The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

The businessmen didn't hesitate too much and agreed just by looking at each other.

Although the extra pension and funeral expenses were not small sums of money, Xu Lai returned the 20% profit, so they would not lose money.

After the merchant agreed, all the mercenaries stood up silently and saluted Xu Lai collectively as a way of thanking Xu Lai.

Xu Lai nodded to them, stopped disturbing them from collecting the corpses, and took the paladins and merchants to inventory the goods.

He did this partly out of pity and partly out of guilt.

In any case, Xu Lai's plan was to use these mercenaries as human shields to attract the attack of the demon army, so that he could calmly divide and kill these demons.

He did indeed do it, and not a single member of the troops he brought was injured. However, among the mercenary group and the caravan, there were only less than 200 of the 500 people alive at this time, and most of them were injured.

The profits Xu Lai gave to the businessmen were compensation for them. As for saying it in public, on the one hand, it was to prevent the businessmen from breaking their integrity.

On the other hand, it was recruitment in disguise. Xu Lai admired the combat effectiveness and loyalty of this group of mercenaries.

Especially after a great war, what remains are the best of the best.

Like Cage and others, the original leader has died, and the mercenary group will definitely not be able to hold on for long.

He still needs to stay in Greenwood Town for a while, which is enough time for them to deal with their own affairs.

When they need to find a new job, they may think of him when he is still in Greenwood Town.

If you follow him Xu Lai, you will definitely go to the grassland to hang out in the future, which is equivalent to leaving your hometown. He cannot coax people to go there by giving them some benefits.

Therefore, Xu Lai did not force it, it was best to do it voluntarily, so as not to feel resentful in the end.

Ten minutes later, Elvi flew back, and Xu Lai quickly checked her health.

Fortunately, Xu Lai only lost more than a hundred health points, and Xu Lai could still accept it.

"Your Excellency Knight, I haven't used the resurrection spell today yet. I want to use it once for Captain Sanjay. He is a true warrior."

Xu Lai raised his head and glanced at the sky. The gold coins in the gold coin box were not refreshed, indicating that it was not midnight yet.

After fighting until now, he estimated that the time should be about the same, which meant that after Elvi used up this resurrection spell, she would be able to use the resurrection spell again soon.

Thinking of this, Xu Lai nodded and said: "Do as you wish."

There was no way, since Xu Lai chose to give them independent personalities and the right to move freely, he had to bear other responsibilities that resulted.

Of course, Xu Lai can also choose to refuse. Unlike Elvi and Rogers, their loyalty will not decline.

But loyalty is just loyalty, and Xu Lai can clearly detect something other than loyalty.

People like Ta Han and Yan Feng, who he always carries with him, are relatively close to him, not to mention Yu Lan.

As for Xiao Bai Yang, Jian Yuan and the newly promoted Anna at home, there is an obvious gap between them and they are not close to him.

What Xu Lai wants is not an emotionless machine, so to a certain extent, he is willing to let Elvi and the others make their own decisions.

As a Seraph, Elvi has a heartfelt instinctive anger towards demons. The relationship between demons and angels is a sworn enemy relationship with zero friendship.

On the other hand, as an angel, Elvi sincerely likes humans, especially those brave, sacrificial, and kind-hearted knights.

A knight may need to ride on a horse, but chivalry does not.

Under the pious gaze of everyone, Elvi walked to Cage's mercenary group and raised the flaming sword in the sky with both hands.

Xu Lai silently replaced the magic ball without delaying Elvi's resurrection spell.

Resurrection requires active casting of spells, but in the previous divine revenge, the initiative was not actually determined by the sanctity of the angels, but by the heroic spirits illuminated by the angels.

Angels cannot force others to sacrifice, and even if others have died, most of them will not let their souls dissipate.

With 625 health points, Elvey pulled up 4 people, and the average naked health value of each person was more than 156 points.

Non-heroic units have no level life bonus, only basic life and constitution bonuses.

They obviously cannot be high-level units above level 7, so their basic health points are only 50 points, which means that the average physical fitness of these four people is around 21 points.

The physiques of the three warriors may be higher, and the mage's physique should be much less than 21 points. Elvir must have made calculations to pull up these four people, maximizing the use of her resurrection ability.

The resurrected people immediately thanked Elvi, but Elvi pointed at Xu Lai and said:

"If you want to thank me, just thank my knight. It was my knight who asked me to save you."

Others saw Elvie resurrecting these four people, and they knelt down next to Elvi, hoping that she could save more people.

