at least he did say he would 'gather evidence' (though that just means he will do it later when he cant find anything and panics) which is a bit better than other not-antagonists in manhwa that have the 'kidnap/attack first, ask questions never unless my boss tells me to' approach

called it that itd be some dumbass thinking spirit girl was kidnapped
but its also stupid that she tried to magically attack him basically randomly while he is very clearly still heavily injured

dude waited till last min to look like a hero and brag about being so much stronger

also, i am not 100% since the rust... plague or whatever, but modern nuclear reactors have dozens of safety checks to prevent a meltdown, and even half of them require materials that could be affected by the rust i imagine at least 1 or 2 would be some material that doesnt rust
and it having a meltdown would create a new 'no-go' zone like chernobyl but they can get stronger via leveling and items, and if 30 is super human and MC got a stat to 20 (even with planning knwledge) in only a few days, i imagine getting a stat to the mid 30s or 40 would only be a few weeks and as the stats got stronger radiation would be exponentially less dangerous, they dont just explode or turn everything into a big green glowing swamp

fr, after the fairy explained the rules and people started to panic he should have stepped up immediately instead of after someone else died and they were ready to kill another

my guess is the spirit cant talk with normal people but people saw her come from the forest and assumes she was some poor mute MC kidnapped since she was never seen before

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i think back when he was helping with the elves he had some kind of spirit related buff given to him?

true, after all they already have a secret kid

at least he finally did something about them, but only when if he waited on his ass any longer it would have gotten his friends killed

its not... great or original but its at least going in a slightly different way than most 'banished from the hero party' stories
not much of a different way but if your bored
4/10, extra point bc (at least as of Ch9) MC doesnt have a harem of borderline useless girls

id say his enjoyment of fighting is less because of fighting and more because he went 12 years without sleeping and half of it was spent fighting monsters
100% he mentally broke at some point but couldnt escape so his mind put itself back together around the fighting
i also wonder if eating monster cores is what causes monsterfication, or if its a mental thing and MC is fine because he is so strong mentally now and most others that try are weak or forced into it like the brothers

my guess for them not telling MC how much time has passed is that he did leave the forest in the past, learnt how much time passed or maybe had a crash out about something, and people who recognize who he is dont want to tell him in case he has another crash out and that the witch sealed his memories of the event
hell maybe 2000 years ago there was a big battle of some sort during the founding of that city-state and MCs adoptive family got injured or killed and he crashed out over it really bad so the witch locked his memories and put a seal on the forest to warp his view of time
just my guess tho

author prob doesnt know how to nerf MC otherwise, since besides mana he has basically 0 restrictions and even then its barely there
wish this story was more like Tensei Kenja where MC is broken but has to fight enemies that are just as broken

from my understanding, new politicians are underestimating MCs power and trying to drag him down for easy wins, Johnathan doesnt want MC to get involved bc he has bigger shit to deal with (like the war between doom and system) so he is doing the hearing himself, and now likely staged a fake attack on the politicians to show off his power and that he 'saved' the people trying to ruin him

just gotta keep trying lol
i have noticed if your near max points then your more likely to succeed but thats also not a sure thing, just better odds

maybe accepting her feelings causes her to give up on her revenge and some kinda curse kills her? thats my guess anyway

prob not, if there are any gods of this world i imagine they know what MCs actual plans are, maybe some would seek to strike him down, but i imagine any actual gods would know he is acting as a great evil to bring peace by forcing the other countries to focus on him instead of each other

at this point i think he has enough mana to rival the goddess, or is within 'spitting distance' of her
but thats something kept under heavy wraps since he doesnt want to be seen like that
but i think later on he eventually realizes if he doesnt actually use or show his power people will endlessly assume he is some nobody that can be used and attempting to kill him or his friends over n over thinking they can break him, dont know if its a spoiler or just obvious A -> B

MC makes magic items and uses the proceeds to collect expensive magic relics and doesnt want to get married despite occasional pestering from his friends n family
most likely he will eventually get with the girl who lives next door to him and does violin at an opera

its pretty normal for grown ass adults to act worse than kids
i have to deal with the general public in my current job, and while rare, there are 100% people who still have that HS drama bullshit in their heads and will start shit for the sake of it or lie because telling the truth would be them admitting they fucked up or forgot something