Solo Leveling: Ragnarok – 291



Episode 291

Shwaaaaagh-!

A strong headwind hits my body.

Seong Il-hwan’s body which jumped off a cliff fell endlessly through the hazy water fog.

However there was no wavering in his eyes as he fell at an alarming speed.

It wasn’t scary and I didn’t even feel the need to use magic power to this extent.

Haven’t we experienced much worse situations in the past?

‘…was it a disappointing start?’

A world now forgotten by everyone.

Beyond that lost history he was a hunter who awakened in the early days of the cataclysm.

No in fact it was a time before even the name ‘Hunter’ was properly established.

It was a time when the grading system for hunters was not properly established.

Sometimes when I think back to that time I get curious.

What level hunter was he at that time?

At that time no awakened person in the world could measure the extent of their power.

This was before horsepower meters were developed.

Maybe that’s why everyone could be so reckless back then.

Because you don’t know what level of strength you have.

He jumped into an unidentified gate on his own saying he would attack a dangerous dungeon where some unknown danger might lurk.

Then sometimes when I entered a dungeon with a high level of difficulty I lost my life so quickly that it was pointless.

But looking back there was a romance to them at the time.

Reckless courage that was possible because one could not estimate one’s own strength.

They jumped into an unknown world for the sole purpose of protecting the world.

‘…Then the gate closed and I was alone in the dungeon.’

Falling behind.

Isolation.

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The rulers who appeared in front of him who was wandering aimlessly while trapped in a gap in the dimension…

After that it’s good because the mission given to him is now a thing of the past.

The problem was next.

I was fortunate enough to return to Earth with the help of the rulers…

He had already become a terrible head of the family.

Due to his reckless courage to save the world from his own disappearance…

His wife Park Kyung-hye lost her husband overnight.

His children Seong Jin-woo and Seong Jin-ah lost their father.

Even right after that his wife suffered from ptosis and was admitted to the intensive care unit unconscious.

Suddenly his children became orphans who lost both their parents.

At that young age he was struggling to survive on his own in a dangerous world.

My son even gave up going to college to earn money.

‘…I was a terrible father and a terrible husband.’

That may be why he risked his life to fight to protect his son because of his immense sense of guilt and debt.

But now all of that history has become nothing more than a piece of history that has been forgotten by everyone in the world.

But even so how can we forget?

I had to remember myself as a terrible husband and father.

The guilt helplessness and weight he felt as an irresponsible head of the family still lingered deep in Seong Il-hwan’s heart.

Therefore…

“…I will protect it this time. certainly.”

At least in this world.

I will never repeat the mistakes of that time again.

Seong Il-hwan made that promise and ran through the foggy forest with a scary expression on his face.

* * *

The apostle of paradise who gave the fruit to the girl at that time could not help but be embarrassed.

A mouth-watering scent.

The greater the deficiency of the soul the more this fruit stimulates hunger.

The most frightening thing about the predatory plant was that it exuded an extremely seductive magic power to those whose souls were hungry.

And yet.

“You don’t like it?”

[…what?]

Stand tall.

For a moment the apostle of paradise wondered if he had heard something wrong.

But it wasn’t an illusion.

The girl’s eyes did not waver even when she saw the fruit of Elvenwood in front of her.

“The director’s grandmother told me not to eat food given to me by strangers.”

[…?]

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Such an obvious statement.

He was a smart kid.

However the apostle of paradise felt like his mind was broken for a moment.

No how?

A person this young and weak?

How could a soul deprived of its parents and withstand the temptation of a predatory plant?

“Anyway if you are a guest please go to the director’s office over there! “Now I have to go eat curry pork cutlet!”

Dododododo-

[No I…]

As soon as those words were finished the apostle of paradise couldn’t help but be momentarily taken aback by the sight of the girl moving her short legs without hesitation and heading towards the restaurant.

In fact if I wanted to I could just grab that girl by the back force her mouth open and feed her some fruit.

But I felt somewhat reluctant to do that.

How could a creature living in an orphanage dare withstand the temptation of a predatory plant?

[Now wait a minute. Director? Who is that?]

“…yes?”

The girl who was running toward the restaurant at the question coming from behind her turned her head and looked at his face again.

