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Cho Euishin: The main character. Vice president of year 1 class 0. People say he looks really suspicious when he thinks. Gained the player code name "Unknown Supernova" because of his actions during Silverlight's entrance exam, and nickname "Phantom Thief of the Red Barrier" when he burned the Fantasy Auction. [NM: Also "Jo Euishin", "Jo Ui-shin", etc.]
Bestowed Light: a player's unique skill. also translated as "gwanglim" or "light skill" by NM. It is said that it cannot be copied or mimicked.
The unknown entity in Wealth and the Weight of Life: Can take potential in exchange for wealth or lifespan. Takes interest in Euishin because Sorrowful Ungnyeo did too.
Eukwang/Silverlight: The player-focused high school where the majority of the story takes place.
Landwing Union (Jiikhoe) : The union at Eukwang High, run by students, responsible for looking after students, especially at the dormitory.
The Four Major Groups: Hwangmyeong Foundation (owned by Tiger Clan), Namgung (Related to Namgung Gyuyeon and Hong Gyubin), Joo-Oh (Related to Joo Soohyeok and Oh Hye-ji), and TC Group (associated with Do Wonwoo and King of Ships on the Do (T) side, associated with Cheon Dongha and Cheon "Eunha" on the Cheon (C) side).
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STUDENTS
Joo Soohyeok: Main hero of the game. Friendly, earnest guy with a rich background - grandson of the Chuo group. In Class 2. Melee/dual sword fighter. [Translated "Joo Soo-hyuk" by NM]
An Dain: The "Magic Bullet Marksman." Main heroine of the game. Ranged gun fighter. Special constitution suppresses curses and poisons around her. In Class 1.
Maeng Hyodon: Close combat martial artist, joo soo-hyuk's friend from middle school in basketball. He was used by his father & by Choi Pyeondeok to become an underground pit fighter for the rich. Retrieved by Cho Euishin. [Also "Meong Hyo-don", etc.]
Do Wonwoo: the "Wedge of Steel" student council president. Good at crowd control/entrapment, can produce & manipulate steel chains and electrocute people thru them. A fool in love for Yoo Sanghee. Cousins with Do Shihu. Has support from TG group.
Yoo Sanghee: the "Wild Healing Wind" and sang-hoo's older sister (likely half-sibling). In the original timeline she signed contracts with many gods in order to avenge Sanghoo's death.
Yoo Sanghoon: A fellow student, caught up in beginning incident with Euishin. He plays basketball. [NM: Also Yoo Sang-hoo]
jang nam-wook: student caught up in beginning incident with euishin, enrolled in military academy school instead of silverlight academy. upright and sociable. he tends to nag to express his concern.
Do Shihoo: Jang Namwook's suspicious but easygoing roommate at Military Academy High, who has the ability to take on others' appearances. Cousins with Do Wonwoo. [NM: Also Shihu, Sihu, Sihoo] SPOILER: His light skill was used to bind the Monkey King's family under the river.
Yeom Joonyeol: Descendant of dragon tribe. Skill, "Remote Ignition, " can remotely ignite embers he places in advance. Bestowed Light, "Red Dragon Summoning, " increases firepower and manifests a red dragon. Hates his nickname, "Little Red Dragon." [NM: Also "Yeom Jungyeol", "Yeom Jungyeol", etc.]
Lee Lena (Kwon Lena) : Classmate with psychic powers. Has bad parents who tried to get her involved with the underground illegal Fantasy Auction and drove her to attempt su*cide as well, but they got arrested & scared off by Euishin and now she is determined to try playing the violin. Her light skill, "Banquet of Illusions, " can draw designated people into her illusions. [NM: Also "Irene" or "Lena Lee"]
Sawol Seeum: Classmate. His Bestowed Light allows him to transmit and "realize" a message sent by someone that he recognizes (see ch11 for more details). Was going to be sold off at the Fantasy Auction before Euishin rescued him. Note: "Sawol" means "April, " so sometimes he is said to be from the April family. [NM: Also "Sawol Seum"]
Kim Yuri: class president and An Dain's best friend. Her Bestowed Light allows her to channel the power of true gods. It is sealed because she is afraid of it, and she requested to be placed in class 0.
Min Green (Geurin) : classmate. phobia of lots of people? best friend of song dae-sook, son of the head of the han river cycling team. art prodigy.
