Solo Leveling: Ragnarok Chapter 131-135

Chapter 131

Flutter.

The blue smoke that fell from Thomas Andre created a pair of blue wings.

The appearance of the apostle of Itarim, revealed in such a perfect form, was truly bizarre.

A gray giant with blue wings, gross to be an angel and too holy to be a devil.

A ferocious twisted smile appeared on that huge face.

[It’s like an apostle who was given a higher rank than a mad tyrant!]

It was Ver who quickly evaluated the level of an apostle.

One day, Ber explained.

The ruler of this world and the fragments of brilliance were created by Itarim, who was called the ‘absolute one’.

If so, the monarchs and splinters of brilliance created with the same status were essentially the same as the ‘Apostle of Itarim’, with only a difference in their names.

However, as long as the Creator is different, there is bound to be a difference between the creations.

In fact, Seong Jin-woo, the greatest fragment of brilliance and the shadow lord, was a very different being from other monarchs and fragments of brilliance.

Likewise, the powers of Itarim’s apostles were different.

And above all, there was one clear difference between the apostles of this side and that side, and that was the ‘created number’.

The only beings that Itarim of this world created and gave a rank to were the eight monarchs born from the primordial light and primordial darkness and the eight fragments of brilliance.

Yes.

was only sixteen.

On the other hand, the Itarims of the Outer Universe created as few as tens to hundreds of times as many apostles and divided their powers and gave them ranks.

The apostles of Itarim, born in this way, were naturally weaker than the rulers and rulers of this world.

Even if it seems omniscient and omnipotent, its power is not infinite after all.

Just as the absolute creator of this world was removed by his creatures, all power had an end.

In short, it was this.

Itarim =

Fragment of Absolute Radiance = Lord > Apostle of the Outer

Universe In other words, the Fragment of Luminosity and Lords in this world were few in number, but each one was endowed with a great rank.

On the other hand, the apostles of Itarim in outer space were weak as they were numerous.

Especially among them, the apostles who hid behind this side were only low-ranking ones.

If stronger guys had left the battlefield, Seong Jin-woo would have noticed it first and blocked it in advance.

[…That’s why.]

At Ber’s words, Suho glared at the apostle of Itarim and nodded.

“okay. It’s worth a try.”

The odds were.

No matter how much that giant was an apostle one step higher than the mad blooded tyrant, the protection of the dead lords was with him now.

In addition, there were two S-class hunters by his side, including Thomas Andre and his mother, who had come to their senses.

But the problem wasn’t the combat.

Damn it!

Rurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

“The sky is falling!”

Shirka screamed as she watched the sky cracking like a spider’s web around the apostle of Itarim.

[The King of the Yeti, the Lord of the Cold, warns that the dimensional wall will collapse at this rate!] [

The Lord of the Fangs, the King of the Beasts, explains that they too borrowed the bodies of humans to strengthen themselves on Earth because of this very problem.] Damn it

Whoops!

[Little Lord! The Glacier Dungeon can’t stand the presence of the Itarim Apostle in its spiritual form and is about to collapse!]

Beings with great power like the Itarim Apostle needed a considerable amount of time to cross the dimension with full strength.

It was because the world itself might not be able to handle that power.

So, the chosen method is to steal the body of another being.

The reason why the rulers of the disappeared time zone borrowed their bodies from humans and strengthened themselves on Earth.

It was for this reason that the apostle of Itarim, who appeared in the demon realm, stole the body of the mad blooded tyrant.

at that time.

“I don’t know what you mean.”

chuck.

Thomas Andre, who had heard Ber’s words from the front, bent his legs with a grim expression.

“Anyway, you’re saying we can kill that b*stard as quickly as possible?”

bang!

Without hesitation, Thomas Andre jumped off the ground and rushed towards the blue-winged giant.

Shush!

In an instant, Thomas Andre, who rose to the top of the Itarim Apostle’s head, immediately raised both hands and struck hard.

bang!

The Apostle of Itarim raised his arm and easily blocked the attack.

snap!

“How dare you!”

Thomas immediately grabbed the arm in mid-air and smashed the body down with incredible force.

[…!]

Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!

The huge angel plummeted straight into the middle of the Echo Forest.

Thomas then landed on his head and punched him.

“You make me serve such an eerie god?!”

Quaang-!

I felt dirty.

To Thomas, who was an atheist, the feeling of sincerely worshiping an unknown god called Itarim, even for a moment, was so humiliating.

bang! bang! bang! bang!

Tremendous violence was unilaterally unleashed upon the apostle of Itarim.

but.

shit.

The apostle of Itarim, who had been lying down, suddenly showed Thomas a vicious smile, revealing his teeth.

and.

Aaaah-!

A beam of destruction like a dragon’s breath shot out from its mouth towards Thomas.

“…!”

Thomas instinctively crossed his arms to block the beam, but

Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!

The armor of magic that had been applied to his body quickly melted away.

that desperate moment.

[Uses ‘Skill: Storm Slash’.]

Kwaooooo!

A storm of blades spread from Suho, who ran at a short distance, hit the head of the apostle of Itarim directly, and the direction of the ray of destruction narrowly missed Thomas.

Quaang!

Thomas Andre bounced back, and at the same time Cha Hae-in jumped out and attacked.

In the meantime, Suho approached Thomas and fed him a potion.

“…yeah. Is that person your mother?”

“yes.”

“Your mother was an S-class hunter. But what is this potion?”

Thomas raised his eyes as his wounds healed.

In the meantime, Cha Hae-in came back to avoid the rays of destruction that were fired again and shouted at Thomas.

“Thomas! I can’t do it alone! When all is well, let’s pincer!”

“I will.”

The apostle of Itarim, who was incarnated in the form of his body, was much stronger than when he was wearing Thomas’ body.

In the aftermath, the dimension was collapsing, and I was wandering through the forest looking for a host to possess again.

Since he couldn’t target Thomas or Cha Hae-in, who ate the spring water in the Echo Forest, he was looking for a new host.

In the process, all the trees that had grown densely were trampled down and at the end, they finally found a place where numerous creatures gathered.

“Oh, no! There is our village over there!”

To Sirka’s bewilderment, Ver looked at Suho with a serious expression.

[Italim’s disciple’s bowl is not for anyone. Just like a weak vessel will break, those with weak power will lose their vitality the moment the Apostle of Itarim possesses them.] At that,

Suho remembered ‘Mist Burn’.

