Kenshiva

**Kenshiva** is a military specialist who was a member of the Alliance of the Races, one of four who later came to be called the Heroes of Legend to fight against the Demon Lord’s Army in the Mythic Era thousands of years ago.

## Appearance

In the light novel version, Kenshive is a wolf beastman with dark grey fur. His outfit resembles a sort of a samurai samurai kimono, hakama, and armor.

## Personality

Kenshiva is a member of the Beast People and a master of war. He is an infantry fighting command vice chief. He is a vice commander of the infantrymen and commander of the irregular forces.

He has a half-brother Orlaxle from a different mother, but he never met or even knew his father. He learned at the sudden revelation that Orlaxle’s grandfather led the wolf beastmen as their leader in the battle against the Ravernal Empire that took place in the Vulloxas Valley, which was called the Battle of the Wolves. Upon learning that he was related to Orlaxle, Kenshiva’s chest burned with passion.

## Abilities

Kenshiva, despite being young, displayed power on par with even Orlaxle. He has strong physical strength that is incomparable to humans.

## Chronology

### Great Race-Demon War Arc

In the Mythic era thousands of years ago, the Alliance of the Races led by commander Orlaxle in the Philades continent could no longer hold out against the Demon Lord's Army, forcing their diminished numbers to cross the great ocean and retreat to their last hold out in the Rodenius continent. The Demon Lord's Army used Charybdis and Kraken sea monsters to cross the great ocean to the Rodenius continent, assembling 15,300 demons to engage the Iwat Valley. With their survival hanging in the balance, the 2,800 defenders had set up a final defense line to fight and stand against the Demon Lord's Army in front of the Iwat Valley.

Entrusted with the command of the infantry force, wolf beastman Orlaxle yelled at them to defend the fortifications to the last man. The Demon Lord's Army persistently continued their attacks, but the alliance army, who was on the defense, didn’t allow them to exploit any gaps in their formations. As Orlaxle and his wolf beastman vice commander Kenshiva bickered, the force of goblins simultaneously split, taking the soldiers to man the walls along the frontlines by surprise and pushing them back.

Suddenly, Orlaxle noticed the Red Ogre appearing with a great axe. Orlaxle and the Red Orge took a step back to ready themselves for one-on-one combat. Simultaneously, the two lunged at one another once more with their weapons. With their defensive lines overrun, Kenshiva shouted at the soldiers to retreat while Orlaxle held them back. Their forces had already successfully escaped a considerable distance from the battlefield, and only Kenshiva and Orlaxle were left. However, Orlaxle internally chose death, letting Kenshiva escape. Kenshiva crashed into the wall of goblins and orcs with his sword as the Red Ogre and Orlaxle clashed once more.

After Orlaxle died in one-on-one combat with the Red Ogre, the remaining 900 soldiers of the Alliance's Defense Force, including Kenshiva, Dorguff, and Meriell escaped to the Divine Forest.

After the Imperial Japanese Otherworld Force annihilated the Demon Army’s Rodenius Dispatch Force on the Divine Forest, Kenshiva participated with the twenty high-ranking personnel from the Alliance of the Races and the Emissaries of the Sun God in the high-level meeting at the sanctuary inside the Divine Forest. When Ilkanresis mentioned that elves possessed duplication and material transport magic, Lt. General Matsushita Takao wished to inquire the Alliance of the Races for help on aspect procuring more weapons and supplies. Vice Admiral Kasai Ryuuken added to Matsushita’s statement that the Japanese weapons and vehicles required oil and metals. However, Ilkanresis couldn't teach the magic to other races since it was their closely-guarded secret, but he thought they could prepare replacements for Japanese equipment and procure oil, but iron and ore required digging up. Dorguff mentioned leaving dwarves processing iron and ore. Kenshiva mentioned the beastmen carrying the heavier pieces of stuff and oils.

Right after Vice Admiral Kasai Ryuuken and General Matsushita Takao discussed their plan for invading the southeastern Philades Continent, the formation of their forces decided promptly to split their forces into two that would each take the eastern and western routes. Galeos and Kenshiva were chosen as the chief of staff due to their intimate knowledge of the Philades continent. They were both quick to offer their opinion. The nineteen ships of the Otherworld Deployment Fleet sailed toward the southeastern Philades Continent.

Four days later, in the oceans 200km south of the Philades Continent, Gulgorath spotted the black smoke emanating from the horizon and sent 50 wyverns for scouting them. After the 200 wyverns were shot out of the sky by fifty Zero fighters, Kenshiva was at a loss for words to watch the air battle from the bridge of the aircraft carrier Ikoma. He understood what Kasai explained earlier that their air power’s capabilities were leagues greater.

