The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.
Chapter 572: The Hand of the God of War
After days of running around, Xu Lai was covered in dust.
After a simple wash, I finally had my first hot meal in so many days.
After eating and drinking and setting up the tent, Xu Lai couldn't wait to rest.
After Xu Lai fell asleep, Elvy secretly got up, flew into the sky and patrolled the surroundings.
Those dungeon people seemed to be really obedient this time; even the escaped red dragons had not come back.
This is not surprising. Although the people in the dungeon also wanted to come back to investigate the situation, as soon as they got closer, they smelled a strong aroma of dragon meat.
This is so extravagant that dragon meat is used as marching rations. Is there any need to explain what happened in the process?
Therefore, all the dungeon dwellers who smelled this aroma ran away as if they were running for their lives.
Especially those red dragons. The ones recruited are like fools who know nothing. They can’t even tell the difference between wild red dragons. What is that smell?
They have such a keen sense of smell that they can even smell whether the roasted dragon meat came from their own ancestor.
Even their ancestors had become someone else's meal, so how could these young red dragons dare to get close? They fled farther than the lowest-level cavemen.
Elvy gritted her teeth and decided to fly out of the warning range set up by Xu Lai and approach a nearby underground city.
Although Xu Lai stepped into two traps these days, the Seraphim flying in the sky have never been triggered.
There is no support in the sky, so it is generally impossible to set traps, but the sky in the dungeon has an upper limit. If it is really taken advantage of by those sorcerers, it is indeed possible to fall into the trap.
Therefore, Elvy was extremely cautious.
She was confident in her abilities, but was afraid of causing trouble for Xu Lai and didn't want to bring any distress to Xu Lai.
Unlike the usual dim underground city, today's underground city is very lively, and all the lighting fixtures are lit up, making the sky brightly lit.
Elvy didn't dare to get too close, but now she was the leader of the Seraphim and could wear equipment freely.
Xu Lai had a lot of unused space rings in his hands, and had cracked several of them. He picked out one with a larger space and gave it to Elvy.
During normal battles, Elvy was reluctant to take off the attribute ring in her hand. She would only wear it when there was no need to fight.
Elvy's space ring is equipped with night vision goggles for night vision, telescopes for reconnaissance, magic lamps for signaling, as well as some food and drinks, healing potions and the like, all of which are useful things.
Through the telescope, Elvy could clearly see that this underground city was extremely busy.
There were cavemen who kept leaving with large and small bags of things, and some even dug caves directly in the city.
The houses in underground cities are usually built underground. After all, most of them are cavemen who like to live in caves.
But the underground nobles generally refuse to live underground.
Now, with the threat of Judgment Day, these underground nobles have to learn the survival method of cavemen and live in caves.
Elvy shook her head and quietly placed a reconnaissance guard on a high platform near the city.
Although the Scouting Ward is not permanent like the Scouting Eye, its advantage is that it can be released at any time and does not require a mage.
This time, Xu Lai brought a lot of reconnaissance guards and true vision guards. In order to have a good rest, true vision guards that can detect invisibility were also placed in the camp.
Xu Lai woke up naturally after sleeping for more than 5 hours.
He had originally booked a 4-hour shift, divided into two shifts, but no one woke him up, so Xu Lai simply kept thinking about it and woke up at about the same time.
After waking up, Xu Lai did not blame Jilong and the others, but just urged them to go and rest. After all, it was for his own good.
The Seraphim and Holy Light Knights take turns to rest.
Another characteristic of these high-level warriors is that they have better endurance than low- and mid-level soldiers.
Low-level soldiers such as farmers need to rest for at least 8 hours a day, while high-level soldiers, with the help of advanced tents, can recover a lot by resting for one or two hours a day.
Today is a rare day for them to have a good rest.
It is certainly possible to persist with only one or two hours of rest a day, but what will be affected is the length of time you can persist in frontal combat.
Xu Lai has verified his guess, so he simply let everyone recover to their best condition and then headed straight to the burial place of the God of War's Hand.
He had been underground for a long time.
After a good rest, Xu Lai and his knights set out on their journey again with full energy.
