Summary :
In Chapter 20 of Solo Leveling, the story takes a dark and suspenseful turn as Sung Jin-Woo and his team venture further into the sinister Demon Castle. As they delve deeper into the treacherous labyrinth, they encounter increasingly powerful and grotesque monsters that test their skills and resolve. With each step, the stakes rise and the tension mounts. This chapter unravels the mysteries surrounding the sinister inhabitants of the castle and offers a glimpse into the real dangers that await our protagonist.
Chapter 20 of Solo Leveling heightens the sense of foreboding and danger as Sung Jin-Woo’s group explores the Demon’s Castle. Readers can look forward to stunning artwork that vividly brings the eerie atmosphere of the castle to life. The action scenes are impeccably done and show the growth of the characters’ abilities. Meanwhile, the plot hints at a deeper secret lurking in the dark depths of the castle, setting the stage for more exciting revelations to come. With each subsequent chapter, the story keeps readers on the edge of their seats, eagerly anticipating the next exciting development.
Solo leveling continues the gripping and suspenseful narrative in chapter 20. The manga’s artwork remains top-notch and the pace keeps readers engaged from start to finish. This chapter successfully maintains the aura of mystery and danger surrounding the Demon Castle, leaving readers eager to uncover the secrets hidden within its walls. Sung Jin-Woo’s character development and growth is evident, making him an even more compelling protagonist. As the story progresses, it’s clear that Solo Leveling is a must read for fans of action fantasy manga. Chapter 20 is a testament to the series’ ability to keep readers engaged with a gripping story and stunning visuals.
while the Hunters tried to depart all at the same time, Yu Jin-Ho formed a harassed expression and speedy requested them.
“Are you telling me and Jin-Woo hyung to remain within the boss room?”
Hwang Dong-Seok smiled along with his eyes and answered.
“The b*stard is yet to awaken despite the fact that we’ve been talking loudly for a while now. So, I’m positive nothing’s going to appear right here. well, there are a few things I wanna communicate to my boys, too, so we’ll take a short smoke spoil as well. however, don’t worry, it received’t take lengthy.”
Jin-Woo listened to Hwang Dong-Seok’s instead designated reasons and smirked inwardly.
‘You’ve in the end discovered your genuine shades, huh. however all of you are leaving on the identical time? Aren’t you fools taking us way too lightly?’
They have been looking down on him due to his low rank, of route.
As Jin-Woo predicted him to, Hwang Dong-Seok subsequently commenced to move. It was barely distinctive from the adolescents’s expectation, though.
It have been 4 years for the reason that he have become a Hunter. for the duration of that time, he had met many Hunters. one among them was an ahjussi named Mister Oh.
He had retired from the lifestyles of a freelancer, however still showed up now after which to assist out with the association’s paintings.
“Be cautious of geckos.”
Mister Oh used to say that as a substitute frequently.
while one participated in raids, one would inevitably come across a dangerous scenario.
while such an event befell, a few crooked, immoral Hunters might try and sacrifice someone who were fighting alongside them until then, with some flimsy pretext of them not being within the identical group, to start with, or that the other party changed into simply weaker than they had been.
All simply to shop for themselves a while for his or her safe get away.
It changed into precisely like a gecko cutting off its own tail and walking away.
‘reducing its tail off….’
Mister Oh took to calling the ones forms of Hunters ‘geckos’, and such movements as slicing off one’s tail.
The law stated that so that you can enter a Gate ranked C, the minimum number of members needed to be ten. yet, Hwang Dong-Seok’s crew simplest had eight members.
“I’m sure you understand that it’s not smooth to hire a Healer if you’re running your very own attack celebration. nicely, we’ve been doing matters this way until now, so it’ll be nice.”
indeed, he stuck to most effective eight participants, even though his team had entered countless Gates ranked C – a lot in order that he may want to say ‘this manner until now’.
‘They glaringly have no cause to fill the remaining spots.’
They wished a tail that they may reduce off at any given second, in any case. there has been a reason why they were willing to simply accept all people whether it turned into a Hunter ranked E or a newbie.
