Summary :
In Solo Leveling Manga Chapter 197, Jin-Woo continues his journey in the United States. He meets with Frederick Baek, head of the research team of the American Hunters Association. Frederick Baek tells Jin-Woo that the new type of monster that Jin-Woo defeated in the previous chapter is called “Monarch”. Monarchs are incredibly powerful monsters that come from another dimension. They are a threat to the entire world and it is up to Jin-Woo and the other hunters to stop them. Frederick Baek also tells Jin-Woo that he has been working on a weapon that can be used to defeat the Monarchs. The weapon is called the “Awakening Potion” and is still in the early stages of development. Jin-Woo agrees to help Frederick Baek develop an awakening potion and also agrees to train American hunters to fight the Monarchs. In this chapter, Jin-Woo learns more about the Monarchs and agrees to help Frederick Baek develop an awakening potion. He also agrees to train American hunters to fight the monarchs. This chapter is a good start to Monarch’s Solo Leveling arc. It represents a new threat and shows Jin-Woo’s willingness to help others. The chapter is also well written and paced and the artwork is excellent. Overall, Solo Leveling Manga Chapter 197 is a good chapter for fans of the series to enjoy. It is well written, well paced and has excellent artwork.
‘I lost.’
Thomas Andre slowly opened his eyes as his head saved repeating the ones words he by no means notion he’d say ever once more.
He determined himself interior a health facility room.
‘when was the remaining time i finished via at a hospital?’
Jin-Woo might have frequented hospitals as if they had been his 2d home during his early years as a Hunter. however, Thomas Andre didn’t, and he couldn’t keep in mind a unmarried instance of staying in a health center even as soon as, ever for the reason that becoming a Hunter.
simply who would’ve predicted to see this kind of a end result from a combat among a Hunter who used to be the worst even some of the rank Es, and a man who started his profession on the very top?
Of direction, Thomas Andre didn’t care approximately Jin-Woo’s past. He changed into nonetheless deeply flustered with this end result, although.
‘I certainly… did lose.’
Thomas Andre slowly sat up with a dazed face of a person whose soul had abandoned him.
faucet, faucet….
The sound of someone gently tapping on a keyboard got here to a halt. He shifted his gaze in that route and determined the principle supervisor of the Scavenger Guild, Laura, sitting in a vicinity not too a ways, however not too near, both.
possibly she turned into within the center of her paintings because her narrow palms were nonetheless soaring above the computer’s keyboard.
“You’ve woken up.”
“….looks as if it.”
Thomas Andre withdrew his gaze and rubbed his chin.
One could estimate just how much time had passed, with the duration of one’s beard. have to he say he felt relieved, then? due to the fact… his beard wasn’t as long as he feared.
“about… in the future, is it?’
“yes.”
Laura affirmed it for him with a brief solution, earlier than continuing on.
“the primary physician to have a look at you advised that I must prepare for the worst case of you waking up numerous weeks later.”
That was how horrible Thomas Andre’s conditions were remaining night time.
but then….
….She located it bit tough to decide whether or not him waking up after most effective sooner or later turned into as a substitute befitting of Thomas Andre’s skills, or the reality that he even blacked out inside the first vicinity changed into unbecoming of him, as an alternative.
Laura felt this struggle of emotion as she stood next to her boss’s mattress.
“must I call for a doctor?”
“No, now not but.”
Thomas Andre massaged his aching temples and shook his head.
The impact pressure he felt whilst that man punched him within the head still remained vibrant even now. What a terrible pain this changed into. so much so, he no longer desired to recall the day gone by’s event if he should assist it.
A physician wouldn’t be able to do tons besides, even if one become summoned right here. besides all that, though – wasn’t there something else he ought to affirm first?
Thomas Andre fast asked.
“What about Mister Hwang?”
Laura’s lips parted for a moment, however she couldn’t verbalise her answer and absolutely shook her head.
“….Is that so.”
He contemplated for a touch even as longer, before asking a extraordinary question with an unconcerned tone of voice.
“What about different losses?”
“we have incurred many injured personnel, however thanks to the well timed reaction from the Hunter Bureau, anybody has fully recovered.”
Thomas Andre have been maintaining his calm till then, but he couldn’t prevent his voice from going up an octave.
“There have been no different casualties?”
“sure, sir.”
“…..”
His shock quickly morphed into astonishment. He started out gasping out inwardly.
despite the fact that the fight were simply severe, no longer one character changed into killed. it may most effective mean that his opponent went clean on them.
This turned into a clean signal of an awesome defeat.
whilst someone tastes any such entire defeat, one would often lose any perception of having indignant at the end result. That’s how Thomas Andre felt right approximately now.
He became also awestruck, as nicely. Jin-Woo had defeated now not just Thomas Andre, however all the elite Hunters the yankee had gathered, all by using himself. That made Thomas somewhat fearful of the young Korean Hunter. No, his emotion had long gone beyond that and almost into the territory of natural recognize.
