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Handicapped Badass: Despite having lost an arm, Song Chi-yeol's swordsman skills were still far above average. In the webcomic, he managed to keep B-rank hunter, Kang Tae-shik, busy for a moment before being overwhelmed. But Thou Must!: The System sometimes forces Jin-woo to do things he doesn't want to. If he fails to keep up with his daily training, he spends four hours in the "penalty zone", being chased by giant monsters. If another hunter displays sufficient killing intent toward Jin-woo, the system forces him to kill them or else it'll stop his heart. When trying to get rid of the last witnesses to his murders, Kang Tae-shik's first target is Lee Ju-hee. Thanks to Jin-woo's reaction, he fails. He later tries again to kill Ju-hee while being preoccupied with Jin-woo, but since Song Chi-yeol is still around, Ju-hee is unharmed.

Boss Battle: Every dungeon also has a boss. If the boss isn't defeated within a week of the gate's appearance, the gate will break, allowing the monsters inside the dungeon to pass through the gate and invade Earth. Once the boss is defeated, the humans have one hour to escape the dungeon before the gate closes.Loophole Abuse: Jin-woo accidentally ends up discovering an "exploit" in the game that saves his life. In the Job Quest dungeon, healing and store usage is prohibited, making the whole area a grueling test of endurance, and leaving the dungeon by using a Hearthstone makes it (presumably) permanently missable. However, just as he's being completely obliterated by the final gauntlet, Jin-woo is suddenly transported to the Penalty area as he had failed to do his daily quest for that day. In that area, healing and shop use are not restricted, and Jin-woo is able to recover. Since he left the Job Quest dungeon without using a Hearthstone, the dungeon is not lost. Furthermore, the four hours he spends in the Penalty area are added to his score for the gauntlet, allowing him to absolutely ace the quest. Parental Abandonment: Jin-woo and Jin-ah's hunter father is missing after failing to escape a dungeon before the gate closed. Their mother is hospitalized due to a supernatural illness. The fight with the high orc sorcerer is less onesided in the Web Comic and while Jin-Woo is still far stronger than the sorcerer, his summons have a more difficult time handling his minions and the tide is only turned once Jin-Woo starts raising the high orcs he killed to fight against their own. One day, however, things go awry for Jin-woo and his party when a low-level dungeon turns out to be far more dangerous than initially assumed. Alone, wounded and surrounded, Jin-woo faces his certain doom, until a voice suddenly appears that offers to make Jin-woo a "player". Having nothing to lose, Jin-woo accepts and loses consciousness. After waking up in the hospital, he notices a quest log that only he can see, which uses RPG-like terms. Soon after, he learns that unlike any other hunter, he can gain character levels and improve rapidly by hunting monsters and training every day. This is the story of Jin-woo changing from the weakest to the strongest hunter in the world.

Rare Candy: Many quests, including the daily quests, offer Jin-woo attribute points as a reward, which he can individually use however he likes. They are not tied to him leveling up. Not So Different" Remark: In the webcomic, after realizing that Jin-woo has killed before, Kang Tae-shik states how he and Jin-woo aren't that different. Jin-woo seeks stronger and more dangerous opponents as he levels up. When the Hunter Association's S-rank president offers to make Jin-woo his successor, Jin-woo refuses, stating that he wants to fight in dungeons and hunt. Hard Work Hardly Works: Initially played straight with Jin-woo, who simply couldn't improve and get stronger, despite his four years of experience as a hunter. This changes drastically after becoming a player. The harder he works, i.e. the more quests he completes and monsters he defeats, the more his level rises and the stronger he becomes. Chronic Hero Syndrome: Jin-woo initially felt responsible for the entire double dungeon raid force, but after being betrayed by the hunters who ran for their lives when an opportunity showed up, he has stopped caring about anyone he doesn't know.Dual Wielding: Jin-woo initially only fights with one dagger, but starts to wield two after acquiring a second weapon. Kang Tae-shik is an employee who works for the Hunter Association, but is also a sadistic assassin.

Is it Igrit, Igris or Ygritte? One translator has chosen the latter, because it matches the Korean form of a certain redhead's name. Stealing the Credit: Not so much stealing, but more like Taking the Heat happens twice at the beginning of the story, to Jin-woo's benefit. The first time, Yoo Jin-ho officially takes the credit of defeating a C-rank boss with the help of his powerful gear, and the second time happens when C-rank Song Chi-yeol claims to have defeated B-rank Kang Tae-shik with the help of B-rank healer Lee Ju-hee. Both times they want to hide the fact that Jin-woo has grown far stronger than E-rank, but Baekho's recruitment chief, Ahn Sang-min, notices anyway that the common denominator was Jin-woo and seeks him out. Mugging the Monster: Hwang Dong-seok's entire raid force is killed by Jin-woo after they tried to kill him three times, not realizing until it was too late that he had far surpassed his official E-rank status.Declaration of Protection: Jin-woo promises to protect his sister's friend, Han Song-yi, after their raid force was left stranded behind a red gate. The declaration was exclusively for her, he felt no obligation to protect anyone else (although after the stronger hunters tried to boost their own chances of survival by abandoning the weaker hunters to die, he ended up keeping the weaker group alive). Panacea: The "Holy Water of Life" is supposedly a potion that can heal any possible illness. Including Jin-woo's mother's Forced Sleep illness, which is why he intends to clear the demon castle dungeon and acquire the necessary ingredients. It Gets Easier: Since the time Hwang Dong-seok threatened his life, Jin-woo has stopped hesitating to kill when he has to. Awesome, but Impractical: Jin-woo's first weapon, the Casaka's Poisoned Fang, has an effect that applies Paralysis and Bleed. Sounds amazing, until you realize that most enemies that the effect would be worth a damn against easily resist it. The chance of a successful proc rises significantly on a critical hit to a weak point, but such strikes are often enough to end a battle anyway. The Paralysis effect at least has use in making that first critical hit count against enemies who would otherwise be tough enough to survive it and retaliate, such as the spider boss and Igrit. But the bleed part is useless roughly 100% of the time, as once that paralysis hits, the battle ain't lasting past 5 seconds.

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