Louria Kingdom War Council

**Louria Kingdom War Council** is the meeting regarding the kingdom’s crisis, as well as determine countermeasures against the Qua-Toyne Principality and Japan in the Hark Castle in the royal capital Jin-Hark after the Liberation of Gim and Japan’s attack during Pacification of Jin-Hark.

## Events Leading to the War Council

During the Rodenius War between the Louria Kingdom and Japan with assisting from Qua-Toyne Principality, JMSDF escort group were destroyed 1,400 out of 4,400 warships of the Louria Kingdom Eastern Conquest Navy on the Great Naval Battle of Rodenius and JGSDF 7th Division were destroyed the Louria Kingdom's Eastern Subjugation Army at the Battle of Ejey and recaptured the border city of Gim.

On August 29, 1639, the war council members were attended to the meeting room at Hark Castle in the royal capital Jin-Hark. The meeting to discuss the kingdom’s crisis, as well as determine countermeasures against the Qua-Toyne Principality and Japan, was starting.

## War Council Members Attending

A war council was about to be held in the meeting room.

The main members of the council:

* Kingdom’s Defense Knights Order’s General, Patagene
* Prime Minister, Maus
* One of the Three Great Generals, Miminel
* The Head of the Royal Magicians, Yamirei

Other than them, there were many other military officers in attendance. The members of the Kingdom’s Defense Knights Order, the Captain of the Capital’s Defense Infantry Battalion, the Royal Dragon Knights, and other units that were essential for national defense were all present. A man wearing a black robe was present as an observer.

## Current Situation

The presiding officer declared the start of the meeting. Patagene stood up and explained the current status of Qua-Toyne invasion operation with his exhausted face, which was always full of confidence, that Qua-Toyne’s army had succeeded in capturing the town of Gim, the border city of Qua-Toyne Principality in the opening of the conflict on the war this time. By using the opportunity while the enemy's attention was directed on the land battles, they sent a great fleet of 4,400 warships and 140,000 soldiers to invade Trade City Maihark. Their plan was in good progress up until this point. At that time, the nation of Japan entered an alliance with the Qua-Toyne Principality and announced its participation in the war. It seemed that Japan did not recognize them as a nation, but as armed insurgents instead.

Even though this might be just the action of a frustrated enemy of their strings of defeat, to have the attitude to send something like a provocation to Louria, the military officers reported about the battles.

### The Eastern Conquest Navy’s Report

While traveling to Maihark, Lourian fleet of 4,400 warships clashed with 8 Japanese warships on the Qua-Toynian territorial waters. Unable to inflict damage on the enemy, they lost 1,400 warships. In addition, they also lost 250 wyverns who had been dispatched as aerial support. In the subsequent report, it was stated that the soldiers that participated in that war had been greatly demoralized and temporarily couldn’t participate in any action.

The military officers had heard about the unconfirmed battle report before, but they didn’t believe in it. However, when that report was officially released in the council, they were astonished that it was the truth.

If they were able to sink even a single opponent ship, it would mean that they have a chance of winning. However, considering the huge amount of casualties and yet without any military gain, it could be said that it was a futile endeavor. It will remain in Rodenius Continent’s history as a great defeat.

### The Eastern Subjugation Army’s Report

After capturing Gim, the Louria Kingdom sent the Eastern Lords Army as the vanguard unit in order to conquer Fortress City Ejey. However, just after they finished establishing their camp, their magic communication ceased. The scout investigation discovered extensive traces of destruction, so it was conjectured that they had been annihilated by really powerful explosion magic projections. The Eastern Subjugation Army Force that remained in Gim also received an unidentified attack that was considered to originate from the Japanese Army. They were very few who survived for all intent and purpose. They were annihilated.

The large conference hall fell into a heavy silence. No one ever experienced this kind of situation in their previous invasion wars. Many were agonizing about how they would explain this to their subordinates.

## Japan's Unidentified Attack

A defense army officer asked Patagene to know what kind of enemy is Japan and how the Louria Kingdom can defend against it. Patagene had read the report that an arrow of light that pursued the wyverns during the naval battle and the survivors of Gim also testified that the wyverns were shot down by light with smoking trails. Both of these might be similar things. He was aware of the similarity and asked Chief Mage Yamirei about the magic things. Yamirei was examining the documents in his hand and became shocked to realize as if he noticed something. He noticed the similarity of Japan's supposedly utilized magic with the super-weapon as "Guided Light Magic Bullet" used by the Ancient Sorcerous Empire (Ravernal Empire) mentioned in the legends. The legendary superpower that was known by everyone in the new world was called the Ancient Sorcerous Empire, a country of a superior race of sentient beings, who treated other races than themselves as livestock, an arrogant nation who didn’t fear even the Gods. Other than the ancient superpower that left the Prophecy of Return, he couldn’t explain the current abnormal situation.

