@Pandawanka
I haven't read the novel past the current manga so I have no idea, but I've heard great things about the upcoming chapters so we'll see how everything goes.
It seems like it's Sung Jin-Woo who is fated to rule the dungeon beings. We'll probably see eventually that he was granted his powers to unite the gates and either fight with whoever influences the monsters to kill humans or fight against them. Either way I predict an epic "race war" if that...
@VincentYamato
in the most recent arc where they did the competition, the tall guy and mage girl participated with them while the smaller guy stayed out so he hasnt been present for a while.
Yeah the releases are usually super consistent, didnt see any info on authors twitter. Blackcat is reliable, I assume theres probably some issue that they're working on. Maybe their Discord has more info.
This is a really strong start and I do hope the author can finish the series eventually, the premise is rather average but the art and the story more than make up for it.
Thats a pretty interesting chapter, Takeda digs himself deeper to atone for his mistakes and when the police discover their 3 suspects missing or deceased it might just halt the case.