Latna Saga: Survival of a Sword King

Freshly discharged from military service and adrift in the monotony of civilian life, Hanbin Ryu finds his existential ennui abruptly shattered when he is yanked from his world and thrust into a fantastical realm. His salvation, or so he believes, arrives in the form of a "guideline"—a powerful system designed to ease his transition and bolster his growth. However, this digital lifeline is fundamentally flawed, a broken compass riddled with critical errors. Instead of a swift path to power, Hanbin is condemned to a nightmarish limbo, trapped within the tutorial stage for over two decades. This prolonged isolation forges him into something entirely unexpected: a bottom-tier hunter with a skill set so absurdly overleveled for the starting area that it borders on the incomprehensible. When the system finally releases its grip and Hanbin emerges into the wider world, he discovers that the very nature of his new reality has shifted. The political and social climate has curdled into a violent fervor against otherworlders, branding them as a blight to be exterminated. As a "newbie" who has spent a lifetime in a digital purgatory, Hanbin is a walking contradiction—an unassuming pawn carrying the monstrous power of a veteran. Now, he must navigate a world that despises his very existence, grappling with his own fractured identity while trying to survive a conflict that views him as either a threat to be neutralized or a weapon to be exploited.