Extra's Survival Rulebook
In a world where everyone has a role, his was to die. So he decided to rewrite the script.
When Kim Yoo Hyun wakes up as Sylas Ravion, a disposable extra in a novel of the game he once played, his role is to die quietly. His only goal is to survive.
He soon realizes he was catastrophically wrong.
The "extra" he's inhabiting is a notorious psychopath with a body count, a web of bitter enemies, and a terrifying legacy. Every shadow holds an assassin. Every ally has a past grievance. The original plot was a death sentence, but his new identity is a suicide mission.
Armed with nothing but his incomplete knowledge of the story's future and a complete lack of shame, Yoo Hyun throws the original script into a shredder. Why fight the destined hero when you can gaslight the dungeon boss? Why earn glory when you can frame a rival gang? Why be a noble hero when you can be the "idiot" janitor who just happens to be in the right place to steal a national treasure?
But his chaotic, solo survival plan hits a snag when he accidentally collects a circle of loyal misfits...
The original story's fiercely moral protagonist, who is a human version of a golden retriever,
A Chihuahua-type tsundere, all barks and hidden vulnerability, who should hate him but can't seem to stay away,
A beast tamer who communicates through chaotic DJ sets,
The story's original cold-hearted antagonist, whose path becomes unnervingly intertwined with his own...
and his own family of unhinged S-Rank powerhouses.
But to protect them from the apocalyptic plots closing in, solo chaos isn't enough.
But to protect them, solo chaos isn't enough. He must build. And to build, he will weaponize his greatest skill: causing mass, strategic confusion. He will reconcile a fallen pantheon of Egyptian gods, orchestrate a coup to place the rightful prince on a corrupt throne, and forge his guild of outcasts into a shadow empire.
He'll become an emperor in a rift, use pop music as a sonic weapon, declare war over royal family for a petty insult, and make deals with demons, all while complaining about the paperwork. His goal is no longer just to live, but to create a world where he and his found family can finally stop running...
Survival is no longer enough; he must now become the mastermind pulling the strings of fate itself, even if it means confronting the terrifying truth that the greatest threat to his plan might be the last shreds of his own humanity.
So, in a journey filled with identity crisis, morally gray characters, and a one not perfect survivor with chameleon personality...Will Kim Yoo Hyun finally learn the truth of Sylas Ravion, and his legacy? Will he be able to gaslight upcoming SSS rank disasters? The most pressing question, Will Yoo Hyun be able to find his one true self within numerus of his chameleon personalities?
This is a tale of a man who looked at destiny, said "Absolutely not," and decided to cause, beautiful problems instead.
He was not a Hero, not a villain. He was a SURVIVOR!
And in the end his goal will be to create a world that fits his logic and that one grand empire will have natured by the Emperor Himself!
So, will he become a sole survivor even in the end, or will he be the greatest kingmaker to ever be alive?
And...
Will he build an empire, or lose himself in the countless faces he wears to rule it?
It's your choice to find out!
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For fans of the strategic mind games of Trash of the Count's Family, the found-family vibe of Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, and the irreverent, genre-savvy humor of An Extra's Academy Survival Guide and genre fans of The novel's extra...I think you will not be disappointed.