Summary :
In Solo Leveling Chapter 5, Sung Jin-Woo continues his exploration of the Double Dungeon. After Yoo Jin-Ho was saved in the previous chapter, Sung Jin-Woo and his new ally decide to work together to clean up the dungeon.
As they progress deeper into the dungeon, Sung Jin-Woo’s skills as a hunter continue to impress Yoo Jin-Ho. They encounter various monsters and face tough battles, but with their combined strength they manage to overcome every obstacle.
During their journey, Sung Jin-Woo discovers a hidden passage that leads to an even more dangerous part of the dungeon. They encounter a powerful monster known as the Ant King, who proves to be a formidable opponent. However, Sung Jin-Woo’s determination and fighting skills allow him to defeat the Ant King and prove his worth as a Hunter.
After the battle, Sung Jin-Woo and Yoo Jin-Ho find themselves surrounded by an army of ants. Just when it looks like they might be overpowered, Sung Jin-Woo unleashes his unique “Shadow Exchange” ability, which allows him to summon powerful shadow soldiers to aid him in battle. With the help of his shadow army, they successfully eliminate the remaining enemies.
As Sung Jin-Woo and Yoo Jin-Ho continue their exploration, they come across a room full of treasures. They collect valuable items and equipment to further improve their abilities.
The chapter ends with Sung Jin-Woo and Yoo Jin-Ho realizing that they have cleared the Double Dungeon and successfully completed their task. Sung Jin-Woo’s reputation as a Hunter begins to grow and he begins to gain recognition for his exceptional abilities.
Overall, Solo Leveling Chapter 5 shows Sung Jin-Woo’s continued growth as a Hunter and his ability to overcome challenging battles. It highlights his unique abilities and introduces the concept of shadow soldiers. The chapter also sets the stage for future adventures and further character development of Sung Jin-Woo.
all the Hunters nevertheless alive heard Jin-Woo’s voice.
“!!”
“devices?”
A ray of wish discovered its manner into the eyes of the Hunters.
quite one of a kind to returned whilst he advised them to kowtow, anyone moved unbelievably quick. If Jin-Woo changed into wrong approximately this, then as quickly as arriving near one, they might be killed via the stone statues conserving the musical gadgets. but, no one right here questioned Jin-Woo’s words.
tune was the first one to reach in the front of a statue sporting a musical tool.
“….”
track managed his heavy breathing and raised his head to observe the statue. And as if it become a lie, the arms of the statue moved and strummed at the harp.
dangle, clang…
A lovely melody flowed out.
“It’s operating!!”
“Hurry to the statues with contraptions!!”
Hunters ran closer to the closest correct statues in hurried footsteps.
The statue with a trumpet started blowing it triumphantly; one with a flute started playing with it; the one conserving the lyre strummed on its strings.
“Heok, heok, heok….”
at the same time as sensing the method of his physical limit, Kim in some way arrived in the front of the statue that held a buzuka and plopped all the way down to the floor. (TL: I don’t understand what this buzuka might be. TLed as is from the uncooked.) (ED: possibly either a Bazooka or a Bouzouki, both from the 1900’s.)
Ttiring, ttring….
As soon as the statue commenced gambling the tool, the god statue stopped chasing after Kim. He have to’ve been overcome with emotions, due to the fact Kim then started shedding tears at the same time as he stayed down on his knees.
“Sob…. Sob….”
meanwhile, the god statue turned around. The ‘creature’ searched around and soon sufficient, determined its next prey.
“God d*mn it.”
Jin-Woo spat out a cuss as his gaze met the god statue’s.
He then began strolling difficult – so tough that his coronary heart would possibly explode. His again turned into already soaked thru in sweat.
‘Why?! Why isn’t it running?!’
Jin-Woo’s green with envy glare landed at the stone statue in the front of him. The statue retaining a drum showed no symptoms of shifting in any respect.
THUD!! THUD!! THUD!!
The god statue closed in with horrifying velocity. He became almost on the other aspect of the chamber from the d*mn thing, but the space between the 2 shortened in no time at all.
Jin-Woo swallowed down his saliva.
‘ought to it’s that the statue received’t play because there are human beings here? Me and pass over Ju-Hui?’
He couldn’t think about something else. Why? because, different statues had been playing track just exceptional as soon a Hunter stood in the front of it.
‘there is no time to think anymore.’
Jin-Woo positioned Ju-Hui down and were given prepared to run to somewhere else.
“M, Mister Jin-Woo…..”
nonetheless terrified out of her thoughts, Ju-Hui clung onto Jin-Woo’s sleeve. Jin-Woo frivolously whispered in her ear.
“We’ll both die if we stay collectively.”
Tears started forming on Ju-Hui’s eyes. Her fingers trembled as they held onto his garments. regrettably, there was no time to give an explanation for to her in element. Jin-Woo carefully pried her hand away and started out jogging within the opposite route as tough as he may want to.
growth, boom, increase….
whilst he glanced again, the statue in the back of Ju-Hui started beating its drum in a sluggish however regular rhythm.
