The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.

If this knight was not Eini's son, Xu Lai would not be able to help but say a few more words.

But this knight is Aini's eldest son and the heir to the grassland. Soon Xu Lai may be forced to become the murderer of his father.

It can be said that there is a deadlock between Xu Lai and Jerry.

Not to mention that he is unwilling to surrender, even if he is willing, Xu Lai will still find a way to get rid of him.

So, since the other party wanted to sacrifice his life for the country, Xu Lai could only let the other party get what he wanted.

"Elvy, you fly fast, help me deliver this gift to Count Aini."

Elvy bowed and said, "I am willing to serve you, my knight."

After saying that, he picked up the head he had just chopped off and flew away with wings.

Compared to his knight master who got what he wanted, the knight's squire who survived was already scared out of his wits.

Thomas was chosen since he was a child to become Jerry's servant. They grew up together, ate and slept together until now.

Jerry became an apprentice knight and Thomas became a groom. Jerry broke through and became a knight, and Thomas became a squire.

Thomas never thought that the master he had served since he was a child would be beheaded by a sword in front of him.

Therefore, when Roland placed his sword at his neck, a fishy smell immediately came from his magic trousers, which were not gorgeous but of extremely high quality.

"No, don't kill me, I am willing to surrender, I am willing to surrender!"

Xu Lai frowned. He had to kill Jerry just now.

But with such a spineless person appearing before him, he couldn't help but compare him with the previous knight.

With such a great example as Jerry in front of him, he really looked down on a rubbish like Thomas.

Xu Lai waved his hand, signaling Roland to take this guy down and kill him first, so as to avoid dirtying his eyes by keeping him here.

Thomas couldn't understand Xu Lai's gestures, but he no longer needed to fully understand this posture.

As soon as Roland grabbed Thomas's neck, he screamed:

"Please spare my life, sir. I am still useful. I know that Aini is in contact with the grassland people and I also know his deployment of troops. I am still useful, sir."

Xu Lai frowned, but did not call out to Roland.

The information Thomas revealed only verified Xu Lai's guess, and there was no need to stay at all.

At this point, if Aini doesn’t rely on external forces, he can only wait for death.

And this person obviously is not someone who likes to wait for death. Coupled with the recent intelligence showing unusual movements of the strongholds, Xu Lai had already guessed that they were connecting with each other.

Otherwise, there would be no need for him to be so anxious and come here in person to deal with this guy.

Xu Lai was afraid that if he delayed too long, this guy would sell out more interests of the grassland, especially the food and fodder supplies that the stronghold lacked the most.

When the orcs went on a large-scale expedition, the biggest limitation was food and fodder, otherwise they would not have sent out only a vanguard legion.

Aini still has some influence on the grassland, and many nobles are still willing to listen to him.

If this guy sets up some hidden food and grass supply points on the grassland, it will be of great help to the orc army.

Using the food produced by the grassland people to feed the orcs who slaughtered the grassland people was something Xu Lai could never tolerate.

After killing Thomas, Xu Lai looked at the city wall which was not far away and ordered people to cook so that everyone could have a good meal.

It's just past 10 o'clock in the morning, more than an hour earlier than usual.

As soon as the order was given, the mercenaries accompanying the army knew that the next step was to prepare for battle.

But they were not panicked. As mercenaries, they had participated in countless battles. Even though they had never fought against regular troops, they had never been as powerful as they were today.

The terrifying bonus brought by Xu Lai made them truly understand the power of heroes, and they were more eager to show their abilities, hoping to be appreciated by Xu Lai.

Looking at the mercenaries who were already so enthusiastic without him saying anything, Xu Lai seemed a little puzzled.

But this is obviously a good thing. He had heard before that many mercenaries needed to pay a huge sum of money before the battle began.

This is also why he did not hire mercenaries from other cities, but only hired mercenaries from Qingfeng City.

Because he only has friendship with the mercenaries here, there is no need to worry about them causing trouble halfway.

Not long after, Elvy flew back.

"How is it, is Aini in this castle? Is he satisfied with my gift?"

Elvy recalled the stunned and unbelievable expression on Aini's face on the city wall, and smiled slightly:
"I think he should be very satisfied with your gift."

