Summary :
Titled “The Shadow Army”, Solo Leveling Chapter 117 picks up where the previous chapter left off, with Sung Jinwoo facing the Monarchs for the first time. The two sides engage in battle, and Jinwoo quickly realizes that the Monarchs are much more powerful than he imagined.However, Jinwoo is not going to give up without a fight. He summons his Shadow Army and the two armies clash in an epic battle.The Shadow Army is outnumbered and outnumbered, but they fight valiantly. Jinwoo also fights bravely, but is eventually overpowered by the Monarchs.Just when all seems lost, Jinwoo’s shadow soldiers evolve into even more powerful beings. The Shadow Army is now able to hold its own against the Monarchs and Jinwoo is able to regain the upper hand.The battle continues and it is not clear who will emerge victorious. However, one thing is certain: Sung Jinwoo and his Shadow Army will not go down without a fight.The chapter opens with Sung Jinwoo facing the Monarchs for the first time. The two sides engage in battle, and Jinwoo quickly realizes that the Monarchs are much more powerful than he imagined.Jinwoo summons his Shadow Army and the two armies clash in an epic battle. The Shadow Army is outnumbered and outnumbered, but they fight valiantly. Jinwoo also fights bravely, but is eventually overpowered by the Monarchs.Just when all seems lost, Jinwoo’s shadow soldiers evolve into even more powerful beings. The Shadow Army is now able to hold its own against the Monarchs and Jinwoo is able to regain the upper hand.The battle continues and it is not clear who will emerge victorious. However, one thing is certain: Sung Jinwoo and his Shadow Army will not go down without a fight.Chapter 117 is an epic chapter that shows the full power of Sung Jinwoo and his Shadow Army. The battle between the two armies is well-crafted and suspenseful, and the stakes are high.I was particularly impressed with how the author handled Jinwoo’s character development in this chapter. Jinwoo is no longer the weak hunter he was at the beginning of the series. He is now a powerful and confident leader.Overall, Chapter 117 is a must-read for solo leveling fans. It’s a well-written and exciting chapter that sets the stage for an epic final arc.
Cha Hae-In straight away felt some thing was very incorrect as soon as she noticed the ant monster leisurely entering the queen’s chamber.
‘There’s… no presence?’
It was almost impossible to find the creature without keeping her eyes locked on it continuously; that’s how tough it become to feel its presence.
There had been best beings out of all the Hunters and the monsters she met until now, that had this form of effect on Cha Hae-In. one among them became this ant monster proper in front of her eyes, and the other one was….
‘….Mister Seong Jin-Woo.’
She inexplicably recalled Seong Jin-Woo, who had ultimately bared his hidden fangs at Japan’s most effective Hunter a couple of days in the past.
What if that guy stood in the front of her as her enemy?
Shudder.
She couldn’t breathe anymore as a crippling chill ran down her backbone.
‘…..’
simply imagining it on my own brought about her expression to harden notably. the doorway of this unwell-known ant monster was surely not accurate information for the Korean Hunters, who were still deeply fatigued from combating the ant queen.
“That factor….”
“some thing’s incorrect with that monster.”
“It feels simply creepy.”
It wasn’t to the extent of Baek Yun-Ho or Cha Hae-In, but other Hunters also felt a positive experience of incongruence right here.
Gulp.
It become just a single monster, yet the environment turned into transferring as an alternative hastily.
‘What need to we do?’
Mah Dong-Wook became inwardly worried. while confronted with an unexpected state of affairs, a pacesetter needed to make a short decision. specifically so, when they had been pressed for time like this.
‘It’s a monster, so we should just kill it, however….’
however.
just why changed into he feeling this great sense of unease proper now?
while they stood there considering and hesitating, the ant monster narrowed the distance between them quite fast. Its actions had been so eerily quiet that goosebumps robotically rose up on their skins.
‘We don’t have the time to hesitate like this.’
by the point Mah Dong-Wook ultimately managed to suppress the caution bells rung via his instincts and made the following logical selection….
