Battle of the Western Philades

### Result

**Japanese and Alliance Victory*** Expeditionary Force annihilated, except the Blue Ogre and the White Ogre.

**Battle of the Western Philades** is a naval campaign between the Emissaries of the Sun God with the support of the Alliance of the Races and the Demon Lord's Army. The Imperial Japanese 2nd Otherworld Western Force attacks the Blue and White Ogre's Expeditionary Force with the Red Scarlet Dragon and the sea monsters from the Mirishient continent on the sea close to the west of the Philades continent.

* Ravernal Empire's Remnants
* Expeditionary Force Commander Blue Ogre
* Expeditionary Force Commander White Ogre
* 2nd Otherworld Army Division Commander Colonel Sagara Katsuyuki
* 2nd Armored Regiment Commander Colonel Tasaki Kikuzou
* Alliance Chief-of-Staff Galeos (Human)
	+ Goblins
	+ Orcs
	+ Orc kings
	+ Rabid wolves

**Blue and White Ogre's Expeditionary Force**
* 40,000 demons
	+ Goblins
	+ Orcs
	+ Orc kings
	+ Rabid wolves
* 1 Red Scarlet Dragon
* Charybdis and Kraken sea monsters (unknown number details)
* 1 Kii-class battleship Kii
* 1 Nagara-class cruiser Yoshino
* 2 Fubuki-class destroyers Sasameyuki and Awayuki
* 2 Supply Ships Tsurugizaki and Kousaki
* 3 transport ships
* 25 Mitsubishi A6M2b Model 21 Zero fighters
* 20 Aichi D3A Type 99 dive bombers
* 15 Nakajima B5N Type 97 torpedo bombers

**Imperial Japanese 2nd Otherworld Army Divison**
* Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tanks (unknown number details)
* Type 95 Ha-Go light tanks (unknown number details)
* Kurogane Type 95 scout car (unknown number details)
* Imperial soldiers with Type 99 rifles (unknown number details)

**Alliance's Force**
* Infantrymen (unknown number details)
* Archers (unknown number details)
* Several Charybdis and Kraken sea monsters destroyed

## Background

### Demon Lord's Army

After the disaster and destruction of the Demon Lord’s Coastal Defense Force in the Battle of the Southeastern Philades, Demon Lord Nosgorath was continuing his retreat westwards on the Philades continent for the time being. With the emissaries ceasing their chase, at the camp, he felt anxious for the Yellow Ogre, who split his retreat with 35,000 demons along the coastline eastwards, and didn’t perish in the initial attacks. Counting 4,000 troops left the Demon Lord had, the 3,000 demons unaccounted, which had been lost in the attacks by the Emissaries of the Sun God along the way. He had to focus on his plan.

With the Red Ogre and Malastras being in Rodenius continent, it would take them more than a week to return to Philades, even with sea monsters. After they land, they would then have to take the overland routes, which if they want to take the shortest route, they should be better off linking up with the Yellow Ogre to the east. As for the Demon Lord and his demon army, the Blue Ogre and the White Ogre will join them with their full force over 60,000 troops. Since the emissaries’ forces may have also split up, they may be able to overwhelm the half that’s chasing them with sheer numbers.

The Demon Lord's Army continued marching the north along the southwestern edge of Philades for the next three months until reunited the Blue Ogre and White Ogre from the Mirishient continent, engaging 40,000 demons of the expeditionary forces.

### Emissaries of the Sun God and Alliance of the Races

Due to the long distance that the western force had to cover, the Alliance of the Races and Emissaries of the Sun God pounced on the Demon Lord's Army every day, forcing them on an endless marathon. Since two Zero fighters had arrived at Mount Ancald and possessed a wide base, the Demon Lord's Army had to ascertain which path around the mountain they had to take. When they surveyed the mountain from above, one of the Zero pilots spotted something halfway up the mountain. The pilot saw something like a large glowing ring form around the silhouette of a person before a lightning bolt from the ground ran past him. He avoided a direct hit, but he also feared falling out of the sky due to a malfunction caused by the lightning strike. When they left the vicinity of Mount Ancald, they were barely able to catch the movement of the Demon Army before returning the Kaga-class aircraft carrier Tosa.

After hearing the report about the people surviving on Mount Ancald, Alliance Army Commander Galeos still found it difficult to believe. Moreover, having heard the part where a lightning bolt jolted up from the slope of the mountain towards the sky, he bent his head over after concluding that there may be a very strong mage on Mount Ancald. According to what the elf said, there appeared to be an obstinate elven mage living on the mountain. Vice Admiral Kasai Ryuuken, Galeos, and some officers headed for Mount Ancald and met a young-looking elven mage Luca, but she changed her appearance to a beautiful old woman in her 70s by magic. After Luca decided to join the Alliance of the Races, they returned to the coast through the path and found the destroyer Sasameyuki waiting for them as planned.

The Demon Lord's Army transited west to circumvent the southern side of the mountain. The 2nd Division maintained a considerable distance from them. One of the Zero fighters on patrol confirmed the existence of Demon Lord Nosgorath leading the demon army.

One month later, after leaving behind Mount Ancald, the western force took the route going down the Maal peninsula and ended up in the westernmost tip of the Philades continent. The Demon Army had been reduced to 4,000 demonic troops, reducing the burden on the Japanese force by a lot. They did not know when the Demon Lord would decide to counterattack, but if he ever does, it would likely be after he reunited with the force of the Blue Ogre and the White Ogre.

The Zero fighter spotted the unknown number of sea monsters approaching from the ocean to the west of the Philades continent. The Blue Ogre and the White Ogre’s force have finally arrived. If they don’t shave off a huge chunk of their force, they’ll become a problem once they land. The prelude to the decisive battle between the Demon Lord's Army and the Emissaries of the Sun God has begun.