This also indirectly told Xu Lai that the other party was indeed in this castle.

Xu Lai laughed and said, "As long as you are satisfied, that's good.

What about the city defense? Will it have any impact on Archangel's coming to the city?"

Elvy thought for a moment and said, "The city defense is quite complete, or even quite good.

But the morale of the soldiers defending the city was generally low, especially after they saw the knight's head."

Although this castle is not a base camp like Konaston Castle, it is also a city run by the Aini family for hundreds of years.

Complete city defense is the most basic requirement. After so many years of operation, there are countless advanced catapults and crossbow carts. Xu Lai would not be surprised at all.

The soldiers' morale was low, but that was not what Xu Lai had expected.

Although there is the punishment of the Moon of Sorrow this month, there is also the reward of the Statue of the God of War.

Although Aini is in collusion with the stronghold camp, he has not yet separated from the empire. Even if he is an enemy of Xu Lai, the statue of the god of war erected by Xu Lai will still illuminate Aini and his troops.

Besides, Aini has leadership skills, and it has been several months since he was defeated by Reina in the wild.

With a little serious training in these few months, morale cannot be low.

However, the low morale of Aini's troops could only be a good thing for Xu Lai, so he didn't bother to care about the reason.

“Aini has a lot of troops, and he has hired a lot of mercenaries. When I arrived, I saw him encouraging the militia to climb the city wall and operate catapults and crossbows.

But those militiamen have a very poor accuracy rate. I only need to dodge a little to avoid being hit. It should have no effect on the angel troops."

Xu Lai had fought under Aini before. Although he was separated at that time to provide support to the temple troops alone, he still had some knowledge of Aini's attributes and skills.

Especially after the war, as the commander-in-chief and the head of the army, Aini must have gained the most experience. I wonder how many levels he can level up and how many times his expertise can be improved. His angels have the blessing of god-level offensive skills, so there is no big problem in attacking.

But this time is different from before, this time there is Eni, a hero of a relatively high level, and the opponent also has offensive and defensive skills.

In addition, those mercenaries have all kinds of strange skills and their weapons are generally magic-level. Relying only on the angel army to deal with tens of thousands of enemies and being responsible for opening the city gates is much more difficult than the time in Conaston.

"Leave it to me, Xu Lai. I'm confident."

Sure enough, asking means being sure, Elvy will never shirk any combat mission.

Xu Lai ignored her and said to her:
"You will lead the angel army and wait in the sky. If necessary, I will give you orders."

Angels are Xu Lai's most valuable assets. After the battle with Moriel, Xu Lai was heartbroken enough because of the loss of several angels that could not be resurrected.

Fortunately, the dungeon replenished him with three little angels, so that he could take them to be promoted to archangels, bringing the number of archangels in the angel army to 3.

With more than a hundred Seraphim, taking over the castle shouldn't be a problem. What Xu Lai fears most is casualties.

This time, he didn't bring the magic ball, so he couldn't limit the skills of the mercenaries, nor could he stop Eni from casting spells.

More than an hour later, after a brief rest and a hearty meal, the army continued its march.

This time, Xu Lai did not urge the troops at all, let alone a forced march, even a running march was not allowed. He just let the troops walk to save energy to the greatest extent possible.

If they hurriedly marched to the castle, and someone directly sent out the cavalry to charge and kill them, they would not be able to withstand it.

Of course, Aini might not dare to do so, but Xu Lai was pursuing the minimum casualties. Every life on his side was extremely precious and there was no need to sacrifice them in vain.

Although they were just marching on foot, they had the bonuses of logistics and speed, plus their levels were not low, so their speed was actually not slow, at least equivalent to the level of an ordinary person running.

Therefore, after more than half an hour, everyone could clearly see the tall city wall in the distance.

Outside the city, there is a moat that reflects the sunlight and looks sparkling.

Xu Lai and his companions could already see the scene on the city wall from afar. On the wall, Aini and his companions, who had a bonus vision, could see Xu Lai's team even more clearly.

Aini gnashed his teeth and asked an old scout:
"Maybe we can tell how many there are?"

The old soldier first looked up at the sky, and Aini immediately said impatiently: "I can see those hundreds of angels, needless to say."

