The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

In Rhea Edrick's heart, his life is of course more important than anything else.

Not to mention these tens of thousands of griffins, even if he took away the griffin knights together, as long as he could save his life, he would be willing.

The key issue is that once these griffins are handed over to Xu Lai, his life safety will be completely unguaranteed.

Because he received reports from family members in Lionheart City, Rhea knew very well that the hero who came in front of him was very hostile to them.

And these 100,000 royal griffin knights and royal griffins are the foundation of his survival.

Unlike other legions, the Royal Griffin Legion does not need wild royal griffins that cannot be controlled.

Wild royal griffins have been hunting for a long time, and in terms of actual combat effectiveness, they are definitely stronger than recruited griffins.

But because of this, wild beasts cannot be controlled 100%.

Even if a knight is assigned to each royal griffin like a warhorse, it will not work.

Because warhorses mainly eat grass and have a gentler temperament.

Griffins are carnivores with more brutal temperaments. Even if they are tamed by humans, they are not 100% obedient.

Of course, there are war horses that are aggressive, and there are griffins that are obedient and follow commands, but they are relatively few.

Moreover, even tamed griffins will generally only obey the trainer, and not just anyone who can command them.

The Royal Griffin Knights need to control these griffins, so they can only use recruited griffins.

The ownership and control of these griffins are naturally in the hands of Rhea Edrick.

If there were no royal griffins as capital, Yuwen Shaoguang would never have cooperated with him.

The griffin knights under his command were also easily recruited by others.

Without this group of griffins, even if he could take these griffin knights back, it is unknown whether he could survive.

"Your Majesty, why bother with us? You are worth a lot of money. Even if you kill me, you will be in danger.

I have 100,000 griffins here, and you only have more than 100 people. Why take this risk?"

Xu Lai smiled and said, "Look, you are still not convinced. Do you want to practice with me?"

If it weren't for these 90,000 griffins, Xu Lai would not bother to talk nonsense with him.

But there are 90,000 royal griffins. With them, the last piece of the puzzle of Xu Lai's air force will be complete.

No matter how powerful the angels are, it is useless. There are too few of them and they can only be used to attack important targets.

But if there are these 90,000 royal griffins, we can formulate targeted air force strategies.

Rhea gritted his teeth, and the long sword on his neck flashing with blazing golden flames kept burning his skin.

Fortunately, Rhea is not a demon, and Elvy is also under conscious control, otherwise the flames on this sword of holy judgment alone would be enough to burn him to death.

In silence, Rhea kept thinking about how to get out.

Threatening Xu Lai with 100,000 griffins is one method, but the effect is not satisfactory.

Not to mention that Xu Lai will not be afraid, even if he puts himself in Xu Lai's identity, he will not be afraid at all.

The super war eagle under Xu Lai's seat can tell how high and how fast it can fly.

The royal griffins of his own side may still have a chance to chase and kill, but the griffin knights have no chance at all.

The problem is that once they die, these griffins will be equivalent to having no heroes and will directly become wild monsters.

Because the control must be firmly held in their hands, these griffins belong only to Rhea personally and have no subordinate relationship with the Eastern Empire.

This also means that after he is killed, no one will help him to avenge.

Those so-called royal griffin knights, now that they have lost their royal family, how can they choose to fight with those seraphim for revenge for him.

Then, his remaining chance of survival is to agree to Xu Lai's conditions, or to escape from the hands of the female seraphim in front of him.

But when Rhea glanced at the female angel from the corner of his eyes, there was only a chill in his heart.

His intuition told him that if he made any rash move, he would not survive for more than a second.

"Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you that the one next to you is the first warrior of my Eagle Kingdom.

Muriel, the queen of the dungeon, Selron, the demon lord of the Northern Empire, and Kerrigan, the lord of Hell, all died under her sword."

In fact, Kerrigan died of self-explosion, and Muriel was really killed by Elvy.

But it doesn't matter, they all died in Xu Lai's hands anyway, and he can give the credit to whoever he wants.

In any case, Elvy made great efforts to kill these famous figures, and it is no problem to put the credit on her head.

As soon as Xu Lai said this, cold sweat broke out on Rhea's forehead.

They haven't received the news that Kerrigan is dead yet, but Xu Lai has no need to lie to them.

They don't have much news about the dungeon, but even if Rhea is in the Eastern Empire, she has heard that the dungeon has been very quiet recently.

Otherwise, the Southern Empire would not be able to spare a hand to attack Lionheart City.

