History Webcomic / SurvivalStoryOfASwordKingInAFantasyWorld

* MusclesAreMeaningful: As shown in the page Picture, Hanbin is amazingly ripped from surviving his non-stop days of battling Hellhounds in the Tutorial, and in fact, his muscles are actually the best indicator of his true strength, give his faulty guideline and level. This comes in handy when [[spoiler: Hanbin builds himself up under the false identity of a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Valarian warrior,]] a race of people known of considering their bodies sacred, and universally considered to be barbarian warriors in the same vein as Conan the barbarian. With his existing appearance, Harbin already resembles the popular image of them enough that all it takes is a tan and for him to start walking around shirtless to complete the look.]]

* GodOfEvil: Ormphlaus, the demon god who created dungeons filled with monsters [[spoiler: and summoned the Otherworlders as part of his plan to take over the world.]]
* HandicappedBadass: Hanbin's immense power, years of combat skills honed fro fighting for his life on a daily basis and ridiculous feats of strength mean that there's very little that can actually threaten him in a serious fight. Accordingly, when the story turns serious Hanbin is either absent from his allies in a perilous situation or unable to make use of his full strength fro a variety of reasons, from acting WillfullyWeak around Atisse when they were both attacked by the Lich out of fear he'd expose himself as an Otherworlder to somebody he wasn't yet capable of trusting, or [[spoiler: unlocking his aura in a fight with Leonheart, which rapidly turns into a DangerousForbiddenTechnique as it proves to be ''too'' powerful for both his weapon and his body to withstand, ultimately costing him the fight]]. Accordingly, Hanbin's most serious fight yet is against a centuries-old angel , a being with an AdaptiveAbility to consume other organisms and rapidly evolve to adapt and incorporate their traits into itself, and which has recently gained human-like sentience and appearance from eating the ArcVillain they were fighting. It's smart enough to become an InstantExpert and start mimicking Hanbin's own techniques mid-fight with him, but what really make it a near-unbeatable for for Hanbin is that [[spoiler: Angels are servants of Ormphlaus, and Hanbin's guideline, upon recognising that he's facing one, refuses to allow him to harm it, nerfing Hanbin's attacks and outright telling him to let himself be eaten by the angel to strengthen it]]. Hanbin is only able to start fighting the angel at full strength by using [[spoiler: Kyvie's apostle connection to Kivryelle himself, which the guideline has proven unable to process before, allowing him to 'blind' it and fight unhindered]].

* WorldsStrongestMan: It's unclear if he's ''actually'' the strongest, but at the very least, Hanbin's glitched Guideline has resulted in him gaining physical strength and fighting abilities greater than most opponents he encounters, to the point that his sword swings can re-arrange the landscape, and the most damage he takes in a fight thus far comes from [[spoiler: him finally unlocking his [[BattleAura aura]] subconsciously during an intense fight, which is so powerful that it proves as damaging to Hanbin as it is to his opponent]], which is arguably self-inflicted. It's to the point that Hanbin often has to be [[DeusExitMachina absent or separated]] from his allies in order for them to have any serious stakes in the plot, and Hanbin is often waylaid by external factors that mean he doesn't want to or can't utilize his full strength in a fight, the main one being that, if he shows off his strength too much, [[CoverBlowingSuperpower people might identify him as an otherworlder.]]

* LoopholeAbuse: Hanbin is intentionally {{Nerfed}} by his guideline when fighting angels, beings that directly serve Ormphlaus, as opposed to [[UnwittingPawn pawns like the otherworlders]]. He is outright told to let the monster eat him and use him to power up and better serve the demon lord, and all his attacks lose strength when attacking it. However, [[spoiler:Hanbin realises that the guideline draws information from what he sees and activates accordingly. Therefore, simply closing his eyes allows him to attack the monster because the guideline cannot recognise it as an angel if it can't 'see' it]].

* {{BFS}}: As shown in the page image, Hanbin's main weapon is a massive sword he carved out of the bones of some of the [[{{Kaiju}} larger]] [[{{Hellhound}} hell hounds]] that constantly besieged him in the tutorial. Due to them increasing in strength to match Hanbin's own might regardless of his stat increases, said weapon is incredibly durable, able to withstand Hanbin's immense strength and the insane stunts he pulls off with it, such as being used as a temporary shovel to allow Hanbin to dig up a hill-sized boulder of earth to block magic attacks with. [[spoiler: In the fight against Heresy Inquisitor Leonheart, the blade finally shatters... because Leonheart was powerful enough to push Hanbin to the point he started subconsciously unlocking his [[BattleAura Aura]] to attack him with, the uncontrollable power [[DeadlyUpgrade ravaging Hanbin's body as much as it enhances his attacks,]] and eventually causing his sword to shatter from the strain, leaving him with little more than the hilt. Later on, during their visit to the Elf Kingdom, Hanbin's attempt to bury the remains respectfully end up causing the WorldTree to gift him a reformed blade made of wood. Despite its apparent bluntness, the wooden blade is able to absorb Hanbin's Aura, allowing him to use it without damaging himself in the process until he can better control it.]]

