The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.

Devin McCoy's words were very explicit, and it could even be said that he abandoned all noble dignity.

Even if the nobles knelt before the king, they would never consider the king as their master. At most, they would acknowledge him as a monarch, which sounded better.

When they were not in front of the king, the nobles usually put themselves in the same position as the king, both being rulers of the empire.

What's more, Devin McCoy is a wizard, and almost all members of the McCoy family are wizards.

As we all know, mages have no masters and they don't even believe in gods.

Xu Lai, like everyone else, would not believe the wizards' lies.

However, he still accepted McCoy's surrender, as the empire's magical power was far inferior to that of the tower.

You can accept them, but forget about making Xu Lai trust them. However, they are still very useful in future plans.

Xu Lai plans to set up a magic academy to train mages in the name of the country.

Mages may not believe in God, but they cannot be born and raised by nature. They must have parents and a country.

Magic may have no beliefs and no borders, but mages must have them.

At present, there is a big shortage of mages in the Eagle Kingdom.

In addition to common organizations such as Mage Colleges, Magic Guilds, and Mercenary Guilds, there are also needs for a large number of mages.

Xu Lai also plans to build some magic research institutes for scientific and technological development.

It is specifically used to study spells that can increase crop yields, extend life cycles, and strengthen the body.

This world has been circulating for who knows how many years, but the increase in the types of spells is far from keeping up with this time dimension.

After giving Devin McCoy some reassurance, Xu Lai couldn't wait to take his men to the teleportation array.

Of course, as the current manager of the teleportation array, Devin must also be present.

“Your Majesty, there were originally thousands of city landmarks stored in the teleportation array, but we can only restore about half of them.

Even among this half, only one-third is still in a constantly lit state.

That is to say, this one-sixth of the city still maintains a close connection with Lionheart City.

We can activate any beacon in the teleportation array at any time to activate the teleportation channel for both parties."

Xu Lai nodded and said, "Help me find out if there is a teleportation signpost to Qingfeng City."

Devin immediately searched it with his mental power and quickly replied:
“Fortunately, the Qingfeng City signpost was not completely destroyed, and we successfully repaired it.

Your Majesty, do you need to activate it immediately? "

Xu Lai said: "Yes, activate it immediately."

Xu Lai had already greeted Su Ya in advance. She and the people who were going to be teleported to Lionheart City were already waiting at the teleportation array.

What Xu Lai didn't expect was that after the teleportation array lit up, the first person to come out was not Su Ya.

A group of knights wearing high-level armor walked out of the teleportation array.

Walking in the front was Lina, the current leader of the Third Knight Order.

Hundreds of knights lined up neatly and walked in front of Xu Lai. Led by Lina, they all knelt on one knee in front of Xu Lai.

“Your Majesty, the King of the Eagle Kingdom, I, along with the knight representatives of the Third Knight Order, would like to express our highest gratitude to you.

On behalf of the Third Knights, I pledge our loyalty to you and the Eagle Kingdom."

The Knights of the Temple are also the Knights of the Empire. Their service in the Temple does not prevent them from being loyal to their country.

But before this, the Temple had never acknowledged the fall of the empire.

Then as knights of the temple, they are still affiliated with the Lion Empire by default.

Even though the Temple tacitly approved the establishment of the Northern Empire, it did not acknowledge that the Northern Empire could replace the Lion Empire.

In this world with gods, theocracy has failed to overwhelm imperial power, and the temple has always been dependent on the empire.

Strictly speaking, all the Knights Templar, in addition to being loyal to the Temple and the God of War, must also be loyal to the Empire.

Lina's kneeling in public today, in addition to expressing her gratitude, also made it clear that they will respect the Eagle Kingdom in the future.

Of course, as the Knight Commander, Lina does not actually have this right.

The only one who is qualified to declare allegiance is the Pope, who holds power on behalf of the God of War.

Even if the Pope is dead, such a major matter must be decided by the Red Council and the collective vote of the twelve Crimson Archbishops.

But as a Knight Templar, one of the most important virtues is integrity.

Today, Lina and the knights of the Third Knight Order swore an oath of allegiance in public, and there will absolutely be no possibility of changing it.