The Northern Empire did not keep it strictly confidential, and Xu Lai suddenly appeared, so it was impossible for the other empires not to inquire about his past.

The battle of Emerald City in the Northern Empire was the biggest impression Xu Lai left on the other empires.

As for Kerrigan, Xu Lai dared to directly capture Lionheart City occupied by Kerrigan, and Kerrigan's counterattack has not yet arrived.

Either Kerrigan was severely injured like before, the Pope's blow made Kerrigan lie down for half a year.

Or as Xu Lai said, Kerrigan was really killed, otherwise there is really no reason to give up this city that was taken back at a huge cost.

"How about it, have you thought it through? I don't have much time, and there are still guests to deal with."

Rhea looked at the countless Southern Empire soldiers waiting to surrender on the ground, and smiled bitterly:

"Have you even detected the movements of the Northern Empire?"

Xu Lai shrugged and said: "Unfortunately, no, but they are not as rude as you.

Before they came, they handed me a letter of credence, asking to reoccupy the cities that were previously taken by the demons."

Rhea frowned and said: "In that case, His Majesty the King does not seem to intend to return these cities to the Northern Empire."

The Northern Empire and Xu Lai have a good relationship, especially Xu Lai is getting stronger at this time, and the Northern Empire has to deal with the demon branch coming from the tower.

Therefore, before the Northern Empire sent troops, it greeted Xu Lai in advance.

Trying to take back the cities of the Northern Empire that were taken by the demons before, while Xu Lai was still unstable and had no spare power.

The key is that Xu Lai didn't want to give it back. Compared with a lot of bad cities in the Western Empire, the ones occupied by Searlun in the Northern Empire have never been managed.

When Kerrigan was still there, the Northern Empire didn't dare to touch these cities within Kerrigan's sphere of influence.

And because Kerrigan had already given the cities to Searlun, he had never managed these cities.

So relatively speaking, it was the cities to the north of Lionheart City that were ruled by demons, but they were still in good shape.

At least the population and economy were not severely damaged, after all, Searlun didn't have time to transform these cities at the beginning.

The Northern Empire didn't want to go to war with Xu Lai, and they were also in the right, so Xu Lai couldn't go too far.

He didn't want to go to war on all sides and offend everyone. He planned to take down the Southern Empire and the Eastern Empire before moving on the Northern Empire.

But how to forcibly occupy these cities that should belong to the Northern Empire without tearing up with the Northern Empire?

The answer is simple. Take advantage of the air force's flying advantage and snatch these cities back from the demons first.

After the established facts, if the Northern Empire wants to take back these cities, it must snatch them from Xu Lai.

At that time, it will be up to the Northern Empire to decide whether to tear its face with Xu Lai and completely fall out.

The Northern Empire sent a team of cavalry to tell Xu Lai that they have no intention of attacking Lionheart City.

Second, the Northern Empire can use these cavalry as a deterrent to prevent Xu Lai from taking any action.

After all, no matter where Xu Lai sends troops, Lionheart City, as the central intersection, is the closest choice.

"It may not be accurate to say that when the Temple supported Grand Duke Aled to become king, the Northern Empire had such a large territory as it is now.

And those cities, earlier, belonged to the empire, but now they are occupied by demons.

In any way, they have little to do with the Northern Empire, so it is naturally first come first served."

There is no way a politician can tell the truth. If Rhea believed this, he would not have lived to this age.

Xu Lai is not a politician strictly speaking, but he is a king. A king needs to keep his promises and always plan for his country.

"How can I ensure that you can keep your promise?"

Xu Lai smiled slightly. When Rhea said this, it basically meant that the matter was settled, otherwise she would not have said this.

"Surrender, and surrender with diplomacy.

We will sign an agreement to exchange these 90,000 griffins for your 10,000 lives. It is definitely not a loss."

Xu Lai even considered diplomacy. Obviously, this is not the first time he has done this.

However, Rhea still did not agree. He said to Xu Lai:

"If I go back like this, there will be no good end.

I can give you these 90,000 royal griffins, but I want to exchange not only the lives of these 10,000 people, but also my family.

If my family has offended you in any way, please forgive me.

You should know that there is no one else in the Edrick family except me.

My family has never participated in those actions that offended you."

After thinking for a while, Xu Lai finally agreed to this request.

First of all, this request is indeed not excessive, and secondly, Xu Lai really doesn't want to waste time anymore.

After agreeing to Xu Lai's request, Rhea Edrick said directly to the griffin knights behind him:

"I know that many of you have connections with the Yuwen family.

