Dear Benjamin 1.5
Read ch 37 as of 03/04/21
Promised Orchid
Ch 10 as of 09/09/21 - main characters are annoying. DROPPED. ** NB: last updated in Sept 21. Completed? - ML is Yang Jaesin / Jae-Shin - ML has a recurring dream of a beautiful lady who says ‘I’ll be waiting’ as she walks by the Temple of the Promised Orchid. - He meets a strange fortune teller who marks his arms with an invisible stigma to protect him. She also says he should carry his ‘eyes of truth’ (a pair of weird glasses). - ML sees a painting of the Temple at a cafe and with his glasses he sees the true form of a bird yokai instead of a human. The stigma on his arms saves him from being forced into the painting by the yokai who flees. He saves the children who were trapped in the painting by pulling them out. - His glasses seem to be related to a traumatic incident as a child … he witnessed a massacre at his orphanage? by a powerful and monstrous spectre / yokai. - ML moves into the old ghost house on Promised Orchid St in search of answers to his dream (and for the cheap rent). At night he sees a large bridal procession of spectres / yokai outside. - Inside the house, ML is attacked by a killer spectre but it’s scared off by a strange stick (exorcism sword) that was stuck in the ceiling and reacted to the stigma on ML’s arms. - The next night ML can’t sleep, so he takes the sword and visits the abandoned Temple at the top of the hill. He meets a beautiful woman (Socheon) but she’s not the one in his dreams. Before she kills him, the sword reacts and she backs away from its aura. - The killer spectre followed him there. Socheon helps to distract it while ML looks to strike its real body within the illusion. - The sword seems to be self aware and together with ML, the true form of the killer spectre is revealed to be a small black dog that’s a spectral god. - The dog was possessed by the vengeful soul contained in a jade hairpin stuck in its body. The hairpin was the last keepsake from the mother of a girl who died after being chased over a cliff. The girl’s soul is released and the hairpin disappears. - ML takes Socheon who’s holding the dog back to his place, the old ghost house. The oak spectre comes for Socheon. ML attacks it with the sword but to no avail. Before ML is killed, he’s saved by the guardian god of the house. The guardian was awakened by Socheon and attacks the oak spectre, turning it into a tree. - Socheon was intended to be the next sacrifice for the Golden Crown at the next full moon. She was a warrior who fought and died in the last big spectre war. Her ashes were stolen and she was forced to become a spectre herself and lure humans as sacrifices. - Socheon asks ML to help her to retrieve her ashes so she may reincarnate and guard the barrier once more from the spectres of the nether world.
Dictatorship
Ch 65 as of 07/03/22 - ML is Ashan Al Rujerta, 33yo. Prince of Oman and the Sultan’s successor. His mother was a French mistress, making him an illegitimate child. His bodyguards have a secret nickname for him: “polar bear”. He ruthlessly kills the assassins sent by those who don’t want him to become Sultan. His prowess renders his bodyguards useless. - FL is Han Seoyoon, a bodyguard working to pay off her stepfather’s debt. She returned home after 8yrs in the army and her stepfather had been swindled, losing everything. - FL was accepted for the bodyguard job in Oman with a 1yr contract. She is the 1st female bodyguard hired by ML. - When FL was 9yo, her mother died in a car accident 6mths after she remarried. FL was taken care of by her stepfather and grew up with her younger stepsister. - Aska, ML’s cousin and rival as the preferred successor by the elders. He’s also friends with ML. He’s protected by the Private Guards which is a privilege of royalty, whereas ML isn’t. The only ones on ML’s side are his hired bodyguards. - The other bodyguards: - John: FL’s partner. He was a famous sniper in the US military special forces. He worked in Oman for a year and left. He had to return when he got divorced and has to pay a large amount of child support for his 3 daughters. - Samuel (Salmon): - Kei: - ML smashes FL’s mobile when the alarm goes off to wake her while she’s taking a nap. She had a nightmare which woke her up. - FL is caught by ML using his personal pool. From the side of the pool he grabs her neck and pushes her under the water, almost drowning her. FL breaks free when she pulls him into the pool. - He seems amused as FL leaves on her own. - ML overhears FL tell Aska that she’ll kill ML. He’d brought back her slippers from the pool and just left them there. - The next day, both ML and Aska were attending the opening of a library in the Sultan’s name. FL spotted a sniper and rushed with John towards ML. John accidentally pushed FL aside so it looked like she was protecting Aska