Meteos Roguerider

**Meteos Roguerider** is a government employee from the Holy Mirishial Empire and a captain of the aerial battleship Pal Chimera Unit 02.

## Appearance

In novel illustration, Meteos is a middle-aged man wearing a white half-mask.

## Personality

> **"Magic is the root of strength. There is no way science can achieve it**!" - Meteos shows his magical supremacist mindset.
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Like most Holy Milishial Empire officials, Meteos initially was immensely arrogant man who believes strongly in the superior of the Holy Mirishial Empire and magical civilizations are always stronger than mechanical civilizations as he states that magic is the root of all power.

Being the captain of the Pal Chimera solidifies and amplifies his arrogant to the point surpassing the standard of cockiness of average Holy Milishial Empire officials toward the enemies. The best example is when he called the Gra Valkas Empire military force as "monkeys" and comparing them to the backward countries in non-civilized area, despite the Gra Valkas Empire force managed to decimate the Zeroth fleet and the Holy Milishial Empire fleets in the battle of Baltic Sea. He also acts condescending toward the Holy Milishial Empire own military force as he snidely and subtly sees them as hindrance and redundant as he sees that the Pal Chimera, he controls is ultimately invincible and the only one that are useful in the battlefield while the rest of the Holy Milishial Empire military force throw their life away for nothing.

After getting one of the Pal Chimera destroyed, Meteos pride was deeply wounded but it served as the slap to his face about the reality that Holy Milishial Empire even with the superweapons from the Ravernal Empire is never invincible.

After witnessing JSDF in action and their superior technology in decimating the Great Fleet and the Grade Alastar, Meteos becomes much more humble and he willing to swallow his pride and admit that Japan deserves to replace Holy Milishial Empire as the top superpower and the new protector of the world against the Ravernal Empire but most all the fact that science can outperform magic. Furthermore, he also becomes fascinated with science as he and the rest of his department have now become smitten with Japanese advanced technology.

## Background

Meteos is a member of the Ancient Superweapons Analysis and Tactical Operations Department and served as the captain of the Pal Chimera Unit 02 that participated in the Great Naval Battle of Baltica and the on-going Great Naval Battle of Japan.

## Chronology

### New World War Arc

#### Pre-Great Naval Battle of Baltica

Captain Meteos first appeared during the meeting of Emperor Milishial VIII and Hirkane Parpe, the director of the Antiquities Department of Ancient Arms Analysis Tactical Operations. Meteos was the selected captain of the Pal Chimera Unit 02, one of the two (2) Pal Chimeras that were tasked to fight in the Great Naval Battle of Baltica. He was instructed directly by the emperor that "if one of the Pal Chimera were damaged during the battle, withdraw immediately"

#### During the Great Naval Battle of Baltica

During the Great Naval Battle of Baltica, the Holy Milishial Imperial aerial battleship Pal Chimera Unit 02 appeared to face the Gra Valkas imperial Hercules-Class Battleship *Be Tergis* and other ships of the First Strike Groups under Commander Kaonia. The aerial battleship, which has already gotten closer to the fleet by 20km, began to move what seems to be triple gun emplacements on the bottom section of its ring. The guns turned to face the fleet. The bullets of light flew past the flagship *Be Tergis* and found its marks on the heavy cruiser *Rigel* cruising behind it. The attacks continued, and a total of 9 more shots landed directly on the heavy cruiser, breaking it in half and sending it to the depths of the sea. The bridge of the flagship *Be Tergis* was enveloped in dead silence and Commander Kaonia was deeply shocked.

In the bridge of aerial battleship Pal Chimera Unit 02, Technological Supervisor Colmed approached Captain Meteos from behind and spoke him that the ancient superweapons of the old empire truly were frightening. Meteos responded it was their first time operating this in actual combat with a relatively comparable enemy, but for them to score direct hits. Colmed still hadn't figured out the ancient sorcerous empire’s magical arithmetic unit. If they were able to better the empire’s arithmetic unit, precisely measure the distance to the enemy in three dimensions, and then certainly grasp their own moving state, then they should be able to replicate it in theory. Meteos reminded that there was an enormous difference between weapons still on paper, theoretical ones, experimental ones, and those that were already in combat use. The Ravernal Empire was far beyond the Holy Milishial Empire’s level of technology.

