KFP: Reborn as Po (Solo Leveling currently)

The atmosphere in the throne room shifted.

The Orc Shaman, Kargalgan, grinned as he stood at the head of his army, the arcane glow of his staff casting eerie shadows across the chamber.

Kihoon and his Hunters knew.

They wouldn't survive this fight.

But if they had to die, they would die taking this monster with them.

"FORWARD!" Kihoon roared, charging with his greatsword raised.

The other Hunters followed, battle cries mixing with the growls of Orcs—

Only for it to end in an instant.

Kargalgan raised a single clawed hand.

Kihoon's sword never landed.

His body froze in mid-air—suspended by an invisible force.

Then—

BAM!

Kihoon was slammed into the ceiling.

BAM!

Then into the floor.

BAM! BAM! BAM!

Again and again—until his armor cracked and blood splattered across the stone.

The rest of the Hunters?

They froze.

Their instincts screamed at them—this wasn't a mere boss fight.

This was a slaughter.

Jinwoo and Po exchanged a glance.

Kihoon was seconds away from death.

Jinwoo sighed, disappointed. "Guess we're done hiding."

Po grinned. "About damn time."

The two disappeared.

A gust of wind.

Then—

Kihoon vanished from Kargalgan's grip.

Jinwoo stood behind the weakened man, lowering him to the ground.

Po stood on the Shaman's arm, balancing on it with a cocky smirk.

"Yo," he said. "That was kinda rude, don't you think?"

The Orc army shifted, sensing a new pressure in the air.

Jinwoo crouched next to Kihoon.

"We're taking over now," he said. "Permission to clear the dungeon?"

Kihoon, barely conscious, nodded weakly.

"D-Do it…"

Jinwoo grinned.

Po cracked his knuckles.

Then—

"Arise."

Jinwoo's shadow burst forth, an army of darkness materializing from the corpses of fallen Orcs.

Po summoned his own forces—not shadows, but Shadow-Light-Dragons, their forms flickering between darkness and blinding radiance.

The throne room became hell on earth.

Orcs were torn apart.

The strongest of them were devoured by shadows, their corpses twisted into new soldiers.

The once proud Orc warriors fell like insects before an unstoppable force.

In mere minutes, only one remained.

Kargalgan.

The Orc Shaman trembled in rage and fear.

His hymns of magic rose in desperate incantations, his body pulsing with raw mana.

Jinwoo cracked his neck.

Po stretched his arms.

"You can have him," Po said, smirking. "I already have dragons that use powerful magic."

Jinwoo grinned.

"How generous."

Then he vanished.

The next moment—

Kargalgan was already dying.

Jinwoo's daggers tore through the Orc's body, each strike precise, effortless, brutal.

It wasn't even a fight.

It was a demonstration.

The battle was over.

Jinwoo stood over Kargalgan's lifeless corpse.

His eyes glowed.

"Arise."

The room trembled.

Darkness consumed the body—and from the depths of shadow, a new servant was born.

Jinwoo smirked.

"Tusk."

His new Shadow bowed in silence.

Po dismissed his dragons with a wave.

Then, as if this had all been a casual warm-up, the two turned to each other—

And casually dabbed each other up.

A perfect clap echoed through the chamber.

As the remaining Hunters gathered their wits, they tried to process what just happened.

They turned toward Jinwoo and Po—

Only for Woo Jinchul's team to step in front of them.

Jinchul's expression was firm.

"Hunters Sung Jinwoo and Po have displayed their power as S-Rank Hunters to protect you," he stated. "If you have any complaints, direct them to the Hunter's Association."

The message was clear—drop it.

The Hunters hesitated.

Then nodded.

There was no point in questioning the monsters who had just saved them.

Meanwhile—

Cha Hae-In stood off to the side, watching the whole thing with a confused expression.

She had so many questions.

But before she could even open her mouth—

Jinwoo and Po were gone.

She blinked.

"…Huh?"

Then—

"Wait—why am I still holding a Pickaxe?"

A nearby female mage snorted in confusion.

"Yeah, uh… why do you have that Pickaxe with you, exactly?"

Cha Hae-In froze.

A deep blush spread across her face.

"I-It's nothing!" she said, quickly hiding it behind her back.

Then, internally—

Did they think I was weird?!

Her blush deepened.

And with that, the dungeon expedition came to a close.