And now….
Hwang Dong-Seok had decided to desert both Seong Jin-Woo and Yu Jin-Ho for a slightly different reason than normal.
‘however, it’s a good aspect for me.’
Jin-Woo had discovered Hwang Dong-Seok’s intentions quite early on, however chose to say not anything. This turned into what he wanted, honestly.
but, not like Jin-Woo who became complete of self assurance, Yu Jin-Ho turned into quite unique as he best began his work as a Hunter today.
Yu Jin-Ho spoke with a voice complete of concerns.
“No, wait a minute. this is just…. Why don’t we depart together?”
It became then, Jin-Woo spotted one of the Hunters at the lower back raise his hand towards his hips. So, he placed his hand on Yu Jin-Ho’s shoulder and spoke.
“It’ll be satisfactory. We’ll defend this region.”
The Hunter’s hand heading closer to his waist stopped.
“Hyung….?”
Yu Jin-Ho was quite surprised and stressed, but Jin-Woo simply saved his mouth close and gently shook his head. positive, the child changed into noisy and got on his nerves just a tad, however Jin-Woo wasn’t planning to permit him die here.
after all, didn’t he try to get the fair percentage for Jin-Woo just now, despite the fact that that could have in the end put him in a disadvantageous position?
Hwang Dong-Seok fashioned a grin as he looked at the two youths.
“Our van isn’t parked too a ways, so it shouldn’t take long. nicely, then.”
Hwang Dong-Seok and his lackeys quickly escaped from the boss room. And their footsteps swiftly were given further and further away.
Yu Jin-Ho became round and demanded solutions from Jin-Woo.
“How could you assert the ones matters, hyung? What if that component wakes up?”
definitely, he turned into pretty frightened of that spider.
‘looks like this youngster hasn’t grasped the state of affairs pretty but.’
Jin-Woo inwardly clicked his tongue. It changed into too much of a bother to give an explanation for everything, too. in place of an answer, he commenced loosening his frame all over again.
***
across the equal time, Hwang Dong-Seok became around toward the boss room. The Hunters following him also came to a stop. they had arrived at a much-sufficient spot from the boss room now. At this sort of distance, there was no danger of being overheard.
Hwang Dong-Seok smiled deeply and signalled to Joh Gyu-Hwan subsequent to him together with his chin.
“hello, Gyu-Hwan-ah? Block up the doorway to the boss room.”
“must I blow it up?”
“That’s proper. however, don’t block it up absolutely, ok? We gotta go in there a piece later, too.
Lee Cheol-Jin then asked him.
“Hwang hyung, is there a purpose to beat around the bush like this? Why don’t we simply kill them now and get started out right away?”
Hwang Dong-Seok’s expression crumpled and glared at the alternative guy. there has been no need for him to hold the faux smile now. as a minimum that turned into one less factor to worry about.
“M-my bad.”
Lee Cheol-Jin averted his gaze in worry. Hwang Dong-Seok tsk, tsked.
“What if we start combating there and the spider wakes up? how are you going to mine the ones mana stones and bring them out then?”
“I’m sorry.”
Joh Gyu-Hwan butted in.
“Hwang hyung, due to the fact we are on that situation…. Wouldn’t that element awaken even as we attempt to mine the mana stones? in that case, we might grow to be losing large, you understand.”
That creature became robust sufficient to prey on the ones already-scary insect-kind monsters. If the team were given sneak attacked in the middle of the mining operation, the losses they incur might be widespread.
“that is why….”
Hwang Dong-Seok smirked deeply.
“We’re trying to offer the ones up as food, aren’t we?”
“Ahh…..”
Joh Gyu-Hwan nodded his head as though he had subsequently understood the plan.
proper now, no one knew simply when the spider could wake up. it can be 10 hours from now, perhaps one hour, or it can be a minute later. That become why they had to wake the spider up now and feed it.
no matter how stupid that monster took place to be, it’d nevertheless wake up from the impact robust enough to purpose the entrance to give way.
Hwang Dong-Seok endured on.
“We mine the mana stones while the spider is going returned to sleep with a full stomach.”
