Summary :
Solo Leveling Chapter 114, titled “Japanese Hunters”, picks up where the previous chapter left off, with Sung Jinwoo and his Shadow Legion clearing out a high-level dungeon near Seoul. Now hailed as heroes, Jinwoo and his team are invited to a meeting with the Korean Hunter Association. At the Association meeting, he informs Jinwoo that a group of Japanese hunters have arrived in Korea to request his help. The Japanese hunters explain that they are facing a serious threat in the form of a giant monster that has appeared in Japan. The monster is so strong that the Japanese hunters could not defeat it. Jinwoo agrees to help the Japanese hunters and leads his Shadow Legion to Japan. Once they arrive in Japan, Jinwoo and his team immediately start tracking the monster. They eventually find the monster and engage in battle. The monster is extremely powerful, but Jinwoo and his Shadow Legion are able to defeat it. When the monster is defeated, the Japanese hunters are rescued. Jinwoo and his team are hailed as heroes and return to Korea as true legends. The chapter opens with Sung Jinwoo and his Shadow Legion being hailed as heroes for clearing out a high-level dungeon near Seoul. Jinwoo and his team are invited to a meeting with the Korean Hunter Association, where they are informed that a group of Japanese hunters have arrived in Korea to request Jinwoo’s help. The Japanese hunters explain that they are facing a serious threat in the form of a giant monster that has appeared in Japan. The monster is so strong that the Japanese hunters could not defeat it. Jinwoo agrees to help the Japanese hunters and leads his Shadow Legion to Japan. Once they arrive in Japan, Jinwoo and his team immediately start tracking the monster. They eventually find the monster and engage in battle. The monster is extremely powerful, but Jinwoo and his Shadow Legion are able to defeat it. When the monster is defeated, the Japanese hunters are rescued. Jinwoo and his team are hailed as heroes and return to Korea as true legends. Chapter 114 is a solid chapter that continues the story of Sung Jinwoo’s rise to power. The battle against the giant monster is fluid and exciting, and it’s satisfying to see Jinwoo and his Shadow Legion defeat such a powerful enemy. I was particularly impressed with how the author handled Jinwoo’s character development in this chapter. Jinwoo is still modest and down-to-earth even though he is now one of the strongest hunters in the world. He is also willing to help others, even if it means putting himself at risk. Overall, Chapter 114 is a must-read for solo leveling fans. It’s a well-written and exciting chapter that sets the stage for a great season.
“Ah…. S-someone, s-store me…”
Eun Ji-Min come what may managed to squeeze out her dried-up voice and took a couple of steps lower back.
No, that’s what she tried to.
but, her toes didn’t need to transport. It became as though heavy iron ingots have been attached to her ankles. She may want to most effective stand there frozen as her tears began streaming down her face.
in the meantime, the man scanned his environment.
for the reason that lady didn’t appear to be she’d be capable of move, he was taking into consideration offing her here, right now. How fortunate that there has been no person round. also, there wouldn’t be a CCTV digicam of the massive Brother mounted in a secluded alleyway like this one, as properly.
‘That’s why i like this neighbourhood, you know.’
the person fashioned an evil grin and thrust the knife at Eun Ji-Min’s midriff.
but then, a hand shot out from the darkness and grabbed the knife.
“Uh??”
the person raised his head, most effective to find a unusual kids status there. because of his hood, handiest the punk’s chin changed into seen. but he possessed a pretty d*mn first rate physique.
‘Is he… wearing a glove or something?’
no longer a drop of blood dripped down from the hand greedy the blade.
“Who the hell are you?!”
The serial killer attempted to yank the knife out numerous times, but after realising that it wouldn’t budge an inch, he speedy let go of the knife’s grip and became round. He swiftly escaped from the spot.
“What a extraordinary son of a b*tch….”
The serial killer took a glance in the back of several instances and observed that extraordinary teens became following along, continuously scanning the environment at the same time as he turned into at it.
‘What the hell is up with this b*stard…?’
The serial killer changed his direction and led the children to a abandoned vacant lot, the place he at the start wanted to pull that female to. If that punk changed into defensive his hand with some thing, then it’d be pleasant to attack him some place else.
whilst he arrived on the vacation spot, the serial killer bogged down, and progressively shortened his distance to the ordinary punk that had been maintaining tempo with him till then. once their hole closed to round more than one feet or so….
“hey punk, who the hell do you watched you are?”
The serial killer spun around and stabbed the adolescents in the chest with an awl he’d been hiding below his jacket.
“Do I appear like an clean mark to you?! Huh?”
Stab!
