Summary :
Titled “The Shadow Legion’s First Quest,” Solo Leveling Chapter 113 picks up where the previous chapter left off, with Sung Jinwoo and his newly formed guild, The Shadow Legion, preparing for their first quest. The task is to clear a high level dungeon that has appeared near Seoul. The dungeon is said to be extremely dangerous and many hunters have already lost their lives trying to clear it. However, Jinwoo is confident that he and his Shadow Legion can clear the dungeon. He leads his team into a dungeon and they start fighting their way through monsters. The monsters in the underground are powerful, but Jinwoo and his Shadow Legion are able to defeat them one by one. Eventually they reach the boss of the dungeon, a giant dragon. The dragon is the most powerful monster Jinwoo has ever faced, but he is determined to defeat it. He and his Shadow Legion fight the dragon for hours and are finally able to defeat it. When a dungeon boss is defeated, the dungeon is cleared. Jinwoo and his Shadow Legion have completed their first task and proved that they are one of the strongest guilds in the world. The chapter opens with Sung Jinwoo and his Shadow Legion preparing for their first mission. The task is to clear a high level dungeon that has appeared near Seoul. Jinwoo leads his team into the dungeon and they start fighting their way through the monsters. The monsters in the underground are powerful, but Jinwoo and his Shadow Legion are able to defeat them one by one. Eventually they reach the boss of the dungeon, a giant dragon. Jinwoo and his Shadow Legion fight the dragon for hours and are finally able to defeat it. When a dungeon boss is defeated, the dungeon is cleared. Jinwoo and his Shadow Legion have completed their first task and proved that they are one of the strongest guilds in the world. Chapter 113 is a great continuation of the previous chapter. The dungeon raid is well-paced and exciting, and the dragon boss battle is particularly epic. I was particularly interested in how the author handled Jinwoo’s victory over the dragon boss. It would have been easy to make Jinwoo win the battle easily, but the author instead chose to have Jinwoo struggle and barely win. This makes the victory more meaningful and shows that Jinwoo is not invincible. Overall, Chapter 113 is a must-read for fans of Solo Leveling. It’s a well-written and exciting chapter that sets the stage for a great season.
The mass media was whipped into a frenzy.
– To eradicate the monsters that turned the island of Jeju right into a barren barren region, the countries of South Korea and Japan form a united raid group!
where could you discover every other story that might stimulate the pursuits of the us of a’s residents even more than this news?
tv channels ran information segments related to this upcoming raid all day long, even as every the front web page of newspapers changed into absolutely ruled with the aid of the topics of the united raid group.
but, it was most effective Korea’s media that saved speaking approximately this remember. despite the fact that the number of eastern Hunters participating on this operation handed the Koreans via 3 folds, nobody notion it changed into strange that the japanese media saved quiet over the approaching event.
And whilst a handful of articles did appear online, the feedback that accompanied said articles were terrible in nature, to say the least.
└ What did you expect when the Koreans are too weak to shut a Gate by using themselves?
└ Why are you cleansing up the sh*t left in the back of by means of the Koreans?
└ Are they going to compensate us for the damages the ones ants prompted here or now not?
└ useless japanese Hunter’s affiliation, and irresponsible Korean Hunters, why dontcha all kick the bucket collectively on Jeju Island? LOL
‘Dong-sahng-yi-mong’. (TL be aware on the quit)
even as two events thought of various things regarding the identical upcoming occasion, time persevered to tick down in the direction of the date of the operation.
inside the interim, those beyond few days proved to be the happiest Jin-Woo have been considering his mom became admitted to the hospital.
many things went through a change. First component first – the Seong circle of relatives again to their domestic with their mom as soon as she changed into discharged from the health center.
Clank….
while he opened the the front front, the primary issue noticed became the messy living room of the condominium, all way to Jin-Ah being by myself at the same time as he changed into stored busy inside the Demon’s citadel.
“….”
Jin-Woo started pinching his sister’s cheeks, and with gentle laughter, mom attempted to forestall him.
The first actual aspect their mother had to do after returning domestic from 4 years of coma, changed into to smooth the residence. Jin-Woo attempted to dissuade her, however ultimately, he couldn’t win towards her insistence. sooner or later, the complete circle of relatives rolled their sleeves as much as easy up their domestic.
as soon as the residence changed into spotless, the complexions of all three brightened up notably as well. The apartment that had usually felt empty and lonely after mom’s admittance to the medical institution now appeared so complete of lifestyles.
For the first time in an extended at the same time as, Jin-Woo got to stretch his legs and go to mattress without any concerns in his thoughts. And on the subsequent morning, while he got to the living room….