The allow they were given from the affiliation could last for 5 days. They nevertheless had over four and a half of days of leeway, in other phrases.
They might wait and if the spider didn’t go returned to sleep, they could without a doubt put off it and mine as a lot as they might before the Gate closed shut.
They wouldn’t be able to mine everything in the hour, but with Seong Jin-Woo and Yu Jin-Ho now not in the image, they must be capable of keep away from dropping out too much.
Wouldn’t that be a long way extra best than working beneath the constant worry? Their safety became the number one priority, after all.
‘Of direction, that’s the worst viable state of affairs….’
in the event that they have been fortunate, the income might be divided 8 ways, they mine all the mana stones, and even monopolise the spider, too. As an brought bonus, those high priced-searching equipment on Yu Jin-Ho’s body might come to be theirs, too!
‘That sword and the protect, they have to be well worth as a minimum some hundred million gained.’
they’d not anything to lose from this transaction at all.
The corners of Hwang Dong-Seok’s lips arched up.
“Block up the entrance, so we can cross and take a smoke wreck. quick.”
“sure, hyung.”
Joh Gyu-Hwan responded as a blinding mild started to acquire on the tip of his fingers.
***
“…..”
Yu Jin-Ho’s gaze become fixed on the sleeping spider. Even his breathing turned into cautious. He then asked, his expression inflexible with fear.
“That spider b*stard, it’s now not gonna wake up on us, right?”
“Who knows.”
Jin-Woo remained low in cost along with his phrases. He had greater or less found out what would appear next, but if he stated out aloud his mind in full, then Yu Jin-Ho would possibly faint from worry.
‘Now that I reflect onconsideration on it….’
the ones phrases had been the primary to pop out from Yu Jin-Ho’s mouth inside the beyond 5 minutes or so. It appeared that he turned into genuinely scared right now. And he used to be so talkative, too.
Then, ‘it’ came about.
Kabooom!!!
With a noisy explosion, the doorway of the boss room unexpectedly caved in.
“Uh, uh?! Huh!! Ahhh!!”
Yu Jin-Ho hurriedly ran toward the entrance.
regrettably for him, the entrance turned into absolutely blocked up by way of the fallen rocks. He driven on with all his may, however no longer a single stone budged.
Jin-Woo slowly walked over there in the period in-between.
“Groan~! Hyung, assist me push this!”
Yu Jin-Ho became nonetheless giving his all to push the blockade of stones away.
‘He said his name changed into Joh Gyu-Hwan, huh.’
before the explosion, there was a flash of mild. A Sorcerer ranked C that managed ‘mild’. This turned into no question that b*stard’s handiwork.
Jin-Woo positioned his hand on the fallen rocks.
‘If I want to, i’m able to get out of here at any time.’
He could sense the weight of the stones thru his arms. They weren’t as heavy as they regarded. whilst he very barely pushed, he felt the wall tremble lightly. Of route, he wasn’t taking into account leaving in any respect, anyhow.
“Ah!”
Yu Jin-Ho stopped pushing on the stones and cried out as though he had finally discovered the fact. His face now reddened in fury, Yu Jin-Ho shifted his gaze over to Jin-Woo.
“the ones sons of b*tches are trying to kill us!! They don’t want to share the mana stones, so they blocked the go out and let the spider consume us!”
‘Wow, you figured that out so fast, Sherlock.’
Jin-Woo turned into rolling his eyes in his head, but nonetheless performed along in the meanwhile.
“seems that manner. that is tough.”
“Heok!”
all of sudden, Yu Jin-Ho’s reddened complexion paled in an instant. would that be the look of a person whose blood had long gone cold?
No need to ask him what came about, there – the silhouette of the large monster became oh-so-definitely pondered in Yu Jin-Ho’s eyes.
Jin-Woo became around.
“Keurruuuk. Keururuk.”
The spider’s sleep had been interrupted by using that loud explosion and it became slowly elevating its huge frame up.
The body the dimensions of a house.
Dozens upon dozens of eyes.