Song Daesook: classmate. interested in satellite data used to track otherworld dungeon invasions. best friends with min-green. [NM: Also "Song Daesuk."]
Ji Myungsoo: vice president of student council. His light skill, "Shintan's Shooter, " allows him to shoot flashy light attacks.
Han Yi / Hani: A deaf girl in class 0. Proficient in Tae Ho Kwon martial arts. Volunteers at a nursery. SPOILER: Reincarnation of Blue Tiger. (NM Translation: also "Hani.")
Geum Chan & Wang Chan: the comedy duo president and vice president of year 2 class 0. They have very powerful connections through their families.
Park Seunghyeon: A student with a support-type Bestowed Light who is in the chess club. He has the ability "Military Conducted Marching Song, " which greatly increases players' physical abilities and output of psychic waves. He had a problem with being bullied and illegally admitted, but this was resolved by Jo Euishin.
Oh Hye-Ji: A third-year student, president of the student council, and Joo Soohyuk's friend. Their families want them to be engaged (since Oh Hye-Ji's older sister ran away rather than go through with her engagement to Joo Soohyuk's cousin), but they are conspiring to make sure that doesnt happen. Her bestowed light, "Steadfast Walk Under the Moon, " allows her to move quickly when the moon is up.
Ma Jinseung: A second year, a newbie at chess, and Yeom Junyeol's self-proclaimed rival. He has outstanding abilities but has yet to realize his potential. His light skill, "Roar Summoning Meadow, " lets him control the wood/grass element.
Seong Siwan: President of the Landwing Union (Jiikhoe), a student-run union responsible for looking after students. [NM: Also "Sung Siwan"]
Moon Saeron: A student in class 1-2 and the best informant in the newspaper club. Her light skill, 'Eavesdropping Divine Hearing, ' lets her "collect words" from a set area.
Kwak Gyungu: second year student council, double sword wielder #2 after Joo Soohyuk, friend of Yeom Jungyeol. Works as part of the student council association. [NM: Also "Kwak Kyung-gu"]
Bang Yoonseop / Yoonseob: An extra who picked a fight with Joo Soohyeok, became friends, and died in the original. He has a bit of a crooked character, but a good heart. Later, he becomes Maeng Hyodon's senior disciple under the same master.
Cheon Dongha: "the Omniscient." A playable second-year with a strong clairvoyance skill, "Eye Embracing Heaven and Earth". He likes playing chess and is a guest researcher of an institute belonging to the Hwangmyeong group. He does not gossip and is seen as trustworthy.
Mok Wooram: A student of year 1 class 0, who, like his mentor, is in search of a muse; he eventually finds one in Kwon Lena.
Dokgo Miro: a delinquent girl who solves her problems wiith violence.
Woo Kihwan: Class president of Year 3 Class 0. Notoriously second place to Do Wonwoo.
Gye Idam: The candidate to run Landwing/Jiikhoe after Sung Siwan graduates. SPOILER: The guy who bullied Jo Euishin in the military, reincarnated. Light skill: Mist of Night Silence, indiscriminately hinders energy waves.
Namgung Gyuyeon: A cadet of Player Military Academy and the Defense Ministry's research institute, who is friends with Do Sihoo and Jang Namwook. She has a habit of digging holes. She is Hong Gyubin's younger sister.
Jung Haeon: A student in Year 2 Class 0 whose hobby is following celebrities. She is Dokgo Miro's big fan.
Choi Younghee: Bang Yoonseob's crush, Joo Soohyuk's middle school classmate. An illegal admittee who had a tr*sh character in the original game, hurting many.
Goo Seulbi: Class 0 classmate. A druid, a student of Merlin, and an attention-seeker. She recently joined hands with Phantom Thief Neon.
Phantom Thief Neon (Ong Gildong) : Class 0 classmate. An attention-seeker who loves fashion, has Seodol's attention, and loves being a thief. Aliases: Luis Perrena
Yeon Garam: A class 0 student in year 2. She is involved with the theatre club.
Heo Chaeah: President of the general club. Helped organize the sports exchange match between the two academies.
Ji Myunsoo: A student council member, friends with Do Wonwoo. Light skill, Levitation, allows a sort of limited telekinesis. He is sociable and gets along well with anyone. Candidate to join Hydrangea Scent.
