Episode 7: Let's See How Far I Can Go

Woo Jinchul hears a report on the Insects Dungeon: of an eight-man strike team, six died, and the gate was cleared by just two survivors, one ranked D and the other E. His interest spikes when the survivor turns out to be Sung Jinwoo, the man who outlasted the Double Dungeon and was once checked for a reawakening, and when he learns one casualty was the elder brother of S-Rank Hwang Dongsoo. Back home, Jinwoo shares fried chicken with his sister Jinah and reflects on how effortlessly he cut down the lizards. After drinking beer and watching the System flush the alcohol from his body, he reviews Kandiaru's Blessing and grasps at last why his lost limbs grew back.

Over at Cafe Pene, Jinho pushes Jinwoo to join a strike team, laying out his dream of becoming a guild master across twenty raids and revealing his father's plan for a guild fronted by an S-Rank with his brother as second. Jinwoo refuses, unmoved even when Jinho hints at exposing his secret, and exits with an icy glare. Far away, Hwang Dongsoo learns his brother is dead, crushes his phone in rage, and swears revenge once his duties to the Scavenger Guild are done.

Jogging with Jinah, Jinwoo notices his running quest is already finished yet keeps going, and clearing double the target springs a secret quest. Its loot box holds a key to the S-Rank Demon's Castle, whose prize is the recipe for an Elixir of Life that heals any sickness. Unwilling to waste a shot at curing his mother, Jinwoo enters straight off and meets Hell's Gatekeeper Cerberus. The three-headed creature tears off his arm and enters a damage-doubling Rage, but he hangs on with Full Recovery, a healing potion, and Kasaka's Venom Gland, then drives his blade in over and over until it collapses. Among his rewards are the castle's own key and the elixir formula, its three ingredients held inside the Demon King's stronghold.

Woo Jinchul discovers that Jinwoo and Jinho cleared the Insects Dungeon and that Hwang Dongsuk, brother of S-Rank Hwang Dongsoo, perished there. Jinwoo finds his poison resistance leaves alcohol powerless over him. He rejects Yoo Jinho's recruitment pitch despite a veiled threat. By blowing past a daily quest, he wins a key to the Demon's Castle, an S-Rank dungeon that guards the makings of the Elixir of Life. He then brings down Hell's Gatekeeper Cerberus, claiming both the recipe and the route back for the cure.

This episode covers chapters twenty-five through twenty-seven, scripted by Shigeru Murakoshi and directed by Yuya Horiuchi at A-1 Pictures. To check Kandiaru's Blessing in the webtoon, Jinwoo dosed himself with the venom gland of Kasaka rather than reaching for beer, and the Cafe Pene scene runs more combative before he eventually says yes to Jinho there. A trivia point observes that as Jinwoo skims Jinho's paperwork, his on-screen leveling thoughts end at level 146, the rank he hits far later before rising as the new Shadow Monarch, a hint at what is to come.