He got to simply respect the reality that his mother had back when he noticed the breakfast neatly arranged at the eating desk. Park Gyung-Hye stopped reducing the spring onions, turned her head closer to Jin-Woo, and requested.
“Did you sleep well, son?”
With nonetheless-sleepy eyes, he replied as a smile bloomed on his face.
“….sure, mother.”
***
The so-called professional continued to talk at the tv display screen.
“The rate of evolution these ant monsters have proven is really surprising to behold.”
A visitor sitting subsequent to the professional formed an exaggerated expression of marvel and asked.
“Monsters are evolving?! Wasn’t the ant determined in Japan, a lone mutated creature?”
“You’re accurate. whilst the mutated specimen boom in number and benefit manipulate of the whole horde, then we call that evolution.”
After that, the prepared video footage commenced gambling. Ants, as they regarded at some stage in the primary and 2nd subjugation tries, had been displayed on the display.
in the beginning, they have been no exclusive from ordinary ants as they crawled on the ground. just from their outside appearances on my own, they looked exactly like oversized first-rate-massive ants.
but then, a quick whilst later….
“this is the photos taken at some stage in the 1/3 subjugation try.”
The ant monsters had been now walking on two legs like human beings. The once-massive heads had shrunken down in length by means of a exquisite deal, they had been capable of pass round lots greater nimbly, and the 4 limbs acted like palms.
Its appearance appeared as though half an ant and half of someone were mashed together to form a new creature. In simplest years, the awesome traits of the ant species had been completely converted into something else.
“And this footage of the ant monster became taken currently because it wreaked havoc in Japan.”
“Wow…”
The target audience participants in the studio all gasped out in surprise at the photos being performed. To their horror, the ant changed into now even closer in appearance to a human, and now not simplest that, it even sported massive wings on its lower back.
The comedian appearing on this show as a visitor flinched in wonderful marvel and raised his voice higher.
“That issue can now fly?!”
“That’s accurate. And that might be the decisive aspect inside the formation of the Korea-Japan united raid team.”
‘The Korea-Japan united raid team.’
whilst that term got here out of the tv’s speakers, Jin-Woo wordlessly switched the television off. In all honesty, he additionally didn’t need to overlook out in this operation. His heart began racing so rapid after he notion of all of the revel in factors he’d get to earn when association President Goh Gun-Hui requested for his participation inside the raid.
but, his pleasure cooled down very quickly at all. And he was capable of objectively and coldly analyse the scenario.
‘It hadn’t even been someday in view that mother woke up.’
extra than that, his mom didn’t understand that her son became a Hunter yet. He additionally recalled the sight of his mom staying up all night time for numerous months after she heard the news of his father going missing within the Gate all those years ago, too.
He couldn’t convey himself to inform mother that he became going to Jeju Island when she become already sporting around this sort of painful memory, to start with.
His lips didn’t want to part and provide an answer. He wanted to spend some time together with his circle of relatives for a few days, at least. And he truely didn’t want to delay the moment he’d been preventing for so long for a few other count.
“….i can….”
Jin-Woo barely made up his thoughts and spoke with splendid difficulty.
“….not take part inside the operation.”
the one element some distance extra valuable than enjoy factors, the reason why he gritted his enamel and continued the whole thing in an effort to grow to be stronger. He did not remorse making this choice.
besides that, now….
└ BTW, why is Seong Jin-Woo not at the Korean list?
└ Your disposition received’t exchange just because you’ve end up a rank S, you know. as soon as a rank E, forever a rank E, dude. Prolly ran off to hide, nearly wetting his pants inside the manner. Kek.
└ 21 eastern rank S Hunters + even the retired Hunter is gonna represent for Korea, but…. in which is Seong Jin-Woo?
└ Why does he need to do that while he’s a rank S? It’s so embarrassing;;
except that, these kind of anonymous pointing arms who didn’t even understand of his situation were definitely getting on his nerves now. Or, to be greater precise, it become his sister’s strain stage that got on his nerves, truly.
‘I don’t truely give a d*mn about what others think of me, and mom doesn’t truely log on, so it’s quality on that the front, but….’
….however, Jin-Ah favored to search for stuff like this in her spare time.
‘Tsk’.
Jin-Woo clicked his tongue and placed his smartphone down. there has been no assisting it, what with the bad timing and all.
mother had retired early for the day, and it turned into also nonetheless too early for Jin-Ah to return again from her research. He became considering taking a walk to get some fresh air and change his spoiled mood, but like a satan, his phone started ringing simply then.
Jin-Woo checked the caller id and a smile fashioned on his face.
click.
– “Hyung-nim!! It’s me, Yu Jin-Ho!”
“hello, Jin-Ho.”
