Solo Laveling
the chapter 20

Solo Leveling – Chapter 20

When the Hunters tried to leave at the same time, Yu Jin-Ho formed a puzzled expression and quickly asked them.

"Did you tell me and Jin-Woo hyung to stay in the boss room?"

Hwang Dong-Seok smiled with his eyes and replied.

"B*stard hasn't woken up even though we've been talking loudly for a while now. So, I'm sure nothing will happen here. Well, there are a few things I want to talk about with my boys too, so we'll take a short break as well. But, don't worry, it won't take long. "

Jin-Woo listens to Hwang Dong-Seok's rather detailed explanation and grins inwardly.

‘You finally revealed your actual color, yes. But you all left at the same time? Are you stupid, taking us too lightly? "

They looked down on him because of his low rank, of course.

As Jin-Woo expected, Hwang Dong-Seok finally starts moving. It was a little different from the expectations of the youth, though.

It had been four years since he became a Hunter. During that time, he had met many Hunters. One of them is an ahjussi named Mister Oh.

He had retired from the life of a freelancer, but still appeared now and then to help with the Association's work.

"Be careful of geckos."

Mr. Oh used to say that.

When one participated in the raids, one would definitely face a dangerous situation.

When such an event occurred, some crooked and unscrupulous Hunters would try to sacrifice someone who had fought alongside them until then, with some slim reasoning that they are not on the same team, to begin with, or that the other party is just weaker than they are.

All just to buy time for themselves.

It was exactly like a gecko that cut off its own tail and escaped.

'Cutting the tail ….'

Mister Oh called those types of Hunters 'tokeck', and actions were like cutting off someone's tail.

The regulation states that in order to enter Gate C rank, the minimum number of participants must be ten. However, Hwang Dong-Seok's team only has eight members.

"I'm sure you already know that it's not easy to hire a Healer if you run your own assault party. Well, we've been doing things like this until now, so it's okay. "

Indeed, he only held on to eight members, even though his team had entered the countless C rank Gates – so much that he could say 'in this way until now'.

"They obviously had no reason to fill the last two places."

They need a tail that they can cut at any given moment. There was a reason why they were willing to accept anyone be it Hunter E or a beginner.

And now….

Hwang Dong-Seok decides to leave Seong Jin-Woo and Yu Jin-Ho for a slightly different reason than usual.

"But that's a good thing for me."

Jin-Woo has learned of Hwang Dong-Seok's intentions quite early, but chooses not to say anything. Actually, this is what he wanted.

However, unlike the confident Jin-Woo, Yu Jin-Ho is very different as he only started his job as a Hunter today.

Yu Jin-Ho spoke in a voice full of worry.

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“No, wait a minute. It was just …. Why don't we go together? "

Just then, Jin-Woo sees one of the Hunters behind raising his hand towards his hip. So, he placed his hand on Yu Jin-Ho's shoulder and spoke.

"That's gonna be fine. We'll take care of this place. "

The Hunter hand that was pointing towards his waist stopped.

"Hyung ….?"

Yu Jin-Ho is quite surprised and confused, but Jin-Woo just keeps his mouth shut and lightly shakes his head. Of course, the boy is noisy and a little nervous, but Jin-Woo doesn't plan to let him die here.

After all, isn't he trying to get a fair share for Jin-Woo right now, although that would eventually put him in an unfortunate position?

Hwang Dong-Seok formed a smile as he looked at the two young men.

"Our van wasn't parked too far away, so it didn't take long. All right, then."

Hwang Dong-Seok and his minions quickly escape from the boss room. And their footsteps quickly got further and further away.

Yu Jin-Ho turns around and asks Jin-Woo for an answer.

"How can you say those things, hyung? What if it wakes up? "

Without a doubt, he was quite afraid of the spider.

"It seems like this child has not yet understood the situation."

Jin-Woo inwardly clicks his tongue. It's too hard to explain everything, too. Instead of an answer, he began to loosen his body once again.

***

Around the same time, Hwang Dong-Seok turned towards the boss room. The Hunters who followed him also stopped. They had arrived at a place quite far from the boss room by now. At this distance, there was no danger to be heard.

Hwang Dong-Seok smiled deeply and gestured to Joh Gyu-Hwan next to him with his chin.

