In the virtual reality RPG [The Frontier] , a player named Salt begins his journey as a beta tester. After completing a hidden quest, he makes a small wish to the God of Abundance, who emerges from the Well of Wishes.... more>>

“Please… don’t let the game end…!”

The moment the god nods in response, Salt is s**ked into an endless darkness—only to wake up on the day the open beta test begins.

But.

“I said I wanted to play longer… I didn’t ask to be trapped in here….”

Just as Salt struggles with their unwanted imprisonment, a strange player appears.

[‘[User] Zinon’ has entered.]

“Village chief, your husband is here.”

“……”

“My darling is as beautiful as ever today.”

“……”

“Did you miss me?”

A lunatic player named Zinon, who insists on calling himself Salt’s husband, visits him every day, rambling on as if talking to himself.

Then, one day, a glimmer of hope descends before him—

[Congratulations! You have met the conditions to unlock a hidden quest!]

_____

Tap—

“Darling. Your husband is here.”

“…….”

As Salt slowly lifts his head, their eyes meet. A devilish smile.

“You know, taking something back after giving it away is really cruel.”

“…….”

“But why did you abandon me twice? I almost lost you again. That pisses me off.”

“Uh, um….”

“You won’t ever do that again, right?”

Zinon tilts his head as he asks, closing the distance between them. His face is lit with a dazzling smile.

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Top: Woo Jinhon (Zinon)

Current Rank 1 Avenger, Guild Master of the Ranker Guild [Chain] . In reality? A first-year office worker who only shows up to work as a hobby before inheriting his father’s company—a true silver spoon.

Through a friend’s introduction, he starts playing a game and unexpectedly meets his ideal type of a thousand years. The fact that his crush has a male avatar? Completely irrelevant.

For the first time, Jinhon wonders if it’s time to leave his reckless life behind and settle down. The only problem? His soulmate is an NPC.

Hopelessly falling into an impossible love, will Jinhon be able to claim the one he desires?

Bottom: Moon Yiyoon (Salt)

The young village chief of Elche Village, now living his second life as an NPC.

On the day of his high school graduation, Yiyoon stops by a PC café alone and sees a recruitment ad for beta testers of the VR game [The Frontier] .

But the moment he becomes the first player to complete a hidden quest in the closed beta, he finds himself trapped in the game with no way out.

Determined to leave his past life behind and find peace in this new world, he tries to settle down… but peace is nowhere to be found. This world is too dull, and the universe refuses to leave him alone.

And now, he’s entangled with one very persistent man.

Can Yiyoon escape his relentless pursuer?

Read this if…

You’ve ever wondered what goes on in the minds of NPCs in your favorite fantasy games.

Relatable Quote:

“I said I wanted to play games forever, not get locked up in one.” <<less

The day of the server merge for the MMORPG Blaze had dawned. Mollamolla, the guild leader of the Sunfish Guild, was trying to recruit hidden high-rankers to protect his guild. However, he ended up in a quarrel with a random player due to a macro advertisement.... more>>

[General] Dambi: Your excuses are so insincere.

[General] Dambi: If you're going to be like that, just don't do it.

[General] Mollamolla: No, I'm serious;

[General] Dambi: Stop acting.

[General] Dambi: You're just f*cking bad at it.

Far from clearing up the misunderstanding, they couldn't even communicate. To make matters worse, a 5-star monster that appeared before Mollamolla was snatched away by the other player. Dambi's mockery was all that returned to the despairing Mollamolla.

[General] Dambi: Why? Are you triggered because I called you crazy?

[General] Dambi: Crazy bastard lol

[General] Mollamolla: Hey!

[General] Mollamolla: You son of a b*tch! Son of a b*tch! Where are you going?!

He called out desperately, but the guy disappeared. Enraged, Mollamolla began to persistently chase Dambi.

[Server] Mollamolla:

▶Dambi(Valkyrie) <<less

MMORPG 'Deal and Attack'.... more>>

Just before the server shutdown, I possessed the character I created. <<less

I started playing a game only to become an NPC—and not just any NPC, but the supposedly awesome ‘Golden Princess’.... more>>

Unfortunately, my kingdom fell ages ago, leaving me completely alone.

Now, I have to earn 100 million gold coins. Left with no other choice, I... started selling nuclear bombs!

