The tutorial tower of the advanced player
Webtoon Ch 117 as of 30/01/23 ** the attempts at romance are annoying - One day monsters and the Tutorial Tower suddenly appeared in the world. The Tower periodically summons people from around the world and subjects them to the ordeals found in the 100 floors of the Tower. Those who survive the Tower gain special abilities and become Hunters that can defeat monsters. - Seokwon Han, Goguryeo guild master - Seoyeon Lee, Arang guild master and mage hunter - Sihyeon Kim, Seoul guild master - ML is Hyeonu Kim 24yo (now 36yo in the real world). - All of his stats (except for magic) have maxed out. - He’s known as the advanced player after being trapped in the Tower for 12yrs. He was one of the 1st generation Hunters that cleared the Tower for the 1st time. Since then he’s been continually clearing the Tower because of a curse. - At first ML tried looking for a way to break the curse. - Then he tried to have some fun with the situation, eg he pretended to be an NPC guide for beginners. He also played the role of a military instructor in charge of new recruits. - On ML’s 1350th attempt, his status window changes to say the endless loop is removed and he may exit after he clears the Tower. - ML sets a new record for clearing all 100 floors of the Tower. - NB: inside the Tower, there’s no need to eat or sleep. Your body also stops growing and aging. - Korean Hunters Association (KHA) - Korean Tutorial Centre: where the hunter grade assessment takes place. The grade assessment exam is for new hunters who have just cleared the Tower. The exam is broadcast live. - The 1st exam is a labyrinth. ML creates a new path with one punch that goes straight through to the exit. - Kang Hyeon Lee, a kendo master and world champion. - If ML hadn’t shown up, Kang Hyeon Lee would’ve been the most promising and outstanding new hunter. - 2nd exam: monster wave - Virtual training monsters are generated. The goal is to defeat as many monsters as possible within 2mins. - Kang Hyeon Lee set a new record with 78 monsters, but that was soon smashed by ML who killed 248 monsters. - Alice, Chief of the KHA Information Division. - She’s also a scout for the Ares guild. - ML rejects her offer as he doesn’t want to be tied down by any guild. He wants to be a solo mercenary hunter. - ML meets with his friends Seokwon Han, Seoyeon Lee, and Sihyeon Kim. They cleared the Tower with ML 12yrs ago. - ML mentions a student he trained in the Tower at a time when he was fixated on martial arts. ML thought if he gained enlightenment through martial arts training, he could escape from the Tower. - ML sees a message in his status window that says he needs to defeat 3 dungeon bosses to meet the minimum requirements to move onto the next level. The dungeons are Adoron’s Lab, Woodland Village, and Swamp in View. - Byeongho Kang, Ares guild HR manager - The Ares guild hold a monopoly over 66% of the dungeons in South Korea. The guild sells expensive dungeon admission tickets to non-Ares members who want to access their dungeons. - Byeongho tries to threaten ML and force ML to join the Ares guild. ML beats up Byeongho and his A-grade bodyguard. - Seonu Heuk, S-grade hunter and Ares guild branch manager for South Korea. - Adoron’s Lab, a C-grade dungeon owned by Ares. - ML forces his way into the dungeon after beating up the Ares guards. ML destroys Adoron the dungeon boss with one punch. - When ML was 10yo, his parents died in a car accident. His cousin stole ML’s inheritance and sent ML to an orphanage. Because of this experience, ML doesn’t hold back with his grudges. - ML’s hard life has taught him to be resilient. He never gives up. - The Pado guild is a new guild that was founded 2yrs ago in China. It now controls over half of the dungeons in China. - The Pado guild master cleared the Tower 4yrs ago. She is 5th in the global rankings for all S-grade Hunters. - The Ares guild are currently fighting to take over the Pado guild for the Ares expansion into China. - ML goes to register his grade at the KHA Ability Measuring Centre. ML’s overall stats are measured at A-grade (except magic). - The Woodland Village dungeon is managed by the Seoul guild. ML enters with Sihyeon Kim and Gamun Bak, a Seoul guild member and online streamer. The twin-headed ogre, the dungeon boss, is again easily defeated by ML. - Swamp in View, a beginner dungeon owned by Ares. - ML beats up the Ares guards and enters the dungeon. - The dungeon boss is a mega-alligator. An A-grade assassin is sent by Ares to kill ML. The assassin and the mega-alligator are defeated together by ML. - NB: ML is currently staying at Sihyeon Kim’s place. - After defeating the 3 dungeon bosses, ML obtains the Status Scan skill (lowest level). He can now view very basic info from the status window of a person or object. - ML has been given the title of Temporary Guardian. - He meets his assistant called AV. She can’t provide answers to his questions about the Tower as his Status Scan skill level is too low. - To become an official guardian and increase the level of his Status Scan skill, ML needs to obtain a key from the deepest part of a rift that will appear in 5 days close to where he lives. - Dungeons are used to gather special resources, ie magic stones or monster materials. Labyrinths have treasure vaults where powerful artifacts can be found. Rifts are called Hell’s Gate due to the endless stream of monsters that pour out from the depths. - The rift occurs at the airport. ML makes his way to the bottom of the rift, while his friends and their guilds deal with the stream of monsters. ML defeats the Crimson Demon and obtains the key. - ML cleared the rift and is now an official guardian. - ML and his friends are presented with awards from the KHA for their efforts in ending the rift crisis. ML causes a media sensation when he leaves the ceremony as soon as he receives his award. - ML is teleported by the system at the designated time again to meet AV. She says his Status Scan skill is upgraded to low level. After ML completes his tasks as an official guardian, he’ll be able to find out everything he wants to know. - After ML as the guardian escaped from the Tutorial Tower, the door opened to allow climbers into this world. - ML has to stop the climbers, ie beings who climb the Tower. - This Tower consists of 12 layers. Earth is one of those layers. ML’s role as guardian is to protect Earth as the 9th layer of the Tower. As the 9th layer guardian, ML must stop the climbers to prevent the destruction of Earth. - AV is the system administrator for the 9th layer. - She says ML will need a high level Status Scan skill to obtain the answers he wants about the Tutorial Tower. To increase his skill level, he will need to defeat around 5 high rank climbers. The Crimson Demon was a low rank climber. - The Ares guild accuses ML of murdering one of it’s members. - ML holds a live press conference. ML plays an audio recording on his mobile of the assassin who confirmed he was sent by Ares to kill ML. The death of the assassin wasn’t murder but self defence. - A 2nd mobile is held up by ML who says it belonged to the assassin. He plans to submit the mobile to the authorities to confirm ML is telling the truth. - Later ML tells his friends the assassin’s mobile is a fake. - ML anticipates Ares will visit him before he has a chance to hand in the mobile. ML goes for a walk on his own and he’s soon surrounded by masked assassins. He defeats them all. ML makes one assassin take him to where they were going to hold ML captive. - It’s an underground bunker. On the lowest level is a Pado guild executive that Ares kidnapped and interrogated using torture. - ML beats up everyone in the bunker and meets Seonu Heuk. To avoid getting beaten up as well, Seonu Heuk agrees to pay a massive compensation amount to ML that includes the rights to 4 beginner dungeons, and the Pado guild executive. - Ares guild, based in the US with branches worldwide. - It’s one of the largest guilds in the world. - ML is notified by the system of a new climber that’s appeared. - AV says ML will need magic to face this mid-rank climber. - The climber is called Cheonma. He emerges from a rift in Tokyo. - ML was unsuccessful in his attempts to awaken his magic, despite help from Seoyeon Lee. Only after ML is affected from the electricity of Cheonma’s attack does the magic awaken in ML. - ML’s magic and martial arts combine to defeat Cheonma. - Nakagawa Yaseumi, Ijanami guild master in Japan. - Blood Control skill: helps hunters struggling to use their magic. This skill taps directly into the body and increases the magic level. - The Pado guild master is ML’s former student. She vowed to prepare a position worthy of him should he escape the Tutorial Tower and return to the world. - ML returns from Japan to find the Pado guild executive he rescued is finally awake. Her name is Hong Rin. ML asks about the skull tattoo she has. All of the Pado guild executives have this tattoo, which symbolises they exist beneath the sky. - Embarrassed by his martial arts phase in the Tutorial Tower, ML passes on a message to the Pado guild master. He says don’t ever come to find him. Then Hong Rin returns to China. - ML appears on a TV show to promote his new guild called Guardian. He’s recruiting members and asks everyone to apply. - ML’s friends help to sort through the mountain of applications. - ML uses his upgraded Status Scan skill during the interviews. - An added feature allows ML to see the attitude of applicants. - ML accepts 21 new recruits he believes he can trust. - ML has his guild manage the dungeons he’s acquired. - Pandemonium, a mercenary group of murderer hunters (ie high rank hunters who kill other hunters). - Scholar Anya, mage hunter and former S-grade rank 52 - Ares sends 4 Pandemonium members to assassinate ML when he visits a beginner dungeon that Ares gave him. - ML kills 3 of them and spares Anya who will do anything to survive. He gives Anya to Seoyeon Lee to look after. - ML visits the Ares guild branch HQ in Seoul. He uses a toy hammer to beat up people on his way to Seonu Heuk’s office. This time the compensation amount is even greater. - A new mid-rank climber has emerged from a rift in Germany. - She’s Gwii the Divine Spectral Queen and has companions. - Anya draws a magic circle that teleports ML to Germany. - The climber’s Ten Step Destruction skill shows that she’s stronger than Cheonma. - ML’s body responds to Gwii’s magic expanding attack. He’s acquired internal magic expansion resistance and he has another forced magic awakening. ML’s stamina and magic increase. - ML defeats Gwii with his combat skills and magic combined. - ML receives Gwii’s essence (S+ grade) as a reward. - ML now has a lower mid-level Status Scan skill. - ML also has a new Access skill that gives him access to the system room with AV once a day. - Separate to the stats shown in ML’s status window (ie the info given by the system) that is currently locked, his physical body has continued to level up. - ML earlier gave Cheonma’s sword to Sihyeon Kim. - ML mentions his martial arts in a press conference. On a TV show, ML is a guest and 2 martial arts masters are also invited. ML is annoyed that more people are using his name to try and sell something. To stop this, ML shows some martial arts to prove it's something only he can do. - Anya is now employed as the accountant at ML’s guild. - Martin Brand, founder and global head of the Ares guild. - Miryeong the Supreme Dragon, Pado guild master. - The Pado guild now has control over all guilds in China. - AV suspects there could be 2 climbers that remain in hiding on Earth. There are 2 rifts from the time ML was trapped in the Tutorial Tower that have never closed up. Normally a rift will disappear after the boss is killed. - International Hunters Association (IHA) - An auction house hosted by the IHA opens in Germany. - ML attends the auction with his friends. ML goes outside for a break and is attacked by 4 members of the Order who were sent to kill ML, but he kills them instead. He takes their items and discovers they’re fake copies of artifacts. - The Order: elite guild members from the Ares head office. They’re murderer hunters that were former S-grade rank 40 or above. - ML thinks Seonu Heuk sent the Order and visits his office. - ML goes to the Pado guild in China after he hears Seonu is there. ML arrives and meets Miryeong. He can see she’s completely devoted to him. ML is taken to Seonu who has been beaten up and held captive after trying to get Miryeong to kill ML. - Miryeong captured 2 members of the Order who were sent to kill Seonu. After questioning Seonu (then imprisoning him again), ML decides to fight Martin Brand next and destroy the Ares guild. - Back at Sihyeon Kim’s apartment, ML faces 2 more members of the Order. He quickly defeats them but the apartment is trashed. - Anya drew a magic circle to teleport ML to the Ares guild HQ in the US. Instead ML finds himself in an underground space with Martin Brand who manipulated the teleportation. - Martin introduces himself as the climber called the Faker. He activates an anti-magic effect on the space. He’s geared up with high level fake artifacts and manages to injure ML. - ML disappears to the system room with AV and recovers there. After 6hrs ML returns to face the Faker. ML has awakened a new martial art skill after reflecting on his battles with Cheonma and Gwii. ML overcomes the Faker’s attacks then defeats the Faker with a final crushing blow. ML obtains the Faker’s subspace pouch. - He puts Gigantomakia the Earth Shattering sword (ST+ grade) and the only real artifact into the pouch. - ML’s Status Scan skill is now mid-level. - At a press conference, ML issues a statement that Martin Brand was the one who sent the assassins to Sihyeon Kim’s apartment. - ML meets with Coward, the deputy branch manager of the Ares guild in South Korea. As compensation, ML demands the rights to 40% of the dungeons owned by Ares. - ML tells his friends about the Earth as the 9th layer of a Tower and he’s the 9th layer guardian who has to stop the climbers. - Miryeong visits ML in South Korea and follows ML around. Sihyeon Kim has a crush on her. - ML is invited by the IHA to visit the US for his S-grade global ranking. The assessment orb shows an evaluation error for ML. - Liam, US congressman in the IHA. - Mason, US congressman in the IHA and friend of Martin Brand. He has the support of senior government officials and top-ranking hunters. He helps Coward stabilise the Ares guild in South Korea. - Liam invited ML to attend the IHA Founding Day celebration. Tank was rude then attacked ML but was knocked out by ML. - Liam asks for ML’s support against Martin’s faction. - Mason’s supporters: - Phantom Soldier (Cheonu Sin), 1st in the S-grade global rankings. He’s a martial artist and has a unique skill, Return to the Item’s Past. - Tank, 3rd in the S-grade global rankings. Liam’s supporters: - Ethan the Grand Swordmaster, 4th in the S-grade global rankings. - Silent Riley, 7th in the S-grade global rankings. - At an IHA party in the US for the top 50 hunters in the S-grade global rankings, many foreign high-level VIPs are attending. - When everyone is gathered, the top hunters that support Mason start killing the other hunters. Liam directs the other guests to escape. ML arrives with Miryeong. - Phantom Soldier wants to kill ML and destroy this world to be qualified to climb the Tower. He’s unimpressed by ML’s skills. - Phantom Soldier’s unique skill provides him with infinite training time. He’s been able to train the equivalent of several hundred years to master multiple martial arts. - ML survives Phantom Soldier’s deadly attacks and his stamina levels up. ML uses the same attacks against Phantom Soldier. - ML learnt how to control his own magic after he saw Phantom Soldier’s refined magic flow. - Miryeong is confronted by Tank and the 6th ranked hunter but she quickly kills both of them. She goes outside to fangirl over ML. - The Phantom Soldier uses his demonic transformation skill. - In response, ML uses Cheonma’s martial arts. ML continually improves his techniques as he’s fighting. - ML blocks a negative energy attack with lightning