instead. ML is shot in the shoulder and he’s treated in hospital. FL is banned from leaving the country. - ML locks FL in a room then brings a revolver to play Russian roulette. FL asks ML to spare her life just like the time she spared his. Only then does he stop. - Park Seon Ho was FL’s boyfriend in the military academy, but he cheated on her to go after the Lieutenant General’s daughter. They meet again later in Afghanistan when she’s a 1st Lieutenant assigned to the battalion he’s commanding. He feels threatened by her and tries to force her out of the army by constantly pressuring and bullying her. - A school project in Afghanistan that FL had been involved in since the start is caught up in the conflict and will be hit with an air strike. FL agrees to quit the army if she’s allowed to check the school before the strike. She meets and fights with ML in the school building. ML had just killed his older brother who was the heir at that time. They wait out a brief sandstorm together. - ML lets FL go and she leaves alone. FL returns when the Taliban arrive and she kills them before they kill ML. - She takes ML back to her team just as the air strike hits. - FL went against orders and returned to the school to look for any survivors. She found a young girl in the rubble and brought her back. The girl was pronounced dead and FL fainted from a wound she’d sustained during an explosion on the way there. She woke up in hospital and was dishonourably discharged for insubordination. - FL says she’s never told anyone about what he did at the school and she never will. ML says she wouldn’t be alive if she had. - ML brings in his lawyer with a new contract that FL must sign. It’s a contract for life. FL states some extra conditions which ML has the lawyer add. FL asks the reason for the life contract. - ML says all the women he’s interested in don’t survive. He thinks she might survive. - Later Aska tells FL that he was also at the school in Afghanistan that day. If she ever wants to know more about ML, he says to come see him. - ML uses his injury to take advantage of FL and force her to stay by his side at all times. - FL and John have guard duty at the pool. ML has FL replace his bandages for him as part of her duties from then on. - He then makes FL swim laps for him. When she’s resting by floating on her back, he jumps in to check on her. - ML has FL check his food all day. He then has her read aloud. - Aska tells ML to be nicer to FL if he likes her. ML tells Aska not to be near her. He doesn’t like it that Aska is close to her. Aska thinks he’s already pretty close with FL and is FL’s favourite person in Oman. - One night after changing ML’s bandages in his room, FL is pulled into bed with him when she’s about to leave. He wants her to stay the night in the room but she refuses. He wants to know more about her and FL finds out he had investigated her. - As the sniper wasn’t caught, FL scans from the window. ML shares a cigarette with her. - FL finds out from ML that he was a mercenary. He was part of the largest and most infamous mercenary corp called “Lake”. The other bodyguards fought against him as the enemy. ML was famous 5-6yrs ago as a legendary mercenary known as “The Ripper”. - FL’s younger stepsister Haeyoon has made a surprise visit to Oman. FL gets a lift with ML who’s going to the same hotel that Haeyoon’s staying at. - Haeyoon insists they all have dinner together. They are joined by ML’s friend, Louie Luster from England (He’s an M16 agent, British intelligence). When asked by Haeyoon, ML says he’s confessed his feelings to FL already but she won’t accept them. - FL is shocked to see ML let his guard down and relax around Haeyoon as she told stories of FL’s childhood. - After dinner, Haeyoon tells FL that she broke off her engagement. Haeyoon flew to Oman as she missed FL being by her side to comfort her. - ML met Louis when he as a mercenary was captured by M16. - ML was released when he made a deal with M16. They agreed to help ML become the next Sultan. - ML is attracted to FL. He finds her beautiful, with her determination and strong desire to live, and her vibrant, confident spirit. He thought if he represented death, FL represented life. - ML finds it hard to express emotions, having never been taught how. His mother abandoned him when he was born and he was left in the palace alone to fend for himself, with an exotic foreign face that made it hard to fit in anywhere. He was treated like a ghost. - FL is ordered by ML to stay at the hotel and guard Haeyoon until the end of her visit. After they had dinner together with Haeyoon, he considers her to be his guest too. He has Haeyoon’s luggage moved to the luxury suite he was using. - Louie confirms with FL that she’s aware that ML likes her. She pretends not to know as she can’t accept or return those feelings. She