That scary mouth.
eight lengthy, long legs.
Now that it had begun shifting for real, it looked far more terrifying than whilst it was really in a deep slumber.
“Euh….”
Yu Jin-Ho leaked out a nervous gasp. His body had frozen stiff like a statue.
then again, Jin-Woo kept his sight firmly locked on the spider as he flippantly summoned the ‘Poison Fang of Kasaka’ from his stock.
‘You’re mine.’
This was the perfect opportunity to check out his stronger stats.
The Poison Fang of Kasaka regarded in his right hand….
Swiish.
….as if it had continually been there.
Jin-Woo gripped the dagger’s hilt tightly. The motive why a Hunter changed into called a Hunter! From this moment on turned into when the real hunt might begin.
“H-dangle on a second, hyung!!”
however, Yu Jin-Ho rapidly snatched up Jin-Woo’s sleeve just as the latter took more than one steps toward the spider.
“Wha, what are you looking to do?!”
Yu Jin-Ho’s arms had been shaking pretty horrific. Jin-Woo used his left thumb to factor over his shoulder.
“glaringly, I’m going to hunt that.”
Jin-Woo were following around Hwang Dong-Seok’s group until now for that motive.
….so that you can monopolise the final monsters within the dungeon as soon as Hwang Dong-Seok cut the tail and ran away. This was a wonderful possibility to swallow complete all of the experience factors and magic crystals.
‘nicely, most effective if the boss hadn’t gobbled every monster on this dungeon, that is.’
If that hadn’t been the case, then he could’ve profited plenty extra, though. What a missed possibility that turned into.
but, Yu Jin-Ho’s facial expression truely displayed his disbelief, as he had no concept about Jin-Woo’s special constitution.
‘what is this hyung rambling on about?!’
there was something he’d heard from someone someplace earlier than.
a person might forestall questioning rationally the moment she or he received a intellectual surprise past their functionality to address.
The Hunter ranked E standing proper in front stated that he’d hunt the boss of a C-rank dungeon. If this became no longer an act of irrationality, that what else may want to or not it’s?
Yu Jin-Ho asked again, this time searching alternatively dumbfounded.
“Hyung, you need to hunt that component? For actual?”
Jin-Woo scratched the top of his head, looking quite bothered, earlier than replying back with a question of his very own.
“What, you need to hunt it, then?”
part 10. ‘give and Take’
Jin-Woo grew to become around even before Yu Jin-Ho had the hazard to reply. there has been no want to concentrate to his respond, anyway.
Even now, Yu Jin-Ho turned into slightly managing to arise instantly as his legs continued to shudder.
From the get-go, he didn’t expect whatever from Yu Jin-Ho. as a substitute, he changed into relieved that the kid didn’t follow after him while saying he’d lend his useful resource or a few such.
‘He’ll simply get in my manner, besides.’
Jin-Woo slowly approached the spider.
The spider must’ve located the human beings’ presence as well, because it was converting its course towards them whilst shuffling on its 8 legs.
It become coming nearer.
as if it located the never-before-visible prey as an alternative ordinary, the spider didn’t without delay rush out. the usage of its thick and long legs to push down on the ground, it inched closer and nearer.
“Fuu-woo.”
As that giant monster slowly crammed up his whole view, Jin-Woo’s breathing have become heavy. His coronary heart started thumping faster and faster, too.
Thump-thump, thump-thump.
Jin-Woo managed his wayward respiration and did his absolute best to calm himself down. He had to continue to be centered and constant here.
He recalled the precise emotions he felt while he stood on the stop of the second floor of the Hapjeong station’s immediately dungeon.
He then recalled seeing the Poison-Fanged Blue Kasaka for the primary time.
however, this large spider in front of him didn’t emit as tons strain as that snake did. meaning, he should virtually try this.
From the get-cross, if he thought that this boss become impossible to clean alone, he wouldn’t actually have stayed here.
“Keurururuk.”
they’d gotten close sufficient that his face become now reflecting instead definitely on those easy, jet-black eyes of the spider.
Jin-Woo’s personal eyes narrowed to a slit.