Ryu Han-Bin/History

## Rocky Mountains

Han-Bin is first seen as a Korean man who just got discharged from his military service, lazing around on his computer with no real goals in mind. While browsing the internet, smoke starts to surround his body and he vanishes from his seat. He then finds himself in an unknown space with hundreds of other humans. Two unknown beings have a conversation that Han-Bin partially overhears. The humans are given Guidelines; a sort of power that gives them the ability to have Levels, Skills, read other people's Levels, and Level themselves up. However, when the Guideline is installed in Han-Bin, a mistake occurs and his Guideline becomes defective.

After enduring the installation, Han-Bin finds himself on the Rocky Mountains and is attacked by a low-Level Magic Hound that he quickly succeeds in subjugating, albeit after quite a struggle. When he is given the choice for a class, Han-Bin, hoping for a long-range method of attack, attempts to choose the Mage class, but his choice is refused for "lack of ability." The same issue occurs with the other classes (Magic Swordsman or Priest) until he is forced to choose Warrior. Upon being given the options for a weapon, he tries to choose a spear, but is instead given a sword that provides no use in long-range attacking, forcing him to be a close-combat fighter.

Han-Bin then spends his days hunting Magic Hounds and gaining experience and new Skills (1 per Level), attempting to reach Level 5 so that he may leave the Rock Mountain zone. He is meant to go to a secondary starting zone for Levels 5-19, and enter the main continent upon reaching Level 20. He notices that the Magic Hounds he faces Level up in correspondence with his own Level, giving each fight the same risk of death and requiring the same Levels of effort to subjugate the Magic Hounds every time. After 27 days, he reaches Level 5, but an error occurs in his Guideline. Han-Bin falls back to Level 1, along with the Magic Hounds, but both he and the Magic Hounds were stronger than their listed Levels. Because the Magic Hounds got stronger with him, Han-Bin has to put his life on the line to fight against them, constantly fighting in the hopes that the Guideline will eventually work properly and allow him to leave and move onto the next area.

## Onprous City

This continues for 22 years, during which time Han-Bin fought against countless of enemies, gaining higher stats, while his Level goes through multiple resets. One day, Han-Bin is finally transferred to a world with forests and blue skies. As soon as he gets excited about his new journey, a Wyvern that believes him to be an enemy attacks him. Han-Bin then notices that his sword is far from him and that he can't reach it, so he decides to surprise her by using his fists to fight and then fetching his sword. However, to both of their surprises, a single punch is enough to send the Wyvern flying. He then accompanies the Wyvern to her cave and listens to her back-story. She also gives Han-Bin some advice on how to survive in the human city (clothing, money, common-sense, etcetera) and informs him on the relationship between Rathnians and Otherworlders.

Han-Bin then goes to the closest city's Hunter Guild to register as a hunter, with the name **Eric Garoon**, unintentionally drawing attention due to his muscular stature. Fortunately, when he is made to measure his Level using a Measuring Stone, he is presented as a Level 5 (All Otherworlders enter the main continent as a Level 20,) which causes those around him to stop perceiving him as a threat, and even generating laughter due to the juxtaposition of his body and his Level. Following this, Eric encounters a party consisting of one of the strongest hunters in the city, Laude Roud (Level 27) accompanied by Atisse, a newbie mage, with a displayed Level from the Guideline of 37 but claiming to only be Level 25. However, before the party can recruit him, Eric is scouted by a man named Buckman, who recruits him in his party as a porter.

Though he had become a hunter, the party's hunts were very bleak for him. Having spent 22 years on the Rocky Mountains with monsters that constantly rivaled him in strength, he found that the monsters his party encountered posed absolutely no threat to him. Not to mention, the party already worked perfectly as a team, leaving no room for him to participate outside of the small, low-Level monsters that they allow him to finish off to 'gain experience'. Upon learning that his party never intends to enter a dungeon and find higher-Level monsters that may allow him an opportunity to Level up, he is struck with despair, searching for a way to separate from the group and enter a dungeon on his own.

As Eric searches the forest for stronger monsters, he hears the sound of a powerful monster from deep within the forest, immediately following the sound to a small lake. There, he finds the mage from Roud's party, Atisse, naked. Eric apologizes and moves to leave, claiming he had thought he'd heard a monster, but is stopped from leaving by Atisse, who threatens him, asking if he had seen the monster. Roud comes to find Eric holding Atisse's wrist, nullifying his magic, and misunderstands the situation as Eric engaging sexually with Atisse, who Roud also believes is a woman. He attacks Eric, who leans forward to apologize, and accidentally crushes his crotch with the hilt of his sword. This causes a rift between the two that extends as a sort of light-hearted conflict throughout the story every time they encounter each other.

Eric eventually finds a portal to a dungeon months later, entering and quickly making his way through the monsters to the Mid-Boss and finally the main boss, who takes Roud as hostage in an attempt to gain the advantage over Eric. However, not much caring for Roud's fate in the first place, Eric doesn't see this as a threat and easily slays the boss monster. Unfortunately, he discovers that he needs 54,581,862,560 experience to Level up to 6, and practically gives up on Leveling up.

