Solo Leveling: Ragnarok – 39



Episode 39

There was an uproar for a while.

Doctor Byeong-gu Min suddenly fainted and woke up.

Thanks to this Min Byeong-gu had to measure his magic power himself in front of everyone.

And the long-awaited test results….

[Class C]

“Oh! “C-level!”

“That’s awesome!”

“Congratulations on your awakening! Teacher Min!”

Congratulations poured in to Min Byeong-gu from the association’s employees.

“Besides you’re a healer!”

Healer was a very good job that allowed you to earn a lot of money in the safest way without having to engage in direct combat.

However Min Byeong-gu who was actually involved was okay with that.

He was already over 60 years old.

I am at an age where I want to pursue stability rather than exciting challenges.

Just because I had awakened I had no intention of going into the dungeon and grabbing the demon beasts.

He planned to leave the dungeon to other young people and focus more on his main job.

‘Good. Now that I can handle magical power I can accelerate my research into stardust.’

Min Byeong-gu smiled in satisfaction as he moved his magical power around with his hands.

* * *

“…That’s what happened.”

Meanwhile Suho came outside and was nodding after hearing the inside story from Ber.

Then a question arose.

“But how on earth did you wake up that doctor? “Did you give me back the power I swallowed?”

[no. It is impossible to return the power. That power is already fully digested within my body.]

“then?”

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[In other words I bestowed ‘holy protection’ on him.]

God bless you.

In the end the way Ver awakened Min Byeong-gu was an exact imitation of the way the Fang Lord bestowed protection on Guardian.

[Originally the conditions for this to be possible are very strict. You need to be ‘qualified’ to accept power like this time with the Fang Lord.]

However Min Byeong-gu was more than qualified so he was overqualified.

The blessing that Ber gave him this time was his from the beginning.

After listening to the explanation Suho quenched his appetite.

“hmm. “It’s a shame.”

[What are you regretting?]

“I was wondering if I could receive healer skills from you but I don’t think I’m qualified to do it that way.”

[Keeeeek?!]

At those words Ber jumped up and fell flat on his face saying he had heard extremely profane words.

[How could someone like that dare to give protection to Lord So? It’s blasphemous to even imagine it. Ugh ugh.]

Protection was usually like a favor given by a very high being to those below.

However Suho and Ber’s rankings were the opposite so it was not a situation to talk about qualifications in the first place.

Anyway I guess it satisfied my curiosity…

“Shall we go back soon?”

Suho looked again at the measurement room where Min Byeong-gu was.

Because of the commotion caused by Min Byeong-gu’s sudden awakening Su-ho was outside for a moment while he was being re-examined.

In particular the most important skill information ended up being registered in the association data.

‘I haven’t even talked about things like storm cutting or tenacity skills yet…’

If things continued like this only one summoning skill would be listed in the association data about guardianship.

Then you will become a summoner without being able to remove or attack yourself.

Even if it was a C-level summoner it was still an unpopular job in the dungeon so more skill information had to be registered.

Of course there were some hunters who hid their skill information from the association but most of them were criminals who did dishonest things.

But while Suho was out for a moment.

There was an uninvited guest who came to visit Min Byeong-gu.

“I refuse.”

‘hmm?’

Is it because the sensory stats have increased?

With his superhuman hearing Suho overheard the conversation going on in the measurement room and paused.

“I assure you I will not reconsider Secretary Kim’s proposal.”

Min Byeong-gu who I liked was rejecting the uninvited guest’s offer with a firm voice.

“Oh Teacher Min. Would you go so far as to say something so definitive? “If you could please review it positively once again….”

“My stardust research is entirely for the public interest. “There is absolutely no reason to collaborate with large guilds that pursue private interests.”

[There is something strange about the atmosphere of the Little Lord…]

“fizzle.”

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Suho covered Ber’s mouth.

“You can’t use it if you carelessly intervene in conversations between adults like that.”

[okay. I was wrong….]

“You should be quiet and eavesdrop.”

[Ahh.]

Ber’s eyes widened at those words and he covered his mouth with both hands and stammered.

Listening further to the conversation it seemed that the person Min Byeong-gu called ‘Secretary Kim’ was a hunter from the Reaper Guild.

“Mr. Min I know very well that stardust has become illegal. Why don’t you know? But if we research further together wouldn’t we be able to develop legitimate stardust someday?”

“I don’t understand why you’re trying to develop stardust so much.”

“Of course it is to protect world peace. “The stronger the hunters become the more citizens will be able to stretch their legs and sleep.”

‘The Reaper Guild wants stardust?’

For a moment Suho’s eyes narrowed.

“Ber.”

[According to Brockie’s memory the Reaper Guild was the Hyena Guild’s main customer.]

Ber immediately realized what Suho was going to ask and quickly answered.