also refuses to take advantage of his feelings as she thinks that’s a despicable thing to do. - FL gets permission to go to the beach accessible only to the royals. FL takes Haeyoon there. FL walks alone and meets Aska. He tells her that day is the anniversary of the death of ML’s half-sister Seira who shared the same mother. Aska and ML loved her very much. - Seira was the one who convinced ML to leave the palace to do whatever he wanted. She hated how he was treated. ML became a mercenary so he could face death just to feel alive. - On their way back, FL and Haeyoon stop to enjoy a festival taking place. FL notices they’re being followed and pushes Haeyoon to run away 1st while FL deals with the one following them. It’s a trap and Haeyoon is kidnapped. FL is instructed to kill ML in the next 72hrs. - FL asks Aska to tell her about ML’s past. - Seira was 20yo when she visited 22yo ML for the 1st time. Aska fell in love with Seira as she persistently approached ML. She was the 1st person to tell ML to find what he wanted to do. She went back to England shortly after, then ML left as well. - Prince Mohammed, the oldest brother and heir, felt threatened by ML when he became a mercenary. As a warning back to ML, Mohammed had Seira killed in a car accident. Her body couldn’t be found as the car went into the River Thames. - A month later, ML returned to Oman and pledged to help Mohammed as his eyes, ears and sword. Mohammed only started to trust ML after he saved him from a car accident. - After years of being beside Mohammed, the chance for revenge came in Afghanistan at the school. Aska had ML’s bodyguards help him to evacuate some of the children. The air strike destroyed Mohammed’s body. The dishonour of Seira’s missing body was met in kind by the dishonour of Mohammed’s missing body. - John initially stops FL from entering ML’s room as he could tell from her demeanor that she was planning to kill ML. In the end, FL is ready to face her own death and goes to see ML. - FL points an empty pistol at ML, hoping he would just kill her. ML gives her a dagger and challenges her to fight him as he holds another dagger. ML overpowers FL but doesn’t kill her. He slashes his wrist and drinks some blood, then kisses FL to make her swallow his blood too. - ML says now that they’ve shared blood, FL’s enemy is his enemy. - Hamad, leader of the elders and ML’s uncle. - ML visits Hamad and pulls out a revolver, challenging his uncle to play Russian roulette. As they progress and Hamad still refuses to say where Haeyoon is, ML shoots Hamad in the leg then kills him. - ML orders FL and John to return to his palace. ML leaves in a helicopter. FL has John follow ML and they arrive at the port. John looks for a suspected sniper. FL sees Louis and other agents in the area, then she sees ML approaching Haeyoon. - The kidnappers have surrendered. FL runs forward when she sees a man grab ML and drag him in line with the window. A sniper fires and hits FL as she blocked the shot from ML. - John found and shot the sniper. - FL was unconscious for 10 days following surgery. - During surgery her heart stopped. ML entered the operating theatre and her heart started beating again. - She wakes up in ML’s room. She learns ML was by her side the whole time.
Moto Shоgun no Undead Knight
Ch 13 as of 09/12/22 - kinda stupid with lots of gore. DROPPED - The 8 Kingdom Unification War: Queen Aurelia Arleart of the Regios kingdom ordered her men to kill Lambert Delacroix the war hero. The Queen felt threatened by Lambert’s popularity, so Lambert was falsely accused of treason. Griff Parkraiser pushed Lambert off a cliff to die. - 230yrs later, Lambert awakens as an undead knight. - He saves a village that was enslaved by bandits. - Fiona, an adventurer who resembles Queen Aurelia. - Germaine the guildmaster, Twilight of the Spirits guild. - Ainzas city - Count Orbach, a corrupt noble - Dragon of Organ guild, the largest in Ainzas. - underground dungeon
Isekai Apocalypse MYNOGHRA ~The conquest of the world starts with the civilization of ruin~
Rosen Garten Saga
Ch 14 as of 10/09/21 - very silly but very funny - Lynn is the only secret virgin left in her village. - Prince Siegfried had an orgy with all of the virgins, excluding Lynn. He dies from assassins after he had his way with Queen Brunhild and his soul is trapped in his magic sword. - Bandits are ordered to rape and kill all the villagers. - While running away, Lynn finds Siegfried’s magic sword in the forest and it’s magic turns the bandit captain and 2 henchmen into hot babes. Lynn grows a penis and has her way with them. - The village is saved by Queen Brunhild and her Valkyries. She refuses Lynn’s plea to join her, inviting her to the Rose Garden tournament instead. The prize offered is Siegfried’s treasure. - On the way, Lynn defeats a group of