The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.

What Aini said to Xu Lai gave Xu Lai a bad feeling.

Sure enough, Aini continued: "You can prepare some assassins and have them hide the poison somewhere in their bodies in advance.

According to the customs of the orcs in the stronghold, captured ordinary humans, such as farmers and herdsmen, would be kept as slaves and prepared as food.

But if it is a warrior, he will usually become food for ogres and cyclops.

Behemoths generally do not eat ordinary humans and low-level warriors. Mid-level or high-level warriors are the favorites of high-level giants and behemoths. "

"You mean, use living people as poison and give them to the orcs as sacrifices?"

The dissatisfaction in Xu Lai's tone was almost evident.

Aini smiled and said, "This is the safest method. The shamans will never doubt a living person, so it will definitely work."

Xu Lai lightly raised his foot and kicked Aini to the ground, saying, "I was just afraid it wouldn't work, you bastard!

If this is the only bad advice you can offer, then I don't mind sending you to see His Majesty the God of War right now to see if he thinks I have broken my oath."

The God of War is the only belief of the empire. Living in the empire, you can be without belief. If you have any, it can only be the God of War.

If one wants to become a noble in the empire, one must believe in the God of War. Even if Aini is just a general believer with little faith, the God of War will still be in charge after his death.

Even after being kicked down by Xu Lai, Aini didn't dare to get angry.

As for whether Xu Lai's killing himself violated his oath, Aini believed that it definitely did not.

Because his proposal would never be adopted, it would naturally not be of any help in repelling the orcs.

Of course Xu Lai couldn't lie to him, because it was something that would not be worth the loss.

All I can say is that Aini had no good intentions when he offered this strategy.

On the one hand, he did want Xu Lai to defeat or repel the orcs.

Because the orcs were not repelled, the conditions that Xu Lai had promised him before would definitely not be fulfilled.

There was no way Aini could expect the orcs to kill Xu Lai and rescue himself at the same time.

He is a prisoner now. Even if Xu Lai dies in the battle, there are still plenty of ways to kill Aini first.

Therefore, the best ending is that Xu Lai drives the orcs out and successfully frees himself.

But we must take advantage of the orc invasion to severely damage Xu Lai's forces. It would be best if both sides suffered heavy losses, so that he will have a chance to rise again.

According to Aini, if Xu Lai wanted to poison a Behemoth, he would need to sacrifice at least a level 4 or above warrior.

These are just the 7th level Behemoth and the 7th level Cyclops. If you want to feed the 8th level Behemoth and the 8th level Cyclops King, you have to send warriors of some level.

Given the appetite of these creatures, how many warriors would be needed to fill their stomachs?

How much poison must these warriors carry to ensure that they can poison to death these giants and beasts with terrifying health values?

Moreover, toxin mixing is also a big problem.

The poison must be powerful and should be able to kill these giants and beasts immediately, leaving no chance for the shamans to rescue them.

However, if the poison breaks out too quickly, it will be easily detected by the orcs, and the captives will have to be checked.

At that time, all the poisonous people sent there will become free lunch.

From any perspective, it was impossible for Xu Lai to agree to such a proposal.

After being kicked, Aini obviously didn't dare to speak anymore.

After a while, Aini spoke again:

“If you don’t agree with the plan to poison people, then we can only use chronic poison to poison cattle, sheep and other livestock.

If it is just a chronic poison, it is difficult to cause a collective outbreak depending on the individual, and there is a great risk of exposure.

Moreover, creatures like ogres and behemoths are similar to wild beasts and have a certain ability to resist poison.

If it is a slow poison, it is basically unlikely to kill them immediately.

The shamans in the stronghold are proficient in various natural spells, and exorcism is a spell that every shaman must learn."

Xu Lai frowned and said, "All shamans must learn the art of exorcism? Then can their art of exorcism remove any toxins?"

Aini shook his head and said, "Of course that's impossible. We have been fighting the orcs for hundreds of years, and we know very well what the orcs are capable of.

Their detoxification techniques can only expel some simple toxins, such as snake venom and fungal toxins from natural organisms.

Ordinary detoxification techniques are ineffective against more powerful mutated toxins, or mixed toxins made from multiple toxins.

However, some of their high-level shamans also have a more powerful detoxification technique.

I forgot what it was called, I only know that this detoxification technique is quite powerful and can basically expel any toxin."

"Can any toxin be expelled?"