However I was afraid that Secretary Kim would overhear this conversation so I inserted the voice directly into Suho’s head.

[And I think that Secretary Kim was mainly in charge of liaison with the Hyena Guild.]

“That’s a very convenient explanation.”

[Of course I am a bug.]

Suho nodded and used his senses to gauge Secretary Kim’s level.

‘Is this level B?’

He said that compared to himself a C-class person his magical power was at least twice that.

Of course the measure of strength could not be judged simply by the amount of magical power. Especially because Suho’s higher stat than magic power was actually strength.

As Suho was sizing up his opponent Ber noticed him and stopped him.

[No Little Lord. The opponent is a large guild. With the current strength of the small lord it would be very difficult to defeat a large guild.]

Ber was right.

I wanted to level up a lot so I raised my level to the highest level but if I ended up in conflict with a large guild like the Sashin guild my future hunter activities could become quite troublesome.

At that time Min Byeong-gu issued an order to congratulate Secretary Kim.

“I have nothing more to share with Secretary Kim. “It’s still work time so can you please leave now?”

Then perhaps because Secretary Kim didn’t want to go home empty-handed he ended up making a bold move.

“Beast King Crow.”

‘hmm?’

[oh?]

For a moment Suho and Ber looked at each other.

Suddenly Secretary Kim said something completely unexpected.

“Professor Min I’m sure you’ve seen the news about the Beast King Crow right?”

Min Byeong-gu frowned asking what this meant again.

“Of course I saw the news but….”

“Crow is the devil.”

“yes?”

‘yes?’

[oh?]

At Secretary Kim’s sudden words question marks appeared in the eyes of two people and an ant.

Secretary Kim spoke impassionedly toward Min Byeong-gu with extremely serious eyes.

“According to the information we received from the Reaper the Crow Mask the symbol of Crow is an item of demons. They say all the demons in the factory wear that mask.”

It was all true.

Except Crow isn’t a demon.

“What does that mean? This means that the power of the ‘Beast King’ has been transferred to the devils in this Magog field. With that power the demons would have become stronger and to fight against them we humans also need to increase our strength by any means necessary.”

‘Umm… why did the story turn out like that?’

Suho made an awkward expression.

It seemed like something strangely true but it didn’t make any sense at all.

“So Teacher Min! Let’s agree with us! Teacher Min is essential to our Shinigami Guild. “As long as it’s money…”

“I refuse.”

The reason Min Byeong-gu has continued to research stardust until now was not to make money but for the public interest.

Even if my current income wasn’t enough it was enough to live with my wife and that was enough.

He wasn’t one to be swayed no matter how much he was given.

Secretary Kim sighed as Min Byeong-gu’s resolute refusal was repeated.

And from Secretary Kim’s mouth which opened again a cool voice came out that made it hard to believe that this was a person who had been flattering the whole time.

“Your wife is a middle school teacher.”

“…!”

Min Byung-gu could not believe his ears.

When I looked at Secretary Kim’s face again I saw that he was smiling wickedly.

At that moment Min Byeong-gu’s expression hardened.

“What are you saying now….”

“By the way did you know that your wife was absent from work today?”

“…!”

At those words Min Byeong-gu’s complexion turned white.

“Can you all…?”

“Should I say it again?”

As things went on Secretary Kim’s mysterious smile became even deeper.

Secretary Kim smiled and held up her cell phone.

In that photo… a middle-aged woman was tied up.

“We do whatever it takes to achieve our goal.”

That woman was none other than Min Byeong-gu’s wife.

‘What is this….’

Min Byung-gu felt like the nightmare had begun again.

My head was buzzing and I was losing touch with reality.

What on earth is that guy talking about now?

Kidnapping?

No matter how powerful the Sashin guild was were they just so reckless?

“Can you feel our sincerity? “When you say something nice like that say it obediently….”

It was then.

Creepy!

Secretary Kim suddenly felt a sensation from behind and quickly turned around.

But it was late.

Kwajangchang!

“…?!”

A large fist pierced through the door of the financial measurement room behind Secretary Kim and shot out like a cannonball.

Skill hit.

Suho’s fist filled with black energy hit Secretary Kim’s body like a truck.

Craddangtangtang!

“Huh?!”

Secretary Kim who was rolling around on the floor awkwardly as if he had been hit by a truck quickly got up and screamed.

“Who are you!”

Stumbling.

However the shock must have been so great that his legs broke again and he stumbled.

“Can you hold on to this? As expected Class B is different.”

At that time a soft voice was heard from behind the door that had been pierced by a black fist.

Kwasik! Damn it!

The door was torn off the wall and Suho slowly walked into the measurement room.

But that look…

“What!”

Secretary Kim was momentarily embarrassed and his eyes widened.

“How could the devil be here?!”

Crow mask.

There stood a man with his face covered with a crow mask.