The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.

"Your Majesty, how do we deal with this man?"

After solving the big problem with the evil statue, Eric dragged someone and walked in front of Xu Lai.

Xu Lai didn't know this man at all, but judging from his appearance, Eric and the others must know him.

"Tell me, what's your name!"

This guy is willing to betray his own race just to survive, so of course he won't care about his face at this moment.

With a thud, the man fell to his knees in front of Xu Lai before even the dragon knight could react.

"Your Majesty, please spare my life. I have no other choice. My whole family is in the hands of the devil. I really have no other choice."

The man cried with tears and snot, and although he did not say the classic line like "I have an 80-year-old mother above me and a baby to feed below me", the general meaning was almost the same.

Actually, Xu Lai didn't blame him, and even understood him quite well.

Isn't it human nature to be afraid of death? Moreover, at that time, the Western Empire had already seen no hope at all.

Xu Lai could understand surrendering to the devil in order to survive, but he could not forgive it.

He himself does not have much empathy for the humans in this world, after all, they are not of my kind.

If he were captured and the enemy offered him a chance to live if he surrendered, he promised that he would make the same choice.

Therefore, he was not like Eric and the others who hated the man in front of him.

However, although he understood, Xu Lai, who was sitting on the human side, naturally could not forgive such an act of betrayal.

Seeing Eric and the others were extremely excited, Xu Lai waved his hand and said, "I'll leave this man to you guys.

You can kill me or shave me, it's up to you. I only ask for one thing, that you keep my head safe, because it's useful to me."

Eric and the others were very excited. Just as they were about to leave, they suddenly turned back and said:

"Your Majesty, before the battle was over, nearly 300 soldiers in my Xiandeng camp began to flee. How should we deal with this?"

Xu Lai didn't see those fugitives clearly at the time, but by then they had all been disarmed and put under guard.

Xu Lai took a quick look and found that they all seemed familiar. They should be the people from Brilliant City.

Those people had surrendered to the devil in the past, so it is not surprising that they are now frightened by the devil and are running away.

“Since you have been appointed as the commander of the Xiandeng Camp, it is natural that you will handle it.

But since you asked for my opinion, I can tell you what I think.

Since ancient times, anyone has the right to kill deserters on the battlefield.

But considering that they were affected by the power of the devil, their escape was not completely subjective.

Therefore, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living punishment cannot be escaped.

My opinion is to give each of them 50 military sticks, then drive them out of the camp, and never employ them again for their descendants."

Although Xu Lai asked Eric to handle it on his own, since he had given his advice, Eric would have to be crazy not to listen.

But Eric felt that such a punishment was too severe. Whether it was 50 military sticks or being expelled from the camp, he felt that any one of them would be enough.

Even if severe punishment was required, these two points would be enough, but Xu Lai added another one: his descendants would never be employed again.

If Xu Lai doesn't use it, how could anyone else dare to use it? This is not only a punishment for these 300 people, but also a punishment for 300 or even 3 or 3 families in the future.

"Your Majesty, they were bewitched by the devil after all, and their escape was not voluntary. Can you show some mercy?"

So, there are some things that you will never be able to understand unless they happen to you.

Xu Lai had never suffered the kind of hardships that the people of the Western Empire had experienced, so he was indifferent to the traitors of the Western Empire.

But the hundreds of people who arrived at the camp first betrayed him, which made him extremely angry.

But Xu Lai also has his advantages. He is a person who listens to advice.

“The demon gods’ shock is not fear, they are trembling and motionless, which I can understand.

But the fact that they turned and fled only showed that they had already been frightened and were merely provoked by the devil.

But there is a reason after all, so 50 military sticks cannot be less.

I have always been clear about rewards and punishments in my military management. Rewards have never been insufficient, and punishments naturally must be indispensable.

It is up to you to decide whether to withdraw or not.

If you think you can still give them a chance, then stay, but I demand that these people be the first to be at the forefront when we charge and climb the city walls next time.

Since even you think there is no hope for them, just give them some money for travel and medical expenses and kick them out of the camp.

As for descendants, it is enough to notify administrative agencies at all levels and prevent their descendants from becoming officials, but there is no need to make it public. "

Eric bowed respectfully and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your tolerance."

If you cannot serve as an official, it means that you will be recorded in the file and will never be able to become a civil servant.

