Combatants Will Be Dispatched - Volume 4 - Chapter Aft

AFTERWORD 

Thank you so much for picking up this fourth volume of Combatants Will Be Dispatched! 

With four volumes, there are now enough pages that if you layer them together in your shirt, you could use them in lieu of a bulletproof vest. And it’s all thanks to you, dear reader. 

I’ve been thinking that it’s pretty impressive for someone as easily distracted as I am to keep working on something, whether we’re talking about Konosuba or Combatants . Thinking on it further, I realized this is the first time I’ve held a job for five straight years. 

Hey now, no need to look at me like I’m a failure of a human being. 

In the hopes that Combatants will become a long-running series, let’s spend a little time talking about it. 

As I mentioned in the first volume, the end goal of the series isn’t to kill the Demon Lord. 

Instead, the objective is to invade a new alien planet to provide a refuge for humanity as Earth nears its various limits. 

The main character in this series has a big responsibility, just as the main character in the conventional isekai adventure-fantasy series Konosuba is tasked with saving humanity from the Demon King. 

Will he act for the good of humanity and Kisaragi and complete the conquest of this new world? Or will he finally tire of the constant bait-and-switches and turn around to protect his new subordinates from his old bosses? 

The planet itself is still largely unexplored and full of mysteries. 

As we move forward, the adventures continue as our heroes build a giant metropolis using the power of technology and solve the mysteries of this world! 

But remember: Fundamentally, this is still a comedy, so don’t invest too heavily in that premise. 

If you’d like to read a proper adventuring story, I’ll go ahead and recommend you pick up my other series, Konosuba . 

The movie should be out around the time this volume is released, so I hope you can enjoy that serious trailer along with the movie. 

At any rate, like last time, I was able to release this volume thanks to the efforts of others. 

I’d like to close with my usual remarks, along with thanks and apologies to Kakao Lanthanum, the illustrator; my project manager K, my editors, the designers, and the sales team, along with all the other people who pitched in to get this book out the door. 

And to all the readers who’ve taken the time to pick up this volume, you have my deep, deep thanks! 

Natsume Akatsuki