Manager Kim
Ch 21 as of 15/02/22 - also on Webtoon - Kim Minji 18yo, gets taken away be thugs when she’s knocked out with a rock by her high school nemesis and rich kid, Joo Hyeri. - Mr Kim (Code 66), Minji’s father. He’s a legendary, former North Korean spy with considerable military expertise. Minji doesn’t know about her father’s past. - Joo Kang Chan, CEO of Jooyoung Construction. - Hyeri’s father. He’s corrupt, powerful and influential. - Kang Guk Cheol, Director, National Special Ops Dept. - Kang is tracking Mr Kim and Minji using GPS. - Song Han Soo, National taekwondo gold medallist. - When Minji goes missing, Mr Kim questions Hyeri and her thug boyfriend after he finds Hyeri’s hair tie in an alley with lots of blood stains. Mr Kim beats up some loan sharks as he tries to find who took Minji. The police arrive and they’re all arrested. - When Mr Kim’s mobile rings with a call from Minji’s mobile, he breaks free from his handcuffs and knocks out everyone in the police station so he can answer his mobile. - Mr Kim seeks help from his friend Mr Song who has a van with all the latest surveillance tech. Since Mr Kim trashed the police station, Kang and his men have been pursuing Mr Kim. - Mr Kim and Mr Song enter a trashy high school for idiots and delinquents after tracking Minji’s mobile to that location. They fight their way through until they find the mobile in the pocket of a gang leader. - They find out the mobile was taken from a homeless man. They find the man who saw the mobile and wallet being thrown away. The man describes the car of the ones who threw out those items. - Using CCTV footage, they locate the car at the freight docks near the port. Mr Kim beats up the thugs at the docks and checks the freezer warehouse where Minji was being kept. - Minji already escaped herself and Mr Kim sees her trying to hitch a ride at the road nearby. Minji gets a lift from Mr Joo who had come to the docks for an arranged meeting with the thugs holding Minji. Mr Joo takes Minji to his villa. Before Minji is given a lethal injection, they’re interrupted by the appearance of Kang and his men. The Vice Minister calls and tells Kang to back off. Kang’s men manage to take Minji away before Mr Joo noticed. - Mr Kim and Mr Song were watching the villa. They stowed away in the cars of Kang and his men. Kang takes Minji back to HQ.
Toshokan No Daimajutsushi
The Witch and the Beast
Ch 48 as of 24/08/22 - incredible art - This world has 8 continents. - The Global Holy Church is on the 1st continent. - The continents are numbered as you go eastward. - Witches represent the pinnacle of sorcery. - The Origins: 17 women were the first witches. - Witches don’t age over time. Their powers are duplicated exactly over successive generations. - The Order of Magical Resonance: - An assembly of the very best in sorcery and magic. - A powerful group that works by magic, for magic and of magic. They will take on any mission that involves magic, regardless of the danger. Each member is given an order signet ring / brand. - Guideau the Beast has no magic power at all and is the natural enemy of witches. - His spirit is trapped by a witch’s curse in the body of a beautiful young woman. He is looking for the witch responsible to undo the witch’s curse then kill the witch. The curse is temporarily broken when G kisses a witch and he returns to his original body. This is only possible once with each witch. - Ashaf, a 1st class mage - He carries around a coffin with G’s true original body. - He uses crows and black panthers as his familiars. - Ione, a 120yo witch and Mary, one of her apprentices. - Mary and the other residents of the city think of Ione as a hero. Over 400yrs ago, Ione’s grandmother was called an evil witch even though she saved the city from hellfire and she was sealed. - On the anniversary of her grandma being sealed, Ione plans to unleash the hellfire as revenge. G and Ashaf stop Ione and save Mary with the other young women who were being sacrificed as keys to unleash the hellfire. - G is getting impatient for their next witch-related job. - After a month, a witch committing serial murder and a grimoire in the city of Hayden is the next mission. It’s called “the witch’s pastime” case. The Hayden mayor is stopping the Paladin Corps from taking over this case. He wants the credit for solving it. - Kiera Haines, the only mage on the Hayden police force. - Reuben Cole, Kiera’s magic teacher and lover. - The witch is targeting the people around Kiera. One of the first victims was Reuben. - Shulk and Loran are Kiera’s adopted teenage sons. - Kiera thought they were killed by the witch. - The boys have a set of 2 grimoires that act as one entity. - Grimoires are forbidden instruments of black magic. - There’s a penalty for using the grimoires. - The boys killed people as sacrifices to use the grimoires’ powers. - The boys are in love with Kiera. She only saw them as her sons. - After G defeats them, Kiera kills them herself. - Kiera gives the grimoires to Ashaf. - Phanora Kristoffel the “profound witch” and a necromancy specialist from the Order. She can summon undead Death