The hand pushing the axe into the teenagers’s chest shook, tough.
‘….What the hell could be this difficult?!’
A stab-proof vest? Or something else under his blouse??
The serial killer speedy threw out a question.
“What the f*ck?! You wearing something below your clothes or something?”
If this man was able to experience magical electricity, then he wouldn’t have asked the sort of stupid question. Too horrific, the serial killer somehow didn’t think of the word ‘Hunter’ even though his opponent didn’t try to retaliate after that 2nd sneak assault. as a substitute, a quiet voice leaked out from under the hood.
“I’m curious approximately something.”
The voice certainly belonged to Jin-Woo. He discarded the kitchen knife of the serial killer to the floor.
“Why are you doing this?”
“What’s the problem? You wish to reform me or something?”
“Nope. just curious when you have a cause or no longer. That’s all.”
The serial killer snorted derisively. He notion that, what with this punk leaping out of nowhere to save that girl, and following him all the way out here, he changed into searching at a few weirdo masquerading as an best friend of justice or something. however now…
‘This youngster’s only a bloody fool, isn’t he?’
Or maybe, this punk changed into the identical type of madman as he turned into?
The serial killer idea that perhaps he should get away from here unscathed if he used his present of gab, so he effectively humoured the kids.
“A reason, is it? properly, if I had been to sincerely consider one… because it’s a laugh?”
“a laugh?”
“For some motive, on every occasion I see someone weaker than me, I just wanna torment that…..”
….individual.
The serial killer didn’t get to finish what he wanted to mention. as a substitute….
“Uwaaaahk?! Uwahk!!”
instead, he fell to the floor clutching his left ankle wherein his tendon were sliced aside. while he raised his head, he realised that Jin-Woo became keeping the kitchen knife even before he had the time to be aware it.
‘but, didn’t he throw that away? simply while….?’
It changed into proper then, Jin-Woo’s shape grew blurry once more.
“Uwaaahk?!”
This time, it become his proper ankle. The serial killer rolled around the ground in pain. in the meantime, Jin-Woo leisurely rummaged through the serial killer’s pockets now that the murdering b*stard wasn’t going everywhere together with his tendons cut in half of. He quickly located the killer’s cellular telephone and the wallet.
“You, you!! Who the hell are you, you son of a b*tch?!”
Jin-Woo omitted the venom-spewing serial killer and flippantly dialled 119 to call for an ambulance. He then pulled out the identification card from the pockets to take a glance.
subsequent, he located the smartphone and the wallet back inside the hands of the shivering serial killer and murmured quietly.
“Hand your self over to the police earlier than nighttime the next day.”
“What?!”
“….if you want to hold breathing, this is.”
He said all he desired to mention.
Jin-Woo got up from the spot and inserted one among his Shadow squaddies within the serial killer’s shadow, before leaving a comparable sounding order to that soldier.
‘despite the fact that, I don’t realize how affected person a high Orc’s shadow may be, however….’
That soldier may not be properly with patiently ready around till the particular time, but nicely, sporting out the subsequent part of the order ought to be the speciality of high Orcs.
“I’d prefer it if you keep dwelling on.”
The killer needed to be alive if he were to repent for his sins for the relaxation of his life.
“J-simply… what the hell are you?”
Jin-Woo left the serial killer shivering from pain and fear at the back of in the vacant lot. He may want to pay attention the sirens of an ambulance coming from afar.
He walked to a much enough vicinity, and after confirming that there has been no one nearby, he pulled his hood back.
“….Whew.”
thanks to the signal sent via the Shadow Soldier after discovering the serial killer, Jin-Woo changed into capable of arrive just in time.
The ‘Shadow trade’.
This skill turned into proving to be highly convenient the greater he used it.
‘It’s not the highest-ranked Rune Stone for nothing, is it?’
Jin-Woo shaped a happy smile now that he got to experience the greatness of the Shadow change all over again in the last couple of days. He couldn’t even begin to believe just how tons greater beneficial this skill could get, once the ability stage rose up high enough to sufficiently lower the cooldown time.
And so, as he persevered to walk again domestic…
‘Mm?’
He all at once raised his head to look that the moon became now inside the midnight sky.
‘Now that I think about it… it’s already day after today.’
The Korea-Japan united attack team’s raid. It become already right here.
He wasn’t even at the team, yet his heart was pounding this plenty in anticipation. So, what could the participating members be feeling proper now?
Jin-Woo recalled the faces of the raid individuals he changed into familiar with, and prayed for their safety as well as their success within the challenge.
***
past due at night time.
