Kim Dokja/Abilities

This is a list of all attributes, skills, stigmas, and achievements collected by Kim Dokja over the course of the story.

## Personal Attributes

* **King of No Killing (Heroic):** Gained during the Fourth Scenario of Kings. It gives a free resurrection, afterwards the owner most save one person to earn one karma point. At one hundred karma points another resurrection is possible and this attribute only stays with the owner if they have not killed someone.
* **Eight Lives (Heroic):** Gained from defeating Yamato no Orochi in Peace Land and obtaining the Eight Lives resurrection ability.
* **Scenario Interpreter (???):** An unrated attribute that presumably allows the user to better comprehend and analyze situations or scenarios they find themself in.
* **Lamarck's Giraffe (Legend):** Previously referred to as Lamarck Kirin, due to a translation quirk relating to the Hangul for Giraffe/Kirin. This is an evolutionary attribute that allows the user to absorb Story fragments into their own form. Though not as efficient as its counterparts like Darwin's Demon, Lamarck's Giraffe has the bonus of not absorbing the negative side effects or weaknesses of the absorbed Story fragments.
* **Demon Realm Duke (Legend):** Acquired by Yoo Joonghyuk acting under Kim Dokja's name. As a revolutionary, he defeated the Demon Duke Gilobat and took over the Gilobat Industrial Complex in order to win this attribute.
	+ Kim Dokja may also have a new attribute relating to his Kingship, perhaps "73rd Demon King" (which would then change to 50th ranked as he was promoted), or "Master of the 73rd Demon Realm".
* **■■ Apostle (???):** Presumably an attribute related to Kim Dokja's status as the last reader of Ways of Survival. The number being obscured might indicate that he is the only one who did not get off i.e. stop reading (all other Apostles stopped reading, right up to the First Apostle).
* More attributes are implied to be listed when Kim Dokja uses Character List upon himself, but he is not able to read them all before the time limit expires and the window closes.
* **A Gifted Hoodlum:** An attribute possessed by Ricardo von Kaizenix.

## Personal Skills

More skills are implied to be listed when Kim Dokja uses Character List upon himself, but he is not able to read them all before the time limit expires and the window closes.

* **Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint:** Kim Dokja's trademark skill, which gives its name to the novel itself. Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint has three stages:
	+ *Stage 1:* Allows him to read the simple actions or emotions of characters; for instance, he can tell where they might aim an attack next.
	+ *Stage 2:* Allows him to see deep inside characters, reading their specific thoughts. Activation of Stage 2 requires having a deep understanding of the targeted character.
	+ *Stage 3:* Allows him to see the characters from a 3rd person point of view.
		- *1st person point of view:* Activated when Stage 3 is used while he is dying or close to death. He can immerse himself in a character, exerting partial or full control over the character's body, and speak to them within their minds. After Kim Dokja returns to his body, he can permanently obtain one of the assimilated characters skill. Though, he has to be fully immersed to copy the skill or the skill will not be available.

* **Bookmark:** Allows Kim Dokja to copy the abilities of characters that he has a deep understanding of.
	+ The deeper his understanding of the character, the higher the skill level reproduction. If his understanding of the character is low, only part of the character's skill is activated.
	+ He has a limited number of "slots" in which he can place characters to be bookmarked; if he wants to bookmark another character, he must first release a character from their slot to empty it up.
	+ He cannot bookmark individuals such as Han Sooyoung, Lee Gilyoung, or Yoo Sangah, who were not originally part of Ways of Survival and have not been turned into characters since the beginning of the scenarios.
	+ Originally, he could only bookmark characters that were incarnations, not constellations. However, due to an increase in his status, a "new feature" allows him to gain an understanding of constellations in minute fractions; eventually, he should be able to use Bookmark on a constellation's skill.
	+ The amount of time Bookmark can be activated increases as its level increases. It starts at 1 minute, then 3 minutes, then 5, then 10, then 30, and so on.
	+ Originally, he could only use one bookmark at a time. Later, due to the effect of the Story 'Looked Into the Abyss', he has gained the ability to use two bookmarks in tandem. However, this halves the overall activation time.
	+ The bookmarked characters and abilities so far consist of the following:
		- *Delusion Demon Kim Namwoon's Blackening/grim dark awakening:* (Replaced) Infuses the user's weapons with black energy that deals extra damage and corrupts its target.
		- *Steel Sword Lee Hyunsung's Weapons Training:* (Current) Increases the user's proficiency with weapons.
		- *Demagogue Cheon Inho's Incite:* (Replaced) Sways a crowd to listen to the user's words, often used to pit a mob against a particular individual.
		- *Prince Lycaon Isparang of the Imyuntar's Way of the Wind:* (Current) Allows the user to manipulate the wind. At higher levels of understanding, allows the user to walk on water.
		- *Beast Tamer Shin Yoosung's Advanced Diverse Communication:* (Current) Allows the user to communicate with non-human creatures.
		- *Beast Tamer Shin Yoosung's Taming:* (Current) Allows the user to tame and gain the favour of non-human creatures.
		- *Judge of Evil Jung Heewon's Hour of Judgement:* (Current) A skill requiring the permission of all Absolute Good constellations in order to activate, it makes the user unbeatable when fighting against enemies determined to be "evil", presumably by boosting damage dealt with each attack and increasing the user's defense.
		- *Paradox Baekchung Kyrgios Rodgraim's Electrification: (Current)* Also translated as Lightning Human Translation. Allows the user to channel and control extremely powerful brilliant blue-white lightning.
		- *Knight of Revolution Mark Javier's (Private Skill):* (Replaced) A guardian's skill in the Demon Realm's Industrial Complex Revolutionary scenario, this allows the user to protect another individual using their own vitality, releasing the mark of death placed on said individual by an executioner.
		- *Breaking the Sky Sword Saint Namgung Minyoung's Breaking the Sky Swordsmanship:* (Replaced)Allows the user to use the style of swordsmanship devised by Namgung Minyoung. Used during the Gourmet Association arc, when possessing Iris Vladimirovna Rebezova through the use of Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint Stage 3.
		- *Director of the False End*’s *Avatar:* (Current) Originally obtained from the 1863rd world. Used only once, in the Most Ancient Dream arc.