Knights. - Johan, Phanora’s assistant and a special undead. - Undead need to be regularly maintained by the one who resurrected them so they don’t go out of control. - Resurrections must be performed with the permission of the patient before death or their close relative. All info about necromancy must be disclosed to the patient so they are fully aware. - Undead can be set to auto, semi-auto or manual modes. - Strays are undead who are illegally revived without any guidance. - Sergeant Jeff Enker, who recently lost his fiancé. - Increased cases of unmaintained undead going crazy. - Phanora uses a special lamp to attract strays. A surprisingly large number appear. Johan takes care of them. - They follow the tracks of the strays and discover an old mansion. - Jeff’s fiancé is one of the strays at the mansion. - Necromancy forcibly removes souls from the cycle of reincarnation. There is no method for those souls to return. - Once the spell fades and the soul experiences it's 2nd death, the consciousness exists in nothingness called “the void” for eternity. - The illegal necromancer conducted forbidden experiments on the undead to try and create the perfect body for his dead lover. - Phanora defeats the illegal strays with her Death Knights. After the necromancer was tortured by Johan, Phanora kills the necromancer and turns him into an undead, forcing him to maintain Jeff’s fiancé from now on. - The Paladin Corps: a magic based military force. - They serve under the Global Holy Church. - Their strategic base is a floating castle. - Lt Col Matt Cugat, the “man of ice” and head of the 6th battalion of the 3rd continent. He is an elemental mage who made a pact with a great ice elemental. - The mission for G and Ashaf is to protect the witch. - Helga Velvette, her lineage traces to the Origin called Quena Velvette the “dauntless witch.” - Ashgan the Demon Sword. It was sealed by Quena and only a witch of her lineage can break the seal. It was the responsibility and duty of the Velvette clan to guard Ashgan. - The Executioners are underground witch-hunting specialists since the Dark Ages. They operate in the shadows of the Church. - Helga was framed for the murder of 6 men. - Ishlingen the Demon Hand is a forbidden instrument made from the skin of 17 kings. It has the power of mind control. - Cugat's paladins were brainwashed by the Executioner. The penalty for using the Demon Hand are living human sacrifices. - The Executioners want the power of the Demon Sword. They found the Velvette clan’s hideout and killed everyone. - Helga was the sole survivor who escaped with Ashgan. - The Executioner used mind control on Helga who gave him the Demon Sword. Then he stabbed Helga with it to break the seal. - The Executioner couldn’t control the true nature of Ashgan. It was a being with no reason or respect. G kisses Helga and possesses his original body. In an epic battle, G defeats Ashgan who reverts to a broken sword. - G severed the limbs of the Executioner, which removed the Demon Hand. Cugat takes custody of the Executioner (presumed tortured to death). - Angela Anne Huell the “wrathful / eternal witch” - She has the power to possess a person’s body. That is why she is the eternal witch since she can switch bodies and live forever. - She is responsible for the curse on G. - G possesses Angela’s original body. When G and Ashaf first met 3yrs ago: - Ashaf arrives at a country village to protect a witch. - The Origin was Luna Farmington the “mystic witch.” - She was a master of magic conjured by speech. - Falvell Farmington can’t cast magic because she can’t speak. She has the mark of a curse on her tongue. - Owent is Falvell’s twin brother. - Craig and his father Sven moved to the village 6mths ago. - They’re actually Executioners. They frame Falvell for the slaughter of livestock in the area. Under the guise of a witch hunt, they go after Falvell. - Ashaf convinces G to protect Falvell, after G realised she wasn’t the witch he was looking for. Ashaf gets Falvell to kiss G. - This temporarily releases both of their curses. G kills one Executioner and Falvell kills the other. - Ashaf takes Falvell and Owen back to the Order. - Ashaf makes a deal with G to work for the Order. - The Fall: an endless hole that connects to 17 other worlds. - Located on a small island between the 7th and 8th continents. - L4 is Orlencia Sett, a world of vampires and humans. - Only vampires wear all black clothing during the day. - Assisting G and Ashaf are Oscar the mage and Dunward Colvect, a vampire. Their goals align as Oscar and Dunward are looking for a vampire queen who has the power of a witch. - NB: Vampires have no innate magic power. - A number of vampire incidents have occurred that violate the urban etiquette code. G and Ashaf are looking for Angela. - A witch’s blood is considered a rare delicacy for vampires. - The Conglade: one of the largest vampire factions. - At a masked gala event, human women chosen as special blood sources are presented for the vampire king’s approval to join vampire society. Dunward presents G dressed in white as an offering for the king. Dunward