Summary :
The Monarchs are still wary of Jin-Woo’s growing power and fear that he may become a threat to them. They decide to take action to stop Jin-Woo before he becomes too powerful.
The Monarchs send a group of their most powerful Shadow Soldiers to Seoul to attack Jin-Woo. Jin-Woo and his Shadow Soldiers fight valiantly, but are outnumbered and outnumbered.
Just when it looks like Jin-Woo will be defeated, Ashborn, the Monarch of Dragons, arrives and helps Jin-Woo defeat the other Monarchs’ Shadow Soldiers.
Ashborn tells Jin-Woo that he is impressed by his strength and determination. He also tells Jin-Woo that he believes Jin-Woo is the only one who can stop the other monarchs.
In Chapter 99 of Solo Leveling, the Monarchs send a group of their most powerful Shadow Soldiers to Seoul to attack Jin-Woo. Jin-Woo and his Shadow Soldiers fight valiantly, but are outnumbered and outnumbered.
Just when it looks like Jin-Woo will be defeated, Ashborn, the Monarch of Dragons, arrives and helps Jin-Woo defeat the other Monarchs’ Shadow Soldiers.
Ashborn tells Jin-Woo that he is impressed by his strength and determination. He also tells Jin-Woo that he believes Jin-Woo is the only one who can stop the other monarchs.
Jin-Woo is grateful for Ashborn’s help. He knows that he could not defeat the Shadow Soldiers of the other monarchs without him. Jin-Woo also knows that Ashborn is right and that he is the only one who can stop the other monarchs.
Jin-Woo vows to become stronger and protect the world from the other monarchs. He knows it will be a difficult task, but he is determined to succeed.
Chapter 99 of Solo Leveling is a great chapter. It’s full of action and suspense, and it’s clear that Jin-Woo is now a force to be reckoned with.
The battle between Jin-Woo and the shadow soldiers of the other monarchs is epic. It’s one of the best battles in the entire Solo Leveling series.
The scene when Ashborn arrives and helps Jin-Woo is also great. It’s a showcase of how powerful Ashborn is, and it also shows that he’s not afraid to stand up to other Monarchs.
Overall, Chapter 99 Solo Leveling is a great chapter. A must read for fans of the series.
“Mister Chairman, by means of any risk, do you have got absolutely everyone near you who is a Hunter, or someone who’s now not a Hunter yet however has been evaluated as an woke up?”
The medical doctor all at once asked about some thing instead bizarre.
Yu Myung-Han requested if there has been something wrong along with his body, yet why turned into he speakme approximately Hunters now?
Yu Myung-Han requested lower back feeling puzzled now.
“What are you talking about? Why Hunters, all of a surprising?”
“have you heard of everlasting Sleep?”
hearing the term “everlasting Sleep”, Yu Myung-Han subsequently misplaced his cool, and his eyes trembled.
The eternal sleep disorder. An infinite shut eye that nobody ought to wake up from.
now not only become it impossible to awaken from its dying-like shut eye, but the lifeforce of the sufferer could also decline quite sharply, so it turned into a necessity to apply lifestyles support machines that utilised magic electricity.
acting for the first time after the advent of the Gates, it become a terrifying illness that managed to kill rankings of people who lacked the wherewithal to borrow one of those existence help machines.
“It’s an contamination where you’d be assaulted regularly by means of drowsiness, and in the end, you’d be not able to awaken at all.”
The medical doctor carried a complex expression. There had now not been a single case of the sufferer of the ‘eternal Sleep’ waking up, thus far.
despite the fact that one’s existence became prolonged thru machines, you’d still be not able to open your eyes. It changed into no different from a death sentence for the victims.
“….”
Yu Myung-Han waited for the health practitioner to finish explaining before asking his query.
“How does that relate to Hunters?”
“The ‘eternal Sleep’ is extensively believed to be deeply related to magic electricity.”
There were the ones folks that, by using nature, couldn’t undergo magic power all that well. one of the abnormalities displayed by using these humans after being exposed to surrounding magic strength for a long term became this boundless sleep disorder.
“Wait, isn’t magic electricity used to strength the lifestyles guide machines that deliver lifeforce to the patients?”
“that is real, but….”
just like how one ought to adequately use the electricity generated through the harmful material fuelling the nuclear response, the physician defined, magical devices and magics using magic electricity did no longer harm people.
