Reaper of the Drifting Moon
Ch 32 as of 02/01/23 - pls no harem and no romance… ugh ML turns into a man slut. Not sure if I’ll keep reading this. - ML is Pyo Wol 14yo, a homeless drifter. - Later he seeks revenge against those who exploited, abandoned and hunted him. - ML is trapped with 300 other children in a human version of a poison jar to see who is the strongest and most ruthless to survive. - For 7yrs the remaining 30 children undergo merciless training to become assassins for the Blood Phantom group. - Lim Sayeol, 1st Sword - Gu Shinhaeng, 2nd Sword - Sang Ilshin, 3rd Sword - The children were secretly fed a poisonous organism that is activated by music. This restriction is used to control them. - Gu Juyang, captain of the Blood Phantom group - Woo Gunsang of the Qingcheng sect is the assassination target. - The Emei sect made the anonymous request to assassinate Woo Gunsang. - Yong Seolran, Emei sect. She is Gunsang’s fiancée. - Jeonghwa, Emei sect - Yoo Jinok, Qingcheng sect - Woo Jinpyeong, Gunsang’s father and Qingcheng sect vice leader. - The Heavenly Alliance: (top 3 powers) - Shaolin Temple - Wudang sect - Mt Hua sect - In the struggle for power and martial arts supremacy, the Emei sect leader wanted to assassinate Gunsang if the Qingcheng sect didn’t agree to an arranged marriage with Seolran. With the marriage pending, the Emei sect leader decided to betray the Blood Phantom group and wipe them out to remove all evidence. - Woo Gunsang is a prodigy and the hope of the Qingcheng sect. Bored with martial arts, he turned to women. - He raped a woman who then killed herself. He was forced to train in isolation for a year as atonement. - ML learnt the Qingcheng secret martial arts technique while training as an assassin. ML uses it against Gunsang and kills him. - ML lures the Qingcheng sect and the Emei sect to the underground hideout where the child assassins were trained. - The Sword Saint of the Qingcheng sect finds a secret cavern with a pit of snakes. He also finds a book from the Nine Demon school. - The Sword Saint stops the Emei sect from killing ML. - ML is thrown into the snake pit. He eats the snakes to survive. - ML emerges after 7yrs. - Heo Ranju the Blood Spider - Hyeolsung, a Shaolin monk - Daoshi Goh - While taking shelter from the rain, ML meets 3 travellers. - He agrees to join them on the way to the capital. They catch a rice barge. Pirates attack but they’re stopped by Hyeolsung. - Jang Muryang, captain of the Black Cloud mercenary corps. - Tang Sochu, a blacksmith and an outcast. He’s from the fallen Tang clan who sided with the demonic cult.
One Hit Teacher, Master Baek
Webtoon Ch 36 as of 04/01/23 - Ch 59 here - End of Season 1, Ch 50
Empress Hunt
Ch 22 as of 06/01/23 - Ch 13 and 14 are duplicates. - FL is Yoon Seul. - She discovered she had an immortal body when at 7yo she instantly recovered from a deadly head injury. Her parents were murdered and she was imprisoned in a lab for 10yrs. - She escaped the lab when she was 17yo after there was an explosion one day. - FL was taught martial arts and combat skills in the lab by her father’s sister Yoon Yihan, a researcher and a sociopath. - FL killed everyone in the lab before escaping. - She met Kim Sungchul, a former Special Forces member. - Daeun, Sungchul’s young daughter?, was the only one to give unconditional love to FL. - FL is the only survivor from Earth after the planet was forced to regress to it's primordial state and everyone else disappeared. - ML is Casar Ainante. - ML is the former captain of the imperial knights. He’s also the best researcher at Stepan, the top Shaak research lab. - ML was considered defective by his noble family for having very low Shaakna, despite having an exceptional mind. - ML 5yo was sent to live alone in a remote hut. Someone visited him and became his teacher until ML was 13yo, then they disappeared after leaving a letter and a necklace. - Empress Horson, the sole ruler and god of Hetra. - She’s an immortal who possesses a powerful healing ability. - She ordered the destruction of Earth to capture FL. - Shaakna: the main energy source on Hetra. - It’s the energy that flows within the people of Hetra. - Each person has different Shaakna capacities within them. - Shaak: devices that use Shaakna. - A Shaak’s functionality depends on the amount of Shaakna it has. The more Shaakna, the better it functions. - Quinin: a Shaak that can change your appearance. - All of the Hetra nobles steal and collect commoners’ faces. - It’s a way to flaunt your wealth and as a form of entertainment. - It’s forbidden to have 2 of the same person existing at the same time. Nobles steal appearances then kill the original owners. - Tam Byron, Viantina leader - Viantina is a company that creates Quinins. - Tam collects information on all of the nobles as insurance. - Ram is the Shaak that contains this info. - Enok the devil’s hacker, ML’s comrade - With Enok’s help, FL and ML infiltrate the Viantina HQ to steal the Ram. FL enters the underground arena while ML checks Tam’s office. FL’s Shaakna is somehow activated and a mark appears on her chest after she defeats her opponent. - Kanja and Mill from Vitan, the Hetra Vigilante Corps. - They save ML and FL, then hide in a secret passage between the walls of the Viantina building. They agree to work together to free the prisoners and blow up the Viantina HQ. ML found the Ram and made a copy before it was detonated by Tam. - FL finds a secret room with people that look like her mother. They’re brainwashed to self destruct if discovered and they kill themselves. FL realises her mother Marin must have originally come from Hetra. Horson is collecting things related to Marin. - Someone called Floyd kidnaps FL, ML, Enok, Kanja and Mill. - He sponsors the Vigilantes and devised the plan to blow up the Viantina HQ. He’s taken them to Enitot, a wasteland after a revolt against Horson 3yrs ago.
