Eric

Eric (or Aeric) is the main protagonist of the story. His real name is Ryu Han-Bin, which he had changed to Eric to conceal his identity as an Other Worlder (humans that originate from earth.) Later, under his disguise as a Valtera Warrior, he calls himself Feladd Bin.

Appearance
Han-Bin is a human with black hair and pale skin. After spending 22 years fighting in the Tutorial Zone, he grew in height, towering over most people, gaining an extremely toned and muscular body. As the guideline prevents aging, he has retained his 24-year-old appearance throughout the manhwa thus far.

In chapter 24 of the manhwa, he is shown to have tanned so as to intentionally resemble a Valtera Warrior, a member of a race known for their tan skin, their great physique, and their disdain for magic. He uses this resemblance to avoid having his level evaluated so as to better his chances of meeting with one of the Six Goddesses, despite being a level 5.

Personality
Eric is a playful man on the surface, and prefers to talk his way out of situations in which he could easily overpower his opponent. However, as stated by Maiden in chapter 57 of the manhwa, his trauma from his 22 years on the starting-zone, the Rock Mountain, may cause him to resort to a 'kill or be killed' mindset at times of high stress, such as being faced with the risk of his identity being revealed or his friends being put in danger. Maiden claims to see him as a good man, though she is afraid of him because of what she had seen upon entering his mind, calling him 'dangerous' and raising her concerns to both Atisse and Ephyr.

After spending 22 years in isolation, he made close friends with his first party. However, when he learned the consequences of being exposed as an Other Worlder and how they would affect his party, he decided to leave after providing them with the financial compensation he was given after being 'falsely' arrested by a member of the Dark Brotherhood. Later, Han-Bin befriends Atisse and re-encounters Ephyr, developing a sort of protectiveness over his close friends to the point of nearly murdering a man who poses a threat to exposing both his identity and putting his friends in danger.

Powers and abilities
 Superhuman Physical Characteristics:  Han-Bin is one of the strongest characters, even when only using his physicals abilities.

 Regeneration:  Though limited, Han-Bin has been shown regenerating from injuries.

 Stab:  Lets the user thrust his sword and body forward with great speed, causing damage to anything that's in front of him. Han-Bin got this ability when he became level 2 for the first time in Thelha Rath'nath.

Side Slash: Lets the user slash his sword horizontally causing damage to anything it hits.

Vertical Slash: Lets the user slash his sword vertically causing damage to anything it hits.

Cross Impact: Even though not an actual skill, combines all the previous three skills into one. Its damage is much higher than the individual skills.

Due to his sheer strength and lack of skills Han-Bin developed techniques using his physicals abilities alone.


 * Stone Bullet - Han-Bin flicks a pebble with such strength that can easily fell a Level 25 Monster.
 * Stone Shotgun - Multiple Stone Bullets.
 * Ground Dig-Up - Han-Bin raises the ground that is directly in front of him with sheer strength alone to serve as a shield against large attacks.
 * Limited Wind Manipulation - Han-Bin can create powerful wind pressure from the swing of his sword.
 * Resistance - Han-bin have been shown to be immune to a lot of magic due to his high endurance.
 * Aura- Han-bin gains the ability to control aura, which strengthen his attack and defence. Aura also helps him in damaging things which can't be done by brute strength.The aura is related to the body, so when he unlocked it he already had an elevated aura.

History
Han-Bin is first seen as a Korean man who just got discharged from his military service, lazing around on his computer with no real goals in mind. While browsing the internet, smoke starts to surround his body and he vanishes from his seat. He then finds himself in an unknown space with hundreds of other humans. Two unknown beings have a conversation that Han-Bin partially overhears. The humans are given guidelines; a sort of power that gives them the ability to have levels, skills, read other people's levels, and level themselves up. However, when the guideline is installed in Han-Bin, a mistake occurs and his guideline becomes defective.

After enduring the installation, Han-Bin finds himself on the Rock Mountain and is attacked by a low-level Hell Dog that he quickly succeeds in subjugating, albeit after quite a struggle. When he is given the choice for a class, Han-Bin, hoping for a long-range method of attack, attempts to choose the Mage class, but his choice is refused for "lack of ability." The same issue occurs with the other classes (magic swordsman or priest) until he is forced to choose Warrior. Upon being given the options for a weapon, he tries to choose a spear, but is instead given a sword that provides no use in long-range attacking, forcing him to be a close-combat fighter.

Han-Bin then spends his days hunting hell dogs and gaining experience and new skills (1 per level), attempting to reach level 5 so that he may leave the Rock Mountain zone. He is meant to go to a secondary starting zone for levels 5-19, and enter the main continent upon reaching level 20. He notices that the hell dogs he faces level up in correspondence with his own level, giving each fight the same risk of death and requiring the same levels of effort to subjugate the hell dogs every time. Eventually, he reaches level five, but an error occurs in his guideline. Han-Bin falls back to level 1, along with the hell dogs, but both he and the hell dogs were stronger than their listed levels. Because the hell dogs got stronger with him, Han-Bin has to put his life on the line to fight against them, constantly fighting in the hopes that the guideline will eventually work properly and allow him to leave and move onto the next area.

