Back to the Battlefield: The Veteran Heroes Return to the Fray! Volume 2 [Complete] by Kiraku Kishima

Author:Kiraku Kishima
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 5: Godfist Saint versus Tyrant Dragon 1

Contrary to Alan and the other heroes’ expectations, the war wouldn’t start in any of the seven great kingdoms.

The autonomous city of Necropolis, located near Asch Sanctuary, was one of the cities independent of the seven great kingdoms. Its main industry was the export of a natural resource that gushed out of the desert and could be used as fuel. Many kingdoms imported this fuel, allowing Necropolis to boast prominent wealth among the numerous independent cities.

Since it didn’t belong to any of the seven great kingdoms, Necropolis would have to fend for itself in the event of an attack by the demon army. It had significant defensive measures in place, proportional to its great wealth, to protect itself.

“Fifty anti-demon turrets have been deployed, sir!” a young Necropolis guard reported to the commander of his unit. “Two thousand guards wearing composite fiber combat uniforms made by the Humanity Defense Coalition have also been deployed, all equipped with the latest weaponry!”

The mustachioed middle-aged commander nodded. “Very well. We belong to no kingdom, so we are responsible for protecting ourselves.”

“But I have to say, I feel a little sorry for the demons attacking us,” the young soldier said with a strained laugh. The numbers of weapons and personnel responsible for protecting Necropolis could be called excessive for a city of its size.

The commander gave a hearty chuckle. “No, this is good for us. I quite like the thought of us being called heroes after defeating the demons here.” During the Titanomachy, the commander had only been an apprentice and had barely participated in the front lines. Peace was always preferable to war, of course, but with conflict coming up on the horizon, any soldier would want accolades.

Dreams of success were filling the commander’s head when a sudden development snapped him back to reality.

“Wh-What the heck is that?!” One of the lookouts was shouting while pointing to the west.

The commander followed the direction of the lookout’s gesture to see an approaching cloud of sand that could easily be mistaken for a desert twister, with a nightmare at its center.

“Wa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Check out that bunch of buildings and humans straight ahead!”

“What a pain. Can’t let them get in the way of our pleasant ride.”

Approaching Necropolis at great speed was a group of demons riding on large, wingless, bounding wyverns. What stood out the most was the size of those wyverns: each one was larger than a building. Hundreds of them were charging toward the city, and the soldiers quickly realized that their reliable defensive weapons, which had seemed more than enough only moments ago, were no match for this. The soldiers could only stare at the sight with their mouths agape.

“Hey, boss! How do you want us to do this?” one of the wyvern riders shouted while looking behind him.

Needless to say, the man he called “boss” was none other than Georgios of the New Seven Black Stars, clad in dragon scales, his eyes ferocious.

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