The girl’s eyes which had been resolute even when she refused the fruit were shining brightly.

“Who is the director? Umm…”

But the question itself was too out of context.

The girl suddenly fell into deep trouble.

However he tried to sincerely answer the customer’s questions with a serious expression.

I’m hungry but I’m a guest at the orphanage anyway.

“So what about our director’s grandmother… who is… um.”

Besides children naturally like to have someone teach them what they like.

In particular the director the grandmother who created this place was someone he loved so much that he was confident that he would tell anyone anything they asked.

“So our director’s grandmother… A long time ago her only son suddenly disappeared. Well actually it’s nothing special. “Every middle school student runs away from home at least once or twice right?”

[No that’s not what I’m curious about…]

“No but listen?”

[….]

“At that time our director’s grandmother worked so hard to find her son? But in the end my son returned home on his own feet! And that too in just two years! “It’s really awesome right?”

[….]

No matter how apostle of paradise it was it was impossible to stop the chatty girl once she started.

It would be easier to just kill her but the problem was this girl’s soul.

Now the apostle in Paradise was feeling confused.

His hand was still holding out the fruit in front of the girl.

Nevertheless the girl did not give the fruit a single glance.

‘…Is there no real deficiency?’

Strange.

Isn’t it too bright?

On the topic of creatures living in mere orphanages.

Seeing such a pure soul before his eyes the apostle of paradise could not help but listen to the girl’s chatter as if bewitched.

Moreover he must have been hungry so he started talking so quickly that he wanted to go to the restaurant.

Moreover in order to stop this girl who was talking excitedly saying that running away from home is not a big deal but seeing a runaway child come back home on her own is a really great thing it would have been much easier to rip the entire head off her neck.

“…Anyway then! The director’s grandmother worked so hard to find runaway teenagers that she wanted to find her son so even when her son came back she kept finding kids like us! So this is the place I ended up opening…! This is ‘Yangpyeong Child Protection Center’! “Chararan!”

Whoa-

The smile of the girl who smiled brightly at the apostle of paradise with the expression that she had completed the introduction so well looked even more refreshing.

“Oh right! And our director’s name is ‘Park Kyeong-hye’!”

[Such a human name…]

Rattling.

For a moment the Apostle of Paradise’s expression hardened at those words.

And at the same time the corners of the mouth slowly rise.

[…for a moment. Did you just say Park Kyung-hye?]

“yes! Please use Park Ja-kyung and Ja-hye! Anyway that’s enough now right? “If you don’t have any further questions am I really going to eat?”

[Then this fruit….]

“Oh that’s it!”

Dodo dodo-

After finishing what she had to say the girl turned around without hesitation and ran towards the restaurant.

Smirking.

However unlike before the apostle of paradise was raising the corners of his mouth brightly.

[…Is there any reason for this kind of elaboration?]

It’s truly unique.

Now that girl’s soul was in good shape.

Because I found a much better prey.

‘Yangpyeong Child Protection Center’

‘Park Kyeong-hye’

Aren’t these two names that happened to appear in the materials provided by Yuri Orlov?

[You can start from here.]

He planted the fruit he wanted to feed the girl in the orphanage’s garden.

And enormous divine power was poured into this land.

Sooooooo!

Then the land became polluted at a rapid pace and sprouts of predatory plants sprouted and bloomed leaves on top of it.

The once clean soil gradually turned dark purple.

Elvenwood’s roots began to spread like blood vessels above it.

That moment.

Stumbling.

[Tsk. Seong Su-ho this guy….!]

The new form of the Apostle of Paradise stumbled due to sudden dizziness.

Seong Su-ho!

What on earth is that guy doing in North Korea right now…!

It was felt that the remaining flower pots on North Korean soil were decreasing at a rapid pace.

The more it happened the more the power flowing from those flower pots became weaker.

The apostle of paradise gritted his teeth with a grim expression.

[I have to hurry.]

If this happens it will be a race against time.

I wonder if his base will be robbed first.

Before that I wonder if I should first destroy this guy’s base here!

But so far it’s okay.

Because his pollen was spread not only to North Korea but also to other countries.

