The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

Wild grasses have strong vitality, but when the land they depend on for survival is eroded by the abyss, they can no longer survive.

Humans are very fragile. Not to mention demons, even a small disease or disaster may directly crush them, or even kill an entire family.

But such fragile humans can never be destroyed by demons.

Or a stinking ditch that even demons are unwilling to approach, or a basement that is so deep that even hellhounds can't smell it.

There are also deep mountains and old forests that demons don't have time to patrol, and cold rivers and water islands that they dare not approach.

In short, although this earldom has been occupied by demons for a long time, humans have never disappeared.

Even those patrols that go out to search for humans are occasionally attacked by humans, otherwise the number of patrols would not increase.

Ordinary campfire smoke may not attract these hiding humans.

But the smoke from the cooking in the farmers' homes must be recognized by someone, and someone will definitely come to check.

Although Xu Lai is not from this world, he still trusts the characteristics of humans.

The demons have occupied this land for less than half a year. Even if they are given another three or four years, they will not be able to reach that level.

He asked people to take all the flags they could find in the camp, whether it was the original imperial flag or the eagle flag representing the Eagle Kingdom.

As long as the flags they could find were all planted at the highest point.

Of course, even so, others would not trust them easily.

But as long as they could send someone to take a look and see that the people moving around were all humans, it would be fine.

The demons have used humans to deceive people before, and people who are greedy for life and afraid of death have existed since ancient times and have never been cut off.

However, it is almost impossible to find so many humans to cooperate in the play, even angels.

Sure enough, less than an hour after Xu Lai settled in the farm, someone came to contact him stealthily.

What Xu Lai did not expect was that the person actually came out of the farm.

It turned out that a large hiding hole was dug under a manure pit in the farm.

Because of the smell of the manure pit, the hellhounds have not been able to search this place, so the more than 20 refugees here have survived by chance by relying on stored food.

At first, the people hiding underground thought that the demons from hell had searched back to the farm.

But this time, they thought the demons' search took too long and were worried that the underground passage would be found, so they came out cautiously to explore the situation.

As expected, these people were brought to Xu Lai.

When Xu Lai told them that he was neither from the Western Empire nor from the Empire, these people seemed very surprised.

In their impression, the Empire had a vast territory, and there was a feeling that the whole world belonged to the king.

Seeing that Xu Lai was nobody, these people seemed very restrained and dared not say anything.

Until Xu Lai told them that although he was not from the Empire, he came to reclaim the homeland of mankind.

The land under their feet, no matter which empire it once belonged to, has always belonged to mankind.

They didn't care where Xu Lai came from. The moment Xu Lai and his army appeared, they were already recognized as their savior.

These people didn't know how long they would stay underground, and they didn't dare to eat the stored food, only keeping the minimum to avoid starving to death.

Now that they have been rescued, Xu Lai doesn't need them to do anything. He just needs to feed them first.

These people are the natives of the surrounding area after all. They know where there may be people hiding, and they may have connections with refugees from other places.

According to them, long before the army of hell came, everyone around them was making preparations in advance.

Their tunnel was dug a long time ago, otherwise the army of hell would not have time to come.

The people in the city can still rely on the city to defend, and those outside the city can either pack up and leave their homes, or find a way to hide.

Hiding in the city is not a good idea. This is the target of the hell army. The nobles in the city are still trying to escape.

Some mayors, nobles, and knights in the countryside are all thinking of their own ways, and many mercenaries in the city have also escaped in the chaos.

These people are now the main force to resist the devils of hell, but with the continuous search of the devils, the rebels have rarely come out to move.

The devil has the advantage of the sky, even if they sneak out at night, the devil army will have more advantages.

When the hell demons first occupied this land, small groups of troops came out to attack almost every day. Today, almost half a year later, no one has heard of the rebels.

Although the hope is not great, even if the rebels cannot be found, there is hope to find more refugees.

It is easy for Xu Lai to defeat those demons, and it is not difficult to restore the terrain that the demons have transformed.

The most difficult thing is that large tracts of land have to become barren because there are not enough farmers.

