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Solo Leveling Chapter 215 - Finished

Everyone was shocked when the strongest hunter screamed.

Thomas’s pain and anguish was captured on footage by one of the helicopters circling the air that had come to broadcast the fight.

Countless eyes were focused on Seoul, the capital city of Korea, as the Nation-class Hunter who tried to stop the monster screamed in pain.

"No way..."

Citizens who watched the battle on the field, either directly or through the screen, prayed that this was not the end of the fight. However, defying their hopes and expectations, the beast grabbed Thomas's wrist and slammed him to the floor.

* Thud! *

However this time it was he who climbed on top of Thomas.

"Cough!"

Goliath, with blood pouring from his mouth, fought with his broken hand, but was unable to resist the beast's ability as it revealed its true power. The beast screamed into Thomas's face and howled out to heaven.

* Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!*

It was a terrible roar that thundered into all the the ears of listeners all over the city.

This beast does not fight.

It only hunts its prey.

The nearby Hunters, overwhelmed with a roar of unstoppable power, fell to their knees. Thomas, who had to listened to the roar of the wild beast right next to him, felt his eardrums tear and start bleeding.

The beast laughed.

[Are you afraid?]

One of the delights of the hunt is to enjoy the terror of the prey.

Thomas, however, did not give up and made a counterattack with his broken.

* SMASH! *

However, unlike his earlier attacks, the beast did not even move its head in response to the blow.

It was an insurmountable wall.

Thomas looked at the eyes of the wild beast, and was reminded of a wall that stretched endlessly towards the sky. He had experienced this feeling.

It was a strange sight. For a moment, Thomas saw Jin-woo in the beast’s eyes.

'Why......?'

* CLANG! *

Without time to clear up the question that had come to Thomas’ mind, his head was pounded and the ground shook with the beast’s monstrous blow.

But that was only the beginning.

* Boom Boom Boom Boom! *

The beast launched a flurry of attacks like hailed upon him like a raging storm, just as Thomas had earlier. The maelstrom of endless blows seemed to show what a real attack looked like.

* Boom Boom Boom Boom! *

Unlike the beast that had calmed received the damage inflicted earlier, a long groan came out of Thomas's mouth.

"Arrrrrrrrgh … !"

[... ? ]

The beast suddenly stopped his attacks.

He was looking at Thomas’s shadow.

[So, there was a rat here.]

* PLUCK! *

The beast stuck his hand into the shadow and grabbed at something beyond the it.

* POP! *

As he pulled out his hand, it was firmly fixated on the body of an ant soldier that had been pulled from the shadow.

The beast raised its body up.

The ant soldier struggled, but its neck was grasped firmly in the beast’s claws and could not bulge.

* AREEEEEEEEEEEEE * the ant screeched.

It was a Shadow Soldier from the army of the Shadow Monarch.

It was impossible to destroy this immortal soldier by usual methods.

But.

The one holding the head of the ant was not an ordinary enemy.

The Canine Monarch, who was himself a supreme being, focused on the energy of the spiritual body he detected that comprised the ant, and unleashed his attack, erasing the very existence of the ant soldier.

* … ki-aa … aaak *

The ant soldier was burnt to ashes at this attack and dissolved into nothingness, leaving behind only a dusty ash.

The beast laughed when he saw gray ash float away in the air.

At that time. Thomas, who had just woken up behind the beast, wrapped the monster’s neck in one hand and fixed it firmly on the other arm, holding it in a chokehold.

His last resort. Even if his hands were broken, his biceps, arms and shoulders were still healthy.

His muscles hardened on both arms, putting enough pressure that could have pulverized iron.

"HAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Thomas focused on his final attack. He clenched his teeth. There was no turning back. If he failed, he was resolved to die.

* Crrrrrrrrrrr …*

He heard the unpleasant sound of a bone bending and creaking under the weight of immense power. If this was the sound of his enemy’s neck being broken neck, then there would be a chance at victory.