* **Fourth Wall:** A versatile and mysterious skill that even Kim Dokja himself does not fully understand.
	+ See linked page for full description of the skill effects.

* **Character List/profile:** Allows Kim Dokja to read the Attributes Windows of "characters". This includes those individuals from the original Ways of Survival, as well as the readers of WoS who got off early, but only after they catch up to the part they had read up to.
	+ Should too much information be available about a person, Character List will automatically summarize the information about the person, giving <Character Summary> instead of <Character Information>.
	+ The <Character Summary> settings can also be adjusted to show a certain number of items per field, an option usually used when there are too many items to be easily summarized.

* **Otherworld-Interpreter:** Allows for communications with species from different dimensions.

* **Reading Comprehension:** A skill which appears to increase Kim Dokja's ability to interpret and work with foreign Stories (and possibly understand individuals in the <Star Stream>, as they are built upon Stories).

* **White Purity Star Qi (Energy):** The qi cultivation technique of the White Purity Sect, as well as the signature technique of Kyrgios Rodgraim.
* **Hearing Enhancement**: A skill that enhances Kim Dokja's hearing capabilities.

* **Destroy Evil (破魔):** Obtained after breaking the statue of Yujeong Samyeongdang, the Bald General of Justice. An advanced version of the Repel Evil skill.

* **Calm Observation:** Obtained as a reward in the Theatre Dungeon from a skill book. Allows the user to predict a target's movements and see their stats.

* **Frost Resistance:** Become Resistant to Frost and Cold.

* **Pressure Point:** Obtained from the Donguibogam - Incomplete item. Uses the essence of oriental medicine to restrict or treat users through interacting with pressure points.

* **Sentiments Of The Beast King:** Allows a beast physical enhancement buff related to Shin Yoosung Beast-Lord Attribute.

* **Lie Detection:** As the name suggests, this skill allows the user to detect lies. It is unclear if "truth" is distinguished from "lie" based upon whether the speaker of the sentence sincerely believes it to be true/untrue, or if it is based on the absolute truth of the situation.

* **Miniaturization:** Shrinks the user and all their clothes/equipment to a small size. Kim Dokja previously used this in order to approximate Kyrgios Rodgraim's physique and thus be able to use Electrification, but his status is currently enough to overcome the physique requirement and use Electrification at his normal size.

* **Poker Face:** A skill that neutralizes the effect of Lie Detection. Kim Dokja bought it from the Dokkaebi Bag prior to visiting the 1863rd round.

* **Preserve Humidity:** A cosmetic moisturizer skill obtained from a skill book. Lee Seolhwa tells Yoo Joonghyuk that Kim Dokja said it was "required to be popular with constellations".

## Stigmas

* **Song of the Sword:** Stigma of Maritime War God Yi Sunsin, given as a reward for helping Lee Jihye grow into her powers in the Theatre Dungeon. Allows user to summon a buff related to Yi Sunsin that can very depending on the words that appear during the skill usage.

* **Self-Rationalization:** Stigma of One who Overcomes the Late Trials, a constellation from another world. Granted as a result of defeating Song Minwoo and completing the related bounty scenario. Provides protection against trauma.

