The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.

When faced with an enemy force that was almost a hundred times their number, 48 brave knights launched a heroic charge and achieved results almost equal to their own number.

From this point of view, the Empire is the winner of this test.

But in the end, the more than 40 lava trolls that were killed did not die completely, but turned into 150 level 5 fire demons.

Judging from the results, it was a small defeat for humanity.

And if both sides expand their scale at the same time, the human side may not be able to ensure that the outcome will change.

It would be fine to fight a decisive battle in a plain area, but if the terrain is not large enough, the knights will not be able to disperse.

The Lava Troll's fireball not only has extremely high damage, but can also explode. If it cannot be dispersed, the casualties will be horrific.

However, both sides gained something from this round of attack.

Kerrigan gained a new understanding of the terrifying speed and damage of human knights.

In his heart, the 100,000 cavalry led by Tahan were definitely more terrifying than the royal knights of Lionheart City.

In comparison, most of the Royal Knights are conscripted knights, and everyone wears the best equipment. Their overall attributes and combat effectiveness are stronger than those of the Knights.

However, the Royal Knights are not led by heroes as powerful as Xu Lai and Tahan.

Talents, flags, treasures and god-level offensive techniques, the gap created cannot be made up by one or two levels.

Twelve knights, all of whom were at least half-crippled, rushed into the group of more than 40 lava trolls led by Kerrigan himself, and killed more than of them.

If the knights of Lionheart City had such terrifying speed and impact force, his demon army would have been dispersed long ago.

On Tahan's side, he also figured out one thing.

Although Kerrigan's fire spell had been temporarily sealed, his god-level fire magic had not.

As Kerrigan's enemies, and also within the coverage of Kerrigan's heroic domain, Tahan and his men still need to bear additional fire damage.

Secondly, Tahan also glimpsed some of Kerrigan's abilities.

For example, morale, an extremely important attribute for all combat troops.

The speed and impact force that surprised Kerrigan so much and made him extremely fearful, did not achieve the effect that Tahan wanted.

Kerrigan had never seen knights with such high morale, but Tahan and his knights were victorious in every battle and their morale was high.

In Tahan's eyes, these knights under his command should be faster, have stronger impact, and should at least trigger some critical hits. They should never kill only more than 40 lava trolls.

Moreover, in terms of the results, although humanity can only be considered to have suffered a minor defeat, it was a defeat after all.

Especially for his troops which had almost never been defeated, even if they suffered a small loss, their morale would not be affected.

Whether it was a drop in morale or a sense of shame and courage, Tahan could understand it, but he just couldn't understand the calmness at this moment.

On the battlefield, Tahan couldn't deploy too many knights at once.

Even if it was possible, since they could not be dispersed, they would definitely not be able to gain any advantage from the devil.

Therefore, there was no third round of probing. Tahan chose to withdraw his troops and return to the camp, and report to Xu Lai after the battle report came out.

We failed to gain an advantage this time, and there is no way to retrieve the bodies of the knights who died in the battle.

Unless Tahan is willing to sacrifice more knights for these dozens of corpses.

Tahan didn't know that Kerrigan was right above him, just as Kerrigan couldn't recognize the commander among a group of knights at a glance.

Neither side intentionally revealed their identities, although both sides were confident in their own fighting power.

Tahan evacuated carefully, with each unit operating in an orderly manner and protecting each other. They even waited for Yan Feng and his cavalry archers to replenish their ammunition.

Kerrigan had no intention of pursuing, and several demon generals who were ready to make a move were pushed back by him.

Even when several demon heroes under his command wanted to catch up and cast some fire spells on behalf of Kerrigan, they were rejected by him.

Kerrigan is not willing to expose too much of his own strength now.

After learning that the Abyss Gate was destroyed, Kerrigan was extremely furious and immediately led his troops back as soon as the war was over.

However, Xu Lai and his men had already retreated and were concentrating on building the defense of Graycastle.

At this time, Kerrigan calmed down.

He knew very well that without the supplies from the Abyss Gate, the partial Hell Cities that had been converted would not be able to provide much manpower.

Now he must use every bit of combat power in his hands to the fullest extent, and not allow any of it to be wasted.

To this end, he specially sent people to find Mendis's men and persuade them all to come back.

