Shepherd had been covering the retreat of his fellow soldiers. They had been forced to run after a mission had gone wrong. They had almost successfully escaped when a stray bullet lodged itself in Shepherd's temple, killing him on the spot, or so he had thought.
Shepherd woke up in a whole new world of monsters and magic. His arrival inaugurated by chants of "All Hail The Hero!!" This is the story of an ordinary soldier, as he ventures on into the unknown.