A skilled martial artist finds himself miscast as a Mage in a VR game. Embracing the role, he fuses his combat prowess with magic, forging an unorthodox yet formidable fighting style.

He is a great fighter in real life, but he is mistakenly assigned a "Mage" job class in a virtual reality game. He is someone who uses power to conquer power, so he makes the most out of the mistake and transforms into a fierce Mage, versed in close combat, in the blink of an eye. By perfectly combining strength and spells, he uncovers a new path of gaming. Fireball? Chain Lightning? Frost Mirror... Wait just a minute; I've come to practice kung fu. Spells have nothing to do with me. What's that? I'm a Mage? Oh, right. I am a Mage indeed. But... Are you certain I'm one? Alright... Feel the might of my saber. My sword. My hidden weapons. What? You're saying I'm no Mage now? Let me prove it to you if you don't believe me. But even if you believe me, I will still show you just how unstoppable a Mage who knows kung fu can be.—Webnovel

It tells the story of Gu Fei, a super martial artist but a gym teacher at school, who played an online game on the recommendation of his students, but mistakenly picked the profession of mage, and ended up becoming a melee violent mage, embarking on a new path of gaming.—WeTV

The Melee Mage is adapted from Butterfly Blue's novel Close Combat Mage of Online Game, which mainly tells the story of Gu Fei, who is a super martial artist but works as a physical education teacher in a school, who plays an online game under the recommendation of his students, but wrongly chooses the profession of mage, and ends up becoming a close-combat violent mage and embarking on a new path of the game.—Tencent Video-ANIMATION