Now that Jin-Woo notion approximately it, became this kid still staying in that neighborhood motel even now?
“wherein are you staying now? Is it the same inn?”
– “Oh, no, hyung-nim. I started out renting a room now not too lengthy ago. happily, my mom got here to my rescue….”
listening to his giggling voice, Jin-Woo felt glad inwardly as properly.
Yu Jin-Ho in short up to date Jin-Woo regarding the repute of his lifestyles, before hurriedly persevering with on after remembering the purpose for the decision in the first location.
– “Ah, right! Hyung-nim, i discovered some office area for us, so could you like to come over and take a look?”
What workplace space became he even talking approximately?
“What office?”
whilst Jin-Woo asked with a careworn voice, Yu Jin-Ho optimistically declared.
– “Of course, it’s the office space for our Guild, hyung-nim! if you need to set up a Guild, then you definitely’ll need an office, at the least.”
‘Yu Jin-Ho, this youngster…..’
It appeared more than possibly that this kid changed into under the grand myth of growing the Guild he’d preside over as its Vice master, and make it as massive as the Hunters or the White Tiger in the near destiny. Jin-Woo slowly scratched his chin.
‘If I inform him that the raid team will include most effective me and nobody else, he would possibly flip out in surprise here….’
He simplest invited the kid to join him in passing, but now that it became time to provide an explanation for to Yu Jin-Ho the future of the Guild, Jin-Woo didn’t even understand how he have to move about it.
***
“What do you watched, hyung-nim?”
Now that he changed into here, Jin-Woo ought to understand why Yu Jin-Ho sounded so assured on the telephone. He scanned the empty workplace space and nodded his head.
Its area turned into pretty right.
“I particularly chose a place now not too some distance from your vicinity, hyung-nim.”
It turned into also tidy, too.
“I deliberately went for the newly-evolved workplace areas. I agree with that the antique announcing is going some thing like ‘positioned new wine in a brand new bottle’. Don’t you compromise, hyung-nim?”
possibly most significantly, the location turned into freaking huge.
‘…….’
“I’ll do my nice to grow this Guild so it’ll surpass the 5 massive Guilds sooner or later, hyung-nim!”
Yu Jin-Ho became burning with unbridled passion, figuratively talking.
‘It’s high-quality so that you can burn with passion like that, however please, depart me out of it….’
Jin-Woo pondered seriously approximately this quandary: must he inform Yu Jin-Ho to simply move back to Yujin Guild now, before it’s too late?
well, he had this gut feeling that the Yujin’s Chairman, a man who even iced up his own son’s financial institution account, wouldn’t be so keen on taking his son back at this point in time. in view that Jin-Woo become in deep contemplation, Yu Jin-Ho formed an expression that cried out “Heok!”
“Hyung-nim…. You don’t like this place?”
“…..No, that’s no longer it.”
“Then, have to I signal the lease agreement, hyung-nim?”
“….positive, why no longer.”
Judging from the size of the vicinity, the monthly apartment must’ve been crazy steep, but whilst evaluating to the ability sales flow of a Guild, it’d be a chump alternate on the cease of the day.
‘I guess it’ll be first-rate to allow him dream a touch bit longer.’
For now, Jin-Woo couldn’t tell the child that it’d be simplest the two of them sharing this massive workplace space.
“Ah!”
Yu Jin-Ho all at once clapped his hands.
“by using the manner, hyung-nim. Who do you have in mind for the closing spot?”
“….The final spot?”
Did he make a promise to open up a spot for someone?
considering the fact that Jin-Woo wasn’t the type to overlook his guarantees, he ought to handiest examine Yu Jin-Ho with a careworn expression, prompting the latter to excitedly explain the situation.
“You want at the least three humans when developing a Guild, hyung-nim.”
The grasp, the Vice-master, and an worker.
indeed, that changed into the minimum required composition of a Guild’s founding contributors. the rule of the minimum range for a team raiding the least dangerous Gate obtainable, a rank E, being three humans seemed to be associated with this, someway.
‘properly, you may never discover a Guild looking to clean a rank E Gate, even though….’
The founding members, was it?
numerous acquainted faces fleeted inside and outside of Jin-Woo’s head as he taken into consideration who should refill the ultimate vacant spot. The simplest circumstance being, they had to be Hunters, too. If it become in any respect viable, a person who didn’t need to paintings as a Hunter ever once more, and best there to make up the numbers.
‘Why do I maintain picturing women’s faces….?’
He recalled the faces of the excessive college female who decided to surrender being a Hunter, as well as a sure woman Healer who went again to her own family domestic within the town of Busan, but they disappeared from his thoughts quickly sufficient. It become then.
“Ah, I nearly forgot.”