One day a loud boom blew up the Beginner Village Boss along with tens of thousands of players. Only then did the players realize that the nuke sold by the cute NPC little girl is the real deal!

"What? You want to buy nukes? You want to buy nukes when your favorability is so low?"

"Do I need to teach you how to grind favorability too?"

"Just these few gold coins isn't even enough to fill my teeth!"

From that moment on, gold coins started pouring in continuously.

What players don't know is that I'm not just an NPC—I'm also the #1 player on the leaderboard.  

Want to surpass me? Then pay up! Spending money makes you strong! As for who to spend your money on?  

Yours truly, of course! <<less

In the fully immersive and realistic RPG online game [Illusory World], which has been in official public beta testing for its fourth year, Violet, one of the top players, experiences an unpredictable twist while participating in the conquest of a special dungeon.... more>>

With her eyes closed and then opened, Violet finds herself no longer in the game world but in a completely new and unknown place, separated from the modern society behind it.

Here, there is no doubt that it is the real world.

Violet’s incredible adventure begins, but this world seems somewhat different from what she had expected.

Enemy A: Why? You’re just a priestess, aren’t you!?

Violet: Is there a problem between me being a priestess and me being able to beat you with a stick? Drop your loot and hand it over! <<less

Ye Bai was cryogenically frozen ten thousand years ago, and upon awakening, she found that Earth had entered the interstellar era.... more>>

As an ancient human, merely surviving required exorbitant costs to filter out various viruses and radiation.

At her wit's end, she looked up and saw a massive game advertisement spanning half the sky—

In her time, Ye Bai had been a renowned game developer.

The ad displayed her unreleased game, *Boundless Realms*, which she had created before being frozen.

Three years ago, *Boundless Realms* burst onto the scene, causing a massive stir across the universe.

This was because the game could actually enhance players' real-world mental and physical abilities, leading interstellar scholars to believe it might hold secrets of a higher civilization.

However, the game was notoriously difficult. Despite investing immense effort, players couldn't even complete their first class advancement.

That is, until Ye Bai decided to enter the game to monetize her insider knowledge...

Not long after, interstellar players received an unprecedented server-wide announcement, the first in the game's three-year history:

【Congratulations to the Milky Way Region's Earth player 'Baiye' for becoming the first Lord in the game!】

The entire universe was in an uproar!

Who was this reclusive Earth-based expert? How did they unlock the method to become a Lord? After all, players had been wandering and adventuring for three years, only to be labeled as drifters by NPCs!

Meanwhile, Ye Bai: "...Wait, was everyone in the universe playing on guest accounts before?!" <<less

After Pei Yan, the executive officer of the Heavenly Realm, was transferred from the vulnerability team to the repair team by his immediate boss, his eyes opened to the world.... more>>

For example, the careless stallion male protagonist pointed at his c*otch and asked, “Can I eat this?”

Another example, the paranoid male protagonist dismissed him as a soft and beautiful person, but was criticized and scolded by him politely, “You are really… a living monster!”

Another example, the sultry male protagonist who has been suppressed for a long time, shook his bu*t and begged him, “Master, straight, direct, insert, enter, come on…”

Chief executive Pei, who is a good actor, said that it was the male protagonist who was the son of heaven who first seduced him! He just moved his hips!

But after the development of the restricted-level plot, the bloody truth began to emerge. A series of buffs including amnesia + PTSD + crematorium were superimposed, and this arrogant executive was silenced… <<less

High school student Seigo Konoe was hospitalized from having too many part-time jobs. Having been banned by his family and school from taking on part-time jobs, he now had nothing to do. ... more>>

He was encouraged by a friend from school to try playing the new VRMMORPG, ‘Elysion Online’ which was going to be released soon.

Having nothing to do, he thought of playing games to kill time and decided to play a VR game for the first time.

Seigo, who started up the game, named his avatar Takuto and began to play as a summoner. His first summoning called forth a cute girl from the Dragon race. Naming her Lily, Takuto sets out on a journey with her to the world of EO.

And after working numerous part-time jobs, he showcases his talents in the world of VR. As the game became enjoyable, he grew into a great gamer before he knew it. <<less

After being unfairly caught up in a scandal, 'Ittorang,' a player of the online RPG 'THE BIZ OF GOD' (commonly known as 'BiOGod'), decides to leave the guild 'Seven.'... more>>

During this time, he gets the opportunity to form a party with the notorious healer 'Seohee1' who belongs to the same guild.

