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In General

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The most populous tribe in the Hullo plains. While not as strong as the demons, the humans have better understanding of the Boundary Force. They were originally created by the God Tribe to serve as obedient slaves. Presently they are the strongest tribe rivalled by the Demon tribe.

Animal Motifs: The dragon is their emblem. In ancient times, the Gods gave them an extremely powerful dragon as a guardian beast. Its blood is infused into the veins of every male member of the Royal Family.
Bully Magnet: In their weak past, they were bullied by Demons and Beasts.
Dragons Are Divine: A common legend among humans is that in ancient times, a powerful dragon protected humans by giving them magic and civilisation. It turns out that it was the God Tribe that created humans and gave them magic and civilisation.
Precursor Worship: Popular consciousness treats the God Tribe as an entity to be revered.
Servant Race: They were created by the God Tribe to be their servants.
Weak, but Skilled: Zig-Zagged. Initially the weakest link among the Tribes, they evolved and attained a more refined grasp of boundary force. However, Human Royalty still remains inferior to Demon Kings in terms of Boundary Force.

Royal Academy Students

Alex "Eli" Ayr

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The first student met by Isabella and Xiang Ye while they're applying for class at Royal Academy, and the first friend he makes in his whole life.

Above the Influence: He shrugs off Giro Emery's attempts to use her sex-appeal as a weapon to win their match and simply punches her out of the ring. Unfortunately, the audience was really, really keen on watching her show to the end, and direct hostility his way to his confusion.
The Ace: Best of the students at the Close Quarters Combat class.
Adaptive Ability: Combined with Removed Achilles' Heel. He thinks that with enough Training from Hell, he can overcome the toll of his Super Mode.
Anime Hair: Sticks straight up, super-sayan style.
Awesomeness by Analysis: According to Yaso, he wasn't taught how to use his Super Mode. He figured it out all by himself, from learning the basics of handling his Elemental Punch.
Bare-Fisted Monk: As the top student in CQC, he fights barehanded.
Calling Your Attacks: When he adds elemental powers to his punches, he has to call out the element. This tends to get exploited by his enemies from time to time.
Chekhov's Skill: The shadow strength he is learning from Yaso when he is formally introduced becomes a trump card of sorts, proving useful against Tols Buno and the God Tribe golems.
Dynamic Entry: He saves Modo from the God Tribe ruins golems with a surprise attack from behind.
Elemental Punch: Can add wind, fire, or lightning to his punches for extra power.
Honor Before Reason: When he learns that the Tols siblings threw Isabella and Xiang Ye off a cliff, because the thugs bragged about it, he's willing to be disqualified from the tournament, if he gets to beat them into paste in the process, because Xiang Ye is his friend.
Landmine Goes Click: One of the traps he trips in the first half of the tournament lights up under his feet and then causes a landslide of boulders directly above him, and everyone with him with said boulders turning into golems as they're attacked.
Logical Weakness: He may be powerful with his fists, but if he's attacked from a distance with sticky slime until he's pinned down, he's helpless.
Major Injury Underreaction: In chapter 78, Xiang Ye notices damage on his arms all the way to the elbow, and Eli calls it "a bruise."
Massive Numbered Siblings: The oldest of a large number of siblings, so he has to struggle for money, constantly.
Moment Killer: Interrupts Xiang Ye's romantic moment with Yi Bei at the most inconvenient time. Xiang Ye is extremely annoyed and berates him.
Necessary Drawback: Using too much boundary force in his attacks causes damage to his body.
Nice Guy: Very much so. When Xiang had fainted, the rest of the class left. He's the only one who stayed behind and offered a helping hand.
Only Friend: The first friend Xiang made in his whole life.
Perpetual Poverty: Due to Massive Numbered Siblings.
Post-Victory Collapse: Manages to beat down Tols Buno and collapses almost immediately after.
Pyrrhic Victory: He wins the fight with Tols Buno but is so exhausted and injured that he can't continue to participate in the tournament.
Raised by the Community: Raised in an Orphanage of Love along with his many siblings.
Removed Achilles' Heel: By the time he and the others go to the defense of the dwarf tribe, he has fully mastered his Super Mode and can almost use it at will.
Scarf of Asskicking: He sports a red scarf and is the strongest CQC student.
Shattering the Illusion: He breaks Giro Emery's illusions with his aura.
Super Mode: A fire-powered form he extrapolated from his fire punch; he gains increased strength and his aura emits fire. He was hoping to keep hidden until he goes up against Rennes, but Tols Buno's One-Winged Angel was too strong for him.
Teach Me How To Fight: Says this to the combat teacher Mike Yaso, who saved Eli's hometown from a monster with one punch.
This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself: On the receiving end when fighting a super-golem in the wind-cliffs, as the Archery team tries to back him up.
Too Many Halves: He uses 200% strength to open a temple door.
Traumatic Haircut: Or rather traumatic hair burn. Eli wins his match against Tols Buno, but the technique he used to finish him caused all his hair to burn him bald.
Weaksauce Weakness: Motion sickness.
Would Hit a Girl: Eli cares not a whit about the gender of his opponents. Man or woman, if he has to fight you, he'll punch you in the face all the same.

Al Modo

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I have to take care of my mom when she gets old!

The first forging student Xiang Ye meets.

Accidental Hero: In chapter 431, he's just trying (and failing) to drive the drilling machine Xiang Ye prepared for Sophias's extraction to escape the capital. He winds up crashing into Ashtone Martin who was dragged underground by one of Aisha's "God's Apostles" lackeys. This puts him and the passengers in the perfect position to rescue Martin. While this does save Martin's life, Modo still fails to escape the capital and his group is quickly surrounded by the imperial troops.
Bandage Mummy: Was lynched by Tols Buno in the tournament, and had to be saved by Andre. Remarkably, he was able to recover in just two days.
Blood from the Mouth: Although he was rescued by Andre, Buno's punch was so severe, internal injuries have him coughing up blood, and he needs surgery to correct it.
Butt-Monkey: He's the butt monkey to Xiang Ye...
Cowardly Lion: True, he does run from danger at the first sign, but when Xiang Ye's in trouble, he steps forward... with the P90 Xiang Ye forged for him.
Disproportionate Retribution: When a bat-monster grabs his meal, he responds by whipping out a rocket-propelled grenade. Eli stops him only for fear of triggering a cave-in.
Entertainingly Wrong: When it's mentioned that Yi Bei's Boundary Force is that of the Demon tribe, he suggests that it's because Yi Bei was raised in the Demon tribe, after being enslaved as a child. This gives Xiang Ye the perfect excuse to hide her true identity from all the other humans in the area.
Fire-Breathing Weapon: Uses a flamethrower that Xiang Ye taught him to craft to fight off slimes.
Green-Eyed Monster: Played for Laughs. Modo starts ranting about how Eli and Xiang Ye enjoyed Fanservice when being healed.
Hidden Eyes: Behind Opaque Nerd Glasses.
Honor Before Reason: Though he near constantly panics, and easily, watching the second half of the tournament, when it came his turn in the arena, he went, even though his opponent is Tols Buno. Said panic turns up justified as Tols Buno nearly pummeled him to death in sadistic pleasure, just for laughs.
The Load: Subverted. Even other characters, like Martin, were confused as to why Xiang Ye would have him in the party exploring the God Tribe ruins, seeing him only as a burden that has to be protected. The moment monsters attack the party, he shows that he can carry his own weight just fine by whipping out a flame-thrower. Even Eli is impressed.
Lovable Coward: Whenever there's danger, he's quick to run away, but still strangely endearing.
No Name Given: Subverted. We don't learn his name until chapter 51, and his full name is revealed in passing only upon reaching chapter 83.
Ocular Gushers: At the end of his rant in chapter 153, his tears splash against the back of his glasses like water out of a hose.
Opaque Nerd Glasses: His glasses are so thick, we never see his eyes.
Prone to Tears: He tends to cry quite easily.
Running Gag: He always tries to prove himself by showing off his mecha or "improved" forging skills, and while his efforts are commendable, the results always leave much to be desired.
- In the tournament arc, he presents his own mecha during the battle competition. His first opponent is, unfortunately, Tols Buri. Andre praises his efforts, but the opponent was simply too strong.
- During the god-tribe ruins investigation, he tries the mecha again, and not only does he last longer, but he withstands the golem's punch without needing a hospital visit, a marked improvement, but still nowhere near enough.
- During the siege on the Dwarf Tribe, he rushes to aid Martin and Kahn with the pale moon stone defenses. The instant he touches the scepter, he faints, and that's with Martin and Kahn holding the scepter as well.
- In chapter 431, he even tries to show off a spanking new suit of Power Armor but it gets trashed before he can even finish putting it on with a magic transformation.
Terrible Artist: Xiang Ye lampshades that he is not very good at drawing. Later, he embraces this fact and repackages it as True Art Is Incomprehensible.
Tough Act to Follow: In universe. Chapter 111 reveals that he entered his own mecha into the tournament. The fact that he was able to get it to work, at all, without having any understanding of modern tech, is rather impressive, and even the local experts, like Martin, couldn't do that. Tols Buno beats it with disgusting ease, but still, an impressive effort.
Undying Loyalty: To his master, Martin. Modo decides to settle in the Dwarf Kingdom, to continue studying under Martin.

Nainai

The representative of the chef class, and the first cook to actually compete in the class tournament.

Allergic to Love: Allergic to fanservice, to be precise. When Giro Emery publicly engages in unintentional Intimate Healing on Eli, he blushes, turns away, covers his face and yells out "I ALMOST DIED!"
Berserk Button: Don't mock his voice, he's very sensitive about it.
Big Damn Heroes: Just as Queen of Thorns was about to give Isabella Death from Above, he arrives and pelts the snake-woman with a thrown frying pan, causing the attack to miss.
Catch and Return: When fighting Xiang Ye, he captures Xiang Ye's fire-based spell and hurls it back.
Chef of Iron: Chef and badass combatant.
Comically Missing the Point: When his teacher tells him he should become a fighter, meaning he should join the CQC class; he thinks it means he should become a Chef of Iron.
Cordon Bleugh Chef: As talented a combatant he is using cooking magic, his dishes taste terrible, or so says the teacher of the cooking class.
Dark Horse Victory: He's the first to cross the finish line in the first half of the tournament.
Doorstop Baby: Instead of being abandoned in a church or orphanage, abandoned in a restaurant.
Energy Weapon: He fights with cooking implements made out of his own boundary force.
Exotic Weapon Supremacy: Aura-made cooking implements serve him well as weapons.
Expy: Of Pica from One Piece, due to his little girl voice quirk.
Heart Is an Awesome Power: One wouldn't think being able to summon cooking implements would be useful on the battlefield, but he can summon a wok and use it as a makeshift shield to block gale-force winds.
I Can Still Fight!: Stated word for word when Xiang Ye asks him to surrender, seeing he can barely stand.
Improvised Parachute: He makes a dough parachute to fall from Xiang Ye's destroyed helicopter.
Lethal Harmless Powers: Again, summoning cooking implements as weapons of war.
Line-of-Sight Name: He was named based on his cries as an infant.
Mundane Made Awesome: He makes cooking implements viable weapons of war.
Power-Up Food: He creates a pill that promotes boundary force to make his Kitchen Domain stronger.
Real Men Cook: His central philosophy.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Red eyes, powerful fighter.
Self-Imposed Challenge: Rather than ride in the helicopter with all of Xiang Ye's team, he wanders to the exit portal, on foot, just to prove to himself that he can, in a frozen tundra.
Tattoo as Character Type: He has tattoos all along his back, especially the back of his head. Their significance has yet to be elaborated on. Chapter 119 indicates that he was apparently born with them as the chef class found him abandoned in their restaurant.
Tragic Dream: Wants to be a great chef, to thank the cooking class for raising him from infancy, and treating him with kindness. Has absolutely no talent for cooking, but makes an excellent showing as the first ever local Chef of Iron.
Underestimating Badassery: Constantly on the receiving end. Because he's a chef, has the name Nainai, and has the voice of a little girl, people tend to look down on him. His cooking teacher and Xiang Ye are the first not to.
Vocal Dissonance: Big, buff guy, squeaky, little-girl voice.
Workplace-Acquired Abilities: His time as a chef has him recognize catnip, and its effects on cats. His chef experience also allows him to control fire.
Worthy Opponent: Eli considers Nainai to be as strong as him. In the match, both Nainai and Xiang Ye show their respect to one other.

Yuri Aisha

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Introduced during the Tournament Arc as a representative of the magic class.

Beware the Nice Ones: Nice Girl she may be, but she won't hesitate to summon shards of ice to turn you into a pincushion if you antagonize her.
Curtains Match the Windows: Pink hair and eyes.
Cuteness Proximity: Upon seeing The Void King's "human" form, that resembles a small child, she blushes like crazy.
Evil All Along: Chapter 419 reveals she leads the black ops team that went after Xiang Ye's team and Tols Penny in the God Tribe ruins way back, as she and her team are attacking Waidli Aisi when she is with Martin freeing Sophisas.
Fan Disservice: As Mucus is staring up her dress, the fanbase is treated to a nice Panty Shot, but then he climbs up into her clothes and tries to engage in a vore scene.
Good Eyes, Evil Eyes: From her introduction in the tournament arc until she's aiding Xiang Ye during the reverse coup in Demon Tribe territory, her eyes are wide open and mostly rounded. When she attacks Wadley Aisi and reveals herself to be an agent of Tols Angus, her eyes become narrower and sharper.
Flying Broomstick: She enters the tournament stage on a flying broomstick but later ditches it to help Moss Feili.
Hypocritical Humor: Berates Eli for going too far in his match with Giro Emery, yet she herself went There Is No Kill Like Overkill against Giro Abilly. She does concede that Eli's right to say Rennes went too far in his match.
An Ice Person: She specializes in ice magic.
Know When to Fold 'Em: She forfeits her match against Rennes, considering the huge difference in their abilities.
Mr. Exposition:
- She explains various quirks of the cross country locations to the main characters' party.
- She explains the elemental magic system.
Mundane Utility: During the first half of the tournament, her ice magic serves quite well as a stand-in for air conditioning on long treks in Xiang Ye's vehicles.
Nice Girl: Very much so.
Pink Is Feminine: Pink hair, eyes, and wardrobe, and very feminine.
Punny Name: Her family name is Yuri.
Romantic Wingman: In chapter 143, she literally shoves Isabella into publicly admitting her feelings for Xiang Ye and cheering him on in his fight with Rennes. Isabella's blush, as usual, is adorable.
Rose-Haired Sweetie: Nice girl, pink hair.
Stating the Simple Solution: She asks Xiang Ye why he doesn't use the supposedly quite expensive scrolls he carries to summon completed works rather than simply the raw materials. He answers that doing things the way he does provides him far more in the way of versatility and options.
Underestimating Badassery: While fighting with Aisi, she thinks she's got the latter easily beat and boasts that Aisi was an unworthy teacher. Aisi whips out her Super Mode in response.
The Watson: Her inquiries allow Xiang Ye and Modo to explain the techniques they learned from the Seniors.

