The Player Who Climbed to the Top. Book 2

2044. The world of games has long since changed, and the most popular among them is the VRMMO “Ascension.”

An unlimited world divided into a hundred floors—each floor is a separate location with states, countries, tribes, and a variety of races, accommodating millions upon millions of players. There’s sky and sun there; the seasons change; and an ordinary, measured life flows.

The goal of the game is to find the key to every floor and reach the very top. New players are assigned at entry to one of the first three floors, and the higher the floor, the tougher the conditions.

Will Thomson, having joined the game, didn’t immediately realize he’d ended up on his floor completely alone. But when he took a contract to kill rats—the very first monsters any newcomer encounters…

“Name: Cursed Rat. Level: 46.”