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[Atlas Online] has been around for more than a decade; the game itself is actually an adaptation from a webnovel with the title
[I Entered a Romance Novel].
It was a game where you could play as a hero who helps humanity and fights evil, or you could play as a villain who brings despair to the world. Whatever your choice, you can do everything in this game with the 9 playable characters.
At first, players only downloaded the game because of the hype, but it slowly gained a lot of attention because of the way it created its story.
The story the game creates is based on the original webnovel as the main source, but the way the story grows is very different.
Let's say that Ryuma Kento (one of the characters you can choose in the game) doesn't become a hero but rather a merchant—what will happen?
The story of Ryuma becoming a merchant is something the author of the webnovel cannot predict. However, the game can predict that probability.
So if Ryuma chooses to be a merchant, the game will create a new branch story for merchant Ryuma.
But worry not—merchant Ryuma will still appear in the main story, regardless of whether it's in a cutscene or a quest, he will always appear.
And merchant Ryuma will always meet the main character cast in all sorts of ways; it can be an accidental encounter, or it can be a quest encounter. Whatever it is, merchant Ryuma will never be deleted from the main story.
But the character that I chose doesn't have that kind of gameplay.
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My name is Kylen Noor, just a normal unemployed man who likes to play games, and I was one of the first beta testers of [Atlas Online].
If I explained the whole reason why the developers chose me as a beta tester, it would take a whole day just to explain all of it, but the easy way to put it is the fact that I am a famous livestreamer.
It took a lot of time to correct all sorts of bugs and imbalances in the game, and finally, after one year of testing, we finished it.
With my help and the help of other beta testers, we managed to find all the bugs and create possibly the best webnovel game adaptation in the world.
And the game was released shortly after three months of corrections.
{A few years later}
"When the sun has set, I arise. I am Legion, the one who is colder than ice."
[13k watching]
[Timochalla has donated $100: Your opening will never disappoint us, Legion]
[Reanala has donated $10: As your new fan, I really like the way you opened your livestream]
[Dashing has donated $125: How's your day, bro?]
"Oh, thanks to Timochalla, Reanala, and Dashing for the donations. Remember, 75 percent of your money donated to me will be given to charity, so please donate a lot! And to Dashing—I had a great day today, thank you."
[Timochalla has donated $20: What's our agenda today?]
"I'm just going to play Atlas Online like usual."
[Atlondev has donated $10: Today is their anniversary, right?]
After seeing the new donation, Kylen quickly opened the game.
Through donations and dedication, Kylen managed to buy himself a godly-spec PC, making whatever game he opened start in a second.
"Oh! You're correct, thanks for the info Atlondev."
[Gugugaga69 has donated $100: Then just play the game—I heard that there's a new boss for players to kill.]
"Alright, alright! I'll play right away, sir!"
When Kylen clicked the start button, a pop-up appeared on his screen.
[NEW BOSS!!!: The White King Has Appeared]
The pop-up shows a man with long white hair wearing a flowing white hanfu. In his hand, he holds a staff, and his face is covered by fallen bamboo leaves from the background.
"Is this the new boss? Are the developers consuming m*th or something?"
[17m447 has donated $5: What's with your reaction?]
"You know that all the bosses in the game have a story, but this one doesn't! I've seen all sorts of stories the game has to offer, but I've never once met this guy!"
[Uncanny Manny has donated $200: Then just kill him.]
"You're right. Let's kill this guy."
Kylen closed the pop-up and quickly selected his character.
His character is a bug character. He doesn't have a story nor a main boss; his character is named Legion.
He chose his character and entered the game. His character appeared to be an office worker with hair covering his eyes.
He currently used a sword as his weapon, and he was wearing a suit. He also carried a coffee cup in his other hand.
"Let's see the guidance for this boss."
In Atlas Online, the player can ask all sorts of questions to their guide.
What is a guide? A guide is a mascot created by the game to help the player.
Every player has their own individual guide. For Kylen, his guide is a cloud named Bi Hong. He has a very fluffy texture and a clean white color, which changes depending on Bi Hong's mood.
[Bihong no.1 fan has donated $500: Long time no see, Bi Hong!]
"Bi Hong, can you show me how to encounter the new boss?"
"Bibi~"
A pop-up appeared on Kylen's screen.
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White King Boss Guide
White King is a new boss that doesn't appear in the main storyline. He uses a...
Click to see more
How to encounter White King:
1. You need to be at least level 250 to fight him.
2. You need to wait for this item to spawn: [The Branch of Broken Hearts].
(Usually it takes 2–3 hours to spawn.)
3. Go to the First World Tree and plant the branch next to it.
4. He will then appear.
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"Well, let's start the grind, I guess."
The stream ran for 3 hours until Kylen managed to fulfill all the conditions for the boss to spawn.
The White King.
The boss appeared out of nowhere and readied an attack. He had no health bar—only his name was visible to the player.
Kylen paused the game for a second to prepare for the battle that was about to begin.
