SOLO LEVELING- CH-20. Are you into women?

While Baek Yoonho and Dongsoo met each other face to face outside, inside the gate, Jina, on behalf of her team, chose to enter the forest while Kim Chul and his team continued on the path.

"So... Are you into women?" While walking inside the forest, Heejin asked directly with a blush on her face.

'So direct!' Han thought, hearing Heejin, but her focus was also on Jina, waiting to hear her answer. Even though Jina had already confirmed this, Han still wanted to hear it.

"Yes, I am into women." Jina replied, not stopping as she smiled.

"Why? You want to be mine?" She then asked shamelessly.

"W-W-What? I never said that!" Heejin stammered.

'Unnie is really a baddie.' Han thought with a blush, but in a good way, 'Does she also find me attractive like Heejin Unnie?' She then wondered.

Jina, noticing Han's thoughtful expression, decided to tease her. She pulled Han closer and placed her hand on her waist.

"Don't worry, Han." Jina said, moving her hand a little lower, placing it on Han's cute little butt and caressing it softly, "I will protect you."

"Hikkk~" Due to the sudden touch on her butt, a soft moan escaped from Han's mouth, "O-Okay, Unnie."

Seeing Jina flirt openly with Han, Heejin felt a surprising surge of jealousy. She didn't know why she was feeling this way. Before she could complain to Jina, she saw something that made her stop and shout loudly.

"Wait!"

"Huh, what happened?" Hearing Heejin's voice, Han got startled and pulled back from Jina, while Jina was not startled, knowing exactly what was about to happen.

"What happened, Heejin?" One of the two men asked.

"We can't go any further!" Heejin replied.

"Why?" Another man asked.

"Look at the marks on the trees! This is an Ice Bear territory. We have to go back." Heejin pointed out, showing the large marks on the trees.

"That's why we are going to continue on this path." Suddenly everyone heard Jina's voice as she, holding Han's hand, walked forward.

"Wait! What are you doi-" Before Heejin could finish her words to stop Jina, the latter interrupted her.

"If it's an Ice Bear territory, then it means that there won't be any Ice Elves here, right?" Jina asked calmly.

Hearing this, Heejin and the two men were completely shocked.

"T-That's r-right!" Heejin agreed, while the two men nodded in agreement. Heejin felt very embarrassed, as someone who had trained in a prestigious guild, she didn't know something as basic as this.

"I'm sorry." Heejin apologized with her head down, but suddenly, she felt a hand caressing her head. Looking up, she saw Jina patting her head with a gentle smile.

"It's alright. Just remember this for next time." Jina said to her.

"Hmm." Heejin nodded, her face red, while the two men at the back looked on with blank expressions.

"Anyway, you all must be feeling cold. Put these on." Pulling her hand back, Jina said and took out five coats from her inventory, shocking everyone around her.

"What? Spatial magic!"

"But isn't spatial magic limited to one or two items? How can she store so many?"

"Just what kind of E-Rank is she?"

"Unnie, you're amazing!" Han said with stars in her eyes.

"I know." Jina admitted, caressing Han's cheeks with her hands, making Han embarrassed. Just at that moment, a sound was heard, and a large Ice Bear appeared in front of them.

"I-ICE BEAR!"

"EVERYONE RUN! I WILL DISTRACT IT!" Heejin shouted loudly, but before she could do anything, Jina, who was in front of Han, disappeared from her spot and appeared in front of the Ice Bear, shocking everyone.

"Just die." Jina said, and suddenly, many rock spikes shot up from the ground, piercing the Ice Bear and killing it immediately.

[YOU HAVE LEVELED UP]

The system's prompt sounded, while the mouths of Heejin, Han, and the two men were wide open with expressions of shock on their faces. They couldn't believe what they had just seen.

"W-What was that?"

"I-Is she really an E-Rank?"

The two men asked in disbelief.

"Amazing!" Han said in admiration, while Heejin was completely stunned.

"Just who are you, Jina?" Heejin asked in awe.

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Meanwhile, outside the gate, Dongsoo and Baek Yoonho continued their conversation, with Dongsoo staying outside, waiting for the gate to open so he could confront Jina.

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At night, inside the gate.

Inside the forest, in a safe spot, Jina and the others were sitting around the fire, enjoying the warmth while eating the delicious meat of the Ice Bear that Jina had killed.

"Hmm, though this meat is tough, it's still delicious." Gu Myung, one of the two men, said while chewing the juicy meat.

"Yeah, it's tasty." Another man agreed.

"Here, take more." Heejin offered them more meat.

"Unnie, are you telling the truth? Is Jina really like that?" Han asked, surprised.

"Yes." Jina replied, "She's just like any other girl—loves to watch TV, play games, and enjoys fried chicken." Jina explained.

"Wow! And she's still able to get those grades?"

As they continued talking and eating the meat, Jina stood up.

"Where are you going, Jina?" Heejin asked, confused, as it was nighttime, and on top of that, it was a red gate. There might be danger outside... well, let's forget the second reason.

Hearing Heejin, Han nodded like a small child and asked, "Yes, where are you going, Unnie? Let's talk more?"

"Haha." Seeing Han acting like a small child, Jina laughed and patted her head. Han was really looking cute right now, "We'll talk later. I'll be back soon." She said.

"Hmm~ Okay, Unnie." While enjoying Jina's soft and gentle touch, Han replied and nodded.

"Be careful out there." Heejin came near Jina and said with concern. She didn't know why she was feeling so concerned for someone she had just met.

"Don't worry, I will."

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"Arise."

In the dense forest, Jina's voice echoed as black shadows emerged from the bodies of the dead Ice Bears.

The entire snowy ground was covered with the bodies of the snow bears, turning the white snow red.

[YOU HAVE LEVELED UP!]

Thud!

As the system's voice sounded, Igris presented the Ice Bears leader's head, placing it in front of Jina before kneeling down. In the original manhwa, at this point, both Jinwoo and Igris were equal, but that wasn't the case right now.

Jina was stronger than Igris.

"You've done well." Jina said, patting Igris' shoulder, "Now, let's add another to my army." She raised her hand.

"Arise."

Dark shadows enveloped the body of the Ice Bear leader, and soon a dark bear emerged from it.

[YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY EXTRACTED THE SHADOW]

While Jina added more shadow soldiers to her army, outside the gate, Baek Yoonho and Hwang Dongsoo engaged in a fight, but before they could harm anyone, their battle was interrupted by Woo Jinchul.

On the other hand, Kim Chul's team was wiped out, leaving only him behind, thanks to the Ice Elves.

"W-What! Just what is happening?" Kim Chul said, a gloomy look on his face as he watched the scene before him.

Heejin, Han, and the others were happily chatting and eating meat, and the sight of this made Kim Chul furious.

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