Solo Leveling: Ragnarok – 157



Episode 157

As the day passed the Internet was once again in turmoil.

-Breaking News) Case closed!

“The Great Escape from Jisan Prison.”

-Breaking News) 500 villains completely eliminated! Korea has become safer!

-Intensive coverage) Ask the Baekho Guild.

“Who is the identity of the hunter who eliminated the villains?”

-Interview) Vice President Baek Mi-ho: “He is a hero.” Remarks excommunicated.

People’s reactions to the news that began to spread all over the Internet were more enthusiastic than ever.

-and;;;;; It’s really awesome; It wasn’t the White Tiger Guild that caught the villains??

-What does this mean? Who on earth caught so many villains if not the White Tiger Guild?

-Do you have dyslexia? They said it was someone else who solved the case and the Baekho Guild only handled it after the fact.

-No so who is that??

-Anyway it’s just one person.

– Haha that’s really awesome. Anyway that means that one hunter killed 500 villains right?

-ㄷㄷ At this point isn’t that hunter also a villain?

– ㄹㅇ It’s a massacre.

Here people’s reactions were largely divided into two.

Clearing out the villains at Jisan Prison was of course a good thing and the person who solved it was a hero who should be praised.

But the problem was that the number of villains he killed was too many.

-This is a person who massacred 500 alive people in one day but it doesn’t seem normal.

-At least a murderer.

-Isn’t it okay since we killed villains not people?

-Ah~ Villains aren’t even people?

-?? : Even villains have human rights! Quack.

-Fact 1) All the human rights organizations that said that are dead now.

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-Fact 2) They were also killed by the villains they secretly hid.

-Related link) “I killed it because it was the same.”

-Related link) “Who dares protect whom? “On the topic of incompetent people.”

…At one time there were many organizations that raised their voices advocating for the human rights of villains.

However due to the various incidents committed by villains since then most of the Hunter Association’s claim that ‘villains are defined as humanoid demon beasts’ was accepted.

still….

There was such a thing as degree.

– Statement of conviction) Still killing all 500 people was a bit harsh. If he was that strong of a hunter there would have been a way to save him and send him back to prison.

– Haha you are a saint in the corner of your room. And what if he escapes again? Do you want to catch it again?

-no!! So who are you?? Why don’t you reveal your identity? He’s a hero!

-ㅉㅉ The atmosphere is like this but if it were you would you reveal it? It’s not enough to be held up as a national hero but the nation’s character is condemned as a massacre haha.

-Besides I heard that Hwang Dong-seok also died this time. Hwang Dong-soo must be desperately trying to hide his identity out of fear that he will come looking for revenge.

– Haha Hwang Dong-soo is scary.

Stand tall.

“….”

Late at night.

S-class villain Hwang Dong-su was reading Internet news one by one in his hideout when he suddenly stopped.

Beyond that was a list of villains who had died this time.

-C-level villain Hwang Dong-seok (deceased)

“…her.”

The corners of his mouth which had been tightly closed the whole time forcibly twitched revealing his pure white teeth.

I burst out laughing at the news that was so absurd.

“Your brother really died?”

Hwang Dong-seok was her older brother who broke up with her two years ago.

He was also an obnoxious older brother who suddenly awakened on his own and mercilessly abandoned the non-awakened person calling him a useless bastard and leaving.

So later when he was awakened to S-class he did not even think about going to see him first and trying to get along like before.

But that didn’t mean I wanted to receive news of my brother’s death in this way.

“…I thought he was quietly locked up in prison but he suddenly escaped and was caught and killed three days later? And that to one person?”

When I heard that my brother escaped from prison I didn’t really think about helping him.

Since he was such a clever person I thought he would hide and live well and paid no attention to him.

But if my brother died things would be different.

Shouldn’t he at least take revenge on his younger brother?

‘…But I don’t know who did it.’

I searched all the related articles but the White Tiger Guild was completely hiding the identity of ‘him’.

As someone said in the comment earlier it was clear that he was worried about Hwang Dong-su’s retaliation at this point.

but.

“There are no eternal secrets in today’s world.”

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Hwang Dong-su exposed his teeth and raised his huge body from the bed.

The large gold necklace hanging around her neck clattered.

Hwaak-

As he opened the bedroom door and walked out the lobby of a luxurious mansion unfolded.

This was once the secret villa of a corrupt politician and the third hideout of Hwang Dong-su who killed him and took over.

Hwang Dong-su walked out of the building through the empty lobby and called somewhere.

We were connected soon.

-Yes Hwang Dong-su. What did you contact me about?

A voice with a businesslike tone coming from the other end of the phone.

Hwang Dong-su asked directly.

“I want information.”

-Do you want any information about Hwang Dong-seok’s death?

Hwang Dong-su smiled and said as if he had been waiting for the answer.

“You’re good at business. Yes I want to know who killed my brother. “I’ll give you any amount of money.”

-The money is fine. Instead if you don’t mind would you mind helping us with one task this time?

“Work?”

-yes. A slightly troublesome request has come in.

Hwang Dong-su frowned at those words.

“You know very well that I am being chased by the association right?”

-yes. Of course I understand Hwang Dong-soo’s position very well. So for what we wanted to do we chose not a city center but a rural area that would never be noticed.