This time it was particularly smooth. Not only did he not encounter any traps on the road, but even the underground cities that originally refused to let Xu Lai pass through opened their gates early before Xu Lai got close.
The people in the dungeon were so hospitable that Xu Lai really had the urge to go in and take a good look around.
Although Darkhor was more prosperous before, he went there to create chaos and destruction, and he really didn't have the time to observe and study it carefully.
However, since it was a city of hostile forces, neither Elvy nor his personal guard Roland would allow him to enter.
In fact, if you look closely, you can find that the entire city is almost empty except for some low-level cavemen.
What once were the filthy lairs of the cavemen are now occupied by high-level dungeon nobles.
If Xu Lai cast the Doomsday Judgment at this time, there would be almost no extra gain except killing these fragile cavemen.
Although the city gate was open for Xu Lai, he did not go in after all.
With the insistence of Roland and others, Xu Lai spent another half an hour to bypass the city and continue to rush to his destination.
Without the interference of the dungeon, Xu Lai and his team's speed of action immediately increased greatly.
About half a day later, following the map, they arrived at the location where the cross mark was drawn on the obelisk map.
“Elvy, take the Fire Elementals, the Reconnaissance Guards, and the True Vision Guards with you to monitor all nearby cities and passages.
Let the fire elementals stay on guard, and don't stay outside."
Elvy bowed and accepted the order, bringing two hundred fire elementals with her to set up all the entrances and exits as well as roads nearby.
After Elvy left, Xu Lai said to Jilong and Roland:
“You two, take the Holy Light Knights and the remaining Fire Elementals, and patrol the area in a cross-pattern.
Anyone found, regardless of whether they are dungeon creatures or not, even if they are humans, will be killed on the spot or driven away.
I don’t want anyone to get in here.”
Xu Lai didn't tell anyone about the golden statue of the God of War. Jian Yuan and the others might have guessed it, but Roland and Jilong actually didn't know what Xu Lai was doing.
Xu Lai could be considered to trust these two people, especially Roland, whom he was completely loyal to.
However, to be on the safe side, Xu Lai still sent them out.
After all, the fire elements were summoned creatures. Unless Xu Lai knew that they would actively attack any target, they would at most attack the evil camp and stop the neutral camp. If a human followed him secretly, it would be easy to get past these fire elements.
Although Xu Lai also didn't believe it, after being chased by the underground city army for a week, there was still a human being who was so powerful that he could chase him.
"Your safety..."
"Elvy will be back soon. With her here, you have nothing to worry about."
Roland opened his mouth but said nothing in the end. He led a group of Holy Light Knights and walked away to Xu Lai's left.
Jilong, with the remaining one hundred or so fire elements, headed towards Xu Lai's right side.
In the end, Roland left two Holy Light Knights for Xu Lai. Xu Lai didn't say anything about this. Roland and his men still had twelve people, which was enough to deal with most situations.
In the end, among all the people present, only Xu Lai and Jian Yuan were able to act independently.
Xu Lai silently took out two shovels from his space backpack, handed one to Jian Yuan and said:
"Let's start digging and see who can find the artifact first."
Jian Yuan has been engaged in map comparison work, so he certainly knows what Xu Lai wants to dig.
The reason why Xu Lai left Jian Yuan behind was precisely because of his background as an opponent’s scout, who could find the most central position on the map.
Digging downwards from the center of the circle, they dug a pit seven or eight meters deep, but still found nothing.
At this time, Elvy had already rushed back, but Xu Lai did not allow her to help and still asked her to conduct reconnaissance overhead.
Although he had not gained anything after walking seven or eight meters, Xu Lai was not discouraged at all.
The soil in the underground city is much harder than the soil on the surface. Even professional cavemen can only dig a depth of ten meters at most.
Xu Lai has both great strength and physique. As long as the shovel has enough durability, he can insert it all the way to the bottom every time and scoop up a full shovel of dirt or rocks.
The high endurance brought by his good physical fitness made him not feel tired at all, and he even had a very refreshing sense of release.
Xu Lai and his team were considered quick, but they still dug a large pit with a diameter of more than 15 meters and a depth of more than 10 meters before they heard a crisp "ding" sound.
