Vermillion: Akaki Goukyuu no Étranger

Vermillion: Akaki Goukyuu no Étranger (Vermillion 朱き強弓のエトランジェ) is a light novel series by Niito Tadano with illustrations by Fruit Punch.

Plot
Western VRMMO DEMONDAL was known for its extremely harsh game system. To begin with, there were no levels. There were no skills. There were no guilds. There was no inventory. There were no convenient system messages or maps of any kind either. It was so needlessly realistic that it was already basically a VR life simulator.

As for anything game-like, it was basically limited to weapon masteries; a proficiency level that you got from using your weapon, as well as physical strength that increased as well. That was it.

It was a fantasy game so there was magic, but forming a contract with a spirit was extremely difficult, and only 1% of the playerbase were magicians.

In this VR game DEMONDAL that was ridiculously close to reality, the protagonist Kei who was a well known mounted archery expert, was one day sent to another world with his Russian DEMONDAL friend.

The game that was severe to begin with had turned into a reality, and the harshness increased again――