The Twin Sisters

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Let us thank you for saving us!

Two twin mages introduced during the Tournament Arc.

Coordinated Clothes: Their outfits' designs are identical, but one is green-themed and the other is blue-themed.
Damsel in Distress: One of them gets captured by a wood golem, that was antagonized by the Tols siblings, hoping to provoke the forest guardian, so as to attack Xiang Ye.
Did Not Think This Through: Granted, it appears that they had no other option, but using lightning to attack a monster in the water while protecting fellow students also in the water is not a good idea, which they lampshade.
The Dividual: They are a matched set, where one goes, the other follows.
Flying Broomstick: They fly through the Lake of Sound with broomsticks made of magic.
Identical Twin Id Tag: One can tell them apart by facial markings. There's a cross mark on the cheek, left side for one of them, right side for the other, in addition to seeing that their clothes are of slightly different color.
Know When to Fold 'Em: Using their magic to summon a rainstorm that put out a forest fire drained them completely, as such, they officially gave up their spot in the tournament. Most everyone present is grateful.
No Name Given: Their names have yet to be mentioned. They've only been addressed as "The Twins."
Shock and Awe: They are masters of lightning-based magic.
Weather Manipulation: At least, they're able to make it rain, which they use to put out a forest fire, intentionally set by the Tols siblings.

General and Moss Feili

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Let's get this over with.

A duo consisting of a mage, Moss Feili, and a nekomata, General introduced during the Tournament Arc. Their relationship is an equal partnership.

Combat and Support: General handles close combat while Moss Feili handles long range combat and magic supply.
The Dividual: Aside from an announcement, General and Feili are always seen together.
Synchronization: When Moss Feili absorbs enough sunlight and activates his light magic, General also receives light energy, which allows him to take a stronger, humanoind looking form.

Moss Feili

Awesome, but Impractical: Moss Feili has powerful light magic, but he must absorb sunlight to use it and it greatly taxes his body.
Crippling Overspecialization: It is unknown whether Moss Feili posses any other abilities aside from his light magic.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Aisha explains Moss Feili is actually a strong specialist within the magic class despite his clumsiness.
Elemental Absorption: He powers his light magic by absorbing sunlight.
Kamehame Hadoken: He concentrates his light magic to attack Nainai with an energy beam.
Light 'em Up: Feili uses powerful light magic attacks.
Meditation Powerup: He absorbs sunlight by quietly meditating.
Power Equals Rarity: According to the magic teacher, Moss Feili is a rare user of light magic.
Power Incontinence: He has almost no control over his "light" magic. When he fired at Nainai, he nearly blasted General too, along with the audience. Even Andre called it "dangerous".
Punny Name: His hair resembles Moss and Feili sounds like Feline, a reference to General.

General

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Author Avatar: Zig-Zagged. As showcased in an anouncement after chapter 79, when the author wants to make an announcement, the cat serves as his mouthpiece. However, a caricature of the author has a minor role as well.
Bond Creatures: General accompanies, fights along, and shares energy with Moss Feili. Curiously, General is the one in charge.
Cats Are Snarkers: Snarky and a giant cat.
Cats Hate Water: Played for Laughs as Xiang Ye is transporting him across The Lake of Sound.
Deadpan Snarker: Snarky and complete with a straight face.
Didn't Think This Through: He tells Moss Feili he should have planned how to cross The Lake of Sound, rather than expect him to swim.
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": He's only referred to as "General." Unless that really is his name.
Evil-Detecting Dog: He is familiar and is very sensitive to the presence of the Demon Tribe.
Intoxication Ensues: He becomes euphoric after inhaling catnip from Nainai and proceeds to dance, rollover, and bite Moss Feili.
Ironic Fear: He is cat who's afraid of heights.
Logical Weakness: Vulnerable to catnip as much as any other cat.
Mega Neko: He's a very big cat.
No-Sell: While in his light magic powered form, he is completely unphased by Nainai's cooking implements and does not bother dodging them.
Spanner in the Works: He very nearly exposes Isabella in chapter 71 by stating that Isabella's "Boundary Force" is like those of the Demon tribe. Interesting play on the old phrase "letting the cat out of the bag".
Super Mode: General can transform into a strong humanoid form by receiving power from Moss Feili.

Tols Rennes

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Hmph!

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^{Click here to see him after the final round}

A member of the Royal Family and the top student of the mage class.

Accomplice by Inaction: In chapter 74, he figures out that the Tols siblings are directly responsible for starting the forest fire that endangered the rest of the class, but aside from a Death Glare, and a "warning," does nothing.^note He floats away in chapter 75, not even reporting them to the teachers at the end of the tournament's first half. By modern Earth standards in most countries, he'd be going to prison too, for failure to report a felony.
The Ace: The most gifted member of the magic class, a wealthy aristocrat, and a Chick Magnet. He is also seen as the crowd favorite to win the tournament. At least until the fateful battle against Xiang Ye, which stripped him of his gifts and most importantly, his pride.
All Crimes Are Equal: Any and every time he gets angry, regardless of the reason, he defaults to credible death threats, if not actually using lethal force.
Arch-Enemy: By trying to possess Isabella, aka Yi Bei, and refusing to acknowledge her wishes in that she's married to someone else, he has shoved Tols Buri aside in being Xiang Ye's most hated enemy. After trying to murder Xiang Ye in the middle of the night, for the "insult" of rejecting benevolent offer to be a sergeant under his command in return for throwing the tournament and straight-up demanding a fight to the death, and repeatedly ordering Xiang Ye to die, the feeling appears mutual.
An Arm and a Leg: In chapter 147, Rennes loses his arm and wings on the right side when Xiang Ye slashes him with his Laser Blade.
Arrow Catch: He catches the last of Zhou Lun Tana's arrows before ending their match.
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: The three reasons he wants the finals of the tournament a fight to the death:
Rennes: "There are three reasons as to why you have to die.... Firstly, you disrespected my authority as a prince and mocked my status! Secondly, you imitated my abilities, with the intention to declare battle! Thirdly! Scum like you aren't suited to be with an outstanding girl like Yi Bei."
Asshole Victim: Rennes was already a callous Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy, but it gets worse. He dug his own grave when he coveted Yi Bei and sought to murder her husband, Xiang Ye in the final tournament round. As the duel turns in Xiang Ye's favor, he starts ranting and insulting commoners while using destructive and sadistic powers. During the climax, Rennes sustains gruesome injuries from Xiang Ye. Although Andre does save him with advanced healing magic, Rennes is permanently crippled, and most of the kingdom hates his guts.
Assumed Win: He thought he would effortlessly quash Xiang Ye in the final round, that is why he requests for a fight to the death. Too bad...
At Least I Admit It: After a bit of a pep-talk from Aisi, he admits that his fate is his own doing, and he has no right to bear a grudge against Xiang Ye, being honestly grateful for the genuine rescue.
Attack! Attack! Attack!: His reaction after Xiang Ye bitch smacks him in the face. In the end, Xiang Ye walks away with a victory, some minor bruises and a sore back, while Rennes loses the fight along with his eyesight and his right arm.
Be Careful What You Wish For: Demands a fight to the death with Xiang Ye. He gets it.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: At first he comes across as an aloof, but decent young man. As the story progresses, it is revealed that he is very self-centered and has a tendency to flaunt his superiority in magical prowess. The last straw is when he makes it clear that he wants to possess Yi Bei by murdering her husband in front of everyone.
Blood from the Mouth: When Xiang Ye puts his Humongous Mecha on autopilot and makes him focus all his magic on defense as it wails on him, not understanding how it can move without an active pilot, and his "drown the pilot" strategy won't work.
Body Horror: After assuming his dragon form to survive Xiang Ye's nuclear warhead, Rennes sustains many fourth degree burns especially on the neck and shoulder. Then Xiang Ye slices his arm and wing. Afterwards, when the radiation poisoning takes effect, it melts away Rennes's dragon form, draining his strength, vitality and vision. He becomes extremely emaciated and moribund. He also loses his eyebrows and his raven hair becomes completely pallid. In short, he becomes a living mummy without the bandages. Afterwards, Rennes is partially restored and saved by Andre, but he has to now live with permanent blindness and the loss of his right arm.
Broken Ace: Downplayed, but present. Rennes is the best in the magic class, aside from Magic teacher Wadley Aisi. In practice, he's a menace to both friend and foe. He casts powerful spells with abandon, not caring a whit about collateral damage, or what comes after, as long as his personal goals are met.
Broken Pedestal: Xiang Ye once viewed Rennes a far more worthy man for Yi Bei than himself, given that both Yi Bei and Rennes were the Aces of their class. Over time, Xiang Ye sees more and more of his true character, egocentric, going after another man's wife, repeatedly, despite her refusal. When Rennes insists on making the final fight a death match, Xiang Ye gives it to him.
"You are quite a disappointment."
Brought Down to Normal: At the last minute, Rennes is rescued by Andre, who puts him on a magical stasis, and is only able to partially heal him.
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: After Xiang Ye defends him from the Tols Siblings he is never seen or heard from again for the rest of the series and is only briefly mentioned in passing by Aisi.
Chuunibyou: Rennes keeps spouting cringey lines as he attacks his opponent. Xiang Ye insults him with that.
Compete for the Maiden's Hand: What he thinks his match with Xiang Ye is about.
Condescending Compassion: His "kindness" is full of contempt, stealth insults, and putdowns, and he has the gall to get angry when his intended target rejects such "benevolence."
Crippling Overspecialization: He is skilled at wielding top notch magic spells, enough to dent even Useless Lumber. However, Rennes is obviously lacking in tactical sense. His "strategy" is to quickly overwhelm the opponent with the brute strength of his spells.
Curb-Stomp Battle: Gives one to Zhou Lun Tana, one-shotting her.
Defiant to the End: At the end of their match, Xiang Ye offers a dying Rennes a chance to survive if he surrenders. However Rennes rejects it.
Rennes (rasping): I... haven't lost... I... I... I... the gifted amongst the Royal family. How could I lose... How could I... How could I lose to Useless Lumber like you! (Tries to perform an Elemental Punch but it is too feeble to affect Xiang Ye).
Duel to the Death: The final round of the tournament becomes this on Rennes's demand.
Elemental Powers: He has demonstrated magical spells and abilities in the following areas.
- An Ice Person
- Blow You Away
- Dishing Out Dirt
- Magma Man
- Making a Splash
- Playing with Fire
- Shock and Awe
Energy Absorption: What his hereditary Magical Eye does.
Entitled to Have You: Rennes is attracted to Yi Bei (Isabella) when he first meets her and continues to make advances towards her, despite knowing that she is married. Yi Bei gives him the cold shoulder, but Rennes decides that killing her husband is the best solution. He pays for it dearly...
Everyone Has Standards: If not for his respect for Tols Angus, and the fact that the Tols brothers are the bloodborne sons of Tols Angus, this guy would have wiped out the brothers as the scum they are long, long ago, as he mentions in chapter 45.
Expy: He's a copy/paste of Sasuke from Naruto, only even less likable.
Fate Worse than Death: In the aftermath of his fight with Xiang Ye, death would have been a mercy compared with what he now has to face. Although Andre was able to stabilize his body, Rennes is now permanently blind, missing an arm, has lost his Magic Eye and his magic presumably has drastically declined. Both Andre and Aisi have written him off, leaving him to deal with the consequences, all by himself, and he's already alienated just about everyone else in the kingdom with his douchery. Only time will tell if he can somehow bounce back from it.
Feed It with Fire: Using magic against him is a fundamentally bad idea, as his Magical Eye will eat whatever spells are hurled at him, and he's apparently born with that ability.
The Fighting Narcissist: He is so enamored with his own sense of superiority that he tends to stand around praising himself and insulting his opponents regardless of the stakes. Should said opponents manage to actually fight back, or worse, actually do any damage, especially to the face, no matter how slight, he goes totally postal.
Flat Character: He's an Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy, obsessed with "Yi Bei." That's all there is to know about him.
Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: Chapter 143 has a brief flashback that indicates his childhood sucked, but this pointedly does not explain or excuse why he's so arrogant, haughty, or entitled to Yi Bei, especially since Sophisas was shown with an eerily similar background, and still grew up to be a decent human being. Even worse, he was taken in and fostered by Andre and Aisi, and at a much younger age. He really has no excuse.
The Friend Nobody Likes: Some of his classmates don't actually like him, and even enjoy watching him get thrashed by the Tols brothers.
Hate Sink: His arrogance, Lack of Empathy and obsession with "Yi Bei," to the point he openly wishes to kill her husband and take her for himself, against her will, when he could easily bed just about any woman in the kingdom just by asking, are enough reasons to despise him.
Haughty "Hmph": He responds with a hmph to all manner of interactions, leaving no middle ground between this trope and Oh, Crap!.
History Repeats: He is the second prince after Tols Buri to covet Yi Bei. Consequently, both of them lose their right hands while fighting in the tournament. Only Rennes has it worse.
How the Mighty Have Fallen: Onlookers are aghast to see the proud, handsome and powerful Rennes reduced to a feeble and blind old man, missing an arm. All within less than an hour. Rennes is partially restored, though now permanently blind and still without his right arm. In his weakened state, he is bullied by the Tols Siblings, who he considers trash.
Hypocrite: Rennes asks for a death match against Xiang Ye. Yet he throws a hissy fit when Xiang Ye punches him in the face, and starts spamming elemental attacks on him. It borders on Revenge Myopia when he boasts that he will return all damage he takes 100 fold.
Insane Troll Logic: He is genuinely convinced that the only way to win Yi Bei's heart is to murder her husband in front of her at the final tournament round. Yi Bei herself is clearly apathetic to Rennes' crush, and watching him act murderously spiteful just makes her hate him.
It's All About Me: All he cares about is his own well-being. This is highlighted in the Tournament Arc, chapters 61-65. Not only does he leave all his fellow classmates in mortal peril after launching The Void King into the air and then wandering away, but in chapter 65, he leaves his team-mates stranded on the other side of the portal, taking all the coins and passing through, not even giving them a backward glance. In chapter 149, Xiang Ye outright lampshades this:
Xiang Ye: You're quite a disappointment... You think the world revolves around you and makes you its main character?! The gifted amongst the royal family? You aren't shit in my eyes! (Punches Rennes in the face).
Jerkass: The nobility is bound by Noblesse Oblige, which mandates that the nobility must do everything in their power to protect those beneath them in rank or authority. Rennes has clearly failed to meet said obligations, just going by his public behavior during the first half of the tournament, where he openly ignored his classmates in clear distress.
Kung-Fu Wizard: Thinking he's a Squishy Wizard is a suicidal miscalculation. He is strong enough to climb a glacier when he's got no boundary force and delivers a powerful punch should someone try to engage him in close quarters.
Last of His Kind: His bloodline was presumably wiped out as a child, aside from himself, and then, only because the Regent Tols Angus pitied him...
Long-Haired Pretty Boy: He is a handsome tall young man with long black hair. Many women in the human tribe are head over heels for him.
Magical Eye: When he projects boundary force, his hair lifts, revealing his hidden eye. It is a bloodline power from his mother's side that can absorb large amounts of boundary force for personal use and can increase his capacity for about 15 minutes. He apparently loses it when he is rendered blind after the fight with Xiang Ye.
Minor Injury Overreaction: Combined with Not So Stoic and Disproportionate Retribution. In chapter 106, while in a tournament duel with Zhou Lun Tana, she manages to get past his shield, so he obscures her vision with a tornado. Her following shot manages to scratch his cheek lightly, as a result of the debris being blown into his face by his own tornado. His response is to go totally postal. Then blast Zhou with a massive lightning bolt to the head.
- The exact same reaction happens when Xiang Ye punches him in the face. Later in the fight, after Xiang Ye has injured him some more, he completely loses his cool and shows his true colors.
Misery Builds Character: Defied. Despite his troubled childhood, he does not grow as a person because of it; instead, he turns out like another Royal Brat if only more discreet.
No Kill like Overkill: Immobilizes Xiang Ye with rocks while bombarding high level elemental spells on him. Even though Xiang Ye's armor is notoriously impervious, it is enough to rattle him and even dent his armor.
Not Quite Flight: He gets accross the Lake of Sound by standing on a piece of ground he moves with magic. After losing it, he propels with small whirlwinds on his feet.
An Offer You Can't Refuse: In the ending panels of chapter 111, he shows up at Xiang Ye's room, in the middle of the night. In chapter 112, he tries to get Xiang Ye to throw the tournament, in exchange for promising Xiang Ye a post in the army. Xiang Ye is insulted at the offer and tells him to take a hike. Tols Rennes is not amused.
Oh, Crap!: Panics when his Elemental Punch stops working and his arm falls limp. Then he becomes blind. This triggers his Villainous Breakdown.
One-Winged Angel: In chapter 147, Rennes unleashes his dragon form to survive Xiang Ye's missile. According to Andre, the power of Rennes's dragon form is comparable to that of Tols Angus. In spite of the dragon form's formidable prowess, Rennes has sustained many fourth-degree burns from Xiang Ye's weapon, exposing muscles of his cheek, nape, left shoulder, and left appendages. His wings are also tattered. Then in the same chapter, Xiang Ye severs Rennes's right side wings, making him a literal example of this trope. And not long after that, it became a Clipped-Wing Angel because the radiation took its effect.
Person of Mass Destruction: He's got enough magic power to easily launch a Kaiju into the sky.
Power Incontinence: Combined with Accidental Murder and Unwitting Instigator of Doom. Failure to control his Magic Eye as a child caused the deaths of quite a few people. This lead to the total annihilation of his bloodline, per royal decree.
Power Parasite: Chapter 143 reveals why he's got such powerful magical abilities. His Magic Eye steals the "boundary force" of people nearby. This has resulted in numerous deaths when he was a child.
Princess Carry: How he carries Isabella to the ground after he rescues her from Tols Bori's Sword Beam.
Psychological Projection: When he's rescued by Xiang Ye, he presumes Xiang Ye did it just to have the pleasure of humiliating him instead. When he learns differently, he admits his hypocrisy, puts aside his grudge, and thanks Xiang Ye, and this seems genuine.
The Quiet One: Almost never talks. During his fight with Xiang Ye however, he becomes a screaming lunatic.
Rapid Aging: One of the side effects of the radiation is that Rennes becomes a desiccated husk of himself and his hair turns pale white. Andre restores him to his youth - 'mostly' intact.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Tries to give one to Xiang Ye, but gets one-upped:
"Without this pen, you're nothing. Do you understand that?"
Xiang Ye: "Without your dragon form, you would've died a moment ago. Do you understand that?"
Reflectionless Useless Eyes: Loses his eyesight forever after the duel with Xiang Ye.
Sanity Slippage: Goes batshit crazy after Xiang Ye blasts him with a laser beam. His face becomes crazy and ugly. He discards all pretense of civility and stoicism, revealing how arrogant and entitled he really is, and how little he actually thinks of the commoners, as well as everyone he thinks beneath him. This makes him far more dangerous than he normally is.
Skyward Scream: When he realizes that Xiang Ye has permanently disabled him and even Andre can do nothing about it.
The Slow Walk: Attempts to do this right before getting nuked.
Smug Super: He's very powerful, and enjoys flaunting it.
The Stoic: Seldom shows emotion.
Summon Magic: He summons a fire imp to mitigate the damage from Xiang Ye's missile.
Tall, Dark, and Handsome: Is good looking, much to Xiang Ye's jealousy.
This Cannot Be!: After his plans crumble and his body starts declining, Rennes still can't accept that he lost to Xiang Ye, foolishly declining his offer of survival.
Too Dumb to Live: To win the final round of the tournament, all Rennes had to do was disarm Xiang Ye of his staff. Instead, he kept spamming elemental attacks. Then he stupidly took the bait when Xiang Ye taunted him. The latter gleefully exploits Rennes as a guinea pig for his freshly crafted nuclear missile. When Rennes finally goes for the staff, he leaves himself wide open for a counter-attack that takes off all the limbs on the right side of his body above the waist, and even if he did succeed there it's too late because of the radiation he absorbed.
Too Powerful to Live: The fate of his mother's side of the family, the Barol tribe due to their Superpowerful Genetics.
Underestimating Badassery: Rennes's costliest mistake was when he grossly underestimated Xiang Ye's abilities. He loses, in spite of having an overwhelming advantage over Xiang Ye, and although he survives, he now has to live with his crippling injuries for the rest of his life.
Unwitting Pawn: Believe it or not. Rennes isn't anywhere near as smart as he thinks he is. Xiang Ye has been exploiting his murderous, self-righteous rage to find the flaws in his Humongous Mecha and Iron Man suit prototypes from the start of the match. Once Rennes starts whipping out the supreme magic, Xiang Ye thinks he's got enough data and blasts Rennes with a laser cannon. Then he continues to trick Rennes into dropping his guard, blasting him with a nuclear missile and hacking his arm. Finally, Rennes begins to succumb to the radiation.
Villainous Breakdown: After his body begins to decay, Rennes writhes in despair, cursing Xiang Ye.
What Happened to the Mouse?: His final fate is never revealed even at the end of the manhua.
Who Needs Their Whole Body?: Says this after he loses his right arm. Things go downhill from here for him.
Winged Humanoid: Yes, he has a six-winged dragon form, with the wings barely shielding him from Xiang Ye's low-yield nuke, but only enough to spare his life in the short-term. The damage is still severe and permanently scarring.
Wound That Will Not Heal: Though Andre was able to save his life and stop the radiation poisoning by using "The Stone of Development", Rennes is still going to wear the price of his arrogance for the rest of his life: blindness, the loss of his Magic Eye, loss of his right arm and various other "imperfections."
Wrong Assumption: He presumes Xiang Ye is going to attack him with fire when he sees the stones holding him in place get hot, so puts up a barrier that nulls all elemental magic attacks. Said heat was caused by a laser beam, which not only passes through his barrier like it wasn't even there, it burns the left side of his face.
You're Nothing Without Your Phlebotinum: He tells Xiang Ye he is nothing without the Pale-Moon Stone. Martin disagrees.

