Solo Leveling Light Novel Chapter 2

“Why are you so stubborn about this whole Hunter business, Mr . Jinwoo?”
“Sorry . ”
Jinwoo bowed his head .
As she healed him, Lee Juhee’s face was filled with complaint .
“I’m not trying to get an apology from you . I’m just worried about you, you know? I swear, one
of these days, you’re going to get seriously hurt . ”
Once you pass through the Gate, you would be in the Dungeon . The Dungeon this time around
was probably D-rank .
Jinwoo looked over Juhee’s shoulders at his fellow Hunters . Ten-something number of Hunters
were taking down monsters left and right . They did not appear to be particularly struggling .
Yet here he was, injured .
It was the role of the Healer-class Hunters to heal the injured Hunters from the rear . As a
man who was hurt in nearly every Raid he participated in, Jinwoo was rather famous among the
Healer-class Hunters .
Juhee carefully asked him,
“Do you perhaps have a reason why you can’t quit?”
Jinwoo firmly shook his head . He didn’t like revealing personal details about himself so easily .
“I’m just doing this as a hobby . I’ll probably die of boredom if it wasn’t for this . ”
Juhee pouted in response,
“You’ll end up Raiding in the afterlife because of your ‘hobby’ ”
Not expecting such a response, Jinwoo laughed .
“Hey! Don’t laugh! You’ll open your wounds!”
Jinwoo asked while chuckling,
“Man, where did you hear such a phrase?”
“Where else? Mr . Kim ooover there . ”
“Sigh, that geezer . . . ”
As they laughed and conversed, the healing was completed . But it was too late, the Raid was
pretty much over at that point .
Jinwoo grimaced .
‘I only killed one magic beast[3] today…’
And even then, it was only a E-rank monster .
Jinwoo fidgeted with the the E-rank magic core[4] in his hand . Such low level magic core from
an E-rank magic beast was barely worth a hundred thousand won[5] . The fact that he put his
life on the line to earn it made it seem all the more pathetic .
‘I heard a magic core from a C-rank magic beast is worth at least few ten millions[6]…’
But to Jinwoo, an E-rank Hunter, the thought of taking down a C-rank magic beast was an
impossibility .
Suddenly, someone shouted,
“Eh? There’s another entrance here!”
The Hunters swarmed towards the voice .
“You’re right!”
“Really? Another entrance?”
As the first person noted, there indeed was another Dungeon entrance here .
“A Double Dungeon… So they really do exist . ”
A Hunter with 10 years worth of experience, Mr . Song looked at the newly found entrance with
wonder . Unable to see far into the dark tunnel, Mr . Song used his specialty, fire magic . The
fireball that shot out from his hand flew through the tunnel, illuminating its darkness . However,
the tunnel was deeper than expected, and the fireball eventually lost its energy and fell to the
ground and quickly extinguished as a spark . Darkness returned before their eyes .
“Hmm… Everyone, please gather around . ”
As the de facto leader of the Raid, Mr . Song gathered the Hunters before him . Juhee and
Jinwoo, having completed Jinwoo’s healing, also joined the crowd .
Mr . Song addressed gathered Hunters,
“As you all may know, Gates do not close until the Dungeon’s boss is taken down . Since our
Gate is still open, even though we’ve cleared all the mobs in the area, it appears that the real
boss in down that tunnel . ”
Mr . Song gestured towards the newly found Dungeon entrance . Looking at each other, the
Hunters also nodded in agreement .
“The protocol in situations like this is to exit the Dungeon, contact the Association, and let them
handle things going forward… But if we do that, and some other group of Hunters take down
the boss, there’s a chance that our income for this Raid will drastically decrease . ”
The gathered Hunters’ expressions hardened . Mr . Park, who came here to support his
expecting wife, looked doubly troubled . ‘Postnatal care these days is really expensive…’ If he
left now, the efforts he risked his life for would be wasted .
“And so I was thinking . What if we just went ahead and go kill the boss? What do you guys
think?”
The Hunters fell in contemplation .
“ . . . ”
“ . . . ”
It was not a decision that could be made easily . Some knew that there was no guarantee that
the Double Dungeon would be as safe as the one that they had just cleared . Others came to
the conclusion that if the Outer Dungeon was this easy, perhaps the Inner Dungeon would be
just as easy . Regardless, it was not a situation where everyone would be in agreement .
“Hmm…”
Mr . Song faked a cough,
“Since there’s 17 of us here, why don’t we take a vote on this? And no complaining after the
vote . How about it?”
At Mr . Song’s suggestion, each Hunter nodded in agreement .
Mr . Song’s was the first to raise his hand . “I’ll go . ”
Mr . Park was the first to follow Mr . Song, “I’ll go too . ”
“Me, me too…”
“Same here . ”
“One more vote for ‘yes’ “
Mr . Kim had also joined the “go” group . But there were opposing votes as well,
“Let’s not . ”
“I think we should wait on the Association’s judgment . ”
As the “yes” crowd and the “no” crowd clashed at 8-7, all gazes fell on the two last undecided
people .
“Sorry…”
Shaking her head, Juhee voted no, putting the count at 8-8 . Mr . Song turned and asked the
last person for his vote .
“Mr . Sung?”

I Alone Level-up: Chapter 2
The final decision depended on him . He fidgeted again with the E-Rank magic core in his
hands, then looked to his side . Juhee shook her head at his eyes . She had a bad feeling about
this . Well, even Jinwoo felt the same way . Under any other circumstance, he would not have
dared to jump into danger . After all, he lacked the skills and courage to do so . But Jinwoo had
a little sister, who was preparing for college .
‘I don’t have anything saved up for that…’
He was 24 years old, but he had to give up on college due to their poverty . He didn’t want that
poverty to hinder his sister’s life as well .
Their lives were counting on every penny that came and went . Mr . Park wasn’t the only one
who needed money .
Jinwoo raised his hand .
“I’ll also go . ”