Lourian Strategy Officer

**Lourian Strategy Officer** is an unnamed strategy officer of the Defense Knight Order of the Louria Kingdom.

## Appearance

In the manga version, Lourian Strategy Officer is a tall, slender man, wearing medieval leather armor with a chainmail long sleeve hauberk.

## Chronology

### Rodenius War Arc

#### Post-Liberation of Gim

After JGSDF 7th Division had destroyed the Louria Kingdom's Eastern Subjugation Army at the Battle of Ejey and recaptured the border city of Gim, the war council members, including the Strategy Officer, were attended the meeting room at Hark Castle in the royal capital Jin-Hark. The Strategy Officer heard General Patagene's explanation about the current situation and the military officer's reports about the Eastern Conquest Navy and the Eastern Subjugation Army's battles. Also, Chief Mage Yamirei explained about Japan's unidentified attack as an arrow of light like "Guided Light Magic Bullet" used by the Ancient Sorcerous Empire (Ravernal Empire) mentioned in the legends.

If that is the case, the war council must consider the possibility of the Japanese forces attacking the royal capital Jin-Hark. General Patagene would like to hear the council members’ opinions on how they strengthen their defense from now on.

The Strategy Officer raised his hand and spoke that the Jin-Hark possessed three walls that needed to be breached before reaching the inner city. Furthermore, these walls were constructed in such a way that it will be difficult to be conquered from the outside. He proposed to establish a continuous 24 hours surveillance system on the walls and watchtowers by increasing the guard shift which would be easy to detect the enemy early on the plains outside the city. With a 24-hour early warning system, even when the enemy approached and established their campsite in the night, they would be able to send troops ahead to disturb them.

Also, according to the Magic Communication Record, the previous Japanese Army’s explosion magic projections were conducted when the Lourian army was not moving. Taking this into the consideration, if the cavalry keeps moving then it would be unlikely for that magic to hit them. There were also 150 wyverns remained for the Capital defense. Though it was still unclear what kind of magic or armament the light arrows were, as long as they made sure that the wyvern took flight in several small groups from different locations instead of a single location, they could estimate Japan’s trajectory and had a clue on where to counterattack. The Capital’s defense is very strong. Even if the Japanese Army arrived to lay a siege on the city, this Jin-Hark won’t fall that easily. The Japanese might have annihilated Lourian soldiers and units, but they still had a hand to strike them. To arrive at the Capital, the Japanese Army need to pass several cities, so let place soldiers in each location. Surely they won’t come to the capital with the enemy's position still on their rear. Even if they go straight to the Capital, the Lourian soldiers could perform a pincer attack and wipe them all.

After the Strategy Officer spoke with great confidence, the military arguments seemed to be correct, and every military staff was relieved to some extent. No matter how powerful the Japanese Army will be, they believed that with its strengthened defensive position the capital city of the Louria Kingdom won’t fall.

Though the defensive one was a simple matter, when the war council turned their strategy discussion into an offensive operation to conquer Qua-Toyne Principality, nobody could come up with a good strategy. Because of the utter lack of information on the true identity of the Japanese Army’s attacks and their army composition, the council ground to a halt.

And without any particular solution, the council lasted until midnight.

#### Pacification of Jin-Hark

At dawn on September 1, 1639, The JASDF 1st Airwing six F-15J Kai aircraft and two F-2 aircraft flew in the sky over the castle and port on the Jin-Hark. The two F-2 aircraft bombed the Lourian warships the unguided bombs in the ports. They shot the wyvern squadron down, except Thanakane. The mages struggled to fight them with magic fireballs. After all of wyverns were annihilated from the sky, the JGSDF 7th Division with the Armored Combat Regiment approached 4 km north of the Royal Capital Jin-Hark.

After Japan’s attack during the Pacification of Jin-Hark, the war council returned to the meeting room again for an emergency about how to defend against the impending Royal Capital invasion. General Patagene asked the war council members what happened at the battle, but no one could explain. Then Patagene asked a black-robed man, Valhal, who was an observer and emissary from the Parpaldia Empire, that the Parpaldia Empire would consider once more send another reinforcement to them. However, the black-robed man rejected it and bluntly dismissed it. Patagene angrily slammed his fist on the table.

The Strategy Officer who was unable to watch this continue raised his hand to change the topic and spoke that it was unclear whether the Japanese Force had an army in the first place because they seemed to be an island nation, there was a possibility that their force might be specializing in the air and the seas and their army was not particularly powerful. The Capital was 40 km away from the port, so it would be outside the attack range of the magic ships that had devastated the port. The aerial attacks were a serious threat, however, after checking the testimonies of the citizens and the Capital Defense Knights, their number seemed to be small. There were few survivors from the navy and they were unable to be questioned at this moment, so although the Japanese Force’s ground offensive capabilities were still unclear, it was conjectured that the cause of the catastrophic damage was due to a surprise attack.

The war council concluded to meet the Japanese Army in a battle at the Industry City Beales, east of the Capital Jin-Hark. Then after they measured the enemy’s strength, to put this information in defending the Capital. However, the Strategy Officer, who witnessed from above the castle wall, turned into shock that the JGSDF 7th Division with the Armored Combat Regiment easily destroyed the large numbers of the knight infantry, cavalries, and heavy infantry on the Battle of Jin-Hark (Pacification of Jin-Hark).

## Trivia

* Lourian Strategy Officer only appears as a character in the light novel and manga, not the web novel; however, his name is unknown.