Solo Leveling: Ragnarok – 92
by Jessie@AFNCC
Episode 92
After some time a large and magnificent building appeared in front of Suho.
It was a Colosseum surrounded by high walls with bizarre shapes that looked like demons or skeletons.
“Go in.”
The supervisor handed Su-ho over to the guards at the Colosseum and immediately went back to the workhouse.
Clap!
The solid iron door closed and Suho raised his head and looked at the newly encountered demons.
[Demon Jailer]
‘The devil’s jailer….’
As soon as Suho saw the newly met demon he first assessed its fighting power.
Judging by the orange color of their name tags they were quite strong but they were not ones that had a chance of winning if they fought.
However the devil guards who took over Suho also evaluated Suho in the same way.
They looked Suho up and down and started talking to each other.
“It’s been a while since someone useful came in.”
“It’s a bit of a shame that I’m small.”
“In fact it’s better that way. Don’t you know that even gladiators need a concept these days?”
“Well it’s nice that it has only one horn and is unique.”
“Let’s call this one one-horned from now on.”
A nickname was created on the spot regardless of Suho’s will.
[Sigh. One horn….]
The sound of Esil holding back laughter was heard.
[congratulations. I got a name. Among the original devils there are rarely those with names.]
Clap!
“Stay quiet.”
“If you cause trouble I will kill you right away whether it’s a game or not.”
The evil guards placed Su-ho in a solitary cell surrounded by dark iron bars.
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The moment the guys walked away Ber’s face suddenly popped out and he gritted his teeth with a murderous look in his eyes.
[Keeeeek! How dare those arrogant bastards! If you give the order of the minor lord we will immediately dismember those bastards…!]
[Don’t show off you stupid ant.]
[What! Who dares to be so stupid about the lowly topic of bees!]
[I’m asking you to understand the atmosphere. The Master must have a plan. And I am not a bee…]
Kuuk. Squeeze.
[Crossing….]
Suho stepped on Ver and Quay who were throwing their faces at each other under his feet and looked away from the prison.
The demons who were previously trapped here were watching with interest in the dark.
“Kihi. “Are you a rookie?”
“He’s such an ugly guy. “It has one horn.”
“How long will this guy last?”
Gloomy voices whispering about Suho.
In fact Suho was looking closely at the dark iron bars that were imprisoning him.
Teeing.
I tapped it with my finger and felt a strange rebound.
‘It doesn’t seem to be an ordinary season.’
[It’s a prison made of hell iron. It is a hard metal imbued with demon energy and is mainly used to imprison demon prisoners.]
‘Magi?’
Suho smiled strangely at Esil’s explanation.
If it’s Magi isn’t it the energy of the devil?
‘Then maybe something like this will happen?’
Suho grabbed the iron bars made of hell iron with his hands and his eyes lit up.
Then.
[‘Title: Demon Slayer’ buff effect is activated.]
Cough.
The iron bar held in Suho’s hand was forcibly bent.
The Demon Slayer buff which increases all abilities by 40% against demons is also applied to Hell Iron which is stained with demonic energy.
“omg?!”
The eyes of the other solitary demons who witnessed the scene widened in shock.
He was taken aback when he used power beyond his common sense on a small one-horned devil.
“How can you go through hell so easily…!”
“This means you can run away whenever you want!”
“Hey! “If you’re going to escape open my cage too!”
Suddenly the demons who were watching Su-ho started screaming loudly as if they were yelling at him.
But not everyone was that surprised.
“Cluck. These pathetic guys. Who do you think is locked up quietly because they can’t do something like that? If you try to escape here anyway the only way is to get eaten by the guards outside.”
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At the sound of someone clicking their tongue in the corner the nearby demons glared at him and gritted their teeth.
“what? “Who is feeling pathetic now?”
“As long as the old man is dying and only bravado remains!”
“Anyone can do something like that? Then I will bend your neck like that!”
This time the prison suddenly became noisy with swearing.
“Please don’t run into me during the next game!”
“Someday I will eat up that old man who only talks like that.”
However the old devil who had been clucking his tongue brushed away the insults directed at him by picking his ears then leisurely turned his back and lay down.
Suho looked at him with a strange look.
‘…Could it be that you gave me advice?’
Cough.
Suho returned the bent iron bars to their original state.
Anyway I was just experimenting because I was curious and I had no intention of running away.
[Why were you always this strong? I don’t think it was this bad even when I fought the intermediate demon earlier…]
Suho just chuckled at Esil’s surprised voice.
‘The effect of the title has been confirmed.’
Is it thanks to that?
Even though Suho was caught alone in a den full of demons he didn’t look nervous at all.
Rather it was regrettable that he had so easily passed from a labor camp to a prison.
‘If I had killed all the demons in the workhouse I would have gained some experience.’
But I still have to endure it.
If I had made a fuss there I wouldn’t have been able to come here comfortably.
Anyway the level of slaves in the workhouse was at a miserable level even among low-level demons so it seemed like hunting them hard wouldn’t yield much experience gain.
‘But it’s different here.’
From the moment Suho stepped into this prison his sensory stats were giving him a tingly warning.
