Anyone know if there’s a thread already for this one? If not, can someone provide me with a spoiler https://www.novelupdates.com/series/the-novels-villain/
Reading mtls but brief spoilers Spoiler: Around chapter 39 in raws so Jin woo noticed [eye of mana] or smth which is a cheat underrated 'S' class skill that sees the flow of mana, he uses it to absorb mana from some liquid substance in dungeons ( hero did the same by accident ) It strengthen his body and awakens unlimited potential even further strengthen his skill "mana information" allows him to learn book like skill books (with side effects to the hero but he is not affected) And even copy skills only by seeing them (seems like a sharingan lol) Find hero sister at same university, helps her without her knowledge, she is future sister-in-law. Envited by the choi family, apologizes about breaking engagment, choi head legendary swordsman want jin-woo as disciple He refuses, everyone goes mad, ppl think he's crazy, challenged by daughter to prove she is better to her father. Jin-woo uses mana information to learn basics in one hour when regular ppl need 5 years least ( he even sleeps most of it). Jin-woo owns a gate that has one of the 12 monarchs, the monarch of greed sealed in it So he enters it with a band of mercenaries to re-seal it
Spoiler: Inside the Gate So he finds the cente rof the gate where the monarch is sealed. Solves a puzzle, finds mine and discover new material (he owns right of the gate, even has researchers woking for him, and it seems ppl around the world are trying to make gates habitable) Obtains the key to monarch seal. he's now only level 50, he gets a cooking skill from a book that allows him to level up by cooking monsters... His luck is now 'S' rank, is trying to reseal the monarch alone, cuz ppl don't know of their existence (trying to avoid ppl panicking) Finds out it is around 700 days left of a two thousand years worth seal, he successfully recharges the seal with his mana. But there is a condition to break the seal by being touched by the devil or something, Jin-woo relieved touches the seal and breaks it.... Yes he unsealed the calamity, remembered author's describtion of jinwoo and him fulfilling the condition of being dark or smth (mtla have weird words like sometimes when 'apology' becomes 'apple') enters anyway finds a dark dragon, the monarch of greed in a weakened state but retains sanity, he speaks with jin-woo. It's seems jin-woo is the reincarnated evil or something, he thinks jin-woo came to save him, but he's weak and Jin-woo convinces him to return to darkness(?) and absorbs him gaining new skills and the monarchs inheritance and a tower.
Want more? Spoiler: Spoiler Then he becomes the gates owner inheriting the greed monarch's sanctuary turning it to the golden sanctuary and having the title of golden monarch In the the sanctuary there is a demon servant (Aina or smth) that becomes his employees and manager of the sanctuary Oh and in it he can turn money into gold coins and buy things through a dimensional store. ... (for real) here it became some kind of gag novel He buys from and sponsors and group of elves in a different (gate/dimension) and promises to visit them later Becoming the gate 'owner' he now can edit it So he makes monster meat edible without any necessary cooking procedure and allow objects from outside not to deteriorate.. But he needs an excuse for that so he makes a gem that transports thing into the golden sanctuary like subspace and lied about the effect of it Ofc everyone believes him and now everybody working in the dungeon worships him The gate manage is the first Jin-woo believer and wrote biography aka the Jin-woo bible where his brother is the main villain antagonizing his brother even more They establish a research facility in too where the hero's sister works now (he's trying to hook her with his brother to make his temper milder cuz in og novel they marry) But she read the bible and now hates his brother
Spoiler: Spoiler 4 After that they make an official announcement that the Jin-woo gate (actual name as he has rights to it) is habitable and they invite hunters from around the world for the launch Crazy things happen in that announcement I'm too lazy to write but main point here is everyone has eyes on the gem that Jin-woo fabricated as reason for their success And Jin-woo serving dungeon food and golden apple pie that has hair growth effects *cough* the English golden haired wizard known for his dazzling whooshing hair after eating the pie ...his wig slips *cough* He got it back in time but recognized that the pie is the reason his hair is growing back so he begs Jin-woo for the apples he needs them because when wizards reach 6th circle their hair fall out naming it the '6th circle curse' and his rival the American wizard has some hidden secret to hair growth that all young wizard go to them because of it Jin-woo agrees but has nothing he wants from him so he promises a favor in the future.. touched the wizard swears allegiance in his heart getting enlightened and becoming a sage And as per usual in korean novels China and Japan are the greedy arrogants pigs they are trying to steal the gem They threatened a researcher with his wife's life and succeeded in getting the incomlete analysis of the gem the hero's sisterhas done (too tired to remember her name she ain't even an official harem member) and kidnapped her too Ofc jinwoo saves her but allows them to get amd transfer the data cuz it doesn't matter anyway
Thanks mate. It's interesting, and I'd like to read it. Unfortunately, there's only 30+ translated chapters right now.
You can read 207 chapters here: https://koreannovelmtl.blogspot.com/p/the-novels-villain.html From the looks of it they used Google Translate so it can be a bit tedious to read, but it's still understandable.
