Chapter 103 – 103. God’S Atlantis
103. God’s Atlantis
“Greetings. People of planet AL-401. I am the Star Spirit of planet AL-401. You can call me Aiel.”
I was in a vast space. It was a pure white space.
In this space, where the boundary between the floor and the sky was hard to discern, there were hundreds of people, including me. Everyone was looking around with bewildered expressions. Their ages ranged from their 20s to 40s.
“W-what is this all of a sudden?”
“…Does anyone know what’s going on?”
“Is this some kind of hidden camera prank?”
“I was definitely sleeping at home…”
Everyone was in a state of confusion. I quietly looked around.
‘What’s with all this pure white background? I’ll go crazy if I stay here too long.’
I spotted a man who was unusually calm in this space. A young man in his 20s wearing jeans and a black hoodie. I was certain after seeing his attire. He’s the protagonist.
‘Kang Myungjin. He has the setting of being possessed by the protagonist of a novel written by his younger sibling that he enjoyed reading.’
God’s Atlantis was a web novel that was serialized online. It was a fairly popular web novel.
‘This is exactly the starting point of the original story. Kang Myungjin is probably quietly racking his brain, trying to figure out the situation.’
It wasn’t just Kang Myungjin. Some people were quietly observing others, trying to grasp the situation. They have a high chance of surviving the tutorial.
‘I’m only here to experience mana. I’ll just do the tutorial, so I don’t need to worry about anything else.’
My secondary goal is the elixir hidden somewhere in the tutorial. That elixir increases the mana capacity of the user.
“You have been randomly selected and banished to Atlantis. I hope you will live diligently there.”
It was the voice that had introduced itself as Aiel earlier. A clear female voice. It wasn’t Korean or any other language I knew, but strangely, I could understand it.
‘It’s the common language of Atlantis. Reading and writing won’t be a problem either.’
It didn’t seem like there would be many incidents due to language.
“Banished? Banished?!”
“Let me out of here. I have to go to work tomorrow.”
“Why isn’t my phone working?!”
The space instantly became noisy. Everyone was filled with anxiety, shouting out their concerns, making it as chaotic as a marketplace.
“Quiet.”
With Aiel’s one word, filled with an unknown power, the space instantly fell silent. Aiel wasn’t visible, but it was clear that she was no ordinary being.
“You may feel that this is unfair. But know this. You were born on Earth as you pleased, and you have lived on Earth as you pleased. From my perspective as the Star Spirit of Earth, you are illegal residents. Nothing more, nothing less.”
That’s a bit of an exaggeration. I, who knew the original story, knew that the Earthlings and Aiel, the Star Spirit of Earth, had a mutually beneficial relationship.
“You have been banished from Earth. But it doesn’t mean you can never return to Earth. Once Atlantis is over, you can return to your original Earth. David Taine, whom you all know well. He was also a banished one, but he is a hero who returned to Earth.”
David Taine.
An S-class hunter from the United States.
A man who has achieved both wealth and fame.
“Atlantis is also a land of opportunity. David Taine was not originally an Awakened. He gained power in Atlantis, and with that power, he became a hero of the United States. There is no reason why you cannot become like David Taine.”
I chuckled. David Taine is the only one who has returned from Atlantis.
More than 10,000 people are sent to Atlantis, and only one has returned.
Also, none of the people here are hunters. Hunters are those who hunt monsters that appear on Earth. From the perspective of Aiel, the Star Spirit of Earth, hunters are white blood cells. There’s no way she would send such high-level personnel to Atlantis. It’s not like there’s a problem with Earth’s lifespan.
“What… what are we supposed to do in that place called Atlantis?”
“You can live there as you please. I do not expect anything from you.”
“……”
She doesn’t expect. That means she doesn’t have any expectations. Of course, in the middle of the novel, Aiel’s attitude changes due to the protagonist’s actions, but… that’s a story for the distant future.
