Summary :
Chapter 40 of Solo Leveling begins with Sung Jinwoo and his companions arriving at the Red Gate. Jinwoo is confident that they will be able to clear the gate, but Cha Hae-In worries about the difficulty of the task. Jinwoo assures her that they will be fine and enters the gate.
Inside the gate, Jinwoo and his companions are immediately attacked by a horde of monsters. Jinwoo easily dispatches the monsters, but Cha Hae-In is quickly overwhelmed. Just when it looks like Cha Hae-In is about to be killed, Jinwoo saves her at the last minute.
Jinwoo and his companions continue to fight their way through the gate and eventually reach the boss chamber. The boss monster is a giant spider and is much stronger than the monsters Jinwoo has faced so far.
Jinwoo and his companions fight bravely, but are no match for the boss monster. Just when all seems lost, Jinwoo awakens a new power. This new power allows him to summon the souls of the monsters he has killed, and he uses this power to defeat the boss.
With the boss monster defeated, Jinwoo and his companions clear the Red Gate. Hailed as a hero, Jinwoo is promoted to S-Rank Hunter.
Chapter 40 of Solo Leveling is a key chapter in the series. In this chapter, Jinwoo awakens a new power that allows him to summon the souls of the monsters he has killed. This new power makes him even more powerful and allows him to defeat the boss monster of the Red Gate.
Jinwoo’s promotion to S-Rank Hunter is a sign of his growing power and prestige. It is also a sign that he is becoming one of the most powerful hunters in the world.
Chapter 40 of Solo Leveling is a well written and exciting chapter. The author does a great job of building tension and excitement throughout the chapter. The boss monster fight is particularly well done and it’s satisfying to see Jinwoo defeat the monster with his new power.
Overall, Chapter 40 Solo Leveling is a great chapter that is sure to please fans of the series.
– “I’m sure nothing weird will manifest right here.”
“I’ll be right subsequent to my telephone, so if something does appear, give me a name right away.”
– “were given it, leader.”
Ahn Sahng-Min ended the decision best after making sure his proper-hand guy fully heard his ‘request’. It changed into at this point that he felt his hunger kick in.
Rumble…
‘I’ve been paying manner an excessive amount of attention on this remember….’
The lunch hour had flown by some time ago, but properly, he’d been ready with bated breaths for Seong Jin-Woo’s arrival and absolutely forgot to replenish inside the meantime.
The thing changed into, he didn’t recognize whilst Yu Jin-Ho’s team might show up here and so, couldn’t depart his role to buy something to consume.
Now that he located himself some leeway, Ahn Sahng-Min appeared round his place to locate a place to consume, earlier than in the end selecting the nearby convenience keep.
‘I’m not trying to skimp on food charges, even though….’
nobody was round here to make a laugh out of him, yet he couldn’t help however think that it was a bit uncool to go into a restaurant or a diner all alone. So, after a lengthy deliberation, he chose the cup ramen from the convenience store, alternatively.
He poured the boiling water furnished from the shop in the cup and waited for 3 mins earlier than getting his timber chopsticks geared up, however then….
Ring….
“Eii! I’m seeking to devour right here, so who dares to call me now?!”
while he took a take a look at the smartphone’s display, a familiar call showed up.
[Right arm]
‘Hyun Ki-Cheol, you dumba*s….’
Ahn Sahng-Min responded the call, complete of infection.
“Why are you calling me already?”
– “chief, that’s not it…..”
“What do you imply, that’s no longer it?? if you’re calling me over not anything, you will be consuming not anything but cup ramen as your lunch for the entire of next week!!”
– “That’s no longer it, chief!! the ones two got here out of the Gate already!!”
much like a paused frame of a film, Ahn Sahng-Min’s hand iced over in the mid-air, just before it can supply chopsticks full of noodles to his mouth.
“What did you assert??”
