The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

The existence of the advent heroes has always been a very difficult problem to deal with.

On the one hand, with sharp weapons, the killing will arise.

Xu Lai himself is a very obvious example. He didn't have much ambition before, he just wanted to have a piece of his own territory to live a carefree life.

However, the unpeaceful and unstable situation did not give him the time and space to be free.

In order to seek peace, Xu Lai had to be pushed step by step to the current situation.

He is a man without ambition. Even if he is like this, what about those who are ambitious, unwilling to be inferior to others, and kings, princes, generals, and ministers?

Hero specialization is their killing weapon, and the level is their sharp blade.

But on the other hand, these people are also the most motivated and hardworking people.

Even if they are only given a piece of land and a low-level castle heart, they can build a huge village from scratch.

Xu Lai's conditions for them are better, because there are ready-made villages and land, and there will even be a small number of refugees nearby.

The reason why the heroes of the advent are motivated is that they feel that the harvest is theirs, at least they can get the lion's share.

What Xu Lai needs now is their subjective initiative, so the proportion of the share is not high.

The only restriction Xu Lai has on them is the issue of upgrading.

He doesn't even want to care about expanding the army. As long as they can support their own army and don't impose more than 30% tax on civilians, Xu Lai will let them expand the army.

Even after the unification of the empire, there are countless horse bandits, bandits, mountain bandits, and thieves.

In addition, there are underground passages that pop up from nowhere, and the residents underground have always been hostile to people on the ground.

Although Xu Lai has fought the underground city, he can only threaten the big forces.

How can Xu Lai manage the small forces? Let the underground nobles be responsible for restraining them, and they have to figure out whose territory these small forces are on.

Therefore, even for villages, certain armaments are needed.

The only thing Xu Lai wants to limit is the scale of their development.

It must be said that the old nobles of the empire are very experienced in this process.

They know that as long as they control the size of the territory of the descending heroes, they can control their development.

After all, without a large enough territory, there will not be enough food, economy and population.

Without these, they cannot support a large number of soldiers, nor can they fight large-scale wars, and naturally their levels cannot be raised.

Although Xu Lai's level has soared so fast, he has fought more large-scale battles alone than the entire empire combined.

Xu Lai is worried about them, so he concentrated all the limited population rescued in the cities under his control.

It means that what Xu Lai handed over to them were all empty towns with nothing.

No matter how they developed, Xu Lai would make a profit.

At that time, Xu Lai felt that he would even hope that these heroes would be a little more ambitious, so that he could legitimately take back the towns that were sent back.

There was no advantage in attacking the city, so Xu Lai simply let the Qingfeng Legion surround it and launch some crude catapults every day to bombard it.

Anyway, the angels can revive the losses of his own side, while the losses of the demons are real.

He camped on the spot, handling government affairs while gathering intelligence from all sides.

Jian Yuan was originally Xu Lai's intelligence officer. Now that there is no war, he has temporarily unloaded the burden and picked up the banner of intelligence again.

From the grassland, from the caravan, from the intelligence spies that were originally sent out, as well as the temple, the Northern Empire and several nobles who are friendly to Xu Lai.

By summarizing their information, Xu Lai was able to obtain several extremely critical information.

First, Lionheart City has not fallen yet, but it has completely lost news a week ago.

Second, the Northern Empire has also begun to actively mobilize the army.

Regardless of whether King Aled decides to go south for rescue, at least he is ready to fight the demons again.

On the contrary, the news from the merchants of the Southern Empire seems that there is still no movement in the Southern Empire.

Xu Lai knew very little about the intelligence of the Eastern Empire, but he seemed not as optimistic as before.

The Eastern Empire originally joined forces with the Barrier Camp to fight against the Cemetery, and it had the upper hand at the beginning.

The power of the undead was huge, and there were several emperor-level superheroes alone.

Before, none of them submitted to each other, and there were not many undead who came to the Engta Continent at the beginning.

But now the cemetery has more and more troops, and several big guys seem to have signs of unity, trying to conquer the Eastern Empire as the base camp of the undead.