….The monster all of sudden disappeared from his view.
“wherein?!”
Mah Dong-Wook’s eyes opened great-huge as he hurriedly scanned his region. The reactions of different Hunters weren’t all that exclusive, both.
“at the back of….”
The cameraman anxiously looking round belatedly positioned the monster and shouted out.
“It’s at the back of us!!”
The Hunters have been startled through this and speedy grew to become around. With the velocity none of them could see, the ant monster had slipped beyond the Hunters to stand before the dead corpse of the ant queen.
‘It went beyond us?!’
‘however, how….??’
much like that, the Hunters of the Korean raid crew sooner or later were given to peer what Baek Yun-Ho saw in advance with his ‘Eyes of the Beast’.
Thump, thump, thump!
Their heart rate hastily picked up and their breathing quickened in no time.
‘….That’s no everyday monster.’
bloodless sweat drops dribbled down Mah Dong-Wook’s brow.
The ant monster quietly stared at the lifeless queen, no longer even showing a hint of interest closer to the Hunters. but then, it raised its head and….
Kiiiiieeeeeeehhhhh…..!!!
It started out screeching out a beastly howl so terrifying and loud that the complete ant tunnel started shaking from the reverberation.
Plop!
The cameraman become the first to lose all his power in his legs.
Plop!
Plop!
the opposite Hunters couldn’t resist the sheer pressure as properly, and they started kneeling at the floor one after the other. Mah Dong-Wook too carried a look of pure disbelief as he attempted to help himself off the floor.
‘I… I’m kneeling because of a howl?’
Eeeehhhhhkkk…!!!
by the point the reputedly-in no way-finishing howl got here to an cease, the best one status nonetheless turned into Cha Hae-In and no person else. but, her legs had been wobbling noticeably too, as if status upright changed into all she may want to do at the moment. glaringly, combating lower back was out of the question right here.
handiest then did the ant monster display some hobby toward the Hunters. With a clean hostile cause, as well.
‘….!!’
Cha Hae-In’s eyes grew wider.
The creature’s face was hideously twisted because it grew to become round to stand the Hunters, as if it became expressing its anger at the death of the queen.
She did her quality to lightly circulate her hand towards the hilt of her sword. but, the ant monster turned into a step quicker than the rate of Cha Hae-In drawing her sword from her waist.
Piishuk-!
The ant monster actually blinked and reappeared proper in front of her nose. Cha Hae-In’s eyes shook hard. She didn’t actually have enough time to consider protecting herself.
SLAM-!!
“Ahk!”
Being struck within the facet of her head, Cha Hae-In flew away in a instantly line and slammed into a much wall, earlier than powerlessly falling to the ground.
Tumble….
simply one hit, and Cha Hae-In was rendered unconscious. All of her teammates couldn’t cover their astonishment after considering the fact that terrible spectacle. because… their strongest member had been knocked down in a single hit, that was why.
regrettably, they didn’t have any time to stay bowled over like that.
they’d showed the ridiculous strength degree in their new enemy. via their stories, those Hunters knew very well that their odds of survival could decline further the longer they remained hesitant as they were now.
As the main Tanker, Mah Dong-Wook took a breakthrough first.
“Hup-!!”
Mah Dong-Wook powerfully undergo-hugged the ant monster from in the back of and reinforced both his hands.
With the power that would effortlessly uproot a full-grown tree, he squeezed difficult at the ant monster’s body. Thick veins popped up throughout his fingers and his neck. lamentably…
“Uwaaaahk-!!”
when the ant monster elevated its strength for a chunk, both of Mah Dong-Wook’s hands fell off, much like that. He fell right down to his knees.
“No!!”
Baek Yun-Ho pounced forward.
If he did not draw that thing’s interest away now, then Mah Dong-Wook could be killed off in an instantaneous now that he lacked the approach to shield himself.
Baek Yun-Ho gritted his teeth. White fur began sprouting up throughout his body; his claws extended and he transformed into a ferocious beast, before pouncing on the monster.