“Hei, Gyu-Hwan-ah? Close the entrance to the boss room. ”

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"Should I blow it up?"

"Rubber. But, don't get blocked completely, okay? We should get in there a little later too.

Lee Cheol-Jin then asked her.

"Hwang hyung, is there any reason to beat around this? Why don't we kill them now and get started? "

Hwang Dong-Seok's expression wrinkled and glared at another man. There was no need for him to maintain a fake smile now. At least that's one thing not to worry about.

"My fault."

Lee Cheol-Jin turned his gaze away in fear. Hwang Dong - Seok tsk.

"What if we start fighting there and the spider wakes up? How are you going to mine which rock it is and take it out? ”

"I'm sorry."

Joh Gyu-Hwan.

"Hwang hyung, because we are on that subject …. Wouldn't it wake up when we tried to mine which stone? If so, we might end up losing big, you know. "

The creature was strong enough to prey on those already terrifying insect-type monsters. If the team were to be secretly attacked in the middle of a mining operation, the losses they incurred would be huge.

"That's why…."

Hwang Dong-Seok grinned deeply.

"We're trying to offer both as food, aren't we?"

"Mah … .."

Joh Gyu-Hwan nodded as if he finally understood his plan.

Currently, no one knows when the spider will wake up. Maybe 10 hours from now, maybe an hour, or maybe a minute later. That's why they have to wake the spider now and feed it.

No matter how blunt the monster was, it remained awoken from the impact strong enough to cause the entrance to the cave.

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Hwang Dong - Seok continued.

"We mine which stone when the spider goes back to sleep with a full stomach."

The permission they obtained from the Association would last for five days. In other words, they still had four and a half days of free time, in other words.

They would wait and if the spiders did not go back to sleep, they would simply throw them away and mine as much as they could before the Gate closed.

They won't be able to mine everything within an hour, but with Seong Jin-Woo and Yu Jin-Ho no longer in the picture, they should be able to avoid losing too much.

Isn't that much preferable to working under constant fear? After all, their safety was the number one priority.

"Of course, that's the worst-case scenario that could happen …."

If they were lucky, the profits would be divided eight ways, they mined all the mana stones, and even monopolized the spiders as well. As an added bonus, the expensive looking equipment on Yu Jin-Ho's body would be theirs as well!

"The swords and shields, they should be worth at least a few hundred million Won."

They have nothing to lose from this transaction at all.

The corner of Hwang Dong-Seok's lips curved.

“Close the entrance, so we can go and rest for a moment. Hurry."

"Yes, hyung."

Joh Gyu-Hwan replied as a dazzling light began to gather at the tips of his fingers.

***

"… .."

Yu Jin-Ho's gaze was fixed on the sleeping spider. Even his breath was alert. He then asked, his expression stiff with fear.

"Who knows."

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Jin-Woo remains economical with his words. He had a little bit of knowledge of what was coming next, but if he said out loud his mind completely, then Yu Jin-Ho might faint from fear.

"Now I think about it …."

Those words were the first to come out of Yu Jin-Ho's mouth in about the last five minutes. It seems like he is really scared right now. And he used to talk a lot.

Then, 'it happened'.

Kabooom !!!

With a loud bang, the entrance of the boss room suddenly gave up.

“Uh, uh ?! Huh!! Ahhh !! ”

Yu Jin-Ho hurriedly ran towards the entrance.

Unfortunately for him, the entrance was completely blocked by the falling rocks. He pushed with all his might, but not a single stone moved.

Jin-Woo slowly walks there in the meantime.

“Attacks ~! Hyung, help me push this! ”

Yu Jin-Ho still gave his all to push the stone blockade away.

"He said his name was Joh Gyu-Hwan, yes."

Before the explosion, there was a flash of light. A C rank Sorcerer who controls 'light'. This is undoubtedly the work of b*stard.

Jin-Woo puts his hand on the falling rock.

"If I want, I can get out of here anytime."

He could feel the weight of the stones through his hands. They are not as heavy as they seem. When he slightly pushed, he felt the wall tremble gently. Of course, he did not think of leaving at all.

"Aah!"

Yu Jin-Ho stopped pushing the stones and shouted as if he had finally found the truth. His face now flushed red with anger, Yu Jin-Ho turned his gaze to Jin-Woo.

