Job Change Arc

Marked as the seventh chapter of Solo Leveling, this segment follows the Yoo Jinho Raid Party events and sets up the Red Gate storyline. It spans roughly chapters 46 through 55 of the novel, chapters 38 through 45 of the webtoon, and episodes 11 through 12 of the anime. The setup begins when the System sends Jinwoo a quest alert and drops him into a separate instant dungeon filled with armored troops and a strange red knight standing watch over a vacant throne.

Inside the Job Change Quest Dungeon, Jinwoo carves through waves of Knights, Assassins, Magicians, and Archers before confronting the Blood-Red Commander Igris, whom he ultimately beats. Along the way he buys a dagger called Knight Killer from the System's store. The conflict is largely his own struggle, with Sung Jinah and Igris rounding out the small cast for this part of the story.

Defeating Igris yields a Rune Stone holding the Dominator's Touch skill, and Jinwoo climbs to level 51 while learning Dagger Throw. The pivotal reward is the hidden Necromancer class, which advances into Shadow Monarch, along with the title given to one who overcame adversity. He gains the job-specific Shadow Extraction and Shadow Preservation skills and raises his first named shadow, Igris. The novel adds that Jinwoo researches hunter classes online before taking the quest, and it omits the scene where he speaks with a projection of his younger self.