Malpaneus

**Malpaneus** is a watchman on the castle wall watchtower under the 17th Observation Tower of the Royal Capital Defense of the Louria Kingdom. He is the first person to witness and report the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's attack on the Royal Capital.

## Appearance

In the manga version, Malpaneus is a muscular man with a big nose and lips. He wears a medieval vest with lace up front and a dark long sleeve tunic.

## Personality

Malpaneus works his duties as a watcher on the observation tower in shifts on a rotating basis. The watchtowers along the walls, under the jurisdiction of the Capital Defense Knights, have seen an increase in 24-hour lookout personnel. Usually for nighttime security, lookouts would take shifts and skip some towers, but since the capital and the port suffered a surprise attack the other day, the watch has been tightened. To ensure early detection of enemy forces, one or more lookouts have been assigned to every single watchtower for 24 hours.

## Chronology

### Rodenius War Arc

At the Royal Capital, Jin-Hark in the early morning, Malpaneus left his sleeping quarters and headed for the north tower of the city's outermost wall under the 17th Observation Tower. When he reached the top of the tower, he exchanged places with his watchers and looked around the plain, moistening by the fog. As a lookout, the emergence of fog obscuring his sight was the epitome of a bad day.

When the air finally began to drift in a slight breeze after hours, he could see something green, mixed with the colors of the plain, but he was sure it was something different. The watcher came to him to switch his place after hours, but Malpaneus saw something strange moving about 4 kilometers north by a telescope. He sensed something strange and focused his attention in that direction. Many of them had angular body and were sporting horns. The horseless carriage looking thing was accompanied by countless more and were all facing the capital. They were lined up in an orderly fashion and were spaced apart equally, facing the direction of the capital.

Malpaneus ordered the watcher to connect him to the Capital Defense Headquaters with the magic transmitter. He hurried to the communication room and reported it the Royal Capital Defense Headquarters that they identified a number of unidentified objects in a field about four points from the first wall on the north side.

The JGSDF 7th Division with the 7th Artillery Regiment was spread out about four kilometers from the northern walls of the Royal Capital. The regimental commander told a young officer that they needed to be discovered by the enemy through being too close was making him build up stress. The regimental commander pointed to a tower floating on the outer wall of the capital. The young officer spoke him that the mortars could reach them easily. The strength of the stone wall was unknown, and from the firing axis, if they shoot it with a tank cannons at this position, there’s the risk of damaging the town and the vicinity. If it use a high-angle howitzer shot or other projectile weapon, it might be possible to smash the tower and not damage the city. The regimental commander felt worried that they didn’t want to have civilian casualties. If it turned out that a civilian had been killed by a tank gun shell in the area, they would be in a lot of trouble. He moved one of his open-type tanks and Howitzers closer the distance to the wall. The young officer's action was thought of by the regimental commander, but the difference in strength was too great to be justified.

Malpaneus, who was still on watch in the 17th Observation Tower, noticed that one of the many enemies was roaring at the castle. He noticed that one of the many enemies was approaching the castle wall with a roar, and when he looked closer, he saw a stick sticking out of the object. It appeared to be a castle hammer, a siege weapon used to break down gates and walls. It was too thin for a castle hammer, which made it look strange. He reported the situation to the Defense Headquarters.

The 7th Artillery Regiment had taken up a position about seven kilometers behind the tank unit. The regimental commander ordered to fire a shot at the tower that rose out of the city wall, which is two kilometers from their main position. The barrel of the JGSDF's Type 99 155mm self-propelled howitzer pointed upward at a gentle angle. The Type 99 howitzer erupted into fire, and the shell was fired with a roar. The shell flew high into the sky to shatter the watchtower.

His instincts suddenly began to sound an alarm. Malpaneus and the watcher were killed by a direct hit from a 155mm shell fired during a surveillance mission at the 17th Observation Tower.

## Trivia

* Malpaneus only appears as a character in the light novel and manga, not the web novel.