Summary :
Solo Leveling Manga Chapter 124 is titled “Declaration of the Shadow Monarch.” In this chapter, Sung Jinwoo, also known as the Shadow Monarch, continues his journey to become the strongest hunter in the world. He travels to Japan to meet with the Japanese Hunting Authority to discuss the larger threat he warned them about in the previous chapter. Jinwoo arrives in Japan and meets Masayoshi Tomoe, the head of Japan’s hunting bureau. Tomoe is initially skeptical of Jinwoo, but is convinced of Jinwoo’s strength and determination. Jinwoo tells Tomoe about a bigger threat and that the hunters of the world must work together to defeat it. Tomoe agrees to work with Jinwoo and the two begin formulating a plan. They decide to start by gathering information about the larger threat and identifying its weaknesses. Meanwhile, the other hunters of the world are also preparing for the upcoming battle. They are all aware of the threat that Jinwoo warned them about and are determined to do everything to defeat it. Solo Leveling Manga Chapter 124 is a relatively short chapter, but still a good one. It’s interesting to see how Jinwoo works with the other hunters and it’s exciting to see the world prepare for the upcoming battle against a bigger threat. The chapter also builds tension well. The reader is left wondering what the bigger threat is and how Jinwoo and the other hunters will defeat it. Overall, Solo Leveling Chapter 124 is a well-written and exciting chapter that is sure to please fans of the manga series.
right at that moment….
The light in the ant queen’s chamber all at once dimmed and brightened back up over and over again, as though it became being illuminated by a dying fluorescent light bulb.
Jin-Woo raised his head. The massive ball of mild that Choi Jong-In floated up on the ceiling to help with the ant queen raid turned into flickering distinctly now.
‘Is the magic approximately to return undone?’
at the beginning, he absentmindedly idea like that.
however, it hadn’t even an hour for the reason that Korean Hunters stepped foot inside this chamber. So, how could the spell be dissipating already? no longer most effective that, wasn’t it a spell solid by means of a rank S Mage so he and his colleagues could adequately carry out this potentially lethal raid?
there has been no manner this type of thing may be proper. in that case….
‘…..ought to it’s?’
may want to the Shadow Extraction he done at the mutated ant be the purpose? just as this notion entered his thoughts….
Paht-!
The environment have become completely darkish.
He’d nonetheless be capable of see round him way to his notion Stat if there have been a sliver, a hint of light coming in from someplace. but this all-encompassing darkness didn’t even permit that.
It ought to’ve been a second or later.
The darkness lingered on simplest for a briefest of quick moments before receding away – to expose the mutated ant standing right in the front of his eyes.
‘…..!!’
Jin-Woo flinched grandly and took a step returned.
If it weren’t for the device message announcing “Shadow Extraction become a achievement” acting nearly on the same time, he might have lashed out while wondering that the ant had come returned to lifestyles or a few such.
“Whew…. That surprised me.”
Jin-Woo spat out a sigh of comfort.
Now that he calmly took every other examine the creature from a step away, it sure did look a piece distinctive from whilst it turned into nevertheless alive. From its body, streams of black smoke were constantly growing up.
‘So, this is that ant monster’s shadow….’
He couldn’t tell just how plenty of its authentic Stats had changed, however as a minimum, the ominous aura it gave off regarded to have long gone up a few degrees. Jin-Woo stood earlier than the ant’s shadow. He ought to clearly sense its widespread magic energy reserve.
The mutated ant becoming his soldier in the end felt actual to him now that he ought to stand right earlier than the creature and experience its magical strength like this.
‘Hmm….’
He wanted to remain calm, but the corners of his lips continued to twist upwards.
Ba-unload, ba-sell off, ba-sell off!
His heart was pounding away madly like a infant who were given his arms on a toy he so badly wished to very own.
quickly, the shadow’s statistics popped up in his view. Jin-Woo’s eyes narrowed to a slit as he examine the info floating above the shadow’s head.
[?? Lv.1]
Commander grade
Jin-Woo commenced clenching his fists tightly after confirming its grade. a brand new one just made its look. which can only mean this man possessed the type of strength that became on any other realm in comparison to his other squaddies.
‘properly, that’s apparent while considering its original abilities while it became nonetheless alive….’
simply the name of the brand new grade alone implied that this soldier became now not your average, commonplace soldier. This was the fruit of his labour for having worked so hard to personal this shadow. It changed into then.
Shu-wook.