After the destruction of the 2nd Rodenius Dispatch Force in the Battle of Philades Southern Sea, Kasai Ryuuken and Matsushita Takao listened to Galeos’s explanation about the numerical superiority of the Demon Lord's Army and the Band of Warriors under Ta Lou, who left with only 300 warriors for his chances of survival and lived under the village of Laterre in the complicated geology of the Doria region. Kenshiva, who was beside him, shed a tear upon hearing Ta Lou’s name and decided to join in on searching for them. Matsushita and Tanaka were a bit surprised at Kenshiva’s request. Still, they had no reason to deny his request because he possessed intimate knowledge of the land that led them, which would make their life easier. The Otherworld Deployment Fleet sailed toward the southeastern coast of the Philades Continent where the Demon Lord’s Coastal Defense Force and encampment.

At the coastline of the Southeastern Philades, the 24 Type 97 medium tanks and 12 Type 95 light tanks of the 1st Armored Regiment rolled off the transport ships one after the other and emerged onto the beaches. With the goblin units taking a step back, 40 gigantic, four-legged Goruaus beasts came forward from behind them. When Commander Matsushita noticed the dog-looking things, Kenshiva panicky confirmed the Goruaus beasts, which were synthetic magical beasts created by the Ravernal Empire that could cast attack magic from their horns and mouth. The Goruaus beasts had horns protruding from their forehead. As Kenshiva finished his explanation, the Goruaus beasts cast their attack magic. They unleashed streaks of light from their horns, blasting the turrets of the Type 97 tanks in front and covering them in bluish-white, explosive flames.

After the disaster and destruction of the Demon Lord’s Coastal Defense Force in the Battle of the Southeastern Philades, the Otherworld Army Division had completed its landing. Kenshiva and 1st Division Commander Matsushita rode the Kurogane Type 95 scout car. Kenshiva felt anxious, expecting that the Demon Lord’s powerful magic would come over them anytime soon, but later realized that his anxieties never materialized. He noticed Demon Lord Nosgorath fled west with his at least 2,000 demons, splitting from the Yellow Ogre, who escaped to the coastline eastwards. Later, the Otherworld Army Division promptly made their way north, splitting up as planned with the 1st Division going east and the 2nd Division going west to split further and isolate the elements of the Demon Lord's Army.

Three months later, in the Derol in the eastern of the Philades Continent, Matsushita left command of the 1st Army Division to his subordinates while he, Kenshiva, and several soldiers set out to search for survivors from the Alliance. Since vehicles could not travel long distances without refueling gasoline, they opted to travel by horse instead. They flinched at the towering heights of the mountains on the horizon. Kenshiva flinched at the towering heights of the mountains on the horizon, looking ahead himself. Up to that point, all they came across were endless grassy meadows, dotted with the occasionally slopey hills that protruded from the plains. He pointed to the grass in the area that was unnaturally bent with their stalks rising by the trampling of the beasts of the Demon Lord's Army. Moreover, Kenshiva didn't think Ta Lou would not hesitate to enter the mountains up ahead. So they travel into the mountains on horses.

Ta Lou, leading his warriors, had taken descending the route from the mountains, but he stopped them and heard the sound of a horse roughly 200m south. Mareja had also noticed the sound. With light bodily movements, Mareja scaled the trunk of a tree and quietly leaped from branch to branch. Kenshiva stopped his horse and looked off somewhere into the forest. The other soldiers got nervous. They all heard a rustling sound above their heads before Mareja landed in front of their group. Kenshiva disembarked from his horse and ran towards Mareja, hugging and laughing heartily. Then, he reunited Ta Lou and Mareja past the fringes of the forest and introduced Matsushita and several soldiers as the Emissaries of the Sun God.

Kenshiva then explained what had happened: Orlaxle’s demise, the elves’ desperate prayer and unexpected response, Matsushita and the rest of his comrades summoned from their world, their current counteroffensive, and Galeos taking the western route. After hearing about Orlaxle’s demise, Ta Lou, Mareja, and the other warriors with them all shed tears. However, when they heard about Galeos being still alive, they exhaled sighs of relief and joy. With their plan to annihilate the Demon Lord's Army in a bridge connecting to Grameus once and for all, Ta Lou, Mareja, and the Band of Warriors joined them. Matsushita’s 1st Otherworld Division headed northeast to link up with the 1st Otherworld Deployment Fleet.

