Combatants Will Be Dispatched - Volume 5 - Chapter Aft

AFTERWORD 

Thank you for picking up Volume 5 of Combatants Will Be Dispatched! I’m your author, Natsume Akatsuki. 

We’ve finally made it to Volume 5. When the first volume came out, whether additional volumes would come out or not would be predicated on sales, but thanks to you, dear reader, I’ve managed to publish more. Many thanks, many thanks! 

This volume’s got a pretty high dose of serious topics and a hefty dose of low-level Combat Agents, but from now on, they’re going to be staying behind at the hideout, so I’m glad I was able to let them have some screen time before the end of the Demon Lord arc. 

If this were Konosuba, I suppose this would be the end of the road, but for the Combatants series, the fantasy elements are just getting started. 

This volume is a sort of milestone as the main cast is finally assembled. 

Exploring the mysteries behind Rose’s origins and the various O-Parts scattered around. The development and exploration of the planet. This is just the beginning of getting the actual invasion started. 

The end goal of this story isn’t the defeat of the Demon Lord, so he sort of wound up being defeated pretty easily, but I think, someday, stories of his personal life and incidents might be told… 

I suppose there won’t be that much demand, so it might only show up as Viper’s memories or something. Nothing to be done about that. 

Also, there’s going to be a really important announcement about this series soon. 

I’ll say ahead of time it’s not a drama CD. 

I’m not trying to be coy, but Sneaker will be making the announcement soon, so stay tuned! 

So anyway, the reason I was able to get this volume out the door despite getting really cornered by deadlines is thanks to the help of the illustrator, Kakao Lanthanum, along with my managing editor K, and everyone else in the editing department, as well as many other people. 

I offer my thanks to everyone involved in the publishing process. 

And of course, this has become a habitual show of gratitude, but to everyone who picked up this volume, deep, deep thanks! 

Natsume Akatsuki