Sung Jinwoo is a trash E-Rank hunter. But he owns the ability others don’t own. Others’ levels were decided since they were born. Only Sung Jinwoo can level up through fighting. He’s forced to be a hunter for taking care of his sick mother and his sister who needs to go to school.
Sung Jinwoo’s level is E-Rank after he awakened. But he gets leveling up ability from the double dungeon. He improves his strength from that day. He even gets the item which can cure any illness from the system. He awakens the second time and he becomes the Monarch of Shadows who can command shadow soldiers.
Sung Jinwoo is changed in Solo Leveling Season 2 Episode 1. His looks and his temperament are extraordinary. His sister Sung Jinah almost doesn’t recognize him. He comes to her school because of parents’ meeting. The good looks draws all high school girls’ attention.
But Sung Jinwoo doesn’t care for his looks. He’s very happy after he was told that his sister did a good job in the school. But the teacher asks Sung Jinwoo a question before they end the talk. She wants to know if he will let Sung Jinah be a hunter if the girl awakens.
His answer is short and firm. It’s impossible. She feels relieved after she got the reply. She asks him to go to persuade Sung Jinah’s classmate Han Song-Yi. Song-Yi was the rookie hunter Sung Jinwoo ran into. Song-Yi learns that Sung Jinwoo is Sung Jinah’s older brother. She realizes that the teacher asked him to persuade her not to be a hunter.
But she won’t change her mind. He knows she’s just an E-Rank hunter. She will lose her life if she has bad luck. He decides to take her to see the sinister of the world.
Meanwhile, Woo Jinchul goes to the airport to pick up the previous S-Rank hunter of the nation Hwang Dongsoo. Hwang Dongsoo is arrogant like before. He badmouths the nation. Woo Jinchul doesn’t dare to offend Hwang Dongsoo. Hwang Dongsoo’s goal is very simple. He wants to find our hero for taking revenge for his older brother. He thinks everyone is his enemy if he blocks his way.
Choi Jong-In finds out that the enemy has wings. So he visits Hunters Association and he meets with Go Gunhee. Choi Jong-In reveals the the dead body fell to the sea surface. It means the enemy tried to fly crossing the sea. Although the enemy’s flying distance isn’t far, he believes that the enemy will reach the residential area. It’s a devastating blow to humans.
Sung Jinwoo comes to a teleportation gate in Hunters Association’s help in the evening. Although he’s still an E-Rank hunter, the staff of Hunters Association doesn’t look down on him according to his previous performance. They’re polite to him.
They learn that Sung Jinwoo wants to take Han Song-Yi to watch the team training. They agree to it. Because the new C-Rank Teleportation Gate appeared. The A-Rank hunter Kim Chul interrupts the talk. Hunters Association sent out the high level hunter to lead the team because it’s a training letting rookies know environment.
Kim Chul isn’t satisfied with it after knowing the superiors agreed to the two’s watch. Because he doesn’t know Sung Jinwoo’s deed. He treats Sung Jinwoo as an ordinary hunter and he looks down on him. Sung Jinwoo sees the numbers of the team. He feels regret because he wishes to let Han Song-Yi taste the dungeon’s horror. The task will be completed easily since there’re so many people. It’s meaningless.
All team members walk into the teleportation gate. Sung Jinwoo and Han Song-Yi follow them. Sung Jinwoo has a bad feeling when they step in the dungeon. The teleportation gate behind them emits blood red glow suddenly. Sung Jinwoo realizes that it’s not a good thing. He tries to take away Han Song-Yi.
But the power of the blood red teleportation gate is too strong. Sung Jinwoo can only leave the teleportation gate half of his body. He asks the people to contact Hunters Association. Woo Jinchul gets the message soon. He lets his men watch on the teleportation gate.
Sung Jinwoo and the team members appear in the world of ice and snow. Kim Chul is calm. Because he knows what the red teleportation gate means. This is a very special dungeon and they cut off contact with outside world. Outside world cannot step in, unless they kill the boss. There will be magic beasts exceeding expectations.