Unless the remaining Crimson Bishops of the temple collectively decide to expel Lina and other members of the Third Knights.

By that time, Lina would naturally no longer be able to use the name of the Knights Templar.

But being expelled is just being expelled. As long as the God of War does not take back the divine power bestowed upon them, the Third Knights will still be the Third Knights.

Xu Lai smiled bitterly and helped Lina up and said, "What are you doing? I didn't force you to express your opinion."

Lina stood up and said, "I'm not making any statement. I just think those guys from the Southern Empire are talking nonsense.

I did this only because my brothers and I believe that you are the monarch who can unify the human world and make mankind glorious again.

Those archbishops, probably having been corrupted by the extravagant life in the south, tried to influence His Majesty the God of War with their own will.

You are the hero who defeated the devil and killed the Lord of Hell, but they would rather support those small lords in the south."

At this point, Lina paused and noticed the civilians gathering on both sides.

After all, it is a dispute within the temple, and it would not be good to make it public.

Lina waved her hand and said to the knights behind her:

"You guys go to the Holy City first and clean up the knights' station. When the other brothers arrive, you can move in directly."

Although there are more priests in the holy city, they are the only ones who have to clean up the place. It is unknown when people will be able to live there again.

Lina was very grateful to Xu Lai for being able to retake the Holy City, but she didn't want to see the ruined city at this time.

After waiting for a while, Devin finished regulating his breathing.

Sending hundreds of knights at once was a big challenge for him and the other mages.

However, they were destined not to have any rest today, and Xu Lai had to drain all their magic power.

There are so many people he needs, and so many people who want to see him.

Su Ya supported Elena, who was visibly pregnant, and walked out of the teleportation array.

Xu Lai left when Elena was just pregnant, but she didn't expect that he would be gone for half a year.

Although I went back once, I only stayed there for one day.

Xu Lai walked over quickly, took the pregnant woman from Su Ya, and gently hugged Su Ya and Anna on his left and right.

"Why are you here? You should stay at home and take good care of your baby right now."

Anna is different from Elena. Anna is from Xu Lai, while Elena is a priest affiliated with the temple.

The holy city of the temple was like this. Elena's teacher Ryan also died in this city. In addition to Ryan, it is unknown how many of Elena's relatives and friends died in the battle.

This is definitely a sad place for Elena.

Elena said to Xu Lai with red eyes: "If I don't come to see the teachers, I will feel even more uneasy.

My husband, let me go and see them, let me pray and bless them personally."

Xu Lai pondered for a moment, knowing that if he didn't let her go, she would always be thinking about it, which would not be good for her health.

“Lina, Anna, please help me take her over.

Keep an eye on her for me, I'll come see you guys later."

After they left, Xu Lai looked at Roland again. This guy understood and took some Holy Light Knights to follow him to avoid any accidents on the road.

In addition to the three of them, Su Ya also brought a lot of people this time, even bringing Xu Lai's housekeeper.

Some of these people were brought by Su Ya to take care of Xu Lai and Elena's daily life.

Most of the rest were staff members transferred by Su Ya from various departments.

There are really not enough people in Jilong, and they are not trustworthy enough.

The people Su Ya brought were different. They were the refugees Xu Lai had taken in at the beginning, and they had deep feelings for the Eagle Kingdom.

With them as the backbone and assisted by personnel recruited from Lionheart City, a relatively stable temporary administrative system can be formed.

Xu Lai met these people one by one, and with the assistance of Jilong and Suya, assigned them tasks one by one.

With this basic administrative team, many of Xu Lai's things and many of the things in Lionheart City can be done.

The entire city no longer has to be as lifeless as before, and can now be fully operational.

After recruiting enough people, some officials will go to the towns, villages, farms, and manors near Lionheart City.

They will replant these abandoned lands and estates.

With the planting speed in this magical world, as long as these manors start to operate, Lionheart City will soon no longer need material aid from Qingfeng City.

Firstly, the land around Lionheart City is too fertile and the harvest is far greater than that in the grassland area.

