Nivel Castle

**Nivel Castle** is the name of the royal castle in the Berngen, the capital of the Topa Kingdom, where King Rados XVI resides.

## Location

Nivel Castle is located to the north of the thoroughly snow-cleared capital city of Berngen, which is a quiet castle city similar to those found in Middle Ages Europe.

## Chronology

### Operation Momotarou

At a conference room in the Nivel Castle, the chief advisors held a somber meeting in the presence of King Rados XVI after the Demon Lord's Army began invading the fortress city Tormis. King Rados asked a professor at the Royal University that an incident that occurred in which the Demon Lord Nosgorath revived on his own behalf and led a demon to attack. A professor stated according to the legends, the Demon Lord was sealed in a barrier created by sacrificing the lives of three of the four heroes. That very same barrier grew weaker every year. The Demon Lord would revive once the barrier failed, he believed. However, since they have such a large army, he didn’t believe it only just revived, but rather that it had been revived for some time and only attacked once its preparations were complete. Regarding the identification, as the king knew, the beastman hero Kenshiva used magic to capture the likeness of the Demon Lord in a lithograph. This technique was now lost to them, but he also used space-time magic to preserve it. Many historians and other people in the kingdom had seen this magic lithograph. He had also seen it, but he knew the knight Moah, who was the first to report this information, has spent time in the archives before. Furthermore, because Moah also recognized the Red Ogre and Blue Ogre, they could only conclude that this is indeed the Demon Lord’s army.

The foreign affairs minister stepped forward and asked the king that they should communicate this information to other countries and request aid, but the knight commander interjected to not believe they need to ask for reinforcements. He explained in the era of the legend, there were no established countries at all. Compared to back then, dwarven technology was far more advanced, and weapons were far stronger as well. The elves’ magic was researched too, even though many spells have been lost, the ones in use today were far more powerful. Humankind had also developed advanced tactics and war strategies; compared to the past, the very meaning of the word "strength" was incomparable. The ones that concerned him were the Demon Lord and the Red Ogre and Blue Ogre, but the orcs and goblins and such could probably be easily handled with just our country’s forces alone, in his opinion. For the Demon Lord and the ogres, he was confident that the Royal Combat Mage Special Task Force can deal with them.

King Rados fell into thought. Since it was decided that the Demon Lord Nosgorath and his aides could not be defeated by his country alone, he sent this request to the Parpaldia Empire for a platoon of reinforcements. Japan was quite reluctant to send its forces.

In the throne room at the Nivel Castle, King Rados was shocked by the report he was receiving from a diplomat. Japan had decided to send an advanced platoon. He had heard a lot of rumors regarding Japan that they wiped out the main army of the Louria Kingdom using explosive magic, and they routed the superpower Parpaldia Empire’s Imperial Oversight Army. He believed these stories had already become legends. Soon, the Japanese military will arrive in the fortified city of Tormis. Vexing as it may that the royal army has suffered a large number of casualties, the city has halted the Demon Lord’s advance. King Rados imagined a force of heroes clad in golden armor and cloaks riding on white horses. He wondered what kind of people they were. Later, the Japanese army would finally arrive.

### Japanese-Parpaldian War Arc

Later, during the battle with the Parpaldia Empire, in the throne room at the Nivel Castle, King Rados was informed by his advisor that the Parpaldia Empire’s forces occupying the Altaras Kingdom had been annihilated, and their governing board had surrendered by Japan. The Altaras Kingdom had taken back its sovereignty. His advisor also informed him Japan had requested the Topa Kingdom to avoid entering the skies and seas around the Empire area for avoiding unintentional damages until the war was over. So King Rados ordered their forces not to enter the area specified by Japan and alerted all the private vessels and merchant vessels. He was truly relieved that the Topa Kingdom was friendly with Japan.