Although the scale is different, isn’t the principle of slowly burning to death unable to withstand the blue fog very similar?

“For now, go after him and recover.”

As Suho said those words and glanced at Sirka, Sirka immediately raised the spear of the ice tree forward and shouted.

“Hold tight! I’m going to fly in a blizzard!”

At that, everyone’s hands grabbed the spears of the ice tree.

At that moment, a great blizzard raged and sent them flying to the apostles of Itarim.

Whee ae ae ae ae-!

In the meantime, Cha Hae-in began to gather strength to use the skill Light Sword once again.

Just then, Suho saw the daggers that had been in her hands since earlier.

Those daggers were the weapons Cha Hae-in, who fell into this dimension empty-handed, received from the Ice Elves.

‘It’s too bad for an S-class hunter’s weapon.’

Suho immediately held out the horn of Volcan to her and said.

“Mother, I will use a bow, so with this sword…”

But after hearing Suho’s words, Ber’s eyes also began to see the weapon Cha Hae-in had been using so far.

Then, in great bewilderment, he opened his eyes wide.

[Kieek?! Haein! Why are you fighting with such rubbish! What about the necklace!]

“A necklace?”

When Cha Hae-in made a puzzled expression at those words, Ver put his head on his head with a sorry expression.

[Kehak! Come to think of it, the lord only received the necklace and never heard how to use it… Oops!]

“What are you talking about? How to use the necklace?”

Cha Hae-in was also embarrassed and looked down at his necklace.

This necklace was a 16th wedding anniversary gift from Sung Jin-woo. Thanks to the mysterious effect of this necklace, I have been able to understand the language of the ice elves.

‘But the function didn’t end there…’

Ver explained, pointing to Cha Hae-in’s necklace.

[This necklace is an artifact crafted by bearded dwarves, and the lord has carved a special rune for Cha Hae-in!]

“A special rune? what is that?”

[Come on, follow me!]

Ver’s eyes flashed and he opened his mouth clearly.

[Inventory.]

“…this inventory?”

It was the moment when Cha Hae-in stammered along with the words.

Flash!

“…!”

Suddenly, a translucent system window unfolded in front of her eyes.

Cha Hae-in’s eyes widened as he looked at the items inside.

“This is this?!”

It was.

As one of Itarim’s apostles, the Giants, invaded the Earth, Seong Jin-Woo had a hunch that the same situation could happen in the future.

So, in preparation for the unexpected, he made a necklace with various functions for his beloved wife Cha Hae-in.

Even if he is not by her side, Cha Hae-in can protect himself.

The first function of the necklace made for Cha Hae-in was to be able to communicate with other races.

The second was the subspace inventory function.

[Our soldiers also collected their own gifts for Cha Hae-in and put them inside. One of them is…]

Su-wook.

Just in time, a blue sword was pulled out of Cha Hae-in’s hand.

“…!”

At that moment, Suho’s eyes widened wide.

Item information popped up in front of me.

[Item: Demon King’s Longsword]

Difficulty to obtain: S

Type: Sword

ATK +350

This longsword contains the power of the demon king ‘Baran’. Every time the sword is swung, the ‘Storm of White Flame’ effect is activated.

Effect ‘Storm of White Flame’: Creates a storm of lightning in a certain area.

[Could this sword be used by the Demon King…?!]

Even if it wasn’t for the information window, Eshil recognized the identity of the sword at a glance. A scream erupted from Volkan’s horn.

However, Cha Hae-in also knew what this sword was.

“…This is Ygritte’s gift.”

The current Ygritte was using a better sword made by bearded dwarves, given to him by Seong Jin-woo.

In other words, it was a sword that Ygritte had no reason to use anymore.

but.

This sword had a special meaning because it was the first weapon that Ygritte was bestowed by Seong Jin-woo.

To Ygritte, it is a valuable item that cannot be exchanged for life.

A small smile formed on her lips because she was not Cha Hae-in, who did not know what it meant to hand it to others.

Pajik! Pajik!

“Ber.”

A blue electric current was reflected in Cha Hae-in’s eyes as if he was possessed by the blade of the ‘Devil King’s Longsword’, where blue lightning was swirling.

“If I meet Ygritte later…”

Quaang!

Just in time, the spear of the ice tree brought them to the very edge of the Apostle of Itarim.

“Would you like to thank me for the gift?”

Sararak.

From Cha Hae-in’s hand on the ground, the Devil King’s longsword came up in a semicircle.

That moment.

The atmosphere of the battlefield has changed.

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Squeak! Gurrrrrrr

A storm of white flames is gathering.

‘Thunderbolt…’

He looked up at the sky and saw dark clouds wailing in his eyes.

“Take care of your son.”

Cha Hae-in smiled and walked towards the center step by step.

“This mom is younger….”

Or should I say a past life?

I don’t know what the hell this feels like.

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen my son, and I want to show him how cool he is.

Pajik! Crackle!

A flurry of blue thunderbolts swept along Cha Haein’s blade.

Then Cha Hae-in moved.

Skill “Kenmu”

– Storm of White Flames

Wowahhhh

The flash of light from the tip of her sword splintered into hundreds of pieces.

And then it rained down and slammed down on the Apostle of Itarim.

Suho looked at the scene as if possessed.

I haven’t seen my mother in a long time… It was truly awe-inspiring.

‘Strong.’

Those were the only words I could think of to describe the scene in front of me.

Countless thunderbolts striking the Apostle of Itarim.

Zeng!

Gurgling!

Each lightning bolt slammed into its massive body, causing the forest to rumble with a heavy roar.

How dare you be a lowly creature!]

The Apostle of Itarim writhed in agony, waving his blue wings.

Kuwaaang!

It wasn’t just a flapping of wings.

A sudden gale tore the air apart and the spirits screamed.

The strong wind, which embraced a bitter chill, soon swept over the Chahae people like a tidal wave of giant ice spikes reminiscent of stakes.

Disasters.

It was the kind of calamity that no human being dared to face.

But.

Rumble!

[…!]

The Apostle of Itarim widened his eyes.

Cha Hae-in held aloft the demon king’s katana.

The lightning bolt that had split into hundreds of branches along the tip of the sword suddenly became a flash of light, shooting up into the sky.

