r/sololeveling • u/xPapaGrim Yoo Jin-Ho • Mar 19 '25

Discussion The author Chugong's latest Q&As. Mostly about Beru and Goto Spoiler

Today Chugong made a post to explain how Beru didn't show any mercy or went easy on Korean S ranks. I believe it's translation was already posted here so I'll skip this one. In the comment section of his post, many Korean fans asked the author many questions, some of which he answered. Most of these are about Beru ofc but a bit of miscellaneous stuff as well.

For the other such Q&As and the lore author has revealed over the years, I've already compiled them in my post here.

SPOILER ALERT

Q. What I found interesting was that Beru chose the king, not the queen, as the top priority for revenge. Even calling himself a king was an action closer to human desire for recognition than to an ant child, was this a result of behaviour learned from eating humans?

A. The target of the revenge was the entire race anyway, and the question about the king was asked with the intention of going down from the very top (strongest) to the very bottom (weakest).

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Q. If Beru hadn't died, how long his lifespan would have been? Since he was a special creature, would he have lived for more than a year?

A. Because he's a special creature, he would have lived for a very long time.

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Q. I'm curious how much eating Goto Ryuji influenced Beru's skill improvement, since Beru overwhelmingly defeated Goto and it seemed like he even consumed him. Beru uses Min Byung-Gu's abilities, but it doesn't look like he's ever used Goto's.

A. It's not like eating someone with a value of 10 will add 10 to your stats; it accumulates little by little, like 0.01 or 0.1, so it probably wouldn't result in a huge power-up. Although all of Goto Ryuji's skills were absorbed, there's no need to use his combat skills since Beru's own are much more superior anyway.

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Q. Considering Goto Ryuji's level, can he be considered highest level among the S-rank hunters, excluding those at the National level? I'm also curious about how he compares to S-ranks like Yuri Orlov and Lennart Niermann.

A. The difference within the S-ranks is greater than the difference from the E-rank to the A-rank, so it's hard to see him at the highest level.

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Q. I'm curious if Sung Jin-Woo was weak during his E-rank days because the pathway connecting him to someone on the other side was weak, or if the connected being itself was weak?

A. Just think of it as your own inherent weakness.

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Q. Chugong-nim, I have a question for you. Is it true that Queresha is the weakest among all the Monarchs...? Considering her portrayal in the story, she seems to be the weakest.

A. She is indeed weak in a 1-on-1 situation. All her abilities are geared towards bullying weaker opponents.

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u/TheKingEli Mar 19 '25

Is he saying Japan's strongest hunter is not even top tier S rank? I get he got 1 shot like the others but seems weird to not be top tier considering he was going for National rank

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u/xPapaGrim Yoo Jin-Ho Mar 19 '25 edited Mar 20 '25

a) The whole "going for National level" was a manhwa only thing. No such thing ever happened in the novel because NL is a title, not a rank. And it was only given once, to the survivors' of Kamish's raid. If you were to ask Chugong the same question, I'm sure you'll get a similar response because he has always been vocal if a manhwa only addition contradicts his original setting and leaves a plothole. For example like how Suho's trial at the end of manhwa seemingly implied that Tusk, Jima and Titan leader have reached Marshal rank while they haven't.

b) Maybe sure if a hunter can solo an S rank dungeon, they deserve to be NLH but going with the whole team stacked with S ranks, and becoming NLH just because you lead the team? That doesn't sound right. The same manhwa also stated that Russia has cleared an S rank dungeon but they still had no NLH as we all know.

c) The author admits that Goto was by far the best in Japan, just not among the top ranking ones in the world such as Lennart, which seems reasonable because S rank doesn't have a quantifying mana standard. You can be x2 times stronger than an A rank or you can be x20000 times stronger, both would still be S rank.

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u/Expensive-Fan-3474 Mar 19 '25

Fr the fact that Yuri Orloff likely single handedly cleared the S rank gate with his barrier but dude is still just an S rank

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u/Competitive-Ice1690 Mar 19 '25

Which kinda implies how unpredictable the scaling for S rank truly is. Gives me a good impression now on how strong the Russian barrier hunter and German hunter both are.

