Asmophel

Asmophel is a former captain of the Red Knights who was manipulated into betraying Piaro, then freed by Grid and given a path toward atonement. He becomes an Overgeared commander, studies war from an ordinary soldier’s position, and eventually turns the inferiority behind his “strongest number two” power into respectful emulation and independent growth. (Chapters 256–264, 504–505, and 1495–1505)

Biography

Reidan and the Overgeared Alliance

Asmophel is born the eldest son of Earl Pedro and rises beside Piaro as an admired knight of the Saharan Empire. Empress Marie exploits his jealousy, however, using Yatan essence, drugs, and black magic to weaken his mind until he helps frame Piaro and destroy their comrades. Years of confinement leave him consumed by guilt. After Grid defeats Dark Bus and releases him, Asmophel attempts suicide rather than live with the betrayal, but Grid insists that he face Piaro directly. Piaro hears the truth, recognizes the manipulation, and cannot kill him. Their reconciliation does not erase Asmophel’s responsibility; it gives him a place from which to atone. He and Piaro consequently pledge themselves to Grid, and Asmophel becomes a commander within the alliance developing Reidan. (Chapters 256, 258, 260, and 264)

In Reidan, Asmophel helps turn impoverished residents into soldiers and directs troops during the city’s defense. He remains a capable battlefield reader, intercepting a powerful arrow with his sword and red aura, but he is painfully conscious that Piaro attracts more trust and recognition. When Grid says that someone must fill Piaro’s absence, Asmophel interprets the remark literally and activates his determination to begin again as an ordinary soldier. The decision is both comic and serious: instead of claiming command by past rank, he chooses to rebuild his understanding of service from its lowest position. (Chapters 330–340 and 480)

Kingdom Building and the Great Demons

Serving under the name Ars, Asmophel experiences the fear, exhaustion, and limited information of a common soldier. The experience changes his command philosophy. He resolves that, if he returns to leadership, he will minimize sacrifices rather than treat soldiers as replaceable numbers. His strength repeatedly exposes his disguise—he shatters a catapult projectile and defeats the solo-number Red Knight Nautilus—but he refuses promotion because he has not yet learned everything the rank can teach him. He even wins with Reidan Spearsmanship despite being more naturally powerful with a sword, demonstrating that the lesson is about discipline and perspective rather than displaying his best weapon. (Chapters 504–505, 510, and 559)

As the Overgeared Kingdom grows, Asmophel resumes duties appropriate to his experience. He fights beside Piaro and Grid against Noll, where his Fire Sword helps suppress the vampire’s recovery, and he teaches swordsmanship to members of the Red Phoenix group. The widening conflict also forces him to confront his imperial past. When Mercedes asks about Piaro’s alleged treason, Asmophel explains Marie’s manipulation but refuses to use it as a complete excuse, openly acknowledging the jealousy that made him susceptible. His testimony starts an investigation and clears the path toward restoring Piaro’s name. (Chapters 730–731, 775, and 788–790)

East Continent and Imperial Reckoning

Grid orders Asmophel to find the surviving former Red Knights, turning remorse into a concrete mission. He locates Haster, the disciple of the late Winfred, and accepts his company while continuing the search. When Singuled attacks him, Asmophel neither denies the betrayal nor abandons the task. He wounds himself, confesses his part in the tragedy, and asks Singuled to postpone judgment until the survivors have been gathered. The appeal works because Asmophel is prepared to die afterward rather than because he demands forgiveness. He eventually returns with Singuled and other old knights, completing a vital stage of the reckoning Grid assigned him. (Chapters 789, 847–850, 901, and 912)

Yangbans, Gods, and New Legends

Asmophel’s restored place among the old knights lets him operate as a stabilizing figure in the Overgeared military. He remains protective of Piaro, intervening before Braham’s challenge can become an uncontrolled confrontation, while continuing to participate in wars whose enemies increasingly include transcendent beings. His role is no longer defined solely by confession: the kingdom relies on his judgment, training, and ability to translate the techniques of stronger comrades into practical battlefield force. (Chapters 1111–1113, 1136, and 1215)

