its probably closer to: his previous he worker FOR him and allowed him to gain fame through stealing MC's honor. Now MC is going to keep said honor and stop brother from getting it too

Just going to point this out, but a short sword IS a rapier... So is the Epée, also the foil... The weapons used in duels or fencing matches are an arming sword (think knights), Long sword, or Poleaxes. Fencing in 1570's called these "archaic" and they were left behind. The only weapon today used in fencing that doesn't qualify as a rapier is the saber...

Next shortswords (a type of rapier) and other rapiers (one was literally called "war rapier") were used in combat during wars. Their advantage over arming swords were they could target armor gaps like armpit, elbows, thighs, eyes, and sides (edit: Necks too). This became prevalent as sword strikes began to lose meaning with platemail and chainmail. The best attack was just to exert more strength to bludgeon to death, or cut between gaps, which rapiers excelled at.

Everything else looks good though.

I bet if you felt the pain of being stabbed to death on each of your failures in game would cause you to be a better fighter. BTW games change on situational conditions. If you are standing at melee range vs mid or long range their attack patterns change. The novel specifically mentions his actions are the same. With the pain being a conditioner and your life being on the line (who knows when he will stop regressing) your efforts to being right change
The point was he should have been able to dodge by the 5th time. By the 20th I'd expect a perfect dodge. Unless you've been to a battlefield and fought for real you wouldn't know that minutes can feel like 10x their actual time. So the fact that he saw this move coming since the 3rd time (1st he'd have no reasonable knowledge, 2nd it'd feel like deja vu, 3rd he should be fully aware of its pathing), and not be able to even dodge with 2 more tries is weird. This would be like saying you woke up every morning and your cat pushed a plate off the table every morning, same time, same place, from 5 feet away, and you can't catch it until your 20th morning. It's unreasonable that it took him 20 tries to dodge the 1 attack.

realistically if you are using a phone to type, a full sentence should be about 5 seconds swiping, 15 to hit individual keys. If you are waiting for your gf to type back and its been a while, expect an essay or she aint as interested in you as you thought

frfr... Gave him a year of time to train in 5 min... He needs to keep him around and not kill him to be a portable hyperbolic time chamber

i dont really feel a skip. They just dismissed each other and are now working towards their objectives to prepare. And w.e. MC needs to do requires a large sum of money. He decided the dude who shakes ppl down with connections to nobles would be the best candidate.
Its a logical plotline unless you want a whole chapter of filler content of running back to the dimension elevator

back to being poster boy again lol

watch guard of darkness as described so far is a skill that uses shadow element as a tangible yet intangible form. The "watchdogs" reveal their form as a tangible form when attacking and become a shadow when attacked making it one of the hardest skills to defend against. This is the best explanation that can be given with information received so far
His other applications of the shadow element seem to exploit shadows such as fast movement within shadows, making shadows tangible as a weapon, binding opponents with shadows, and manipulating a shadow inside the body after insertion for an insta-kill

dumb move mc... When you were released it was a reset. Now you lose magic and get a debuff... While being targeted... Not the smartest move

When you realize everyone is only ahead of him because the zone monsters in level 2 for 25 years, and he holds the only means to be on level 3...
Ahh shit... This is gonna turn into a munchkin novel by season 3 lol

Americans feel the same about the US. Its big, but that's about the only difference I've noticed from Europe. It has poor areas, but not as bad as 3rd world countries. Laws are pretty much dictated by representatives who are corrupt and continuously make the president seem like a big deal so they can silently rule from the shadows and get rich by selling out citizens. It's not all bad, but if you focus on the bad, you'll never find the good in your country.
On a side note, I'm sick of foreigners coming and trying to change laws. If you liked your laws back home so much, go back there.

Again England, Ireland, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Poland, Italy, Canada... None of them are really bad (been to them all), just different. I remember enjoying childhood in a town, moving, then going back and thought it was a shit town. Connections are what make or break places. So the grass is usually the best where you tend and care for it (not the other side of the fence)

so you didn't notice the 5 head

<fuck your feelings>
1 the ice magic does not absorb DARK energy, it absorbs COLD energy. Yin-yang can be light/dark, good/evil, but in the case of body energies it's hot/cold. Him being able to dispel the frozen teammates was our first clue of application.
2 ofc he keeps the cinder. It's not like it isn't his
3 restarting is NOT a good thing. He may have more skills restarting, but that makes him a target to fiends (we don't know it's a complicated and hard process to come down yet) and MC only made it to end of floor 1 where his enemies could be from floor 3 who've had 25 years to buff their level, stats, and skills.

How come every korean always gets depicted as an american, and every american is overly depicted as a stereotypical american?

she already announced her allegiance to the first wife. Didn't you pay attention?... "Elder sister"

getting chaos vibes from this witch cuz she is out of her damn mind

the ship was sailed but neither knew where to board 😂🤣😂🤣😂

just as MC goes super saiyan

things I'm seeing wrong so far
Insane worshipper
Battle crazed giants
Dragons being referred to as a drake

Yup this season is coming together chaotically for sure

the thief targeted only the most valuable item
Risked their lives to get it knowing they couldn't win
They don't even target large groups.

Is everyone so horny they stopped being sus of obvious betrayal