Back to the Battlefield: The Veteran Heroes Return to the Fray! Volume 4 [Parts 1 to 9] by Kiraku Kishima

Author:Kiraku Kishima
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 2: Exiled Dark Priest versus Aloof Holy Beast of the Sword

The Third Kingdom, Blue Intersection—also called the Mercantile Nation of Mist—was an island nation completely disconnected from any other kingdom by land. Cargo ship routes didn’t need to pass through its specific geographic location, which should have made it a challenge for it to center its development around trade and commerce. In spite of that, the majority of trade vessels did pass through the Third Kingdom for one reason: many locations around the kingdom, both on land and in the ocean, had an extremely low concentration of mana.

Monsters only inhabited areas with a certain amount of mana. The distinction from place to place was clear: the higher the mana in a location, the more fearsome the monsters. As long as travelers avoided areas with abundant mana, there was little reason to worry about monster attacks—the main obstacle in the distribution of goods. Removing those attacks from the equation was the best boon a merchant transporting valuable cargo could ask for.

In the current war, the Third Kingdom was once again benefiting from the blessing of its geography. A vast part of its territory, the royal palace included, had mana concentration that was too low for the demons’ teleportation gate to manifest. Since the areas high in mana were limited, the humans could easily predict where the demons would appear.

Above all else, the Third Kingdom had its hero, Derek Henderson. He’d prepared quite the nasty welcome for the therianthropes—half-beast, half-demon—who’d come to attack the Third Kingdom. The therianthropes were brutal, powerful warriors who took great pride in fighting without any form of magic, using only their brawny bestial bodies.

Derek had taken direct command of the forces intercepting the demons. The strategy he had prepared for them could only be described as “complete lockdown.”

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“Onwaaaaards!”

A gate formed in a forest rich in mana around forty kilometers away from the royal palace of the Third Kingdom. From it, an army of demons appeared and rushed forward with a loud battle cry. The mixed group included therianthropes with traits of monsters such as silverbacks, killer cats, evil Dobermans, and crimson bears ran across the field with animalistic speed. They easily crossed the sloped mountain trail, slaughtering any monsters that appeared in the way with little effort, then continued on toward the palace.

Humans are so feeble, thought the silverback demon leading the charge. The demons had run into the Third Kingdom’s forces as soon as they’d emerged from the gate, but the result had been a crushing victory for the demons. The armed humans had been no match for the therianthropes’ sturdy bodies and high physical ability.

“Dammit all! Retreat, retreat!” shouted the humans’ commander. The human forces could only fall back and fire spells or arrows at the demons.

“Hah! What’s wrong, humans? You won’t hurt us by blindly attacking while you run!” The therianthropes took heart at their victory and advanced with even more ferocity. They evaded the humans’ sloppy attacks and gave chase, felling human after human with their claws and fangs.

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