realises the queen of the night isn’t there and removes his mask to reveal his identity. - There are 2 vampire kings: the king of the Conglade and the king of the night. Dunward was once the king of the night but his title was stolen 100yrs ago by Dornez Guywasse who is now the queen of the night. - When Dunward was king of the night, he married a human woman and they had 3 children. Dornez was his mistress. - Dornez took Angela’s offer of power and betrayed Dunward. While he was away with his men to fight a battle against the Conglade, Dornez told the humans where his castle was. - The castle was destroyed and his family were burned alive at the stake. Dornez used her new power to kill Dunward’s men and burn Dunward to the brink of death. Oscar found Dunward and made him drink her blood. They formed a pact and now Oscar’s blood is the only blood Dunward can drink. (Side story) - Caindel Bichon, a lone sentry on guard at a checkpoint. - Angela was bored but found Caindel interesting for his dedication to the life he led. One day he was sick and asked Angela to be the sentry for him. She refused to let an emergency messenger through who was warning about the coming of the demon army. - Caindel and Angela are arrested. As the demon army approaches, Angela frees herself and destroys the demon army with her magic. - Dowler Wu is the greatest fighter in the Conglade and challenges Dunward to a duel, with G’s blood as a witch on the line. Dunward grabs Dowler’s jaws and rips his head apart to win. - Dunward’s younger brother is the neutral bridge that mediates between the Conglade and the night. Dunward, Oscar, Ashaf and G see him to arrange a meeting with Dornez. - Dunward betrays G and Ashaf, allowing them to be drugged by his brother. Later G and Ashaf break free but they face Dornez. - A witch’s kiss holds power. A pact is formed with a witch’s beloved who receives a gift. Angela bestowed her favour and power when she kissed Dornez. In exchange Dornez provided people for Angela to possess (?) - Dornez unleashes her borrowed power. G gets Ashaf to escape first. Ashaf finds Oscar and Dunward. They pretend that they have captured Ashaf and they are taken to Dornez’ castle. - Dornez intends to kill them to keep the castle location a secret. Dunward removes his mask and fights Dornez and her minions. - Oscar releases Ashaf and they look for G. - Meanwhile in Dornez’ castle, G breaks free and uses a pair of axes that are forbidden instruments to decimate the queen’s vampires. - It’s a full moon and Dunward is the one most cherished by the moon’s magic. He easily defeats Dornez’ minions. - Dornez uses a dagger infused with sunlight to stab Dunward in his chest. G appears and attacks Dornez with the axes. - Oscar finally convinces Dunward to drink her blood. He had vowed to never drink human blood again after the death of his family. The power of the full moon and the human blood combine to change Dunward into a massive, all powerful werewolf. - Dornez had immense power but didn’t have the knowledge and experience needed to wield it effectively. Dunward obliterates her body so she can’t regenerate. Angela gave Dornez the role of stalling G and Ashaf while she escaped. - Dornez admits Dunward’s oldest child and daughter survived. Dornez gave his daughter to Angela as her latest vessel. - A witch’s favour can only be given once in their lifetime. - This doesn’t apply to Angela because she can switch bodies. - There are others who have received Angela’s favours. - The 17 levels connected to 17 worlds each have a creator. - Oscar Orlencia is the descendant of the Origin called Lionelle Orlencia the “great witch.” The power of this lineage is linked to the sun. The world of Orlencia Sett was created by Lionelle. - Oscar summons the sun to rise early to stop the Conglade from attacking the remnants of the night vampires. - The 17 Origins agreed it was taboo for any direct (outside or external) influence on the Fall. Oscar’s role is to eliminate anyone who violates this rule. Angela must be punished for breaking it. - G and Ashaf enter an antique shop that deals in magic tools. - The Recluse Doll is a relic from a witch who died. It’s a living doll. She was once human until she was cursed by a witch. G can hear the doll’s voice. - Matt Cugat was transferred to a frontier outpost. - Karl Oakleave (was Craig) the Executioner is there to recruit Cugat. He wears a forbidden instrument as a pendant on a necklace. - Knight commanders and 1 of the 5 archmages - Commander Gil Dellinger is a traitor (?) - Commander Keith was killed by the group of witches and mages. - Using the magical storm as cover - steal the forbidden instruments in storage - A group of 3 witches and some mages - Lucia is the descendant of Viola Spendrow the “giant witch” with the power to control natural disasters. - a witch that uses the power of the moon - Angela - Phanora, Johan and the Death Knights - Helga uses the repaired and resealed Demon Sword - the archmage summons a dragon - a forbidden instrument began as a seed then rapidly grew into a small child - Ashaf asks G to look after the child
Blue Period.