The shadow knelt down after meeting his gaze with Jin-Woo’s. clearly, the ‘absolute loyalty’ that affected all of the other Shadow squaddies additionally implemented to this guy, as well.
‘great.’
next stop, the ant queen.
Jin-Woo shaped a glad smile and grew to become around. but, then….
“Oh, my king….”
Jin-Woo’s steps came to an abrupt halt after he heard that voice coming from at the back of him. He in no way thought that he’d got scared that without problems, however at the least on this second, he did sense like his heart had taken an unpleasant tumble all the way down to the pit of his stomach.
….may want to it have been auditory hallucination?
Jin-Woo looked behind him. Even without doing that, he could tell with his acute senses that there has been nothing there except the ant’s shadow. That shadow became nevertheless kneeling at the ground, his head deeply bowed.
‘…….’
Jin-Woo studied the shadow as he slowly turned round.
“became it you?”
The shadow opened its mouth as though he was waiting for this second.
“Please provide me… a call…..”
although it sounded a touch inarticulate, the ant’s shadow turned into virtually talking returned to him.
***
The helicopter containing the Hunters headed straight again to the city of Seoul.
Tatatatatata-!
The affiliation President Goh Gun-Hui had been anxiously expecting their arrival, so while the helicopter landed on the landing pad placed on the Hunters association, he speedy went over in my view and opened the car’s door.
“How is Cha Hae-In Hunter-nim’s condition?”
The gazes of the Hunters all shifted in the direction of in which Cha Hae-In become. She nevertheless hadn’t recovered her consciousness but, and was mendacity on pinnacle of a blanket laid out on the helicopter’s floor.
“Hurry! This manner!”
two rank A Healers, ready simply outdoor the touchdown pad, hurriedly sprinted forward as soon as Goh Gun-Hui issued his order. but, after they began sorting out her situation,
“…??”
“…??”
They exchanged at a loss for words glances with each different.
“What’s going on?”
whilst Goh Gun-Hui requested them, they answered almost at the identical time, making it hard to inform who become the first to open his mouth.
“She’s now not injured everywhere.”
“She’s perfectly everyday.”
“Are you announcing that there’s no want to treat Hunter Cha now?”
The Healers nodded their heads. they also explained themselves a bit further.
“not certain who did it, but without a doubt wonderful restoration magic become solid on her. due to that, we don’t want to do some thing right here, sir.”
Goh Gun-Hui become feeling surely flustered now.
when he ultimate showed Cha Hae-In’s circumstance through the live broadcast, her accidents looked pretty intense. And additionally from a document he received, her circumstance became so horrific that she didn’t regain her consciousness until now.
That become why he had urgently looked for and determined more than one rank A Healers, and had them on standby here. however now…
‘There’s no need to heal her?’
Goh Gun-Hui swept his gaze everywhere in the unmoving Cha Hae-In. For positive, her complexion didn’t appearance so horrific. It became almost as if she turned into rapid asleep.
just what transpired after the camera turned into became off?
Goh Gun-Hui tilted his head in confusion.
‘They didn’t have a Healer over there, too….’
after all, their sole Healer, Min Byung-Gu, met with a grisly fate, didn’t he?
Goh Gun-Hui asked the crew chief, Mah Dong-Wook.
“just what happened back there, Hunter Mah?”
“that is….”
As Mah Dong-Wook fell into a predicament, thinking how he should move about explain this situation, one of the Healers hurriedly shouted out.
“She’s waking up!”
everyone’s attention was focused on her in an immediate. Goh Gun-Hui carefully sat down near her head and asked her.
“Cha Hunter-nim, can you listen me?”
Cha Hae-In slowly opened her eyes.
“wherein….?”
“You’re inside the helicopter. currently, it’s landed on the Hunters affiliation, and we are making plans to escort you to the hospital very soon.”
“A health facility….”
Cha Hae-In in brief regarded round her, earlier than taking a deep breath. The fragrance of Hunter Seong Jin-Woo had permeated during her body. She stared at Goh Gun-Hui with unfocused eyes.
“….Did Seong Jin-Woo Hunter-nim display up there?”
She changed into supposed to be unconscious all this time, so when she stated Seong Jin-Woo’s call, other Hunters were all inwardly taken by means of marvel. in place of a verbal solution, Goh Gun-Hui slowly nodded his head.
a thin smile formed on Cha Hae-In’s face.
‘I knew it… it wasn’t a dream.’
