Suumary :
Definitely! In Chapter 1 “Solo Leveling” (also known as “I Alone Level-Up”), the story continues to follow Sung Jin-Woo, a low-ranking hunter who recently entered a dangerous dungeon with a team of other hunters. The dungeon is full of powerful and deadly monsters and the team is quickly overwhelmed.
As the team faces these formidable foes, Sung Jin-Woo begins to display remarkable fighting skills and instincts. He fights with unmatched strength and agility, easily handling monsters that prove to be a challenge for his teammates. It is clear that Sung Jin-Woo is no ordinary hunter.
The chapter also delves into Sung Jin-Woo’s inner thoughts and his determination to become stronger. He reflects on his past failures and the need to provide for his sick mother and younger sister. This motivation fuels his determination to excel in hunting and earn more money for his family.
At the end of Chapter 1, the other hunters in the underground are amazed by Sung Jin-Woo’s abilities and he turns out to be the only survivor of the team. This chapter sets the stage for his journey to become a formidable hunter and uncover the secrets of his newfound abilities.
Please note that “Solo Leveling” is a web novel and manhwa series, and the availability of chapters and content may vary depending on the source and translations.
[Daily Quest is now available.]
An articulate voice of a younger girl.
This became genuinely no longer a game. Of path, it wasn’t a dream, both.
however, her voice really resounded inside my head. Hell, I ought to even see the quest window floating in mid-air, too.
‘may want to or not it’s… Even these days?”
at the same time as fervently praying in my head, I cautiously opened the information window.
Ttiring….
[Daily Quest: Preparations to become strong]
Press-up, one hundred instances: Incomplete (zero/100)
take a seat-up, 100 instances: Incomplete (zero/100)
Squat, a hundred instances: Incomplete (0/100)
jogging, 10 km: Incomplete (zero/10)
※warning: Incompletion of day by day Quests will result in appropriate degrees of punishment.
As soon as I got to verify the contents of the daily Quest, I started out cussing out reflexively.
“Awww… simply what number of days has it been already?!”
***
part 1: Rank E Hunter
Rank E Hunter, Seong Jin-Woo.
regardless of where he went, this identify continually observed him around.
Jin-Woo’s universal strength was almost the same as a normal individual. apart from being a piece stronger and his wounds restoration barely quicker, Jin-Woo became about similar to ordinary humans in each other thing.
It was par for the direction then, that he’d continually end up getting injured. He nearly died numerous times, too.
Of direction, it wasn’t as though Seong Jin-Woo favored being a Hunter.
The paintings turned into risky, others made fun of him, and to confound the matters even further, the pay turned into quite pathetic, as nicely.
If it weren’t for the medical aid paid out by way of the Hunter association to the Hunters in their “payroll”, he’d have grew to become in his hunter licence and stop by using now, and live his lifestyles like a everyday man or woman.
unluckily, a person like Seong Jin-Woo, in his mid-Twenties and lacking in any tangible job abilties, there was no other manner however to stay as a Hunter if he desired to pay for his mother’s sanatorium price of hundreds of thousands of won every month.
need to one say that he had no choice inside the count?
That became why, even though he didn’t need to, he virtually had to participate within the raid supervised by the affiliation.
***
Hunters working in the identical region tended to recognise every other pretty well. in the event of a Gate establishing up, all the Hunters in that district would be asked to come back, that’s why.
The Hunters who had arrived early sipped at the cups of espresso handed out via the affiliation’s employee and shared cordial greetings with each other.
“Oh, good day. Mister Kim, Over right here. here.”
“Oh? Mister Park, what are you doing here? I idea you had been giving up on being a Hunter?”
“well, that… My wife is pregnant with our 2d child.”
“Hahahaha, is that so. Yeah, for a Hunter to earn big in one go, taking part in a raid is the first-class, isn’t it.”
Mister Kim jovially burst out in laughter. Mister Park observed match with a sheepish snigger, before asking Kim.
“by means of the way, why do I sense like that the affiliation is looking on us much less and less these days? Did the quantity of Gates decrease or some thing?”
“Eii, of path no longer. That’s handiest because the Guilds are becoming all labored up over clearing the Gates; it’s got nothing to do with the association. I listen that various Guilds are jumping in with both ft because there’s massive earnings concerned on this entire component.”
“properly, if so, due to the fact this raid is being supervised by means of the association, it ought to be safe, no?”
Mister Park took a glance round as though he was getting worried.
If a Guild became now not concerned these days, that meant there wasn’t enough income to be had, and if there wasn’t enough income available, then that could most effective mean that this precise Gate’s issue might be low.
Of direction, not anything on this global changed into a hundred% absolute.
It wasn’t simply Mister Park; other Hunters were nervously glancing around as properly.
“Hmm. i’m wondering….”
Mister Kim finished the relaxation of his coffee while fending off answering his friend, before recognizing a positive someone and raised his hand in happiness.
“Uh! He’s right here. whats up, Mister Seong!! Mister Seong!”
other Hunters additionally displayed joy at discovering that younger man.
