A street kid trying to survive in a technology and body-modification-obsessed city of the future chooses to stay alive by becoming an "edgerunner"—a mercenary outlaw.

A hopeless, jobless 34-year-old shut-in dies and is reborn into a world of swords and sorcery as Rudeus Greyrat. Retaining his memories, he vows to overcome his past failures and live this new life to the fullest.