It's unfortunate it got axed before then. I'll have to look up the novel.

I was pretty worried, too. Super pleased to see the slime didn't get shunted out into space after that.

I think it's pretty safe given what we've seen of her abilities' limitations (only one active at a time, two if she harms herself doing it). Besides, we still have the other guy to worry about, so the plot's probably about to move right along.

The main reason it's getting focused on here is because the author painted himself into a corner. Arell is so talented that he could probably accomplish just about anything if he needs to—he helped win a war, stop a disease outbreak, resolved his frozen territory, and helped stop a big necromantic uprising, for crying out loud—but he's also such a lazy sod he's not going to proactively do anything that isn't more or less forced upon him. Marriage is just the most convenient low-stakes way to forcibly get him interacting in a social environment where he has to play the social game, which allows for an introduction to other characters and dynamic tension in the story he can't just MC-power away.

I know this story is pretty fantastical as is, but... this and the previous chapter have really jumped the shark. Trying to cram too much development, too much action, too much "whoa, look at this!" in way to short a time.

How are you classifying the arcs? By location? Because right now, it seems like there are several different arcs even if they're still in the same location, and you can usually identify them based on which characters rotate in or out of the spotlight. For example, we had the Heavenly Flame Emperor arc of sorts when he was first introduced, the Ryu-Cheong arc when he dueled Yeon and there was an injury, causing him to subordinate himself to her in penance, so on and so on. Rising action, climax, resolution, and then on to the next arc. Right now it looks like we might be on a Yeon arc (starting from chapter 73), considering how it's drawing the focus on her medical state, how she inwardly feels about her medical state, and how those around her view her and said state. Notice how we're getting to see a lot of characters this time around, but they spotlight Yeon's medical state before she has to continue on her path to meet other characters.

It's the maid Charlia threatened to beat at the end of the previous chapter, before Kiyoung came along and had a conversation with her.

Ran is 17. Her body got taken over by Hwa at 14, but she's still been able to perceive and mature over the three years that followed. As for Hwa, she's not even human, and the mechanisms behind her "age" aren't normal, either. If a 60-year-old grandma died and turned into a zombie, we wouldn't look at the zombie and say it's an infant.

I still don't understand why MC decided to work with Baron in the first place. He knows Baron is a POS loose cannon with an ego problem, and never had positive relations with him in the past, either. There were plenty of other people who could have been brought on board. Sure, sending the invitation out to make inroads with the girl makes sense, but he should have dumped Baron at the meeting afterwards when he was clearly uncooperative; at that point, the girl would've stayed on board regardless, and there would have been nothing bad to say about MC because the kicking was justified.

It's how court politics goes, and a demonstration of sincerity. She could have gathered information from, kidnapped, or outright killed Max and there was nothing Kiyoung would have been able to do to stop it. But she didn't. It's a demonstration of her power, as well as her desire for long-term cooperation with him rather than just short-term gain (which she could have gotten from harming Max). It's easy for people to say they want to work with you, but sometimes it takes a moment of vulnerability that they don't take advantage of in order to demonstrate sincerity, which is also why Kiyoung immediately recognized her intentions after seeing Max unharmed.

Why is the MC even bringing this guy along, anyway? There are other top rankers from other nationalities who seem far more willing and eager to cooperate, and it doesn't look like Sophia will be unable to participate just because Baron can't. He's not even a proper antagonist by this point, just annoying.

That's one hell of a change.

This is a world effectively without internal energy. It's a problem if he uses his flowery energy since it's visibly pink, but the idea someone would be able to do all of this stuff is too absurd to the common person for them to conceive of it, and even the strongest are able to recognize something at play and his part in it, but not know exactly what happened. It's like someone with 20/20 vision showing up in a place where nobody has ever been able to see.

As for the S-Class Fighters, they're at the top of the world in terms of strength and craving excitement. They can tell Xie Yan isn't a fallen fighter so it's not a crisis, and the unfamiliarity of his methods piques their curiosity and interest.

How do you have this kind of error when the two team names are so different and also so long? This is a lack of quality control to an absurd level.

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It's a really good one. It's at times like these we get to see that she didn't get to where she is completely on the laurels of her father—she has legitimate acumen and abilities that were being hampered by her weaknesses in others. Her skill at schmoozing and interacting with high-society people was high enough that her poor self-control and incompetence in finance didn't cause as many issues as it would have otherwise until Dojoon stepped in to force it.

I knew the aunt would end up becoming willing and more fulfilled under Dojoon's circumstances, but I didn't know to how much of an extent, too. It seems like respect is something she's always wanted but never fully got from her own family, but Dojoon is willing to listen, accept her expertise, and even go along with it as seen when she suggested he come with her to influence sales.

Seol-Ah was chastising MC for even insinuating eating a squirrel before, but here she brings it up with Bi-Ah as though it's a given to do so. xD

Because they're like ten years old. Just about everyone at that age—MC included pre-regression—is a little shit, especially when part of a prestigious clan.

He wasn't. He only gave them the blood essence so they could lure and potentially turn Jarodin, everything else was their own business and happened without his assistance or interest. It's the main reason he gave zero cares about what happened to them.

No. MC has already witnessed his subordinates' deaths before, and the AI also treated it as though it was a given the times it happened. The thing that will happen in the future—the truth the MC will uncover or even that will take place—is implied to be even more soul-crushing than that. If it's something that would cause the MC to give up despite everything he's been through thus far, I actually think it might have something to do with the system, like if the MC goes off the rails from expected storylines the AI will simply force him to dead end himself, effectively creating a fate he cannot fight against.

He actually performed his move really well. He orchestrated things behind the scenes so she would get a taste of something she'd always wanted—prestige and independence from her father—and then indirectly brought it down around her. He cornered her in silence using the stock exchange to trap her without her knowing, and then offered her a raft when she was floundering in the water. The thing is, truthfully speaking, she'd never wanted the responsibility that came from running a company in the first place, she just wanted the privileges and prestige. Dojoon keeping her on board and allowing her to maintain the comforts of her lifestyle while simultaneously dealing with the harder aspects of the job means she'll soon come to prefer the arrangement after Dojoon takes over compared to before.