ETRANGERE
Ch 19 as of 06/01/23 - ML is Kang San, special forces captain - FL is Kim Biyeon, intelligence officer - During a training exercise, ML and FL are summoned to another world as test subjects. They’re given missions and are promised rewards to complete them. They find a cave with a map of the area on the wall drawn in blood by previous test subjects. - 1st mission: Blood Hunt (72hrs) - Kill 4 Argon monsters and 20 Alpine monsters. - ML has a strong will to live after his best friend become badly injured in the battlefield and told ML to live on. This helps ML to awaken with superhuman abilities. - Noll is an administrator for several test subjects. He oversees the area that ML and FL are in. - Nill is (?) - A herald helps to remove an outside element from the mission, ie another test subject who attacks ML and FL. - They find a journal that FL tries to translate. - FL awakens while saving ML from monsters. - He returns the favour shortly after, then collapses. - The poison from the monsters helps to level up their awakening. - The mission reward is nectar, salt and dried food. - Nectar is an elixir of the gods from Greek mythology. - FL confirms it’s a combat stimulant after drinking it. - It instantly heals all wounds. It’s also highly addictive. - Nectar synchronisation (?) - Over a month, ML and FL slowly complete missions that have progressively become more difficult. Their bodies continue to change, possibly due to the nectar which they only use for healing. They keep exploring the area but are unable to access the centre.
Existence
Ch 22 as of 06/01/23 - good start but ML’s weakness remains the same … - ML is Lee Ja-In - He has been reborn countless times. Each time he’s a different being. He is reborn as a human for the first time. - He has the abilities of all the beings from his past lives. - He knows this will be his last life and he can finally die. - His mother is Oh Youngshil. - Her father died in one war and her husband died in another. - She’s ignorant and uneducated. She supports herself and ML by selling fruit and vegetables by the roadside. - ML is hostile to humans after experiencing their cruelty many times in the past. He eventually learns to care about his mother who only loves him and protects him. - ML 6yo tests his powers one night on some police pursuing a suspected Communist. A policeman injured by ML becomes obsessed with finding ML again and killing him. - ML 12yo is confronted by the policeman who is now the police chief and his men. Youngshil tries to stop them from taking ML and they hit her. ML loses his sanity and kills the men. The police chief fires his gun but Youngshil protects ML and gets shot. Before she dies, she tells ML to do all he can to live. ML unleashes his wrath and kills the police chief. - While wandering, ML trains himself on how to use his abilities. - ML is in his mid-20s and causes an accident with a car on an empty road. He has surgery for a head injury. He’s currently suffering from amnesia. Ah Leesoo 34yo is the woman who drove the car. She decides to become his guardian for now. - Leesoo works at the Environmental Industry Facility. - They conduct research experiments. - A marine organism named “steer” is the latest test subject. It is hostile to humans and wants human extinction like ML. - ML likes Leesoo because she reminds him of his mother. - Leesoo discovers ML’s abilities one night when they’re drunk. - He promises to protect her and the world she’s trying to save.
All Rounder
Ch 72 as of 24/02/23 - art is average, story gets kinda boring and predictable - DROPPED, lost interest - ML is Shin Jaerim. - Every night for 2yrs, he had nightmares about a zombie apocalypse. When it actually happens, he realises his nightmares foretold the future. He stockpiled plenty of supplies at his home just in case. - Main quest: Zombie annihilation - Reward: Restoration - Group of survivors: - Dr Choi Naye, ML’s psychiatrist. (Skill: mental care) - Elder Jung Youngchun 78yo, expert wood craftsman. - Elder Park Dalbong 73yo, Heavenly Demon martial artist. - Kim Soochan Sebastian 65yo, ethology professor. - Ryu Dongtak 56yo, acoustics professor. - ML is rewarded with the transmission skill after he gets Naye to his house. He can copy skills from experts who favour him. - ML receives the analysis skill for saving the 2 x Elders. - Magic stones are growth catalysts that can be used to strengthen items or awaken people by increasing their levels. - Experts awaken their innate skills. - Existing skills can also level up with magic stones. - ML’s preferred weapon is a long iron chain. - He strengthens the chain with magic stones. - A green meteor suddenly strikes the centre of town and spreads a purple liquid. It somehow infects the zombies and makes them more resilient. Human corpses are used to resurrect and mutate the larger zombie monsters already killed by ML. - ML hunts the infected zombies to farm for magic stones. - He receives an inventory pouch as his reward. - Park Hyunsung the Slaughterer 26yo. (Skill: fear) - He’s a psychopathic serial killer. He kills other (awakened?) humans to consume their magic stones. - ML tried to get the zombie monsters to kill Hyunsung. - Hyunsung eats part of a monster to survive. - After mutating into a monster, he finds ML and attacks. - ML severs Hyunsung’s arm and the monster flees. - Sung Hamin, a chef. His cooking can boost stats. - He was held captive by Hyunsung. ML frees Hamin and takes him to stay with Dongtak. - Park Yiseo 23yo, Dalbong’s granddaughter. - She became the zombie queen after being infected by the purple liquid from the green meteor. - Emergency quest: Stop the queen's perfect transformation. - Hyunsung and other zombies were compelled to give their lives to the queen for her transformation. Yiseo is trapped in a cocoon. ML and Dalbong destroy the feeding tubes attached to the cocoon. Yiseo emerges as the queen in an unstable form. - ML