The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.

"You mean, you want me to hand General Reina over to you to take back?"

“We know that you were the one who rescued General Reina from the dungeon.

But Master Xu Lai, General Reina is an elf after all, and we are willing to pay you a reward that will satisfy you."

The beautiful elf standing in front of Xu Lai bent down respectfully, revealing her snow-white and deep cleavage.

However, Xu Lai, who had no shortage of beauties to accompany him, did not get lost in the charming ravine, but said dully:

"A reward that satisfies me? Do you think I imprisoned her or that I enslaved her?"

The female elf quickly shook her head and said, "Sorry, that's certainly not what we meant. We just wanted to thank you for rescuing our people."

Xu Lai said dissatisfiedly: "Ms. Reina has already given me enough thanks. I appreciate your kindness, but if it is not necessary, I will not accept it."

"Aren't you going to listen to our thanks?"

The female elf still didn't give up.

Xu Lai shook his head and said, "No matter how much the thank-you gift is, it's not what I want. If that's the case, why should I even consider it?"

The female elf was indifferent to Xu Lai's words and said to herself:

"According to the default principle of this world, when one party is willing to pay the ransom, the other party cannot stop it for any reason or excuse."

Xu Lai narrowed his eyes and said, "If I remember correctly, this default rule seems to only apply to prisoners, right?"

The female elf nodded and said, "Yes, so our Queen is willing to pay General Reina double the ransom in gold coins and give you one hundred sacred unicorns as a thank you."

The Holy Unicorn is the advanced form of the unicorn, equivalent to an 8th-level human knight. It is one of the most powerful warriors in the Barrier Camp except for the Fairy Dragon.

The Elf Queen is willing to offer a hundred heads at once, and this is just the initial offer. Her sincerity is quite sufficient.

"I heard that your fortress is fighting fiercely with the undead?"

The female elf said with a sad look, “Yes, the undead invaded the Eastern Empire and us at the same time.

The death energy carried by the undead is too dangerous for life.

Wherever they go, no grass grows, and many elves have died on the battlefield.

But the scariest thing is not just that. We not only have to fight against the undead, but also against our former companions who have risen again.

The more we fight, the fewer elves there are, but the more undead there are. No matter how many times we defeat the undead, their strength will only become stronger, while the elves will become weaker.

We can no longer afford any more sacrifices, so Her Majesty the Queen begged me to bring General Reina back at all costs.

Dear human lord, I know it is not fair to you to do this, and General Reina is also obliged to serve you.

If you feel that this compensation is not enough to satisfy you, I and all the elf sisters in the delegation are willing to stay and serve you.

I know that General Reina is good at fighting, but not good-looking. "

Xu Lai was subconsciously stunned for a moment, then looked around. The entire elf delegation was not large in number. In addition to more than ten guards, there were nearly 20 women of various types.

There are 20 elves, each of them looks like a fairy walking out of a painting. Even among the elves, they should be considered as the most beautiful women.

The key point is that people also used the word "serve" to hint at Xu Lai.

No, it shouldn't be considered a hint. Seeing how all of them are dressed coolly today, it's no longer a hint but an explicit statement.

No man could resist such conditions.

Especially Xu Lai, who is a man who is very interested in women.

Elves have long pointed ears, which are much more sensitive than humans.

The elf, with his body lowered, could clearly feel Xu Lai's instantly erect heartbeat even without looking with his eyes, just by listening with his ears.

It’s a pity that Xu Lai admitted that he was lustful, but he would never admit that he was vulgar.

“Reina may not be considered particularly good-looking.

But she is not a commodity, and I will not use her to make any transactions.

Instead of discussing this with me here, why don't you go find Reina? As long as she agrees to go back with you, I won't stop her at all."

The elf hesitated to speak, for she knew very well that Reina's will was equally important in this matter.

As long as I can convince Lena, the worst that can happen is that I will just leave first and then find a way to repay Xu Lai for his help.

But if Reina could be convinced, would she be willing to sacrifice her own innocence and the innocence of many sisters?

