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 feared for the effectiveness of his skills, but this time, Blackout and Mental Inducement's effects both worked immediately. His gamble worked. The soul and skill blocking wall was not impervious.

The Dream Shrike's Hijacking was canceled immediately and the bird's skull fell on the ground with a clatter. Lorn's drowsiness disappeared all at once.

For two more seconds, Lorn continued Hijacking with an uneasy heart, wondering if there was something else, but thankfully, the skill finished without more incidents.

He sighed in relief as the various information about the Shrike trickled into his head.

He unpacked them as he healed his hand.

Its stats were mostly what Lorn would expect from it. 500 Willpower, 400 Sense, 200 Intelligence, and its physical stats hovering between around 10. Though, there was one other stat that was unknown to Lorn: Belief, which stood at an impressive 500.

Undying Perks