Cha Hae-In had in brief woken up, but she fell lower back into a deep shut eye again. After confirming that her breathing turned into strong, Goh Gun-Hui ordered his subordinates to take her to the clinic, so she should get a few an awful lot-wanted relaxation.
best then did he notice that Hunter Seong Jin-Woo wasn’t within the helicopter. He shifted his gaze lower back to Mah Dong-Wook.
“via the way, wherein is Seong Jin-Woo Hunter-nim?”
Having heard that query from the side, Baek Yun-Ho fast butted in to provide a solution.
“Hunter Seong Jin-Woo, he… chose to stay in the back of.”
“What do you suggest, stay at the back of?”
Goh Gun-Hui fashioned an expression of a person who couldn’t apprehend. As some distance as he knew, this helicopter fitted with the magic electricity engine flew non-stop from Jeju Island to get to this place.
It didn’t make any pitstops within the middle of the journey, so exactly where did that guy chose to stay behind? Goh Gun-Hui asked again.
“wherein did he pick out to live behind?”
“He instructed me that he nonetheless had commercial enterprise to take care of on Jeju Island.”
“….Are you announcing that he didn’t even get at the helicopter inside the first vicinity?”
whilst Goh Gun-Hui requested, sounding quite flustered, Baek Yun-Ho smiled sheepishly and nodded his head.
“yes.”
***
“How is it which you’re capable to speak?”
“I just…. can.”
The ant’s shadow kept answering Jin-Woo’s questions, but regretfully, none of them were plenty of a assist.
The ant monster may want to speak as a shadow as it knew how to talk when it changed into still alive – could that be it?
‘…No, wait.’
Jin-Woo shook his head.
earlier than he was turned into the now-sincere knight ‘Iron’, the previous Hunter Kim Cheol no longer only knew how to speak, but he was truly a person in the first place. Even then, having a verbal exchange with Iron became still impossible.
It became the identical tale with Min Byung-Gu. He became not able to say a unmarried phrase earlier than he returned to the void. and then, Fangs also shut his mouth for good after becoming a Shadow Soldier, despite the fact that he used to be such a chatty monster even as nonetheless alive.
So, how come…
How come most effective this man could talk?
there was simplest one obvious difference among this man and those who couldn’t speak.
‘Grades….’
in contrast to his other soldiers with grades of ‘Elite Knight’ or clearly ‘Knight’, this man got here with a brand new grade referred to as ‘Commander’.
It changed into viable that one could be able to talk after achieving a certain grade. As he didn’t have any solid evidence yet, this became the most workable rationalization he may want to think about.
‘which means, my boys will all start talking as quickly as they degree up high enough….’
It appeared that yet every other cause become brought to the list of ‘why the tiers of soldiers have to be raised up higher’. Jin-Woo concept for a little whilst, before throwing that one question to the ant’s shadow, the only he usually wanted to invite his squaddies before.
“I’m the only who killed you.”
“…”
“but, you still want to serve me?”
“I…..”
a totally sudden respond got here from the ant’s shadow.
“I didn’t die, however… through the power of my liege… i am reborn.”
The shadow then raised his head. And while meeting Jin-Woo’s gaze, it endured on.
“inside me… elation… overflows. I shall follow my liege… for eternity.”
Ba-sell off!
Why did it take place? changed into it due to the fact he felt the shadow’s genuine feelings?
Jin-Woo’s coronary heart pounded powerfully proper at that second while the ant’s shadow swore his eternal loyalty. He located his hand on his chest to come what may calm his wildly beating coronary heart. It quick regained its traditional calmness.
It changed into then, the ant’s shadow diminished his head once more and pleaded with Jin-Woo another time.
“Oh, my king….. Please, grant me… a name….”
The communicate had reverted lower back to the start.
This positive came across as a as an alternative exceptional experience to Jin-Woo, now that he turned into hearing the plea of the subject at once from itself, instead of from a few activates of the device.
A call, a name…..
From the get-move, he didn’t pay all that a lot attention to the naming of his soldiers, but….
‘but even then, it’s a chunk too much to call it ant this and ant that, right?’
There were already masses of comparable ants like him now in Jin-Woo’s army, so it wouldn’t do for a Knight Commander to be saddled with a name like ‘Ant’, now would it?
That was why…..
Jin-Woo contemplated for a touch while, before a smirk formed on his face.
“….Beru.”
He recalled the name of an writer who have become famous through the novel referred to as ‘Ants’. (TL observe on the stop)
He without problems made up his thoughts after best considering it for a totally quick time.