Yu Jin-Ho all of sudden opened his mouth. Jin-Woo speedy requested him.
“Did you take into account a person suitable for the spot, then?”
“No, it’s no longer that, hyung-nim. honestly, there was someone seeking out you.”
“Me?”
“yes, hyung-nim.”
Jin-Woo couldn’t help however get curious. given that this unknown character had in a roundabout way contacted him via Yu Jin-Ho, he or she have to’ve completed their thorough studies.
‘Yu Jin-Ho and that i aren’t referred to as pals publicly, after all.’
indeed, if anything, others ought to see their courting truly as one being the previous raid chief at the same time as the alternative being the member of that raid team.
‘Even then, calling me via Yu Jin-Ho, is it?’
Jin-Woo’s eyes narrowed to a slit just a little.
“Who became it?”
“I don’t recognise, hyung-nim. That person changed into actually an English-speaking foreigner. preserve on.”
Yu Jin-Ho rummaged through his wallet, pulled out his wallet and extracted a chunk of a memo from there.
“This person stated that he’d be staying in Korea till the seventeenth, so he’d very an awful lot appreciate it in case you provide him a name, hyung-nim.”
Jin-Woo took the memo and observed a variety of for a mobile telephone as well as a resort room wide variety. He took a take a look at the again of the memo, but nothing changed into written there.
’17th… that’s 3 days from now.’
An English-talking foreigner – just who ought to it’s? He couldn’t consider every body he knew or in shape the invoice.
however, quite all at once…
“….looks like I’ll ought to pass home first.”
Jin-Woo’s expression hardened.
“Pardon? You’re going domestic already, hyung-nim?”
Yu Jin-Ho were taking into account treating his hyung-nim to a delicious meal because it were a long term they ate together. but now, he appeared like someone who had misplaced his us of a. perhaps a bit too callously, even though, Jin-Woo didn’t even try and recognize his dongsaeng’s feelings at all.
“I’m going in advance first.”
Yu Jin-Ho quick concealed his upset expression and fast bent down in a well mannered bow, as typical.
“ok, have a secure journey, hyung…. nim?”
while he raised his head, Jin-Woo became already long gone.
***
It changed into now that time within the day when the inky-black darkness dwelt at the hidden alleyways.
A female university scholar named Eun Ji-Min became on her manner returned home; her heart turned into pounding like loopy in the interim, but.
‘There’s no way, proper….?’
due to the fact, there was a man busy following her.
She hoped that they had been virtually taking walks inside the equal course, and that needed to be the cause why his footsteps had been continuing proper in the back of her like that.
‘I noticed something like this on a message board.’
In a scenario like this one, it wasn’t simplest the female, but the man might be feeling instead afflicted, as properly. a person’s walking velocity need to be quicker or similar to that of a woman; if he attempted to walk past her, she’d freak out, but if he attempted to certainly live in the back of her, then he’d come across even greater suspicious, alternatively.
On pinnacle of that, by means of going around the nook up ahead, she’d locate herself in a secluded street with a damaged street lamp, that could doubtlessly make matters even greater awkward for the events involved.
Eun Ji-Min took a glance in the back of her.
a person with a baseball cap pulled down low and his face watching the ground turned into quietly walking on the road. even though it became suspicious, it turned into no longer a crime to wear baseball caps like that during public.
‘instead of letting this awkward stroll-together aspect keep on, perhaps I ought to….’
Eun Ji-Min stopped strolling as if she needed to tie her shoelaces, and in the end, the man walked right beyond her.
“Whew….”
After confirming that the man turned into gone from her sight, Eun Ji-Min spat out a sigh of relief. She then collected her arms in mock prayer and closed her eyes.
‘I’m honestly sorry approximately that, mister unknown uncle.’
She appeared round her place for a chunk longer earlier than tidying up her garments. With a smile on her face, Eun Ji-Min energetically started walking again.
She had a mountain of assignments to get through! If she have been to put together for the stop-of-term exams, walking returned home now might nonetheless go away her with no longer sufficient time.
‘How wide turned into the scope again?’
thinking about how she’d have to spend the entire night reading, her shoulders slumped dejectedly. but, as Eun Ji-Min went around the corner, her eyes widened.
“you make a noise, I’ll kill you.”
the man who walked right through her seconds in the past turned into status in the road nook with a kitchen knife and an insidious smile on his face.
“ that…. some human beings had died right here already, right?”
“Ah…..”
Eun Ji-Min couldn’t even scream. With a faded complexion, she stood there absolutely frozen.
the man decreased the white surgical masks on his face and grinned.
“comply with me.”
Tick, tick…
there was nobody round them; handiest the damaged street mild flickered listlessly.