Prologue
Two suns blazed overhead with a ferocity that bordered on the sublime. At the very heart of the continent towered the rainbow-hued World Tree. This was Elid — an otherworld where mysterious magic and bizarre monsters coexisted.
And then, without warning, humanity found itself transported to that otherworld. People grew. They gained the strength to bring down colossal golems with their bare hands, and mastered magic capable of burning thousands of monsters to ash in a single strike.
Everything flowed along smoothly. If things kept going this way, everyone believed, they would fulfill the System's conditions and return to Earth.
"AAAAAGH!!!!!"
But how had it come to this?
"Please... stop."
A scream tore from his throat as he clutched his severed shoulder. This was a hell of torture from which there was no escape. Amid the endless agony, he died and was reborn, died and was reborn, over and over again.