Solo Leveling: Ragnarok - Chapter 142

Chapter 142

‘Why? it won’t work? I thought you were the king of beasts? snakes are considered beasts too.’
[……Groan. I got it.]
Rakan ended up nodding at Suho’s words.
[I guess even the common snake poison would do that brat good.]
then with a dissatisfied face, stared at the space in front of Suho.
Fwoosh!
Then a pair of swords emerged before him.

[Item : Rakan’s Fang]
Difficulty to obtain: ??
Type: Sword
Attack Power +60
A sword made from the fangs of Rakan, the king of wolves.
The ghost of Rakan dwells in it, so if someone of a lower level possesses it, the body may be taken away.
-‘Contempt for the Weak’ Effect: Puts the designated opponent into fear for 1 minute. (All stats -50%)
-‘Mortal Wound’ Effect: Inflicts more than thrice as much fatal damage with a 20% chance.

[Item : Kasaka’s Poison Fang]
Difficulty to obtain : C
Type: Dagger
Attack Power +25
A dagger made using the poison fang of kasaka. Due to the remaining poison, attacks from it induces paralysis and bleed effect. It can be kept inside the inventory or be sold in the shop.
Effect ‘Paralysis’ : The attacked opponent is paralyzed by a certain percentage.
Effect ‘Bleed’ : The attacked opponent’s stamina will decrease 1% every second.

It was the ‘Rakan’s Fang’ and ‘Kasaka’s Poison Fang’ that was collecting dust inside my inventory thanks to getting two of Vulcan’s Horn.
But analyzing the stats a second time, it would’ve continued to collect dust without ever seeing the daylight.
Suho smiled in satisfaction.
‘I thought about selling it in the shop, but this is a much better method to repurpose it.’
[repurposing? My relics were supposed to be used exactly for this purpose.]
‘Oh, is that so?’
Suho recalled at Rakan’s words.
Back when he first touched the ‘Rakan’s Fang’ at the holy area of the beasts, this sword had always yelled out this saying.
-Prove yourself as worthy to be the king!
To be specific, Rakan’s Fang was actually Rakan’s deciduous teeth.
Thus, the milk teeth that fell out as Rakan grew up, the lower tribe members received it to turn it into a relic.
For the purpose of finding the heir after Rakan.
It was a backup plan in case Rakan were to get killed in the war against the Rulers..
This was the reason why the person’s body might get taken over. That they were unworthy of possessing such relic.
[And the reason why my ghost dwells in the relic is to make sure my heir can grow even stronger. It was the very least amount of guidance I can provide.]
‘Grow stronger? Do you nag at them 24/7?’
[something like that. You know it well.]
‘I happen to have one right next to me.’
Suho immediately thought of Beru.
After all, Beru never could aid in the battles directly, but was able to provide insight into Suho’s shortcomings to help him improve.
And every spoken word was never derogatory nor mocking.
All it was that…… Beru knew.
Just how powerful the ‘power of monarch’ is.
And what true power was.
The spirit dwelling within Rakan’s Fang too, will become a similar role of Beru to Gray.
After the explanation, Rakan smirked and spoke to Suho.
[Nevertheless, I am always grateful to you. Gray grew enough to accept my replica thanks to you.]
And reached out to grasp both of the swords mid-air.
Then.
Fwooosh
The swords scattered away as a silver powder.
Followed by countless system messages.

Ding. Ding.

[Gray equipped ‘Item : Rakan’s Fang’.]
[Gray equipped ‘Item : Kasaka’s Poison Fang’.]

Ding. Ding. Ding. Ding.

[Gray learned ‘Skill : Contempt for the Weak’.]
[Gray learned ‘Skill : Critical Hit’.]
[Gray learned ‘Skill : Paralysis’.]
[Gray learned ‘Skill : Bleed’.]

‘Wow, now this is something.’
Suho was truly astonished.
All the options of the sword became Gray’s skills.
If these skills could be used properly, Gray would surely do a part in battles from now on.
‘What a fruitful repurposing!’
[Tsk. I told you it’s not repurposing. Anyways, go back to your world now.]
Rakan maintained the displeased expression and waved off Suho with a sigh.
[I’ll leave Gray in your care.]
Swoosh!
“……whine?”
Once Suho’s consciousness returned, the small wolf before him had a surprised face.
It felt a new power within its body.
‘Appearance-wise, Gray looks the same. No, maybe the fangs got sharper?’
Appearances were not important.

