Rados XVI

**Rados XVI** is the king of Topa Kingdom.

## Appearance

In the manga version, King Rados XVI is an old-fashioned old man with a bald crown and a beard extending to his chest.

## Chronology

### Operation Momotarou

When the Demon Lord began invading the Topa Kingdom with over a thousand goblins and those two ogres, the country’s chief advisors held a somber meeting in the presence of King Rados XVI. Tormeus’ 5,000 elite soldiers were currently fending off the sudden attack of the Demon Lord’s 20,000-strong army. Another 15,000 more soldiers had already departed from Berngen and were now on their way to reinforce Tormeus.

King Rados asked a professor at the Royal University that an incident occurred in which the Demon Lord Nosgorath revived on his own behalf and led a demon to attack. A professor answered 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 believe. 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 King 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 have also seen it, but he know 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 and Blue Ogres, they can only conclude that this is indeed the Demon Lord’s army.

The foreign affairs minister stepped forward and asked the king that 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 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 strategy; compared to the past, the very meaning of the word "strength" was incomparable. The ones that concerned him are the Demon Lord and the Red and Blue Ogres, 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.

The king 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.

The meeting continued late into the night.

In the royal castle, King Rados had just received a report from the foreign affairs department and was speechless. Japan, who was so shy about utilizing military force, had dispatched a small advance platoon. He knew well the rumors about Japan:

* *They annihilated the Kingdom of Louria’s main forces with powerful explosive magic.*
* *They successfully pushed back the Parpaldia Empire’s oversight army.*

He believed these stories had already become legends. Fortunately, while they’ve taken heavy damage, the royal army was still able to hold the Demon Lord back at Tormeus. But, If the Japanese military was really as strong as the legends said, did that mean every soldier was as powerful as a high mage.

They would soon arrive at Tormeus under the care of Topan escorts. King Rados donned his golden armor and a splendid cloak, then mounted a white horse; he truly had the appearance of a hero. He wondered what kind of people they were. Today, the Japanese army would finally arrive.

The battle was completely left to his subordinates, and although he did not appear on the front line, he succeeded in defeating the Demon King's army in the struggle of the Topa Kingdom Army and the Japan Self-Defense Forces. It was decided to hold a feast for subduing the Demon Lord with the public and private sectors.

He later on knighted Gai for his bravery in the fight against the demon lord.

### Japanese-Parpaldian War Arc

Later, during the battle with the Parpaldia Empire, King Rados was informed that the Parpaldia Empire’s forces occupying the Altaras Kingdom have been annihilated, and their governing board has surrendered by Japan. Altaras Kingdom had taken back its sovereignty. However, He knew the Altaras Kingdom should be rather close to the Parpaldia Empire where their navy appeared to be at full strength. He asked his advisor that Altaras won't simply fall once more. His advisor replied while Japan’s base in Altaras is being built, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, their de facto navy, has been tasked with monitoring the seas around Altaras. Considering that this is Japan, that much should be sufficient to deal with the Papaldia Empire’s forces.

His advisor also informed him Japan has made a request of Topa Kingdom to avoid entering the skies and seas around the Empire area for avoiding unintentional damages until the war was over. So he 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.

## Gallery

King Rados XVI knew well the rumors about Japan as he imagined Japan's legends in his mind.