This continues for 22 years, during which time Han-Bin fought against countless of enemies, gaining higher stats, while his level goes through multiple resets. One day, Han-Bin is finally transferred to a world with forests and blue skies. As soon as he gets excited about his new journey, a wyvern that believes him to be an enemy attacks him. Han-Bin then notices that his sword is far from him and that he can't reach it, so he decides to surprise her by using his fists to fight and then fetching his sword. However, to both of their surprises, a single punch is enough to send the wyvern flying. He then accompanies the wyvern to her cave and listens to her back-story. She also gives Han-Bin some advice on how to survive in the human city (clothing, money, common-sense, etcetera) and informs him on the relationship between Rathnians and Other-Worlders..

Han-Bin then goes to the closest city's (Onfross) adventurer guild to register as a hunter, unintentionally drawing attention due to his muscular stature. Fortunately, when he is made to measure his level using a Measuring Stone, he is presented as a level 5 (All other-worlders enter the main continent as a level 20,) which causes those around him to stop perceiving him as a threat, and even generating laughter due to the juxtaposition of his body and his level. Following this, Han-Bin encounters a party consisting of one of the strongest hunters in the city, Laude Roud (level 27) accompanied by a newbie mage with a displayed level from the guideline of 37 but claiming to only be level 25. However, before the party can recruit him, Han-Bin is scouted by a man named Buckman, who recruits him in his party as a porter.

Though he had become a hunter, the party's hunts were very bleak for him. Having spent 22 years on the the Rock Mountain with monsters that constantly rivaled him in strength, he found that the monsters his party encountered posed absolutely no threat to him. Not to mention, the party already worked perfectly as a team, leaving no room for him to participate outside of the small, low-level monsters that they allow him to finish off to 'gain experience'. Upon learning that his party never intends to enter a dungeon and find higher-level monsters that may allow him an opportunity to level up, he is struck with despair, searching for a way to separate from the group and enter a dungeon on his own.

As Han-Bin searches the forest for stronger monsters, he hears the sound of a powerful monster from deep within the forest, immediately following the sound to a small lake. There, he finds the mage from Roud's party, Atisse, naked. Han-Bin apologizes and moves to leave, claiming he had thought he'd heard a monster, but is stopped from leaving by Atisse, who threatens him, asking if he had seen the monster. Roud comes to find Han-Bin holding Atisse's wrist, nullifying his magic, and misunderstands the situation as Han-Bin engaging sexually with Atisse, who Roud also believes is a woman. He attacks Han-Bin, who leans forward to apologize, and accidentally crushes his crotch with the hilt of his sword. This causes a rift between the two that extends as a sort of light-hearted conflict throughout the story every time they encounter each other.

Han-Bin eventually finds a portal to a dungeon months later, entering and quickly making his way through the monsters to the half-boss and finally the main boss, who takes Roud as hostage in an attempt to gain the advantage over Han-Bin. However, not much caring for Roud's fate in the first place, Han-Bin doesn't see this as a threat and easily slays the boss monster. Unfortunately, he discovers that he needs 54,581,862,560 experience to level up to 6, and practically gives up on leveling up.

As he returns to Onprous he's alerted that most of the Hunter's left in response to the Dungeon closing and that there's a Heresy Inquisitor investagating the city. As he tries to negotiate with a local merchant the Inquisitor interrupts him, pressuring him on his background and insinuating he's an Otherworlder, but leaves after measuring his Level at 5. Before departing he notices Aeric has an Artifact and before he can interrogate him further Atisse intervenes saying that Aeric is his incompetent chore boy, but because they give mismatched answers on the Artifact the Inquisitor corners them, only to ultimately apprehend Laude, after he arrives annoucing he's the one who closed the Dungeon, under suspicion of being an Otherworlder. Fearing his secret might eventually put his party in danger he asks Atisse to deliver his bag, his Guild Badge and the 10.000 ex, that the Inquisitor gave as a form of apology, to Buckman's.

As he sulks through the city he gets involved with some unsavoury characters that work for an old man, that knows of the Rocky Mountains, simply caled the "Chairman". Curious he works for the Chairman of the Onprous' Architecture Association for five months as a demolition man earning 600 ex for each job, and he's next seen arguing with a former Hunter as he's destroying his house, to get rid of his dilapidated house and offering a more durable new one. He's then approached by Atisse for a Hunter job, and while the Chairman was reluctant to let him leave, after a misunderstandment caused by Atisse he makes Aeric take responsibility and leave.