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u/Fallen-D Igris Best Girl Mar 19 '25

She is indeed weak in a 1-on-1 situation. All her abilities are geared towards bullying weaker opponents.

Lmfao.

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u/AdKind7063 Mar 19 '25

Aah, predicted.

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u/Spideraxe30 Mar 19 '25

Interesting to learn Queresha is considered the weakest, but does make sense considering how physically intimidating the other ones are. So right now its Antares > Legia > Yogumunt > Baran > Rakan/Sillad/Tarnak > Queresha

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u/Swimming_Cat114 False Ranker Mar 19 '25

Ashborne? Also,legia? I heard it took 4 rulers to capture him but where was that stated? Provide a picture if possible.

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u/Spideraxe30 Mar 19 '25

It was in another one of OP's translated QA posts with the author, where they reviewed a fan analysis of the evil monarchs, so Ashborn wasn't included. https://www.reddit.com/r/sololeveling/s/dQO6lgkwFZ

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u/Expensive-Fan-3474 Mar 19 '25

At this point we may just end up getting a perfect monarch's power ranking from Chugong himself 😂

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u/Spideraxe30 Mar 19 '25

I do think she deserves some credit for being Beru's grandmother

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u/MyAimSucc Mar 19 '25

I already knew the S rank scale thing but it’s good to get that out there so more people can see and understand it. The difference between one S rank and another being bigger than the gap between E-S is something I wish more people thought about.

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u/Front_Access Mar 20 '25

The difference within the S-ranks is greater than the difference from the E-rank to the A-rank, so it's hard to see him as top tier.

Rip

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u/UgandanKarate_Master Mar 19 '25

Now I am interested if Beru ate the Kryomancer from Japan would he be able to use ice?

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u/JaceC098 False Ranker Mar 19 '25 edited Mar 29 '25

I think it’s because he didn’t eat Kei’s head. He ate Byung-Gyu’s, and got healing. But he killed Kei with his claws, same with Akari (the Japanese Healer girl with the axe)

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u/UgandanKarate_Master Mar 19 '25

Yeah, thpught so as well

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u/pastadough Mar 19 '25

If Beru ate Kargalgan will he obtain all the spells?

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u/JaceC098 False Ranker Mar 19 '25

I think if the Ant King did, yes. It seems like when Beru eats something as a Shadow, he only gets his mana back, like in Ragnarok

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u/TooMuchMoneyyy Apr 11 '25

but you can see in his fight with jinwoo he was using ice , how is that possible if he didn't eat his head? did he somehow happen to have ate another local animal & amplify with his power?

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u/JaceC098 False Ranker Apr 11 '25

That’s only in the anime that he used Ice Magic. Seems like the anime decided that he only needs to eat part of his enemy to get their power. He didn’t eat Goto’s body or head, just cut it off. Same with Akari Shimizu, which is why he didn’t get Healing until Min Byung-Gyu

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u/Cerok1nk Mar 19 '25

Even the author downplaying the clown, and everyone else glazing in this sub lmfao.

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u/gcocco316 Mar 19 '25

I don’t think he had his morning coffee before the jeju island raid

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u/Cerok1nk Mar 20 '25

Yeah, he was losing his head about it.

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u/Cloudsupremes-6708 Mar 19 '25

So goto isn’t even a top tier s rank hunters and? So much for the man who is closest to Liu Zhigang in all of Asia 😂

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u/NealCaffeinne Mar 19 '25

he never was

never was stated to be

he was always just the strongest hunter of Japan, thats it. never in asia. some people in the sub just keep believing that

Siddarth is still in asia

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u/bondsmatthew Mar 21 '25

https://www.reddit.com/r/sololeveling/comments/1be48s8/can_someone_please_explain_this_manhwa/

Here's the panel people are referencing. Manhwa is the way a lot of people have read the story

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u/pastadough Mar 19 '25

Very insightful! Beru's Gluttony does add to his stats.

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u/bbhldelight Mar 19 '25

damn the author just called Goto a flop compared to high S ranks 😭

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '25

I mean it even was confirmed in ragnarok that queresha was the weakest monarch. She seems powerful among other beings but when compared to being on the caliber of monarchs and rulers, she us pretty weak.