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Rhode is a legendary guild leader of the most influential guild in the VRMMO, Dragon Soul Continent. In order to cope with the death of his beloved sister, he dived into the game for seven long years. During this period, Rhode tries his best to alleviate his emotional pain through gaming, but alas, his life shatters once more when he heard his parents perish in a plane crash.

A month after the incident, he made a decision to quit the game and return to the real world. But just before that, as a final farewell, Rhode decides to fight the most powerful BOSS in the game with his guildmates. In the end, he defeats the BOSS at the expense of his avatar's life. Rhode smiles as his avatar dissipates in a beam of light. However, instead of respawning at the usual platform...

...

"W-wha...!"

Rhode shot up and stared at the unfamiliar ceiling.

And thus, a player who had been creating legends in the game for three eras disappeared just like that...

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Summoning the Holy Sword

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Thereafter, everyone met with several ambushes, but they had gotten used to their attack patterns and dealt with them easily. However, this didn't mean that their test had come to an end.

"How much longer before we reach our destination, Rhode?"

Marlene wiped the sweat off her forehead. For a young lady born as a noblewoman, walking for hours was a torture for her. Not only her, but Lize and the others were also exhausted. What made the situation worse was that they didn't even know how long they had been walking. Was it a few minutes or hours? Marlene retrieved her pocket watch and saw the pointer positioned at three o'clock. If she recalled correctly, the previous time it was at six o'clock and now it was three o'clock… Could it be that they had been walking for nine hours?

Then, Rhode's answer devastated them.

Welcome to the 71st Refuge