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No they got transported to the game world itself
Nah that was before, the manwha started with him transpirting to this world
That's entirely false, he got sucked into the game and cannot escape until he "beats" it.
The entire antagonism between the MC and ML stems entirely from the fact that the MC used to treat the characters in the game....as a game. Right up until the MC got stuck in the game and cannot escape.
....every now and then, I remember that our MC is sitting at home, playing this game on his computer and gooning for his virtual boyfriend.