My presence here will not hinder your future. Those who want to join the Yuwen family can leave now."

The griffin knights did not leave immediately. Rhea's deputy general immediately asked:

"What about you, General!"

Rhea coughed and said, "Grand Duke Yuwen entrusted his son to me, but I failed to bring him back safely.

I have no face to see Grand Duke Yuwen again. I will take my family to join His Majesty Alaid of the Northern Empire.

If you are still willing to follow me, please join me in joining the Northern Empire.

As long as I am here, I will never let my brothers down!"

Xu Lai frowned. He did not expect that Rhea planned to join the Northern Empire. He thought that the other party would go to the Southern Empire.

But the Northern Empire is fine. It has nothing to do with Xu Lai anyway.

Once the agreement was signed, he could not take the initiative to attack the other party for at least seven days, so he could run wherever he wanted.

After disbanding the Royal Griffin Knights, Rhea handed over the ownership of 50,000 griffins to Xu Lai on the spot.

And most of the disbanded griffin knights flew east again.

There were only about 2,000 or 3,000 people left with Rhea.

Fortunately, even if there were only two or three thousand people, they were air units after all, and they were of great use even if they were only used for reconnaissance, so they were not unpopular.

In fact, Xu Lai also wanted to surrender these griffin knights, but before Xu Lai opened his mouth, Rhea directly dismissed them, which caught Xu Lai off guard.

For the remaining 40,000 griffins, Xu Lai could only leave Tahan here to gather the remnants and receive prisoners.

And he took Rhea back to Lionheart City, allowing Rhea to take away the remaining dozens of members of his family.

Even the servants of the Edrick family, Xu Lai generously chose to let them go.

When the huge griffin army flew over Lionheart City, several dignitaries headed by the Minister of Defense all thought they could be saved.

Unexpectedly, Rhea, who flew over Lionheart City, didn't even look at them. She bought a few carriages from Xu Lai and left in a hurry.

"Rhea Edrick, I am Yuwen Shaoguang's biological sister. If you don't save me, my brother will not let you go!"

Rhea glanced at the noble ladies in the crowd, and then at the Minister of Defense who was full of despair, but finally left all the royal griffins without saying a word.

"Your Majesty, you don't want to let her go, do you? I just interrogated her. This woman is one of the masterminds of your assassination."

While Xu Lai and Rhea were handing over, Roland immediately stepped forward to report.

He couldn't allow the person who wanted to assassinate Xu Lai to continue to live.

Xu Lai glanced at the fat woman and said calmly:

"I just killed her nephew, and now I don't know where the body has gone.

Go ask her if she is willing to go to a higher place to look for it."

Roland was a Holy Light Knight after all, and he didn't understand Xu Lai's hint for a while.

But fortunately, there was a Jilong beside Roland. With this guy, Xu Lai didn't worry that no one would understand what he meant.

After obtaining these 90,000 griffins, Xu Lai didn't stop for a moment, and flew north with Yu Lan, Elvy and others again, and took Ed and others.

On the way, he met the hero leading the Northern Empire. He had seen him once or twice, but Xu Lai was not familiar with him.

But with the face of Prince Entan Aled, Marquis Anderson, and Hausen, Xu Lai didn't want to do too much.

He smiled and landed in front of these knights with angels and griffins.

There were too many 90,000 griffins, most of them couldn't land, and could only hover at low altitude.

"Count Kane, please don't go any further. All the demon cities in this area have been taken by our Eagle Kingdom.

If you want, you are welcome to visit the Eagle Kingdom, but it is not very polite to bring so many soldiers and horses."

Kane looked at the dense griffins behind Xu Lai, and was so shocked that he couldn't say anything.

After a while, he said: "Your Majesty Xu Lai, I remember that you just founded the country not long ago."

Xu Lai nodded and smiled:

"Yes, just now the Southern Empire and the Eastern Empire attacked together, and I just repelled them, and captured some extra gains.

It is said that the Royal Archer Corps was dispatched from the Southern Empire, and I harvested a lot of magic longbows there.

If Count Kane is interested, you can go and visit, and I can give you some privately."

Xu Lai's words were nine points true and one point false. The key griffin was in front of him, and Kane could not help but believe it.

At the same time, he defeated the armies of the Eastern Empire and the Southern Empire, and also snatched back many cities including Lionheart City from the demons.

Kane couldn't imagine how strong Xu Lai was.

Anyway, he didn't dare to lead his troops forward. (End of this chapter)