Solo Laveling
Chapter 12's
Solo Leveling – Chapter 12
"Stay, I can't be sure, so …."
To be 100% sure, Seong Jin-Woo anonymously opens a thread on a dedicated internet forum for licensed Hunters.
(Title: Something strange has happened to me.)
(Description: Suddenly I can see my Stats in numbers like in a video game, and I can even increase their values. Has anyone ever experienced anything similar?)
Under that OG post, the comments quickly exploded.
└Anon: LOL Why don't you stop, man.
└Anon: Isn't he just a lion?
NonAnon: Losing his mind.
└Anon: Maybe you have played too many games … ..
└Anon: Anyway, are you a cartoonist?
└Anon: Visit nearest hospital, ‘k?
└Anon: I want to hear the details first.
└Anon: Stop receiving all kinds of garbage just because they hold Hunter license; this forum needs to go through cleaning, seriously now. (TL: I remove all internet slang/pure Korean emoji from raw. Learn my lessons from my previous novel ..).
Dozens of comments all with almost similar content flooded in.
"Eh-wah …."
Jin-Woo spits out a groan.
He had spent a long time looking around but he showed nothing to his problem. He was called a loon in the forum and people underestimated him. He did all this, but saw that there was no information to collect ….
"I guess my case is really unique."
He is the only one under the sky.
The most unique hunter in the whole world!
He still needed time to figure out how much help this strange phenomenon would provide, and how far he could actually grow past it, but at the very least, it was, he has a good feeling about all this.
As he looked out, the night deepened.
"When is the time late …?"
Jin-Woo frowned deeply.
His eyes hurt a little after staring at the computer monitor for so long.
Jin-Woo massages his forehead and stands up from the chair to relax his body with a light stretch. He moved his body this way and that for a while. He bent his body 90 degrees and that was when he found two small boxes lying forgotten on the floor.
"….Ah."
'Random box'.
Two boxes wrapped in monotonous gift wrappers and ending with – tape are exactly like the ones in video games.
"They must have fallen out of bed when I made the room fall apart earlier."
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He completely forgot about them after receiving it as his gift. Jin-Woo picks up the nearest box and opens the lid.
"… Band help?"
He was dumbfounded staring at the 'object' that looked exactly like an ordinary band's help for a while, only for information about it to float above in green letters.
(Number: Band-Aid)
Ordinary band assistance. Useful in repairing small wounds. Can be stored in your Inventory.
"It's a band help …."
He had hoped that this thing might have some kind of special attribute like a treasure found inside the basement, but he was not as lucky today.
"Of course, I've never heard of someone finding band-aids inside a dungeon, to begin with …."
With a half disappointed and half anticipating mind, he opened the remaining box.
And he's got a new ballpoint pen.
He learns it from all sorts of angles and even clicks the ends so that the ball point will come out, but it's still your average pen.
(Item: Ballpoint)
Ballpoint pen average. Can be stored in your Inventory.
It is likely that, as the name suggests, all kinds of random junk will come out of a random box.
"Hm … .."
Well, it wasn't as if he was left empty-handed.
Sure, he doesn't really have a need for band or pen help at the moment, but thanks to them, he has to learn about the existence of an object called 'Inventory'.
Also, seeing that information about other objects found in the room did not appear, he guessed that only info about items from random boxes could be read.
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"Inventory."
As soon as he called out his Inventory, a graphical representation of a storage unit with dozens of slots appeared in the air.
According to the user storage unit level 1, it was. He thought there would be nothing there, but inside the first slot, he found a rather familiar object.
"Isn't that ….?"
Jin-Woo immediately takes it.
Tti-rings.
(Item: steel longsword Kim Sang-Sik)
Attack +10
Exactly Lord Kim's sword that Jin-Woo took back in the underground temple. He assumed that it was left inside the Gate.
"Hey, good to see you too."
A smile forms on Jin-Woo's face.
