My name is Ryan.
Just an ordinary seventeen-year-old high school student from Bandung.
I wasn't particularly talented.
No achievements worth bragging about.
No special future waiting for me.
But I did have one hobby.
Games.
And there was one game I had devoted more than two years of my life to—
The New World Online.
TNWO was a global phenomenon.
Ever since its release five years ago, the game has exploded in popularity almost overnight. People called it the first true virtual world.
I spent three years working part-time jobs and saving every bit of money I could to buy the VR device needed to play it.
And once I finally entered that world—
I never wanted to leave.
Even during New Year's Eve, when everyone else gathered with their families beneath fireworks and warm lights, I locked myself inside my room and dove into TNWO instead.
At that time, my character had already reached the first level cap:
Level 300.