The Tols Siblings

As a whole:

The three sons of the Regent, Tols Angus.

Aristocrats Are Evil: They are the sons of the Regent and believe they are superior to everyone else. They indulge in bullying anyone who is not royalty and become enraged when a plebeian tries to resist them.
- They hike the prices of the alloy stones, reasoning the citizens should support them anyways.
Asshole Victim: Buri loses his right hand to Yi Bei, Bushi nearly dies at the hands of Xiang Ye while Buno sustains grievous injuries against Eli.
Bishōnen Line: Inverted. The more power they pump into their "dragon" forms, the uglier, and more inhuman-looking, they get.
The Bully: They are stereotypical highschool bullies in a fantastic setting. They even bully Rennes, their uncle, once he has become powerless.
Card-Carrying Villain: They brag and boast of their villainy, but if they get called out on it, they attempt to carry out bloody vengeance.
- They brag about knocking Xiang Ye, Isabella, Modo, and three others from the Forging Class down a cliff to be Left for Dead.
Entitled Bastard: They arrogantly believe everyone around them should do as they ask because of their statuses, despite how they treat others. In the desert crossing portion of the tournament, Xiang Ye used his forging to create air-conditioned trucks for his friends to cross in relative comfort. When the Tols siblings see this, they demand that they stop and escort them as well. Naturally, Xiang Ye tells them to take a hike before leaving them in the dust.
Evil Is Petty: They try to trap Xiang Ye and his friends in a glacier, seriously endangering their lives just because Xiang Ye refused to give them a lift across the desert.
Evil Redhead: Red hair, and even more despicable than their father, who is a genocidal warlord.
Family Theme Naming: Tols Buri, Bushi, Buno.
Hated by All: Nobody really respects the brothers, except for some military personnel, and that is only because they are the sons of Tols Angus. Even their father deems them worthless.
Angus: "If I catch you playing around like this again, I will end you. NOW LEAVE!"
Buri:"Un-Understood."
Hate Sink: They are so detestable, Tols Angus, a genocidal warlord, and their own father, has to resort to credible death-threats to keep them in line. Everybody else would throw a party if said threats were carried out.
Ignored Epiphany: The brief moments (of fainting after being defeated) they had to confront their delusions of superiority were quickly forgotten and opted for Revenge.
In the Blood: All male members of the Royal Family can transform into humanoid dragons, if they have dragon blood infused in them.
Kick The Son Of A Bitch: The brothers used to fear Rennes for his superior power. After Rennes is crippled by Xiang Ye, the brothers sadistically thrash him in public, jeering at Rennes for his disgraceful state. Xiang Ye has to personally save Rennes from them.
Killed Off for Real: All of them wind up killed by Darkulo, the last to die, Tols Buri, begs his father for aid and is promptly ignored.
Make It Look Like an Accident: They knock Xiang Ye, Isabella, Modo, and three others from the Forging Class down the Moon Mountain while no one is observing^note.
Miles Gloriosus: They prance around, boasting of being the best fighters, ever. In reality, they can't win a fair fight, ever, and flee like craven cowards the moment they face a genuine threat.
- When their father, Tols Angus, leads an invasion against the Demon Kingdom, the Tols brothers talk about capturing beautiful maidens from the demons and view the human vanguard as cannon fodder against Xiang Ye's unmanned military vehicles and weapons.
Moral Myopia: They have no qualms oppressing people, but if the intended victim retaliates, they become offended.
One-Winged Angel: Being male human royals, they have access to a dragon froms that boosts their powers.
- Almost literally with Buno, whose dragon form actually has wings, and one of them is badly damaged by Eli.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Red eyes, and dangerous because there's no villainy they won't stoop to, the moment they can get away with it.
Smug Snake: They love to preen around as if they're the best at everything, and respond with lethal violence when proven wrong.
- They only pretend respect people who can legally punish them. Yalu lampshades that Bushi does not respect him as his teacher.
Sore Loser: They love to start fights and antagonize people, but the moment they find themselves on the losing end, they go into an Unstoppable Rage. If they find themselves unable to lash out, they will happily "vent" their hatred on whomever they can, through sadistic violence.
Stupid Evil: Unlike their father, who is pragmatic in his villainy, and doesn't antagonize people who could be useful to him, they go around kicking puppies every chance they get, not caring a whit about consequences because they think they're untouchable.
- What's the best way to find a set of coins in a forest? Start a forest fire to burn the forest and everything in it down, and then take the coins afterwards! Despite, you know, being in that forest too...
Unskilled, but Strong: They rely on brute force, or craven treachery, to overpower their opponents. Should this fail, they crumple like wet napkins.
Villains Want Mercy: Whenever they realize they're in great peril, they're quick to throw away their pride and beg for mercy or rescue. The moment they are safe again, they forget how seriously outclassed they were and start plotting vengeance.
Who's Laughing Now?: A cowardly example. They hate Rennes for lording over them because of his superior talent. After Xiang Ye cripples Rennes, the brothers publicly mock him and thrash him. Even Xiang Ye, who hates Rennes, is disgusted with the spectacle.

Tols Buri:

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Those pathetic citizens are supposed to be supporting us anyways!

^{Click here to see his dragon form}

The first born son of the Regent and a student of the swordsmanship class. He is the de facto leader of the siblings.

Arch-Enemy: To Xiang Ye.
An Arm and a Leg: Combined with Wrecked Weapon. In chapter 104 Isabella defeats him by cutting off his sword hand, along with slicing his sword in half, and gouging his mid-section. Thanks to having dragon blood, Buri regains his hand, although there is a scar.
Blood from the Mouth: In his tournament fight with Isabella, the weight of the blows he's receiving not only has him stuck completely on the defensive, but he has to use so much Boundary Force to keep his sword from breaking that the backlash is causing him to spit out blood.
Body Horror: His dragon form is ugly, but the tentacles on his arm connects to his sword covering it in flesh and has large red eye on the rain guard.
Broken Pedestal: Played with. He made unwelcome advances towards Yi Bei, who returned the favor by nearly killing him in the tournament. Afterwards, he wants revenge on her.
The Friend Nobody Likes: Aside from his brothers, almost everybody hates him.
High-Pressure Blood: Gouged at the mid-section and arm sliced off, he sprays a pool of blood that he winds up lying in, before he's carried off on a stretcher.
Let's You and Him Fight: His "brilliant strategy" during the first half of the tournament is provoking the S-rank guardian entities in the fields the classes must pass through, and then running away so that said entities attack everyone else, aside from his siblings.
Like Father, Like Son: He idolizes his Evil Chancellor father, and wants to follow in the latter's footsteps.
Loophole Abuse: The guy doesn't just fight dirty, he outright cheats. The first instance is being officially designated to be Isabella's sparring partner, as she was being tested for entry into the swordsman class. Rather than admit she's qualified to pass, he uses "boundary force" to try and kill her with a Sword Beam. When called out on it, he weakly tried to claim it was "self-defense."
Oh, Crap!: When he sees Xiang Ye alive and well, entering a tournament against his brother, Bushi.
Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: He acts as if he's completely untouchable because his father's the Regent.
Shameful Strip: What he tries on Isabella when he gets the go-ahead to test her as her practical exam. In retaliation, she nearly destroys his sword, at which point he attacks her with a Sword Beam, trying to kill her, in clear violation of the sparring rules.
Skipping School: Deconstructed. He confronts Xiang Ye, Ashtone Martin, Isabella, and Eli at the city gate, as they're bringing in alloy crystals from their recently captured mine, not only threatening them with royal sanction, but bragging about skipping class and "looking for a bit of entertainment." When Sophisas shows up, bringing Dorona in tow, she pulls him aside, berates him for skipping class, and smacks him around.
Undignified Death: His last words are begging his father for rescue, ignoring his two brothers, and then falls over, dead.
Villains Want Mercy: In chapter 382, he begs his father for aid after Drakulo has utterly shredded him and his two brothers while all three were in dragon form. His father ignores him.
We Can Rule Together: In the prelude to the first half of the tournament, he offers Isabella to join them as "insisting on hanging out with trash will just bring her down." He doesn't realize that Isabella has several major reasons to never want his company. 1.) He's the son of the war-criminal who slaughtered her followers at a truce signing ceremony. 2.) He's an Entitled Bastard with no respect for anyone. 3.) He's antagonizing her husband at every opportunity.

