Solo Leveling: Ragnarok – 21



Episode 21

Gorgeous chandelier.

Expensive liquors set on the table.

Vice President Lee Min-seong was extremely drunk in the VIP room again today.

Normally we would have been busy with boisterous laughter and intimate skinship but today the atmosphere was somehow different.

Clang!

“Ouch!”

The girl who was serving him screamed in surprise at the sound of the glass he threw bursting.

“Oh my. “Why is my brother in such a bad mood today~?”

After a while Madame came into the room and sat down next to him with an elegant smile.

At the same time he dismissed all the other employees with a wink.

In the meantime the girls quickly left the room.

The room suddenly became quiet.

Just a little bit.

Madame poured the liquor into a new glass and glanced at Lee Min-seong’s eyes.

He was just staring at his phone with wide eyes.

‘What’s going on?’

Madame glanced at the screen he was looking at.

‘Comment?’

Madame’s eyes were slightly frowned.

-So who is the hunter who destroyed the hyenas?

-I know. I heard you went into Gwanak Mountain alone and saved everyone?

-That’s awesome. Who on earth is this?

-Information) It is said that the survivors could not see their faces because they were wearing masks.

-No what kind of power is it? Why do you hide your face after doing such a good job?

-Isn’t it obvious? There’s a rumor that Hyena’s backbone is a guild so of course they have to hide their identity.

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-I know. Even if you don’t know who it is don’t ever get caught. I will be immediately retaliated against by the Shinigami haha.

The Internet was still abuzz with stories about the Mt. Gwanak field.

People were eagerly guessing the identity of Hunter who had solved this case on his own but there was too little evidence to begin with.

-But who is it really?

-First of all since you defeated the boss mob by yourself you must be at least an A-level hunter right?

-If you have good skills you can theoretically reach level B.

-If you have good skills you can get to C or D level.

-D-level shit too haha.

-Ah~ Write your novel in a diary.

Tens of thousands of comments were all curious about the identity of the hunter.

There was a lot of bullshit and jokes but the overall public opinion ultimately came down to one sentence.

-hero.

The more the vicious actions that the Hyena Guild has committed so far are revealed one by one.

As their image becomes more and more evil.

The popularity of Hunter who single-handedly destroyed them in return was soaring across the country.

“What you still haven’t found your identity?”

moment.

Lee Min-seong’s expression crumpled at the words Madame threw at him.

Puzzle.

Lee Min-seong gritted his teeth and glared at Madam.

“Who are you kidding?”

“Oh you’re teasing me. Of course I’m worried. “I wonder how bad our vice president’s informants are at their jobs so that they will try to get hints from the comments.”

Grumbling.

“Then your teeth will be damaged. Rather he said he asked informants to visit survivors. “What do they say?”

“…Using dual swords.”

“Use it?”

“They said they summoned demonic beasts.”

“recall? “Oh my.”

Madam covered her mouth with an expression of surprise at Lee Min-seong’s answer.

“It’s no big deal. “Is there a hunter among summoners who can do this?”

“does not exist.”

“no?”

“A summoner or something killed Brockie? “That is absolutely impossible.”

Lee Min-seong who had seen the huge hyena Brockie in person was certain.

“It’s clear that the summoning skill was used in some way to confuse information. Maybe it’s an illusion skill or maybe it’s not actually one person. A summoner was hiding behind it. “No I’m sure.”

No matter how much I thought about it something like this was absolutely not something a single individual could do.

Anyway there was one fact that was most meaningful.

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That he killed Brockie with dual swords.

“By that logic you just need to hold the dual swords in your hands.”

“that’s right. That means there is no information.”

“What~ It’s not fun.”

Madame picked up the glass of liquor on the table with an expression as if she had lost steam and drank it down.

‘I wondered if it was such a big deal that they were making such a fuss but they just got upset. Anyway it’s childish.’

But I understood.

Lee Min-seong ever since he was born has always lived a winning life.

When I was young I had a golden spoon.

A young Korean Wave star.

As soon as the cataclysm occurred he was immediately awakened to become an A-class hunter.

It’s really solid.

At this point it was no exaggeration to say that the entire universe revolved around Lee Min-seong.

‘But suddenly his driver became an S-class hunter.’

That too when Lee Min-seong awakens and the whole world congratulates him.

That very evening his old friend and driver Lim Tae-gyu suddenly became S-class.

At that moment Lee Min-seong….

Blinded by jealousy.

Because the hierarchy that seemed like it would never change was overturned in an instant.

‘…Well that’s why it’s good.’

There is no one as easy to deal with as someone with a complex.

Madame smiled and poured a drink into Lee Min-seong’s glass.

“Don’t be too anxious. I’ll get caught someday. Rather shall we talk about business now?”

“hmm.”

Lee Min-seong’s complexion became calm at those words.

“Stardust.”

Madame asked with an extremely alluring smile.

“There were some defective products in this prototype?”

“…There are no defects in the product. “The person who ate it is a defector.”

“Are people defective? How bad do you have to be to eat a magic booster and die? “Are you going to use this because you’re scared?”

Contrary to what she said Madame didn’t look scared at all.

And Lee Min-seong too….

“Who died and how many died?”

“hmm. 30 people who did just what I heard? But strangely only the low-level hunters died. “Are people really defective?”

“Only the lower class died… Does that mean that stardust is ultimately affected by magical constitution? hmm.”

Even though a person had died Lee Min-seong was focused only on the effects of the prototype with an expression on his face that showed no emotion at all.

“so. When will the next supply come out?”

But Madame went one step further.

“Anyway the people who haven’t died are desperately waiting for the next supply.”

“soon of late.”

Lee Min-seong coldly flashed his eyes at Madame who was smiling and making fun of him.

