Worthless Regression
Summoned to the world of Aeria as a teenager, Lee Sungmin spends thirteen miserable years trying to survive as an ordinary mercenary. He has no innate gift, wealthy backer or miraculous advantage, and eventually dies with little to show for his suffering. A mysterious Stone of the Past Life sends him back to his thirteen-year-old self. Su
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Summoned to the world of Aeria as a teenager, Lee Sungmin spends thirteen miserable years trying to survive as an ordinary mercenary. He has no innate gift, wealthy backer or miraculous advantage, and eventually dies with little to show for his suffering. A mysterious Stone of the Past Life sends him back to his thirteen-year-old self. Sungmin remembers how badly his first life went, but the regression does not grant him the talents enjoyed by the people around him. He must work for every improvement, face fighters who begin far ahead of him, and find a way to build a different future with the same unremarkable potential.
Most regression heroes return with enough knowledge to dominate their second attempt. Lee Sungmin remembers his failures, but he is still fundamentally outclassed. Worthless Regression gets its tension from the distance between the life he wants and the strength he actually possesses: hard training, painful comparisons with prodigies, and gains that never come cheaply.
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Sungmin's second chance is not an instant power fantasy. His lack of talent continues to matter after the rewind, giving even modest improvements weight. Readers should also know that the illustrated adaptation stopped after its second season; the completed original novel tells the larger story.
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