Battle of Archul

### Result

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

**Battle of Archul** is a campaign between the Mauli Hanman's rebellion and the Calamique Kingdom in Archul, the capital of the Calamique Kingdom. The battle is also the first battle of the Japan Self-Defense Force on the Calamique Kingdom, ending with their victory.

* Japan Self-Defense Force
* Louria Kingdom
* Archmage Ordo
* Airborne Knight Commander Mesch †
* Royal Guard Commander Ravell
* Castle Gate Guard Captain Santo
* Duke Wysk
* 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)

**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
* Archul Castle destroyed by fire
* Archul walls and gates damaged

**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.

Because of these geographical conditions, 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, Japanese diplomat Kitamura rode behind Muller on the wyvern to the Calamique Kingdom while the JSDF escorts dropped in through helicopter, along with the tribute. After Muller managed to defeat the twelve-horned beast with his wyvern and saved Enecy from it in the mountain outside the capital, Wysk thanked Muller and Kitamura for saving his daughter's life and invited them over a meal in the manor. Kitamura introduced Wysk and begin to negotiate with him based on establishing diplomatic ties.

After the rebellion forces under Marquis Mauli Hanman attacked the city of Waizer, Wysk explained the course of events to Kitamura that did not allow him to leave the capital Archul for the time being. At the king’s orders, they cannot allow the people to leave or enter the capital to combat spies. Kitamura asked him about the prospect of evacuating by helicopter, but Wysk didn't permit it under a strict situation. So Kitamura reluctantly gave up and was forcefully stuck within the capital Archul.

### Calamique Kingdom

After the Royal Knights under Commander Metzil collapsed by the attack of seventy airborne knights on the fire birds in the city of Tozul, King Brandea struggled to come up with a solution before Mauli Hanman's force invaded the fortress capital of Archul.

## Battle

### Assault on Archul

Earlier this morning, Mauli Hanman's force invaded the fortress capital of Archul. The airborne knights riding on fire birds begun attacking over the gates and streets. Flames and exploives began appearing off in the streets in the distance of the the capital which gradually spread. 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 Archul Castle was in flames from the unrelenting fireballs raining down on them from the fire birds. In these fiery attacks, King Brandea was struck in death, leaving the kingdom without a ruler.

### Seeking for Help

Back in the Wysk Manor at the same time, Duke Wysk was making progress on preparations for an emergency assembly at the royal palace. At that moment, another messenger from the royal palace arrived at the manor reported to him the news of the king's death, making him aghast. Wysk was given full authority temporarily by the government, and his decision led him to request Kitamura for reinforcements from Japan. Kitamura proceeded to contact Japan as fast as possible. Immediately afterward, the government of Japan sent three AH-64D Apache attack helicopters, five AH-1S Cobra attack helicopters, a single OH-1 scout helicopter, and twelve Parpaldian wyvern lords flying toward the capital of Archul from JMSDF Izumo-class helicopter destroyer *Izumo* and Parpaldian fleet.

### Air Battle

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. Commander Mesch thought the human-piloted dragon was far faster than any fire bird they possessed, boasting unparalleled range for its equally devastating fireballs. 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, the roar of a dragon once again resounded throughout the vicinity. Mesch looked at a group of Parpaldian twelve wyvern lords, far faster and bigger than Muller's wyvern they were chasing down, heading towards their direction.

One by one, the wyvern lords unleashed their incredibly bigger fireballs at an unbelievable range before flying off at speeds. The fireball engulfed his airborne knights before they fell to the ground. His airborne knights were wiped out of the sky like flies in quick succession. In the following moment, Mesch was hit directly by a fireball unleashed by dragon knight Reckmeyer’s wyvern lord, engulfing him and his fire bird in flames as they fell to the ground. By the time the wyvern lords pulled back, twenty-five of their fire birds, more than half of their remaining force, were lost.

Mauli Hanman and Archmage Ordo couldn’t comprehend what had just happened before their eyes as they panicked trying to figure out what to do next. Their airborne knights were successively shot out of the sky like insects in a short amount of time, leaving only them dancing about in the skies above the capital.

Suddenly, fireballs from the ground successively flew past them by twenty demon flame tanks. 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, causing numerous explosions, but the demon flame tanks continued to hurl fireballs at them.

### Destruction of Mauli Hanman's Rebellion Force

Dragon riders of unknown origin controlled the skies but Mauli Hanmann’s army still controlled the situation on the ground. The Archul Royal Guards seemed to be still in the middle of trying to mount an effective defense. The flaming tank unit reached the Archul Castle's Gate 2 and unleashed their fireballs at the gate as the castle gate guards repelled arrows and ballista bolts hurled at them from the top of the walls. 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 that were meant for the age’s battering rams and emerging out into the field on the other side. The flaming tank unit has successfully broken through the outer wall. Their ground operation was proceeding as planned.

Back in the Wysk Manor, Duke Wysk worriedly heard the reports after the other as what’s left of the government got noisy in trying to discuss what to do next. Wysk urged Kitamura and the others to evacuate, but Kitamura didn't before his reinforcements arrived in time. From the south, they started to hear the constant noise of the air being hit. Wysk and the citizens of the kingdom looked to the JGSDF AH-64D and AH-1S attack helicopters flying above Archul toward the direction of Gate 2.

The AH-64D and AH-1S attack helicopters 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.

Mauli Hanman and Archmage Ordo were in shock and despair to witness them happening by losing their airborne knights, demon flame tanks, Diobehemoth, and more than half of their lower beasts. They understood that they had now exhausted every trick they could pull. Before their escape, from within the inner walls, they heard the sounds of men angrily shouting war cries and horse hooves pounding the earth coming after them and the beasts.

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 at night, which escaped the destruction brought forth by the conflict. Kitamura, dragon knight Muller, the SDF personnel who participated in the conflict, and the dragon knights from the Parpaldia Empire were in attendance. The celebration was multinational with bizarre sights such as helicopters and wyverns parked in the huge garden outside the reception hall. The introductions had already ended as everyone took to the buffet as mingled.

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.

## Trivia

* The Battle of Archul only details in the web novel, but the light novel does not exist.