The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.

Since the invasion of Hell, nothing exciting has happened in the entire Western Empire.

But recently, all the resistance groups, big and small, in the Western Empire, on both sides of the Hanjiang River and in various refugee settlements, have been discussing a piece of good news.

The news that Xu Lai had recaptured the Brilliant Territory spread quickly along both sides of the Hanjiang River and to the resistance forces surrounding the Brilliant Territory.

The Glorious Territory is just an earldom, and its total area may be only one percent of the former Western Empire, or even less.

The reason why the news spread so quickly was that this was the first major victory since the Western Empire and the demons from Hell fought each other.

Xu Lai did not compile the battle reports, but his secretaries helped him summarize them.

Not counting those who died at the hands of the demons themselves, at least a hundred thousand demons were annihilated just to retake the Glorious Territory.

Moreover, these one hundred thousand plus demons are all real demons with corpses, which crawled out from the gates of hell. They are not recruited demons from buildings.

Including the recruited demons, the number must at least double.

Such a victory would be considered a great victory no matter where it is, even though there are no particularly high-level demons among the more than 100,000 demons.

But the farther the message travels, the more its authenticity is lost.

After layers of processing, the news has become a rumor and is almost completely unbelievable.

When it came to the ears of Kerrigan of the Burning Legion, the demons were vulnerable, with millions of casualties and corpses floating everywhere.

By the time the rumor reached the vicinity of the imperial capital, more than a week had passed since Xu Lai took over the entire Brilliant Territory.

The army of Lionheart City guarded this super city, and countless catapults threw huge stones and magic ammunition more than ten kilometers away.

With city walls and ballistics, and the fact that humans have always been wealthy, the capital has not experienced war in thousands of years.

Although the soldiers defending the city were inexperienced, it was undeniable that the equipment of Lionheart City was incredibly luxurious.

Not only has Lionheart City gone through a thousand years without war, there are also two small cities within the city.

One is the palace of the Supreme King Aled, and the other is the Holy Angel City that has been passed down for thousands of years.

With reserves of thousands of years, none of the catapults and trebuchets of Lionheart City are ordinary, and all are at least magic grade.

Compared with Lionheart City, the catapults of the hell demons are extremely rudimentary.

Even though the commander of this army is the great demon of the abyss, Kerrigan, who is influenced by the power of the abyss and has absolutely no limit on the number of specialties he can possess.

There is no doubt that in order to capture the city, Kerrigan deliberately upgraded his ballistics to the ultimate level when he split this body.

Although both are ultimate ballistic techniques, the quality of our catapult is far inferior to that of the enemy, so the range difference is naturally huge.

Not to mention, the enemy's city walls are also top-notch, with a protruding platform every hundred meters.

On each city wall, there is a team of elite crossbow archers and a high-level catapult stationed.

They are a troop specialized in operating trebuchets and crossbows. Their hit rate of operating trebuchets is higher than that of archers, not to mention militia or low-level demons.

In addition to the city walls, there are also many catapult positions behind the walls to suppress the charge of the demon army.

With the support of this top-level city wall, the top-level catapults on the city wall can reach a maximum range of 50 kilometers.

Of course, even for crossbow shooters, even if the top-level catapults have aiming systems, the hit rate beyond 50 kilometers is still far from satisfactory.

The most crucial thing is that compared with these top-level catapults, what Lionheart City really lacks is ammunition.

Lionheart City, as the imperial capital, is a place where every inch of land is truly worth a lot of money.

Countless nobles lived here, and although there were arsenals stocked with ammunition, it was impossible for the ammunition to overflow once it was full.

Even this ammunition was replenished by the congressmen after the demons launched the invasion. Before that, there was only one third of the regular supply.

Now that Lionheart City is completely surrounded, it is unrealistic to collect ammunition from outside the city or transport it via caravans.

The only good news is that the demons did not dare to get too close, so a strategic encirclement was not formed.

The teleportation array of Lionheart City can still be operated, and even teleportation spells such as the Gate of Time and Space and the Gate of Another Dimension can be used.

Because there is still enough space inside and outside Lionheart City.

Congress and the Temple had already ordered the demolition of surrounding houses and used the resources from the demolition to make ammunition.

