The day I first challenged the dominant realm. After I lost the lives of Exit-kun and the others and obtained the rank D weapon - the Black Iron Sword, the environment around me changed dramatically.

　At first, there were only three companies that supported me. But as the days went by, the number of companies and organizations supporting me increased, and before long, I became a 'liberator' authorized by the government - Kanazawa City Hall.

　People had high expectations for us. But at the same time, it made me feel excited.

　Searching on the internet, I found my name, my school, and many photos of my past, along with my grades in kendo competitions.

　When I reached level 5, I was selected as a member of the team with the full support of Kanazawa City.

　There were a total of seven members who were selected.

　Level 6 warriors. Handling the Silver Spear, a silvery rank C weapon--Miyamoto Shoumon (Miyamoto) Masakado.

　A level 5 adventurer. A leader who commands his allies with precise instructions--Ando Hideya.

　A level 5 warrior. A shield that uses his large body to protect his friends--Yuya Makino.

　A level 5 wizard. The wielder of the Red Lotus Flame--Saito Ruriko.

　A level 5 monk. An expert in healing wounded comrades--Saori Kayama.

　A level 5 adventurer. The promising ace of the archery club--Emori Hajime, a level 5 adventurer.

　And the level 5 warrior, me - Rina Sayama.

　The above members were the members selected from Kanazawa City.

　There were several reasons why the number of selected members wasn't the maximum number of people who could challenge the dominant territory, which was twelve.

　One was coordination. It might be different with training, but it was not easy for twelve people to form a partnership. As a result of repeated tests, the number of people who could fight in a well-balanced manner was seven, three in the vanguard and four in the rear guard. There were seven of them, four in the rear guard.

　One was efficiency. One of the studies that were completed was the 'interrelationship between number of people and experience'. In short, the smaller the number of people in the party, the more experience value each person could gain.

　One is a backup. This reason was the most important. It was obvious in this world, but there were no item boxes like the infinite inventory. Whether it was food, spare equipment, medicines.......the need to bring them in would arise. However, it was tough to fight a demon with those items. That's why the existence of a back-up who could both hold the items and recover was considered important.

　With the seven selected members and the five back uppers who would take over, we continued to spend our days invading the territory we controlled.

　Thus, we became the 'liberators' representing Kanazawa City, and I became known as the 'Twin Peaks Brave' or the 'Black Sword Brave'.


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　It had been 20 days since the selected members began their activities to liberate the dominant realm.

　Finally, the liberation of the dominant realm, the first in Kanazawa City, was just around the corner.

　The friends who formed a party together were perfect in terms of strength. They had no hesitation in defeating demons, and their skills had improved significantly. However, there were many areas of humanity that were incompatible.......

　Like me, he was a 'twin-peaked hero' and a 'white silver hero' - Miyamoto Masakado. I think his shoulder-length hair is long for a man. It's not too much of a stretch to say that it looks like a natural perm, even though he says his hair was damaged by the sea. His face is probably one of the more modern and well-defined parts of his face. As for his personality........he was flirtatious. He was flirtatious to the point of being disgusted at being identified with the "Twin Peaks Brave". His habit of saying "Eeeewww". This makes him four years older than me, 22 years old. Unbelievable.

　Next up was Makino Yuya. He's the first fellow I've shared with since the first time I challenged him in the realm of control. This guy is also a senior, but he doesn't make me want to call him senior at all. Is this a talent of some sort?　The vanguard of these two together was an environment of accelerated stress, as if they were on the same wavelength as Miyamoto.

　Ando-senpai. Very clever, the brains of the party. He could be too ruthless at times, but compared to the Miyamoto and Makino pair, he was a reliable companion.

　Saori Kayama. She's my friend; a friend I've spent more than six years with. She was a master at getting me into trouble.

　One day, when I attended a party hosted by a company that was also sponsoring me, I was asked what I wanted to do in the future, and Saori said, "To liberate the dominant territory that took away my ... our friend ... the dominant territory near the university. That's what we're here for! And then he declared. Then he looked at me and said, "Hey?　Rina! I said.

　Later on the internet and news, Saori's statement was replaced by mine, which was highly publicized. As a result, I became a tragic heroine seeking to liberate the territory of control that had taken my friend away from me.


　Twenty days after we began our campaign to liberate the realm with our friends who were dependable in terms of strength but untrustworthy in terms of humanity - we had arrived at the farthest reaches of the realm where the enemy known as the Demon King was waiting for us.

　A man in his late thirties, who looked unhealthy, was waiting for us at the far end of the dominion realm.

　The man was wearing the same iron armor that Kobold had defeated along the way, and he was holding an iron sword in his hand.

'What... what... why... why... why... ...it's me?　...What did I do?

　Is this the Demon King?

　The man who seemed to be the Demon King muttered a vindictive message in a small voice and looked around restlessly.

''Ooohhhh!''

　The Demon King suddenly let out a shout, and countless wind blades appeared.

''Na!　Spread out!　Spread out!

　As Ando-senpai's voice echoes, we tumble from side to side.

''--Huh?''
"--?

　The two back-up men and women who were slow to react were torn apart by a blade of wind.

''What!　How powerful is this!　Even though he looks like a dull old man.......a demon king!

　Yuya readied the iron shield she had picked up earlier and charged at the Demon King.

'Masakado-san!　Sayama-san!　You two should follow suit!

　Following Ando-senpai's instructions, Masakad and I also raised our weapons to approach the Demon King.

''Eeeewww, old man, the smell of aging is too much!　--One flash thrust!
Slash!

　The place where Masakad's swift stab like a gale made him lose his stance, I used my special ability - slash.

"Ouch........ouch!

　The demon king furiously swings the iron sword in his hand.

　It's a trajectory with no technology or anything else, but the power of the demon king is tremendous and I was blown backwards as I crossed the blade.

　Don't be deceived by appearances.

　The man in front of me - the Demon King was the most powerful enemy I had ever faced.


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　An hour later.

　While the Demon King was concentrating on me, Yuya, and Masakado, Ando-senpai found a sphere shining white and silver from the washing machine that existed unnaturally - 【True Core】. With a single thrust of the dagger, the 【True Core】 was destroyed.

''Wha........you.......what are you.......''

　When the [True Core] was destroyed, the Demon King held his chest and suffered, and soon his entire body dissipated into dark particles.

Will it be a success...?

　Ando-senpai stared at the space where the Demon King had existed with a trembling voice.

''Eeeewww, our--''

　The Masakad was about to scream in triumph, when.

　As soon as I sensed the ground shaking violently, my consciousness went dark.

　I noticed that what I saw was the same streets as they were before the invasion of the controlled territory. We had moved into the middle of a residential area.

"Did you free yourself...?

　I mutter to myself, not telling anyone.

'Ta, maybe...?'

　Saori replies to my monologue.

''We liberated it........ We've liberated the dominant realm........''
Ewww!
Yeah!

　When Ando-senpai made a rare outburst of emotion, Masakado and Yuya continued to rejoice. Later, me, Saori, Ruriko and Emori-senpai also exploded with joy.


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　Our fame has grown ever since we liberated the first controlled territory in Kanazawa City.

　We received support from various groups - corporations, government and volunteers - and one by one we broke into the dominion territory. There were some failures, such as letting the fairy demon king escape one step closer, but 43 days after we liberated our first controlled territory. We successfully liberated our fourth dominion territory in Kanazawa City.

　The next day.

　We embarked on the liberation of the first controlled territory that we had invaded - a goal that Saori had declared but was somehow replaced with my declaration.