Solo Leveling: Ragnarok

at is that?”

The sudden message made Suho feel strange.

But this place was a dream.

Suho’s voice couldn’t reach Bert at all.

Ant gave the key to him and said, “Please use this key whenever you are mentally prepared.
It contains everything that should have belonged to the lord.”

While saying that, Bert knelt down and grabbed Suho’s shoulders with both hands.

“Just remember one thing.”

With a solemn tone and a tender touch, Bert’s eyes, which showed contrasting emotions, faced Suho.

“Big power requires a big container.
If someone who is not ready receives an unbearable power, the container may break because of the weight of that power.”

Big power.
Big container.

Suho pondered over those words.

“In other words, you should raise the level of your container.”

Bert’s eyes narrowed, and he made a wicked smile.

“Okay.
That’s all for my mission, my lord.
I would like to stay by your side longer, but my colleagues are waiting for me desperately, even at this moment.”

Then he winked.

“Since I am a great healer.”

“Healer? Did he say healer?”

It was the most ridiculous thing Suho had heard recently.

“Then I’ll go now, my lord.
Until we meet again someday…”

Stay healthy…

Bert’s nostalgic voice echoed little by little.

“Wait! I still have something to ask…!”

Suho urgently called out to him, but no words came out of his mouth.

At that moment, Suho woke up from his sleep.

“Wow! Ants?!”

Suho, who had jumped up, quickly looked around.

A white wall and the smell of disinfectant.

Calm air surrounded him.

“Oh my.
You’re awake?”

The nurse who was sharpening her tools looked at Suho.

“Where is this…?”

“It’s a hospital.
Don’t you remember? The dungeon appeared in the school.”

“Could it all have been a dream?”

He had woken up from sleep, but Suho had a dazed expression for a while.

“Where does the dream start and end? Ants? Dungeon? Or was it all the way up to leveling up?”

Everything was confusing.

Coincidentally, the news was playing on the TV in the hospital room.

-Two days ago, the gate that occurred at Korea University is now almost completely under control….

-Despite the dungeon break in the middle of the city, experts are amazed that there were miraculously few casualties….

“Two days have passed?”

The incidents that occurred at the art museum did not seem to have been a dream.

“Then were my childhood dreams real?”

Suho finally realized it.

Memories of playing with giant ants in his childhood.

He felt a sense of regret when he thought of “Baeur,” the ant he saw in his dream.

“I couldn’t even talk to him properly and he left like that.”

Suho looked up.

The text that had been floating in front of him since earlier was waiting for him.

[You have completed the quest “Rescue the Survivors.”]

[The quest completion reward has arrived.]

[Do you want to check the reward?] (Y/N)

“Check.”

Suho chose to confirm without hesitation.

He had almost died several times, but it was right to check the rewards, even if it was unfair.

[The following rewards are prepared.]

Reward 1: Ability points +5

Reward 2: Strength stat points +3

“8 points of stats?!”

Suho’s eyes widened at the unexpectedly generous rewards.

It seemed that each stat would increase by 1 point each time he leveled up, so an additional 8 points was much more than one level up.

“It was worth risking my life to do a good deed.”

Suho immediately checked his status window.

[Status Window]

Name: Sung Suho

Level: 3

Job: None

Title: None

HP: 140/140

MP: 14/14

[Stats]

Strength: 15, Endurance: 12

Agility: 12, Intelligence: 12

Perception: 12

(Distributable Ability Points: 5)

[Skills]

Passive Skills: None

Active Skills: Authority of the Master Lv.1

There were many more features in the status window compared to the dream he had in high school.

Back then, only the level was displayed, and there were no specific status windows like this.

“Hmm.
Which stat should I raise?”

Three points in the strength stat were automatically applied, and Suho pondered where to invest the remaining points.

Rather than investing recklessly, Suho carefully examined the other stats.

Then, an information window appeared in front of him.

[Information]

Strength: A stat that increases power and speed.
It also increases attack power.

Agility: A stat that increases body reaction speed and visual perception.
It also increases reflexes and evasion.

Stamina: A stat that increases the maximum HP and recovery speed.

Intelligence: A stat that increases the maximum MP and recovery speed.

Senses: A stat that increases the five senses.
It also increases the ability to sense danger.

After reading this, all stats seem important.

“I need to think more about this and decide later.”

The Suho, who turned off the status window, suddenly realized that he was thirsty.

Come to think of it, he hadn’t had a sip of water and had been unconscious for two days.

Suho opened the door of the small refrigerator next to the bed to find water.

Then, unexpectedly…

“Huh?”

Suho’s eyes widened.

To his surprise, inside the fridge was a small Beruga apple, the size of a fist, being carved.

“You, you…!”

[Cough.]

[Beru] Lv.1

Pet grade

For some reason, the once majestic Beruga had become very small and cute, and was offering an apologetic expression while holding out an apple that looked like a rabbit.

“I couldn’t go because my mana was depleted.”

“….”