by Wooden Spoon, Domi•Art by MIDNIGHT STUDIO
Suddenly abducted from modern Earth and thrust into a brutal death-game fantasy tutorial dungeon, Lee Kiyoung checks his status window only to discover he possesses the lowest, most pathetic stats in recorded history. Destined to be first-wave monster fodder, he discovers one saving grace: a unique psychic trait called the "Mind's Eye," allowing him to inspect the hidden talents, psychological inclinations, and statuses of everyone around him. That is when he spots his ultimate golden ticket: Kim Hyunsung, a battle-hardened regressor living his second timeline who possesses maxed-out hero parameters and knows every secret of the future. Realizing that the safest place in this hellish world is glued right beside the righteous savior, Kiyoung puts his master manipulation and gaslighting skills to work, presenting himself as Hyunsung's indispensable, pure-hearted sworn brother while mercilessly exploiting everyone in their wake.
by Wooden Spoon, Domi•Art by MIDNIGHT STUDIO
Suddenly abducted from modern Earth and thrust into a brutal death-game fantasy tutorial dungeon, Lee Kiyoung checks his status window only to discover he possesses the lowest, most pathetic stats in recorded history. Destined to be first-wave monster fodder, he discovers one saving grace: a unique psychic trait called the "Mind's Eye," allowing him to inspect the hidden talents, psychological inclinations, and statuses of everyone around him. That is when he spots his ultimate golden ticket: Kim Hyunsung, a battle-hardened regressor living his second timeline who possesses maxed-out hero parameters and knows every secret of the future. Realizing that the safest place in this hellish world is glued right beside the righteous savior, Kiyoung puts his master manipulation and gaslighting skills to work, presenting himself as Hyunsung's indispensable, pure-hearted sworn brother while mercilessly exploiting everyone in their wake.
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The narrative unfolds across The Continent, a brutal fantasy realm sustained by divine providence and divided among regional superpowers: the theocratic Holy Empire of Benigor, the democratic yet militarized Republic of Kesslock, the aristocratic United Kingdom of Raios, and the isolationist elven realm of Everia. Earthlings are summoned as "players" through an unforgiving dimensional funnel starting in the subterranean Tutorial Dungeon, from which survivors emerge into continental hub cities such as the adventurer haven of Lindel. Beyond mortal territories lie transcendent planes: the multi-tiered Rift Museum, the celestial divine plane of Eden, and the abyssal depths of Hell, each governed by entities that treat mortal realms as resource-generating matrices.
Power is structured via a gamified metaphysical interface graded from Common (F-Rank) to Mythic (EX-Rank) across physical stats, mana capacity, and potential. Class Awakenings: Progression follows class advancement tiers - Basic/Common, Rare, Heroic, Legendary, and Mythic / Divine-Transcendence. Progression relies on class synergy, deeds, and conceptual alignment. Mana & Divinity: Mortals manipulate mana circuits to cast elemental, spatial, and alchemical magic, capped naturally at stat ceiling 99 without divine ascension. Divine power is finite; deities like Goddess Benigor require worship and karma to maintain continental reality engines, risking systemic insolvency if depleted. Soul & Concept Mechanics: Transcendent power manifests through personal concepts, sword intent, and mental manifestations that warp physical and divine laws.
The Blue Guild: A rising powerhouse in Lindel led by the Regressor Kim Hyunsung and strategic director Lee Kiyoung. The Red Mercenary: Lindel's dominant military force led by the "Mercenary Queen" Cha Heera. The Black Swan Guild: Lindel's premier reconnaissance and intelligence powerhouse, directed by Park Yeonjoo. The Holy See of Benigor: The supreme theocracy overseen by the Papal Court, Cardinals, and the elite martial order known as the Eight Imperial Seats. The Outer Gods & Eden Council: Archangels (Seraphim, Dominions, Thronus) orchestrating human harvesting to fuel cosmic war efforts.
Reality is governed by strict systemic bindings: Soul Contracts enable absolute pacts across species (such as dragon-partner linkages); the Mind's Eye bypasses all informational wards to expose hidden statistics, disposition, and regression trauma; and Regression Dynamics tether timeline resets to the psychological and physical state of the prime regressor, Kim Hyunsung.