[Party] Seohee1: hi 

[Party] Seohee1: All dealers switch your defensive accessories to damage ones

While momentarily impressed by Seohee1's precise care and machine-like calculations, Ittorang ends up arguing with Seohee1 due to their rude way of speaking, which proves the rumors about them.

However, after experiencing the horrors of public parties, Ittorang realized he must return to Seohee1.

As he trembled with humiliation and anger while composing a mail to Seohee1, he vows to train Seohee1 to be unsatisfied with any other dealer... <<less

The highly anticipated and widely popular VR online game, Meltis Online, where securing character creation rights is akin to winning the lottery. ... more>>

In this colossal open-world online game, our protagonist, Amane Rindo, unexpectedly gains access to the game environment and character creation rights. Invited by her close friend, Amane eagerly dives into the game, only to encounter an unexpected twist.

"Welcome to Meltis Online! I'm Navi-chan, your angelic companion on this journey! But first, could you tell me your name?"

To Amane's dismay, the guide turned out to be an angel, precisely the type he detests the most – an excessively cute, overly girlish angel. Unable to endure it, Amane attacked the angel.

"Are you the crazy girl who defeated Meltis' angel?"

By triggering a pre-play exclusive, ultra-rare event—what could await her now? <<less

After entering the game, Zane initially planned to make a fortune by farming gold and running dungeons. However, after the server launched… he found himself staring at the necklace resting on his chest, which had mysteriously followed him into the game, as well as a purple-haired girl who had only ever appeared in his dreams.... more>>

“This isn’t a dream, is it?”

“Of course not, Zane. Use this necklace to collect the souls of maidens. It’s the hidden class you’ve always dreamed of,” the purple-haired girl said with a mischievous smile.

“But wait, what the…” <<less

Divine, a famous MMORPG known for its extensive customization options.... more>>

One day, a hobby screenshot of the game that Sa-yoon casually uploaded ended up on the main page—

And that’s when he picked up an online stalker.

[Lepus] killer: Please share your customization settings. ㅇ^^ㅇ [email protected]

They spammed comments under his posts—

[Comment] Lepus-killer: Please share your customization settings. ㅇ^^ㅇ [email protected]

Chased him down to his guestbook to contact him—

[Whisper] killer12345: Chasa-nim!

[Whisper] killer12345: Please share your custom settings ^^!

No matter how many times he blocked them, they just made new characters and followed him in-game.

Sa-yoon, now branded with the unfortunate title of “Newbie Slayer,” eventually had to eliminate the stalker himself.

Finally free, he was enjoying his peaceful gaming life—until a new transfer player suddenly appeared.

[Whisper] a10235044: Hyung! Wanna party up with me permanently?

Meanwhile, in real life, Sa-yoon was struggling with his upcoming graduation project. Hoping to recruit an actor, he approached Shin Jae, a freshman in the drama club.

“You think creeps like you trying to pull something is anything new?”

“…What?”

“You like guys, don’t you, sunbae?”

But Shin Jae misunderstood, assuming Sa-yoon had been following him around out of infatuation.

Revealing his hidden nature, he sneered—

“I bet this is how you always play it off when you get rejected after creeping on people.

I’m the one being stalked here, so why the hell are you acting like the bigger person?”

After being repeatedly accused, Sa-yoon’s patience snapped.

“Alright, Shin Jae. Maybe you’re just too young to understand,

but let me show you what real flirting looks like.”

Will Sa-yoon finally rid himself of his gaming stalker?

And can he clear up the real-life misunderstanding before it’s too late? <<less

In a world where most social activities already moved to virtual space, a brand-new VRMMORPG, Arca Storia—Arst for short—had just been released. It boasted a level of reality that could be called the “remarkably lifelike another world” that everyone had dreamed of.... more>>

Tōno Tsuguharu, a bookworm, saw the advertisement for the game and had a thought: if it’s so intricately-built, maybe I can read books created from its unique history and culture?

He ignored the typical adventure of battling monsters and traveling from town to town. Instead, when he arrived at the starting town, he immersed himself in the guild archive room and never showed any intention of leaving. The NPCs gradually grew perplexed by his behavior. His support AI watched on with laughter.

