When Ashe, Sonya, and Dia sat in the sports car, staring at each other in stunned silence with the endless tide of the Legion of Heroes' cavalry hot on their heels, they couldn't help but wonder. How on earth did things escalate to this point?

Half an hour earlier, Ashe had used the Virtual World Map to locate a golden zone labeled, "You Don't Want to Miss This!" Curious, the trio entered and discovered a small, quaint café. Waiting for them on a table were three books and three cups of coffee, one set precisely laid out for each person. 

At first, Ashe thought they had stumbled upon the Destiny Quiz again. But the moment he cracked his book open, he realized he was wrong. This was a far more volatile, love-it-or-hate-it Virtual World mechanic, the Chaotic Shopping Guide of Blessings and Curses.

Congratulations to every sorcerer who opens this book. Fortune favors you beyond measure. Your story will echo across thousands. You are light. You are lightning. You are the myth yet to be written.

The Dramatic Poet compiled this book. Remember his name, for he is the narrator of fate, the master of contradictions, the orchestrator of countless joys and sorrows, and the witness to the world's separations and reunions.

Millions of sorcerers in the Virtual World together could not match even a fraction of him.

To use this book, you...