'... So close.'

But.

Thomas, who focused on the pain he caused through the attack due, suddenly let out a painful scream.

"Ah ah ah ah!"

The beast, holding Thomas's arm under his throat, had gripped Thomas's head with both clawed hands and slammed it into the floor.

* Thud! *

The viewers who watched the scene through their screen turned their heads away when they saw Goliath's naked, broken arms. It was an unbearable scene. But the terrible situation did not stop there.

The beast that had attacked the lying Goliath began to bite. A beast’s mea. A horrible row of canine teeth, sharp as knives, pierced Thomas's skin and flesh.

"Ugh, aaargh!"

Thomas desperately continued to resist, but it seemed as if he had no hope at this point. Blood

flowed. Flesh was torn away.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!"

The Hunters, who stood by the terrifying scene, were hesitant. Those on the field who had put their hopes in Goliath had long ago foreseen the results of the fight and fled.

But then. Amidst the hesitance of the Hunters, one Hunter lept out towards the animal in a quick and motion.

* Bang-! *

The wild beast, drunk on victory and indulging in the spoils of battle, was caught by surprise after the unexpected attack.

Renat Niermann.

The strongest German Hunter stood before Goliath, who was lying with multiple lacerations and wounds on the ground. Thomas, who could sense Renat, moaned out in a muffled voice.

"RU … N … A …. AW …. Y."

However, Renat, with a stern and proud face, shook his head.

"I'm have pride."

But I am weaker than you.

When he had realized his abilities and decided to become a Hunter, Renat had promised himself one thing.

‘I will never turn my back on my colleague.’

Although not originally from the same country, Thomas, who fought with a common enemy, was a great teammate from the perspective of Renat. No matter what he thought of himself, Renat knew he would not retreat.

‘But just looking at the monster face to face makes me shudder.’

Renat’s legs trembled with fear at the wicked face of the beast that had been disturbed from its meal.

Thomas opened his mouth with great difficulty and whispered in pain.

'But ... you’ … ll … die."

He knew.

Renat knew it.

He didn’t bring any equipment, and even Thomas’ most powerful attack had barely fazed the creature

The best German hunter? The 12th Rank in the whole the world? He knew better than anyone that none of these things mattered in the current situation.

But.

‘I will not regret this.’

If this is how his life were to end, he would choose it again and again.

‘An honorable death is better than a shameful life!’

‘ … It is worth it.’ ‘It is worth it.’

Renat gradually gained speed in repeating this mantra as he faced the enormous force that stood before him.

‘It is worth it.’

In an instant, Renat narrowed the distance between himself and the beast and sung his fist with all of his might at the monster.

An instance.

At that point, his life flashed before him. The life he lived played out in his mind like a movie.

Without much effort, he had gained enormous power and skills, that came along with a blessed and bountiful life.

Haven’t I lived a happy life?

Yes.

Renat grinned as he looked at the jaws that were descending upon him.

Also.

‘It is worth it.’

This was a fine way to die.

Just before his head was swallowed by the monster’s jaws, Renat closed his eyes quietly with the expectation that he would never open them again.

But then …

* BOOOOOOM! *

Renat’s eyes flashed open at the roar of the monster in front of him.

‘What?’

The beast, that had been struck by a fist, flew dozens of meters in a straight line and rolled across the floor.

The asphalt was broken, cars had been knocked out of the way and even some streetlights had been torn from their roots in the path of the knocked beast.

“Huh?”

‘ Was my strike that powerful? ‘

Renat looked down at his fist. Then he realized there was someone standing next to him.

“Who? …!”

When he saw his face, Renat exclaimed in joy.

“Hunter Sung Jin-woo!”

***

It had been close.

‘If I haven't planted a soldier on Renat, who had also visited the office that day, could I have made it in time?’