This is a gameplay diary of Tohno, who spent his time reading in the game world and occasionally took on part-time jobs (*quests) to sort information in order to raise funds. Before he knew it, a handsome mercenary NPC with his own secrets already had him in his sights. <<less

After failing his college entrance exams and witnessing the bankruptcy of the company he worked for, the socially awkward Saguru Ōana found himself in a grim situation. To make matters worse, he had no friends, largely due to his intimidating appearance.... more>>

Desperate and at a loss, Saguru was drawn to an advertisement promising “10,000 yen as a gift” and decided to download the app called ‘Dungeon Go!’ Once he installed the app and selected a dungeon, he was suddenly pulled into a fantastical world.

This app allowed users to delve into dungeons to earn money! By sheer chance, Saguru found himself in front of an ultra-low-ranked dungeon. Fortunately, he managed to acquire several titles that gave him a significant boost right from the start.

As Saguru explored the dungeons, he defeated monsters and earned money. Along the way, various companions, each with their own unique circumstances, began to gather around him, and he resolved their issues one by one.

This story follows the journey of Saguru Ōana, a young man who became unemployed after his company’s collapse but ultimately began to accumulate great wealth. <<less

“Lin Yuan, I remember we sent you to infiltrate the righteous faction as an undercover agent to sabotage them, right?”... more>>

“Yes.”

“Then why are the righteous disciples now full of high morale, well-balanced in their efforts, and improving their cultivation speed by seventy percent? Do you have any explanation for this?”

“How the heck would I know? I’m just a lousy game designer!” <<less

Yun is a novice MMO player who equipped only unpopular skills labelled as garbage. However, soon after the official launch of the game, the NPCs... more>> stopped selling Recovery Potions. Everyone finally started to notice the importance of Support Magic and Items. And that spells trouble for Yun as well as all the other support-based players. They received orders for recovery potion from endless flood of players en masse, some more aggressive players even go as far as forcing the support players to be their personal craftsman. In order to prevent this from going out of hands, all the support players grouped together to form a community to keep things in order. <<less

In the highly anticipated release of the first-ever VRMMO, Yeager found himself mysteriously traveled back in time. He is poised to rise to the summit... more>> and achieve the impossible. Armed with years of gaming experience and a wealth of strategic knowledge from the future, Yeager believes he can bring about the miracle of immortality. But just as the game begins, fate takes an unexpected twist as Yeager finds himself transformed into a young woman. In a tale that challenges identity and defies the limits of virtual reality, join Yeager on a mesmerizing journey of self-discovery as he navigate a world of mysteries, battles, and alliances, all while grappling with his newfound femininity. <<less

“Law of Justice Online” is the first VRMMORPG made in Japan.... more>>

Yuta Sasaki was miraculously selected for the first shipment of the game among more than 20 million applicants. A VRMMORPG that he had dreamed of.

Of course, he quickly planned a game marathon session!

After acquiring his long-dreamed tamer job, Yuto aka Yuta, landed in the world of LJO with great enthusiasm, but…….

“What do you mean my monster has no battle power at all? A farmer? Gnome?! But he is definitely a farmer.”

What kind of future awaits Yuto, who stumbled at his first step? <<less

Nostalgia World Online, commonly known as NWO, is a VRMMORPG that allows players to experience the in-game environment with their five senses as realistically as the real world. ... more>>

Arisa Amemiya was invited by her childhood friends to play VRMMORPG for the first time in her life.

This is the story of her journey from a beginner to become the most feared player with the nickname of ‘Head-Hunting Princess’. <<less

The world’s first virtual reality game 《Floating Island: Fragments of the Stars》 launched with a bang today!... more>>

This anime-style online game featuring swords and magic elements became an overnight sensation, with its unparalleled freedom and immersive virtual reality gaming experience attracting countless players.

However, this globally popular game is actually causing numerous players to travel to another world with no way to return.

Nolan, as a closed beta tester, also became one of those trapped in the game world, and accidentally became his in-game character “Vampire Princess Tilia” thus beginning her cheat-like beautiful girl life.

Solo fighting bosses, dual-wielding, with explosive battle power, breaking through otherworld countries is totally within her grasp!

But due to her excessive beauty, sexy figure, being a gorgeous girl with white hair and red eyes, her pair of delicate black-stocking-clad beautiful legs are always coveted by other girls, and even her exclusive maid squad is “overstepping their bounds” with her.