ex-Roman soldiers beating up a young man. This man is Prince Dietrich, an extreme masochist. His sword gets bigger the more aroused he becomes. He believes Lynn to be his sadistic queen. - Lynn hitches a ride with the Roman soldiers but they’re stopped by twin sisters who transform into a dragon when they kiss. Siegfried screwed their brother and took his treasure. The twins are on a mission to retrieve it. - Princess Kriemhild opens the tournament. She’s Siegfried’s wife (now widow). She shares the same face as Lynn … but no one else sees it. Lynn seems to be under a curse. - Lynn goes off to explore the royal palace and sees Hagen (the assassin and army general who killed Siegfried) in a room full of grown men in nappies. He is now a she and stole the counterpart to the sword Lynn has. - Someone attacked the twins, forcing them to merge together for the tournament. Prince Dietrich joins the team. For the qualifying round, Lynn and Sieg take the People course, Dietrich takes Money and the twins take Items. - All competitors fail the People course as the fake princesses were all killed. The battle between Ali Baba, Arthur and Lynn was interrupted as a result. - At the Item course, the twins find their family heirloom but it’s a fake and turns into a dragon …
Trapped in a Webnovel as a Good for Nothing
Ch 117 as of 05/01/23 - ML was a poor orphan who studied hard and got into a top company at 28yo. He falls asleep at work and wakes up as Choi Yoo Sung (same name) the 20yo trashy rich son and 9th child of the villain in a novel. - Baek Yuri was the mother of ML as the rich son. She seemed to be an ordinary woman. She died when ML was a boy. - Jin Do Yun 22yo (S rank, beast ability) and Jin Yuri 20yo (S+ rank) are ML’s loyal guards. 6yo ML saved the siblings in the past. - Hero: Kim Do Jin. He spent 30yrs as a ruler in another world who had mastered both the sword and magic, then came to this one. He wants to avenge his father by killing ML’s father. In the novel, he used and killed ML’s character in order to achieve his goal. The Choi family: - Choi Woo Jae, father and patriarch. CEO of the Hyesung Group - Choi Jiho, 1st child - Choi Mina, 2nd child - Choi Seokyoung, 3rd child - - Choi In Yeong, 5th child (?) - Choi Byeong Chan, 6th child - - Choi Min Seok, 8th child (?), hypnotise skill - Choi Yoo Sung (ML), 9th child - - ML wants to survive and live comfortably in this new world of the future in 2030, but he has many enemies. He needs allies. - This world has monsters, dungeons and people who have awakened with special abilities. - ML meets his father and asks to work for the company with the intention of succeeding him. NB: His father pursues talent. To create talent, he had 10 children from 6 wives. He wants his most able child to succeed him. - His father gifts ML an awakening stone via his RH man and secretary Kim Pil Doo (also a successor contender). - ML swallows the stone and experiences great pain. - He’s unconscious for half a day which means he could be an irregular among the awakened. - Choi Min Seok stops by to bully him into giving up the stone. ML wakes up in time to fight back and earns the favour of the Oldest Hunter, one of the gods. - ML checks his stats and he has 2 innate skills: Star Quality and Skill Fusion. He’s never heard of anyone else having more than one innate skill in the novel. His normal skills are Stylish and Copy Eye. - There are 3 main ability user types: Physical, Skill and All rounder. ML is an all rounder type. - ML posted an advertisement for low rank ability users to be paid by showing their skills to him. He uses his copy skill for the few skills he deems useful. - During this time Kim Do Jin visits ML to ask why his calls were ignored and ML copies his Insight skill too. - ML hires one of the last applicants as his employee after he recognises her as the future calamity level ‘Witch of the Deluge’. She’s Chae Yeh Ryeong, a normal E-rank ability user and the struggling sole provider for her siblings. - To help boost stats, ML buys expensive mana stone drinks for him, the sibling guards, and Chae Yeh Ryeong to consume daily. - To be able to explore dungeons and level up faster, ML trains hard for a month before taking the Hunter licence exam, overseen by the Ability User Association (AUA). He’s 1st to complete the written exam. Next he measures 0.8 for both physical power and ability manifestation (1.0 is the highest). - Kim Do Jin tells ML that the practical exam was tampered with by Choi Min Seok to ensure his lackey Lee Jin Wook (an irregular and future villain Storm) would face ML. After a decisive spar that ML was about to win, Lee throws an illegal bomb to try and kill ML. - The AUA proctor, Park Cheol-ho the Iron Wall (S-rank) saves ML by transferring his mana to ML, who passes the overall test ranked 1st. Many gods show interest