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

Rank 10 threw out another 'flash grenade' into the air to reveal Elan's location. Though, this time, after Elan's location was briefly revealed, the shadows surrounding him darkened even further to match Elan's tint.

'He's changing the tone of the darkness to hide himself properly.'

But of course, Rank 10 wasn't going to be stopped by something like this. He destroyed the light source he created and dashed towards the swathe of black mass.

Lorn could guess his plan. Since Elan had to change the tone of darkness to match his own shade, Rank 10 would still be able to see where him during that brief interval. Even if Elan summoned the creature again, Rank 10 could now attack without hesitation, since he knew it was partly on his side.

However, even with the light disappearing, Elan's position was not revealed. The 10-meter-wide shadow all darkened at the same pace.

Elan's cards