However, Congress would never agree to purchase ammunition through the teleportation array.

The Lionheart City's reserves of mages and energy stones are also not sufficient.

Members of Congress are all top aristocrats. They would never be willing to use all the energy stones for commercial transmission. They must save them for evacuation at critical moments.

Because of these concerns, Lionheart City did not actually make good use of its city defense weapons.

At least half of the range is wasted in order to increase the hit rate and power as much as possible.

With the support of the city walls, even if the optimal range is not halved, it is still farther than the catapult of hell.

No matter how durable and defensive the Hell's catapult is, it will almost fall apart immediately once it is hit.

In the process of conquering the Western Empire, Kerrigan has lost a large number of demons.

Even though Xu Lai had angels to help resurrect, he still suffered battle injuries, let alone demons that had no resurrection ability.

However, the Western Empire is the second to last country among the east, south, west and north.

The Southern Empire ranks last, but the Southern Empire is crisscrossed with rivers and connected to lakes and seas, which is a huge test for the demons.

In order to capture the imperial capital, Kerrigan did not want to lose too many soldiers, so he was not in a hurry to launch a large-scale attack.

Their main army is more than ten kilometers away from Lionheart City, so spells will not have much effect unless forbidden spells are used.

Kerrigan ordered the human slaves to push the catapults forward. The catapults from the Lionheart City opposite would definitely attack these vehicles.

It doesn't matter if you smash a catapult, since this low-level catapult is extremely cheap and fast to build.

Kerrigan captured a large number of human craftsmen, and together with the craftsmen from Hell, they could build thousands of them in a day.

Even the Kerrigans don't need to be actually usable, as long as there are dozens or hundreds of catapults in each batch that can actually be launched.

If these catapults can really hit the walls of Lionheart City, or the troops, catapults, crossbows, etc. on the walls, it would be considered good luck.

It doesn’t matter if they miss, at least those humans will know that these catapults are a threat.

The catapults are a threat and we cannot just leave them alone. We cannot identify them carefully because the distance is too far and we will naturally kill them by mistake.

As for those human slaves pushing the catapults, at this time, neither the dignitaries of Lionheart City nor the demons of hell cared.

Kerrigan also tentatively launched a flight troop charge.

On the human side, the angels and griffin legions were dispatched without hesitation.

Moreover, neither the angels nor the griffins cared about their own life or death. Kerrigan knew that this was because they could be resurrected if they died in battle, while neither the winged demons nor the fire elves could gain air superiority.

The angels have the advantage of terrain and the support of long-range archers on the city walls, so even if they are fewer in number, they can still gain a complete advantage.

Even if they unfortunately died in battle, the bodies of angels and griffins would fall into Lionheart City, so there would be no need to worry about them being destroyed by the enemy.

After trying this, there was almost no benefit except that it boosted human morale, depressed our own morale and caused considerable losses.

Kerrigan was also very troubled. For the time being, he could only choose this war of attrition to continuously consume humans' ammunition, physical strength and energy.

If we don't consume the city defense weapons and launch a large-scale charge, a wave of ice crystal bombs will be dropped, causing tens of thousands of demon casualties.

But even if it is ammunition to deceive humans, they will only project the most common boulder ammunition, and magic ammunition such as ice crystal bombs will not be easily fired.

Or use high-level troops to rush to the city wall in one go.

Humans now only attack enemies within a ten-kilometer radius, leaving the big demons outside. They can reach the city wall in at most two teleportations.

But if that happens, the big demon will definitely suffer heavy casualties.

His beloved son, Selron, had already destroyed an entire demon army, killing thousands of great demons, hundreds of hellboys, and thousands of demons.

If there were to be another such casualties, it would take at least another hundred years for Hell to recover.

The attack on the Imperial Capital was not going well, and Kerrigan was already in a very bad mood. When he heard such rumors, he almost exploded with anger.

Of course, it was impossible for Kerrigan to believe such rumors. Although Mathias died in the battle, there were still other high-level demons who could pass on information to him.

Not to mention, other demon lords near the Glorious Territory would also pass on detailed battle reports to him.

But if it was just a counterattack organized by the remnants of the Western Empire, Kerrigan would not be so angry.