“What you want to be cautious with are the Magic Crystals, Mana Stones, in addition to people owning magic strength.”
‘humans owning magic energy…..’
Yu Myung-Han right now recalled the sole woke up in his own family, Yu Jin-Ho. meanwhile, the health practitioner cautiously carried on.
“I’ve heard that your 2nd son is a Hunter, sir.”
when Yu Jin-Ho changed into noted, Yu Myung-Han’s face visibly hardened.
“So, the gist of it’s miles… you need me to by no means meet my personal son? Is that it?”
“If it’s in any respect viable, that is certainly my recomm…..”
“Don’t make me laugh!!”
Yu Myung-Han cut the medical doctor off and empathised his point.
“Don’t communicate of nonsense.”
and then, as if he become annoyed, he gestured the doctor to leave.
“Chairman….”
The health practitioner hesitated, no longer knowing what to do, but he quickly left the room as if he become being chased away after being glared at with the aid of Yu Myung-Han’s livid eyes.
He persisted to glare on the door the doctor used to get away with barely hid fury in his eyes.
‘Distance oneself from one’s son, simply because one fears the contamination getting worse? Is that some thing a father need to even say??’
certain, permit’s say that did appear.
What if Jin-Ho heard that news? What could that boy consider, then?
As a father, he couldn’t undergo to burden his son with some thing that heavy. as a minimum, that’s what Yu Myung-Han believed.
‘now not handiest that….’
With every passing day, human beings discovered an increasing number of realistic packages for magic power, and the wide variety of people innately owning magic power become steadily growing, as properly.
So, if you couldn’t resist magic energy when residing in a global like this, didn’t that already suggest you had been removed from the herbal choice?
Yu Myung-Han harrumphed unhappily.
‘I, Yu Myung-Han, have did not make the cut?’
this type of aspect may want to by no means manifest.
‘i will not post.’
even if all and sundry else ridiculed him and expected his failure, he usually managed to be successful so his detractors should take a very good have a look at him.
He became the very person who, after inheriting the Yujin production that barely cracked the pinnacle 30 in the country, grew to become it into the primary company in South Korea.
‘So, you think I’ll kneel in defeat over a stupid contamination like this?’
He wouldn’t give up.
Yu Myung-Han inwardly advised himself this time and again again.
***
earlier than leaving, Jin-Woo carefully opened the door to his sister’s room.
because it changed into nonetheless within the early hours, Jin-Ah remained blissfully caught in a shut eye so deep that she’d now not be any wiser if someone abducted her proper now.
suddenly, he felt worried.
‘There might be a jacka*s or two who’ll try and get closer to her whilst I’m away.’
Of path, there have to be no one silly enough to harm the little sister of a rank S Hunter, however well, it changed into tough to tell what was in a human’s heart once in a while.
as a minimum, he needed some form of a contingency plan.
‘Wait a minute. i can disguise my infantrymen interior shadows, proper?’
Jin-Woo recalled the time while he sent out his Shadow squaddies at the patrol of the district, in case that serial killer determined to reveal up again.
back then, infantrymen moved by way of hiding in the various sun shades determined within the surroundings. by using using that, he is probably able to protect his sister without everyone even noticing it.
Which turned into true, because he simply so befell to possess the suitable applicants for this position.
‘pop out.’
Jin-Woo known as out the ones monster infantrymen that had been guarding ‘Fangs’ once they had been still alive.
Shururu….
3 of the biggest, burliest excessive Orcs seemed simultaneously and ended up making the already-tiny room of his sister feel even greater claustrophobic.
however….
‘Huh? Why are there only 3?’
There really had been four guards, though?
Jin-Woo combed thru his reminiscences, best to spit out a soundless groan.
‘Ah.’
only now did he remember the fact that he ‘planted’ one of the guards in the ceiling of the boss room. And evidently, he forgot to extract that man’s shadow.
‘I guess I have to pay nearer attention subsequent time.’
Jin-Woo smirked softly, before transferring his gaze over to the 3 monster squaddies, who used to be excessive Orc guards while nonetheless alive. all of them were elite grade.
They were on any other scale altogether whilst as compared to the shadows extracted from the ‘ordinary’ excessive Orcs. With those 3, they could nevertheless be first-rate even though their opponent was a rank A Hunter.
He wasn’t exaggerating here – the leader of the Hunters’ raid group, the rank A Sohn Ki-Hoon, became pushed to a nook even as fighting off 3 ordinary high Orcs, in any case.