* **Sacrificial Will:** Allows the user to supply power to their comrades which is directly proportional to the user's desire to sacrifice themself. Awakened during the 73rd Demon King scenario, when having his party kill him and banish him outside the scenarios.
* **Demon King Transformation:** Allows Kim Dokja to transform into his Demon King of Salvation state. The transformation increases Kim Dokja's physical prowess and allows him to use demonic magic (Though Kim Dokja has never used Demonic magic). He can also fly, thanks to the wings provided for him. Originally when he activated this transformation, he grew to 10 feet tall. However, now this is no longer a feature and he grows: black feathery wings, horns, and demonic energy staining his clothes. Kim Dokja seems to prefer this transformation over the Archangel Transformation due to his nature and compatibility with the story "Demon World's Spring"
* **Archangel Transformation:** After eating the fruit of good and evil, Kim Dokja now has the ability to transform into an Archangel. While in this state, Kim Dokja's wings turn white, his horns disappear, and the demonic energy staining his clothes are gone. While using this transformation, Kim Dokja feels an enormous amount of empathy for those around him and himself. Kim Dokja experiences the same benefits as his Demon King transformation (minus the demonic energy). However Kim Dokja rarely uses this transformation, likely due to his inexperience with it and his nature contradicting the absolute good that comes with being an Archangel.

* **Will to Live:** Unknown effect. Awakened during the Great War of Constellations and Demons, immediately prior to being saved by Secretive Plotter.

* **Regression:** The stigma that serves as the foundation of Ways of Survival, this allows the user to turn back time to a fixed point. Kim Dokja has never himself used this stigma; Yoo Joonghyuk, his sponsored incarnation, is the only known user. This stigma can only be activated if the incarnation is severely injured and close to death, and both the sponsor and the incarnation must consent to its use; Yoo Joonghyuk has been able to stave off regression by outright refusing to regress.

* **Transmission:** Allows regressors to gradually recover the abilities (skills and stats) that they possessed in previous regressions. Likely designed exclusively for users of the Regression stigma.

## Overall Stats

Kim Dokja is never able to read his stats, even on the rare occasions where he can access his Attributes Window. As such, he must rely on memory in order to know what level his stats are at.

* At the start of the scenarios, his stats include [Physique Lv. 1].
* As of Chapter 6, his stats include [Physique Lv. 10].
* As of Chapter 15, his stats include [Physique Lv. 12].
* He mentions having spent coins on upgrading his stats, with Agility being at least Lv. 10, making the total sum of his stats 33.
* As of Chapter 26, his stats are [Physique Lv. 15], [Strength Lv. 15], [Agility Lv. 11], [Magic Power Lv. 10].
* As of Chapter 34, his stats include [Physique Lv. 18], [Strength Lv. 18].
	+ The buff effect of Unbreakable Faith raises his Physique to Lv. 20.
* As of Chapter 40, his stats are [Physique Lv. 24], [Strength Lv. 24], [Agility Lv. 20], [Magic Power Lv. 15].
* As of Chapter 48, his stats include [Agility Lv. 30].
* As of Chapter 56, his stats include [Strength Lv. 25], [Magic Power Lv. 25].
* As of Chapter 71, Due to the trial all his stats were temporarily lowered to Lv. 10.
	+ He then used coins to temporarily raise his Strength stat to Lv. 100. This was reset after the completion of the Last King's Qualification.
* As of Chapter 76, his stats include [Physique Lv. 50], [Strength Lv. 60], [Agility Lv. 50].
* As of Chapter 87, his stats include [Physique Lv. 60], [Agility Lv. 60], [Magic Power Lv. 60].
* As of Chapter 156, his stats are [Physique Lv. 90], [Strength Lv. 90], [Agility Lv. 90], [Magic Power Lv. 90].
* As of Chapter 269, all his stats are boosted to above Lv. 200.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chapter 6
2. ↑ Chapter 11
3. ↑ Chapter 55
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Chapter 35
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Chapter 88
6. ↑ Chapter 174
7. ↑ Chapter 175
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Chapter 10
9. ↑ Chapter 130
10. ↑ Chapter 125
11. ↑ Chapter 264
12. ↑ Chapter 23
13. ↑ Chapter 438
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Chapter 100
15. ↑ Chapter 107
16. ↑ Chapter 128
17. ↑ Chapter 202
18. ↑ Chapter 242
19. ↑ Chapter 516
20. ↑ Chapter 135
21. ↑ Chapter 27
22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Chapter 40
23. ↑ Chapter 291
24. ↑ Chapter 317
25. ↑ Episode 41 (webtoon)
26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Chapter 76
27. ↑ Episode 72 (webtoon)
28. ↑ Chapter 188
29. ↑ Chapter 413
30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 Chapter 269
31. ↑ Chapter 270
32. ↑ Chapter 41
33. ↑ Chapter 15
34. ↑ Chapter 17
35. ↑ Chapter 26
36. ↑ Chapter 34
37. ↑ Chapter 48
38. ↑ Chapter 56
39. ↑ Chapter 71
40. ↑ Chapter 87
41. ↑ Chapter 156
42. ↑ Chapter 5
43. ↑ Episode 7 (webtoon)