He's taken by Atisse to explore Sathe Forest and gather samples, where Atisse overreacts over every little thing i their vicinity because of his low Level. They talk about Atisse's reason for Hunting and about Dragons, and as they get more personal Atisse asks Aeric to join his party and Aeric rebuts by questioning him on his secrets.

While exploring the Sathe Forest they're attacked by a Kobold, examining it Atisse feels he has to investigate further. Reaching a nearby Village they notice that it had been overrun with Kobolds and Atisse while trying to save as many people as he can, against Aeric's better judgement, started burning the Kobold-infested buildings. While finishing up they detected a closed portal that might have led to Ipen's Dungeon, and as they are wondering who could have made it, they are interrupted by a Lich. As the Lich overwhelms Atisse's Fire Magic with his Ice Magic, Atisse fires an exploding dart as a diversion to escape, only to be captured in an ice dome. As the Lich blocks Atisse's Fire with his Ice, he tries to freeze them to death, while Aeric manages it with his constitution, Atisse resorts to burn the Mana inside his body. Atisse uses his wands to create an explosion capable of opening a hole in the dome and create a diversion so he can transform in to his dragon form. Seemingly overwhelming the Lich, he turns the tables by targeting Aeric forcing Atisse to go on the defensive. As Atisse tries to attack, the Lich dodges and fatally counter-attacks, but manages to create a hole for Aeric to escape, but as he does the Lich tries to impale him, which Atisse valiantly blocks. Mortally wounded Atisse consoles Aeric, and as the Lich casts a finishing spell which Aeric easily dispels along with the impenetrable dome, and even shatering the Lich. As the Lich stitched himself bac together he ensnared Atisse and Aeric in a deadly trap, which Aeric easily discarded and confronted the Lich, discovering he was an Otherworlder, scared the Lich tries to runaway, but to no avail as Aeric easily pursued him, but because he can't use Aura to completely finish the Lich off, ans as he tries to finish them both with an overwhelming attack Aeric splits it with a slash, catching up to the Lich and figuring he can overwhelm his regeneration, he leaves him limbless for Atisse to interrogate him. Proving too much for the Lich and to protect Great Earth's secrets the Lich self-destructs by discharging all the Mana in his teeth, hoping in the process to take them with him, which is foiled by Aeric kicking far away that they wouldn't be harmed. He returns Atisse to the City and as he recovers they talk about Otherworlders, the Guideline and their true origins. They soon departed for Heitan.

Theoritical level analysis
Han-Bin's true level is unknown, but can be estimated based on his stat points.

His lvl 1 stats are (chapter 2) :
 * Strength: 21
 * Health: 17
 * Recover: 13
 * Defense: 12
 * Vision: 5
 * Dexterity: 7
 * Speed: 8

His lvl 2 stats are (chapter 2) :
 * Strength: 23
 * Health: 19
 * Recover: 14
 * Defense: 14
 * Vision: 5
 * Dexterity: 7
 * Speed: 8

His lvl 4 stats are (chapter 3 - before first reset/loop) :
 * Strength: 25
 * Health: 21
 * Recover: 15
 * Defense: 16
 * Vision: 6
 * Dexterity: 8
 * Speed: 9

During chapter 3 again, after the 22 years timeskip, he's lvl 4 again, with the same stats. So it is safe to assume he gain the following stats points for each lvl 1-lvl 4 loop :
 * Strength: 4
 * Health: 4
 * Recover: 2
 * Defense: 4
 * Vision: 1
 * Dexterity: 1
 * Speed: 1

During chapter 3, his true lvl 4 stats are revealed :
 * Strength: 25
 * +1,364
 * Health: 21
 * +1,364
 * Recover: 15
 * +682
 * Defense: 16
 * +1,364
 * Vision: 6
 * +341
 * Dexterity: 8
 * +341
 * Speed: 9
 * +341

So by dividing 1364 per 4 (Strength bonus stats points / points per loop), or 682 per 2 (Recover bonus stats points / points per loop) or 341 per 1 (Vision bonus stats points / points per loop), it is possible to deduce that Han-Bin endured 341 loops.

Multiplying the number of loops per the number of level gained during a loop, it is possible to deduce his theoretical level gain during his 22 years of looping : 341 * 4 = 1364.

Adding on top of that the base 3 levels he gain before the first on the final loop, Han-Bin theoretically leveled-up 1367 times.

Adding the first time he leveled-up to level 5, he has leveled-up 1368 times.

If we assume every consecutive level required more experience points than the original loop, and therefore the hell dogs were giving experience based on their difficulty rather than their apparent level, then his level is 1369.

However, if this isn't the case, and the levels were being gained with the same amount of exp every time - with the hell dogs giving exp based on their apparent levels - then the actual level would be lower since the consecutive levels would require more exp than the previous.

We know from chapter 2 that reaching level 3 required 280 exp. If he only gained 280 exp every time he reached level 3, then that would only put him partially towards his actual next level.

This also doesn't take into account the 54,581,862,560 experience points he needed to exceed level 5.