then defeats Phantom Soldier with his improved martial arts. - ML obtains a S+ rank artifact from Phantom Soldier (also known as the Great Calamity). To use the artifact with Return to Item’s Past skill, ML must gather the labyrinth’s power. Later AV says a climber can reach the next layer by going through a labyrinth. - ML also gets a new Mind Access skill. He can read someone’s mind for 30sec, as long as he can use the Status Scan on them (he can’t for climbers). - From the IHA party, 33 hunters were killed and 4 hunters had to retire due to the extent of their injuries. - The balance of power in the IHA has shifted in favour of Liam. - ML is in a US hospital recovering from his injuries. - ML recalls another student in the Tutorial Tower who asked to be taught by ML. - During final discussions over the dungeons from Ares, ML read Coward’s mind and discovered Mason had something planned. Under interrogation, ML learnt that Mason gave special magic stones to Coward to be buried in the dungeons given to ML. These stones would be detonated to cause monster waves (ie dungeon breaks). Then ML would be accused of neglecting his dungeon responsibilities and the dungeons would be returned to Ares. - Mason is the 2nd hidden climber known as the Keeper of Words. As low rank climbers, he was working with Martin Brand to destroy the world. ML is fully recovered and visits Mason at home. - Mason’s magic ability is the most powerful at his residence which is a restricted zone he developed over many years. - Mason’s opponents are forced to obey his words. - ML uses his own magic to overcome Mason’s magic. ML learnt this from the Phantom Soldier. Mason escapes at the last minute by teleporting to his secret group’s HQ in Mexico. - Mason established a secret organisation called the Illumiti that has since taken over Europe. ML’s other student was the one who led the group’s expansion. She’d always intended for the Illumiti to serve ML. She kills Mason after he says he was fighting ML. - Re-climbers (or Ancient Spiritual Seat Seekers): those climbers who climb the Tower again to regain their authority. They lost their positions and titles and were expelled. - ML shared his recorded evidence on Mason and the Ares guild with Liam to leak to the media. This way Liam can deal with Mason’s allies and the reporters won’t hassle ML as much. - The Illumiti are also tightly controlling the media about ML. - ML visits a labyrinth with Miryeong and his friends. - Gamun Bak is also there to broadcast the live stream. - The labyrinth power gauge is fully charged and available for 1 use. - ML uses the artifact with Return to Item’s Past skill on Cheonma’s sword. ML is sent to a place where he meets Cheonma’s spirit. - Phantom World: a place where climbers who have failed can stay until their next opportunity arises. - Climbers are ranked according to their achievements. - As a result, a climber’s power can be restricted by their rank. - Cheonma was a mid-rank climber but had the power of a high-rank climber. ML “dies” 1000s of times against Cheonma. - Cheonma starts to respect ML as a man of unbreakable spirit. Cheonma teaches ML as they fight. After almost 15k attempts, ML has mastered Cheonma’s teachings. This took about 100 years in the Phantom World. - Miryeong can hear and see Gwii in ML’s subspace pouch … - ML has been gone for a month. Disaster level threats are detected in 4 countries, including South Korea. - The Monkey King, a high-rank climber and ringleader. - The 3 Demon Kings of Lion Camel Ridge: (mid-rank climbers) - The Azure Lion, the Great Peng, and the White Elephant - In Thailand: ML reappears here and defeats the Great Peng. - In South Korea: the Azure Lion defeats ML’s friends. - Gwii loans her power to Miryeong just this once. The Azure Lion is defeated by the Ten Step Destruction skill. - In Mexico: the White Elephant is defeated by the Shadow Assassin, ML’s other student who uses the Keeper of Words skill. - In the US: the Monkey King created 300 clones of himself to destroy Earth. ML wipes out half of the clones to find the real Monkey King. ML demonstrates the results from Cheonma’s teachings to defeat the Monkey King. - ML obtains the Monkey King’s golden staff, an SS grade artifact. - ML’s Status Scan is upgraded to mid-high level. - Atelek Port, a rich man who collects rare artifacts. - He’s a US congressman and owns the Eclipse guild. - He wants to take the golden staff. ML beats up Atelek. - Sihyeon Kim wants to grow stronger. He asks ML about training under Cheonma. ML helps him to access the Phantom World. - Cheonma teaches Sihyeon the Ultimate Slash technique, the 1st form of Cheonmyeong swordsmanship. - ML goes to Mexico and meets Narin Ha, his other student who is also completely devoted to him. As the Shadow Assassin and leader of Illumiti, she has accumulated wealth and assets from around the world for ML. Narin Ha goes to South Korea with ML. - Miryeong is the Divine Spectral Queen successor after Gwii. - Narin Ha is the Keeper of Words successor after Mason. - To find the Tutorial Tower Creator, ML obtains 5 artifacts that AV combines into the Compass of the Blind. - ML is guided by the Compass to the Atlante Empire on the 35th dimension of the 8th layer. There he defeats a climber called the Hungry Ghost. ML obtains as his reward the Truth Orb (SS grade), an imperial family treasure. There is a wait time before you can use the orb again. - ML was away for 2wks. A mystical creature arrives as a low rank climber on Earth while ML was away. Miryeong and Narin Ha capture the creature and give the 9-tailed fox’s energy orb to ML. - ML attaches a Brand of Ownership collar, an S-grade artifact, to the 9-tailed fox. Seoyeon learns about Taoist magic from the 9-tailed fox. - Climbers want to obtain an achievement which is like granting a wish. Getting an achievement means obtaining everything a master of that power has. - Sihyeon uses his new skills to defeat a demon climber. - ML asks the orb, “who locked me in the Tutorial Tower” - ML’s mind is sent to a room and he speaks with the Creator who admits to locking ML up. They tell ML to find them by looking for the Tower they created and using the source of the Great Calamity’s (Phantom Soldier’s) power. - Wuchi Jeon is a conqueror and Taoist master sent to kill ML, an irregular. He has the Azure Dragon achievement. - Conquerer: a climber who earned their seat by climbing the Tower. - During the fight with Wuchi Jeon, ML enters an imaginary space in the staff with the Monkey King’s soul. - ML makes a contract to share the power of the Monkey King. - ML is now protected by the Golden Chainmail (SS grade). - ML summons the Black Dragon after watching Wuchi Jeon. - After a very close battle, ML defeats Wuchi Jeon and obtains the Azure Dragon achievement which is sealed in an orb. - Anya and Sihyeon are dating. - ML agrees to be the model for a global tracksuit brand (his preferred outfit with slippers). - After the dungeon monopoly by Ares was removed, the hunter industry in South Korea has started to flourish. - ML recharges the Great Calamity’s artifact with the power of labyrinths. While fighting monsters, ML uses the staff techniques he learns from the Monkey King. - AV finds out the Tower made by the Creator is on the 12th layer. - It could take a few years for ML to return from there. The Monkey King confirms it takes 500 days. ML doesn’t want to leave Earth unprotected for that long. The Monkey King says his Flying Nimbus only takes 5 days to reach the 12th layer. - Orobas, Solomon’s 72nd demon and a prince of hell, is a new climber in India. ML swiftly defeats Orobas. - ML obtains a necklace artifact that belonged to the Great Sage of Yishan. ML uses the Great Calamity’s artifact on the necklace to enter an imaginary world and meets the Yishan sage. ML is told he must learn how to control the Flying Nimbus before he can take it. - After 13yrs (time goes much faster in the imaginary world), ML learns the martial art of air walking with a light body. The Yishan sage gives the Flying Nimbus ring artifact (S++ grade) to ML. - The Monkey King gets ML to take a passage that the conquerors use to reach the 12th layer in a day. ML sees the Tower of Resentment. It reconfigures into a massive ship called Noah’s Ark after ML uses the Great Calamity’s artifact. - In the Ark, ML finally meets the Creator who calls himself Noah. ML beats up Noah for locking up ML. - ML was locked in the Tutorial Tower because Noah deemed ML to be the strongest with the most potential to be able to change the greater Tower for the better. - Earth has a reset feature (each layer has a distinctive feature). It has already been destroyed and reset 21 times. - Noah has seen ML die and resurrect 21 times. He was impressed by ML’s actions that changed the Earth’s fate after he defeated his first climber. - The greater Tower was built by combining the power of 5 people: the Architect, Engineer, Coordinator, Creator, and Director. - The Architect, Engineer and Coordinator stole the Director’s power and tried to kill Noah the Creator. Then they started using the greater Tower for their own greed. - The Northern Sky Divine Spirit, master of the Ice Palace and Eternal Frost King, is the next conquerer sent to Earth. He wrecks havoc in Italy. ML quickly returns and they fight. - The conqueror’s 2nd achievement is the Plague Lord. - ML uses the Creator’s Restraining Device to seal away the conqueror inside the device for a limited time. The conqueror will be released in 120hrs (about 5 days). - The conqueror is a mythical being this time. ML must obtain an achievement on par with the mythical being’s achievements to defeat it. Noah unlocks the Azure Dragon achievement for ML. - To use the achievement’s full power, ML must be recognised by the Azure Dragon. ML uses his own strength to withstand 5mins of the Azure Dragon’s attacks. If the user’s abilities are below a certain level, then the achievement won’t manifest itself. The Azure Dragon teaches ML how to control it’s power. - The conquerer is released and ML is waiting for him. After an intense battle, ML wins. His Status Scan is now high level. - For some reason ML can’t access the system room to see AV. - Noah says he didn’t create the system room. It’s possible AV is actually the Director. - After the Creator and Director were gone, the greater Tower was changed to encourage and even force climbers to climb it. - ML needs to take down those at the top of the Tower to change it and stop the climbers. Noah recommends ML find and defeat the Coordinator first. She is in the underground layer, a tier separate to the Tower. ML finds her and she calls herself the Fallen Collector. - The Coordinator brought together all of the fallen climbers and absorbed their strengths. ML discovers her weakness and destroys her. He obtains a storage key (SS+, Mind Access skill). - ML enters the Coordinator’s storage space. It’s full of dead climbers’ bodies.
Kill the Hero
Ch 115 as of 25/11/22 - also on Tapas * heaps going on in this story, hard to keep track and even harder to summarise … ** End of season 2, Ch 100 - Dungeons and monsters appeared in the world. - The Enlightened granted powers to a small % of humans. They could level up to become players who could destroy dungeons. - Save the world -vs- greed and selfish ambitions - ML is Woojin Kim. - He was used to help kill the most powerful enemies. - He died after he was stabbed and cursed by the sword Balmung, then poisoned by hellborn viper venom. - Messiah guild: - Their aim is for the game to never end and for world domination. - They kill their members once they’re no longer useful. - Seejoon Lee, Messiah guild master - He was chosen by the Holy Light’s Redeemer. - The strongest player in the world and 1 of the first 7 players. - Knights of the Round Table: - Players who have legendary items related to King Arthur. - Shinhye Park, Messiah vice guild master - Jihoo Yang (Messiah), has Gawain’s Necklace - Jehoon Kim (Messiah) - Suzuki Eiichi (ex-Skull?), has Lancelot’s Ring - Noda Heijiro (ex-Skull?), bow master - Ken Tsukahara (ex-Skull?), swordmaster - ML returns to the day he awakened as a player. - For this life, he chooses the Lord of the Underworld. - This grants him the power over curses and poisons. - He'll also be able to create an undead army. - ML joins the Phoenix guild, the 2nd most powerful in the country. He receives the Poisonous Blood skill. - Dungeon: Goblin’s Den (E-rank, tier 1) - ML kills goblins on his own and levels up. He receives the Skeletal Army skill. Only monsters he kills while in a dungeon may be summoned at the time (can’t be stored). - ML and his undead goblin kill the goblin champion (final boss) to clear the dungeon. - ML receives a legendary skill … The Eye of Anubis. - You can take a glimpse into the memories of the dead. - Dungeon: Orc Hunter (C-rank) - ML kills orcs on his own and summons an undead orc. - ML’s poisoned blood and undead orc kill the orc hunter (final boss) to clear the dungeon. ML comes across the corpse of a player from the Phoenix guild under the Yongwan Park faction. - Using Eye of Anubis, ML sees the memories of this player murdering another player in this dungeon. ML also finds a journal that contains a black list of players in Yongwan Park’s faction who have either been killed or are targets to kill. - Yongwan Park, Phoenix guild master - ML visits Yongwan and gives him the journal. - Dungeon: The Orc Champion’s Colony (A+ rank) - The top guilds won bids from an auction for the limited spots to enter this dungeon. Yongwan agreed to give a spot to ML. - In ML’s past life, it’s highly likely players killed other players in this dungeon but there was a lack of evidence. This dungeon is a good chance to reduce competition and steal items. - While the guilds are fighting the orc army, ML goes to face the orc champion with 2 undead orcs. ML obtains the Orc Lord’s Fang: a legendary item that increases stamina, attacks and defence. - After killing the orc champion, ML receives the Book of the Grim Reaper skill. He can now store undead spirits. - After ML finds out the Skull guild are behind the player murders, he wipes out their team. He sees the memories of their team leader and confirms Messiah secretly allied with Skull. The Messiah bow master and swordmaster personally trained Skull members. The Skull guild has ties with Japan and they want to create a new Japanese Empire. - With the dungeon cleared, the players leave. - No one knows who killed the orc champion. - ML injured himself and blames it on the Skull guild. - He lets Yongwan think the Skull guild are to blame for his losses from this dungeon. - Oh Saechan, a dungeon broker - This person is one of Skull’s assassination targets. - Yongwan helps ML connect with Saechan. - Secretary Jisoo Lee, Saechan’s assistant. Her father was Saechan’s close friend who died in a dungeon break managed by Messiah. She’s been secretly investigating his death and planning revenge. - Dungeon: Kobold Elimination (C+ rank) - This is a test set by Saechan for ML. - ML clears this dungeon in half a day. - Dungeon: Lizard Warrior Hunt (D+ rank) - Yongwan set up this dungeon for ML to find out more about the Skull guild. Joining ML are a mercenary team and Jehoon Kim (Messiah) with the Skull guild team. Both teams are trying to kill ML but they don’t trust each other. ML kills both teams and kills the lizard hunter (final boss) to clear the dungeon. - Lee Jinah, the immortal player who can’t be killed. - He has the Styx River’s Blessing skill. - Dungeon: Albino Lizard’s Egg (A-rank) - ML buys the right to enter this dungeon from Saechan. - Jinah enters with ML as an examiner. - ML uses this as a chance to test Jinah's skills. - ML finds the egg after they defeat the albino lizard. - Inside the egg, ML obtains the Power of Apophis skill that gives resistance to all kinds of poison. - Dungeon: Needle Snake Hunt (A+ rank) - Saechan gets ML and Jinah to enter this dungeon. - They’re disguised as players from a Moscow guild. - Grim Reaper’s Mask: legendary item. - You can control and connect to undead monsters. - Saechan gave this item to ML who practises using it. - 1st floor: 5-day survival quest. Unknown to the other players, ML