In the Battle of Derol, near the far end of the land of Derol, Ta Lou was allowed to accompany Matsushita, who followed the armored battalion from behind since he wanted to see how the Japanese army fought. Matsushita, Ta Lou, Kenshiva, and four of Mareja’s warriors watched the infantries and armored battalions fight it out with the Demon Lord's Army. As Matsushita and the others ran and battled them, Ta Lou and Mareja were right behind them. Suddenly the Red Ogre protruded his dark red arm through Mareja's chest. Kenshiva and Matsushita, having heard Mareja’s scream, came running back. Kenshiva then ran to the fallen Mareja and tore open his bloodied raincoat. His life ebbed away in front of Matsushita and Kenshiva. The Red Ogre then turned to provoke Kenshiva, laughing heartily and insulting him as Orlaxle’s pup. He told Kenshiva that Orlaxle was swarmed all over by goblins as he helplessly screamed right through to the end, but Kenshiva made it their priority to link up with the Yellow Ogre. Malastras neared the Red Ogre, taking cover behind him from Japanese infantrymen with their Type 99 rifles as he reminded him of their priorities. Malastras and the Red Ogre zoomed away.

At night in the land bridge of Topa after the Battle of Topa, Galeos, Ta Lou, and Kenshiva, celebrating their reunion, made off with sake from Matsushita and went to the beach. Ta Lou and Kenshiva were a bit haggard, harboring some darkness deep within their eyes. Ta Lou heard what happened to Orlaxle and how Kenshiva stepped in for him, but Kenshiva didn’t say anything. Galeos gave them to answer that Orlaxle sacrificed by giving their life. Ta Lou replied briefly as he swayed the sake that reeked strongly of rice. He decided on something deep in his heart.

Three months later, after they with the help of the Imperial Japanese began the construction of a great wall across the end of the land of Topa, they completed the Doors of the World. On top of the completed wall, Kasai, Matsushita, Galeos, and Kenshiva stood and looked at the Grameus continent that unfolded before them. When two massive whirlpools appeared at the ends of the stone wall on either side of the isthmus, Kasai and Matsushita gave Galeos and Kenshiva a farewell, giving them sadness. Galeos and Kenshiva offered them their gratitude for saving people. They would pass it on to the rest of the people and upbringing the next generation about the Emissaries of the Sun God. After the formalities, Galeos, Kenshiva, and the people of the Alliance of the Races on the shore waved with shouts of goodbyes to the sailors, soldiers, pilots, and others, who were on the decks of the ships, before heading into the whirlpool to Earth. Once all of the nineteen ships had entered the whirlpools, the whirlpools shrank before disappearing completely.

At night, Ta Lou and Kenshiva stood in front of Galeos, who was sitting next to a bonfire. They discussed the future that the people of the races advocated for Galeos to take up the mantle of the king, but he firmly refused because he still wanted to roam around the different lands of the world to oversee the reconstruction. Then Kijje and Luca joined them. They were reminded of a lot of things about their past and abilities. Shortly afterward, Ta Lou, Luca, Kenshiva, and Kijje decided to join and guide their duty to defeat the Demon Lord, leaving Galeos's duty to the world and its reconstruction where the people of the races needed to be in peace when they returned. Having been persuaded by the three, Galeos reluctantly nodded in acceptance of his duty to protect the people. He no longer wanted to order them to go.

The 1,000-strong soldiers of the last group of the Alliance of the Races called the Demon Lord Extermination Army under Commander Esperanto with Ta Lou, Kenshiva, Luca, and Kijje marched towards the Guradoah in the northeast of the Grameus continent from the Doors of the World. Esperanto and Ta Lou had difficulty with a map of Grameus, according to Luca, their objective lay deep in the treacherous mountains to the Guradoah in the northeast of the Grameus continent when looking from the land of Topa. Luca warned them that magical beasts, which used magic in their body, were poisonous for them to eat. The problem of food weighs heavily on a 1,000-strong army. They would have to hunt something in the next three days.

Two months later, they marched in a wasteland that was unimaginably harsh with the shortage of food and water, but they lost almost half and forcibly retreated to Topa by the harsh climate and terrain. Ta Lou, Kenshiva, Luca, and Kijje took their weapons and baggage and set off. They had divided the fighting amongst themselves, but the monsters, beasts, and enemies they would encounter moving forward would have to be dealt with by their own hands.