Piishuk-!!
The monster disappeared from the spot again.
‘wherein…?!’
Even Baek Yun-Ho’s ‘Eyes of the Beast’ failed to comply with the monster’s moves.
The scream came from his behind.
“Uwaaahkk!!”
This time, it changed into Choi Jong-In, who turned into on the point of solid his magic. The ant monster’s long claw left a prolonged, diagonal reduce wound on his higher torso, and he fell to the ground with a pained moan.
about 5 paces from wherein he became, Im Tae-Gyu had been looking ahead to an opening even as hiding his presence. He straight away fired an arrow containing his magic strength.
‘I’ll by no means miss in this distance!!’
His robust self-perception became contained inside that shot.
sleek-!!
Too terrible for him,
grab.
A effective tremor rocked Im Tae-Gyu’s eyes.
‘Heok?!’
The ant monster snatched the flying arrow and easily snapped it in half of.
Crack!
Im Tae-Gyu hurriedly attempted to nock his subsequent arrow, but by the time he did so and raised his bow, the monster changed into already status in front of him.
“….F*ck.”
POW!
Im Tae-Gyu become struck in the face and flew away.
Baek Yun-Ho attacked whilst the ant monster’s lower back became grew to become faraway from him, however the lower back of his head changed into grabbed by way of the monster rather, because the creature spun round in an immediately. He became planted violently into the ground subsequent.
increase!!
Baek Yun-Ho’s frame quivered from the effect.
just because the ant monster turned into getting ready to slam Baek Yun-Ho to the floor again, Mah Dong-Wook dashed ahead and shoulder charged the creature away.
Kwahng!!!
The ant monster rolled at the ground for a touch while, before status back up. Mah Dong-Wook’s palms have been severed for positive handiest a second ago, but he was attacking the creature with all his limbs completely intact.
The ant monster defeated Mah Dong-Wook once more, after which, proceeded to defeat other Hunters again, too. but, the humans that should’ve stayed down with crippling accidents had been attacking again, all fully healed in the blink of an eye.
only then did the ant monster begin to recognise the lifestyles of a Healer. The monster scanned the area to discover this disturbing human.
however, Min Byung-Gu stayed calm beneath the stress.
His lone self-defence talent, ‘Camouflage’.
He became capable of absolutely disguise himself with this talent that was pretty much like the ‘Stealth’ talent, however there was a downside to it: He couldn’t flow from the spot. Even then, that changed into extra than enough for a Healer like him.
He definitely had to stand still in a single spot and preserve to heal his teammates, that changed into all.
when the healing talent persisted to fly in from an unfamous vicinity, the ant monster changed its tactic. It selected Mah Dong-Wook who regarded the sturdiest most of the Hunters, grabbed his leg, and dangled him the other way up inside the air.
‘what’s that component trying to do now??’
Min Byung-Gu become stunned with incredible wonder.
The ant monster then proceeded to slowly break Mah Dong-Wook. Min Byun-Gu carried on restoration him as that took place.
He had no preference there. the instant he stopped recovery Mah Dong-Wook, that man could be lifeless in less than a blink, in any case. Sweat poured out in buckets as Min Byung-Gu continued on with the recuperation magic.
The ant monster traced the constantly-firing restoration magic’s foundation, and then, its head swivelled in Min Byung-Gu’s direction.
‘it could’t be?!’
His heart skipped a beat; he blinked, and the ant monster changed into long gone from the spot.
‘What the hell?’
in which did it disappear to this time?
“Byung-Gu!!”
Baek Yun-Ho loudly yelled out.
It occurred, then.
Stab!
“Keok!”
Blood sprayed out of Min Byung-Gu.
The ache of being burnt alive got here from below, and he took a look all the way down to see a massive hollow in his belly. And the ant monster’s black arm emerging out of that hollow.
He raised his head in disbelief and met Baek Yun-Ho’s gaze.