– “just now, Yu Jin-Ho and Seong Jin-Woo got here out from the Gate, chief! And they’re on the brink of leave at the side of the relaxation of the team!”
indeed, he didn’t pay attention that incorrect.
Ahn Sahng-Min hurriedly checked his watch.
“but, it hasn’t even been half-hour yet! Did they surrender on the raid midway?”
– “No, leader. The Gate is shaking right now.”
What nonsense turned into this?!
although the difficulty between specific C-ranked dungeons numerous extremely, there was without a doubt no way that a person may want to solo one of those in less than 30 minutes!!
“test again!! Is the Gate remaining for real?”
– “yes, leader. should I report some footage and send it to you?”
“…No, no need.”
Ahn Sahng-Min ended the decision and dazedly stared the empty air.
Clearing a C-ranked dungeon in half-hour whilst generally, a rank A Hunter would need hours to accomplish that?
What a funny perception that became, that guy being most effective a rank B….
the use of only the goal statistics available to make his knowledgeable wager, then at the bare minimal….
“He’s above rank A….”
Now, this turned into an unimaginably massive jackpot.
***
outdoor the Gate….
“Hyung-nim. Is there some other commercial enterprise you want to attend to later?”
“No, no longer without a doubt. Why do you ask?”
“I haven’t visible you hurrying up this plenty with hunting before.”
Yu Jin-Ho turned into feeling clearly astonished nowadays.
He already knew thoroughly that Jin-Woo was strong, but today, he regarded to be on every other measurement altogether.
however, that become par for the course, really.
Jin-Woo inwardly laughed out.
‘well, monsters on this dungeon had been Werewolves, in any case.’
[Title: Slaughterer of Wolves]
A name given to a hunter skilled in hunting wolves. whilst going through animal-type monsters, all of your Stats will growth through 40%.
The buff given by the identify ‘Slaughterer of Wolves’ of course came into effect in opposition to the Werewolves as well.
How should the monsters from a rank C dungeon cope with him, while his stage become already so high first of all, by no means thoughts the effect of that buff assisting him out, too?
thanks to that, Yu Jin-Ho were stored real busy at the same time as trying to extract all those magic crystals from the useless monsters. He even had to drink five vials of the HP potion, too.
He shook his head numerous instances, complaining that he wouldn’t be capable of devour lunch now, after the potions filled him up completely.
‘That’s that, however….’
Jin-Woo slowly raised his head.
He had been sensing a person’s gaze coming from somewhere.
‘I don’t experience any magical electricity, so he can’t be a Hunter.’
He took a look around, however couldn’t spot absolutely everyone suspicious.
If he got critical about discovering who it was, then he must be able to locate the man or woman; but then, as the target didn’t emit any killing motive or adversarial intentions, it’d take a truly long term to tune the perpetrator down.
‘……’
It is probably nothing, too.
perhaps unavoidably, the gaze disappeared earlier than long.
“Hyung-nim, is the whole thing o.k.?”
“….It’s nothing. allow’s get going.”
there has been no time to waste right here.
Jin-Woo took one closing go searching and climbed into the van.
*
He couldn’t experience anybody searching at him through the second one Gate’s area.
….each the instances while he entered, and additionally while exiting the Gate.
‘became I being overly cautious?’
What a relief it was, knowing that it wasn’t some thing serious.
meanwhile, Yu Jin-Ho walked over and apologetically lowered his head.
“Hyung-nim, I’m surely sorry approximately this. this is the remaining Gate for the day. other ones had been just too some distance from right here.”
“Don’t fear about it. That’s no longer some thing you must apologise for, besides.”
The sun was nevertheless quite excessive up in the sky, but way to the duo’s antics, just about every Gate that appeared inside the district had been taken care of, so their day needed to come to an quit right here.
“thank you considering working difficult, all people.”
“What do you suggest, running tough. It’s you, the raid leader, who worked hardest.”
“See you the following day.”
