility.
“My raid crew failed to conquer this dungeon because of the dearth of substances, yet how can all of you discover yourselves with this a lot food and this sort of system?!”
“this is…..”
Park Hui-Jin couldn’t retain on. If she stated Jin-Woo here, then Kim Cheol’s rage might be directed closer to the teenagers. To her, Jin-Woo turned into her saviour.
‘also, that guy always checked out Jin-Woo in a suspicious way.’
Park Hui-Jin shut her mouth right now.
That brought on Kim Cheol’s eyes to open even wider in anger.
“Even I don’t think all of you have been complicit in this crime. So, who had hidden those?! inform me the truth, and i will ignore everything else.”
A thick vein popped up on Kim Cheol’s neck.
“inform me who monopolised all the tools and drove his comrades to loss of life!!”
His angry roar reverberated for the duration of the forest.
Kim Cheol became making plans to shed blood right here if it’d appease the sin of betraying his comrades.
“I’ll count number to 3. if you don’t monitor who it became by using then, I’ll take it as the signal of all of you being complicit on this matter.”
Hahn track-Yi tugged at Park Hui-Jin’s sleeve.
“U-unni….”
Park Hui-Jin hugged Hahn song-Yi. both Goh Myung-Hwan and Yun Ki-Joong swallowed their saliva as cold sweat soaked their backs.
Kim Cheol become a rank A. even though all and sundry gift worked together, they wouldn’t be able to win towards him. but, none of them nevertheless stated Jin-Woo’s call.
“One.”
Kim Cheol yanked free his sword from the scabbard attached to his waist.
“!”
Even then, the decrease ranked Hunters showed no longer one sign of starting their mouths.
How dare lower ranked Hunters forget about his order?
That factor by myself stoked the flames of Kim Cheol’s anger even better.
‘just what those b*stards consider me as….?’
Murderous intent burned brightly in his eyes.
He’d kill that lady first.
He’d kill Park Hui-Jin before anyone else, the one who betrayed the raid team and left along with these lower ranked Hunters.
‘That’s proper, she left the raid team because she have to’ve been scheming something.’
He ought to handiest assume that way.
Kim Cheol stood before Park Hui-Jin and spat out the closing countdown.
“three.”
Park Hui-Jin squeezed her eyes close.
It was then.
“four.”
POW!
Kim Cheol was struck notable-tough with the aid of some thing inside the back of his head and kissed the floor as his complete body slid across the snowy ground for several metres.
The eyes of the Hunters grew wider.
“group leader!!”
Jin-Woo had hit Kim Cheol so tough that steam was still growing up from his palm.
Jin-Woo spoke in a dumbfounded voice.
“How dare you talk garbage while it become you who drove your friends to demise?!”