After thinking for a while, Aini said, "We haven't tried all the poisons, but all the toxins we have tried so far can basically be expelled."

Xu Lai frowned and asked, "Is there a poison that only targets orc genes and is ineffective against others?"

"Orc gene? What is that?"

Xu Lai thought for a moment and said, "Just think of it as bloodline, just like talent, it's something that is only passed down among orcs."

After thinking for a moment, Ennis said, "Yes, I did, and I wanted to tell you that.

Orcs are very barbaric creatures, so when they were first born, they had a gene that prohibited them from preying on their own kind.

To them, the flesh and blood of their own kind contains toxins, which are only effective against the orcs themselves.

However, this kind of toxin is unlikely to kill strong orcs, unless they commit suicide by eating it.

Of course, although this toxin generally cannot kill orcs, if we only use it as a medicine and develop a poison specifically for orcs, it can be used."

Xu Lai's eyes lit up and he said, "In other words, this kind of poison really exists?"

Aini nodded affirmatively and said, "Yes, we nobles have hired many poison masters and assassins to prevent assassinations and poisonings.

Our family is quite knowledgeable about orcs, and we actually have such a recipe preserved. If it is prepared according to the correct proportions, it can kill orcs 100%, but it is ineffective against other creatures.

Furthermore, because it is non-toxic to other creatures, even poison detection techniques cannot identify it, unless the poison is identified alone.

Moreover, due to the influence of blood, even high-level shamans cannot completely dispel this poison. Only the purification and resurrection of the priest can completely eliminate the influence of this poison. "

Xu Lai said slowly: "Since there are such things, and you didn't tell me before, is it because they are difficult to obtain?"

Aini smiled bitterly and said, “There is a reason why our family has put this recipe aside.

To prepare this poison, the first thing that is indispensable is the flesh and blood of orcs, and it must be fresh flesh and blood.

This requirement alone is already difficult to satisfy. You have to know that orcs eat big-eared monsters, so low-level monsters like big-eared monsters are useless in the stronghold.

At the very least, materials such as orc warriors and wolf riders are needed.

In addition, orcs are strong and powerful, so to prepare a poison that can kill orcs, the required material level is also extremely high.

Basically, in addition to the medicine, the material cost of preparing a poison that can kill an orc is at least 500 gold. In addition, the labor and poison master required to prepare the poison on a large scale.

Moreover, after the medicine is prepared, it cannot be allowed to be eaten directly by the orcs. It must either be smeared on arrows and swords, or the cattle and sheep must be eaten in advance and given to the orcs.

The former is not very effective, it can only cause continuous poison damage to the orcs and increase the output, but it cannot kill the orcs directly."

Aini was still explaining, but Xu Lai asked directly: "Are the other ingredients in your recipe difficult to buy?"

Aini was stunned, then thought about it carefully and said, "If it is configured in small quantities, it is certainly not difficult to buy.

But if the quantity is large, it is hard to say, and if a large amount is purchased, it will inevitably lead to an increase in material prices. "

Before Aini could finish his words, Xu Lai stopped him with a wave of his hand: "Price increases are nothing. As long as the problem can be solved with money, it is not a problem.

We just seized a large amount of gold coins from your house, a conservative estimate is several million.

Even if one dose of poison costs 1000 gold coins, it would be enough to make tens of thousands of doses.

If that’s not enough, don’t you have a castle waiting for me at home?”

Aini choked suddenly.

When Xu Lai captured Conaston Castle, he did not occupy the castle immediately.

This allowed Aini to transfer assets in advance. Although he was not able to transfer all of them, he was able to transfer a lot.

Add to that those who escaped outside the city and those that Aini stored in other manors and castles, it is not a small number.

What's more, his space ring also contains a large amount of gold coins to deal with various emergencies.

The millions that Xu Lai mentioned were just those confiscated from the castle.

If the manors outside the city were also confiscated and the other castle was taken down, the assets of the Aini family alone would be worth tens of millions.

This is just cash, not including the antiques, calligraphy and paintings, decorations, etc. collected by Aini.

Using nearly 10 million gold coins to poison only 10,000 orcs may not be successful.

It seems to be an extremely unprofitable thing, but after all, Xu Lailai doesn't have to pay for it at all.

By selling off the assets of Aini's family and saving up hundreds of thousands of doses of poison to give to the orcs, even if only tens of thousands of doses are successful and tens of thousands of orcs are poisoned to death, it would still be a free gift.