Tols Bushi:

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Why don't we raise the prices some more!

^{Click here to see his dragon form}

The third born son of the Regent and a student of the Refinery class. He provides mobility and versatility to the siblings.

Break the Haughty: And how. Mightily overconfident going into a one on one tournament fight with Xiang Ye due to knocking Xiang Ye off a glacier, into rubble and nearly killing him, he grows increasingly flustered and angry that Xiang Ye managed to see through his weaknesses, and prepared counters for each and every thing he could bring to bear. By the end, he gets cooked alive and learns how it feels to have to be carried out on a stretcher.
The Brute: In battle, he has no technique, finesse, or strategy. He relies solely on being able to overpower his opponent with pure force. Anyone who actually uses his brain can easily anticipate how he's going to react to any situation, and prepare for it.
Cast from Hit Points: The Dragon Crystal Slime Yalu gives him drains his blood in exchange for power.
Curb-Stomp Cushion: The tournament fight against Xiang Ye was not completely one sided. He manages to briefly grab Xiang Ye by the throat, and destroy a couple of vulcan mini-guns, but the rest of the fight was clearly in Xiang Ye's favor, leaving Bushi a total wreck, that would have died without rescue, while Xiang Ye walked away, almost entirely unscathed.
Deadly Upgrade: Though he's too stupid to realize it. Using the Dark Slime, aka, the Dark Dragon Crystal Slime that Teacher Yalu gave him in a fight might boost his combat abilities significantly, but it's a vicious, gluttonous beast that would have eaten him alive in return had not Xiang Ye burned it off by trapping him in a giant microwave/toaster oven.
Hypocrite: He calls out Xiang Ye for saving Rennes when the latter tried to kill him in the past. Considering Bushi's antics during the tournament, its a stupid argument.
Immune to Bullets: He covers his dragon skin with the Crystal Dragon Slime and No Sells Xiang Ye's bullets.
Laser-Guided Karma: Tried to kill Xiang Ye by burying him alive beneath an avalanche. Xiang Ye survives and later roasts Bushi, nearly killing him.
Logical Weakness: His slimes are vulnerable to heat.
Personality Powers: He uses slime summoning magic, and he's a particularly slimy individual.
Sadist: Tells Buri to torment the crippled Rennes slowly instead of killing him immediately. Later, he is about to amputate Rennes's other hand when Xiang Ye intervenes.
Suicidal Overconfidence: Goes into a tournament against Xiang Ye thinking himself already the victor.
Swiss-Army Superpower: His ability to summon and manipulate hardened slime is useful in a wide array of applications. The only true limit is his imagination, which is rather lacking.
This Cannot Be!: He couldn't bring himself to believe "useless lumber" couldn't be shattered by sheer brute force as he's trapped in a giant microwave, getting cooked alive.
Unskilled, but Strong: He brings a great deal of firepower to the table, but his brute-force approach means he doesn't use it wisely or effectively.
Villains Want Mercy: When his Crystal Dragon Slime turns on him, he begins screaming for rescue; he doesn't even have the strength to finish "I surr.." before collapsing.

Tols Buno:

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^{Click here to see his dragon form}

The second born son of the Regent and a student of the CQC class. He is the muscle of the siblings.

Bare-Fisted Monk: He is a student in the CQC class.
Barrier Warrior: One of his abilities as a CQC student is generating forcefields.
The Big Guy: Tallest and physically strongest of the Tols siblings.
Blood Knight: He lives for beating people down, and loves it when they struggle.
Dark Is Evil: His boundary force aura is dark-purple, and he's an evil, entitled sot who sees all commoners as "scum" and presumes his eventual victory, simply because he's born to royalty.
Dumb Muscle: Strong, and not very bright. He just goes along with whatever his two "smarter" brothers say without question.
Evil Virtues: Diligence. Unlike his two brothers, he does take his classwork seriously, making him even stronger, physically, than Eli, even without using his dragon form. Still, although Yaso admits he's physically stronger than Eli, he thinks Eli's the better fighter, in terms of skill, talent, and moral character.
Flight: In dragon form, he can fly, unlike his two brothers whose dragon form makes them look like ugly, giant, two-legged lizards. Though he's no less hideous.
Logical Weakness: His shields can only face one way at a time, if attacked from the side with a fast enough projectile... By chapter 123, he has found a way to correct this weakness and can generate dome-shaped barriers to protect himself.
Revenge Myopia: Which he gets called out on by Sophisas and the entire audience at the tournament in chapter 104. Tols Buri repeatedly tries to straight-up murder Isabella in the tournament arena, but when she defeats him, honestly, with strength and skill, Tols Buno jumps up and tries to pummel her as she's on her way out, in full view of everyone, and has to be physically restrained by Tols Penny.
Sadist: He lives for causing pain to others. Chapter 110 ends with Al Modo pummeled to the ground, alive only because Vasily Andre stopped the match, to acknowledge Modo's surrender.
Saying Too Much: He all but admits to Rennes that he and the other two Tols siblings set the forest fire in the last field by saying "we just took a shortcut" when Rennes says "so you were the trash that was taking the lead."
Villains Want Mercy: When Drakulo starts ripping him to pieces, even though he's in dragon form at the time, he immediately begs his two brothers for rescue. It does him no good.

Tols Penny

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I don't understand...

The "Royal Daughter" of Tols Angus. He sends her to spy on Xiang Ye.

Ambiguously Human: She can harness the boundary force of a beast and manifest claws. Given the Principal's explanation of the natures of boundary force, it is possible she is a human who developed like a beast or she is of beast blood.
Ambiguously Related: She is supposed to be Angus's daughter. However, according to Sophisas, she is just an assassin for hire.
Be Careful What You Wish For: Repeatedly demands Isabella stop holding back and reveal her true strength. Isabella complies, and she quickly regrets it.
Blackmail: She holds Xiang Ye at sword point and demands his cooperation to kill the Regent. If Xiang Ye and Isabella don't cooperate, she will expose Isabella's identity as the Demon Queen to the Regent, and war will erupt.
Blade Spam: She uses her Royal Rapier to spam quick consecutive hits.
Blood Upgrade: A near-miss from Isabella in the tournament scratches her cheek. The moment she tastes her own blood, she goes full-tilt Combat Sado Masochist.
Combat Pragmatist: She does not fool around in a fight. She wins her tournament match against Tia Nuo, by nearly strangling him to death, using her whip, and a bit of magic, to hang him by a noose.
Combat Sado Masochist: If she meets an opponent who can actually manage to harm her, she snaps and goes completely Ax-Crazy, for the pleasure of both delivering and receiving pain.
Daddy's Little Villain: Implied. The Regent addresses her as his daughter and has her carry out assassinations on his behalf.
Dark and Troubled Past: There is no way her childhood was healthy, normal, or sane. Her response to feeling the pain of a tiny cut on her cheek is to say "Fa...Fa... Father, please let me have some FUN! HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Daughter of a Whore: Chapter 104 reveals she's the daughter of a slave. This explains the Tols siblings' elitist disgust.
Dragon with an Agenda: She works for Tols Angus so that she can get close to him and kill him at the opportune moment. She plans to use Xiang Ye and Isabella for that purpose.
Expy: Short, pink hair, whip that transforms into a sword? Ivy, from Soul Calibur! To make the significance even more striking, chapter 130 shows that she's also a Combat Sado Masochist with "daddy issues." Also, Ivy's name is Isabella.
Flash Step: When Xiang Ye confronts her at the ruins, she quickly gets behind him to impede his movement.
High-Heel–Face Turn: Foregone Conclusion. She's one of the people in Xiang Ye's party as part of the In Medias Res.
Laser-Guided Amnesia: The Principal wipes her memories of Isabella's demon form.
The Mole: She is placed in the archery class in chapter 49, by Tols Angus, to spy on Xiang Ye to try and determine his motives.
Multi-Melee Master: She has shown extreme proficiency with a whip, a rapier, and her bare hands.
No Name Given: Until chapter 104.
Professional Killer: She's clearly an assassin as she's introduced delivering severed heads to Tols Angus, at his behest.
The Quiet One: Doesn't say much, when she speaks at all.
Royal Rapier: When her whip proves insufficient, she can magically morph it into a rapier, and she is of royal blood, as the Regent's daughter.
Schizo Tech: She gets what appears to be a Polaroid picture of Xiang Ye from Tols Angus, so she can identify her target. How Tols Angus pulled that off is yet to be revealed.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Combined with Sensing You Are Outmatched. In Chapter 132, she realizes she's no match against a partially awakened Isabella and tries to run. She doesn't get anywhere.
Secret Secret-Keeper: She is aware of Yi Bei's true identity as the Demon Queen Isabella, much to Xiang Ye' shock. She uses that as a bargaining chip to blackmail Xiang Ye and she plans to use Isabella as a weapon against the Regent.
The Smurfette Principle: Among Tols Angus's progeny and active agents, she's the first, and currently only, female open combatant.
Spirited Competitor: What Zhou Lun Tana thinks of her. When asked why she's in the archery class, despite not using a bow and arrow, Tana states "she was inserted purely for the chance to compete," and says so with genuine awe and admiration.
The Spook: Technically debuting in chapter 1, nothing about her was revealed for 100+ chapters.
The Stoic: Seldom shows emotion.
Too Many Belts: She doesn't just have a belt on her waist, she also has at least three belts on her thighs.
The Unfavorite: At least among the Tols Family. The Tols Sibling's reaction upon seeing her cross the finish line? "What is THAT doing here?" Her reaction indicates this isn't an unusual occurrence, and she's at least as disgusted at having to share the same breathing space as them.
Whip of Dominance: Played With. She's a arrogant and cold woman who is an expert with a whip, which also complements her hidden sadomasochist and Ax-Crazy side, but the time she reveals that aspect of her character is when her whip has been destroyed and she has to morph it into a rapier instead.

Zhou Lun Tana

The lead student of the archery class.

Be Careful What You Wish For: She turns down Rennes's offer to surrender by saying "do your worst." He does.
Dumbass Has a Point: What she thinks when Xiang Ye stops her from interfering in the fight between Eli and a massive rock golem. She thinks he's a complete idiot, but admits that he's right to advise her to save her strength for the remaining two rounds, desert and tundra.
Eyepatch of Power: Wears an eye-patch, fires powerful magic arrows.
Gotta Have It, Gonna Steal It: To Eli's rightly earned token at the end of the forest round. Although Tols Penny snags it with a whip, right as Eli was reaching for it, she steps forward and has all her fellow archers threaten Xiang Ye's class with magic arrows so she can keep it.
Honor Before Reason: Despite being clearly outmatched, she pointedly refuses to surrender in chapter 107. It almost gets her killed.
Laser-Guided Karma: Steals Eli's token at the forest portal, nearly starting a lethal fight with Xiang Ye, until Eli decides to let them go, taunting "get tokens with your own strength." In the desert field, her entire troop is brutalized by giant centipedes, with only Tols Penny coming out unscathed. While Xiang Ye, elsewhere, rides in the back of a transport truck, in total comfort.
Mage Marksman: Fires arrows of "Boundary force."
Proud Warrior Race Guy: Deconstructed. The word "surrender" isn't in her vocabulary. This comes back to bite her in chapter 107.
Rain of Arrows: She uses her Arrow Rain to break Rennes' magic barrier. It still does not hurt him though.
Social Darwinism: Firmly believes people should "get things with their own strength." This turns around to bite her.

Giro Abilly and Giro Emery

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We must thank Xiang Ye

The pastoral class representatives during the Tournament Arc. They work as healers at the hospital.

Brother–Sister Team: They are siblings who work together through the cross country segment of the tournament and constantly address each other as "brother" and "sister".
Curbstomp Battle: On the wrong end in the second half of the tournament.
The Dividual: They travel together as a matched set.
Healing Hands: They have healing magic among their list of spells, and is the reason Xiang Ye hires them to come with his team.
Punchclock Hero: They sided with Xiang Ye because he paid them, but they're still good and noble individuals.
Twin Banter: They display a very congratulatory attitude towards each other.

Giro Abilly:

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Baby Talk: He talks this way to Modo while nursing him.
Double Entendre: While delivering an injection to Modo:
"I'll insert it into you lightly~❤."
Harmless Freezing: He is nursing patients in the hospital a few days after being frozen by Aisha.
Haven't You Seen X Before?: He replies in this way to anyone surprised that he is a male.
Eli: "Argh! You're a dude?"
Abilly: "What? Have you never seen a hot dude before?"
Magic Staff: He uses a staff to perform his Summon Magic. Curiously, Isabella clarifies that summoning skills are not magic.
Shameless Fanservice Guy: Played for Laughs. He intentionally often shows his chest to fluster his fellow male students.
Summon Magic: He summoned a giant bird to cross the Lake of Sound, but lost the animal as a result of the forest fire.
Wholesome Crossdresser: He dresses up like a woman and actually looks pretty good.

Giro Emery:

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Charm Person: She uses magical pheromones to manipulate her match with Eli.
Crush Blush: She blushes when Modo lampshades her way of nursing Eli.
Florence Nightingale Effect: Averted. Eli finds Emery's overnursing annoying.
Force Feeding: She comically force feeds Eli as she tries to downplay her overbearing behavior towards him.
I Love You Because I Can't Control You: Though she doesn't say it aloud, Emery admires Eli for overcoming her Charm Person powers. She is later seen caring for Eli, in the hospital, in an overbearing fashion.
Innocent Fanservice Girl: She puts Eli's hands very, very close to her chest (albeit while she's fully dressed) as she's healing his arms, and doesn't understand why this makes most of the male students in line of sight perv-out.
Love at First Punch: Seems to have developed a crush on Eli after he punched her.
Master of Illusion: She uses Illusion Magic to prevent enemies from hitting her.
Shameless Fanservice Girl: In the second half of the tournament, she uses sex-appeal to totally fluster Eli, trying to get him to lower his guard. It's so risque, Sophisas has to cover the king's eyes.
This Cannot Be!: She says this twice in her fight against Eli. First, when he overcomes her illusion magic. Second, when he shrugs off her sex-appeal attempts.

Tia Nuo

The lead student of the Druid class.

Alchemy Is Magic: Averted. He operates through alchemy, a separate practice from magic.
Curbstomp Battle: Gets easily overpowered by Tols Penny. The battle is replaced by a war crime.
Cuteness Overload: He gets flustered by Giro Emery before being woken up by Zhou Lun Tana.
Laser-Guided Karma: He Mocks Nainai for entering the tournament as a Chef, even though he himself is also a noncombat student. On the fighting portion, he goes down easily.
Near-Death Experience: He nearly gets strangled by Tols Penny's whip until he finally surrenders.
Out of Focus: Out of the main 16 students, he gets the least amount of screen time.
- His fight is the only one that is not shown.
Rivals Team Up: He negotiates an alliance with the archery class during the cross country portion of the tournament; the team functions as a Combat and Support partnership.

