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Hwang Dong-seok's raid force consisted of greedy "lizards", who would often betray and kill other hunters in the dungeons, knowing they could get away with it, so they wouldn't have to share the rewards with the fillers.

Jin-woo always had good hearing. After increasing his "sense" stat, he can feel the magic power of others from a long distance and determine their strength. This also makes it easier for him to spot obscured and invisible enemies, as he immediately managed to sense Kang Tae-shik, in the novel, who hid himself with Stealth. Healthcare Motivation: Jin-woo is initially a weak hunter and actually doesn't want to work as one, but the Hunter Association is paying the bills for his mother's treatment. His sister, Jin-ah, wants to become a doctor, so she can heal her mother. Trying to heal her permanently with a special item also becomes a motivation of Jin-woo's. Mistaken for Murderer: After realizing that Jin-woo's rank is inaccurate, Yoo Jin-ho fears for his life, as false rankers are often rumored to be mass murderers. Jin-woo uses this misunderstanding as a way to make Jin-ho keep Jin-woo's strength a secret. And I Must Scream: Those who arise involuntarily as Jin-woo's shadow minions are bent to his will. Thus, Kim Cheol received a Fate Worse than Death. Dumb Muscle: Iron is not really a smart guy, just like when he was still known as Kim Cheol, when he was alive.Kang Tae-shik is fabricating extremely obvious lies, to explain how everyone but him supposedly will die inside the dungeon. First, he tries to Make It Look Like an Accident, but changes the story and intends to frame the criminals, who are forced to clear the dungeons. In both the novel and the webcomic, he offers to spare Jin-woo, Ju-hee and Chi-yeol if they keep their mouths shut about what they saw, but Jin-woo immediately points out that this lie isn't very convincing when he already attempted to kill them just moments earlier. Adventure Guild: The Hunter Association serves as a modern organization for hunters. They measure both the dungeons and the hunters' strength and sell the rights of gates to private raid parties and guilds. They also take in lower-ranked hunters (like Jin-woo at the beginning of the story) and assign them to raids that higher-ranked hunters don't want to partake in before a dungeon break occurs. While larger guilds receive a lot of benefits from the Association, the Association also mandates them to take care of certain dungeons if an emergency occurs.

Hwang Dong-seok's raid force is swiftly taken out by Jin-woo without posing a challenge once he is determined to kill them.Hunters are far superior to any governmental military and the only thing that keeps the big hunter guilds in Korea from taking over is the fact that the Hunter Association that governs the hunters is led by their S-rank president, Go Gun-hee. Go Gun-hee needs a Legacy Character who will continue keeping the delicate balance of power, as if one guild grows too strong, conflict will inevitably ensue. Jin-woo being identified as the next S-rank motivates Go Gun-hee to seek Jin-woo out and offer to mentor him. He warns Jin-woo that joining one of Korea's Big Five will probably destroy the balance that he has managed to keep for the last ten years. Jin-woo ends up starting his own guild instead.

As part of a daily quest, Jin-woo has to work out every day. As a reward, he can increase his stats. Before he entered his first dungeon after he became a player, he first raised his strength stat to a level where he could defeat the monsters alone.Magic Knight: Unlike most mage-class hunters, Jin-woo is both a strong mage (in form of a necromancer) and strong in close combat. He only became better in magic and improved his intelligence stat, because the System made him one, when originally he fought like an assassin-class hunter.