and favour. There is plenty of positive news coverage and even the Hyesung Group share price goes up. - ML has collected enough karma points to summon a dimensional merchant who sells other worldly goods. - ML makes a merchant contract with Ping Pong of the Lionbear clan. For now ML qualifies only for the L1 dimensional bundle of merchandise. He buys ingredients to make potions that increase XP. - ML enters low level dungeons to increase his rank from E. - At a L2 dungeon he is surrounded by a large group of D-rankers who try to kidnap him. At the last minute he is saved by Kim Do Jin who kills everyone. ML’s sister Choi In Yeong was behind the attempted kidnapping. She had help from her lover, Min Young-hoon (S-rank), Vice guild master of the Celestial / Heavenly guild. - In Yeong wants to delay their father from creating a hunters’ guild under the Hyesung Group. She thinks if the guild is created, she will have no chance of being the successor as it will go to Choi Mina. - While recovering in hospital, ML gets a surprise visit from his father who heard ML topped the Hunter exam. The last ones to do so were Choi Jiho and Choi Mina. - His father wants to meet Kim Do Jin. ML wants to avoid this as it would mean his death after his father’s. ML says he’s not ready to bring Kim under him right now as he can’t control Kim yet. - His father hints that one of ML’s siblings was behind the attempted kidnapping. ML asks his father not to disclose who it is as ML wants to solve this on his own. - After ML is discharged, he receives another gift from his father via Kim Pil Doo. It’s a map with a marked location in the mountains. Once there, ML is challenged before he can enter by Baek Cheol the Lion King, an S-ranker who later joined Kim Do Jin as a comrade in the novel. ML passes this test by directly approaching Baek, as no staff would ever harm any member of the Choi family. - ML deduces the secluded mountain estate to be Choi Jiho’s hideout. Jiho used to be the strongest contender as the family successor until he was badly hurt during an accident in a dungeon. He lost most of his abilities and is now blind and confined to a wheelchair. In the novel, Jiho is meant to die in 3yrs time. - While waiting to see Jiho, ML grinds levels over a few days in an unregistered L2 dungeon at the estate. He raises his level rapidly and kills the boss monster on his own. - ML gains a new innate skill: Spear Arts Prodigy. - ML also obtains a special skill by fusing 2 other skills: Wind Control Steps. - ML is given a surprise test where he must choose to save the life of only 1 of his 2 subordinates in the Room of Sacrifice. ML saves both of them and makes a move as if to kill himself to give them time to escape. Jiho stops him and later asks him to promise never to do that again. Jiho tried to stop the internal fighting in their family but became disabled as a result. He still hates what he sees as the meaningless conflict between siblings. - Jiho had used his power of foresight before he was hurt. - Jiho foresaw Kim Jin Do as their father’s killer and that ML would meet with a terrible end. Jiho also foresaw that Kim would be critical in overcoming the Demon King. - Jiho gives ML a very rare and valuable ancient relic, the Pharaoh's Whim. It’s a ring that can change into any inanimate object. It can’t be damaged or broken, and has no user limitations. - The 2nd test was intended to ensure ML was worthy of receiving the ancient relic, as he must be prepared and strong enough to become a target once he possesses the ring. - Baek Cheol knows Jiho hasn’t got long to live. Baek promises to ML’s sibling guards that he will later support ML as his RH man. - Before they leave, Jiho gives ML another ancient relic. It’s a Jump ring (S+ rank) which allows the wearer and someone next to the wearer to jump up to 1km away. It has one use left. - Jiho will also ask Choi Mina to protect ML. She had promised to accept any 3 requests unconditionally from Jiho. - Choi Mina is now the strongest contender to be the family successor. Her nickname is “Monster.” She owns and runs a popular lounge bar called Luna in the city. She’s also a secret member of the Regional Security Force. It’s a special force that hunts down villains and frequently goes undercover. The bar is good for attracting any foreign villains that are hiding in the area. - Her mother was killed by villains when Choi Mina was a young girl. That’s why she hates villains so much. - A healer Baek Ah Rin (future SS-rank) invites Kim Do Jin to start a guild with her. He will only do it if he is the guild master. - She agrees and becomes the vice guild master. It’s called the Eclipse guild. - ML meets Kim Do Jin who invites ML to join his new guild. They are interrupted by an evil syndicate called Ghost that worship the Devil King. Ghost is targeting Kim Do