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The Ant King is a major antagonist of the dark fantasy Korean manhwa, and light novel series Solo Leveling, serving as the main antagonist of the Jeju Island Arc. He is the hidden boss of the S-rank dungeon located on Jeju Island, who wiped out every single hunter of a Korean raid team in response to his mother's death, before getting finished off by Sung Jin-Woo, who recruited him as one of his shadow soldiers, renaming him as Beru.
Appearance[]
The Ant King was a menacing towering humanoid and insect-type magical beast with long arms possessing murderous claws. His body was covered with a dark carapace. He had long antennas on his head and red glowing fearsome eyes.
Personality[]
| “ | Are you... the King? | „ |
| ~ The Ant King's question to each of his opponents he encounters. |
The egg of the King about hatch.
Confronting Sung Jin-Woo as each's aura collides.
The Ant King only enjoyed a challenging battle in which he could engage hunters. He screamed out of rage upon finding out that his mother, the Ant Queen is now dead, leading him to start a rampage against all hunters nearby while asking them if they are the "king".
Biography[]
At Hallasan Baengnokdam, the Queen of the Ants is struggling in survival of her empire as her children can only survive by devouring each other. She is determined to create a stronger child who should stop all hunters opposing the ants. The Ant King emerges out of his egg among the field of smaller ones and the Ant King is born. Days passed, the king swiftly beheads a few hunters, Kenzo Tanaka, Akari Shimizu, Kei, Tatsumi Fujishima, and Akari Shimizu in the blink of the eye as they stood in front of his cave. As Cha Hae-In , a member of the Jeju Island Raid Party beheads the Ant Queen, the other hunters question if their battle is over. Soon, the hunters are hit by a traumatizing aura coming from a magical beast that walks out of the dark, shocking them to sense that a single being can emit an aura this powerful and fearsome. The hunter sees the humanoid ant in traumatization walking past them to look at the corpse of his mother, the Ant Queen. Seeing that his mother is no longer by his side, he screams out of anger, pressuring the hunters. Losing no time for revenge, he appears behind a tired Chae-In and strikes her in the abdomen, sending her against the wall. He swiftly breaches the shield and arm of Ma Dongwook before brutally breaking both of his arms.
One by one, he ruthlessly dispatches many hunters with his claws with ease. Before he could move on to another hunter, Dongwook charged at the ant, showing that he recovered his arms thanks to the team's healer, Min Byung-Gyu. The ant swings the hunter by seizing his arm before noticing Byeong-Gu's presence, despite having used a skill to hide it. He stabs through his chest from behind as his friend yells at him. He even decides to take a bite of the hunter, causing his victim's ally to charge at him and get seized by the neck. The magical beast interrogates him who is their king but leaves before he can continue interacting upon sensing a stronger aura. In a forest, he locates and beheads one of the three hunters, Mari Ishida and confronts Goto Ryuji, asking if he is the king. Pointing his sword at him, he replies that he is, but is pressured with an unpleasant aura before beheading him in the blink of an eye.
| “ | Are there others? Others you call king? | „ |
| ~ The Ant King. |
As he comes back to the cave, out of disappointment, he declares that the hunters he just took out were no king and asks the hunters if anyone here could be one. Jin-Woo walks toward and comments that an ant is talking to him. As the two of them stare at each other face to face with both of their aura colliding with each other, the ant comments how he possess a dangerous aura and strikes him a few times with his fist. Jin-Woo disappears as the king unleashes a puissant blow on the ground. With the hunter nowhere to be seen, he comments again that he is not the king either to his disappointment. Jin-Woo reappears in front and activates his skill, Dominator's touch, causing his legs to collapse on the ground. Jin-Woo sends the ant across the area.
He charges back at him to engage in a fight where he realizes that he is on the verge of losing. He uses his poison on the hunter and declares that he die but his arm is seized by Jin-Woo who throws him against the wall. He attempts to flee but is struck by Jin-Woo's Critical Chain skill. He decides to unleash his army of ants with the last thing he gets.
With not much impact, he caused on the hunter after sending his minions and everything he got, he tries to flee in panic but gets crushed on the ground. He tries to quickly crawl away on the ground but Jin-Woo finishes him off with the final attack by using his Mutilation skill. Soon after, he is ressurected as a shadow and immediately asks his enemy-turned master a name for him. Jin-Woo decides to name him Beru.
Known Victims[]
- Akari Shimizu
- Kenzo Tanaka
- Tatsumi Fujishima
- Kei
- Ippei Izawa - All members of the Japanese Jeju Island Raiding Team.
- Min Byung-Gyu - A member of the Korean Jeju Island Raiding Team.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Immense Speed: The Ant was rapid enough to appear behind the S-rank hunter, Chae-In, although she was in a weary state. He switfly beheaded a few hunters in the forest in a matter of seconds to the point where his movement could not even be seen before returning to the his cave. Even the strongest Japanese hunter stood no chance as he also received the same fate like his teammates
- Immense Durability: The Ant King was able to give Jin-Woo a decent fight thanks to having strong carapaces to wistand the hunter's powerful strikes.
- Immense Strength:
- Intelligence: The Ant King, compared to other of his kind, was much more intelligent as he was capable of human speech and interaction. He also understood that he standed no chance again Jin-Woo as he attempted to flee the best he can.
- Gluttony Skill: Upon devouring his victims, the Ant King is able to acquire the memories and even abilities of their's.
| “ | The skill I just happened to absorb from a cone snail: Paralysis Poison, one of the most deadly poisons that naturally occurs in the wild. It combines with magic inside the body and concentrates turning into a much deadlier poison. | „ |
| ~ The Ant King explaining his skill. |
- Paralysis Poison Skill: He gained an ability to inject poison into his victims with a long purple tongue after having devoured a cone snail. The effect of the ant's poison is however so deadly that any opponents aside from Jin-Woo (due to being immune to poisons) would die from it within seconds.
Trivia[]
External Links[]
- Ant King on the Solo Leveling Wiki
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