Royal Academy Faculty

Principal Vasily Andre

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This battle was just so exciting!

The principal/headmaster of the Royal Academy.

The Archmage: He is capable of mind reading, teleporting himself and others with ease, stopping brutal attacks without any effort, keep track of all life forces in his domain, which is the whole city, and he hasn't even had to cut loose yet.
Artificial Human: He was among the first humans created from the life stone by the God King. Andre used to work for the God Tribe, gathering people as sacrifices to create more life stones.
The Atoner: He hates his role as the God King's slave and his forced betrayal to Andaman.
Berserk Button: Do not casually talk about creating life, as Xiang Ye discovered the hard way.
Blessed with Suck: Plenty of people are jealous of his ability to read minds, but since he can't control it, and people view him with suspicion, he finds it annoying, on a good day. He's wildly amused when Xiang Ye shares this sentiment.
Equivalent Exchange: It seems that that using the "Stone of Development" takes a toll on his vitality. After resuscitating Rennes, his left hand withers.
Eyes Always Shut: Played with. He tends to have his eyes shut when he's simply goofing around, or present but uninterested in what's going on, though he's still paying attention to his surroundings. When his eyes are open, it's an indication that he is very strongly interested in what's happening, and bears extra caution when interacting with him.
Flashback: Shows some of his memories to Xiang Ye, explaining him the origins of the life stone.
A God I Am Not: Invoked. He tells Rennes that he cannot fully heal him because he cannot control everything.
Horrifying the Horror: Even the Demon Pillars fear this guy, calling him a monster.
I Need You Stronger: To Isabella. He wants her to be even stronger than she was before her Depower. He wants her to be much stronger to bring down the God Tribe.
Killer Game Master: Played with. He designed the tournament to be extremely dangerous, with a very high chance of death from the slightest mistake, yet he's watching from the shadows, looking to rescue them in secret. Fits nicely with Royal Academy's The Spartan Way training.
Life Energy:
- The reason why he is near immortal and extremely powerful is that in the past, he was infused with four high-level life stones by the God King.
- He uses a life stone to resuscitate the dying Rennes, but cannot fully restore his damaged body.
Master of Illusion: He can create very elaborate illusions that can even include fragments of his memory.
A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read: Gives away the fact that he can read minds by objecting to Yalu's pondered insult.
Yalu (thought bubble): This Old Oaf only shows up whenever convenient for him!
Vasily: Do I look old to you?
Mind over Matter: In addition to being a space master, he can move objects around by will alone.
Move Along, Nothing to See Here: He covers up Isabella's power Power Incontinence during the tournament by obstructing vision and declaring a tie due to a "breach of regulations".
Mr. Exposition: Reveals a great deal about the God Tribe and the history of the Hullo plains to Xiang Ye.
Mundane Utility: He near-constantly uses his boundary force for mundane tasks, like brewing coffee.
My Significance Sense Is Tingling: Justified. As a result of the indemnity waiver the students signed at the start of the tournament, he can sense when any of them is in mortal peril, so he can intervene. Which is highlighted in chapter 110, as he teleports into the arena to stop Tols Buno from straight-up murdering Al Modo.
Mysterious Backer: Is protecting and supporting Isabella and Xiang Ye, but has yet to reveal his reasons.
Mysterious Past: He used to be a slave to the God Tribe, which used to exist thousands of years ago.
Necessary Drawback: While he can use Time Magic, he can only heal people within the intervention period. It won't affect people who are severely injured and who have crossed the intervention period.
The Needs of the Many: Combined with Cold Equation. His role in the human tribe is to remind the Royal Family that they need to offer sacrifices to the God Tribe.
Older Than They Look: He looks like he might be in his late 30's. He's rumored to be over 200, but it is likely that he is over a thousand years old.
One Degree of Separation: He was friends with Isabella's father. How that came to be is anyone's guess.
Power Incontinence: In chapter 108, he reveals that his mind-reading is entirely automatic, so when he hears people thinking about him, he responds to them as if they're talking about him.
Prime Directive: Protests teachers fighting each other when Martin threatens Yalu with retaliatory force, but yet ignores Dorona and Aisi fighting each other all the time.
Really 700 Years Old: He was originally rumored to be around 200 years old. Turns out he is so old that he was alive when the God Tribe roamed this world, and when the Human Tribe was still in its primitive stage.
Secret Secret-Keeper:
- He knows Isabella is the Demon Queen and only reveals he knows about this secret at his own pleasure, but is keeping quiet about it for his own benefit.
- Similarly, he knows Xiang Ye is an otherworlder before discussing the matter with the person and knows this revelation to others wouldn't be a wise action.
Shipper on Deck: Banner waving fan of Xiang Ye+Isabella.
Space Master: Can create and exploit portals wherever and whenever he wants.
Squishy Wizard: Despite his power, Andre doesn't excel in physical combat. He once had a friendly spar with Mike Yaso where the latter knocked him unconscious for three days and broke one of his bones.
Story-Breaker Power: Xiang Ye believes that Andre can easily eliminate the entire Demon Tribe if he wanted to. Andre tells him not to think too much about it.
Time Master: He can use time magic, among his numerous abilities. Though this does have strict limits.
- He can create the impression of Time Stands Still by pulling a few people into a separate timeline.
Tough Love: Which he lampshades starting in chapter 148. He convinces Aisi that Rennes must be made to suffer the consequences of his actions, or he will never learn what he did wrong, and stepping in to coddle him will do far more harm than good. This culminates in Andre and Aisi writing off Rennes in chapter 153, leaving him to his own devices, blind, crippled, and facing all other sorts of "implications."
"I hope you have learned a very valuable lesson. I can not do everything. There will be implications, and you will have to deal with them on your own from now on."
Who Wants to Live Forever?: Deems his near-immortality to be a curse.
A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: He appears to be a friendly man when his eyes are closed and he is relaxing. He is a dangerous man capable of incredible levels of magic. Xiang Ye notices this immediately the moment they met.
World's Strongest Man: Isabella calls him the most powerful member of the Human tribe. Demons respect only the strong and consider humans inferior in terms of Boundary Force. Andre's power is enough to make the former Demon Queen's Boundary Force look puny in comparison.

Swordsmanship Teacher Dorona

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Isn't this a bit excessive, Aisi?!

The teacher of the swordsmanship class. She looks after Isabella, who respects her as her teacher.

A-Cup Angst: Seeing Isabella's generous bust makes her self-conscious, so she stares at Aisi's smaller chest to make herself feel better. Aisi doesn't like it.
Baby Talk: Her speech becomes baby-like while hugging Sophisas.
Boyish Short Hair: She's a sword-fighting instructor, a traditionally male job, and she wears her hair short.
Combat Stilettos: Downplayed, but present. Her shoes do have high-heels.
Disproportionate Retribution: Stranger is in the stands? Come at him with a sword!
Fangirl: Simply mentioning Sophisas makes hearts show up in her eyes and makes her go ga-ga.
Marionette Master: When she really wants to go all out, she summons a squad of knights forged of Boundary Force.
Master Swordsman: She mentions studying Mochia's techniques. She teaches the Swordsmanship class, considered to be among the strongest and on par with Aisi's magic class.
Secret Secret-Keeper: Even Isabella doesn't know that Dorona is keeping secret her brief Power Incontinence while she was trying to unlock her Boundary Force.
Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: To Aisi. The two bicker about almost everything, and it doesn't take much to break out in full violence.
So Proud of You: The one and only thing she can agree on with Aisi is that Isabella taking both the swordsman and mage classes together is a fine example of martial potential.
The Spartan Way: Her training regimen is insane. First, just to even qualify for class, you have to spar, just shy of a duel, with someone who is already a student, with actual swords, not training equipment. Then defend against actual threats, like arrows, without magical assistance, or the arrows being blunted in any way. There's also no sign of magical healing in attendance.
Stern Teacher: Skipping her classes, unexcused, will get you smacked around, just ask Tols Buri.
Sword Plant: She plants her sword in the concrete training ground to look imposing while demanding a show of strength from Xiang Ye and Isabella's entrace exam.

Magic Teacher Wadley Aisi

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Stop hogging the practice yard! You and your sword students!

The teacher of the magic class. She measures the magic potential of new students at the Academy. She was a student of Vasily Andre.

A-Cup Angst: Invoked. She becomes self-conscious about her bust when Dorona compares her to Isabella.
At Least I Admit It: She admits that she's been a jerk and needlessly antagonistic to Xiang Ye when he arrived in school, and that she made mistakes raising Rennes, then goes on to thank him for rescuing her adopted son, before grilling him about the figurines he made of her and Dorona.
Brutal Honesty: She allowed Xiang to be tested with her magic ball, just to show him how unsuited for magic he is.
Crush Blush: She blushes whenever she engages Ashtone Martin, no matter how small the interaction.
Cute Witch: She definitely looks the part.
Doesn't Know Their Own Child: Rennes continuously shocks and surprises her in the second half of the tournament, especially the death-match against Xiang Ye. She acts as if she really doesn't comprehend his true ability, intent, or personality, even though she supposedly raised him.
Double Standard: Aisi did not object to Rennes's request for a death match with Xiang Ye in the final tournament round. She did absolutely nothing to stop Rennes when the latter went all out in an attempt to murder Xiang Ye, just so he could have his way with Xiang Ye's wife, who also happens to be her student. But she decides to intervene the moment Xiang Ye has Rennes at his mercy. Andre stops her from doing so.
Everybody Has Standards: Even she thinks Rennes went too far in chapter 107, and openly lectured him, which is the most she can reasonably do. He was unmoved.
Expy: Of Fortuneteller Baba, as revealed by the author.
Fantastic Racism: Downplayed, but she looks down on people who can't use Boundary Force a.k.a. Useless Lumber. She is unnecessarily mean to Xiang Ye and continues to disparage him when the latter displays spectacular results. Rennes also has the same mindset.
Friendly Rivalry: With Dorona. They are usually seen arguing whether magic or swordmanship is better, try to get Isabella to represent their class, and Aisi even orders Xiang Ye to make Dorona's doll look uglier so her's will sell more. However they are usually always seen hanging out together.
Jerkass: To the annoyance of everyone, on either side of the fourth wall, when Yi Bei brings Xiang Ye across the finish line, rather than show concern for Yi Bei's well being, she spouts "it was fine if you cross the finish line by yourself, but why did you shoulder that useless lumber?" Said "useless lumber" being Xiang Ye, who is not only Yi Bei's husband, but also risked his life to save her, at least twice.
Jerkass Realization: Combined with Right for the Wrong Reasons. In chapter 118, she openly admits that it was wrong of her to treat Xiang Ye as "useless lumber" when he starts whipping out spells at a level of power and proficiency that rivals Rennes, The Ace of her class.
Magic Staff: She sometimes uses a magic staff to cast her spells; it also does doubles duty as a Flying Broomstick.
Parental Substitute: With mixed success. She acts as a substitute mother and mentor to Rennes and constantly throws praise at him, but is unaware of his character flaws. She botched her Because You Were Nice to Me moment by only acknowledging his strength and eventually ends up instilling her Fantastic Racism on him.
Pervert Revenge Mode: Averted. She is initially angry at Xiang Ye for crafting and selling swimsuit figures of her and Dorona. She forgives him on the condition that Xiang Ye makes Dorona's figures ugly.
Playing with Fire: Her magic is primarily based around fireballs.
Power Floats: Usually seen moving around by sitting on a large floating orb.
Really 700 Years Old: She is actually centuries old, a hold over from the age of the Protoss. She's just been pretending to be a normal human woman.
Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: To Dorona. The two fight over just about everything, and it's very easy to bring them to violence.
Sleepmode Size: Her "loli" appearance is not her true form. When she has to get serious and pull out all the stops, she's a very alluring woman who looks like she's in her mid 30's, and has far, far more magical power than she normally displays.
So Proud of You: If there's anything she can agree on with Dorona is that Isabella choosing to become the first Magic Knight, ever, has been a good idea, just going from her showing in the Tournament Arc.
Technicolor Fire: Lime green flames.
There Is No Kill Like Overkill: Summons her six most powerful elemental spirits to aid in her fight against Aisha. All six attack her at once along with Aisi's own void magic. One of the spirits even complains about being summoned for such a weak opponent.
Vague Age: She looked exactly the same when Rennes was a pre-teen child.
You're Insane!: She says this to Rennes after he regains consciousness and viciously tries to continue his match with Xiang Ye, long after it has ended.

CQC Teacher Mike Yaso

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The teacher of the close quarters combat class. He puts his students through harsh training and instructs them in self-improvement. He has a friendly rivalry with Vasily Andre.

Awesomeness Is a Force: He can project a powerful fear aura capable of filling an entire stadium.
Bare-Fisted Monk: Like his students, he fights with bare hands.
Facial Markings: He has triangular markings under his eyes. Their purpose is not clear.
Foregone Conclusion: When the fight between Eli and Buno is nearing its climax, Yaso leaves the arena. When asked why he's leaving while the fight was still going on, he responds he already knows Eli's going to win since he saw what technique Eli was about to unleash.
Improvised Training: He has his students perform any needed physical task, such as carrying heavy objects, under the guise of training.
In a Single Bound: He jumps high up right before launching his attack on the old arena.
Megaton Punch: Literally. One punch was able to demolish an entire arena that can hold hundreds of spectators.
Noodle Incident: During a "friendly spar" between himself and Andre, he once had the latter out cold for three solid days.
Pintsized Powerhouse: Half the height of even his shortest student, can kick any of their asses.
Sergeant Rock: He's entirely dedicated to putting his CQC students through ardent physical training.
So Proud of You: He's so impressed with Eli when the latter uses an attack with so much boundary force that Rennes takes notice, that he states Eli could one day over-come him, by far.
Supernatural Martial Arts: He can boost his attacks with Qi techniques.

Forgery Teacher Ashtone Martin

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Let me show you how the humans forge!

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Ashtone before building the city walls.

The teacher of the Forgery/Craftmanship^noteclass. A human student of the Dwarf Tribe, he and the dwarves developed the drawing-based forging method in use in the human Kingdom and used it to create the Ayers wall that surrounds the capital.