However, this conclusion was rejected by Miminel, who argued that the natural phenomena observed when the Ravernal Empire was resurrected were not confirmed. Patagene himself almost believed that it was the Return of the Ravernal Empire which that kind of phenomenon where the day turned into the night that had happened last seven months ago (Japan was transferred to this world).

## Strategic Defense

If that is the case, then the 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 of the Defense Knight Order 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.

## Emergency Council For The Royal Capital Invasion

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.

General Patagene bellowed that the dragon knights were annihilated. Dragon Knights Battalion Commander feebly hung his head down and reported to him that they have been defeated, again and again. Without having any air units, it would not possible to fight against an opponent capable to attack them from the air.

The silence filled the hall where the emergency council took place. No one could answer the supreme commander’s anger. Unable to stand how the time passed idly, a young officer began to spoke that no one has ever seen the Japanese army yet. Some people have seen them before as a powerful attack from the air and then in the seas, they have demonic god-like warships, but no one ever saw even a shadow of their land army. Before they reach the Capital, they would surely need to conquer the industry city Beales in the southeast. There was no other way but to measure how powerful the Japanese army would be during that battle, which would be useful for preparing the Capital’s defense. If the Japanese army was weak, it would be the weakness that they could exploit. The Capital won’t be decisively conquered just by aerial attacks. To make the Capital capitulate, a force of ground soldiers is absolutely necessary. The young officer resolved to personally go to Beales to probe the Japanese Army’s weakness.

The military officer asked Chief Mage Yamirei to discover anything about the previous Japanese attacks, but Yamirei only mumbled and didn’t give any proper answer.

Patagene, who had calmed down since there was a new idea which has been brought up, declared that the war will continue. He recognized the annihilation of the Dragon Knights confirmed that the Japanese Force had strong air and naval units. However, he believed in the case that they have a weak land army, no matter how powerful their other forces are, they can’t conquer a city. The Royal Capital still possesses strong cavalry, heavy infantry, archers, and infantry.

Then Patagene turned his face towards a black-robed man, Valhal, who was an observer and emissary from the Parpaldia Empire and then addressed him with a hesitant tone in his voice. The Parpaldia Empire would consider once more send another reinforcement to them. However, the black-robed man made a sickening smile and bluntly dismissed, not only Patagene but also the Kingdom of Louria itself. It was an impolite remark in a council where the important leaders of the nation gathered, but no one dared to talk back to the Emissary of the great powerful Parpaldia Empire. Also, Parpaldia Empire had actually given enough armaments to conquer both the Qua-Toyne Principality and the Quila Kingdom. Patagene hadn’t forgotten this fact. He angrily slammed his fist on the table.

A strategy officer who was unable to watch this continue raised his hand to change the topic and spoke that it’s 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 information from the battlefield had been conveniently rewritten and simplified as it passed up the branch of command. The vanguard units to the western area of the Fortress City Ejey disappeared. The Eastern Subjugation Army Force disappeared. Since the one who could report had been annihilated to oblivion, the information didn't properly get conveyed to the military leaders. This caused the leaders to make a mistaken conclusion.

For the present, 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.

## Aftermath

Louria Kingdom military strategy with the planning, which the war council believed the Japanese Force’s ground offensive had a weak, didn't work out. 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), turning Patagene and some war council members into shock when they witnessed them from the castle wall.

When the castle gate destroyed by Type 90 tank, General Patagene and Chief Mage Yamirei gathered the remaining troops at the castle gate while JGSDF sent the 1st Airborne Brigade by helicopter over the Hark Castle and captured King Hark Louria 34th of the Louria Kingdom.

After the Lourian military was crushed in a lopsided conflict and the king was arrested, the war council had completely failed to protect the king and the Royal Capital Jin-Hark. The Louria Kingdom has been separated into four independent states after a brief civil war between Louria's vassal lords and was now recovering by embracing Japanese imports and businesses.

## Trivia

* The War Council only describes in the light novel and manga, not the web novel.

## Gallery

The main members of the war council are General Patagene, Prime Minister Maus, General Miminel and Chief Mage YamireiThe war council members inculding the military officers and the dragon knights were present to attend in the meeting room.After examining the documents about magic light arrow, Chief Mage Yamirei became shocked to realize that Japan is the Ravernal Empire.