Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World Volume 8

In the past, she had turned the Imperial capital into a sea of flames. She
was the strongest and oldest astral mage. While the Empire called all astral
mages witches, she was the only one that the Empire called the Grand Witch.

“Though the Lou family’s retainers, led by the current queen, oppose us,
we have many methods of overcoming obstacles.”

He removed one of the metal padlocks keeping the casket closed. Then
another. He continued undoing the locks one after another, casting them
below into the lake.

Then he unbolted the last one.
He looked down at the lock that featured the queen’s symbol and smirked.
“The most merciless wrath in the world. A wrath to annihilate the
Empire.”

The Founder and her descendants.
The oldest and newest witches converged toward a new chaotic era.

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Afterword

The morning has broken on the night of the witch hunt.

Thank you for picking up Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World,
Volume 8.

The theme for this volume was “omens.”
Following the battles between Saint Disciples and purebreds in the
previous volume, the Empire and Sovereignty are approaching the dawn of a
new age—and major upheaval. The captured Founder’s descendants are
hauled off to the Empire. In the Sovereignty, the princess of the Hydra has
joined in on the battle. With that, the princesses of the Lou, Zoa, and Hydra
have each been introduced and will be wagering in the conclave to become
the next queen!
And next time…we’ll peer into the forbidden secrets of the Empire.
After Unit 907 returns to the Empire to rescue Sisbell, they see… Well,
you’ll see. Another Imperial secret will be unveiled.
We’re chugging forward full force, so I hope you have high expectations!
(Especially those who are Team Sisbell.)

All right…that’s enough about this volume. Let’s get into announcements.
As announced two months ago at the Fantasia Bunko Appreciation
Festival 2019…Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World is going to get
an anime adaptation!
The details are still in the works. I’m just grateful to be able to deliver this
information. This series originally came out on the ten-year anniversary of
my debut, so I’ve put a lot of thought into it. And I’ve grown attached to it,
too, of course.
When it was announced, people flooded my Twitter; I’ve never gotten so
much engagement for my past announcements… I really do think this series

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is so wonderful.
Thank you very, very much.
I hope I’ll be able to follow up with more information about the anime.
I will be sharing as much as I can on my Twitter account

(https://twitter.com/sazanek), so I hope you’ll check it out every once in a
while!

More adaptations! Volume 3 of okama’s manga adaptation will also come
out at the same time as this volume.

There might be special bonuses at the fair; please refer to the official
Twitter account for details.

Unfortunately, I’m writing the afterword before the fair, but I hope I’ll be
able to make an announcement on Twitter when this hits the shelves!

(What a strange feeling putting this on my future self…)

It’s now time to talk about my concurrent series.
When we confirmed the anime adaptation for this series, I had many
readers tell me that they “also support the other series!” …and I was so happy
to hear that. I’d like to thank you all here.
I’ve written several longer series, and I hope I can cherish each one of
them, not just this one.
I’d be so happy if you would support the following stories as well!

Why Does No One Remember My World?
Volume 7 is out! (I should be able to announce the eighth volume soon,
too!)
The manga adaptation is being published in Monthly Comic Alive.

Encore at the End of the World
Ten volumes total. The manga adaptation is also being published in
Monthly Comic Alive.
You can read either of the manga adaptations on Nico Nico Seiga or
ComicWalker for free. I hope you enjoy them!

And finally…
Since Last Crusade is officially getting an anime, I’ve had so many

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people from the Fantasia, especially the editorial department, who supported
me.

I would like to express my appreciation in this space.
To my old editor K (for helping me lay out the plan for this series.)
Thank you from the bottom of my heart. They came to the anime
announcement at the fair, which made me so happy. I’m still thrilled to think
they were watching over little old me!
To my current editor S.
I was a little panicked when I heard that I’d be changing editors from the
one I had been working with…but when I heard it was you, S, I felt genuine
relief. And I was surprised in a good way (lol).
Once again, I look forward to working with you.
* Those who know my old series might recognize this person as the editor
of Frozen Mirror World Eden and Imperfect Divine Machine Ilis.
To my current editor, Y.
Thank you for your help during the fair and for your daily work on this
series!
You’re the one that I’ve fallen to the most; you’re the busiest one among
us, working on all things related to Last Crusade. The anime is still a long
distance away, but I would be so happy if you would run the great lengths
with me!
(Oh, but I hope that you don’t push yourself too hard.)
To the illustrator, Ao Nekonabe.
The illustration of Alice in a kimono for the fair was beautiful!
And Mizerhyby on the cover of this volume is gorgeous. I am stoked
whenever I get the black and white illustrations and color inserts. I know I’m
jumping the gun, but I’m looking forward to seeing your designs for Alice
and Iska moving on screen!
And…I would like to introduce the anime staff, but I think I have to keep
that a secret to reveal next time.

I’m almost out of space for the afterword.
Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World, Volume 9 will continue the
tale of the swordsman Iska and the witch princess Alice.
Their stage has moved to the Empire and is accelerating even faster. There

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is much to expect from the next part of the story and many secrets and
encounters that will be involved. (And, of course, Rin’s adventures in the
Empire).

Why Does No One Remember My World, Volume 8 is coming out in
winter of 2020. I hope we will meet again in Last Crusade, Volume 9, which
is slated for early spring.

On an afternoon at the end of fall,

Kei Sazane

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