Solo Leveling: Ragnarok – 71



Episode 71

Suho and Baekmiho Lim Tae-gyu managed to enter the beehive through a barrage of arrows.

And the moment I hit the floor.

Taaat!

Without any thought Su-ho and Baek Mi-ho’s new model leapt forward at incredible speed.

And they cut off the heads of the archers who were shooting arrows at them.

Damn it!

“Kwaek!”

[The contaminated ghoul has been defeated.]

[The contaminated ghoul has been defeated.]

They were the same as the mutants on the ground.

“shit. “They’re all our kids right?”

Lim Tae-gyu recognized their faces and gritted his teeth. Even though it was mutated some traces of its original appearance remained.

“These guys are all living guild members?”

Baek Mi-ho muttered with a serious expression.

“For some reason they killed all the other hunters and only kidnapped the dead guild members… Could it be that Lee Min-seong wanted to become the guild leader in this way?”

“Anyway since we’re in the hive let’s find the owner. “Please guide me in the direction of Ver.”

[Yes Solord. Please follow me.]

At Suho’s words the navigator no the bergation twitched his antennae and took the lead.

It was then.

One of Suho’s twin swords ‘Rakan’s Fang’ spoke to Suho.

-Be careful. This hive is now a sanctuary.

“This is a sanctuary?”

At those words Suho looked at Rakan’s fangs and asked back.

[The Fang Lord the king of beasts shrugs that it is not him.]

“Then it must be Quresha’s sanctuary.”

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-I think so.

“Did sanctuaries just pop up in random places like this?”

-That can’t be possible. Sanctuary ultimately refers to the realm of monarchs. Now that all the monarchs have died it has become a place to hold ancestral rites to them.

sanctuary.

Those words reminded Suho of the sanctuaries of Rakan he had visited.

“That means there could be an artifact in here.”

-I don’t know that. Will there be relics will there be successors will there be priests?

“Well you’ll find out when you meet Lee Min-seong.”

Anyway from the outside it looked like a beehive but when I went inside I saw a new space completely separated from the outside.

ominous sky.

Thick clouds were swirling as if a big storm was about to arrive.

The air was frozen with fear and there was a damp smell like a rotting corpse.

“I feel like I’m in the gate. “Has a new dungeon been created?”

Lim Tae-gyu looked around and muttered.

Suho responded to those words.

“It seems different from the dungeon.”

To be exact it was a sanctuary.

However Lim Tae-gyu looked uncomfortable at Su-ho’s words.

“It’s different from a dungeon? “What do you know that makes you say something like that?”

Lim Tae-gyu who was suppressing the growing toxicity of royal jelly with his magic was nervous.

Even as the guild leader of the Reaper Guild it was Lim Tae-gyu who was responsible for this entire situation.

Public opinion has already abandoned the Reaper Guild.

Even if I resolved this issue this time I was at a loss as to how to resolve this atmosphere.

I don’t know what Lee Min-seong did but the fact that the person who was the Vice President of the Reaper Guild opened a dungeon in the middle of the city was sure to deal a huge blow to the Reaper Guild.

The accidental compensation for the people who died today would be enormous.

However when Su-ho whose magical power seemed to be only C-level just by looking at him suddenly said something strange Lim Tae-gyu found it absurd.

What does a C-rank hunter know that makes him throw up at the words of an S-rank hunter?

“So if this isn’t a dungeon what is it?”

At that time Baek Mi-ho urgently intervened between the two.

“There is no time for us to be like this among ourselves. Rather Guild Leader Lim Tae-gyu are you unable to use magical power right now?”

“….”

It was Lim Tae-gyu who flinched and kept his mouth shut when he hit the nail on the head.

“…That’s right. “The poison is spreading inside my body so I am suppressing it with my magic.”

“Didn’t you get healed?”

“Healing didn’t work. I think it will be resolved later by getting a more advanced healer but since there is no suitable healer nearby right now…”

“Then why did you follow me here?”

“…Even if you can’t use magical power your electric power will be enough.”

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Even without being able to use magical power an S-class hunter’s outstanding physical ability could exert tremendous power on its own.

“Oh I guess it can be used as a shield. “That’s a good thing.”

“….”

[stop. I’m going to cry.]

In the end Ber who was worse off stepped forward.

A child?

Lim Tae-gyu was instantly moved by those words.

A small ant floating next to Suho was looking at him with genuine pity.

But why?

Lim Tae-gyu who made eye contact with Ver felt an instinctive feeling of rejection.

Rejection? No this is more than that….

Creepy.

‘I feel afraid? ‘Why?’

Ber looked at Lim Tae-gyu’s face with a strange expression.

[hmm. You too have aged quite a bit.]

“…?”

It was Lim Tae-gyu who felt puzzled by the way he spoke as if he knew him.

But that feeling didn’t last long.

“Everyone prepare for battle.”

At that moment Suho who was observing his surroundings with his senses widened looked up at the sky and opened his mouth.

Grumble!

A swarm of pitch-black bees were swarming in the ominously swirling clouds.

No now I see that it wasn’t a cloud.

“crazy.”

Lim Tae-gyu made an absurd expression.