Not to say that he will never have a chance to make a breakthrough, but his chances are indeed much smaller than those of others, unless the regime established by Xu Lai is overthrown.

But even though they have fewer opportunities to stand out, because their business is not public, these people are not completely without a way out.

Whether working or farming, at least you can survive. If your descendants encounter some opportunities, they may become rich.

Xu Lai waved weakly and walked towards Emilia.

"Amy, how are you doing here, what are the casualties?"

As a visiting army, they were at the front line. Xu Lai should have been the first to show his concern.

But both Tahan and the demon statue are more difficult to deal with and need to be dealt with first.

Compared to Xu Lai who had a depressed look on his face, Emilia had a big smile on her face.

The summoned creatures created by Xu Lai were able to block most of the hellfire.

The number of people who squeezed out from this group of monsters was not large to begin with, and some of them would be taken away by the first-tier camp.

The multi-armed Nagas are good at group attacks. They can chop three or four times while others chop once.

They also have to use their numbers to bully the weak. Given the Hellfire's size, it is enough for several Nagas to surround and chop them down.

Under normal circumstances, with his crushing fist and blazing hellfire, he would be eager to be surrounded by enemies.

However, when facing the Naga, especially the Naga who is using the magic of fire control, the flames of hellfire cannot cause much damage.

The Crushing Fist can only cause damage to the Naga on one side, and has no effect on the Naga on the left, right, and back.

Moreover, in the past, if dozens of knives were slashed at the body, the counterattack of the Hellfire would hurt at least a dozen people.

But even the four-armed Naga has four weapons, and the Hellfire's Crushing Fist can often only hurt two or three Nagas.

In addition, with the support of the Angel Alliance and god-level offensive techniques, even if it is hard stone and there is a difference in level, the damage is still not low.

Moreover, under Xu Lai's care, even if the Behemoths and Giants standing in front of them died in battle, the Naga's healing skills would not be lacking. At most, the Hydra, which was good at group attacks, would be ranked ahead of the Nagas in terms of healing priority.

"Xu Lai, I'm not in any serious trouble here. I lost more than a dozen four-armed Nagas and three six-armed Nagas in the battle.

Actually it was my fault because I didn't pay attention and failed to remind them to keep their blood volume at a healthy level.

They all accidentally triggered the lucky hit of the hellfire and didn't even have time to heal.

But I have seen that my unit has the best record in the entire ground battlefield.

Not counting the Hellfires that died from my spells, the number of those killed by my warriors alone is definitely more than two thousand."

Emilia became more and more excited as she spoke, and she kept talking as long as her little mouth was open, which made Xu Lai feel a little better.

After fighting for such a long time, today's harvest was the least.

Not only did they fail to defeat the enemy's main force, but their kills were mainly through summoned creatures, and they didn't even get much spoils.

They fly around, fight if they can win, run away if they can't, and don't even need to bring much supplies. Anyway, they are not prepared for a protracted war.

In this battle, we can only say that we gained a lot of experience. After all, both the Fire Spirits and the Hellfires are high-level units, and they are all led by superheroes over level 40.

Last night, the lives lost by the three water qilins alone brought Xu Lai a lot of experience.

But it is a summoned creature after all. When it dies, it will not drop anything except some experience.

Fortunately, Mendis also dispatched a lot of Abyss Demons, plus the drops from Winged Demons and Fire Elves. After cleaning up the battlefield, they were able to barely harvest some spoils.

What the Fire Spirits drop are basically fire materials and gold coins, while what the Abyss Demons and Abyss Lords drop are much more valuable and even have skill books.

But even with the most optimistic estimate, these spoils would only be worth about a hundred thousand gold.

Elvy led people to hunt and kill the demons. Some of them were sure to be killed, but no one knew where they died, and even if they dropped any corpses, it would be difficult to find them.

This time, Emilia came here just for the experience points, and didn't care about the spoils.

But they are doing the hardest work, so Xu Lai certainly can't take it all for himself.

Emilia does not need any materials. The Naga tribe located in the deep sea finds it difficult to even forge goods. All they need are finished products and gold coins.

So Xu Lai gave all the seized cash, totaling about 3 gold coins, to Emilia.

"About a dozen, right? Gather their bodies and wait for Elvy to come back...