The old soldier swallowed and thought that if it wasn't a few hundred angels, it would at least be equivalent to several thousand senior soldiers.

However, Aini did not want the veterans to highlight the strength of the angels and thus damage their own morale.

The old soldier said helplessly: "Looking at the number of flags, the number of people is not large, but the enemy's formation is scattered. Judging from the scale, it seems that the number of people is more than 5000 and less than 8000."

Aini glared at the old soldier, blaming him for not understanding what he said.

Then, Aini raised his arms and shouted, "Warriors, don't be afraid.

There are only 5000 enemies. A few waves of our catapults can kill half of them.

Now I declare that anyone who kills any enemy will be rewarded with a hundred gold coins.

Kill 3 enemies and you will be promoted one level. Kill 10 enemies and you will be promoted three levels and be granted a title! "

The head of his eldest son, whom he valued the most, was thrown directly from the sky. Aini was already extremely angry.

At this point, he had already given it his all and simply ordered people to move dozens of large boxes out of his castle.

When the box was opened, it was filled with shiny gold coins.

No one knows how big these boxes are, but even if the inside and outside of the boxes are the same, these dozens of large boxes must contain at least 100,000 gold coins.

No one knows whether the ordinary soldiers are happy or not.

But as soon as these dozens of boxes were opened, the mercenaries on the city wall cheered, because they were working for money.

I've only heard that Xu Lai is powerful before, but Aini is not bad either. Not only is he of high level and strong attributes, he has also ruled the grassland for hundreds of years.

Besides, no matter how powerful Xu Lai is, he only has 5000 people.

Just as Count Eni said, a few waves of catapults could kill half of the people.

This is what Aini said and did. Before Xu Lai's ground troops stopped, he couldn't wait to let the catapults start calibrating their firing.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, with a command, more than a dozen solid ordinary stones were thrown out.

This was just the first test shot, not expected to hit the enemy, but was used to calibrate the catapult.

However, the whistling boulder still scared Xu Lai.

Xu Lai had experienced a decisive battle with the orcs. The flame catapult that Aini dismantled had a range of more than ten kilometers, which left a very deep impression on him.

Fortunately, the catapult was extremely complicated to assemble and disassemble, so Eni simply left that one in Stone Castle forever.

The remaining two are both in Konakostoma.

This enchanted catapult is extremely precious. Even with the financial resources of the Aini family, they could only afford three at most, all of which were placed in the most important Conaston Castle.

As a result, it didn't work at all. The city wall was directly occupied by the angels, and the precious flame catapult became Xu Lai's trophy.

The castle in front of us is just an ordinary city of the Aini family. It did not have too many weapons at the beginning, and there were only ordinary catapults installed on the city walls.

With the help of the range of the high platform on the city wall, as well as Aini's archery and ballistics, this ordinary catapult can throw ammunition up to 7 or 8 kilometers.

However, this is the maximum range. Not only is the power greatly reduced, but the hit rate is also extremely poor. Apart from being able to scare people, there is no threat at all.

The calibration stone was more than 300 meters away from Xu Lai at its closest, and there was not much point in calibrating at such a distance.

If you are not a professional operator, whether you can hit the enemy after releasing the catapult depends entirely on luck and has little to do with the crosshairs.

Ordinary boulders may look powerful and imposing, but once the formation is dispersed, they pose no threat at all.

As for spells, at this distance, even the Phantom Archer can't cast a spell. Except for the super-range spell like Doomsday Judgment, most spells are ineffective.

However, after Aini replaced the ammunition with precious incendiary bombs, Xu Lai had to give orders to Elvy, asking her to lead the Seraphim to occupy the catapults on the city wall.

After all, the number of angel troops was too small. Xu Lai was worried about accidents, so he quickly ordered the entire army to move closer to the city wall.

The mercenaries, who had been prepared, lifted up the tall ladder and placed it directly on top of the city wall.

The Phantom Archers, led by Giselle, continued to shoot at the archers on the city wall to cover the mercenaries under the wall.

The Holy Light Knights held up their invincible shields in batches, and sent the first mercenaries to the city wall safely with more than a minute of invincibility. (End of this chapter)