Beasts of Arcana Online. It took the world by storm when it cane out. The world's biggest Virtual Reality game, a full dive MMO RPG. Over 500,000 players logged on in the first day, making all the involved companies millions upon millions of dollars. It was considered a worldwide success.

Then came the announcements and the incidents. Players were unable to log out. Those who tried to remove the headgear from friends and family only created corpses. More people began dieing in drives as the days turned into weeks, into months, into years. Those in the real world could only imagine what was happening in the game.

100 floors. Thousands of players. Millions of monsters. And only a few years to beat the game. In BAO, you either win, or you die.