* UnderestimatingBadassery: Justfied. Many beings who can read Hanbin's level, such as other Otherworlders, believe that, despite his intimidating appearance, Hanbin's actual strength is pitiful, based solely on his low level. Then they actually start fighting him and realize he's ''far'' stronger than his level says he is.

Hanbin is sent alone to a otherwordly mountain to train until he reaches Level 5. There's just one problem: his "guideline" is malfunctioning, causing his Level to continuously revert to level 1 every time he's about to reach level 5, trapping Hanbin in an endless cycle of levelling and restarting for YEARS!. On top of that, the enemies keep continuously matching his combat prowess, meaning every single fight he must endure is [[EarlyGamehell a life-or-death match, no matter his actual improved combat abilities.]]

* ApeShallNeverKillApe: This in deliberately inverted and invoked by the gods who gave the Otherworlders their guidelines. [[spoiler: Not only do they gain massive experience for easy levelling if they kill the native Ratharians of the fantasy world, but they are also 'rewarded' automatically with an injection of 'Ormphlaus's Joy'- a drug that helps psychoactivly warp their minds to cloud any feelings of guilt whilst also causing them to feel intense joy and pleasure upon killing, to the point that many Otherworlders literally [[MurdermakesYouCrazy become addicted to killing in order to get their fix.]] Of course, Otherworlders are never told of this when they enter the fantasy world, so the first time they kill a native Ratharian, even in self-defense, they start to spiral down the path to becoming the AxCrazy murderers everybody sees them as.]] Hanbin is warned by an elderly gentleman who is aware of his true origins that he needs to stick to this trope in order to avoid becoming a monster, though it's left unclear if Hanbin's busted guideline would even work properly should he do so. Luckily, humans that have [[OneWingedAngel transformed into monsters]] [[LoopholeAbuse don't count,]] so Harbin can [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman kill them without any consequence.]]

* CannibalismSuperpower: [[spoiler: Angels are capable of absorbing the abilities of whatever they eat. This includes gaining [[ItCanThink sapience]] by eating a sapient race like humans or elves.]]

* {{BFS}}: As shown in the page image, Hanbin's main weapon is a massive sword he carved out of the bones of some of the [[{{Kaiju}} larger]] [[{{Hellhound}} hell hounds]] that constantly besieged him in the tutorial. Due to them increasing in strength to match Hanbin's own might regardless of his stat increases, said weapon is incredibly durable, able to withstand Hanbin's immense strength and the insane stunts he pulls off with it, such as being used as a temporary shovel to allow Hanbin to dig up a hill-sized boulder of earth to block magic attacks with. [[spoiler: In the fight against Heresy Inquisitor leonheart, the blade finally shatters... because leonheart was powerful enough to push Hanbin to the point he started subconsciously unlocking his [[BattleAura Aura]] to attack him with, the uncontrollable power [[DeadlyUpgrade ravaging Hanbin's body as much as it enhances his attacks,]] and eventually causing his sword to shatter from the strain, leaving him with only the hilt. Later on, during their visit to the Elf Kingdom, Hanbin's attempt to bury the remains respectfully end up causing the WorldTree to gift him a reformed blade made of wood. Despite its apparent bluntness, the wooden blade is able to absorb Hanbin's Aura, allowing him to use it without damaging himself in the process until he can better control it.]]

* ApeShallNeverKillApe: This in deliberately inverted and invoked by the gods who gave the Otherworlders their guidelines. [[spoiler: Not only do they gain massive experience for easy levelling if they kill the native Ratharians of the fantasy world, but they are also 'rewarded' automatically with an injection of 'Ormphlaus's Joy'- a drug that helps psychoactivly warp their minds to cloud any feelings of guilt whilst also causing them to feel intense joy and pleasure upon killing, to the point that many Otherworlders literally [[MurdermakesYouCrazy become addicted to killing in order to get their fix.]] Of course, Otherworlders are never told of this the first time they enter the fantasy world, so when they unknowingly kill a human, be it deliberately or in self-defense, they start to spiral down the path to becoming the AxCrazy murderers everybody sees them as.]] Hanbin is warned by an elderly gentleman who is aware of his true origins that he needs to stick to this trope in order to avoid becoming a monster, though it's left unclear if Hanbin's busted guideline would even work properly should he do so. Luckily, humans that have [[OneWingedAngel transformed into monsters]] [[LoopholeAbuse don't count,]] so Harbin can [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman kill them without any consequence.]]

