--All units, be advised. All units, begin your invasion at once!

　I gave orders to Lina and Chloe's troops waiting at the entrance to a different area of control, and we began our invasion of the area, with my men in tow.

　Hakui's territory was reminiscent of a tunnel. The floor is bare earth, and the walls have a rock face. There were torches on the walls at regular intervals to illuminate the surroundings.

　It's a maze-like structure, with narrow, seemingly side by side holes and bifurcated branches appearing many times along the way, with the living mail leading the way.

"d*mn, you're frustrating.... Let's just get the fight over with!

　When they hit a dead end for the umpteenth time, Takaharu clucked his tongue grimly.

'Ah, I really agree with Takaharu!　It's gloomy and dreary.

　When Sarah let out a voice of frustration in agreement with Takahar

Hm. The enemy.

　The maple quietly announced the attack of the enemy.

'Lord Zion!　Princess!　Please step back!

　Cain takes a step forward with his sword at the ready to protect me and Sarah.

'Aside from Sarah, I don't need a good luck charm.

　Wanting to gain experience, I stood in line with Cain and held up my beloved spear--Geyboluk.

''I don't need a talisman either!

　Saburo also grins and lines up beside me with his stabbing sword at the ready.

''What?　There's no way Katsuko would protect you.

　Sarah held her wand behind Cain's back as she tapped lightly.

'Theon. The sooner the better, right?

　As Takahar snapped his fingers and smiled ferociously, more than twenty dwarves appeared from the front, snapping their weapons.

　Are you going to lure them to a dead end and prevent them from retreating before throwing in your forces?

I'm going to be the first one to do so. All but the military will stay in place. The rest of the household will stay in place.

　I inspired my family--Takahar, Sara, Maple, Cain, Saburo--to do the same.

　--Dark Arrow!

　He fired a dark arrow, the first strike, into the crowd of dwarves.

　At the same time that countless dark arrows landed on the shield held by the dwarves, the beast king who turned into a half-beast - Takahar - ran across the ground. In a single bound, Takahar jumped over the dwarves with their shields at the ready, and released a sharp spinning kick to the crowd of dwarves who were holding their bows at the back.

''Ha!　Nice!　Nice!

　Takahar grabbed the nearby dwarves by the neck with the full force of adrenaline and thrust his knee into the dove-tail as it was. The dwarves, who were holding their shields at the front line in the form of being struck in the void, panicked and turned around behind them to encircle Takahar, but.......

"Hm.

　One of the dwarves crept in like a shadow, a maple stabbing him in the bare neck with a dagger.

Are you licking it?
Agreed.

　One dwarf receives the stab of my protruding gaybolg on its unprotected back, and one dwarf is impaled by Sabraw's protruding stabbing sword.

''I'm going to go with an Agege--[Pillar of Fire]!

　A dwarf who was very close to Saburou was enveloped by the pillar of fire released by Sarah.

''--!　Sarah!　It was almost my own...
I don't care.

　As soon as he escaped the pillar of fire, Sabraw protested to Sarah, but Sarah continued to unleash her next spell without taking offense.

'Sarah!　You know where your allies are.
"Don't mess with me, you know, like you've done the math.

　I warned Sarah to pay attention to her, but she smiled cockyly and hit the dwarves one after another with her single-oriented attack magic. Although it looks like he is playing miko, Sarah's magic accuracy is very high and does not interfere with me, Takaharu and Kaede's combat, only occasionally snatching at Saburou's clothes.

　Each of them seem to be flailing about as much as they want, but when the dwarves equipped with bows try to raise their bows, Takahar and Kaede immediately block their actions. All the dwarves who try to run up to Sarah, who releases her magic, are intercepted by Cain. And the dwarves with their shields and axes were steadily buried by me and Saburou.

　The most worrisome part of the configuration this time around was Takahar, who had been acting alone until now and was thought to be unfamiliar with coordination, but Yataro had trained him well in that area. Takahar was able to efficiently eliminate enemies that fired long-range attacks as per his theories.

　There were two former Demon Kings who were over level 10 during his time as a Demon King, and one former Demon King who was level 9 during his time as a Demon King. Two high-ranked subordinates who were equivalent to level 50. And me, a level 13 Demon King. All of them showed the strength of a single combatant.

　As a result, ten minutes later, more than twenty dwarf corpses were lying on the ground.

''Ha!　That's it?
I'm afraid you're not quite up to snuff with my men.
Aren't you the one who killed the most enemies?

　Takahar sniffed as if it wasn't enough, Saburou posed oddly and made a smug face, and Sarah proudly puffed her chest out.

　I would continue to invade the dominant territory with my assertive subordinates in tow.


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　Six hours later.

　Finally, we found the stairs leading to the second level. In front of the stairs was a golem over 3 meters tall guarding the stairs....

''Huh?　It's huge.

　Takahara smiles fiercely at the sight of the golem.

'In front of my people, you are only a wooden boy. Only to be swallowed by the abyss of darkness.''

　Saburou also unabashedly holds his stabbing sword.

　It's big........ Shattering his leg and slamming the attack into his face?　I was contemplating how to defeat the golem I was seeing for the first time........

　--Don!

　A violent impact sound echoes around me, and the giant golem in front of me turns to rubble and rots away.

''Huh?''
Hey!
What?

　Me, Takahara and Saburo were stunned.

Like it's common knowledge that the core is the weak link?

　Sarah smiled happily.

　If you ask me, it seems that this was Sarah's second time invading the dominant territory of a dwarven species of demon king, and she had experience fighting golems as well. If fought properly, it was a very durable enemy, but it seems to have learned that it could be easily defeated by attacking the small gem buried in its chest - the core.

''Nihihi. How do you thank Aashi?
What?　f*ck you!　Let them fight a little!
This is my moment!
What?　It's very hard to fight a real fight.　Also, I'll never get a chance to show off my perverts.
What?　You call Mr. Takahara a pervert?
What?　Why me?!
Well, if that's the case Master Theon...

　--Shut up!

　Silencing a pervert (Sablow) who makes impossible blame shifts.

　Former Demon King Takaharu, Sarah and Saburo. All three of them are definitely subordinates that can be called strongmen... but isn't there a Demon King with a more decent character?

　In a sense, I descended the stairs leading to the second level together with my subordinates who were worthy of being called [chaos].