[M7123 has donated $30: I wish you luck]
[Momoi has donated $125: Kill him, our glorious King Legion!!!]
[Neragera has donated $300: I believe in you!!!]
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"Wish me luck, guys."
He resumed gameplay and challenged the White King using his bug character.
The character he was using is a test character provided by the developers and given to beta testers.
The test character was used, as the name suggests, to test features like new cutscenes and skills.
Atlas Online was originally supposed to be a single-player Souls-like game with only one main character that you could customize and change gender.
But due to a few reasons, the developers chose to use 9 characters from the webnovel as the playable characters. Each new character was given the skills that had been tested using the test character.
To make the characters stand out more, the developers even created new skills just for them. They also received 50 percent more stats than the test character.
The developers said this would make it easier for new players to play, and after further development, the test character was deleted from the game on the day it officially launched.
But somehow, Kylen's test character was not deleted and still retained all its stats, inventory, skills, and appearance.
Kylen, with his clever approach, chose to keep using this "garbage" character, making his gameplay harder than the average Atlas Online player.
That's what skyrocketed his stream's views and fandom.
Fans really liked the fact that the test character could change weapons and elements in seconds, which made Kylen's gameplay more entertaining than the average streamer's.
Because Kylen's character had 50 percent less stats than a regular one, his experience turned Atlas Online back into the Souls-like game it was meant to be.
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Kylen drank from his water bottle and wiped his hands with a towel.
He took his mouse and clicked:
RESUME
In seconds, the White King landed a hit on Kylen's character, reducing his health by half.
–1,547,008 HP
Kylen quickly drank a potion and buffed himself with several spells while the White King slowly approached.
[Letmejumpher has donated $30: You almost started an endless sorrow]
"Yes! That was really close."
Kylen switched his weapon to a spear and shield and took up a defensive stance. He waited for the boss to teleport again.
As predicted, the boss appeared right in front of him and attacked, but blocked by Kylen's shield, and Kylen tried to counter the boss.
– 1 HP
Kylen failed to crit the boss, Kylen send another attack that was dodge by the boss triggering a 1-second cutscene—enough time to lose even more health.
He immediately changed his element to darkness.
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Element:
Wind → Darkness
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With the dark element, Kylen could use shadow-type moves, allowing him to submerge into the boss's shadow and avoid instant-kill attacks.
He switched to a chainsaw blade and attacked from behind, merging from the shadow and landing a perfect critical hit.
CRITICAL HIT – 1,020,077 HP
As the animation ended, Kylen prepared for the next move. With the boss stunned in its attack stance, Kylen swapped to a long musket in his right hand and a blade in his left.
He stabbed and fired at the same time, creating a synergy critical damage.
SYNERGIZED CRITICAL HIT – 20,555,534 HP
After the impressive attack, the boss remained in its stance and pointed his staff at Kylen, shooting a ray of light that couldn't be dodged and dealt true damage.
[YOU DIED]
[Souls Enjoyer has donated $222: That boss is really broken. What kind of boss is this?!]
[Love222 has donated $222: It's okay, dear. You can try again.]
"Thanks for the donations, guys. Like always, don't forget to like and hit that subscribe button. When I reach 100 million subs, I'm going to give away one of my game accounts to a lucky fan. My mission is complete. Let's meet again next time—ciao!"
Kylen covered the webcam with his hand and ended the livestream.
"That was a hard day... I hope I can kill that new boss tomorrow. Let's just sleep and wait for the next da—"
As Kylen stood up from his chair, his legs gave out and he tripped.
'Oh right… when's the last time I slept?'
He hit his head on the edge of his table and instantly lost consciousness.
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Zzzt.... Zzzt.
The sound of a broken TV echoed through the room. The floor was so cold it made his cheeks numb.
"I really need to put a carpet in my room."
He tried to stand up, but his legs gave out again.
"Thank God I didn't hit the table again—wait, speaking of tables… WHERE IS MY GAMING SETUP?!"
His eyes widened when he realized all his hard work was gone—from the PC gifted by a world-famous webtuber, to the chair made by his mother's hands.
"It's all gone…"
In one of his recent streams, he had once said:
"People who cry after their stuff is gone are the most pathetic in the world."
To think he was now crying over his lost gear—that was truly ironic.
After composing himself, he stood up and opened the window. He couldn't remember the last time he'd smelled fresh air.
"Haaaah… That's better."
His eyes were sore after a minute of crying, but that didn't matter once he saw skyscrapers outside in his small town.
The world seemed more advanced, and the people looked happier than usual. Somehow, it all felt familiar.
He remembered.
This was one of the towns in Atlas Online—which meant… he was dreaming.
"Well, it sure is a weird dream."
He walked to the freezer to get something to drink, but stubbed his toe on the way.
He rolled on the floor, trying to endure the sudden pain.
"What kind of day is thi—"
It hit him.
He could feel pain in this dream.
"Am I really… inside that game right now?"
To Be Continued