Confirming that the shadow soldier he attached to Thomas had disappeared, Jinwoo tried to find the only other shadow soldier around. And it was Renat’s shadow soldier.

Thanks to that, he had been able to make it in time to save them both. After checking Thomas's injury quickly hurry, Jinwoo sighed with relief. The wound was serious but fortunately it hadn’t been life-threatening. Jin-woo nodded in silence to Thomas, who had quietly looked up without even the power to speak.

‘Goliath, thank you for buying me time.’

Then he heard Renat's voice, which was filled with emotion.

"Hunter Sung Jin-woo!"

"Yes. Thank you for stepping in. Can you move Thomas to a safe place?"

As Jin-woo spoke in English, Renat nodded as hard as he could. This was easy compared to dealing with the monster he had just been battling with.

"Oh, yes! Don't worry. "

Carefully, Renat picked up Thomas and quickly sprinted away. Jin-woo's eyes were directed towards the beast that was getting back on its feet. A wretched being. He could feel the power to be different from ordinary wild beasts.

‘Also …’

His prediction was correct. This monster had the same energy as the <White Walker> he had met the other day. Monarchs aiming for Hunters.

But. Why? Unlike the <White Walker>, the beast showed no anger at being interrupted during his fight. Instead Jin-woo could only sense a calmness.

‘Why?’

‘Was it the fact that he looks half-human that is making me think he’s calm?’

As Jin-woo wondered this, the beast slowly walked out of the rubble of the building.

The beast spit something on the floor. It was a broken tooth. Seeing Jin-woo, who had knocked some of his teeth, the animal could not hide his amazement.

[So I was right. There was a smell of the Shadow Monarch in this human.]

The beast sniffed as if he had detected something strange.

[But … how could you have taken this human body and made it as powerful as this?]

‘... I leveled up, creature.’

Instead of saying what was on his mind in response to the beast’s confusion, Jin-woo calmly took out [Karmish’s Wrath].

There were many things to ask these monarchs.

However, these were questions he planned to ask only after the fight ended that he planned to interrogate the monster.

Sadness and grief.

Jin-woo’s senses then picked up on the traces of the many victims of this tragedy on the streets, which had been filled once with life.

Then.

He heard a voice next to the beast.

[I see. So the Designer had found a way. It’s been a while since the designer made a deal with the Shadow Monarch.]

The fog that had been slowly gathering swirled around as if animated by a mysterious force, before it finally resolved and revealed itself into the visage of a human form.

‘That’s …?’

It was the <White Walker>

The Monarch of Ice, who was hiding in the fog during the fight, revealed itself.

Jin-woo immediately noticed then that the fog surrounding the city was unnatural.

Suddenly, from the back.

[Can I eat that human?]

Jin-woo’s head turned around to the strange, unfamiliar female voice. He saw a woman that made him doubt his eyes.

The insects that were pouring out of the sewers were gathering together and clumped up, eventually becoming a giant woman.

[I’ve always wanted to taste a Monarch just like me.]

Suddenly, as he saw the enemies surrounding him, Jin-woo’s face hardened.

He realized.

It wasn’t because they were afraid of being interrupted during their hunt that they had muffled the signals and erased the Shadow Soldiers.

They were trying to hide their numbers.

This was a trap.

The trap of the Monarchs had been set to catch Sung Jin-woo.

And just on time.

The System, which recognized the situation, sent a message. [The Monarch of Ice, King of Frost, has marked you as an enemy.]

[The Monarch of Beasts, King of the Wild, has marked you as an enemy.] [The Monarch of Insects, Queen of Pestilence, has marked you as an enemy.]

Three at the same time. His blackened heart, which had been beating silently, began to beat quickly in the presence of these enemies.

'This...'

Good.

Jinwoo raised the corners of his mouth in a grin.

‘These Monarchs think they have surrounded me.’

‘But … it is you who are surrounded.’

Jin-woo raised his arm and called his troops.

‘COME OUT!'