Introduction: During the end of the world,  the VRMMORPG addict Kolb responds in a most ridiculous way: he logs into the game known as Aetheria. Yet, when Armageddon''s clock hits zero, he mysteriously wakes up on a beach, still logged in, and stripped of all stats and items -- save for the broken sword given to him by a GM earlier. When an NPC shows him a book which foretells his arrival in this world -- and how he is tasked with reforging the broken sword he now carries, each shard upgrading its strength -- he realizes that the game''s Lore, once a fiction written by a handful of players, has somehow come to life. Along with the entire game world.Note: Game has Minecraft-style building, both this and more of the RPG aspects are not featured much until chapter 3+. Story has a slow pace....