“Take it easy now.”
After sending absolutely everyone away, the closing guys climbed aboard the motive force’s and the passenger’s seats of the van.
“let me take you domestic, hyung-nim.”
earlier than everyone had observed it, Yu Jin-Ho had turn out to be a trusty chauffeur. Him sitting in the back of the wheel regarded perfectly everyday now.
Jin-Woo seemed Yu Jin-Ho with pitying eyes.
‘just due to the fact he wants a shot at the placement of the Guild grasp, a scion of a wealthy own family now has to paintings as a chauffeur….’
Yu Jin-Ho have been smiling brightly while urgent at the accelerator, earlier than realising that Jin-Woo became gazing him and asked with an equally bright voice.
“Eh? Is there something on my face, hyung-nim?”
“…..Nope. in no way mind.”
Jin-Woo pretended to understand not anything, earlier than unexpectedly recalling something else instead vital, and he pulled out his telephone to test the time.
‘proper now, it’s…. 16:forty six.’
indeed, it changed into nevertheless too early to go home. How lucky that he still had one element he ought to do.
‘I’m positive it turned into around here, right?’
in line with his memories, at the least.
Jin-Woo spoke up quickly.
“hi there, Jin-Ho.”
“sure, hyung-nim?”
Yu Jin-Ho replied at the same time as professionally turning the steerage wheel. The van the 2 of them have been riding on easily went around the curve on the street.
“Head to the Mirae branch store.”
“Mirae department keep?”
Yu Jin-Ho shaped a pressured expression.
“Yeah. allow’s pass there.”
“well, yes. It’s just around the corner from right here, however…. I did note it returned at some point of the looking, so like, is there certainly nothing taking place, hyung-nim?”
“….For some cause, you’ve been speakme lots more than necessary lately.”
That prompted Yu Jin-Ho’s head to rigidly stare ahead and nowhere else.
“I shall get us there at the speed of light, hyung-nim. Please preserve on tight.”
Yu Jin-Ho speedy modified his mind-set and drove the van like a stuntman, by no means once touching his brake pedal.
the distance to cowl wasn’t loads, in order that they arrived on the destination quite speedy.
The van came to a screeching halt in front of the building. the general vibe given off via the Mirae branch save positioned smack dab within the metropolis of Seoul’s CBD turned into pretty something to behold.
when Jin-Woo climbed off the van, Yu Jin-Ho followed match.
“Hyung-nim, our Guild’s gotta use this sort of a constructing as our headquarters in the destiny. What do you watched?”
Yu Jin-Ho stared up on the department save constructing and threw 1/2 a joke.
but, there was no respond. Sensing that something turned into bizarre right here, Yu Jin-Ho hurriedly took a look next to him.
“Ehh?”
Jin-Woo became now not standing there.
“Hyung-nim?”
irrespective of how difficult he seemed round, Jin-Woo turned into gone without a trace.
“H-hyung-nim??”
***
[With the death of the Boss, the interior of the dungeon will revert back to its original state.]
‘I levelled up once more two times in the branch shop instant dungeon.’
the stairs taking Jin-Woo domestic have been mild and cheery.
It had been a while, but the key to the immediate dungeon had in the end pop out of the random box currently. And that key became purported to be ‘used’ on the Mirae department store.
He changed into questioning while to go, however decided to visit the vicinity these days when you consider that he discovered himself with sufficient unfastened time.
[“H-hyung-nim??”]
Jin-Woo recalled the dazed face of Yu Jin-Ho as the kid searched for him, and couldn’t help but snigger.
His cellphone all at once went off, then.
earlier than answering it, he checked the range at the smartphone’s display screen, but he couldn’t realise it.
‘Who should it be?’
again whilst he became nevertheless in high college, he turned into too busy looking to be a mom to his little sister, and after commencement, he began proper away as a Hunter so one ought to say that Jin-Woo’s circle of friends became pretty small.
