Second-year high school student Rakuro Hizutome loves nothing more than finding so-called “trash games” and beating the crap out of them. When he decides to change things up by playing a new, “god-tier” VR game known as Shangri-La Frontier (a.k.a. SLF), he does what he does best: min-maxes, skips the prologue, and jumps straight into action! Rakuro may be a seasoned gamer, but a meeting with an old rival will change the fate of every SLF player forever.Clad in nothing but shorts and a bird mask, Rakuro (player name: Sunraku) launches into the world of SLF. Things are going well at first as he takes down a goblin, a bunny, and even a python. But then Sunraku comes up against a huge, hard-hitting wolf known as Lycagon the Nightslayer. Will Sunraku’s years of “trash game” experience be enough, or is he about to suffer a rude awakening just a few hours into his SLF adventure?
Sunraku can’t help but get side-tracked by the allure of challenging overpowered monsters for loot. By exploiting the game-breaking abilities of his Inventoria equipment, Sunraku collects a massive haul of valuable drops from the impossibly strong crystal scorpions. With his precious loot squared away, Sunraku can focus on searching for the magic application unit in order to advance his main quest, but his clanmates have other ominous plans for him…