So, there was no purpose to worry about these guys.
Jin-Woo pointed along with his chin in the direction of the snoozing Jin-Ah. And when that came about…
Shururu….
The guards lower back to ‘shadow’ forms and moved alongside the ground, and that they assimilated into her shadow.
‘excellent.’
conceal in there quietly, and whilst Jin-Ah finds herself in chance, dispose of the opponent, no matter who it is.
Jin-Woo gave that order to the guards and thoroughly closed shut the door to her room.
‘i can loosen up a touch now.’
indeed, he felt less involved.
He made positive to lock the the front door nicely and exited from the rental, and found Yu Jin-Ho awaiting him there, simply as promised.
“Hyung-nim!”
Yu Jin-Ho greeted Jin-Woo with a vibrant face.
“become it k snoozing in that region?”
“yes, it changed into quality, hyung-nim. I had no concept, however inns nowadays appear to function pretty true amenities.”
for the reason that his little sister become staying at home, Jin-Woo had Yu Jin-Ho live in a local resort nearby. luckily, it must now not were too awful there.
“till we are able to find a few workplace space for my Guild, stay there in the mean time.”
“got it, hyung-nim.”
He have to’ve been enjoying himself, considering Yu Jin-Ho endured to snort.
Jin-Woo already heard the most of what happened from the child last night time. whilst paying attention to the story, he was hoping against hoping, however to assume, this child could display up here after genuinely rejecting the golden danger to come to be a Guild master…..
whilst he heard that, Jin-Woo become so dumbfounded that he simply had to ask, and that caused Yu Jin-Ho to answer whilst sounding like a victim.
[“You really came over just because I made an offer?!”]
[“But, hyung-nim, you said I should come!!”]
Even then, Jin-Woo couldn’t in reality kick to the curve a kid who gave up on a task equivalent to being a chairman of a company just to be subsequent to him.
“ok, properly, allow’s go.”
“sure, hyung-nim.”
Yu Jin-Ho climbed into the motive force’s seat of the van, and Jin-Woo settled down on the passenger’s. And the van containing two humans drove toward the Daesung Tower.
Yu Jin-Ho sneaked a look at Jin-Woo.
‘What business does he have in the Daesung Tower so early in the morning?’
He turned into curious, however he additionally concept that asking hyung-nim this and that could be quite insolent of him, so his lips didn’t want to component that without difficulty.
Screech.
by the point their van got here to a forestall in the front of the Daesung Tower, though, he managed to work up a few courage.
“via the way, hyung-nim. What approximately this Daesung Towe….”
“I’m off.”
“Eh?”
Yu Jin-Ho hurriedly became his head to the passenger aspect. however, the door was already wide open, and hyung-nim was nowhere to be visible.
Didn’t some thing just like this appear earlier than?
Yu Jin-Ho scratched the side of his head.
‘Hyung-nim can be so elusive on occasion, you realize.’
***
[You have entered Demon’s Castle dungeon.]
Jin-Woo cancelled his ‘Stealth’ talent.
‘I’ve ultimately returned.’
thinking that he had lower back to the region wherein he may want to reduce free with out fear, his heart commenced pounding tougher.
As quickly as he walked past the castle’s gates, the mechanical bleep went off as if it become looking forward to his arrival.
Tti-ring.
[A new quest is available.]
unlike the first time he came, Jin-Woo wasn’t amazed.
nicely, the hunt he got the primary time was known as ‘collect the Souls of Demons! (1)’, in any case. He anticipated the subsequent part of the search to expose up ultimately.
Jin-Woo opened the message window.
Tti-ring.
[Normal Quest: Collect the Souls of Demons! (2)]
The sovereign of the demons, ‘Baran’, may be observed dwelling on the top ground of the Demon’s citadel. Defeat Baran and acquire his soul.
in case you succeed in sealing the soul of the Demon King, you may be rewarded handsomely.
Quest technology conditions:
– finishing touch of ‘regular Quest: acquire the Souls of Demons! (1)’
– Re-entering the Demon’s fort
Quest finishing touch condition:
– Slay the Demon King
Rewards:
1. One maximum grade Rune Stone
2. Bonus Stat factors +30
3. Unknown reward
‘The aim of this quest is to kill the Demon King?’
Jin-Woo’s expression brightened. He now not had to go all over the vicinity now. as a substitute, he just needed to climb up to the pinnacle ground of the Demon’s fort as soon as viable.
