I think it is -> but he just has a major glaring weakpoint. Simply put: if you catch him with his pants down, metaphorically, he's completely screwed.

This is a regression story. Chapter 1 sets up everything and I do mean that more comprehensively than you'd imagine. The story is pretty straightforward and I expected a particular plot point that never came to fruition. Still, it isn't bad.

The worst thing is the complete mayhem of the romance plot that goes down the gutter over stupid reasons. Hey, medieval-time plot writers! LISTEN! Life is too short to waste it on stupid romance plots like this. The age expectancy of the average person was around FORTY. Sure the royals and nobles had a longer life expectancy, but for a knight? It's arguably shorter.
In short: having people in their mid-to-late 20s deal with romance as if they're a couple of shy teenagers who never watched TV is a miserable idea.

Otherwise, it does everything else decently well. 7/10 can recommend.
It's a touch slow at times and I feel like the author might have planned for more but didn't go through with it. COWARD!

Aye.
Would it not be considered a skill to use magic on books to summon things to fight for you?

Building the foundation of the dirt Zhou Fan is gonna sweep.

"Being good at combat" is a generic concept that takes into account ANYTHING you can use to combat others. This includes, and isn't limited to: skills, weapons and yes, even tools - such as a book that summons tentacles to grab your enemies and removes them.

"I am the shadow, the TRUE SELF!" - Yellow-Eyed versions of characters in that one video game.

https://i.postimg.cc/0yCJR9cX/i.png
Says the man who killed FIFTY named hunters in like... a minute or so, when they all gathered up to fight him.
Fun fact: It isn't stated in the manhwa nor the novel that Mr. Main Character went back in time to undo that event and save 50 lives (it isn't stated yet, perhaps).

That art in the first two pages....

https://i.postimg.cc/5t8jmnLd/i.png

Kinda, but that phrase predates the internet.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
https://i.postimg.cc/xdM7cJh5/i.png

The man broke your sword with three fingers and you're gonna complain about that while not acknowledging it? Man must like death because he's going out of his way to court it.

Only if they fail. The risk reward is severely weighted against scum like him, which is why they're so desperate to not allow people to WANT revolt by destroying the people's morale.

Seriously, no revolution is happening -> yet a random executioner walks around at night to just kill someone? It screams "desperately trying to make sure this status quo doesn't change, ever."

Well, someone courted death for the entire human race without knowing. Truly a frog in a well.

People in a position of power will ALWAYS lie, cheat, threaten and even KILL people under them -> in order to keep their power.

Nice speech, you ugly bat, but the TRUE consequences of a revolution is and has ALWAYS been the death of scum like you!

I imagine she was hoping he'd wear his mask and try to take over the world alongside her or something.

Climbing up the Ares ranks to eventually take care of the founder himself.

"Take me down" is kinda ambiguous, but it does leave the possibility that she'll not die <- which in turns leaves the possibility that she was lying and will try going for a backstab or something.

10 step extermination? That's what I use to squash bugs that should've known better than to exist anywhere near me. It generally ends in one step.

Speaking of steps, Mr. Main Character accidentally being two steps ahead of the idiot from Ares is quite amusing.

Thank you to the TL/N for the random fact. This is not sarcastic.