亡びの国の征服者 5 ～魔王は世界を征服するようです～

The Conqueror from a Dying Kingdom Light Novel #5

by Fudeorca, 不手折家, toi8 (Illustrator)

家族の愛を知らぬまま死に、二つの人類――シャン人とクラ人が生存競争を繰り広げる世界に転生した少年ユーリ。クラ人の“十字軍”による隣国キルヒナ王国への侵攻を受け、彼は騎士院の生徒からなる部隊を率いて前線へと視察に赴いた。王鷲による上空からの視察に危険は無いはずだったが、急襲してきた竜騎士と相討つ形でユーリとキャロルは墜落。孤立無援の戦地で負傷したキャロルを背負い、ユーリは安全圏を目指すことに。そして追手の一団をからくも撃退した夜、キャロルはユーリに想いを告げるのだった。
墜落から十日間以上かけて、どうにか拠点に使用していた村にたどり着いた二人。そこに残されていたミャロからのメッセージを元に、ユーリは一計を案じ……？
のちに「魔王」と呼ばれる男が、長き戦いの歴史に初めてその名を刻む。
「小説家になろう」で話題の超本格戦記譚、苦難の中で想いが交わされる第５幕！

Genres: Light Novel, Fantasy, Romance

Kindle Edition

First published March 25, 2022

Reviews

[Pieter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Getting out the forest is not easy, but is only the first step of getting home and Yuri has to show some of his military talent to get through it all. Of course, he is not alone, and those around him did struggle with his absence and in some cases the changes that escape brought to his relationships.

The story depicts an interesting and for an isekai light novel different enough world with solid characters and character development. At times I do keep wondering about Yuri's behaviour, which is not always consistent or logical. The military and technology aspects are decent, although the author should do some research on bridges and the number of people that can traverse it. It is nowhere near as much a delay factor as the author seems to think. I could also have done with the breast groping by a girl on a girl trope, but it was in an after story, so ultimately can be ignored. I doubt it is saying something about future events in the series.

All in all, a decent read. I do wish there was a bit more progress in the plot though, but that is a fairly common issue with light novel series.

[huntërre thomässön · Rating 5 out of 5]

10/10

This series really is amazing.
Glad to see Yuri and Carol made it out relatively unscathed (besides that absolutely horrendous hole in Yuri’s foot. God. Those descriptions..)

This series handles the horrors of war really well, even with perspectives from both sides.

Religious wars really are horrifying. Weird as it is to say, but it’s shown clearly in here. The nation fighting purely to conquer and exploit is much purer. They will kill the enemy combatants and be done with it. Use their people for slave labor and whatnot.
But the Papal State? Jesus. How horrifying. It’s an entirely different feel.

I’d love to recommend this book to anyone, but the relationships Yuri has (as well as Sham and Lilly) make it kind of awkward to do. I’m fine reading it, but I can see how some might be turned off, even if it’s only a paragraph or so.

Nonetheless, I’m excited to get into book 6. Hopefully this receives the paperback treatment eventually!

[Mark Santi · Rating 4 out of 5]

The rush on reading this is up is worth it, the fight scene always get me when I'm replaying the scenes on my head.

[Michael Burnett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

Great book I can't wait to read the next book in the series I would recommend this author to anyone