‘I can’t see Aiel’s appearance right now… but according to the original description, she’s a stunning beauty with pure white hair.’
Just from her voice, I could tell. She must be quite a beauty.
‘To violate Aiel, the Star Spirit of Earth, wouldn’t that mean violating Earth itself!’
Sung Yoojin, the man who violated Earth!
What a wonderful title!
“In 10 minutes, you will be sent to the tutorial area of Atlantis. The tutorial is a kind of test. You must pass the tutorial to enter Atlantis.”
“…What happens if we don’t pass?”
“You die. But you don’t need to worry too much. You will have the Atlantis system applied to you, and you will be able to use the status window.”
“Status window…? Huh! W-what’s happening all of a sudden!”
A man who muttered about the status window was surprised. It seemed like something had appeared in front of his eyes.
And some quick-witted people started shouting or muttering about the status window.
“This is all I have to say. I wish you good luck.”
Aiel disappeared. Although she wasn’t visible, the immense presence that had been in this space had clearly vanished.
I took out my smartphone from my pocket. The Yuhee Life app was still working fine.
[Sung Yoojin
Level: 35
Strength: 23 Stamina: 23 Agility: 22 Intelligence: 20 Vitality: 30 Mana: 25
※Due to the world’s penalty, only a portion of the stats are applied.]
‘World penalty, huh? It’s different from the growth penalty.’
The growth penalty had a minus sign on the stats, but the world penalty didn’t have any. It says that only a portion of the stats are applied, but I don’t know how much that is.
‘No wonder my body feels heavy.’
I didn’t think much of it. In fact, I had an idea why the world penalty had occurred.
‘Status window!’
When I shouted ‘status window’ in my mind, a hologram-like window appeared in front of me.
「Name: Sung Yoojin
Class: –
Title: –
Seat: –
Affiliation: AL 401 Earth.
Strength: 7 Agility: 8 Stamina: 11 Mana: 9 Luck: 17
Unique Trait: Deception (A)」
The world penalty given to the Yuhee Life app stats was probably a penalty given because there was a separate status window in this world.
‘No, but even with this, these are pretty decent stats, right?’
It’s more than twice as high as the protagonist, Kang Myungjin’s stats. That means I’m starting with stats that are twice as high as an average person.
‘But why is my luck so high?’
I remember that Kang Myungjin’s luck stat was 2 at the beginning. And luck is a stat that’s hard to raise. While other stats can be raised through training or items, luck cannot be raised through training, and items that raise luck are very rare.
‘Well, I’ve always been pretty lucky.’
Just the fact that I awakened the Yuhee Life app makes me the luckiest person in the universe, doesn’t it? And I’ve had a strange streak of luck since way back. Like finding 1,000 won on the street, or getting a decent item when I do a gacha. Except when I take exams, that is.
‘My unique trait is A-rank. If it’s A-rank from the start, that’s really good. Is this also thanks to my luck stat?’
Unique traits are abilities that everyone has. You could say they’re innate abilities. Everyone has at least one unique trait, so it’s not like I’m special.
「Deception (欺瞞)
You can manipulate information, including the status window.
A bonus is applied to acts of deceiving others.
Type: Unique Trait
Rank: A 」
A smile crept onto my lips. At first glance, it might seem like a useless trait, but the protagonist, Kim Myungjin, has a unique trait that allows him to see other people’s status windows.
‘If I use Deception, I can manipulate my status window, huh?’
「Name: Wangjaji
Class: SSS-Class Virgin Hunter
Title: The One Who Has Taken a Thousand Virgins
Seat: Power Sex
Affiliation: Sexnet
Strength: 1 Agility: 1 Stamina: 1 Mana: 1 Luck: 1
Unique Trait: Boppal (SSSSS)
(Deception in effect)」
‘It actually works. Hehehe.’
I chuckled. I could manipulate the status window as I pleased. Of course, the manipulated stats aren’t actually applied.