‘What a alleviation.’
there has been simplest one factor last now: to run to the other statue with out getting killed!
best Jin-Woo hadn’t acquired the safety of the track-gambling statues. quite manifestly, the fad of the god statue became entirely directed to Jin-Woo and him by myself.
Jin-Woo did his excellent to keep away from the foot of the component that rivalled a constructing in length and crossed the room in a rush.
THUD!
THUD!!
He fell and rolled round but nevertheless, he by hook or by crook controlled to keep away from getting flattened by the god statue’s foot.
“Heok, heok.”
He may simplest had been a rank E, but he was still a near-combat kind Hunter so his body got here in reachable in situations like this.
‘only a little bit in addition!! a chunk extra!’
Jin-Woo saved an eye out at the god statue’s moves and ran even tougher.
His speed extended.
And while the space closing between him and the stone statue became mere a dozen toes…
“No, that’s the wrong one!!”
….Mister tune cried out to him.
Jin-Woo have been taking note of the god statue only; he turned into stunned through the shout and hurriedly became his head take a look at his the front.
“Ahh!!”
It’s not a statue with an instrument?
He belatedly realised that the aspect that gave the look of a musical tool from afar changed into surely a defend, rather. And sure enough, the statue mercilessly stabbed down with its guard.
“Heok!”
Jin-Woo hurriedly threw himself to the side.
“Kkyahhk!!”
Ju-Hui screamed.
Jin-Woo rolled on the ground and when he got here to a stop, he raised his head to see the god statue standing right in the front of his nose.
“It’s one issue after any other….”
His forehead have to’ve been torn from him rolling on the floor, because blood was flowing down and blurred his vision. His view changed into restricted and he couldn’t appearance too a long way away.
Jin-Woo fast searched round his region.
‘An instrument…. an device….’
but, irrespective of how tough he looked, he couldn’t see a single statue holding an instrument nearby.
meanwhile, the god statue raised its leg over Jin-Woo’s position.
“Heok!”
THUD!!
Jin-Woo threw himself again and someway averted the foot of the statue once more.
but he had reached his limit.
A effective dizziness turned into assaulting him and for a few motive, he couldn’t even balance himself.
‘Please….’
If there has been a actual god, he idea that he’d start praying right approximately now.
It changed into then, Jin-Woo noticed a stone statue that held neither a weapon or a musical instrument.
‘Is that…?’
Jin-Woo decided to wager everything on that statue. He crawled on the floor and arrived in the front of the statue in question. He then controlled to flip his body round and lied down at the floor so he ought to see the god statue.
He no longer had any strength to transport.
“Pant, pant….”
Jin-Woo stared at the approaching god statue and continued to roughly breathe inside and outside.
The expression of the god statue turned into far more contorted as compared to before as though it got infuriated similarly by Jin-Woo’s persevered evasion.
The god statue now stopped in the front of Jin-Woo. Seeing a ‘creature’ as huge as a high-rise blocking off his complete view, Jin-Woo felt like he couldn’t breathe anymore.
“Pant, pant…..”
Did it think he was nothing extra than a cornered rat? The god statue absolutely appeared down at him and didn’t do some thing else.
‘this is the quit….’
Jin-Woo sensed his very own unavoidable dying drawing near closer after looking straight into the eyes of the god statue.
but…
Wu-wu-wu….
From someplace at the back of him, a beautiful and otherworldly voice got here out.
Jin-Woo became his head round to look what became occurring.
Wu-wu, wu-wu-wu….
The lips of the stone statue retaining a book moved, and each time they did, a divine song flowed out and filled the interior of the huge chamber.
Wu-wu-wu, wu….
The crumpled expression of the god statue slowly reverted returned to the emotionless state. quickly, all those horrifyingly contorted facial muscular tissues of the stature smoothed out.
when the music of the stone statues came to its eventual quit, the god statue turned round. Then, just how different stone statues had performed until now, it again to its throne and settled down as though matters that came about till now have been nothing but a lie.
THUD!!
The noise of the god statue sitting down at the throne resounded all through the chamber.
“Pant, pant….. barely, made, it…”
a thin smile fashioned on Jin-Woo’s lips.
in the meantime, Ju-Hui started running from her role at the far cease of the chamber.
“Mister Jin-Woo!!”
She ran with all her would possibly and knelt down subsequent to him as tears streamed down on her face.
“What can i do…. What am I alleged to….”
She summoned all of her magical power and activated her restoration magic. however, not anything appeared to improve.
The dispersed Hunters accrued round Jin-Woo one after the other. each single one in all them carried a darkish expression.
“What… Mister Jin-Woo….”
Even then, best Ju-Hui changed into crying in sorrow.
Why became everyone appearing like this?
Jin-Woo’s lips bobbled up and down. He wanted to invite what changed into taking place, however he couldn’t absolutely summon forth his own voice.