Two ice arrows shoot the team when Sung Jinwoo is explaining the red teleportation gate. A rookie hunter is killed by the ice arrow. Han Song-Yi was another target. Fortunately, our hero protects her. He shows his skill of catching arrow with his hand.
Nobody notes it except the girl in the team. The girl is Park Heejin. Two ice elves appear on the tree not far away remarkably. Sung Jinwoo was at a disadvantage in the elves’s hands two months ago. He doesn’t expect that he would encounter them there.
He witnesses them arrogant doing the move of slitting neck. He’s angry to crush the ice arrow. Kim Chul asks everyone to listen to him for gathering the team members’ spirit. He decides to divide into two teams to take action.
Most of the people choose to follow Kim Chul. But Kim Chul wants to abandon the hunters under C-Rank. But Park Heejin chooses to stay even if she’s a B-Rank hunter. He mistakes that she did so because of sympathy. He doesn’t know his plan will kill all teammates.
Kim Chul takes the big group to go to the main road. Sung Jinwoo chooses to go to the forest. Kim Chul finds the trace the ice bear left on the tree. He’s firm about his choice more. He thinks Sung Jinwoo will kill all people. A group of ice bears appear from the woods. The magic beasts aren’t the A-Rank Kim Chul’s rival. Kim Chul kills the ice bear with his axe.
Meanwhile, Sung Jinwoo and the people discover the situation. Park Heejin thinks they shouldn’t walk forward. But Sung Jinwoo thinks it will be more safe. Because the ice bear is easy to be dealt with. He takes out three coats and he gives it to the three.
It makes Han Song-Yi wonder who Sung Jinwoo is. He touches her head and he asks the three not to look into his identity. An ice bear appears. The chief of White Tiger Guild Baek Yoonho reaches the red teleportation gate. He knows the teleportation gate is very dangerous.
He thinks the A-Rank hunters and the B-Rank hunters will survive if they’re lucky. The two staff members leak that Sung Jinwoo got into the teleportation gate as well. Baek Yoonho asks the two about the level of the hunter. Although he’s told that Sung Jinwoo might be a second awakener, he still worries about it.
Hwang Dongsoo arrives at this time. He doesn’t care for Baek Yoonho even if Baek Yoonho is S-Rank as well. He looks down on the guy. He’s told that Sung Jinwoo got into the red teleportation gate. He regrets and he believes that Sung Jinwoo will be killed in the dungeon.
But he doesn’t know Sung Jinwoo just killed ice bears one by one. The powerful fighting strength stuns the three. Sung Jinwoo sets up a tent in the snow. He’s outside the ice bear cave when the three are taking a break. He summons all shadow soldiers.
It’s their first battle. It’s a good chance to test their strengths. Sung Jinwoo gives an order to the shadow soldiers. All soldiers rush to the ice bears. They can resurrect again and again no matter how they’re killed by the ice bears.
Although the battle method is good, Sung Jinwoo doesn’t have enough mana. The ice bear chief appears after all ice bears are killed. The previous ice bears cannot be compared to him. He kills all shadow soldiers with just one snarl.
Sung Jinwoo loses all his mana. He sends out Igris. Igris receives the order and he’s like a Grim Reaper in the cold winter. He approaches the ice bear chief slowly. The ice bear chief tries to slap Igris. But Igris jumps and he avoids the attack. He stabs the ice bear chief.
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The ice bear chief wants to struggle. Igris is heartless to cut off the ice bear chief’s head. Sung Jinwoo is satisfied with the fierce fighting strength. He thinks he wouldn’t be Igris’s rival if the knight commander held the sword to fight with him. Igris thinks he just completed a little thing. He gets on knees to his king.
Kim Chul’s teammates are killed. They’re like toys in front of the ice elves. Kim Chul witnesses the last person killed in front of him. He’s scared to run to the forest. The king of ice elves Baruka is cold to look at Kim Chul on the mountain top. He thinks he’s just his prey.