He did not deal with Patton and even encouraged him. His actions were not like those of a devil at all.

His anger towards Xu Lai did not diminish in the slightest.

But Kerrigan also knew very well that he shouldn't continue to entangle with Xu Lai at this time.

The Western Empire controlled by Xu Lai no longer has much money left, and it is impossible for Kerrigan to open the gate to the abyss on his own.

If he wanted to reopen the Gate of the Abyss, he would have to make another large-scale sacrifice, just like when he rebuilt the Gate of the Abyss in Briston.

Without the sacrifice of more than a million souls, his body sleeping in hell would not have enough strength to tear open another hole.

It is not easy to carry out a sacrifice of over a million people.

Even if the Western Empire could still extort a million people, how could he guarantee that there would be no casualties when the demons were driven away?

How could he ensure that these chaotic demons would take a human as a snack from time to time?
The Northern Empire and Lionheart City are the only two places where he can achieve what he wants.

But now he was leading his main force to confront Xu Lai, and the Lionheart City that he had just captured did not have enough guards.

Once the news gets out, the Northern Empire, and even the Southern Empire and the Eastern Empire, might all set their sights on Lionheart City.

This city has always been a symbol of the human empire, not to mention that it also has the capital, the imperial palace, and the ruins of the temple.

Reason forced Kerrigan to remain calm, which was the main reason why he had not launched an attack after returning to Briston for so many days.

Even if he can't cast spells, wouldn't he be able to find a demon warlock under his command who can cast spells?

Kerrigan was not determined to fight Xu Lai to the death, because if he failed, he would have no way out.

Kerrigan watched the cavalry unit retreat in an orderly manner, but he was thinking in his mind how to capture this cavalry.

To capture this cavalry unit, you must choose a suitable terrain, and Grey Valley is the most suitable one.

But now the two entrances and exits of Gray Valley are in Xu Lai's hands, so it is naturally impossible for him to bring human cavalry into Gray Valley.

And since Xu Lai gave up Briston, which was almost within his reach, it meant that he didn't want this burden at all.

If Kerrigan wants to defeat this cavalry unit, it seems that he has to send a large army to force the enemy into a decisive battle.

However, after the battle at Lionheart City, he left half of his forces in Lionheart City, and the remaining hundreds of thousands of demons were his last assets. Kerrigan did not make up his mind until the knights completely disappeared from his sight.

Xu Lai and the others were right in their guess. Kerrigan might still think that he had the advantage, but he no longer had the invincible confidence he had before.

Xu Lai, who had been eagerly waiting, also fell silent after receiving the report from Tahan.

Unlike Kerrigan, he never felt that he had any advantage over the demons.

Therefore, he has always been lacking in confidence, and was not affected at all by the news of the defeat.

After integrating various intelligence and reviewing the battle report data, Xu Lai got a rough estimate of Kerrigan's data.

The opponent's god-level fire magic has been confirmed.

In addition, the ultimate defense technique is a must, and the ultimate archery technique is also a must.

Otherwise, those lava trolls, as spellcasting units, would not be able to have such a long casting distance.

When Kerrigan responded, he did not show the speed of the troops' movement, so it is unclear whether there is any logistics skills.

But judging from the formation of those lava trolls, there should at least be some tactics.

Of course, these expertise may also belong to Patton, the commander of the lava trolls. All Kerrigan needs to do is to be his legion commander like Xu Lai.

So in terms of specialization data, basically all combat specializations can be included.

After all, even if Kerrigan didn't learn it, there must be heroes under his command who did learn it.

The focus of Xu Lai and his team's calculations is still the attributes that heroes such as Kerrigan actually give to the demon soldiers.

“I remember that in the treasure archives of the temple, there was a pair of artifacts mentioned, called the “Imprisoned Spirit” and the “Hourglass of Doom”.

The function of these two artifacts is to restrain the morale and luck of both the enemy and our side, so that morale and luck are no longer affected by the battlefield and cannot take effect.

The presence of Hellboy can reduce our luck by at least 3 points.

With units such as Seraphs, Holy Light Knights, and Heroic Knights, human troops naturally have more morale.

I think Kerrigan is carrying the Imprisoned Spirit, but he is not using the Hourglass of Doom."