## Battle

### Prelude to battle

Fleet Commander Kasai Ryuuken, aboard the Kaga-class aircraft carrier Tosa, ordered the 2nd Army Division under Commander Sagara Katsuyuki to prepare for battle and the 2nd Infantry Battalion under Commander Tasaki Kikuzou to take up positions to the south and east of the main force and contain them.

The 2nd Armored Battalion traveling behind the 2nd Infantry Battalion turned away and accelerated as every unit took up its positions. The Type 95 light tanks converged on the coastline as the Type 97 medium tanks formed a battle line going up to the Demon Lord's Army. The infantry chased the main force from their right flank and kept them from making any moves eastward. Several infantry squads split from their parent force to accompany the tanks and fill up the spaces. The 2nd Engineer Company followed the 2nd Infantry Battalion from behind and readied their grenade launchers for fire support.

Demon Lord Nosgorath would still be exhausted from the half-year-long daily forced march. When he noticed the Blue Ogre and the White Ogre approaching, he saw the Red Scarlet Dragon beloved companion that he sent off with the Blue Ogre and the White Ogre to Mirishient continent.

At that moment, the thunder of the gods-the horrendous explosive magic-returned. As 4,000 strong force melted further, his impatience grew.

### Philades Continent Western Sea Battle

Taking off from the Kaga-class aircraft carrier Tosa, all of the aircraft of the 2nd Fleet commenced their attacks on the Blue Ogre and the White Ogre’s forces. Several seconds after the Nakajima B5N Type 97 torpedo bombers dropped their torpedoes, explosions scattered countless fragments of sea monster flesh throughout the ocean.

When Fleet Commander Kasai Ryuuken noticed a massive dragon on the back of a sea monster, Alliance Army Commander Galeos confirmed the Red Scarlet Dragon through a pair of binoculars. Kasai had already ordered his entire fleet to attack the enemy force. Unleashing countless shells from their guns, they were able to hit some of the sea monsters. However, the Red Dragon didn’t seem to have suffered any hits. Looking closely, the Blue Ogre and the White Ogre were also on the sea monster, which was carrying the Red Dragon.

At battalion commander Tasaki’s order, the Type 95 light tanks’ turrets turned towards the Red Dragon before firing. However, before the rounds could hit the lizard, they were all stopped midair before dropping to the ground. The Red Dragon's six horns unleashed the magical gravity wall to deflect their shots. The heavy 41cm rounds fired from the Kii-class battleship Kii were no exception, coming to a halt some distance from the Red Dragon before silently falling to the ocean. Since direct attacks from their projectile weapons didn’t work, they tried sending Aichi D3A dive bombers to drop 250kg bombs on it. However, the bombs were stopped midair before being flung away.

Observing the chain of attacks closely, Kasai concluded that the Red Dragon seemed to be able to control gravity to deflect physical attacks, in which it could control both attraction and repulsion. Since they wasted munitions, they halted all attacks on the Red Dragon. Sagara had already changed targets.

Several sea monsters landed, allowing 2,000 to 3,000 beasts to get off, but Sagara and the imperial soilders dealt swiftly with them. Many sea monsters were still approaching, but the Fubuki-class destroyers Sasameyuki and Awayuki came to meet them. Since their reports indicated that the force numbered 40,000 at the start, they were now basically annihilated, except the Blue Ogre and the White Ogre.

## Aftermath

Demon Lord Nosgorath reunited the Red Dragon, the Blue Ogre, and the White Ogre on the west coast of the Philades continent as they watched their forces get decimated. The Blue Ogre worried about Nosgorath's condition, which he used up all of his magical power during his first encounter with the Japanese forces. Nosgorath also could not do any of these revitalization methods. Having reunited with the Red Dragon, he could also stave off the attacks from the emissaries.

All of them continued to pray that the emissaries wouldn’t notice this fact as they began to retreat. Having received the brunt of the attacks, the number of orcs and goblins had been reduced to near zero, but if their force could link up with the Yellow Ogre, the Red Ogre, and Malastras, they could be able to build up their orcs and goblins again.

The Demon Lord continued marching northwards on the west of the Philades continent with 7,000 demonic troops to the land of Chirius for the next nine months. While their speed has increased due to him riding on the Red Dragon, the iron dragons of the emissaries still managed to keep up with them, making it feel as if nothing had changed from their previous situation.

## Outline Map

### Escape from the Philades Continent

**Imperial Japanese Naval Forces Otherworld Deployment Fleet No. 1, Imperial Japanese Land Forces Otherworld Army Division No. 01**

1. Three months after the battle from the southereast of the Philades continent, they travel near Derol in the land of Doria and meet up with about 286 warrior combatants led by Ta Lou.
2. At the same time, the Red Ogre and Malastras, who had crossed from the Rodenius continent, joined the Yellow Ogre. Ta Lou’s Right-Hand Man Mareja dies in battle.

**Imperial Japanese Naval Forces Otherworld Deployment Fleet No. 2, Imperial Japanese Land Forces Otherworld Army Division No. 02**

1. 3. Two months later, the great mage Luca, who had been hiding out in Mount Ancald, is welcomed into the group.
4. One month later, the demon army engaged 40,000 expeditionary forces from the Mirishient Contient led by the Blue Ogre and White Ogre. Most of them are destroyed at sea before landing, but the Blue Ogre, White Ogre, Red Dragon, and other 3,000 demons are allowed to join the main force of the Demon Lord's Army.
5. Nine months later, they reach the land of Chirius. Joining contact with Kijje, who attacks the Demon Lord's Army.

## Trivia

* The Battle of the Western Philades only details in the light novel.