Summary :
Solo Leveling Chapter 111, titled “The Beginning of Season 2”, begins ten months after the events of the previous chapter. The world is still reeling from the aftermath of the Jeju incident, but hunters have been able to adapt and rebuild. Sung Jinwoo, now the world’s strongest hunter, lives a peaceful life with his family and friends. One day, Jinwoo is approached by a young hunter named Yoo Jinho who asks to join his team. Jinwoo initially refuses, but eventually agrees to give Jinwoo a chance. Jinho proves to be a valuable asset to the team and quickly earns Jinwoo’s trust. Meanwhile, a new threat emerges in the form of a mysterious group of hunters known as the Sovereigns. The Sovereigns are led by a powerful hunter named Thomas Andre, who claims to be the strongest hunter in the world. Andre challenges Jinwoo to a duel and Jinwoo accepts. Chapter 111 opens with Jinwoo and his team training in the forest. Jinho struggles to keep up with the others, but Jinwoo encourages him to keep trying. After training, Jinwoo and his team are approached by a group of hunters from the United States. The hunters ask Jinwoo to join them in raiding a high-level dungeon. Jinwoo initially refuses, but eventually agrees to help the hunters. The raid is successful and Jinwoo and his team defeat the dungeon boss. However, they are ambushed by a group of hunters from the Sovereigns. The Sovereigns are a powerful group of hunters led by Thomas Andre. Andre claims to be the strongest hunter in the world and challenges Jinwoo to a duel. Jinwoo accepts the challenge and the two hunters begin to fight. Chapter 111 is a great start to Season 2 of solo leveling. The chapter introduces a new threat in the form of the Sovereigns and sets up a potentially epic showdown between Jinwoo and Andre. I was particularly impressed with the character development in this chapter. Jinho has grown a lot since the first season and is now a valuable asset to Jinwoo’s team. I’m also interested in learning more about the monarchs and their motivations. Overall, Chapter 111 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 pictures proven was quite a stunning one.
Shot from a CCTV camera placed high up on a stretch of avenue, the viewer could see how abandoned this unknown avenue became; it changed into so quiet that, even after the photos were greatly accelerated, simplest a handful of cars drove by way of.
One may even end up suspecting that the street changed into located in the sparsely-populated outskirts of a town or even in a rural region.
The sped-up photos become slowed down significantly. and then, it happened.
A saloon regarded on the threshold of the screen. It became shifting speedy sufficient that even if the pictures have been slowed down, one may want to nonetheless feel its high pace.
however then, within the blink of a watch….
A black thing appeared before the dashing automobile. It become a dark lifeform, status on two ft like a person. the auto couldn’t sluggish down sufficiently with this sudden development. however, no such aspect as the auto and the unknown lifeform colliding ever took place.
just earlier than the collision took place, the auto unexpectedly flew up in the air.
The darkish lifeform effortlessly flipped the mid-sized saloon speeding closer to it with one hand, and then, dragged the unconscious motive force out from the wreckage to devour the poor guy from the pinnacle.
Chomp, chomp….
That definitely could’ve been the noise maximum possibly to be captured via a mic, had the CCTV digital camera been geared up with one.
The photos came to an end there.
Jin-Woo shifted his gaze away from the giant television display filling up a whole wall of the affiliation President’s workplace, and to Goh Gun-Hui sitting on the other facet of the desk.
The older guy slowly positioned the far off down.
“three hundred people.”
unlike a few others, he didn’t speak about the neighbouring country’s misfortune with an easy-going mind-set.
“That one ant managed to kill that many humans.”
“had been the japanese too gradual to respond?”
“That’s no longer accurate.”
Goh Gun-Hui shook his head.
“From what I hear, the japanese Hunters simplest took half-hour to get to the place. however, in that brief time frame, a small village was wiped off the map.”
Japan boasted one of the maximum superior Hunter systems in all of Asia. And a rustic like that had to enjoy the sort of degree of devastation, so what could appear if an ant entered the South Korean border?
Goh Gun-Hui had regarded that photos more than one instances already, however he nevertheless became conquer with a chilling premonition of an forthcoming disaster on every occasion he did.
‘earlier than it’s too overdue, we want to damage the ants as soon as and for all.’