After destroying this small group of ships, they planned to strike into the main force nestled within the enemy fleet. Meteos considered that they must first hypothesize how they will fight within range of the enemy artillery before striking into the main force. Coming up with a militarily improbable decision, he gives out an order to his crews to attack the enemy flagship. The aerial battleship Pal Chimera ceased its attacks from outside the fleet and begins its daringly dangerous charge towards the battleship *Be Tergis*.

Recognizing Pal Chimera as a serious threat, Commander Kaonia saw himself standing still on the battleship *Be Tergis* and prepared for a match. Then, he instructed each ship to restart the attack and intensify it. In the following moment, the Pal Chimera fired its guns. The shells fired from the ship, landing on the most thickly armored sections of the *Be Tergis*, unleashing their power. However, the attack didn’t stop, and multiple shots fired in rapid succession hit the Be Tergis.

Meteos noticed the battleship *Be Tergis* was no internal explosions, but Colmed replied to him that the structure housing their fuel might be difficult to set ablaze. If the battleship *Be Tergis* could not reinforce their armor by spreading magic particles, then the armor on the superstructure also could not be reinforced. Meteos was shocked to recognize not being able to destroy the *Be Tergis'* armor, but he decided to use the Large Magic Bomb Jibil to annihilate the enemy ship. The bridge bustled with whispers and Colmed verified him, which Meteos repeated to him. The Pal Chimera advances towards the sky directly overhead the battleship *Be Tergis*. It stopped mid-air and dropped the Jibil.

At the same time, the Jibil hit the flagship *Be Tergis*, and a fierce light emanated from the ship. Within the next moment, a fireball far bigger than the flagship appeared, engulfing the entire ship. After a short delay, a tremendous shockwave and a huge mushroom-shaped explosion, which they have never seen before, manifested.

After that, Meteos was shocked to witness the shape of the enemy ship *Be Tergis* was preserved, and it still floated on the ocean. However, all of the crews on board had already been killed. The hull of the *Be Tergis* was so absurdly strong. The Pal Chimera left the skies over the Gra Valkas imperial battleship *Be Tergis* and then attacked and crushed each ship in a single run. Later, thirty-six ships of the 1st Strike Group were annihilated. They then headed straight for the main fleet.

The Gra Valkas Navy was sent to the approaching Pal Chimera and sent eighty first attackers, but were destroyed. Subsequent Second Attack Corps had similar results. Meteos makes another withdrawal recommendation for the *Grade Atlastar*, which is preparing for a full-fledged battle. Commander Caesar rejected this. Pal Chimera begins the invasion as soon as communication is lost. Pal Chimera, who flew through the air and strengthened his armor with magic, sunk the fleet one after another with rapid fire with 15 cm triple twin-armed artillery without ignoring anti-aircraft fire. However, Captain Wahlman, who hated taking time, proposed an early attack on the flagship Grade Atlastar. Wahlman, who was on the lookout for Pal Chimera’s damage, was tolerated by opposing Meteos and attempts to hit the large magic bomb Jibil in the *Grade Atlastar*.

On the other hand, Captain Luxtal of *Grade Atlastar*, who detected this movement, fired with the main armored armor shells aiming for the enemy aerial battleship to fly straight for bombing. Veteran Gunnery Bragston blew by the splendidly hit, the Pal Chimera Unit 01 was hit by an armor-piercing shell while flying in a straight line, and the high-powered magic engine exploded. The the entire aerial battleship was torn apart and scattered on the sea causing a large explosion. The officers of Pal Chimera Unit 02 were amazed at the unexpected situation, and Captain Meteos withdrew upon order from the emperor.

#### During the Great Naval invasion of Japan

During the battle, he was once again assigned as the captain of the Pal Chimera Unit 02. In the Pal Chimera, Meteos was excited but exceptionally cautious of the upcoming battle as the Holy Milishial Empire had already lost one irreplaceable Pal Chimera from the Gra Valkas Empire during Battle of Baltica Sea. Meteos contemplated that things would be easier if they utilized the Marine Fortress Pal Cowne to decimate the Main Fleet. When Yagami radioed the Pal Chimera, he is surprised that Japanese radio waves can reach the Pal Chimera at the high altitude while they hadn't arrived on the battlefield. Yagami asked Meteos to fight close to the JMSDF to prevent friendly fire in which Meteos assumed that the Japanese were trying to prevent the Holy Milishial from taking any significant credits in the battle. Also, Yagami offers Meteos to observe the battle first since they have their own strategy, giving him the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, they can participate but they can also observe how the JMSDF fights, which intrigues Meteos and it was also part of the Holy Milishial Emperor's order to observe how the JSDF fights. Meteos agreed by distancing himself 200 km from the battlefield. He utilizes the wave-guided super telescope installed on the Pal Chimera to observe the battle.

