Solo Leveling: Ragnarok – 4



Episode 4

“…!”

Suho was greatly shocked.

The black demonic beast that suddenly appeared was a demonic beast with black vapor boiling from its entire body wearing a pitch-black exoskeleton like armor.

Its form is a huge ant with wings.

The black smoke constantly burning all over the body was like a shadow swaying in the light.

The moment he saw that image certain memories flashed through Suho’s mind.

‘Could it be that I saw it in my dream…?’

He clearly knew that magical beast.

Numerous ant beasts that appeared in his dreams a long time ago.

This is exactly what the fearsome leader of the ants looked like…!

But what is this?

The ant demon suddenly came in front of Suho and pretended to kneel down on one knee.

[Solord! That Ber has come! Please rest assured now!]

“…what?”

Suho’s eyes widened.

No what kind of situation is this?

It was so large that Suho had to look up even when he was kneeling down.

however….

Stand tall.

Before Suho could say anything the black magic beast’s momentum suddenly changed.

He ended up discovering Suho’s body which had been completely destroyed after being attacked by a giant wolf.

At that moment the black magic beast raised its head as a storm of murderous energy erupted from its entire body.

[This bastard dare bite this precious body?! I’ll rip your fucking mouth out!]

And then a terrible roar that shook the entire building began to come out of its mouth.

[Keeeeeeeeeeek-!]

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That moment.

The world has turned into hell.

Ku-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!

[Crrrrr…!]

A terrible life that envelops my entire body.

At that time the giant wolf that had been trampled by the black beast raised its head in triumph.

And then he bit off the black demon beast’s leg.

Stand tall.

Then the black magic beast’s head creaked and looked down.

[How dare you! Where does this bug-like thing come from?]

At that moment pitch black steam boiled up.

The black demonic beast kicked the giant wolf at blinding speed and hit its torso.

Boom!

[Hehe!]

A giant wolf leaping back helplessly while screaming.

However the black magic beast outpaced him faster than that speed and threw the huge beast to the ground once again.

Kwaang-!

Then he grabbed the wolf’s legs with both hands.

Do it yourself!

A body torn in two.

[Crack…!]

Black blood flew everywhere along with a terrible scream.

This was no longer a battle.

Just one-sided slaughter.

It was the tyranny of a predator.

[Keeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!]

The overwhelming predator trampled on the wolf’s carcass and let out a mad roar again.

The cruel killing made the entire bodies of the hunters who had just entered the first floor of the art museum stiffen.

“What! What a way to live!”

“They said it was a D-class dungeon. What is this…!”

Shock and horror!

The building was shaking as if it would collapse at any moment.

…But why?

For some reason Suho wasn’t afraid of that cruel beast at all.

Rather I miss it so much….

It stimulates the scent of memories that have been stored in long memories.

‘what? I feel like I remember something…’

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-Gyami… Gyami…!

What is this memory?

In a vague memory I heard the voice of a newborn baby drawing ants in his sketchbook.

‘who….’

Crackling!

“Tsk!”

Suddenly a severe headache struck me.

It was very confusing but at least one thing was certain.

‘Anyway I guess I survived….’

[Stamina: 1/140]

dump.

In the end Suho lost all his tension and fell to the floor.

[Keeek! So Solord? Solord! Come to your senses…!]

At that moment Suho thought.

The arms of the demonic beast that puts everything aside and rushes to hug you are so warm…

Even while he was fainting a smile appeared on Suho’s lips.

Tiring.

[You have completed ‘Quest: Rescue the Survivors’.]

[Number of survivors rescued: 33]

[Your level has risen!]

* * *

Suho had a dream.

It was a dream of a newborn baby being carried on an ant’s back.

The baby in the dream was laughing wondering why he was so happy.

When the baby laughed the ant laughed too.

Wherever the baby went there were always ants.

An ant wearing an apron and giving a baby bottle.

Ants who study numbers together.

An ant taking a nap with a baby covering it with a small blanket…

If the ant was not seen the baby cried.

Then in an instant ants appeared and shook the toy to soothe the baby.

Then the baby stopped crying and smiled brightly again as if it had never happened before.

Seeing this the ant wearing an apron came towards the baby with bright eyes that looked like they were about to shed tears at any moment.

[Solord when did you grow up so handsomely? Soin Ber is just filled with endless emotions.]

…!

Then the baby grew up and stood in front of Gaemi in the form of a 22-year-old Suho.

Ver.

It was Suho who was repeating that name to himself.

Ant Ver looked at him proudly and wiped away tears.

[The original purpose of my coming was to unseal the Solord. But I never thought he would have already broken the seal of his own will. After all he is our small lord.]

Sniffle.

He was so moved that tears flowed from his eyes like a faucet.

[Sniff. However the seal has not been completely broken. The most important things are stored here.]

Ber took out something from his arms.

Tiring.

[‘Item: Shadow Dungeon Key’ has been acquired.]

‘Shadow Dungeon? ‘What is this?’

