The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.

The existence of advent heroes has always been an extremely difficult problem to deal with.

On the one hand, with a sharp weapon in hand, one will naturally feel the urge to kill.

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 so that he could live a carefree life.

However, the uneasy and unstable situation did not give him the time and space to relax.

In order to achieve peace, Xu Lai had to be pushed step by step to where he is now.

If he is like this even though he is a man without any ambition, what about those who are ambitious, unwilling to be inferior to others, and who are kings, princes, generals, and ministers?

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

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

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

The conditions Xu Lai offered them were slightly more favorable because there were ready-made villages and land, and even a small number of refugees nearby.

The heroes of the Advent are motivated because they feel that the harvest is theirs, and at least they can get the biggest share.

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

The only restriction Xu Lai imposed on them was the issue of upgrading.

He didn't even want to care about expanding the army. As long as they could support their own army and didn't impose more than 3% taxes on civilians, Xu Lai would let them expand their army.

Even after the unification of the empire, there were still countless horse bandits, local bandits, mountain robbers, and thieves.

In addition, there are underground passages that appear out of nowhere, and the residents underground have always been hostile to people on the ground.

Although Xu Lai fought in the dungeon, he could only threaten the big forces.

There is no way Xu Lai could manage such small forces. He had to let the underground nobles be responsible for restraining them, but they also had to figure out whose territory these small forces were on.

Therefore, even in a village, a certain amount of armament is necessary.

The only thing Xu Lai wanted to limit was the scale of their development.

It has to be said that the old nobles of the empire are already very experienced with this set of procedures.

They knew that as long as they controlled the size of the territories of the descending heroes, they could control their development.

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

Without these, we cannot support a large number of soldiers, nor can we fight large-scale wars, and naturally our level cannot be raised.

Even though Xu Lai's level has soared so quickly, the number of large-scale battles he has fought alone may be more than that of the entire empire combined.

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

What Xu Lai handed over to them was a poor, empty town with nothing in it.

No matter how things develop, Xu Lai will make money.

By that time, Xu Lai felt that he would even hope that these heroes had some ambition, so that he could legitimately take back the towns that had been sent back.

Since there was no advantage in attacking the city, Xu Lai simply let the Qingfeng Legion surround the city and launch some hastily made crude catapults to bombard it a few times every day.

Anyway, the losses on our side can be resurrected by angels, but the losses on the demons are real.

He set up camp 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 put down his burden and taken up the banner of intelligence again.

They came from the grasslands, from the caravans, from the intelligence spies that had been sent out, as well as from the Temple, the Northern Empire, and several nobles friendly to Xu Lai.

By putting their information together, Xu Lai was able to obtain some extremely critical information.

One is that Lionheart City has not fallen yet, but all news about it has been lost a week ago.

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

Regardless of whether King Aled decided to go south to rescue or not, at least he was prepared to fight the devil again.

On the contrary, according to the news from the merchants in the Southern Empire, it 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 Faction to fight against the Cemetery, and had the upper hand at the beginning.

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

Before, none of them were willing to submit to the other, and there were not many undead souls coming 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 uniting, trying to first take down the Eastern Empire as the base camp of the undead.

Whether you are fighting for territory with the demons or continuing to cause trouble for the barriers, you need a stable rear.

The Eastern Empire is having a hard time, and it probably won’t be able to display its previous arrogance when negotiating with Xu Lai now.

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

On the contrary, Xu Lai did nothing. At most, he took up some of Kerrigan's energy and manpower.

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

Not only did he transfer Jilong over, 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, at this time it was no longer called the Western Empire, but the western province of the Eagle Kingdom.

Jilong was able to rise to the top overnight, but his main role was actually to supervise Avid, and he could only be considered Avid's deputy.

But even so, with the current shortage of manpower in the Eagle Kingdom, if they can really conquer the Western Empire, Jilong, a provincial governor, will definitely not be able to escape.

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

After all, compared to those people from the Western Empire, the old nobles on the grassland are closer to Xu Lai.

People like Rio Canal, Maoshan, or great lords, or nobles with whom they had close relations, almost all came 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, so they let their brothers take care of their own villages while they continue to go out and expand their territory.

After Kanal, Maoshan and others handed over their castles, they actually no longer had much power.

For the nobles, without rights, no matter how much wealth they have, it will only be a wedding dress for others.

Just because Xu Lai doesn't take action against them now doesn't mean he won't take action in the future. After all, they are not like the nobles in the feudal dynasties who accompanied the emperor in conquering the world.

Without any outstanding achievements, they could not live in peace with the titles and salaries they earned by contributing to the castle.

What's more, they also have greater ambitions. After all, even a earldom may not actually bring in much income.

Perhaps for an ordinary family, the salary of a viscount, let alone an earldom, would be enough for the family to live a rich and luxurious life.

