History Webcomic / TheGamer

** In the same arc, the Seeker of Truth casually overpowers Ji-Han and Seonil while [[CasualDangerDialogue seeming more interested in treating Ji-Han as a pupil]] than a foe. The two only win when Seonil unlocks EnlightmentSuperpowers. This, while the Seeker was operating through a puppet [[WorfHadTheFlu]] that halved his own abilities and focusing most of his power on breaking the Seal of Amaterasu]]. Later, Ji-Han and Shi-Yun eke out a CurbStompCushion at best against [[DarkIsEvil The Follower of Darkness]]. The latter only retreats when Seonil activates the [[WorldTree Divine Birch Tree]]. Furthermore, the two were able to access the Tree's realm without the Three Heavily Artifacts. Seonil explicitly says [[BeyondTheImpossible "they managed to do the impossible."]]

* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: The story occasionally cuts to a group of villains that have vague plans and objectives. That being said, they are hardly seen doing much besides planning, working with and through allies, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking sending messages on their private chat group]]. It's not known what they had to gain from everything they did, but despite unexpected setbacks, they ''have'' been making progress to whatever their goals are. When they ''do'' take direct action, though, it is ''incredible'', since one of them was capable of causing a Korea-wide crisis ''on his own''.
* OneManArmy: Most people in the Abyss are affiliated with a group for their own protection. The ones who aren't tend to be individuals who can hold their own against such groups like Sung-Gong. ''The'' OneManArmy of the setting is the Harem King, who needs ''three'' of the nine most powerful organisations ''in the world'' to team up for him to even ''have'' a chance of losing.

* PragmaticVillainy: Most Abyss residents avoid targeting {{Muggles}} too much, not because they give a damn about harming innocent lives, but simply because if they cause too much damage to TheMasquerade, they will tick off Gaia, which will most likely react by further tightening its restrictions to reinforce it.

* {{Masquerade}}: Enforced. If you break it, ''[[GeniusLoci the world itself]] will kill you''. Long ago, magic could be used freely and publically, but 2000 years ago, the will of the world put in place the {{Masquerade}} and banned all sapient species besides humans from living outside of illusion barriers, feeling it necessary to keep the world safe. Subtle magic is still fine, and abusing {{Muggles}} in an [[PocketDimension illusion barrier]] is also fine, but if you perform magic to the extent that it breaks past the WeirdnessCensor and {{Muggles}} in the normal world notice that something is wrong, Gaia will wreak vengeance by inflicting bad luck until you die. Gaia also forbids more than 1% of the population of a country from joining the Abyss. If the Abyss's population exceeds that number, Gaia will inflict the same fate upon the extras.

* {{Masquerade}}: Enforced. If you break it, ''[[GeniusLoci the world itself]] will kill you''. Long ago, magic could be used freely and publically, but 2000 years ago, the will of the world put in place the {{Masquerade}} and also banned all sapient species besides humans from living outside of illusion barriers. Subtle magic is still fine, and abusing {{Muggles}} in an [[PocketDimension illusion barrier]] is also fine, but if you perform magic to the extent that it breaks past the WeirdnessCensor and {{Muggles}} in the normal world notice that something is wrong, Gaia will wreak vengeance by inflicting bad luck until you die. Gaia also forbids more than 1% of the population of a country from joining the Abyss. If the Abyss's population exceeds that number, Gaia will inflict the same fate upon the extras.

* HiddenDepths: Jee-Han can't see [[spoiler:his mom's]] level. This is indicative of very powerful characters; the only others he can't see are BadassGrandpa Shin Sun-Oh, and Sung Ma-Hyun, one of the big cheeses in the underworld's BlackMarket.

* PragmaticVillainy: Most Abyss residents avoid targeting {{Muggles}} too much, not because they give a damn about harming innocent lives, but simply because if they cause too much damage to TheMasquerade, they will tick of Gaia, which will most likely react by further tightening its restrictions to reinforce it.

* PeopleFarms: There are slavers who kidnap individiduals with magic power and use them on magic-farms as mana-batteries for energy, in addition to exploiting any particular talents they may have. The main character, being a developing but exceedingly promising magic user themed on video-game mechanics is in severe danger of being a target of these slavers while he is still leveling up and developing the skills needed to defend himself.

* TheMaker: While Gaia is the GeniusLoci of Earth, there is a deity of an even higher order of being responsible for creating Earth in the first place.

** There is also TheMaker responsible for creating Gaia in the first place, and the source of origin energy, the most powerful form magical energy known to exist.

* {{Masquerade}}: Enforced. If you break it, ''[[GeniusLoci the world itself]] will kill you''. Long ago, magic could be used freely and publically, but 2000 years ago, the will of the world put in place the {{Masquerade}} and also banned all intelligent races besides humans from living outside of illusion barriers. Subtle magic is still fine, and abusing {{Muggles}} in an [[PocketDimension illusion barrier]] is also fine, but if you perform magic to the extent that it breaks past the WeirdnessCensor and {{Muggles}} in the normal world notice that something is wrong, Gaia will wreak vengeance by inflicting bad luck until you die. Gaia also forbids more than 1% of the population of a country from joining the Abyss. If the Abyss's population exceeds that number, Gaia will inflict the same fate upon the extras.

* {{Masquerade}}: Enforced. If you break it, ''[[GeniusLoci the world itself]] will kill you''. Subtle magic is fine, and abusing {{Muggles}} in an [[PocketDimension illusion barrier]] is also fine, but if you perform magic to the extent that it breaks past the WeirdnessCensor and {{Muggles}} in the normal world notice that something is wrong, Gaia will wreak vengeance by inflicting bad luck until you die. Gaia also forbids more than 1% of the population of a country from joining the Abyss. If the Abyss's population exceeds that number, Gaia will inflict the same fate upon the extras.

* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Imagination energy can be used not only to [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly produce gods]], but to even make things that were previously fictional into reality, like the {{Necronomicon}}. Human imagination also causes mythical locations to be brought into being, such as the various {{Hell}}s.

* SupernaturalMartialArts: One source of power in the Abyss. Different martial arts styles have their own energy patterns. These energy patterns are MutuallyExclusiveMagic, which will cause any martial artist that tries to learn incompatible martial arts to die when the energies conflict. Martial artists grow stronger by gathering and refining their energy. It is possible for martial artists can gain EnlightenmentSuperpowers, which gives them an edge even over unenlightened martial artists with more energy.

** Wicked souls are damned to {{Hell}} as ghosts. Many degenerating into monsters and ultimately suffer CessationOfExistence as Hell or the demons within eat them.

NotToBeConfusedWith ''Film/TheGamers''.

* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Imagination energy can be used not only to [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly produce gods]], but to even make things that were previously fictional into reality, like the {{Necronomicon}}.