The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.

At dawn the next day, the sleeping people got up one after another, and the angels who had surrounded the tent tightly also made way for them.

Behind the angels, dozens of nameless and fresh corpses appeared.

However, before the bodies could scare the public, Aiden brought security guards and recruited porters to move the bodies away.

As the sheriff, Aiden naturally heard about what happened last night.

But what he didn't expect was that there was no follow-up after this incident.

Xu Lai did not take any action. He neither assembled his troops to cause trouble for anyone nor launched a large-scale manhunt.

In fact, they didn't even go through the most basic formalities. Not only did they not arrest anyone, they didn't even question anyone.

As the sheriff, in theory, Aiden is responsible for any public security incidents that occur in the city.

From small thefts to big robberies and murders, what happened last night included them all.

Ordinary people only knew that Xu Lai had been assassinated. He and his security guards only then knew that more than a dozen bodies had been dragged out of the City of Holy Angels.

Aiden didn't work in law enforcement before, but as a veteran mercenary leader, his subordinates are all mercenaries who have been hanging around in Lionheart City for a long time.

They have seen far more monsters and demons than most people can imagine.

In fact, many of the people there were people they had dealt with before. Even the most honest mercenaries sometimes had to do some shady things.

Many people have recognized that most of those dragged out of Holy Angel City were big thieves who once had a great reputation in Lionheart City.

Needless to say, those in the square are all killers. Although not many people have seen them, they are still well-known.
As the leader, Aiden knows a little more.

He knew very well that many of these so-called famous thieves and killers were protected by someone.

These thieves and killers do the dirty work for the masterminds, who in turn provide them with shelter.

Otherwise, Lionheart City is the royal city and the capital after all, and there is also Holy Angel City and the Pope in charge, so how could they not be caught?

It would be understandable if there were one or two thieves with superb skills and strong vigilance who could not be caught, but with so many famous thieves, it would be a slap in the face of the imperial family.

Therefore, not only Aiden, who knows a little bit of the inside story, but even ordinary people can guess which groups are behind the scenes.

After Aiden cleaned up all the bodies, he still felt a little worried, so he went to look for Xu Lai again.

"Your Majesty, I know some clues about those killers and thieves. How about I lead a team to investigate today?"

Xu Lai not only successfully seized control of the city, but also managed to survive the assassination.

For Aiden, this was enough to prove Xu Lai's strength.

Besides, as a mercenary, Aiden has a wide range of sources of information.

Ordinary civilians may not have heard of the Eagle Kingdom, but Aiden has heard of it, although he doesn't know much about it.

But he was the king of a country, and he was promoted as soon as he entered the city. Aiden felt that he should do something even if it was risky.

The sheriff of the royal city is by no means a small character. When the empire was still around, it was like a step to the top.

Xu Lai looked at Aiden deeply and asked, "Clue, do you know who hired them?"

Aiden opened his mouth but didn't say anything. Instead, he closed his mouth and thought for a long time before answering Xu Lai's question.

“Your Majesty, I don’t know who hired them, but there aren’t many people who have the conditions and ability to hire them.

If I check them one by one, I will be able to give you an answer before nightfall tonight!"

The head of a country was assassinated but there was no movement at all. This is wrong and abnormal.

Xu Lai thought for a moment and said, "Well, as a sheriff, this is also your responsibility.

Go check it out, but don't take it too seriously. Your primary task now is still to eliminate the threats in the city and protect the safety of the people.

As for the assassination, you can put it aside for a while and investigate it slowly. There is no need to rush."

Aiden was stunned and looked at Xu Lai with confusion.

Xu Lai patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm not lying to you.

We must prioritize when doing things. I am somewhat confident about my personal safety, but the plague and the undead will not wait for us.

Take your time to investigate, and don't make anything public if you find out anything. Just report to me directly."

"Yes, sire, I will do it."

As soon as Aiden left, Yu Lan told him that Zou Jie was still waiting outside his newly set up tent.

Xu Lai thought about it and realized that he had just met Aiden when he met Zou Jie again. Zou Jie and he were from the same place.

"Forget it, I won't see him. Tell him I have nothing to do and let him follow Aiden's arrangements today."

Xu Lai still did not move into the palace, but instead set up a temporary camp in the City of Holy Angel.