Sensing that he had no desire, he attempted to prop himself up.
“….?”
Then, he observed the pool of blood round his lower torso. best then did he belatedly recognize the exchange to his body.
“Ah…..”
under his proper knee turned into long past.
Jin-Woo’s eyes reflexively shifted toward the stone statue protecting the defend. He then saw the trail of blood surely seen at the quit of the guard.
And the relaxation of his right leg became just beneath that.
Drip. Drip.
Drops of blood commenced falling from Ju-Hui’s nostril. That was the sign of her achieving the boundaries of her physical stamina.
The healing magic from a rank B Healer turned into unable to recover lacking limbs. meaning, what she become doing became basically pouring water right into a broken jug. Her stamina swiftly bottomed out ultimately.
“It’s nice now… leave out Ju-Hui. you can prevent….”
“I’m going to heal you!! I’ll restoration you as appropriate as new!”
Hunters stared at the two of them at the same time as forming depressing expressions.
Out of the seventeen who initially entered this chamber best six remained now. And from this organization of six, of them had suffered terrible, grievous wounds. music had lost his arm, whilst Jin-Woo misplaced his leg.
they may have survived, but none of them felt like rejoicing in the meanwhile. It was then, but any other bizarre noise rocked the chamber.
RUMBLE….!!
The middle of the temple, where that abnormal magic formation might be discovered, all of sudden rose up above the floor.
Jin-Woo inwardly thought that it had in the end come.
‘prove your piety, is it….’
He already had a hard concept as to what those phrases ought to imply.
component 5: final Trial
The circular magic formation in the centre of the temple started growing up noisily and handiest stopped after attaining the height of a couple of steps.
“An altar…”
Hunters displayed alert reactions as quickly as Jin-Woo muttered out.
‘An altar….?’
‘He simply stated it’s an altar….’
the person who had rescued them from the two preceding crises became not some excessive ranked Hunter, however rank E Jin-Woo, who was the butt in their jokes most of the time.
‘If it weren’t for Mister Seong, every body would had been….’
Hunters had been questioning this genuine same thought. below the present day circumstances, Jin-Woo’s words had been their lifeline.
And now, that Jin-Woo had muttered out a word ‘altar’.
Kim usually was brief at the uptake and so, he stuck onto the which means first earlier than anyone else had the hazard to do so.
“i get it now. I see how it’s far.”
Kim then unsheathed the sword hanging on his hips.
Now at first, this weapon could be used to cut diverse monsters down. but for now, it’d ought to be utilised for a distinct purpose altogether.
“although I’m a dumb b*stard, i’m able to more or much less get what you’re attempting to say right here.”
Hunters nervously swallowed their saliva at the same time as searching at the pointy, coldly-glowing blade.
“Oii, Mister Kim. Why are you pulling your sword out like that?”
“Why don’t we talk approximately this primary? allow’s speak first.”
the highest ranked member a few of the institution, rank C Hunter music became closely injured, that means there has been no person right here that would doubtlessly forestall Kim, who boasted a pretty powerful set of skills himself even inside the D rank.
Kim pointed towards the altar along with his sword.
“The final law, show your piety. And there’s an altar acting out of nowhere within the middle of this region.”
Kim’s gaze then shifted to Jin-Woo.
“So, aren’t we presupposed to provide up a sacrifice? Mister Seong?”
Jin-Woo slowly nodded his head. That turned into what the kids thought as well. one of the surviving six needed to act as a sacrifice.
‘That’s what the last regulation possibly supposed….’
Jin-Woo came to this conclusion.
He sensed more disturbance and raised his head, and realised that the eyes of Mister Kim as he approached nearer did now not look pleasant at all.
a protracted sweatdrop glided down Jin-Woo’s forehead.
“Ahjussi… What….?”
“You, young guy, don’t say some thing and be nevertheless!!”
Kim angrily shouted out and pointed his sword at Mister tune, who changed into squatting subsequent to Jin-Woo in order to check out the children’s situation.
“just who became it that dragged us to this region? Wasn’t it this guy? yes, it become Mister tune! So, don’t you believe you studied it’s most effective proper for Mister tune to take the ultimate responsibility?”
“Ahjussi!”
Jin-Woo tried to get up in a healthy of anger, but then, tune’s hand that resembled the bark of an elderly tree stopped the adolescents.
Jin-Woo checked out track in disbelief.
“….”
tune wordlessly shook his head. His eyes had been pleading with Jin-Woo, asking the children to now not say some thing else. Of course, Jin-Woo had plenty of factors to mention, but he saved them down for now.
song slowly raised his body up.
“What Mister Kim said is right. I ought to take the blame for nowadays.”
“antique man, I guess we’re now ultimately at the same web page.”
Kim used the tip of his sword to point toward the altar.
“in case you get it now, then allow’s get going already. Over ten humans died right here due to you, old guy.”