“Ah, hiya.”
It turned into none other than Seong Jin-Woo.
Jin-Woo done a simple nod of the top on the joyous Mister Kim and walked by.
After making sure Jin-Woo become nicely out of earshot, Mister Kim started sniggering whilst expectantly talking up.
“So, Jin-Woo confirmed up. Then it’s going to okay these days, too.”
Mister Park’s eyes widened up and he hurriedly asked Kim.
“What turned into that? Is that Hunter Seong Jin-Woo honestly strong?”
“Ahh. proper, of course, you wouldn’t recognise who he’s. He’s a Hunter who started operating shortly when you left, you spot. however, every Hunter here is aware of who that kid is by now.”
“He’s sincerely that robust? Wait, why is he operating for the association, then? Why no longer for a Guild or as a freelancer?”
Kim sniggered some more earlier than narrowing his eyes.
“you already know what that man’s nickname is?”
“How have to I realize that? C’mon, man. simply inform me already.”
“Humanity’s weakest weapon.”
“….Weakest? not some thing like, the ultimate weapon?”
“Dude, that’s the nickname for the rank S Hunter Choi Jong-In. that kid is the ‘weakest weapon’. I’m pretty sure he’s the weakest Hunter in the Republic of Korea.”
“surely?”
Park commenced frowning deeply.
Why could different Hunters greet this Seong Jin-Woo if he become clearly that weak? in spite of everything, didn’t they need a person to believe their backs if matters went south?
Park couldn’t absolutely recognize the reactions of different Hunters.
whilst Park’s head tilted this way and that, Kim chuckled and poked the facet of Park together with his elbow.
“Eii! The raids Seong Jin-Woo participates in will most effective have low problem due to the fact he’s so weak. The association might by no means entrust him with a hard activity, don’t you get that? They don’t need to see him get killed, right?”
simplest then did Park’s expression brightened up.
“R-right. Yeah.”
His spouse was deeply involved about him when you consider that this will be his first raid in quite some time. clearly, even he himself changed into involved, too. however, now that he listened to Kim’s words, he felt like a weight changed into lifted off his thoughts.
Kim persisted on.
“That guy, there has been a hearsay not too lengthy ago that stated, he were given injured collaborating in a raid of a rank E Gate and spent per week within the health facility.”
“A Hunter got injured by means of a rank E Gate?”
“That’s proper. no one anticipated to see a Hunter getting injured for the duration of a rank E Gate raid, in order that they didn’t even bring alongside a Healer, apparently!”
“That’s why he spent every week in a health center?! Pu-hahaha!”
whilst Park started giggling too loudly, Kim hurriedly hushed him.
“forestall it, guy. Mister Seong might listen you.”
“Aigoo. I didn’t think of that.”
Park cautiously checked Jin-Woo’s reactions as he endured to snort.
fortunately, the space become a long way sufficient and the adolescents didn’t appear to have heard them.
Of route, they have been improper.
‘i will listen everything, you geezers.’
A bitter smile formed on Jin-Woo as he attempted difficult to disregard them. At times like today, he couldn’t assist however blame his unusually-acute sense of hearing.
It seemed that he arrived too early and the raid become yet to start.
‘Did I arrive too early?’
Jin-Woo seemed around to whilst away the waiting time, noticed the association worker handing out heat espresso, and walked closer.
“Can i get a cup of espresso as well?”
“Oh. Seong Jin-Woo Hunter-nim… I’m actually sorry, but we ran out of coffee just now.”
“……”
The cold winter breeze brushed beyond the tip of his nose.
Jin-Woo quietly wiped his nostril together with his index finger.
What a sad day it turned into, for the espresso to run out as soon because it become his turn to get one.
***
“Why do you persist on being a Hunter, Mister Seong Jin-Woo?”
“I’m sorry.”
Jin-Woo reduced his head and apologised.
The young, lovely lady the usage of recuperation magic in the front of Jin-Woo, Yi Ju-Hui showed how sad she changed into with a pouting expression.
“I’m no longer seeking to get you to apologise, you already know? I’m handiest concerned approximately you. if you continue combating this way, ultimately you’ll be confronted with a without a doubt risky state of affairs.”
Jin-Woo glanced past Yi Ju-Hui’s shoulders and took a take a look at other Hunters fighting over yonder.
while one entered thru the Gate, one could arrive at an area known as ‘dungeon’. The rank of this particular dungeon should be round D.
A dozen-plus Hunters were taking care of the monsters inside this dungeon with out a lot as breaking a sweat.
lamentably, for a rank E, this kind of feat was almost impossible.
normally, the job of restoration the injured Hunters from the back fell at the Healers. for the reason that he continually were given injured at some stage in raids, Jin-Woo changed into instead 9aaf3f374c58e8c9dcdd1ebf10256fa5 many of the Healers.
Yi Ju-Hui carefully asked him.
“possibly, is there a reason why you may’t give up being a Hunter?”
