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

Author:Kiraku Kishima
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf

Chapter 6: Emergency Situation

When the report of the demon army’s attack arrived, the mock battle was naturally called off, and Margaret, the Seven Heroes, and the ministers that were in the previous meeting gathered in the same meeting room once more.

This is absurd... It’s far too soon. That was Alan’s first thought when he heard the knight’s report.

Experience had taught him that Evil Gate—the teleportation magic used by the demon army—could only be used so often. At least thirty days had to pass between uses, yet it had only been half that since their previous attack. Unfortunately, it would then be safe to assume that the current demon army used a different means of transportation from the previous one.

Those thoughts aside, the situation at hand had priority.

“Let us hear your report, Second-Class Knight Arias.”

“Y-Yes, sir!”

The knight who had earlier rushed into the arena stood in the meeting room and gave his report in a loud, clear voice.

“At approximately 1515, the Twelfth Unit spotted a group of monsters on horseback around the southern border of the Mildret sector during their patrol. They number approximately five thousand and are headed our way in formation. We believe they will engage the border security knights within two hours.”

“Five thousand, you say?” The First Kingdom’s Minister of Defense wore a grim expression.

Demons were far more formidable than regular humans. It was estimated that a single demon soldier was worth more than two human soldiers in terms of combat strength. The Mildret sector was a valuable magicite mining site, so it had more troops and better defenses than the average—but this would be the first battle against the demon army for most knights. In truth, the situation was dire. The ministers simmered with anxiety, but the Seven Heroes had cooler heads about the matter.

“Well, if that’s the extent of their forces, I should be able to handle it alone,” said Dora the Godfist Saint. The ministers concerned voices rose to a rolling boil.

Isabella’s spoke above the ruckus. “If we consider the aftermath, wouldn’t it be more appropriate for Alan to go, since they appeared within the First Kingdom’s territory?” She wasn’t contradicting Dora’s earlier words; any single hero in their group, other than the Villager, would be able to deal with an army of this scale.

“Isabella is right. Rather than the queen of the Second Kingdom fighting, it would be more appropriate for me, a knight commander of the First Kingdom, to go.” Alan paused for a moment. “But, just to be on the safe side and avoid any unnecessary casualties, I’d like two of us to head there. It should be me and... Sage, can I count on your backup?”

“Oh? You are requesting my help, Mister Alan?”

The one Alan called on was a forty-four-year-old bespectacled man dressed in the garb of a priest. He was one of the Seven Heroes, Norman Lockwood, History’s Strongest Sage. He was a reedy man with a gentle, wrinkled face, very unlike the strength displayed by the other heroes. Nevertheless,

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