Year 2044. The world of games has long since changed, and the most popular among them is the VRMMO game “Ascension.” An unlimited world divided into one hundred floors—each floor is a separate location with states, countries, tribes, and a variety of races, housing millions and millions of players. There’s a sky and a sun, seasons change, and life flows in an ordinary, measured way. The goal of the game is to find the key to each floor and reach the very top. New players are assigned to one of the first three floors when they enter, and the higher the floor, the harsher the conditions. Will Thomson, having joined the game, didn’t immediately realize he ended up on his floor completely alone. But when he took a job to kill rats—those very first monsters any newcomer encounters… [Name: Cursed Rat] Level: 46