And.

‘Cut.’

Skill “Sword of Light”

– Storm of White Flames

A massive bolt of lightning turned into a sword and struck in a straight line.

A dazzling flash of light sliced through the sky, engulfing the heavens and the earth, and then a huge tidal wave of ice swept down in front of it.

And the power doesn’t stop there.

Even the blue-winged giant was cut off.

* * *

“….”

There was a heavy silence in the frozen forest.

A blue-winged giant who was completely split in two by Cha Haein’s sword and died.

The enormous corpses were gradually dispersing and disappearing in a cold blizzard.

Annihilation, not death.

Because he was an apostle in a spiritual state, he had returned to nothingness at the time of his death, leaving no corpse behind.

Suddenly, Suho saw the system message in front of him.

[Killed the Apostle of Itarim.]

[Level up.]

‘I didn’t do anything this time…’

The role of the guardian itself in this battle was not great.

Since the contribution is small, it is natural that the experience points coming in are low.

Even so, I leveled up twice.

This was a testament to how strong the Apostle of Itarim had been.

But to kill such a guy in one fell swoop.

He couldn’t believe it, even though he had seen it with his own eyes.

Unlike himself, who inherited some of his father’s power and became stronger with the protection of other monarchs.

She had reached this point on her own.

“Is this the power of an S-class Hunter?”

Suho’s body, which had never missed a moment of his mother’s battle, was still filled with the thrill he felt at that moment.

Whoops.

‘Someday, too…’

Suho’s eyes lit up with determination as he clenched his trembling fists.

But it wasn’t just the guardian who felt such a strange feeling.

Thomas Andre had a puzzled expression on his face, his brow narrowed.

[Kiek?]

Ber narrowed his eyes at the changes in Thomas Andre’s body.

As the Apostle of Itarim vanished, some of the energy that flew through the air inhabited Thomas Andrew’s body.

And Suho noticed it, too.

“Did you level up like me?”

[It’s not a level-up, but rather a little bit of the power I’ve lost.]

“Lost power?”

[In the now-defunct timeline, Thomas Andrew was a “state power-level” hunter who transcended S-class.]

The Kamish Raid, which was the first S-class gate and the worst raid on earth.

The U.S. succeeded in the raid that nearly destroyed its country, and gave the five survivors equal status with the rest of the world as “living nations.”

That was the beginning of the title of “state power.”

But there was a secret to the strength of the first state powers.

They were vessels chosen and empowered by the rulers.

Simply put, one of them, Thomas Andre, was exceptionally stronger than the other S-class Hunters because of the power of the Dominator.

[Not now.]

Today’s Thomas Andre was just an ordinary S-class hunter, not a state power level.

To get back everything you had to lose in the fight.

Sung Jin Woo goes back in time through ‘Cup of Reincarnation’

He alone endured all suffering, erasing all traces of the monarchs and rulers from the world.

As a result, there are no Demons or Hunters in the new timeline.

Thomas André and other first state-powered hunters were no longer granted the power of the rulers.

But that’s just the emptiness of the vessel that was filled.

Thomas Andre’s vessel didn’t disappear.

This was the identity of the ’emptiness’ that Thomas André felt and lived with all his life.

[However, it seems that the energy of the Apostle of Itarim has flowed into the void, and since it is a vessel that could contain the power of the ruler, it must also contain the power of the Apostle of Itarim.]

Suho nodded, understanding the situation.

“Thomas Andre can accept the power that others have to throw away because they don’t have a vessel to accept. So your mother was also a state-level hunter?”

[Kiek?]

Hearing Suho’s words, Ver belatedly turned his gaze to Cha Hae-in, and his eyes widened.

Cha Hae-in’s body was permeated with the apostle of Itarim who fluttered in the air like Thomas.

“… What’s this energy?”

“Are you okay?”

“yes, I’m so fine.”

Ver fussed and checked on Cha Hae-in’s physical condition, but Cha Hae-in seemed to be fine.

Originally, they were the first state-power-level hunters to be chosen because they possessed a vessel that could hold the power of the ruler.

Unlike them, if an ordinary human took the power of a higher being into his body, his body would not be able to withstand it and would perish.

However, to his surprise, Cha Hae-in was still intact and received the apostle energy of Itarim in his body.

I couldn’t figure out how this was possible.

That was then.

[The King of the Yetis, the Lord of the Frost, clicks his tongue as if it is natural.]

“Do you know anything about Szilard?”

The guardian’s question came from the Lord of Frost.

[The King of the Yeti says that this is because the Lord of the Frost has already come out of her body, just as the other humans have the power of the rulers.]

Suho asked, startled.

“What? That someone similar to the rulers was in my mother’s body? Who’s that?”

[Oh.]

“Oh.”

“…?”

At Suho’s words, Ver and Cha Haein turned their heads at the same time to look at Suho.

Then they looked at each other again and nodded in agreement.

“Huh?”

The two of them looked puzzled for a moment.

Then, suddenly, he realized something and pointed to himself.

“Could it be me?”

Ver nodded in assurance.

[The Little Lord is the son of the Great Shadow Lord, and it seems only natural that Cha Hae-in, who had such a great being in his belly, had a large vessel.]

Cha Haein nodded at that.

She is probably the one who knows better than anyone that her son is unusual.

“He was exceptional, though. He was kicking in the stomach so much that I thought I was going to give birth to some kind of dinosaur.”

Cha Hae-in smiled mischievously but looked at Suho with a warm gaze.

“He’s my son, too.”

* * *

After some time.

When the Apostle of Itarim’s enormous body was completely annihilated, the glacier dungeon that seemed to collapse at any moment fell silent like a lie.

The entire plane was already almost in rags, but the wounds were healing at a noticeable rate.

But there was still something unsettling.

Although Sirkha had been recognized as the next monarch, he still lacked a vessel.

[The King of the Yetis, the Lord of the Frost, snaps his tongue that it is not enough for Sirka to embrace the primordial darkness.]

The primordial darkness was the primordial force that created the monarchs of the now-dead gods.

He needed a vessel to inherit that power.

“Are you a bowl again? Everywhere you go, you have to have a big bowl.”

“Do you need a big bowl? I’ll go to the crockery store and buy a bowl for you!”

“….”

Liao Xing, who had come to the side, proudly took out his corporate card.