And the rewards on offer have been exceptional as properly.
’30 bonus Stat factors!’
The previous quest changed into pretty a whole lot slave labour, asking him to collect ten thousand demon souls. And in spite of everything that tough work, he ‘only’ obtained 20 bonus Stat points.
however, he ought to earn 30 points this time with the aid of killing one Demon King. He’d want ten days of every day Quests, or six degree-ups, to match that amount of Stat factors. a smile instinctively broke out of his lips at this all at once rich reward.
‘good enough so, what is this highest grade Rune Stone all about?’
Jin-Woo confirmed the details of the primary praise subsequent.
Tti-ring.
[Highest grade Rune Stone: Shadow Exchange]
by means of breaking this highest grade Rune Stone, you may examine a category-precise skill.
‘i will analyze a class-specific talent?’
Jin-Woo’s brows shot up.
up to now, he had ‘earned’ 3 class-specific competencies.
The ‘Shadow Extraction’.
The ‘Shadow storage’.
And ultimately, ‘Sovereign’s Territory’.
each unmarried one in every of them turned into an fundamental skill. And, simply from the mere idea of including one extra talent to his roster, his heart palpitated even harder.
‘What kind of skill is that this?’
He wanted to confirm the facts on the ability, however the simplest thing that popped up become its call, and no in-intensity rationalization was offered.
‘Tsk.’
Jin-Woo should only smack his lips wryly.
‘well, I’ll discover sooner or later after completing the quest.’
a category-particular talent, and 30 bonus Stat points, too. even if excluding the unknown reward, it was already a incredible amount of loot on provide. He became sincerely tempted to simply rush up to the pinnacle ground in a single go, but…
‘before I begin anything, though…’
Jin-Woo summoned his fame Window for the primary time in a while.
Tti-ring.
[Name: Seong Jin-Woo]
[Level: 80]
[Title: The One Who Overcame the Adversity (extra 1)]
[HP: 24,406]
[MP: 5,019]
[Tiredness: 0]
[Stats]
strength: 186
endurance: 145
Agility: a hundred seventy five
Intelligence: 189
notion: 126
(final points to be had to distribute: 0)
discount in bodily damage: forty six%
[Skills]
Passive talents:
– (Unknown) Lv. Max
– Tenacity Lv. 1
– excessive-Grade Dagger technique Lv. 2
energetic skills:
– sprint Lv. Max
– crucial factors Targetting Lv. Max
– Intimidation Lv. 1
– Dagger Throw Lv. 2
– Stealth Lv. 2
– Ruler’s attain Lv. 2
[Class-specific Skills]
energetic capabilities:
– Shadow Extraction Lv. 1
– Shadow storage Lv. 1
– Sovereign’s Territory Lv. 1
[Crafting Skill]
Consumable: Divine Water of existence (2/3)
[Equipped Items]
– purple Knight’s Helm (S)
– Demon Sovereign’s Earring (S)
– Demon Sovereign’s Necklace (S)
– superior Knight’s Breastplate (B)
– superior Knight’s Gauntlets (B)
– advanced Mage’s Ring (B)
– Intermediate murderer’s shoes (C)
His degree became already 80. And thanks to him making an investment each single bonus Stat point on Intelligence, he may want to see that it exceeded his electricity Stat now.
‘My Intelligence Stat is nearing the 200 mark already.’
The end result of that became his total MP now went past 5000.
His MP, or Mana, become a must for one component. It was like a cheat device that allowed him to infinitely revive his soldiers. but, whilst he thought approximately the wide variety of his soldiers increasing in the destiny, that 5000 MP appeared alternatively inadequate to his eyes.
‘excellent. allow’s get began.’
Even a 2d couldn’t be wasted right here.
Jin-Woo closed his popularity home windows.
currently, he changed into standing at the floor ground of the Demon’s citadel. Getting back to the 76th floor, in which he quickly needed to forestall his conquest, wouldn’t take long at all.
So, he at once made his way over to the floor-transfer magic circle.
[Floors 1 to 76 have been opened.]
[Which floor would you like to go to?]
Jin-Woo spoke with out hesitation.
“76.”
The light gleamed brightly. within the moment it took to blink an eye, his environment had changed completely. He became now faced with a vigorously-burning metropolis.
while in the floor-transfer magic circle, he wasn’t supposed to be stricken by the environments out of doors, but it still felt like his pores and skin turned into burning up already.