I messed around with the status window a few times before I started using Deception properly.
「Name: Sung Yoojin
Class: –
Title: –
Seat: –
Affiliation: AL 401 Earth
Strength: 2 Agility: 2 Stamina: 2 Mana: 1 Luck: 17
Unique Trait: Equivalent Exchange (S)
(Deception in effect)」
I changed it to something plausible because Kim Myungjin might accidentally peek at my status window. I didn’t intentionally change my luck. It’s not affected by physical abilities. Also, if Kim Myungjin sees my luck, he might try to use it in various ways.
‘It doesn’t seem like it’s only applicable to the status window.’
I tried using Deception in various places.
As a result, I found out that I could use Deception on my body as well. I used Deception to hide one of my fingers. My right hand only had four fingers because my middle finger had disappeared.
‘I made the outer appearance transparent. Unlike the status window, using it on my body continuously drains mana.’
It was possible to make it transparent or change the shape of my finger. However, it was only the appearance that changed. In reality, nothing had changed. If you touched it, you could feel its real shape.
‘This trait… I like it!’
It was exactly my style.
I tried using Deception in various places. It seems like it can be used on objects as well as the body. Using it on objects consumes a lot of mana.
‘I might be able to make my whole body transparent like an illusionist?’
I was about to try it, but I stopped. There were people around. There was no reason to reveal my abilities to them.
‘I also have to consider the possibility that it might not work on Kim Myungjin.’
It’s an ability that has a lot of room for experimentation.
「You will be moved to the tutorial area in 1 minute.」
A notification window appeared in front of my eyes.
I stared at the notification window in wonder. I reached out to grab it, but I couldn’t.
“Everyone! Let’s calm down! Let’s calm down and gather together!”
“This is a common situation in comics and novels! There’s no need to panic!”
The surroundings were noisy. I put both hands in my pants pockets.
‘The tutorials are conducted in different areas.’
There is a way to do the tutorial together. You just have to hold hands. Then up to three people can move to the tutorial area together.
‘There’s no reason for me to tell them that.’
Kim Myungjin was also silent with a serious expression. He’s a cool-headed guy, so he’s probably already understood that he’s become the protagonist of his younger sibling’s novel that he enjoyed reading, and he’s thinking about how he should act in the future.
I have no intention of contacting Kim Myungjin. My goal is only the tutorial.
「The transfer to the tutorial area will now begin.」
My body was enveloped in light.
I felt like I was being sucked into somewhere, and then the light disappeared without a trace. I was in a forest with dense trees, not a pure white space.
「You have entered the EF739 tutorial area.」
「There are a total of 3 conditions to clear the tutorial area.」
「Clear Condition 1. Survive for 7 days.」
「Clear Condition 2. Collect 1,000 AP and purchase an Atlantis entry ticket.」
「Clear Condition 3. Move to Atlantis through the gate that opens after 7 days. The gate will be open for 3 days.」
「You currently have 0 AP.」
「You will die if you fail to clear the tutorial.」
‘EF739 tutorial… It’s a different tutorial area from Kim Myungjin. Well, I expected that.’
I took out the Hwaryeon Flying Daggers from my inventory.
Rustle, rustle.
A person appeared, pushing through the bushes in front of me.
A blonde woman. She was short and had a small mole next to her nose. She looked to be in her early to mid-30s. She wasn’t a beauty.
“……Ah.”
The woman hesitated when she saw me. It was because I was holding a knife in my hand.
Without saying a word, I approached the woman and swung my knife, beheading her. The woman’s head fell to the ground with a splatter of blood.
「First Kill!」
「You have achieved the first kill in the EF739 tutorial area.」
「You have been given the title ‘First Killer’.」
「Strength has permanently increased by 1.」
「You have acquired 1 bonus stat point.」
「You have acquired 100 AP.」
「The Serial Killer of the Clock Tower is showing interest in you.」
