Tormented by loan sharks, Lorn had lived the life of an 'ascetic'. He would willingly become homeless and live the life of a beggar (and only sometimes a pickpocket), so his hard-earned money wouldn't fall into his debtors' hands. Hopefully, they would finally leave him alone after realizing he's worth nothing anymore.

But realizing his plans, the debtors decide to sell him as a guinea pig! 

The One Country's grand experiment attempting to copy a human's consciousness and put it inside the digital space! The only catch is, 80% of the test subjects are expected to receive lasting damages to their brain. 

However, Lorn finds a once-in-a-lifetime chance. The researchers were creating a virtual world using the digital space. And to create profits from it, instead of simply creating boring-old Virtual Earth (and calling it the Metaverse), they were making a game out of it!

The first fully immersive VRMMORPG in the world!

As the first tester of this game, Lorn would be a disgrace if he couldn't make money off of it!

Falling Cosmos

Lorn and Yara shared a glance as the dead Bloodcritter twitched on the snow. A scarlet soul materialized in the air, hovering eerily in the air. The Bloodcritter's blood that was sprayed all over the snow moved on its own and reentered the ripple alongside its scarlet soul.

"Let it come closer so we can absorb it," Yara said.

The two took two steps closer and the ripple widened even further. Dozens of limbs appeared at its gates, writhing desperately at the new prey.

"How many do you need to kill?"

They took two more steps and ripple widened even further.

Counting thirty Bloodcritters, Lorn and Yara took a dozen steps back to prepare for the fight. Dropping on the ground, the little spawns of hell immediately rushed towards them, screeching madly all the while.

Bloodlust