… Looking at that, I thought I knew why I hadn’t been promoted by the guild until now.

Unlike the seemingly idle Rio Singh, the Scavenger Hunters were busy at the behest of Thomas Andre.

He had come to attack the dungeon, but he couldn’t go home empty-handed.

However, they were not in the mood to hunt the ice elves in the village of Sirkka, so all they could do was pump water from the Echo Forest.

“Don’t spill a drop! It’s a very effective detox potion!”

“Yes boss!”

After all, the spring water in the Echo Forest was groundwater, so no matter how much it was pumped, it would not decrease.

This would go back to the Scavenger Guild’s profits, so they were excited that their hard work would be worth it.

In addition, Sirka found the gate where the ice elementals had crossed over to Earth in the Echo Forest, giving them an exit back to Earth.

For the Hunters who were injured there, it was a perfect ending with no injuries thanks to Suho’s potion feeding them.

“It’s just as Grandma prophesied.”

Thomas Andre nodded, remembering Norma Selner’s prophecy to take the Holy Guardian to the glacier dungeon at all costs.

Thomas Andre, who had been pampering his men with a satisfied expression, approached Suho and said,

“I’m going to take this spring water and go and feed the people who were at the level of state power.”

“Oh, that’s a good idea.”

Suho nodded in agreement.

This time, those who had embraced the power of the rulers, like Thomas Andrew, were equally likely to be targeted by the Apostle of Itarim.

On top of that, they’ll be S-class Hunters this time around, and if they side with the Itarim, they’ll be a significant threat.

If Thomas Andrew had visited them and force-fed them with spring water, such a danger could have been prevented.

There was only one concern.

“Oh, but just in case, there are people out there who are already possessed by them, so be prepared… Huh?”

Suho, who had been talking to Thomas Andrew, suddenly realized something and looked at his face with wide eyes.

“Why are you so bunny-eyed?”

“Thomas, you can’t….”

Protecting Guard’s expression made Thomas grin and bared his teeth.

“Yes, I remembered. Everything.”

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Thomas Andre, whose memories of his previous life returned as he accepted the godhead of the outer universe, was confused in his mind.

another self.

Memories that shouldn’t exist were mixed with current memories, making my head feel like it was messed up.

He did not know why he had to live a new life, but he had already experienced situations in which it would not be strange no matter what happened, so he did not have much doubt about it.

More than that…

‘Damn it! shit!’

Amid all the chaos.

This was the final emotion left to Thomas.

chagrin.

‘It’s really unfair, I’m going crazy!’

He realized the reality of the nightmare that had plagued him for years.

The reality of that nightmare was the memory that he burst into dust while fighting with ‘Sung Jin-woo’.

‘Why can’t I just remember that damn memory…!’

This was the most unfortunate.

But, in a way, this was normal.

Thomas Andre, who was called America’s strongest hunter.

Of course, being beaten so unilaterally by someone else was the first time in my life.

The psychological shock he felt at that time was indescribable.

The more you don’t want to recall, the clearer the memory.

Wasn’t Min Byeong-gu like that too?

‘No, after that, we reconciled and got along well, right? We even fought together!’

But whatever the reason, it was unfair to be unfair.

If I had only a little more memory after that, I would not have suffered from nightmares.

But now, who are you going to tell this resentment to?

This was entirely up to Thomas Andre himself, and it was fortunate that he would no longer have nightmares.

In addition, since he realized why he felt weak, the homework that had been bothering him all his life disappeared overnight.

‘I guess that’s why grandma sent me here. After all, if you listen to Norma Selner carefully, rice cakes will come out even while you’re sleeping.’

The reason why I studied Korean hard enough to become fluent in Korean proverbs was also thanks to Norma Selner’s advice.

‘I also understand why the old woman told me to study Korean. Seong Su-ho was Seong Jin-woo’s son.’

After knowing the inside story, I saw Seong Soo-ho, and his face was the real Seong Jin-woo.

Even his age was exactly the same as when Seong Jin-Woo hit him.

…Remembering the nightmare, I was about to feel bad again.

“It’s bigger than that.”

Thomas Andre, who heard all about the situation facing the earth through Suho and Ber’s mouth, hardened his expression.

“The enemy has become stronger than then, but Seong Jin-woo is not on Earth? Isn’t this really ruining the earth this time?”

As someone who had already been caught up in a war between rulers and lords, he could say that.

“Their war is not a fight that mere humans can intervene in.”

[You understand the subject very well.]

Verga stood on Suho’s shoulder and nodded arrogantly at Thomas Andre’s words.

[On the level of human beings, you have to be at least at the national power level to be able to face the Itarim Apostle.

] Or at least…”

Thomas Andre’s gaze, which was sympathetic to Ber’s words, suddenly turned to Cha Hae-in, who was next to the Ice Elves.

“…Or at least an S-class hunter with powerful items.”

After witnessing Cha Hae-in’s fighting power with the long sword of the Demon King right in front of his eyes.

As soon as he returned to the guild, Thomas Andre’s mind began to pile up a pile of things to do.

“…I guess we should start developing weapons as soon as we go back.”

It’s only been 2 years since the cataclysm.

Things were very different now than in the past, when more than 10 years had passed since the opening of the Hunter era.

Human science and knowledge were more advanced than then, but hunter technology was far behind compared to the old days.

There may be many reasons, but the biggest reason among them is that there has been less research on ‘materials’.

Two years after the cataclysm, other studies were the same, but in particular, research on minerals mined in dungeons or dead bodies of demons was still at an early stage.

It would take at least five more years to reach a level comparable to the vanished time zone.

‘But I have knowledge of the future, no knowledge of the past. If you use those memories, you can develop many times faster.’

And that wasn’t all.

It would have been possible to achieve the development of hunters in many ways, such as not just the development of technology, but also various raid strategies and efficient training methods.

Recalling the memory of the vanished time zone, Thomas Andre felt as if he had reached the second round of his life.

“Even if you tell me how to increase the cohesion of mana, the development speed will be much faster… Hmm?”

While Thomas Andre was thinking this, the image of Leo Singh, who was passing by, suddenly came into view.

To be precise, the quality of the ‘sword’ in Rio Sing’s hand was unusual.

Thomas summoned Leo Sing and stopped him.

“What is that knife for you? Did you get an item from Seong Jin-woo or Suho?”