and Jinah massacre most of the monsters by themselves. - ML levels up and receives more skills … - Skeleton Warrior Mastery skill - Corpse Explosion skill: Inject mana into a monster’s body and it can explode at any time. - 2nd floor: Needle Snake (final boss) - It’s a gigantic snake with thorns on it’s body. The thorns shoot out for the snake to release a colourless and odourless poisonous gas. - ML and Jinah watch the majority of players attack the snake. Many players die from the poison. ML is immune to poison and fights the snake with his undead soldiers. He uses many spears coated with his blood poison to pierce and poison the snake. - ML makes the snake run away to areas where Jinah gathered the monsters’ bodies they’d killed earlier. ML uses his Corpse Explosion skill as the snake passes over those areas to make the bodies explode. As the snake succumbs to the poison, ML kills it. - Mastery Stone: improves skills from D to C-rank. - Yellow Dragon’s Magic Orb: contains powerful mana. It increases mana and mana recovery. - Isaac Ivanov is the alias that ML used as the one who cleared the dungeon. Saechan helps ML with manipulating public opinion about “Isaac” in the media to provoke a reaction from Messiah. - A spy from the Skull guild infiltrated a Phoenix guild team under Yongwan. The team were killed by the spy after they entered a dungeon. Yongwan wants to destroy the Skull guild and ML agrees to help him. - Messiah decide to cut ties with the Skull guild. - This creates tension with the bow master and swordmaster. - Dungeon: 2-Headed Dog (D-rank) - ML uses a fake ID (from Saechan) to enter this dungeon. - Jihoo Yang decides on his own to lead a team to kill ML. Other teams including the Skull guild also enter this dungeon. - ML gets rid of the Skull guild team first. - ML lures Jihoo away from his team and distracts Jihoo with traps. His team then Jihoo are killed by the skeleton soldiers. - Gawain’s Necklace: legendary item - It has the Blessing of the Sun skill that raises all stats. - Saechan and ML seem to have reached an implicit understanding that they both want to keep Messiah in check. - Dungeon: Horned Fox Hunt (A-rank) - ML and Saechan use this dungeon to save the Messiah team and make Messiah owe ML a favour. - ML and Jinah enter the dungeon disguised again as Russians. - A monster wave: hordes of fox monsters. - Horned fox (final boss) has incredible speed. Jinah used his immortal skill to stop the monster with his body so ML could attack with his blood poison arrows and undead army. - Aura Field skill (from Saechan) - Using Aura Field and the Grim Reaper’s Mask, ML shares the skill from Gawain’s Necklace to buff the stats of his skeleton soldiers. - ML clears the dungeon and receives the horn of the Horned Fox. In a media statement, he offers to give the horn to Messiah. - In keeping with their image as gracious heroes, Messiah decline the horn and offer a gift of gratitude instead. - ML obtains the Golem Summon skill. - Yongwan says the Skull guild have left South Korea and returned to Japan. Yongwan rewards ML with a new skill. - Blood Mist skill: create a mist using your own blood. - Hansung Group: the top finance company in the nation. - Founder and major sponsor of the Messiah guild. - Shinhye Park is the CEO. - ML is disguised as a porter when he enters a dungeon in North Korea. ML joins a Messiah team led by Suzuki Eiichi. - Inside the dungeon, ML kills a Messiah player and hides. He changes his disguise to Isaac. He kills the team but has a close battle with Suzuki. - Blood Absorption skill (from Yongwan) - This skill lets ML absorb blood from Suzuki, who is now greatly weakened by excessive blood loss. ML is healed enough to remove the Ring and let Suzuki die from the poison mist. - Lancelot’s Ring: legendary item. - Increased magic power and strong resistance to all negative effects (ie curses, mind control, etc). - Fire Fox dungeon in Japan (A+ rank) - ML and Jinah clear this dungeon disguised as Russians. - Blood Weapon skill: craft a weapon with your own blood. - Plus Ultra Ring: legendary item. All skill levels increase. - Frontier guild from USA, 1 of the top 5 guilds in the world. - Frontier signs an agreement with Phoenix under Yongwan. - Saechan and ML suspect Frontier are secretly colluding with Messiah to target ML and Yongwan when they’re inside dungeons. - Saechan suspects Messiah have infiltrated all of the top 5 guilds in the world. - Johann Georg, King of the Undead - He’s been recruited by Messiah to keep “Isaac” in check. - Percival’s Spear: legendary item (King Arthur) - Increased physical attack, damage and penetration. - Sam Oliver (Frontier) who was loaned Percival’s Spear. - Inside a dungeon, ML kills the Frontier team that were trying to kill him. ML disguises himself as Sam Oliver to kill the Frontier members guarding the dungeon entry. This is captured on CCTV. - Frozen Forest of Violence dungeon in Taiwan (A+ rank). - ML and Jinah disguised as Russians again. After ML as Isaac declares he’ll challenge this notoriously difficult dungeon, many top guilds from around the world join him. ML knows their real agenda is to treasure hunt for special items left behind by those who died from previous attempts. - Kunlun guild from China, 1 of the top 5 guilds - Van Gogh’s Bracelet: legendary item. It contains the power of harmony. It allows you to overcome the 5 x accessory limit by letting you use all 5 ring effects on one hand. - ML and Jinah kill an overpowered ogre with Percival’s Spear and poison from blood spears. - Berserker skill: turn a target into a berserker. All stats increase but life decreases over time. - 3 floor, C-rank dungeon with a Phoenix team. - ML shows his value with his creative use of blood poison, blood mist and blood weapons. His strategy helped achieve zero casualties and kill a giant white troll (final boss) to clear the dungeon. - Carrie Roana, Great One guild master in USA (1 of top 5). - Dead Forest dungeon in USA: after ML as Isaac asked to challenge this dungeon, it was opened for anyone to participate. - King Arthur’s Ring was offered as the prize by Great One. - Ellis Highton, the Great One team leader equipped herself with Merlin’s Staff and King Arthur’s Ring which has an item set effect. - Power of the Pharaoh skill: all dead bodies can be used as a sacrifice, not just those you killed. (from Saechan) - A condition is set for a competition between the guilds to see who has the highest monster kill count. The final result will determine who attacks the boss monster first and then in order after that. - ML and Jinah clear the 1st and 2nd floors. They also have the highest kill count. ML can now summon up to 50 undead. - On the 3rd and final floor, ML is immune to the poisonous black fog and Jinah is wearing Lancelot’s ring. - ML and Jinah face the headless horseman (final boss) and a horde of zombies. ML laid traps of exploding corpses for the Frontier guild who try to kill ML in a surprise attack from behind. - The other players are starting to collapse from the poison. ML convinces Ellis to give Merlin’s Staff and King Arthur’s Ring to him so he can quickly defeat the boss and save everyone. - ML has the set effect of his Round Table items which boosts their abilities and gives him great magic power. ML summons a large undead army and a giant rock golem to fight the zombie hordes, while Jinah and ML fight the boss. ML uses Percival’s Spear to smash the boss’ skull into pieces and clear the dungeon. - Hercules’ Ring: legendary item. - The more achievements you acquire, the more powerful you get. All stats increased. - King Arthur’s Ring: legendary item - All stats and attack power increased. - Effect of Round Table items increased by 100% - You can use Excalibur. - Merlin’s Staff: legendary item - It contains immense magic power. - Increased magic power, mana recovery and magic attacks. - 3 floor, A+ rank dungeon with a dragon hatchling in Japan. - ML as himself with ML as Isaac and Jinah (Russian disguise). - Saechan customised a Doppelgänger Leather item that looks like ML. It can be used over an undead skeleton. - NB: Yongwan doesn’t know ML is Isaac. - Yongwan continues to sponsor and support ML as Isaac in a mutually beneficial relationship. Isaac publicly credits Yongwan for his help. Yongwan and the Phoenix guild obtain positive PR from Isaac’s achievements. Yongwan gives Fire Golem and Skeleton Mage skills to ML before the dungeon in Japan. - ML clears the 1st and 2nd floors on his own. His army consists is the headless horseman, skeleton mages, giant fire golems and various other skeleton monsters. ML is now a one-man guild. - Jinah sacrifices himself again to tear through the dragon’s wing. Jinah, ML and ML’s army defeat the dragon on the 3rd floor. - The swordmaster sent a subordinate to assassinate ML as they came out of the dungeon. It was actually the doppelgänger that was “killed”. The swordmaster then killed his subordinate (who was a willing sacrifice) to look like a hero. - 4 floors, A+ rank, Hellhound dungeon in Japan. - As an apology for the death of a comrade, ML as Isaac and Jinah (Russian disguise) are given entry to this dungeon. - The swordmaster had bombs go off at the entry after ML and Jinah had gone into the dungeon. They locked the entry so no one else could go in. The swordmaster expects them to die inside. - After clearing the floors up to the 4th floor, ML finds the Aegis Shield that was left behind by a previous failed attempt. - Aegis Shield: legendary item. - The strongest shield made by Haphaestus that will never be destroyed. It has the Absolute Defence skill. - It activates God’s Blessing when infused with mana or energy. - There are 2 hellhounds as the final boss monsters. - ML takes care of one. Jinah insists on killing the other. - After clearing the dungeon, ML secretly meets Yongwan to confirm he’s alive. - The swordmaster gives ML as Isaac a reward. - Solomon’s Ring: legendary item. - Solomon’s Order skill: monsters can be controlled. - Increased attack and mana. - Hugh Fry, Lightning King, Thunderbird guild master. - Shakira, a sniper and vice guild master? - Vampire skill: you can turn into a vampire. - Summon Lich skill: summon an undead mage by sacrificing 100 monsters. - 5 floors, A+ rank, Cyclops dungeon in the Amazon. - Thunderbird, Messiah, ML and Jinah (as Russians) - ML is reunited with his Messiah comrades and close friends from his past life. Michelle the mage, Kyle and Jordan. - The final boss is a twin-headed cyclops. The Thunderbird team ignore ML’s advice and face the cyclops themselves. They’re all killed. Following ML’s strategy and leadership, the Messiah team with ML and Jinah kill the cyclops to clear the dungeon. - Twin Headed Cyclop’s Evil Eye: legendary item. - A crystal ball that uses mana to activate either Confusion or Petrification on enemies. - As agreed, ML gives the Evil Eye to Hugh Fry. - The swordmaster himself will face ML as Isaac. - Hades’ Helmet: stealth ability (like a ghost) - Hermès’ Boots: speed skill - 6 floors, A+ rank, Sphinx dungeon in Egypt. - Messiah and Johann invited Isaac to join forces for this dungeon. It’s clearly a trap. Yongwan wants Isaac to kill Johann. - Hades’ Ring (Johann): it can control skeleton soldiers, even ML’s. - Osiris’ Ring (Isaac): has the Resurrect skill. It can completely revive the dead. Increased attack and ability. - After clearing the floors up to the 6th floor, Johann reveals his true intentions and attacks ML who runs away with Jinah. - After Jinah kills a drake, ML resurrects it and they fly towards the giant sphinx (final boss). With the sphinx in pursuit, ML gets the drake to fly over Johann’s campsite and ML jumps off with Jinah. The sphinx lands after catching the drake and it decimates Johann’s undead army. The sphinx eventually flies away. - The swordmaster takes off Hades’ Helmet to reveal himself. Johann quickly snatches the helmet and runs away while his remaining skeleton soldiers attack the swordmaster. - Johann surrenders to ML. He gives Hades’ Helmet and Ring to ML as proof that he wants to be allies. The swordmaster finds Jinah and cuts off his head. Before the swordmaster could attack ML, his arms are chopped off by the recovered Jinah who was using the Helmet to appear invisible. - The swordmaster uses his mouth and teeth to clench onto the sword and he uses the speed from the Boots to slice through Jinah, ML and Johann. ML used the Aegis Shield to protect himself and Jinah. Johann was cut in half. ML as Isaac kills the swordmaster. - Jinah, ML and ML’s army defeat the sphinx and clear the dungeon. - ML knew Johann had the Return from the Dead skill and came back to life. ML lent Hermès’ Helmet to Johann so he could sneak out of the dungeon. Johann meets up with ML and Jinah in Cairo to return the helmet. - Jisoo Lee, Saechan’s secretary / assistant. - Shinhye Park used to be school mates with Jisoo Lee. - Jisoo Lee visits Shinhye at her Hansung Group office. Jisoo directly asks Shinhye if she killed Jisoo’s father. Shinhye continues to lie that it was an accident then gets angry when Jisoo hands over documented evidence? - 3yrs ago the creation of Messiah was announced by the Hansung Group. A dungeon appeared in the office basement. Newly awakened and inexperienced Shinhye went there in case of a dungeon break. That is where Jisoo’s father died. It’s also when Shinhye first met Seejoon Lee. - Messiah have just cleared a 7-floor dungeon, a world first. - Hugh Fry visits Yongwan Park and proposes they need to undertake a 7-floor dungeon together to keep Messiah and Seejoon Lee in check. He wants to write a (joint?) will to make arrangements for their guild members in case one of them is killed. Their guilds will merge in the event Hugh or Yongwan die. - ML is playing both Hugh and Yongwan against each other. He followed Yongwan’s order to get Isaac to kill Johann (who is actually in hiding). Hugh orders ML to help him kill Yongwan at the top floor of the 7-floor dungeon. - 7 floors, C+ rank dungeon in Pakistan. - Phoenix guild, Thunderbird guild and the Russians (ML, Isaac and Jinah) are cooperating on this raid. Johann is disguised as Isaac. He used a Soul Authority skill that contracts his soul to ML. - On the 4th floor ML uses his Summon Lich skill which has the added effect of doubling the numbers of his undead army. - Hugh decides to attack Yongwan now. Jinah protects Yongwan while ML used Hermès’ Helmet to make a sneak attack on Hugh. - Hugh uses his Indra’s Descent skill. Hugh is possessed by Indra the Lightning god and his destructive power affects both allies and enemies. - Before the raid, ML was allowed to choose an item from Yongwan’s armoury. ML chose an object sealed in a rock. - Golden Dragon’s gastric juices: allows you to see the authentic nature of a sealed item. ML pours these juices over the rock to reveal the legendary Thor’s Hammer. - The multiple lightning strikes aimed at ML are absorbed by the Hammer. Hermes’ Boots help ML to dodge Hugh’s spear attacks. - The lich has Merlin’s Staff and summons countless undead soldiers. The Thunderbird guild are surrounded. - Hugh runs out of mana and can no longer regenerate. ML lets his undead finish off Hugh. ML obtains Orin’s Spear and it resonates with Thor’s Hammer. - Goblin King: the boss monster on the 7th floor. - ML makes everyone continue with the raid under threat from Isaac. Together they clear the dungeon after killing the Goblin King. - Meanwhile Seejoon Lee wrecks havoc on the Hansung Group HQ. The media release reports it as an attack from an unknown anti-player terrorist organisation. The government authorises Messiah to stop crimes against players. This means Messiah can use military force against ordinary citizens. - At a press conference, Isaac (ML) declares the Phoenix and Thunderbird guilds will merge to form a new guild called Saviour. Isaac and his comrades will also join this guild. They won’t be connected to any government. They will clear dungeons and fight monsters for free. - 7 floors, A rank dungeon appears in France. - Francis Chereau the Dragonslayer, no.1 player in France. - Balmung the sword (is his sword?) - Jisoo (Saviour) and Shinhye (Messiah) are in Paris to bid for first access to the dungeon.