The subjugation operation might get underway in four days’ time. the japanese were demanding the discharge of the final listing of all Korean Hunters participating within the operation for some days now.
however, using his authority because the chief of the Korean aspect, Goh Gun-Hui behind schedule the statement of the very last list. The cause for that became easy.
because nobody could get in contact with Jin-Woo till now.
And so, after a protracted wait, the instant of the listing being finalised had arrived. Goh Gun-Hui continued on with a trembling heart.
“We’ll go to Jeju Island and put off the ants located there.”
He formed a pleading expression next.
“And this is why we want your assist, Seong Jin-Woo Hunter-nim.”
next up, Goh Gun-Hui’s expression shifted to considered one of tension.
If Jin-Woo refused to participate, then there has been nothing everybody should do. He changed into not affiliated with the affiliation, and he turned into not responsibility-bound to perform the needs of the affiliation, either. In other phrases, the final choice rested completely on his whim.
After prolonged deliberation, he opened his mouth.
“I…..”
***
After ending the meeting with the affiliation President, Jin-Woo stood up from the seat to go away, most effective to sense some thing and shifted his head in that course.
‘What changed into that simply now?’
In a place not too far from right here, he sensed clashes of magical strength.
‘could it be a dungeon break?’
initially, he suspected a dungeon damage occurring close by, however he quickly realised that wasn’t the case. He couldn’t feel any presence of monsters, simplest the magic power coming from various Hunters, rather.
“Did something happen?”
Goh Gun-Hui had stood up from his seat first and walked over to the doorway to bid Jin-Woo goodbye, best to turn around and question him when the youth did not pass from the spot.
“nicely, I don’t assume it’s anything critical, but…. it seems that Hunters are preventing each other close by.”
“however, that can’t be.”
Goh Gun-Hui chuckled loudly.
Which foolhardy Hunters would dare to fight every other near the affiliation’s HQ? there has been no manner this type of factor could manifest.
‘No, wait…. The course of Seong Jin-Woo Hunter-nim is calling at….?’
A possibility shaped in Goh Gun-Hui’s mind.
“I accept as true with that rank S Hunters are doing some light exercises in the gym. maybe you’re speakme approximately that?”
‘…mild sports, is it?’
If that changed into the case, then for positive, the non-stop but restricted clashes of magical electricity made feel. Jin-Woo nodded his head.
“I see.”
Goh Gun-Hui’s eyes searching at the children were full of undisguised wonder.
‘He can feel some thing like that from this distance?’
The affiliation’s gymnasium become designed to greatly minimise the quantity of magic strength leaking outdoor. In real truth, even Goh Gun-Hui himself couldn’t feel anything.
but then, no longer most effective had Jin-Woo sensed the minuscule amount leaking out from there, he even efficaciously guessed that exclusive magic energies had been clashing with each other, too.
‘simply how fantastically attuned are his senses?’
It changed into genuinely impossible to even take a wild wager.
“….Ah, proper! would you like to take a glance if you’re interested?”
Goh Gun-Hui made a short notion. It became an extraordinary event to discover all the rank S Hunters in South Korea collected in one location. for my part witnessing the skills of other rank S Hunters from the sideline might do a world of right to Seong Jin-Woo, who had end up a rank S himself simplest recently.
“I consider that Mister Goto Ryuji is likewise gift there.”
Jin-Woo became thinking of taking a look-see with an open thoughts, handiest to forestall in his tracks.
“if you say Goto Ryuji, do you suggest….?”
“yes, it is him.”
if you were a Hunter – no, even if you weren’t a Hunter – you’d have as a minimum heard of that call as soon as, the call that belonged to one of the maximum effective Hunters in existence.
“it is indeed that Goto Ryuji. He’s currently staying in the u . s . to aid in building a good repertoire and a experience of camaraderie in both the Korean and jap participants. when you consider that he’s making plans to go away the next day, in case you don’t meet him these days, you may not get any other opportunity within the destiny.”
now not simplest had been Korea’s excellent Hunters accumulated in one vicinity, but even Japan’s quality became additionally right here too?
‘manifestly, i’m able to’t pass over this risk.’
Jin-Woo normal Goh Gun-Hui’s notion with a deeply fascinated expression.
***
at the equal time, Goto Ryuji become doing his very satisfactory to stifle a yawn.
‘This is meant to be the capabilities of Korea’s fine?’
How laughable.
