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

It was a somewhat forced argument. And it was also mixed with Lorn's sudden thoughts and feelings, but it seemed to work.

"Sure, we can try it," Desiree said nonchalantly.

"It's not like we're facing something life-threatening. If a side wants to keep things safe, then it's fine, and if they wanna take risks, then it's fine as well," Adrian added.

With the decision made, they started changing the plans a bit. The expedition's main destinations, which were the cities and towns were unchanged, but their routes were different.

It felt odd at first, because it was almost like they were going on a tour or something but when they realized they were here to become stronger, the decision started to make sense. They were going out to train, not to spearhead a political campaign.

The reason why