Seven months passed since he was ordered to return to his home country after losing three of his precious comrades in a mission, Asriel, a teenager who is a now inactive elite military member, received an email from the developer of a VRMMO game, a game he played before with his military comrades. A closed beta test invitation for their new game Hollow Earth Online, filled with nostalgia Asriel participated in the test. To no surprise, Asriel managed to rank pretty high in the game leaderboard due to combat abilities plus in-game knowledge and received gifts after the beta test ended.  Days passed and Asriel fell asleep during one of his classes, a loud roar followed by a number of loud screams echoed in the classroom awakened him. As he peeked on the windows beside him, he saw an Ogre, a monster that can be only seen in the fantasy games he played savagely attacking and destroying everythings in its path. Without second thought, he instinctively opened his inventory and found the two of the gifts he received on the beta test, equipped with a unique sword and a black cloak Asriel rushed to the Ogre to prevent any casualties. Despite the large difference in the level, the Ogre didn’t stand a chance and was felled by Asriel's sword. The school dismissed them early after the incident.  On his way home, to Asriel horror things were just starting as screams fill the air followed by thousands of footsteps running aways from monsters that only in fantasy games existed. Suddenly the ground shook as an ancient pillar emerged from the ground in the eastern part of the town. Guided by an unknown voice, residents headed to the pillar while Asriel tried his best to assist the fleeing residents by defeating one monster after the other. Time passed eventually and most people that managed to arrive at the ancient pillar came to term that the old world ended and it’s up to them to survive the new world.