The episode 10 of Tomb Raider King starts with Jooheon Suh facing death at the age of 38. His body has been brutally split in two, leaving him barely clinging to life while a snake keeps him trapped. Even in his final moments, Jooheon refuses to accept defeat. His hatred is focused on Taejoon Kwon, the man he blames for the miserable life that led him here. Jooheon vows that no matter what happens, he will kill Kwon.
Instead of simply watching him die, a mysterious voice takes interest in Jooheon's determination. The strange presence recognizes that Jooheon possesses exceptional talent and considers it a waste to let him die without fulfilling his potential. A crow suddenly appears, and the mysterious being offers Jooheon a chance to claim the throne of the true king.
Jooheon has no idea what that means, especially since the creature that appears is a crow rather than the impressive-looking relic he might have expected. But the offer comes with something far more important than an explanation: Jooheon survives. His legs return to normal, his body is restored, and he realizes that he is alive. At first, he wonders whether the entire experience was a dream or hallucination. Then he hears the police officers around him talking about the year 2025. That date completely changes his understanding of what happened.
Jooheon realizes that 2025 was fifteen years earlier. He has not merely survived death—he has somehow been sent back in time. The mysterious voice's promise suddenly makes sense. Jooheon has been given another opportunity, and this time he remembers exactly how the future will unfold.
While the police deal with the people involved in the incident, Jooheon begins recognizing familiar faces. One of them is Detective Geonwoo Kim, a man who helped Jooheon during the difficult years of his original life. Fifteen years earlier, Geonwoo is still young, and Jooheon is struck by how different everyone looks compared with his memories. More importantly, Jooheon remembers what happened after 2025. The world is about to change forever.
Massive earthquakes will shake the planet, and mysterious tombs will begin appearing around the world. Inside those tombs are relics connected to myths, legends, folklore, and even popular fiction. These relics possess extraordinary powers, and humans who obtain them can gain abilities that completely change their lives. Jooheon knows this because he lived through it once already.
He also remembers how the discovery of relics transformed the world into a brutal struggle for power. Powerful groups and wealthy organizations quickly seized control of excavation sites, preventing ordinary people from accessing the tombs. At the center of this system is TKBM Corporation, led by the very man Jooheon wants to destroy: Taejoon Kwon.
Jooheon remembers his own role in that future. After obtaining the Archaeologist's Relic, he developed incredible knowledge about tombs and relics. For the first time, he believed he had found a way to escape his miserable life. Instead, his talent made him useful to TKBM.
Kwon's organization controlled access to tombs and used its power to keep competitors away. Jooheon eventually became one of the company's most valuable tools. He performed dangerous and illegal jobs for Kwon, including smuggling, theft, spying, and secretly entering tombs that had been sealed by the government. While Jooheon risked his life retrieving relics, Kwon became enormously wealthy.
Jooheon remembers enduring insults and humiliation because he believed becoming Kwon's subordinate was his only path forward. Other people mocked him for serving a monopolist, but Jooheon now understands just how badly he was used. His memories of the future give him something he never possessed the first time around: knowledge of what is coming.
He also realizes that the relic apocalypse has not happened yet. That creates a massive advantage. Tombs have begun appearing, but relic users have not yet emerged. Most of the important early relics will eventually appear in Europe and the Americas, but Jooheon currently has a basic problem—he has no money. If he wants to reach those locations and begin excavating before everyone else, he needs resources.
Then Jooheon discovers another unexpected advantage. A strange status display appears in front of him, identifying him as “Tomb Raider Jooheon Suh.” The system labels him as a thief who cannot even use a shovel, while another display reveals his first basic tomb-raider skill: Spy, a Rank F ability that allows him to detect everything within a one-meter radius.
Jooheon quickly realizes that the mysterious crow has done more than send him into the past. It has apparently awakened a system connected to his new life. A quest appears as well, ordering him to unlock all four basic Tomb Raider skills. By awakening these hidden abilities, Jooheon can become a full-fledged tomb raider.
The discovery leaves him excited rather than frightened. His greatest surprise is that the ability he originally received from the Archaeologist's Relic still exists. Although the relic itself is gone, the power it gave him remains. His enhanced perception allows him to see everything within one meter with remarkable clarity.
Jooheon immediately understands the opportunity. If Spy is only the first of four skills, then three more abilities are waiting to be awakened. He has already been given a second chance, and now he has a system that can help him build the power he will need to survive the future. But Jooheon still has no idea what the mysterious crow truly wants from him.
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His first practical obstacle is money, and his memories provide the answer. Jooheon encounters Kyeongtae Park, a former mobster who now works as a local thug and art broker. Kyeongtae runs a small gallery with his older sister, Kyungjoo Park. In Jooheon's original timeline, he had worked for them when he was desperate for money. He endured beatings, humiliation, and terrible pay simply because he had no better options.
This time, Jooheon refuses to repeat that life. When Kyeongtae confronts him, Jooheon calmly announces that he is quitting and demands the back pay and severance he is owed. Kyeongtae and his men are stunned by the change in attitude. They remember Jooheon as someone who could barely fight back. They are about to discover that this version of Jooheon is very different.
When the group attacks, Jooheon effortlessly overwhelms them. His body may not yet possess the physical strength he will eventually develop, but he still has fifteen years of accumulated combat experience from his original timeline. He uses that knowledge to dismantle the attackers quickly, targeting their weaknesses rather than relying on raw power. The fight proves that his memories are not his only advantage.
His combat abilities have survived the time reversal too. Jooheon realizes that he lacks the physical strength he once had, so he knows he cannot afford to drag out fights. Nevertheless, his skill and experience are enough to leave Kyeongtae's men helpless. Then Kyeongtae pulls a knife. At first, it appears to be an ordinary weapon, but Jooheon immediately recognizes something much more valuable. The knife is actually a relic.
That discovery changes the situation completely. Jooheon knows that some relics can escape their original tombs and eventually hide within ordinary human society. Kyeongtae's possession of one is therefore not impossible, but it is still an incredible stroke of luck for Jooheon. For the first time in his new timeline, Jooheon has stumbled directly onto a relic before the world has fully entered the age of relic users.
And instead of fearing the weapon, Jooheon sees it as his first real opportunity. He has already escaped the death that ended his previous life. He knows the rise of relics is coming, understands how TKBM will dominate the excavation industry, and remembers exactly how Taejoon Kwon exploited him. Now, with his combat experience intact and a mysterious system guiding him, Jooheon can begin building a completely different future. The episode leaves him facing his first major relic target, ready to take it for himself rather than spend another fifteen years serving someone else.
Tomb Raider King Episode 10 works as a major reset for Jooheon's story, turning his death into the starting point of a revenge-driven second life. The time reversal gives the episode strong momentum because Jooheon is no longer an inexperienced relic hunter waiting for the world to change; he already knows the apocalypse is coming, remembers the people who exploited him, and retains the combat experience that took fifteen years to develop. The mysterious crow and the new Tomb Raider system add another layer of intrigue, especially with the four hidden skills and the unanswered question of why Jooheon was chosen. His confrontation with Kyeongtae is also satisfying because it immediately shows how different this version of Jooheon is. Rather than accepting humiliation for survival, he uses his future knowledge and fighting ability to take control of his circumstances. Ending with the discovery that Kyeongtae's knife is a relic gives Jooheon a clear first target and sets up the next stage of his plan.
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