The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.

Rhea Edrick looked up at the sky trembling all over, and sure enough, he saw a man in golden armor and a group of angels appearing above his head.

Even the strongest royal griffin, carrying a group of knights, could not fly too high.

Griffins can endure it, but humans may not be able to.

Xu Lai was different. His physique was so strong that he only brought some Seraphim with him to observe the battle situation from high altitude and provide attribute bonuses to Tahan and the others.

Long before receiving the news from the captain of the guards, Tahan and his men had already arrived near Lionheart City.

However, Xu Lai was not in a hurry to let them enter the city, but asked them to clear out the demons outside first.

There are dozens of human towns outside Lionheart City, and no one knows how many demons, big and small, are hiding there.

Every day of delay will cause countless more people to become food for the devil.

The demons in Lionheart City have basically been brought under control.

Besides, even if the army wants to enter the city, they need to clear the land outside the city first.

Otherwise, the army and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city would rely entirely on Qingfeng City for food supplies, which would be too much of a pressure.

The appearance of the Southern Empire army was both within Xu Lai's expectations and beyond his expectations.

This was expected because Xu Lai had long known that the three major empires in the southeast and north were all eyeing Lionheart City.

The reason why he came in a hurry was that he wanted to take Lionheart City first before the three empires.

To be honest, Xu Lai didn't want to have any conflicts with the other three empires at this time.

After fighting all the way until now, the population has declined, the soldiers are exhausted, and the magic world has created a food shortage. They urgently need some time to recuperate.

Of course, as a Chinese, Xu Lai must have a unified idea in his mind.

But at this time, he would rather stop the war for a while.

He originally thought that as long as he captured Lionheart City and left the other empires with no chance to take advantage, they would give up.

But unexpectedly, the man is innocent but guilty of possessing a treasure.

After Xu Lai occupied Lionheart City, not only did the three empires not restrain themselves, but because their opponents were no longer demons, the three empires actually mobilized their armies.

After receiving the secret report from the captain of the guards, Xu Lai became worried.

He simply transferred all of his own Knight Guards and Yan Feng's Horse Archer Corps into Lionheart City.

The army's entry into the city also meant that Xu Lai no longer had to endure and could finally deal with those old nobles.

Upon learning that Xu Lai had been assassinated, Roland personally took action, and the captains promoted from the Holy Light Knights, each with more than a hundred men, rushed to the major powerful families.

Yan Feng was also furious. Compared to Roland, Yan Feng was one of the first group to follow Xu.

Although he did not serve as Xu Lai's defense officer, his loyalty to Xu Lai was unquestionable.

Like Roland, he divided the archers into more than a dozen teams, each with at least a thousand men.

Either guard the palace gates, city gates, and all important traffic routes and intersections, or lead the team personally to support Roland.

The city is in chaos and there are demons lurking everywhere. It is not completely peaceful yet.

At this time, tens of thousands of troops entered the city, and the people welcomed them from the bottom of their hearts.

After all, no matter which country the army is from, as long as they are human beings, they are of the same race and at least they will not be harmed for no reason.

However, when they saw these troops that had just entered the city, they immediately dispersed and directly guarded all the main traffic arteries.

Even the dumbest person would know that this was going to be a big fight. Anyone who was a little smarter would find a place to hide and wait until the storm was over.

Tahan, Roland and others sealed off the city and had no intention of letting any person or demon go.

But Xu Lai didn't have time to wait here.

He was not the type to sit and wait for death. What's more, his infantry had not arrived yet and all he had were cavalry.

The infantry and archers of the Southern Empire, as soon as they got ashore after a tiring journey, immediately marched quickly towards Lionheart City.

Because they were coming to attack the city, Will brought a large number of infantry and archers, but not many spearmen.

The army of the Southern Empire marched so fast that they did not even have time to set up camp.

There was actually still enough time, but Will didn't plan to waste time on the road. He wanted to get to Lionheart City in one breath and set up camp directly there.

The enemy is exhausted, and we are well-rested and fighting on our home ground.

They are also the cavalry that is best at fighting on plains, and their charge power is more than doubled.