The elf's originally bright big eyes suddenly became dim, and Xu Lai instantly understood what the female elf meant.

"It seems that you have already come into contact with Reina before."

The elf messenger bowed his head again and said, "I'm sorry, we didn't get your consent, but we didn't do anything else. We just wanted to catch up with General Reina."

Xu Lai shrugged: "Don't worry, I told you, Reina is not an item to me.

She is a living person with her own friends, and I will not interfere with her in this regard.

But the way you two are now, you don’t seem like friends.”

The elf said bitterly: "We did have a small quarrel with General Reina, but we believe that as long as you are willing to let her go, General Reina will definitely return to the elves."

“Excuse me, given the current situation of you elves, it’s useless for Reina to go back.

No matter how strong she is, she can only block enemies in one direction, as the combat effectiveness of the undead troops is not very strong.

Their strength lies in the fact that they do not need any supplies, have no loss of morale, can fight indefinitely, and their numbers will increase as they fight more.

Fighting a protracted war with them is really the stupidest thing to do.

If I were an undead, and I couldn't break through on one side, couldn't I break through on the other side?

Anyway, I have more people and I am not afraid of death. I can attack from all directions."

The elf messenger was speechless at the moment. He seemed to want to say something but didn't know how to refute.

“So, it’s useless for you to just take Reina back, she’s a human, not a god.

If you really want to defeat the undead, the first thing you should do is cut off their supply channels."

"The undead don't need to eat, so what supplies do they need?"

"Of course it's the corpses. Without corpses, the undead will be gone if one dies. Let's see if they dare to consume like this."

The elf messenger said helplessly: "It's easy to say, but there are no priests in the Barrier Camp, so we can only use holy water to preserve the bodies of important people.

But now, the demand for holy water among you humans is also very high, and we can buy even less."

"Don't you burn the bodies?" Xu Lai asked in surprise.

The elf frowned and said, "The damage that fire can do to a forest is unimaginable. The elves have been trying to find ways to prevent and control fire for thousands of years. How can we light a fire in the forest ourselves? Moreover, the creatures of the Barrier attach great importance to corpses. Letting us destroy the corpses ourselves would completely betray our beliefs."

Xu Lai also said helplessly: "Are you going to let your comrades and companions become half-dead monsters?

Is it respect for your beliefs to allow their bodies to be used by the dead and to be desecrated by the dead after they die?"

The elf messenger fell silent again.

Xu Lai shrugged helplessly and said:
“I’m really sorry, but Qingfeng City can’t do without Reina right now. If you insist on letting me go, I can only say sorry.

But the Rampart and the Empire are allies, and the elves are also my friends.

No matter what, I should help you.

I can't do anything else, but I can still help you with some holy water."

Xu Lai had exchanged a lot of high-level holy water before. The healing effects of ordinary holy water were useless to people like them with extremely high health points.

Ordinary soldiers are treated by priests, and low-level holy water has no special use except for distributing it to civilians and soldiers.

But in addition to purifying evil, holy water also has healing uses, and its value is at least greater than that of healing potions with the same effect.

"Besides holy water, are there any other resources you lack?"

The elf messenger blushed and said, "We are still short of a large amount of steel. The recent war has caused us to consume a lot of arrows.

In addition, we are still short of crystals. The advancement of advanced troops requires a large amount of crystals.

In addition, healing bandages, healing potions, energy stones, and various spell materials are all in short supply."

Xu Lai was speechless for a while and said, "Didn't you have any reserves before?"

The elf messenger said embarrassedly: "We were too careless before and were not fully prepared."

As immortals, it’s not that the elves are unprepared, but their long lives have made them develop the habit of procrastination.

Even if there is no preparation at the beginning, it will be completely possible to prepare when the invasion of hell demons and undead begins.

However, although the order from the Elf King's Court was issued, the efficiency of the elves was really disappointing.

When a superhero like Reina was captured, the elves not only did not actively rescue her, but allowed her to be imprisoned by Muriel for more than 50 years.

After Xu Lai rescued the people, these guys came to ask for more people. If Xu Lai hadn't been doing it for the sake of his allies, he really wanted to slap these people in the face.

