Summary :
Solo Leveling Manga Chapter 85 titled “The Return” opens with Sung Jinwoo and Go Gun-Hee returning to the Hunter Association after their successful raid on the double dungeon. They are greeted by a group of reporters eager to hear about their experiences.
Jinwoo tells the reporters that the new monsters in the double dungeon were powerful and dangerous, but that he and Gun-Hee were able to defeat them with the help of the other hunters on the team. He also tells reporters that he is confident that he and the other hunters will be able to defeat any new threats that may emerge.
After the conversation, Jinwoo and Gun-Hee meet with Hunter Association President Choi Jong-In. Jong-In tells Jinwoo that he is amazed at his achievements and that he is now considered one of the strongest hunters in the world.
Jong-In also tells Jinwoo that he has been invited to join a special team of hunters that is being assembled to deal with the new monsters that threaten the world. Jinwoo accepts the invitation and begins training with the other team members.
Sung Jinwoo and Go Gun-Hee return to the Hunter Association after successfully raiding the double dungeon. They are greeted by a group of reporters eager to hear about their experiences.
Jinwoo tells the reporters that the new monsters in the double dungeon were powerful and dangerous, but that he and Gun-Hee were able to defeat them with the help of the other hunters on the team. He also tells reporters that he is confident that he and the other hunters will be able to defeat any new threats that may emerge.
After the conversation, Jinwoo and Gun-Hee meet with Hunter Association President Choi Jong-In. Jong-In tells Jinwoo that he is amazed at his achievements and that he is now considered one of the strongest hunters in the world.
Jong-In also tells Jinwoo that he has been invited to join a special team of hunters that is being assembled to deal with the new monsters that threaten the world. Jinwoo accepts the invitation and begins training with the other team members.
Solo Leveling Manga Chapter 85 is a satisfying chapter that shows how Sung Jinwoo grew up as a hunter. He is now considered one of the most powerful hunters in the world and is ready to face any new threats that may arise.
The chapter also does a good job of setting up the next arc, as it’s clear that Jinwoo and the other members of the special team will be facing powerful new monsters in the near future.
Overall, Solo Leveling Manga Chapter 85 is a great chapter that fans of the series will definitely enjoy.
A rank E Hunter desired to enter an uncleared rank A dungeon!
natural pandemonium broke out.
“upper-rank monsters are waiting with bated breath internal, yet you wanna cross in??”
“Mister Seong, what do you think you’re doing?!”
“you still have an entire existence in advance of you, so why are you risking it all in favour of a measly few extra dollars?!”
The participants of the mining crew surrounded Jin-Woo right away. at the same time, Foreman Bae hurriedly defined it to Sohn Ki-Hoon.
“Aigoo. That friend handiest started out this activity the day prior to this so he in all likelihood raised his hand now not knowing something.”
“What’s his rank?”
“that is….”
Foreman Bae sneaked a glance closer to Jin-Woo after which, spoke in a hushed voice.
“It’s E. regardless of what else, his rank is just too low, so how approximately going with someone else? It’ll be far too risky to take that buddy at the side of you.”
Sohn Ki-Hoon’s expression have become grave right away.
‘That man is best a rank E….??’
the man who locked gazes with him most effective a second ago – for sure, he couldn’t experience any exquisite fluctuation of magic energy coming from that man.
however, how must he put this?
A sure air of mystery permeated from that guy that… couldn’t be defined in simple words, however on the identical time, it also felt sharp and utterly beneath manage.
‘He’s actually no longer a rank E.’
irrespective of how difficult Sohn Ki-Hoon regarded, that man become definitely not the bottom-ranked Hunter he claimed to be. Of course, Foreman Bae had no motive to lie right here however, from Sohn Ki-Hoon’s angle, his own evaluation needed to be accurate.
‘besides all that. The rank of a porter isn’t all that important, is it?’
indeed, a porter simplest needed to deliver baggage around nicely.
If the bags service positioned on the very again of the raid team determined himself in risk, then one ought to have a look at that raid as a complete failure. In a case like that, now not even a rank A may want to assure his survival, so would it genuinely count number if the porter’s rank became a C or an E?
They’d die regardless, anyway.
when Sohn Ki-Hoon’s notion system reached that factor, he started regretting the reality that he actually wasted time disturbing about it. The raid hadn’t even began, but they had wasted a ways an excessive amount of time already.
Sohn Ki-Hoon stared at Jin-Woo and spoke.
“Nope. I’m taking him.”
***
“Isn’t it heavy?”
Sohn Ki-Hoon requested a query, and Jin-Woo genuinely shook his head.