Apostles, Dragons, and the Overgeared World

As security minister, Asmophel suppresses terrorist attacks and protects the empire while its greatest figures are absent. His deeper turning point comes when Biban analyzes the title commonly associated with him. The “strongest number two” can reproduce qualities of the person Asmophel admires or envies—usually Piaro—but Biban warns that defining himself through another person also caps his growth. Asmophel recognizes that his former inferiority has matured into respect, yet he must still trust his own identity. Facing Zeratul soon afterward, he deliberately applies that advice; the act of “facing himself” produces a measurable increase and evolution in his skills. (Chapters 1495–1496 and 1503–1505)

Baal, Asgard, and the Complete Ending

Asmophel’s late battles show how thoroughly emulation has become integrated into his own fighting style. Against Lopero, he reproduces Piaro’s techniques and divinity so naturally that the opponent initially mistakes him for Piaro, but Asmophel also makes room for Dante to fight and learn rather than monopolizing the encounter. During the dragon conflict, he identifies Kyle as another person accustomed to being “second strongest” and urges him into the vanguard. Asmophel then helps block magic and dragon attacks while protecting Lord, remaining an active senior defender rather than retreating into the guilt that once governed his life. (Chapters 1708–1709 and 1943)

Appearance and personality

Asmophel is introduced as a slender man and is later described as blond, noble-looking, and beautiful. His composed appearance contrasts with the intensity of his remorse: he is severe with himself, literal in interpreting duty, and initially willing to die rather than risk excusing his betrayal. (Chapters 258, 788, and 901)

He is loyal, disciplined, and unusually willing to begin again from a lower station. That humility can become self-erasure, especially when he measures himself against Piaro, but his time as a soldier teaches him to connect command decisions with the lives beneath them. By the later story, he can honor the people he admires without treating himself as their defective copy. (Chapters 480, 504–505, and 1496–1505)

Abilities, classes, and skills

Asmophel is an elite swordsman and former Red Knights captain whose red aura, speed, and battlefield judgment let him intercept heavy projectiles and contend with high-ranking imperial knights. He is also an experienced trainer and commander. As Grid’s knight commander, his presence strengthens allied knights’ physical and magical offense and improves their skill availability; as security minister, he applies the same awareness to detecting and suppressing threats before they reach the imperial leadership. (Chapters 264, 330–340, and 1495)

His defining power is the Determination of the Number Two. It grows in response to the person he regards as number one and allows him to reproduce aspects of an admired superior’s techniques or power. Piaro is its principal model, though Asmophel can turn his attention toward other exceptional figures. The ability’s psychological origin is also its limit: envy and dependence make imitation powerful but keep him oriented toward another person’s ceiling. Biban’s instruction helps him convert that inferiority into self-trust, after which his statistics and skills begin evolving from his own breakthrough. Even then, reproduced techniques should not be treated as proof that he permanently possesses every attribute of their original user. (Chapters 480, 1496, 1503–1505, and 1708–1709)

Asmophel can fight with Reidan Spearsmanship, a practical style derived with Piaro from imperial spear techniques. Its demonstrated thrusts use vibration and curving trajectories to disrupt an opponent’s defense, but Asmophel remains stronger with a sword. His Fire Sword can interfere with a vampire’s recovery, making it especially useful in coordinated combat. Both examples reflect his versatility; neither removes the need for allies, positioning, or the time required to read a superior enemy. (Chapters 504–505 and 730–731)

Relationships

• Grid: Grid prevents Asmophel’s suicide, insists that he seek accountability directly, and gives him military responsibilities through which atonement becomes sustained service. Asmophel answers with absolute loyalty and protects Grid’s empire as both commander and minister. (Chapters 258–264, 789, and 1495)
• Piaro: Piaro is Asmophel’s former rival, victim, closest standard, and ultimately restored comrade. His forgiveness makes Asmophel’s new life possible, while Asmophel’s later growth requires admiring Piaro without defining himself only as Piaro’s second. (Chapters 256–260 and 1496)
• Mercedes: Asmophel gives Mercedes the evidence that prompts her to investigate Piaro’s case. His refusal to hide his own jealousy makes the testimony an act of accountability rather than self-exoneration. (Chapters 788–790)
• Haster: Haster is connected to Winfred, one of the knights harmed by Asmophel’s betrayal. Asmophel accepts Haster’s company and helps disguise him while continuing the search for survivors. (Chapters 847–850)
• Braham: Asmophel respects Braham’s strength enough that his emulation power can respond to it, but he also intervenes when Braham’s challenge threatens Piaro, placing responsibility above awe. (Chapters 1136 and 1496)

Items

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