Afterword

Thank you so much for purchasing Black Summoner 7: The Creeping Darkness. As always, I’m low on page space for the afterword, so I’ll be forgoing my introduction again.

This seventh volume corresponds to the latter half of Arc 6: Beast King Festival from the web novel. We see the rest of the tournament, every fight more intense than the last. Behind the scenes, a suspicious group seemingly up to no good is introduced, and after a whole commotion, a new heroine joins Kelvin’s party. Between you and me, I didn’t originally plan on having her join him—after a fierce and intense fight, she would, you know... However, the me from that time suddenly changed his mind, as I always tend to, and now I’m glad that he did.

On a different topic, the release date of this book coincides with the release date of the latest volume of the manga adaptation as well as volume 1 of a brand-new series I’m working on, Black Iron Magician. Please check them out. The manga drawn by Gin Ammo-sensei depicts Kelvin and his family in action very dynamically, and the new series has a battle junkie different from Kelvin also going wild and having a blast in his own world!

With that, I hereby leave Black Summoner in everyone’s warm hands, praying that we will meet again next volume.

Doufu Mayoi