“Princess, this is your first time being a girl, so you don’t know.”

“This is normal contact between girls, please don’t be shy, don’t be stingy about showing your alluring legs and dainty feet.”

“Oh my, your ear tips are turning red and twitching, how cute~”

Until she found herself pinned to the bed in the princess’s boudoir, surrounded by beautiful girls engaging in thorough and deep ‘exchanges’.

Tilia: “—Is this normal too!?” <<less

In the near future, the full-dive Virtual Reality technology will be commonly utilized in daily life.... more>>

Mitsuki Kou is enlisted by his father, the developer of the new VRMMORPG "Destiny Unchain Online," which features a skill system that prioritizes player abilities and Player versus Player over leveling, to test a revolutionary human interface device on the game's release day.

However, he inexplicably finds himself transformed into a vampire girl and trapped in the game with no means of logging out. Moreover, he ends up in a remote forest due to a malfunction.

Despite being reassured by his father that he is not in any immediate danger, Kou decides to immerse himself in the game and make the most of his experience. He hones his skills, forms a guild, and inadvertently attracts attention by role-playing as a "Wizened Loli" character, captivating viewers with his streaming sessions. Soon, Kou becomes well-known as the "Scarlet Demon Lord," Crim-Luersheia.

But what impact will Kou's prolonged exposure to the game have on his physical body in reality? <<less

Jobs, hobbies, lifestyles—the world has advanced to a point where nothing can be separated from VR anymore. And now, a VR game was released using... more>> the most cutting-edge technologies; its name was “Boot Hour, Shoot Curse.” Our protagonist had no choice but to play solo during the closed beta test, but once the game officially launched, she made lots of friends (but not necessarily with the players), formed a huge clan (but not a clan of players), and matured as an individual. <<less

Ha-un, who lost his parents at a young age and was left alone with his younger sibling, dropped out of middle school and has worked various manual labor jobs to survive. One day, after winning the lottery and suddenly becoming wealthy, burnout hits him just as life starts to get easier. With no friends or hobbies, Ha-un lies listlessly in bed all day until his younger sibling asks him to reach level 50 in an online game called “Forest Effect” for a college assignment.... more>>

Having suffered from hwabyung, distrust in people, and misanthropy from 12 years of labor, plus holding prejudices that games are only for pathetic people, Ha-un reluctantly logs into the game for his sibling’s sake but wants to play alone because he dislikes people. However, there’s someone who keeps approaching him, saying “it’s more fun to play with others.” This person seems to be famous in the game… Coincidentally, a well-known pro gamer who claims to be his sibling’s friend from school also starts suspiciously approaching him. Why are both of these people acting this way towards him?

Will Ha-un, a hungry fox who sees all people and games as sour, unripe grapes, be able to peacefully remain alone?

[Note: This references the Aesop’s fable “The Fox and the Sour Grapes” – One day, a hungry fox discovers luscious gr*pe clusters hanging from a vine. After trying to jump and kicking the tree trunk but failing to reach the grapes, the fox turns away saying, “Those must be sour grapes. They’re definitely sour and tasteless.”] <<less

Waking up, Ran Qi discovered he had traveled a thousand years into the future. He was now an ordinary student in the Service Department of the Military Academy, commonly known as a miscellaneous.... more>>

However, in this highly technology advanced era, the existence of the orderly soldier was probably equivalent to the appendix to the human body—— useless.

In the era when the strong were respected, even if his family was rich, he couldn’t get rid of the name of a waste.

It coincided with the launch of the Empire’s first holographic online game and gave extremely generous rewards, attracting countless people to participate.

Ran Qi immediately decided to lie down and laughed at the same time. He was ready to indulge in the online game, but who could tell him why this online game was the same as the RPG game where he spent countless RMB??!

Furthermore, his skill trees and warehouse followed.

Ran Qi: “...”

It seemed that his status as a VIP player was impossible to conceal any longer. It was time for the ordinary Blue Star players to experience the dominance of a pay-to-win player! <<less

I went into rehabilitation.... more>>

Would you skip the tutorial when playing a new game?

I had a strong inclination to do so.

After the Beta test phase ended, the main character joined the MMORPG during its Public Release.

He likes to go with the flow and enjoy playing the game. This is a story of his adventures. <<less