Recruitment Arc

This fourteenth arc of the Solo Leveling webtoon is told across Chapters 127 through 135 in the novel, Chapters 108 through 110 in the webtoon, and Episode 25 of the anime. Positioned after the Jeju Island Arc and before the Ahjin Guild Arc, it opens during the funeral of Min Byung-Gyu, where Jinwoo crosses paths with Norma Selner, an upgrader in the employ of the American government.

The arc gathers several figures connected to the American hunter scene, including Adam White, Michael Connor, and Norma Selner, alongside the Korean chairman Go Gunhee. Action ranges as far as the 2nd Red Gate Dungeon, where creatures such as the Treefolk Centaur and the Higos appear.

The pivotal moment comes when Norma Selner attempts to apply her upgrading ability to Jinwoo. Instead of finding a ceiling on his growth as she would with any normal hunter, she realizes he possesses no limit at all. The discovery underscores just how far apart Jinwoo stands from the rest of the world's hunters.

Selner's finding marks Jinwoo as a being without bounds in the eyes of those who track hunter potential, deepening interest in him from powerful parties abroad. The story then carries into the Ahjin Guild Arc.