Jin-Woo resolutely shook his head.
He didn’t want to reveal anything private to other people.
“I’m only doing this as a hobby. If I don’t do this, I’ll probably die of boredom, clearly.”
Yi Ju-Hui pouted even more.
“in case you preserve on with this interest of yours, soon you’d be raiding a dungeon in the netherworld, you recognize?”
Jin-Woo turned into taken off-shield from her statement and ended up chuckling out loudly.
way to that, Yi Ju-Hui’s nagging intensified.
“Ah, ahh!! Don’t snicker! Don’t! Your injuries might worsen!!”
Jin-Woo giggled before asking her.
“wherein did you even study to mention stuff like that?”
“What do you mean, wherein? It’s from Mister Kim waaay over there.”
“Aigoo, that ahjussi simply went and did it, didn’t he….”
As they chatted and laughed, his remedy turned into almost over.
It turned into already too past due with the aid of then, though. It appeared that the raid turned into pretty a good deal over now.
Jin-Woo’s expression hardened.
‘I handiest killed a unmarried monster these days.’
A rank E creature, no much less. Seong Jin-Woo started fidgeting with the rank E magic crystal in his hand.
the lowest grade magic crystal from a rank E monster fetched less than hundred thousand won. For some thing he bet his existence to earn, it become a pathetically small quantity. (TL: simply over $88.)
‘A magic crystal from a rank C monster can promote for over ten million received, though….’ (TL: $8830+)
Too terrible, a rank E Hunter which include himself couldn’t even try to kill a monster with a rank as excessive as C.
all of the sudden, someone shouted out.
“Uh? good day, there’s some other front over right here.”
The nearby Hunters rushed over there.
“Huh, it’s authentic.”
“There virtually is another course?”
just as that Hunter stated, there has been an front hidden inside the dungeon itself.
“A dual dungeon, is it… So, this sort of component absolutely exists for actual….”
Mister music, owning over ten years’ revel in as a Hunter, looked into the hidden front and displayed how amazed he become.
The interior of the hidden, cave-like passage was darkish and not anything can be visible. Mister music activated his speciality, flame magic, and tossed it further ahead into the passage.
The flame flew ahead and illuminated the interior. The passageway regarded to head on all the time. quickly enough, the flame misplaced its ahead momentum, fell to the floor and smouldered for a chunk before flickering out of existence.
The passage was shrouded in darkness another time.
“Hmm….. anyone, acquire around. let’s have a meeting.”
The unstated chief of this raid, Mister song, known as for other Hunters to gather round. Jin-Woo’s remedy was over by then, so he and Yi Ju-Hui additionally joined in.
song spoke up whilst sweeping his gaze over the accumulated Hunters.
“As you know thoroughly, a Gate will no longer near until the dungeon’s boss is killed. for the reason that Gate itself continues to be intact even though we took care of all of the monsters right here, which could only imply that the boss is past that passageway.”
music pointed closer to the hidden front.
Hunters exchanged meaningful glances and nodded their heads. no one should disagree with that belief.
music continued on.
“Now typically, we’re presupposed to relay this facts returned to the affiliation and await their selection first, but… however, if we do that, we would turn out to be delivering the project of killing the boss to other Hunters, and our takings for these days’s raid could lower by using lots.”
The expressions of the Hunters crumpled.
Park’s face hardened greater than each person else given that he wished plenty of cash for his spouse’s pregnancy.
‘Postnatal care eats up a lot cash in recent times, you already know…’
At this fee, there’d be no meaning in the back of him risking his life to take part on this raid.
“That’s why I’d pick if we took care of the boss before leaving this dungeon… So, what do you all think?”
Hunters fell right into a deep contemplation.
“….”
“….”
The fact was, no person here should determine out the cutting-edge scenario and so, their safety couldn’t be guaranteed. but, the difficulty of this specific dungeon proved to be very low.
So, the hidden dungeon inside it couldn’t had been that hard, both.
“Hmm, hmm.”
track coughed to attract every person’s attention to himself.
“given that we have seventeen humans here, let’s put this to a vote, we could? once the decision has been made, no one complains. So? How approximately it?”
Others nodded their heads after listening to music’s idea. no one changed into disagreeing with him.
“I vote for going beforehand.”
music raised his hand.
after which, different Hunters started out elevating their hands separately.
“Me too.”
“rely me in as well.”
Park changed into the primary to elevate his hand, observed quickly after through Kim and some different Hunters.
Of path, those disagreeing were considerable, too.
“let’s go lower back.”
“I experience that it’d be higher to await the affiliation’s selection.”
the two opposing camps had been neck and neck and in the end, the final votes got here down to Jin-Woo and Yi Ju-Hui.
“I’m sorry….”
Yi Ju-Hui bowed to music and delivered her vote to ‘retreat’ camp.
And so, the vote depend for ‘go ahead’ and ‘retreat’ was at 8:eight.
A deadlock.
song asked the hesitant Seong Jin-Woo next.
“and you, Mister Seong?”