“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles”
― Kongming[source]
Zhuge Kongming,[4] also known as simply Kongming, is a player in Lucid Adventure. He is a member of the Giga Empire and is "Han Sung-Gong's Right Hand Man".[3] Like his real life namesake, Kongming is nicknamed "Crouching Dragon"[2] due to his ability to devise great strategies.
During the Great War, he served as one of the four strategist of the Players' Union.[2]
Zhuge Kongming is a young man with short black hair styled into a bun with a yellow wood hair stick. His eyes are usually closed as well.
He wears a white and green blazer with a black unbuttoned collar shirt underneath that exposes a bit of his chest, purple belt, white pants and purple shoes as well.
Gallery
Webtoon
Episode 102
Zhuge Kongming in his Stone Sentinel Maze pose
Personality
Zhuge Kongming is an intelligent individual as he was stated to be one of the best strategists according to Heart Heater. He is not afraid to get his hands dirty himself as he is willing to kill anyone in order to accomplish his plans. He's quite a casual person as well, making jokes and even talks with the President of Giga, Han Sung-Gong with a casual tone and even joking about Gangrim's wife in front of Gangrim himself.
Han Sung-Gong is Zhuge Kongming's direct superior and reports to him alone. Zhuge Kongming is quite casual with his superior, talking to him as if they were friends with such a casual tone and even joking around him.
Zhuge Kongming is Gangrim's superior and is the one that relays his reports to the President of Giga himself. He's also the one who orders Han Sung-Gong's Generals. Zhuge Kongming and Gangrim are on casually good terms as even when the former made jokes about the latter's wife although the latter just ignored him.
Abilities
Overview
Zhuge Kongming is a talented and intelligent individual that possesses exceptional ability according to Heart Heater, calling him the "Blue Dragon" and is on par with Pang Tong.
Spell Error: a skill that reverses the flow of mana and causes a disruption in magic spells.
Stone Sentinel Maze: It is the legendary Stone Sentinel Maze of Zhuge Liang that was reborn through Kongming's own reinterpretation. A time-turning conceptual barrier created by Kongming surrounds both Kongming and his target. The time turning mechanism of the barrier is activated when an outside force attempts to breach the barrier and everyone within the mana pillars vicinity gets time turned back for them. Unless the opponent knows the conditions for releasing the barrier, the same event will be repeated over and over again. The time turned individuals retain their memories of previous events
Items
Weapons
Feather Fan: a feather fan used by Zhuge Kongming as an accessory or for certain spells.
In Lion Crow Castle, the returning Han Sung-Gong is given the current state of affairs of the Great War.[1]
Translation Notes & Issues
Main Articles: LINE Translation Changes
Epithets
Heart Heater calls Kongming '와룡' in Season 2 Episode 44. '와룡' is the Korean for the Chinese character '臥龍'. '臥龍' literally translates to "Crouching Dragon" or "Sleeping Dragon". LINE Webtoon incorrectly translates '와룡' as 'Blue Dragon'.
Notes & Trivia
The character is based on Zhuge Liang, Courtesy NameKongming, who was a Chinese politician, military strategist, writer, engineer and inventor. He served as the chancellor and regent of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period. He is recognised as the most accomplished strategist of his era, and has been compared to Sun Tzu, the author of The Art of War. His reputation as an intelligent and learned scholar grew even while he was living in relative seclusion, earning him the nickname "Wolong" or "Fulong", meaning "Crouching Dragon" or "Sleeping Dragon". Zhuge Liang is often depicted wearing a Taoist robe and holding a hand fan made of crane feathers.
The wisdom of Zhuge Liang was popularised by the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, written by Luo Guanzhong during the Ming dynasty. In it, Zhuge Liang is described to be able to perform fantastical achievements such as summoning advantageous winds and devising magical stone mazes.
Zhuge Kongming appeared in Episode 102 with his signature fan, but he made his actual debut in Episode 104.
In AE 7, The Spy told Kongming "I didn't need to visit you three times to have you on my side, huh?". This was a reference to Liu Bei trying to see Zhuge Liang and finally gaining an audience with him after three visits.
In Season 2 Episode 44, Heart Heater referred to Kongming and Pang Tong as the "Hidden Dragon" and "Young Phoenix" respectively. This is was referencing Sima Hui's statement above.
Curiously, the character was called Zhuge Liang by both Han Sung-Gong and Han Gun-Ho in Season 2 Episode 61. It is unknown if this was a setting error by the author.
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