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After a year in a coma, speedrunner Rian Karasawa learns his mom has disappeared upon entering Project Mirage Online, the first virtual reality game to be indistinguishable from real life. Desperate to find her, Rian follows her in only to discover that the game is more than virtual. Under the guise of a VRMMO, the invasion of a parallel reality has begun.
Recruited by a demonic servant, stuck in an otherworldly body, Rian is chosen to fulfill a nefarious task. To rescue his mom, he'll have to level-up his way to the endgame, avoid detection by the Game Masters, and locate the goddess from his dreams. But if he can master the Mirage System and its parallel universes, untold power awaits him.
With fists ablaze and levels to grind, Rian sets out to uncover the true nature of the game and the fate of his mother...