Gong Won-Ho, known as Hardcore Leveling Warrior in Lucid Adventure, is the main protagonist of the first season of the Hardcore Leveling Warrior series. He is the former Rank No.1 and former First Battalion Commander of the Zara Guild.

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After having his level and stats reset as well as losing all his Golden Items, his main goals are to regain his #1 rank and earn enough money in order to repay his debt and free himself from Chairman Kim's grasp. He teamed up with Dark and Sora to level up and to compete in The Combat Tournament. After going through many trials and tribulations and against all the odds, he won The Combat Tournament alongside his team.

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Unfortunately, Hardcore Leveling Warrior was logged out of Lucid Adventure after suffering mortal injuries in The Real World and has not logged into Lucid Adventure for two years. After the news of the 'Miso Corporation stabbing Incident' was made public[9], it is generally believed that he is dead, although, his team still believe he is alive and have not given up on finding him.[9] It is revealed by Sora that Hardcore Leveling Warrior saved Lila from being sent down to the sea (by pulling her out the barrel after he managed to escape).

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After the death of God of Combat, a ranking system based on Lucid Balls was created with the limit set by Hardcore Leveling Warrior, who had achieved the humanly limit when he was the Rank no.1 player.