But aren’t all of his relatives gathered here in this country?

Yangpyeong Child Protection Center.

In front of him the Apostle of Paradise appeared radiating tremendous divine power.

[Grow up Elvenwood!]

Sooooooo!

He decided to dedicate the entire orphanage as a sacrifice to the new Elvenwood.

[Seong Su-ho! If you burn everything I have I will also turn your entire family into toys!]

Push shoo- Push shoo-

Let’s hurry.

Accelerates the rate of erosion.

Starting from the orphanage and where the Apostle of Paradise stood the entire area began to deteriorate rapidly.

The tree trunk wriggled and grew strangely and the ugly trunks began to spread out like a spider’s web intertwined with each other and began to surround the orphanage’s garden like a nest.

Meanwhile the Apostle of Paradise entered the building to look for Park Kyung-hye.

Just then a commotion was heard from the restaurant.

“Wow! “Did the director of this curry make it himself?”

“Really awesome! “The kimchi made by the director’s grandmother is the most delicious!”

[…That way.]

The eyes of the Apostle of Paradise sparkled.

An old woman with children.

It was Director Park Kyeong-hye.

An old man whose face looked exactly like the one in the photo of Seong Su-ho’s grandmother given by Yuri Orlov was gathered in the restaurant with the children.

The apostle of Paradise pointed his finger toward it.

Easy profit-!

Then the Elvenwood roots burst through the restaurant floor.

“Ugh!”

“What is this!”

The screams of children who were frightened by the sudden situation filled the restaurant.

In the middle of it all Park Kyung-hye was floating in the air wrapped around an ugly tree root.

“Director!”

“Director it’s dangerous!”

The children cried and clung to the tree roots to save Park Kyung-hye.

However Park Kyung-hye did not care about her own danger and worried about the children’s safety.

“Kids run away!”

“No!”

“I can’t leave the director behind!”

The children gathered even more crying.

Then they too were eventually caught and entangled in tree roots but despite this they tried to save the director’s grandmother.

Director Park Gyeong-hye the grandmother was such a precious person to the children.

The one who cooked me a warm meal every morning stayed by my side all night when I was sick and hugged me when I was sad.

For the children who were left alone without parents Park Kyung-hye was everything.

“Ah report! If anyone has a cell phone report it to the association!”

In a moment of panic one of the smart kids screamed.

Then a child who was caught by a tree root whimpered and took out a cell phone from his pocket.

Tuk.

Of course that attempt failed.

With one gesture from the apostle of paradise a tree root struck the child’s hand causing him to drop his cell phone.

[Obstructors are a thing of the past.]

The apostle of Paradise smiled leisurely and walked through the polluted land.

[From now on it’s all my time.]

He then approached Park Kyung-hye who was wrapped around the tree roots and held out a new red fruit in front of Park Kyung-hye’s face.

[Eat.]

“Who who…”

I liked Park Kyung-hye’s response of being embarrassed when she saw herself.

The answer is fixed anyway.

[If you don’t eat this fruit right away I will kill all the children here.]

“…!”

At those words Park Kyung-hye’s expression instantly turned into fear.

The apostle of Paradise became extremely happy with this.

And I knew how to have more fun.

[No. Instead of killing him I will cut off his limbs one by one. First the fingers then the arms then…]

“I’ll eat it! “Please stop!”

He eventually got the answer he wanted from Park Kyung-hye’s mouth.

Smirking.

[Okay eat it. Since you are a human without magic anyway one fruit will be enough.]

And just like the North Korean villains did.

This woman will also become a beautiful sprout living in her flower pot.

The apostle of paradise smiled sinisterly forced Park Kyeong-hye’s mouth open and took the fruit.

And I was filled with great anticipation.

Seong Su-ho: What kind of expression would he make if I showed him his grandmother who had been reduced to a toy in front of that hateful bastard?

But that was then.

Creepy.

The moment he was about to feed Park Kyeong-hye the fruit his body instinctively pulled back.

…Kwaang-!

At that moment a man came down through the ceiling of the restaurant like a thunderbolt and blocked the two of them.

“Honey…?”

Seong Il-hwan instantly ripped off the tree root with force and held Park Kyung-hye in his arms.