The most crucial thing is that so many people died at the beginning of the war, which had a huge impact on the morale of the stronghold camp.

You know, the morale of this world can actually affect everyone.

Moreover, the orcs who can enjoy fresh flesh and blood are not of low status and are likely to be middle or high-level military officers or middle or high-level warriors.

These are the backbone of the team. Let alone the death of a whole group of them, even the death of one or two will have a huge impact.

Of course Xu Lai would not refuse this plan since it did not require any cost on his part but could inflict heavy damage on the enemy.

After being angry for a long time, he finally had to face the reality. Aini had to face the fact that his family property had become someone else's.

"But there is still a very important question. Where can we get so much orc flesh and blood?" Yu Lan reminded.

This is a problem. When Qingfeng City held an auction before, Xu Lai got to know several slave traders.

At that time, they wanted to send their slaves to the auction, but Xu Lai did not agree. Instead, he negotiated a price and bought all their human slaves.

Xu Lai had no way to eliminate slavery himself. All he could do was to prevent his city from getting involved in the slave trade.

If he robbed those slave traders, Xu Lai would be worried about the reputation of his city, which had just begun to gain popularity.

But if he bought at market price, he would become the largest slave trader, and many people would probably bring their slaves to him.

As slave traders, those people naturally owned more than just human slaves.

In reality, human slaves were not in great demand, as they were illegal in the Empire and could only be traded in secret.

There are two more popular types of slaves: orcs and elves.

In addition to having a larger appetite, the former is really good at working. Not only does he have a good physique, but he is also incredibly strong.

Not only can an orc do the work of several humans, but he also has considerable endurance.

As for the elves, it is for the well-known reason that both men and women are too beautiful.

But at that time, Xu Lai only bought all the human slaves.

Because human men and women can promote population growth, and Xu Lai has conquered so many cities and there are castles everywhere, and they also need some trustworthy people.

Xu Lai bought them and no longer restricted their freedom, and provided them with jobs. He could be considered a benefactor and it was easier for him to train them into his own people.

Some of them will follow Jilong to this city and be responsible for Xu Lai's food and daily life in this castle.

Whether orcs or elves, they were all hunted by slave-hunting teams from various large and small teleportation arrays.

It's not just humans who do this kind of thing. Orcs also do the same thing. Xu Lai even saved quite a few humans in the orc city.

It’s a pity that although they can provide a certain amount of orc slaves, the number will never be large.

Fortunately, after asking the poison master found by Aini, everyone knew that the orcs' flesh and blood were only the medicine, not the key to poisoning the orcs.

Therefore, a dose of poison does not require too much orc flesh and blood, and one orc can make hundreds of doses of poison.

"Very good, then, we need to do several things simultaneously.

First, we must strictly keep the news secret and create the illusion that Aini escaped from prison tonight. Yu Lan, you will be in charge of this. You are a wizard and can use magic to create chaos or illusions when necessary.

The second is you, Aini, immediately find all the assassins, poison masters and the like that you can fight. The treatment is fine, I will let Roland assist you."

Roland is a Knight of Holy Light, and the Paladins he leads are the ones who are least afraid of assassins and poisons.

If Aini wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to do something bad, with the strength of Roland and others, they could control and kill him in an instant.

"The third thing is to immediately prepare for all the preparations for making the poison, including purchasing materials and orcs for making the poison, and preparing livestock to provide to the orcs.

I will leave these things to Hancock, but it may not be possible to collect them all by just one city.

So I need you to do everything you can to collect as much relevant material as possible.”

Yu Lan immediately said, "I will send a message to Sister Su Ya and Viscount Jimmy later, asking them to purchase these materials at any cost in all the cities under our control."

Elena followed suit and said, "I will also report to the temple and ask the bishops of the temple to issue relevant tasks in major cities, but."

But before he could finish, Xu Lai immediately understood and said, "Don't worry, I will provide all the mission rewards.

In addition, Yu Lan, please also inform Jimmy and tell him that I will only give those nobles the last three days.

If they don't surrender within these three days and hand over ownership of all their territories and armies, I will purge their entire family after I capture their city.

At that time, all members of their family will be executed, leaving no one alive!"

Xu Lai rarely does such decisive things, especially those that involve the entire family, and may even include minors.

But compared to what he was going to face next, he had to have a complete and controllable grassland. He really didn't have time to slowly conquer them. (End of this chapter)