“No, it’s pleasant.”
The large bag being carried on Jin-Woo’s again turned into filled to the brim with more sets of apparel, guns, and defensive device, and so forth., for the raid team. Its quantity changed into pretty enormous, however actually speakme, he didn’t find it heavy at all. All thanks to his strength Stat, of route.
‘Doesn’t appear to be he’s straining himself.’
After reading Jin-Woo’s expression for a piece, Sohn Ki-Hoon grew to become closer to the Gate. Jin-Woo also shifted his gaze towards it.
A giant Gate, as massive as the one from the day gone by, silently floated inside the air.
‘Wait. maybe this one’s a bit bit larger?’
Even then, the detected quantity of magic power became supposedly much less than the day gone by’s Gate. The raid issue was judged by using the emitted magic electricity and now not the scale of the Gate; that became in all likelihood the main cause why the B team turned into tasked with clearing this particular dungeon.
‘For real… the leaking magic energy is incomparably smaller than the day before today.’
Jin-Woo should tell through standing in the front of the Gate. The end result of the affiliation’s dimension didn’t seem to be incorrect.
however then, what became this?
much like back while he was status before the red Gate, a sure creeping experience of ill omen became dawning on him.
‘….i hope it’s not anything.’
meanwhile, Sohn Ki-Hoon gave out his order.
“permit’s pass internal.”
The raid crew waiting in front of the Gate started out shifting over again with that order. Hunters entered the dungeon one after the other.
“….”
Jin-Woo stopped observing the Gate and observed them in.
[You have entered a dungeon.]
The interior of the dungeon changed into as an alternative undeniable.
Jin-Woo had been traumatic after picking up on that unusual feeling, but he allow off a sigh of comfort after seeing the passage that became enormously smaller than the day prior to this’s dungeon.
‘Whew.’
fortunately, he wasn’t forcibly transported to any other global.
The factor turned into, even though, the participants of this team have been plenty precise enough to clean a crimson Gate, have been they to step into one.
eleven rank As, and six rank Bs.
If it weren’t the Hunters Guild but anyone else, those guys wouldn’t were assigned to a B team at all.
Jin-Woo smirked softly.
‘I’m now not here as a part of the raid team anyway. let’s not sweat over stuff like this.’
the day before today and nowadays….
If he had been being sincere, he most effective got here here to have a laugh. And as twist of fate might have it, he was now blessed with more matters to spectate on these days.
there has been no want to stay sharp and alert all of the time.
while he idea like that, he felt as if weight become lifted off his shoulders.
“You don’t have to be that nervous, you understand.”
A girl Hunter, a Healer, engaged him in communique from his facet.
became her age around the overdue Nineteen Twenties or so?
due to the fact his expression turned into stiff, it appeared that she just wanted to assist alleviate some of his anxiety.
“you notice, every unmarried member gift here, now not just Ki-Hoon oppa, oops, I imply, the leader of the team, is a prominent Hunter. except me, that is.”
The healer female smiled refreshingly.
From the phrase move, Jin-Woo wasn’t scared, but after seeing the woman Hunter’s wholly relaxed face, he felt like a deflated balloon.
Jin-Woo grinned too, and nodded his head.
“Ah. ok.”
The Healer shaped a content material expression, clearly satisfied through her efforts.
on the same time, the leader showed that there were no monsters near the entrance and gave the sign to improve.
“allow’s circulate.”
both Jin-Woo and the Healer matched the walking tempo of the raid team and slowly superior ahead. they’d to watch the surroundings while moving, so certainly, their price of development turned into as an alternative sluggish.
“should I assist you carry some, if it’s too heavy?”
The Healer glanced at Jin-Woo’s luggage and requested him. Jin-Woo wordlessly pushed forward a massive bottle of water in his left hand to her.
“Kyachk?!”
The Healer tottered dangerously on her feet seeking to raise that, so he speedy took the bottle returned. The raid group got here to an abrupt forestall and glared on the Healer.
“I’m so sorry. Sorry.”
The Healer endured to bow her head here and there, presenting an embarrassed apology. After that, he didn’t get to hear her asking him if he wanted help once more. Her sharp glares had been just an added bonus, certainly.
Jin-Woo had to swallow his cackles as he persevered to walk forward, pretending to be oblivious.
It sure felt like it’d been a long time on the grounds that he ought to chuckle like this internal a dungeon.
‘nicely, getting distracted even only for a 2d might potentially get me in a number of trouble, after all.’
especially lately…..
simply remembering returned to the problem of the ‘Demon’s fortress’ and its top floors made him shudder in his boots.
however, today was different. taking part in a raid as an interloper like this on occasion didn’t sound like the sort of awful concept to him.
