Black Market

The Black Market is a concealed marketplace in Solo Leveling, sunk under the humid country around Yangpyeong, where the haze it gives off blends into the natural fog and hides it from anyone looking. The site behaves like a large field-type dungeon, and a demonic totem at the entrance serves as an alarm, registering anyone who arrives without a demonic presence about them. Inside, it opens into what looks like an enormous temple: carved pillars, moss across the walls, and a bronze gate that only strength or the correct pass will move. Past it the place is loud and crowded, closer to a bazaar than a ruin, with booths and mats laid out and goods running from dungeon ores to magic beast carcasses. It is run by a demon named Lotto and staffed largely by demons, hunters trade there alongside them, and payment is made in magic stones, well outside the reach of the Hunters Association.