But when his intelligence agency told Kerrigan the truth through specialized analysis of the flags, armor, clothing patterns and other items transmitted in the battle reports, Kerrigan became completely furious.

Kerrigan immediately activated his succubus hidden among humans, and the information it passed back once again confirmed the reliability of the news.

While he was fighting with Lionheart City, the person who attacked him from behind was Xu Lai, who had once annihilated one of his demon armies.

This Xu Lai not only killed Selron and annihilated his entire demon army, but also erected a statue of the God of War.

If it weren't for the statue of the God of War, which allowed the power of the God of War to penetrate into the main material world, the Pope who launched the divine descent would have died long ago.

Now, this guy gave him a huge surprise again.

"Send the order and have Mendis bring his troops back to support.

Also, tell Mendis that not only can he take his army with him, but all the demon lords in the rear will also obey his orders.

By the way, tell him that if he kills Xu Lai and brings back his head, this Eternal Gate will be his reward.

But if he can't defeat that guy named Xu Lai, then let him go back to hell."

Kerrigan took out a small door-like object from his space ring and handed it to his herald.

The herald took the small gate of hell, responded respectfully, and left.

Mendis is not an ordinary person. He is the number two figure in the Burning Legion and the Lord of the Abyss who followed His Majesty Kerrigan to crawl out of the abyss of hell.

Unlike demons like Kerrigan and Selron who are revered as the Great Lords of the Abyss and the Lords of the Abyss, but are actually devils.

The Abyss Lord of Mendis is his race and profession.

Kerrigan is not very tall, and is roughly the same size as Seraph.

However, Mendis is a huge demon with a body size of more than ten meters, comparable to Behemoth on land.

Flames, giant swords, and a mountain-like body are the standard equipment of the Abyss Lord.

The status of the Abyss Lord Mendis is just lower than that of Selron, the heir of Kerrigan.

However, his actual power far exceeds that of Selron.

It's just because how many troops Selron can control depends on how much power his father Kerrigan gives him.

However, the Abyss Lord Mendis can create and train more Abyss Lords himself.

Unlike ordinary demons, the abyss demons are proficient in both magic and martial arts. They are both spellcasters and powerful warriors.

Although they are bulky, they have a pair of huge wings.

With the help of this pair of wings, their speed is not slow.

Apart from the fact that they are quite rare and can only be trained by Mendis, even the great demons cannot compare with them.

Abyss Demons, like Phantom Shooters, Paladins, etc., are hidden arms of Hell and can only be trained through special means.

Unlike rangers who can be trained from low-level archers, abyss demons can only be trained by evil gods, so their natural base is relatively scarce.

But precisely because of their rarity, Abyss Demons and Abyss Lords are exceptionally powerful species.

The 8th-level Abyss Lord can not only release medium and high-level fire spells such as fireballs, continuous fireballs, meteor showers, etc.

They also inherited the unique ability of the evil god, which allows them to transform the corpses of low-level demons into more powerful abyss demons.

In addition to spells, the Abyss Lord is also extremely good at physical combat.

The huge sword allows them to kill multiple enemies at once.

Finally, these Abyss Lords are also proficient in summoning spells, able to release the gates of hell and summon low-level demons to fight.

However, the level of the gate of hell they released would not be too high. If they needed to summon high-level demons, a large number of abyss lords would be needed to cast the spell together.

An ordinary Hell's Gate can only summon hellhounds, horned demons, and the like.

If the spell is cast jointly, the more Abyss Lords there are, the stronger the Gate of Hell will be. At its most powerful, it can even summon a 7th-order Hellfire to fight.

But the Gate of Hell is just a spell after all. The more powerful it is, the shorter its duration will be.

In order to continuously summon high-level demons, one must use the physical Gate of Hell.

The Gate of Hell can only be built in an urban-level Hell City, which is equivalent to an imperial castle-level city.

Of course, the cost of building a Hell's Gate is quite high, so let alone fighting in the wild, it is difficult to find a Hell's Gate even in a Hell City.

However, the Lord of Hell, the Great Demon of the Abyss, Kerrigan, happens to have a movable gate of hell in his hands.

After all, the Gate of Hell is not the unique spell of the Lord of the Abyss.

Any spellcaster who has the ability to cast spells and has learned this spell can release it. (End of this chapter)