Spoiler: Og MC The link with og MC happens when in the og novel the greed monarch rampages out of the seal and alot of casualties happen, in the band of mercenaries he employed og MC's first crush dies and he awakens then to defeat the monarch of greed (he would then blame jin woo for it). But that does not happen since Jin-woo prevents that, thinking that stopping the disaster is better than awakening said og MC. Ofc og MC does fall for first crush merc girl, but she's already loyal to worshipping MC and feels sorry for his (false)story_ meaning she read the bible lol. Og MC feels inferior to mc (forgot why he thinks MC is evil too), and is used by Japanese hunters to get info about his sister and gets kidnapped bcuz of it. (Yeah, he put his sister in serious danger with his ignorance). Eventually he is punished by becoming a Labour worker slave in jinwoo's gate. Some things happen and now he's roaming inside gates and japan as a result of dimensional rift, and I don't care about him cuz he's a serious delusional self-proclaimed justice deliverer. Blegh!.
Spoiler: After that and family MC use the golden sanctuary for dimension travel to help the elfs It's a long story but elf queen now is brothers girlfriend and later fiancé instead of og MC's sister. (She becomes a super idol and he's her biggest fan) His grandfather likes her too and approved immediately (he's a big fan of hers too). There are some inconsistencies with og novel as og jinwoo was not malicious and his brother knew that well. His brother is a bit of a bro-con and it's really sad that almost all ppl around Jin-woo hate him because he's the main villain in the jinwoo-bible. Oh and Jin-woo isn't aware of said Bible and he is puzzled by their glares at his big brother.
Well.. not much was shown, but his thoughts usually are of how his little brother was so cute when he was young, and he was sad that his brother started to isolate himself. While swearing to protect and support him at all costs. (he was very enraged when the Japanese attacked the JW gate, and started to mercilessly hunt the scatterd perpetrators) But their conversations are awkward and Jin-woo usually misinterprets his words and actions. But now that he's with the elf's queen who is a direct subordinate of Jin-woo, he'll show up more then..
Spoiler I read till MC enter martial art world or Moorim or something. And the characters that worship MC is...well, more than dozens. There's an elves, demons, angles/goddess(not sure if it's goddess or archangel), monarchs, og main characters(including those that will die early or still alive in the original), orcs, human in another world(including main/side/villain characters) maybe more but I read till Moorim or 100+ chapters so I can't be sure how much there is.
This is my completely unbiased evaluation (lol). Spoiler: Girls and harems Thee novel is on a big world scale where he jumps dimensions, so there are a lot of og harem members. He meets most of them but right now not all of them have romantic relationship or pursue him personally. Main waifu candidate would be Yuna ♡, his bodyguard/secretary. She's always by his side, he depends on her the most, does not question him and press for answers, and she's simply thankful that he helped her family. (he seeks her presence and opinion the most). Choi family girl. She's the young genius naive rich lady in her first love (god I hate her! she reminds me of MiRae in EER. I had a nightmare the other day, were the choi girl was second on the popularity poll ngl). She doesn't have much screen time, and it feels she is being pushed into scenarios just because author not want us to forget her, she is very nosey in my opinion, and doesn't know her place. (Gosh! JW rarely met her and just considers her as a connection). Merc girl is sweet, has a big sister personality, but does not get much screen time after some point. Og MC or og protagonist's sister, she also has some misunderstanding that if her work is recognized she'll too (she has the 'notice me' role). But is not really noticed (she's big bro's future lover to JW). Aina is the manager of the sanctuary. A demon enslaved forcefully by greed, and when jinwoo got her as a follower, had an employment contract and gave her a proper salary. She is in love with money (she's been working for free poor her!) she has no romantic feeling, she is worshipping his money! Elf queen is loyal with no romantic feelings attached, as she is levelheaded and had too much on her plate. (she's eventually his sister-in-law). Monarch of envy or smth... he's thankfully not a harem member, he's reborn inside a female body and became a famous actress along with elf queen. The demons queen, not gonna spoil this part it was really funny, but she's his proxy in the demon world that's all. Monarch of labyrinth, it's a neet that followed JW,(too much info will skip). It takes the loli form of Aina. She's to be protected! Not a harem member. The goddess... well.. she's a lost kid in the wild that is inflicted by a 'bad luck' curse unintended by JW! She's not a harem member but something like a comedic sidekick... Fogot her name black witch.. she worshippes JW as God forsaking the goddess. Well this is much later and hard to explain.. Spoiler: Last member for now the monarch of disease and famine is in love with JW (my head hurts remembering the process). But she is so love struck and too shy to talk to him. She needs extensive rehearsal with the JW picture book to not nosebleed then faint in front of the real one. Phew! I got to rant a lil' bit. Hehe As for worshipping.. too many to count but the main reason it spread on earth would be the JW gate manager.. he wrote the JW Bible. Others were either invaded or saved.