“…Tsk.”

Hwang Dong-su clicked his tongue with a disapproving expression at the business-like tone of the other person who immediately poured out a prepared message as if he had been waiting for him to contact him.

‘Anyway they are clever guys.’

Of course thanks to this he is still living comfortably without being caught by the association.

-Of course this is something Hwang Dong-soo can solve in an instant. If you do the work we will hand over the information you want right away.

“Okay tell me where it is.”

-This is Yangpyeong. It’s not too far from where you are right now.

* * *

[Enter the Shadow Dungeon.]

The next day Suho returned home had breakfast and went straight into the shadow dungeon.

The Jisan Prison incident caused a huge stir on the Internet but the daily life of Su-ho the person involved did not change at all.

This was all thanks to the White Tiger Guild hiding information about Suho as much as possible.

Of course since there were more than one hunter from the White Tiger Guild who witnessed Suho in person that information could not be hidden forever.

No matter what public opinion was Suho’s identity would eventually become widely known to the public one day.

However it was at least possible to delay the timing slightly and release it when Suho wanted.

[Little Lord Grid is strong. In order to reap Grid as a shadow soldier the Little Lord must also become that strong.]

“I said I understood. That’s why I came to train so hard.”

Hwang Dong-su who was once his father’s shadow soldier ‘Grid’.

Someday I’ll meet him and fight him directly or the White Tiger Guild will find him first and kill him.

In order to successfully extract him back as a shadow soldier Suho’s own abilities were most important.

[Skill: Shadow Extraction Lv.2]

Shadow power.

No mana required.

It extracts mana from a lifeless body and turns it into a shadow soldier.

The probability of extraction failure increases in proportion to the target’s abilities and the elapsed time of the target’s death.

-Level 2 effect ‘Shape Transformation’: The shape of the shadow soldier can be changed arbitrarily.

[Number of shadows that can be extracted: 50/50]

‘There is a chance of failure in the shadow extraction skill.’

Suho recalled the dizzying experience of trying to extract a ‘poison-toothed sand centipede’ in Egypt but failing twice.

At that time the centipede was not at a level where Suho could kill it alone so the extraction almost failed.

‘There are a total of 3 extraction opportunities. In order to safely extract the S-class awakened in those three opportunities we must become much stronger than we are now.’

So Suho came to Ammut’s Pyramid to become stronger again today.

As always to practice the daily quest Gangseojutsu.

However when we arrived here there was a miserable mummy(?) who had been forgotten by everyone and was continuing her lonely training.

“Sooooo….”

[Khaha! Yes that’s it! Keep running! Even if my leg bones are pulverized! Even if my spine hurts! You can still run!]

“….”

A mummy is trudging through the labyrinth of the pyramid under the terrifying laughter of Ammut.

No Lim Do-gyun.

Currently his entire body is wrapped in ‘Item: Mummy’s Bandages’ and he is being trained by Ammut.

No it’s just training; in fact it was torture itself.

Of course Suho was also repeating a set routine every day in the name of a daily quest.

However even though the number of times was the same the intensity was different each time.

Ammut was increasing the intensity of training by adjusting the gravitational field more and more in proportion as Suho’s abilities increased.

So Suho was also undergoing training enduring severe pain every time.

But even so Su-ho was the son of Shadow Lord Seong Jin-woo.

There was also a level-up system so its potential was indescribable.

But what about Lim Do-gyun?

He was just an ordinary E-class hunter.

It was said that he was the weakest among hunters whose physical abilities and recovery abilities were only slightly better than those of an ordinary person.

But he had one special talent.

It was ‘running skills’.

[You don’t need push-ups! Just run and run until you die! No if you stop walking you will really die by my hands!]

“Hey…”

Im Do-gyun’s complexion quickly turned pale as he felt Ammut’s sincere and murderous spirit right behind him.

Human limitations have already been surpassed.

Even when he looked like a half-corpse with his limbs tattered Lim Do-gyun kept running and running.

But still he didn’t die easily.

The mummy’s bandages wrapped around his body were not evil but useful items that somehow forcibly fixed his broken body even when his bones were broken and his muscles and ligaments were torn.

“I don’t think it was originally meant to be used that way….”

[What are you talking about! This bandage is a masterpiece by Candiaru who originally created it to be used like this!]

Ammut chuckled and accepted Suho’s muttering.

[Do you know what? I love watching such insignificant creatures struggle to become strong. Usually they die then. but!]

And I looked with great satisfaction at Lim Do-gyun who was still running around inside the pyramid even though he was in a near-dead state.

[If you somehow survive the pain that is strength.]

“….”

Suho could not help but nod his head at the resonance felt in those words.

No matter what anyone said Lim Do-gyun was continuing the grueling training of his own will.

As a result his leg muscles were swollen to the point of bursting.

Without the help of the level-up system status window.

He was just running.

With one intention to become stronger.

[So let’s start the daily quest.]

Nod.

Soon Suho’s training began.

and.

[Hmm.]

Behind them the newly recruited shadow soldier Harmakan was looking around the pyramid his eyes shining.

[Could this be the great sorcerer Candiaru’s…?]