Spell My Name With An S: Due to the many ways Korean can be romanized and translated, this is to be expected. Fatal Flaw: Kim Cheol's party fails, because of their impatience, inexperience, overconfidence and pride. While it seems reasonable to clear the red gate dungeon as fast as possible, he was utterly unprepared for what would await him. Instead of securing a safe base and food, his party was starving and freezing, leaving them weakened against a group of yetis, ice giants, and the ice elves. Like Jin-woo, Kim Cheol recognized that the forest would be full of ice bears, but ignored the fact that this would secure their food supply, help against the cold, and let them establish a relatively safe base, as they would know exactly which enemies they would have to face. However, at this time, only one ruler who was highly loyal strongly opposed the rebellion, but the other 7 rulers killed him and headed to kill the absolute. However, since even the absolute were not fools, an arrangement was planted in the ruler who showed absolute loyalty, and finally, the first shadow lord, Asbon, was born when the arrangement was activated. [4] Leave No Witnesses: Kang Tae-shik intends to murder not only his target but every other hunter as well and come out of the dungeon as the Sole Survivor, to leave no potential witnesses to his assassination.

Casting a Shadow: Jin-woo can raise the shadows of dead monsters and even hunters, who can then also level up. Adaptational Badass: Thanks to an expansion of a fight in the webcomic, Song Chi-yeol can show off his swordsman skills (despite having lost an arm), though it doesn't change the outcome. The first dagger Jin-woo loots off a monster, Casaka's Poisoned Fang, has a chance to apply a paralysis effect on the affected target, although stronger opponents can shake it off.

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One-Man Army: Jin-woo grows so powerful that he can clear dungeons by himself. Subverted later on, as he gains an army of shadow minions. It's still technically only one hunter, but he is not fighting and leveling up alone anymore. Knife Fight: The battle between Jin-woo and Kang Tae-shik is an intense fight, as both are assassin-like agility-based fighters. A-rank boss, Kargargan, uses one of his minions to speak to the Hunters raid force, demanding from them to come to him. Inside the red gate: Considering Kim Cheol, driven by his starving and freezing madness, tried to kill his fellow hunters, including Jin-woo, who was fighting the boss to save everyone, there is no doubt no one will miss him. Spoiled Brat: Lee Min-sung's father is the vice president of Yoojin Construction, who spend considerable amounts of money to support the Hunter Association. Min-sung tries to point this out, when Association President Go Gun-hee and Woo Jin-cheol don't let him get his way.

Glory Seeker: The other common reason awakened beings work as hunters besides money: fame, and with it the rise in society. Shadow Walker: Sort of. Jin-woo learns to swap places with one of his shadow soldiers, and he can take other people with him. He also can place his minions inside the shadows of other people, allowing him to instantly teleport to their location no matter the distance. Jin-woo's first encounter with Ahn Sang-min of the Baekho guild is significantly shortened. In the novel, Ahn Sang-min trying to recruit Jin-woo and Jin-woo selling the rights to the C-rank gates Yoo Jin-ho reserved is split into two scenes.

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Never My Fault: A-rank tank, Kim Cheol, initially accepts that he, as the raid leader, is responsible for the Total Party Kill, but then blames the hunger and cold for his failure (when it was his decisions that led to this). When he runs away and sees Jin-woo's group being fine, he blames them for not providing his team with the food and clothes he needed. This, despite the fact that he abandoned the weaker hunters days earlier, viewing them as dead weight which he didn't want to carry to safety.

Hwang Dong-seok's raid force is swiftly taken out by Jin-woo without posing a challenge once he is determined to kill them.Armor-Piercing Response: A case of Rhetorical Question Blunder. When Jin-woo refuses to become the Hunter Association's future president, President Go Gun-hee is visibly disappointed and asks Jin-woo for his reasons, fully expecting it to be money, since the Association can't pay well. Jin-woo says that he's doing it because he wants to kill the monsters and clear the dungeons, which catches Go Gun-hee completely off-guard. He interprets this as Jin-woo being The Cape who only wishes to protect humanity, and from then on fully supports Jin-woo and asks his employees to do the same.

Loophole Abuse: Jin-woo accidentally ends up discovering an "exploit" in the game that saves his life. In the Job Quest dungeon, healing and store usage is prohibited, making the whole area a grueling test of endurance, and leaving the dungeon by using a Hearthstone makes it (presumably) permanently missable. However, just as he's being completely obliterated by the final gauntlet, Jin-woo is suddenly transported to the Penalty area as he had failed to do his daily quest for that day. In that area, healing and shop use are not restricted, and Jin-woo is able to recover. Since he left the Job Quest dungeon without using a Hearthstone, the dungeon is not lost. Furthermore, the four hours he spends in the Penalty area are added to his score for the gauntlet, allowing him to absolutely ace the quest. Playing with Fire: Most mage hunters and many monsters can use fire magic to some degree. This is also the reason why fire resistance equipment is the most common type. Hwang Dong-soo intentionally provokes everything and everyone to get a fight. He literally is lusting to kill someone. Innocence Lost: Over time, Jin-woo gets colder and deadlier. He himself notices the changes in him, but he still can smile amongst his loved ones, or if someone genuinely treats him well.Baekho literally means "white tiger", and is a portmanteau of its guildmaster's name, Baek Yoon-ho. He also can turn into a white tiger, which is why his name is very fitting. Association President Go Gun-hee's Number Two is A-rank Woo Jin-cheol. Notably, Jin-cheol is on the upper end of A-ranks. He would love to make Jin-woo his Number Two after Jin-woo is remeasured as an S-rank, but Jin-woo politely refuses. From the high orc boss Kargargan's perspective, Jin-woo is an insane monster, who is immune to any of his spells, kills his high orc soldiers and then raises them as his own minions. Jin-woo leaves Kargargan to be the last to kill, just so he can instill fear into the boss's mind.