After thinking about it, Xu Lai first deduced a magical weapon on Kerrigan.

Yan Feng touched his chin and said, "Although we were not attacked by the lava trolls, they did make counterattacks.

It’s just that we are faster, and we have already escaped the maximum distance before the demon’s fireball hits us.

The maximum attack range of these spellcasting units is almost the same as ours, and both of us have ultimate archery skills.

Therefore, I believe that Patton or Kerrigan must have a treasure that increases the range."

Spells generally have a hit effect, but if the casting distance is exceeded, it will lose control and become more difficult to hit than an arrow that exceeds the maximum distance.

“The defense of those demons is far beyond that of ordinary demons. It is impossible that they only have the effect of the ultimate defense technique. I estimate that there are more powerful defensive treasures.

Even if the morale of my knights was imprisoned, the damage should be more than killing more than 40 lava trolls."

Tahan added immediately.

“As the Lord of Hell, it’s normal for Kerrigan to have some super treasures and artifacts.

Moreover, Kerrigan possesses a god-level talent for fire magic, and he must have a magical weapon that can increase fire damage.

Now his fire spellcasting ability has been temporarily sealed, and when the real battle comes, he may replace this kind of artifact.

That is to say, even if we have figured out the approximate attributes that Kerrigan has given to the soldiers, we must estimate them higher when the real battle comes."

Yu Lan added one more sentence at the end.

Everyone made their own guesses, and although they figured out the approximate bonus on the lava troll, it only confirmed Kerrigan's power.

Moreover, the fact that he easily threw out 3000 level 7 lava trolls today was enough to demonstrate the strength of Kerrigan's troops.

For a moment, even Xu Lai, who had been planning to take the initiative to attack, fell silent, wondering whether he should give up Graycastle's advantage.

Both sides were shocked by the other's strength, and were afraid to make any move, so they ended up in a stalemate.

Of course, this so-called stalemate is simply because both sides dare not rashly commit their main forces for fear of turning it into a decisive battle.

But the small movements of both sides did not stop for a moment.

Over at Cregan's end, the repairs to Briston were in full swing.

Repairing Briston will make it easier for Kerrigan to move between the two cities.

Secondly, it also provides the demon troops with a more stable rear, making it easier to obtain supplies.

Xu Lai's situation was even more exaggerated. Kerrigan only repaired Bristone, but Xu Lai directly attacked the Graycastles.

Xu Lai will continue to add bricks and tiles to the city defense which is already as solid as a rock.

He also spent a large sum of money to recruit a group of hardworking wizards to set up fire-resistant barriers for the two military fortresses.

The City of Holy Angels also had a magic barrier, but it still couldn't stop the powerful destructive force of the forbidden spell.

Xu Lai didn't expect a group of great wizards to set up a fire-resistant barrier that was even powerless against forbidden spells. He just needed to be able to hold on for a little longer.

Once Kerrigan plans to release the forbidden spell, Graycastle will probably not be able to defend itself.

However, Tahan is still between Briston and Graycastle, not to mention whether Kerrigan dares to cross the army to release the forbidden spell.

Even if he came and succeeded, Xu Lai only needed to buy time for retreat.

After the main force leaves, the worst that can happen is that we can wait until the forbidden spell is over before coming back.

As long as the demon troops on the ground cannot cross the Knight's Wind, even if the flying demons occupy Graycastle first, Xu Lai is confident that he can take it back.

Besides, as the saying goes, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. Kerrigan is the lord of hell, so there is really no need for him to take such a big risk in person.

In addition to the construction of the city, Kerrigan split his most powerful demon army into three teams.

One team was the largest and most powerful, with a total of 800 Hellboys staying by his side.

The other two teams, each with 500 great demons, formed three teams with the fallen angels to kill the human cities near Graycastle.

In order to deal with these three groups of people, Elvy had to transform into a firefighter and fly outside all day long.

Fortunately, on their own territory, neither the demons nor the fallen angels dared to fight with Elvy.

Because even if there is no hero around Elvy, rescue will definitely come much faster than from the demons.

But even if the demons didn't dare to attack, Elvy and her team of angels had to drive away three teams of demons, and they were so tired that they had to drink potions every day. Xu Lai felt even more distressed when he saw this. (End of this chapter)