Hanbin is sent alone to a otherwordly mountain to train until he reaches Level 5. There's just one problem: his "guideline" is malfunctioning, causing his Level to countinously revert to level 1 every time he's about to Reach level 5, trapping Hanbin in an endless cycle of levelling and restarting for YEARS!. On top of that, the enemies keep continuously matching his combat prowess, meaning every single fight he must endure is [[EarlyGamehell a life-or-death match, no matter his actual improved combat abilities.]]

After untold years for this hellish existence, One day Hanbin is unexpectedly let out of his prison only to discover himself in a world that hates and fears him as an 'Otherwolder' a summoned being sent by the demon king to ravange the lands and slay the world's protecting Goddesses, with a long history of violence and bad blood between the Natives and the otherworlders like Hanbin. Forced to keep the truth of his identity secret, hanbin must now find a way to survive in this strange new world without allowing others to find out his true identity, possibly get revenge on the beings who arbitrarily imprisoned him in a living hell against his will, and return to earth.

* ApeShallNeverKillApe: This in deliberately inverted and invoked by the gods who gave the Otherwolders their guidelines. [[spoiler: Not only do they gain massive experience for easy levelling if they kill the native Ratharians of the fantasy world, but they are also 'rewarded' automatically with an injection of 'Ormphlaus's Joy'- a drug that helps psychoactivly warp their minds to cloud any feelings of guilt whilst also causing them to feel intense joy and pleasure upon killing, to the point that many Otherworlders literally [[MurdermakesYouCrazy become addicted to killing in order to get their fix.]] Of course, Otherworlders are never told of this the first time they enter the fantasy world, so when they unknowingly kill a human, be it deliberately or in self-defence, they start to spiral down the path to becoming the AxCrazy murderers everybody sees them as.]] Hanbin is warned by an elderly gentleman who is aware of his true origins that he needs to stick to this trope in order to avoid becoming a monster, though it's left unclear if Hanbin's busted guideline would even work properly should he do so. Luckily, humans that have [[OneWingedAngel transformed into monsters]] [[LoopholeAbuse don't count,]] so Harbin can [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman kill them without any consequence.]]

* MusclesAreMeaningful: As shown in the page Picture, Hanbin is amazingly ripped from surviving his non-stop days of battling Hellhounds in the Tutorial, and in fact, his muscles are actually the best indicator of his true strength, give his faulty guideline and level. This comes in handy when [[spoiler: Hanbin builds himself up under the false identity of a [[ProundWarriorRaceGuy Valarian warrior,]] a race of people known of considering their bodies sacred, and universally considered to be barbarian warriors in the same vein as Conan the barbarian. With his existing appearance, Harbin already resembles the popular image of them enough that all it takes is a tan and for him to start walking around shirtless to complete the look.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Justfied. Many beings who can read Hanbin's level, such as other Otherworlders, believe that, despite his intimidating appearance, Hanbin's actual strength is pitiful, based solely on his low level. Then they actually start fighting him and realise he's ''far'' stronger than his level says he is.
* WorldsStrongestMan: It's unclear if he's ''actually'' the strongest, but at the very least, Hanbin's glitched Guideline has resulted in him gaining physical strength and fighting abilities greater than most opponents he encounters, to the point that his sword swings can re-arrange the landscape, and the most damage he takes in a fight thus far comes from [[spoiler: him finally unlocking his [[BattleAura aura]] subconsciously during an intense fight, which is so powerful that it proves as damaging to Hanbin as it is to his opponent]], which is arguably self-inflicted. It's to the point that Hanbin often has to be [[DeusExitMachina absent or separated]] from his allies in order for them to have any serious stakes in the plot, and Hanbin is often waylaid by external factors that mean he doesn't want to or can't utilise his full strength in a fight, the main one being that, if he shows off his strength too much, [[CoverBlowingSuperpower people might identify him as an otherworlder.]]