and Dalbong are pushed beyond their limits as they fight Yiseo. They manage to destroy the queen’s core which subdues Yiseo. ML, Dalbong and Yiseo collapse. ML wakes up after a month. A village has been constructed around his home and more human survivors live there. - Dalbong’s spinal injury means he’s a paraplegic now. - Yiseo is fine physically but remains unconscious. - Naye helps ML to enter Yiseo’s mind. She’s fighting the ghosts of Dalbong and her followers who died. ML uses his mental care skill to help her overcome this trauma and she wakes up. - ML and Yiseo hunt zombies to farm magic stones. - Shield was established by Lee Sangcheol 44yo, a famous actor. - At first it protected the people but class divisions arose as the organisation expanded. Resources are monopolised by a select few at the top. They also conduct inhumane experiments. - Kim Hyungseok 33yo, Shield PR / propaganda director. - He kills humans for their magic stones. - He’s also a mixed creature. - ML and Yiseo infiltrate Shield. They quickly win over the ordinary people with their generosity and care. - They are sent on a mission to take control of a steam power plant. They fight zombies evolved into ghouls that use electricity. - Shield sends 2 squads to raid a large hospital. They request backup so ML and Yiseo are also sent. ML detects a trap. - The 2 squads were turned into monsters by a ceiling zombie. - ML and Yiseo defeat the monsters. They retrieve the bodies of the squad captains as proof of what happened. Hyungseok takes ML and Yiseo to Paradise HQ to meet Sangcheol. - Kwak Doopal 61yo, mechanic and Hammer gang boss. - ML and Yiseo save Sangcheol from Doopal. - ML obtains the reigning (manpower) skill from Sangcheol. - Kwak Seoryeong 18yo, Doopal’s granddaughter. - ML gives her a magic stone and she awakens with a mediation skill. She can make contracts. She uses her skill to save Doopal from execution. ML shares his plan to destroy Shield. - Doopal pretends to join Shield with the rest of his gang. - Soo Hancheol 46yo, director of Shield’s awakener research lab. He’s in charge of the “new human race” project. - ML copies the biotechnology skill from Hancheol. - Mutant humans are created from zombies and humans. A root / cell monster excretes “life stones” that increase vitality and decrease rejection of zombie blood injected into humans. - ML and Yiseo decapitate Sangcheol and Hancheol. - Sangcheol regenerates and changes into a mutant human. - ML creates a temporary imitation skill through synthesis. ML and Yiseo defeat Sangcheol. The root monster escapes. - ML’s body evolves and he gets a recovery skill. - They find a secret magic stone storage room. - ML has copied the mediation skill and makes a contract with Hyungseok. With the evidence recorded of the research lab, Hyungseok publicly reveals the crimes of the late Sangcheol. - Shield is disbanded by ML and the survivors will be transported to a new Paradise by the Hammer gang. - ML’s village is now a large fortified city. - He calls it “Humanity Union.” - Elder Park Dalbong, head of security - Kim Soochan Sebastian, head of intelligence - Elder Jung Youngchun, head of construction - Han Wonwook 35yo, deputy manager of the National Intelligence Service (NIS). He has a clairvoyance skill. - ML kills Lt Gen Hwang Hyeongcheol for leading a corrupt and evil military camp. The remaining soldiers and tanks are absorbed into the Hammer gang to form ML’s army. - Im Jungwoong 71yo is a farmer who was held captive at the camp. ML frees him and obtains the food cultivation skill. - Ma Poongkang, blacksmith - Han Myungsook, fashion designer - They make special customised equipment for ML. - ML and Yiseo lead the army to eradicate the zombies and monsters from an entire province. They level up by consuming magic stones and they rescue survivors along the way. - ML is rewarded with a “choice and concentration” skill. - ML assigns his city as the territory of the Humanity Union. All residents receive buffs. - ML has captured a root monster. Naye helps ML to enter the monster’s memories. They are forced to quickly escape when the main body of the root monster recognises them. - Im Mookcheol (Hercules) 33yo, body builder and Gamers guild master. His guild only recruits combat skill users. - Hercules agrees to an alliance with Humanity Union after he has a sparring match with ML. The Gamers buy food, items and equipment with magic stones. - Rasha Korkowski 23yo, mechanical engineer - ML and Yiseo recruit Rasha to join the Humanity Union. - They stop a group of human-type zombies from the Immortal cult who try to kidnap Rasha. - The Immortal cult worships zombies. - Choi Myeongho 47yo, cult leader - The cult’s archbishops are new mutants (awakened zombies?) - The Great Immortal worshipped by the Immortal cult is the main body of the root monster. - ML’s army and the Gamers guild fight the Immortal cult army. - ML copies the gigantification skill from Hercules. - ML, Yiseo and Hercules fight Myeongho. The Great Immortal possesses Myeongho’s body. It used to be the guardian deity for another world that was destroyed by a zombie apocalypse. - It was a dragon called Estaros who was turned into a hideous monster by those who sent the zombies. - ML strikes the final blow that defeats Estaros for now. - He is rewarded with an extortion skill. - Kim Naksoo 58yo, an admiral - ML agrees to bring the residents of Jeju Island under the care of the Humanity Union. ML copies the commanding skill from Naksoo and the clairvoyance skill from Wonwook. - Estaros has gathered an army of over a million zombies and monsters in Seoul. This army attacks ML’s city. ML defeats Cesar the undead knight commander. Then ML fights the enemy army alone to buy time for his city to be turned into a mobile fortress based on plans developed by Rasha. - The mobile fortress heads to Seoul to liberate it from zombies and rescue survivors. ML faces Estaros again.
