Escape to Chirius

**Escape to Chirius** or simply known as Battle of Chirius is a 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 in a blitz against the Demon Lord's Army, who escaped from the western of the Philades, in the land of Chirius on the northernmost tip of the Philades Continent after chasing them in long months.

* Ravernal Empire's Remnants
* Irregular Unit Commander Blue Ogre
* Irregular Unit Commander White Ogre
* 2nd Armored Regiment Commander Colonel Tasaki Kikuzou
* Alliance Chief-of-Staff Galeos (Human)
* Great Mage Luca (Elf)
	+ Goblins
	+ Orcs
	+ Orc kings
	+ Rabid wolves
* 1 Red Scarlet Dragon
* 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**
* 6 Type 95 Ha-Go light tanks
* Imperial soldiers with Type 99 rifles (unknown number details)

**Alliance's Force**
* Infantrymen (unknown number details)
* Archers (unknown number details)

## Background

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

After the Blue and White Ogre's Expeditionary Force was annihilated in the Battle of the Western Philades, The Imperial Japanese 2nd Division and Fleet of the Otherworld Western Force continued chasing the Demon Lord's Army northwards in the west of the Philades continent over nine months to the land of Chirius. The Zero fighters still managed to keep up with their eyes on the Demon Lord's Army while they kept escaping.

### Demon Lord's Army

Next nine months later, after being chased throughout the western coastline by the Emissaries of the Sun God, the Demon Lord's Army took their first steps into the land of Chirius, Philades’s northernmost region. Chirius was a frigid place, a world beset by ice and snow which hardly melted, even in the first days of summer.

It had been a year and three months since they chased out of the south of Philades. They reassured since the Blue Ogre, White Ogre, and the Red Dragon were with them, but the number of goblins and orcs that were with them only numbered a hundred. Lately, the attacks of the emissaries have become sporadic, leading them to feel that they might have lost interest altogether. However, if they were to stop, the emissaries would more than likely pounce on them, so they continued as if expecting the emissaries to attack at any moment. Despite the assurance provided by the Red Dragon’s extensive magical power, the countless explosions unleashed by the emissaries never ceased. While the Red Dragon doesn’t possess the ability to converse telepathically, Demon Lord Nosgorath could still sense the Red Dragon’s fear.

As Nosgorath ordered them to, the Red Ogre and Malastras have met up with the Yellow Ogre’s force. However, due to the unrelenting attacks of the 1st Division and Fleet of the Otherworld Eastern Force, their unit has basically ceased to exist, with only the three of them still continuing to head north.

While the Demon Lord's Army might have forced by the emissaries to take the long route around Philades, Nosgorath and the others had already decided amongst themselves to completely retreat to Grameus. Goblins and orcs were effective as spares, but trusty demons are precious. The ogres, much like Nosgorath, were a product of the Ravernal Empire, so if they were to die, there was no more replacing them. They wished to return to Grameus with their leadership intact so they could once more rebuild their force of pawns.

## Battle

### Kijje's Surprise Attack

The Red Dragon stopped in its tracks and shook violently before deploying its gravitational shield. The gravity acting on the bodies of the ogres and Nosgorath sharply rose. When they felt that something had come towards them, they looked towards a large lump of ice and immediately felt confused. The lump of ice that stopped midair was then destroyed by another one that came flying in. The succeeding lump, partially damaged by the collision, as if not affected by the gravitational shield, descended on Nosgorath.

While it seemed that the Red Dragon was invincible against single attacks, by aggravating all forces towards stopping singular objects, it could not divert attention to other succeeding objects, causing holes in the gravitational shield to appear. On the other hand, Nosgorath realized that he had to re-examine the Red Dragon’s ability. He decided to prioritize the stopping of the lumps of ice hurled at them. He protected the Red Dragon and ordered the Blue Ogre and the White Ogre to find and stop whatever it was hurling those ice lumps at them. Releasing themselves from the shield of the Red Dragon, the two ogres hurried up the foot of the still snow-covered mountain.