“…yes? Is this knife?”

Leo Sing raised his sword with a puzzled expression and replied in fluent English.

“I just bought this at Hunter Mall with money?”

“what? Did you just buy it with money?”

To this unexpected answer, Thomas Andre quickly grabbed Leo Sing’s knife and took a closer look.

But still.

“What is it? Why is the quality so good? At this level, it’s almost like the old days…”

Creepy.

Something is strange.

Thomas Andre felt strange and asked Leo Singh.

“Where the hell did you buy this sword? Even the US can’t handle dungeon ores with this level of precision yet?”

“India is also great compared to other countries, but it’s not quite there yet.”

“So where the hell…”

“Korea.”

“…!”

Thomas Andre’s eyes widened wide at those words.

On the other hand, Leo Singh felt good because he felt that his eyes were recognized by Thomas Andre.

And as soon as he saw this sword, he bought it right away and answered confidently, praising his speedy action.

“I bought it when I visited Blacksmith in Korea with Suho’s guidance.”

As soon as he received the approval of Thomas Andre, an S-class hunter, the next plan was immediately formed in Rio Singh’s mind.

‘If this is enough, I’ll have to buy a lot of weapons in Korea and send them to our guild. The guild leader will look good on me again if I airlift a quality weapon…’

However, Rio Singh’s promotion plan was irrelevant.

Thomas Andre said to Suho with a serious expression.

“Something is strange. It doesn’t make sense that this level of technology has already been developed in the second year. Apparently, there seems to be someone in Korea besides me who has memories of my previous life coming up!”

“Are you in Korea?”

At those words, Suho also hardened his expression.

The fact that the memory of the previous life came to mind without the Shadow Key meant that it was related to the apostle of Itarim.

“okay. He must have had memories from the very beginning, not recently.”

The matter was serious.

No matter how much knowledge you have, it took at least two years to commercialize this level of technology.

And that meant that at the same time as the cataclysm, the apostle of Itarim was working secretly in Korea.

But then.

“Are you Suho?”

Cha Hae-in, who was next to the ice elves, heard the conversation between the two and approached them.

“Maybe he… knows who your mother is?”

“yes? Someone your mother knows?”

“You know?! how?”

Suho and Thomas Andre, who were surprised by Cha Hae-in’s words, focused on her.

It was unbelievable.

Cha Hae-in was living trapped in this glacier dungeon even before the cataclysm, so how could he know about Korea?

However, Cha Hae-in responded to Suho with a strange smile as if their reaction, which had the same expression, was fun.

“hmm. Suho, how many times have you probably seen it when you were young?”

“Am I? Who are you?”

“Do you remember the boss at work who was close to Dad?”

“…Your father’s boss?”

Suho shows a bewildered reaction to those words.

He remembers his father’s job as a ‘police’.

And if it’s your father’s boss, he’s also a police officer

Cha Hae-in nodded as if he could do that at Suho’s reaction.

Like most sons, there were not many sons who lived by remembering every detail of their father’s boss at work.

However, to her husband Sung Jin-woo, ‘he’ was a boss at work with a little special meaning.

“How is that person doing now…”

It was Cha Hae-in who fell into thoughts while suddenly thinking of “him” face.

* * *

North Korea.

After the cataclysm, Korea was virtually unified.

However, the process was problematic.

A dungeon break began to appear in North Korea at the same time as the cataclysm.

Demons pouring out from there.

In the end, the North Korean government could not properly prevent the tremendous disaster that occurred as a result, and ended up destroying itself.

Were there no hunters?

It wasn’t.

Many North Koreans have awakened to this ability.

Perhaps, if North Korea were a normal country, it would have blocked the dungeon break and wiped out the beasts with its awakened people as the main axis, like other countries.

However, the moment when the awakened people of North Korea gained transcendental power.

revolted

The ideological dissatisfaction that had been suppressed so far, centering on those who suddenly had supernatural powers, began to burst out in various places.

In the end, all the Awakeners in North Korea became villains and eliminated all factors in the government.

At the same time as the cataclysm, all systems and systems in North Korea collapsed, and in fact, North Korea was ruined at that point.

Even the Awoken who had rebelled fought and fought against each other and scattered.

In the end, most of them died as they were individually defeated by demonic beasts that appeared from various places.

It was a natural ending because the Awakeners scattered in a place where even if they joined forces, it would not be enough.

Anyway, when that situation came to a head, the dungeon break that occurred in North Korea spread out of control in all directions.

The aftermath passed over to China, which was attached to the top, and Korea, which was attached to the bottom.

And that was the reason why the Korean Hunter Association came out to support North Korea.

It was because North Korea’s field-type dungeon continued to expand its territory, eventually causing damage to its own country.

“…after. It really never ends.”

The head of the Korean Hunter Association was leading the association’s hunters in the midst of sweeping North Korea’s demons.

This endless battle had been going on for several months already.

“The president of the association.”

Just then, a middle-aged Hunter approached the president of the association.

final person.

He is a magic hunter who uses flame as his main force, and was the first S-class hunter who was attracted to the association as soon as the association was established.

“Everybody is tired. How about taking a break at this point and starting again?”

“…so be it.”

At Choi Jong-in’s words, the president of the association smiled bitterly and took off the sunglasses he had been wearing throughout the battle.

Then, the beaky eyes resembling birds of prey were revealed in it.

The president of the association glared at North Korea, which had turned into a monster field, with ferocious eyes and wiped his sunglasses with a handkerchief, which had spattered the monster’s blood.

Then, when someone’s face suddenly came to mind, a low sigh escaped from his mouth.

“ha. Where the hell did you go at a time like this…”

The president of the Korean Hunter Association, ‘Woo Jin-cheol’, muttered, thinking of Sung Jin-woo.

“Wherever you are…please just return safely.”

Until then, I will finish all preparations.

Hunter Seong Jin-Woo.

Chapter 134

– Woo Jin-chul?

A newscaster once interviewed officials about a man named Woo Jin-cheol.

Then the officials would ask this first.

-Before and after the cataclysm, what are you asking?

And this answer was the same no matter who asked.

If you ask what kind of life Woo Jin-cheol has lived so far, it is because the answer is dramatically different before and after the cataclysm.

-Before the cataclysm, Woo Jin-cheol was originally a police chief. Maybe it was the central police station?