No, they have been definitely pitiful.
The assessment of ‘laughable’ turned into crafted from an goal point of view, whilst the ‘pitiful’ bit got here from him including a piece of sympathy to that preliminary assessment.
‘in preference to leaving the safety of the us of a to these human beings’s hands, wouldn’t it be a long way higher to be underneath the safety people, the japanese, as an alternative?’
Goto Ryuji fashioned a leery smile and surveyed the Korean rank S Hunters. Out of all the rank S Hunters he met in Korea to date, most effective one regarded to be really ‘useful’ to his eyes.
‘Her name’s alleged to be Cha Hae-In, right?’
Even then, her capabilities were only across the stage of Japan’s top-rank Hunters. She fell way, way brief while compared to the best Hunters Japan could offer.
‘however, there’s no helping it, is there?’
South Korea became a small state, and its populace wasn’t that big, either. also, the individual that had wakened the greatest potential inside the population in order that happened to be an vintage man who didn’t have that many days to stay and couldn’t even combat well.
‘If it’s Goh Gun-Hui, then he is probably able to take care of some of our quality on a similar level, however…..’
He could say that the Koreans had drawn a quick straw on this one.
anyways, he became performed with assessing the abilties of the Korean Hunters. He had finished the real cause for his extended stay in Korea.
‘They wouldn’t even live on for 5 minutes if we withdraw for the duration of the subjugation.’
thinking that there was no extra motive to stick round, Goto Ryuji became around to go away, however then, he noticed someone surprising on foot nearer from the entrance of the health club.
‘Mm….?’
Goto Ryuji’s brows quivered significantly.
He hadn’t realised the method of this unknown man even though they have been in near proximity already. He turned into searching at the person with his personal eyes, but he still couldn’t experience the other character’s presence at all.
‘Is he an murderer-kind Hunter?’
Goto Ryuji requested the association worker tasked with translation subsequent to him.
“who’s that guy?”
The employee fidgeted together with his glasses and stared for a long time, before sooner or later recalling who the unknown man changed into and formed a grin.
“Ah. He’s the newly registered rank S Hunter.”
“Aha….”
So, that guy became that Re-awoke with out a recognised reliable data to be had?
Goto Ryuji became taking into consideration spending the closing time in Korea to unearth greater approximately this man, however he now concept that this became actually higher for him. He shaped a vibrant smile and asked the association employee again.
“looks like he’s a quite first rate murderer?”
“Pardon?”
whilst the employee stared lower back with a peculiar expression, Goto Ryuji realised something became off.
“Did I make a mistake?”
“Oh, no. That’s no longer it. however, nicely…”
The employee pointed at Jin-Woo and spoke.
“He’s actually a Mage-type Hunter. Mister Goto.”
‘No freaking manner?!’
wearing a disbelieving expression, Goto Ryuji quick accessed the Korean Hunters affiliation website and went via the listing of rank S Hunters there.
the automatic translation app allowed him to read the information at the Korean rank S Hunters proper away.
[Seong Jin-Woo, rank S, Mage-type]
There it became. The profile picture and the man or woman’s face were a great fit.
‘He’s definitely a Mage-type??’
Goto Ryuji got inwardly taken aback via this and hurriedly raised his taken aback face. by then, that man changed into already status nearby.
***
‘So, this guy is Goto Ryuji, huh.’
Jin-Woo only wished one glance to recognise Japan’s maximum powerful Hunter.
He turned into a tall man with a pointy sense of style. His beard changed into trimmed neatly, too. At a informal look, one might mistakenly suppose that he become a well-known japanese actor.
‘however, why does he preserve searching at me like that?’
simply as Jin-Woo changed into starting to experience a piece unhappy at the continuing gaze, the japanese guy achieved a easy greeting with his eyes first.
Did he stare like that because they’d by no means met earlier than until now?
Jin-Woo didn’t suppose too much approximately it and reciprocated the light greeting, and took a go searching.
within the center of the gym, the shirtless Baek Yun-Ho and a hulking middle-aged man with a big body were having a sparring session. with the exception of Goto Ryuji, every person else present was looking on at that with deeply involved expressions.
swish-!!
Baek Yun-Ho slapped away the hand of the quick-drawing close guy, spun his decrease 1/2, and despatched out a effective low kick.