“Let’s urge the demons.”

* * *

At that time Suho was about to make an important decision.

[You must choose one of two random boxes.]

[Blessed Random Box]

Provide the ‘player’ with the desired item.

[Cursed Random Box]

Provides necessary items to ‘players’.

[Which one would you choose?]

“What do you want and what do you need? “What are all these puns?”

[These two options for hidden rewards may seem like a play on words at first glance but there is a clear difference.]

Ber who was watching from the side gave an additional explanation.

[‘What you want’ may not be what you need when you actually get it. On the other hand if you actually receive ‘what you need’ you may end up with something you don’t want.]

“So it must be a cursed random box.”

[That’s right. For example in a situation where a powerful weapon is needed a terrible bomb comes out that will blow up the entire area including yourself…!]

“Is that possible? “It’s a system passed down to me by my father but there’s no way you’d put me in danger with a quest reward right?”

[Khehe. That is also true.]

Suho didn’t have to worry any more.

“Cursed random box.”

[Oh! It? You are bold!]

“Maybe it’s because I’m still at a low level but I’m not sure what I want specifically. But there are so many things I need.”

In the first place I didn’t know what items were beyond the system but the categories I could imagine were too vague.

Suho grinned and chose the reward.

“Besides my father has always known better than me what I need.”

[This reward is given by the system not by the lord…]

“That’s it.”

Suho responded like that and spread his hands.

Then a small box appeared above it.

It was a box tied with a ribbon in solid-colored wrapping paper.

I opened the box with careful hands.

Tiring!

[‘Item: Volkan’s Horn’ has been acquired.]

At that moment the box disappeared and in its place a sword was held in Suho’s hand.

“This?”

[Item: Volkan’s Horn]

Difficulty of acquisition: ??

Type: Sword

Attack Power +40

A sword made from the horn of the greedy demon Volkan.

Empowered by Volkan it deals more damage.

-Effect ‘Desire for Destruction’: Increases physical damage by [30%].

-Effect ‘Demon Predator’: As he feasts on the souls of demons Volkan’s power becomes stronger.

[Devoured Demon Souls: 0]

As he read the item description Suho’s eyes grew bigger and bigger.

“It’s a growth item!”

[Kkiyoot!]

The description of ‘physical damage increased by [30%]’ clearly means that the increase increases gradually as you hunt demons!

Moreover the basic attack power itself was a whopping 10 times higher than Rakan’s Fang!

– Hmm. Instead I have the effect of ‘disdain for the weak’ and ‘lethal injury’ so if you think about it I am more…

Rakan’s canine was mumbling something next to him but no one was listening.

“It’s awesome? “The item I really needed came out.”

Suho smiled in satisfaction and lifted Volkan’s horn with one hand.

Buuuung-!

When I spun it around with great force the sound of the wind blowing like a windmill was very intimidating.

However the weight of the sword was a little heavy.

Suho immediately invested all of the ability points he received as a daily quest reward into strength and it became easier to handle.

“I really like it. Now all I need is a devil.”

But I’ve never heard of a dungeon with demon-type monsters recently.

‘I think it was subdued a long time ago.’

Should I go out and search on the Internet?

Suho immediately took out the key to the shadow dungeon.

Shwaaagh!

[You have left the Shadow Dungeon.]

But when I came out I saw as many as 5 missed calls on my cell phone.

The sender was Assistant Professor Lim.

“Why assistant teacher?”

Suho was curious and called him right away.

And I received an unexpected suggestion from Assistant Professor Lim.

-Suho do you want to get a part-time job?

“Suddenly?”

-uh. Some of the collectors who were supposed to come suddenly took a dive.

* * *

“Thank you so much for coming Suho! “Thanks to you I survived!”

Assistant Professor Lim was ready to bow down to Suho who arrived at the appointed time.

“No really this doesn’t happen very often but today several people went diving at the same time.”

“You wrote a contract?”

“okay! “Is that so?”

Assistant Professor Lim pounded his fist as he thought of the hunters who had lost contact without a word.

“Those people must have gone somewhere drank in a group and fell asleep.”

Assistant Professor Lim’s anger was justified.

Collectors and miners usually work in teams so in this case the entire team was fined for violating the contract.

But now I had no worries.

Because Suho came right away!

Assistant Professor Lim placed both hands on Suho’s shoulders and spoke seriously.

“Suho. Today you really have to pay 100 won per day. “I only trust you.”

What he believed in was none other than Suho’s summoning skill.

Didn’t Suho’s summoned beasts do a great job last time we were mining?

“I brought you here in a hurry so I’ll give you daily wages as well.”

[I’ll give it to you?]

Ber suddenly appeared opened his eyes and glared at Assistant Professor Lim.

Assistant Professor Lim was surprised and hastily corrected his words.

“I will give it to you. “No I will offer it.”

[That’s right. We have brought a precious person to this humble place so let us continue to maintain that attitude.]

Otherwise I will chew your whole head off… It was Ver who was glaring at Assistant Professor Lim with an expression that said.

Meanwhile Suho slowly turned his head and looked at the dungeon he was going to enter today.

[Seoul Station Field]

※ Danger area

The entrance to the subway station with blue fog creeping up.

The Seoul Station field has been abandoned for a year because the basement level is too deep and the structure is complex.

When Suho saw that place a thought suddenly occurred to him.

A cursed random box that was said to give you the necessary items.

And Volkan’s horn that came out of it.

Could it be that the reason the demon-devouring sword came into his hands was because he needed a ‘double sword’?

Or… is it because I have to deal with the ‘demon’ sooner or later?

“So assistant teacher what are we catching here today?”

Suho smiled and asked Assistant Professor Lim.