Thomas Andre constantly informed himself that being effective was justice, so the mental surprise he felt right now became alternatively substantial.
but…
but, why changed into he being like this?
He tasted an ignoble defeat yet he didn’t sense so terrible at all. perhaps, he had no regrets because he were given to confirm the distance among him and his opponent?
He didn’t experience like getting indignant at the person that defeated him. Nor was he taking into consideration avenging his loss, both.
‘rather, it’s greater like….’
As several mind started out crisscrossing in his head, Laura suddenly offered him with a small however lengthy field. It turned into a case for glasses.
‘….?’
Thomas Andre usual this situation while sending her a puzzled stare. She solved his interest right away.
“Your sun shades had been recovered from the area, but they had been too damaged to be repaired.”
click on.
He opened the case to find a new pair of sunglasses with the same layout as before that he liked to put on. Thomas Andre broke into a smirk and positioned them on.
“seems like I keep finishing up owing humans.”
Laura became inwardly worried that her boss could begin going off on a rampage the moment he awoke, however his response brought approximately a feel of comfort in her and she sighed inwardly, before forming a gentle smile.
“It’s my task, sir.”
Thomas Andre wordlessly stared into the gap, earlier than quietly beginning his mouth.
“Mister Hwang…. make sure you hold a right funeral for him. He become still one in every of our personal, in any case.”
“Understood.”
“Oh, and also….”
And additionally?
Laura stopped jotting down Thomas Andre’s orders in her memo pad and raised her head.
“tell Hunter Seong Jin-Woo that the Scavenger Guild will…. No, wait. Scratch that. send him a message that I, Thomas Andre, will offer an authentic apology.”
***
protect the Hunters.
Why did Madam Selner say something like this? Jin-Woo shaped a at a loss for words expression.
“….Why me?”
She appeared to be unsure of where to start her story but in the end, opened her mouth as an alternative laboriously.
“at the same time as the dream saved repeating itself, I attempted my quality to memorise the faces of these hunting down the Hunters. however, it become keen on nought.”
She explained that each one she could keep in mind after waking up had been faces protected in veils of darkness.
“And so, I determined to use another method. even if it become just a dream, I’d use my capability to investigate their authentic nature, their authentic shape.”
“become that why you seemed into my eyes closing time?”
“sure, accurate.”
Madam Selner effectively admitted to how her ability worked.
Ba-thump.
Jin-Woo’s heart commenced racing once more.
returned then, what did Madam Selner find out inner him that made her shiver in worry like that? unluckily, her tale hadn’t completed yet, so he needed to suppress the rising tide of interest and focused on her voice.
“What i found inside the ones humans turned into limitless power. however, when I locked gazes with ‘that component’, I had no choice but to wake up from my dream.”
Jin-Woo’s gaze momentarily drifted lower and noticed her fingertips tremble imperceptibly.
“while my eyes seemed into it… i will nevertheless simply keep in mind the phrases and voice of ‘that issue’ even now.”
Jin-Woo slightly raised his head back up again. both the director listening in, as well as Adam White translating from the side, carried deeply demanding expressions.
Jin-Woo requested her in a relaxed voice.
“What did that factor say to you?”
“It said that I must… quietly move back and look ahead to the conflict.”
Madam Selner started out shuddering in horror after in the end recalling that reminiscence. The voice she heard in her dream became some distance extra vibrant than another sound she heard in fact.
in contrast to the worried woman, though, Jin-Woo became focused at the phrase ‘war’, as an alternative. That changed into his clue.
‘It’s similar to what the King of Giants told me, isn’t it?’
The conflict between the Rulers and the Sovereigns – didn’t the King of Giants say it? That ‘they’ were gearing up for war? most likely, the Rulers weren’t the most effective ones preparing for this upcoming battle.
If that became the case, then, simply which aspect did the b*stards searching the Hunters belong to?
even though he felt curious about this, he still hadn’t heard a reply to his authentic query. So, he asked once more.
“How does that relate to you asking me to shield other Hunters?”
“….due to the fact, I noticed the same energy snoozing within you.”
Her cautiously-mouthed phrases slapped wide awake Jin-Woo and within the face. The strength of the Shadow Sovereign – that’s what she noticed on that day, hiding deep inside of him.
due to the fact that she noticed the same sort of energy from the assassins in her desires, their identification needed to be….
‘….Sovereigns.’
Jin-Woo’s expression hardened.
Madam Selner detected the fast shift in Jin-Woo’s expression and quickly added more rationalization.
“they’re existences above the Hunters, and a good way to stop them, we need you who own the strength that equals theirs, Hunter-nim.”
The director quietly listened up to right here and ultimately entered the communication.
“In all honesty, I wasn’t convinced with the aid of the claim that no person can defend the Hunters besides you, Seong Jin-Woo Hunter-nim, but, well….”