It would be difficult to accommodate his more than 3,000 royal griffins and hundreds of angels of various colors in other places.

Although only ruins remain of the City of Holy Angel, much of the city wall is still intact and easy to defend.

Besides, this place is spacious enough, and he is also an honorary knight of His Majesty the God of War, with a large number of angels, so it is most appropriate for him to settle in the City of Holy Angels.

Yu Lan spent the entire morning helping him deal with external affairs.

Whether it is discovering large-scale traces of demons and needing support, or how to arrange the major professions recruited in the morning.

Xu Lai just threw it away and became a hands-off boss.

Of course, he was not idle either. Throughout the morning, he went to the treasury twice and absorbed the things in the treasury into the warehouse ring.

He also went to the square twice and delivered supplies twice, providing breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the entire city.

Xu Lai’s grain is all grown bit by bit in the grassland areas where grain is not produced, and it cannot be wasted.

Therefore, after yesterday's disaster relief, Yu Lan issued new regulations this morning.

Workers can enjoy three meals a day, with meat in every meal, to replenish sufficient physical strength and nutrition.

Non-working people, including the elderly and children, have two meals a day, and the meal times are after those of working people, at 9-10 a.m. and 3-4 p.m.

In addition, workers will receive a certain salary.

However, there are not enough clerks now, so the leaders of each team will be responsible for unified record keeping, and Yu Lan will send people to check and spot-check every day.

If anyone is found to have made deliberate errors in recording or to have embezzled money, he or she will be thrown into the dungeon first and then tried after order in the city has been restored.

Workers include security guards, mercenaries, porters, cleaners, cooks, etc.

There were also clerks that Yu Lan recruited for herself, as well as some former low-level officials, and even a large number of priest apprentices.

As people with certain knowledge and territorial abilities, they will be paid even higher.

The holy city was breached, and not all priests could be teleported away. The Pope was almost at the end of his life.

Most of the priests who were left behind were killed, but a few escaped from the holy city.

Although others do not recognize Xu Lai's identity as an honorary knight, these priests and priest apprentices absolutely recognize it.

Because Xu Lai's identity is absolutely real and recorded in the archives.

What's more, at that time the temple selected many priests and sent them directly to Qingfeng City to establish a new temple.

At the same time, Xu Lai was also the one who erected the statue of the God of War. Such a major event that would benefit the entire human empire would definitely be publicized within the temple.

As for whether other places would publicize it, it still depends on the rulers of these places. Even the Northern Empire, which has the best relationship with Xu Lai, just let it go and never actively publicized it, let alone other places.

If there really was no God of War, I'm afraid the other empires would have erected their own statues of the God of War and taken away the credit.

This group of people supported Xu Lai the most, and Xu Lai transferred them all to Holy Angel City.

Of course, it is a completely different location from the treasure house.

During the rest of the morning, Xu Lai took Elvy and this group of priests to clean up the City of Holy Angel.

The city was in a completely disfigured state, and all the decorations and supplies were not spared from the fire.

All that remains are the ruins.

But if you clean up a little, you can still be a nice person.

Taking time to preach to believers, pray for blessings, purify the body and mind, purify the corpse, dispel evil, and cure diseases has a great effect.

In the afternoon, Xu Lai finally undressed a little from being a porter.

There is no way, there is simply not enough manpower, it is too short.

Those more than 3,000 royal griffins were clearly an important force, but no one could lead them out to fight.

Yu Lan is alone and cannot handle everything.

Moreover, she had more than a hundred sinful angels and evil angels with her, so their fighting power was sufficient. It was a sheer waste of time to take the griffin out.

In addition to fighting, she is also responsible for handling administrative affairs. Even if she recruits some people to help, she can't handle too much.

The most Xu Lai can do is make decisions and give orders, but the specific implementation plan still has to be left to Yu Lan.

Therefore, he had to ask his family for help.

After being assassinated last night, Xu came to Lena for help because he did not have enough manpower.

Lionheart City is located in the center of the continent, and there are many unliberated demon cities around it.

Even if Tahan rushed to Lionheart City day and night, he could not enter the city immediately after arriving. He had to defeat the demons in the nearby cities first.

What's more, although their speed is not slow, they cannot go in a straight line and have to take many detours. It is absolutely a luxury to arrive within a day or two.

The teleportation array of Lionheart City cannot be used again, and the only thing Xu Lai can rely on is the air units.

