Solo Leveling: Ragnarok – 78



Episode 78

So far Suho has extracted and used a variety of shadow soldiers.

There were many useful soldiers among them but unfortunately they were only mercenaries for a day.

That’s the case just this time.

If a swarm of black bees had swarmed from the sky and the ‘grave spider Arachne’ had been present it would have immediately spread its web and tied up the bees in an instant.

However Arachne had already returned to nothingness a long time ago and this time Su-ho had to deal with all those random mobs one by one.

There was something Ver once said to Suho.

[Only a monarch can lead an army.]

Although Suho inherited the shadow power thanks to having a good father that did not mean that Suho himself was a shadow lord.

As with all monarchs in order to become a monarch the current monarch had to die before a vacancy was created.

However in reality Shadow Lord Seong Jin-woo was already immortal so Su-ho could not become the Shadow Lord forever.

But then Ber spoke clearly.

-The minor lord does not yet have the authority to maintain the legion.

‘Not yet.’

And that very moment finally came to Suho.

[Skill: Shadow Save lv.1]

Shadow power.

No mana consumed.

Shadow soldiers are absorbed and stored in the caster’s shadow.

Stored soldiers can be summoned or reabsorbed at any time the caster wants.

Number of saved shadows: 0 / 1

“…oh my god.”

Suho’s eyes widened as he checked the skill window.

Above his head Ver flew in circles shedding tears of joy.

[Keeeeeeek! I couldn’t be more thrilled! My lord has finally allowed you to have a private army!]

“It’s a private soldier….”

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Suho nodded and muttered.

“Ultimately there was a level limit.”

Ultimately the level is an indicator that allows the system to easily recognize the level of protection.

If this power were given to someone of low rank he would have been consumed by the energy of death and reduced to a shadow soldier.

To store the soldier of death in one’s shadow is to say that death is always following one’s feet.

Anyway now I finally have the authority to have my own private army.

What was important to Suho was ultimately numbers.

[Number of saved shadows: 0 / 1]

“It’s just one….”

Suho burst into laughter.

This may also be due to the low level.

“Right now we’re at a small level so you’re saying we should increase the number one by one.”

In any case this number will be affected by the intelligence stat just like the shadow extraction skill.

Suho suddenly remembered the times when he was young sitting next to his father and playing games.

At that time my father would often nag me asking ‘Can you fall asleep at that level?’

‘For some reason even if you play the same game you level up very quickly. Leveling up was your main job.’

[By the way who do you plan on saving as your first soldier?]

Suho who came out of his thoughts at Ber’s question smiled and answered.

“What are you asking? “I already knew.”

Of course he’s the one who’s been having the most trouble recently.

Suho placed one of Lee Min-seong’s arms which he had brought with him on the floor.

[This is a target for which shadow extraction is possible.]

Shadow extraction is possible even with only part of a corpse.

After all a corpse is just a medium.

A black energy was already creeping from Lee Min-seong’s arm.

Ahhh-!

An ominous sound was echoing in the shadows.

Lee Min-seong was crying asking to be taken out of this hell.

The force was so vicious that it was scary.

‘okay. If you really want it I’ll take it out for you.’

Suho personally extended his hand towards him.

“Get up.”

As soon as Suho’s command was given the black shadow began to wriggle.

[Attempt to extract shadows.]

[Attempting extraction….]

Wow!

Lee Min-seong’s face stretched out from the shadows and opened its mouth fiercely.

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however.

Ting!

A notification popped up along with the sound of metal snapping.

[Shadow extraction failed.]

[There are two more chances left.]

‘Is it a failure?’

Suho’s eyes narrowed.

I expected failure to some extent so I wasn’t too embarrassed.

When shadow extraction occurs the probability of extraction failure increases in proportion to the target’s abilities.

In fact Lee Min-seong was an A-class hunter with much more magical power than Su-ho and he didn’t even win the fight alone in the first place.

‘That means he’s the more desirable guy.’

Suho remembered.

Lee Min-seong the strongest lancer evolved with great effort by queen bee Arsha.

Still just the thought of being able to have that arrogant guy who had escaped from the queen bee for his own desires as one of his soldiers made my heart swell.

‘There are two chances left….’

Suho took a deep breath and calmly attempted a second extraction.

“Get up.”

Ting!

[Shadow extraction failed.]

[There is one more chance left.]

“….”

It’s dizzying.

I expected it but I couldn’t help but feel nervous as I only had one chance left.

Wow!

In fact Lee Min-seong was struggling to get out of the black smoke at this very moment.

‘Do you want to come out too?’

I felt his heart.

Suho’s eyes became serious.

‘You were definitely jealous of my shadow lancers.’

He expressed his base jealousy when he saw the lancers who did not die even if they died when fighting him.

-Why didn’t the queen bee give me this regenerative ability? Could it be that you were afraid that I would become too strong?

But he was clearly mistaken.

In the first place that power was not something the queen bee could give.

‘Come to me. I will make you the strongest lancer.’

Suho’s eyes sparkled with strong will.

“Wake up!”

That moment.

Wow-!

Lee Min-seong roared and came out of the black smoke.

Then the black smoke that followed began to weave together creating an unfinished body.

[Shadow extraction was successful.]

“That’s it!”

Suho burst into cheers.

However it did not seem to be a complete resurrection.