A ruthlessly pragmatic, self-aware sociopath possessing bottom-tier physical stats but unmatched psychological brilliance. Kiyoung treats people as assets and systems to be exploited. Awakening the unique informational trait Mind's Eye, he deduces that Kim Hyunsung is a time-regressor and positions himself as Hyunsung's indispensable "faithful light" while secretly orchestrating continental assassinations, revolutionary coups, and divine deceptions under identities like the "Masked Trash" and the "Alchemist of Light." Powers: - Traits & Mind Skills: Mind's Eye (Legendary/Mythic information analysis), Regressor Mind Manipulation, Dual-Class Mastery. - Classes: Bioalchemy Summoner, Legendary Dragon Alchemist, Honorary Cardinal, Saint of Light. - Arsenal: Sentient cursed sword Juliana, Divine Artifacts of Benigor, Soul-Engine Homunculi, Toxic Mana Synthesis, and the Mythic skill Regressor Instruction Manual (allowing complete status and soul synchronization with Kim Hyunsung).
Chapter 1A traumatized hero currently living his second timeline after failing to prevent the apocalyptic annihilation of the continent in his first life. Haunted by survivor's guilt and the memory of all his fallen companions, Hyunsung is noble, principled, and desperate for an intellectual partner to lift the burden of leadership. He places absolute, blind faith in Lee Kiyoung, unaware that Kiyoung deliberately orchestrates crises to accelerate his growth. Powers: - Class & Tier: Legendary Sword Saint / Mythic Sunrise Swordsman. - Combat Style: High-speed transcendent swordsmanship, conceptual light-cleaving slashes, near-instantaneous flash-steps, and absolute magic severance. - Arsenal: Saint Sword Durendal, Mythic-grade longswords, temporal acceleration instincts derived from First Timeline muscle memory.
Chapter 1A timid, socially isolated woman rescued by Kiyoung during the tutorial who harbors an extreme, psychopathic yandere obsession with him. Beneath her stuttering, innocent facade lies the continent's most destructive magical prodigy. Her entire moral framework and existence revolve around Kiyoung's affection; any individual perceived as an impediment or romantic rival is marked for horrific magical execution. Powers: - Class & Tier: Mythic Archmage / Grand Sorceress of Cataclysm. - Stats: Mana Stat 99+ (Theoretical Continent Peak). - Magic Specialization: Multi-layered non-chant casting, spatial collapse fields, localized time reversal, apocalyptic meteor summons, blood-tracking curses, and absolute dimensional isolation barriers.
Chapter 1A large, earnest, and fiercely loyal warrior who binds himself to Kiyoung during the first moments of the Tutorial Dungeon. Possessing low intelligence stats but an immense heart, Deokgu views Kiyoung as his sworn older brother (Hyung-nim). When his combat stats stagnate, Kiyoung stages life-threatening gauntlets to shatter Deokgu's psychological limits and force his awakening. Powers: - Class & Tier: Legendary Shield of Faith / Iron Vanguard. - Combat Style: Impenetrable fortress defense, divine aggro-generation, self-sacrificial damage deflection, and explosive physical shockwaves. - Arsenal: Tower shields forged from dragon scales and high-density divine alloys.
Chapter 1The fierce, battle-manic Guildmaster of the Red Mercenary and one of the Holy Empire's Eight Seats. Prone to explosive rages and bloodthirsty brawling, she takes an immediate personal and physical liking to Lee Kiyoung, adopting him as her "darling." In exchange for Kiyoung's alchemical concoctions, strategic acumen, and political counsel, she provides the Blue Guild with absolute military deterrence. Powers: - Class & Tier: Legendary Berserker Queen / Blood Empress. - Combat Style: Pure hyper-destructive physical combat, bloodline-enhanced super-strength, berserk blood-mist projection, and spatial devastation with broadswords.
Chapter 27Originally a saintly, self-sacrificing cleric dedicated to feeding and healing the destitute in Lindel's slums. Lee Kiyoung systematically broke her naive altruism by engineering a staged sequence of betrayals from the very people she saved. Shattered and reborn, she redirected her religious zeal toward Kiyoung, evolving into a fanatic "Dark Priestess" who executes holy purges and inquisitions at his command. Powers: - Class & Tier: Legendary Dark Priestess / Saint of Heresy. - Magic Specialization: Dual-wielding high-tier Benigor restoration miracles alongside necrotic curses, flesh-rot hexes, soul degradation, and holy-vampiric life drains.
