The only remaining human land in Ishikawa Prefecture was ruled.

　I ordered Akira to organize his troops and collect the valuable supplies, and Tamura-woman to take care of the surrendered humans, and I quickly returned to my room in the controlled territory.

　The battle against the Kanazawa Liberation Army was a prolonged one. It took the Kanazawa Liberation Army more than half a month to bring down Nonoichi City Hall, the last of its kind.

　During that time, the number of controlled territories taken by Demon King Kaoru was four.

　Was it a mistake to use the [Transfer Device] to connect the multiple dominant domains in an attempt to complicate the internal structure of the dominant domains...

　The first dominant region succeeded in buying time, but from the second onwards, the fact that they were connected by the 【Transition Device】 was a vendetta.

　And when Demon King Kaoru's army set up the final finish to the [Reign] to Nonoichi City Hall, they retreated early.

　If they had stayed quietly.......they could have crushed the main members of the army.......

　Can't everything go as planned?

　I looked at the map spread out in front of me and decided to sort out the current situation.

　The hostile forces adjoining the Astor Empire are the eastern side - the humanity of Toyama Prefecture. And in the southern direction - only the Demon King Kaoru. The west and north sides were the sea, so they were safe for now.

　Next, we contrasted the number of control areas with Demon King Kaoru.

　The number of control territory controlled by the Astor Empire is 232.

　The number of territories controlled by Demon King Kaoru was 71.

　The difference in the number of dominant territories was directly related to the total CP - in other words, the difference in national power.

　If they were to challenge each other in a round robin tournament, the victory of the Astor Empire would be obvious, but the victory of the two Demon Kings would not be decided that simply.

　There was no way they would lose. However, it won't be easy to win.

　What shall we do........

　Demon King Kaoru's current level is 18.

　Demon King Kaoru -- his race is Demon King (Demon Race). The predicted status is 【Physical】C 【Magic Power】B 【Knowledge】?　[Creation] B [Alchemy] B.

　Assuming that my body and knowledge are initially ranked E, I have 37 BP, and if Demon King Kaoru gets a bonus for 'Special Service*' like me and Kanon, it's 47, but I don't know of any other Demon King who got a bonus besides me and Kanon.

　In the worst case scenario, one more level up and Demon King Kaoru will grow to 【Creation】, 【Refinement】, or 【Magic Power】 A. I don't know of any other Demon King who has earned a bonus besides me and Kanon.

　It's unlikely, but........what do you think?

　

　

　No, no, that's impossible........ If Demon King Kaoru can expect to greatly strengthen his strength in the next level up, he'll ignore me and gain experience.

　Should we rethink our strategy to look at something more realistic?

　Demon King Kaoru's level is 18 and the number of dominant realms is 71, which means that Demon King Kaoru's maximum CP is 8900 minus the Baron level's subordinate x 1000.

　The number of Baron class subordinates that invaded was 4.

　There may be others, but for now, let's assume the maximum CP is 4900.

　Then the amount of CP that would increase in an hour would be 490. demons that are the mainstay of Demon King Kaoru's race, the Demon King's (demon race species) -- arc demons, according to the canon, have a creation CP of 150. the creation CP of a highly versatile demon is 50. if you don't take into account the equipment, it's 1 Defeating 4 Arc Demons or 10 or more Demons in an hour would reduce Demon King Kaoru's strength.

　Defeating that number in an hour is plenty of time, but maintaining it for 24 hours would be tough.

　Nevertheless, if I pushed forward forcefully, the risk of fatigue accumulating in the group and being defeated would increase.

　Hmmm... what should we do?

　Let's hear a self-styled strategist for a change.

In this situation, self-styled Strategist, what do you have in mind?
Well.........as the official military strategist of the Astor Empire, I advise you to invade more than one territory you control at the same time, and cut the enemy's strength, and take it from the thinly-held territory to reduce the enemy's CP. I advise you to cut down the enemy's strength and take it from the lesser controlled areas to reduce the enemy's total CP.
'I don't know who authorized it, but it's not a bad strategy,'
''Hmmm........my experience as a military strategist is growing every day.

　Kanon puffs his nose out and puffs his chest out.

'I'll give you some advice for the self-proclaimed military strategist, Kanon. The most important thing to do when strategizing is to read your opponent's moves.

　The key to playing a strategy game is to read the enemy's movements. If you misread the enemy's movements, the results will be disastrous.

''Hmm........you mean I'm supposed to predict the Demon King Kaoru's movements?
''No, try to predict how Demon King Kaoru will move in response to our moves.
'What?　Mr. Theon is seriously trying to raise me as a military strategist!
You might want to use your usual search tool.
Whoa!　No, no, no, no.

　I give him a look of contempt, and Kanon hurriedly waves his hand to correct me.

'There won't be a next time, will there?　Let's go back to what we were talking about earlier. If Demon King Kaoru were to try the strategy Kanon mentioned, how would you respond to him?
''Let's see, if the Demon King Kaoru invades more than one dominant territory at the same time what will he do?　Is that correct?
Yes.
The first thing we need to do is to check the strength of all the units that invaded. If there is a weak unit, the living mail will be deployed to defend it. I'm not going to be able to say that I'm not going to be able to do anything about it.
'What if the invading force was of uniform strength?　What if, for example, five units invaded at the same time and all of them were equally strong?
'It's strong enough that Mr. Livingmail can't stop it, isn't it?
Yeah.
Is it?
Are you sure about that?

　I look into the canon's eyes and check it out.

''Eh ... wait a minute...''

　After receiving my gaze, Kanon hurriedly reconsiders his thoughts.

''--!　I stand corrected!　I was just testing out a plan that a mediocre military strategist could come up with!
You think you tried me?
What?　It was just a figure of speech.

　The canon was always one word too many.

'So, what was the correction?'

　I was enjoying the conversation with Kanon and planning my strategy against the Demon King Kaoru.