Yoon Yeorong: A class 0 student from the year younger. She is the Dragon King's shaman candidate.
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ADULTS
Choi Pyeondeuk: A corrupt teacher working with the traitorous clans, who wanted students as sacrifices. In the original, he was the teacher of year 1, class 1.
Hong Kyubin: the team leader of the player association's Korean branch's investigation/press management team. He is a teacher Jegal fanboy and is determined to save Jegal by any means possible to pay off an unknown debt. Has Seodol's blessing. SPOILER: formerly of Namgung group. [NM: Also "Hong Gyubin."]
Jegal Jaegeol: Director of the education department and the teacher of year 2 class 0. received blessing of 'thoth, ' which gives him the ability to use 'word magic, ' but in return he cannot lie. as such he is bound to only say what is true. in other words, if he says he will do something, he has to do it. he is also known as the "blue jade poet." (NM - jagal, jegal, jaegul)
Ham Geunhyeong: Director of the student body and the teacher of year 1 class 0. Known as the "Heavenly archer." His Bestowed Light, 'Sharpshooter's Sight and Bow of Light, ' borrows the gazes and divine bow of higher beings who made their names as sharpshooters. Doesn't ask questions but is a great support.
Song Manseok: the Great Iron Arm Hero and the head of the Han River Cycling Team, which leads rescue efforts within the area.
Kim Shinrok: Landwing Union advisor and the teacher of year 1 class 1, unassuming but so good at torture. Descendant of both Tiger & Bear Clan. His royal lineage name is "Jeho" (orange-red silk tiger). (Also "Kim Shinlok" in NM translation)
Noh Yeongmi: Homeroom teacher of year 1, class 2. (NM Translation: Also "Noh Youngmi")
Gong Cheonghwon: A good teacher driven out by Choi Pyundeuk, but brought back at Euishin's request. He taught at Han Yi's orphanage and currently teaches Enemies Theory class. Master of Tae Ho Kwon. He has a connection to Blue Tiger. SPOILER: Reincarnation of the Son of God. (NM translation: "Kong Chung-hwon")
Kwon Jae-in: World famous violin player, graduate of Eukwang high. Plays with psychic violins. She is Kwon Lena's older sister, and leads the world-famous team "Lake of Eternity." Has a connection to yong je-gun. looking to catch a 'butterfly.' Was able to ask the mouse clan a favor to investigate some students. (NM - also "Kwon Jein.")
Jared Lee: Kwon Jaei-in's team member and a former member of the Oath of the Three Knights. He was scouted by the Grand Cross (Knight of the Yellow Rose).
Sun Gukeon: the class president from 15 years ago who established the ji-ik committee at eunkwang high. cousins with sawol seum? euishin gets a lot of comparisons to him. currently a political player ad lawkmaker, goal to have a world safe from otherworld breakouts. doesnt trust divine clans or their descendents. [NM: Also "Sung Gukeon."]
jeon mu-young: sun guk-eon's party member and bodyguard, nickname 'colorless.' strongest stealth-type in the game. His light skill, "Time Without Shadow, " allows him to hide from even those of royal lineage or higher beings, unless they have a connection to shadow. (Also "Jeon Muyeong.")
joo su-gyeom: joo soohyuk's older workaholic cousin who was going to be engaged to oh hye-ji's older sister before she ran away.
Hong Kyungbok: min green's art teacher, a great hero.
Sawom Semin: Sawom Seeum's uncle who was captured at the auction with him.
Byun Soonhoe: One of the runners of the Fantasy Gate / Fantasy Auction.
Li Wei: A Chinese player sponsored by the Yeomje Divine Farmer, who has a close connection with the Cow/Bull clan.
Im Jihwa: Head of the satellite team that Song Daesok joined.
Im Yeonhwa: Teacher of Year 3 Class 0, and Im Jihwa's younger sister. Cheerful, crazy, very powerful. In a competitive relationship with her class, who constantly wants to beat her. Formerly a cadet of Player Military Academy. [NM: Also 'Lim Yeonhwa', etc]
King of Ships: Do Sihoo's father and a prominent figure in the TC group.
Yeo Raehoon: Saint of Naejang Mountain: A playable character and former monk who enjoys rapping. His skill allows him to guard people, locations, and things very well, and Jo Euishin used his skill to protect Kim Yuri's ribbon at the beginning of the novel. He has an excellent memory and can remember people who he has only met once.
