Artifact-Devouring Player
Sanghyeon Shin spent three decades as a monster-hunting player without ever discovering how to make full use of his strange talent: he can consume magical artifacts and absorb their power. By fifty-five, he has the experience of a veteran but little to show for it. When he is sent back to the day of his awakening, he refuses to waste the
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Sanghyeon Shin spent three decades as a monster-hunting player without ever discovering how to make full use of his strange talent: he can consume magical artifacts and absorb their power. By fifty-five, he has the experience of a veteran but little to show for it. When he is sent back to the day of his awakening, he refuses to waste the second chance. This time, he knows what his ability can do, which relics are worth pursuing, and how to turn an overlooked gift into an advantage against monsters and other players. Every artifact he devours brings him closer to the powerful player he once wanted to become.
The premise turns ordinary loot progression into the main source of tension: a coveted artifact is not merely equipment for Sanghyeon, but a power he can permanently make his own by eating it. The regression matters because he comes back with decades of practical knowledge rather than a suddenly granted new skill. His younger body, veteran judgement, and unusual way of acquiring abilities make the early stages of player life feel very different from the first time around.
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The distinctive hook is artifact consumption, not simple item collection: each new relic can become part of Sanghyeon’s abilities. His second life is built around using a talent he understood far too late. This entry describes the ongoing manhwa, not the separate completed Korean web novel; release schedules and episode counts must not be conflated.
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