Chapter 2: Korea.

After admiring the moon for a while, I decided to get up. I had no idea where I was going, so I was lost for a little while but I eventually found my way out after a week. It turns out the forest was above a city and with a closer inspection, it looked to be incredibly ancient.

'Hey system, what year is it?'

[It is currently 482 B.C.E.]

Absolutely not. Ancient civilizations are full of zealots, bigotry, and war, three things I really don't wanna deal with. I sighed and climbed up a nearby tree, I'll sleep this one through. I laid my head down on the branch and soundly fell asleep.

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[2,500 years later]

*Chatter, chatter*

I heard the sounds of people talking which stirred me awake, but I didn't find myself in my tree, no I found myself in a dark box. It was probably a coffin, people must've thought I was dead considering how long I've slept for. Matter of fact, how long have I been sleeping for?

[2,500 years, host]

[You have leveled up 20 times]

It seems like my passive leveling up slows down as I get to a higher level, noted. 2,500 years huh? Guess that makes me 3,500 years old chronologically, damn I'm old...

Anyways, I pushed my coffin open and I saw that I was in a glass enclosure and many people, albeit very terrified/shocked people, surrounded my enclosure with cameras.

"Z-ZOMBIE!!" One young man yelled as he ran, but no one else followed him, smart. I motioned for them to move away from the glass and when they did, I broke the glass with the flick of my finger, damn that felt cool. Once I stepped onto the cold tile floor, I noted I needed shoes and better clothes, my old rags were getting well...old.

I scratched my beard as I saw many people gawk at me, and soon the reporters flooded in. They bombarded me with questions like, 'How was I asleep for so long?', 'Am I an ancient hunter?', 'What is my name?'

When I asked about what a hunter is, one blonde reported explained which made me think, I must be in Solo Leveling I think.

When I was about to leave to go and fight in some dungeons, I was asked for my name again.

"My name? My name is, Natae (sloth in Korean)," The reporters immediately wrote that down and I went to find a dungeon but I don't remember where to look...

I walked around the city aimlessly until I found one! It was being guarded by some dudes in suits but a little bit of [Blood Manipulation] to knock them out did the trick. I had absolutely no idea was rank this dungeon was but I don't really care as long as it wasn't A class or above.

The dungeon was a frozen tundra with giant ice bears and ice wolves. One ice bear approached me and a funny joke popped up in my head...

"Hō… mukatte kuru no ka... nigezu ni kono DIO ni chikadzuite kuru no ka... sekkaku sofu no Josefu ga watashi no sekai' no shōtai o, shiken shūryō chaimu chokuzen made mondai o hodoite iru jukensei no yōna hisshi koita kibun de oshiete kureta to iu no ni...…" I said as I pointed my finger at the ice bear who somehow summoned a hat and jacket.

"Chikadzukanakya, teme o buchi nomesenainde na," The ice bear said in perfect japanese.

"Hoho! Dewa juubun chikazukanai youi," Before the ice bear could finish it's next line I killed it with a single blow to the chest, donut style.

"M-Masaka!" Then it died while looking at the non-existent sun. I had my laugh before killing every other magic beast in the dungeon and I arrived at two giant stone doors again. Inside was a hot, *AHEM*, a blue-haired woman sitting on a throne.

Sadly she didn't say anything in any human language and just fired school bus sized icicles at me. I dodged them with ease and killed her with a single blow, this dungeon was too easy.

[That's because it was a D-Rank dungeon]

'Ohhhh...' The dungeon kicked me out and the black suit guys were still knocked out, it's been like two hours! Not minding them, I go find another dungeon and this process of me knocking out suit guys and clearing dungeons was repeated for around 12 hours until I arrived at a huge one. Oh, did I mention I leveled up twice and even created my own skill?

Look, I'll even show you!

[Lazy Series: A series of basic but powerful strikes, created by constant use of [Reinforcement] and basic attacks. Move list includes: Lazy Punch, Lazy Kick, Lazy Slap, Lazy Dropkick, Lazy RKO, Lazy Chokeslam, and Lazy Barrage]

It was safe to say I was very proud of my achievement, every lazy person should bow down to me! *AHEM*, anyway back to the giant dungeon, it seems my repeated actions caught the attention of more suit guys, wait no, the Hunter's Association, there we go.

"Sir, please come with us," One of the association workers said but I shook my head, "I wanna go fight in there," I pointed at the dungeon behind them.

"I understand that sir, but we have to make sure you're actually licensed to go inside of dungeons, sneaking into dungeons is a crime but considering you cleared so many in such a short time, the president was willing to make an exception, as long as you take the test," The association worker said exasperatedly. I didn't want to be an asshole and not comply because I want to fight, and if I can fight without knocking people out then I'm fine. I nodded and entered the mans SUV.

It took us like 15 minutes to get to this gigantic fucking building. I saw all the people in the lobby and some of them looked happy while others looked like they wanted to die. I ignored them for the most part as the association worker brought me inside a room with a giant black crystal ball.

"Please place your hand on the ball," A female worker said. I shrugged and when I did the ball cracked. I could hear the sounds of everyone's jaw dropping on the floor.

"Another possible S-Rank..." The worker who brought me here mumbled before he was out of his stupor, "Uh, can you come back in like three days? We'll have a more precise machine ready for you," I shrugged but asked if I could get an identification card of some sort, I want to legally get inside of dungeons.

"Yeah sure thing," It seems they had already planned for me being A-rank or above because he handed me an A-rank card with my fake name on it. I smiled and quickly left the building, I have three days of grind to do!

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[3 days later]

Who knew leveling up was so hard? I've been fighting in C to B-ranked dungeons for the past three days and I haven't levelled up once! I exited the dungeon I was currently in and made my way back to the Hunter Association building.

Before I even entered, I saw an entourage of reporters so I jumped over the crowd and was led to another room by the same guy. I went through the same procedure and it was certain.

"Korea's 11th S-rank, Natae..." The worker said with a trembling voice, I asked him when I'll get my card and he said in a few days. I nodded and walked back out, making sure to avoid the crowd of reporters. As I walked down the street, I picked up a newspaper and almost died.

[Korea's 11th S-ranker, Ancient Hunter Natae!]

The name was kinda cringey, but it was also a little cool, so I didn't hate it per say. I walked down the street and found an A-rank dungeon, nice!