--We will now begin to rule. Troops, move quickly to your assigned locations!

　I telepathically announced the same command to everyone and began to rule.

I have declared the rule over all hostile forces within its effective range.

"You have 180 minutes to eliminate all hostile forces within your effective range.

Hostile force in range, we have confirmed hostile presence. Eliminate them immediately.

Do you want to show a map of the active area?　[YES] [NO]

　I tap [YES] and let my smartphone display a simple map within a 5km radius.

　The red dot displayed in the governing area--the number of humans is 118, a little more than the findings from the maple, but it's to be expected.

'Chloe!'
Ha!

　I call out to Chloe, who's waiting nearby.

"Follow this path straight ahead. Bring the human race that lives beyond to its knees.
Yes, sir.

　I point to the direction with the most red dots - southwest and order Chloe to deal with it, and she gallantly begins to march southwest with her troops.

　Now, how will humanity move?

　There are two possible human actions - will they come to defend the land, or will they abandon it?

　The fastest way to find out the result is in 30 minutes.

　I watched the map displayed on my smart phone.


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　Fifteen minutes later.
　The red dot that was shining in Chloe's direction disappeared or changed to a yellow dot. She is ordered to move on to the next red dot.

　Thirty minutes later.
　The red dot that was shining in the direction of Chloe was heading disappeared, and then changed to a yellow dot. Order Chloe to move on to the next red dot. At the front line - within the 5km range projected on the smartphone - there is no new enemy presence.

　60 minutes later.
　All the red dots that existed within the range of the smartphone's projection disappeared.

　You're abandoning this land?

　The Ruling》 will be exposed to humanity as soon as it is set in motion. As long as there were humans living within the scope of the Ruling, the fact that they planted the Ruling in the Kanazawa Liberation Army will have been exposed. And the human race understands the specifications of the Ruling - the three-hour siege.

　The key to the success or failure of the Ruler is the speed of both the Demon King and the human race.

　The Demon King is not an idiot, so he will not just wait for the humans to come to him, he will set up a defensive position outside the 3km radius to block any humans who try to stop him from ruling.

　Humans would attempt to break into the Ruling zone in a short period of time (3 hours).

　If the human race is to be protected, they must act quickly.

　Is this a strategy of hiding in Nonoichi City Hall?

　There were a number of large commercial facilities in the vicinity of Nonoichi City Hall, and currently a high wall had been built around those large facilities, making them a ruthlessly strong defense facility.

　

　--~♪

　My smartphone plays a lilting melody that announces an incoming call.

　The caller displayed on my smartphone is - a maple.

"Okan-sama, it's moving.
Have you set up the rule?
"...yes.

　He had ordered the maple to reconnoitre at the point where the land of the Kanazawa Liberation Army and the Demon King Kaoru's control territory were adjacent to each other.

''What's going on with humanity?''
No sign of movement.
I want you to keep an eye on him.
...Okay.

　So, the Demon King Kaoru has also moved. If she knew that I had set up the Ruling and made a move, it means that Demon King Kaoru is sending a reconnaissance mission to us.

　

　Now, strangely enough, how will humanity, which was set up for a simultaneous attack just like last time, move on?

　I continued to observe the map on my smartphone, assuming all the possibilities.


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　Three hours later.
　The black vortex in front of me shines and the black vortex disappears with the convergence of the light. 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 appeared on the smartphone's screen.

　In the end, there was no resistance from humanity, as if to mock our preparations.

　An hour later.
　Similarly, Maple informed us that Demon King Kaoru had succeeded in "ruling". Kaoru, the Demon King, did the same as we did, there was no resistance, and he easily succeeded in the Ruling.

　In the end, the troops that had gone out for the invasion with their shoulders in the air returned to the territory controlled by the entire army. Takahar, who was a battle fanatic, had complained at length.

　The next day.
　After recovering my CP, I sent out a reconnaissance mission to find the next place to launch the next "rule".

　As a result of my reconnaissance, I learned that the Kanazawa Liberation Army had a large number of humans waiting in the area southwest of my control area.

　There are 30,000 human beings in the area 4km southwest of the newly-controlled territory that I ruled yesterday. In contrast, the number of human beings in the southeast region is zero.

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　30,000 humans are waiting in the direction of Nonoichi City.

　Is the human race holed up in Nonoichi?

　Then, what happens if they rule in the southeastern part of Kanazawa City, far from Nono City?　Are you going to cut it off like the other day?

　Concentrating your forces to a single point in order to succeed in defense is not a bad strategy in the short term.

　However, in the long run, Nonoichi City alone could not be the lifeline for all of humanity under the aegis of the Kanazawa Liberation Army. If they were surrounded by hostile forces, it was clear that they would fall into food shortages.

　Was it desperation?

　 Who will be able to take the land cut off by humanity, and how many more will be taken?

　--From this, we will begin our invasion to launch the Ruling!

　I immediately went into action.


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　One month later.

　There was no resistance from the human race, and the southern part of Kanazawa City and most of Hakusan City were ruled by me and Demon King Kaoru.

　When there were only a few pieces of land left in Hakusan City, the human race's goal was clear.