Jin. - A barrier is created around them in the street, trapping them in a virtual space with their invisible attacker. - After finding the exit to the barrier on a building rooftop, ML encounters Rachel Lopez the ‘Slaughterer Queen’. She’s a S-rank villain now and a calamity in the future. She’s impressed he overcame her skill, “Waves of Killing Intent” despite his low rank. - ML makes a bet with her. If she loses, she must grant him one request. If he loses, he will give her lots of money. - ML distracts Rachel into unknowingly breaking the barrier. He used her axe throws to hit the ground in enough places for the concrete floor to crumble, disrupting the magic circle for the barrier. - Choi Mina saves ML from Rachel at the last minute then he faints from his injuries. Rachel manages to escape. - Meanwhile Kim Do Jin is invited to join the Ghost syndicate. - Kim agrees to join but only if he’s the leader and if he can change the name. His request is angrily denied and Kim cuts off the Ghost assassin’s leg. Kim notices the barrier is destroyed and knows it was ML. Kim is even more interested in having ML by his side. - ML wakes up in hospital after being unconscious for 15 days. Choi Mina visits him on behalf of their father and gives him another ancient relic. It’s a purple bracelet with unknown properties. ML later learns the bracelet is a fragment of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. The bracelet enhances the chakras’ abilities. - 6 gods have offered to transfer skills to ML. - He accepts skills from 3 x Norse gods. - Skadi the goddess of hunting (“The Oldest Hunter”). Skill: Twin Tail-Biting Snakes. Allows you to track a target. It also restricts the movement of the target that’s being tracked. - Loki (“The Prankster Who Likes Jokes”). Skill: Perplexing dance. Fused with Dazzling dance = Dancing Electric Toy. - Cu Chulainn, an Irish demigod and a spear arts genius (“Culann’s Hound”). Skill: Magic Spear Arts. Use magic in your spear by choosing 1 of 4 elements (fire, water, wind, earth). - Boss battle at the highest difficulty L2 dungeon: The goblin stronghold. ML defeats the hobgoblin boss monster in record time, beating the top record set by Kim Do Jin. - ML used his new skills from the gods and strategies he’d read about in the novel. ML paid a couple of reporters to capture his record setting dungeon race using drones. - ML’s father is pleased at the news of ML’s latest achievement. - He contacts and boasts to Baek Joonkyung, a S-rank hunter and former President of South Korea. - Yoon Jinhyeok (alias Yoon Jinhwan), Demon Beastmaster. - ML gave Jin Yuri the task of finding this person. - Yoon is a barrier master and also has the rare ability to summon and tame magical beasts from other dimensions. - 21yo ML reaches the maximum level at E-rank and is busy training to prepare for the D-rank promotion challenge. He chooses the hard mode option (high risk, extreme difficulty) for the greater rewards. The test is random and different for each person. - Promotion to D-rank test: catching the thief. - A thief has stolen half of ML’s soul and run away. - With half of his soul gone, ML’s physical condition worsens over time. Loki is involved in this test setup. - ML uses clever lateral thinking and a “Double sided mirror promise” spell bought from the merchant to succeed. - ML receives a special breathing technique from Shiva (the Blue-Eyed God) in collaboration with Loki. The purple bracelet reacts by glowing brightly when he uses this technique. The bracelet then self destructs. He obtains the God’s / Divine Chakra skill (a part of the mana breathing technique). It helps increase his physical skills to those of a physical type. - Choi Mina tells their father that she’s not interested in running the new guild business. Their father says she has 3mths to find someone else, otherwise ML will take the fall (?) - ML’s father agrees to a bet on a dungeon race between ML vs Bernard (Jaeyeol) Yoo, a 20yo physical type irregular and the grandson of the rival Cheonji Group’s Chairman. The bet is an attempt to undermine ML’s father by those who feel threatened if the Hyesung Group’s new guild goes ahead. - In the novel, Bernard Yoo (nickname “Quick Star”) became Kim Do Jin’s RH man after losing to Kim in a dungeon race. - Kim Do Jin sends ML a link to the dungeon race video of Kim setting a new C-rank world record for clearing a L6 dungeon alone. This is in direct response to ML beating Kim’s record. - Choi In Yeong is behind a sudden meeting at a restaurant between ML and Choi Byeong Chan (A-rank hunter, main skill: boxing, a total psychopath). Min Young-hoon introduced to Choi In Yeong an A-rank villain called Bomber who has the ability to plant a time bomb through touch. - Disguised as a waiter, Bomber drops a plate to try and plant a bomb on ML. As Jin Do Yun tries to escape with ML, Bomber grabs Jin’s ankle and plants a bomb that blows off Jin’s foot. - Rachel suddenly interrupts as she doesn’t want anyone else hurting ML as her prey and she kills Bomber. Then she kills Choi Byeong Chan for insulting her and trying to kill ML. She spares ML’s life for now. She’s curious to see how far ML will go. - Jenny Jin, a hunter and sniper from Jin Yuri’s secret organisation, fires a rifle at Rachel’s head but Rachel escapes again. - ML tells his father about everything that happened. - His father says he’ll kill Rachel, which implies fighting the Devil King worshippers too. - ML wants to ask for a miracle to restore Jin Do Yun’s foot from Helen Mirren the Miracle Alchemist (S-rank). 