--Concentrate your fire!

　Orders of attack are given to all subordinates that can handle long-range attacks.

　With the Lesser Demon at the head of the pack, countless violent energies--attacking magic--pours down on the invaders.

　The sound of ear-splitting explosions echoes around you, and your vision is blocked by the dust cloud that is curled up by the shock wave.

　If you can scrape off even one of them, it's a good thing.

　From within the cloud of dust that rose up, a rain of ice bullets and arrows came flying in as payback.

　This is less than a tenth of the size of the spell that I have just unleashed on my men, but the ice bullets filled with murderous intent in each one of them pierced my men, and the rain of arrows lacerated them.

　And when the cloud of dust clears....

　--!

　A full plate of life-infused armor--a group of Living Maille hold up their shields to protect their companions behind them, and not a single one of them is missing, showing a small, hateful face.

　I have only one living mailbox under my command. As I recall, it is a demon whose performance varies greatly depending on the armor you give it, especially in terms of durability. I wonder how many ranks of armor the Demon King Theon gives to Living Mail.... He really has the ability to win Kanazawa City.

　You can continue to fire on him, but there's a chance you'll waste your time. When the sun goes down, his strength will increase. I think it's best to go in with full force. If it turns into a melee we have a chance to win.

　--All hands, attack!

　The Demon General and the Greater Demon are the first to be led by the Demon General, while the Ogre, the Tiger Man, and the Hound Dog are the first to charge to the front lines.

　The biggest difference between what I know of tower defense games and real life is friendly fire. The front line attacks at close quarters, and the rear line attacks at long range. That's easier said than done. These are the best at attacking from afar, so they spread out on either side of me, keeping an eye on where they are going so as not to get their friends involved.

　One thousand to twenty-four.

　Common sense dictates that this is a battle that can't be lost.

　However, in this world that has changed, there are many individual differences. This is a world where there is a single combatant that should never be possible. Even so, if you are alone, you can outnumber the enemy if you surround them on all sides, but they are impatient, and with their backs to the staircase leading to the seventh level, they are able to block the risk behind them, and although they are only twenty-four in number, they are able to counteract the advantage of numbers.

　We'd probably only be able to attack 50 of them at once.　That would make it difficult to defeat an invader who is outnumbered by individual power.

　Awkward.... It was indeed a troublesome situation.

　The Living Mail received the axe strike swung by the Greater Demon with its shield, and the masked girl who slipped through from the side sliced through the Greater Demon with her black sword. The red hulking demon wields a blunt weapon and blasts the subordinates, while the black and red demons crush them one after the other in a breathless attack.

　When you try to attack the protruding red demon, before you know it, a goblin that jumps out and wields an axe to cover the red demon, and when you try to set it up with magic from a distance, a terrifyingly high hit arrow blocks its magic. Even though they succeed in inflicting some wounds, the enemy quickly falls back, and the Living Mail and Dhampir behind them use their recovery potion sparingly to quickly heal their wounds.

　Once the recovery pills run out the enemy's front line will collapse. However, since our opponent is the Demon King who controls 47 territory, he'll have an inexhaustible supply of CP. We don't know how many of them are ready to go, but it looks like his men will run out before the restorative medicine runs out.

　Who is the girl in the mask?　You don't mean.........he's one of the SSR boys like the maples?

　They look like humans... but is there such a thing as a strong human race?　I know how to get humans under my command. I could make them my family, but that was a difficult task. Moreover, even if I took the trouble to make them my family, they were often useless.

　And that makes me think ... they're under SSR.

　I want one........ I want the masked girl too........

　To do so, we have to break the deadlock first.

　At least one. I set my sights on a specific living mail and continued to fire my attack magic.

　Three hours later.

　Finally, the first living mail was destroyed.

　Five hours later.

　The second Living Mail was successfully defeated. Now there were 6 Living Mailles left. At the same time, I also killed one Dhampir that jumped out to cover the red demon. There were 21 enemies left. There were only four hours left until sunset. Their damage is 10%, while ours is 25%.

　At this rate, defeat is probable, but if we can defeat two more Living Mailers before nightfall, the enemy's front line will collapse.

　If we do that--the maple blade will reach us!

　Even for a mighty invader, they are tired and damaged.

　There's still time to do something.

　--All hands, keep working!　Victory is at hand!

　I was to issue a proclamation to all my men.


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　It's been eleven hours since the all-out confrontation with the Demon King Theon.

　They finally succeeded in defeating the fourth Living Mail and the second Dhampir, leaving a total of 18 invaders.

　In contrast, the damage ratio of my men had grown to forty percent.

　The invaders had set up a defensive formation centered around the Living Mail, which boasted a different level of strength, wearing jet-black armor.

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　I placed many of my men in front of the enemy, and then placed many of them to the left. I intentionally reduced the number of my men to the right. The invaders, as if to oppose my formation, concentrated their forces in the front, and then in the left.

　I'm going to throw the strongest force I have saved into the right direction, where both sides have little strength.

　--I'll leave it to you, maple.

　The first thing to do is to raise the axe to the living mail to protect the right direction, and to hide behind the Greater Demon who is approaching, Kaede disappears from sight and approaches the enemy.

　--Dispersal!

　I ordered the attackers to attack from the left, and then unleashed a spell on the living mail that was in a straight line from me.

　--Fireblast!

　The flames that were released landed on the Living Mail shield, causing a blast and a cloud of dust to rise.

　--Now!

　The enemy's consciousness was lured in the direction of the blast.

　Taking advantage of the gap, the maple that sank into the shadows jumped out of the shadow of the man wearing sunglasses who was camped in the center of the enemy - Demon King Xiong - and thrust a deadly blade into his neck.

　Demon King Zion turned around as if he was seeing something incredible and crumpled from his knees on the spot as his mouth crunched pathetically.

　--!

　The time of joy has come.

　At the time when they had defeated the Demon King Theon and were confident of their victory.

　--A white light covered the field of vision.