Min Byung-Gu spoke in a faltering voice.
“Hyung…. Run.”
“B-Byung-Gu!!”
Baek Yun-Ho attempted to rise up, but he couldn’t placed any electricity to his wounded leg.
Kwajeeck!
The ant monster tore into Min Byung-Gu’s head.
Kwajeeck! Kwajeeck!!!
“Uwaaaaahh!!”
Baek Yun-Ho staggered unsteadily and ran ahead. The ant monster discarded the now-headless frame of Min Byung-Gu and grabbed Baek Yun-Ho by his neck.
He struggled with all his may, but it become still insufficient to break out from the creature’s fantastic grip.
all of sudden, the ant monster opened its mouth.
“Hyung…. Run…. Hyung…. Run…..”
“…..??”
Baek Yun-Ho was freaked out of his cranium, his brows popping up real high in shock and terror.
The ant monster turned into perfectly mimicking the speech sample of Min Byung-Gu. If one subtracted the off-putting crack in its voice, one may even mistake it as Min Byung-Gu’s, even.
“Run…. Hyung.”
The ant monster repeated the equal phrases for a long term, earlier than searching directly into Baek Yun-Ho’s eyes.
“you are all….. vulnerable.”
From the mouth of the ant monster, a familiar language flowed out. It sounded inarticulate, however for positive, it turned into still undeniably Korean.
“What the….?!”
Baek Yun-Ho’s eyes widened even in addition.
“This aspect… Queen, useless….. Killing infantrymen….. now not sufficient fee… your king, who?”
“….King?”
The ant monster bolstered its grip on Baek Yun-Ho’s neck.
“Keok.”
“Your king… in which?”
Baek Yun-Ho’s mind kicked into tools.
With the strongest individual inside the Korean crew, Cha Hae-In, nevertheless unconscious, he needed to find a person who could purchase him and the relaxation of the group a bit little bit of time.
And he right now concept of the japanese team that had deserted the Koreans. more specifically, the most powerful most of the eastern, Goto Ryuji.
“Out… outside….”
“outside….”
The ant monster raised its head up. It seemed to be trying to find some thing, before speaking again in a satisfied tone of voice.
“…There….. A strong one.”
and then, it discarded Baek Yun-Ho as though he became not even really worth losing time on, and disappeared from his sight in a scarcely believable speed.
“Keok, keok.”
Baek Yun-Ho lay at the ground and panted out heavily. He fast took a go searching him.
This wasn’t the time for this. earlier than that thing comes lower back, they needed to get out of right here.
however…
Shashashasha…..
at the same time as they have been engaged within the battle against that ridiculously overpowered monster, the swarm of ants had back to the ant tunnel and were slowly encroaching upon the queen’s chamber now.
***
“Hmm….”
Goto Ryuji sheathed his sword returned inside the scabbard. Corpses of ants have been piled up like small hills all round him. At a brief look, there need to’ve been over a hundred of those creatures.
It was a really perfect demonstration of the abilties possessed by using Japan’s strongest.
“looks like we’ve looked after maximum of them.”
“yes, sir.”
His teammates nodded their heads even as admiring the sight of the usually-straightforward Goto Ryuji. They notion that, as long as they stuck by way of his aspect, they at the least could keep away from the fate of having killed off.
“Sir, I’ve been instructed that we’ll be the last to withdraw.”
The Hunter receiving the transmission from the operations centre relayed the message. Goto Ryuji nodded his head and turned in the path of the coast.
“This way….”
Goto Ryuji didn’t get to complete his sentence.
swish-!!
due to the fact an ant monster all at once seemed out of nowhere and was now standing before his group, that’s why.
‘…….”
With a single look, Goto Ryuji figured out the competencies of the brand new enemy.
‘That isn’t a regular ant at all.’
“Goto-san!”
His colleagues attempted to leap forward to help him, but he held them lower back.
“I’ll deal with this.”
against an opponent this robust, his colleagues would only prove to be a hindrance, alternatively. Going at it solo might be less difficult for him.
