Solo Leveling: Ragnarok – 229



Episode 229

In a macro sense Yoo Jin-ho’s plan was quite similar to Woo Jin-cheol’s goals.

‘If Woo Jin-cheol wants to create an association and unite hunters I will do so with money.’

A mock training project using virtual reality was something that any hunter would enjoy.

This was especially inevitable if he was the head of a large guild with the largest number of hunters.

“CEO Yu can our guild also participate in the project?”

“I want to participate too. If there is a limit to the number of people in the beta test I want to try it first. “I’ll hand over as much of my data as I can.”

Starting with Hyeonmu-gang other S-class hunters also showed strong curiosity and interest.

In fact there was no place for S-class hunters to train to their heart’s content.

This is because they are training and if they show off their strength with all their might the entire area will be devastated.

In short it is a natural disaster-level nuisance.

It was not for nothing that Liu Zikang who had been wandering around China and spreading his sword energy everywhere was being called a crazy old man.

The S-class hunters who knew that reality better than anyone else had no choice but to willingly accept the demands made by CEO Jin-ho Yoo.

“North Korea? “I will support you as much as I can.”

“They say it’s okay to go through hardships when you’re young but what’s the point if an old man stops you? Have a nice trip.”

“I agree too. “He’s a newbie who’s stronger than Grandpa Ma Dong-wook so he’ll take care of it.”

“So when are you going to answer my question? “What happened in India?”

S-class hunters actively gathered around Suho and showed their friendliness.

“Thank you all.”

Although Lim Tae-gyu was a little annoying Su-ho got the unanimous approval of the five S-class hunters thanks to Yoo Jin-ho.

However like Association President Woo Jin-cheol Yoo Jin-ho’s goal in completing the virtual training program was not because he wanted other hunters to help Seong Jin-woo or Seong Su-ho’s battles.

Quite the opposite.

‘It is to give humanity a taste of the true horrors that it will face later.’

Jinho Yoo had a bitter look in his eyes as he looked at the S-class hunters who had lost all their memories of the past era.

Two years ago when Woo Jin-cheol first brought this plan Yoo Jin-ho joined hands with Woo Jin-cheol even though he had no memory of the past era.

However from the moment all his memories came back thanks to Suho Jinho Yoo accelerated the Nahon Rep project with the company’s all efforts.

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The direction of the plan has become much clearer than at first.

‘It is true that it is a drill but in reality it is closer to an evacuation drill.’

-No matter what you imagine we have prepared more than that.

They could not yet imagine what the true meaning of his words was.

So you can look forward to it.

The difficulty level of the game you create must be extremely high.

‘Because it has implemented an overwhelming level of difficulty that even an S-class hunter can never handle.’

So may you despair and be frustrated endlessly in front of him.

May they fully realize their helplessness and struggle as best as they can just to survive.

In order to issue such a strong warning to all mankind Yoo Jin-ho had blatantly implemented a survival quest in the game in which players were busy running away helplessly within the time limit.

‘…This is the best preparation I can do Brother Jinwoo.’

It was Yoo Jin-ho who especially missed Seong Jin-woo today.

He had a bitter expression and was recalling memories of a previous era that not all of those gathered here could remember.

Especially when the battle with the Dragon Emperor is just around the corner.

The horrors of that day when the countries that snorted and ignored Seong Jin-woo’s warning to flee immediately were erased from the face of the earth.

‘…ignorance is brave.’

That’s right.

Humanity was ignorant.

People who don’t know much to begin with don’t even know what and how much they don’t know.

That’s why they acted recklessly out of ignorance.

Numerous hunters and countries ignored Seong Jin-woo’s warning and instead showed temerity by saying they would fight the Dragon Emperor’s legions directly.

What followed was their desperate screams despair and futile deaths.

Yu Jin-ho clearly remembered all those despairing scenes.

‘…So this time I will let you experience it in advance. What true fear is.’

How helpless humanity is against alien invaders.

And when the reality of that fear really came upon humanity.

‘I hope everyone runs away without saying a word this time.’

I hope you absolutely trust the words of Seong Jin-woo and Seong Su-ho and run away desperately this time.

This was the true goal of the ‘Project: Level Up Alone’ that Woo Jin-cheol and himself planned.