Pah!
opposite to expectations, although, the only to frown changed into Baek Yun-Ho.
‘Oho.’
Jin-Woo should tell why. In that briefest of moments, the giant guy utilised a frame reinforcement-kind talent to shield his legs.
Judging from that large frame and the ability he used just now, he seemed to be a Tanker type, however his Agility Stat need to’ve been as an alternative out of the norm, as well. ought to Jin-Woo chalk that one up to that man being a rank S?
The giant center-aged man smirked.
“teacher Baek! It gained’t do for a younger guy such as you to be this powerless.”
“I’m no longer an instructor, Mah teacher-nim.”
The giant man called Mah trainer-nim chuckled genially and grabbed the belt of his dobok. maybe because a guy with a body of a Sumo wrestler become sporting a dobok, it type of felt a piece out of area to Jin-Woo’s eyes.
“well, in that case.”
The large guy constant his apparel for a second before pouncing ahead again, and Baek Yun-Ho unleashed his magic electricity to counter-assault. both of them had been carrying joyous expressions.
As instructor Mah driven forward, and as Baek Yun-Ho was pushed back, they both looked to be playing themselves.
It regarded that they have been relishing this uncommon possibility to unleash some of their powers that needed to be constrained most of the time on this gathering of rank S wakened.
“Even then, if Mister Baek Yun-Ho had been to combat significantly, Mister Mah Dong-Wook wouldn’t be able to bear it.”
Choi Jong-In walked in towards Jin-Woo and spoke up. The latter became his head to look, prompting the previous to nod his head in a greeting.
Jin-Woo reciprocated the greeting, and their communique persevered on from there.
“That character wearing dobok is the Shining star’s Mah Dong-Wook.”
‘Ah.’
Jin-Woo become wondering to himself that he had heard of that name before, and it became out that guy changed into the master of the Shining celebrity. He nodded his head and threw a question.
“It’s now not like he desires to head easy on his opponent, so why is grasp Baek hiding most of his powers?”
“He reveals it a piece difficult to reveal his powers in front of too many eyes…. Chairman Baek transforms into a actual monster whilst he fights significantly, you notice.”
back in front of the purple Gate, Baek Yun-Ho did monitor a pair of beast-like eyes to Jin-Woo.
‘So, it’s no longer just his eyes that can rework, eh.’
similar to Baek Yun-Ho’s capability to convert, one might listen approximately top Hunters possessing as an alternative particular competencies now and again.
In a way, they had been the possessors of monster-like powers. From different human beings’s perspective, Jin-Woo notion that he’d be visible like that, too.
‘A guy who can morph right into a monster, and a guy who can summon monsters….’
while he thought approximately others finding him mystifying, just like how he thought of Baek Yun-Ho’s powers being weird, Jin-Woo couldn’t help however smirk softly to himself.
however, that become all.
He only located Baek Yun-Ho’s capacity to convert ordinary and not anything else. there has been not anything exciting to have a look at regarding the sparring between Baek Yun-Ho and Mah Dong-Wook.
‘So sluggish.’
Jin-Woo didn’t even need to pay attention, but he could truly read the assaults and counters of each guys.
It become then.
“…Uh?”
Sensing some thing become off, Baek Yun-Ho stopped transferring. Mah Dong-Wook additionally stopped on the identical time, as properly. And their gazes shifted to Jin-Woo simultaneously as if they had made a prior arrangement.
maybe it changed into due to the fact Jin-Woo’s boredom turned into too easy to look?
‘……?’
but alternatively, too many people have been searching at Jin-Woo the same manner for him to suppose that became the case. however, he were given to discern out the purpose soon enough.
‘It’s not me, but behind me….’
while he appeared again, Goto Ryuji turned into status there. The light glinting in his eyes became alternatively suspicious.
The interpreter next to the japanese guy spoke on behalf of Goto Ryuji.
“Hunter-nim? Mister Goto needs to speak to you for a second.”
Jin-Woo knew that Goto Ryuji become standing nearby, however because he hadn’t anticipated to be addressed at all, he should best shape a pressured expression.
‘This man, I sensed that he didn’t seem proper on account that some time ago, however now….’
Did Jin-Woo’s sadness get transmitted? due to the fact Goto Ryuji quietly threw out a rather sudden query.
“Will you’ve got a sparring fit with me?”