Saihate no Paladin
Ch 18 as of 30/06/22 - ML is William (Will) who retains his past life’s memories. - In his past life, he was a shut-in. He blamed himself for being worthless when his parents died. - ML was found as a baby and raised by a group of 3 undead. - They live among the ruins of an abandoned city. - Dad: Vlad / Blood the skeleton warrior (the War Ogre) - Mum: Marie the mummy priestess (Mater’s Beloved Daughter) - Grandpa: Gus the ghost mage (Augustus the Wandering Sage) - ML learns martial arts from Vlad, magic and academic studies from Gus, and life skills and prayers from Marie. - ML knows these lessons are to prepare him for life beyond the ruined city when he leaves as an adult. In this world you are considered an adult when you turn 15yo. The virtuous gods: - Volt, god of order, justice, thunder and lightning - Mater / Martel, goddess of fertility, earth and family - Blaze, god of flames, techniques and craftsmanship - Enlight, god of knowledge and words - Leasilvia, goddess of water and vegetation - Whirl, god of wind and communication - Gracefeal, goddess of transmigration and the life-death cycle The evil gods: - Illtreat, god of tyranny and despotism - Dyrhygma, god of dimensions and demons - Stagnate, god of the undead and immortality - Volt is the ruler of the virtuous gods. - Illtreat is the older brother of Volt. - Volt and Mater are husband and wife. - Gracefeal is their daughter. - 200yrs ago the Southmark continent was invaded by the High King of Demons. Many cities and towns were overtaken by hordes of demons. ML’s home was the base of the High King. - Gus, Vlad and Marie were famous, highly skilled heroes. They led an elite group to steal the Overeater sword from the High King. When Vlad was losing to the High King and their comrades were dying, Marie and Gus decided to seal away the High King. - As more demons gathered to try and break the seal, an echo (incarnation) of Stagnate descended. The god offered a contract with Marie, Vlad and Gus to become his undead and join his forces. In exchange he would wipe out the demons in the area. - The 3 heroes became the highest class of undead to guard and protect the High King’s seal for eternity. Stagnate turned the lower ranked demons into undead and wiped out the rest. - The 3 undead buried their comrades. Gus set up an extensive magic alarm system. They are bound to the place of the seal due to their contract and can’t leave. They had no contact with the rest of the world and thought humanity was extinct until ML arrived. - ML as a baby was kidnapped by demons to be used as a human sacrifice to break the seal over the High King of Demons. - Pale Moon, ML’s magic spear. - Overeater, a demon blade that belonged to the High King of Demons. Life force can be recovered from any being it cuts. - The adulthood rite / coming of age ceremony includes choosing your guardian deity and making a pledge to that deity. - The day before ML turns 15yo, he has a final duel with Vlad. - Afterwards Vlad gives ML the Overeater sword. - Vlad warns ML to only use Overeater as a last resort and avoid becoming dependent on it. - ML is told the story of how he came to the place where the 3 undead were and what happened 200yrs ago. - An echo of Stagnate appears to take the souls of Marie and Vlad. - A condition of the contract was when the 3 undead heroes lost all attachment to the High King and no longer cared about the seal, they would completely belong to Stagnate. - The echo thanks ML for being the reason the attachment is gone for Vlad and Marie, while Gus’ attachment has greatly weakened. ML is invited to join Stagnate with the 3 undead heroes. ML is given a day to think it over. - The 3 undead were badly injured by the echo. - ML alone faces Stagnate and refuses his offer. - The echo continues to tempt ML and holds a cup with his blood. ML gets close and cuts off the echo’s hand. A snake grows from the hand and bites ML who faints. - ML wakes up to see Gracefeal. She gives him the option of living or dying. He wants to live and protect his family which he didn’t do in his past life. ML makes his pledge to Gracefeal. In this life, he will live properly and die fulfilled. - ML revives and faces Stagnate again. ML is distracted by the undead summoned by the echo. ML doesn’t see Stagnate and realises the echo has gone to Marie and Vlad. - ML arrives to see that Stagnate will reach Marie and Vlad first. Suddenly there’s a bright light and Mater appears to block Stagnate. - As Mater disappears, ML attacks with Overeater and defeats the echo. Vlad and Marie say their final farewells to ML as their souls are taken by Gracefeal to rejoin the cycle of rebirth. - Gus will be taken by Gracefeal in 10yrs time. - Gus gives a large pouch of money to ML for his travels. - Meneldor, a half-elf hunter - His village was attacked by demonic beasts. They needed supplies to treat the injured and for the women and children. Meneldor led some men to raid the nearest village but was stopped by ML who received a warning from Gracefeal. ML hires Meneldor to guide him to the demonic beasts. ML makes a surprise attack and kills the largest beasts. Meneldor used his bow to kill the smaller ones. - With ML as the mediator, Meneldor changes his guardian deity and makes a pledge to Gracefeal. - ML explores ruins with Meneldor to find treasure to help his village. They’re travelling to Whitesails, a port city, to buy supplies. - Robina (Bee) Goodfellow, a halfling troubadour - Antonio, a hawker merchant for remote villages - The late King Egbert II of the Fertile kingdom. - The current King Owen, son of Egbert’s 1st wife. - Prince Ethelbald, younger half brother of Owen and son of Egbert’s 2nd wife. He’s also governor of Whitesails. - Bishop Bart Bagley - ML, Meneldor, Robina and Antonio arrive in Whitesails. - After ML introduces himself to the Bishop, they’re invited to stay in the temple guest rooms.
The S-Classes That I Raised
Ch 69 as of 17/01/23 - Multiple gates appeared around the world. - One day the gates changed colour and monsters poured out. The gates connected to dungeons in another world. Because the dungeons weren’t subdued, dungeon breaks occurred and the monsters escaped. - People awakened as hunters with the ability to fight the monsters. - Hunting soon became the most important job in the world. - Hunters can see a status window that lists their skills. - Hunters can join guilds and form parties to raid dungeons. - Materials obtained from dungeons can be sold for money. High returns come with high risks, with many low rank hunters dying. - Technology advanced with the discovery of magic stones. - Humanity adapted quickly to the changed world. - Hunter associations were established in each country to keep the awakened in check. Most hunters work while being affiliated with the associations or guilds. - ML is Han Yujin. - After his parents died, he dropped out of school to work and support his younger brother. - Han Yuhyeon, ML’s younger brother and a high schooler. - He awakened as one of the very few S-rank hunters in the world. - He established the Abyss guild and became the youngest ever guild master of the strongest guild in the country. He became rich, famous and successful. - ML went to an awakening broker to pay to be awakened. He gave his entire life savings to what was soon uncovered as a scam. - ML awakened as a F-rank hunter called the “Caregiver.” - He was called a parasite for trying to live off Yuhyeon. It was also suspicious that he was the only survivor of multiple raids. - Yuhyeon abandoned ML, saying ML was holding him back as an incompetent older brother. Yuhyeon told ML to just live quietly. - ML’s unique skill lets him influence his surroundings. - When he says “cheer up” to those he’s become friends with, they receive a slight buff to their growth. An additional hidden “last reward” skill is activated when the influenced target dies. The skills and stats of the influenced target are temporarily doubled and transferred to ML, and he also sees their last memories. - ML joins a party to enter a D-rank dungeon. The party is killed by a (1st class) dragon. Yuhyeon arrives to save ML from the dragon’s attack. When Yuhyeon again admonishes ML for getting into trouble, ML tries to kill himself by facing the dragon. Yuhyeon blocks the dragon’s attack with his body and is mortally wounded. He tries to get ML to escape. - Yuhyeon’s skills and stats are transferred to ML when he dies. ML sees Yuhyeon’s memories and learns the truth that Yuhyeon ruined their relationship on purpose to keep ML safe. (So stupid) - ML kills the dragon. One of the rewards he receives is a wishing stone that will grant one wish (except for resurrection). ML wishes to turn back time to before he became awakened. - ML returns to 5yrs ago. He’s in 20yo Yuhyeon’s office at the Abyss guild before he argued with Yuhyeon and went to the broker. - Relieved to see Yuhyeon alive, ML hugs Yuhyeon and apologises for not understanding how much Yuhyeon had to go through alone. ML says he won’t cause trouble so Yuhyeon doesn’t have to worry about him anymore. ML says I love you to Yuhyeon. - ML planned to forget about being awakened and just live quietly. - He’s suddenly notified that he’s an awakened. He receives the titles of “dragon slayer” and “caregiver” from his past life. - The dragon slayer title has 4 skills. - Resistance, L-rank (legendary): Poison, Curse and Fear. - Dragons’ Natural Enemy (SS-rank) - The caregiver title has been buffed by the dragon slayer title. - The caregiver title now comes with 4 skills. - Last Reward (L-rank): the skills transfer now lasts for 7 days. - My Kid is the Best (L-rank): when activated by the key phrase, it increases the target’s growth rate by 100% for 3 days. - My Kid is so Great (SS-rank): it activates with the key phrase and when ML cheers on a target in front of an audience. The stats and skills of the target increases by the number of intelligent beings in the audience. (100% max) - Promising Sprout (S-rank): ML can check the potential rank of others. They will awaken with their optimal potential when influenced by ML and the key phrase is used. - The key phrase to activate the caregiver skills is “I love you.” - ML overall stats remain at F-rank. - Yuhyeon moves ML to his place and says ML can’t leave for his own safety. Yuhyeon’s enemies will target ML now that his relationship has improved with Yuhyeon. - Kim Seonghan (A-rank), Abyss guild member - He has a defence skill, “Shield of the Earth.” - He’s assigned as ML’s guard. - Korean Hunter Association (KHA) - ML registers as a F-rank hunter at the KHA. - He buys hunter equipment that raises his stats to C-rank. - Park Yerim, the ice witch (A-rank) in ML’s past life. - 15yo Yerim was exploited and abused by her uncle after her parents died. ML scouts her before she’s awakened. - A monster appears from an unexpected dungeon break where ML is having dinner with Yerim. He takes her to the evacuation area then faces the monster with Seonghan. - Yerim follows ML and insists on helping him. She asks him to awaken her. ML uses his promising sprout skill and she’s a S-rank. Yerim easily fights back against the monster but has trouble controlling her strength. Yuhyeon arrives and destroys the monster. - Yerim signs a contract with the Abyss guild and ML is her patron. The guild makes her uncle sign a contract to stay away from Yerim. - She goes to the KHA to register as the 8th S-rank in the country. ML insists that she goes by herself and he watches from afar. - ML starts to think he was given his skills to help make diamonds in the rough shine. - Yu Myeongwoo, a new F-rank hunter. He has the potential for the SS-rank “Master of the Golden Forge” skill. - He was always good with his hands but his parents told him to focus on studying instead. He’s now in debt and is struggling in life. - He awakened when he was trying to kill himself. - A miner contract is a scam that tricks inexperienced F-rank hunters to mine while the other party members actually do the hunting in a dungeon. The F-rank miners give up most of what they mine while being exposed to the high risk of injury and death. - ML follows Myeongwoo and gets in the car with the loan sharks that Myeongwoo is in debt to. He secretly calls Seonghan to let him know where they’re going from the conversation. - The loan sharks make Myeongwoo sign a miner contract and try to make ML sign one too. ML rips up both contracts which are cursed but his resistance skill means he’s not affected. - Seonghan arrives to save ML and Myeongwoo, and he beats up the loan sharks. They get taken to the KHA to deal with and arrange compensation for the other victims of the loan sharks. - Seok Simyung, HR team leader, Abyss guild - ML forces Simyung to assign a dorm room for Myeongwoo while he does the new hunter education training at the guild. ML will move into a 4-room apartment and hire Myeongwoo as his fake live-in housekeeper so Myeongwoo can keep staying there. - Seonghan takes ML to a trendy bar for drinks. He apologises to ML for misjudging him. ML turns off his poison resistance and gets really drunk. ML keeps saying I love you to Seonghan which reminds Seonghan of his late grandpa when he got drunk. - Later ML thinks the influence of his caregiver title is a form of brainwashing. Under ML’s influence, others see ML as their caregiver and will follow him blindly. - Seok Hayan, a professor and expert on dungeons. - She went to the US to continue her research and discovered the law of dungeons in ML’s past life. Her uncle is Seok Simyung. - Yerim, ML and Myeongwoo take the new hunter education training together. Hayan teaches the theory. - A horned fire lion cub is a magic beast and a unicorn subspecies. Currently C-rank with S-rank potential. - An owner’s token: it’s a magic pendant that makes a monster recognise the owner as it’s master. - The cub was found in a dungeon by Yuhyeon and his party after they killed the boss monster. Yuhyeon is having trouble taming the cub. To prevent the cub from being killed, ML uses his caregiver skills on the cub and it works. ML names the cub “Peace.” - As new hunters, Yerim, ML and Myeongwoo enter their first dungeon together. Yuhyeon goes with them. Yerim and Yuhyeon hunt monsters to help ML and Myeongwoo level up. - Suddenly an A-rank monster appears in the D-rank dungeon. With ML giving advice to Yerim and Yuhyeon on how to use their skills, they kill the monster. Someone was trying to communicate with ML through the system. - When ML checks his caregiver skills, a book appears that seems to tell ML to influence up to 50 S-ranks. (Time limit: 5yrs) - ML pretends to have a new beast taming skill after leveling up. It’s just to hide his caregiver skills. ML refuses to sign with one guild and prefers to remain unaffiliated. Simyung will handle negotiations with the other guilds on ML’s behalf. A video of ML and Peace is shared with the major guilds. - Park Mingyu, Hanshin guild master. - Moon Hyunah, Breaker guild master and ex-athlete. - Choi Seokwon, MKC guild master and ex-soccer pro. - Sung Hyeonjae, Jupiter guild master and no.1 hunter in the world. - The major guild masters and the KHA president visit ML at the Abyss guild office. They finalise negotiations over the provision of tamed beasts. ML will prioritise the taming commissions of the 5 guilds. The building for the taming facility will be constructed and paid for by the other 4 guilds (excluding Abyss). ML will have sole ownership of the building. The 5 guilds guarantee the safety of ML and his building. - Yoon Yoon the Dokkaebi is a mysterious B-rank hunter with stealth and teleportation skills. He likes scaring people with his pranks. He was born 3yrs ago when the gates first appeared. - He’s a 100yo soul that dwelled in an old waterwheel. - He loses a bet with ML after 3 attempts at scaring ML failed. He becomes ML’s subordinate for the next 3yrs. - ML gets Dokkaebi to help source data about dungeons overseas for Hayan’s research. Other countries prohibit access to their dungeons by foreigners. With the support of the Abyss guild, Hayan and her research will stay to benefit the country. - Simyung gets ML and Peace to appear on a TV show. It’s better for ML’s safety if everyone knows his face. - Hyunah is on set and speaks privately to ML. She tries to warn him about the monster that Yuhyeon really is. - ML doesn’t care. He understands too well how being awakened can change someone and how others see you. - Myeongwoo has to sharpen 10k knives