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"The boys are trying to kill us !! They didn't want to share which stone, so they blocked the exit and let the spider devour us! "

"Wow, you've figured it out so fast, Sherlock."

Jin-Woo rolls his eyes around his head, but is still playing for now.

"Look like that. It's troublesome. "

"Heok!"

Suddenly, Yu Jin-Ho's flushed skin paled in an instant. Was it the appearance of someone whose blood had turned cold?

No need to ask him what happened, there – the silhouette of the giant monster was reflected clearly in Yu Jin-Ho's eyes.

Jin-Woo turned.

"Keurruuukis. Badness. "

The sleeping spider had been interrupted by that loud explosion and slowly raised its huge body.

A body the size of a house.

Tens upon tens of eyes.

That horrible mouth.

Eight very long legs.

Now that it had started moving for real, it looked much scarier than when it was actually soundly asleep.

"Euh …."

Yu Jin-Ho leaked out in fear. His body froze stiff like a statue.

On the other hand, Jin-Woo keeps his gaze locked on the spider as he calmly summons the 'Poison Fang of Kasaka' from his Inventory.

'You're mine.'

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This is the perfect opportunity to test improved statistics.

Fang's poison from Kasaka appeared on his right hand ….

Rotating

…. As if it was always there.

Jin-Woo grips the handle of the dagger tightly. The reason why Hunter is called Hunter! From now on is when the real hunt will begin.

"Wait a minute, hyung !!"

However, Yu Jin-Ho quickly snatches Jin-Woo's sleeve right as the latter takes several steps towards the spider.

"Wha, what are you trying to do ?!"

Yu Jin-Ho's hand shook very badly. Jin-Woo uses his left thumb to point up his shoulder.

"Obviously, I'm gonna hunt that down."

Jin-Woo has been following around Hwang Dong-Seok's group until now for that purpose.

… To monopolize the remaining monsters in the dungeon as soon as Hwang Dong-Seok cuts off his tail and runs away. This was a good opportunity to swallow all experience points and magic crystals.

"Well, only if the boss doesn't devour every monster in this dungeon, that's."

If that wasn't the case, then he would have gained more profits. A chance that misses it so much.

However, Yu Jin-Ho's facial expression clearly showed his disbelief, as he did not know about Jin-Woo's special constitution.

"What is this hyung raving about ?!"

There was something he had heard from someone somewhere before.

A person will stop thinking rationally when he receives mental shocks beyond his ability to deal with them.

The E-rank hunter standing right in front said that he would hunt down the boss from the C-rank dungeon. If this is not irrational, what else can be done?

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Yu Jin-Ho asked again, this time looking rather dumbfounded.

“Hyung, you want to hunt that thing? Real ones?"

Jin-Woo scratches the top of his head, looking somewhat troubled, before answering back with his own question.

"What, you want to hunt, then?"

Section 10. 'Give and Receive'

Jin-Woo turns around even before Yu Jin-Ho has a chance to respond. After all, there was no need to listen to the answer.

Even now, Yu Jin-Ho could barely stand up straight as his legs continued to shudder.

From the start, he had expected nothing from Yu Jin-Ho. Instead, he felt relieved that the child was not following after he said he would lend him his help or something.

"After all, he'll get in my way."

Jin-Woo slowly approaches the spider.

The spider must find the existence of humans as well, as it changes direction towards them while shaking with its eight legs.

It's getting closer.

As if finding prey that had never been seen before was a bit strange, the spider did not immediately rush out. Using his thick and long legs to press against the ground, he inched closer and closer.

"Fuu-woo."

As the giant monster slowly fills his entire gaze, Jin-Woo's breath becomes heavy. His heart also began to beat.

Buk-buk, Buk-Buk.

Jin-Woo controls his lost breath and does his best to calm himself down. He has to stay focused and stable here.

He recalled the true feeling he felt when he stood at the end of the second floor of the instant dungeon of Hapjeong station.

He then recalled seeing the Kasaka Blue Poisonous Rice for the first time.

However, this giant spider in front of him did not exert as much pressure as that snake. That is, he could definitely do this.

From the start, if he thought that this boss was impossible to clean up by himself, he wouldn't even stay here.

"Break."

They were close enough that his face now reflected somewhat clearly on the delicate, pitch-black spider's eyes.

Jin-Woo's own eyes narrowed.

And