Twenty-four hours after the second advisory was announced.

'I announce to you, gentlemen of humanity. It was originally time for an appointment, but with the hard persuasion of Mr. Kido, who surrendered yesterday, we will extend the reprieve by 24 hours!　Those who wish to respond to the wishes of the Kido clan - those who wish to surrender - disarm and visit my controlled territory!

　Mr. Kido is a moderate of relatively high prestige among the human race who surrendered yesterday.

　I debated whether to leave him alone for three days, but I didn't want him to think that he couldn't surrender after twenty-four hours, so I decided to take this step.

　I plan to take the same steps tomorrow as well, identifying a suitable person from the surrendered human race.

　The time remaining that I have set before the war begins--48 hours.

　The main use of the time is to rest my men and maintain equipment, but I also put a lot of effort into gathering information.

　The source of the information - the surrendered humans.

　Under Ms. Tamura's leadership, the information we had collected was sent to me one after another.

　As of three days ago, the number of people holed up in the Nonoichi City Hall was about 360,000. This includes 180,000 combat-ready personnel and 180,000 non-combatants.

　The total number of people who surrendered yesterday and the day before was 204,768.

　The number of people currently holed up in Nonoichi City Hall is about 120,000. This includes 80,000 combat-ready personnel and 40,000 non-combatants.

　The inside of the Kanazawa Liberation Army is collapsing. There were even extremists who tried to hand over the heads of "The Sage of Kanazawa" and "The Saints of Kanazawa" to curry favor with us.

　At the heart of those who will not surrender are the Thorough Warriors. Most of the Thorough Warriors are led by the Demon King, who had his family and loved ones killed by people related to me, and the central figures are the Sage of Kanazawa - Hideya Ando and the Sage of Kanazawa. --Saori Kayama.

　The strongest of the Kanazawa Liberation Army is level 54, and the number of humans with a level above 50 is 15. All of them have lost their friends and family members' lives to my relations, and they are not likely to agree to surrender.

　The level of the "Sage of Kanazawa" and "The Sage of Kanazawa" is 47.

　Right now, Lady Tamura is taking the lead in compiling a list of surrendered humans. If any of the territorial residents had family or friends among the humanity that had not yet surrendered, they were carrying out advisory activities by phone.

　In two days, they succeeded in cutting the enemy's strength by nearly 70%.

　But conversely, the remaining humanity was expected to resist with firm resolve.

　It was impossible to read how many humans would surrender to us in the remaining two days, but the remaining humans would all be deadly.

　Due to the specifics of 《Governance》, we have to break or annihilate the hearts of all the humans holed up in Nonoichi City Hall. It will be difficult to break the hearts of the humanity that are determined to fight a thorough battle. In that case - the only path left is annihilation.

　Two days from now, the battle will be a tough one.

　I would prepare for the invasion in two days and assume various possibilities.

　Seventy-two hours after the second advisory was announced.

　The final number of people who surrendered, combined with the number from the first day, was about 230,000. The number of humans remaining in Nonoichi City Hall was 80,000 combatants and 10,000 non-combatants.

　If you just look at the numbers it's the same number as the battle of Suzu City, but if all of them are harboring hatred for me personally rather than the Demon King (Chaos), the situation is completely different.

　We were going to start a battle against 80,000 people with a firm determination.


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"We will now begin the invasion of Nonoichi City!　We're expecting a long game this time!　It's going to be a tough battle, but we'll win in the end - the Astor Empire!

""Oh!"

'We've got a tough fight ahead of us!　Therefore, I have only one order to give you--don't die!

""Oh!"

We're going to march on!

　With 12,000 men under my command, we began our march.

　When I reached a place 500 meters away from the wall covering Nonoichi City Hall, I took out my loudspeaker.

''Attention, humanity!　The grace period is over!　The path you have chosen--repent!

　--A maneuvering party!　Ready the slingshot!

　Eight stone throwers will be deployed to the front lines in response to my orders.

"Load!

　The roasting ball is loaded in response to my orders.

Loose!

　The roasting ball arcs in the air to meet my left hand as I swing it down and flies to the gate in the wall covering Nonoichi City Hall.

　--Donk!

　As the roasting ball landed on the gate, a tremendous impact sound could be heard shaking the ground.

''Load!''

　In response to my orders, the second wave of roasting balls are loaded.

　I raise my left hand and try to give the signal to fire, but countless fire arrows come flying from the top of the wall of Nonoichi City Hall.

''Flora troops!　Protect the slingshot!

　Flora's troops deployed a magical barrier to protect the pitcher.

'Iron troops!　Begin your march!

　Then, amidst a hail of arrows, the Iron Squad, with its ironclad defenses, began to march in.

''Sarah Squad!　Chloe Squad!　Marching from the rear of the Iron!　Move into range and meet the strike!

　Sarah and Chloe's troops begin to march in, protected by Iron's troops, and after 200 meters or so, I fire a counter-attack of magic and arrows at humanity, who fire their magic and arrows from the top of the wall.

　I swing my left hand down as the humanity that was attacking from the top of the wall shifts its target from the stone thrower to Sarah and Chloe's troops.

''--Release!

　Once again, a roasting ball released from a stone thrower that has regained its freedom shakes the walls of Nonoichi City Hall.

　Do you want a shootout?

　After that, countless magic and arrows crossed in the air and landed in each other's camps. And then the roasting balls released through the gaps in the air shake the walls of Nonoichi City Hall.

　In this Kowareta world where magic barriers exist, it is extremely difficult for both sides to defeat the enemy with only long-range attacks.

　Countless magic and arrows are played by the magic barrier. However, a roasting ball that reliably damages the gate.

　Although reluctant, the battlefield is in our favor.

　Let's just destroy the gate quickly and charge in.

　And just when I was planning my strategy, a group of armed humans appeared from the open gate.