Imperial Army

Crystal Palace guards escorting the Prime Minister, Berstetz Fondalfon.

The Imperial Army (帝国軍, Teikoku-gun) are the armed forces of the Sacred Vollachia Empire, most commonly dispatched under the direct command of the emperor. It is tasked with maintaining relative peace in the Empire, protecting the emperor, squashing any major rebellions that periodically appear throughout the nation, and patrolling its major border checkpoints.

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In the world, the Sacred Vollachia Empire is noted for having the largest and strongest army out of all Four Great Nations. Due to the Empire's code of the strong rule over the weak, each and every member of the army is a strong and capable individual, willing to give their life for the emperor. If one does not display the resolve to die for the emperor, they're subjected to harsh and cruel punishments. For example, among the guards tasked with guarding the Royal Chamber, it is forbidden to display even a hint of cowardliness or hesitation. When one of the guards' sword trembled for but a mere second upon facing Bordeaux Zellgef, he was swiftly forced to cut his own throat in front of the emperor. In case he would have refused to take his own life, another guard would. According to Balleroy Temeglyph, cowardliness is a disease that can easily shake the very core of an army, hence it must be eradicated the very second it reveals its foul head.

One of the Empire's trump cards are its so-called dragon riders. Flying dragons, used by dragon riders, are a subspecies of dragons, and are the only subspecies capable of flying. They are native to Vollachia and are nigh impossible to domesticate. Even among the Imperial Army, rarely do people with an innate ability to mount and fly these beasts, show up. Due to the dragons' prideful personality, they refuse to wear any kind of a saddle or reins, meaning the riders are completely left to the mercy of the beasts. If mastered, however, a soldier can maneuver the skies of a battlefield and if equipped accordingly, rain down death from above. One of such examples was the 9th Divine General Balleroy Temeglyph, who was, with his usage of Yang and Wind Magic, able to bend the light around him and his dragon, as well as diffuse their aura, rendering them completely invisible, at a cost of not being able to hear anything while in this state. With his magical colourless sniper shots, he was able to rain precise shots at his enemies.

Furthermore, the Empire is capable of utilising so-called flying dragon ships; large airships suspended between two flying dragons. However, these ships are sparingly used.

The Imperial Army typically has two sets of positions consisting of Imperial Soldiers (帝国軍人, Teikoku Gunjin) and Generals (将軍, Shogun). They can be futher divided into five ranks, listed in order from lowest to highest: Private (兵卒, Heisotsu), Private First-Class (上等兵, Jōtō-hei), Third-Class General (三将, Sanshō), Second-Class General (二将, Nishō), and First-Class General (一将, Isshō). According to the previous Ninth ranking Divine General, Balleroy Temeglyph, there are nine First-Class Generals in total, and they're collectively referred to as the Nine Divine Generals (九神将, Kyūshinshō). Those who reach the rank of General are no longer required to wear armour. Furthermore, the Divine Generals are equivalent to the Dragon Kingdom of Lugunica's commander of the Royal Guard in how much authority they possess.

Due to the Imperial Civil War and the Great Disaster, much of the army has been wiped out. The unique, special position of Escort General (親将, Shinshō), the personal guard of the emperor, was established and assigned to Jamal Aurélie by reason of his contributions during the aforementioned disaster.

Nine Divine Generals

The current Nine Divine Generals of the Empire alongside the emperor, featured in Volume 28.

There exists a group of elite soldiers within the Vollachian military dubbed the Nine Divine Generals (九神将, Kyūshinshō) whom consists of strongest or most accomplished members in the army and enjoy a considerable amount of influence within the country. The Nine Divine Generals consist of all nine First-Class Generals, and sit on the upper echelon of the military, having supreme authority over the Imperial Army and work directly under the emperor's orders. They have their own sub-hierarchy numbering from one to nine with a lower number denoting a higher rank. As mentioned above, with the title of a Divine General, one gets significant authority in the nation. However, lower ranks don't always denote higher authority. An example would be the First ranking Divine General Cecilus Segmunt. Despite being the nation's strongest individual and fully capable of taking out all other Divine Generals combined, Cecilus is not well-liked and has miniscule influence, compared to individuals such as the Fourth ranking Divine General Chisha Gold, who is among the weakest of the Divine Generals, but greatly excels in tactics and planning, acting as the emperor's tactician and decoy.

According to Berstetz Fondalfon, the system known as the "Nine Divine Generals" was not always present in the Imperial Army. As per Berstetz's word, Vincent was the one who reinstated the system after years of it not being a fully-fledged rank in the army. Before Vincent's coronation, the highest rank one could achieve in the Imperial Army was a First-Class General.

Members

Current

• Cecilus Segmunt (First ranking Divine General)
• Arakiya (Second ranking Divine General)
• Olbart Dunkelkenn (Third ranking Divine General)
• Goz Ralfon (Fifth ranking Divine General)
• Groovy Gumlet (Sixth ranking Divine General)
• Yorna Mishigure (Seventh ranking Divine General)
• Moguro Hagane (Eighth ranking Divine General)
• Madelyn Eschart (Ninth ranking Divine General)
• Kafma Irulux (First-Class General)
• Jamal Aurélie (Escort General)
• Zikr Osman (Second-Class General)
• Gudda Dialmo (Second-Class General)
• Toledo Spiegel (Second-Class General)

Former

• Kurgan (Vollachia's Strongest, General)
• Chisha Gold (Fourth ranking Divine General, Military Strategist)
• Balleroy Temeglyph (Ninth ranking Divine General)
• Miles (Private First-Class)
• Todd Fang (Private First-Class)

Trivia

• The First ranking Divine General, Cecilus Segmunt, is said to be so strong that he'd be able to slaughter the entire Vollachian army if he so wished.
• According to Vincent, there's a force of roughly thirty thousand imperial soldiers stationed all across the Imperial Capital of Lupugana, available at the emperor's orders.