Over the years gaming has developed beyond what humanity could have ever predicted. Mobile phones and Personal computers becoming a thing of the past as the first installment of the virtual MMORPG was released, incorporating dungeon hunting, monster hunting and open world setting. Allowing players to immerse themselves in the virtual world. August 3033, a company called SHADOW SEARCH took the world by storm announcing their first installment of an open world virtual game called THE LEGEND OF THE SHADOW. With the game gaining popularity across the world, Lucas Griffith a 19 year old American living in Asia finds interest in the game. Reborn in the game as a summoner, one of the weakest classes in the game. Lucas finds that he was chosen as the next Onmyodo master, an extremely powerful Onmyoji with the Umbrella of monsters at his disposal. Lucas is thrown in the world of life and death, where dying in the game results in dying in real life. He fights to survive against other players, the monsters and the syndicate called the SHADOW SEARCH, the game developers and their motive behind the game.