[Gray Lv.50]
Fang Wolf
Gray leveled up.
An entire 15 levels!
Of course, this couldn’t’ve been the sole result of absorbing the item’s abilities.
‘Rakan’s spirit must be with Gray now.’
In other words, the inheritance of power.
A similar situation when Sirka inherited
“……So is there a way to hide this wolf’s mana?”
Suho smirked to stare at Gray to Gang Taesik’s repeated question.
“Gray, you can do it, right?”
“Whine.”
Gray crouched down with its ears twitching.
Rakan’s spirit with Gray was instructing how to use its powers.
And then…….
“……How surprising…. It actually worked?”
Gang Taesik’s eyes widened in surprise.
The mana from the wolf disappeared as if it never existed.
He was truly astonished.
“What an excellent summon. This makes things easier.”
As Gang Taesik mentioned, now they had the upper hand against the villains.
Since there was a way to track the villains down, but not the reverse.
“Let’s head in.”
“Right, take the lead.”
“Bark!”
With Gray on the front, Sho and Gang Taesik headed into Yamiri town.
Gray sniffed confidently with its ears perked up to track the villains. And it painted a natural scene of a small dog on a walk.
And since gray’s appearance and size was nonthreatening, even without a leash, it looked natural.
“……The town’s too quiet.”
Gang Taesik’s eyes glinted after reading the atmosphere of the town.
It was an eerie ambience as if the entire town became a ghost town.
He quietly muttered to Suho.
“Listen while walking. From a long time ago, this town had lots of armies stationed.”
The reason was that the region of Pocheon was too close to North Korea.
“Of course, there’s soldiers to guard against after the entirety of North Korea turned into a monster field.”
“Apparently, the stationed troops got changed to defend against monsters last year.”
“You’re right, so you did investigate quite a bit. But now…….”
“Not even soldiers can be seen.”
Since the area had numerous troops stationed, there should be at least a few soldiers on an outing.
But not even that could be seen. It was unnaturally quiet.
“It’s because of the association.”
Gang Taesik explained.
“Since Chairman Woo Jinchul volunteered to go to North Korea, the government sent all the soldiers in this area with the association.”
“Even the unawakened soldiers?”
“Yes. even hunters have to eat since they’re humans, they also have to stand the night watch at camps. You never know when or where the monsters will attack.”
In other words, the soldiers essentially took care of every other task and errand so that the hunters could focus only on fighting against the monsters.
“So the truth is that this town’s markets and economy got destroyed last year with the entire town filled with facilities and restaurants only for soldiers.
Which is why most shops were temporarily closed down.
But it wasn’t like the town was completely empty.
“At least the convenience stores are open.”
Gray was heading towards it as well.
“Welcome.”
A part-timer greeted the customers brightly.
“Whine!”
Tap!
Suho and Gang Taesik both attacked the part-timer at the same time.
“Ack! W, why are you doing this?!”
The part-timer struggled against being restrained.
Gang Taesik let out a laugh and lifted the part-timer’s pants.
To reveal the electronic anklet.
“Your acting’s too sloppy. What kind of part-timer greets customers cheerfully nowadays?”
“……!”
The kind smile changed to a wrathful expression.
“Shit! Everyone out!”
Three villains that were hiding behind the storage room emerged to spew flames towards Suho and Gang Taesik.
Fwsssh!
Gang Taesik slit the throat of the villain with a dagger without hesitation.
“……!”
And used the corpse to block those flames.
Boom!
“Fuck! Kill them all!”
“It’s the bounty hunters!”
“There’s only two of them!”
Crash!
Fwoosh!
The lights and stalls of the store broke from the force of the flames.
The heat of the flames spread.
But unlike what was shouted, the villains were using the commotion to escape outside.
“Stop them from escaping!”
Gang Taesik shouted to Suho and ran towards the villains.
And used the two daggers to swing indiscriminately.
Slash Slash Slash!
“S, shield!”
One of the villains created a transparent barrier to block the attacks.
However,
“Grrr!”
That a small wolf was approaching the rear amidst the commotion.
Once near the target, Gray quickly tore through the achilles tendon.
“Ack!”

[‘Effect : Critical Hit’ is activated.]
[‘Effect : Bleed’ is activated.]
[Target’s stamina will decrease by 1% per second.]

He screamed and kicked Gray away from himself.
“You rat!”
But Gray quickly dodged that kick to immediately bite a nearby villain’s thighs.
“Uwack?!”

[‘Effect : Paralysis’ is activated.]

Crash Wham!

The villain limped and loudly crashed from tripping.
“Look at your summon go!”
Gang Taesik whistled while dodging the shield to the side and chased after the paralyzed villain.
Slash!
“……!”
Another head got beheaded just like that.
Slash Slash!
And another got added to the list.
“Weak. they’re too weak.”
Gang Taesik smiled cruelly whilst cleaning the blood on his face using the back of his hands.
“Just why would a mere D rank do villainous crimes?”
Then faced Suho who was behind him to ask.
“Why are you just staring like that? Is this your first time seeing people die?”
“D-Don’t come! Stay away……!”
Suho was approaching the scared villain hiding behind the transparent barrier.
And his ankle was bleeding non stop thanks to Gray’s skill ‘Bleed’.
“Why? Do you pity them? Wanna let them live?”
Gang Taesik smirked and slowly walked towards Suho.
The stalls behind him were set on spreading fire, but this much was not a threat to the awakened.
“With that weak mindset, you can’t be a bounty…..”
At that moment.
Shhhhhh.
The corpses that just got slain by Gang Taesik suddenly stood up and attacked him from behind.