In this situation, if Xu Lai didn't fight with them, he would feel like he was at a disadvantage.

So he sat on Yu Lan's body, and asked Elvy to take a hundred Seraphim guards and fly directly into the sky to remotely command the battle.

There was no suspense in the battle. When Tahan rushed to the battlefield with more than 100,000 cavalry, the outcome was already decided.

There was a rumbling sound like rolling thunder. Seeing the knights coming in, even the most elite Royal Archers were so panicked that they couldn't even hold their bows.

The three royal legions were all composed of the most elite warriors, and no recruits were eligible to be selected.

Because soldiers joining the Royal Legion must change into the best standard equipment.

This alone is enough to allow the soldiers of the Royal Legion to crush any legion of the same level.

However, having the best equipment alone is not enough.

In fact, the Empire had not had any major wars in a thousand years, and these soldiers selected for the Royal Legion, apart from having the best rank and equipment, did not have a high will to fight.

In particular, they were sent to the wealthy south, as a force personally controlled by the royal princess Jasmine, and their treatment was even better than when they were in Lionheart City.

A life of wealth and luxury always makes people addicted, and thus lose the determination to fight hard.

What's more, facing the panic-stricken cavalry, any resistance would be futile.

Tahan took the lead, and the thousands of knights he led pierced into the heart of the Southern Empire army like a sharp knife.

Under the constant scolding of Earl Will and a group of senior officers, the royal archers barely raised their bows and arrows and launched a counterattack, but they lost all strength to resist after just one charge.

The morale of the Southern Empire's army was still relatively high. No matter how sharp the knives were, they only killed a few thousand people in one round.

Compared with the army of 20, the casualties of these thousands of people are really nothing.

The subsequent endless stream of knights and continuous charges are the real killer.

However, even if the morale of the troops is still as high as over 70 points, once the soldiers have lost their fighting spirit, collapse becomes the only outcome.

Countless of the most advanced royal archers had already dropped their longbows and swords before the subsequent knights arrived.

On the contrary, the heavy shield infantry who were responsible for covering these archers suffered greater casualties, but many of them were still holding on.

Of course, they couldn't hold out for long, as the second and third waves of knights kept coming. Not even a single intact body could be found of those who resisted.

More people laid down their weapons and surrendered, but if they were a little slower, the knights would have no way to control them and spare their lives.

A battle involving more than 30 people on both sides lasted less than half an hour.

On Xu Lai's side, the number of cavalry he deployed was less than 20, not to mention the huge phalanx of troops of the Southern Empire.

One hundred thousand knights is a lot, but it is impossible for them to rush out in a swarm.

Not to mention that the terrain is not wide enough for expansion, even if it is, the knights behind can only poke the butts of the knights in front.

If the army of the Southern Empire really fought to the death, even if the cavalry could crush the infantry, it would take more than half a day to slaughter 20 pigs.

When Rhea arrived with the Royal Griffins, he happened to see the Southern Empire's army almost surrendering en masse.

Since everyone else has surrendered, Xu Lai certainly cannot kill them all, especially when his own family is short of people.

These people are all good laborers. If we select them carefully, we can recruit them for our own use.

Xu Lai did not expect that there would be uninvited guests on the battlefield.

He originally didn't want to show up, and in order to better see the overall situation, he flew a little high.

It just so happened that these griffins never paid attention to what was above their heads.

There was such a large group of griffins that it was impossible for Xu Lai not to notice them, so he avoided them in advance.

After the griffins stopped moving, Xu Lai first found the leader among the group of griffin knights, and then flew down with Elvy and the others.

Xu Lai’s sudden appearance really scared Rhea half to death.

However, before Rhea could say anything, Elvy flapped her wings and the sword was already on Rhea Edrik's neck.

"Be careful, don't move!"

As the strongest Seraphim, Elvy, with the blessing of Xu Lai's super speed, is as fast as a ghost.

A lot of cold sweat instantly broke out on Rhea's forehead. She forced herself to calm down and said to Xu Lai:

"Your Majesty, King of the Eagle Kingdom, what do you mean?"

With their boss falling into the hands of others, the other griffin knights naturally did not dare to act rashly.