The Only Necromancer
Ch 73 as of 06/01/23 - Also on Webtoon - the goblin skeletons are super cute!!! - ML is Seongwu Yu. - He was orphaned as a child when his parents died in a house fire. - He’s back at college after completing his military service. - Suddenly system windows appear, asking to choose a class to survive the apocalypse in 15 seconds. ML chooses Necromancer. - Anyone who picks a class becomes a player in this game. - Goblins appear and attack everyone. ML can summon undead minions from the monsters that are killed. He receives gold and XP when either he or his minions kill monsters. - Scent of Death effect: opponents are weakened by stat debuffs. - Wild Berserker bracelet: gives attack buffs to goblins for 10mins when activated. - Synergy effect: buffs are applied when the same type is grouped together (ie weapons, team, etc). - Hanho Lee, ML’s idiot friend. (Class: Rogue) - Jisu Yun 23yo, student rep of the PE dept. (Class: Tiger hunter) - To escape the college, the boss monster must be defeated. - ML, Hanho and Jisu go to the rooftop and face the goblin chief, the boss monster. One of ML’s goblin skeleton minions called the One Armed Warrior (OAW) lands the final blow and beheads the chief. OAW then absorbs the chief’s mana to level up. - ML, Hanho and Jisu also level up. - ML obtains a skill to create bone weapons. - Hanho obtains a rogue cloak that improves stealth. - Jisu obtains a whetstone that can set her blade on fire. - Daeseong Park, the corrupt student council president. - Jinseok, a trash bastard with an over inflated ego. - Kyeongsu Lee (Class: Spearman) - ML and co. level up again after killing a group of orcs. - They save another human team from orcs and are shown an items store. ML obtains a legendary class orb called the Sea Spirit’s Tear. It increases his mana and mana recovery. - ML uses a bus to save Daeseong’s large group from orcs. - They need to defeat the boss monster again to leave the area. - The orc chief is a black mage and the boss monster. - ML goes alone with his undead minions to fight the orc chief. - He can now summon orc skeletons. ML is strengthened by the orc chief’s black magic and his mana grows rapidly. - ML and his undead soldiers kill the orc chief. - Devil’s Bloodstone: a legendary orb that allows the user to steal mana or HP from an enemy. - All modern weapons (ie guns) can’t be used anymore. - There are QR codes that allow you to download the Play Guide Book app. This app is the only way for survivors to communicate with each other. All other modern networks are down. - The app also includes the latest news, player rankings, and an auction house. - Dungeon: Elder Slime’s Shrine - After defeating the boss monster, ML collects the slime and the monster core which are very acidic. - People are killing other people and players to obtain gold. - ML stops a vampire who is leading a group of murderers. ML kills them all. - Hanho returns home to find his parents alive and well. - ML and his team are attacked by mutant wolves when they try to leave. ML uses the acid slime on the wolves. His minions finish off the wolves. - ML and co. head for a nearby military fortress that’s become a safe zone. They see wyverns on the way. - A chance to pick another class is given to everyone. - ML chooses Dark Mage to combine with Necromancer. - Death’s Aura: buffs the undead minions and debuffs their enemies. - Jisu chooses Hitman which gives her heightened senses. - Hanho's dad chooses Pioneer which means he can create a safety zone (maintained by mana or gold). Hanho’s mother chose Chef. Hanho picked Priest. - Anyone who still didn’t pick a class after the 2nd round is turned into a monster. ML and co. kill 2 people before they turn into werewolves. ML summons the werewolf skeletons. - There’s another items store at a car sales building. - Refuge in the Void: a master rank skill that lets you create a space for your undead minions to rest and recover. - ML gets a quest to kill the vampire lord who is a convicted serial killer. An abandoned factory is under the control of vampires. - ML and co. infiltrate the factory and are reunited with Kyeongsu. ML discovers they’re running a human trafficking ring inside the factory. His team rescues the kidnapped people while he kills the vampires. ML manages to summon an undead vampire minion. He can see some of the minion’s memories. - ML sees the face of the vampire lord for the first time. - The vampire lord wants to bring about a new world order. The vampires will be the next pinnacle of human evolution. - Hanho’s dad creates a safety zone around the factory. - ML, Hanho, Jisu and Kyeongsu hunt monsters to level up. - They enter a kobold dungeon in a department store. - ML finds a dragon egg. He levels up and obtains the Corpse Explosion skill. After defeating the boss monster, he obtains Death’s Response that lets him summon 100 zombies for 10mins. - The vampires are luring people who want to enter the safety zone at the military fortress. A crowd gathers at the designated meeting spot. They will be slaughtered as part of a great feast for the vampires. ML sets his own trap and kills the vampire guards who followed him. He summons more undead vampire minions. - Jisu and Hanho are among the crowd that is let into the fortress. When the vampire lord and the other vampires reveal themselves, Jisu and Hanho help the crowd to escape. Kyeongsu arrives with a bus full of monster corpses. ML gets the vampires to follow him onto the bus, then he detonates the corpses. - ML goes head to head against the vampire lord. - ML completes his quest after killing the vampire lord. - Create Bone Armour skill: ML can make armour from the bones of corpses for himself, his party and his minions. - Prophecy Stone: ML sees a vision of the future with the end of humanity and the world caused by the Lich King. - ML gets a quest to retrieve the Grim Reaper’s Scythe. - ML refuses to join the army who want to use him to do everything. - ML agrees to kill a boss monster with the army after they pay him 100k gold. Sergeant 1st Class Jinuk Kang will lead the soldiers. - ML, Jisu and Hanho find a workshop for the first time. - Jisu combines her fire whetstone and sword. - ML combines Sea Spirit’s