Hmm?　

　This time, unlike when I took the Demon King under my control with 《Surrender》, there were no usual May notifications.

　I operate my smartphone and check the 【Ruling Domain】.

''Demon King Zion's dominion territory.

　Eukaryotic 58

　DP 5500/5850

　Controlled area of 367 km2

　Total population 0

　Level 12.

　No special effects


　There's no increase. So what happened to the area of control that Demon King Sarah had over?

Canon!

　Call your trusty search tool.

'Yes. What's up?

　The canon approaches in a fluffy flight.

'What area of control that Sarah had over is not under my control?
Huh?　Is that so?
''Find out how the dominion realm will be treated if you become a family member and take the Demon King under your command!
Yes?

　Kanon responds fluently, but after a while, he meditates and goes into a meditative state with a serious expression.

''Well, um, hey.......please don't get mad at me....
What?　Now give me an answer.
It wasn't me who made the decision, you know...
All right, all right, all right, all right!
When a demon lord becomes one of the household members, his dominion over his domain will be relinquished.
What?
''Let's see, Sarah-san's control area is currently not controlled by anyone, so it seems that the person who touches the [true core] first becomes the ruler.
What?　Why not?!
So it wasn't my decision to...

　I ignored the crying canon on my face and crowded into Sarah.

'Sarah!　How many areas of control you had over!
Don't tell me!　Like seven?
Seven? You're on level 10 and you only control seven of them?
Wow!　They're not supposed to yell at you the moment you take them under your wing... Because you're not very good at protecting them.　Like, I like to attack, but while I'm attacking, humanity and other demon kings have taken it away from me?

　The elf in front of me might be an idiot........ No, if you only think about survival, is there a strategy to always keep on the offensive.......?

　I mean, it doesn't matter!

Canon!　What happened to the demon that was under Sarah's command?
'Would you say it's a stray ... or would you say it's gone wild?'
'What?　Your men are strays!

　Sarah is surprised to hear the canon's answer to my question.

'Sarah!　Where is the area of control where you've placed the most subordinates!
It's home base!
What's your home base?

　I unfold the map and question Sarah.

'Aren't you being pushy, Theon?
"Who is this Theon?　I don't care what you say, just answer the question!

　Sarah points her fingers in the shape of a gun, pointing to a corner of Koyabe City.

　Even if I can't control all seven of them I want to capture as many elves as possible under my command. The dark elves are also a flexible subordinate, but they consume a lot of CP.

''Cain!　You remember the structure of Sarah's dominant domain!
"Master Theon it is now a nameless elf lord.
Ohhhh?　I don't care about the details, just answer the question!
'Ha. I remember if it's a partly controlled area.

　Chloe and her team are in the process of invading the territory they control in Kahoku City. It's hard to call them back.

　I'll take Izayoi, Saburou, Kanon, and just in case, 19 dhampirs, and have Sarah guide them to begin the invasion of the former Sarah-controlled territory. In the same way, I had Lina's troops that were waiting to be guided by the former Cain and ordered the invasion of the former Sarah's control area.


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　Two days later.

　As a result, we were able to get back four dominant territories. According to what I heard, there was always a Demon King who wanted to be away at the same time that Sarah went to invade, and that guy took away two dominion areas, and the remaining one was freed by the humans.

　As a result, I succeeded in adding more than a hundred elves and dark elves to my group, so I kept this incident as a reminder for the next time.

　It was a hectic and busy two days, but after regaining my composure, I decided to do what I should have done, which was to discuss the operation of my forces with Kanon and Yataro.

　First, he wrote down the subordinates, former demon king's subordinates, and the subordinates of the rare races in his notes. Next, I sorted them by characteristics.

[All Mighty]
　Zion, Chloe, Kureha, Leila, Izayoi, Saburo, Dark High Elf*2
[Attacker, melee]
　Lina, Red, Rouge, Guy, Blue, Elf Lord*1, Ogre Braver*2, Goblin Braver*6
[Tank]
　Iron Noir Ogre General*2 Goblin General*4
[Attacker]
　Yataro Flora Sarah Hi-Pixie*10
[Attacker (long range)]
　DAQUEL ELF SNIPER*6
[Scout]
　maple tree
[Search Tools]
　cannon

"What?　Isn't I good in the [Attacker (Magic)] column?

　Ignoring the words of canon, the next step is to sort the C-ranked and above handouts by characteristic.

[All Mighty]
　Dhampir Dark Elf
[Attacker, melee]
　Werewolf War Tiger*60 Ogre*100 Nekomata*50
[Tank]
　Living Mail Kobold Night*70 Iron Slime*20　
[Attacker]
　Lilim, Elf*80, Pixie*60, Lesser Demon*50, Magic Slime*70.
[Attacker (long range)]
　Goblin Sniper*30

　It would be something like this.

　Next, we'll assign them according to their roles.

[Demon King]
　Zion
[Search tool and answering machine]
　cannon
[Defense]
　Yataro, Izayoi, Saburo.
[Invasion member 1]
　Lina, Iain, Leila, Guy, Flora, Daquel.
[Invasion member #2]
　Chloe Blue Red Creha Noir Rouge
[Invasion member 3]
　Sarah, the elf lord?　?　?　?

　The number of members who can invade at the same time is 24, unless there is a slight irregularity. However, if all 24 members are elite, when the time comes, some of the elite will die. Unique beings like Lina and valuable subordinates that cannot be created like Noir and Rouge are the originals, and the other subordinates have grown and evolved through many battles, so we don't want to lose them.

　However, it is impossible to always challenge the invasion of a controlled territory with zero casualties. If that's the case, you'll need discarded pieces to keep your elites alive. Currently, there are 6 elites and 18 discarded pieces for 6 elites. I'd like to concentrate as much experience as possible on the elite, and after my recent battle experience, unless it's a large scale battle, the most number of people who can give orders at the same time is 10. I understand that if you have room to spare, it's about 5 people.

　There are five basketball players competing on a full court. Soccer also has 11 players, but apart from the keeper and defenders, most of the time it's five or six people passing around. Did the number of people in the sport become more efficient a long time ago as a result of the number of people we have today?

　Considering that, it would be necessary to include four more members in the invasion members.

''Um........Sion-san?　Why don't we put an elf as a fixed member of Lina and Chloe's unit?

　Kanon calls out to me in distress.

'Elf?　Why?
Elves can do recovery magic.
So you're a healer.
If you're in the recovery role, I don't think you'll be able to disrupt the cooperation between Lina-san and Chloe-san's troops.
I see.

　Canon's argument makes sense. I'll add an elf to invasion members 1) and 2).

''Zion-sama!''

　This time Saburo calls out to me in distress.

'What?'
In defense of Kanon-tan...

　--Firelance!　--Transition B!

　I had to physically silence Sablow and fly him to the frontline area of control so that he would not be disturbed again.