As he returns to Onprous he's alerted that most of the Hunter's left in response to the Dungeon closing and that there's a Heresy Inquisitor investagating the city. As he tries to negotiate with a local merchant the Inquisitor interrupts him, pressuring him on his background and insinuating he's an Otherworlder, but leaves after measuring his Level at 5. Before departing he notices Eric has an Artifact and before he can interrogate him further Atisse intervenes saying that Eric is his incompetent chore boy, but because they give mismatched answers on the Artifact the Inquisitor corners them, only to ultimately apprehend Laude, after he arrives annoucing he's the one who closed the Dungeon, under suspicion of being an Otherworlder. Fearing his secret might eventually put his party in danger he asks Atisse to deliver his bag, his Guild Badge and the 10.000 ex, that the Inquisitor gave as a form of apology, to Buckman's.

As he sulks through the city he gets involved with some unsavoury characters that work for an old man, that knows of the Rocky Mountains, simply caled the "Chairman". Curious he works for the Chairman of the Onprous' Architecture Association for five months as a demolition man earning 600 ex for each job, and he's next seen arguing with a former Hunter as he's destroying his house, to get rid of his dilapidated house and offering a more durable new one. He's then approached by Atisse for a Hunter job, and while the Chairman was reluctant to let him leave, after a misunderstandment caused by Atisse he makes Eric take responsibility and leave.

He's taken by Atisse to explore Sathe Forest and gather samples, where Atisse overreacts over every little thing in their vicinity because of his low Level. They talk about Atisse's reason for Hunting and about Dragons, and as they get more personal Atisse asks Eric to join his party and Eric rebuts by questioning him on his secrets.

While exploring the Sathe Forest they're attacked by a Kobold, examining it Atisse feels he has to investigate further. Reaching a nearby Village they notice that it had been overrun with Kobolds and Atisse while trying to save as many people as he can, against Eric's better judgement, started burning the Kobold-infested buildings. While finishing up they detected a closed portal that might have led to Ipen's Dungeon, and as they are wondering who could have made it, they are interrupted by a Lich. As the Lich overwhelms Atisse's Fire Magic with his Ice Magic, Atisse fires an exploding dart as a diversion to escape, only to be captured in an ice dome. As the Lich blocks Atisse's Fire with his Ice, he tries to freeze them to death, while Eric manages it with his constitution, Atisse resorts to burn the Mana inside his body. Atisse uses his wands to create an explosion capable of opening a hole in the dome and create a diversion so he can transform in to his dragon form. Seemingly overwhelming the Lich, he turns the tables by targeting Eric forcing Atisse to go on the defensive. As Atisse tries to attack, the Lich dodges and fatally counter-attacks, but manages to create a hole for Eric to escape, but as he does the Lich tries to impale him, which Atisse valiantly blocks. Mortally wounded Atisse consoles Eric, and as the Lich casts a finishing spell which Eric easily dispels along with the impenetrable dome, and even shatering the Lich. As the Lich stitched himself back together he ensnared Atisse and Eric in a deadly trap, which Eric easily discarded and confronted the Lich, discovering he was an Otherworlder, scared the Lich tries to runaway, but to no avail as Eric easily pursued him, but because he can't use Aura to completely finish the Lich off, and as he tries to finish them both with an overwhelming attack Eric splits it with a slash, catching up to the Lich and figuring he can overwhelm his regeneration, he leaves him limbless for Atisse to interrogate him. Proving too much for the Lich and to protect Great Earth's secrets the Lich self-destructs by discharging all the Mana in his teeth, hoping in the process to take them with him, which is foiled by Eric kicking far away that they wouldn't be harmed. He returns Atisse to the City and as he recovers they talk about Otherworlders, the Guideline and their true origins, before he departs for another city.

## Heitan

Eric arrives at Heitan the Dungeon City, and his troubles begin when his good-nature makes him, erroneously, give away most of his money to a struggling bandit. As Eric despairs he notices a familiar face, Atisse, who invites him over for tea to ask him to join his party. Per Atisse's suggestion, Eric gets a tan, goes shirtless, smashes a Measuring Stone, and uses the name **Feladd Bin**, to pose as a Valterian Warrior who is Atisse's bodyguard, all so that he can work as Hunter.

They make a plan to increase Feladd's recognition, defeating numerous monsters and cooperating with other parties. One such party is Brad's, which were struggling with a Tarantual Dungeon, and had to depend on Feladd to clear the Boss.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Webtoon Chapter 1
2. ↑ Webtoon Chapter 2
3. ↑ Webtoon Chapter 3
4. ↑ Webtoon Chapter 4
5. ↑ Webtoon Chapter 5
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Webtoon Chapter 6
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Webtoon Chapter 7
8. ↑ Webtoon Chapter 8
9. ↑ Webtoon Chapter 9
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Webtoon Chapter 10
11. ↑ Webtoon Chapter 11
12. ↑ Webtoon Chapter 12
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Webtoon Chapter 13
14. ↑ Webtoon Chapter 14
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Webtoon Chapter 15
16. ↑ Webtoon Chapter 16
17. ↑ Webtoon Chapter 17
18. ↑ Webtoon Chapter 18
19. ↑ Webtoon Chapter 19
20. ↑ Webtoon Chapter 20
21. ↑ Webtoon Chapter 21
22. ↑ Webtoon Chapter 22
23. ↑ Webtoon Chapter 23
24. ↑ Webtoon Chapter 24
25. ↑ Webtoon Chapter 29