Tear, Devil’s Bloodstone and Elder Slime Core to create a Chaos Crystal. - It’s a legendary item that grants the Chaos attribute to the user. Increased mana, mana recovery, and stealing mana / HP occur simultaneously during attacks. - Sergeant Kim (Class: Blacksmith) - The soldiers are being extorted by their commanding officers. - They’re enslaved to be used as meat shields and gold collectors. - ML and co. go with the soldiers led by Jinuk Kang to the airstrip. There’s a gigantic troll as the boss monster. - With excellent teamwork, ML and co. kill the troll. - Shadow King’s Cloak: allows the user to hide in the shadows and reduces magic damage. - Jinuk Kang was ordered to kill ML after the boss monster was defeated. ML was aware of this and easily defeats Jinuk, but Jinuk injects a werebeast vial into himself and turns into a weretiger. - ML kills Jinuk and summons the undead weretiger as his minion. - ML confronts the army commander who has a special synergy that lets him order the soldiers to do anything. If they disobey, he can punish them with hellfire. ML and others like him are seen as threats to the old world order that the commander wants to rebuild. - ML won’t kill the army commander after he’s given the army’s gold and the soldiers are freed. ML promises to leave the area when the game system allows it. A group called the Wandering Peddlers sold the werebeast vials and other player made items to the army. - The commander tries to kill ML as he leaves. ML’s minions protect him and kill the commander instead. - Sgt Kim and most of the soldiers go with ML and co. to the village of survivors managed by Kyeongsu. - The restriction on travel between areas is lifted. - Jeonghun Choi the Liberation guild master visits ML. - The Liberation guild is the largest and no.1 guild in S. Korea. - Jeonghun’s class is Crusader Commander. He creates a special synergy by appointing crusaders and forming a knight order. - He has the War Hero’s Aura, a charm skill that instills favour and respect in others (L10 and below) towards him within his vicinity. - Prophecy Stone: ML sees another vision of the world ending. The Fallen Ones plant and corrupt the World Tree with human sacrifices. - ML refuses to join the Liberation guild but he agrees to join their raid party to defeat the Fallen Ones. - Hidden quest: Catch the Golden Deer. - ML is teleported to a hidden stage called Golden Canyon. - ML clears the stage, learning valuable lessons along the way. - He obtains an Oath Parchment that lets you make a pledge with another player. Failure to meet the pledge condition results in death. - ML levels up, his stats increase and he gains XP. - He also obtains an equipment upgrade stone, a strength upgrade vial, and an experience card. He exits the hidden stage. - The people who turned into werebeasts regain their human consciousness after killing 10 humans. ML realises monsters can level up by killing / consuming humans. - The Evolutionary Society: Mad scientists have allied with werebeasts to exterminate humans. They work together to conduct human experiments and create many dangerous items that are sold by the Wandering Peddlers. - Hanho’s mother tried cooking monster meat but it was a failure. The meat is irresistible to monsters and ML uses it as bait. - Spider Queen’s dungeon: the boss monsters are a kobold shaman and the spider queen. ML, Hanho and Jisu defeat the boss monsters and level up. There’s an items store in the dungeon. - ML: Shadow King’s Ring increases stats. It also summons a Shadow Clone when attacking from the shadows. - Hanho: Lady Luck’s Practical Joke is a magic scroll. It allows the player to use a random skill. - The game app has a new broadcast feature. - The Liberation guild will livestream the raid. - Minhwa Seong - Minheum Seong (Class: Scouter), Minhwa’s brother. - A quest is generated in response to the raid. It turns the raid into a competition for one player to kill the boss monster. - Lizardman Warlord is the boss monster - ML refuses to share the boss rewards equally. - 12 groups including ML’s party have joined the raid. - The other 10 groups are affiliated with the Liberation guild. - Gangyun Lee (Class: Fire Mage), a wanker - Anseok Gu (Class: Martial Artist), another wanker - ML’s party get to the boss monster and see Jeonghun fighting it. - The monster turns into a fire drake and it knocks out Jeonghun. - ML fights the drake with his undead minions. Jisu and Hanhu help the other players fight the swarm of monsters. - ML dies in the drake’s flames but he has his 1st awakening and is resurrected. He now has the Grim Reaper’s Manifestation skill. For 1hr each day, ML can summon the Grim Reaper’s Scythe and transform into a lich. He can also revive any defeated minions. - ML’s relentless large scale attack defeats the drake. - He summons the undead drake skeleton as his minion. - He is rewarded with the title of Dragon Hunter. His stats and fire immunity increase. The drake body parts are harvested. - ML obtains the Seed of Life (mythical rank). - The Liberation guild HQ is attacked by the anti-human alliance / Evolutionary Society. An Ogre Champion boss monster is summoned. ML with his undead drake and army defeat it and ML summons it’s skeleton as his minion. ML gets the God of Thunder’s Blessing which is a bracelet that attacks with electricity. - ML and Jisu help a Liberation guild survivor shelter that is under an area quest called the City of the Dead. They’re constantly attacked by hordes of zombies and ghouls. - Ahn Minseok, the shelter leader, makes a contract with ML to protect his family. He becomes a death knight who retains his human consciousness. - The Evolutionary Society have held captive and experimented on the Ghoul King, the boss monster. The Society leader says he’s studying death, ie abyss energy that is contrary to life. He asks ML to join them in attaining transcendence as the next phase of human evolution. ML kills the Society members and destroys their leader’s clone. The Ghoul King dies and the area quest ends. - A system update is announced for the Korean server that is performing (too) well. Warlord monsters leading large armies will now attack safety zones. - Gangseok Han, no.1 player in South Korea.
