Five minutes left until the completion of the 《Governance》.

　It will be impossible for the Kanazawa Liberation Army to break through the defense line in the remaining five minutes.

　I'm confident of victory, and order the surrendered humans under my control to move into the area of the Ruling.

　However, until the end, the 'Sage of Kanazawa' and the 'Sage of Kanazawa' did not appear. I wanted to confirm the competence of the two of them, who were regarded as heroes by the humanity of Kanazawa City, but I had no choice.

　While confirming the efforts of my subordinates who were defending the defense line, I was thinking about our future strategy.

　There was one minute left until the completion of the Ruling.

　I checked the situation within the effective range of the Ruling. The dots on the screen were all blue (allies) and yellow (obedience).

　I started the countdown without saying it aloud.

　 , five, four, three, two, one........

　The black vortex in front of me shines, and with the convergence of the light, the black vortex disappears. In the space where the black vortex existed, a sphere shining white and silver - the [True Core] appears.

''I have completed my reign.''

　A simple sentence appears on the smartphone's screen.

　The Ruling has been completed, but there is no way for those outside of the Ruling Realm to know this fact, and the Kanazawa Liberation Army continues to fight to break through the defense line.

　The easiest way to understand this is to perform the Creation of Dominion Territory and change the appearance of the ruled territory into a cave type, but if they did that, all of their supplies would be lost.

　If all of my men could retreat to the newly-ruled realm of control, then the humans who chased them would know that they had lost the battle, since the number of people in the realm of control is limited to no more than 12, and they would be eliminated. ...Withdrawal means retreat. If we turn our backs on the enemy, we could do even more damage than we already have.

　Shall I raise the battle cry?　Or do you want to declare victory?

　Things are trying. Shall I declare victory and then let him raise the battle cry?

　I've moved to within an effective range where the loudspeaker's voice can reach mankind.

I've succeeded in ruling Ishikawa University!　All of you!　'Raise the battle cry!'

　I indirectly announced the success of the Reign to humanity by inspiring my men to declare victory.

"We - the Astor Empire - have won!　Aye-Oh!　Aye-O!
""Oh!"

　Following Kotetsu's lead, his subordinates raised a battle cry with cracking cheers while beating their weapons.

''Wha.........?　Ishikawa University has fallen...?
''d*mn it!　Check it out!　Get confirmation!
No!　I can't get in touch with the guys from Ishikawa University!
Oh, he really fell...

　Humans are disoriented and on their feet, while my men are elated.

What are we going to do... we're going to retreat?
"Don't be silly...!　I've got my own family at the university!
And yet the university is already in their hands.
"A message from the wise man!　Pull back!　You are instructed to retreat!
'f*ck ... f*ck ... f*ck ... f*ck you!

　Humanity begins a hasty retreat, humanity retreats with a roar of rage, and humanity ignores the message and runs toward us.

　As a result of the declaration of victory - the front line of humanity has collapsed.

　--Don't pursue it too far. When you have dealt with those who are opposing you, return to the territory you control as soon as possible!

　After fighting off the runaway humanity, Kotetsu and the others pulled back into their dominant territory with great enthusiasm.


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　--Yataro. Miss Tamura, talk to Tusk and get the precious cargo out of here.

　I've been busy with the cleanup operation after my reign.

　The university is the premier educational institution. I'm not the best judge of that, but there's a good chance that the computer is the first thing in the treasure room.

'Hey!　That's a precision machine, so I want you to be careful with it!

　Tusk is ranting something to the ogres under his control, but unfortunately, they can't communicate with each other.

''Kanon-chan!　Wait, I want you to tell this demon to carry it more gently!
'Yes!　She wants you to be more gentle with this machine.
"#$%&!
So I'm gonna have to stop carrying him.

　Kanon instructed the demon in a gentle tone, but the demon was still handling the machine in a messy manner.

'Sion, can I have that metal?'

　As I was watching the exchange between Tusk and the demon, Akira called out to me.

'Hmmm ... not if it's a usable machine.
Stingy.
I'll be there in a minute.

　I quieted Akira, who was puffing out his cheeks in frustration, and called out to the humanity at Ishikawa University, which had been turned into a territory.

''Are there any industrial waste-like machines in this university?''
Yeah, well, in that case come on.
'Akira, you can handle whatever supplies this humanity guides you to.
"Mmm ... industrial waste ... aka garbage.
If you don't like it, you can go back to your workshop and wait.
I'll be patient.

　Akira buzzed and moved off with humanity to somewhere else.

　I continued to stroll around the university afterwards to check on my subordinates.

'Yataro, how's it going?'
Theon. A lot of them, but not much in the way of quality.

　Item--check the situation with Yataro, who had been entrusted with the selection of equipment.

A "B" rated generic is good enough for you?
No, that's a "C" in my book.

　I've seen humanity equipped with the B-ranked general-purpose product--the Mithril series--but they all went out to Hakusan City?

''You're a bastard.
'Well, don't say that. In the meantime, there were a few original weapons that were thought to have been made by human smiths. You will have to live with these.
I'll have Yataro deploy equipment to your units.
Mm. I understand.

　As they continued their stroll, they saw Lady Tamura giving instructions to the lords, not to the demons, but to the people of the territory.

''Lady Tamura, what do you think?''
'What?　Mr. Zion. Very good.

　Ms. Tamura was instructed to select food and daily necessities.

'There was a lot of emergency food system food... but there were also some fresh vegetables and meat stored. Daily necessities were quite well stocked. ''I'm sure the people of the territory will be very pleased.''
That's good to hear.

　Ms. Tamura holds a handful of fresh vegetables and smiles softly.

　After that, as you continue your walk, you can see many of your men and the residents of the estate hurriedly transporting supplies.

　First of all, we have to secure the supplies. After that, I will turn the area that I ruled into a dungeon with the Creation of Dominion Territory. Then, we follow up with the human beings who have been welcomed into the territory.

　And then - preparing for the next invasion.

　As I continued to stroll around, I was able to formulate a strategy in my mind for the future.