However, for a large family that already has a large family, is used to spending lavishly, and values ​​face more than anything else, there are very few such families.

Even though they are still receiving a salary from a job, what Xu Lai gave them were either a leisurely retirement or some not very important positions.

It is conceivable that when their generation dies, the next generation will not even have such an idle position. And everyone can see that Xu Lai is not a stingy person.

This could have been seen long ago.

Whether they are civilians, merchants, the military, or nobles who have defected to Xu Lai, such as Jimmy and his son.

All of these people have gained huge benefits from Xu Lai.

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

Xu Lai also expressed his welcome. After all, just as they had 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 the others were fine, at most they brought some younger brothers and guards.

But it does have some uses after all. For example, he felt a little distressed for Xu Lai to give those towns to heroes he didn't know.

But there are not many living people in the entire Western Empire. Even if they are all stuffed into the city, it will still be far from enough.

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

Instead of giving it to a strange hero, it is better to give it to Luo Mingru, Qin Laoliu and others.

After all, we are old acquaintances and have worked together before, so we all have experience and tacit understanding.

Nobles like Kanal and Maoshan are even more extraordinary. With their status, they come here to serve as city lords.

And Xu Lai has already made arrangements for them. Those who used to be in charge of the base camp have now all been upgraded to castles.

The Marquis's castle, which had not yet been taken, was handed over to Canal.

When Kanal and his men came to serve as the city lords, they had to first bring their own personal guards, and secondly, they had to bring their own servants and some of their relatives.

Finally, they don’t have the ability to do everything well on their own, so they need some help.

For example, they hired wizard consultants, riding instructors, and useful followers and officials.

This will be a large group of people, which will not only enable the officials sent to the grassland by Xu Lai to better grasp power.

It can also enable cities that are currently extremely poor and can only use temporarily recommended officials to have an administrative system that is as complete as possible.

These are all beneficial to Xu Lai with no harm in sight. Why shouldn't he welcome them or agree to them?

However, since these people come with their families, we can't expect too much speed.

Even if someone is impatient and takes the teleportation array to fly to Brilliant City, it will take at least a week before they can start working.

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

Next, Bishop Crimson Dur will lead the priests to the Pafix Plains.

In Berkshire, the damage was not very serious.

Because it is along the river, the population loss was small, only about 6% of the population.

The actual losses were much greater, but there were also many refugees fleeing from deep inland.

Overall, it is better than the Brilliant Territory.

With such a large population, Dur only sent an archbishop, leading more than a dozen bishops and more than a hundred priests to preside over the ceremony.

The Paphix 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 Paphex Plains is completely transformed into a hellish terrain, then using the recovery ritual will be useless and another method must be found.

Of course there are ways. After all, the world was chaotic at the beginning.

But the price is far from being able to be restored by holding a ceremony and summoning a group of believers to pray every day.

At that time, you will need gold coins to pave the way, rare resources to build bridges, and top-level resources to invest unlimited amounts.

Or, you can transform yourself slowly over a period of time through subtle influences.

With this kind of price, Xu Lai might prefer to maintain the status quo and just treat it as an alternative landscape.

But no matter what, Dur's group of priests will soon arrive in Kasai City.

And Xu Lai had even promised the lord of Kasai City.

You can't just wait for them to arrive and then throw a devil city at them.

Moreover, Xu Lai has besieged Kasai City for more than half a month. It is time to resolve the situation once and for all.

If he didn't find a way to threaten Kerrigan's base, Lionheart City might really be taken down by Kerrigan.

The most important thing is that Xu Lai did not have to wait in vain for the past half month.

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

This time, Tahan could be said to have found a blessing in disguise.

The will of the world, through Tahan's hands, destroyed the abyss demon that did not belong to this world.

What remains in Tahan's body is the most original and purest energy in this world.

The will of the world at that time was to transform this energy into lightning that was extremely powerful in restraining demons.

Now, these lightning bolts have completely merged with Tahan, transforming him into a hero with a single profession.

Tahan's own attributes did not change much, only his physique increased by a full 10 points.

All the effects originally obtained by being conferred as a general were forced to be forgotten, as the status of a hero is far superior to that of a general.

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

The most important thing is that all of Tahan’s specializations are empty, but his two built-in specializations are both top-level.

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

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

In addition to becoming a hero, Tahan's profession of Fearless Knight was also retained, making him a Fearless Knight above ordinary knights.

This means that Tahan’s own fighting strength has not been lost at all.

Not only that, Tahan also gained the ability to wear equipment and treasures, and his individual strength was also greatly improved.

Of course, the most important thing are 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 talents you gain will never be too powerful.

Kotahan's two talents are both top-notch talents. (End of this chapter)