He felt happy to see this again, what about the two of them who survived the hellish death trap. Besides, it's too wasteful to be left in a different dimension, isn't it?
"Didn't Mr Kim ahjussi say he bought this around 3,000,000?" (TL: more than $ 2,600)
The weapons of the Hunters from the outside seemed rather simple, but the truth was not at all.
Monsters cannot be tampered with with weapons that do not carry the user's magic energy. So, weapons made specifically for the purpose of dealing with them would always be very expensive.
"It looks like I'll have to rely on this guy for a while."
He had been fighting with his bare hands until now because he could not afford the right weapons.
Even though it was a cheap sword, he was still grateful for it.
'You are mine now.'
If Mr. Kim saw this sword in his hand in the future, he would probably start foaming at the mouth and angrily ask for its return. Well, he's a selfish guy who's ready to throw away his life-saving, so that's a good possibility.
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However, both this sword and this 'opportunity' were given to him in return for sacrificing his life. So, he did not plan to return it that easily.
Jin-Woo's eyes sharpen.
He had learned two things about reality in that temple.
First, he had to become much, much stronger.
He was weak and nearly died a few times as a result.
That's not all.
He knew what the outcome would be, yet he could not stop the chorus Hunter from stepping forward, and also, he knew the wrong Mr. Kim, he said, but he couldn't help Mr. Song at all.
Since he wanted to survive, he shifted his gaze even though he knew what was right. If he didn't want to be ashamed of himself anymore, then he had to become stronger.
And finally….
"There is no room for unnecessary good."
What he got after his act of kindness was the betrayal of his comrades.
The three of them left him, who could not even move properly, and fled. He desperately called them but no one came back to help him.
None of them could remember who had saved their lives just a moment ago.
'….Give and take.'
He vowed not to take unnecessary risks from unconditional acts of kindness. After all, the most important thing at the end of the day was his own life.
Those are two important lessons that Jin-Woo must engrave in his heart after experiencing the near-death event.
Become stronger than ever, and become more selfish than ever.
"I can do this."
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Jin-Woo is one of the types of people who will never forget what he has been taught.
***
Inside a certain 'pojangmacha. (TL: Korean-style street stalls)
"Ahh, I almost forgot."
Yu-Rah belatedly remembers that her friend is an employee of the Hunter Association. The reason he found a job at Hunter Hospital was not because of this friend.
"You know a lot about Hunters, right?"
"Well, more than most people, of course. What's up?"
"Are there any Hunters with the ability to heal their own wounds so quickly?"
“Not the Healing type Hunter? One healing spell later, each wound goodbye ~ !! ”
"No, no, not like magic and so on. I mean, like, subconsciously. ”
"Like, unconsciously?"
"For example, when the person loses consciousness, or when."
Yu-Rah's friend shook her head.
“Eii ~. There's no road. It's like regeneration, and it's an amazing ability, you know? It was a unique trait only the rarest of all top-tier monsters that exceeded the 'A' rank had. "
"But no human has it?"
“Ng. I had never heard of a Hunter who possessed such an ability. "
"really?"
Could he have made a mistake, then?
Yu-Rah slowly nodded.
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It was at this point that his friend spoke again.
"But, again .. I don't know. Maybe it was possible if you were talking about an S-rank Hunter. "
Hearing his friend's words, Yu-Rah raises her head.
"S rank?"
“There are many strange monsters inside the S-rank Hunter, and also, not much is known about them, right? What are they saying? Right, Hunter Baek Yun-Ho of the White Tiger Guild seems to be able to transform into a real monster. ”
However, Seong Jin-Woo is supposed to be an E rank Hunter.
The Hunter Rankings could be seen publicly on the Association's website, so if anyone was interested, they could see it. Yu-Rah becomes curious from the events of that morning and she searches for Seong Jin-Woo's information.
‘The rating is too low for him to have such a unique abi …. Ah!'