Chapter 32An unyielding Spear Master defined by an absolute moral compass, rigid adherence to protocol, and complete administrative competence. Ostracized in Kesslock due to corrupt superiors, she was salvaged by Kiyoung to serve as the Blue Guild's administrative spine and Hyunsung's personal aide. She acts as the long-suffering straight-man to Kiyoung's depraved schemes. Powers: - Class & Tier: Legendary Spear Master / Vanguard Commander. - Combat Style: Piercing aura arts, anti-infantry thrust techniques, impenetrable spear-wall stances, and high-velocity kinetic line charges.
Chapter 74The blind Shaman Guildmaster of the Yamato-aligned Night Sky Guild. Yuuno possesses eyes that perceive past regression timelines and prospective futures. Recognizing Lee Kiyoung's soul signature from previous timelines, she surrenders herself completely to him, binding her life to his via a blood pact and acting as his sovereign oracle. Powers: - Class & Tier: Legendary Shaman / High Clairvoyant. - Special Abilities: Temporal retrocognition, clairvoyance, timeline fate reading, spiritual curse redirection, and soul scrying.
Chapter 66A 4,000-year-old ancient Black Dragon whose stolen egg provoked the apocalyptic siege of Kesslock. Lee Kiyoung negotiated her surrender by retrieving her unhatched child and exploiting her maternal desperation to force a magical "Dragon's Partner" soul contract. She provides Kiyoung with draconic reagents, flight mobility, and devastating breath support while assuming human form in urban centers. Powers: - Race: Ancient Pureblood Black Dragon. - Combat Style: Draconic Breath of Ruin, polymorph magic, dragon fear aura, impenetrable anti-magic scales, and high-tier ancient draconic spell circles.
Chapter 77The Supreme Strategist and First Seat of the Kesslock Republic. A cold, hyper-rational military genius dedicated solely to national supremacy. Despite piercing through Kiyoung's saintly public deception, he is repeatedly framed by Kiyoung as a demon-summoning conspirator, ultimately suffering total political disgrace and execution via guillotine. Powers: - Class & Tier: Legendary Grand Strategist / Tactical Marshall. - Special Abilities: Battlefield wide-area command amplification, logistical war-room simulation, anti-espionage magic arrays, and high-tier military formations.
Chapter 118The supreme leader of the celestial realm of Eden and a system-engineered clone of Lee Kiyoung. Consumed by an insurmountable inferiority complex toward his original self, Seraphim seeks to consume all angelic and mortal souls across the continent to elevate himself into the singular "Only God" rank and purge baseline humanity. Powers: - Class & Tier: Mythic Archangel / Pseudo-Godhead. - Combat Style: Divine light spears, cosmic soul absorption, angelic domain synthesis, spatial-divine authority, and absolute mental control over low-tier celestial hosts.
Chapter 182The pure-blooded High Elf Princess of the Everia Kingdom. Gifted with racial soul-perception that initially warned her of Kiyoung's blackened inner nature, she was thoroughly gaslit and broken through a staged self-sacrifice scenario inside a divine beast. She now serves the Blue Guild as a fanatically loyal divine nature healer. Powers: - Class & Tier: Legendary Spirit Saintess / World Tree Druid. - Special Abilities: High-tier spirit summoning, instant cellular restoration, nature-barrier constructs, and soul purification rituals.
Chapter 134The pragmatic Guildmaster of Lindel's elite intelligence and scout guild, Black Swan. Shrewd, business-minded, and highly skilled in reconnaissance, she operates as a key political ally to Lee Kiyoung, frequently leasing out her guild's shadow operatives to facilitate his clandestine setups and dungeon raids. Powers: - Class & Tier: Legendary Shadow Stalker / Dual-Dagger Master. - Combat Style: High-tier stealth camouflage, assassination arts, shadow spatial traversal, and lethal precision strikes.