After that, whether it is to compete with the devil for territory or to continue to cause trouble for the Barrier, they also need a stable rear.

The Eastern Empire is not having a good time, and now it should not be able to put on the arrogant posture before when negotiating with Xu Lai.

But they did not ask Xu Lai for help, and even sent griffins to support Lionheart City.

On the contrary, Xu Lai did nothing, and at most he involved part of Kerrigan's energy and troops.

Xu Lai was too busy alone, so he had to continue to transfer people from the grassland.

Not only did he transfer Jilong here, he also appointed him as the deputy general manager of the Western Empire. Together with Avid, he managed the political affairs of the Western Empire and was only responsible to Xu Lai.

Of course, it was no longer called the Western Empire at this time, but the Western Province of the Eagle Kingdom.

Jilong was promoted to the top in one step, but his main role was actually to supervise Avid, and he could only be regarded as Avid's deputy.

But even so, with the current shortage of people in the Eagle Kingdom, if the Western Empire could really be defeated, Jilong would definitely be the governor of a province.

This appointment not only made Jilong extremely excited, but also the old nobles in the grassland area.

After all, compared with those in the Western Empire, the old nobles in the grassland were closer to Xu Lai.

People like Rio Canar, Maoshan, or the great lords, or the nobles with close relationships, almost all ran over at once.

Not only them, Luo Mingru, Zhang Zhiqiang, Qin Laoliu and his brothers also ran to the front line, trying to find some opportunities.

Anyway, Zhang Zhiqiang, Qin Laoliu and others have many brothers, and their own villages are left to their brothers to take care of, and they continue to go out to expand their territory.

And after Canar, Maoshan and others handed over their castles, they actually didn't have much power in their hands.

For nobles, if they have no power, no matter how much wealth they have, it will only serve others.

Xu Lai's decision not to touch them now does not mean that he will not touch them in the future. After all, they are not like the nobles of the feudal dynasty who accompanied the emperor to conquer the world.

Without great merit, they are not able to eat safely with the titles and salaries obtained by contributing to the castle.

Moreover, they also have greater ambitions. After all, even an earldom may not actually bring much income.

Perhaps for an ordinary family, let alone an earldom, even the salary of a viscountdom is enough for a family to live a rich and luxurious life.

However, for a large family that already has a large family, and is used to spending lavishly and regards face as more important than anything else, it is really too little.

Even if they are still receiving a salary for a position, what Xu Lai gives them is a leisurely retirement, or some not very important positions.

It can be imagined that when their generation dies, their descendants will not even have such a leisurely position.

And everyone can see that Xu Lai is not a stingy person.

This point can be seen long ago.

Whether it is civilians, merchants, or the army, or nobles who have surrendered to Xu Lai, such as Jimmy and his son.

All these people have received huge benefits from Xu Lai.

Therefore, as soon as Jilong's appointment came out, they either ran directly or asked Jilong and others to pass on the message, wanting to come to the front line for experience.

Xu Lai also expressed his welcome. After all, as they guessed, Xu Lai did trust them more.

The most important thing is that the Western Empire is really short of people.

Luo Mingru, Qin Laoliu and others are okay, at most they bring some brothers and guards.

But after all, there are some uses, such as those towns, let Xu Lai give them to heroes he doesn't know, he is really a little distressed.

But there are not many living people in the entire Western Empire, even if they are all filled in the city, it is far from enough.

Therefore, there must be a large number of towns that must be controlled by these heroes.

Rather than handing it over to a strange hero, it is better to give it to Luo Mingru, Qin Laoliu and others.

After all, they are old acquaintances, and have cooperated before, so they have experience and tacit understanding.

The nobles such as Kanal and Maoshan are even more amazing. With their status, they come here to serve as city lords.

And Xu Lai has already arranged for them. Those who used to manage the base camp have now all been upgraded to castles.

The Marquis Castle that has not been taken down was handed over to Kanal.

Kanal and others came to serve as city lords. First of all, they have to bring their own guards, and secondly, they have to bring their own servants and some relatives.

