The year 2043. When a mysterious System encompassed Earth and connected it to Aertia - a fantasy world full of magic and wonder - monsters and dungeons started to appear, ruining the peaceful life of countless people. The main reason humanity survived this ordeal was the fact that those who played the new generation VRMMO Aertia World Online inherited their avatar''''s abilities fully, gaining incredible powers. It also divided humanity into those who were lucky enough to play this game and those who weren''''t. Many thought that they escaped the calamity, but little did they know that it was only the beginning of the end...