Calamique Civil War

### Result

**JSDF and Calamique Kingdom Victory*** Mauli Hanman's rebellion failed by a Japanese intervention

**Calamique Civil War** is multiple battles between the Calamique Kingdom and Mauli Hanman's rebellion, in which Marquis Mauri Hamman stages a coup and conquers over the Calamique Kingdom using relic weapons of the Ravernal Empire. The battle is also the first battle of the JSDF on the Calamique Kingdom, ending with their victory.

* Japan Self-Defense Force
* Louria Kingdom
* Archmage Ordo
* Airborne Knight Commander Mesch †
* Royal Knight Commander Metzil †
* Duke Wysk
* Duke Ioan
* Japanese Fleet Commander Araki Shōjirō
* Japanese Diplomat Kitamura
* Lourian Dragon Knight Muller
* 70 fire birds
* 30 twelve-horned beasts
* 1 lord beast Diobehemoth
* Granmans (details unknown numbers)
* 400 Demon’s Seal Knights and Dragon’s Fang Knights
* Phoenix Knights (details unknown numbers)
* Archul Royal Guards (details unknown numbers)

**Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force**
* Izumo-class helicopter destroyer *Izumo*
* 3 other escort ships

**Japan Ground Self-Defense Force**
* 5 AH-1S Cobra attack helicopters
* 3 AH-64D Apache attack helicopters
* 1 OH-1 scout helicopter

**Parpaldia Imperial Navy**
* 1 dragon carrier
* 5 ships-of-the-line
* 3 supply ships
* 12 wyvern lords

**Louria Kingdom Wyvern Corp**
* All Fire birds and airborne knights shot down
* All Demon Flame Tanks destoryed
* Diobehemoth killed
* Phoenix Knights annihilation
* Demon’s Seal Knights annihilation
* Dragon’s Fang Knights annihilation
* Calamique Royal Guards and citizens killed and injured
* Archul Castle destroyed by fire
* Archul walls and gates damaged
* Waizer destruction

**Japan Self-Defense Force**
* None

**Parpaldia Imperial Navy**
* None

**Louria Kingdom Wyvern Corp**
* None

## Background

### Japan

Three thousand kilometers to the northeast of Japan, a satellite photo showed something interesting. A ring of mountains like a volcanic caldera with a height of 1500m and an ocean within the ring. An island with precipitous cliffs all around. There were three countries on that island. As per the decision of the government, Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs tried to send a delegation to establish diplomatic ties with the countries in the Ring Island.

However, since it is enclosed within a ring of mountains, Japan could not be reached by ship or plane. On the other hand, they could go in by helicopter, but they simply could not just appear out of nowhere and land on some street. Outside walls of their cities grew tall, obstructing forests. Some of the higher mountains don’t have trees, but they would have to walk a far distance after landing. Since the island has no coasts with the circumference of the island consisting entirely of cliffs, they also cannot make any beach landing. They have inquired with the Ministry of Defense about whether they can carry the diplomats and tributes by helicopter, but since the trees were tall, there is a possibility that the ropes will get caught. JSDF personnel can be dropped, but they decided that doing the same with inexperienced diplomats is too dangerous.

After much pondering, Japan's Foreign Ministry decided to borrow a wyvern from the Louria Kingdom and lent a dragon carrier from the Parpaldia Empire. Muller, the dragon knight who had begun his second life, was asked by the government to once again ride on the back of his wyvern. The twelve ship fleet from Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Parpaldia Empire had finally reached their destination to the Ring Island.

When they arrived the Rind Island, Diplomat Kitamura rode behind Muller on the wyvern to the Calamique Kingdom while the JSDF escorts dropped in through helicopter, along with the tribute.

### Mauli Hanman's Rebellion

With the successful analysis of the ruins of the Ravernal Empire by the Archmage Ordo, they managed to tame the Fire Birds and Twelve-Horned Beasts, creatures that are thought to be uncontrollable, as well as made a mobile weapon called the Demon Flame Tank. Mauli Hanman watched Magical Swordsman Raga as test subject to fight the Demon Flame Tank with his Vilun sword and Rin armor. He was burned to death by the tank after his magic Vilun sword proved useless against the tank. Mauli Hanmann raised his hands in victory as the test worked successfully. With the ores they had, they could create twenty demon flame tanks.

One of Calamique’s three great lords, Mauli Hanman, steadily proceeded with his plans to conquer the Waizer territory where was ruled by the House of Ioan.

## Invasion of Waizer

Mauli Hanman's force begun to invade the city of Waizer. The Phoenix Knights, the traditional knight unit of the Duchy of Ioan, was now on the verge of annihilation. The city continued to burn. The granman lizards continued to roam the streets. Many of the knights fell to the twelve-horned beasts. Commander of the Phoenix Knights was surrounded by magical beasts as his allies were all gone. They converged on him and attacked him to death by Mauli Hanman's command.

On this day, the city of Waizer was set on fire by the hands of Mauli Hanmann’s army, reducing it to ash. They killed all of the citizens there, ransacked the storehouses, and stole all of the azure magic stones before retreating to Mauli’s domain. The shock of this news would be felt even by the capital as the kingdom, now seeing the gravity of the situation, decided to place all regions under a state of emergency.

## Battle of Tozul

When the Calamique Civil War has begun, King Brandea sent the Royal Knights against the rebellion of Marquis Mauli Hanman. The royal army under Commander Metzil had approached a high plain roughly 10km south of the city of Tozul. The morale of Duke Ioan’s Dragon’s Fang Knights and Demon’s Seal Knights came with them for aid. The royal army moved forward with its preparations.

