Chapter 1: The Longest Snack Break

​After leaving his character standing in a starter-zone meadow to grab a quick sandwich, hardcore gamer Kang Jin-Woo finds himself trapped inside the VRMMO Aethelgard during a catastrophic server lockout. Ten years pass in the real world while his character remains motionless, causing his [Idle Meditation] passive skills to stack infinitely. ​Waking up a decade later with maxed-out passive defenses, Jin-Woo attempts to navigate the glitched world in low-level rags. When a high-ranking S-Rank monster attacks him, his passive counter-aura obliterates the boss instantly—astounding a high-level mage named Lyra, who mistakes the hungry, bewildered gamer for an ancient deity