Elvi shook her head and said: "I can only cast the resurrection spell once a day. These corpses have been contaminated by the power of hell and will not survive the next day. I suggest you cremate them as soon as possible."

Compared to the way Elwey inadvertently showed sadness in front of Xu Lai before, she acted extremely coldly in front of these ordinary people and sternly rejected their request for a second resurrection spell.

No one knows whether Seraph's resurrection requires 24 hours of cooling or only after 12 o'clock in the middle of the night. Even if someone knows, they will not tell it deliberately when Elvi explicitly refuses.

The resurrected mercenaries knelt down in front of Xu Lai and said sternly:

"Your Excellency, you have saved our lives and given us new life."

"We have nothing to repay, but we are willing to spend the rest of our lives serving you." Another person continued.

Except for the mage, the three mercenaries all expressed their intention to recognize Xu Lai as their master, become Xu Lai's retainers, and spend their entire lives repaying Xu Lai's life-saving grace.

In front of a group of mercenaries, Xu Lai deliberately said loudly:

"No, I don't need any slaves or retainers. If you want to serve me, you can bring your parents, wives and children to Greenwood Town to wait for me.

I will give you your own land, houses, and the rewards you deserve, and you will still enjoy freedom! "

Xu Lai's speech made all the mercenaries very excited, especially Xu Lai's promise to take care of their parents and children. This was a condition that no lord could promise to them.

Moreover, ordinary nobles don't like their mercenaries who work for money. They only use money to hire a group of people when they defend or attack a city.

They prefer professional soldiers with strict discipline, and most prefer to recruit soldiers who only need to pay once, and are replacing professional soldiers with large numbers of recruited soldiers.

"Mr. Master, my proposal is also valid for you, and I wholeheartedly welcome you to live in my territory."

Compared to the mercenaries, the resurrected mage seemed more reserved. He did not kneel down like the mercenaries, nor did he rush to make a promise to Xu Lai.

After the mage saluted Xu Lai, he said respectfully: "Thank you for your understanding. If you just need a magic consultant, I will try my best to help you.

But I must tell you in advance that I am not very good at magic theory. What I am good at is practical magic. "

Xu Lai doesn't know much about magic, but he also knows that theory and practice are different. Modern society still pays attention to theory and application.

Since the other party is from a mixed mercenary group, it is obviously impossible for him to be an expert in theory.

"It doesn't matter. My territory is in need of experts like you. Please rest assured that I will definitely give you a reasonable treatment."

As he said that, he personally helped up the three people who were still kneeling on the ground and said: "After you go back, let's settle down our families first.

If there are others who are willing to settle in my territory, please help me organize it. "

At any time, the most important thing is talent. Although mercenaries value money, they have to admit that they are all talents. At least they can afford the cost of employment and advancement.

With this group of people, Xu Lai's caravan and security team should be able to meet the manpower requirements, and even two caravans can be drawn out.

In addition, Xu Lai gained a lot of castle hearts this time. If he goes back and synthesizes them, it should be enough to upgrade his fortress-level city.

By then, Qingfeng Castle will be a big city. If business develops, the tax revenue alone will be tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of gold coins a year.

Xu Lai had no tax revenue at all, so even if he imagined it, he didn't dare to think too exaggeratedly.

After settling the matter with the mercenaries, all that's left is to complete the deal with the merchant.

Originally, there were a bunch of paladins around Xu Lai, which had already made several businessmen tremble. Now that there was another Seraph, they almost didn't dare to approach.

Angel, before the empire was divided, no noble could hold it.

Even if you obtain an angel in the wild, you must turn it over to the empire as soon as possible, otherwise it will be directly punished as treason.

Even if the empire is divided, as long as order still exists, such as King Aled in the Northern Empire, the nobles below are not allowed to recruit angels privately, and all must be handed over to him.

In other words, Xu Lai is ignorant and fearless, and he is not affiliated with any major empire. He is considered a neutral faction in the imperial camp that is becoming fewer and fewer, and does not have so much consideration.

Even so, if Count Ani knew that there was a Seraph beside him, he would probably jump in haste.

There is no way, the combat effectiveness of angels is only at the level of top-level military units, but the symbolic meaning of angels is extremely terrifying and deeply rooted in people's hearts.

"Okay, you'd better put on your cloak, don't scare them." Xu Lai said to Elvi with a smile.

Just now, the golden light of the battle settlement fell.

Xu Lai read it silently in his mind, and the unhappiness of the night and the suppressed mood were all released.

The experience given by this big devil from hell was richer than he imagined. (End of chapter)