The Ace: Besides outright inventing modern Forgery, he is a very skilled forger capable of using King's forging.
Arm Cannon: He quickly wips out an arm cannon to repel an attacking demon.
Awesomeness by Analysis: As revealed in chapter 34, he invented the Forging class, all by himself, by working with the Dwarf miners, and watching them work, he diligently labored to adapt their use of "Gold Alloy Crystal" into its current form, safe for human use.
Badass Pacifist: He's a firm believer in the Regan Era doctrine "peace through strength," which he learned from the Dwarf tribe. Xiang Ye, coming from modern Earth, understands and agrees with the sentiment.
Cast from Hit Points: Using his unique Pale-Moon Stone eats up his consciousness in exchange for not needing materials and "infinite" ability to use his pen.
Early-Bird Cameo: His silhouette appears in chapter 15 among that of other teachers and the principal, but his design is the only one that is finalized and coincides with his appearance when introduced.
Expy: The author revealed his design is partly a reference to General Hu◊, a character in the 1985 Hongkongese film The Ten Brothers, as played by actor Tsui Kam Kong.
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Formerly gold hair, and willing to literally spend his life for his people.
Hero of Another Story: In his younger days, Martin studied forging from the Dwarf tribe. He collaborated with them to develop a safe method for humans to forge. For his achievements, the dwarves presented him with a Pale-Moon Stone as symbol of their friendship. Later, Martin built the walls of defence around the Human capital.
Long-Haired Pretty Boy: When he still had hair, it reached the top of his legs.
Meaningful Name: He teaches a class based on artistic skill and his name is Ashtone.
Not Quite Flight: He can make a rocket platform to keep himself on air.
Oblivious to Love: He is completely clueless that Wadley Aisi has romantic feelings for him.
Power Incontinence: Discussed. The reason "gold alloy crystal" is reduced to a marble the size of a fingernail and added to a pen is that tapping the crystal's power directly is too much for a human to control, and worse, a larger crystal will actually cause physical harm to the human who uses it.
Reasonable Authority Figure: Gives Xiang Ye a full scholarship after seeing the boy's talent with pen and paper, and appreciates Xiang Ye's "inventions."
- What's more, upon learning that Xiang Ye blew through his first pen in one night experimenting in making new things, he not only replaces said pen's power source, free of charge, he provides the boy with the Dwarf blueprints that he himself couldn't make heads or tails of. Say hello to One-Man Industrial Revolution.
So Proud of You: He never stops singing Xiang Ye's praises, happily proclaiming that Xiang Ye's not only his best student, ever, but will one day, soon, easily surpass him, at his prime. Such praise happens to be well-justified.
Surpassed the Teacher: Martin invokes this deliberately with Xiang Ye. Afraid that the Regent might come after him for insubordination, Martin decides to settle in the Dwarf Kingdom and appoints his best disciple, Xiang Ye as the new Forging Teacher. Martin and the Dwarf King challenge Xiang Ye to a Forging duel, although this is the only way they can pass the secrets of the forging fields to the youngster.
Tears of Joy: Especially in chapter 95 when Xiang Ye breaks the "curse" of forging class's track record and actually scores a major upset victory over Tols Bushi in the tournament.
- Happens again when Xiang Ye wins the Kingdom Cup Tournament, marking the first time that a student from the Forging Class became the champion.
Ultimate Blacksmith: In his younger days, Martin learnt the unique forging methods if the Dwarves and pioneered a new method which was safe for humans.
Vengeance Denied: In chapter 398, he has to stomach letting Regent Tols Angus go because the latter is holding him back with Boundary Force and Sato is still capable of battle, able to completely stomp Martin if the two were to clash, even with Martin wielding dual artillery cannons.

Refinery Teacher Yalu

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Really, Martin, why did you bring students out here to be dragon chow?

The teacher of the Refinery class. He is also the Refinery practitioner of the Purple Dragon Knights and is in charge of refining alloy stones for use by the forgers.

Adam Smith Hates Your Guts: The prices he sets for the crystals sold are wildly exorbitant. The lowest quality costs as much as twenty to thirty years of the average income of a person, per crystal.
Aristocrats Are Evil: Implied. Here's how he retorts to Xiang Ye and Martin accusing him of having some ulterior motive for his exorbitant price hikes.
"You are just a lowly commoner. Why should I have to listen to what you say?"
Driven by Envy: He resents the mage class, since the prevailing public opinion is "the mage class is the superior version of the refining class." As such, he gifts Tols Bushi the "Dark Slime" that he thinks would give him enough of a boost to trump Rennes, the strongest of the mage class, in a straight up fight.
Even Evil Has Standards: He's horrified in chapter 411 when Sato cuts down one of the three human generals who Xiang Ye returned to the human tribe as a peace gesture, condemning them as traitors "for daring to return" and ordering the army to kill the rest. Yalu is even more horrified when he points out that Xiang Ye maybe has a point in that genocide of the other races isn't a long-term way to deal with the Protoss and gets threatened by another one of the Regent's lackey's with an Implied Death Threat for not sticking with the program.
Evil Gloating: This guy just loves to hear himself gloat and will gloat at anyone for any reason or no reason at all. He even gloats in chapter 393 when he's captured Darkulo and in chapter 394 gloats that a catatonic Isabella would make an excellent research test subject.
Foil: To Ashtone Martin. Both are integral parts of the Kingdom's supply and infrastructure; where Yalu attempts to maximize profits by imposing high prices for refined alloy stones, Martin seeks to ease the burden of the people by minimizing forgery prices. Both are teachers of classes of underappreciated versatility and utility; where Yalu seeks a good tournament performance to give a Take That! to the magic class, Martin seeks to improve his class standing and, initially, did not even fathom the possibility of winning. Both give their students their Cast from Hit Points treasures to their top students; where Yalu gives the parasitic Dragon Crystal Slime to Tols Bushi for fame and puts his hopes on the slime rather than Bushi, Martin gives the Pale-Moon Stone to Xiang Ye so he will be able to survive Rennes and puts his hopes on Xiang Ye and sees the stone as a tool that's powerful in his hands.
Leave No Witnesses: When Martin succeeds in clearing the mine of the "Ground Dragon" pests, Yalu brings all of "Purple Dragon Knights" down on him and his students, intent on killing them all, to keep his lies secret.
Locked Up and Left Behind: Played for Laughs. After the Alloy Stone Mine affair is over, he is left tied in Xiang Ye's truck.
Make It Look Like an Accident: He hires Tols Bushi to kill Xiang Ye in the tournament.
Metaphorically True: The mine where the "Gold Alloy Crystals" come from are infested with "Ground Dragons," but the giant beetles aren't as big a threat as advertised.
Misplaced Retribution: Played with. He blames Xiang Ye for the fact that Regent Angus demanded he lower his refining fees, though the fact that Xiang Ye had a hand in him losing exclusive access to the magic stone mines is a factor.
Moral Myopia: In Xiang Ye's fight against Bushi, the former had the latter at his mercy. Yalu has the gall to demand Xiang Ye to release Bushi at once, but Xiang Ye refuses to heed.
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Had it not been for his ridiculously exorbitant prices prompting Martin to go to the mine and investigate, personally, the Forging class might have continued to be entirely dependent on Purple Dragon Knights for their sole source of gold alloy crystal stones, and it would have been much, much harder for Xiang Ye to realize modern Earth tech in the Hullo plains.
An Offer You Can't Refuse: His refining class is the only place, aside from the Dwarf tribe, where Martin could get the gold crystal alloy stones refined, and considering Yalu's in league with "Purple Dragon Knights"...
- Also on the receiving end when Xiang Ye subdues him with his spanking new mecha.
Oh, Crap!: When he sees that Xiang Ye's mecha can No-Sell everything he can dish out, and literally swat aside the Purple Dragon Knights he brought with him like ants.
- And again in the official school tournament when Vasily Andre shows up and asks to have a nice little chat with him.
- His face is ashen and starts sweating buckets after watching Xiang Ye bring Tols Rennes to his knees.
Only in It for the Money: Xiang Ye is able to get him to brush off his grudge by presenting a couple of chests filled with gold coins.
Power at a Price: He gives Tols Bushi the parasitic dragon crystal slime that he claims might be able to beat Rennes in a straight up fight in return for promising to kill Xiang Ye.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: He tries to run the moment he realizes he's outclassed, until he sees Isabella's sword at his throat.
Smug Snake: Loves to prance around as if he's untouchable and vastly superior to both the protagonist and his allies. His line in chapter 58 as Martin's class is preparing to head to the tournament?
Yalu:"You had better prepare!"
Martin:"Prepare?"
Yalu:"Yes, prepare some caskets!" Psychotic Smirk
Straw Hypocrite: "Now you try to kill a teacher?! That's punishable by death!" Says the guy who tried to kill Martin Ashtone, a teacher. Xiang Ye calls him out on it, after using his new mecha to pick him up by the scruff of the neck.
Suicidal Overconfidence: Near constantly, but especially in his new "dark slime." He thinks that giving Tols Bushi this slime all but guarantees victory in a straight up fight with Rennes. There are countless problems with his mindset. The list below is hardly exhaustive.
- The Dark Slime's potential in battle is entirely untested. The tournament fight between Xiang Ye and Tols Bushi being its debut.
- In order to use the Dark Slime, Tols Bushi has to let it feed on his blood, and that's extremely short-sighted, at best. The academy principal, Vasily Andre, calls him out on this one.
- Tols Bushi isn't that skilled, intelligent, or talented at fighting, and isn't exactly a model student either.
- Tols Rennes, as royalty, has his own One-Winged Angel form, and Yalu is only comparing Tols Bushi's One-Winged Angel form to Tols Rennes's normal one.
- Tols Rennes has more options in a fight, and can exploit Tols Bushi's Logical Weakness.
This Cannot Be!: When his Dark Slime is defeated with astonishing ease by the forging class, which everyone looks down on.
Warding Gestures: Played for Laughs. He makes the mano cornuta gesture with both hands in a shocked response to Xiang Ye's nuke.
What Were You Thinking?: Vasily Andre questions Yalu on giving a student, any student, the Dark Dragon Crystal Slime, a literal blood-thirsty beast that will suck them dry. Yalu can only weakly admit his Suicidal Overconfidence in thinking he made it "harmless." Vasily Andre demands Yalu confiscate said slime immediately.

Pastoral Teacher Yali Fiona

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The teacher of the "Pastoral" class. She and her students demonstrate disparate abilities like healing, illusion, and attraction magic, and summoning skills. She also works as a magical healer at the hospital.

Hospital Hottie: She works as a healer at the hospital and is very attractive. Some of the male characters consider it a treat to be healed by her.
Hot Teacher: She is one of the most gorgeous teachers at the academy.
Intimate Healing: Treats an unconscious Xiang Ye by embracing him. Modo is jealous of this.
Marshmallow Hell: She smothers Xiang Ye's face into her chest, when performing her high level recovery spell.
Ms. Fanservice: Xiang Ye created several figurines of her which are the most popular in the market. So he decides to hire her to advertise teacher Hong Lian's products and designs a advertorial poster of her.
No Name Given: She appears way back in chapter 57, when she is leading her students to the tournament venue, but her name is finally revealed 96 chapters later.
Summon Magic: She can perform summoning magic. She demonstrates it when she summons a bird to fly away from Xiang Ye's destroyed helicopter.

Culinary Teacher Lao Mumu

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You are an outstanding student

The teacher of the culinary class. He runs a restaurant with his students and supervises food products in the capital at large.

Accidental Discovery: Accidentally discovers catnip after retrieving it on an expedition to the mountains.
Eyes Always Shut: His eyes are never seen, even in moments of shock or when he is being blown by the wind.
Mysterious Past: He recognizes Isabella's demon boundary force as familiar. This is surprising since he is not a fighter.
Parental Substitute: To Nainai since he was a baby.
So Proud of You: He says this to Nainai to show acceptance of his Chef of Iron ways.
Supreme Chef: Obviously. Besides being the teacher of the culinary class, Mumu supervises the sales of food products across the kingdom. Xiang Ye had provided him with his inventions in exchange for promoting his brand of fast food.

Druid Teacher Hong Lian

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The teacher of the Druid class. She teaches and researches pharmacy including Alchemy, which is distinguished from the magical healing done by the Pastoral class.

Alchemy Is Magic: Averted. As with all Druids, her alchemy is not magical.
Art Evolution: She is drawn somewhat younger later on.
Hazy-Feel Turn: She used to work as a private poisoner for Regent Tols Angus, but is content with working for Xiang Ye instead. Under Xiang Ye, she enjoys perks like increased pay, public recognition, and job security. Hong Lian shares some of her knowledge with Xiang Ye and even giving him with one of her rarest medical potions.
Healing Potion: Implied. She is a health specialist that operates through alchemy.
Money Fetish: She dreams of the fragrance of gold coins when Xiang Ye decides to advertise her medical products.
No Name Given: She first appears way back in chapter 57 and remains nameless until chapter 182.
Witch Classic: Downplayed. Her appearance and profession are reminiscent of non magical witches; regardless, she is a rare occurrence of a character wearing make up.

Human Capital Residents

Tols Angus

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Good work!

The Regent. He is the de facto leader of the Human Kingdom due to the King's minority. He believes in total war against the other tribes.

