Arcane Kingdom Online

Infected with the lethal ZERO virus, Clay Hopewell uploads his consciousness into Arcane Kingdom Online to cheat death. He survives the process — only to find himself in a fantasy world on the brink of collapse, facing a hostile population, a class he can't unlock, and a destructive in-game glitch with no apparent origin.

The ZERO virus spreads further across the real world, threatening Clay's friends both inside the game and out. Simultaneously, a paranoid young king presses Clay into a dangerous quest, nations mobilize for war, and the malevolent glitch continues its rampage. Even with his closest allies at his side, dark forces are reshaping their new home into something nightmarish.

The real world is gone. Now an army of powerful NPCs marches on Clay's digital home, an entire nation intent on enslaving Earth's players. Clay has been handed the one rare quest that might stop them — and four days to complete it. His second chance is on the line.

With a new summoner class unlocked, Clay is chosen to compete in the deadly Solmini Summoner Tournament — a high-casualty event in a desert capital seething with warring factions and political intrigue. The plan is to compete, survive, and find allies for the growing conflict across Illyria. One false move could end everything.

Clay arrives on the evil continent of Arethkar with one goal: free the brutally enslaved players. With a long-lost contact at his side, he sets his sights on conquering the Iron Citadel in seven days. Success means a new era of peace. Failure plunges the world into greater darkness.

Surrounded by enemies and badly depleted, Clay's team faces their toughest mission yet: sneak into the enemy capital in ten days, establish disguises among corrupt nobles, and assassinate the would-be emperor of Arethkar before his coronation grants him godlike power. A new druid class unlocked, and the clock is ticking.

After months inside the game, Clay has a rare chance to log out — but Arcane Kingdom Online's AI guardians have escaped to Earth, and the fate of both worlds hangs on recapturing them. Clay and his friends have three days to trek across a post-apocalyptic Earth and bring the runaway AIs back before reality itself ceases to exist.