Goto Ryuji turned into still inside the dojo within the eastern Hunter’s affiliation.
In front of him, two men, and at his returned, one more. He become surrounded by using rank S Hunters, ostensibly the equal rank as he become. Goto Ryuji took a deep breath, and just as his eyes flew open….
“Ta-ha-aht!!”
The Hunters biding their time powerfully pounced on him all at the identical time. however….
Slam!
those to cave in had been the 3 attacking Hunters.
“That become remarkable!”
“As predicted of Goto-san!”
“no one can measure up on your talents, sir.”
The 3 Hunters lying on the timber floor of the dojo dusted themselves off and stood back up. This became best possible because Goto Ryuji had held back his electricity. without pronouncing anything, he reduced his head slightly to mean that all of them did an awesome process.
‘As predicted, there’s no hassle with my physical situation.’
No, if he had been to frankly verify himself, then he turned into at height condition right now. simply from imagining how he’d swallow up South Korea, it felt like his situation changed into getting better and better all with the aid of itself.
So, how come….?
Goto Ryuji persisted to stare at the dojo, now empty that the 3 Hunters had left, because the recollections of that day still lingered on in his mind.
Seong Jin-Woo.
just what turned into he?
‘……’
The extra he notion again to that day, the more sour he felt. soon, although, Goto Ryuji shook his head.
‘well, it doesn’t remember now.’
regardless of all else, that man Seong Jin-Woo wasn’t taking part on this raid. And the affiliation President’s plan would spread with none mishaps.
once South Korea loses nearly all of her rank S Hunters, its management could naturally fall into eastern fingers. via then, the proceedings of the japanese citizens stressful for the perfect reparations from the Koreans would have been converted into rousing cheers of fanfare, as an alternative.
while that came about….
‘What can Seong Jin-Woo do all by means of himself?’
Didn’t remember whether or not Seong Jin-Woo turned into a surely powerful Hunter or he truly got here throughout that way through Goto Ryuji’s non permanent fantasy, the reality remained that, him now not participating in tomorrow’s raid was for the more gain of Japan.
there was not anything to bother him now. The decisive second would come day after today.
inner this nevertheless dojo bathed in the bloodless moonlight, Goto Ryuji shaped a quiet smile to himself.
***
“We’ll be in your care!”
The handling director of a certain tv station deeply bowed his head to the lone cameraman. this sort of component was completely extraordinary. however, the cameraman status in front of the director became no regular guy; he changed into an lively Hunter and a proud holder of a rank A licence.
“The destiny of my station relies upon on this raid.”
so as to win the exclusive broadcasting rights, the director had to spend over half of of the station’s total annual finances. There had been surely too many competing bids, and that’s why he had to go all in.
but, however, there was a compelling cause why he virtually had to make one of these brave business decision.
now not many rank S Gates spread out round the world. even when one did open, it turned into nonetheless not possible to take the recording gadget inner to capture the footage of what occurred in there.
In other words, this will be the one and simplest opportunity for normal citizens to witness an real rank S raid in development. as long as there wasn’t some other unlucky event of a rank S Gate starting up some place else, that became.
On pinnacle of this, this broadcast wouldn’t be a recording, however shown stay. sure, there might be a 10-minute delay to the stay feed, however nonetheless.
simply how excessive might the audience rating attain?
70 percentage? 80?
while the dealing with director thought returned to all of the capacity profit margin available from promoting the photos to the television networks in other countries, he no longer felt regret in making an investment half of of the station’s finances on this mission.
‘….as long as the raid doesn’t end in failure!’
certainly, no sane-minded viewer accessible would ever need to look at the pinnacle-ranked Hunters get wolfed by way of the monsters all through the raid. No, although there have been, he couldn’t let such footage be broadcast to the general public, initially.
So, the director had staked the whole thing he had on the success of the fourth subjugation operation.
thinking about that, bowing his head numerous instances to the cameraman tasked with taking pictures the all-too-crucial footage became indeed, nothing.
Heck, if the cameraman needed for it, the director changed into organized to prostrate on the floor, even.
“Please don’t fear an excessive amount of, director.”
The cameraman did his fine to calm the shivering managing director down from his high tension degree.
Even before he became a Hunter, he made his dwelling as a cameraman. And after agreeing to take on this job, he made sure to take a look at and polish his talents of wielding the digicam even further.
glaringly, he didn’t need to break the published that the entire country would be watching through a few stupid mistake on his element. Of path, he’d receives a commission pretty a massive praise in go back, too.
‘He’s going to offer me a portion of the income earned from the printed, in the end.’
