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Kim Hakpyo

Artifact Retrieval Team leader and later Evil Society leader / no named Gift is establishedEvil Society

Kim Hakpyo is an Evil Society executive who specializes in artifact retrieval and rises to lead the organization after the Tower of Wish. He fights with demonic-energy tentacles and treats information about artifacts and devils as tradable strategic assets.

Biography

Artifact hunter and Tower combatant

Hakpyo first emerges as the leader of Evil Society's Artifact Retrieval Team, desperately seeking Homer's Ring. In the Tower of Wish he joins other famous Djinns in fighting powerful Heroes, blocks Jin Seyeon's arrow with demonic tentacles, and survives Hajin's attempt to kill him with a Stigma-enhanced vengeful-spirit grenade. He later travels openly among other players with his subordinate Silasen and trades information concerning the devil Plucas. (Chapters 53–234)

Rise within Evil Society

After the Tower, Hakpyo rises to the top of Evil Society and represents it in dealings with monsters and Djinn factions. He is later identified among the executives participating in the forces connected to Orden. The supplied corpus does not show his death, capture, or activities after that campaign, so his final status remains unknown. (Chapters 245–256)

Appearance and personality

The corpus gives no stable physical description for Kim Hakpyo. He is ambitious, pragmatic, and comfortable operating among both Djinns and monsters. His loyalty appears directed toward Evil Society's power and acquisitions rather than a personal bond shown in the text.

Gifts and abilities

Hakpyo can form tentacles from demonic energy strong enough to block an arrow from Jin Seyeon. He also possesses enough defense to survive an attack Hajin expected would kill him unless he had protection comparable to a Special Skill. No Gift or defensive skill is named, so the exact mechanism remains unknown. (Chapters 193–201)

Relationships

  • Evil Society: Hakpyo advances from retrieval-team leader to the top of the organization.
  • Silasen: A loyal subordinate who accompanies him in the Tower.
  • Kim Hajin: Hajin attacks him and later offers information about Plucas rather than pursuing only direct combat.

Items

  • Homer's Ring: An artifact Hakpyo wants desperately but is not shown possessing.