Two weeks later, after Esperanto and the other 500 soldiers divided and left back to Topa, Ta Lou, Kenshiva, Luca, and Kijje reached the Gurganaff Plain. The Red Ogre and the White Ogre, who scouted for resources, stood in front of Ta Lou and the others and blocked their way at the Gurganaff Plain. The two ogres were surprised to see that only four had come and decided to wipe them out. Ta Lou remarked as he gently unsheathed his curved sword, followed by Kenshiva. Kijje picked up a fist-sized stone under his foot with slow movements. He threw the stone, possessing the force of a round fired from a small-caliber tank gun, and struck the laughing White Ogre, cracking open a slight fissure in his skull. The White Ogre writhed in pain and confusion.

The Red Ogre ran forward and swung his great axe onto Ta Lou’s head. However, even at close range, Ta Lou swiftly maneuvered his sword to block the Red Ogre’s attack, stopping his great axe with the hilt of his word. Coming in from the right, Kenshiva plowed his fist onto the Red Ogre in a sunkei move, transferring his immense kinetic force onto the ogre and forcing him down on the ground. The Red Ogre immediately pressed the side of his torso where Kenshiva had pushed him. Ta Lou then swiftly swung the blade down on the Red Ogre’s head. Suddenly, the White Ogre came over to the Red Ogre and pushed him out of the way, receiving the full force of Ta Lou’s swing with his arm. The blade easily sliced through the end of his arm towards the elbow like a knife through butter, turning him to scream in pain. Ta Lou immediately thrust his blade upwards without hesitation, ripping up the White Ogre’s torso. He swiftly chopped off the rest of the White Ogre’s body. He then got drenched in the bluish-black blood of his victim. Topping it off, he then thrust his blade through the mouth of the White Ogre and deep into his throat. While Ta Lou cut down the White Ogre, the Red Ogre was restrained by Kenshiva and Kijje, losing all luster in attacking them.

After the White Ogre was killed, the Red Ogre laid his eyes on Luca and slipped through once he saw the opportunity, processing in his mind an opening towards her. The Red Ogre instantly felt dread from the spine-chilling voice of Luca. While the Red Ogre was confused, Ta Lou closed in while Kenshiva attacked from the rear and Kijje from the flank. With all sides blocked off, the Red Ogre then jumped out. He landed next to the White Ogre’s remains, picked them up, and clutched them close. As the Red Ogre ran away, Ta Lou and the others decided not to force themselves to give chase, saving their energy on that encounter. Luca had been using her magic to strengthen the capabilities of Ta Lou, Kenshiva, and Kijje. After sifting through the Red Ogre's mind, Luca was able to look through his memories, confirming for herself the current state of Guradoah. She learned the Demon Lord was currently regaining his lost power until he had gained a fifth of his power back in the next five years. They must hurry to strike while the Demon Lord still wasn't at his full strength.

One month and two weeks later, Ta Lou, Kenshiva, Luca, and Kijje stood in front of the snow-laden gates of Darelgulla Castle. Ta Lou began forcing open the doors of the gate loudly. The 1000 goblins and 200 orcs lay in wait for them on the other side. They drew their weapons and faced the 1,200 troops from the Demon Lord's Army. Ta Lou, Kenshiva, and Kijje all managed to dispose of three to five goblins each. Malastriss quickly flew to the Demon Lord’s chamber, leaving the fight to the ogres. Breaking through the lines, Ta Lou and Kenshiva went straight into the heart of the formation. Ta Lou gracefully maneuvered his blade through the hordes of goblins. Moving with him to protect his flanks, Kenshiva freely moved through the snow with his excellent speed, taking down enemies that tried to attack Ta Lou from his blind spots. As the fight continued, the numbers of the Demon Lord's Army thinned.

In less than an hour, the number of goblins and orcs combined stood at around 300. The Red Ogre suggested that the three ogres and the Scarlet Dragon fight the four to take down one or two of them, and the Yellow Ogre agreed. The Blue Ogre hoped to take on Kijje and the Red Ogre inevitably ended up dealing with Kenshiva. The three ogres all ran forth to fight the four with the Scarlet Dragon. After the Yellow Ogre lost his leg to Ta Lou, who cut it with his blade, the Blue Ogre and the Red Ogre were engaged in tight fights with Kijje and Kenshiva respectively. Kenshiva’s claws struck the pit of the Red Ogre’s stomach, distorting his face with anguish. Then, his face was struck violently with a knee strike, followed by a thrusting technique. Meanwhile, the Blue Ogre tried to deflect a snowball thrown by Kijje with his club, but the force of the snowball seemed to have broken it. Trying to get close, the Blue Ogre would then be met by an extremely powerful throw, forcing him to keep running around Kijje to try and find an opening. Kenshiva and Kijje relentlessly fought to the teeth without stagger or failure. After Ta Lou executed the Yellow Ogre, Red Ogre, Blue Ogre, and the Scarlet Dragon immediately escaped into the bowels of the castle.

