Dungeon Boss Chang Jin transmigrates into a fantasy esper novel, and the System tells her she is everyone's one true love.
Chang Jin, who has long been slandered as a vicious viper, is moved to tears. Excitedly, she picks up the plot where she gets to play a kindhearted character, only to discover that...
She is a naive sweetheart, deceived by the protagonist's group.
Every month, she sacrifices her flesh and blood, gets framed for siding with the monsters, has her powers taken away, and is ultimately brutally murdered while protecting the protagonist's group.
According to the plot, after Chang Jin is framed for siding with the monsters, she must willingly give up her powers to prove her innocence.
Looking at the protagonist's group, so high and mighty, her pink pupils fill with a bloody haze. "I didn't side with the monsters."
Because I am a monster.
Before Chang Jin can make a move, she is rescued by the book's villain, a thoroughly evil man.
At first, readers dislike Chang Jin for being a pretty face who clings to the protagonist's group over one insignificant favor and repeatedly drags the team down.
After Chang Jin is rescued by the villain, however, the protagonist's group runs into trouble at every turn, while the villain, who was prophesied to be plagued by misfortune, rises to great heights. Readers conclude that protecting Chang Jin has brought him good fortune.
When monsters besiege the city, the protagonist's group abandons their base and leaves. After saying their farewells, the villain's crew heads for the battlefield.
As Chang Jin is about to be swallowed by the monsters, everyone lets out anguished roars. They think she is as good as dead, but then see her wipe the monsters out of existence.
Only then do readers realize that the people who had been protected all along were the villain's crew.
Theme: After crossing the mountains, look out over the future.