The Resurrection of a Hunter!
She then remembers hearing the whisper of 'Re-Awakening' coming from Jin-Woo's room when she walked past him yesterday.
"Could he have been through Re-Awakening?"
For most ordinary people, it was absolutely impossible to befriend an S-rank Hunter, let alone meet a Hunter. Not only were their numbers too few, but they also happened to be extremely busy.
So, what kind of situation is this? Someone as amazing as the patient he was caring for. A man who had just entered the S rank had climbed up from the low E.s
"If there are only a few people who realize its true value, then …."
If he scored a few points with him now, wouldn't it be more likely that he would be given more chances later on?
The opportunity to become an acquaintance with a rank S Hunter did not happen every day. They were existences that people could not easily meet even if they were prepared to spend a lot of money.
As his imagination flies, a bright smile slowly blooms on Yu-Rah's face.
"Geez?! You girl, did something good happen? Why are you suddenly grinning like that? ”
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"Oh, uh, it's okay, you know. Not much."
Yu-Rah continues to shake her head, but the smile on her lips doesn't want to go that easy.
Part 8: Level up!
"Yes God. Look at the physicality of the man. "
"Is the patient's body as good as it was before?"
Two young female nurses walking in the corridor whispered to each other as soon as they saw Seong Jin-Woo.
He pretended not to hear them and quietly returned to his room.
It had been a week since he had started working on the Daily Quest. Some changes occurred during this time. One of them is the transformation of his body.
Jin-Woo stands in front of a mirror mounted on the wall of a hospital room in a corner.
"Hm. Hm. "
He examined his entire body in front of this full-size mirror.
She was a little embarrassed by doing something that a college student would most likely do, and only after clearing her throat twice could she stare straight into the mirror.
The problem is .. He must have changed.
His body was in the midst of a transformation.
"I have muscles now."
The most noticeable change was the drastic increase in his muscles. The normal-looking mushy meat gradually disappeared, only to be replaced by hard muscles. Thanks to that, his shoulders widened more and his overall skeleton also grew larger.
"Even then, it didn't seem heavy and slow."
Only the necessary amount of muscle in place is required. If he were to describe the overall impression his body gave him, would it be like 'look fast and athletic'?
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He was a man and even he found this rather interesting, so it was not a strange thing for the young nurse to whisper about him.
‘And it's all because this guy is here.’
Jin-Woo calls his Stat Window.
Tti-rings.
Name: Seong Jin-Woo
Level 1
Class: None
Title: There Is None
HP: 100
MP: 10
Fatigue: 0
(Stats)
Power: 31
Stamina: 10
Agility: 10
Intelligence: 10
Perception: 10
(Points available for distribution: 0)
(Skills)
Passive skills:
– (Unknown) Lv. Maxed
– Persistence Lv. 1
Active expertise:
– Dash Lv's. 1
His Stat Strength had already passed 30.
Since he thought that it would be hard to tell what effect would arise from upgrading other Stats, he ended up investing all the points he earned in Strength Stat, instead, which seems to be the easiest way to feel the changes that are happening in the.
Moreover, Strength played a key role when fighting monsters, so it was like killing two birds with one stone.
"My body won't change this much just because I'm exercising for a few days."
Well, then, there's only one explanation.
With the value of its Strength continuously rising, the muscles change their shape to display the maximum amount of effect as well.
He could think of no other reason than that.
He was inwardly worried about investing too many points into the Strength Stat, but after seeing his changed body, he became somewhat happy and all the worries in his mind were forgotten for now.
"However, it's too flashy, isn't it?"
The frequency of her being mentioned by the nurses is constantly increasing. It is likely that, because their work involves taking care of the human body, their level of discernment could be higher than most.
Jin-Woo has a fairly keen sense of hearing, so whenever his name is mentioned around him, he notes it down.
"I think it's time I left this hospital, don't you?"
And