Solo Leveling: Ragnarok

Chapter 30

“Growl…”

Gray, a fanged wolf, lowered his body and watched his prey.

[Gray Lv.4]

Fanged Wolf

Although his level had increased slightly over time, he was still only the size of a palm.

But as a descendant of the great fanged tribe, he had grown to the point where he could easily hunt one or two goblins.

Thanks to this, Gray was now walking around with his tail held high, full of confidence.

Of course, he still couldn’t handle more than three goblins at a time, and would retreat to a small cave he had prepared beforehand.

The pursuing goblins would eventually give up the chase because the cave was too small.

As Gray continued to dominate the stupid and large goblins in the Shadow Dungeon, one day a great danger came upon him.

An intruder suddenly appeared in the Shadow Dungeon!

“Growl…”

Gray was secretly stalking the intruder with a cautious look.

The intruder seemed quite powerful, but looked weak due to prolonged hunger.

Gray was excited.

Hunting prey stronger than himself was a great honor.

Gulp.

Gray held his breath and waited for the moment when the intruder showed weakness.

And finally!

The intruder moved!

“Do you see me?”

“Growl?”

Eceil grabbed Gray’s tail from behind as he crouched and stared at him.

“Growl! Grrr!”

“Oh no! I’ve been caught!”

Gray was taken aback and kicked his short legs, but no matter how much he struggled, he couldn’t escape Esil’s grasp. He let out a fierce cry with a rebellious look.

“Grrr!”

“Ah, really. If it weren’t for Suho’s pet, I would have eaten you for sure.”

Esil looked disappointed as he gazed at Gray. “I never thought that the offspring of the Fang clan would be here.”

Although Gray was small enough to fit in his mouth, the blood and flesh of the Fang clan were valuable ingredients for medicine.

“Woof woof!”

Gray licked Esil’s hand, which was holding onto his backside, and stared at him with a bold expression.

“Ha, a funny little dog you are.”

Esil couldn’t help but chuckle. “I guess you also instinctively know that you can gain strength by eating me.”

They were actually in the same situation.

Esil was the only surviving demon aristocrat in the demon world, meaning he was potentially the only candidate to become a demon lord. Just like how the demons were after Esil’s blood, Gray was potentially the only surviving member of the Fang clan, meaning he too had valuable blood in his veins.

“…And I suppose you’re the same,” Esil thought.

The arrogant little puppy in front of him could also potentially become the only surviving member of the Fang clan and the Fang clan’s future leader.

Esil suddenly felt a strange feeling inside him.

“To think that the blood of a clan destroyed in war is gathered here with the two of us. I wonder why Suho-nim chose to bring us here.”

Woof woof, woof woof, woof woof!

“Oh, come on! Stop drooling on me!”

Just then, they entered the Shadow Dungeon.

Shuaaak!

And Suho and Ver came in carrying two fresh pigs.

“Oh!”

“Woof?”

In an instant, Eshil and Grey’s heads turned at the same time.

Kkorrurururuk!

A loud noise echoed from Eshil and Vell’s boat.

Upon hearing the sound, Suho grinned and pushed the pig forward.

“Well, demons love meat, don’t they?”

“Yeah! As long as it’s not grass!”

Eshil quickly threw Grey, whom she was holding, behind her and took the pig from Suho with ease.

Then, Grey, who had been thrown back, quickly came back and greedily showed his teeth in front of Eshil.

And then, he attacked!

“Kkweoeong! Kkiyoong!”

Grey suddenly flipped over and twisted his body in various directions.

But Eshil was firm.

“No, you can’t. Go back. This is my food.”

“Hehehehehe!”

“It’s too late to wag your tail now!”

“Kkurrung!”

They were a young wolf and a demon noble fighting over the pig.

Suho, who was watching them from behind, couldn’t hide his disappointed expression.

“Recently, it seems like only carnivorous animals are gathering around me.”

Yomnyomnyom!

[Keheh! This is delicious!]

“….”

They had brought back two pigs.

Vell had joined them and was eating the remaining one.

But even the brave Grey didn’t dare touch Vell’s food.

“Well, I’ll enjoy my meal!”

Eshil stuck her hand deep into the pig’s body.

Then…

Swooaak!

The large pig began to shrink around Eshil’s hand.

“Oh.”

Beside Suho, who was looking at the sight curiously, Vell appeared and explained.

“It’s sucking up the magic that was embedded in the pig’s body. The eating habits of demons vary widely, but demon nobles tend to prefer a clean method.”

“Oh, surprise. You’re a walking explanation, aren’t you?”

“Small people are like insects.”

Vell nodded as if it was obvious.

Then, he turned back to his own pig and opened his mouth wide.

Gooey gooey, mumble mumble.

It seemed like Suho preferred a less tidy way of eating compared to Eshil.

Suho smirked slightly and turned his gaze away.

“Well then, I’ll be… ”

Sniff sniff.

Hack, hack.

Suddenly, wild goblins who smelled the meat were gathering around one by one.

Suho reached out his hand.

“Huh?!”

One of the goblins at the front suddenly jumped up into the air and flailed its legs.

The power of domination.

A faint smile crossed Suho’s lips.

“Should I do a daily quest?”

[Daily Quest: Clean the Shadow Dungeon]

100 goblins: incomplete (0/100)

10 goblin captains: incomplete (0/10)

1 goblin chief: incomplete (0/1)

[Complete rewards have arrived.]