Forget it, let’s not wait for Elvy. The casualties in this battle may be quite heavy, and I’m afraid they won’t have enough spots to be resurrected.”

Xu Lai ordered everyone to put all the corpses found on the battlefield together.

Seeing that there was not much time left and the first batch of summoned creatures had begun to disappear one after another, Xu Lai simply didn't want to wait any longer.

While these summons were still there, Xu Lai opened his spell book, found the level 5 spell, and sacrificed.

Xu Lai chose to sacrifice Hydra, which had the largest number of existing troops.

This thing was completely preserved because of the timely treatment and relatively high level and health points.

Moreover, Xu Lai prioritized summoning the giant dragon. Now the red dragon and the green dragon have not disappeared yet, so it is not the Hydra’s turn yet.

There are 6 Hydras in total, including 43 Ultimate Hydras.

They have different health points, totaling over 18,000 health points.

Effects such as Holy Blood Bottle and Defense are not counted in the spell, only the basic life is counted.

However, Xu Lai's spiritual attribute has reached 55 points after changing into the Vulcan Hand Gloves.

Moreover, Sacrifice is considered a fire spell, and is enhanced by the Ultimate Fire Magic.

The life of each Hydra requires a bonus of 55 points of spirit and 20 points of ultimate fire magic.

In the end, these 40-plus Hydras can revive units with a total of nearly 2 health points.

The health points that can be resurrected are far less than the resurrection spell performed by the angel army, but the mana consumed is much less than that of the angels.

However, these health points are more than enough to revive the Naga Guards and the soldiers of the Vanguard Camp.

The key point is that the sacrifice released by Xu Lai is not limited to once a day.

As long as there are enough spell materials, enough cooldown time and mana, he can cast it as many times as he wants.

Hydra fulfilled its last use before disappearing.

The rest are Behemoths, Giants, and the unfortunate Golden Dragons that can serve as spellcasting materials.

The bodies of the remaining victims of the Knights' Corps, except for those unlucky ones who were crushed into mud by the Abyss Demon, were all sorted out.

Just wait for the angel army to come back and we can pull everything together again.

Even if you can't finish the resurrection today, you can continue after 12 o'clock. If it's not enough, the 8th-level units such as the Golden Dragon can last for a longer time.

After the final statistics, with the help of the resurrection ability, there was no casualties on our side, only those few brave knights died in battle.

But they were the recruiting unit, so Xu Lai didn't need to pay any extra pension.

And the plunder of Xu Lai and his team, even without counting those that came out of the gates of hell, was still not a small amount.

After chasing for dozens of kilometers, Elvy was out of Xu Lai's protection and had to fly back.

Neither the Abyss Demon nor the Abyss Lord can be considered good at flying and their speed is not fast.

But this is a supernatural world after all. After waiting for a while, Mendis used an attack acceleration to greatly increase the speed of escape.

In the end, the angel army and the dragon gained a total of tens of thousands more spoils.

It was mainly thanks to those giant dragons with their powerful breathing abilities that I was able to finally have a good time against the mid-level winged demon.

However, due to the deaths of a large number of winged demons, the gains were inflated. Only more than 500 of the Abyss Lords, who were truly the apple of Mendis' eye, were killed.

Elvy's main strategy is to kill the Fire Elves first. These guys are annoying, and the key is that only the Seraphim are not afraid of them.

After killing the remaining one thousand or so Fire Elves first, they barely managed to kill more than one thousand Abyss Demons and Abyss Lords.

At night, the battle report came in. Summoning creatures could not be considered a gain, but the experience points were more than those of other creatures of the same level.

The huge amount of experience finally allowed Xu Lai, who had been inactive for a long time, to advance to level 44.

This level of improvement is huge.

Of course, this does not refer to an increase in attribute points. An increase of 1 point in strength is nothing to Xu Lai now.

The key is his hero domain. This level can at least increase his coverage radius by several kilometers. I don't know how much the coverage area has been increased.

In terms of specialization, after mastering the wisdom technique, Xu Lai upgraded the wisdom technique to the ultimate level, and could directly copy forbidden spells.

However, Xu Lai had no idea where to learn this forbidden spell.

In addition to the forbidden spells, the Ultimate Wisdom can also increase the power of all his spells by another 20%. (End of this chapter)