to awaken his next skill. He’s given a work area in the equipment maintenance dept of the Abyss guild. The other maintenance workers are hostile at first as they think Myeongwoo got into the guild through nepotism. - Myeongwoo’s dedication and work ethic make the others realise he was being given an opportunity to shine. - ML and Peace are kidnapped from the Abyss guild. - ML is in a freight container on a ship to Japan where an auction will be held. Half the profits will be split among the kidnappers. One of the MKC guild sponsors is behind the kidnapping. - ML provokes the B-rank thug guarding him in the hope that he becomes so injured he has to be taken to hospital. Instead the thug takes ML to a cell with a C-rank monster. The thug leaves for 30mins and returns to find ML has made friends with the monster. - The thug is weakened by the monster but still manages to kill the monster. ML receives double the skills and stats from the monster and kills the thug. Using the stealth and tentacle skills of the monster, ML kills the other kidnappers. He finds Peace in another cell and waits there until they’re rescued. - Myeongwoo feels depressed and useless about ML’s kidnapping and runs away. He comes across a couple of kids who take him with them. Together they try to awaken as combat hunters by experiencing dangerous things. Myeongwoo tries to stop the kids when they run towards a dungeon break and this is captured by a news chopper. - The girl awakens as a F-rank after facing a monster. She tells Myeongwoo to leave her behind as her life isn’t worth living. - He says she’s wrong and gets her to go with the other kid to safety while he distracts the monster. As he’s falling to his death, Myeongwoo is saved just in time by ML who saw the news and still has his monster skills. - Back at home, ML tells Myeongwoo to never do that again. - Myeongwoo completes sharpening his 10k blades and awakens his SS-rank skill. He is the only equipment production hunter in the world. A pocket dimension comes with the skill and is full of S-rank and SS-rank materials. He also received a crafting encyclopaedia. He takes ML on a tour of the Golden Forge which can only be accessed with his permission. - ML says Myeongwoo can do whatever he wants from now on. - Myeongwoo crafts an ice tree spear, a S-rank weapon using a S-class magic stone from the Abyss guild and an ice branch. The spear is publicly presented to Yerim. Both Myeongwoo and Yerim declare their gratitude to ML. This shows how much he means to them and how they want to protect him. - Kang Soyoung 19yo, A-class hunter recruited from England by the Jupiter guild. She has a SS-rank beast mount skill called “Dragon Rider.” She’s still waiting for her dragon to hatch. It’s a dark spiked wing dragon. - Peace is lethargic since the kidnapping. Soyoung suggests they go to the rooftop garden at the Jupiter guild. Peace is reenergised and explores with enthusiasm. ML meets Sung Hyeonjae who seems to be testing ML. Hyeonjae gives ML a pair of stud earrings that increase magic power and has a B-class barrier skill. - Using his monster skills before they expire, ML sneaks out and goes to a F-rank dungeon to try and communicate with the system. - ML sees multiple windows that say “preparation needed” and “one week.” The windows shatter and a small white chick appears. - To feed the chick, ML collects mana stones from monsters he kills. He solo clears the dungeon after killing the boss monster. - ML names the chick “Chirpy.” - ML secretly farms for more mana stones to feed Chirpy and Peace. He clears an E-rank and a D-rank dungeon (and levels up?). - ML enters a D-rank dungeon with Peace and Yuhyeon. - ML is suddenly summoned by the system (creators?) and is teleported to inside the wishing stone? Earlier ML was told the wishing stone could grant a wish for resurrection. - Only ML’s world went back in time. Everything else remained the same. That’s why it seems like the dungeons are increasing in strength and number faster. To protect his world, ML must use the key phrase on 50 S-ranks (beasts or humans). - The status window will eventually disappear as it’s only for guiding beginners. It limits players too much. - ML is sent back to the dungeon. Yuhyeon has decimated everything while trying to find ML. Both Yuhyeon and ML have been keeping secrets from each other. They have more open communication and resolve their misunderstandings. Yuhyeon becomes less protective and more trusting of ML. - ML presents the Dokkaebi’s reports on foreign dungeons to a very grateful Seok Hayan. He offers to provide her with a research centre next to his building. She recruits her friends to join her. They make up the incredible research team that she formed in the US from ML’s past life. - 3 baby monsters arrive for ML to look after. - Blue the golden griffin - The shadow unicorns, White and Black - Riette, S-rank hunter (from France?) - She and her brother are half human and half dragon. They killed a cursed poison dragon boss monster in a dungeon that was supposed to appear in 5yrs time. They consumed the dragon’s powers. - She started an illegal contract business using her curse skill. - Black Golem’s City, A-rank dungeon - Kim Seonghan can become S-rank by fulfilling a condition. He needs to defeat an A-rank boss monster on his own. - The dungeon is owned by the Jupiter guild. Hyeonjae insists on joining the raid party, which includes ML, Peace, Seonghan, Yerim and Hyunah. Multiple S-rankers aren’t usually allowed in dungeons. They’re used to fighting alone and aren’t mindful of other S-rankers. They also use the opportunity of being in a dungeon to fight each other. - Scary Chick Class Teacher skill (SS-rank) - You can connect multiple people and have them work together, but your mana consumption and mental strain is considerable. - ML obtains this new “command system” skill after he orders the S-rankers around. - Bavar the Giant Toad monster (1st class, SS-rank) comes out from a dungeon break in China and causes widespread damage in 5yrs time. Rapid recovery is one of it’s skills. Suddenly it appears inside this A-rank dungeon. - ML gets the S-rankers to cooperate together to kill Bavar. ML uses his new skill to link everyone with ML as the centre. - ML shares his skill with Hyeonjae that doubles attack power? - Seonghan protects everyone with his defence skill by erecting a massive earth wall. The first ever cooperation between S-rankers is a success and they defeat Bavar. - ML passes out. Hyeonjae is consumed by greed after experiencing the intoxicating power up with ML. He tries to kidnap ML but relents for now. ML is unconscious for 2 days. - Seonghan is now a S-rank. He will be promoted to Abyss vice guild master. Peace also reached S-rank and was taken by Yuhyeon alone into a S-rank dungeon. - ML was rewarded with a “Nameless Demon King’s Old Waterwheel” (SS-rank). He gives it to Yoon Yoon who turns into a demon king (1st class, SS-rank) and goes on a rampage. ML convinces Yoon Yoon that he is much scarier as a Dokkaebi. Yoon Yoon calms down and turns into a goblin king instead. - Song Taewon is the Chief Officer of Awakened Management at the Public Administration and Security Ministry. He’s a former policeman and the only S-ranker working as a public servant. - The taming facility is finished. Kang Soyoung’s baby dragon has finally hatched and is called Comet.
Helmut: The Forsaken Child
Ch 40 as of 21/01/23 - End of Season 1, Ch 40 - Forest of Roots: - It’s a massive area covered in demonic energy. - A divine barrier stops anything demonic from leaving the Forest. - The Forest became a place of punishment and exile. Divine power is used to send criminals to the Forest to get rid of them. No one can survive here. If you manage to escape the Forest alive, your sins will be forgiven. - Helmut was born with the seed of darkness, so his existence is sin itself. He was sent to the Forest of Roots as a newborn baby. - Helmut is probably from a noble family. - Elaga the snow leopard picked up baby Helmut and cared for him. - Helmut is protected in Elaga’s territory covering the central area. - Darien Deperte the Sword Saint. - 10yo Helmut finds Darien’s hut in the Forest. Elaga gave special permission to Darien to live in his territory. - Darien helps Helmut to grow stronger so he can escape the Forest and survive in the human world. Darien trains Helmut in swordsmanship. - Vis: nature’s energy and flow - To absorb and control the energy in the atmosphere, then infuse the energy through your sword. Helmut learns how to use vis to help him suppress the seed of darkness inside him. - Demonic beasts all have a core. - When a core is consumed by a demonic beast, they grow stronger, recharge their energy, and increase their lifespan. - Naho the 2-headed snake has territory in the southern area. - A few years ago, Darien destroyed the human farm in Naho’s territory. The farm has been rebuilt since then. People sent to the Forest are captured and brought to the farm. The men are used as slave labour to maintain the farm. The women are sacrifices for Naho to consume. - Erugo the black mage is the leader of the human farm. - He created the farm in cooperation with Naho. - He needs people for his human experiments with black magic. - 14-15yo Helmut is told by Darien that it’s time for him to leave the Forest. Darien tells Helmut to never lose himself. The next morning, Darien has passed away. He left his sword for Helmut. - Elaga gives Helmut a locket made of gold that he had with him as a baby. Engraved in the locket is: “Let there be light on your path, Margret Irene.” - Before Darien died, he told Helmut to find Erugo to learn more about the weakened part of the divine barrier. - Helmut threatens Erugo for the info. Erugo alerts Naho. - Helmut strikes an eye and Naho consumes the injured head. - Elaga faces Naho and tells Helmut to escape. - Helmut reaches the Forest of Roots edge. The seed of darkness inside him reacts to the divine barrier nearby. - Igrelle the phoenix and ruler of the northern area stops him. - Helmut convinces Igrelle to let him try to be the first being to cross the barrier and make it out of the Forest. - Face Mercenary Corps - Phien, captain and a rank 2 gold medal mercenary. - Tanya, vice captain and a rank 3 silver medal mercenary. - Phien and Tanya are siblings. - Finn, a rank 4 bronze medal mercenary, finds Helmut who is unconscious after crossing the barrier. Helmut wakes up after being treated for his injuries and he pretends to have amnesia. - Helmut tests the level of his skills in a duel with Tanya. He hasn’t fully recovered and he can’t use vis yet. He’s defeated by Tanya. - Helmut is invited to stay with the squad until his memories return. He receives a rank 4 mercenary deed as his temporary ID. - The other mercenaries in the squad are rank 3 silver. - Helmut secretly trains late at night to grow stronger. - Sir Miles from the Butan Merchant Association commissions the Face and Tarik mercenary squads for a large scale convoy. - Caleb (Tarik squad) constantly bullies Finn and taunts Helmut. - The convoy is suddenly attacked by demonic beasts. The beast leader escapes after the other beasts are killed. - Helmut saves Finn from a demonic beast. His vis has returned. - That night Caleb follows Helmut who walks away from the camp on his own. Caleb attacks Helmut who slashes Caleb’s legs. The beast leader was watching and kills Caleb. - The demonic beasts attack day and night without rest. They’re only targeting the Face squad. Sir Miles and the Tarik squad make a secret deal to leave the exhausted Face squad behind as bait to distract the beasts while they flee to save themselves. - Many demonic beasts surround the Face squad. ML reveals his ability with vis and slaughters them all. ML detects another battle in the distance. Phien sends ML ahead to check if it’s the Tarik squad. - Paul the Tarik captain and Max the Tarik vice captain abandoned everyone and fled. ML faces the beast leader who absorbs the energy from the dead beasts to grow stronger. - The beast leader is still much weaker than Naho and ML kills it quickly. The Face squad arrive and discover Sir Miles survived. - Phien thanks Helmut for protecting the Face squad. Phien will be there for Helmut if he ever needs help. - Antiol the archmage was the client who commissioned Butan to transport goods from the powerful Lumen Temple (who defeated the demon king 1000yrs ago). Lumen has been gathering sacrifices and power under the guise of protection. - At a designated remote location, Sir Miles uses a magic pendant to take them to Antiol’s abode. Only a third of those who began with the convoy made it to the end. The remains of the demonic beasts are also sold to Antiol. - Helmut is noticed by Antiol who casts a soundproof barrier so they can talk privately. Antiol swears a mage’s oath to never reveal that Helmut has the seed of darkness inside. - Antiol says that the seed is like Helmut’s heart and can never be removed as it is essential in order for him to live. - Helmut parts ways with the Face squad. They upgraded his mercenary deed to rank 3 for use during his travels. - Antiol warned Helmut that the seed will one day devour him and go berserk. Helmut wants to grow even stronger so this won’t happen and his control over the seed is absolute. - Darien had slipped a letter into Helmut’s belongings. He suggests Helmut travel to Baden to attend the Greta Academy. There Helmut can learn more about being a human to help him adapt to the outside world. A man named Ethan Kudrow will help Helmut if he shows Darien’s sword to Ethan. - Black Hawk, an underworld organisation - Helmut beats up some Black Hawk thugs who tried to extort money from him. Helmut is warned by an innkeeper that the thugs will return to avenge themselves later. Helmut lures the thugs to a nearby forest and takes care of them there. His seed of darkness reacts to the murder of humans. - Paul and Max (both rank 2 mercenaries) want to join Black Hawk. To prove they’re worthy, they assigned to find and kill Helmut. - Helmut visits a mercenary guild and accepts a commission to escort a noble lady: Jenia 14yo, daughter of Marquis Cheringen. - Aleah, a mage and Jenia’s acquaintance - Jenia’s entourage stop in a forest for a break. - The spring is tainted with a sleeping potion by Paul and Max who are with a large group of Black Hawk members. Helmut and Aleah are the only ones who didn’t drink the spring water. The Black Hawk members are captured by Aleah. Helmut let Paul and Max escape. He didn’t know that imprisoning them was an option. - Ethan Kudrow is a swordsmanship instructor. - Jenia’s entourage arrive at Baden. It’s the first city that Helmut has visited. He goes to the Greta Academy and meets Ethan who realises Helmut is Darien’s student after seeing his sword. Helmut asks Ethan to keep it a secret about Helmut’s connection to Darien. - Ethan helps Helmut enrol at the Academy as a transfer student. He’s astounded at Helmut’s sword skills after seeing Helmut slice through a hardwood log with a wooden sword using vis. Helmut still needs to pass the written exam to be accepted at the Academy. - Helmut gets Aleah to tutor him after paying a small fortune. - Aleah is at the top of his class at the Academy. - ML learns quickly but has trouble with the concepts of ethics and justice. A few weeks later ML takes the written exam. - ML is scorned for being a commoner by the other examinees. - For the 1st stage of the practical exam, ML shocks the supervisor by splitting the blackwood log in half with one strike. - The 2nd stage is a 1v1 duel with 2 rounds. The examinees are evaluated on their skills, not on the final outcome of the duel. - Ethan is 1 of the 3 judges on the evaluation panel. - ML doesn’t give his opponent a chance to act at all and easily wins the 1st round. For the 2nd round, Ethan asks ML to focus on teaching instead of winning. ML spars with his opponent while pointing out areas for improvement. Ethan is reminded of Darien. - All 3 judges are impressed with ML the most. - Sian, the only elemental mage at the Academy. - Ratin is a spirit of light. - Before ML starts attending the Academy, he takes on a request from the Baden mercenary guild. He needs to investigate and eliminate the “ghost” that appeared at the Academy. - The ghost turns out to be a spirit of darkness. Sian, Aleah and ML work together to subdue and capture the spirit. - All students are treated equally at the Academy, regardless of status, family and gender.