Trusting his judgement, the teammates heeded his order and retreated to a distance at the same time as leaving everything on his shoulders. Goto Ryuji unsheathed his sword with a circumspect appearance on his face.
“An ant…. You appear to own a quite strong air of secrecy.”
perhaps the ant monster had also sensed his strength, because it wasn’t budging an inch from the spot.
but, that turned into to be anticipated – if that creature displayed even a hint of motion, Goto Ryuji changed into planning to slice it up into masses of nice little pieces.
It become then, the ant monster opened its mouth.
“you are… the king?”
“King?”
Goto’s eyes opened wider.
An ant just spoke a human language!
but, it became already a 9aaf3f374c58e8c9dcdd1ebf10256fa5 reality that sensible monsters conversed in their personal languages. So, it wouldn’t be a stretch of his imagination to suppose that a monster could reach imitating human’s languages.
A smirk shaped on Goto Ryuji’s face.
‘A king, is it….?’
whilst association President Matsumoto Shigeo finishes building his empire of Hunters, then certainly, he was the only and handiest viable candidate to expect the throne, wasn’t he?
“That’s proper. I’m the king.”
Kekek.
As quickly as the preferred solution came out of his mouth, the ant monster absolutely unleashed its magic energy.
Hwa-ahck!
Like failing to understand how huge an iceberg become from seeing best its tip, Goto Ryuji misjudged the true strength of the enemy from the small part of its magic power that leaked out. His eyes imperceptibly trembled.
‘This, what’s this….?!’
The bone-chilling bloodless air woke goosebumps up on his skin, and all the hair on the lower back of his neck stood proper up. He had experienced a sensation like this simplest as soon as earlier than.
‘……..Seong Jin-Woo??’
Slice.
nearly at the identical time because the ant monster made its circulate, Goto Ryuji’s head fell to the floor.
***
“Uwaaahh!!”
The Korean crew changed into presently surrounded via the swarm of ants.
Mah Dong-Wook fought; Im Tae-Gyu fought; Choi Jong-In additionally fought, or even the cameraman needed to kill the ants. however, there has been seemingly no quit to the waves upon waves of ants.
“Pant, pant, pant…..”
All sounds had stopped and all Baek Yun-Ho should hear became his personal heavy respiratory.
‘is that this the cease?’
He quickly wiped the blood trickling down under his eyebrow with the returned of his hand. With their lone Healer-kind Hunter long gone, they’d no road to deal with those many monsters now.
This resistance became a futile one, certainly.
Even then, he couldn’t carry himself to surrender – due to the fact, two of his most precious pals had misplaced their lives in this d*mn region. He virtually didn’t need to dig his grave in which they have been buried, too.
“Uwaaaah-!!”
He destroyed the head of yet another ant. however, endless extra changed the lifeless one and attempted to pounce on him.
Kiieechk!
Kiiehck!!
Baek Yun-Ho powerfully shook off the ants and stood along with his returned towards a wall. Like this, he as a minimum wouldn’t get surrounded from all facets now.
“Pant, pant….”
He raised his head and searched for other Hunters. His colleagues, who were preventing along him best a second in the past, may want to now not be visible, their figures completely buried inside the swarm of ants.
No manner. He desired to agree with that it wasn’t viable….
He bit his decrease lip, however then, changed into jolted out of his senses with a surprising presence performing in the back of his lower back.
He spun around rapidly and threw a punch, however stopped earlier than he reached his target. because… the one status in the back of him wasn’t an ant.
‘What…. who is this?’
It became, in reality, a ‘soldier’ decked out in black full-frame armour.
This changed into his first time seeing one, however then again, he heard lots of times before about this ‘factor’ from Park Hui-Jin who have been involved with the red Gate incident.
‘Isn’t this….??’
Baek Yun-Ho cried out in marvel.
“Why is that this factor here?”
It became then.
From the soldier, a familiar voice came out.
– “trade.”