When Ta Lou, Kenshiva, Luca, and Kijje reached the deepest innards of the Darelgulla castle, they found the black, wide royal chamber lit with purple flames reminiscent of the twilight glow where Demon Lord Nosgorath sat alone on the throne. Nosgorath stood up from his throne and slowly walked down the steps toward them. They drew their weapons and faced him. Nosgorath explained to them that he was created by the Demon Emperor and the light-winged people, which have arrogantly turned to depose the gods. As punishment, destruction rained down on them, compelling them to transport their nation, the Ravernal Empire, to the future. However, the four could not hide their surprise at the fact that they were the ones who made Nosgorath. He told them that after the Ravernal Empire was in their absence, he had left to control the new world until the Ravernal Empire would be returning to this world in the far future.

When Nosgorath finished explaining, the four were beyond angry at what they heard. Ta Lou jumped to land the first strike on Nosgorath. Ta Lou was parried, stopping the blade with his bare arm. Nosgorath’s eyes glowed red, looking at Ta Lou. He then cast a spell, the shockwave of which threw him back toward the wall behind him. When he walked toward Ta Lou, Kijje threw some rocks down his way, but the rocks turned pulverized upon striking Nosgorath and reformed at the wave of Nosgorath’s hand. Then the pulverized rocks flew back to Kijje at high speeds. Taking a blow to his abdomen, Kijje was forced to kneel in pain. Luca ran to Kijje to seal the wound. Besides the Demon Lord, Ta Lou rose from the debris of the wall he crashed into and returned with his beloved blade unsheathed. He cackled with laughter after he heard Nosgorath's answer about his greatness and insulted him as disrespecting his greatness, giving him anger. Nosgorath was about to cast a hellfire spell when his magical power suddenly vanished. When Nosgorath finally realized what happened, Ta Lou tricked him into shutting his magic off along with his existence, which made it already too late.

All around Nosgorath, countless blobs of orange light appeared, tracing countless lines of light all around him, which the four let the Demon Lord blab on. Luca knew their slim chances of winning since it wasn’t enough to destroy the Demon Lord. She drew up a magical barrier to seal him inside. After Ta Lou, Kenshiva, and Kijje heard her explanation, they all decided to exchange their life energy which required their sacrifice of the magical barrier to seal the Demon Lord for all eternity. However, the barrier itself couldn’t kill, but the magical powers of the people inside neutralized, and the flow of time stopped, trapping those insides into an immobile state. As Luca began the main chant for the spell itself, Kijje’s body began to glow and fade away. Then Ta Lou’s body also started to glow. Kenshiva, who thought his next, was taken aback when Luca’s body started glowing before his turn. Luca explained to Kenshiva that she could only be cast her magic as a retainer of the god of fate. No one knew what happened to the four and the Demon Lord. She wanted to entrust his return to tell their story and its immortalization. Considering Kenshiva’s case, he should still have two years left as a beastman who was able to put up resistance against the sickness. Kenshiva reluctantly agreed that persuaded by Ta Lou. With those last words, Ta Lou and Luca disappeared, leaving Kenshiva and a Demon Lord sealed. The power of the barrier would slowly decay over time. Only surviving Kenshiva’s lone journey home has begun.

Meanwhile, Kenshiva evacuated long from Guradoah and resumed hunting and subsisted off magical beasts, living off of them for over a month. Half a year after departing Guradoah, he had finally returned to the Topa. When he arrived there, his body was already on acute levels of sickness from the amount of magical beast meat he consumed was already beyond saving. Still, he fulfilled his duty of telling the rest of the people how the four heroes ended their journey, how Demon Lord Nosgorath had been sealed off, and Luca’s last words.

Then, on the third day after he returned to Topa, Kenshiva passed away. Kenshiva’s remains were buried on a small hill at the center of the newly created Topa Kingdom. Next to his grave, Ta Lou, Luca, and Kijje were a gravestone dedicated. The site would welcome countless visitors from the races, offering their thanks for a long time.

## Gallery

Army Commander Galeos, sitting behind Beastman Kenshiva, heard reports from Sword Master Ta Low.Illustration of Kenshiva