In a world where video games can change people’s lives, not just inside a virtual universe, but in the real world as well. A popular virtual reality MMORPG called Satisfy, is played by billions.
In this universe, players can earn wealth, fame, and social recognition through their achievements in the game.
However, Takumi isn’t one of the chosen. Better known by his in-game nickname, Grid, he has spent countless hours playing, and his real life isn’t going much better either.
Burdened by debt, struggling financially, and constantly looking for ways to make money, he sees the game as his best opportunity to change his life.
Grid’s latest opportunity comes in the form of an extremely difficult S-rank quest. Hoping to earn a substantial reward, he accepts the challenge.
The quest takes Grid to a secluded location considered one of the game’s forbidden zones. The mission comes from Earl Ashur, a powerful nobleman and magician, and he is supposed to retrieve a mysterious book hidden inside a cave.
Grid spends months struggling through the mission, enduring repeated deaths, equipment damage, and countless setbacks.
Finally, the real prize is resting on a golden table, and after examining the item, he discovers that it is Pagma’s Rare Book, a legendary artifact containing the techniques of a mythical blacksmith.
The book offers the rare opportunity to change his current profession and become Pagma’s Successor, a legendary blacksmith.
For Grid, this could represent fortune, but leaving the cave with the book won’t be so easy. Ashur arrives with armed knights, revealing that he never intended to let Grid keep the treasure.
With no way to escape and his life in danger, Grid makes a desperate decision and opens the rare book and accepts the legendary class change.
However, becoming a legendary blacksmith comes at the expense of his accumulated experience. And instead of becoming an unstoppable warrior, Grid finds himself practically back at the beginning.
(テムパル~アイテムの力~)