The cameraman had already earned masses from being a rank A Hunter, but the presented amount was so high that it really excited him to no stop.
If the operation results in fulfillment, then he’d be able to earn an full-size amount of money and repute, possibly as a great deal because the rank S Hunters surely taking part inside the raid.
Wouldn’t he end up quite probable the maximum famous rank A Hunter in South Korea?
a grin fashioned at the cameraman’s face as all styles of terrific mind of the destiny bloomed in his head.
“with the aid of the manner, I’m amazed that the association President Goh Gun-Hui certainly gave his permission to film this raid. I mean, that tough-headed guy wouldn’t have allowed it truly for the sake of cash, so….”
The station’s director nodded his head on the cameraman’s perplexed query.
“He said that the charge we paid might be cut up similarly amongst all of the Hunters participating today, sincerely.”
“Oh? in that case, why….?”
Why did he permit the filming of the raid?
The director carefully voiced his knowledgeable bet.
“I assume….. I think, possibly he desires to console the hearts of the citizens.”
The Korean Hunter’s association had to swallow the bitter tablet of defeat three instances at the arms of the ant monsters. because of the continuous failure, the association needed to go through amazing losses, which in flip also caused the lack of the general public’s consider. in the meantime, the residents felt more and more powerless because the thought of these ant monsters being invincible took root in their hearts.
as the atmosphere of the country festered like that, a danger to reverse this whole thing had abruptly landed on their laps.
‘you could tell how the public is responding by means of taking a short have a look at the internet forums.’
The affiliation President wanted to take a step similarly than that. He wanted to capture the moment of victory and broadcast it live to the residents.
His grim and possibly desperate decision to no longer fail could be gleamed from this choice.
The cameraman nodded his head after hearing the managing director’s rationalization. He took a observe his wristwatch earlier than status up with a determined expression on his face.
“It’s time already. I’ll be on my manner now, sir.”
The coping with director yet again bowed deeply to the cameraman.
“We go away everything to you, Hunter-nim!!”
***
Hunters began boarding the helicopter, as the spinning rotors issued deafening noises above their heads.
“…”
“…”
The constantly-smiling Mah Dong-Wook, the continually-confident Choi Jong-In, or even Baek Yun-Ho famed for his tremendous personality, have been all carrying sombre expressions.
The cameraman checked his recording gadget for the remaining time. The digital camera itself changed into designed to be geared up round the head so it need to not impinge on his motion through an awful lot.
‘I wouldn’t have agreed to come if the digital camera become cumbersome and made it not possible to move.’
The location their helicopter became avoiding to became perhaps the most dangerous location within the entire of South Korea – no, maybe, even the sector. considering their vacation spot, the cameraman may want to handiest swallow his saliva down in nervousness.
regardless of how hard he attempted to live calm, there was nothing he may want to do about the worried anxiety slowly mushrooming in his coronary heart. It changed into the identical story for the rank S Hunters, as properly.
in order to dispel the tension in the air, Baek Yun-Ho began talking to his ‘dongsaeng’, the one he was closest to.
“hey, Byung-Gu. I genuinely didn’t anticipate you to reveal up here these days.”
Min Byung-Gu grinned in reaction.
“I notion that, without me recuperation you, hyung will be the first one to get killed today. I mean, you continually soar on a monster on every occasion you spot one, you recognize.”
“What the hell. Why do you have got talk like that? considering that while did I ever ‘soar’ on monsters??”
different Hunters started giggling after hearing the 2 men chat.
Min Byung-Gu became the only rank S Healer in South Korea. All contributors of the raid crew were substantially relieved and glad to hear that he turned into popping out of retirement specially to participate on this operation.
there has been a huge difference in whether or not there was a Healer or no longer in a raid. in the end, one would be capable of fight harder without worrying approximately getting hurt whilst there was one.
as the nerve-racking ecosystem frozen stiff in anxiety steadily cozy via Baek Yun-Ho and Min Byung-Gu’s conversation, Cha Hae-In sitting subsequent to the previous quietly requested a question.
“Chairman Baek. by using any chance, have you spoken to Mister Seong Jin-Woo before coming here nowadays?”
“Mister Seong Jin-Woo?”
“sure.”
Baek Yun-Ho shook his head.
“No, I haven’t. however, why do you ask?”
“Ah…. It’s nothing critical, without a doubt. I guess I’ve made a mistake.”
It become then.
Mah Dong-Wook broke out in genial laughter.
“Huhuh. seems like it’s eventually starting.”
The gazes of the Hunters gift observed the route he changed into pointing at. through the window of the helicopter, they may see the darkened island that had come to be the land of monsters.