Max Erhart Armin von Nürnberg

''Max Erhart Armin von Nürnberg was the main male antagonist in the second part of "Hachinan tte, Sore wa Nai Deshou!" He was a Duke in the Urquhart Holy Empire and believed that with the rise of Wendelin von Benno Baumeister that it would only be a matter of time before the Helmut Kingdom invaded their Empire. He started the Civil War in the Empire to take control and attack the Helmut Kingdom first.''

Appearance
He is a young and ambitious person with sharp, eagle-like, blue eyes, shortly trimmed blonde hair and a forged large body.

Personality
According to Therese he is a radical. who is rigid ultra-nationalist with a pure patriotism. He also is a little crazy as he wanted to kill all other ethic groups.

Etymology

 * Max is Roman and means "Greatest."
 * Erhart is German and can mean "Honor or Bravery,"
 * Von is Dutch and means one of "Noble" birth.
 * Arnim is German and means "Whole or Big but also can mean Small Flying Eagle."
 * Nürnberg is German and means "The one who came Nurnberg(fortress)."

Background
He felt the Empire had become too complacent and weak towards the Helmut Kingdom and wanted to restore the power and pride that was lost in the last war. He has a military background.

Plot
When Wend came to visit with the Friendship Visit Group He got up and gave a speech talking how with the power of Wend and the discoveries he made in the Dungeon Dive that it was only a matter of time before the Empire fell to the Helmut Kingdom. Later that night he started the civil war and one of the first people he targeted was Therese Sigrid von Philip as he wanted to kill all the ruling nobles to seize the Empire. Wend saved he life and accompanied her to fight for the Empire and stop the civil was and restore the Empire. Once he started the war he used an Ancient artifact to block all transportation magic to put Wend and the Helmut Kingdom at a disadvantage. As the war progressed his forces lost ground till his last stronghold was his mansion. His mansion had numerous lower levels as it was built over ancient ruins. Unbeknownst to Wend and his group he had help from Arnest Blitz a member of the Demon Race. Arnest Blitz only helped him as he wanted to explore ancient ruins. He helped restore a set of magic armor that Duke Nürnberg used in his final fight with Wend. He believed with the armor he would be able to defeat Wend, but he was mistaken about how powerful Wend really was and Wend ended up killing him. As per Therese's wishes Wend didn't behead him and let him pass away from his injuries.

Abilities
He has normal human mana.

Therese Sigrid von Philip
Since she was part of the Parliament she was targeted to be killed, but Wend arrived in time and killed The Four Peachu siblings. Saving her life

Wendelin von Benno Baumeister
After hearing how a powerful magician was born in the Helmut Kingdom he considered Wend a threat tot he Empire. When he started the Civil was he dispatched the The Four Peachu siblings to take care of Wend and Theresa thinking the four of them together would be able to defeat Wend proceeded to kill all four of them

Arnest Blitz
He came to him wanting to explore ancient ruins in Duke Nürnberg's territory and Nürnberg allowed this as long as he repaired ancient artifact for him that would help him in his conquest.

Trivia

 * One of his flaws was his underestimation of Wend's power.
 * He wanted to kill all the ethic groups that weren't originally part of the Empire to cleanse it.
 * When Wend defeated him, he declined to behead him per Therese request.
 * He is what is considered a "Racist"

Quotes
"At present our neighboring country, Helmut Kingdom, is experiencing a steep growth! Why is that!? It because a hero appeared!."

- Duke Nürnberg to the Parliament about Wend. "I’m impatient. It would be best to unify this continent into one."

- Duke Nürnberg to Therese.

"The person of us that wins will become the next emperor. Isn’t that a wonderfully simple situation?"

- Duke Nürnberg to Therese.

"Talrand is a slightly special magician, you know? Earl Baumeister, I’m confident in a future where you will lose to Talrand. You won’t die if you surrender to me and I will promise you an appropriate treatment."

- Duke Nürnberg to Wend.