‘…Of course the best scenario would be that that day never comes. Then this game can remain simply a fun game until the end.’

Yoo Jin-ho smiled brightly at the S-class hunters who without even dreaming of his true feelings wanted to participate in the closed beta test of the solo level game.

He also gave Hyun Moo-gang who had an earnest expression on his face a chance.

“CEO Hyun Moo-kang would you like to participate in the beta test yourself?”

“yes? Are you really allowing our guild?”

Hyeonmu-gang’s expression suddenly brightened.

But Yoo Jin-ho has a long back end.

I have no ill feelings towards Hyun Moo-gang personally but the price of mismanaging his subordinates and putting Su-ho in danger is never cheap.

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“yes. If you wish I will give CEO Hyun Moo-gang the opportunity to experience it first. In any case data from S-class hunters is also needed for the completeness of the game.”

“Thank you CEO Yu!”

Again ignorance is bravery.

I can assure you that now Hyeonmu-gang will experience the extreme difficulty and taste despair before anyone else.

However at the end Verdo was no better than Yu Jin-ho.

[Keeeeek! Please don’t think this is the end! Couldn’t you offer the additional runestone for the summon you mentioned earlier?]

“…!”

Hyun Moo-gang was startled and took a step back when he saw a black shadow suddenly revealing its face in front of him and issuing an angry command.

‘How can this be?! ‘I can’t believe you didn’t notice anything until I got right in front of you!’

Contrary to its ferocious appearance it was a cute-sized summoned beast but I couldn’t help but feel goosebumps instinctively.

Be that as it may Ber grabbed Hyeonmu-gang by the collar with an even more menacing expression and threatened him.

[There are only two of them but know how great an honor it is to be able to provide even a little help to our small lord!]

“I will give it to you… No someone please help me with this summon…”

Hyun Moo-gang who was grabbed by the collar by Su-ho’s small and precious summon was in a panic not knowing what to do.

Given the current situation it was very difficult to shake off this small hand.

Then a savior appeared.

Seo Ji-woo an S-class hunter from the Blue Dragon Guild.

After all the important talk was over Seo Ji-woo who had shown interest in Ber from the moment he first appeared pointed to Ber and spoke to Su-ho.

“Hunter Seong Su-ho I was curious about this earlier but you said you were a reawakened person like me? Is that summoned animal from before reawakening? So now you have reawakened to the combat world? What are the new skills? “What changes have occurred?”

Although Seo Ji-woo had been holding back from before there were so many things she wanted to ask from the moment she first saw Su-ho.

“Haha. Sorry for my many questions. “Actually I was so happy when I found out that this new recruit was a reawakener.”

Su-ho who was suddenly bombarded with questions from Seo Ji-woo answered by gently tearing off Ver who was threatening Hyun Moo-gang with one hand.

“no. “I was already curious.”

[Keeeeek…!]

“Thank goodness! So shall we have a conversation with people in the same situation? Actually it is right? They say that reawakened people often appear but in reality most of the cases are due to an error in the magic power meter. However this is the first time I have seen a case like you or me where someone suddenly became stronger to S-class. “If there is this much difference there is no chance of a measurement error.”

“….”

Once Seo Ji-woo got the chance she spoke non-stop.

However from Suho’s perspective he was sincere when he said he was curious.

‘In my case I made an excuse to say I was a reawakener because of the level up system but how did this person actually become a reawakener?’

Seo Ji-woo is even a special case who reawakened and even looked younger.

In many ways Seo Ji-woo was amazing even from Su-ho’s perspective.

As if Seo Ji-woo had sensed Su-ho’s thoughts he started by asking the most important and curious questions rather than trivial questions.

“Oh right! So can you answer this first? Do you also have any memories of the moment of reawakening?”

“A moment of reawakening?”

“huh. “It’s a really important issue to me.”

When Su-ho asked Seo Ji-woo’s eyes which had been talking excitedly suddenly became serious.

And he spoke carefully recalling the moment of reawakening he had experienced.

“By any chance Seong Su-ho… are you someone who woke up from ptosis like me?”

“…Is it ptosis?”

“Dysomnia?!”

The one word Seo Ji-woo said caused a more violent reaction from Jin-ho Yoo who was next to him than from Su-ho.