Ryujang: The patisserie, who also serves the Devil King Sidelentium.
Deputy Yoon: Hong Gyubin's deputy.
Team Leader Park: A sort of rival to Hong Gyubin in the department.
Hwangbo Yoon: The principal of the school. She doesn't like attention and took the position on the condition she could hide her face.
Blademaster Heukrim: A martial artist and the team master of Black Forest, one of the top teams of Korea. A young man who dresses and speaks like an old fashioned shaman. The Black Forest regards itself as a religious sect with the goal of eliminating all Demon Race members (demonic clan) who serve the Demon Gods that are hostile to humans.
Baekhwa Nanman: Team master of Hydrangea Scent, one of the top teams of Korea. She has a connection with Hong, a shaman of the Dragon Palace. (Note: her name means white blooming flowers.)
Lee Yeoreum: Kwon Lena/Lee Lena's adoptive older sister. Works as an otherworld management employee in the Namgung Group.
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TRUE CLAN
Also translated as "Foreign Tribe" or "Jin Tribe" by NM. Note: They can control their apparent age in human form. Descendents (human-jin mix) cannot fight against their ancestors.
Jeokho: Red Tiger. Because he betrayed the trust of the Tiger Clan, although he was deceived by Sorrowful Ungnyeo into doing so, his name was erased from the myth. His skill, "Red Fog, " allows him to conceal his presence.
Baek Hogun / Baekho-gun: White Tiger. His bestowed light allows him to summon weapons based on his mental strength. See ch6 for more details. He received heavenly punishment and has been confined to the sacred domain with most of his strength sealed, unless he receives permission from the heavens. Silver Tiger's brother.
Hwang Myeongho / Jiho / Cheongho: yellow tiger. As the chairman of the Hwangmyeong Foundation, which is responsible for player safety, he goes by Hwang Myeongho. He is the headmaster in charge of silverlight. has the ability to take different apperances and split into different avatars while in korea; he has an avatar in class 0 named Hwang Jiho, and later on a kid avatar named Hwang Yuho. (NM translation - hwang meongho)
Silver Tiger [Eunho, Cheon Eunha]: He isn't dead, but he "can't open his eyes." SPOILER: Jo Euishin's reincarnated friend.
Ok To-yeon: rabbit tribe, CEO of moon rabbit corporation. close ties with eunho, the white tiger who 'can no longer open his eyes'
Ok To-yoon: To-yeon's older sister (?). she has the power to monitor korea through the moon palace map (Wolgoong Gyedo). best warrior of the rabbit clan.
Sorrowful Ungnyeo: One of the Eight Bear Immortals of the Bear Clan. She can create powerful items. Despite her role in causing Red Tiger's fall, she still cares greatly for him.
Yong Jegeon: Dragon Clan member who is a teacher and chess club advisor at Silverlight. He looks like an old man and has strong spacial powers. To work as a teacher, he signed a contract that adjusted his stats to human-level. Considers Kim Shinrok a good friend. (NM - Yong Je-gun)
Yeom Bangyeol: Chief (?) of the dragon tribe and Yeom Joonyeol's father. Fiercely loving and protective. Also known as "Lord of the Red Flames, " he leads the "Red Lion, " one of the top 5 otherworld-attacking teams.
Olmu/Snare (formerly Cottonball) : the divine beast that lost its power, taking the form of a fluffy white puppy. Originally, it was taken care of by an dain but killed by those jealous of her. [NM: also "Shinsu, " "Shinsoo, " "Olmu, " etc.]
Na Bi-ryoung: butterfly tribe and a 'humble one'. wants to see if she can stop the storm caused by 'the one' but doesnt care about casualties. (NM: also "The Butterfly")
Jeopalgyae Kang-ryup Jeo: head of the pig clan.
Seodol: The wise rat who is the head of the rat clan. He has a hobby of stalking people who are interesting to him, and is Hong Gyubin's sponsor. He also wants to sponsor Wang Chan. Seodol is good with spells.
Hyunmoo: The Black Tortoise. Has powers related to wisdom, guidance, and divination.
The Shapeshifter: Right hand of the Bear Clan.
Hyangrok: The head of the Deer Clan. Makes medicine.
Heukma: "Black Horse" who is the head of the Horse Clan.