Suho felt puzzled by the message that suddenly appeared.

But this place is in a dream.

Suho’s voice could not reach Ber at all.

The ant said as he put the key in his hand.

[Please use this key whenever you are ready. It contains everything that should have originally belonged to the Solord.]

Saying that Ber got down on one knee and grabbed Suho’s shoulders with both hands.

[Just keep one thing in mind.]

A solemn tone and a gentle hand.

Two eyes that clearly felt those conflicting emotions looked at Suho.

[Great power definitely requires a big vessel. When a force that cannot be handled is given to someone who is not prepared for the bowl the bowl may break because it cannot withstand the weight of the force.]

great power. Big bowl.

Suho pondered those words in his mind.

[In short it means raising the level of the bowl.]

Ber’s eyes narrowed and he smiled mischievously.

Ugh.

After speaking Ber stood up again and bowed his head politely.

[Then Solord. My mission ends here. I want to protect my side more but even at this very moment my colleagues are desperately waiting for me.]

Then he narrowed one eye.

[Even though I look like this I am a very capable healer.]

‘Healer? ‘Healer?’

It was the most absurd thing Suho had heard recently.

[Then Soin I will go back now. So please until the day we meet again….]

Please stay healthy….

Ber’s faint voice increasingly echoed.

‘for a moment! I still have something to ask…!’

Suho urgently called him but no voice came out of his mouth.

At that moment Suho woke up.

* * *

“omg! ant?!”

Suho suddenly got up and quickly looked around.

Pure white walls and the smell of disinfectant.

A calm air surrounded him.

“oh. “Are you awake?”

The nurse who was changing the IV looked at Suho.

“This is….”

“It’s a hospital. Don’t you remember? “A dungeon was created at school.”

‘…Could it all have been a dream?’

Although Suho woke up he had a dazed expression for a long time.

‘Where on earth does this dream end? ant? Dungeon? Or everything including leveling up?’

Everything was confusing.

At that moment news was playing on the TV in the hospital room.

-The gate that occurred at Hankuk University two days ago is currently almost completely under attack…

-Experts say that despite the dungeon break occurring in the middle of the city there were miraculously few casualties…

‘It’s been two days?’

It seemed that the events that occurred at the museum were not a dream.

‘Then were your childhood dreams real?’

Suho finally realized.

Memories of my childhood playing with big ants.

How could I have completely forgotten those happy moments?

Suho felt sad when he remembered the ant ‘Ber’ he had seen in his dream.

‘I couldn’t even talk to you properly but you left like that.’

Suho raised his head.

The texts floating in front of me from earlier were waiting for me.

[You have completed ‘Quest: Rescue the Survivors’.]

[Quest completion reward has arrived.]

[Do you want to check your reward?] (Y/N)

‘check.’

Suho chose OK without hesitation.

I almost died several times but it was right to check the compensation first even if it was unfair.

[The following rewards are available.]

Reward 1: +5 ability points

Reward 2: Strength stat points +3

‘It gives you 8 stat points?’

Suho’s eyes widened at the reward which was greater than expected.

It seemed like every time I leveled up all my stats went up by 1 point.

So 8 additional stat points were much more than leveling up once.

‘It’s rewarding to risk your life and do a good deed.’

Suho immediately checked the status window.

[Status Window]

Name: Seong Su-ho

Level: 3

Occupation: None

Title: None

HP: 140/140

MP: 14/14

[stats]

Strength: 15 Stamina: 12

Dexterity: 12 Intelligence: 12

Senses: 12

(Distributable ability points: 5)

[Skill]

Passive Skill: None

Active Skill: Ruler’s Power Lv.1

There were definitely a lot of added features compared to the dream I had in high school.

At that time only the level was indicated and there was no specific status window.

‘hmm. What stats should I raise?’

3 points of strength stat were applied automatically and I was wondering where to invest the remaining stats.

Rather than blindly investing the remaining stats Suho looked at other stats carefully.

Then an information window appeared in front of him.

[information]

Strength: This stat increases strength and speed. Attack power increases.

Agility: This is a stat that increases body vision and body reaction speed. Reflexes and evasion rate increase.

Stamina: This stat increases the maximum HP and recovery speed.

Intelligence: This stat increases the maximum MP and recovery speed.

Senses: This stat increases the five senses. Crisis detection ability increases.

Looking at it this way all stats seemed important.

‘I’ll think about it some more and decide later.’

Once Suho closed the status window he suddenly realized that he was thirsty.

Come to think of it I guess I passed out for two days without drinking a single sip of water.

Suho opened the door of the small refrigerator next to the bed to look for water.

Rattling.

Then inside it.

“…uh?”

Suho’s eyes widened.

Surprisingly inside there was Verga who had shrunk to the size of a fist peeling an apple.

“You you…!”

[Khehe.]

[Ber] Lv.1

soldier rank

For some reason Ber whose magnificent body had become very small and cute held out an apology with a shy expression.

It was shaped like a rabbit.

[I couldn’t go because I ran out of mana.]

“….”