“Could it be that all those clouds were swarms of bees?”

Everything I thought was a cloud turned out to be a bee.

[I think it’s true that this is a beehive. You’ve collected a lot.]

Ber twitched his antennae.

[The greatest energy is felt beyond those clouds.]

“In the end you have to fly again.”

I came in through a rain of arrows and this time I was told that I had to fly through a huge swarm of bees.

It was then.

Tiring!

[‘Sanctuary of Insects’ activates.]

“…!”

Suho suddenly felt a chill.

This feeling was like ‘back then’.

It’s like when you enter the sanctuary of the beasts…

Tiring!

[Passive skill ‘(Unknown)’ is activated.]

Shwaaaaaaaaaaa!

At that moment Suho’s shadow spread out in all directions and colored the whole world.

and.

Time has stopped.

No everything stopped.

* * *

‘…Are we here again?’

Suho stood alone at the edge of the empty horizon.

A world of complete blankness.

‘It is the realm of eternal rest.’

However the sensation I felt here was completely different from when I met Rakan the lord of beasts.

‘Is it a bug?’

Suho looked at the ground where his feet were standing.

Not just this entire land but this entire white world was made up of pure white insects.

Suho’s gaze lifted his head and headed forward.

Then at the end of the empty horizon a woman was sitting with her legs crossed looking down at herself arrogantly.

Suho immediately realized its identity.

‘Are you Quresha?’

The corner of the woman’s mouth curled up wickedly at that question.

[Yes that’s right. My name is Quresha. I am the ghost of eternity who was killed by your father.]

At that moment the system urgently displayed a message in front of Suho.

[Quaresha the King of Bugs and the Lord of Plague is watching you.]

…!

At that moment the woman’s presence began to grow enormously.

It wasn’t just the momentum that increased.

Kirik! Kiririk!

Kiyaaaak!

The white insects that made up this land were gradually coming together as one and the woman was becoming increasingly gigantic in size.

[…at one time.]

And looking down at Suho’s relatively small figure he quenched his appetite.

[I wanted to try the same monarch to see what it tastes like.]

The giant bug queen giggled and smiled self-mockingly.

[But in the end I was the one who got eaten.]

That moment.

The ground where Suho was standing turned into a huge hand and grabbed Suho’s body.

Goooooh.

The hand gradually rose and raised the guard in front of Queresha’s face.

Queresha slowly took a look at Suho’s appearance and reminisced about that time.

[You know what? Your father had a poisonous venom worse than any insect I’ve ever met.]

As if trying to find the shadow of Seong Jin-woo who killed him on Su-ho’s face.

[It looks similar. A lot with him.]

‘okay? ‘There are many people who say I look more like my mother.’

At Suho’s reply a moment of playfulness appeared in Queresha’s eyes.

[What would it taste like if I ate you now? Are you similar to your father?]

It seemed like this was the facial expression of an innocent child when he crushed small bugs to death with his hands.

But now the situation was the opposite.

Because Suho was much smaller in front of the enormous queen of bugs.

But Suho was resolute.

‘It’s too pretentious for a ghost who died a long time ago.’

[…Your cheeky speaking habits are just like your father’s.]

Queresha glared at Suho with eerie eyes and lowered Suho’s body to the ground.

[Yes you are right. I’m already dead. but….]

Tiring!

At that moment an ominous system message suddenly rang in front of Suho.

[Quest has arrived.]

Before Suho could even check the message Queresha’s smile took on an even crueler light.

[I am originally one and a colony.]

Quresha was the king of bugs who was born as a small bug and grew up by devouring countless bugs.

All the bugs he swallowed formed the body of Quresha.

And all the bugs that filled this world were the corpses and souls of Queresha.

[From the moment you step into my world you have already been swallowed by me.]

At that moment the dark poison that was felt outside filled the pure white world.

No this entire world began to turn against Suho.

A quest window opened in front of Suho by itself.

[Urgent Quest: Queresha’s Solitude]

Quresha the king of bugs and the Lord of Plague has dragged you into ‘solitude.’

All the bugs that make up Quresha are against you.

Prove yourself by surviving the required time.

Required time: 4 hours

Time remaining: 4 hours 0 minutes 0 seconds

An arrogant smile appeared on Queresha’s lips as he looked down at Suho from high above.

[Try to struggle hard. Like a bug. Just like I did in front of your father!]

At the same time all the bugs that made up this world began to attack Suho.

Kyaaaaaaa!

Kiyaaaaa!

‘….’

however.

Quresha felt something strange.

Even after seeing the endless crowd of insects Suho’s expression did not move at all let alone panic.

Even though this was a world of rest it was a place where not even the guardian shadow soldiers could be summoned.

[Now wait a minute.]

Rather it was Queresha who was embarrassed.

[What on earth is that power? no way…]

Suho’s arm was enveloped by an increasingly ominous black energy.

Moreover the energy was not just one thing.

Whioooo!

A spiritual wind blew from somewhere turning Suho’s hair silver.

Queresha who was well aware of the identity of those energies could not help but be embarrassed.

[You guy… How many monarchs have you inherited the power of?]