The two of them hurriedly put in more effort, and sure enough, a few minutes later, they used the fifteenth shovel to dig out the golden artifact box.
After digging out the artifact box, Xu Lai did not open it immediately. This thing was exactly the same as the first box he dug out, and it was obvious that there would be no mistake.
Xu Lai sat slumped on the side and said, "Damn, I dug for hours and used so much energy, but this thing is buried so deep."
The ground is already hard, and it gets harder as you go deeper, and this thing happens to be buried deep enough.
Even with Xu Lai's current physique and strength, he was still holding on to his last breath in order to save face in front of Elvy.
Jian Yuan had long since stopped digging. It wasn't because he was exhausted, but because with his strength, even a new shovel could only dig one or two centimeters deeper.
This artifact is buried so deep that it will be of no use to anyone of lower rank coming here.
After resting for a while, Xu Lai got up and opened the box.
Although the box is only half the size of a person, there is obviously more space inside.
The pair of hands of the god of war stored inside were even taller than Xu Lai.
[Hand of the God of War] (unique): One of the components of the golden statue of the God of War. The growth rate of the 5th-6th level elite troops in the town (settlement) that possesses the Hand of the God of War is increased by 50%.
The town that possesses the Hand of the God of War will be blessed by the God of War and receive 500 gold coins every day.
All troops belonging to the Hand of War town have their morale increased by 3 (does not stack with other War God components), and when fighting within the town's sphere of influence, all friendly fighters have their spirit increased by 5.
The properties are basically the same as what Xu Lai guessed.
Xu Lai no longer values the 500 gold coins per day that the Hand of the God of War brings, and the morale +3 effect cannot be continuously accumulated.
The growth rate of level 5-6 troops does have some effect. The Hall of Champions that Xu Lai just built not long ago can directly recruit level 6 knights and enjoy a bonus.
However, Xu Lai personally rushed underground and dug out the pair of arms with great difficulty, not just to recruit a few more knights every month.
Even if this thing can allow each person to recruit 10 more knights, in half a year (6 months), there will only be 60 knights in total. What use can it be?
What Xu Lai is really looking forward to is what kind of effect will occur after obtaining the complete golden statue of the God of War.
Xu Lai has been holding back on this expectation for nearly a year, and he is really eager to know the answer.
However, he did not have enough physical strength at the moment, so he could not teleport back directly using the time and space gate.
Moreover, even if he had enough energy now, after he thought it through, he had no intention of going back.
"You tell me, should I talk to the dungeon people?"
Xu Lai called Roland, Jilong, Jian Yuan, Elvy and others who were on patrol to come over and hold a small meeting.
"The dungeon race is cunning, selfish and greedy. What good is it for you to talk to such people?
They might be thinking of some conspiracy against us at this moment."
Roland, who was born a paladin, was the first to express his opposition.
Xu Lai smiled, but he was not surprised. Instead, he smiled and said:
"You're right. If those guys weren't plotting something, I'd think it was abnormal."
Roland opened his mouth, wanting to ask, "Since you knew this, why did you put yourself in danger?"
But when Roland said this, he felt that it sounded timid, so he forced himself to hold it back.
“I agree with Knight Roland. The dungeon race is insidious and cunning. There is absolutely no need for you to negotiate with them.
Even if they are willing to agree to your terms, once they feel they can resist you, they will stab you in the back without hesitation."
Elvy also said quickly.
Xu Lai narrowed his eyes and said, "If that's the case, do you think those dungeon dwellers will agree to my terms?"
Elvy frowned and said, "Those guys have one advantage, which is that they are particularly aware of current affairs, but they are definitely not trustworthy."
Xu Lai laughed and said, “You think too much, Alvy. The premise of stabbing someone in the back is that it must be from behind.
And I never trust those guys, so I never give them the chance to get behind me.”
Elvy bit her lip and said, "What conditions do you want them to agree to? Whatever you want, we can just go and rob it. Is there any need to negotiate with them?"
Xu Lai took a deep breath and said slowly:
"I want them to acknowledge me as the king of the underground, but I don't need them to be loyal to me like they are loyal to the Dragon Queen. I just need them to hand over enough money and resources to me every month." (End of this chapter)
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