The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.

Eric's contribution is quite significant. The vanguard group basically charges at the front in every battle, and Eric is even more so.

The hatred between the vanguard group and the demons was already deep, and after their bloodiness was activated, they were extremely brave in every battle.

Among them, Eric, the dragon knight who always fights at the front, played a great role in encouragement.

On the other hand, as a knight officially canonized by the empire, Eric has one foot in the doorstep of nobility.

And his personal reputation is unparalleled, at least in the Western Empire.

He took the initiative to join Xu Lai, which also saved Xu Lai a lot of trouble.

When most of the rebels heard that even Eric had followed Xu Lai, they surrendered without saying a word.

Of course, there are a few ambitious people, but they just can't really make it.

In addition to the rebels, because of Eric, the people of the Western Empire are also more likely to accept Xu Lai.

They settled directly in the Eagle Empire without any hesitation, and Eric was definitely a big factor.

Eric had made great contributions, and since he was already a knight, it was certainly more than enough for him to be conferred the title of baron or viscount.

But these two titles are not enough for him to gain the attribute of specialization.

But if Eric is crowned as an earl, apart from the increase in annual financial expenditure, the key lies in what the other old people will think.

Regardless of Tahan, Joseph, Aaron, the Aboka brothers, Urdola, Wei Yihong and others, they were the first group of people to follow Xu Lai.

Even though Aaron and his team had made less contribution, Jimmy Martell was promoted from Viscount to Earl.

If Eric is to be promoted, these old men must give an explanation.

Xu Lai completely occupied Lionheart City, plus the Western Empire cities occupied by Tahan and Lena during this period.

The territory of the Eagle Kingdom has almost doubled, but the population has not increased much, only about two to three million.

Moreover, even if the entire Western Empire, including those cities in the Northern Empire, were occupied, the population would only increase by a maximum of more than one million.

It is equivalent to the population of the entire Western Empire, including cities with relatively large populations such as Longan City and Wasteland City, and the total population may be only over 10 million.

If you calculate it this way, adding the several million people on the grassland and the two to three million people who migrated here, the entire Eagle Kingdom probably does not exceed 20 million people.

In other words, the Eagle Kingdom has a land area far larger than the previous Western Empire, but its total population is less than one-fifth of that of the previous Western Empire.

Of course, this is not Xu Lai's fault, but thanks to Xu Lai.

If he had not moved to the Western Empire in time, it would have been difficult to find a living person in the entire Western Empire.

A population of 20 million is enough for Xu Lai to continue promoting a few generals, but having only generals is not enough.

The gap between generals and heroes is too huge. At least two or three high-level generals are equivalent to one mid- or low-level hero.

As for the descending hero, Xu Lai's trust in him is too low, so even if he wants to promote him this time, he will not give him too much power.

After much thought, Xu Lai felt that he still had to select some people from among the indigenous people and his own people.

Since rewarding Eric would make the old man unhappy, why not just reward him together.

In fact, Xu Lai should have been rewarded at the founding ceremony.

However, the Eagle Kingdom at that time was limited to the grassland. Although the area was large, the population and cities were very small.

This place, with one earl appointed and more than a dozen titles inherited from the empire, would be too crowded if more titles were distributed.

Now that he has an entire territory that is larger than the Western Empire, if he does not divide it up, it will easily cause his subordinates to become alienated.

If you want to divide the country, you can't be petty, and you can't do it casually.

The key point is that the person Xu Lai wants to enfeoff will eventually come.

These people are staying in various cities. Regardless of how long it will take them to get here, the work they are doing always has to be handed over.

Lena couldn't leave for a while anyway. There were more than 100,000 people in the military camp. Even if some officers and those with lower quality were eliminated, there were still at least 100,000 people.

Even with the help of Eric and the officers of the Vanguard Regiment, it would not be possible to reorganize these people within three to five days.

For the next period of time, Xu Lai put aside all his work. Even Su Ya was forced to give up her job.

Tahan and Yan Feng were ordered by Xu Lai to capture several cities in the Northern Empire.

Hausen has already passed the message to Xu Lai that King Aled of the Northern Empire has agreed to the deal proposed by Xu Lai.

