Twenty-three hours after I presented the recommendation to the Kanazawa Liberation Army.

　I called up Miss Tamura.

Miss Tamura, does anyone else meet the criteria?
Yes. There were a few of them.
"Who's going to give me the answer I want?
Yes, sir.
What is his name?
Mr. Hasebe, the former chairman of the Kanazawa City Board of Education and a current city council member.
Mr. Hasebe, right...?

　I recite the names of those I've heard from Lady Tamura.

'By the way, who among the surrenderers is likely to revolt?
'A few young kids......... Can we call it heroic aspirations......... It's sad.
Can you hold her down?
...for my life.

　She replied to my question in an uncharacteristically strong tone.

She said, "It's not worth risking her life to put down a child's rebellion.
'Thank you. But.....
If we can't control it we'll handle it.
I'm awed, sir. But I will hold back my life ... no, I will hold back my life with all my might.
You're in charge.

　Thanks in part to Lady Tamura's efforts, most of the humanity that had surrendered had calmed down. Judging by Miss Tamura's determination, the chances of revolt were slim to none.

　The next step would be to prepare for the invasion.

'The invasion will begin in an hour!　Get ready, all of you!

　I put my orders into my voice and telepathic language and communicate them to all my men.

'I'll tell them of this mission!　Once the invasion begins, three hours-- give it everything you've got!　Don't be shy!　I need your help!　Magic!　--and put it all on the enemy!

""Oh!"

　The whole of the dominion area trembles with the shouts of my men.

　The point of this invasion is to convey our sincerity to them.

　Communicating sincerity means - keeping our promises.

　 This time, since we're aiming for an early invasion, we can't use a similar strategy.

　So, this time, we're going to chip away at the enemy's morale from a different angle.

　The promise I made to my opponent - I gave them 24 hours to do so. I'm not going to be the only one who can do that.

　So, in order to make good on my word, I will grant you an overwhelming show of forceful death.

　At first, we will not play any tricks. Let's declare war fairly and openly, and then use overwhelming force.

　I believe that this action will be the next step....

　I check the invading forces of Demon King Kaoru as my smartphone displays the invading army, and gather my wits to proceed with the invasion of Nonoichi.

　An hour later.

　I march into Nonoshi City with more than 10,000 men.


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　I arrived at a point about 500 meters away from the wall covering Nonoichi City Hall and stood at the front line and picked up the [loudspeaker].

''To the humanity of Nonoichi City, I tell you!　The time to make a deal is coming!　I shall fulfill my earlier declaration. I now respond to your will to resist and to die by force of arms!

　Humanity, holed up in Nonoichi City Hall, is silent behind the walls.

　--Akira!　Give me the thing!

　When I raise my right hand, Akira, accompanied by a dwarf, brings a wooden weapon--a stone thrower--to the front line.

　There are four stone throwers that we prepared this time.

　They are not the type that flies by this principle, but the slingshot type that flies by using the power of rubber. The reason we chose the more primitive slingshot type was that the simpler slingshot type was superior in both accuracy and distance when handled by our people, who were proud of their inhuman strength.

　This time what I am flying this time is a huge rock and.......Akira's specially made roasting ball.

　It was manufactured without relying on special abilities, so it was proven to be effective against man-made structures as well.

　The four powerhouses that handled the throwing machine were Red, Noir, Rouge and Meissen.

　Aside from Meissen, who was a dwarven species, Akira was truly great for developing a weapon that could be handled by Red and the others, who could be said to represent the idiots.

'....Loaded.

　In response to Akira's muttered little voice, Red and Noir set a rock and Rouge and Meissen set a roasting ball in the pitching machine.

'Let go!'

　As a signal, I raised my left hand and swung it down to the gate in the wall that covered Noniichi City.

　

''Woah........that's a hell of a sound.......''
Tamaya.
"Oh, if I receive that shock on my body........wow, what will happen to my body!　Will my master call me 'dirty fireworks........' or something like that........hahaha.

　There was not an ounce of tension, Takahar covered one ear, Sarah happily watched the explosion and Hibiki writhed.

　Using his binoculars, he looked at the gate - he could see the damage, but not the destruction.

'Load the next round!'
Roger that. Loading.
Let go!

　For the second time, two rocks and two roasting balls arc in the air ... and land on the gate again.

　You can see the distortion in the gate but it has not been destroyed.

"Strong it's solid the next round is loaded--

　When I was about to order more reloads, that's when...

　A large number of arrows were fired from the top of the Nonoichi City Hall wall at the projectile thrower.

Sarah!
Ri!　--Water Shield!

　Sarah immediately deployed the water barrier. She caught the flying fire arrows.

　Then, countless human beings charged in from the freed gate, screaming and screaming.

''It didn't result in destruction but.......did the knocks do their job?
Mm. The covert operatives will be there.

　Akira gives me a miffed look at my words.

''The crafting unit will have to cut down on the enemy's numbers a bit more. I'll be counting on you then, okay?
I'll take care of it.
Then Akira and Meissen will leave with the pitchforks.

　Hearing my orders, Akira silently starts to retreat.

　Go all out!
""Oh!"

　And then I give the order to my men in line.

"Let's go!　Guys!　Ora!

　Takahar's troops begin their assault on humanity as the advance team charges in.

'Old Kotetsu!　Your brother's leaving you behind!　Come on!　Quickly!
Woo hoo... Seta-boy, don't panic.

　Kotets's troops begin to march as Setanta rushes them.

'Scraveshbein!　It's time to serve!　I'm coming!
""BOOHIE!"

　A group of ecstatic Hibiki and Orcs begin to march in.

''Don't be late!　We must show our power to the foolish lowlife!
"Death to the fools who refused Lord Zion's mercy...!

　Chloe and Leila's troops begin to march in an atmosphere of fanaticism.

　--Kang!　Boom!　Boom!

　Iron's troops begin to march in, beating their shields.

''Tch!　I'm late!　Guys!　I'm going to show you how terrifying the demon species can be!

　Red's troops are on the march.

'All of you!　Follow me!　--Lina Theon!　Here we go!

　Lina's troops begin their march.

'Nishi, guys - we're going to cover the idiots.
'Come on, let's show Master Zion how good you are!
I'd like to join you.

　Sarah and Flora's troops and the canon begin their march.

It's a forbidden sack that no one is allowed to touch.
In those sacks you'll find the disaster.
To the man who sets the forbidden box free, we give it.
"A requiem is a superlative requiem.
Now ... let's play!　Requiem for my people!　Team J, go!

　The clowns, deeply ill, begin their march.

　And--.

Izayoi, let's go!
I'm awestruck, sir!

　Me and Izayoi - two vampires - leapt out into the dark night battlefield.