Son of God: Wished to become human. Also known as "Cheonja", "Cheonshin", etc.
'The One': someone opposed to heaven and has the greatest reason to hate them...?
Sidelentium: The Crow Devil, or devil of silence, who looks out at the world through the eyes of crows.
Head of the Snake Clan: a minor sponsor of Bang Yoonseob.
Jukho: The tiger from the bamboo painting, only about 500 years old but is the chief spellcaster for the Tiger tribe. He acts as Kim Yuri's teacher sometimes.
Eunho's descendents: The three brothers. Eun Seuho, Eun Iho, Eun Jaeho... they are very attached to Jo Euishin.
Jecheondaesung: "Sun Wukong, " the head of the Monkey Clan. He guaranteed his innocence by giving his headband to Hwang Jiho as collateral. Once a year, he likes to have gatherings to meet the talented younger generation of pretty important groups.
Wu Zhiqi: Jecheondaesung's family. She was sealed under the river using Do Sihoo's light skill by a mysterious group that can forcefully activate light skills, then used as an energy source.
Punbaek and Usa: bear twins behind the Black Screen.
Chokryong/Zhulong: The Torch Dragon and the Wanderlust dragon. One of Yeom Junyeol's other teachers.
[collapse]Story: 4.5/5Translation: I read this on NovelMultiverse. Average 2/5, but would give a 4.5/5 for the latest translator. I can't speak for waffles.Overall Review:Great plot, interesting characters, quite a few moving pieces. I would highly recommend this story to anyone who is capable of slogging through fairly long periods of nearly unreadable machine translation.The NovelMultiverse host site seems to employ translators to translate each story, and for Ex Rank, they change the translator multiple times. The translation is okay at the beginning, but degrades pretty rapidly in the middle before improving again around ~ch65-70. Translation problems include: 1) terminology changes; 2) inconsistent naming; 3) mixing up first-person and third-person pronouns, forcing the reader to rely on context clues to piece together who & what is being referred to; 4) awkward sentence flow.That said, if you can get through the translation, the story itself is quite interesting and engaging. The premise is fairly standard: the MC, Jo Eu-shin, was the only player to clear a certain infamously shitty game to the very end, thus witnessing the tragic end of all the characters he was attached to. When he died, he transmigrated into the world of the game. Jo Eu-shin is driven by a simple but effective motivation: to save all the characters he got attached to from meeting their tragic ends.While Jo Eu-shin attains powerful allies very early on, the story is still interesting to me because of its large cast and the slowly uncovering conspiracies. Jo Eu-shin's knowledge lets him prevent certain incidents, but by doing so he becomes entrenched in a larger overarching plot by an unknown higher being whose goals in engineering these incidents is what led to the end of the world in the game. But what does this being want exactly? And does it have something to do with the entity who brought Jo Eu-shin to this world in hopes that he could intervene?If you enjoy the typical sort of transmigration action-suspense story, then this one will probably appeal to you, too.Other notes:- The game's genre is "soft apocalypse" -- specifically, it is a school setting in a modern-day Korea in a world that is constantly under threat by the random dungeons that open up all over the world. To combat this threat, the Player's Association gathers Players (people with special abilities) to fight off the threat from the other unknown worlds.
- No romance with the MC (as of yet), no harem (as of yet), but the author has a tendency to pair off the side characters.
- Jo Eu-shin acts maturely according to his mental age. One running joke is that after doing some good deeds, his persona attains a nickname that he finds highly embarrassing because he has long passed the age where he thinks having that kind of flashy name for himself is cool. He is prone to being extremely biased in favor of "his playable characters." Well, he's the guy crazy enough to want to stop the end of the world for their sake after all...
- Because Jo Eu-shin is concerned with attaining happiness for his favorite characters, the story spends quite a bit of time focusing on daily life, interpersonal relationships, Jo Eu-shin's interactions with his friends, and the emotional development of the side characters. This style of storytelling may not be for everyone.
- So far, all the introduced cast have interweaving relationships with each other, so they are all relevant and their roles in the story continue to develop. Initially, each character gets one or two memorable traits, so as to make them memorable to the reader; however, as their roles in the story expand, they also gain more depth. I enjoy the sheer number of moving pieces. I've copied my personal (and slightly spoiler-y) guide to the characters introduced thus far. You can use it for reference while reading.