In order to show its sincerity, the Northern Empire has even taken the initiative to deploy soldiers to the border of the Eastern Empire.

The Eastern Empire and the Undead are in a state of tension, and they have offended Xu Lai, whose strongest griffin legion was taken away by him. They have to worry about Xu Lai's revenge at any time.

Under such circumstances, the Eastern Empire did not dare to confront the Northern Empire head-on.

Not only did they not dare to fight head-on, but they took the initiative to withdraw their troops, and abandoned all ordinary towns and villages except for the important cities on the border.

The Northern Empire has also been established, and King Aled is somewhat ambitious.

What's more, the Northern Empire had at least five large and medium-sized castles swallowed up by Xu Lai.

At this time, the Northern Empire naturally took all these towns into its possession without any hesitation.

At this point, whether the Northern Empire wanted it or not, it had completely offended the Eastern Empire.

Yuwen Shaoguang was not a generous person. What Xu Lai took away was only the Royal Griffin Knights, which he could not control in the first place.

The Northern Empire actually annexed more than a dozen towns and dozens of villages from Yuwen Shaoguang.

Not to mention whether the Eastern Empire can recover, even if they drive away the undead, they will probably attack the Northern Empire first.

Xu Lai needs to recuperate, but what he needs to recuperate is the grassland and the Western Empire that have experienced war.

Speaking of which, the Qingfeng Legion was established not long ago.

The wave of new recruits he brought out grew quickly and experienced many battles, but they had actually only been in the army for about half a year.

After the teleportation array is based on the heart of the castle, only a few mages are needed to manage it, and energy stones can be used to maintain large-scale teleportation.

Xu Lai specially approved a month-long rotation leave for the Qingfeng Corps.

Each person has 10 days of rest time, which is divided into 20 rounds, with a group of people released every day. After one month, the entire army is assembled.

This month, Eric's new army should be almost reorganized, and a large-scale enfeoffment ceremony will be held in a few days.

He used this month to take Suya, Elena, Anna and others, who had not been out for a long time, to visit every manor outside Lionheart City.

Roland was responsible for the guarding, while Elvy and her angel army were left in Lionheart City by Xu Lai.

Also staying behind were Jian Yuan, who was promoted to Chief of Intelligence of the Eagle Kingdom, and the intelligence officers he recruited.

During the month that Xu Lai was away, Jilong handled government affairs while Jian Yuan collected intelligence in secret.

The main targets are the movements in Lionheart City and the Southern Empire.

The Eagle Kingdom was established too recently, and the development of intelligence work was not smooth. Fortunately, Xu Lai was rich and attached great importance to intelligence work. With the lavish use of money, the manpower might not be trustworthy, but at least it was sufficient.

Elvy stayed to guard the palace. With this group of Seraphim around, the sky would not fall no matter how others acted.

Xu Lai himself, on vacation, leisurely visited various manors, admiring these private mansions that once belonged to the capital's dignitaries.

These manors may not be as large as those on the grassland, but the luxury of their decoration and the unique style are unmatched in the grassland.

Originally, Xu Lai wanted to just stroll around and get through this month comfortably.

It would be best to wait until Elena gives birth to the child, otherwise Xu Lai would not have the heart to do anything during this period.

Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. For a busy man like Xu Lai, good days would not last long.

News came from Jian Yuan that the Southern Empire was preparing to gather troops to retaliate against Xu because of the loss of 20 elite infantry and royal archers.

But this was not the reason that prompted Xu Lai to end his vacation early. The Southern Empire needed to gather its troops, and Xu Lai also had to gather his own coastal defense force.

To deal with the Southern Empire, it is impossible without a strong enough fleet.

Coincidentally, after Xu Lai confiscated a large amount of gold coins and resources from Lionheart City, he had enough capital to produce warships at full capacity.

What forced Xu Lai to end his vacation was a delegation from the elves.

Lena personally took them to find Xu Lai. Xu Lai already owed the elf a big favor, so it was difficult for him to refuse.

“The undead have breached the Green Forest and are entering the Emerald Forest where the World Tree is.

According to the original Light Union Agreement, we contacted several bishops of the temple, and they all said they were powerless.

We really have no other choice but to come to you for help."

As soon as they met, the elf ranger in a green cloak knelt on one knee in front of Xu Lai.

