Solo Living: Who are the rulers?

This article contains spoilers from Solo Living Manhwa

Summary

• The lines are a powerful angel competition in solo niveness that has the task of protecting the world from the monarchs.

• The lines have a complex history that involves rebellion against the absolute creature and a fight against the monarchs.

• The rulers affect the earth by lending their powers to vessels such as Jin-Woo and shaping the strength of humanity against imminent disasters.

Solo departmentThe world is defined by power. Only the strongest enjoy the fame and glory while the weak ones are crumbled under the importance of both society and magical animals. Once the weakest, Jin-Woo has risen as one of humanity's strongest hunters. The only ones who are probably stronger than him at this point are the rulers, but who are they?

Rulers should not yet be introduced in Solo department Anime, but they already have an impact on the action through characters like Jin-Woo, Il-Hwan and Thomas Andre. But what are exactly the rulers and how strong are they?

Who are the rulers?

The rulers refer to a group of angelic warriors who are considered some of the strongest characters in Solo department. They currently have a position similar to God in the series. Although not much is known about the rulers themselves, their goal is to protect the world from the anger of the monarchs. The monarchs are the arrangements of the rulers that aim to destroy the world.

The rulers

Since their existence, the rulers have fought endlessly against the monarchs to save the world. The rulers and monarchs were created by an almighty creature called the absolute creature. When he saw no end to the war, the rulers approached the absolute creature to save the world. But soon they realized that the absolute creature had no interest in seeing the world saved and instead found entertainment during the eternal war.

This led to seven of them turning to him as a rebellion. The strongest ruler continued to serve and protect the absolute creature but failed when the rulers stopped him enough to kill the absolute creature. After defeating the absolute creature, they used his powers to defeat the monarchs. To balance the powers, the strongest ruler joined the monarch and became Shadow Monarch, Ashborn.

How the rulers affect the earth

After being defeated, the monarchs went to hide and planned to become stronger without the rulers noticing, so they attacked the earth. When the rulers noticed it was too late, the earth was already destroyed. They used a powerful object called Cup of Reincarnation to ward off the destruction, but even after several attempts, the soil always ended up. The lines realized that the only way to ensure humanity's survival was by making them stronger.

To make people stronger, the rulers allowed the gates to play on earth. This linked the human world to the magic animals that shaped the present world. Gates also gave rise to various hunters who varied in strengths and gave the earth a fight when the disaster beats them.

How will the rulers affect the action?

The vessels

Unlike monarchs, the rulers could not visit the human world freely. Instead, they borrowed their powers to powerful hunters who became responsible for taking care of various disastrous events and dangerous enemies. Il-Hwan is one such ship, which was commissioned to handle the successor of Shadow Monarch, who surprisingly turned out to be his son, Jin-Woo.

All known vessels from the rulers

The rulers and Jin-Woo

Originally, the rulers were after Jin-Woo, because he was about to become the new shadow monarch. This, of course, meant that he was an enemy for humanity and would cause great chaos. But Jin-Woo, despite his forces, cares most about protecting his family and is therefore instead humanity's strongest allies. This character of Jin-Woo changed the rulers and they accepted Jin-Woo's existence. They also changed IL-HWAN's mission from killing Jin-Woo to protecting him.

The rulers, although they have minimal performances in the series, play an important role in how Anime plays out. The threat of monarchs still exists. In Anime, we have not yet seen how the rulers will affect Jin-Woo's attempts to protect their loved ones.

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