7yrs ago, Helen declared that she would grant a miracle unconditionally to anyone who knew the location or possessed the Philosopher’s Stone. ML knows where the stone is and why she needs it. - ML takes mana stone drinks and uses the breathing technique to considerably increase his chakra. - ML hires 2 reporters to exclusively cover him. All photos and reports must be shared across all social media and online forums. ML’s Star Power skill gives the benefit of increased XP and level growth rate with the more attention ML receives. Positive coverage of ML and public interest in him continues to grow. - Choi In Yeong has a special skill “Witch” that allows her to swap souls in someone with the blood of 10 virgins (?) - Choi In Yeong shares the same mother as Choi Seokyoung. She performs the soul swap on him (?) - Choi Min Seok was under the protection of Choi Byeong Chan. Choi Min Seok thinks ML will get Rachel to go after him next. - Choi In Yeong visits Choi Min Seok. She convinces him to take action against ML by creating a disastrous incident that will make both the public and their father turn away from ML. - She lets Min Seok believe that by doing this he’ll be protected by Choi Seokyoung. - ML has been stockpiling high quality coloured mana stones with the help of Jin Yuri. This is in anticipation of the artifact creators appearing which will make the value of these stones skyrocket. - After much preparation, ML is ready to enforce the reawakening of Chae Yeh Ryeong. ML goes with Jin Yuri and Chae to an abandoned warehouse in a secluded countryside area. To enforce a reawakening, a mental stimulus to induce a shock and large mana absorption is required. - A B-rank magic blocking hunter is on standby in case there is a mana explosion. He’ll protect everyone by blocking the mana. - Chae sits in an enclosed cubicle with the ceiling covered in mana stones. An illusion artist was hired to hypnotise Chae and subject her to a fake mental trauma. ML uses the scenario from the novel where her siblings are all killed by thugs and she’s pushed into the ocean to drown. - Meanwhile Choi Min Seok followed ML to the warehouse. He’s hired black mercenaries, A-rank villains Sword Demon and Medusa, to kill everyone in the warehouse except for ML. - The illusion artist leaves after completing her role. - Jin Yuri hears a noise and goes outside. She’s met by Medusa. As they fight, Sword Demon reveals himself. - Jenny arrives as backup and fights Sword Demon. - A dagger thrown by Sword Demon kills the B-rank hunter. The mana around Chae is going out of control. - ML uses the Jump ring to save Chae and himself. - The mana explosion is huge and Jin Yuri thinks ML is dead. One of Jenny’s mana imbued bullets killed Medusa. Sword Demon is distraught and furiously attacks Jenny. - After hiding Chae, ML heads back to the warehouse and is spotted by a relieved Jin Yuri. Sword Demon switches his attack to ML but Chae saves ML with her reawakened water ability. - Sword Demon is defeated in the end by Jenny. - In hospital, ML calls his father to say he was ambushed and he thinks one of his siblings is behind it. ML receives permission from his father to go after the one responsible. ML suspects Choi Min Seok and Choi In Yeong. - ML makes a surprise visit to Choi Min Seok at his home. Choi Min Seok’s reactions confirm he was behind the attack at the warehouse and that Choi In Yeong put him up to it. - ML threatens to show their father all of the evidence he had Jin Yuri collect on Choi Min Seok’s corrupt activities. - ML makes Choi Min Seok into his slave and orders him to investigate Choi Byeong Chan’s slush funds of dirty money. ML gets these funds transferred to his name. - Chae Yeh Ryeong has obtained her Hunter’s licence and she’s rapidly leveling up in the dungeons. To stop attempts to scout her, Chae announces she’s already signed a contract with ML. - ML trains hard and levels up his spear arts ability. - ML uses the karma points given by the gods to level up his wind control steps skill. He also buys a dimension bundle level up. ML now qualifies for L2 merchandise which include