Xu Lai had seen quite a few elf messengers, but this was the first time that Lena had brought one personally.

It is obvious that this elf messenger has a close relationship with Lena.

However, although Xu Lai has now been promoted to king, the elves are, after all, envoys from another country, and there is no reason for him to kneel before a foreign king.

The fact that the proud elf had to kneel down on one knee for Xu Lai only showed that the situation on the elf's side had indeed reached a critical moment.

Xu Lai quickly helped the female ranger up and said firmly:

“Don’t worry, the elves are humanity’s most important allies and the Eagle Kingdom’s most important friends.

I will do my best to help you.”

Xu Lai's words made the elves present, including Reina, all breathe a sigh of relief.

Different from all the elf messengers he had seen before, this group of elves wore tight leather armor and spoke very straightforwardly, without any politeness at all.

On the contrary, Xu Lai liked this method very much, so he did not try to control the other party deliberately and agreed to help very straightforwardly.

The next thing to discuss is the form of help.

What Xu Lai wanted most was to continue providing supplies as before.

But if that were all, there would be no need for the elves to send someone else, let alone a ranger like this who is not good at speaking.

If Xu Lai didn't like this straightforward personality, any other leader would definitely not give him a good face.

And this time, Lena also accompanied him specially. In the past, in order not to embarrass Xu Lai, she always avoided suspicion.

Of course, Lena also knew that as long as she appeared here, she was using her influence to put pressure on Xu Lai.

If Xu Lai does not give Lena face, it will inevitably hurt the feelings of both parties, which is something that both parties do not want to see.

Since they knew they had to do this, it could only mean that the elves were really on the verge of extreme danger.

The elves rely on the World Tree for survival. The World Tree can emit huge and pure life energy, which is the key to the longevity of the elves.

As an immortal species, elves have extremely poor reproductive ability.

It can be said that once the world tree is lost, the elves will basically be exterminated.

At the same time, because the World Tree possesses the purest and most terrifying life energy in the world, it is also what the undead most want to obtain and destroy.

Most of the undead and necromancers believe that the only thing in this world that can help them resurrect and become living beings is the World Tree.

The remaining undead believe that the World Tree is the source of all life in this world.

Even many anthropologists strongly agree with this view.

In short, these undead souls believe that if the World Tree is destroyed, all living things in this world will be extinct.

At that time, the whole world will be lifeless.

Without birth, there would be no death. Without life, there would naturally be no undead.

Therefore, most of the undead chose to attack the barrier, including the undead wizard Sandro, who ranked second only to the Lord of the Abyss Cregan in the temple.

Sandro has two sets of combined treasures, both of which are unique level artifacts.

One set is a set of cursed armor that can put four curses on the enemy at the beginning of the battle: slowness, evil curse, weakness and impending disaster.

The other set is even more perverted, and can summon the corpses of the dead in battle into powerful undead warriors of one's own side.

The most a normal necromancer can do is to summon the dead in battle as skeleton soldiers.

But with the blessing of the Ghost King's Cloak, Sandro can summon dead warriors, knights and other physical professions into a 5th-level dark warrior.

After the death of magicians, priests, elven druids and other magic professionals, they will be transformed into level 5 corpse wizards by the Ghost King Cloak.

Don’t underestimate it because it’s only level 5. You should know that many magic professionals are not even at level 5.

After becoming an undead, his strength not only did not decrease, but it actually increased by one level.

With these two sets of artifacts, the elves were able to fight the undead for so long thanks to the geographical advantage.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the undead did not attack the elves with all their strength.

Although the dead have no feelings, their spirits still exist and they have an extremely strong need for identity.

This small number of ambitious undead people try to rule the world forever with their immortal undead bodies.

One of the Four Undead Lords, the Death Knight King Leoric.

Unable to take advantage of his combat in the forest, the Death Knight Rodhart, one of the Four Undead Lords, chose to attack the Human Empire.

The most suitable and skilled people to deal with the undead are undoubtedly the priests of the human empire.

Unfortunately, when the elves abided by the agreement and came from afar to support, the human priests forgot the original contract.

Of course, we can’t blame the priests entirely, because the temple and the holy city were destroyed by the demons. (End of this chapter)