* ApeShallNeverKillApe: This in deliberately inverted and invoked by the gods who gave the Otherwolders their guidelines. [[spoiler: Not only do they gain massive experience for easy levelling if they kill the native Ratharians of the fantasy world, but they are also 'rewarded' automatically with an injection of 'Ormphlaus's Joy'- a drug that helps psychoactivly warp their minds to cloud any feelings of guilt whilst also causing them to feel intense joy and pleasure upon killing, to the point that many Otherworlders literally [[MurdermakesYouCrazy become addicted to killing in order to get their fix.]] Of course, Otherworlders are never told of this the first time they enter the fantasy world, so when they unknowingly kill a human, be it deliberately or in self-defence, they start to spiral down the path to becoming the AxCrazy murderers everybody sees them as.]] Harbin is warned by an elderly gentleman who is aware of his true origins that he needs to stick to this trope in order to avoid becoming a monster, though it's left unclear if Hanbin's busted guideline would even work properly should he do so. Luckily, humans that have [[OneWingedAngel transformed into monsters]] [[LoopholeAbuse don't count,]] so Harbin can [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman kill them without any consequence.]]

* WorldsStrongestMan: It's unclear if he's ''actually'' the strongest, but at the very least, Hanbin's glitched Guideline has resulted in him gaining physical strength and fighting abilities greater than most opponents he encounters, the the point that his sword swings can re-arrange the landscape, and the most damage he takes in a fight thus far comes from [[spoiler: him finally unlocking his [[BattleAura aura]] subconsciously during an intense fight, which is so powerful that it proves as damaging to Hanbin as it is to his opponent]], which is arguably self-inflicted. It's to the point that Hanbin often has to be [[DeusExitMachina absent or separated]] from his allies in order for them to have any serious stakes in the plot, and Hanbin is often waylaid by external factors that mean he doesn't want to or can't utilise his full strength in a fight, the main one being that, if he shows off his strength too much, [[CoverBlowingSuperpower people might identify him as an otherworlder.]]

* {{BFS}}: As shown in the page image, Hanbin's main weapon is a massive sword he carved out of the bones of some of the [[{{Kaiju}} larger]] [[{{Hellhound}} hell hounds]] that constantly besieged him in the tutorial. Due to them increasing in strength to match Hanbin's own might regardless of his stat increases, said weapon is incredibly durable, able to withstand Hanbin's immense strength and the insane stunts he pulls off with it, such as being used as a temporary shovel to allow Hanbin to dig up a hill-sized boulder of earth to block magic attacks with. [[spoiler: In the fight against Heresy Inquisitor leonheart, the blade finally shatters... because leonheart was powerful enough to push Hanbin to the point he started subconsciously unlocking his [[BattleAura Aura]] to attack him with, the uncontrollable power [[DeadlyUpgrade ravaging Hanbin's body as much as it enhances his attacks,]] and eventually causing his sword to shatter from the strain, leaving him with only the hilt. Later on, during their visit to the Elf Kingdom, Hanbin's attempt to bury the blade respectfully end up causing the WorldTree to gift him a reformed blade made of wood. Despite its apparent bluntness, the wooden blade is able to absorb Hanbin's Aura, allowing him to use it without damaging himself in the process until he can better control it.]]

* {{BFS}}: As shown in the page image, Hanbin's main weapon is a massive sword he carved out of the bones of some of the [[{{Kaiju}} larger]] [[{{Hellhound}} hell hounds]] that constantly besieged him in the tutorial. Due to them increasing in strength to match Hanbin's own might regardless of his stat increases, said weapon is incredibly durable, able to withstand Hanbin's immense strength and the insane stunts he pulls off with it, such as being used as a temporary shovel to allow Hanbin to dig up a hill-sized boulder of earth to block magic attacks with. [[spoiler: In the fight against Heresy Inquisitor leonheart, the blade finally shatters... because leonheart was powerful enough to push Hanbin to the point he started subconsciously unlocking his [[BattleAura Aura]] to attack him with, the uncontrollable power [[DeadlyUpgrade ravaging Hanbin's body as much as it enhances his attacks,]] and eventually caused his sword to shatter from the strain of it, leaving him with only the hilt. Later on, during their visit to the Elf Kingdom, Hanbin's attempt to bury the blade respectfully end up causing the WorldTree to gift him a reformed blade made of wood. Despite its apparent bluntness, the wooden blade is able to absorb Hanbin's Aura, allowing him to use it without damaging himself in the process until he can better control it.]]