‘I shouldn’t be getting calls from unknown numbers….’
He tilted his head simplest for a 2d or two. in the intervening time, he decided to answer it.
“hi there.”
– “good day. is this Mister Seong Jin-Woo speaking?”
It was an open and friendly-sounding voice of a man.
Jin-Woo hung up the instant he heard that.
click!
‘properly, from my revel in, this kinda name is ninety nine% someone looking to sell me stuff, or trying to entice me to get a mortgage, anyway.’
simply as he was about to put his phone returned within the pocket, it rang again.
Buzz…
And it become the precise identical range.
‘What the? It wasn’t a person promoting stuff?’
commonly, those salespeople would call whoever in order that they could meet their income target, which supposed that they would almost by no means call him back this quick as quickly as the connection turned into dropped.
Why? They were short-witted enough to recognise that this would be a waste of time, that’s why.
‘which means that, the fellow on the other facet absolutely has some form of commercial enterprise with me….’
So, he answered the decision properly this time.
“hiya, that is Seong Jin-Woo.”
– “Ahh, so it was the right quantity. I idea I known as the incorrect one because the call got reduce off so quick. Ahaha.”
“…”
Jin-Woo deliberated for the complete of two seconds on whether to apologise or no longer with an excuse of him thinking that the decision was about selling coverage or some such, due to the fact the person’s voice sounded a bit…
however, in the long run, he determined not to.
‘It looks like me apologising now could only make it worse.’
A quick bout of silence later, the salesperson, no, the person with a salesperson’s voice, made his belated introduction.
– “Ah, where are my manners. My awful for the past due creation. My name is Ahn Sahng-Min, and i paintings for the White Tiger Guild.”
Jin-Woo’s steps got here to an abrupt halt.
‘Why is the White Tiger calling me?’
He couldn’t think about a purpose why any such large Guild as the White Tiger would call him immediately.
The most effective component he may want to think of, although, become that this Guild assisted him again in that dual dungeon incident, but….
‘however, I’m sure they aren’t calling me to investigate that day’s subjects after a lot time has passed by already.’
properly, he couldn’t stand now not knowing, so earlier than Ahn Sahng-Min had the hazard to preserve, Jin-Woo asked first.
“Why is the White Tiger Guild giving me a name?”
– “the matter is a piece touchy to discuss over the phone, so may additionally I come to you and feature a chat head to head?”
the man turned into announcing that he’d come to see him, no longer asking Jin-Woo to expose up, so there has been no real purpose to refuse right here.
besides, he had nothing a good deal to do the day after day after today, anyway.
‘Didn’t Yu Jin-Ho say he had a few form of an event back domestic?’
Yu Jin-Ho ‘begged’ for his knowledge whilst announcing that there was a large circle of relatives event going on on that day and all people without a doubt had to expose up, meaning he couldn’t pass on any raids.
‘A big circle of relatives occasion, eh….’
simply from thinking about a chaebol’s circle of relatives occasion, Jin-Woo could only consider high-priced, difficult parties being held in a five-famous person lodge’s reception hall. should he blame television dramas for that now?
in any case, it’d be clean to set a date for that day.
“i’ve some unfastened time on Thursday.”
– “properly, the issue is… Will it be first-class if we meet proper now?”
proper now?
Jin-Woo checked the time.
The time on the phone’s screen indicated eight inside the night.
“but, it’s already eight.”
– “Don’t fear. I’m expecting you nearby. I simply want to speak to you for a little while handiest.”
“close by, as in?”
– “I’m in a cafe near you.”
Ahn Sahng-Min spoke the name of the cafe.
Jin-Woo was pretty acquainted with the location.
It changed into close to his domestic so he went past it often, and no longer best that, but he also used it as the meeting vicinity with Yu Jin-Ho as nicely.
Jin-Woo’s eyes narrowed to a slit.
‘This guy knows where I live.’