Solo Leveling: Ragnarok – 123



Episode 123

Cha Hae-in hung out with the ice elves and put in a lot of effort to return to Earth while living in their village.

Whenever they had the chance they flew around on Kaissel and looked for cracks in the dimension they had crossed through.

At first I thought I would be able to go back soon.

All I had to do was go back the way I came.

But Cha Hae-in soon had no choice but to hit the wall.

First of all flying through a vicious snowstorm that obscured visibility was also a problem.

Above all the biggest problem was that when I went up to the sky there was not a single dimensional crack there.

A world that has lost its monarch.

This frozen forest was drifting through a gap in the dimension and was being torn to shreds in real time turning into rags.

Cracks of countless dimensions were forming in the sky of the frozen forest.

Among them finding a dimensional crack connected to the Earth was not an easy task.

However Cha Hae-in and Kaisel did not give up and wandered through the snowstorm every day.

Meanwhile.

Something really big happened.

-Grunt….

-Kaysel?!

At some point the power of the dragon Kaisel who was protecting Cha Hae-in began to weaken little by little day by day.

The reason was simple.

The only reason the Shadow Soldier was immortal was because he received magical power from the Shadow Lord.

However Kaisel’s distance from Seong Jin-woo became too far and he could no longer receive his magical power.

-I can’t do it. If this continues Kaisel will disappear before the gate back to Earth is discovered.

This was not Earth.

It was impossible to predict when and where and what kind of enemy would appear.

If we were to encounter an unexpectedly strong enemy Kaisel’s full power was absolutely necessary.

From then on Cha Hae-in stopped trying to find the gate through the snowstorm.

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It was never giving up.

-Let’s trust our husband. He will definitely find me wherever I am.

A confident voice.

Cha Hae-in trusted Sung Jin-woo.

I believed that he would definitely find me wherever he was.

Because he was the one who came to find me even in ‘this’ world where I was destined not to meet him.

Cha Hae-in decided to quietly wait for Seong Jin-woo here and began teaching swordsmanship to the young ice elves.

Even if I leave this place someday.

I hope that these children will develop the strength to protect themselves from the ice spirits that invade the village whenever they get the chance.

And that was about that time.

Cha Hae-in who frequently dealt with spirits near the Echo Forest discovered ‘gray eyes’.

* * *

To find his mother Suho decided to go straight to the Echo Forest.

“Are you really going?”

The expressions of the ice elves watching this were full of anxiety.

“Is it okay? “The Echo Forest is a really dangerous place…”

“that’s right. Chacha also said. “To get in there you have to be at least level A by human standards.”

“Is Suho Grade A?”

“Even though Suho is Chacha’s son why does he look so weak? “I don’t think the energy I feel is even half of Cha Cha.”

“Oh that’s the same for everyone. “Of all the humans who have invaded here so far none were stronger than Chacha.”

Ironically soon after Cha Hae-in left for the Echo Forest heavily armed humans began to come through as if a new gate connected to Earth had been opened.

How absurd would it be if Cha Hae-in came back and found out about this later.

Anyway humans began to come here but the ice elves never developed friendly relations with those humans.

The purpose of the existence of demonic beasts in the first place was to ‘destroy’ everything according to the orders of the monarchs they serve.

They were beings that destroyed everything but themselves.

It was impossible to have friendly relationships with mere humans.

In that respect Cha Hae-in could be said to be a very unusual being.

Because she was a savior who helped them.

No even if that were the case if they had not been able to communicate with each other the relationship they have now might not have been created.

The reason Cha Hae-in was able to talk to the ice elves in the first place was because of the ‘necklace’ that Seong Jin-woo gave him as a gift.

It was a special necklace that Seong Jin-woo prepared as a gift for his 16th wedding anniversary.

Seong Jin-woo put many amazing functions in the necklace for Cha Hae-in and one of them was an interpretation function.

In fact the purpose of Seong Jin-woo putting that function into the necklace was for an extremely personal reason.

Cha Hae-in is able to communicate with shadow soldiers who cannot speak Korean so that they can do errands.

And thanks to that private function Cha Hae-in was the only one who was able to communicate with the ice elves and not have antagonism.

However to the ice elves other humans with whom such conversation was impossible were merely prey that had to be hunted as soon as they saw them.

So when I met humans I only asked one question.

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Do you know ‘Sung Jin-woo’?

This was because they might have been sent by Cha Hae-in’s husband to find her.

Even though he couldn’t speak the language he was able to pronounce his name so he planned to save his life if someone who understood the name ‘Seong Jin-woo’ appeared.

of course….

Unfortunately no one knew Seong Jin-woo.

The ice elves clicked their tongues in astonishment at that fact.

‘Shadow Lord Seong Jin-woo’ actually had no knowledge of races from other dimensions like himself.

He was the only victor in the long and bitter war of monarchs and as a result he became the true ruler of this entire plane.

However none of the people on Earth who were saved by him really remembered him.

It was a truly vile thing.

“I will guide you on the way to the Echo Forest.”

Sirka jumped across the snow and came in front of Suho.

His movements were much lighter and more agile than before.

It was thanks to Su-ho confirming that Sirka was not the enemy and deciphering ‘Kasaka’s poison’.

As her muscles recovered from the snake venom Sirka puffed out her chest more proudly than ever.