The Central Police Station was a very legendary place among the police.

For more than 20 years, it has been a police station with the highest criminal arrest rate in the country.

Of course, it wasn’t Woo Jin-cheol who created the legend.

At the time, there was a legendary detective called ‘Ghost’ in the Homicide Division of the Central Police Station.

The arrest rate is 200 percent.

In front of the ‘ghost’ who is said to catch not only the case he was assigned, but also the culprits of past cases that were left unsolved, any vicious criminal or gangster would become a mild-mannered sheep.

However, he was also an outlier who refused to be promoted despite achieving such a great feat.

Even the reason for the refusal was absurd.

to focus on the field.

To catch more criminals directly.

The name of the police officer who continued to remain as a homicide detective by saying this obvious but obvious thing was ‘Sung Jin-woo’.

He was a shadow lord who was now at war with Itarim in outer space.

And Woo Jin-cheol was his direct supervisor and closest colleague, who had been following him since he was a high school student and made him take the police exam.

And thanks to Seong Jin-woo passing his achievements to Woo Jin-cheol every time, Woo Jin-cheol somehow kept getting promoted at high speed alone.

Then, eventually, when he became the chief of police.

There were many people who were jealous of him behind his back and gossip about him.

-A person who was promoted by selling a colleague.

-Why do you take care of your subordinates’ performance?

– Didn’t Detective Seong Jin-woo catch some kind of weakness from Woo Jin-cheol?

However, the people who said such gossip in the back did not say such things again after one day having a private meeting with Seong Jin-woo.

However, other rumors circulated after that.

The real power of the Jungbu Police Station is Detective Seong Jin-woo.

Of course, it was like that from the beginning, so it wasn’t new.

In fact, it was because there were not one or two people who witnessed Woo Jin-cheol always treating Jin-woo Seong, who was his direct subordinate, with respect.

But since when did the extremely famous Central Police Station stop coming up and down in the mouths of the police?

Exactly that point was when Detective Seong Jin-woo suddenly started to be absent from work.

– Rumors abounded. That the ghost detective went missing, that he beat the police, that he went on an extended vacation… But what was the detective’s name?

But curiously, the ghost detective’s name was not known to the general public.

I don’t know if it was because he wanted it, but strangely, the name that was revealed to the media was always Woo Jin-cheol’s three letters.

However, the name Seong Jin-woo was so famous among his fellow police officers that his sudden absence caused a lot of rumors.

However, the chief of police, Woo Jin-cheol, simply treated Jin-woo Seong’s absence as a ‘leave of absence’ without any explanation.

As if I took it for granted that I would return someday.

And like that…

The name Seong Jin-Woo was quickly forgotten in the memories of his colleagues.

It had to be.

Because the vacancy left by Seong Jin-woo was too great.

In the meantime, all the detectives of the Central Police Station, who have been solving cases comfortably thanks to Sung Jin-woo, were busy running around to prevent incidents from happening here and there.

– And then, suddenly, a cataclysm happened.

The interview with the official started from now.

-And at the same time as the cataclysm, Mr. Woo Jin-cheol revealed his true face.

Coinciding with the cataclysm, no one believed the rumors that he had been promoted thanks to his subordinates.

-I don’t know, but Woo Jin-cheol is probably the first person to wake up in Korea?

It was.

The cataclysm of that turbulent period when gates and monsters suddenly appeared all over the earth.

‘Woo Jin-cheol’, who was the chief of police at the time, awakened his magic faster than anyone else.

But most of all, it was because of his actions after his awakening that people worshiped him as he is now.

Woo Jin-cheol has never been amazed or embarrassed that he has this ability like other awakened people.

Rather, like a fish in water, it naturally began to use its power as if it were originally there.

And although this fact was not known to people, he actually calmly closed his eyes at the same time as he woke up and measured his strength first.

“…A grade. It’s the same as before.”

At this time, the United States had yet to announce the Hunter rating according to the amount of horse power.

Even before the magic meter was developed, he was able to gauge his magic level from the start.

It was natural.

Because he was already a person who had already awakened all the memories of his previous life under the influence of Sung Jin-woo decades ago.

Until the cataclysm, those memories were useless to anyone, but when the earth suddenly became a hunter era like the old days, he literally became a hunter for the second time in his life.

And at the same time, Woo Jin-cheol realized the seriousness of the situation.

‘It’s a big deal. The earth has become like this again, but Hunter Seong Jin-woo isn’t there.’

Even before the cataclysm, he knew that Seong Jin-woo would often go somewhere to stop enemies from the other world.

At that time, she would assist him by giving him a leave of absence or a leave of absence.

But this time, Seong Jin-woo hadn’t come back for several years.

But he did not lose hope.

‘Sung Jin-Woo Hunter will definitely come back. Then until then I… let’s do what I can.’

It was from then.

Woo Jin-cheol started to move in earnest by using the memories of his previous life.

right after the cataclysm.

At that time, it was a time when the world was confused by countless incidents and accidents as not only witches but also awakened people appeared in the middle of the day.

Woo Jin-cheol, who was the chief of police at the time, established the ‘Hunter Association’ by mobilizing his power and all his personal connections.

And he himself became the first president of the association and started negotiations with government officials.

-Maybe our country has the fastest hunter association in the world?

– Thanks to that, the Hunter Act was revised very quickly.

In order for a new law to come into existence, it required numerous procedures and a period of time.

Woo Jin-cheol, president of the association, who was clearly aware of this, passed the most important laws step by step.

One of them was the ‘Villain Punishment Act’, which confuses society the most right after the cataclysm.

And with the law in front, he began to wipe out the villains who were swayed by power and caused accidents.

‘Even demon beasts are troublesome, but humans shouldn’t fight among themselves.’

Of course, even in this life, it was difficult to wipe out all the villains with the power of Woo Jin-cheol, who is only A-class.

but.

‘It’s enough to fill the lack of strength.’

He decided to recruit the S-class hunters in his memory as the first step to strengthen the power of the association.

Especially among them, the S-class Hunter who was nicknamed ‘the final weapon’.

‘Choi Jong-in’, who was the guild leader of Korea’s No. 1 guild, succeeded in becoming friends by feigning coincidence before awakening his magical power.

The moment he became an S-class Hunter again this time, he politely handed out his business card.

“Will you be my ally in defending the world for justice for this country.”

