One day, thirty thousand Japanese gamers wake up to find that the fantasy world of Elder Tales, an MMORPG that used to be their shared pastime, has turned into their harsh new reality. Cut off from their normal lives, they face a landscape teeming with ravenous monsters, tasteless food, and the impossibility of death! In the midst of the turmoil, veteran gamer Shiroe brings together his friends, the guardian Naotsugu and the assassin Akatsuki, and they set out on a quest to reshape the world as they know it!