Jin-Woo placed the bags down and pulled artefacts out. First one become a black robe named the ‘Wind gown’ via its maker, and the alternative one become a anonymous ring with water-kind magic imbued inside.
Jin-Woo put on both the gown and the ring.
After putting on the robe and pulling at the hood, Jin-Woo ultimately felt like he become a true Mage-type Hunter now.
‘….i can experience my frame cooling down.’
just by means of wearing them, it felt like he become standing inside a refreshingly cool cavern or a few such.
‘i ponder, will this paintings towards the flames of the Demon’s fort?’
Jin-Woo slowly stepped outdoor of the magic circle. And happily, those artefacts proved their pricey really worth. The debilitating warmth couldn’t affect him in any respect now, pretty in contrast to the closing time he turned into here.
‘Wait, won’t it be uncomfortable to transport around because it’s a gown?’
He couldn’t make certain, so he moved this way and that, however it proved to be fantastically comfy. As befitting its name, ‘Wind robe’, the whole lot felt as light as air.
‘satisfactory.’
With that, his preparations had been whole.
but, it regarded that he wasn’t the most effective person who had finished his arrangements, because demons had picked up on his scent, and had fashioned a big group to hurry closer to his role.
If it was in the beyond, he’d likely fight them off on the way to loosen his muscle tissue or seek via every nook and cranny of every floor to increase his degree.
‘but, right now….’
Now that his mom’s treatment depended on this dungeon being cleared, he couldn’t find the money for to waste a unmarried second right here. rather than summoning out his daggers like the usual, he as a substitute called out his infantrymen first.
Shururu….
His trusty Shadow soldiers revealed themselves.
‘wherein is Fangs?’
Jin-Woo looked for Fangs amidst his soldiers. It appeared that the better the soldier’s grade, the nearer he’d seem, because Fangs have been summoned right at the back of Jin-Woo.
He took out the ‘Bead of Avarice’ from his stock and located it on pinnacle of Fangs’ palm.
“you operate this from now on.”
even though Jin-Woo become purported to be a Mage-type as nicely, the amplification effect of the ‘Bead of Avarice’ didn’t work on him. however, he concept it’d show to be pretty helpful to a sorcerer like Fangs.
‘…….’
as if to explicit his gratitude, Fangs deeply bowed his head.
Thump, thump, thump!!!
in the end, Jin-Woo should see the huge bodies of the demons getting closer.
‘okay, time to get commenced.’
After ordering his infantrymen to get geared up for conflict, Jin-Woo grasped each ‘Baruka’s Dagger’ and ‘Knight Killer’ in his palms.
soon, demons rushed ahead like a horde of insects in front of his nose. however, his very own numbers weren’t that missing, either.
With a more comfortable expression on his face in comparison to his previous sojourn in this area, Jin-Woo bid his time and then, loudly shouted out.
“go….!”
No, surely, he changed into planning to shout, ‘go, now!’
however, even before he could finish his words….
Kuuuuuoooooooohhh—!!
From somewhere high up above his head, a stupendously thick scary pillar of flames fell in a diagonal line and swept every unmarried enemy away.
“W-what the f*ck?!”
Kuuuuuoooohhh!!
the moment that frightening pillar of flames swept by using, the whole lot had melted down, whether or not that be demons or the floor itself.
“Kiiiieeehhckk!!”
“Kiieeck!!”
Demons were incinerated in an on the spot, and familiar mechanical beeps rang one after the opposite in his ears.
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
‘No manner…..’
Jin-Woo attempted to calm his trembling heart and took a glance behind him. And he spotted Fangs status there, now twice the dimensions of what his residing counterpart grew to back within the dungeon, busy respiration out gray smoke from his mouth.
Gulp.
Jin-Woo swallowed down dry saliva.
‘is this the true would possibly of the ‘Bead of Avarice’??’
because those monsters lived in the Demon’s castle, all of them need to’ve had a few amount of innate resistance towards flame-primarily based assaults, but they have been all burned away into oblivion, similar to that.
“Huh, huhuhuh….”
as soon as he discovered what was taking place, a snigger broke out of his lips all by means of itself.
‘Wait, maybe I’ll get to clear this location lots quicker than I concept?’
Jin-Woo stared on the nonetheless-burning stays of the demons as well as on the scorched-black earth and screamed out in joy inwardly.