"Make a list and see what you need. I'll ask Wei Yihong to look for it in the warehouse later.

I must explain to you in advance that I also need these things, so I can only support you in part.

Besides, I don’t expect you to pay these things back. Just consider it as my contribution to Reina and the barrier.

If there is an opportunity in the future, I hope we can continue to share what we have and do business with each other.

Your elves' leather armor, magic equipment, bows and arrows, and fruit wine are all very popular commodities."

The elf messenger bowed again and thanked:

“Of course. Before I came here, Her Majesty the Queen told me that a lord who can train phantom archers must be a friend of our elves.

Her Majesty the Queen is definitely willing to share what she has with you. If it is convenient for you, can you help us train some phantom shooters as well?"

Xu Lai looked at her silently, and finally said helplessly: "If you have time, you can, but the number will not be too large, and you have to queue."

The elf envoy nodded and said, "This is what I should do. On behalf of all the lives in the fortress, I would like to thank you for your help, respected human lord, His Excellency Xu Lai."

After sending these elves away, Xu Lai still couldn't relax because there were still people waiting to meet him.

Standing behind the elven messenger were representatives sent by the Tower Mage Council.

Their purpose was very simple, which was to trade with Xu Lai, open teleportation arrays to each other, and form an alliance of mutual assistance.

Thanks to the publicity of several great magicians in the tower, Xu Lai now has some fame in the tower, but this fame is only spread among the top leaders.

Thanks to Xu Lai and his team, they completed the clearing of the abyss passage, causing the Hell Army on the tower side to lose its stable rear supply.

Relatively speaking, among the three major camps of light, only the tower is the easiest at the moment.

The city that was occupied by Hell has basically been reoccupied by the people of the tower.

The demons who have established themselves in the Western Empire are temporarily trying to find a way to extend their reach into the territory of the Tower.

Therefore, the tower is just a plan for the future, which can be regarded as starting preparation in advance.

"Of course there is no problem with that. I suggest that we both exempt each other's caravans from taxes to promote more trade between us."

To get to the tower, you must pass through the Northern Empire.

Given Xu Lai's relationship with the Northern Empire, most cities should be able to pass through, but the journey is extremely long, and even Xu Lai is unwilling to send out his own caravan.

In this way, the two parties will most likely use teleportation arrays and space items for transactions.

The mutual exemption of tariffs will undoubtedly greatly reduce merchants' transportation costs and promote trade to a greater extent.

Xu Lai only proposed to exempt the other caravan from taxes while in his camp, but he did not say that the taxes would still be exempted after the caravan took the money back.

In short, everyone makes money, but each of them makes a little less.

But if we can increase trade exchanges by earning a little less money and improve quality by quantity, it will be beneficial to both parties.

There was no reason for Xu Lai not to accept such conditions.

The first content of mutual assistance between the two parties is that the tower will find a way to help Xu Lai connect to more tower cities and help him expand the teleportation array.

Xu Lai provided deep-sea crystals and dragon materials for the mages in the tower to conduct research.

Neither party had any demands on the other, but the talks were very harmonious and various cooperation agreements were reached quickly.

When it comes to dealing with the elves, Xu Lai feels helpless.

But when he received the envoys from the Eastern Empire, he became more angry.

Xu Lai would never have thought that the Grand Duke of the Eastern Empire would actually send people to persuade him to surrender.

Xu Lai didn't know what the other party was thinking. Even if Xu Lai had to join one empire, he would choose between the Western Empire and the Northern Empire.

Asking him to surrender to the Eastern Empire which is 18000 miles away, Xu Lai really suspected that the other party's brain was squeezed by the door.

What's even more outrageous is that the envoys of the Eastern Empire expressed that their Grand Duke was willing to confer the title of Earl on Xu Lai.

But the price was that Xu Lai had to attack the enemy with 3,000 war horses, 7,000 slow horses and pack horses, a total of 10,000 horses, and this was every year.

In exchange, the Eastern Empire would protect Xu Lai and grant him the legitimate title of Earl. (End of this chapter)