Xu Lai smacked his lips and said:
"I should be the one asking you this. My troops and I are fighting here. Why are you bringing your griffin to join in the fun?"

Rhea Edrick was speechless. She couldn't tell Xu that he came here to take advantage of the situation.

After a moment of silence, Rhea said: "Your Majesty, please think carefully, your current actions mean declaring war on the Eastern Empire.

I think there are still many misunderstandings between us, why don’t we sit down and have a good talk.”

Xu Lai sneered and said, "Just you?
I forgot to ask, in what capacity are you talking to me now?
Whether as the leader of the Imperial Griffin Knights or as a vassal of the Eastern Empire.

If it's the former, I can still say a few words to you.

If it's the latter, then I'm sorry, you're not qualified."

After these words, Rhea was once again speechless.

Indeed, he is the founding king after all, a human king recognized by the temple and blessed by the god of war.

If he gave up his position as the commander of the imperial legion, he would just be a vassal of the Grand Duke and would not be qualified to talk to Xu Lai.

"What about me? I am Yuwen Xin from the Yuwen family of the Eastern Empire. I should be able to talk to you, Your Excellency."

Seeing that Ruiya was restrained, Yuwen Xin stood up without hesitation.

Xu Lai glanced at Yuwen Xin who stood up and frowned. The giant eagle under his feet immediately sensed his intention.

A chain of lightning instantly struck Yuwen Xin.

The power of the chain lightning was certainly not enough to kill Yuwen Xin, but he and the royal griffin under his mount were both struck by lightning.

Under the paralysis effect, the two men immediately fell from a high altitude.

Xu Lai just waved his hand lightly, and the two Seraphim flew out.

In order to prevent any accidents, Xu Lai sent out two Seraphim out of respect.

She was able to remain calm when a sword was pointed at her neck, but when Yuwen Xin fell and two Seraphim chased him out, Rhea could no longer remain calm.

"Xu Lai, what are you going to do? Do you really want to start a war with the Eastern Empire?"

Xu Lai snorted coldly and said, "Didn't you start the war?

I snatched Lionheart City back from the devil. Now you all come with your troops to seize my city. Don't you even allow me to fight back?
There is no such thing in the world.

If you dare to show up here today, you must be prepared to die. Otherwise, what are you doing here? Are you playing house?"

"Yuwen Xin is the second son of Duke Yuwen. If you kill him, Duke Yuwen will never let you go."

Xu Lai shrugged indifferently and said, "If I send you back safely, will he let me go?"

Rhea Edrick was stunned and said, "I, I don't know."

Xu Lai laughed and said, "Well, I'll let you go now. How about you help me lobby after you go back?
I really don't want to provoke the Eastern Empire right now. You go back and let Yuwen Shaoguang mourn for him. I heard that he has many sons anyway."

Although Xu Lai's words were harsh, Rhea's eyes still lit up and she said, "Is your Majesty really willing to let me go back?"

Xu Lai smiled and said, "If you are unwilling, just go back. I just don't know if Yuwen Shaoguang will let you go after you go back."

Rhea's face turned pale, and then she remembered that Yuwen Xin was the only one who died in the entire Griffin Legion.

If he really went back like this, what would he say if Yuwen Shaoguang asked him?

Just say that Xu Lai killed his son alone amidst thousands of troops?
Or did your son just run out rashly and end up getting killed?
Even if Yuwen Shaoguang believed these explanations, he would not let him go.

In any case, Yuwen Shaoguang had handed his son to him, and if he took his son out and failed to bring him back, he would definitely not be able to explain.

But fortunately he can still go back. For the sake of his Royal Griffin Knights, Yuwen Shaoguang probably won't do anything to him.

At most, he would be more obedient in the future, give Yuwen Shaoguang more face, and sacrifice a little dignity.

“Oh, by the way, you can go back, but you have to hand over these griffins under your command to me.

Don't worry, I don't want any of your knights, including their mounts, you can still fly back."

"Wha, what?"

"Why? Do you think that your life and the lives of your brothers are not as valuable as these tens of thousands of griffins?" (End of this chapter)