Huh?

　A familiar, intense electronic sound blaring from my smartphone.

　Just to be sure, I check the screen of my smartphone.....

　Just as I expected - the four letters of 'Intrusion Alert' are displayed on the screen.

　Right now is in the middle of a 《Declaration of War》, right?　In other words, the only forces that can penetrate my domain are those of Demon King Arisa.

　Huh?　The Demon King Arisa still had some energy left...?

　I hurriedly operate my smartphone to check the entrances of the Demon King Alisa's control area to the adjacent control area one after another.

　--!

　Found!　A disturbing group of people near the entrance of the Twenty-eighth Control Area - a group of Demon King Arisa was found near the entrance of the Twenty-eighth Control Area.

　The number of intruders was only eight. However, all of them were B-ranked. There were four Goblin Generals and four High Pixies. All of them were equipped with high rank items.

　Particularly eye-catching is........the high pixie equipped with a unique item, a B-ranked staff - 'Vanalgand'.

　.........hmm?　I mean, wait a minute. Is that really a high pixie?

Canon!　Come here!
Yes?

　I call Kanon over and let him see the demon that looks like a high pixie on the screen.

'Kanon, is this guy a hypixie?'
"Well......... --!　Eh?　Oh, my God!　Shh, shh, Mr. Theon!　Or, she's not a high pixie!　A rank A demon, 'Titania' or--

　When Kanon saw the figure of the demon that looked like a high pixie on the screen, he answered in dismay.

''--It's the Demon King Arisa.

　The cornered Demon King Arisa found a way to make a living and attacked my territory.


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　A scourge was being projected on the screen of my smartphone. The seven B-ranked demons led by Demon King Alisa were advancing the invasion of my control area at high speed, slaughtering the ghouls and wolves that I had placed there just in case.

　I was completely caught off guard. I was proud that the only thing left to do was to hunt down the Demon King Arisa. He had neglected to prepare his defense, saying that there was no way he would be attacked. The group of ghouls, wolves, and goblins, which were outnumbered, were ruthlessly defeated... The living mail, which had been sent in to buy time, was avenged by their shortcomings in agility, and was passed by without a fight.

　The largest force, Lina and Chloe's troops, are deep within the Demon King's control area of Arisa. Even if you want to recall them, it will take a lot of time. Even if you called back the reserve force of subordinates that were held back near the entrance to Demon King Arisa's domain, it would be difficult to catch up with Demon King Arisa, who continues to invade at high speed.

　Should I mass-produce rank B subordinates--dumpirs to counter them?

　While they were troubled, one by one, their subordinates were defeated.

　Can the Dhampir and the others stop Demon King Arisa's group....... If they failed, not only would a great deal of CP be wasted, but also the measures they could take in the future would be limited.

　There is no point in playing small. If we're going to do it, we need to throw in our maximum force.

　The remaining rank C and above in the area of control are.......100 living males. 30 werewolves. 30 Lilim. 10 Dhampir. There are countless subordinates of rank D and below, but they are likely to scatter lives needlessly if I throw them in.

　My CP is currently 4200, and the CP needed to create the Dhampir is 120.

　Is it more profitable to only smelt items and strengthen the current group?

　After much deliberation, he spent all 4200 CP on item smelting, equipped 10 Dhampirs with C-ranked items, and, along with 50 ghouls and 50 giant bats, gave the order to intercept the Demon King Alisa.

　The interceptors were transferred to the third level of the twenty-eighth dominion realm with the 《transfer B》. Alisa, the Demon King, was waiting for them.


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Oh, come on....are you kidding me?

　It's been an hour since the interceptor members and Demon King Arisa faced each other.

　What was projected on my smartphone - a single demon king standing on the ground and seven demons.

　Every single one of my men had fallen to the ground.

'Aren't they too strong?'
Well, I've seen this all before.

　Canon answers my mutterings. Demon King Arisa's group was indeed strong. In particular, Demon King Arisa's range magic was vicious to the point where it could be said to be foul. Nevertheless - just as Kanon said, the scene projected on the smartphone was a familiar sight, although the details were different.

　Where had he seen the scene?　That was the scene as Lina, Chloe and the others invaded the enemy's controlled territory. They buried countless enemies with their overwhelming individual strength and were the only reliable subordinates standing on the ground among the countless corpses.

　I wondered if the demon kings, who were left to decay after their territory was invaded by Lina and the others, were looking at the screen on their smartphones with the same feelings I was having right now. The scene was truly a nightmare in a nutshell.

''What are you going to do?''

　Kanon asks me.

'Well..... The twenty-sixth dominion area is abandoned.''

　I thought about it, and I answered the option that felt better.

　There's no need to rush into anything. It would only allow Demon King Arisa to live a little longer. Even if the twenty-sixth control area is taken away, Lina and Chloe will still control two of Demon King Arisa's control areas. Lose one dominion area and gain two. It's simply plus one. As a result, my domain will increase from 44 to 45, and Demon King Arisa's domain will increase from 4 to 3.

　If I could finally gather my forces to defeat Demon King Arisa, I'd win.

　I changed my mind and imagined a path that would lead to victory.


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　The next day.
　After all the subordinates were withdrawn, Demon King Arisa invaded the 26th Control Area with his own eyes. As a result, I took the 26th dominion area away from me before Lina and Chloe could take over the dominion area.

　There was an hour's delay from Demon King Arisa. Lina's troops successfully took control of the dominion realm. Chloe and the others are currently capturing the 10th level. There's only a few more days left until the innermost 【True Core】.

　Although there was the accident of losing the 26th control area, other than that, things were progressing according to plan.

　The worst had happened.