The team enters the dungeon. The raid is smoothly because the overall strength of the team is very high. Even Sung Jin-Woo can kill the low rank magic beast Goblins easily in Solo Leveling Episode 9. Lee Joo-Hee doesn’t have a chance to heal Sung Jin-Woo.
Song Chi-Yul notes the change from Sung Jin-Woo’s body. He has a feeling that the guy isn’t E-Rank hunter anymore. The people arrive at three caves. Kang Taeshik offers to split up. He thinks the task is very easy. The team members agree to Kang Taeshik’s plan.
Sung Jin-Woo sees that the left cave is boss room because his sense level was improved. He teams up with Lee Joo-Hee and Song Chi-Yul. Sung Jin-Woo notes that Kang Taeshik smiles at him when everyone gets into the caves. It seems that the guy has a big plan.
Kang Taeshik was hired to tell the three prisoners before he got into the dungeon. The three prisoners ruined the man’s family. But they were only sent to the prison. The three prisoners are still hunters. They will get their sentences reduced as long as they join strike task because they’re hunters.
The screams of the prisoners draw Kang Jeongho and Kim Sangshik. The two come to check and they’re shocked after they witnessed the scene. They ask Kang Taeshik what he’s doing. Kang Taeshik realizes that the paths of the caves are interlinked.
Meanwhile, Sung Jin-Woo hears the scream of Kim Sangshik. The people go to Kim Sangshik’s place. They see the dead bodies of the prisoners and Kang Jeongho. Kim Sangshik is dying. Sung Jin-Woo orders Lee Joo-Hee to heal Kim Sangshik. But it’s too late.
Song Chi-Yul finds out that the wounds weren’t made by magic beast. It was caused by a sharp knife and someone intended to avoid the fatal wound. Kim Sangshik realizes that he’s going to pass away. He asks Lee Joo-Hee to stop healing him. He apologizes to Sung Jin-Woo.
The people don’t have time to be sad. Kang Taeshik who ambushes appears from above. Fortunately, Sung Jin-Woo reacts and he catches the guy’s sneak attack. Kang Taeshik realizes that his raid fails. He keeps a distance from Sung Jin-Woo.
Kang Taeshik intended to kill the healer. But he doesn’t expect Sung Jin-Woo blocked his attack. It’s obvious that the murder is Kang Taeshik. The guy comes up with a good story. He intended to tell people that Sung Jin-Woo and his friends were killed by Goblins. But he thinks it’s a good choice to give the crime to the prisoners. Because dead people doesn’t talk.
Song Chi-Yul realizes that Kang Taeshik won’t let them alive. He decides to take action on his own. He picks up the sword of Kim Sangshik and asks Lee Joo-Hee to use the physical buff spell on him. Assassin class hunter has a flaw that their defense isn’t high.
Song Chi-Yul thinks they will have a chance if he targets the weak point. Although his awakening class is mage, he’s a swordsman as long as he holds sword. He doesn’t know why he awakened mage since he’s a sword skill genius. He wouldn’t be just C-Rank hunter if he awakened swordsman.
Kang Taeshik mocks Song Chi-Yul. He thinks he’s not his rival even if he has a physical buff. Song Chi-Yul almost catches up with Kang Taeshik even if it’s just for a moment. Kang Taeshik has to praise Song Chi-Yul. He thinks he has a capital to give up magic and use sword to attack. But the strength Song Chi-Yul was given is limited.
It’s impossible that a C-Rank Mage catches up with the speed of a B-Rank Assassin. So the fight isn’t tension from the very beginning. Kang Taeshik tries to kill Song Chi-Yul. But Song Chi-Yul puts his hands on the ground. He releases the top class fire magic.
He didn’t intend to defeat Kang Taeshik with his sword. He secretly set up magic formation when he was fighting. But the hit doesn’t hurt Kang Taeshik. Sung Jin-Woo saves Song Chi-Yul before Kang Taeshik kills Song Chi-Yul. It makes Kang Taeshik wonder who the guy is.
Sung Jin-Woo tells Kang Taeshik that he’s just an E-Rank hunter. But Kang Taeshik doesn’t believe Sung Jin-Woo’s words. Because E-Rank hunter cannot block his attack two times. So Kang Taeshik thinks Sung Jin-Woo concealed his real power.
Kang Taeshik guesses Sung Jin-Woo is a second awakener. He notes that he doesn’t have any experience. So he decides to give him a lesson as his senior. Sung Jin-Woo asks Kang Taeshik why he did those things. Although Kang Taeshik claims that he did it for justice, his distorted expression exposes his real intention.
Kang Taeshik mentions he’s the B-Rank hunter the large guilds wish to get. He thinks killing people makes him happier more than killing those magic beasts. Sung Jin-Woo and Kang Taeshik have a fight. Their speeds are very fast. But Sung Jin-Woo is lack of fight experience.
Kang Taeshik wonders why he fears Sung Jin-Woo since he has advantage. He decides to show his real power. He disappears in front of Sung Jin-Woo. It’s the skill “Stealth”. Kang Taeshik thinks Sung Jin-Woo cannot avoid his attack.
But he finds out that Sung Jin-Woo recovered his wound. He never hears fight class hunter can use healing skill. He thinks the guy is a dangerous person because he knows he owns many abilities. He wonders if the guy knows his real location.
Sung Jin-Woo stabs Kang Taeshik. Kang Taeshik wonders why an E-Rank hunter could defeat him. Sung Jin-Woo cannot give the answer to Kang Taeshik. He reveals he’s the hunter who can level up during fight. Kang Taeshik is shocked.
Sung Jin-Woo completes the task after Kang Taeshik passes away. He gets Kang Taeshik’s skill. He lets Song Chi-Yul and Lee Joo-Hee stay there. He enters the boss room and he kills the boss.
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The three survive after they complete the dungeon raid. The investigator Woo Jinchul knows what happened. He wonders who killed the B-Rank hunter. Sung Jin-Woo worries that he cannot cover it. Song Chi-Yul takes the blame for Sung Jin-Woo.
He claims that he killed Kang Taeshik after Lee Joo-Hee helped him. Woo Jinchul has doubt. But the dungeon was closed. So he treats the case as reasonable self-defense.