After the first strike, the Demon’s Seal Knights took action to try to get around the granmans as they readied to continue their onslaught. The loose group of granmans readied their spears as they charged into the Demon’s Seal Knights. A portion of the horde of granmans was slashed off. Under Mauli Hanman's command, the great mage Ordo ordered to release 30 twelve-horned beasts.

Close to the battlefield, 30 twelve-horned beasts came roaring out of holes from the ground. They were all racing towards the mounted knights of Duke Ioan’s Demon’s Seal Knights. They were gaining on them with unprecedented speed. Commander Metzil, judging that Duke Ioan’s knights were in peril, gave out the orders to the main force to march forth as he led his own Royal Knights down to the fighting. The mounted knights surpassed the infantrymen, emerging out into the front.

The Demon’s Seal Knights pulled back the bowstrings on their bows. Hundreds of arrows propelled into the air. All of the arrows bounced off of the steel, needle-like tufts of fur on the twelve-horned beasts. Unable to stop them, the twelve-horned beasts crashed into the Demon’s Seal Knights. The knights in front were all successively thrown out of their horses, crashing down on the knights traveling behind them as several men fell from their horses, stopping the knights in their tracks. Covering up for their lack of individual strength against the beasts, the dismounted knights quickly formed up ranks. The twelve-horned beasts once again rammed into the formation of the knights, killing many.

The Dragon’s Fang Knights mounted on the horses with their lances to face the twelve-horned beasts, which turned and started charging towards them. Hundreds of knights had knocked off their horses. However, they only managed to wound one of the twelve-horned beasts. The strength ratio was clear. The Dragon’s Fang Knights began to waver. Then Mauli Hanman has decided to unleash the airborne knights to push the Royal Knights to the edge of annihilation.

The Royal Knights have broken out into a run against the beasts to save Duke Ioan’s forces, which have collapsed. However, there was still some distance left, and despite being on horseback, they were mortifyingly slow against the speed at which developments occur. When commotion ran through the knights, Metzil looked up to the sky and saw seventy airborne knights riding on the fire birds. The airborne knights came within 20 meters above the Royal Knights, unleashing a hail of fireballs at them. Fireballs crashed down on the ground, and the royal army crumbled. 5,600 men died on the Calamique Royal Army’s side while the remaining 3,400 took flight.

## Battle of Archul

Earlier this morning, Mauli Hanman's force invaded the fortress capital of Archul. The airborne knights riding on fire birds begun attacking within the gates. Mauli Hanman's force brought forth Demon Flame Tanks to blast open the gate, allowing a large number of beasts into the streets of the capital. The fire birds destroyed the Archul Castle in flames and killed King Brandea.

In Wysk Manor, Duke Wysk made progress on preparations for an emergency assembly at the royal palace. He was given full authority by the royal palace, and his decision to request Kitamura for reinforcements from Japan. Three AH-64D Apache attack helicopters, five AH-1S Cobra attack helicopters, a single OH-1 scout helicopter, and twelve Parpaldian wyvern lords flew toward the capital of Archul from JMSDF Izumo-class helicopter destroyer *Izumo* and Parpaldian dragon carrier.

Muller and his wyvern partner kept on pulling off the hit-and-run attacks against their airborne knights in the sky above Archul. The lone dragon rider had already downed seven fire birds, but there were still more than fifty of them in the air. The fire bird’s blow knocked his wyvern out, sending them on a spin as they fell. It stiffened its wings to avoid slamming into the ground. However, he was saved by Reckmeyer and other elven wyvern lords when they arrived. The wyvern lords annihilated the airborne knights. The Parpaldian dragon knights flew into a dive and unleashed their fireballs against the demon flame tanks. The fireballs landed direct hits on several of them, but the demon flame tanks continued to hurl fireballs at them.

At Archul Castle's Gate 2, the flaming tank unit reached the gate and unleashed their fireballs at the gate. The castle gate easily caught fire, but its metal sections allowed the gate to stay firmly shut. The great beast Diobehemoth rammed itself into the gate, easily breaking the latches. The flaming tank unit has successfully broken through the outer wall. When the JGSDF AH-64D and AH-1S attack helicopters arrived, flying above the Archul, they locked the target onto the beasts and the demon flame tanks. They unleashed the TOW anti-tank missiles against them, destroying the demon flame tanks and crushing the beasts easily in explosions. The great beast Diobehemoth, upon getting hit by a Hydra 70 rockets, instantly died from the resulting explosion before falling to the ground in a loud thud, bathing the ground with large swathes of black blood. The beasts that had survived the onslaught of rockets were stricken by fear, panicking and settling into one place. Then, nine attack helicopters killed the remaining beasts using a 20 mm Gatling gun.

Later on, the beasts that had remained in the streets of the capital were all exterminated by the forces of the royal army. Mauli Hanman, Archmage Ordo, and other personnel were taken into custody by the royal army.

## Aftermath

A victory celebration was being held at the reception hall, which escaped the destruction brought forth by the conflict. Later on, Japan and Calamique would formally establish diplomatic relations. Archmage Ordo was handed over to Japan as they led an expedition to study and examine the ancient ruins located within Calamique.

## Notes

* The Calamique Civil War only details in the web novel, but the light novel does not exist.