It turned into then.
Jin-Woo’s steps came to a halt.
A beat later, the Hunters of the raid group also sensed the trade inside the environment.
“they are coming!”
Even before Sohn Ki-Hoon completed giving his order, the Hunters of the raid crew got into their war formation. It befell literally in the blink of a watch. Jin-Woo became inwardly impressed through that.
‘So, this is how the high-ranked Hunters raid….’
They were simply a international aside in comparison to the ragtag raid groups he turned into used to till now. Heck, natural and vibrant lighting fixtures were already emanating from the palms of the naive-looking female Healer.
‘looks like I won’t even get a threat to step up right here.’
On one hand, Jin-Woo felt reassured, but at the equal time, he did feel a piece rueful as nicely.
anyways, monsters finally showed themselves.
Beasts? canines?
Sohn Ki-Hoon’s eyes narrowed to a slit.
Tadatadatadatada….
a set of monsters akin to hyenas changed into dashing towards the raid team. They have been as huge as a medium-sized car, too.
Sohn Ki-Hoon tilted his head slightly.
‘Dungeon Jackals?’
He have become positive of it when they got close enough. They have been indeed ‘Dungeon Jackals.’
Sohn Ki-Hoon had been status together with his guard covering his front, however then, he at ease a bit and didn’t even trouble to prompt his aggro-attracting ability.
after which, he surely used his protect to batter down the Dungeon Jackal aiming for his neck.
Whimper!!
“What’s this?”
“Aren’t they Dungeon Jackals?”
other group members, deeply nerve-racking until then, began tilting their heads and straightened their hunched stances. quickly, the quick dying throes of the Dungeon Jackals filled the cavern’s interior.
“Whimper?!”
“Kkheng!”
“Kkhekkheng!”
The Jackal monsters had been quickly taken care of.
Over a dozen Dungeon Jackals had been was corpses inside the blink of a watch. Hunters dusted their arms, nonetheless confused by using what occurred.
“What’s this?”
“I didn’t actually have sufficient time to solid a magic spell before it ended.”
“Why are we combating Dungeon Jackals inner a rank A dungeon?”
“Yeah, right. What’s taking place right here?”
“Wait, did the association idiots screw up once more?!”
Their voices were getting louder.
Now originally, one of the fundamental guidelines in raiding was to never make loud noises inner a dungeon. but, the arrival of the Dungeon Jackals became an occasion surprising sufficient to make them neglect all approximately even a easy rule like that.
“Hmm….”
Sohn Ki-Hoon stared on the corpses of the Jackals and scratched the returned of his head.
‘however, why are the monsters from rank C dungeons appearing here?’
Sohn Ki-Hoon scanned his environment, looking really dumbfounded. all people else became forming similar facial expressions.
except one individual.
most effective Jin-Woo was looking at the useless Jackals with a grave expression on his face.
‘they’re no normal Jackals.’
Jin-Woo’s eyes narrowed. He should truly see that the fur across the Jackal’s neck have been flattened down with the aid of some thing until currently. It become clear proof of them being tied to something, someplace.
‘meaning, those that reared those monsters are some other place inside this dungeon….’
Monsters with intellect, in different phrases.
Jin-Woo recalled the White Phantoms he met back within the crimson Gate.
It become now a nicely-hooked up fact that, regardless of what species it changed into, shrewd monsters had been quite tough to address.
‘somehow… my premonition might be right in any case.’
It changed into no longer a terrific omen, with the aid of any stretch of the imagination.
“What are you thinking about so severely like that?”
The lady Hunter peered at Jin-Woo as if to bore a hole in him, similar to how he were looking at the Jackals.
“Shh!”
Jin-Woo raised his index finger and blanketed his lips.
Step, step.
Step, step.
From the deeper elements of the cave, he may want to listen the matched footsteps getting nearer.
‘The real enemies are coming.’
Jin-Woo stood lower back up. different Hunters additionally belatedly realised some thing was wrong.
“Oh my god…”
“Get….. Get ready for conflict!”
Sohn Ki-Hoon forcibly squeezed his voice out.
finally, the real enemies found out themselves from the darkness of the cave at the some distance facet. The eyes of the Hunters grew extensive from shock.
“excessive Orcs?!”
“What the hell? Why high Orcs?”
Many nicely-trained excessive Orc warriors now stood in rows earlier than the Hunters’ eyes. Their variety turned into twenty-two.
not just any excessive Orcs, but they had been twenty-two excessive Orc warriors, which supposed they could be very hard combatants to fight.