Finally, they don’t have the ability to do everything well by themselves, so they have to bring some helpers.

For example, they hired mage consultants, riding instructors, and followers and officials who are easy to use.

This is a large group of people, which can not only allow the officials sent to the grassland by Xu Lai to better grasp the power.

It can also allow the city, which is now poor and can only use temporary officials, to have a complete administrative system as much as possible.

These are all beneficial to Xu Lai, why should he not welcome them, why should he not agree.

However, since these people come with their families, we cannot expect too much speed.

Even if there are those who are impatient and take the teleportation array to fly to Brilliant City, it will take at least a week to start work.

After more than half a month, the reverse restoration project of Brilliant Territory has been basically restored under the leadership of Archbishop Dur.

Next, Archbishop Dur Crimson will lead the priests to the Pafikes Plain.

In Berk Territory, the damage is not very serious.

Because it is along the river, the population loss is also small, about 60% of the population has been lost.

The actual loss is greater, but there are also many refugees who have fled from the deep inland.

In general, it is better than Brilliant Territory.

With so many people, Dur only sent an archbishop, leading more than ten bishops and more than a hundred priests to preside over the ceremony, which is enough.

Pafikes Plain was once one of the great granaries of the empire, so the original population here was extremely large.

It is precisely because of this huge population that the transformation of the demons has been carried out very smoothly, and the city of Kasai has been completely transformed into hell.

If the Paphikes Plain is completely transformed into a hellish terrain, then it is useless to use the restoration ritual, and another method must be found.

Of course there are methods, after all, this world was also chaotic at the beginning.

It's just that the price is far from being restored by holding a ceremony now and summoning a group of believers to pray every day.

At that time, gold coins will be needed to pave the way, rare resources will be needed to build bridges, and top resources will be invested in unlimited quantities.

Or, through subtle ways, a lot of time will be spent to slowly transform.

With this kind of price, Xu Lai may be more willing to maintain the status quo and treat it as an alternative landscape.

But no matter what, Dur's priest group is about to arrive in Kasai City.

And Xu Lai has even promised the mayor of Kasai City.

You can't really throw a demon city to them when they arrive.

And Xu Lai has besieged Kasai City for more than half a month, and it's time to completely solve it.

If he doesn't think of a way to threaten Kerrigan's base camp, maybe Lionheart City will really be taken down by Kerrigan.

The most important thing is that Xu Lai did not wait in vain for more than half a month.

He finally waited for good news. Tahan, who had been in a coma for more than half a month, finally woke up.

This time, Tahan was a blessing in disguise.

The will of the world used Tahan's hand to destroy the abyss demon that did not belong to this world.

And what remained in Tahan's body was the most original and purest energy in this world.

At that time, the will of the world transformed this energy into lightning that was extremely restraining to demons.

Now, these lightnings have completely merged with Tahan, transforming him into a hero with a unique profession.

Tahan's own attributes have not changed much, only his physique has increased by a full 10 points.

The effects originally obtained by being conferred as a general were all forced to be forgotten, and the identity of a hero is far above that of a general.

His level has dropped a lot again, falling to the current level 38, but it is still a very high level.

The most important thing is that Tahan's specializations are all empty, and the two specializations he comes with are all top-level.

One is the ultimate offensive technique, and the other is the ultimate air magic.

A full-level specialization requires 5 levels, and Tahan still has 37 specialization upgrade opportunities, and can also exchange for 7 and a half ultimate specializations.

In addition to becoming a hero, Tahan's fearless knight profession was also retained, becoming a fearless knight above ordinary knights.

This is equivalent to Tahan's own combat strength, without any loss.

Not only that, Tahan also gained the ability to wear equipment and treasures, and his individual strength was also a huge improvement.

Of course, the most important thing is the two talents that Tahan obtained.

For ordinary heroes and nobles, it is a blessing to be able to obtain a talent.

Even if you have the same luck as Xu Lai and obtain some special props, the other talents you get will never be too powerful.

But Tahan's two talents are both top talents. (End of this chapter)