“Ahem. Even after all this I am the guardian of the Baruka tribe.”

Guardians are beings who guard the borders of the Echo Forest.

Of course I knew the way to get there.

“Then please do me a favor.”

Suho disappeared through the snowstorm with Sirka and the ice elves of the village left behind stood like that for a long time looking worriedly after they disappeared.

* * *

The moment we arrived at Echo Forest through a blizzard.

Suho was able to see with his own eyes the true nature of the spirits that the ice elves fear.

In the middle of a blizzard chunks of ice suddenly coalesced together and turned into demonic beasts.

[Ice Golem]

[Ice Golem]

[Ice Golem]

….

Gwaaaaa-!

Sirka’s complexion turned pale at the sight of numerous ice golems stomping towards her from the forest.

“be careful! They are the spirits of the Echo Forest! But why did it pop out already?”

At those words Suho and Ver’s eyes lit up at the same time.

Spirits that had no substance dwelled in the ice and created substance on their own.

That was the identity of the ice golem.

[Solord! I guess all the golems that destroyed the ground outside the dungeon were spirits!]

Before Ber’s shout had even finished Suho was already running towards the ice golems with his dual swords out.

“Wake up!”

Shwaaaagh!

At that moment the shadow soldiers swirling black vapor around Suho rose up all at once.

[I am the master’s spear!]

Squirt-!

Shadow Lancer Quay jumped forward faster than anyone else as if he had been waiting for this moment.

[Mmmuuu!]

Ku-kwa-kwang!

The shadow minotaurs Mino and Tau pushed back with their strength the ice golems attacking from the left and right of Suho.

[Number of storable shadows: 3/3]

This is just a full-time job.

These were shadow soldiers that Suho could save but Suho happened to have many daily soldiers that he had just extracted today.

“Everyone come out!”

[Shadow Kobold Lv.1]

[Shadow Kobold Lv.1]

[Shadow Kobold Lv.1]

….

[Shadow Troll Lv.1]

knight rank

All the monsters I hunted as soon as I landed here.

Suho had extracted all of the tribes that were hunting those guys and was hiding them in the shadows.

That number is…

[Number of shadows that can be extracted: 36/36]

“Wipe it all away!”

Grumble!

Gwaaaaah!

At the guardian’s command a total of 36 shadow soldiers began to attack the ice golems.

“What is this number?!”

Sirka who was confused by the untimely appearance of the ice golems saw the soldiers summoned by Suho and her eyes grew so big that they almost popped out.

“After all he is Chacha’s son!”

Of course it was far less powerful than Cha Hae-in’s shadow dragon Kaisel but instead Su-ho’s soldiers were numerous.

Moreover unlike Kaisel who grew weaker the more he used his power this was a truly immortal army that would never die as long as it had enough guardian mana!

However Sirka fell back and assisted Su-ho by shooting an arrow herself telling Su-ho something he did not know.

“Suho be careful! The same goes for the spirits of the Echo Forest! No matter how many times you kill them they keep appearing!

[Mmmuuuu!]

Ku-kwa-kwang!

Just then the ice golem’s body made of ice was shattered by Mino and Tau’s awesome strength.

[The ice golem has been defeated.]

[The ice golem has been defeated.]

At the same time an amazing sight unfolded.

Shwaaaaagh-

New spirits permeated through the cold wind into the remains of the ice golems that had collapsed after their bodies were shattered.

Then the surrounding ice coalesced again and the ice golem was resurrected in perfect condition.

At that sight Lee Chae appeared in Suho’s eyes.

‘Playing?’

They were amazing guys.

Although the principle is completely opposite to that of the shadow soldiers the result is that they are similar in that they regenerate infinitely no matter how many times you kill them.

“Is it good?”

Suho’s eyes sparkled.

It was definitely difficult to deal with enemies that kept regenerating no matter how many times you killed them.

But does it count?

“This was the perfect place to level up right?”

Squeak.

[I purchased ‘Item: Intermediate Mana Potion’.]

Suho immediately gulped down the mana potion in one go and fiercely bared his teeth.

“Come on come as often as you like.”

And be my experience.

[Status Window]

Name: Seong Su-ho

Level: 40

Occupation: None

Title: Wolf Slayer Bugs’ Natural Enemy Demon Slayer

HP: 15310/15310

MP: 2411/2411

[stats]

Strength: 115 Stamina: 49

Dexterity: 49 Intelligence: 49 (+10)

Senses: 49(+5)

(Distributable ability points: 0)

[Skill]

Passive Skill: Tenacity Lv.5 Dual Swordsmanship Lv.3 (Unknown) Lv.max

Active Skill: Ruler’s Power Lv.1 Shadow Extraction Lv.2 Shadow Storage Lv.1 Storm Slash Lv.3 Giant’s Armor Lv.1 Steel Body Art Lv.4 Life Lv.1 Elf’s Step Lv.1 Grassland Wind Lv. 1 (For Gangshin only)

[Number of extractable shadows: 36]

[Number of shadows that can be saved: 3]

[Blessing]

Candiaru’s Blessing

Rakan’s Protection

Blessing of Plague

[Item being worn]

Volkan’s Horn x2

Gray Ring (Sense +5)

Ring of Horus (Intelligence +10)

Ice Bear’s Robe (Defense +50)