The cause why this assembly had been rapidly arranged was…
“….My fight with Thomas Andre yesterday changed the manner the Hunter Bureau thinks, am I accurate?”
The director spoke back awkwardly after the reality become as it should be pointed out.
“yes, you’re correct.”
thanks to the subjects of the day earlier than, the Hunter Bureau finally discovered of the difference between Jin-Woo and different Hunters. That occasion might have been a big incident, yes, however it additionally helped the enterprise to discover a brand new ray of hope.
Beings able to murdering unique Authority-rank Hunters, and a lone Hunter owning powers equal to those beings.
The Hunter Bureau become in desperate need of Jin-Woo’s help greater than ever. the usa had already lost certainly one of her unique Authority-rank Hunters. And from their attitude, Thomas Andre had to be blanketed at any price.
“Of path, we don’t expect a Hunter as tremendous as you to help us with none suitable repayment.”
some thing he wanted, it’d be made available. And that included the best treasure Kamish had left at the back of, its Rune Stone.
the brand new notion coming from the Hunter Bureau wasn’t about scouting him. instead of annoy Jin-Woo by pushing ahead the already-rejected offer, they’d instead borrow his energy to defend the usa’s greatest combat pressure. That turned into the reaction the Bureau had determined to go along with regarding the present day occasions, put up-Christopher Reid’s demise.
“…..”
Jin-Woo shut his mouth and fell into a bit of a catch 22 situation.
Madam Selner got here clean on what she noticed that allows you to help him make up his mind.
“There are Hunters enjoying powerful blessings on this international. they have got supported this world with their powers. If they’re gone, this world will not be capable of keep on for a lot longer.”
Jin-Woo in the end replied to them after his lengthy deliberation.
“….I’m sorry.”
His firm refusal that didn’t leave any room for reconsideration caused the director’s brows to shoot up excessive.
“I-is it because of some unresolved emotion in the direction of Thomas Andre Hunter-nim….??”
Jin-Woo fast shook his head before human beings jumped to incorrect conclusions.
“No, on no account.”
there was only one cause why he made this selection.
“It’s best due to the fact I don’t realize something about the enemies I’ll be going through.”
even supposing he had a rough concept approximately what their identities were, he hadn’t encountered them as soon as but. It changed into simplest apparent that he’d now not make any guarantees on defensive a person else when he had no clue on the enemy’s abilties.
Jin-Woo wasn’t some newbie who’d quite simply make guarantees when he wasn’t sure whether he should preserve them inside the first vicinity.
‘I’ll look at the state of affairs in the interim.’
and then, he’d contend with the ones matters he could handle, first.
His accrued methods of questioning hadn’t changed at all from that day he entered the dual dungeon for the first time all the ones months ago.
fortunately, Jin-Woo possessed several Shadow soldiers who’d appropriately bring information to him in actual time. by using leaving at the back of his boys in the shadows of all of the Hunters the Bureau turned into involved approximately, he’d be capable of respond to those b*stards in time if they made a circulate.
“properly, then….”
Jin-Woo started questioning up a appropriate response when the time comes as he stood up from his seat to leave.
***
inside the president’s workplace of the Korean Hunter’s association.
The association President Goh Gun-Hui changed into spending but some other busy day.
Why, of all possible things below the heavens, did Hunter Seong and Thomas Andre must combat an afternoon before the international Guild conference?
He was involved approximately things going wrong on the alternative side so he sent inquiries via all available channels and ultimately, received a reply from the Hunter Bureau not too lengthy in the past.
Their research had found that the Scavenger Guild become at fault for the incident and that Jin-Woo wouldn’t be unduly inconvenienced in any shape or form shifting forward, according to the message from the usa.
“Whew….”
affiliation President Goh Gun-Hui ultimately could get this load off his shoulders and plopped down on his chair like a person feeling greatly relieved. no person may want to believe how involved to dying he turned into as he idea approximately Hunter Seong getting locked up in an American prison.
but on the other hand…
‘hang on a minute.’
….simply who could be capable of locking Hunter Seong up?
Even Thomas Andre had misplaced attention, didn’t he?
Goh Gun-Hui broke into a chuckle after his thoughts subsequently reached there, long after the dust on the problem had settled down.
‘In a way… i used to be involved approximately some thing completely pointless.’
“Huhuh….”
Goh Gun-Hui chuckled for a while before feeling a chunk of thirst creeping in. He looked for some thing to drink and discovered a bottle of water positioned on pinnacle of the espresso table a bit of distance away from the President’s desk.
‘…..’
Goh Gun-Hui wordlessly stared on the water bottle before extending his hand out. That precipitated the bottle to fly into his hand.
clutch.
He expertly snatched the bottle up and even as unscrewing the cap, formed a skinny smile.
‘seems like I’ve got but every other story to hear from chief Woo once he comes back.’
Huhuh….
Goh Gun-Hui felt pretty thrilled, knowing that he made the proper preference to forcibly ship section leader Woo Jin-Cheol to the U.S.
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