As Meteos tried to observe the battle, the Pal Chimera's conductive magnetic radar was jammed by the JSDF's EMI due to the Pal Chimera's close proximity to the jamming signal of the JSDF. Meteos and his crew tried to get the anti-jamming device to work but no prevail as the device couldn't nullify Japan's jamming, frustrating and causing him to be amazed with Japan's technology as it was good enough to jam and neutralize even Ravernal Empire's radar and anti-jamming technology. Seeing no other choice, Meteos ordered the ship to get close to the battle to observe it at visual range.

The missile attacks dealt devastated blow to the Main Fleet as the anti-ship missiles instantly destroyed 4 destroyers and 3 cruisers while the fleet fired blindly into the sky as their radars were jammed and they had zero night vision. Caesar fell to despair as his fleet was helpless against the attack and shocked at the fact the anti-ship missiles are far more powerful than any big cannons developed by the Gra Valkas. He later wondered that how many anti-ship missiles the JSDF actually had.

As Meteos observed the destruction of Gra Valkas warships by JSDF guided missiles, he and the rest of his crew were astounding shocked and disbelief that Japan, a purely mechanical country could create something as powerful as the magically guided anti-ship missile of the Ravernal Empire. The scene cause Meteos to be shaken to the core as he couldn't believe that science can outperform magic, which he firmly believes to be the root of development and power. At the same time, he also fearful that if the Ravernal Empire returned, the Holy Mirishial Empire would suffer the same fate as like the Gra Valkas against the Japanese.

Seeing the enemy would not change the course, Lieutenant Commander Sakano who commanded the 4th Escort Flotilla which consists of 4th and 8th Escort Squadron of the JMSDF decided to target the Grade Atlastar first and fired all their 78 anti-ship missiles at the remaining ships of the Main Fleet to weaken them and called in the Pal Chimera for support.

Meteos glared angrily at the Grade Atlastar and wanted to smash the super-dreadnought for destroying one of the Pal Chimera and made him withdrew like a coward the last time. He then smeared that 8 ships of the JMSDF trying to engage more than 400 ships of the Main Fleet as suicidal attacks and wondered in a mocking tone that whether the pure science nation like Japan could show him any powerful weapon, showing Meteos' magical supremacist mindset.

When the 4th Escort Flotilla fired their anti-ship missiles at the remaining of the Main Fleet, Meteos was profoundly shocked at the large-scale guided missile attacks and he couldn't believe the sheer destructiveness of Japan guide missiles.

When the Pal Chimera started to commence their attack on the Main Fleet, Caesar then ordered the rest of the fleet to withdraw back to the homeland as he couldn't stand seeing his men continue to die while ordering the Grade Atlastar to kamikaze the Nahanath base. However, due to his charisma and reputation, sixteen ships that were formerly under his command, the 88th Fleet before his reassignment to command the Eastern Fleet refused to withdraw and join in the Kamikaze attack on Nahanath with Caesar.

Horrified that the 16 ships didn't withdraw, Sakano tried to contact the JASDF for another air strike but they couldn't reload in time to go back fighting, and to make matter worse there were no submarines that can make it either plus they had used all their anti-ship missiles and torpedoes. Fortunately, the Pal Chimera came for help and Meteos decided to crush the Grade Atlastar permanently. To ensure the successful bombardment of Nahanath, the 15 ships broke away and went to engage the Pal Chimera to buy time for the Grade Atlastar.

As the Pal Chimera gradually decimate the Gra Valkas 88th Fleet, Meteos and his crew observed the battle between 4th Escort Flotilla and the Grade Atlastar and once again shocked at Japan's technological prowess as the Japanese were able to intercept cannon shells with SAMs (Surface-to-Air Missiles), which deemed impossible for the Holy Mirishial Empire to achieve. Fully convinced with Japan's superiority, Meteos and his crews then fully admitted Japan's power is 100% rival of the Ravernal Empire and fully deserved to dethrone the Holy Mirishial Empire and become the new leader of the New World.