“…All right.”

From that day on, Choi Jong-in began to play an active role as an S-class hunter representing the Korean Hunter Association.

Thanks to Woo Jin-cheol’s performance, Korea, which was in chaos, was able to quickly regain stability.

The speed was so great that it was recognized worldwide, and Woo Jin-cheol, the president of the association, suddenly rose to stardom.

– National hero Woo Jin-cheol!

However, he was never shaken or fascinated by the interest and popularity pouring into Woo Jin-cheol.

Rather, the fact that he focused only on what he had to do as if it was nothing special made the people more like him.

It was natural.

Woo Jin-cheol is literally a second life car hunter.

In particular, since he was a careerist who succeeded Ko Kun-hee as the president of the association in his previous life,

he skillfully and skillfully rallied the hunters and maintained security, just like a person born to become the association president.

At this point, no one in the Republic of Korea denied that he was a national hero.

His strength was still only that of an A-class hunter, but even S-class hunters did not dare to present their business card in front of him. New n𝙤vel chapters are published on

-All the roads Jincheol Woo, the president of the association, has walked as a national civil servant hunter for the past two years are the history of the hunter world in Korea.

Finally, the official who responded to the interview request left these words and disappeared.

And after the interview, the newscaster nodded with a satisfied expression and made the next comment.

– This concludes the interview. The next news is about Jisan Prison. Jisan Prison is a concentration camp specializing in villains established by the Hunter Association two years ago

. thank god.”

Cha Hae-in, who came out of the glacier dungeon and checked the news on Korea through Internet news, sighed in relief.

If it was an association created by Woo Jin-cheol, Korea was safe.

I couldn’t imagine all the effort and hardships he had to prepare to fill the vacancy of Sung Jin-woo over the past two years.

Cha Hae-in, feeling somewhat heartbroken, gave advice to Suho.

“Woo Jin-cheol is an old friend who knows about your father. He said he is currently out of aid to North Korea, so please meet him as soon as you return and tell him about the situation. You will get a lot of help.”

“…then what about your mother?”

Sensing something strange in her mother’s words, Suho looked at her mother’s face with a hard expression.

“I can’t go with you.”

Surprisingly, Cha Hae-in was thinking of reentering the glacier dungeon he had escaped with difficulty.

Cha Hae-in said with a sad expression on the head of Kaisel, who had shrunk to the size of a parrot and sat quietly on his shoulder.

“Kaisel will soon perish at this rate. I can’t let it go like that.”

The flying dragon, Kaisel, has been a precious existence that has protected him for the past five years.

So, the place Cha Hae-in is trying to leave now is the deep place in the Echo Forest where the ‘gray snow’ was falling.

“Mysteriously, the more we went into that gray snowy place, the more Kaisel’s depleted energy was filled very little.”

[The reason is probably… because those gray eyes are actually dragon ashes.]

Cha Hae-in nodded at Ver’s words.

“that’s right. i think so too.”

Cha Hae-in still remembered the story Seong Jin-woo told him while looking at the white snow falling from the sky.

One of the most threatening enemies in Seong Jin-Woo’s life was Yong-Jae.

The day that the Dragon Emperor defeated all the many light dragons under his command.

The gray ashes of countless dragons that fell from the sky reminded me of the white snow falling from the sky.

“And beyond those gray eyes…”

[There will be a dimensional rift leading to the tombs of the light dragons.]

Chapter 135

Tomb of the Light Dragons.

It was the dimension where the Shadow Lord, Sung Jin-woo, the King of the Dead, and the Dragon Antares, the King of the Dragons, and the Lord of Doom, fought the final battle.

The strongest of the Eight Lords born from the Darkness of the Beginning.

The only monarch who overpowered the Shadow Lord.

Antares, King of the Light Dragons, Lord of Doom.

He was the embodiment of destruction, willing to destroy himself for the sake of a war wedged with blood, screams, madness, and destruction.

However, he was eventually defeated by Sung Jin-woo, and the Legion of Doom he led was absorbed into the Shadow Legion.

As a result, in what was once called the “World of the Dragons,” only the soulless and decaying corpses of the dragons were reduced to ashes.

And the vast amount of ash spread across the crevices of the plane.

Just in time, the ashes had flowed into the Echo Forest, where the dimensional rifts had been everywhere.

Thinking about it now, it was a miraculous coincidence that Cha Hae-in and the Wyvern Kaisel had entered the Rift of the Dimension among the many.

If he had entered a plane other than here, Caesel might have vanished without ever recovering his strength.

Curiously, however, Caesel’s strength began to build up from the moment he stepped into the grey ash-strewn space.

And the more of the gray snow fell, the deeper into the Echo Forest, the faster it recovered.

So what happens if you go directly to the source of those grey ashes, the Tomb of the Light Dragons?

He might be able to restore all of Caesel’s powers.

[I think so.]

Ver nodded in agreement.

That was then.

“If Chacha goes, I’ll follow!”

“Huh?”

Suddenly, Sirka interrupted the conversation, clinging to Cha Hae-in’s arm and glaring at him.

“I left him alone this time and I can’t live because I’m anxious. I’ll always be with you wherever I go.”

[The King of the Yetis, the Lord of the Frost, is willing to allow it.]

“No, wait. Don’t allow it to happen.”

Suddenly, even the Lord of Frost intervened, and Suho was taken aback.

I barely met my mother for the first time in a few years, but as soon as I met her, I ended up parting with her again.

Even the place where my mother is going now is a completely different dimension.

Passing through the dimensional rift that exists beyond the Echo Forest and entering the Tomb of the Light Dragons.

“I’m sure there’s a dungeon out there somewhere out there that is full of the ashes of the dragonkind. Once he gets inside, Caesel’s power will increase even faster.”

“I agree with that. But if that’s the case, I’ll go with you.”

“Nope. That’s not good.”

Cha Haein looked at Suho with a stern expression.

“You go back to Korea first. And you don’t know when or where the Apostle of Itarim will appear, like this time, and you must stop them instead of your father.”

“If that’s the case, then the Apostle of Itarim might come to the place where my mother wants to go, right?”

“And what about again?”

Suho’s words made Cha Haein’s eyes widen and a confident smile emerged.

As he did so, he spun the Demon King’s katana in his hand and stuck it firmly on the ground, asking Suho.

