The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

Xu Lai didn't know when he fell asleep last night. He only remembered that he didn't even eat dinner.

As soon as he got up in the morning, his stomach hurt from hunger. Unfortunately, this was not home, and there were no considerate Su Ya and Yu Lan to take care of him.

I was too tired yesterday and too excited later on. I just planned to lie down and take a rest, but I fell asleep instantly.

Xu Lai fell asleep. The paladin guarding the door was working hard. Crimson Archbishop Duer, High Priest Ryan and Holy Light Knight Pierce successively visited, but they were all blocked from the door.

With a recruited soldier who has no thoughts of his own, they have no communication skills. Moreover, these two are still paladins. If they were placed in the temple, their status would only be lower than Pierce.

Of course, there is a huge difference between a normal Paladin and a Recruited Paladin.

Apart from anything else, how could a normal paladin only have 4 spells? Their spell list is not as exaggerated as that of a priest, and it can definitely be listed on one or two pages.

Xu Lai didn't know that all the senior officials of the temple had returned home defeated last night. He only knew that if he didn't eat, he would really suffer from hunger.

The two paladins at the door had already gone back to rest at Tahan's signal. Even if they became paladins, they were still led by Tahan.

Instead, there were two captains who were well fed, drunk and well rested.

Yan Feng had already cleverly gone to get Xu Lai something to eat, while Tahan reported to Xu Lai what Pierce and others had come to explain yesterday.

This means that we are all going to be put under house arrest here and we won't be allowed to escape, right?

Tahan shook his head and said: I don't think His Majesty the Holy Light Knight meant this. If he doesn't want us to leave...

Xu Lai rolled his eyes and said, I'm joking, can't you hear it?

Tahan shook his head seriously.

Because he couldn't see Xu Lai last night, Pierce couldn't explain many things. He just asked Tahan, who was woken up from behind, to tell him that the battle was not over yet and asked him to tell Xu Lai not to run around.

Xu Lai will not run around, he cherishes his life very much.

Looking at the overall situation, Count Aini is unlikely to get him at this time. Xu Lai has been of great help to the Knights of the Temple, but if Baoqi is not guaranteed, this guy is just a SB. Can we still expect a nobleman at the end of the dynasty?

Anyway, Xu Lai has made up his mind that even if he has to go out, he must find a team of temple knights wearing temple knight armor to protect him.

His own bodyguards were strong enough, and many people probably looked down on him because of his power, so Xu Lai could only pretend to be powerful.

After learning that Xu Lai had woken up, Pierce quickly came to visit.

How did you sleep last night?

As soon as he entered the tent, Pierce greeted Xu Lai with a smile on his face. His good mood could be felt by Xu Lai from a distance of more than ten meters.

Xu Lai stood up to greet him and said, I'm so sorry. I fell asleep at some point last night. I heard that even the archbishop was blocked out. I'm really sorry.

Nominally, Xu Lai is the commander-in-chief of this knighthood, and Pierce is also his subordinate, so it doesn't matter if he is blocked outside.

However, as the Crimson Archbishop, Duer is one of the few big figures who truly hold real power in the temple.

The Archbishop is busy with business. He resurrected a brother overnight yesterday. He should still be resting now.

The person Duer resurrected should be the paladin who died in the Knights. If others don't care, it's really not worth the archbishop's mana and energy.

As the most powerful auxiliary spell, resurrection spell is so easy to release.

The two chatted for a while and soon got down to business.

Xu Lai has obtained the battle report of yesterday's battle, but the battle report he received was not comprehensive.

In the decisive battle with the orcs, the winner is the human, so the right to clean the battlefield also falls into the hands of the human. The wolf cavalry is injured or the mount dies and there is no time to escape, basically all of them are hit.

On the human side, most of the injured have been recovered, and a few precious individuals have even had a chance to be resurrected.

Xu Lai's battle settlement only counted the death lists of both sides. The number of Wolf Cavalry casualties plus those killed in battle was about 7,400. In the initial collision of the two sides' charges, two to three thousand Wolf Cavalry men fell on the spot.

The casualties on the side of the Temple Knights were less than 150, and the ratio between the two sides was more than 50 to 1. Just a holy shield alone took away a lot of damage.

Of course, if the orcs win and they clean up the battlefield and finish up the damage, this ratio will shrink significantly, maybe only about ten to one.

However, this battle report belongs to the Temple Knights. The Temple Knights are blessed by Xu Lai's talents, specializations, treasures, battle flags, etc., as well as the prayers, joy and other blessings released by the priests.

It can be said that the overall strength of the Temple Knights is better than Talosi's Guard Wolf Cavalry.

The most important thing is that the Paladins have invincibility and healing. Even if other Temple Knights don't heal, they still have a large number of healing potions hidden in them. The Temple has the largest reserve of these things in the entire empire.

Therefore, it is really difficult for the knights of the temple to die. Just the dozen healing spells Xu Lai has are equivalent to giving each knight an extra life.