regression items. - Dungeon race: L4 orc village dungeon - Both ML (L53) and Bernard (L90) are D-rankers. - Chairman Yoo gives an ancient relic to Bernard. It’s a ring called Orc Hunt. The wearer becomes much stronger in orc territory. - Bernard’s special skills include “The Great Power of the King’s Descendants” and “Explosion Shot”. - Megan (S-rank) is Bernard’s teacher / master. - Drones follow the race but suddenly disappear. - B-rank Demon King followers from a worldwide terrorist group interrupt the dungeon race. They want to kidnap ML and Bernard then hold the pair for ransom. ML and Bernard have just entered the boss room. The boss monster is the orc warchief. - “Lightning Strike” medicine: increases physical and mental skills. Active for 5mins then all magic skills are locked for 5 days. - ML swallows the medicine and fights the villains with Bernard. They kill the villains and ML defeats the orc warchief. Bernard has no regrets and signals that ML won the race. - Bernard and ML collapse from their injuries and exhaustion. They’re retrieved by the AUA and recover after a few days. - ML thinks the Devil Worshippers targeted the race as a distraction while they took Rachel out of the country. - Nokpung Yeongmyo, the strongest healing pet / spirit - ML plans to obtain this pet after the tower opens … - Chairman Yoo hears that ML can’t use magic anymore (doesn’t know it’s temporary) and intends to announce Bernard as the winner. Bernard is against lying as ML won. When he’s threatened, Bernard says he’s not the Chairman’s puppet. Bernard runs away with Megan. They visit ML and Bernard offers to protect him. ML shows Bernard that he can still use magic. ML agrees to hide Bernard and Megan until they leave for the US the next day. - ML informs his father of Bernard’s plans to announce the race results once he’s in the US. The rewards ML asks from his father are free rights to a dungeon and a training ground with mana barricades. His father also gives ML the Sun God’s Amulet, an ancient relic that can block a S-rank attack 3x. - ML uses the karma points he received from the race to upgrade his magic spear arts skill. The options are either Unification or Diversification (access to a record of countless spear-related skills). He chooses Unification and the Lightning Attribute. - ML hopes to learn the god’s skill, Wind Monster Dragon. - ML fuses the skills Insight and Eyes of the Beast. It becomes a new skill, Third Eye. It includes psychokinesis and an automatic mental barrier. - After hearing ML can’t use magic, Kim Do Jin and Choi Mina visit ML at home. ML sets them straight. - Chae Yeh Ryeong is now D-rank. She goes with ML and Jin Yuri to meet Yoon Jinhyeok for the first time. On the way they stop at a L3 dungeon called the Green Sheep Ridge. ML and Chae Yeh Ryeong break the world record for 2 people clearing a dungeon. - ML is now at max level for D-rank. - Yoon Jinhyeok 18yo (and still considered a minor) - His parents and brother died during a dungeon break. He faked his death and is living as a recluse under his older brother’s name, Yoon Jinhwan. He plays online video games to distract himself. - In the novel he became a calamity level villain who fought Kim Do Jin. ML wants to help Jinhyeok avoid a bad ending. - Yoo Chungho was Jinhyeok’s father and a fake ID expert. Jinhyeok knew how to change his identity so he could claim his family’s life insurance. Jinhyeok was a street orphan taken in as a child by Chungho who noticed Jinhyeok’s abilities. - Chungho’s wife had a D-rank brainwashing ability and this was successfully used on Jinhyeok to love and prioritise his family above everything. - ML as an orphan in his past life related to Jinhyeok. - From the novel, ML knows Jinhyeok was the long-suffering victim of domestic abuse and neglect until his adoptive family died. The brainwashing worked too well and he was unable to use his abilities. He was abused for being worthless. He was taught to make fake IDs to earn his keep. - Yoo Chungryeol, Jinhyeok’s estranged uncle and a B-rank hunter. He’s a black mercenary and has a bad gambling addiction. - He wants to win over Jinhyeok to steal his inheritance. - He tries to get Jinhyeok to eat poisoned stew to kill him. Instead Jinhyeok summons a monster to restrain his uncle. Before Jinhyeok can feed the poisoned stew to his uncle, ML and Jin Yuri arrive to stop him. In the novel, the trigger that turned Jinhyeok into a calamity level villain was when he killed his uncle. - Jinhyeok doesn’t trust ML and summons a boss monster to test him. ML kills the monster and gains Jinhyeok’s trust. - His uncle bit his tongue and killed himself. - Jinhyeok stays with ML. - Bernard is interviewed in the US. He confirms ML won their dungeon race. He rates ML higher than Kim Do Jin. - ML summons Ping Pong …
Ranker who lives a second time