Absolute Xenophobe: Combined with Politically Incorrect Villain. He detests other races and refers to them as mindless beasts. He acts on this vision by targeting them for genocide.
Achilles' Heel: The domain spells he fields in chapter 385 can not be stacked and have an apparently long cool-down time. So when Angus is using his [corrosion] effect, Xiang Ye counters with a nuke.
Arch-Enemy: To Isabella.
And Then What?: Which Xiang Ye points out. Eventually, using all the other tribes as sacrifices to the god tribe, and war to keep the numbers low, is going to stop being viable, via extinction. How is the human tribe going to remain out of the cross-hairs then? Tols Angus is unmoved.
Asskicking Leads to Leadership: Deconstructed. He was appointed as the Regent because he's the most powerful warrior in the kingdom's cavalry. Unfortunately he is scheming, ruthless, and abuses his authority to stifle the young King's authority.
Awesome, but Impractical: Tols Angus's trump card is a Field Power Effect like no other, reducing everything in the area except himelf to ash, but the downsides are steep. For one, it doesn't discriminte, it disintegrates friend and foe alike, but Angus doesn't care about that. The real downside, from his perspective, is that it consumes 3 god stone rings' worth of power.
- His damage absorption spell also costs three rings' worth of power, so he only uses it when hit with really big attacks like a Tsar Bomba to the face.
The Bad Guy Wins: In chapter 393, he uses his Blue Field to paralyze Xiang Ye and then drops a magic mote of darkness right into the boy's head, reversing the damage from the Tzar Bomba, reducing Xiang Ye to radioactive ash. An action that ends up being All for Nothing when Xiang Ye returns in chapter 407.
Beard of Evil: Red full beard, and he's detestable.
Berserk Button: Do not, under any circumstances, insult his sense of honor, unless you're looking for a duel to the death.
Big Bad: As long as he exists, there will never be peace in the Hullo plains, and many characters point that out. Killing him is hardly easy, however.
Big Bad Slippage: He used to be a good and decent man, hero to the empire, but one thing after another pushed him further and further down the path of evil. His own father murdered his wife with poison, so Angus would be available for a Bureaucratically Arranged Marriage, he founded a secret assassin society to protect the empire population from corrupt and traitorous nobles, and his brother, the heir and king died in war with the demon tribe, leaving him with an untrained child as the king. He found himself with no options but to get his hands as dirty as he needs to to try and keep it all together.
Cool, but Inefficient: To try and demoralize Xiang Ye against fighting the "invincible" God tribe, he displays some truly impressive domain spells, but their cost in god-stone consumption is enourmous. Four such displays, at 20 seconds each, eat up an entire god-stone ring. For reference, the spell that brought Xiang Ye to this world barely made a dent in one such ring.
Creating Life Is Awesome: He uses one of the "God Stones" to create and then destroy various living things in front of a chained and beaten Sophisas, just to show that he can.
Damage-Sponge Boss: One of his "god ring" abilities is to store an attack from his enemy, no matter how powerful it is, and then use it later. This allows him to tank insane amounts of damage without issue. Including having a Tsar Bomba blow up in his face and walking out just fine.
Decapitation Presentation: In the royal throne room, he has Mochia and Beru present the heads of the Minister of Agriculture and the general of Grey Dragon Knights.
Devil in Plain Sight: He's utterly detestable, yet the public can never quite figure it out.
Even Evil Can Be Loved: The young king gives him a tear-filled hug when it's revealed that Angus is actually dying to a wound that will not heal.
Evil Chancellor: All the "advice" he gives to the king is filled with malice, self-interest, corruption, and is utterly despicable.
Evil Redhead: He's got red hair and as the Evil Chancellor, is despicable.
Evil Virtues: He has a strange but firm sense of honor, and willingly insulting it is one of the worst mistakes one could ever make.
Expy: Of Cao Cao, as proclaimed by Xiang Ye.
Face Death with Dignity: Unlike his three cowardly and arrogant sons who died begging for mercy and rescue, he died relieved that a Worthy Opponent bested him, believing that the human tribe is now in good hands.
Fantastic Racism: He's entirely human supremacist.
Faux Affably Evil: His speech is indeed refined and polite, but he holds most others in unbridled contempt.
Field Power Effect: He showcases 4 of these in fighting Xiang Ye during chapter 385. What's especially daunting is that the effect remains in force even if what's affected leaves the area of effect.
- Blue: Time Stands Still. He slows down time in the area effect enough to actually dodge and degrade Xiang Ye's lasers.
- Yellow: Stone Wall. Complete invulnerability to incoming attack.
- Red: The Berserker. Increase attack strength and speed 10X in exchange for defense.
- Purple: Holly Wood Acid. Corrodes the enemy's armor and weapons.
- Chapter 387 Colorless Field: Walking Wasteland that reduces everything except Tols Angus himself to ash.
Fur and Loathing: The throne he sits in, while listening to spy and assassination briefings, in chapter 49 is covered with tiger fur with the tiger's head serving as a foot stand.
Gone Horribly Wrong: Which he lampshades in chapter 396. He ignores, insults, and rebuffs all of Xiang Ye's peace overtures, telling the boy "Stop being Naive" because he intends to bring Xiang Ye to heel and the Demon Tribe back in line with a show of force. He winds up putting the human tribe in a state of total war with all the other tribes on the plains, even former human allies, like the dwarves. The other tribes in question know they can't back down, surrender, or afford to lose because they face extinction, due to the actions of the Regent and Lilian, even if they have no knowledge of the God tribe. And to top everything off, he's up against a very, very pissed off Martin who is fresh to the battle-field and eager for a fight, while he is mentally and physically exhausted and has depleted most, if not all, of his God-stone rings.
Tols Angus: (Sigh) "This is not what I wanted."
Good Cop/Bad Cop: As it turns out, he and the young king have been playing this dynamic since chapter 1, and he likes being the "Bad cop."
Hate Sink: Except his lackeys, Angus is detested by most people. The reason his lackeys serve him is because of the monetary benefits and nothing else. His "daughter", Tols Penny works for him so that she can find the opportunity to literally backstab him.
He Who Fights Monsters: At some time in the past, in his fight with Isabella's father, who is well known as a genocidal, demon-supremacist warlord, he became genocidal and human supremacist, and just as evil, and he's grown to like it.
I Did What I Had to Do: Discussed by Vasily Andre. He promotes war against other races to sacrifice them and not humans to the God Tribe.
I Have No Son!: Says this about his sons after their performance in the school's tournament did not rise to his standards. Note that this was the final straw after years of their spiteful and incompetent bullying.
Kick The Son Of A Bitch: Disowning his sons for doing poorly in a tournament would be a horrific thing to do in any other time and place, but the three assholes were an embarrassment in many ways before that, in terms of word, deed, and personality. Gaining glory in the tournament was their last, best hope, and they blew it through stupidity and arrogance.
Loophole Abuse: A master at it. The most prominent example is using the fact that the "White Dragon Knights" is by rule and tradition tasked with body-guarding the royalty to shift command over them away from Sophisas to himself.
Manipulative Bastard: He's quite good at tricking, provoking, and maneuvering others into doing his dirty work.
One-Winged Angel: Tols Angus can transform into a humongous dragon humanoid and he possesses unmatched power among humans in this state. He is yet to demonstrate it in the actual story.
"Open!" Says Me: Busts the door into Isabella's castle where the High Priest is waiting for him.
Pet the Dog: He used his authority as the Regent to convince the previous king to spare Rennes from The Purge, then the boy was placed in the custody of Wadley Aisi. The reason remains unclear, but Rennes receiving pity from Tols Angus is the story told to the public.
Pragmatic Villainy: All of his crimes have tangible gains in the form of wealth, territory or influence.
Pretext for War: He uses political maneuvering to get Mochia and Beru enraged to get the King to accept war against the Eastern Tribe.
Puzzle Boss: There is no easy way to beat this guy in a straight up fight. He's got immense physical strength, can wield several powerful field effects, can fly, is immensely agile and cunning, and if the timing is poor, he can absorb powerful attacks and hurl them back with ease at his leisure.
Pyrrhic Victory: Chapter 398 ends with him having defeated a foe, he himself provoked, so mighty that the former demon king, George Osa, would look like a child by comparison. The price he paid was steep. His god-stone rings are all depleted, all the Dragon legions he brought with him are decimated, if not utterly annihilated, his mole has been exposed for one and all, and now EVERY tribe on the plains wants his head, and all three of his sons are dead. Calling for a retreat required him to use the remains of his Boundary Force to intimidate everyone, and he's last seen limping off carried by Sato, who is still dangerous but nowhere near his prime either. And that accomplishment mentioned above is completely nullified when said foe survives and is about to attack the capital when he ends up Secretly Dying himself.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Red eyes and he's a genocidal warlord who sees nothing wrong with employing assassination to get his way, and has the strongest cavalry in the human kingdom.
Refuge in Audacity: His villainy is so over the top outrageous that there's nothing the young king or his council can do to counter him in any manner that isn't inherently suicidal.
Secretly Dying: Turns out he did not walk away unscathed from the fight with Xiang Ye. He gives the child king one final hug goodbye as he's coughing up blood. Seems the radiation poisoning is starting to kick in three days later.
Silent Scapegoat: Chapter 411 reveals that he's not as evil as he's acting. His villainy is actually under the orders of the child king, doing the empire's Dirty Business.
Smug Snake: He loves to lord over others how he's untouchable because he's the Regent.
The Starscream: The king is well aware he's a villain manipulating him, but being a Puppet King to this regent chosen by his now dead parents, there's precious little, if anything, he can do about it.
Ungrateful Bastard: Instead of welcoming the students who won glory for helped the Dwarf Tribe against the Demons, he persecutes them for disobeying his orders (the students did not commit any crime technically since they were following the King's secret orders) and exposes Isabella as the Demon Queen. Xiang Ye improved the kingdom with his inventions, but Angus steals his business and hands all of Xiang Ye's hard earned wealth to his sons. Xiang Ye and Isabella vow revenge.
Villain Has a Point: In chapter 382, he states that he seized control of Xiang Ye's company because control of the economy should be in the hands of the royalty, not some private citizen with dubious loyalty to the kingdom, repeating the original pretext he made when accusing Yi Bei of being Isabella, albeit more diplomatically. He happens to be right. Case in point, in the US, the economy is controlled by a powerful set of independently owned banks that just barely answer to federal law. They have been responsible for several major economic crashes, corruption and embezzlement scandals, and have put the US into trillions of dollars of debt, rising every single minute.
Villainous Friendship: He seems to be genuinely fond of Wadley Aisi and was visibly angered when Yalu taunted her after she helped Xiang Ye, Isabella, and several students escape the capital.
Villainous Lineage: His sons are all as evil as he is. They're just not as smart.
Villain with Good Publicity: He's a recognized war hero, and those who either witness or suffer from his crimes are either powerless to testify against him or dead.
Warhawk: He believes the best path to prosperity for the Human Tribe is to conquer, enslave, or exterminate all the other races, since they're nothing more than mindless beasts anyway.
We Can Rule Together: In chapter 382, he offers to officially adopt Xiang Ye and Sophisas and let them rule in his stead, as he's getting old and planning to retire anyway. To sweeten the deal, he offers to free the forging seniors he earlier captured and return ownership of the company and wealth he seized back to Xiang Ye. For his part, Xiang Ye remains suspicious.
We Have Reserves: He waits until the imperial allied armies are conquered and almost completely annihilated before he opens dialogue with Xiang Ye. How much of that is due to the local culture and how much is up to him remains ambiguous.
World's Best Warrior: He is famous for being the kingdom's best warrior although it is unclear how he compares in strength to the Principal. According to Isabella, Tols Angus was no match for the previous Demon King, George Osa, although he has grown stronger over the years.

Guro Dita

Introduced in chapter 8 as Sophisas's adoptive father, also as the tutor to the child king. He believes in pacifism and works to increase diplomacy and end wars.

Actual Pacifist: Combined with The Good Chancellor. He desires peace, cooperation, and co-existence between the humans and all the other tribes on the Hullo plains and pursues this goal via his advising of the King. The Regent, disagrees, violently.
Despair Event Horizon: In chapter 35, he comes home from a little "meeting" with Tols Angus, completely distraught, shouting "It's all over! ALL OVER! HAHAHAHA! No one can change it!"
Driven to Suicide: The official story of his death is that he was found hung in his own library.
Exact Words: When he seeks an audience with the king to deal with Tols Angus's treachery, a guard from "White Dragon Knights" exclaims "His Majesty is expecting you." Little does Guro realize that "His Majesty" is a title that also applies to the Regent Tols Angus.
The Good Chancellor: The advice he gives the king is rooted in truth, honor, and a genuine desire for the prosperity of all.
Ignored Expert: He rightly states that not only has the Regent's war-crimes destroyed human credibility for peace and surrender negotiations, but should Queen Isabella Osa manage to recover and regroup after said crimes, she is likely to retaliate with a war of total annihilation. The king shoos him away after seeing the contract the Regent brought, presumably signed by Lilian, the Demon usurper.
Noodle Incident: What the hell did Tols Angus do to him in the royal chambers? He came home Laughing Mad, shriveled like a raisin, and clearly well past the Despair Event Horizon. Presumably Guro learned about The God Tribe.
You Are Too Late: Lampshaded word for word by the Regent. When he arrived at the throne room, hearing about how "Grey Dragon Clan" was handing out relief supplies to the east, after a drought, he learns to his horror that the general of said clan was beheaded, "for colluding with the enemy," without the king's knowledge or consent.

Sophisas

Halt!

The Leader of the White Dragon Knights, the King's personal cavalry. He works with his father to create peace, in hopes of finding his long lost little brother.

The Ace: One of the Human Tribe's best swordsmen who killed three of the strongest Demon warriors in battle. He is also a Chick Magnet.
Admiring the Abomination: Sophisas is so impressed with Xiang Ye's nuclear weapon demonstration that he considers recruiting him into his squad right away. However, Andre warns him not to entertain such thoughts as using those weapons have dangerous consequences.
Affectionate Gesture to the Head: Is prone to giving these to Xiang Ye, whom he considers his younger brother.
Best Served Cold: Would love to strike Tols Angus down with his blade for the death of his adoptive father, but knows he doesn't stand a chance in a straight-up fight, as things stand, so he's quietly biding his time.
Big Damn Heroes: He shows up just as some rotten "Red Dragon" soldiers were making a sport of who could kill Isabella and Xiang Ye first, looking to get their skulls as some kind of sick trophy.
- Also later when he arrives to help the students fight the Demon Army's Pillar, with Papate's head in hand.
Big Fancy House: His home rivals a castle. It's so vast, Xiang Ye could easily get lost without a guide.
Chick Magnet: He's got quite a few female suitors. He can't even walk the streets without random female passerby getting hearts in their eyes and cat-calling him. He finds this very annoying.
Covered in Scars: Xiang Ye notes that there is not an inch of his body without any scar tissue, and Xiang Ye doesn't believe he got all those in battle...
Dark and Troubled Past: His parents were wiped out by human bandits (that look suspiciously like the Regent and his men). He was stabbed in the gut while fighting back and Left for Dead. His little brother is missing, supposedly taken by the Demon Tribe, and he's still searching after many years.
Due to the Dead: He tasks Dorona with giving Elena a decent funeral.
Early-Bird Cameo: His figure first appears in chapter 2 during Isabella's retelling of the negotiations, before being formally appearing in chapter 5-6.
Entertainingly Wrong: When Martin presents Xiang Ye's contribution to the military, Sophisas believes it's tax money taken by force. Martin goes on to politely correct him in that the gold is a voluntary contribution from Xiang Ye's own personal profits, after Xiang Ye not only introduced brand new goods and services, but also made people's lives easier by bringing the prices of the stones used to craft them down. Sophisas is so pleased, he's stunned into silence.
Family Theme Naming: His name is Sophisas, his younger brother's name is Sophisac.
Foil: To Rennes. The two men have a great deal in common. Their home-town and family were destroyed, leaving them both to fend for themselves in a world that apparently hates them. They both struggled and suffered, ultimately being taken in by rich and influential people. They are both very attractive to the opposite sex. They are both The Ace in their respective fields. While Sophisas became truly decent and morally upright, happily helping those in need, and caring for the human tribe as a whole, regardless of station, Tols Rennes only pretends to be of sound moral fiber, purely for the sake of his prestige, smugly looks down with contempt on just about everyone, and honestly believes he has some kind of god-given right to go after another man's wife, regardless of her wishes. Sophisas, on the other hand, would never knowingly do such a thing, and takes both fidelity and informed consent very, very seriously.
Gag Penis: When he walks in on Xiang Ye in the male's bath, Xiang Ye is intimidated by the guy's sheer size.
Good Is Not Soft: If he has to draw and use his sword, things are not going to be pretty.
Happily Adopted: By the man serving as the king's tutor, Imperial Leader Guro Dita.
Hereditary Hairstyle: His hairstyle is the same as his mother's.
I Will Find You: His little brother Sophisac.
Laser-Guided Karma: Discussed. Xiang states that since he's a good and noble individual, he will find his missing brother, alive and well, someday.
Light Is Good: He is the leader of the White Dragon Knights, wears white, and is a good and decent man.
Man Bites Man: In desperation, he bit off the ear of the leader bandit who attacked his village.
Mistaken for Gay: Xiang Ye originally thought he was coming onto him. Whereas Sophisas acts the way he does is because Xiang Ye looks so much like his lost little brother.
My Master, Right or Wrong: He ultimately obeys the King's final decision regardless of how much he disagrees.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: As revealed by the author, his design was influenced by actor Chen Kun.
Not Quite Flight: He can effectively fly by kicking off air, which is called Moon Walk.
Right for the Wrong Reasons: He rescues and fosters Xiang Ye and Isabella, not because rescuing slaves from Demon Tribe occupation is inherently the right thing, but because he's looking for his long-lost brother. It still pays karmic dividends as Xiang becomes the best magic-forging student Royal Academy has seen, and he pulls more than his own weight for the kingdom as a whole.
So Proud of You: Almost constantly to Xiang Ye. He is amazed that Xiang Ye managed to make so much money using mutually beneficial schemes and contracts. Later, he is pleased to watch Xiang Ye defeat Rennes and proudly announces him as the champion of the Kingdom Cup Tournament.
This Is Unforgivable!: When he learns of Elena's actions, he is willing to overlook her betraying him, but helping the Regent kill Xiang Ye has made her a walking corpse in his eyes and he condemns her to act as if they've never met.
Vengeance Feels Empty: He learned long ago that the drive for revenge does nothing to tend your wounds or feed your belly. Nevertheless, he wants to kill the Regent for murdering his father.
When He Smiles: His head maid Elena finds his genuine smile so adorable, she'd happily spend the night with him...
The Worf Effect: He is shown to be weaker to the Regent Tols Angus in terms of political influence and combat ability.
Your Approval Fills Me with Shame: Tols Angus makes a back-handed compliment to Guro for choosing to foster him, and states that maybe adopting him as the heir to the Tols family would be a good idea. This pisses off Sophisas, which is exactly what Tols Angus wanted, but unlike many others, Sophisas is wise enough to not rise to the bait, until he's ready.