“some thing… some thing’s incorrect.”
a person muttered softly beneath his breath.
To assume, proper after the assault of the low-ranked monsters, they now needed to war these high-ranked monsters famed to be the hardest even some of the excessive ranks.
The excessive Orcs pointed their prolonged spears at the Hunters.
‘looks like the momentum of the Hunters and the high Orcs are about even.’
Jin-Woo quick retreated to a nook, so he should quietly take a look at the unfolding situation and discover the right time to leap forward.
however, the lady Hunter obviously didn’t proportion his idea process.
“You gotta preserve hiding there, k! You received’t get harm that way.”
That form of infuriated Jin-Woo only a wee bit. He closed his eyes close and took numerous deep breaths while running difficult to calm his boiling head.
quickly, the conflict began.
“Kroooaaar!!”
closer to the attacking high Orcs, Sohn Ki-Hoon activated his aggro skill. but, these Orcs didn’t simply fall for his provocation. and soon, high Orcs and melee-kind Hunters engaged in a bitter close-quarters warfare.
Swiiiish!!
graceful!
Crack!!
Blood splattered to everywhere and a scream reverberated out.
“Uwaaahk!!”
not too long after that, magic spells fired from the mage-type Hunters slammed into the high Orcs.
growth!! Kaboom!!
The heads of the excessive Orcs exploded once you have struck by the arrows of exceptional mild. sadly, there has been no comply with-up assault.
The results of magic spells had been excellent, but there was the wonderful downside of the prolonged casting time.
“Uwaaahk?!”
In a near-quarters struggle, excessive Orcs actually held the upper hand.
“Heal! Heal!!”
“H-hurry!”
The wounded appeared pretty quickly, and Healers were stored very busy.
“….H-Healer-nim!!”
The lady Healer become additionally saved very busy, going for walks right here and there non-prevent.
“I’m coming!! Coming!”
The girl Healer knelt down subsequent to a heavily-groaning Hunter with a lacking arm. She then fast started out chanting.
Wuoong….
after which, in conjunction with blinding mild, the lost arm slowly grew again.
That turned into the mild of regeneration only the Healers ranked A or above should perform.
just as she focused on the injuries of her affected person, a tall shadow all at once loomed over her. The girl Healer raised her head.
A high Orc, formerly assumed useless, was retaining an axe whilst respiration closely proper beside her.
“Ah…..”
The woman Healer’s face was drained of all shade, then. lamentably, there was no person who should shop her close by.
while the Orc raised its awl up excessive, the female Healer chose to hug her affected person and protect him, alternatively.
“Noooo!!”
however, she couldn’t feel any ache, irrespective of how long she waited.
every passing second felt like a minute or extra.
The female Healer sheepishly raised her head up. and she were given to witness a instead exquisite sight.
“Keu…. Kuehhck…..”
The Orc was honestly floating in the air, its entire frame trembling quite enormously.
“however, what…..?”
What become going on here?
The female Healer’s eyes opened even wider.
however then…
Snap!
the pinnacle of the high Orc changed into actually ripped off of its body, after which, even the part of its spine were given dragged out, as nicely.
Now that become a show of terrifying power.
Plop.
‘……..??’
while looking at the headless frame of the high Orc now at the floor, the woman Hunter shaped a very harassed expression.
“Uh….?!”
due to the fact, the separated head of the high Orc was nonetheless floating inside the air, that became why.
‘….Blood got splashed on my garments.’
Jin-Woo frowned deeply and threw the head of the excessive Orc.
Pow!
another high Orc become struck down as a substitute abruptly through the pinnacle of its comrade and collapsed to the ground. seeing that the victim’s neck turned into twisted around in a bizarre angle, it coming lower back to life didn’t seem very probable.
‘That makes it two.’
Jin-Woo shifted his gaze.
presently, he turned into in ‘Stealth’. both the excessive Orcs and the Hunters couldn’t experience his presence at all.
Jin-Woo were sitting back quietly, anticipating a right chance to step forward, because he feared being accused of interfering in other human beings’s raid. however then, he belatedly recalled that he had the ‘Stealth’ skill.
Wouldn’t he be capable of do some thing he wanted without strolling into issues with that ability?
The corners of Jin-Woo’s lips arched up.
‘ok, so must i am getting began for actual now?’
after which.
“Uwaaaah-!!”
simply in time, he noticed the leader of the raid crew, Sohn Ki-Hoon, engaged in a lifestyles-or-dying battle with three high Orcs.
Jin-Woo’s legs moved rapidly.