Ranker's Return
Ch 84 as of 08/01/23 - Ch 16 is faulty. ( Read on Tappytoon when it’s free ) - The remade version is on Tappytoon. - Arena is the world’s greatest VR MMORPG. - Quincy is the gaming company that developed Arena. - ML is Kang Hyeonu. - 2yrs ago he was Arena’s greatest player in history. - He was the best at controlling his skills in the game. - He deleted his account to do his military service and prepare to take over his wealthy family’s construction company. - ML returned from his service to discover his family are now bankrupt. His father Kang Seokjun was betrayed and he had a heart attack from the stress. ML works hard at menial part-time jobs to pay his father’s hospital bills and support his family. ML decides to start playing Arena again to earn money and get revenge. - Kwon Yeongchan, ML’s friend. (Arena ID: Argon) - Kwon Yuri and Kwon Yeongjoon are Yeongchan’s siblings. - He lends his Arena capsule to ML and gets ML to live with him. - Jeong Hanbaek. His father was the one who betrayed ML’s father. - Tutorial completion reward: - ML gets a unique-grade ring that boosts his strength. - ML is the only one who knows how to make an XP potion that boosts XP earned for a few hours (he can only make the potion once a month). The last ingredient he needs is in a dungeon that is now owned by the Black Skull guild. - Character deletion duel: ML is forced to duel with the guild member guarding the dungeon. ML wins the duel. - He gets the last ingredient and creates the potion. - ML auctions the XP potion for a record price. - ML buys some (garish) equipment and weapons. - He needs to complete quests and clear dungeons to level up. - ML joins a party of new, inexperienced players. - Choi Somi, priestess / Choi Jinu, warrior / Park Cheolmin, archer / Gia, mage - With ML’s skill and leadership, they defeat the hobgoblin boss monster of a goblin dungeon. ML takes the pet egg as his reward. Later ML hatches the pet egg and a teddy bear emerges. ML names the bear “Tangy.” It has high stats and magic power. Tangy’s skills give buffs to ML. - Class Tower: each floor represents a different class. - Khan, the NPC floor manager for the warrior class. - ML passes the test to change his class to “warrior.” - He is the 1st to get the title “Warrior Acknowledged By Khan.” ML’s stats and skills increase. - Quest: Meet Duke Lebron the Kion Knight (NPC). - Lebron is the strongest knight in the Yusma Empire. - ML gets tips from Yeongchan for ML’s streaming debut. - Yeongchan will manage ML’s channel and content on the Arena online forum and SNS, etc. - ML goes to the Black Forest to hunt dark elves and level up. - A PK party targets ML. They pretend to be nice to ML but plan to kill him when they fight the dark elf chief. Tangy overheard their plans and tells ML who kills the PK party and the dark elf chief. - Ellis, the best Arena video editor. - Later Yeongchan shares a video online of ML defeating the PK party. There’s a huge positive reaction by the Arena community. - After ML’s father was betrayed, ML doesn’t easily trust anyone now? - ML gets a random skill book. He uses it to obtain a new skill. - Blood for Blood: an attack skill that penetrates defence. - Jamie Moore, Nike CEO. Nike is a top management company that supports Arena streamers and pro gamers. - Kale, Nike Business Team Manager. - ML and Tangy hunt and level up at the Black Forest. - Quest: Deliver the bone necklace of Cancun to Chief Raccoon of the Meadow Wolf Tribe. Be acknowledged first by Dakan the orc champion to meet Raccoon. - ML forms a party with a player called Justin Mason, a mage. - Hunting together helps them to level up faster. - Park Junu, the Black Skull guard that ML deleted in a duel, is also grinding levels in the Black Forest with 2 other guild members. Junu sees ML and challenges him to another deletion duel. ML defeats all 3 of them in 1-on-1 duels and they’re deleted. - Dungeon: Dakan’s dwelling. - ML fights Dakan but eventually admits defeat. - Dakan acknowledges ML and gives his necklace to ML as a reward. It buffs all stats during battle. - ML meets Raccoon and returns Cancun’s necklace. - Cancun is the son and heir of Raccoon. - ML gets a new skill for clearing the quest. - Magic Condensation: this skill increases magic power. - Quest: Raccoon’s message for Cancun. - ML visits Lebron at his estate. He is tested by Lebron. Although Lebron defeats ML, the Kion Knight is impressed and ML is the 1st to get the title of “Rising Star Acknowledged By Lebron.” ML completes the quest and receives a new skill. - Combat Master: all stats increase in battle. - Quest: Briggs Investigation. Black mages are suspected of summoning undead in the southern city of Briggs. - Before undertaking this new quest, ML wants to deal with the Black Skull guild. He posts on the Arena community online forum a declaration of war. ML accuses the guild of monopolising hunting grounds and terrorising other players. He challenges the Black Skull guild master and other guild executives to a deletion duel. - Kang Junggu, vice guild master of New World guild. - Black Skull guild is affiliated with New World guild. - ML is scouted by Nike and is offered a contract with them. - ML meets Kale and confirms the contract details. Kale and Nike are aware that ML is the former no.1 player. The conditions are outstanding and ML signs the 2yr contract. - The Black Skull guild choose the colosseum in the Yusma Empire as the venue for the duel. ML shocks everyone by announcing a team battle, ie ML vs all 13 guild execs. ML defeats all of them. The Black Skull guild is wiped out. - Kang Woojong, Arena pro team, JT Telecom head coach. - Jeong Hanbaek debuts as a pro gamer for JT Telecom. - ML will also become a pro gamer so he can beat Hanbaek. - ML travels to Briggs. A player (Loru Monk class) called Kim Seokjoong (SJ) recognises ML and insists on joining him. - SJ takes ML to a black mage’s hideout in the cemetery. Together they kill the black mage and ghouls inside. - SJ is the New World guild master. He wants to recruit ML. - After ML logged out to take a break, he sees Yuri (mage) and Yeongjoon (archer) at the entrance to the Dark Cave dungeon. - He agrees to join their party. In the dungeon, they find a hidden lab related to ML’s quest. They kill the black mage and his giant bear chimera inside. ML obtains the black mage’s research journal and the giant bear’s essence. - ML delivers the journal to Lebron and completes the quest. - Lebron escorts ML to the imperial palace to give his report. - ML is the 1st player to enter the palace and to meet Emperor Alexander who wants to verify ML’s skills. - Proof of Qualification: Win in the colosseum. - ML gives the essence to Tangy who levels up. - Tangy unlocks new skills: Lightning and Magic Affinity. - Nike gives a black jaguar leather suit to ML. It boosts all stats and has stealth and speed abilities. - ML makes his 1st livestream at the colosseum. - He will challenge the colosseum rankings by becoming the 1st player to achieve 100 consecutive wins. His 10hr stream ends with Tangy’s buffs that help ML defeat the last and strongest opponent. - Imperial quest: Find Aldred in the Arti desert. - Main quest: Rebel investigation in the Arti desert. - Aldred the knight captain at Lipa castle. - ML gives the Emperor’s token to Aldred. - ML is rewarded with a new skill: Crescent Moon Cut. - He can now create sword qi. - ML finds the hidden desert dungeon he discovered 2yrs ago. - He livestreams his solo raid on the desert dragon boss monster. It takes him 3.5hrs to be the first to defeat a dragon on his own. ML used his past experience to decipher the dragon’s attack patterns and identify it’s weak spot. His reward includes the desert dragon’s essence as a bracelet. It boosts stats and has the Fire Breath ability. - Yoo Junho, ML’s sitter from Nike. - Junho gets rid of the 9 Mano guild members who came to PK ML after his solo raid. - Liu Shei, Guryong guild executive. - Guryong guild from China is Arena’s largest guild. - ML finds the hidden rebel camp in the desert. - He learns the black mages are connected to the rebels. - Perrion the black archmage has gathered an large army of undead and chimeras. Count Ramon the Lipa castle lord is a traitor who is working with the rebels. - The rebels kidnapped dwarves from the Red Anvil clan and forced them to make weapons. Golden Hammer is the chief dwarf blacksmith who recognises ML’s sword as one he made. ML helps the dwarves to escape. - ML returns to the palace and reports to the Emperor. - Main quest: Defend Lipa castle. - Carey, Phoenix guild master - Rachel, vice guild master of Phoenix guild - The Phoenix and New World guilds have so far monopolised the main quests. ML invites all players to meet him at Lipa castle for info on the main quests. A huge number of players turn up and help ML defend the castle against the rebel forces. - Count Ramon is killed by Aldred. - ML commands the players in the battle against Perrion. - Lebron arrives with his knights and defeats Perrion. - Aldred gives a sealed half sword to ML. - Lebron invites ML to be his 1st disciple. ML’s class changes to Kion Knight and all stats increase. ML receives the Ring of Nostagia from the Emperor. It’s a treasure of the Kion Knights. It increases your skill proficiency growth rate. - Drivers are hired by a Chinese Arena streamer called Tian Hu to challenge ML in the colosseum. The streamer lost sponsors who are more interested in ML, so he wants to humiliate ML. Clear is a famous money-hungry driver who wields dual swords. ML agrees to a deletion duel with Clear and he easily beats Clear. - Nike approves ML’s proposal for King of Masked Combat (KMC). It’s a new program that broadcasts PVP duels between famous players wearing masks. Not knowing who their opponent is forces players to rely purely on their skills and strategies. Hanbaek is among the 30 players who agree to participate. - Cancun the orc is spotted by the famous Pioneer guild in the Frozen Canyon. The 5 guild members are all wealthy IRL and play Arena for fun. They have the most Arena subscribers. - Ket, Pioneer guild master and a warrior. - Arth (mage), Julie, Maha (priest) and Nix (paladin). - ML finds Cancun and saves the orc from a boss monster. - ML delivers Raccoon’s message to Cancun, telling him to come home. Cancun was cursed by Caroum, a black mage. Cancun asks ML to help find and kill the mage to lift the curse. - The Pioneer guild’s network help to find a nearby dungeon with undead and black magic. Caroum is now a lich. - ML defeats Dullahan the headless knight, then Caroum. - Cancun’s curse is lifted. The orc leaves for the Black Forest. - ML obtains a Cursed Bracelet that can create a cursed spear. - A living opponent hit by this spear will lose HP over time. - Ket asks ML to consider joining the Pioneer guild in the future. - ML decides to play battle royale. It consists of PVP, a magic test and an achievement evaluation. ML wins 10 consecutive PVP rounds with just a worn dagger. He sets a new record for completing the magic test. ML’s achievements are evaluated as “epic.” ML’s overall ranking for battle royale is no.1 with an epic grade. - Arena has 4 known category grades: - Common (low) / Uncommon / Rare / Unique (high) - Epic is the newest and highest grade. ML is the 1st to get this. - Quest: Red Anvil clan. Find the clan in the Ragged Mountains and meet Golden Hammer. - ML finds the dwarf clan village hidden behind a waterfall. - Golden Hammer gets ML to choose a new weapon as a reward. ML chooses Memories of Murder, gauntlets that boost stats, attacks and defence. - Tian Hu is the Isis guild master and CEO of a gaming