Chapter 86A traumatized necromancy and black magic trainee from the Red Mercenary Academy. After attempting to blackmail Lee Kiyoung, she was subjected to psychological conditioning and assigned as Jung Hayan's personal whipping-girl and research assistant. She lives in constant, comical terror of both Hayan and Kiyoung. Powers: - Class & Tier: Heroic/Legendary Dark Alchemist / Necromancer. - Special Abilities: Corpse puppetry, alchemical toxic synthesis, shadow diversion, and assisting high-tier demonic ritual arrays.
Chapter 95The sociopathic master of the Yamato Guild and leader of the Japanese sector in the Holy Empire. Souta uses charisma, drugs, and institutional corruption to control imperial noble houses. His attempts to frame and eliminate Lee Kiyoung during imperial heresy trials backfired catastrophically when Kiyoung outmaneuvered him, leading to Souta's execution. Powers: - Class & Tier: Legendary Shadowblade Diplomat. - Combat Style: Concealed blade arts, political poison administration, and mind-fog illusions.
Chapter 66A high-ranking Cardinal of the Holy See who later ascends to the Papal Throne with Lee Kiyoung's backing. Dogmatic, ambitious, yet deeply impressionable, Bazel was manipulated through Kiyoung's hallucinogenic "Holy Wine" and political maneuvering, elevating Kiyoung to Honorary Cardinal and granting him full authority over church doctrine. Powers: - Class & Tier: Legendary Holy Patriarch / Grand Inquisitor. - Special Abilities: Church-wide blessing arrays, divine authority seals, and high-tier holy excommunication barriers.
Chapter 68Ch. 1 - 26
Summoned into a lethal subterranean tutorial dungeon with bottom-tier stats, Lee Kiyoung awakens the Mind's Eye and identifies the time-regressor Kim Hyunsung, the latent archmage prodigy Jung Hayan, and the tank Park Deokgu. Kiyoung orchestrates the elimination of sociopathic internal threats, including Yoo Seokwoo and Jung Jinho, while manipulating Hayan into absolute romantic dependency. Securing the Alchemist class through analytical resource management, Kiyoung and his core party conquer the tutorial boss and step out into the continent as the founding core of the Blue Guild.
Ch. 27 - 50
Upon entering the city of Lindel, Kiyoung negotiates contracts with the declining Blue Guild and secures high-level military sponsorship from Mercenary Queen Cha Heera. Seeking a dedicated healer, Kiyoung targets the saintly cleric Sun Heeyoung in Lindel's slums and stages a series of calculated betrayals by those she aided to shatter her naive altruism. Reborn as a devoted Dark Priestess who views Kiyoung as her divine purpose, Heeyoung joins the party as Kiyoung cements the Blue Guild's financial base.
Ch. 51 - 65
Venturing into the Heroic-grade Cursed Temple dungeon, Kiyoung uses emotional deception to trick the phantom Saintess Juliana, binding the sentient cursed blade to himself. Returning to Lindel, the party faces an internal coup orchestrated by corrupt elder Lee Seolho. Fabricating evidence and torturing treasonous conspirators in secret, Kiyoung wipes out the internal opposition, elevates Kim Hyunsung to Guildmaster, and assumes the mantle of Vice Guildmaster.
Ch. 66 - 73
Kiyoung travels to the Imperial Capital to expand Blue Guild's political reach, forming a blood pact with the clairvoyant Shaman Kasugano Yuuno. Yamato Guildmaster Ito Souta attempts to frame Kiyoung for imperial treason, drug trafficking, and demonic heresy. Kiyoung turns the tables during a grand Holy Council trial by using hallucinogenic alchemical wine to frame Souta as an active demon worshiper, resulting in Souta's execution and Kiyoung's appointment as Honorary Bishop of the Empire.
Ch. 74 - 85
Assigned as military commander to defend the fortress city of Kesslock, Kiyoung recruits the rigid Spear Master Cho Hyejin while engineering the downfall of corrupt local commanders. When the ancient Black Dragon Dialogia assaults the city to reclaim her stolen egg, Kiyoung recovers the egg and forces a soul-marriage "Dragon's Partner" contract upon her. The combined power of Dialogia and Kim Hyunsung wipes out the monster horde, making the Blue Guild a continental superpower.
