A Wild Last Boss Appeared! (Manga)

Lufas Maphaahl rules the land of Mizgarz with an iron fist. Mankind stands no chance of prevailing against the most powerful being in the world and her army of loyal minions—until a band of heroes bests her in an epic battle, sealing her soul away for all eternity. But this is just another day in Exgate Online. Lufas is a player’s avatar and a legend among fans. She even outshines the official last boss, the Devil King. So it’s no big deal to the boy behind Lufas when he logs off after his epic defeat—thankfully, it won’t really be eternity until he can play again. But he’s met by a strange offer, and when he accepts, he’s sucked into the game world and awakens...in Lufas’s body! Two hundred years have passed since Lufas’s defeat, and Mizgarz now lives under the shadow of the Devil King. How will our hero fix his mess? And can he save the world from the one being he never subordinated: the last boss?

After an epic battle to defend the city of Svel, Lufas continues her quest to assemble the loyal servants she left behind two centuries prior: the Twelve Heavenly Stars. With her followers scattered across the land of Mizgarz, reuniting them will be no mean feat—especially when it takes fierce fighting to prove her identity! But this perilous journey is vital if Lufas is to have any hope of defeating the Devil King and his minions, who’ve been exerting their malign influence over her old allies in her absence. And there’s one more pressing reason for this adventure—the young man who created Lufas in Exgate Online now must live in her body, and is desperate to find out if there is anyone else here from the “real” world. Does he have any hope of discovering another player, or is this just wishful thinking?

Lufas and her trusty advisor Dina have been (re)joined by Aries and Libra, just two of Lufas’s fearsome adherents known as the Twelve Heavenly Stars. The next leg of their journey takes them to Gjallarhorn, the land of Lufas’s very own heaven-winged race, but she finds her people fiercely divided and on the verge of civil war— King Merak, an old friend who betrayed her, is struggling to keep the peace. It’s a race against time to prevent the heaven-winged from destroying themselves, as the gang splits up to hunt for clues that might reveal just who is responsible for sowing this discord. But can Lufas—or the young man in control of her—really afford to trust everyone in her party? Or is one of Lufas’s teammates not all that they seem?

Having just uncovered her loyal aide Dina’s secret identity as a double agent, Lufas is forced to make a difficult decision. Should she cast Dina aside, or allow her to stay in the party? The shocking revelation that Dina was a playtester for the Exgate Online game only complicates matters. Meanwhile, another inhabitant of the “real” world is summoned to Mizgarz to fulfill an ancient prophecy. Belonging to a secret class known as the “Chosen,” this plucky young newcomer by the name of Sei has the potential to attain unimaginable power—which he’ll certainly need if he’s to defeat those he was “destined” to vanquish. It is this same potential, though, that brings two deadly enemies straight to his doorstep before his journey has even really begun. Luckily for Sei, they also happen to be each other’s archnemeses.