The connecting record
shownundoneSolo Leveling
Thomas Andre killed Tarnak in Solo Leveling.
Three on one, and two of the three were on loan — Bellion and Beru came up out of his own shadow, where somebody else had parked them.
What each of them is ranked on
The killer · Thomas Andre · rank 11
The Goliath
Fought Rakan level for a long stretch of a Seoul street before the Monarch stopped playing, and was one of five hunters still upright at the end of the Kamish raid — he kept the fang that bit him and had it cut down into a pair of daggers. Went all out against Sung Jinwoo in a factory, lost to bare hands, and asked afterwards why his guild was still alive.
statedSolo Leveling (webtoon) · ch. 149
Described as the strongest hunter in America and first in the world among the National Level Hunters.
shownSolo Leveling (webtoon) · ch. 147
Uses Reinforcement against Sung Jinwoo and is beaten to the brink of death.
statedSolo Leveling (webtoon) · ch. 153
Kamish's fang was too short for a longsword and was crafted into daggers instead.
All 7 citations
shownSolo Leveling (webtoon) · ch. 157
Trades blows with Rakan in the street until Rakan manifests his spiritual body.
statedSolo Leveling (webtoon) · ch. 145
The Rulers granted Thomas Andre power after magic beasts were discovered.
shownSolo Leveling (webtoon) · ch. 173
Summons Bellion and Beru out of his own shadow and helps kill Tarnak.
statedSolo Leveling (web novel) · ch. 125
Thomas Andre is introduced under the epithet the Goliath.
The victim · Tarnak · rank 7
King of Monstrous Humanoids, Monarch of the Iron Body
Sat out the attempt on the Shadow Monarch's vessel and told the others it was suicide with Antares still away, which cost him nothing at the time. Picked Thomas Andre out of the Canadian battlefield after Antares came through, and found Bellion and Beru rising at him out of that hunter's shadow with the line back to Antares already cut.
statedSolo Leveling (webtoon) · ch. 178
Tarnak is among the Monarchs the Cup of Reincarnation brings back from the dead.
statedSolo Leveling (webtoon) · ch. 152
Refuses to join the attack on Sung Jinwoo, calling it suicide without Antares.
shownSolo Leveling (webtoon) · ch. 140
Appears in front of Christopher Reed while Rakan and Querehsha come in behind him.
All 7 citations
shownSolo Leveling (webtoon) · ch. 172
Bellion and Beru rise out of Thomas Andre's shadow in front of him.
statedSolo Leveling (webtoon) · ch. 172
Tusk has cut his telepathic link to Antares.
shownSolo Leveling (webtoon) · ch. 173
Thomas Andre, Bellion and Beru overpower and kill him.
statedSolo Leveling (web novel) · ch. 182
Iron Body Reinforcement strengthens his soul against life-draining effects.
What this does not settle
One death in one work. It is the only place the record puts these two in the same room, and it is evidence about that meeting and nothing wider — not a general matchup, not a rematch, and not a ranking of its own.
The ladder above it is argued from everything either of them has been shown doing; this page is argued from one citation.
Where the two disagree, the disagreement is the point, and it stays visible rather than being resolved by whichever of them happens to be on this page.