However, other knights do not have this configuration. Although there are priests to help them heal and bless them, these priests still favor their own people to some extent.

It is said that no one in the entire priest group died. Even if all of these priests can fight, resist and heal, it would not be possible without the key care of these priests.

The priests followed behind the Temple Knights, and the wolf cavalry they had to face were only a small number of people who rushed from both sides of the Temple Knights, so zero casualties were normal.

The key is that the knights on both sides are full of 3,000 knights, and they also bring 2,000 recruited cavalry.

Pierce said that after yesterday's battle, one of the knights' establishment was about to be withdrawn, and the two knights merged with each other to form a large knights' order with 6,000 riders.

Xu Lai sighed for a while, which meant that a full 4,000 knights died in the battle. Even if half of them were recruited cavalry, more than 2,000 at least mid-level cavalry died.

Of course, the losses of the Wolf Cavalry were even worse. Firstly, they could not be treated on the battlefield, and secondly, those who were injured and could not escape were all treated with last-ditch wounds. The casualty ratio was about 5 to 1 or 6 to 1.

Including the results of the Temple Knights, plus those who died in vain at the hands of the priests, died under chain lightning and the breath of the dragon, the casualties of the Wolf Cavalry are at least 30,000, and an optimistic estimate may be 5 Ten thousand.

The stronghold recruits more wolf cavalry, and it is estimated to be between 70% and 80%, which means that only about 10,000 orc warriors were actually killed in battle.

In this comparison, the battle loss ratio between the two sides was about 5 to 1. Although humans captured some trophies, they also used a large amount of therapeutic potions, bandages and other strategic materials.

These were slowly replenished during this period through caravans and the temple's own transportation team, using less and less.

Fortunately, the bodies of the human cavalry who died in battle have been basically recovered, and a lot of war horses were lost, but there are more of them on the grassland.

As long as there is no shortage of weapons and equipment, more than two thousand cavalry can be quickly replenished. Recruiting cavalry is more difficult. This high-level unit only has a few fortresses and castles in the rear that can be recruited.

I heard that you picked up a lot of good things yesterday.

The temple has the most thorough research on heroes. Of course it knows that Xu Lai has a space backpack, and Xu Lai's supply truck is also provided by the temple.

Xu Lai frowned and said, What are you doing? Those are my private property. Do you know how many precious soldiers I have lost?

Unlike Count Aini, I can replenish my troops in the castle at any time.

Pierce coughed awkwardly and said: The most valuable thing on an orc is the pair of swords. If you go around the battlefield, you will loot almost all the swords above level 5.

It was good for Xu Lai to seize the king's flag. While his reputation increased greatly, the civilians cleaning the battlefield did not dare to look at Xu Lai at all.

However, there were many of Aini's people on the battlefield. When they came back and reported a dozen, they heard that the most valuable trophies had been taken away by Xu Lai. Aini was so angry that he almost cursed his mother last night.

Annoyed, the two giants of the temple that night, including ranger Kate, and Thoros, who officially appeared in front of outsiders for the first time, all spoke for Xu Lai.

Xu Lai's performance yesterday was not heroic, but at least it did not hold back the Temple Knights.

With the support of Xu Lai, the Temple Knights exploded into several times or even dozens of times their previous combat effectiveness, laying the most important foundation for victory in this battle.

Xu Lai's credit for capturing the flag is not great, because it was a group of paladins who protected him to capture the flag. Without Xu Lai, any other paladins could have captured the flag, but they gave Xu Lai this merit and honor. That’s all.

However, without Xu Lai participating in the battle, the Knights of the Temple will inevitably fall into decline after the Holy Shield disappears. When the mana is used up, it will basically be a dead end. Where will there be another opportunity to kill the general and capture the flag.

Besides, yesterday Count Aini sent an infantry regiment, a crossbowmen regiment, and a large number of farmers to clean the battlefield. It is really unreasonable that so many people have to steal the spoils from Xu Lai and three people.

However, Xu Lai fought on the front line, where most elites died. He had a vicious vision, and he only had the best swords, and others did not dare to compete with him.

So even if there are only three people, the harvest is actually quite considerable.

All the external aid from Stone Castle spoke for Xu Lai and requested credit for Xu Lai. Count Aini was stupid for offending so many people at once, so he could only hold his nose and acknowledge Xu Lai's contribution.

However, it is also true that Stone Castle is short of iron ingots and blacksmiths. Xu Lai can use these weapons directly, and it would be a pity not to use them.

Therefore, Archbishop Durr personally negotiated with Count Aini.

You mean that as long as I hand over these weapons, Earl Aini will grant me a title and promise to divide Qingfeng Town and the surrounding land as a fief for me?

Pierce nodded and said: Yes, Aini is a count. According to the empire's nobility law, he can be canonized as a baron at the highest level. What the archbishop has won for you is a baron.