The small population not only makes the land deserted, but also leads to many problems such as no one occupying the land, and it is impossible to defend it if it is occupied, and it is impossible to defend it.

Insufficient population is a hard problem that requires enough time to be solved, and this time span is at least about 15 years.

Moreover, the population can grow exponentially. Now every time a person is found and saved, the number of people that can be increased in the future will be greater.

Xu Lai demolished the Thorn City, but too many people could not be immigrated from the other side of the Hanjiang River.

First, the problem of hell cannot be fundamentally solved, and ordinary people are not willing to return to the tiger's mouth.

Second, immigration from only one or two cities cannot solve the fundamental problem.

Just when Xu Lai was thinking about future plans in Brilliant City and the Earldom, at about 1 pm, war reports from various places had basically gathered here.

First of all, Brilliant City, which Xu Lai was most concerned about, had been successfully captured by Brandi, but it took a little longer than Xu Lai expected, and it was the latest war report to arrive.

The casualties were not serious. The morale of the demons in the city was extremely poor. If there were not some fire demons, fire trolls and other medium and high-level demons, they might have been captured by Brandi without damage.

However, there were less than 200 casualties in total, and the angel army could be resurrected at night.

Many demons in the city escaped, and about 3,000 were annihilated, but about 5,000 were captured.

In addition, many living humans were found in the city, some of whom had already defected to the hell camp, and most of them were slaves and imprisoned sacrifices.

Once the demon sacrifice begins, it cannot be easily stopped, because the most resource-consuming and energy-consuming stage is the stage of the sacrifice.

It is okay if the process is slow, so there will always be a considerable number of sacrifices in the dungeon of the glorious city to ensure that the sacrifice ceremony will not be interrupted.

The sacrifice will give priority to humans captured outside. If the number is insufficient, slaves will be used to make up.

The slaves in the city are responsible for providing various services to the demons, as well as food for high-level demons and spare sacrifices.

Only those humans who defected to hell at the beginning will take on some management positions.

After all, the number of demons is actually far less than that of humans, and most demons are chaotic creatures, lacking logical ability, and management is even more messed up.

This is very good news. There are still a large number of living people in the city, who will help Xu solve many problems.

There are even many rebels who have not been sent to the altar in time.

There is no doubt that after Brandi occupied the city, he destroyed the altar and released these people as soon as possible.

However, the first thing these people did after being released was not to chase and kill the fleeing demons, but to capture the humans who had surrendered to hell.

At any time, traitors are the most hated.

Xu Lai thought about it and sent a message to Brandi, asking him to control the situation in the city and not let the conflict escalate.

He was not reluctant to let these traitors die, but he was worried that they would not be able to control their emotions when they came out, leading to an escalation of the situation or being used by people with ulterior motives.

You know, the stampede caused by the large number of people alone could cause hundreds of innocent people to die.

Now, the most important thing is to appease the emotions of the people and not let innocent people sacrifice again.

At the same time, he also took care of Brandi, asking him to completely open the city and let the rebels leave. It would be better to send representatives to talk to the leaders of the rebels.

The rest of the battle reports came from Tahan, Roland and Jian Yuan.

According to Xu Lai's orders, they led the cavalry to chase and kill the demons to the maximum extent within the coverage of Xu Lai's expertise.

These battle reports are relatively simple, recording the number of demon patrols killed by each of them and the number of demons that escaped.

However, the battle reports show that the one who killed the most enemies was not Tahan, who was the strongest, but Jian Yuan, who was weaker.

It was not that Tahan was not fast enough or not strong enough, but that the demons who were in a state of total collapse had no will to fight at all.

Demons who only cared about escaping had no fighting power at all.

Not to mention the top brave knights, even the ordinary knights led by Roland and Jian Yuan, or the nomadic army composed of herdsmen who had just joined the army, were also invincible.

At this time, the competition was no longer about the ability to kill enemies.

Anyway, Tahan and Charles' troops were elite, and Jian Yuan's troops were more than ten times as many, so the efficiency of killing enemies was not low.

