It was the third day of our expedition from the Zion controlled territory.

　Until yesterday, they experienced combat in the C district, based on the confirmation of cooperation with their new companions.

　Serving as a tank is the Iron of Living Mail. He is a taciturn knight who wears a set of mithril-type equipment. If you want to call it taciturn, Iron is unable to speak. He uses a technique called telepathic communication to speak directly to your brain. I'd like to say that Iron's greatest strength is its solidity, but from a human's point of view, Iron's greatest strength is that it has no fear. When I was a select member of Kanazawa City, Yuya played the role of a tank. However, that is not the case with Iron. He is truly a knight you can rely on. I also appreciate the fact that he doesn't say anything unnecessary.

　The attackers on the front line with me are Guy the Werewolf and Red the Ogre. Guy can't handle any weapons at all, but the blows he delivers from his sharp claws are powerful. Red is a gold-stick wielding, forceful attacker. From my human point of view, that power, which is impossible to achieve, was astounding. However, it also had the disadvantage of having a remarkably low hit rate on fast-moving demons due to poor technique. Later, he was an idiot.

　Leila of Dhampir is a balancer who can do both vanguard and rear guard. In the vanguard, she handles the whip, and in the rear guard, she unleashes magic. She has a good appearance and is an impeccable companion. The only drawback may be that his emotions are difficult to read and you can't tell what he's thinking.

　Serving as the rear guard are Flora of the Lilim and Dark Elf Daquel. Flora will be assisted by magical attacks from the rear guard, while Daquell will be assisted by bow attacks. Flora is the most prolific of the companions. But every word was flimsy and the words had no weight. Daquell hides the clause of being hostile to me.

　The other five back-up comrades are also obedient and reliable, although they don't speak the language.

　Compared to the selected members of Kanazawa City, their movements are not as flexible and their coordination skills are inferior, but they worship Zion, so there is no danger of betrayal, which is the most reassuring thing of all. And although their individual skills are inferior to those of the human race, the performance of the items made by Sion, which more than make up for it, have greatly increased our war potential.

　I led these reliable companions to the entrance of the area controlled by District A.

''We will now begin the invasion of District A's controlled territory.
(Yes.)
...phew.
Hey!
Yes.
Yes?
....

　The unity is still not there........ With the exception of a few, they began to invade the territory controlled by District A with a group of friends who replied unenthusiastically.


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　The demons that appeared in the dominant area of District A were goblins, wolves, slimes, bats and rats. This was the composition of the so-called 'Earned Money' dominion realm. The difference between this area and Zion's earlier dominion area was that goblins appeared fully equipped from the beginning. The items equipped by the goblins are also made of iron, so if I were to borrow a phrase from the canon, it would be "Creation E: The Demon King of Renovation D". It seems that the point you should pay attention to is the strength of the Demon King himself.

　We continued to invade the first level without any danger, but we ran into a miscalculation on the way.

　That miscalculation was - [Resting Place].

　When we were invading the controlled territory as selected members of Kanazawa City, our first priority was to figure out the location of 【Resting Place】. Using 【Resting Place】 as a base, we aimed deeper while mapping the surrounding area. This was the principle of invading the dominant territory........

''I see........ I had quit being a human........

　[Resting Place] -- A sanctuary where demons could not enter. Whether it was to eat or sleep, it was an essential place to invade the controlled territory.

　If you think about it calmly, all of them are demons except me. There's no way I can get in there. It would be pointless if I was the only one taking a break, and I couldn't even enter the [Resting Place] in the first place.

　Even though I was given to Zion, I still need to eat and sleep. Although Iain was unknown, the other companions also needed to eat and sleep normally.

'What do we do now?'
We'll take turns looking.

　Leila answers my question on behalf of me.

　We decided to take turns resting in the dead-end cul-de-sac.

　Sion says that the Demon King can always check our situation with his smart phone. The Demon King of the dominant area that is currently being invaded must also know that we are resting. The demons rushed in to see us resting in the cul-de-sac.

　Taking advantage of the narrow passage and our individual strength, we managed to take turns and each of us was able to take three hours of rest.

　This was the moment when we understood that the invasion of the dominion territory as the demon king's subordinate was even harsher than when we were human.


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　Three days later.

　After repeated attacks and repeated demon attacks, we continued on the first level of the maze, and found the stairs to the second level.

'Finally, two levels...'
I wish they'd come up with something a little crunchier.

　Guy sighs as we reach the second level, and Red snaps his fingers and smiles ferociously.

'Don't waste your breath,'

　Leila scolds Red and then looks at me as if to confirm her actions.

'Let's move on,'

　I looked around at the faces of my companions and announced my march.

　After advancing for a while, the goblins that I had defeated a number of in the past few days appeared in a group.

''Maa, goblins?''

　Red gives him a blatantly frustrated look.

'Iron. I'll take care of it.
(Yes.)

　Iron holds his shield at the ready and pushes forward into the crowd of goblins. When he closes the distance between him and the goblins to a certain extent, he strikes the shield violently with the spear in his hand, and a black haze blows out from Iron's shield.

　《Curse Hate Red》 - it's one of the special skills that Iron has mastered that has the effect of spreading hatred around and attracting enemies. The fearful one is Iron, who uses 《Curse Hate Red》 without hesitation. There were humans who had similar special abilities, but no one could use it due to the danger of their own death.

　The goblins swarmed Iron, and Guy and I flanked the goblins that swarmed Iron. My dānslave strike cut the goblins in two as easily as slicing through butter, and Guy's vicious claw strike steadily took the lives of the goblins away.

　Ice bullets from Layla freeze one goblin weapon after another as they are swung down by Iron, Flora's magic rains down on the frozen goblins, and the arrows fired by Daquell pierce the heads of the dying goblins.

　As the goblins slipped through the iron and ran backwards, they were held back by their back-up comrades, and we reduced the goblins' numbers one by one in a winning position.

　By the time 15 minutes had passed, there were over 50 goblin corpses lying on the ground around us.

''An?　It's time to end it.

　Red carries a gold rod stained with goblin blood on his shoulder and swears.

'Huh. Surely that's not enough.

　Guy wiped the goblin's bodily fluids from his claws with a cloth and smiled coldly.

''Hmph. I'd like to have a little more crunchy lord~'
This nonsense is over. Quickly, I'm giving Master Theon your domain.
For the Master!

　Flora smiled lustrously, while Leila and Daquel showed their loyalty to Theon as usual.

　Thus, when I think about it, Theon's domain of control, which had different tastes in each hierarchy, must have been abnormal. I was reminded again of the fearfulness of the Zion that had become my master.