Ch. 86 - 94
Following his induction into the Holy Empire's Eight Seats, Kiyoung witnesses Kasugano Yuuno's vision of a past timeline where Park Deokgu died due to physical weakness. Resolving to eliminate Deokgu's growth ceiling, Kiyoung secretly contracts Black Swan Guildmaster Park Yeonjoo to stage a fake assault by a ruthless "Murder Brigade." Pushed past his physical and psychological breaking point, Deokgu unlocks the Legendary "Shield of Faith" class, securing the vanguard for future apocalyptic raids.
Ch. 95 - 100
Kiyoung takes up an instructor post at the Red Mercenary Academy to scout new talent, breaking the subversive trainee Han Sora into absolute submission while enslaving assassin Kim Changryeol. After drafting these specialized assets into the Blue Guild's auxiliary division, Kiyoung, Hyunsung, Hayan, and Black Swan's elite vanguard enter the classless, randomized dungeon known as the Rift Museum to claim ancient conceptual relics.
Ch. 101 - 117
After securing administrative control over the Rift Museum, Kiyoung returns to the capital to dismantle the corrupt imperial royal family. Exploiting Princess Charlia's instability, Kiyoung authors the doctrine of "Holy Democracy," turns a maid named Alice into the political figurehead "Oscar," and broadcasts noble atrocities across the continent via alchemical visual devices. The royal monarchy is dismantled, establishing the Holy Theocracy under Pope Bazel and Honorary Cardinal Lee Kiyoung.
Ch. 118 - 133
Diplomatic summits in the United Kingdom of Raios collapse when Jung Hayan's possessive jealousy creates a massive magical cataclysm. To conceal her culpability, Kiyoung summons Demon Lord Belial into the mortal realm and frames Republic Supreme Strategist Jin Chung as the demon-summoning mastermind. Emerging as the messianic "Alchemist of Light" who supposedly drove back the demon lord, Kiyoung convinces Kim Hyunsung of Jin Chung's absolute guilt.
Ch. 134 - 153
Kiyoung leads an expedition to the isolationist Kingdom of Everia to cleanse the dying World Tree, breaking High Elf Princess Elena into a loyal subordinate through a staged near-death sacrifice. Continental war erupts between the Holy Theocracy and the Kesslock Republic; Kiyoung directs the war effort, orchestrates the death of the Republic's First Seat, and executes Jin Chung by guillotine. However, excessive divinity expenditures leave Goddess Benigor functionally bankrupt, destabilizing continental reality.
Ch. 154 - 181
To prevent the collapse of the divine system, Kiyoung is abducted to Hell and brokers an unprecedented Continental Management Contract between Demon Lord Belial and Goddess Benigor to restore divinity reserves. Returning to the surface, Kiyoung launches the "Holy Sword Hero Project," brainwashing the young hero Raphael to target Kim Hyunsung as a global threat. Hyunsung's resulting demonic mental collapse forces Kiyoung to take on the form of "Holy Angel Light Kiyoungmon" to purify him just as the celestial Outer Gods begin their continental invasion.
Ch. 182 - 200
Celestial Outer Gods invade the Northern Front, pushing humanity to the brink and resulting in Hyunsung's severe defeat and Kiyoung's capture by Archangel Dominions. Infiltrating the celestial realm of Eden, Kiyoung sows discord among the angelic leadership through psychological warfare, pitting Archangels Seraphim and Dominions against each other. During the Blue Guild's raid on Deep Eden, Kiyoung unlocks the Mythic trait Regressor Instruction Manual, synching his soul completely with Kim Hyunsung to obliterate Thronus and confront his own clone, the "Only God" Seraphim.
Ch. 1 - 1
Following the divine raid, Lee Kiyoung executes a high-stakes psychological intrusion into the shattered mindscape of Kim Hyunsung using the Regressor Mind Manipulation ability. Kiyoung deliberately severs the fabricated warm memories and trusting bonds between them, revealing his identity as the "Masked Trash." The destruction of Hyunsung's emotional anchor shatters his sanity, twisting his blind devotion into absolute hatred and setting the stage for a new continental conflict.
