Lee Hyunsung

This article is about the Lee Hyunsung of Kim Dokja's timeline. For the Lee Hyunsung of the 999th round, see King of the Silver Heart.

## Lee Hyunsung

* Webnovel
* Webtoon

## Characteristics

### Age

* 28 (original)
* 31 (post timeskip)
* 43 (as Bilston)

## Professional status

### Incarnation modifier(s)

* Pure Steel Sword
* The Greatest Shield
* Emperor of Steelsword

### Stigma

* Great Mountain Push
* Great Mountain Smash
* Steel Transformation

## Webtoon appearances

### First appearance

Chapter 3

**Lee Hyunsung** is a former army lieutenant and a current member of Kim Dokja's party. He was originally a character in Ways of Survival, fighting under Yoo Joonghyuk's leadership.

## Appearance

Lee Hyunsung has a large, bear-like body which is muscular and thickset. His face is friendly and likeable, with nice open features. He has monolid eyes and thick eyebrows, along with a big mouth. He has black hair cut short in a sporty hairstyle. During the Disaster of Floods arc, he had a dirty beard.

As Bilston Framer, he has white hair and a white moustache. He presumably wears a full suit of knight's armour.

## Personality

Lee Hyunsung is a straightforward and earnest man. He cares deeply for people, wanting to support and protect others as best as he can. He is extremely loyal, willing to tolerate pain and/or injury to help those he cares for, although unwilling to self-sacrifice altogether or see others sacrifice themselves.

He is more of a follower than a leader and prefers structure. This personality trait is apparent in how he lived his life by the soldiers' manual, as well as how he follows and trusts in the plans of leaders like Kim Dokja and Yoo Joonghyuk. Even so, Lee Hyunsung is a man of contradictions: while he lives his life by a manual, he also hates the manual he is bound to more than anyone else. He is a creative person who is more subordinate to the system than anyone else, as shown by how he chooses to save Jung Heewon at the risk of his own life when she is under Nirvana Moebius' control. He is willing to be used as a tool (sometimes literally so) in order to keep others safe, and is amenable to living his life in service to others. This is even evident in his speech, which is always very polite and formal, regardless of who he is speaking to.

Lee Hyunsung is a very kind and forgiving man, wanting the best for people. He formerly struggled with living up to his own morals due to his lack of self-confidence and self-assertion. Since then, he has since grown more confident and able to act according to his own consideration of a situation, although he still prefers to act under the leadership of another individual.

## Abilities

### Personal Attributes

* **Soldier who Turned a Blind Eye to Injustice (General):** Presumably acquired due to Lee Hyunsung's inability to interfere in Kim Namwoon's attack upon a defenseless old lady, or to stop the would-be murderers in Carriage 3807.
	+ **Person who has Regained Justice (Rare):** An attribute that seemingly replaced "Soldier who Turned a Blind Eye to Injustice", this was presumably acquired through gaining some confidence and being able to challenge perceived "evils" like Gong Pildu.

### Personal Skills

* **Bayonet Skills:** Presumably acquired through Lee Hyunsung's experience as a soldier.
* **Camouflage:** Presumably acquired through Lee Hyunsung's experience as a soldier.
* **Patience:** Possibly due to Lee Hyunsung's innate nature, though it could also be acquired through his experience as a soldier.
* **Sense of Justice:** Acquired after challenging the oppressors in Geumho Station. Possibly helps Lee Hyunsung make sense of a situation and identify the enemies.
* **Weapons Training:** Acquired through the Starter Pack, combined with his use of different weapons through the scenarios. Boosts his fighting ability when using weapons.

### Sponsor: Master of Steel

* **Great Mountain Push *(Stigma)*:** Allows the user to exert immense strength in a push. The user's muscles swell in size somewhat during the use of the stigma.
* **Great Mountain Smash *(Stigma)*:** Presumably an extension of Great Mountain Push and one of the most powerful physical reinforcement stigmas, this stigma allows the user to exert even more strength and cause immense damage to the target. It consumes a great deal of stamina and magic power. This stigma is strong enough to shatter an entire section of a floor in Chungmuro Station. During its use, the user's arms glow silver and their muscles grow in size to an unreasonable degree.
* **Steel Transformation *(Stigma)*:** Allows the user to transform their body into steel.

### Overall Stats

* As of Chapter 9, his stats are [Constitution Lv. 8], [Strength Lv. 8], [Agility Lv. 7], [Magic Power Lv. 5].
* As of Chapter 21, his stats are [Constitution Lv. 12], [Strength Lv. 9], [Agility Lv. 9], [Magic Power Lv. 6].
* As of Chapter 374, his stats are [Constitution Lv. 80], [Strength Lv. 80], [Agility Lv. 80], [Magic Power Lv. 80].
	+ These stats belong to Bilston Framer's body, so they may not align with Lee Hyunsung's own.

## Stories

* **Purest Companionship (rating unknown):** Acquired as a result of the companionship between Lee Hyunsung and Jung Heewon, particularly while in their Kaizenix forms as Bilston Framer and Erich Striker.
* **Sword and Shield (rating unknown):** Presumably acquired as a result of Lee Hyunsung's and Jung Heewon's excellent skills at fighting alongside each other.

## Relationships

### Jung Heewon

Lee Hyunsung was the one to stop Jung Heewon, who was controlled by Nirvana Moebius's Thought Control. He and Jung Heewon become candidates of the Best Chemistry Award, but they do not win against Gilyoung and Yoosung. Later in the 'Kaixenix Archipelago' world, their romance blossoms enough for Kim Dokja to comment on it. Heewon's sponsor is defensive against it and vigilant against Hyusung, making Hyunsung's sponsor feel wronged.

### Kim Dokja

Kim Dokja encouraged and helped Lee Hyunsung grow as a person and skills-wise. As a result, Lee Hyunsung is very grateful to Kim Dokja and is exceedingly loyal to him. For a person like Lee Hyunsung, who lives following the manual, Kim Dokja becomes a being similar to the manual. To Lee Hyunsung, Kim Dokja is a very important person, and Lee Hyunsung uses the metaphor of a cartridge to describe how he feels about Kim Dokja, particularly when Kim Dokja sacrifices himself and becomes unreachable.

## Trivia

* Taking the year that ORV started (2018) to be the same calendar year in-text at the start of the novel, and assuming that all ages are given according to the Korean system, Lee Hyunsung was born in the year 1991.
* HIs grandfather is a Vietnam Veteran.

## References

1. ↑ This is a character appearance description for a fan art event.
2. ↑ 팬아트 이벤트용 등장인물 외형 묘사입니다. Sing Shong on Munpia. Translated text available here, courtesy of porifra.
3. ↑ Chapter 100
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 374
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Chapter 9
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapter 35
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Chapter 21
8. ↑ Chapter 23
9. ↑ Chapter 34
10. ↑ Chapter 378
11. ↑ Chapter 395
12. ↑ Chapter 136
13. ↑ Chapter 137
14. ↑ Chapter 350
15. ↑ Chapter 381