It wasn’t because of the people nearby who were just talking loudly.
The real thing was much further away.
‘It’s better to catch one big fish than hundreds of small fish.’
A faint smile appeared on Suho’s lips.
It’s the Colosseum… I’m looking forward to it.
But why?
My heart is pounding.
My heart had been pounding since a while ago.
No let’s not be confused.
To be precise he had been feeling a strange tremor from the ‘Volkan horn’ attached to his forehead.
Like a living creature.
‘What kind of phenomenon is this?’
It was an interesting place in many ways.
* * *
“Come out with a single horn.”
The guards came to visit Su-ho again.
The cage opened and Suho obediently walked behind the guards.
But the moment I passed by the cell of the old devil who had warned Suho earlier.
[…If you want to live long don’t eat the food the guards give you.]
‘huh?’
When Suho suddenly turned his head to the side at the sound of a voice suddenly reaching his ear the old devil was still lying with his back turned.
Suho pondered the old devil’s words.
‘Not to eat food?’
After a while as they said the guards placed the roasted beast’s meat in front of Suho.
“Eat. “It’s a special treat only given to newcomers to the Colosseum.”
“It could be your last supper so eat it and don’t leave anything behind.”
The guards chuckle meaningfully.
Suho looked down at the steaming monster meat.
It didn’t look like much but it smelled good.
If he were an ordinary slave at a workhouse he would have rolled his eyes and devoured it as soon as he smelled this smell.
But then.
Someone who had been sleeping in a distant world of rest slowly opened his eyes.
[The Lord of Plague the king of bugs whets his appetite as he looks at the light blood poison mixed in the food.]
‘Light blood poison?’
Lee Chae appeared in Suho’s eyes.
Quresha the Lord of Plague discovered the hidden poison and woke up.
And an information window appeared in front of Guardian who had eaten countless of Queresha’s poisonous insects and obtained the protection of the plague.
Tiring.
[Poison: Light blood poison]
It is a poison that when ingested causes the blood to boil and temporarily increases strength.
However each time you use magical power you experience extreme pain and have the fatal side effect of losing blood and gradually shortening your lifespan.
‘It’s a blood poison… Is this what the old devil warned you about?’
As Su-ho just stared at the beast meat without touching it the guards began to urge him.
“What are you doing if you’re not eating?”
“Do you think you don’t have much of an appetite because you’re small?”
“Should I eat now to use up my energy?”
At that time Suho’s hand moved and he snatched up a piece of monster meat.
At that moment the guards’ eyes flashed insidiously.
Anyway Suho started chewing the monster meat without hesitation.
‘Is it worth eating?’
To Suho who had even eaten poisonous insects from Queresha this level of grotesque eating was nothing.
Tiring.
[‘Poison: Light Blood Poison’ has been ingested.]
[Decoding begins.]
[Deciphering….]
The blood in Suho’s body suddenly became hot and then died down in an instant.
[Decryption is complete.]
[‘Poison: Light Blood Poison’ has been acquired.]
Suho paid no heed and continued to eat the monster meat.
It was obvious why the Colosseum’s newbies were being given this photogenic poison.
‘Whether the lifespan of the slaves is shortened or not the intention is to exert as much strength as possible to force them to fight more fiercely.’
But the problem was that the characteristics of the light blood poison were quite similar to something Suho was familiar with.
‘It’s similar to stardust. This can’t be… a coincidence.’
Stardust developed by demons at the factory was also a medicine that temporarily amplified one’s strength.
Suho asked a question to Queresha who was watching him.
‘Do you know about Queresha stardust?’
After a while the answer came.
[The Lord of Plague the king of bugs snorts that such a thing is a crude poison developed by demons.]
And a new information window appeared.
[Poison: Stardust]
An incomplete poison that complements the shortcomings of photoblood poison.
By offering human suffering and death as a sacrifice he succeeded in eliminating all side effects of the photoblood poison.
It is similar to light blood poison in that it temporarily amplifies magical power when ingested but has the disadvantage of having a short staying power.
‘These crazy people.’
Suho’s expression hardened as he checked the information window.
There was only one thing Suho was familiar with during the stardust manufacturing process.
Burning living humans with magical fuel called mist burn.
At that time the extreme pain and boiling blood of those who were burning to death feeling like a living hell was offered as a sacrifice and the side effects of photoblood poison were resolved in advance through ‘stardust’.
‘Extremely demonic.’
Transferring all suffering to humans in order to increase power.
A quiet anger began to boil within Suho.
The bodies of the demon guards trembled as they felt this unusual life.
“What is it? Why does he take shots so easily?”
“The moment you use magical power directly you will start to feel weak.”
“Hmm. Anyway when you’re done eating get up.”
At those words Suho stood up quietly.
That moment.
[Use ‘Poison: Light Blood Poison’.]
The light blood poison that flowed from Suho secretly spread in all directions.
As the intangible poison slowly seeped into the bodies of the demon guards a cold murderous look passed through Suho’s eyes.
‘I’ll give it back as is.’
And you too die in pain with your blood burning from within.
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