Combatants Will Be Dispatched - Volume 6 - Chapter Aft

AFTERWORD

Thank you for picking up Volume 6 of Combatants Will Be Dispatched. It is I, Natsume Akatsuki, the author.

The planet that Six has been sent to conquer is full of mysterious technology such as a floating castle, countless ruins that dot the landscape, the worn-out tank in the middle of the Grace Kingdom’s city, and the artifact that makes it rain.

The faction that appeared in this volume is closely tied to those artifacts, so the secrets behind those mysterious artifacts will slowly be revealed in future volumes.

Mr. Mogero, whom Alice blew up, was actually a giant robot designed to improve the soil. It was created to counteract the Sand King’s desertification, but since it probably won’t be touched on in the actual novels, I thought I’d reveal that little tidbit here.

Now that’s enough about this volume—time to move on to the important announcement that I touched on in the afterword of the previous volume…

Combatants Will Be Dispatched is getting an anime adaptation! Whoo-hoo!

While there’s nothing more joyful for an author than to have my characters given voices and come to life on the screen, considering this will be the third adaptation after Konosuba and Kemono Michi, I’m starting to worry that I’ve used up all my luck for one lifetime.

I’m also prepared to apologize to the voice actors for making them say terrible things.

There’s a fair amount of crass jokes and dirty humor, so I’m honestly surprised they’re going to air it. But I keep telling myself it’s fine, since Konosuba was allowed on-air.

That reminds me. It took a long time to come out with this volume, but I think I’ll use the excuse that I was worn out after completing my other series, Konosuba.

It’s not that I was particularly sick or tried to escape work, so please don’t worry about that. Now that there’s going to be an anime adaptation, I plan to work even harder on Combatants!

Speaking of which, I kept missing deadlines for this volume and would like to offer my apologies to the many people I caused problems for this volume, starting with Kakao Lanthanum. It’s only thanks to your efforts that I somehow managed to get this volume across the finish line.

I now offer my apologies and thanks to everyone who was involved in the publication process.

And of course, I would once again like to offer my sincere thanks to all the readers who’ve picked up this volume!

Natsume Akatsuki