marketplace. He is a scalper who monopolises hunting grounds and controls the market by inflating the sale price of items. - Rin is a female mage and Tian Hu’s subordinate. - She tries to PK ML with 3 more players. They are all defeated. - ML declares war on Tian Hu and the Isis guild for their scalping practises. Tian Hu makes ML agree to a deletion duel as a combat trial. ML can only use basic gear for the duel. - ML’s skill and precision from his extensive game experience overwhelms Tian Hu. ML wins but the Isis guild still try to attack him. The Pioneer guild stops them. - ML gets a new skill: Magic Explosion. - Quincy created a special set in Arena for KMC. - The contestants for the first show are SJ, Carey, Marco (Mano guild), Daniel (Tank Corps guild), Mascherano (USA Red Bull pro gamer), and Ryan (UK Manchester Devils pro gamer). - The appearances and the equipment of the contestants are changed and customised by Quincy. ML is the show’s MC. - With the money earned from the show, ML pays off part of his father’s debt and upgrades his gear. - Quest: Meet General Gerard at Lactus fortress in the Heijin mountain range. An annual monster wave attacks the fortress. - ML and Tangy defeat 999 monsters. A treasure map is the reward. - The 2nd show of KMC has ML and Hanbaek in the cast. - The other competitors include Ice Princess Reina (pro gamer captain of the NY Warriors), Ichino (a popular Japanese streamer with the ninja class), and Yeongchan. ML secretly swaps with Yeongchan to fight and humiliate Hanbaek. - Hanbaek and his team captain make false claims online that Hanbaek didn’t use his full strength on KMC and pro gamers are stronger than amateurs. ML hears this and declares war on the JT Telecom pro gaming team. He will crush them and Hanbaek when he turns pro. - Tangy has it’s first awakening. All stats increase and the new skills of Giantisation, Roar and Dimensional Space are unlocked. - The treasure map teleports ML to an instant dungeon, the Mine Spider’s Lair. ML defeats Krassel the elemental spider and the boss monster. He obtains Krassel’s Curse, a mask with 5 attack options. Tangy eats Krassel’s essence for fire and ice, which become Tangy’s new skills. - ML quits KMC and hands the show to Yeongchan as the new host. ML wants to create new content for his channel that will continue to increase subscriber numbers. He decides to invite celebrities to teach them combat skills. He announces this during a live Q&A session online. - SJ and Junggu get ML to join them on a dungeon raid. It’s a new dungeon that only allows 3 players to enter. The boss monster is a vampire. They clear each floor then kill the vampire. ML takes the vampire cloak (wraith form skill) and the vampire heart. ML is tricked into saying he will join New World if he ever decides to join a guild. Junggu secretly records this. - Dwayne Evans, Hollywood action star - Dwayne is ML’s first celebrity guest. He’s a big fan of ML. - Dwayne has the rare brawler class but he is really low in the rankings. ML identifies what’s wrong after seeing Dwayne demonstrate his skills. ML coaches Dwayne on how to improve. - Quincy announce a special update for Arena. - A 3rd class change will be available to high ranked players. - Players and guilds can own castles. - A new pet colosseum. (like Pokémon?) - While investigating the cause of the annual monster wave, ML defeats a tattooed ogre imbued with black magic. - ML reports this to Gerard and Lebron who warn the Emperor. - ML is sent to the imperial library to choose a new skill. He picks Heavenly Demon’s dark arts. - Main quest: The truth behind the monster wave. - Main quest: Exterminate the tattooed monsters. - Lebron advises ML will need help on these quests. - ML invites New World and Pioneer. - After training hard for a week, Dwayne returns for his 2nd class with ML. Dwayne shows a huge improvement. ML gets Dwayne to reach his goal of improving his ranking. - Sunny the reporter is an Arena streamer who is popular because of her accurate info. ML agrees to a joint stream with her after she tells him the rebel leader is called Edward and the power behind the rebel forces is called Alkill. Edward is the 2nd Prince and the Emperor’s younger brother. - Archmage Serped in the Ancient Dungeon. - Justin Mason is Serped’s apprentice. - ML obtains a new Unwavering Mind skill after perfectly completing the 9 stages of the Ancient Dungeon set up by Serped. - Main quest: Find Alkill’s base and kill Alkill’s execs. - Sunny tells ML that Alkill will start the rebellion at the same time as the siege at the Kunta plateau. During that time the Alkill base will be defenceless. - ML offers to be a mercenary for Mascherano and the USA Red Bull team who occupy the Kunta plateau. - The Mano guild and JT Telecom team conduct the seige. - Marco the Mano guild master leads a large scale attack on ML. Marco is still defeated by ML who was well prepared. - Patrick is the Mano guild advisor. He apologises to ML and offers compensation. ML accepts the offer and lets the Mano guild members go. Patrick gives ML an earring made from the World Tree. It’s called Forest Essence and boosts all stats when in a forest. As promised to ML, Mano guild withdraw from the Kunta plateau. - The Alkill base has been found. - SJ holds a meeting with the major guilds and teams. They all agree to form an alliance to fight against the rebels. - While the others converge on the rebel base, ML secretly enters the base with Sunny.
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Ch 20 as of 11/01/23 - DROPPED, lost interest - not sure but will wait and see … - seems like a mashup of other stories like it - ML goes from loser to OP way too fast - confusing and unexplained bits, ie hard to tell when IRL dungeon battles vs VR game.
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