Standard of Reincarnation
Ch 43 as of 17/01/23 - ML was Daven Samion who was born without a right arm. - He was his family’s disgrace and an outcast. - His father was obsessed with surpassing his older brother, the head of the main family. - Kajin Samion, ML’s cousin born on the same day as ML. - He was blessed by the sword god when he was born. - ML was always compared to Kajin. This made ML jealous of Kajin’s strength and talent. ML was motivated to train hard. - ML 7yo was sold by his parents to the main Samion family. - He was constantly abused and bullied by Kajin. - Kajin’s father had disappeared, so Kajin had no guidance or discipline. Kajin was spoilt, violent, arrogant and uncontrollable. - As Kajin grew up, he neglected his training. He indulged in women, alcohol and drugs. Despite all this, he was known as Storm Sword Kajin for his innate talent and genius. - ML continued to work hard until at a tournament, 29yo ML beat Kajin for the first time. As ML turned to leave, Kajin stabbed through ML’s body. Raila the Miracle Saint saved ML. - The Sun sword: contains the anti-demon mana of the Samion family and is used only by the main Samion bloodline. - ML was accused of making a contract with a demon so he could beat Kajin. He was betrayed by his parents who provided fake evidence of his crime. Kajin was declared a hero for stabbing ML to protect the Samion family’s honour. Kajin became the Sword Emperor. - ML realised that while he beat Kajin, he didn’t beat the Samion family who chose Kajin over ML. The tendons in his legs and arm were cut. His mana was sealed and he was imprisoned for life. ML starved to death 10yrs later. - ML is reborn 500yrs later as Vinchen Adenca 13-14yo. - He’s the 7th child of the main Adenca family. - His mother Sarvana died after giving birth to him. - His father Khan ignores him and his siblings bully him. - 1st child - 2nd child, Deia - 3rd child, Hannah - 4th child, Abel - 5th child, Damian - 6th child, Malone - 8th child - Julian, a minor god. He was the original Vinchen. - He needs to attain achievements and complete his calling to become a true god. Then ML will become the true owner of Vinchen’s body. - History has been fabricated with the legend of the Archdemon Daven and the Hero King Kajin. - Sun Sword Emperor Arslan Falker was the first patriarch of the Adenca family. Arslan was Daven’s friend and disciple. - The mission of the Adenca family and Julian’s calling is to surpass the Samion family and to face the truth. - Heavenly Exoskeleton: the ability to store mana in one’s bones and use mana endlessly. Kajin had this ability. So does Vinchen. - The method for storing mana in the physical body is obsolete. - Imagery: an imaginary storage for mana. - This was created to avoid the risks that come with storing mana in the heart. The number of stars utilised represents the strength of the martial artist. - One-star requirements: linking an imagery for the first time and feeling mana. Vinchen was considered useless because he’s unable to control mana and he can't link imagery to his heart. - To use mana efficiently, there is a circuit formula for mana flow. - ML uses a meditation method for storing mana in the heart. - Vinchen’s body is starving for mana and will not last. ML estimates he has about 10yrs left. - ML starts training with a wooden sword. - Wilson, ML’s servant. He’s a liar and a coward. - ML says the time will come soon when Wilson won’t be embarrassed to serve ML. At that time ML tells Wilson to either give into fear or to swear loyalty. - Traits are artificially made from analysing the power of blessings. A trait is a man-made blessing. - Revan Adenca 13yo, a 2-star martial artist. - He has the mid-level Steel Man trait that focuses on strengthening the body. It’s from the Dwarf King’s blessing. It specialises in defence and destructive power. - With no mana, blessings or traits, Vinchen was the disgrace of the Adenca family and called a loser. - Merlin, vice captain of the White Sword unit - He gave an advanced recovery potion to ML during training. - Skill swordsmanship: a sword path is made and stacked with dots and lines to manifest abilities. - Assembly of True Swords: a competition that gathers the children of families connected to the Adencas to fight with real swords. The winner is given the chance to fight a direct descendant of the Adenca family who is about the same age. - Miracle stone: a mana crystal that makes one’s body and mana grow stronger when ingested. - Raelsa, grand chamberlain and 7-star martial artist. - She embezzled ML’s budget on purpose for his sake. She intended to use that money for his future. Raelsa felt indebted to Sarvana for taking her in and Raelsa vowed to protect ML after Sarvana died. - Khan, Adenca family head and patriarch. ML’s father. - Versa Heillaim, ML’s stepmother. She has the Eyes of Truth. - ML invites Khan to attend the Assembly of True Swords. ML will prove his worth as a member of the main Adenca family. - At the Assembly, ML observes the competitors. He sees no depth to their martial arts and no fighting experience in their movements. He notes their over reliance on their traits while ignoring the basics of martial arts. - As expected, Revan emerges as the winner of the Assembly. Revan faces ML for the final match. ML chooses to use a wooden sword with his left hand. ML will allow Revan to have 3 attacks first. ML will remain in place until those attacks are over. - ML anticipated Revan’s obvious movements to deflect and disarm Revan using just his right hand. True martial artists know how to fight without a weapon against an opponent. - Using skill swordsmanship, ML severs Revan’s right arm. - ML is declared the winner and is rewarded with a miracle stone. - The priests are unable to reattach Revan’s arm. - Charles Adenca, Revan’s father - ML willingly offers his miracle stone to fix Revan’s arm after Julian suggested it. Revan recovers and cries together with Charles. - Dullan, a Gaia priest - After feeling ashamed for hesitating to use his own miracle stone for Revan, Dullan gives the stone to ML. - Dullan also gives ML a temple card which entitles ML to unlimited treatment, free use of the temple, and other benefits. - Khan summons ML to his office. Khan is there with Versa. - ML is interrogated for the origin of his martial arts. - Versa uses her ability and identifies the similarity with the recorded martial arts of Kajin Samion. ML mixes the truths from Daven and Julian to respond. - Khan allows ML to continue training in his martial arts. - Versa advises ML to say he is using Daven’s swordsmanship to avoid conflict with the Samion family. Daven’s and Kajin’s swordsmanship are also similar. - Khan wants to personally reward ML. - ML asks for access to the Adenca family library. Normally this is restricted to 3-star and above. ML is permitted to enter the lowest ranked library. - Crimson Lotus: Khan’s (1st?) sword - Khan gives this sword to ML as another reward. - Crimson Fortress: one of the few training institutes owned by the Adenca family. Only those who complete the training will be recognised as fully fledged martial artists. The prerequisites for entering are winning the Assembly of True Swords and defeating the Crimson Demon. - Only those with 3-star mana or above may attack the Crimson Demon. The conquest of the Crimson Demon is a right of passage that proves one is above 3-star mana. - In the library ML can’t find any records of 500yrs ago. - He suspects someone intentionally erased or changed them. - He finds a romance novel. Reading between the lines, the novel describes someone who used the flow of mana to manifest traits without using imagery. - Seri Hisley, ML’s maid - ML detects a large amount of mana in Seri. Later he learns she is from a ruined magic family who originally discovered the Heavenly Exoskeleton. The Hisleys were most likely ruined by the Samions to hide this discovery. Seri has unknowingly inherited the Magic Body skill that allows infusing one’s body with mana. - Revan visits ML and says he wants to repay his debt to ML. - Revan kneels down and swears his loyalty to ML. - Revan starts living with ML who wants to gain the Steel Man trait of the Dwarf King’s blessing from Revan. They use the risky method hidden in the romance book. - Revan guides the mana flow while ML meditates. - ML forces the final connection to complete his mana flow. - It causes an explosion that blasts through a wall. He can now quickly manifest Revan’s trait. ML receives the Dwarf King’s blessing and the body strengthening defence trait that comes before Steel Man. - Khan tells ML to defeat the Crimson Demon in 1mth. Khan has never placed a time limit before which means he has high expectations of ML. Raelsa will accompany ML as his protector. - ML and Raelsa depart 2wks before Khan’s deadline. The Crimson Demon is the 1st monster Daven ever defeated. - They arrive at the old temple that is Arslan’s memorial. - Raelsa creates a mana barrier and ML uses Daven’s past experience to fight the Crimson Demon. ML defeats it once but the Demon revives and goes berserk. In a move prearranged with ML, Revan rushes in and blocks the attack from the Demon. - ML meditates while Revan blocks the Demon. After Revan’s sword breaks from the Demon’s attacks, ML unleashes his skill swordsmanship. The core of the Demon is destroyed and Revan has proven his resolve to ML. - A 2nd Demon arrives and ML uses Dullan’s miracle stone. ML pushes his body to the limit and destroys the Demon and it’s core with skill swordsmanship again. ML has passed the rite of passage. - A huge summoning circle appears over the old temple and there’s a relic guardian. Raelsa defeats the guardian’s giant snake form but ML saves her from the guardian’s true form as a small insect. - The relic is a dragon’s bone. ML gives half of it to Raelsa. - ML finds out from Seri that Sarvana was from the Hisley family. Seri was one of the many people indiscriminately hired by Sarvana and adopted into the Adenca household. - Revan decides to leave ML’s residence. ML asks Revan to investigate the Hisley family history from 500yrs ago. - ML asks Raelsa to train him until he goes to the Crimson Fortress. - Hansen the dwarf, former master blacksmith of the Adenca family. - This famous blacksmith is a longtime friend of Khan. - He prioritised the lives of other people over his honour by focusing on making good quality inventions instead of great swords. Other forges thought he was obsessed with money and he lost his place at Adenca. - Raelsa shows Hansen all of the broken swords from sparring with ML for a week. Hansen asks to see Crimson Lotus (which he made) and ML’s skill swordsmanship. Hansen is inspired to make a sword for ML. At ML’s request, Hansen will add the dragon’s bone to the Crimson Lotus. - When Hansen hammered the dragon’s bone, mana flooded out like fire and set alight the entire forge. ML uses his swordsmanship to save Hansen and put out the fire. The upgraded Crimson Lotus can now absorb the traits of it’s user. ML manages to win a match against Raelsa. - Raelsa’s Frost Walk trait is from the Galaxy Wanderer’s blessing. - ML gains the trait through the same meditation method and Raelsa’s guidance to connect the mana flow. - Earlier ML asked Raelsa to give her dragon’s bone to Hansen to make a new sword. - Vargon Pagoda, Crimson Fortress dean and former mercenary. - Herka Quebell, Crimson Fortress headmaster and 7-star martial artist. - The Crimson Fortress is located in the mountains that border Samion territory. A legend says the Heavenly Fruit Tree is hidden there. The fruit has powerful medicinal properties that can even revive the dead. - Varnelli Pagoda, co-owner of the 6th magic tower. - Julian invested in the 6th magic tower. He sponsored Varnelli’s magic research. His investment is lost when Varnelli is assassinated. In her will, she leaves everything to her younger brother Vargon. - A few months later, ML travels to the Crimson Fortress. As he approaches, he’s subjected to the first test by Vargon. ML faces a group of white tigers that are conjured illusions. - ML identifies the assembly element tiger that the other tigers are copied from and he disconnects the mana circuit to pass the test. - The cadets at the Fortress are not allowed to use their family’s money while staying there. A sponsorship system is in place for talented cadets to obtain a sponsor. - All cadets begin at rank 9. Advancement exams are held every 6mths. The ranks are from 9 to 1. - The Fortress living quarters are shared dorms. - ML meets Malone who bullied Julian (as Vinchen) the most. Malone is the Rank 9 cadet representative and continues to act like a tyrannical bastard. Malone reminds ML of Kajin. - Before Malone’s aggression escalates, ML requests a spar mediated by Vargon. - Malone’s traits are: - Coercion trait from the Daughter of Fear’s blessing - Micro Current Boost trait from the Cerebral Giant’s blessing - Malone bets his right arm that ML’s Crimson Lotus is fake. - ML uses Malone’s reckless and destructive power against him to win the spar and cut off Malone’s right arm. Only after Malone gives up his honour does ML use his temple card to treat Malone and reattach his arm. - Like ML and Vinchen, Vargon was called a talentless child. He was abandoned by his family and the magic tower, so he left to work as a mercenary. ML understands that like him, Vargon just wanted love and acceptance from his family. - Vargon offers to sponsor ML. - Bronde, dorm instructor and 5-star martial artist. - Cizen, one of ML’s dorm roommates. - Selbirah, Rank 9 secondary cadet representative. - Malone makes a contract with an evil spirit. - The alarm is raised when Malone attacks Cizen on night duty and kills Bronde. The rank 9 cadets come outside and are faced with the possessed Malone. ML rallies the cadets and Selbirah to form a defensive seal. ML sees a sword path just as the seal breaks. He follows the path and severs Malone’s right arm again. The aura of the evil spirit is gone. - Vargon and Herka finally arrive with reinforcements. They stop Malone from rampaging further and encase him in a Crystal Prison. - Khan is briefed on what happened. Malone’s punishment is to have his imagery permanently sealed and all of his tendons cut. - ML is unconscious for a few days. Somehow Julian and ML see Malone demonstrating his mana flow for the Cerebral Giant’s blessing from one of Malone’s memories. - Friendly exchange meeting: an annual event where the Samion and Adenca families compete against each other. Both patriarchs attend the event. Deia is the only Adenca to have won so far. - The meeting is held in 3 stages: a treasure hunt in a dungeon, a match with a monster, and the Adenca-Samion spar. - Revan returns and meets with ML. - Revan saw a book on the history of the Hisleys after Charles showed him the hidden archives of the Adenca family. Revan must succeed his father before he can show the archives to ML. - Hannah Adenca, Rank 1 cadet representative - Abel Adenca, Rank 5 cadet representative - Damian Adenca, Rank 8 cadet representative - All of the cadets are present for an engraving ceremony. Khan uses the Crimson Lotus and personally engraves ML’s name on the Great Monument at the Crimson Fortress. Only Deia has achieved the same feat. - Julian helps ML to create the mana flow for the Cerebral Giant’s blessing. The lightning energy absorbed by ML is too great and causes immense pain. ML must hold onto and control the energy to fully receive the blessing. - Vargon starts teaching magic to Seri Hisley. - ML needs a swordsmanship teacher. Raelsa suggests Merlin who also has the Cerebral Giant’s blessing. - Kagon Samion, 6th son of the Samion family - Kagon will be ML’s opponent in the friendly exchange meeting. - ML sees a magic recording of a spar match won by Kagon. - ML is surprised that Kagon is identical to Kajin. - For the treasure hunt, ML selects Cizen and Harmon to accompany him. They have the lowest grades among the rank 9 cadets. - Kagon selects the 2 strongest cadets which includes Selbirah.
The Max Level Hero has Returned!