“Son, are you really worried about your mom now?”

Pajik! Pajik!

The guardian’s eyes saw the demon king’s katana flowing through the blue thunderbolt.

Come to think of it, my mother was an S-class hunter who had cut down the Apostle of Itarim with that sword.

Cha Hae-in smiled mischievously and playfully nagged Su-ho.

“Who’s worried about whom? You’re going back and leveling up first. Do you sleep at that level? Come back and check what level it is?”

“Ugh.”

Suho was genuinely frustrated.

My mother didn’t say this when I was playing games when I was younger…

Even Ver was nodding his head in agreement.

[Well, the little lord is stronger than an ant caterpillar these days, but I still can’t live because I’m too anxious to put it out.]

Suho finally sighed and decided to let go of his mother.

“Then I’ll just help you find the gate to the Tomb of the Dragons. That’s fine, isn’t it?”

Anyway, I had to stay here for a while and do something.

The so-called post-processing.

* * *

“Brother-in-law!”

Off the coast of Facade Island, AJINSOFT’s private plane has arrived.

As soon as Yoo Jin heard the news that Cha Hae-in had been found, he had crossed the Pacific Ocean in a month.

“Uhhh Brother-in-law, how hard you’ve been! I really worried about it… Uhhh

“It’s Ji Jinho. I’m fine, so stop that….”

Seeing Yoo Jin Ho squeezing tears and snot in front of Cha Hae In, Cha Hae In glanced behind him with an embarrassed expression.

Behind them, the secretaries accompanying Yoo Jin Ho were confused by Yoo Jin Ho’s completely different appearance.

But Yoo Jin-ho didn’t care.

“Whoa! Brother-in-law! I remember everything! I’m gone! No, well! Brother, brother-!”

“Ahh

“Whoops! Whoops!”

But no matter how hard he tried, Yu Jinho just dragged on for a long time.

Ever since the memories of his past life come to mind, when he thinks of Sung Jin Woo, who sacrificed himself alone without anyone noticing, his tear ducts can’t dry up.

However, it turned out that Cha Hae-in also had memories of that time, and he had even been alone in a strange dungeon!

If not at this time, then when will you cry?

“Hey….”

“No, Jinho, please… Think about your age. People see it.”

But guess what.

The person standing here today was no longer Yu Jin-ho, the Sangvis representative of AJIN Soft’s success story.

He had returned to Yoo Jin-ho, a spoiled man in his 20s who had been following Sung Jin-woo around a long time ago, smiling brightly.

Cha Hae-in, who knew how he felt, smiled as if he couldn’t stop it.

Then, suddenly.

Yoo Jin-ho’s puffy eyelids met Su-ho’s eyes as he stood next to Cha Hae-in.

“… Ahem. Anyway, I’m glad you’re safe, brother-in-law. You’ve been through a lot, Suho.”

“….”

I belatedly tried to save face in front of the guardian, but it was too late.

Suho just shook his head.

And to some extent, when Yoo Jin-ho’s tear ducts calmed down.

He dared to bring him to this faraway place.

“Anyway, uncle. Lend me some money.”

“Oh yes. Did you say you wanted to buy the exclusive rights to the Glacier Dungeon?”

“Yes, I’ll pay you back soon by selling the water from the Echo Forest.”

When the topic of work came up, Yoo Jinho’s eyes changed.

Of course, my eyelids were swollen, so I didn’t feel as charismatic as usual.

Suho had told Yoo Jin-ho that he had found his mother and that Fa?ade Island was currently in trouble because of the glacier dungeon.

The general situation was as follows.

“The glacier dungeon is no longer accessible. I can’t wipe out the demons that live in it.”

In order to conquer the glacier dungeon, they had to wipe out all the ice elf tribes, including Cirka.

But since I couldn’t do that, I had no choice but to think about what to do next.

“yes, I understood that. The ice elves are friends with my brother-in-law, so of course we shouldn’t kill him. So how about relocating the ice elves out of the dungeon altogether?”

“You mean to let the ice elves live on Earth?”

Even if he took all the ice elves out of the dungeon, he still had conquered the dungeon.

However, the ice elves rejected this method.

“I absolutely hate that. We, the Baruka clan, have a duty to protect the Lord’s Sanctuary. We’re going to keep living in the forest.”

Yu Jinho said as he met the eyes of Sirkka, who appeared suddenly and glared at him.

“She’s so cute. But what are you talking about?”

“….”

To Yu Jinho, the sight of Sirka babbling the Mashu language was just a surprise.

“Anyway, let’s say we can’t move. After all, the detox potion called Echo Forest’s Spring Water in the Glacier Dungeon is worth the money, right?”

“Yes, it’s groundwater, so it’s not going to dry up.”

Of course, no amount of groundwater is infinite. If he kept pumping it up, he could run out one day.

But that didn’t matter.

“Hmm, if too much is released into the market anyway, the price will only be cheaper, so the key is to loosen the right amount little by little. And… I don’t know how good the detoxification will be.”

It was Yoo Jinho calmly rolling the calculator in his head.

The item’s description simply stated that it had a neutralizing effect on toxins.

It was necessary to verify to what extent and with what effect it detoxifies certain poisons.

Knowing the value of a product before selling it was one of the basics of business.

And, of course, such a process required a lot of manpower, time, and money.

Therefore, the person who was needed was Yoo Jin-ho as a businessman.

“Before that, it’s Suho. Let’s check one thing. Technically, you’re just joining the Scavenger Guild in this walkthrough, but the Scavengers don’t want a monopoly, right?”

Yoo Jinho wondered.

In fact, this business was a water business.

If you go into the glacier dungeon and scoop up hot spring water and sell it, you can make money.

Why isn’t Scavenger greedy for such an easy and good business?

Just then, Scavenger approached Thomas Andre’s secretary, Laura.

“That’s a shame for us, but the ice elves will only allow you access to the spring water of the Echo Forest.”

Laura looked genuinely sad.

But for the ice elves, it was a no-brainer.

The springs of the Echo Forest were the sanctuaries of the Lord of Frost, and of course they were forbidden to open to anyone.

It is very difficult for an ordinary human to find a way through the magical blizzard in the Echo Forest.

In the end, I have no choice but to ask the ice elves to go there and get some spring water…

“The ice elves said they would only grant the request to Seong Su-ho or Cha Hae-in.”