Solo Leveling Season 2 Shocks Fans With A Gruesome Death

The Korean Hunters Association has finally commenced the fourth raid on Jeju Island. The flesh-eating ants in Solo Leveling have claimed the lives of several humans, including some powerful S-Rank Hunters. It was too big of a threat to be handled by Korean Hunters alone, so they reached out for help from Hunters around the world.

Fortunately, the Hunters Association of Japan answered their call, and this time, Korea had a slightly better chance of winning this war against the Hybrid Ants. The plan was rather simple — Japanese Hunters would distract the Ants’ army while the S-Rank Korean Hunters would kill the Ant Queen. All was going as per plan until the arrival of the Ant King, who slaughters several S-Rank Hunters in a single hit.

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The Ant King Annihilates Several S-Rank Hunters On Jeju Island

Min Byung-Gyu’s Death Was The Most Heartbreaking One

The Ant King is clearly way more powerful than the Queen Ant, and that is evident from the fact that the Hybrid Ant was able to kill several S-Rank Hunters without breaking a sweat. Initially, the Ant King targets the Japanese Hunters who are fighting out in the open. The S-Rank Hunters, who were arrogantly having fun killing the ants, couldn’t even notice the Ant King’s presence until one of them lost their heads. The Ant King clearly enjoyed slaughtering the Japanese Hunters, but he had to shift his focus towards the Korean Hunters after the Queen’s death.

Before Cha Hae-In delivers the killing blow, the Queen calls out to its children, including the Ant King. The King was born recently, so no one knew of his existence; otherwise, they wouldn’t have arrived at the island no matter what. Regardless, the Hunters are already on the island, and there’s no way they can escape the wrath of Ant King. Cha Hae-In surprised everyone by slashing each part of the Queen’s body and ultimately killing her, but that heroic deed made her the first target of the Ant King. The Hybrid Ant moves past every other Hunter and lands the first hit on Cha Hae-In, who couldn’t even lift a finger to prevent the attack.

Cha Hae-In is rendered useless after just one hit, so the Ant King moves his attention toward other S-Rank Hunters. Baek Yoonho, Choi Jong-In, Ma Dongwook, and Lim Tae-Gyu put up a great fight against the King, but even their collective efforts didn’t amount to anything. At this point, the only thing that was keeping these hunters alive was Min Byung-Gyu, the S-Rank Healer from Korea.

Min Byung-Gyu took part in the previous Jeju Island raid, and he witnessed the gruesome death of one of his friends. So, upon being approached for the fourth raid by Baek Yoonho, Byung-Gyu refused to go. Byung-Gyu even confirmed to Yoonho that he is ready for a career change, as he can’t handle all the violence and deaths, which is a big part of being a hunter. However, at the last moment, Byung-Gyu changed his mind and decided to accompany his friend to Jeju Island.

Min Byung-Gyu was healing the other hunters while using his camouflage ability to stay hidden from the Ant King. However, the Hybrid Ant senses Byung-Gyu’s presence and kills him instantly. While Byung-Gyu utters his last words and tells Yoonho to run, the King eats off his head.

Min Byung-Gyu was a compassionate guy who actually cared about other people. It was his friendship with Yoonho that compelled him to join the raid. His brief conversation with Yoonho was enough to make us like the character. The fact that he joined the raid despite being scared to death made him more human than other S-Rank Hunters. That is why his death was the most shocking and heartbreaking one in the entire episode.

The Ant King Leaves The Nest To Fight Goto Ryuji

He Wants To Fight The Strongest Human Warrior On The Island

After breaking our hearts by killing Min Byung-Gyu, the Ant King humiliates Baek Yoonho and tells him that he is too weak. He asks Yoonho about their King, which isn’t really a thing with humans, but the Hybrid Ant believes that there is a Human King, and he could be the strongest warrior among humans. Before Yoonho could answer, the Ant sensed the presence of Goto Ryuji, who was, in fact, the strongest Hunter on the island at the time.

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The Ant King then leaves the Korean Hunters inside the nest and charges on to fight Goto. Goto is clearly powerful; he isn’t called Japan’s most lethal living weapon for nothing. However, even Goto realizes that the enemy standing in front of him is too much for him to handle. While the Ant King dashes towards Goto, the S-Rank Hunter recalls his fight against Jinwoo, confirming that he felt the same amount of energy force while fighting Jinwoo. Even though we haven’t seen it on-screen yet, it’s clear that Goto loses against the Ant King.

Fighting Goto will only disappoint the Ant King, but fortunately, Jinwoo has finally arrived on the battlefield. The Hybrid Ant has sparked fear in every hunter’s heart for now, but it’s about time that Korean people learn that a godly warrior like Jinwoo is on their side.

Solo Leveling

Release Date

January 7, 2024

Directors

Shunsuke Nakashige

Writers

Noboru Kimura

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  Taito Ban

  Shun Mizushino (voice)

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  Genta Nakamura

  Kenta Morobishi (voice)