* BFS: As shown in the page image, Hanbin's main weapon is a massive sword he carved out of the bones of some of the [[Kaiju larger]] [[Hellhound hell hounds]] that constantly besieged him in the tutorial. Due to them increasing in strength to match Hanbin's own might regardless of his stat increases, said weapon is incredibly durable, able to withstand Hanbin's immense strength and the insane stunts he pulls off with it, such as being used as a temporary shovel to allow Hanbin to dig up a hill-sized boulder of earth to block magic attacks with. [[spoiler: In the fight against Heresy Inquisitor leonheart, the blade finally shatters... because leonheart was strong enough to push Hanbin to the point he started subconsciously unlocking his [[BattleAura Aura]] to attack him with, the uncontrollable power being strong enough that it ravaged Hanbin's body as much as it enhanced his attacks, and eventually caused his sword to shatter from the strain of it, leaving him with only the hilt. Later on, during their visit to the Elf Kingdom, Hanbin's attempt to bury the blade respectfully end up causing the WorldTree to gift him a reformed blade made of wood. Despite its apparent bluntness, the wooden blade is able to absorb Hanbin's Aura, allowing him to use it without damaging himself in the process until he can better control it.]]

Hanbin is sent alone to a otherwordly mountain to train until he reaches Level 5. There's just one problem: his "guideline" is malfunctioning, causing his Level to countinously revert to level 1 every time be's about to Reach level 5, trapping Hanbin in an endless cycle of levelling and restarting for YEARS!. On top of that, the enemies keep continuously matching his combat prowess, meaning every single fight he must endure is [[EarlyGamehell a life-or-death match, no matter his actual improved combat abilities.]]

After untold years for this hellish existence, One day Hanbin is unexpectedly let out of his prison only to discover himself in a world that hates and fears him as an 'Otherwolder' a summoned being sent by the demon king to ravange the lands and slay the world's protecting Goddesses, with a long history of violence and bad blood between the Natives and the otherworlders like Hanbin. Forced to keep the truth of his identity secret, hanbin must now find a way to survive in this strange new world without allowing others to find out his true identity, possibly get revenge on the beings to arbitrarily imprisoned him in a living hell against his will, and return to earth.

Hanbin is sent alone to a otherwordly mountain to train until he reaches Level 5. There's just one problem: his "guideline" is malfunctioning, causing his Level to countinously revert to level 1 every time be's about to Reach level 5, trapping Hanbin in an endless cycle of levelling and restarting for YEARS!. On top of that, the enemies keep continuously matching his combat prowess, meaning every single fight he must endure is a life-or-death match, no matter his actual improved combat abilities.
After untold years for this hellish existence, One day Hanbin is unexpectedly let out of his prison only to discover himself in a world that hates and fears him as an 'Otherwolder' a summoned being sent by the demon king to ravange the lands and slay the world's protecting Goddesses, with a long history of violence and bad blood between the Natives and the otherworlders like Hanbin. Forced to keep the truth of his identity secret, hanbin must now find a way to survive in this strange new world without allowing others to find out his true identity, possibly get revenge on the beings to arbitrarily imprisoned him in a living hell against his will, and return to earth. There is just one thing that lies in his advantage though- Hanbin's stats have continuously stacked up over and over every time his level reset, meaning that whilst he's technically level 5, [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale his actual strength and abilities]] [[AlmightyJanitor far dwarf any but the toughest monsters and beings around.]] Able to kill almost any monsters he meets without serious effort, Hanbin must now make his way in this strange new land and find the best way he can to survive before his immense strength brings him unwanted attention...

!!''Survival Story of a Sword King in a Fantasy World'' contains examples of the following tropes:

Hanbin is a recent discharge of the Army who still hasn't found his footing in life. Then he's teleported along with thousands of people in front of a God, who gives them a "Guideline", something which allows them to check people's levels and improve their skills, and tells them they are going to be sent to another world. But before that, they will receive some training.
Hanbin is sent alone to a otherwordly mountain to train until he reaches Level 5. There's just one problem: his "guideline" is malfunctioning, causing his Level to countinously restart. And it keeps doing it for 20 YEARS! And when he finally reaches Level 5 and gets out of the mountain, that's only the start...

Hanbin is a recent discharge of the Army who still hasn't found his footing in life. Then his teleported along with thousands of people in front of a God, who tells them they are going to be sent to another world. But before that, they will receive some training.
Hanbin is sent alone to a otherwordly mountain to train until he reaches Level 5. There's just one problem: his "guideline" (what allows him to check people's levels and improve his skills) is malfunctioning, causing his Level to countinously restart.