[Would you like to check your rewards?] (Y/N)

He realized that his abilities had improved.

“Now, cleaning a hundred goblins is not even a morning exercise.”

Tap, tap.

Suho lightly brushed his hand over the corpses of the goblins.

Lakan’s fangs and Volkan’s horns, and two swords were sticking out of the ground beside him.

“I guess there won’t be any hidden quests like last time.”

Although he caught a few more this time, it seemed that hidden rewards were one-time events.

But the rewards for the daily quests were still plentiful.

[The following rewards are available.]

Reward 1. Restore condition

Reward 2. Ability point +3

Reward 3. Random box x1

He decided to leave the first reward, ‘restore condition,’ unused for now.

“I’ll save it for a real emergency.”

It was possible to recover HP with a potion, but the amount of recovery was small and the recovery speed was slow.

On the other hand, the “status recovery” reward immediately recovered the status. It was good to use in a real emergency moment.

“And invest all stats in strength.”

No matter what, to become stronger, strength was the best. The higher the strength stat, the higher the power and speed.

“And a random box.”

This time, a normal random box appeared in Suho’s hand, not a hidden reward.

When he opened the box, a small ring rolled out.

[“Item: Ashen Ring” obtained.]

“A ring?”

When Suho took out the dull-colored ring, the item description came to mind.

[Item: Ashen Ring]

Difficulty: D

Type: Accessory

Sensory +5

“It increases sensory stat by 5 points?”

Suho’s eyes widened.

Despite its appearance, it was a considerably good item.

The sensory stat is a stat that enhances the five senses, increasing the ability to sense danger.

In other words, it increases the ability to detect sudden attacks.

Suho casually put the ring on his finger.

Although the size was loose, it was not a problem.

[“Item: Ashen Ring” equipped.]

The ashen ring disappeared on his finger and the stat was immediately applied.

[Sensory: 29 (+5)]

“A normal random box is pretty good. It feels like spinning the prize wheel.”

Meanwhile, while Suho was completing his daily quest,

[gulp.]

The meal was over before he realized it.

However, Esil, who had been watching Suho hunting goblins from behind, had a puzzled expression.

Although it was impolite to assist in the hunting of others, the fact that the goblins were wandering around here in the first place was strange.

“It’s strange.”

“What is?”

“How did the dimensional refugees flow all the way here?”

“Dimensional refugees?”

“Yeah, those guys. The surviving soldiers of the lords’ wars got caught in the cracks of dimensions and ended up mixed up here and there. They’re called dimensional refugees.”

It was a natural result.

Since all the lords who were the focal points had disappeared, their minions were scattered in all directions.

“But this doesn’t seem like a coincidence.”

“What do you mean it’s not a coincidence?”

Versil showed interest in Esil’s words.

“Well, um… it’s actually really difficult and cumbersome to break through the walls of dimensions.”

“I know that well. If it were easy, I would have returned to the lord long ago.”

Vers nodded his head.

In the old days, one had to be a lord of the Hwanggye to break through the gate to another dimension.

Even that was never an easy task.

“But even Vers can do that. Can mere soldiers of the Patzans in the war easily cross the dimensional wall like this?”

“Huh?”

A glint came to Vers’s eyes.

Suspecting what Esil was trying to say, he nodded his head.

“Is it because of the blue mist?”

“Exactly. One day, the blue mist that flowed from outside the universe began to mess up our dimensional walls. How twisted would it have to be for even weak, powerless goblins to flow into the world ruled by the Shadow Lord?”

Esil shrugged her shoulders, saying that it was an absurd event.

-I agree with that.

Lakan’s fangs, which were in the hands of the guardian, suddenly intervened in the conversation.

-There’s no way the Patzans could have entered the world ruled by the winner of the war unless they were crazy. The dimensional crack must have been severely twisted.

‘Ah.’

In the middle of the conversation, the guardian suddenly realized an important fact.

“Vers, let me ask you one thing.”

[Yes.]

“Now, you said that your father’s legion and the apostles of the outer universe have equal power, right?”

[Yes. They are so tight that even the lord doesn’t dare to come to earth and sent me instead.]

“If you think about it the other way around, the outer universe can’t dare to come to earth right now, can they?”

“Oh?”

Verg’s eyes widened for a moment.

“Ah?”

And then they widened again.

“That’s right?”

“The Sovereign’s words are correct! Of course, it’s going to be like that!” Verg nodded his head like crazy.

The Guardian also nodded and muttered.

“So they’re using the dimensional refugees. It’s clear that they’ve gathered the refugees to connect them to Earth because they can’t come directly themselves.”

It was the equivalent of picking one’s nose without using one’s hands.

And it was a situation that was not bad at all for the dimensional refugees.

For them, Earth was a very easy place to kill, loot, and conquer.

“And one more thing.”

The Guardian finally realized the meaning of his daily quest.

“Daily Quest: Cleaning the Shadow Dungeon as soon as possible.”

“We need to clean up the goblins as quickly as possible and find and block the dimensional cracks they came through.”

“That’s right. If we keep ignoring the dimensional refugees, eventually the outsiders in the universe will find out about this place. No, to be exact…”

“They’ll find out about me.”

The Guardian was well aware of his situation.

“I am my father’s only weakness.”

And so another reason to become stronger was added.