Secondly, Lionheart City lost a large number of people, and the powerful people were also severely punished by Xu Lai.

This means that all the output from these lands can basically be collected into the public treasury.

The remaining officials will be responsible for the reconstruction of Lionheart City.

The main task was to re-count the population. Those who were unwilling to become citizens were uniformly assigned as third-class citizens.

The so-called third-class people means third-class citizens.

They themselves and their families have no right to education, no right to land or housing, and no right to decent jobs such as holding civil service positions.

Since they look down on the Eagle Kingdom, the Eagle Kingdom does not have to treat them as its own.

Except for these third-class citizens, the rest who have already become naturalized citizens will be uniformly assigned places of residence and jobs.

Jobs include administrative staff, construction workers, movers and cleaners, etc.

As long as there is work, there will be pay. In this regard, Xu Lai did not bully anyone.

The compensation for work is currently mainly food.

For those who have not found jobs, relief food will still be distributed, but the time of distribution will be clearly specified.

If after a period of time there is still no job, then they will be treated the same as the serfs and sent to a random farm.

The third group of people to be teleported today were some management members of the Mercenary Guild and mages from the Magic Guild.

Then there were merchants who were eager to return to Lionheart City, as well as dignitaries who had fled to Qingfeng City for refuge in advance.

They came to take back their property. Lionheart City was back in human hands, so they were naturally worried that their property would be swallowed up by Xu Lai.

The fact was exactly as they expected, Xu Lai had no intention of returning anything to them at all.

He conquered this city, and everything in it belongs to him.

Any agreements signed between businessmen and dignitaries and the old empire had nothing to do with him.

They didn't give him a penny of the money they used to buy the land and shops.

It is simply a pipe dream to want to exchange a few pieces of paper in your hand for a shop in the most valuable location in Lionheart City.

The same goes for the powerful and wealthy. When they were in Qingfeng City, Xu Lai didn't deal with them because they were there to spend money.

But it’s different when he comes to Lionheart City. Like Devin, those who surrender voluntarily can be given some benefits by Xu Lai.

As long as they paid some money, Xu Lai could sell their main house back to them.

Those who are stubborn and talkative will be hung on the city gate tower like their predecessors.

There is one thing that this world is better than Earth, and that is that those in power basically don't have to consider the thoughts of those below them.

Things like peasant uprisings don't work in this world.

Xu Lai has power, so he can be a dictator without having to consider anyone's thoughts.

There is a group of soldiers who are 100% loyal and are the most powerful soldiers in the world. He can punish these people however he wants.

He has always been soft-spoken rather than tough-minded.

Xu Lai felt embarrassed to target someone like Devin who surrendered voluntarily and offered great gifts.

The last group of people today were the businessmen and staff brought by Wei Yihong.

As fellow businessmen, those brought here by Wei Yihong had naturally been screened.

Among them, there are either big merchants carrying multiple space rings who can come to Lionheart City with a large amount of supplies in a light package.

These people play a very important role in restoring the market and trading channels of Lionheart City.

A large number of items can be mobilized from Xu Lai's space ring at any time.

However, he couldn't just sit there and do all this, and it would take him several lifetimes to normalize the exchange of materials by himself.

Apart from these big businessmen, the remaining businessmen, although weaker in strength, all have good relations with the Eagle Kingdom.

The Northern Empire merchant who had given Xu Lai a large amount of attribute potions was also among them.

Although their strength is a little weaker, they are more worthy of Xu Lai's trust.

Moreover, if these businessmen who have good relations with the Eagle Kingdom become wealthy, they can also help solve many problems.

For example, they are professional in organizing food teams, transport teams, and helping to fight against merchants from the Southern Empire.

After this group of people leave, the teleportation array will have to rest.

Although the teleportation array has been repaired, it is not based on the heart of the castle, so it cannot be replaced by a large number of energy stones.

Fortunately, Nofa also brought a lot of mages.

Otherwise, we would have to rely on the mages of the McCoy family. With so many trips and the teleportation of thousands of people, they would be completely drained.

In order to maintain a high transmission density, the most important thing is to occupy the heart of the castle as soon as possible. (End of this chapter)