On the contrary, as a scout knight, he was promoted to a general and obtained a special ability similar to pathfinding, so Jian Yuan was more likely to find the fleeing demons.

In addition to the demons, Jian Yuan also brought Xu Lai an unexpected surprise.

He not only found the fleeing demons, but also found a base of the rebels.

Compared with these outsiders, the rebels knew more about the patrol routes of the demons and where they often stationed.

Sulfur is a necessity for demons, and the transformation of terrain and cities also requires a large amount of basic resources such as wood and ore.

There must be demon garrisons near these minerals, and there must be a large number of human slaves.

At the same time, high-level demons are not used to resting in civilian houses. They each have different habits.

For example, fire demons and flame demons like to soak in volcanic magma, while winged demons like to station near the crater.

High-level demons are not used to doing everything by themselves. They must have low-level demons who are responsible for guarding and serving.

The entire earldom has only been transformed by about one-third, and major cities, especially castle cities like Brilliant City, are basically still the same.

Brandy did not encounter any decent resistance in Brilliant City because most of the few high-level demons were on vacation.

It was only because Xu came so fast and hurriedly that Matthias didn't have time to fully assemble his troops.

Therefore, there were many demons who took a rest or vacation in the wild.

With the help of these rebels, Jian Yuan could accurately find the volcano with a large number of demons among the volcanoes one after another.

In the battle report, Jian Yuan killed nearly 10,000 demons in the morning and noon.

Even though the cavalry was more efficient, many demons still maintained good morale because they did not participate in the war.

So, Xu Lai reported Jian Yuan's performance directly to the whole army and rewarded him, recording a great merit.

At the same time, Jian Yuan's battle report also made Xu Lai realize the truth that speed is the essence of war.

Although he was confident that he could solve the enemies of the entire earldom, he still needed to attack one city after another after the enemies were prepared.

It would be better to take advantage of the fact that the demons were leaderless, confused, and their morale was not high, and make a big wave.

So, in the afternoon, Xu Lai sent a message to Jian Yuan, ordering him not to return, but to take the rebels he found and be responsible for annihilating the demons of the entire earldom.

After Xu Lai was promoted to level 43, the hero's ability covered a wide range, but it was impossible to cover the entire earldom.

Giving such an order to Jian Yuan would inevitably put him in certain danger.

Therefore, Xu Lai also ordered Elvi and Tahan to lead their troops to meet Jian Yuan.

Among Xu Lai's three generals, except Elvi who sometimes gets excited, Tahan and Jian Yuan are calm enough.

Elvi is just assisting, responsible for covering them in the air, and has to return to Brilliant City to report at night.

Even if Elvi is impulsive, she doesn't have the time to act impulsively.

The appearance of the Angel Legion did not surprise Jian Yuan. He had long known Xu Lai's character and was unwilling to let his people take risks easily.

But for those rebels, the appearance of the Angel Legion is not only to increase their morale, but also to bring them real hope.

They were accidentally discovered by Jian Yuan before. After they learned of Jian Yuan's intentions, they were naturally willing to cooperate out of hatred for the devil.

However, they did not recognize Jian Yuan's leadership. After all, although Jian Yuan had a lot of people, they were not a force with them, and they could not even be considered in the same camp.

The rebels are a force of their own, and there are even two human heroes in it.

They are now cooperating with Jian Yuan at most, with the goal of eliminating the demons near the Brilliant City.

As for what to do in the future, the leader of the rebels needs to talk to Xu Lai first.

If they can't reach an agreement, they may have to take people to other places to work alone.

But as soon as the angel army appeared, most of the rebels simply knelt on the ground.

Angels are warriors of the God of War, and are usually considered to be the embodiment of the will of the God of War.

If it is normal, everyone can still think rationally, and angels will also be loyal to others.

At this time, most ordinary people will subconsciously think that these angels come to help and save them.

In fact, what Elvy and the others did is almost the same thing.

Jian Yuan brought these rebels with him, not expecting them to have any combat effectiveness, but hoping that their intelligence can help him find more demon bases. (End of this chapter)