Yoo Jin-ho defeated the other S-class hunters he was dealing with and immediately joined in the conversation between Seo Ji-woo and Su-ho.

“Hunter Seo Ji-woo! Is that true? “You’re the one who woke up from ptosis?”

Looking at Yoo Jin-ho’s serious expression Su-ho was reminded of a phenomenon called ‘somnia’ that has begun to occur all over the world these days.

‘Imsomnia’

This symptom nicknamed the final sleep was a social phenomenon in which people who could not adapt to the mana mixed in the air as the number of gates opened throughout the Earth increased and suddenly fell asleep unable to wake up for days or even months.

It was relatively recently that academia named it ‘pterosomnia’.

Until then the number of people suffering from somnia was so small that it was difficult to establish statistics on the fact that it was a phenomenon related to horsepower.

But these days the number has been increasing.

The medical community sensing the seriousness of this belatedly developed a life support device using magic stones to barely sustain their lives until they woke up.

Su-ho who was well aware of that fact noticed something strange in Seo Ji-woo’s words and asked.

“You woke up from ptosis and reawakened? As far as I know somnolence is a phenomenon that only occurs in people who are constitutionally maladapted to mana but Hunter Seo Ji-woo…”

“that’s right. I was a case of ptosis while I was already active as a hunter. “Looking at your reaction Seong Su-ho you seem to be a different case from me.”

Seo Ji-woo looked a little glum in response to Su-ho’s reaction.

There was a good reason for that.

“It’s not just me. Even though all of my colleagues who were with me ‘there’ that day had mana adaptability they fell into hypnosis. “But I’m the only one who wakes up.”

“Where is that place?”

“Double dungeon.”

…!

At Seo Ji-woo’s words Su-ho and Yoo Jin-ho’s expressions suddenly changed.

Even Ver who was sneaking out to threaten Hyeon Moo-gang again had an expression on his face.

At this moment these three were each thinking of different things.

‘If it’s a double dungeon is it really a void gate?’

‘There can’t be another designer’s legacy?’

A moment of mixed emotions.

Ber could assure you.

The double dungeon that Seo Ji-woo entered with his colleagues would not be the Cartenon Temple the double dungeon that Seong Jin-woo entered in the past.

So what on earth happened to the hunters who went inside and contracted hygrosomnia?

Jinho Yoo was equally confused.

‘Just like in the past the number of people suffering from ptosis is increasing even now. But even then I think the only people who woke up on their own were Jinwoo’s mother and my father…’

On behalf of Yoo Jin-ho who did not know the specific reason Su-ho asked Seo Ji-woo an essential question.

“How did you wake up from ptosis?”

“Uhm. I gave the same answer to the medical staff back then but honestly I don’t know. “The only answer was that I woke up by chance.”

“You have no idea why?”

“okay. That’s why I wanted to ask you instead. “I thought that if you went through the same thing as me you might know how to wake up my still sleeping colleagues.”

The higher the expectations the greater the disappointment.

Seeing Seo Ji-woo lowering her head with a bitter expression Su-ho thought deeply and asked again.

“Then did you have any dreams while you were sleeping?”

“…dream?”

“yes. In my case the trigger for reawakening was a ‘dream.’”

Suho answered by condensing his experience into one word.

It wasn’t entirely wrong.

It was as if I had accepted the current level-up system in a dream I had because of my father during my adolescence.

“It was a dream… so I had a dream of something.”

Seo Ji-woo’s expression became quite serious at Su-ho’s question.

A distant memory came to mind that I had seen while I was suffering from somnia and fell into an endless sleep.

“…the black sea.”

“The sea?”

“huh. The endless black sea. I was floating aimlessly in a huge ocean with no land and only water. All I could do there was float around like a corpse.”

Seo Ji-woo covered her body with both hands as if even recalling the memory of that moment gave her goosebumps.

“Then I managed to hold on to something and clung desperately.”

And as soon as those words are over.

[The Lord of Destruction the king of the bright dragons slowly raises the corners of his mouth.]

“What I was clinging to at that time was a huge tree with deep roots in the black sea.”

At that moment Suho realized what Yongje was trying to say.

“…World Tree.”