The one who came was the dragon knight Eric, but he was just a driver, responsible for bringing Xu Lai's other assistant Gillon Martell.

Also coming with them was a team of Pegasus Knights, including Ed and Silver Wing, all of whom were elves rescued by Xu Lai from the wilderness.

Sir Eric came and went in a hurry, and he had to rush back to lead the army.

In order to deliver Gillon Martell, he was the only one who could do it, a 9th-level dragon knight.

They had been traveling so fast in the second half of the night and the whole morning that even the dragon knight felt a little tired.

The appearance of Dragon Knight Eric once again brought great shock to the people of Lionheart City.

The only dragon knight in the empire in hundreds of years, he became so famous that the local nobles had to confer the title of knight on him.

Even ordinary people in the capital have mostly heard of it.

Such a powerful knight, who refused a higher title because he was unwilling to work for the nobles, now has surrendered to Xu Lai.

Xu Lai's prestige really increased a lot with the help of the dragon knight's fame.

It’s a pity that the Lord of Hell, Kerrigan, blew himself up and was shattered to pieces. Otherwise, if he could have hung Kerrigan’s head, he would have accumulated enough prestige long ago.

The appearance of the dragon knight also attracted great attention from the old nobles.

These people closed the door tightly, and all the men in the house, as long as they could pick up weapons, rushed to the watchtower to stand guard.

The family members and servants in the house seized every opportunity to help their master pack up his property.

I was worried all day, but in the end it turned out to be a lot of thunder but little rain.

As the chief sheriff, Aiden was busy cremating and moving the bodies all day.

Perhaps the only action taken in the assassination case was the dozens of notices posted.

Given that the clerks are so busy, it cannot be said that he is not taking it lightly by helping to copy so many notices.

However, the announcement only said that people were encouraged to provide clues, and if the clues were true, there would be a huge reward.

This is also one of the reasons why everyone locked the door.

They thought what they did was very secret, but the servants and housekeepers in the house might find out, and some of the killers were even contacted by these people.

Nowadays, everyone can see that these old aristocrats are on the decline, and it is inevitable that some people will have other ideas.

The empire still abides by the rule of law, and Xu Lai, as the king of the Eagle Kingdom, is even less likely to break the law.

Therefore, no matter whether they were sure whether Xu Lai was aware of it or not, they could not leave any evidence for Xu Lai.

But the fact is, Xu Lai has no time to take care of them at all.

The arrival of the Pegasus Knights really helped Xu Lai a lot.

Ed was responsible for leading the royal griffins to attack everywhere, taking over some of Yu Lan's work and intimidating the ambitious elements in the city.

Silver Wing led the remaining dozen or so Pegasus Knights wandering around.

That's right, just swinging.

Whether it's going to the maintenance point of the teleportation array or to the mansions of the old nobles, it's just wandering around.

Silver Wing and those Pegasus Knights, although they look young, are actually hundreds of years old and have rich experience.

Were those mages lazy or embezzling money? Were the old nobles secretly colluding or doing something shady?

Even if Yin Yi and the others couldn't detect it, they could still make the other party terrified.

Anyway, Xu Lai’s main point is that since he couldn’t have an easy life, no one else can have an easy life either.

Jilong's arrival completely liberated Yu Lan.

He was unable to bring helpers this time, but he was still able to gain some experience, especially since he had helped Xu Lai deal with many chores in the past.

As soon as Jilong arrived, he was appointed as a civil affairs officer by Xu Lai.

Lionheart City is the capital of the empire, and the civil officials here are no lower in status than the city lords in other places.

After becoming a civil affairs officer, Jilong naturally took over all people's livelihood affairs.

Unlike Yu Lan, he did not let the non-working people idle, but assigned them tasks and forced them to work.

Of course, the labor intensity is not high, just moving broken stones, sweeping up garbage and so on.

In the following days, he picked out all those who could read and write.

After picking out these people, the first thing Jilong had to do was to re-register everyone.

It is not known whether the old household registration book of Lionheart City can be found. Even if it can be found, after such a disaster, nine out of ten houses are empty and it has no practical significance.

Besides, that was the household registration book from the old empire, after all. Now that it has been replaced by the Eagle Kingdom, it is natural that housing and land need to be redistributed. (End of this chapter)