Sato

Hahaha! Sophisas! Everything you do is because Angus wants it!

The Regent Tols Angus's top subordinate and the Leader of the Purple Dragon Knights. He assists the Regent in his war endeavors.

Admiring the Abomination: When Tols Angus starts playing with the god-stones in front of Sophisas, Sato looks upon the regent with awe.
Blood Knight: Downplayed. The only thing that makes him feel alive is fighting and defeating foes that have a reputation for strength, but he only does so for the fame of having beaten them. He doesn't care if they're actually at their best, nor does he enjoy the fight itself, he just enjoys having received the title for killing them in something that can even remotely be called a fight.
But for Me, It Was Tuesday: Once he gets the title, he completely forgets the people he's killed. When the younger brother of the East Tribe's best swordsman comes at him for revenge, Sato doesn't even know who he's talking about. Though that may have been just a taunt...
Card-Carrying Villain: He doesn't even bother to hide how vile he is.
Chain Pain: While he can fight with a sword, he prefers to use chains made of Boundary Force.
Dark Is Evil: Has black hair and wears black, and is an evil bastard.
Evil Gloating: While Sophisas is outside the king's chamber, with his adopted father Gora inside, presumably meeting with the king, he sneaks up behind Sophisas, and then starts gloating how the king isn't even there, and how much Tols Angus has them in the palm of his hands, and there's nothing they can do about it, without getting themselves killed.
Expy: Of Orochimaru.
Healing Factor: Dorona chops off one of his hands in chapter 431, and he grows it back, along with two additional arms....
Klingon Promotion: He participates in the plot to kill the Leader of the Grey Dragon Knights that was orchestrated by the Regent Angus, who then gives him the title; making him the Leader of the Purple and Grey Dragon Knights.
Losing Your Head: In the fight with Sophisas, he first thinks he got a shallow cut to the throat, watching Sophisas just walk away. Turns out his head was held on by nothing more than atomic cohesion, so he foolishly turns around rapidly and it falls off. He spends the last few moments of his life bemoaning how he's Powerful, but Incompetent.
Make It Look Like an Accident: He "accidentally" drops the chains holding Mochia and cries out "he's broken free, somebody do something!" deliberately putting the king's life in jeopardy as Mochia was already badly abused, agitated, and provoked into violence by Regent Angus's villainy.
Mana Drain: With his chains of Boundary Force, he can steal the magical and life energy of his foes.
Multi-Armed and Dangerous: When he squares off against Dorona, he reveals two additional arms under his cape.
Obviously Evil: Red and Black and Evil All Over fashion, glowing green eyes, Hellish Pupils, rows of sharp teeth, and a skin so pale one wouldn't be blamed if he was confused for some kind of undead. Not to mention the Spikes of Villainy.
Powerful, but Incompetent: He should have had Sophisas dead to rights by all accounts, seeing as he had a major power boost by stealing the boundary force of the last member of the Eastern Tribe and Dorona, as well as the fact that Sophisas could barely stand after being in boundary force draining chains for days, and having endured Cold-Blooded Torture. Sophisas, without using boundary force, spanked him like he was a rank amateur.
Spikes of Villainy: Those shoulder pads!
Tyke Bomb: Of the Axe-Crazy variety. He's one of the orphans who became Tols Angus's elite assassin order.
Victor Gains Loser's Powers: As he reveals in chapter 431, every time he kills someone, he gains that person's powers.

The King

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I'm so excited!

The child King of the Humans. His father died when he was young, leaving him in charge of looking after the Kingdom.

All Myths Are True: Everyone treats the stories about dragons living in the Human castle as a myth and tale to frighten unruly children. When the three tribe alliance marches on the human tribe, the king shows us that at least one dragon is very, very real.
Antimagic: The dragon he fuses with is an anathema to all life on the plains, and its roar can negate the powers of anyone who would attack him. Of course, Xiang Ye is ''not'' from the plains.
A Child Shall Lead Them: Deconstructed. Since he's underage, the Regent is the acting king, but loves to make it look like the king's in charge by using the king's name to do his dirty work and then comes back to the king pretending like he's waiting for the king's final decision.
Dirty Business: Chapter 411 reveals that he's not as innocent or kind as he's been presented in previous chapters. He's known about The Regent's villainy all along and pretended not to, because it served Empire interests, and in fact specifically chose Tols Angus to be in charge of doing the country's dirty work.
Expy: He has many parallels to the young emperor from Akame ga Kill!, even ending up fusing with a Kaiju, but unlike his likeness, he actively colludes with his Evil Chancellor.
Fanboy: The king always looks forward to seeing Xiang Ye in action, considering him to be full of surprises and cheering for him along with the public.
Fusion Dance: He fuses with a city-sized dragon in chapter 411 and uses it to attack the three race alliance.
Godzilla Threshold: In chapter 411, he goes to the secret basement and awakes a dragon, a real dragon, to deal with the advance of the dwarf, demon, and beast tribes on the human empire.
Good Cop/Bad Cop: The "Good cop" to Angus.
Hoist by His Own Petard: When he's facing off against Yaso, Fiona, and Isabella, he uses his vaulted [Dragon's Roar] to overwhelm them. Unfortunately his bodyguard Tols Angus is also close by and keeping Xiang Ye from intervening. The effect of the attack stuns Angus long enough for Xiang Ye to deliver a lethal blow. Oops...
Incompletely Trained: And he knows it. It's why he has a regent, after all.
Informed Attribute: He mentions to Sophisas that he has dragon blood infused in his veins. Like all male members of the royal family, he is also capable of transforming into a dragon humanoid, although he is yet to display it.
Light Is Good: Wears white robes, and though naive, does try to be a Reasonable Authority Figure when he can. Subverted when he reveals he's been complicit with Tols Angus all along.
Master Actor: He's so good at pretending to be an innocent and naive boy that he had the audience of the story fooled until he drops the act in the "war on the human empire" arc, starting in chapter 411.
Puppet King: His perspective on issues is entirely influenced by The Regent and Sophisas. When the students are being persecuted by Tols Angus for illegally helping the Dwarf Tribe, the king is terrified because he was the one who secretly gave the orders and he can't do anything to help them because his hands are tied by the Regent.
- Apparently Powerless Puppet King: Chapter 411 reveals he isn't as much of a puppet as he first appears...
Smarter Than You Look: Despite his Puppet King position, he is capable of making decisions on his own. He pretends to be very agreeable to manage the complicated court politics.
Tears of Fear: When he's presented the heads of the Grey Dragon general and the Minister of Agriculture by prisoners of the Eastern Tribe, and then again when one of said prisoners "accidentally" escapes and tries to kill him.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: He's reluctant about Tols sending armies into a meat grinder against the demons and generally getting millions killed, but ultimately agrees because if Tols doesn't prepare their kingdom for the wrath of the gods, then everyone in his kingdom dies. And then it turns out he outright ordered Tols to perform mass-genocide, but for the same reason.
Wise Beyond Their Years: He may be young and inexperienced, but he's not hopelessly ignorant. He strives to be a Reasonable Authority Figure whenever he can. He is quick to acknowledge Xiang Ye's skills. When the Dwarves request him for reinforcements, the King agrees with Angus to not send any help, but privately issues orders to Sophisas to act otherwise.

Elena

Sophisas' top maid.

Bluff the Eavesdropper: Xiang Ye and Isabella squash her suspicions about them by pretending to have sex.
Covert Pervert: She may project an air of pure professionalism, but when she eavesdrops on Isabella and Xiang Ye through the door of their bedroom, as they're groaning and moaning (pretending to have sex), she blushes, smiles, and quietly walks away.
Everybody Has Standards: Even she was shedding tears watching Xiang Ye disintegrate with Isabella crying out to him helplessly.
Femme Fatale Spy: A flashback of her backstory reveals Sophisas is not her first Master-servant romance. Prior to him, she was sent by Tols Angus to spy on several influential and powerful figures, killing them at the first sign of betraying the Human Empire, or going against Tols Angus.
Foreshadowing: There's a reason Tols Angus is shown meeting someone with her hairstyle and color barely visible under a hood when Xiang Ye first entered the kingdom.
For Your Own Good: Chapter 392 reveals that the reason she feeds intel to the Regent and betrayed Xiang Ye and Isabella is that she's known all along Xiang Ye is not Sophisac and sees him as nothing but a toxic influence on Sophisas. As such, she's been scheming to remove him from her lover's life, at any cost. The fact that Xiang Ye saved her life and Sophisas on several occasions and was trying to rescue Sophisas from The Regent's clutches is irrelevant. It ends up being a Deconstruction when she sees the imprisoned Sophisas who ends up knowing what happened at that battle in Chapters 409 and 410, because she sides with Angus (the person who directly caused his adoptive father's death) she consequently ruins her own relationship with Sophisas.
Explosive Leash: She can not physically disobey Tols Angus. The god-stones in her body will kill her if she tries.
In Love with the Mark: She's seduced several influential figures while spying on them for Tols Angus. Sophisas is the first for whom she actually has romantic feelings.
Meido: As Sophisas's top maid, this goes without saying.
The Mole: She was on Tols Angus's side all along. While she is genuinely devoted to Sophisas, she still feeds Angus intel, and turned on Xiang Ye and Isabella when fighting the Regent to protect the demon tribe. It ends up being more costly to her than she expected.
Ms. Fanservice: Many of her appearances showcase her curves.
Redemption Rejection: Thanks to being controlled by the god-stones in her body, she rejects Sophisas's offer to turn away from The Regent. It gets her killed by Dorona.
Sexy Discretion Shot: She has sex with Sophisas on screen, albeit under a blanket.
Sizeshifter: Her magic allows to make herself and objects bigger or smaller.
Subordinate Excuse: She is Sophisas's top maid and is romantically involved with him. Too bad her role as The Mole ends up ruining her relationship.
Tyke Bomb: Flashbacks show that she and a large group of orphans were chosen as part of an experiment to plant god-stones directly in the human body. Out of dozens, only she and 5 others survived the process.

Achil

Sophisas' Vice commander.

The Ace: Downplayed. He won the last tournament representing the swordsmanship class. However, Sophisas comments that he is weak by the main cast's class' standards.
Entertainingly Wrong: He reasons that Sophisas didn't attend Xiang Ye and Isabella's enrollment because he wants to avoid annoying Fangirl Dorona. The truth is that he is going to meet with the King and the Regent regarding the killing of the Minister of Agriculture and the Leader of the Grey Dragon Knights.
Mr. Exposition: He explains boundary force, how the Royal Academy works, and how to get around campus to Xiang Ye.
Never Say That Again: He tells Xiang Ye to not mention boundary force and magic around the forger students, who cannot use it.
Shipper on Deck: He teases Sophisas about his relationship with Elena.
Sneeze Cut: He briefly appears sneezing when Sophisas talks about him with the King.

The Forger Seniors: Hans, Mohan, and Kaiser

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Three craftmanship class graduates who currently serve the Kingdom. Martin has them train his students for the tournament while he builds the arena.

The Ace: Hans is the Kingdom's best architect, Mohan is the best weapons specialist, and Kaiser is a famous clothing designer. They are also members of the Merchant Union along with Xiang Ye.
Early-Bird Cameo: Hans and Mohan appear in a chapter 36 flashback before they are introduced in chapter 52.
Mr. Exposition:
- The three of them comment that the locations of the cross country section of the tournament are challenging.
- Kaiser explains the Absolute Belt to an audience member.
Ultimate Blacksmith: Mohan is said to be the kingdom's best weapons specialist.

The Purple Dragon Knights' Vice Leader

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Oh Martin, if only you kept quiet about the stone prices.

The second in command of The Purple Dragon Knights and also appointed as the vendor of alloy stones.

Adam Smith Hates Your Guts: Like Yalu, and the Tols siblings, he thinks the best way to raise money is to raise prices. Unlike the others, he knows there's an upper limit where the market crashes, and people rebel, which he tries to mention, but is hushed by Tols Buri.
Cold-Blooded Torture: This is what happens to him when Tols Angus hears of the exorbitant price of magic gem-stones, and "investigates" the fact that he's embezzling.
Eyepatch of Power: Wears an eye-patch and is second in command of the Purple Dragons Knights.
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: In his greed, he denied Martin the usual prices for gemstones, and forced Martin to buy stones at exorbitant prices too. This prompts Martin to investigate, personally.
No Name Given: His name is never mentioned.
The Scapegoat: To hide his family's embezzlement of the funds raised by selling magic power-stones, Tols Angus has him tortured into confessing and pinning the blame all on himself.
Suspiciously Specific Denial: When asked by Tols Buri why the chest representing the usual bribes and kickbacks was small, he goes "it's all there! We checked! None of it was embezzled by us!" Tols Buri not only agrees without question, but goes with his brother's idea to hike prices even higher.
Uncertain Doom: His last appearance consists of him looking barely alive after being tortured and scapegoated by Tols Angus.

Human Kingdom's Villages

Sophisac

Sophisas's little brother who was sold into slavery by the bandits who raided their village. Sophisas learned swordsmanship and wishes to establish peace to rescue him.

Hereditary Hairstyle: His hairstyle is the same as his father's.
Identical Stranger: He appears to be very similar to Xiang Ye.
Made a Slave: He was sold into slavery to the Demon Tribe by the bandits who raided his family's village.

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