Ch 80 as of 15/11/22 - also on Tapas ** art is average, story is good. ** starting to get boring … - ML is 1st Prince Davey al Rown 16yo of the Rown kingdom. - ML was in a coma for 6yrs after being shot with an arrow by his half-brother, the 2nd Prince. During that time ML was training at the temple of the gods (paradise of heroes). His father King Chrianesse al Rown abandoned him since the death of his mother. She had an illness but 9yo ML discovered she died from poison. - Liness Barieta, the current Queen. She poisoned ML’s mother to take her place. Her sons are 2nd Prince Carlos, 3rd Prince Benedis. - 1st concubine Anisha, remains neutral. Her children are 14yo twins, Barisse (swordsman) and Winley (mage). Her eldest Tana was sent away to a foreign land. - 2nd concubine Alice supports Queen Liness. - Duke Barieta, father of the Queen, leader of the nobles. - ML pretends to be a weak bed-ridden invalid but has awakened his divine powers and fully healed himself. His mana training and control allows him to use magic. He has 3 magic powers: divine / holy, standard, and necromancy (dark mana). - Amy the maid is the only servant and ally ML has. - ML hunts wild animals to supplement his diet. His finances have dwindled to almost nothing under corrupt financial management and the influence of Queen Liness. - Bephus, Grand Chamberlain: secretly left food supplies for ML. - ML executes a priest by beheading him. The priest was the Queen’s informant and sexually harassed Amy while insulting ML. - ML infers to the Queen that he knows Carlos tried to kill him. ML has the Queen rectify the poor situation of his palace, including arresting those guilty of embezzlement. - Pelisti kingdom, the continental swordsmanship competition: held every 5yrs. ML goes with the twins and Amy. - ML kills all 20 assassins sent by the Queen while the group were camping at night. She has a contract with the Black Moon Guild and her maids are their assassins. - Princess Elena de Fallan of the Fallan Empire, chosen by Kaldaras the god sword. The founder of the Fallan Empire was an ancient hero called Haris the sword god, the original owner of the sword. Haris was one of the heroes who trained ML. - Surtr / Sutur / Surut, the heroic 1000-days blacksmith - He made Kaldaras the god sword, the White Guardian. - He devoted his life to blacksmithing. He received the spirits’ blessing and he was able to forge swords imbued with mana. He is known for creating 12 famous swords that are spread all over the continent and revered as national treasures. - 7th Prince Valetian du Boltis of the Boltis kingdom. His interest in Winley was fueled by the Queen. He harasses Winley at the competition ball and is stopped by ML. Valetian challenges ML to a duel and ML accepts. Using the drunken swordsman technique, ML wins the duel while thoroughly embarrassing Valetian. - During the competition, Barisse is matched up against Valetian. ML had cast a mana barrier shield on Barisse prior to the match. The shield saved his life when Valetian tried to kill him. A vampire has possessed Valetian and he starts killing innocent bystanders. - Elena battles Valetian before ML can make a move. Valetian releases the city of blood spell (blood polis), knocking everyone out except for ML and Elena. - ML borrows the god sword and defeats Valetian who has transformed. Shirley the head maid of the Queen appears as a vampire count. ML also defeats her with the sword and she disappears. To remove the city of blood spell, ML calls on the god Freya and powerful divine energy is channeled through the sword and ML. Purification is successful and a large stigmata appears on ML’s back. - Demon King / Lord of the Abyss, Perselk de Fallan / von Farran: She’s released from the god sword after the seal was broken by ML. She was sealed by Haris to end the great war. She appears as a small demonic fairy and stays with ML even after he returns the god sword to Elena. - The stigmata is linked to Perselk’s soul as it’s god’s will for ML to be responsible for the Demon King now in exchange for receiving the high level divine power. - ‘Staring into the abyss and the abyss stares back’: to observe the world, ML can see the status window (similar to a game). The info is by the great god. - ML and the twins head back home to escape the crowds gathered to see the stigmata. Furious that ML ran away while giving credit to her for what happened, Elena departs soon after. - The King finally sees ML privately, 6mths since he woke from his coma. ML asks the King if he ever loved his mother who he threw away for the sake of the kingdom and even married the enemy. The King tells ML to do better than he has and to become king instead. ML refuses as to be king means sacrificing family. - ML kills everyone at the local Black Moon Guild branch except for the guild master. He obtains info on all the crimes committed by nobles that support the Barieta duchy, the Queen’s family. ML delivers this info anonymously to Marquis Petrisse, his mother’s former knight and a swordmaster. - Later ML learns the King took action against the corrupt nobles who were stripped of their titles and scheduled for execution. - ML aims to live a long life peacefully and leave the kingdom to settle in a small territory. He wants to develop it into the continent’s most advanced city. Revenge will be achieved along the way but isn’t the end goal. - ML is ordered by the King and Queen to leave the kingdom to prove himself at his territory of Heinz. ML asks for info about Heinz and learns it’s a remote, cursed wasteland. - ML travels there and successfully leads the villagers on a rescue mission of those kidnapped by the goblins and orcs. He magically gives them buffs to increase their abilities. - ML discovers ancient ruins and a huge spirit stone that was set to artificially maintain the drought conditions in the territory. ML changes the settings and it rains for the 1st time in years. - Spirit stones: consist of condensed, highly concentrated mana that’s 100s of times more powerful than mana stones. - ML recovers about 20 spirit stones from the stone golems guarding the ancient ruins that he destroyed. - After a few days of rain, ML leads the villagers to prepare plots for planting the rare moongrass. - Yuria Helishana, Elf Chief of the Heinz Region Forest. - Despite knowing that the forest is dying after years of drought, Yuria has decided to stay in Heinz. - ML seeks the moongrass seeds from the elves forest in Heinz. - ML has a high affinity with spirits who guide him to the sacred moon goddess’ garden. He receives permission from the nature spirits to take the moongrass seedlings from the moonflowers. - Moongrass: has very particular conditions for growth and couldn’t be grown in the East of the continent. It had to be imported from the West at a high cost. It’s used by alchemists in the magic tower and by the temple for making potions. - ML can change the settings of the augmented environment to suit the conditions for growing moongrass. - In 4mths, the moongrass has grown and is ready for sale. ML is attracting buyers and investors to the region by limiting the sale to a live auction. Heinz property is sold to the highest bidder for those establishing local branches to handle the ongoing commercial availability of moongrass. ML is careful to manage the balance between supply and demand. - On the way back to the royal palace after receiving a summons, ML stops by what was once the hometown of Sutur the legendary blacksmith. It’s now become the family of the Queen’s territory. - ML executes the corrupt Viscount and lead knights for illegally taking tolls to enter the territory. ML learns the exploitation became severe 10yrs ago as more people leaving Heinz came. Those who stood against this were purged. - At the historic site of the 1000-days night market, ML finds the secret hidden dungeon of Sutur the blacksmith and recovers the twin blades that Sutur told ML to complete. - At the palace, the nobles squabble amongst themselves over the Heinz territory and moongrass production. Duke Barieta wants to hand control to 2nd Prince Carlos as the Holy Kingdom has demanded the presence of ML due to his stigmata. - Earlier ML cast a spell on Carlos that forces him to make animal noises. ML confirmed with the Pope that he is not needed in the Holy Kingdom now or in the future. ML made a deal with moongrass to secure this answer. - Dwarves of the Yellow Rock Tribe: ML visits them to ask for help with building the infrastructure for the Heinz territory. ML learns the dwarves are trying to fix their holy sword that was created in collaboration with Sutur the legendary blacksmith, ‘the Flare of the Beginnings’. ML can see it can’t be fixed, throws it into the furnace and creates a new holy sword for them to fashion. - ML is allowed to use the dwarven furnace to complete the posthumous work of Sutur (ie the twin blades). He names them the Red Flag, able to cut the living, and Blue Flag, able to cut the dead. The dwarves call him master and with renewed fervour they work on their holy sword under his guidance. - The vampires send an assassin who changes into a magical beast to go after ML at the dwarven village. ML defeats him but the assassin dies before revealing much under interrogation. ML leaves the dwarves for their safety. Golda the 8th elder and some other dwarves go with ML back to Heinz to help with reconstruction. - Heinz is experiencing a population surge, with more people moving there every day. - Red Flag and Blue Flag become self aware and transform into cute human girls. They see ML as their dad. - Sage Harrison, Head of the Red Tower. - Ulysse of the Red Tower, 5th class mage and elder. - Winley with Ulysse visits ML to ask for his help with her knight Dame Potna who saved Winley’s life but was poisoned by an arrow. Potna developed strange symptoms that no one can cure. - ML asks a dark elf (disguised as a human) from the Echo information guild to investigate Potna. - Ulysse teleports with ML and Winley to the Ordem territory. - They are met by Count Lington of the Central Disease Management Corps (CDMC) who are there to prevent a pandemic and have quarantined everyone, with permission from the Queen. - Baron Gorneo, an official of the CDMC. - Baron Coleo, Captain of the CDMC knights, swordmaster. - ML visits Potna and the other patients at the treatment centre. He recognises the melting acceleration virus (devil’s blood) which was developed in another world and is highly contagious. ML knows how to treat and cure it. - With ingredients sourced through the Echo info guild, ML uses the diseased blood to create a vaccine. The virus is actually a parasitic organism and the vaccine completely drains it of energy. The condition of patients improve after 4 days. - Winley is kidnapped by Count Lington. ML saves Baron Gorneo and kills the knights in the treatment centre. At the Count’s hidden lab, Ulysse is defeated by Baron Coleo while Winley is unconscious next to Count Lington. - Count Lington is a medical genius who will do anything to achieve his goals in the name of medical research. That includes kidnapping, experimenting on and killing 1000s of people. - Count Lington was the one who spread the virus. - Baron Coleo needed the Count to help rebuild his body. - ML arrives at the lab and defeats Baron Coleo, then fully heals Ulysse. ML teleports Ulysse, Winley and Baron Coleo away. ML then kills Count Lington. - Chimeras are released from the lab. ML targets them with a multiple lightning strike spell. ML noticed a royal carriage from the Lindis Empire being chased by assassins, and helped the carriage with a lightning strike. - Emperor Theord Al Lindis of the Lindis Empire - Prince Albus Al Lindis - Princess Aeria Al Lindis, mixed race from the beastmen - ML has returned to Heinz with Winley and Ulysse. - Princess Elena de Fallan is visiting. Since the swordsmanship competition, she’s awakened Kaldaras the god sword. Elena wants ML to teach her the heavy sword technique of Haris the sword god. She’s even willing to force ML to become engaged to her. - ML gets Elena to spar with his new giant metal golem.
The lazy prince becomes a genius
Ch 60 as of 19/08/22 - art is average, also on Tappytoon ** End of season 1, Ch 41 Prologue: - A swordsman arrived in a village one day. He spent every day for the next 37yrs training with his sword, until he was found dead still clutching that sword. - ML is 15yo Airen / Irene Parreira. - Ever since he saw his mother (1st wife of the Baron) die when he was very young, ML has stayed in bed in his room and mostly sleeps. His nicknames include the Lazy Nobleman, and the Deadbeat Noble. - Baron Harun Parreira from the Hale Kingdom, ML’s father. - Amelia Parreira, 2nd wife of Baron Parreira. - Kirin / Kiril Parreira 11yo, ML’s younger half-sister and a mystic arts prodigy. - One day ML wakes up from a dream about the lone swordsman training with his sword. He suddenly feels energised and compelled to also swing a sword. - ML goes to his family’s training hall and chooses the largest wooden sword like the one in his dream. He clumsily tries to copy the moves he dreamt about. The more he repeats the moves from his dream, the more the emotional weight on his heart lifts. - Every night he is haunted by that dream. Every day he tries to wield his sword. His sincerity, perseverance and drive are impressive and admirable. His family are supportive of his efforts. - Chrono / Crono Swordsmanship Academy - It’s the best swordsmanship academy in the continent. - It accepts students based on talent, regardless of nationality, gender, identity or title. - Sir Bran Summerville, the Wandering Knight. - After observing ML for 10 days, Sir Bran speaks to the Baron and offers to write a letter of recommendation to attend Crono. - Ian 90yo, Academy headmaster and a swordmaster. - Brett Lloyd, son of a Count in the Gerbera Kingdom. - Judith 12yo, a commoner orphan - Ilya Lindsay 12yo. The Lindsays are a famous swordsman family. She’s known as the 2nd genius after Carl, her older brother. - All applicants are pre-trainees (preliminary). If they pass 2 rigorous evaluations (mid-year and final) by the end of the year, they will be formally accepted as official trainees. - Initially there’s a quick fitness test to check the physical abilities of the pre-trainees. ML collapses from exhaustion and wakes up in the recovery room. He comes last (400th) in the rankings. - While the others mock and ignore ML, Ilya freely gives advice and training support to ML. - After 4mths, ML shows considerable improvement. - The pre-trainees are informed about the mid-year evaluation. It’ll be a 4-stage course that must be finished within the specified time limit. The top 5 will be personally awarded by headmaster Ian. - The day of the mid-year evaluation: - ML is fired up after dreaming he was in the warm embrace of a mother figure when the lone swordsman cut him free. - ML is in 3rd position behind Judith and Ilya when he reaches the swimming stage. He stops to save Judith who was drowning after her leg cramped. This delay cost him a top spot but he finishes within the time limit to pass the evaluation. - When the results are announced, ML receives special mention and praise for the sacrifice he made to save another. - Ian postpones ML’s reward as ML doesn't know what he wants just yet. Ian tells ML to see him when ML is ready, or Ian will offer to teach ML when he deems it necessary. - Ilya who came 1st doesn't understand why ML saved Judith. One of the instructors would’ve helped her and ML lost the chance to be taught by Ian. She says she won't be helping him anymore. - Judith thanks ML for saving her and says they’ll stick together from now on, from eating to training. - Sword training classes start for the pre-trainees and they pick their wooden swords. During their free time, Brett challenges ML to a duel. Brett wins after testing ML. While disappointed at ML’s lack of skills, Brett is impressed by ML’s total focus. - The classes are divided by skill level from Class A to C. - ML is the only one in Class F. He must master the basic sword skills in a week or consider leaving. He masters the skills and is promoted to Class C. - ML reaches out 1st to Ilya. He finds Ilya and gives her a letter and a gift. It’s a silver bracelet with a flower decoration. - Brett approaches ML and Judith. He wants to learn from eachother’s strengths, make up for their shortcomings and grow together. He wants to gain valuable experience by competing with various people. - ML improves further and is promoted to Class B. - Brett starts a trend among the pre-trainees to do meditation training. He displays strong leadership qualities. - After 9mths, Ian announces the final evaluation. It will be based on the potential abilities of the pre-trainees. They need to demonstrate the area they excel the most in swordsmanship. - Ian performs a sword dance for the pre-trainees. - The final assessment: Judith and Brett hold a sparring match. - It’s a powerful display of swordsmanship from both of them. - Brett manages to win after smashing up Judith’s wooden sword. - Ilya shows her family’s swordsmanship, the Sky Sword. - ML demonstrates his vertical slash. His epic move splits the floor apart to show a large crevice that’s half the length of the hall. - The final results are 4th Judith, 3rd Brett, 2nd ML and 1st Ilya. - Ilya only wanted to achieve 1st place in both evaluations. She won’t return as a trainee. Instead she’ll return home. - Ilya tells ML about her brother Carl who was once called the genius swordsman of the continent. When Ilya was 7yo, Carl was challenged to a duel by a commoner called Ignet. - Ignet came 1st as a pre-trainee at the Academy but refused to become an official trainee. She started a mercenary group at age 14yo. Carl lost to Ignet and shut himself up in his room, away from all of the criticism and ridicule. - Final interview: Ian tells 16yo ML