Programmer Herl works himself to death and suddenly dies. When he wakes up, he has been transported into the game world he just finished grinding through. No System, no cheat, just a knife and an empty stomach.
To survive, he applies to become an assistant to Annie Shukel, the town’s resident mage. His duties include tidying a study that looks like a disaster zone, caring for an adopted ball-beast cub, preventing the laboratory from exploding on a daily basis, and, getting free room and board.
He thinks he has secured a steady job in another world, but then Herl discovers that the ancient runes his employer studies seem to be tied to something much larger. Bewildering whispers drift from deep within the forest, and unfamiliar gray shadows are always watching from the dark. Meanwhile, the muscle memory behind his signature “Draw-Cut” seems to be evolving...
