ATLAS: Me, the Combatant, and Him, the Hero

Cyberpunk X Super Sentai!

"We've held up your world long enough. Now, we of ATLAS shall bring it crashing down!"

It's been almost a century since the Ascension Wars led to the destruction of almost all of human civilization. The last city on a flooded Earth is NOAH: a vast arcology constructed by the foremost pioneers of science and industry in the days before the war. From atop their ivory towers, megacorporate moguls and zaibatsu barons impose their own order upon humanity's final refuge through the swift and righteous hands of their private security forces, each fielding their own superhuman agents -- Sponsored Heroes.

But beneath the shining metropolis on the surface, NOAH's heart festers and rots. When "Hero" is just another job, who exactly will protect those who can't pay up? For those of the Substrata, born beneath the notice of the well-to-do, there's only one place that's always hiring.

Welcome to Secret Society ATLAS, Combatants. Try not to die.

Submitted as my entry for the 2022 MAL x Honeyfeed contest under the Cyberpunk board.

Prompts: Anti-Hero x High-Tech x High Commoditization x Metropolis x Suburban Chaos x Dehumanization

The release schedule for this entry was bi-weekly, with new chapters uploaded every Wednesday and Sunday -- releases which will continue with Volume 2 after the contest concludes, so stay tuned! Regardless of results, if this story's a success, I have plans to be able to continue both Calli's and Genesis' stories, as well as introducing sidestories more focused on other characters, all set in the big, wacky world of NOAH, where Heroes and Villains battle for fame and profit.

I'd like to give a huge thank you to everyone who has read and supported this novel so far. Your comments and encouragement mean the world to me, and it's only because of that support that I was able to come as far as I have.

Thank you all so much for reading, and I hope to see you again in Volume 2!

Submitted as my entry for the 2022 MAL x Honeyfeed contest under the Cyberpunk board.

Prompts: Anti-Hero x High-Tech x High Commoditization x Metropolis x Suburban Chaos x Dehumanization

The release schedule for this entry was bi-weekly, with new chapters uploa...

Author
GenreActionMechaShounenCrimeCyberpunk
UpdatedAug 29, 2022
Chapters25
Writing StatusFinished
Word Count74,985
Featured fan art of this novel.