that he needs to find his reason for swinging his sword if he wants to follow the way of the sword. Ian shows ML a gold plaque for an official trainee with his name on it. Ian gives ML the condition of 1yr to find his own way of the sword, then return to start at the Academy. - Brett initially withdrew from the Academy as he was disheartened by what he saw from Ilya and ML in the final evaluation. He changed his mind after hearing ML’s words of thanks and encouragement to grow stronger. - Ilya gives ML a platinum medallion with her family insignia on it. She invites him to come visit her when he can. - At a stop on the way home, ML receives a note from an orc seer who says it’ll help when things aren’t going his way. The note says “There’s no need to be alone to stand alone.” - Ruru the mystic cat. Rumoured to be unlucky and cursed. - Ruru wants ML to be her student. Once he awakens his mystic arts, it’ll definitely be of help to his swordsmanship. - Ruru says what ML has been doing isn’t effort, it’s a waste of time. ML has just been going through the motions while overworking his body. Effort is pouring one’s body and heart into fulfilling a purpose. ML needs to pour his heart into his efforts. - Viscount Phil Gairun, sons Ryan and Aaron. - Baron Lester, twin sons Kevin and Caesar. - Baron Russell, son Martin. - Baron Bauer - Baron Fried - Family Head Conference of the 6 Southern Families: hosted by the Parreira family. It’s to discuss and maintain the safety of the southern trade route. - At the dining table, the Gairuns and the Lesters embarrass and humiliate ML in etiquette and culture. - ML excuses himself and goes to the training hall. - Martin, Kevin and Caesar arrive to see ML wielding his wooden sword. They ask ML to spar and he accepts. - Kevin is first and has his sword knocked out of his hands. ML has his sword to Kevin’s throat while he’s on the ground. - Martin is next. ML blocks every attack then strikes Martin’s sword so hard that his hands hurt and he can’t continue. - Ryan and Aaron appear. Ryan wants to spar using real swords. - ML uses his vertical slash which has enough force to push Ryan right back and break his sword. - The adults arrive and Gairun is shocked to see Ryan lost. - ML asks Ruru to help him awaken his mystic arts. - Ruru says the method that fits ML best is swordsmanship training with the strongest wish. His heart’s wish is to protect his family. - Ruru tells ML, “When you don’t believe in yourself, believe in others who believe in you.” - As ML rests in his room, he awakens his mystic arts and his unconscious body is encased in a mystic barrier. - He’s created this space so he can fulfill his heart’s wish. - He’ll emerge only when he’s satisfied with the result. - In ML’s mind, he’s entered the same location as the lone swordsman in his dreams. He recognises this as a mental training space created just for him with his mystic arts. - ML spends 100s of days mental training with his sword. - His efforts start to taper off, then reduce until he stops completely. - He’s woken up by Ilya who gets ML back into training. - The next day it’s Judith with Brett and Ilya. - ML understands what Ruru was saying and the message of the orc seer’s note. ML doesn’t have to struggle alone. He can overcome it with those he trusts and loves. - Motivated and reenergised, ML continues mental training for 100s of days. He calls upon Judith, Brett and Ilya again to spar with all 3 of them at the same time. ML becomes stronger with the help of those 3 and he feels ready to leave. ML has taken ownership of his sword with his will. - ML wakes up and finds out that he’s been away for 5yrs. - ML wants to represent his family and participate in the monster subjugation. Kiril wants to go instead and challenges ML to a spar to decide. The spar stops when Kiril is overcome with tears. - Skinna Kitten, Kiril’s master. She gives ML an artifact that she and Kiril created. It can detect demonic energy and other dangerous elements. It can also detoxify most poisons. - A demonoid has been sighted. - Sir Hill Burnett, Vice-Captain, Twilight Knight Order. - Sir Tom Miller, Wandering Knight, Gerbera Kingdom. - At 14yo, Ilya became an honorary knight of the Moonlight Knight Order, the best in the Adan Kingdom. - Sir Hill brought with him a force of knights, magicians and priests from the capital to subjugate the demonoid. - Sir Tom told Sir Hill about ML which peaked his interest. - A giant demonic beast appeared behind the group. ML swiftly took action and attacked the giant. He persisted on his own until he obliterated it with a massive strike. Later Sir Hill praised ML for his outstanding performance. - Sir Hill is impressed by ML’s artifact that detects the demonic energy faster than the priests’ divine artifacts. - Sir Hill orders ML’s detection as the priority. - Although their spar was interrupted, Sir Hill could sense ML’s aura and power. He orders for ML not to be restricted in anyway given his expert skills. - NB: ML’s sword manifests with his mystic arts. He can make his sword appear and disappear. - During dinner, ML’s artifact detects poison in his food. ML suspects Ryan as the culprit. ML eats the food after it’s detoxified. Earlier he found a note warning him that the food was poisoned. (Ruru wrote the note) - ML feels like his body is being controlled by intense emotions (eg rage) when he’s in combat mode. His senses have also become sharper. Somehow the lone swordsman is connected … - ML continues to have the admiration and respect of the knights. When they reach the demonoid’s base in a cave, Ryan insists on joining Sir Hill at the front. - The demonoid is in the form of a beautiful young woman who bewitches with her voice and music. Ryan attacks her on his own but he’s protected by Sir Jack Stewart. Her hair holds Sir Jack and Ryan captive. - Viscount Gairun orders his knights to stop anyone from getting close to the demonoid for the sake of his son. - While the Viscount is trying to make a deal with the demonoid, ML is meditating with his sword to the side. - ML suddenly opens his eyes and swiftly cuts the demonoid in half. She releases the hostages and tries to protect herself. - ML keeps attacking her until she dissipates. His only thought is to kill the demonoid. - The subjugation group return with no casualties. - Viscount Gairun claims his actions were the result of the demonoid’s mind control. Sir Hill knows this isn’t true but has no hard evidence to prove it. The other noble families are supporting the Viscount’s claims. - Sir Jack visits ML to thank him for saving his life. - Sir Jack admits to poisoning ML’s food under orders from Ryan. He’s willing to accept any punishment from ML. - Later Sir Jack voluntarily confesses to Sir Hill about the attempted poisoning of ML. Sir Hill tells Viscount Gairun that an investigation will be held. He says it’s in the Viscount’s best interests to tell the truth if he doesn’t want to lose everything. - Ruru appears before ML and says she been secretly by his side since he awoke. Ruru blamed herself for ML being separated from his family for 5yrs and couldn’t face him. ML insists Ruru remain by his side from now on. - Ruru says the lone swordsman’s will is most likely driven by his hatred for demons. He is affecting ML’s will and destabilising ML. - ML takes Ruru with him to the Crono Swordsmanship Academy. He hopes to get advice from Ian about his condition. - They arrive at Alcantra which has prospered into a large city with the Academy nearby. - “Guest reception”: Because of the Academy’s fame, swordsmen frequently visit to challenge the Academy’s swordsmanship. - Once a fortnight, the Academy lets anyone in who wants to cross swords. All must earn a mercenary tag to qualify for the challenge. - ML needs his rank measured to earn a mercenary tag. ML is taken to a magic gauge that measures the force applied when hit with a sword. He scores over 10k+ and earns a silver tag, the highest you can get as your first tag. - The next day, ML and Ruru go to the Academy and decide to watch the guest reception sparring event first. - Lance Patterson faces the challengers. He’s from the same trainee group as ML. After defeating the first few challengers, he recognises ML in the crowd and greets him. - NB: ML’s group of trainees were called the Golden Generation due to the high number of geniuses among that generation. - Lance tells ML that Brett and Judith went on a training journey a few days ago. Lance challenges ML to a friendly spar. ML demonstrates Brett’s and Judith’s swordsmanship then disarms Lance to win. - Ian appears to greet ML then he also challenges ML to a spar. - They have a “conversation with their swords” that ends with Ian using his sword aura against ML’s perfected vertical slash. - Keira Fin, vice headmaster of the Academy. - Ian advises ML to embark on a journey and travel the wider world to find out more about the lone swordsman. - Judith and Brett headed towards the 5 western kingdoms. - ML meets the orc seer again in the street. In return for feeding him, the orc uses his spirit magic and senses ML’s metal energy. - 5 types of energy make up the origin of life: - Earth, metal, wood, water and fire. - Harmony is achieved by the balancing and co-existence of these 5 energies. - ML’s abnormal metal energy is causing an imbalance. - He needs fire energy to refine the metal energy. - First ML must grow the ember in his heart. - ML agrees to let Kuvar the orc seer travel with them. - The strongest 10 swordsmen in the continent: - Ian, the greatest swordsman on the continent. - Kun, who became a swordmaster at 70yo. - Julius Hule, Captain of the White Knights, Holy kingdom. - Rigoberto Clarke, Captain of the Crimson Knights - The 5 swordmaster family lords, including Joshua Lindsay. - Karakum the great orc warrior. - Ignet Crescentia, Captain of the Black Knights, Holy kingdom. - Anya, a mystic who has a golden pig that grants wishes. - ML, Ruru and Kuvar join a merchant group to travel through mountains that have bandits led by a man called Kazir. - The bandits accept a toll fee to let people pass through. - Kazir and his bandits suddenly threaten to kill everyone if they don’t leave behind everything. ML stops Kazir after detecting demonic energy. Kazir wears a demonic necklace but he doesn’t remember how he got it. ML confiscates it. - Derinku, a city of blacksmiths. - Vulcanus, a dwarf and the greatest blacksmith. - A competition is held to find the swordsman who will provide the inspiration for Vulcanus’ next masterpiece. - Pablo and Dwanson, 2 other master blacksmiths will also judge the competition. - Kuvar gives ML advice about duels. ML needs a strong fighting spirit and the resolve to win VS the desire to learn from others. - The blacksmiths sense the metal energy from ML and stop the competition. They are inspired by the sword he conjures using mystic arts. - Kuvar negotiated new armour for ML and Ruru. - ML observes the blacksmithing process. - It will take a year for the new sword to be complete. - Charlot and Victor, twin brothers and sword experts. - They have demonic energy (?) - Their duel with ML was interrupted and they want ML to hand over the sword from Vulcanus. They refuse to believe it isn’t complete yet. - Ignet arrives through a portal summoned by Anya. - She kills the twins without any hesitation. - Ignet wants to recruit ML as a Black Knight. He refuses. - ML challenges Ignet to a duel. - ML’s anger at himself ignites the fire inside. - Ignet trusts in herself and her conviction in herself lets her walk her own path without any doubt. - ML was envious of Ignet’s righteous actions against the twins. He was angry that he couldn’t do what she did. He hesitates to kill humans even if it’s the right thing to do. - ML happens to meet Judith and Brett at an inn. - They have a 3-way duel to test each other’s skills. - They agree to travel together. - ML has mastered manifestation and focus of aura application. - They constantly push each other to grow. - Hiram Swordsmanship Academy in Partisan - Hiram the headmaster is knocked out with one blow by ML. - Jett Frost, 101st strongest (?) - ML and his friends made a bet with Jett for their duel.
I’ll be Taking a Break for Personal Reasons
Ch 28 as of 14/12/22 - DROPPED, lost interest - His clueless, stupid nature is annoying. See how it goes. - ML is Yu ilshin, an unsuccessful webnovel author. - God Maker appears as a game app on ML’s mobile. - He receives real gold coins and karma points for crushing ants in the game. - ML is evaluated as a G class creation-type hunter. - Hunters range from G class to SSS class. You can’t change your hunter class. - Seong Miri 19yo, Lightning Empress, B+ class hunter. - Seong Mina, S class psychic hunter and Miri’s older sister. - Baek Yuhyeon, S class hunter - Kang Woo, S class creation-type hunter - Hunter Shop vs God’s Shop - Blind God’s Eyes (unique authority): appraisal ability. - God’s Crushing Index Finger (unique authority, growth type) - ML kills an army of imperial ants in the game. - ML gets the evil god title of Cruel Slaughterer (F class). - Druid ring from the great sage of the imperial ant tribe. - Chae Seongyeon 5yo, ML’s niece. - Thorn Bull (A-class monster) appears as it wants to obtain divinity by devouring ML. Miri saves them after somehow getting a boost in her ability from ML. - ML saves the Saintess of the black ant tribe from imperial ants in the game. He gets the good god title of Merciful Redeemer. - God of Growth Blessing (lowest class): a potion - After drinking many potions, the assimilation rate increases between God Maker and ML’s world. ML is attacked by a swarm of imperial ants. He kills them using insect spray and a lighter. His apartment is on fire. Miri saves ML and takes him to hospital. - ML receives a tribute from the black ant Saintess. It’s fruit from Yggdrasil the world tree, a treasure of the black ant tribe. - ML swallows the fruit. His burns are instantly healed. - ML gives sugar as his blessing to the black ant tribe. The sugar has the same recovery ability as the world tree fruit. - Hermits: recluses who have awakened as hunters. They prefer to live a normal life and don’t work as hunters. - ML visits a shop to sell the druid ring so he can pay for repairs to his apartment. He stops the shop owner from buying fake mithril armour after he used his appraisal ability. - The druid ring isn’t worth much. ML gives the druid ring to Miri who is nearby spying on him. The ring boosts elemental power and helps Miri attain A+ class. - ML prepares for a much larger military force of imperial ants. - Gehenna’s Flame - ML is kidnapped by the 3 thugs who tried to sell the fake armour. The massive imperial army flood through from ML’s mobile and kill the 3 thugs. Miri arrives to rescue ML. He saw a vision of the future where Miri was killed by the imperial ant general. He uses his god's authority to change her fate and kills the general with fire. - ML obtains the god sword of the 1000 Blade That Cuts All. - ML gives a God of Growth Blessing potion to Miri before she goes to face a monster. It’s a S class drake monster. She defeats it after drinking the potion. Miri thanks her master (ie ML) for the potion on live TV. - Miri and Mina’s parents died in an incident caused by the Nether Dragon. Millions of lives were lost before the monster was defeated. Miri wants revenge but Mina is against it. - Activate faith and share skills when the keyphrase “I trust Yu ilshin” is used. ML tries it with Miri and he uses lightning which destroys his apartment. - Miri’s true hunter class was sealed by someone 10yrs ago using SS class chains. ML slowly breaks the chains. - Soundless Nightmare (SN), a high class evil god. - ML gets SN’s authority, Rose That Blooms At Night. - ML gets the Ultra Blade authority of 1000 Blade That Cuts All. - The black ant tribe ask ML to save the wilting sprout of the world tree. ML needs the Tears of Bountiful Abundance. - Quest: perform good deeds until ML’s score is 100. - Choi Kangsan, S class hunter and former street cleaner. - Beelzebub is eaten by the rose (ie Nightmare Flower). ML’s good deeds score is well above 100 and the world tree is saved. - Demonic cockroach beasts attack the black ant tribe. - ML uses insect spray to defeat the cockroaches. - ML can use civilisation building options for the black ant tribe. - Insect Emperor - Arachne the imperial spider consort - ML is bitten by a mosquito general and is cursed. To receive a medicinal pill, he must save at least 100 lives. - Miri and ML stop a terrorist from blowing up a hospital. The terrorist is a god of destruction follower. ML’s curse is lifted. - ML gets the Divine Healing Authority to save ilho the black ant warrior. To grow stronger, ilho is attempting to climb a tower and pass the trial for all 50 floors. - A scout from the Brilliance guild visits ML who is suspicious. ML uses appraisal and sees the scout is a god of destruction follower. ML shares skills with ilho when the fake scout attacks ML. The fake scout is knocked out and ML is notified that Miri is in danger. - Sword Demon was sent to kill Miri. ML uses Ultra Blade with the god sword and defeats Sword Demon who is in awe of ML’s skill and becomes ML’s fan. ML orders Sword Demon to deal with the Brilliance guild. - ML uses his new proliferation ability on the black ant tribe. - ML then temporarily clones an upgraded version of himself. - His clone enters the God Maker world and leads the black ant tribe against the imperial insects. - Cheolmi, Brilliance guild member (flames) - Cheoldu, Brilliance guild member (strength) - Priest Yohan, the god of destruction’s apostle - ML is notified that Sword Demon has been captured and tortured by the Brilliance guild. ML shares skills with ilho and Miri to defeat Cheoldu and Cheolmi. ML summons his cloned alter ego who enters God Maker to help the black ant tribe who have been poisoned. ML is left to face Yohan.
Doom Breaker