[A strong desire led to the deceased’s will to fight.]

[However the dead person’s abilities are too high compared to the caster’s which weakens the shadow soldier’s power.]

[The shadow level starts from 2.]

‘Weakened to level 2?’

Suho made a puzzled expression.

What level was it originally?

[?? [Lv.2]

knight rank

chuck.

Soon a lance knight made of black vapor knelt in front of Guardian and bowed his head majestically.

[Greetings to my master.]

“uh? “Are you even talking?”

[Kiek?]

Suho and Ber’s eyes widened at the same time.

The other Shadow Lancers could not speak but this one alone had the ability to speak.

“Is it because he is of knight rank?”

[Oh no. In order to be able to speak you have to be at least a general… No isn’t that necessarily the case?]

Ber also looked embarrassed.

[Uhm. Maybe this is because Little Lord has been playing with shadow soldiers since he was a baby…]

In the end we could only speculate that it was the influence of talent and early education.

Tiring.

[Names can be given to soldiers of knight rank or higher.]

[The name given will continue to be maintained until the shadow disappears.]

[Please name the soldier.]

Suho thought for a moment about the question about the system message.

‘It’s a name…’

The name Lee Min-seong was so infamous that I didn’t want to use it.

‘okay. Because Lee Min-seong wanted to follow in Quresha’s footsteps…’

“Quay.”

[Do you want to use ‘Quay’?]

“okay.”

As soon as Suho finished speaking a new name was engraved in place of the question mark above the guy’s head.

[Quay Lv.2]

knight rank

[Thank you for the good name.]

Lee Min-seong newly born with the name Quay smiled faintly and stood up.

When he was alive he had long spear-like stings on both of his hands instead of hands but now that he was reborn only one side had the stingers and the other side had a normal hand.

‘I guess that’s why I came here with only one arm cut off.’

As he was looking at Quay’s appearance Ver came up and mocked Lee Min-seong.

[Khehe. It’s pitiful. A guy who was so strong was only a level 2 knight.]

However Quay only snorted at Ver’s provocation.

[under. This is ridiculous. Do you think you have the right to laugh at me?]

[Ugh.]

It was Ver who flinched because he was hit right on the head.

[Ber Lv.1]

soldier rank

For reference the current Mini Ver’s rating was far below.

[This is not my true self!]

[That goes for me as well. The important thing is the present right?]

[What! How dare a distant successor talk back?!]

[What about the successor? On the topic of subordinates.]

[…!]

Ber is truly crying and Quay is looking at him with his arms crossed indifferently.

In the midst of a bloody war of nerves between the two Suho said one thing.

“Quay.”

[Yes master. Did you call me?]

“Fuck your head.”

[ancient?!]

Quay’s eyes widen in surprise at those words.

However the body had already obeyed the command and fell straight down hitting its head.

[Master! Why me…!]

“Ber is like an uncle who raised me on his back. “If I mess up I’ll get scolded?”

[cow. army. main. Niimm-! Hehehe!]

It was Ver who flew down and clung to Suho’s head shedding tears of emotion.

At the same time he glanced at Quay from the corner of his eye and started giggling.

[Now I see that you are the second-in-command so you are level 2!]

[Ugh.]

Quay’s face crumpled as he hit his head on the floor as if those words had offended him.

[…We’ll see you bastard.]

It seemed like the war of nerves between the two would continue in the future.

* * *

[Hmm. He seems like a pretty useful soldier. Where did they catch this guy?]

Ammut who was watching what Suho was doing was looking at Quay with an interested expression.

Suho told everything that happened today and Ammut burst into laughter after hearing the story.

[There is still a long way to go. Are you saying we had a hard time because of just a few bugs?]

“It wasn’t just a few? Even Master must have had a hard time?”

[Sounds funny. Even if hundreds of millions of those bugs come all at once they can’t do any harm to me.]

It wasn’t an exaggeration.

Ammut’s thick skin is like full-body armor made of steel.

With that strong defense it would have ignored all attacks walked towards the captain and trampled him.

“I’m curious about something more than that.”

[what?]

Suho remembered himself during the last battle that took place today.

“It would be quicker to show it in person. “Look at this.”

Ugh!

[Use ‘Skill: Rigid Body Technique.’]

Suho raised his sword and performed a strong body technique.

Then the black energy flowed out through the arms and wrists and pulled out the sword energy on the blade.

Ammut’s eyes lit up when he saw that.

[Hoo? It’s pretty good. Expanding the art of strong body to weapons!]

“Oh was this originally possible?”

[Of course I can. But Tarnak couldn’t do it.]

“This is something even the monarch of a strong body couldn’t do?”

Suho opened his eyes wide at the unexpected answer and asked back.

Ammut smiled meaningfully and looked intently at Suho.

[Yes. Since he was a goblin from birth all he could do was strengthen his body. Actually that alone was strong enough. But you are different.]

Suho was not a goblin or anything but the son of a shadow lord.

[If the starting point is different the result is bound to be different. I’m curious too. What kind of monster will you turn into when you master the art of strong body!]

Gooooooo!

At that moment Ammut’s body became increasingly larger and began to form as a spirit.

[So now that the errands are done let’s start training!]

“Now wait! “I’m not mentally ready yet…!”

A heavy gravitational field pressed down on Suho.

The daily quest which is harder than fighting Queresha has begun.