“You name will now be Beru.”
After Jin-Woo granted him the new call, Beru diminished his already decreased head even similarly to the floor as if he turned into virtually moved by means of the gesture.
“i’m thankful… my liege.”
The records floating above Beru’s head had already been amended by means of then.
[Beru Lv.1]
Commander grade
‘It’s executed.’
Feeling certainly thrilled with his desire of the name, Jin-Woo turned toward the queen’s corpse. Now, it certainly turned into the turn of the queen to get her shadow extracted.
perhaps he got a self assurance boost from efficiently remodeling Beru into his Shadow Soldier – due to the fact, the queen’s Shadow Extraction grew to become out to be a instead painless affair.
“upward thrust up.”
Kiiaaahhhhk-!
accompanied by means of the scream that sounded like the dying throes, the Beast Soldier comparable to the ant queen emerged out from the shadow.
“pleasant!!”
Jin-Woo expressed his pride at the non-stop a hit extractions, however then, commenced tilting his head after discovering something rather bizarre.
‘What’s this?’
His connections to the Shadow soldiers who have been firstly ant monsters all of sudden grew fainter after the queen’s shadow materialised. It nearly felt as if a light grey fog changed into protecting up the threads connecting them.
“Beru.”
Even earlier than he finished calling it, Beru had already approached Jin-Woo’s aspect.
Step.
If it weren’t for his notion Stat that had climbed beyond the 2 hundred mark, Jin-Woo might by no means have accompanied that movement well along with his naked eyes by myself. this sort of creature changed into one in all his loyal infantrymen now. Jin-Woo felt his self assurance soaring up even higher from that realisation.
“you know what’s occurring right here?”
Jin-Woo asked even as pointing on the queen’s shadow along with his chin. Beru knew everything there was to understand whilst it got here to the inner workings of the ant navy so it made feel to ask him.
He civilly made his respond.
“The ruling of the ant navy… it’s the queen’s innate capacity.”
‘Aha.’
So, did that imply the authority to govern the navy of ant shadows would routinely be passed over to the queen?
‘but, that may be a bit….’
despite the fact that the queen become subservient to him, he thought that it wasn’t ok to entrust the control of all of his ant infantrymen. due to the fact, he’d have to trouble orders thru the queen every single time.
Jin-Woo scratched his chin for a piece, before asking Beru once more.
“ok, what about the motive for the decrease in the queen’s magic power?”
“maximum of the queen’s magic energy… is for propagation. Propagation is impossible…. with out a body, this is why…”
Jin-Woo cut him off there.
“That’s why it handiest has 1/2 of its unique magic power?”
“this is correct… my liege.”
with the aid of piecing together what Beru had said, the queen didn’t appear to have a good deal of a use for Jin-Woo. After a brief deliberation later, he decided to cancel the summoning altogether. He didn’t have any motive in any way to maintain around a subordinate who had little need however best continued to drain his confined resources, now did he?
Kiiieeehhhk-!
The queen’s shadow immediately became smoke and scattered within the air.
[Number of stored shadows: 570/570]
His shadow changed into now packed to the brim with infantrymen, so….
‘….So, the handiest matters closing right here are the magic crystals.’
Jin-Woo took a look around him. pinnacle grade magic crystals simplest visible within rank S Gates had been rolling at the ground like not unusual pebbles.
considering that there was no person looking here, and he changed into the only who killed most of the people of them, he could have swept them all up if he desired to do so. however, Jin-Woo gave up on that concept.
He heard that these crystals would be used to compensate the sufferers, as well as to rebuild the Jeju Island to its former glory. Jin-Woo wasn’t exactly hurting for cash, so he wouldn’t covet after different human beings’s stuff.
‘still, I’m certain no one will mind me taking this one.’
Jin-Woo took out the magic crystal from Beru’s authentic frame. It was a stunning pitch-black magic crystal that resembled a gemstone. After pocketing the magic crystal, Jin-Woo summoned out Kaisel.
Kiiaaahjk!
Kaisel flapped its wings and completed getting ready to fly in an on the spot. Jin-Woo gently jumped on his lower back and took one final study the queen’s chamber.
The location once full of unbridled chaos changed into now enveloped on this eerie silence.
‘…….’
The Jeju Island excursion turned into now over.
Jin-Woo’s gaze shifted far from the indoors of the chamber and closer to the go out.
“To home.”
after which, Kaisel powerfully flew up within the air.