At the same time, Fleet Commander Kasai Ryuuken watched the situation of the Demon Lord and his minions from afar. All of a sudden, they were beset by lumps of ice flung from somewhere. The lumps of ice were huge, around 2m in diameter. Countless boulders of ice hurled from the same spot spectacularly descended on the Red Dragon one after the other. Furthermore, immediately after the first lump of ice was destroyed by the second, shards of ice assailed the Demon Lord as if they were knives. Even the attack relentlessly continued.

Kasai wondered who was launching the enormous lumps of ice, which could be hurled easily without the help of a catapult. Alliance Commander Galeos confirmed a person as he was looking at the foot of the mountain with a pair of binoculars. Kasai quickly pointed his pair of binoculars towards the foot of the Gua-Chirius mountain, where the dwarf ruined settlements around. He immediately contacted Army Division Commander Sagara, but Sagara was aware they spotted the ogres heading south for the dwarf. The light tanks were now on their way to provide support.

### Assault on the Blue Ogre and the White Ogre

2nd Armored Battalion Commander Tasaki shouted at the crew members of the Type 95 light tanks through the radio to stop chasing the Demon Lord's Army until they secured the person from the mountain, who attacked them. However, the crew members felt dissatisfied when they were ordered to chase the ogres off while their battalion attacked in force.

The Type 95 light tanks scraped the earth as they began running to spout their infamous exploding lumps of iron. The Blue Ogre and the White Ogre were heading straight for the dwarf, but now they were forced to divert and run from the light tanks. As the four light tanks commenced their attack, the following two light tanks joined in. Accompanied by infantry that filled in the gaps, the ogres were relentlessly showered in a storm of bullets.

After clashing with the Japanese forces countless times in their journey north, the two ogres decided they mustn’t stay in the relentless bombardment from the Type 95 light tanks. They were so close to the dwarf, but they suffered punching with the lumps of iron. Letting off a farewell remark, the Blue Ogre ran back to the safety of the Red Dragon.

While Demon Lord Nosgorath and his demon troops were the first ones to notice who was flinging the boulders of ice, Sagara and the Japanese forces acted at roughly the same time. The decisiveness and mobility of the Japanese forces bridged the gap. The Blue Ogre and the White Ogre decided to run away from them. Seeing that the ogres were now far away, Sagara and Tasaki disembarked from their tanks and went to try and make contact with brave dwarf Kijje that was hurling those boulders of ice.

## Aftermath

After losing more demon troops to attacks from the lumps of ice and emissaries, the Demon Lord and the remains of his army had escaped the land of Chirius. They continued southward along the northeastern edge of Philades continent to the land of Topa other long months until reunited the Yellow Ogre, the Red Ogre, and Malastras, who escaped from the land of Derol, in the land of Topa, joining them to retreat to the Grameus Continent.

Sagara and Tasaki returned with the rest of the 2nd Division, bringing Kijje to Fleet Commander Kasai and Alliance Commander Galeos to the camp. When they consulted the dwarves, who were with the Alliance of the Races, they got confirmation that Kijje was the true prince of the Gua-Chirius Kingdom as the last of the Chirius dwarves. Kijje displayed Galeos and other Alliances filled with dignity and explained to them his pride, who left all alone in his ruined kingdom to be the sole defender of the land in the three years since the Demon Lord's Army invaded the Gua-Chirius Kingdom. Galeos once more introduced Kasai and the others as the Emissaries of the Sun God. Kijje requested Kasai and Galeos to come along with their forces. With Kasai also giving his consent, Kijje added to their ranks.

The Imperial Japanese 2nd Otherworld Western Force traveled to the land of Topa, reuniting with 1st Otherworld Eastern Force and joining them together in the final battle against the Demon Lord's Army in a bridge connecting to Grameus.

## 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 Escape to Chirius only details in the light novel.